Mine Truce to June 20 Signals Return to Work
John L. Lewis announced a back-to-work deadline of June 20 for United Mine Workers as war needs guide policy. Telegrams urged locals to resume Monday up to June 20, with leaders claiming no harm to the war effort while negotiations resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
UALW
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
National Policy Committee
John S. Lewis
John O'Leary
Thomas Wennedy
Altho
War Labor Board
Showers and storms sweep Kansas with scattered rain
Thunder storms brought moisture across Kansas with locally heavy showers in the eastern and central regions. Concordia reported .70 inch, Blue River area saw one to two inch rains, while western counties and temperatures remained near normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Concordia
Blue River
Blue Rapids
Nebraska Line
S. D. Flora
Wichita
Goodland
Funk's Mortuary and Chapelquorian Service
Funk's Mortuary advertises chapel service offerings with contact number 119 in a brief local notice resembling a business or funeral home listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funk’s Mortuary
Churchill Returns to London as Invasion Fears Rise
Churchill flies back to London and summons war cabinet to plan for the anticipated zero hour of a Allied invasion of Europe. Press and Rome radio push alarm with reports of heavy Allied air and naval actions across the Mediterranean and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
London
No. 10 Downing Street
Europe
Castillo resigns as president of Argentina amid junta revolt
Buenos Aires announces Ramon Castillo signed his resignation and surrendered to the military junta after officers seized power. Navy Minister Mario Fincati also surrendered at La Plata while Cabinet members fled via Montevideo as the crisis unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ramon Castillo
Castillo
Navy
Mario Finenzi
la Plata
Uruguay
Drummond
Daniel Angadeo Videla
Agricultre
Montevideo
Arturo Rawson
Enrique Ruiz- Guinezau
Montevided
Ramon S. Castillo
Mario Fincati
Salto
Japan's Tojo Warns War Enters Decisive Phase
Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo said the greater East Asia war is moving into a decisive battle stage as Allied planning grows, while U S air forces in the Southwest Pacific continued day after day raids on New Guinea targets. Bombing missions by U S heavy bombers hit Wewak as RAF aircraft attacked Akyab and other targets on the Bay of Bengal coast amid monsoon rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
London
Rome
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
Sicily
Aegean Sea
Taranto
Italy
Russia
Donets River
Sevsk
Moscow
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Washington
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
New Guinea
Wewak
Burma
R.A.F
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Dr Charles Marvin Dies at 84 Former Weather Bureau Chief
Washington report states Dr Charles F Marvin aged 84 died after an operation. He led the United States Weather Bureau for 21 years retiring in 1934. He invented several meteorological instruments and was knighted by Norway for aiding Roald Amundsen in polar exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles F. Marvin
United States Weather Bureau
Norway
Amundsen
Schoeppel to Speak at Sunflower Boys' State Close
Governor Andrew Schoeppel will address the closing session of the seventh annual Sunflower Boys' State in Wichita Kansas tonight. He will speak at a dinner before the final event where Kansas youths completed a week of citizenship and government training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
CRA
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
Stock Market Index Reaches 1943 High At 52.2
The stock index for 60 shares stood at 52.2, marking a 1943 high. It was 51.9 the previous day as market activity shifted.
Reed denounces labor racketeers in telegraph reply
Kansas Senator Reed defends workers while condemning union chiefs and racketeering. He says he will vote for the Connally bill and rejects demands to oppose anti-labor legislation, criticizing organized labor for corruption and urging self-cleaning within unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Washington
June
Kord
R-Kan
Kansas City
Kan
Smith. Connally
Senate
Carl J. Stevens
Uaaw.c.lo
War Labor Board
House
United States
Kansas
Pacific
China
Africa
Congress
Navy Reports Casualties as War Continues
Washington announces 15 casualties today including two dead one wounded and 12 missing raising total navy marine corps and coast guard losses to 23 283 since December 7 1941. Grand totals show 7 376 dead 4 708 wounded and 11 149 missing. Ensign Byron Oscar Brown listed as missing from Kansas with mother Mrs Oscar Brown of Independence.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Kansas—Brown
Byron Oscar
Ensign
Oscar Brown
Independence
Directors' Meeting Attended by Kansas University Dean
J. W. Twente dean of the School of Education at Kansas University will attend the Kansas State Teachers' association meeting in Topeka with committees and the board of directors. As chairman of the district, he represents this group in the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Twente
School of Education
Kansas University
Kansas State Teachers’ Association
Topeka
Dr. Twente
Librarian Rebekah Oldfather Heads to Red Cross Service
Miss Rebekah Oldfather, periodical librarian at Watson Library on the KK U campus for 212 years, left today to join Red Cross service and train for hospital recreation work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Rebekah Oldfather
Watson Library
KK. U
Red Cross Service
Ulysses S Guyer Dies at Capital
Ulysses Samuel Guyer Republican congressman from Kansas for over 16 years died at a naval hospital in Washington at age 74 after a period of ill health. He served as ranking Republican on the house judiciary committee and was a proponent of prohibition. Survivors include his widow Alice and several siblings. Funeral plans include a party of six congress members traveling to St Johns Kansas for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ulysses Samuel Guyer
Congress
Kansas
Naval Hospital
Guyer
Kansas City
Kan
E. C. Little
House Judiciary Committee
Alice Guyer
Joseph E. Guyer
Stafford
Amanda ,Guyer
Kate Wightman
Wichita
Kenneth Romney
House
St. Johns
Reed
R-Kan
Butler
R-Neb
Hope
Rees
Winter
Summers
Texas
Ulysses S. Guyer
St. John
University of Kansas
Open clash over salaries pits Topeka Board against McClenny
In Topeka on June 5 a dispute erupted between the state board of education and State School Superintendent George L. McClenny over salaries for supervisors M. A. Callahan Ada Cain and George Turner. McClenny claimed he controls hiring and firing while the board sets salaries and dismissed plans to cut pay to a dollar a year. Callahan said he was told in executive session his salary would be reduced to $1.00 annually, and vowed not to resign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Board of Education
George L. McClenny
McClenny
M. A. Callahan
Ada Cain
George Turner
Altho
Callahan
Roosevelt to address UN food conference delegates
President Roosevelt will address United Nations food conference delegates at 4 15 a m central war time Monday the address to be broadcast on all networks and will last about ten minutes The conference just closed sessions in Hot Springs Virginia Chocolates new shipment advertised by Wiedemann's.
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Washington
Roosevelt
C.W.T
White House
Hot Springs
351 HAD POSITIONS
Three hundred and fifty one senior high school students held steady jobs last year per a report by Joe M Williams director of student employment to the board of education. Jobs included waitress farm work clerks rail house work delivery service station secretarial board and room and care of children. Wages ranged from 2.50 to 200 a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe M. Williams
Board of Education
Indis
Williama
Nogues Resigns as Resident General Amid Unity Push
Gen Auguste Nogues resigns as resident general of French Morocco citing unity of France as his guiding principle. The move comes after pressure from Gen Charles De Gaulle and Gen Henri Giraud who seek a streamlined war cabinet under France’s national liberation committee. Radio addresses marked the first anniversary of Bir Al Hacheim as Fighting French forces broke German lines near El Alamein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Cpi
Auguste Nunes
Morocco
Henri Giraud
Nogues
Charles DeGaulle
French Committee For National Liberation
DeGaulle
Giraud
Bir al Hacheim
el- Alamein
Training for Safety at KU Suspects Industrial Safety School
The University of Kansas engineering science management war training program sponsors a one week industrial safety engineering school in Kansas City Missouri. Those attending are chosen from army camps and war projects in Kansas and Missouri by the army Seventh service command. After completion, students will direct safety programs in their camps and teach safety courses. A similar two week course will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas
Missouri
Army Seventh Service Command
Interview on 12 week aeronautical tech training at university
Russell Mosser of Boeing Wichita and Phil Beatty an interviewer for the firm led today’s interviews for aeronautical engineering technician training. Sponsored by the engineering science management war training program, the course runs under the school of engineering and architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Mosser
Boeing Aircraft Company of
Wichita
Phil Beatty
Engineering Science Management
School of Engineering and Architecture
Five-Year-Old Randall Improves After Illness
After a bout with a cold and the flu, 5-year-old Roger Michael Randall of 121 East Seventeenth Street showed improvement and could take a few steps, ending a period of inability to walk. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Randall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Michael
Hugh A. Randall
East Seventeenth Street
Laval Orders More French Workers Mobilized to Germany
Pierre Laval announced France's 1942 military class would be mobilized for work and told the public 200,000 additional workers must go to Germany as a result of a difficult journey he recently undertook.
Prospective renters and buyers read Journal-World classifieds
Classified readers of the Journal-World follow rental listings and home for sale notices. Prospective renters and buyers seek apartments, houses, or condos with prices, locations, and contact details on the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Lawrence men aid pea canning plant to ease labor shortage
The Columbus Foods Corporation canning factory in Douglas County operates the pea pack with Will Pendleton noting a manpower shortage. Local businessmen worked evening shifts to help harvest and package peas, with plans for daytime labor and weekend hours as needed. The plant aims to process 2,500 to 3,000 cases daily and reach around 100,000 cases for the season, subject to Army needs first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Lawrence
Columbus Foods Corporation
Will Pendleton
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
A. E. Woestemeyer
Raymond McCabe
The
Journal-World
Wade Pierce
Leo Eller
Kansas Electric Power Company
A. J. Basile
Pendleton
United States Employment Service
Canning
East Tenth Street
U. S. Army
Plot Against the Axis Allied Talks in North Africa
Allied leaders Churchill Eden and top generals Marshall and Brooke met with North Africa command to refine plans for a strong strike on the Axis. The discussions build on Washington talks between Churchill and Roosevelt and their advisers to implement agreed overall strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Churchill
Anthony Eden
George C. Marshall
Allan Brooke
Axis
Washington
Roosevelt
Packard workers return after racial dispute strike
Detroit June 5 Thousands of Packard Motor Car Company workers who struck over racial relations in the plant go back to work this morning. About 35 percent of the day shift is on duty with full production possible by Monday as Rolls-Royce aircraft engines and Packard marine engines had been cut by as much as 95 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
White House
Lewis
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Iis
Interior
Ickes
Solid Fuels Administrator
Detroit
Packard Motor Car Company
Rolls-Royce
Packard Marine
Chinese Forces Reclaim Kungan Base in Hupeh Province
The Chinese high command announced that Kungan in south Hupeh province has been recaptured from Japanese forces. Kungan lies 65 miles southeast of Ichang and near the Yangtze, a key base used in the abortive upper Yangtze offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kungan Chungking
Kungan
Hupeh
Yangtze
High Command
Ichang
Taxes Coming In as Second Half Tax Deadline Near
County Treasurer Roy Flory reported taxes are arriving by window and mail. The second half tax payment deadline without interest is expected soon in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Flory
Governor appoints mayor to state municipal accounting board
Topeka June 5.7 Gov Andrew Schoeppel named Coffeyville Mayor John D Byers to the state municipal accounting board replacing E E Alexander Lawrence resigned for a term expiring April 1 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Andrew Schoeppel
John D. Byers
Coffeyville
State Municipal Accounting Board
E. E. Alexander
Lawrence
Soldiers Back Hard Line Against Coal Strike in North Africa
Algiers June 5 The Stars and Stripes North African edition reports that about 90 percent of U S troops want drastic government action against strike leaders and strikers, with 70 percent favoring induction into the army and return to work on C army rations. Soldiers express disdain for John L Lewis and say they would swap places with the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Stars and Stripes
U.S
Army
John L. Lewis
Lawrence Schools Aim to Be Bond Debt Free by July 1944
Lawrence school board meeting authorized 63000 in bonds leaving 68000 to be paid by July 2 1943 to clear debt by July 1 1944. Refunding bonds 45000 for Liberty Memorial High and 8000 for elementary New York building due July 1 1944. Maintenance budget set at 6530 with 500 for high school obstacles course and 500 for McAllaster painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High School
New York
Marshall Plans to Win War Quickest Economical Way
New York reports Gen George C Marshall U S Army Chief of Staff accompanied Churchill on North Africa visit. He allegedly said the war must be won quickly and economically with long range planning and continuity of offensives as a paramount aim. BBC cites North Africa correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
BBC
NBC
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Churchill
North Africa
Certificates for vehicles and tires issued by ration board
Dr. E. G. Harbour of 1837 New Hampshire obtained a new car certificate from the ration board yesterday. Veterinarian Ben J. Malone of 1108 Benticle Avenue received a bicycle certificate. The city ration board issued nine grade I tires thirteen grade III tires ten passenger car tubes four truck tires four truck tubes and one truck retread yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Harbour
New Hampshire
Ration Board
Ben J. Malone
Country Club
Night Club Becomes Church in Topeka
East Side Baptist church officials announced today they will convert the former Cocked Hat night club on East Tenth street into a church building after a liquor raid led to its closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
East Side Baptist Church
Cocked Hat
East Tenth Street
Lawrence board names 14 teachers and 15 custodians
The Lawrence city school board elected fourteen teachers and fifteen custodians for the coming year at Liberty Memorial High School. Several resignations were accepted including Helen Cooper and Ruth Miller. New hires include Myrtle Haldeman as chemistry teacher and Dorothea Weingartner as high school English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence City
Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High School
Helen Cooper
Lorraine Lyerla
Pauline McKinney
Florence Miller
Ralph S. Ring
Ruth Miller
Myrtle Haldeman
Dorothea Weingartner
University Group to Attend Midwest Research Conference
Chancellor Deane W. Malott and Dean J. J. Jakosky of the School of Engineering and Architecture Prof. Thomas T. Castonguay and J. C. Frye of the Geological Surveys will join about 40 educators from Missouri Kansas Iowa Oklahoma Nebraska and Arkansas at the Midwest Research conference in Kansas City Missouri next week to pursue a unified program for developing raw materials. The meeting will be held at the Hotel Phillips at the invitation of J. C. Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane W. Malott
J. J. Jakosky
Schoo of Engineering and Architecture
Thomas T. Castonguay
J. C. Frye
Geological
Kansas City
J. C. Nichols
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Arkansas
Hotel
Phillips
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Sardinia
Middle East
Grottaglie
Carl A. Spaatz
Catanzaro
Goebbels
Germany
Hitler
Ion
Charles Marvin
Weather Bureau
Schoeppel
Paw Paw
Joseph Guyver
Lane University
Lecompton
Western College
Toledo
University of Kansas Law School
Kansas City School of Law
Della Alforetta Daugherty
Yankton, S. D
State Board of Education and
Wiedemann’s.—Adv
U.S. Guyer
Washington Today
Auguste Nogues
K. U
Packard
Howard Sutherland
Marshall
K. A
Mary Christianson
Isabel Rice
Rice
Catis Mallory
Gladys Six
Clea Perry
Cordley
Ordnance Works
A. E. Wilkerson
Cherryvale
Kansas Ordnance Works
Chalmer Woodard
Southwestern College
Winfield
George D. Smith
McAllaster School
Helen Norwood
Pinckney School
Evelyn Graber
Pinckney
Muriel Dougan
Jefferson County
Blanche Norris
Woodlawn
O. A. McGinnis
George W. Newton
Amos Nichols
H. A. Hutchinson
E. T. Gardner
Frank Dixson
Manual
Midwest
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