U S Entry Into War Checks Nazis
Washington June 6 Military experts reviewing six months of global war concluded that axis striking power had been blunted since the United States entered conflict on December 7 yet warned that the great battles for final victory are still ahead. The piece notes Allied preparations, strategic shifts, and the evolving balance in Europe Africa and the Pacific.
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Army pay raise debated as CCC fate looms in Washington
Army back privates and navy apprentices would gain at least 46 dollars monthly in June with hints of a 50 dollar increase. Senator LaFollette urges returning to a 50 dollar figure. House bars CCC funding, stirring concern the Civilian Conservation Corps may perish as war effort shifts to paid labor. C I C proposes a united labor council with AFL to boost wartime labor unity.
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Pearl Harbor Avenger Oaths Set for Tomorrow
Six months after Pearl Harbor, navy marine and coast guard recruits will take oath in communities as avengers of Pearl Harbor. The ceremony airs 2 25 p m eastern war time from the sail loft at the Washington navy yard with officers serving on the British commandos general staff.
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Drilling Shifts to Barton as Kansas Week Totals Rise
Activity in Kansas oil fields moved from Reno to Barton county in the week ended Wednesday. Barton had seven of 33 tests, with 19 wells completed for 18,255 barrels daily, while Reno reported three starts. Completions totaled 35 for 9,893 barrels daily statewide, with Reno seven wells and Barton three.
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Summer sermon series begins at First Baptist church
Prof. R A Schwegler will speak on Tomorrow and You at 9 45 Sunday at First Baptist corner Eighth and Kentucky as part of a summer series The program runs through July with speakers including Lawson Chubb Davis Ise Vander Melvin and Koelb Rose Ireland to sing at the 11 a m service and worship follows the lecture segment
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Topeka Volunteers Help Farmers This Summer
More than 100 Topeka residents, including many high school students, volunteered for farm work this year instead of taking vacations.
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Broadway Film Weekends Greet Bennett Brent Auer in Twin Beds
Local listings spot Sunday shows for Joan Bennett George Brent and Mischa Auer in Twin Beds. Midweek features Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan in Jake irl and Janet Blair Pat O’Brien Brian Donlevy in Two Yanks in Trinidad. Additional bills include Butch Minds the Baby with Brad Crawford Virginia Bruce and Friday to Sunday engagements with No Hands on the Clock Jesse James Jr Tyrone Power in A Yank in the RAF with Conrad Veidt Nazi Agent. Swamp Water Yokel Boy head June 12 13 14 with stars Walter Brennan Walter Huston Albert Dekker Joan Davis Eddie Foy Jr.
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Heavy Demand on Farm Resources
Manhattan June 6 Dean L E Call of Kansas State College urges Kansas farmers to work long hours to hit 1943 war food production goals. He notes labor shortages and transport issues, stresses rural labor, while praising weather and reserves in wheat corn and cotton as aids to meeting wartime targets.
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Farm Bureau Vice Presidents Meet at Chamber of Commerce
Township Farm Bureau vice presidents will assemble Monday at 1 30 p m in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The gathering called by Frank Blecha eastern district agent of Kansas State College extension division follows a request from the state war board. The aim is to contact all county men quickly with arrangements to reach them within four days.
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RAF Raids Naples Area Reported by Italians
Italian broadcasts state the R A F raided Naples and surrounding areas last night with fires set and flares dropped on Littoria province. The communique notes Naples fires controlled with no major damage, one dead and one injured.
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4-H Officers to Meet Douglas County Leaders Tonight
4-H presidents secretaries and leaders from Douglas County clubs will meet tonight at 9 o clock in the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce rooms for an officers session.
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Flying Tigers claim over 200 Japanese soldiers killed
Chungking June 6 The Flying Tigers reported killing more than 200 Japanese soldiers along the Salween river west bank in Yunnan and near the Burma road by bombing and strafing. May combat also cited 24 enemy planes shot down, several destroyed on ground, plus several trucks and a tank. Six AVG planes were lost with five pilots killed and one wounded.
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Bombers Hit Western Germany. Berlin Reports Casualties
Berlin dispatch says fires in industrial districts followed British raids last night. German high command claims 13 British bombers shot down and 22 more planes destroyed in yesterday’s daylight sweeps over occupied territory.
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Capper Files For Reelection to Topeka Senate Seat
Senator Arthur Capper formally files for reelection on the Republican ticket paying a 100 dollar fee. He completes his third six year term in the U S Senate and previously served as governor from 1914 to 1918.
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