Hard Battles Ahead of Allies in D Day Invasion
Washington reports the first invasion crisis ended in modest victory while the second crisis remains. President Roosevelt cautions against overconfidence as Allied forces push from the beaches toward a broad front. German hedgehog defenses and a mobile panzer reserve are described as key challenges for expansion toward a large, fluid front.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Holland
Bay of Fas
Wall
Channel
Eisenhower
Hitler
France
Teheran
Cairo
Favorable Outlook for Wheat and Oats Crops
Cool spell helps wheat and oats prospects with a late oats planting yielding potential. Wheat should bind in 10 days to two weeks and bind by month end. oats to be cut around July 1. Fall barley nearing ready for binding and combining within a week. Farmers busy with corn cultivation. first alfalfa cutting above average at 1-2 tons per acre. Dinner honored Rev Davenport and Rev Kelly at Deacon Randolph home. guests praised ministry.
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5. W. Davenport
J. D. Kelly
Mary
R. N. Randolph
Davenport
Dr. Reilly
S. E. Boone
A. L. Parker
Atty
Leroy Harris
Japs Push Toward Changsha and Other Fronts in Asia
Japanese troops hammered into the outskirts of Changsha widening a 22 mile gap to the provincial capital amid stiff Chinese resistance. In Yunnan Chinese forces drove Japanese from Chiaotou and reached Chiangtso and Watien. Americans near Biak Island closed in on Mokmer airfield as Allied aircrews hit Manakwari and Truk in Pacific operations.
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Changsha
Hankow-Canton
China
Hunan
Chungking
Biak Island
Philippines
Yunnan
Chiaotou
Chiangtso
Watien
Biak
Mokmer
Schouten
Army air forces report 1944 first four months bomb tonnage
General H H Arnold told the House Appropriations Committee that US bomb groups dropped 174 719 tons on Germany and 48 085 tons on Japan in the first four months of 1944. He notes losses are lower than feared and many listed as missing may later be found as prisoners of war.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
H. H. Arnold
Germany
Japan
Arnold
House Appropriations Committee
Air Force
Allied parachute drive targets Cherbourg peninsula
Allied air drops on the Cherbourg peninsula aim to isolate the Cherbourg harbor area. Berlin radio cites parachutists between Les Sayes and Coutances and near Coutance with sea landings not yet reported. Nearby towns Bayeux Caen are mentioned as Nazi counterattacks at Caen repulsed by Allied HQ. Acacia Lodge announces a June 8 meeting with refreshments.
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Associated Press
Cherbourg
Berlin
Germany
Lessay
Coutanne
Coutance
Bayeux
Caen
le Havre
Finals in KU speech contest held tonight at Green Hall
The University of Kansas finals for the annual speech contest take place tonight in the Little Theater of Green Hall at o o clock. Nine finalists compete under the theme Know Your University for two cash prizes, with judges H G Ingham W E Sandelius and Kenneth Johnson. The event is open to the public.
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University of Kansas
Green Hall
Know Your University
Bureau of Visual Education
Jay Gunnels
Kansas City
The
Jayhawker
Don Diehl
Smith Center
YWCA
Julia Ann Casad
Wichita
Cooperative Houses For
Claudine Chamberlain
Mulvane
Elizabeth Watkins
Mary Turkington
McCune
Burch
Violet Conard
Coolidge
Patsy Creel
Lawrence
Hannah Roberts
H. G. Ingham
W. E. Sandelius
Kenneth Johnson
Civilian Aeronautical Administration
Japanese withdraw in Kohima area as British advance
Allied headquarters reported rapid Japanese retreat in the Kohima sector of northeastern India due to heavy losses. British forces seized a village six miles east of the town amid ongoing gains on the Aradura spur and northwest of Bishenpur. Stilwell’s line advanced slightly at Myitkyina while Chinese forces closed in near Lonkin in the jade mine area.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
India
Aradura
Bishenpur
Imphal
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mapaung
Kamaing
Lonkin
Jade Mine
Guerrillas Await Orders to Attack as Allied Landing Looms
Italian guerrillas estimated at 12,000 have moved from Piedmont into French Savoy and joined French guerrillas awaiting orders to go on the offensive. German troops in the area are reported pinned down as the region could be vital if an Allied landing occurs in the Mediterranean.
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Barcelona
Spain
Piedmont
French
Savoy
Mediterranean
Extension Granted in Pearl Harbor Court Martial Case
A senate-house conference committee approved a six month extension until December 7 for court martial proceedings against Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short. Investigations must occur within six months with actions justified by the facts.
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Washington
Senate-House
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Senate
Military leave and assignments cross paths in Lawrence
Major E R Elbel leaves for San Antonio to conduct aviation medicine research at Randolph Field. Pauli Penny and Eugene R Miller on Pacific and Aleutian duty report changes. Pvt Pontius arrives in England by email. Lt Knox in Sardinia delays homeward trip. Cpl Corbin and Lt Stapleton spend furloughs with relatives. Lawrence Memorial connection notes doughboys in Italy and a Lawrence citation from Maj Wherry in Washington.
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E.R. Elbel
San Antonio
Tex
Randolph Field
Valmontone
Italy
Washington Daily News
Samuel Seetin
Lawrence
Neal M. Wherry
Lawrence Memorial High School
Washington, D. C
Inland beachheads push on in Normandy war drive
Allied forces pressure inland across a 100 mile Normandy coast as airborne and ground troops push from beachheads. Ninth Air Force reports 12 C-47s and 12 gliders missing amid heavy fighting near Caen and Le Havre. Berlin says Rommel rushes reserves as aerial bombardment and ground assault intensify with thousands of sorties and this morning’s reports place U.S. troops well inland under counterattack.
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Ninth Air Force
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Chatiste
Mitchell
Lisieux
le Havre
Gaen
Churchill
Atras T. Caen
Stockholm
U. S
High Command
Orne River
Caen
Carentan
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Roosevelt
Altho
I Air Force
New York
Atlantic Wall
Serques
Pas-de-Calais
Abancourt
Dieppe
Amiens
Vire
Normandy
Brittany
Chateudun
Paris
France
Seine
Cherbourg
Admiral Ramsay
Bernard L. Montgomery
Europe
Vichy
Ministry of Information
Rouen
Calais - Dunkerque
Britain
Allied troops press inland from Honfleur toward Paris
German frontier reports claim allied forces hold Honfleur and advance 10 to 15 miles inland toward Point l Eveque Beuzeville and Pont Audemer. They control key junctions on routes to Paris about 100 airline miles from Honfleur.
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Honfleur
Point l'Eveque
Beuzeville
Pont Audemer
Paris
Soviet Celebrate Invasion News From Moscow June 7
Moscow witnesses a citywide celebration after Allied invasion news. Red Star asserts a broad united attack against Germany while Teheran promises no separate peace. Eisenhower dominates front pages as Russians toast Allied leadership amid maps, bars, and streets celebrations.
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Moscow
Russia
Red
Germany
Red, Star
United Nations
Red Star
Teheran
Berlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pravda
Eisenhower
Officials Meet In Atchison To Hear Kane Home Talk
Mrs Margaret Hurley county superintendent and other county officials attended the Northeast Kansas officials association quarterly meeting in Atchison. Dr Bert Nash KU faculty member and head of staff at the new Kansas State Receiving Home spoke this morning on The Function of the Receiving Home.
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Margaret Hurley
Mildred Watson
A. M. Gardner
Roy Flory
M. N. Penny
Atchison
Northeast Kansas County Officials Association
Bert Nash
University of Kansas
New
Kansas State Receiving Home
Lawrence Doctor elected Kansas Public Health head
Topeka June 7 Dr. Leon C Kramer of Topeka was elected president of the Kansas Public Health Association succeeding Dr. D D Carr of Topeka. Paul D Haney sanitarian for the state board of health at Lawrence chosen president elect. Other officers Dr J E Woolfe Wichita vice president Evelyn Hannon Topeka treasurer and
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Topeka
Leon C. Kramer
Kansas Public Health Association Today
D.D. Carr
Paul D. Haney
State Board of Health
Lawrence
J. E. Woolfe
Wichita
Evelyn Hannon
Resolutions Urge Health Service Extension to Counties
Jane Taylor of Topeka, secretary, notes resolutions urging legislation to empower county commissioners to extend city health services to counties without special legislative authorization and to revise meat inspection laws.
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Jane Taylor
Topeka
Concert by University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
A spring recital by the University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra in Hoch auditorium features Doris Sheppard on violin performing Wieniawski Concerto in D minor, Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, and pieces from Ippolitov Ivanov and Tschaikowsky, with guest musicians Wade Fite and John Adams.
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University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
Hoch Auditorium
Doris Sheppard
Larned
Wieniawski
Russell Wiley
Brahm
Callbver
Ippolitov Ivanov
Wade Fite
John Adams
Doria Sheppard
Ippolitayn Ivanov
Tschaikowsky
Emperor Walr Pote
Rotary club meeting postponed to June 14 in Lawrence
Lawrence board of directors meeting moved from Monday June 12 to Wednesday June 14 at 7 30 p m at Solen Ayers home Haskell. Red Cross knitting room seeks women knitters to finish garments soon with rooms open Tuesday and Thursday. Mrs H B Chubb notes 4000 surgical dressings made by women volunteers on D Day citing zeal over turnout.
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Lawrence Rotary Club
Solen Ayers. Haskell
Red Cross Knitting Room
H. B. Chubb
War Loan Drive to Open June 12 Captains Named
War Loan Drive begins June 12 with block captains and committees listed for Woodlawn Lincoln New York MecAflaster raley Pinckney and others. Special booths for bonds and stamps will be set up by local businesses including Lawrence National Bank First Nations Bank Weaver's Woolworth's Kress Penney's and The Journal World classified page notes it as the town’s busiest marketplace.
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Pace
Woodlawn
Lincoln
J. J. Krum
W. Heil Strom
Ivan Randall
Alice Dicker
New York
Harry Gregg
Paul Harnar
Gimbler
A. Hodges
MecAflaster
Lawrence National Bank
Je N.levwin
First Nations Bank
G. W. Stratton
Weaver's
A. F. Hunter
Woolwworth’s
K. C. Evans
Kress
H. W. Firner
Penney’s
W. O. Hamilton
Journal-World
Salvation Army prepares invasion aid on WWII front
June 3, 1944 New York item notes mobile canteen units built for combined ambulance and canteen service on the second front. Units will attach to allied troops and move with them, marking the Army’s largest welfare effort to date. Red Shield units now number over three thousand worldwide, serving twenty three fronts and offering a home away from home to servicemen.
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New York
Salvation Army
Adon
England
Red Shield
Adv
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A. M
Robert F. Schermerhorn
W.M. E. J. Coy
Pearl Harbor
Pauli Penny
Pacific
Eugene R. Miller
San Francisco
Miller
Aleutians
Vaughn W. Pontius
Carl Knox
Sardinia
Cpl
Lawrence W. Corbin
Fort Robinson
Neb
J. S. Corbin
East Fourteenth Street
Harold Jack Stapleton
Institute of Meteorology
University of Chicago
Beatrice L. Stapleton
Vermont Street
Salina
Kan
George Stapleton
K. U
Walla Walla
Wash
Axis
Norman
Barfleur
St. Vaust la Hougue
Valognes- Carentan
Villers- Trouville
Seine Estuary
Jayhawker Theatre
MGM
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University of Kansas Orchestra
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