Invasion First Phase Completed Across Normandy
Allied forces pushed inland from the Normandy beaches with beachheads from Caen to Cherbourg expanding as air power and naval units pounded bridges and rail targets. Canadian and British troops seized prisoners and undermined German positions while Berlin and Rome claimed limited successes amid heavy fighting and new Allied air and amphibious support.
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Bayeux
Vire
U. S
Caen
Ross Munro
Berlin
Carentan
Cherbourg
Orne River
Bay of St. Martin
Cap ‘de la Hague
Atlantic Mall
Ninth Air Force
Bernard L. Montgomery
Foalaise
Argentan
Falaise
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alship
Churchill
Normandy
France
Vichy
Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Atlantic Wall
Hai
Valognes
Caennes
Tae
Supreme Headquarters
Bayeux-Caen
L ’ Hold
Paris
Ervin Rommel
Hiller
Rommel
Dieppe
Ste. Mere-Eglise
Cherbour
Varville
Orre River
Seulles
Brittany
Lorient
Nantes
T. Brieuc
High Command
Stockholm
von Rundstedt
Eisenhower
England
Althe
Lisenhower
Coutances
Lessay
RATION CALENDAR Se Tt 1234 23 45 6 23 78 B 0nd
Ration calendar notes validity for Meats Fats and processed foods with stamp periods and region notes. It lists stamps 30 and 31 good for five pounds, shoe stamps and gasoline coupons with region and date details. The document records indefinite validity for certain items and specifies end dates for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syoriatoid Préss
Usupa
Deaths and Funerals Daniel Henry Werner in Topeka
Daniel Henry Werner aged 81 died at his Topeka home Tuesday morning after 39 years in the city. He was a former Clinton resident and a cousin of Russell White. Survived by widow, four daughters and three sons. Funeral held at 10 a.m. in Penwell chapel Topeka with burial in Clinton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Henry Werner
Clinton
Topeka
Russell White
Vermont Street
Penwell
Clinton Cemetery
War era notices and missing items prompt owner claims
Mrs McCoy asks owners to claim hats and a tan tweed jacket found by donors and the Red Cross. Mrs Raymond Pine returned her mislaid jacket to Red Cross. Lt Paul E Kelly, son-in-law of Mr and Mrs L A Beurmann, has been missing in action over Romania since May 18. County Treasurer A M Gardner notes tax receipts for 1943 half near completion. taxes due by June 20 to avoid penalty. John Linn, county FSA supervisor, attended a district FSA meeting in Topeka this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Helly
A. 'M. Gardner
John Linn
Douglas County
Farm Security Administration
Topeka
Aid to soldiers halts 44 hour D‑Day voyage encounter
Supreme Headquarters reports General Eisenhower and Admiral Ramsay paused a 44 hour cruise off the French invasion beaches to direct aid to drifting soldiers. A landing barge signaled for help and a returning craft relayed their location. Eisenhower met Montgomery and Kirk aboard near the invasion armada and expressed satisfaction with the conference outcomes.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Bertram Ramsay
Ramsay
Hisenhower
Ramsay Sai
France
Bernard L Montgomery
Alan Goodrch Kirk
U.S
U.S. Naval Task Forces
Montgomery
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Anthony Eden
Jan. Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
Enlistment Talk On 17-Year-Old Reservists
Maj Joseph B Wachtell of the Army Air Corps in Kansas City Kansas led a Lawrence Civil Air Patrol meeting to discuss resuming enlistment of 17 year olds in the reserve for future air combat crew training and WACES procurement. The War Department announced the policy and each trainee will receive five weeks of basic military training before air combat crew training. The Civil Air Patrol is authorized to recruit examine and pre-train 17 year olds. For information see local Civil Air Patrol Tuesdays 7 pm at the Community building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Wachtell
Army Air Corps
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence
Civil Air Patrol
War Department
Lawrence ‘Civil Airatrol
Army
Air Forces
Douglas County official Harold Beck seeks renomination
Harold Beck register of deeds for Douglas County announces his candidacy for the office he holds subject to Republican primary voters on Tuesday Augustine Beck notes Beck has run the office well keeping records in good order He is active in Kiwanis crippled children committee and fund raising for infantile paralysis Beck filed by declaration with County Clerk Tom Gerhart this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Beck
Register of Deeds
Douglas County
Augustine Beck
Kiwanis Club
Beck
Tom Gerhart
Military personnel updates from Lawrence and environs
Pvt J J Rapp at Camp Adair Ore receives good conduct medal. Air Cadet Burt Viesselman leaves for Livermore Cal to begin primary flight training after 10 days with parents at 138 Mississippi. Lt Charles M Amyx visits Lawrence from Hawaii then to Seattle. Cpt Tommy E Patchen and Mrs Patchen visit Patchen parents from North Carolina. Corporal Patchen on furlough. Lloyd Purcell, England based, promoted to sergeant in bomber group. Cpl Everett L Gregg home on furlough. stationed at Westover Mass. Carl C Perkins Jr enrolled as aviation cadet at Maxwell Field Ala for nine weeks. Russell T Runnels commissioned ensign in naval reserve. to Hollywood Fla for training. KU engineering graduate.
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Burt Viesselman
Livermore
Cal
P. W. Wiesselman
Mississippi Street
Cpl
Everett L. Gregg
I. L. Gregg
Connecticut Street
Gregg
Westover Field
Mass
Carl C. ‘Perkins, Jr
Carl C.perkins
Massachusetts Street
Army
Air Force
Maxwell Field
Ala
Perkins
Liberty Memorial High School
University of Kansas
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Personal News From Local Residents and Visitors
Mr and Mrs R C Burgert of 1321 New Hampshire street have just returned from a two week visit with daughters in Detroit and Chicago and will travel to Casper Wyoming to visit their son S Sgt Lloyd Burgert of the Army Air Corps. Five members of the Business and Professional Women's club who attended the Hutchinson state convention returned home: Miss Rose Gleseman Miss Hazel Anderson Miss Frances Andrews Miss Hazel Dawson and Mrs A R Colburn Mrs James W Houk. Mrs Harold Herren and daughter Yvonne left for Chicago to meet Mr Herren who will join them after a ten day furlough. he is stationed at Great Lakes naval training station and has just finished basic training.
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R. C. Burgert
New
Hampshire Street
Detroit
Mich
Chicago
Casper
Wyo
Lloyd Burgert
Army Air Corps
Hutchinson
Rose Gleseman
Hazel Anderson
Frances Andrews
Hazel Dawson
A. R. Colburn
James W. ‘Houk
Hag
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Harold Herren
Yvonne
Herren
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Jhall
Pope Pius XII Greets Gen Clark and Officers at Vatican
In Rome on June 5 Pope Pius XII met Lt General Mark W. Clark commander of the Fifth Army and spent about ten minutes in the Vatican library. Afterwards the Pope greeted Major General Alfred H. Gruenther and other American officers.
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Pope Pe
Clark
Rome
Pius XII
Fifth Army
Vatican Library
Alfred H. Gruenther
War leaders visit Rome church in peace message
Chief of staff for the Fifth army Maj. Gen. H. H. Johnson and Rome area commander Brig. Gen. Edgar E. Hume with Col. Patrick Ryan met after an audience. General Clark then toured St. Peter's with Msgr. Walter Carroll, American rep in the Papal secretary's office, as the Pope urged war reporters toward a peace-oriented ultimate purpose.
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Fifth Army
H. H. Johnson
Rome
Edgar E. Hume
Patrick Ryan
5Th Army
Clark
St. Peter’s Church
Msgr
Walter Carroll
Pittsburgh
Sunflower Ordnance Works lauded for rocket propellants supply
Maj. Gen. J. H. Campbell thanks workers at Sunflower Ordnance Works operated by Hercules Powder Co for supplying rocket propellants and smokeless powder to Allied invasion troops. He commends the industry team and urges continued efforts to keep up weapon supply for U S forces in battle.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Ercules Powder Company
L. H. Campbell, Jr
Ordnance
Donald R Hyde
Sunflower
Ordnance Works
J. H. Campbell
Washington, D
Callahan files bid for Douglas County clerk nomination
John Pat Callahan, Douglas County court clerk, announced his candidacy for re nomination in the Republican primary on August 1. He highlights decades of court record keeping experience and past presidency of the state association of district court clerks. In early 1944 the district clerk’s office turned 4829.64 over to the county general fund. Callahan is a former University of Kansas student.
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John
Pat” Callahan
Douglas County
Callahan
State Association. of
District Court
Courtty General Fund
Cellahan
University of Kansas
Lawrence air patrol member trains at Washington University
Corporal Laurance Musick of the Lawrence Civil Air Patrol is stationed at Washington University for a semester of army air force training for air combat crew trainees. He has been with the Lawrence squadron ten months and scored high on the mental examination at enlistment. About 15 Lawrence youths have recently been called into service through the local patrol. Workmen build a wooden platform along the Weaver building at 739 Massachusetts Street for front stonework repairs. The Red Cross office has a:
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Laurance Musick
Lawrence Civil, Air Patrol
Washington University
Army ‘Air’ Force
Lawrence
Army Air Forces
Lawrence Civil Air Patrol
Massachusetts
Social Roundabout At De Soto Natives Reunion
Mrs and Mrs George Thomas Kailighs City hosted visitors including Mrs W Blaylock and Miss Leota Ouderkirk and Mr and Mrs Jim Nicholson from Richmond Missouri. They were joined by Ma r s Hayes Johnston and Margaret of Kansas City during Memorial weekend. Harry Miller, Hattie Lake and the Blaylocks hosted long‑time friends. Mrs Keat marked her 77th birthday. F E Stuchberry remains ill at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Thomas
Kailighs City
Blaylock
Thomas
Misa Leota Ouderkirk
Jim .Nicholson
Richmond- Mo
Hayes Johnston
Nicholson
Maurice DeBoeyer
Margaret
Kansas City
Friands
W. L. Blaylock
Russell Midgett
Keat
Harry. Miller
Hattie Lake
Lawrence
F. E. Stuchberry
Bonner Sox Physician Among Kansas City Travelers
Bonner Sox physician along with three Spumheds, Teta Katthine, a CSt oO we Wright, and Mira Fred Zellers spent Monday in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teta Katthine
We Wright
Mira Fred Zellers
Kansas City
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Beary Naval Support
A! Ned
Signal Corps
Nelson P. Horn
Baker Universit
Dr. Horn
Baker
Office of Register of Deeds
Pvt. J
Rapp
Camp ‘Adair, Ore
Charles M. Amyx
Amyx
Naval Air Base
Hawaii
Seattle
Wash
Cpt
Tommy E. Patchen
Mrs. Patchen
North Carolina
Corporal Patchen
T. W. Patchen
Lloyd Purcell
Army Air Force
Russell T. Runnels
Ohio Street
Kansas Geological Survey
Naval, Reserve
Naval Training School
Hollywood
Fla
Runnels
C. S. Boucher
University of Nebraska
Memorial ‘Stadium
Boucher
John “Pat” Callahan
The
Red Cross
Excelsior
James Lee Scheutmann
Stillwater
Okla
Jack Hamilton
Walter Lindholm
Mr. Lehman
Blue Springs
Conred Gastrock
Melvin J. Glaser
Camp Parks
Gal
League of Saint ‘John’s Evvangelical and Reformed Church
Conrad Gas Track
Vera Helle Glaser
Conrad Gas
Kenneth
Chester Gibson
Ottawa
R. Steen
Steen
Regina Steen
Francis R. Thomas
Camp Breckenridge
Eula Belle Shuler
Roy Shaler
Dorothy
Judsey Gibson
Walter Pohl
Andi
C Pfc
Brrs
Francis Thomas
Glenn Flora
Ike Thomas
George Hass
Maude
Moranville
Marie Roof
Ness City
Conrad -Gastrock
Maude Moranville
Buddy
C.elvin Dillon
Florida
LaVergne Flora
Pauline Streebin
Lela “May Nichols
Dudley Girland
Clifford Flora
Francis
Thomagebidran
Ronald
Pam Revee
My Excelsior
Baldwin
Melvin -Glaser
Conrad Gastrock
Coon
Pic
City Cab
Bus Staion
DE Soto
New York
Salvation Army
9Th St. North
St. West
North Lawrence
St. East
9Th St
Mass. St
Bond
Europe
International Business Machines Corporation
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