Night torpedo attack by flying boats at Midway
Navy reports reveal the first night torpedo strike by flying boats against the Japanese fleet off Midway on June 3 1942. Ensign Jewell Reid from Paducah Ky spotted the fleet and Ensigns William Richards and Charles Hibbered led the attack from four patrol planes, with two troop ships and a carrier-sized target hit before fuel ran low and crewmen endured three days aboard rubber lifeboats.
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Midway
Logan Ramsey
Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Midway Island
Ramsey
Jewell Reid
Paducah
Reid
Lieut
William Richards
Collingswood
N.J
Charles P. Hibbered
West Springfield
Mass
Tere
Probst
Mitchell files for Republican nomination for attorney general
A B Mitchell filed to seek the Republican nomination for attorney general. Former Lawrence and Douglas county attorney has served as assistant to Attorney General Jay Sarker since 1939. Ralph E Gilchrist of Wichita seeks the Democratic nomination.
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Topeka
A. B. Mitchell
Lawrence City
Douglas County
Mitchell
Jay Sarker
Ralph E. Gilchrist
Wichita
Busy Paving Underway on Massachusetts Street Project
Massachusetts street paving from Twentieth to Twenty third streets progresses quickly with concrete poured in the center to Twenty third and near completion. M Penny, the contractor, reports readiness to pour the east strip in the 2100 block if weather holds. The 2000 block is open to residents and the project, delayed since October 1 1941 due to weather, nears final completion.
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Massachusetts Street
Twentieth
Twenty-third Street
M. Penny
Penny
Reed to Tell Tonight on Gubernatorial Plans
Kansas City dispatch reports Senator Clyde M. Reed will tell Kansas constituents tonight if he will seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination. His 8 p.m. address will be broadcast by WIBW and the Kansas network.
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Kansas City
Clyde M. Reed
Topeka
Kansas
WIBW
Ed Thompson
Parsons
Reed
Thompson
Washingon
Bill to reimburse civilians for war injuries under fire
Washington observers expect revisions to a civilian war injury bill after senators object to vague provisions. Taft aims to amend the proposal to limit payments to injuries incurred in actual duty, amid talk of broad claims and universal social insurance aspects.
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Washington
Taft
R-O
Pepper
D-Fla
Crude Oil Journal Records US Production Rise in June Week
Oil and Gas Journal reports a weekly rise of 120 780 barrels in U S crude output to 3 744 310 for the week ended June 13 California led gains with 68 250 barrels to 670 500 Kansas up 61 450 to 279 750 Louisiana and Michigan also advanced while Texas declined 9 050 to 1 266 500 and Illinois rose 16 875 to 276 890.
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Tulsa
Okla
California
Kansas
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Eastern
Louisiana
Michigan
Texas
East Texas
Rocky Mountain States
Oklahoma
Illinois
Chunk of Stone Tops Capitol Roof in Kansas
A 6 foot stone weighing about 650 pounds toppled from a southern cornice above the Kansas capitol roof in Topeka. Custodian L D Robinson authorized its replacement. The chunk fell ten feet, denting a copper roof and cracking attic tile. Robinson cited weathered stone from moisture and a fault in the stone. No work has been done on stone below the capitol dome since 1903.
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Topeka
Kansas Capitol
L. D. Robinson
Robinson
Capitol Dome
Special Trinity Lutheran Vacation Bible School Program
The program starts at 10 o clock Friday with four departments contributing numbers. Mildred Stringham will give an illustrated task and demonstrations of hand work and memory work will be shown to parents and friends. Mrs Byron Cox presides. Afterward children and parents share a picnic lunch in the park with ice cream. The Sunday school led by A G Sabol also has a Friday picnic in Clinton park after six with games run by superintendents. Families bring two covered dishes and desserts. the Sunday school serves ice cream and pop.
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Trinity Lutheran Vacation Bible School
Mildred Stringham
Byron Cox
Government hires replacements for striking workers in textile mill
Fall River Mass June 16 The federal government today obtained new employees to replace striking workers in a privately owned textile mill for the first time since the war began. The War Labor Board called for 125 replacements after workers at the Arkwright mill refused to end an eight day strike demanding about 81 dollars weekly in wage increases.
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Fall River
Mass
United States
National War Labor Board
Arkwright Corporation
Clinton Republican Caucus District Meeting Set
A Republican caucus will be held tomorrow evening at the Clinton school house inviting all Clinton township Republicans to attend.
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Clinton
Clinton School House
Clinton Township
Isolationist James Oliver Loses Maine GOP Primary
In Maine's Republican primary James C. Oliver an isolationist before Pearl Harbor was defeated by Robert Hale. Hale led Oliver 11 521 to 6 202 in the first district with 151 precincts reporting. Hale faces former Governor Louis J. Brann a Democrat in September.
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Portland
U.S
James C. Oliver
Pearl Harbor
Maine
Robert Hale
Roosevelt
Hale
Frederick Hale
Louis J. Brann
Oliver
Bronn
Ray W. Stetson
Allen seeks Democratic renomination for Kansas Supreme Court seat
Topeka report states Harry K. Allen, 67, of Topeka, filed today for the Democratic renomination for position No. 4 on the Kansas supreme court. He faces Republican challenger Attorney General Jay S. Parker of Hill City in the race. Former dean of the Washburn College law school is mentioned in context.
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Topeka
Harry K. Allen
Kansas Supreme Court
Jay S. Parker
Hill City
Washburn
Congressman Rees Opposes Santa Fe Line Abandonment in Kansas
Representative Rees urged Interstate Commerce Commission chair Hastman to deny the Santa Fe railroad's request to abandon lines from Benedict Junction to Emporia and from Madison Junction to Moline in Kansas. He warned abandonment would deprive Madison and nearby towns of rail service and harm an important agricultural and cattle grazing region lacking transportation options.
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Washington
Rees
R.-Kan
Joseph B. Hastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe Railroad
Benedict Junction
Emporia
Madison Junction
Moline
Kansas
Madison
Home Garden Club Meets at Mrs Hill's Arkansas Home
The Home Garden club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 8 o clock at Mrs Tom Hills home 503 Arkansas street. Prof W C Stevens will lecture and show pictures on wildflowers. Home Garden Fc Meets
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Home Garden Club
Tom Hill
Arkansas Street
W. C. Stevens
Home Garden Fc
Judge Allen Aims Supreme Court Seat and Party Note
Missouri native Judge Allen begins his first term on the supreme court after election in 1936. A Washington University Law School graduate, he served as city and county attorney at Gallatin, Missouri, and later moved to Oklahoma before moving to Topeka in 1916. He has written incisive dissents and is currently the sole Democrat on the state's highest court.
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Allen
Supreme Court
Missouri
Washington University Law School
St. Louis
Gallatin
Oklahoma
State Senate
Topeka
Planes Could Not Locate Alma During Civilian Blackout
Alma Kansas residents faced a blackout that hindered observation planes from Fort Riley. Mayor August Guth praised alertness yet said the district was overly dark with no aircraft flying over Alma. Army airmen reported limited results across six counties including Pottawatomie and Riley. Bundles for America meeting postponed to June 24 at 3 PM. Train livestock and used farm equipment sold via Journal-World classifieds.
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Alma
Kan
August Guth
Altho
Fort Riley
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