New Sea Dogs Are Aged In A Hurry
The piece recounts rapid naval growth in Britain and U S ships during wartime, highlighting a rushed new skipper assignment and a mishap at sea. It notes the Royal Air Force using show flights to help captains grasp convoy dynamics and features Captain Leland Lovette mentoring young officers and boosting public relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Navy
Britain
Conan Dad
Greitral
Royal Air Force
RAF
Mogaung Fighting and Sawngching Chindit Advance
Allied communiques report heavy fighting near Mogaung Burma with Chindits under Maj Gen Lantagne occupying Sawngching. They claim 200 Japanese killed including ten officers, capture of a 150 mm gun, three heavy mortars and an ammunition dump. Also notes a Kohima Namphal road advance, mop up of small detachments, and a dawn attack by American troops toward Myitkyina.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Wph
Joot
Mogaung
Burma
W, D, JA. Lantagne
Sawngching
India
Kohima
Nmphal
Ukhrul
Imphal
Myitkyina
Pario
Sabotage in Denmark leads to martial law and executions
Stockholm reports German authorities impose martial law in Copenhagen and Sjaelland after a large sabotage act at a Copenhagen rifle factory. Danes were said to be executed in reprisal as German courts martial fast track. Also noted is a vehicle collision at Fourth and Maple streets injuring Mrs Sewell and damaging two cars. the Journal-World calls the classifieds the town’s busiest market place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Ermans
Copenhagen
Sjaelland
Denmark
Ins
Fourth
Maple Streets i
S. Sewell
Lincoln
Sam Quihier
Rhode II
Land Street
Sewell
Journal-World
Meats Fate Food Weeks Coupon Values Decline
A fragmented 1945 local notice discusses food coupons and shelf rates. It mentions red, blue, and green stamps, gasoline allowances, and expiry dates such as February 28 1945 and August 8. The text references purchases, canning, and distribution rules across regions northeast and south, with emphasis on coupon value changes and redemption through June.
Ploesti area hit by air raid by American Liberators
Rome reports American Liberator aircraft attacked the Ploesti region in Romania and hit a rail bridge on the Oltul river near Piatra Negrit while encountering intense flak and enemy fighters. Other formations bombed a railway repair depot at Craiova as medium bombers, escorted by fighters, conducted raids across central Romania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Ploesti
Romania
Oltul
Craiova
Iron Gate
Piatra-Neamt
Lawrence notes and oddities from city life in 1944
Reports from Lawrence include Captain Clara McNish planning all day services at the Salvation Army rooms, a police call about a possum mother with babies at 832 Ohio Street, and the animal moved to Grant Hatchery on Connecticut. WREN announces GOP pre convergence rounds and concert news, with school band performances led by Oliver Hobbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara McNish
Kansas City
Lawrence
Salvation Army
Ohio Street
Grant Hatchery
Connecticut
Lawrence School
Oliver Hobbs
South Park
Bob Slater
Wren
Delegates Arriving for War Time Republican Convention
The Associated Press reports Republicans converge on Chicago for the 1944 national convention. Delegates from New York lead the push to nominate Gov. Thomas H. Dewey, with platform drafting and preconvention activities unfolding as Washington recessed. White House expectations and state caucuses set the early pace for the revamped wartime gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Congress
New York
Thomas H. ‘Dewey
Stevens Hotel
Deway
Badoglio Still Working For Good U S Relations
President Roosevelt received a message from Marshal Pietro Badoglio affirming continued efforts to foster friendship between the United States and Italy. Badoglio, displaced after Rome fell, pledged ongoing support despite a new Italian cabinet led by Ivanoe Bonomi not yet recognized by the U S or Britain.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pietro Badoglio
Iitaly
United States
Badoglio
Falian
Rome
Ivanoe Bonomi
Bonomis
England
White House
Marshal Badoglio
Italy
United States of American
Absent Honor Guest Col Lyle S Powell at UW Dinner
Col Lyle S Powell, now with Headquarters of Z Forea in the C B I theater in China, was an absent honored guest at the tenth Annual Honors Dinner at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. He was selected as one of a few distinguished alumni to be honored during commencement. Powell was elected to membership in the Wyoming Sigma Xi chapter, with the fraternity expanding after his time as a student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle S.'.powell
Z Forea
China
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Powell
Wyoming
Sigma Xi
Svoboda Commissioned Into Army After OCS at Fort Benning Ga
Lloyd Joseph Svoboda was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army of the United States after completing officer candidate school at Fort Benning Georgia last Tuesday. He entered service August 12, 1942 and served with anti aircraft artillery before OCS. A Capital Catholic high school graduate from Topeka and KU engineering junior, he is the son of Major and Mrs. J. J. Svoboda of 938 Tennessee Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Joseph Svoboda
Army of the United States
Infantry
Ft. Benning
Svoboda
J. J. Svoboda
Tennessee Street
Army
Capital Catholic High School
Topeka
University of Kansas
Pacific Box Score and War News From Pacific Theater
Navy reports reveal a box score for the naval action in the Marianas and the Philippines. Messages from families note sons on furlough, in England, or en route to Italy. A final line mentions a Nazi grip slipping in Italy.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Saipan
Marianas
Philip
J. W. Hess
Albert E. Hess
San Francisco
Southwest Pacific
Hess
Pvt
Chester Hess
Eng. Re
Strikes Spread Across Italian Border and Swiss City
Reports from June detail street fighting in Bern and Bologna and Milan as a general strike grips Genoa. Strikes ripple through several Turin factories amid German involvement.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bologna
Milan
Genoa
Turin
Fascist Grip in Northern Italy Weakens Across Milan
Swiss telegraphic agency reports German SS troops set permanent guards in Milan factories to curb strikes and sabotage. The unrest mirrors earlier triumphs as northern cities celebrate Mussolini's ouster.
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Italy
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Milan
E. Northland
Mussolini
Man Killed by Lightning Under Overbrook Tree
Herman L. Smith 74 owner of a shoe repair shop in Overbrook was killed instantly Friday afternoon when struck by lightning during a heavy storm. The bolt also hit two nearby barns near Lyndon, one destroyed by fire. A Jones County native who moved to Kansas at 14, he lived on a farm northwest of Ottawa before moving to Overbrook in 1905. Survived by widow a daughter Mrs Arthur Clark Overbrook two brothers Emanuel and Sherman Smith Ottawa and six grandchildren.
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Herman L. Smith
Overbrook
Lyndon
Smith
Jones County
Kansas
Ottawa
Arthur
Clark
Emanuel
Sherman Smith
Japanese Continue Gains On Canton Hankow Line
Chungking June 24 The last Chinese defense stronghold Hengshan in front of the Canton Hankow railway is reported fallen. The 14th Army Air Force bombed Japanese troops near Hengyang in Hunan with P 40s strafing a troop laden barge on the Siang River below Changsha and damaging supply boats amid heavy air action.
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Chungking
Hengshan
Canton-Hankow
Henngyang
14Th Army Air Force
Hengyand
Hunan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chuchow
Siang
Changsha
Will Rogers Ranch to Become State Park Memorial
Santa Monica Calif June 23 An executor for the Will Rogers estate O N Beasley announced deeding part of the 340 acre ranch to the state The 186 acre deeded portion including the ranch home will be a state park and memorial to Rogers killed in an Alaska plane crash nine years ago His saddles manuscripts and other collections will stay in the home Funeral services for Mrs Rogers will be held Monday at Wee Kirkie in Glendale Relatives plan to inter her at the Will Rogers memorial in Clare More Oklahoma where Rogers body is entombed
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Santa Monica
Calif
Will Rogers
O. N. Beasley
Betty Blake Rogers
Rogers
Alaska
Beasley
Wee Kirkie
Heather
Glendale
Clare
More
Okla
Tornado scare and wartime notes in Kansas roundup
A Kansas page mixes dramatic storm tales with personal milestones. Mrs Herman Koch survives an inverted tub near Cawker City as Arsonia rushes to aid, while Lt William Conant traces 1842 Fort Riley orders and a Buffalo parade caution. Bonds, pennies and a birthday quip add wartime flavor to this varied column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Koch
Cawker City
Card
Peete Patton
Arsonia
Snake kills farm pest found with gold fish bulge
On an Baldwin area farm near the Baker orchard, a snake killed a farm pest and was later identified as the culprit. An operation revealed a five inch gold fish inside the snake’s midsection, indicating a strangest concealment near the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Baker
Orchardman
Baldwin
Akeer Nock Werden
McLOUTH Notables Attend Various Visits and Birth Notice
McLouth events mix family visits, travel to Lawrence and Kansas City. Relatives arrive from Memphis and Alexandria for funerals. birth announced in Osage City. local residents spend vacations in Lawrence. Neighborhood Circle meets with readings and contests. upcoming meeting set for June 29.
FHA IS TEN YEARS OLD
The Federal Housing Administration marks a decade of operation with 81 million dollars in reserves after four years of earnings to cover operating costs. In 1923 income was 26.574 million, with 11.102 million for costs, leaving 15.472 million to boost insurance funds for future losses. The report comes as Stalin announces a Soviet break through in White Russia narrowing to 50 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Roe
H. Ferguson
London
Stalin
Red Army
Northwest
Vitebsk
White Russia
Japan's Losses and Hitler Broadside Report
Readable text summarizes World War II losses and a German Nazi reprisals claim. It notes Japanese losses including several carriers and warships by carrier air attacks and a large carrier sunk by a submarine, with over 360 carrier planes shot down. United States losses include carriers and a battleship damaged. The Germany section reports Hitler's headquarters claiming German prisoners were murdered in Normandy and warning of reprisals, including shooting American soldiers for any German casualties.
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Japan
United States
London
Berg Jin
Adolf Hitler
Nermandy
Cherbourg
Signia
Birthday Dinner Honors Hunne's Daughter Amid Mixed Guests
A Saturday dinner gathered family and friends to celebrate Hunne's daughter with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Bmene, Mr. and Mrs. Shredager of Kansas City, Mrs. Lucy Edmonds, Miss Doria, Ella Jones, and others. Notes mention a move from Ft Meade to Camp and stock listings for Standard Oil and related firms.
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Hunne
Ede Bmene
Feu
Lowa
Okia
Kansas City
Lucy’ Edmonds
Doria Piemes Cian
Ella Jones
Mel
Tari White
Ft. Meade, Tex
Ck la
Cole
John Harley
Crowder
New York
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Raymond Fare 88
Holyoke
Mass
Lovette
West Virginia
Willett
Nelson P. Horn
Baker University
George Wetzel
Douglas County War Price and R Alloning Board
Learnard
Gerald Hoover
Hoover
National Geographic Magazine
Germany
France
le Harve
G.O.P. P
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Associated Press
U. S
Col. Lyte Powell
Charles [Sulzen
Bertha Sulzen
Camp Livingston, Ls
Fairleigh B. Smith
C. C.' Edgar
Rhode Island Street
Richard Edgar
Pacific
Pfc
Linn P. McGee
Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif
Josie Key McGee
Lester McGea
Betty Shook
Earl Shook
John Patchen
Raymond. McKitrick
Marines
Kitrick
Robert Jralkee
James Holyfield
Penfield Jones
Rapa
Harold Pepinsky
Vocational Counseling and Guidance Center
State Park and
Wichita
Jack Dotson
John S. Dotson
Air Forces
Alva Jackson
Australia
Anthony
Jackson
Australian Red Cross
America
Army Air Forces
William Conant
Dodge City Army Air
Emmett Chambers
National Cooperative Refinery
McPherson
McPherson Unty
Chambers
Coffeyville
Woman's Club
Emporia
Aid
John Harding
Ted Gentry
Paul Ritchie
Beverly
Memphia
Teun
Robert Ritchie
A.C. Ritchie
H. H. ‘Kimmel
Earl Bower
Aes
Jennie Hesse
Bartlesville
Rolla Warner
Katherine
Frank Schaeffer
Maude Dittz
Omaha
Neb
Geomne Richards
Elmér Yonally
Tonganoxie
Albert Lobb
Edgar Davison
Osas City
Sharon
Jeanne
Florence Thomas
Matilda
Papenhausen
Leavenworth
Ira_ Wolfe
Walter Kimmel
McLouth
William Pyle
Lulu Sparks
Lawwrence
Jess Sutherland
Frank Bettis
Tugeday
Russellville
Ark
Charles Thompson
Wamego
Walter Thompson
Shirley
Robert. King
Grant Meyers
Richard Petrie
George Altenbury
Maggie
Stella Robinson
Opal ‘Wellman
Fha
Schubert
Funeral Home
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City Cab
Acros
Hercules
SOW
Hercules Powder CO
Lawrence Lodge Ni Aif
A.M. Will Nes
Clark O. H
Ason
O. Morton
Guakenbush
Hitler
Normandy
Home Furniture Store
Massachusetts St
Miller Furniture CO
U.S. Mail Service
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Lawrence National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Basil Rathbone As
Sherlock Hoines
Spider
Varsit
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