Allies Drop Massive Bombing on Cassino Fortress
Allied air power devastated Cassino in a record bombing, delivering 1400 tons of bombs across a square mile as 3000 sorties pounded the town. Gen Eaker ordered a massive strike followed by ground assault to crush German resistance along the Fifth Army road to Rome and Anzio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Mar
Cassino
Jeas
Cagsino
Rome
Anzio
Iran C. Eaker
Fifth Army
Germany
Arch 15
Ira
Eaker
Mediterranean
Mbs
St Cassino
Nurses Aides To Receive Caps At Tonight's Service
Nurses' Aides will receive caps tomorrow evening at 7 45 at First Presbyterian Church. The current class of Nurses Aides will be honored, with the regular monthly Nurses Aide Coins meeting held beforehand in the church assembly room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Prisoner Libby Send Brief 25 Word Postcard
Cpl. Charles C. Libby in a German camp sent a 25 word postcard to his parents from the Mediterranean area. Five words read The Red Cross is wonderful. We are lunching at Wiedemann's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern
Charles C. Libby
Mediterranean
Red Cross
Bombers Hit Brunswick in Major German Raid
London reports U S heavy bombers struck the German aircraft city of Brunswick. Dozens of enemy interceptors were shot down by Lightning and Thunderbolt escorts. Three US bombers and five fighters are missing. Bombing conducted through overcast with instruments. Some crews saw many fighters, others few. This marks the 11th mission this month for four engine bombers and 18th in 17 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
Brunswick
Hannover
London Ia
Berlin
London Fire Raid Strikes Capital and East Anglia
London endures a fierce pre midnight air raid with thousands of incendiaries and high explosives. Fires raged in two major districts as rescue workers and American soldiers aided firefighting and victim searches. Casualties reported across East Anglia and southern England with several planes shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
East Anglia
England
Britain
Holland
Germany
Berlin
Fighter Pilot to Address Aviation Cadets at KU
Wing Commander Crawford Compton a leading British fighter pilot will speak to aviation cadets at the University of Kansas tomorrow at 4 30 in Fraser theater on Spitfires Over the Western Front. A New Zealander and veteran of the western front he leads the New Zealand Spitfire squadron with 17 enemy planes destroyed and 19 damaged. He recently escorted American Flying Fortresses over Germany and holds the Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Flying Cross as well as American awards. The lecture is free and open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Crawford Compton
University of Kansas
Fraser Theater
Western Front
RALF
New Zealand
Crawford-Compton
Germany
Last-Minute Tax Help Flows In At Local Post Office
Today marked the federal income tax deadline with steady demand for assistance at the IRS office on the post office’s second floor. Deputy collector Nathan W. McGrew saw a line of 10 to 15 residents seeking help, staying open until midnight and expected to run late into the evening to aid taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Office
Lawrence
Douglas County
Nathan W. McGrew
Post Office
House panel backs 46 million for legislative branch funds
The House appropriations committee approved 46,176,321 for the legislative branch next fiscal year, down from last year by 202,889 and $1,005,847 under budget estimates, with 20,600,000 for the Government Printing Office and 4,148,930 for the Library of Congress. It also set 4,057,174 for the Senate and 3,602,463 for the House, and rejected 300,000 for a Library of Congress addition as premature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Worley
D-Tex
House
Senate
Chamber
Congress
le Compte
Iowa
White House
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
Legislative Branch
Judiciary
Capitol
Government Printing Office
Library of Congress
German Divisions Being Liquidated In Ukraine Front
Soviet wartime bulletin says Red Army encircled Nazi divisions near Sniggrevka in southern Ukraine. It reports 10,000 Germans killed and 4,000 captured as columns cut escape routes toward Nikolaev harbor and the Black Sea, with fighting spreading across Kherson and Bug river fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Odessa
Russia
Rodion
Malinovsky
Kherson
Shirokaya Balka
Bug River
Gaisin
Vinnitsa
Nimkhailov
Nimkhailovka
Bug
Kirovograd
Sniggrevka
Korsun Ring
Heavy March Rain Deluges Kansas Cities
Capricious March weather drenched portions of Kansas with additional rain and froze temperatures. Topeka logged 2.11 inches, Burlingame 2.35, and many towns reported over an inch. Forecaster Flora predicted the wet spell would end in northern Kansas with no floods expected, while western areas faced freezing rain or light snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Burlingame
Goodlayes
S. D. Flora
Willard
Emmett
Newton
Arkansas City
Junction City
Enterprise
Herington
Worden
Valley Falls
Horton
Osage City
Tyndon
Ottawa
Paola
LaCusne
Garnett
Wichita
Lindsburg
Coffeyville
Wamego
Dodge City
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Montana
Wyoming
Nepraska
Dakotas
Toneks
Badoglio Delays Italy’s Future Government Talk
Naples March 15 Premier Pietro Badoglio proposed postponing discussion of Italy’s future government until the end of the war. He urged breaking up the fascist structure permeating the state and restoring cordial relations with states once in opposition, outlining reconstruction plans for a freer postwar Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Salerno
Income tax deadline tonight for millions nationwide
The deadline for 1943 federal income tax returns falls at midnight. About 143,000 Kansans must file by tonight to avoid penalties. Estimated refunds total up to 400 million dollars for 16 million Americans, with many owing or overpaying as pay as you go is adjusted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Sam
Lynn R. Brodrick
Internal Revenue
Plans Set for Spring Opening by Chamber in March
The executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce met this morning under J. H. Parsons to fix the opening date for the spring event. It will be held Friday March 24 with a $2500 in U S war bonds prize drawing at 9 p m in front of the WREN building. Prize slips will be handed to cooperating merchants and customers will submit names and addresses at purchase. slips collected at 5 p m that evening. The merchants bureau named A E Westembyer as chairing officer with Aaron Campbell Gilbert Francis and Vernon Linn on the planning committee. Additional attendees included Betty Broat Al Green George Lowman Andrew Jackson Ivan Rowe and George Hedrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Parsons
Merchants’ Bureau
Parsons
A.E. Westembyer
Aaron Campbell
Gilbert Francis
Vernon Linn
U.S
WREN
Betty Broat
al Green
George Lowman
Andrew Jackson
Ivan Rowe
George Hedrick
Ireland Faces Blockade Fears Amid Dublin Talk
London reports Irish leaders warn that Britain’s stance toward isolation could amount to a blockade. Churchill dodges questions on coal tea and supplies to Southern Ireland while noting not to reveal sensitive evidence of axis agents in Dublin.
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London
Dublin
Churchill
Britain
Irelam
Commons
Eire
Ramon de Valera
de Valera
Ireland
No New Passenger Cars In Sight for Long Time
Washington reports a War Production Board spokesman rejected an National Automobile Dealers Association claim that passenger car production would begin by September and said there will be no passenger car production in sight for a long time. Ray Chamberlain of the dealers group had said limited output would start by July 1945 to serve essential civilian drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
War Production Board
National Automobile Dealers Association
Ray Chamberlain
New York
Ray, Chamberlain
ASTP Men at KU Finish Friday as Troop Duty Looms
Lieut Col W J McMorris says ASTP trainees in basic engineer terms two and three will complete academic work at the University of Kansas Friday at 5 30 pm then stand by for orders sending them to duty with combat troops. Missouri legislature convenes in special session to pass new soldier voting laws and refinance agencies facing bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. McMorris
Army Training Students
University of Kansas
A.S.T.P
Missouri
Jefferson City
UPI
Forrest C. Donnell
Task Force Hunts Jap Shipping In South Pacific War Update
Allied cruiser-destroyer task force reports no Japanese ships or combat planes found near Bougainville while air forces claim 65 enemy planes shot down at Wewak New Guinea in a three day attack. MacArthur HQ notes aerial strikes on Wewak and surrounding bases, with two American planes lost.
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Associated Press
South Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Japan
Adm
Aaron S. Merrill
Victory Gardens
Douglas MacArthur
Bougainville
New Britain
Willaumez Peninsula
Talasea Battlefront
Sixth Army
Manus Island
Admiralty Group
Rabaul
Catalina
Kusaie
Caroline Islands
Marshall Islands
Ith
China
Hainan
Burma
Buthedgung
Black Dragon Pass
Gateway
Shansi Province
Chungking
Gripsholm Repatriates Arrive. 350 Seek Red Cross Help
The Gripsholm docked in Jersey City after a voyage from Europe bringing 6673 returnees from Germany and Nazi-occupied France. Navy officials expect arrival at 2 30 p m. Red Cross aid was requested for 350 passengers needing relatives, hotel housing or employment. Mail batches including 3 000 letters awaited the repatriates.
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Jersey City
N. J
Mar
Gripsholm
New York Harbor
Americas
Germany
France
Ambrose Light
Navy
American Export Lines
Flood Threat Near Emporia as Neosho Rises
Emporia reports heavy rains of 1.5 to 3 inches overnight pushing the Neosho River and its tributaries toward flood levels. Neosho tributaries topped banks near Emporia while the Cottonwood crest reported about half full eight miles west of town.
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Emporia
Mar
Stock Market Index Shows 60-Stock Average at 53.0
The trading roundup reports the average of 60 stocks standing at 53.0, reflecting market movement from yesterday as investors monitor indices and sector trends. Minor fluctuations noted across several leading firms and financials.
Finnish Parliament Rebuffs Moscow Peace Terms
Stockholm March 15 The Finnish parliament votes 160 to 40 to continue war with Soviet Russia rejecting Moscow armistice demands. Support follows Premier Edwin Linkomies stance call ing armistice terms unacceptable. A government communique was anticipated tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stockholm
Russia
Secre
Moscow
Edwin Linkomies
Republicans ratify officers and form steering committee
Washington March 15. The senate ratified unanimously its officers and organized a steering committee with Senator Taft of Ohio as chair. Senator White of Maine was retained as acting leader, Senator Vandenberg of Michigan named acting conference chairman, Wherry of Nebraska remains whip, and Burton of Ohio as conference secretary. Officers serve for the rest of the current session ending next January. Vandenberg said the group aims for Republican control of government and senate next November and to fit the permanent organization to forthcoming events. The steering committee includes Taft Danaher Bridges Brooks Bushfield and Millkin with Vandenberg White and Wherry as ex officio. Hawkes of New Jersey was named to McNary’s postwar planning committee, Nye and Ferguson were named to wildlife resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Senator White
Maine
Charles McNary
Oregon
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Burton
Congress
Vandenberg
Republican Party
White
Wherry
Vanderberg
Danaher
Connecticut
Bridges
New Hampshire
Brooks
Illinois
Bushfield
South Dakota
Millkin
Colorado
McNary
Hawkes
New Jersey
Nye
North Dakota
Ferguson
Wildlife Resources
Willkie Wins Noted Manchester Primary Delegates
In Manchester New Mexico on March 15 Republican committee man Robert P Burroughs cites significant victory for Wendell Willkie from final New Hampshire primary returns. Four unpledged delegates favored Willkie while two pledged to Dewey. Democrats chose Roosevelt pledged delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. M
Robert P. Burroughs
Wendell Willkie
New Hampshire
Dewey
Willkie
Altho
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Charles A.holden
Dartmouth
Thomas J. Manning
Burroughs
Robert C. Blood
Robert W. Upton
Concord
Frank J. Sutloway
78 Report Tomorrow for Pre-Induction Physicals
Seventy eight men from Douglas County will report at Fort Leavenworth tomorrow morning for physical examinations. They will depart Lawrence by bus. Monroe Francis White of 177 North Seventh Street reported to Leavenworth March 10 and was inducted into the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Fort Leavenworth
Lawrence
Monroe Francis White
North Seventh Street
Leavenworth
Rivers Signal Possible Floods Across Kaw and Wakarusa
Heavy rains over the past days raised streams in Douglas County with the Kaw and Wakarusa rivers climbing toward flood levels. Wakarusa gauge readings near Dutton bridge moved from 25.50 to 25.85 feet as water spread over low spots, while Kaw measurements rose from 11.09 to 14 feet. flood stages are 27 and 21 feet respectively. Officials noted roads partly submerged but passable in spots and discussed plans for a North Lawrence levee costing about $8,000, with the city pledging up to $2,000 toward the project pending other support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw
Wakarusa
C. J. Posey
New Hampshire Street
Dutton Bridge
A. L. Holcom
Holcom
Lone Star Road
Bowersock Mill
Naval Machinists Mates Training School
K. U
Jonz
North Lawrence
Kaw Bridge
Union Pacific
Emil Heck
Douglas County
Raw Valley Drainage Board
Lawrence
Red Cross War Fund near goal as reports urged
Mrs Loren Eiseley urged Red Cross campaign workers to file final reports by Saturday as headquarters near closing in the Jayhawker theater building. The War Fund minimum of 29300 was met after ten days of soliciting with hopes the total will rise by several thousand dollars. Substantial additional returns were expected from Baldwin Kansas University and rural schools. Gifts from those missed by canvassers were welcome at the Jayhawker building offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren. Eiseley
Red Cross
Jayhawker
Baldwin
Kansas University
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Wiedemann’s
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Mies
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K.U
Capitol Dome
Badoglio
ASTP
Pound Airdrome
Lyon County
G.O.P
H. C. Fisher
Parker Buick Co
Adv
Thursda
Lam
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