Cassino Ruins See Allied Breakthrough Amid Heavy Resistance
Allied Fifth army infantry and tanks entered Cassino as German resistance and bombed ruins slowed progress. Air forces attacked Sofia and targets around Rome while ground forces took two German defense points on the beachhead. Germans reportedly used a grappling device against mines and pressed attacks north of the battered city as fighting continued in the northwest hills.
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Naples
Mar
Fifth Army
Cassino
Italy
Sofia
Bulgaria
Rome
Tra C G. Eaker
Mediterranean
Hitler
Charles M. Keranen
Altho Fifth Army
Carroceto
Scrivner Declares It a Young Man's War Visit
Washington reports Rep. Errett P. Scrivner of Kansas touring the 35th division at Camp Butner North Carolina with Assistant Secretary of War Robert Patterson. Scrivner says the war is a young man's, praising the division's toughness training and use of live ammunition. He notes few old National Guard officers remain, though he met Lieut. Col. Don Ashtock and Capt. Carol Freeman.
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Washington
Mar
Canto
Butner
N C
Robert Patterson
Errett P. Scrivner
National Guard
Scrivner
Don Ashtock
Olathe
Kan
Carol Freeman
Kansas City
Airmen smash 350 mile Japanese defense line in Pacific
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced massive Allied air strikes across the Southwest Pacific from Wewak New Guinea to Bougainville with 600 tons of explosives on Wewak and 68 ton and 123 ton blasts at other targets. Navy planes hit Oroluk for the first time as Chinese forces push toward the Hukawng Valley in Burma.
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Japan
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Central Pacific
Oroluk Atoll
Carolines
Wewak
New Guinea
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Augusta Bay
Hukawng
Walaubum
Ogaung Valley
Repatriates Reach U S From Gripsholm Amid War News
Repatriates leaving the Swedish liner Gripsholm report Nazi inquisitions and dire food in camps, with one Polish American woman, Marie Tomczak, heading to Pittsburgh for a war plant job. Descriptions include a “hell train” to Lisbon, anti collaborationist shootings, and mixed morale among returning civilians.同时 Washington and London urge Finland to sever ties with Germany, hoping to end the war alliance and ease diplomatic pressure amid ongoing Russo Finnish conflict.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gripsholm
Poland
Marie Tomczak
John
Agnes Tomczak
Pittsburgh
Taylor Henry
Associated Press
Vichy
Baden Baden
Vittel
Sime
Lisbon
Ed Cross
U. S
Mel Most
Compiegne
Augsberg
Portugal
Jeannette Kaufman
Chicago
New York
Europe
Pinckney Tuck
Freedom
Altho
Harold C. Stuart
Red Cross
Germany
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Roosevelt
White House
Britain
Soviet Russia
Finland
Stockholm
Stephen Early
Helsinki
Moscow
Turkey
Spain
Rumania
Bulgaria
State Department
County Is Congratulated On Exceeding Fund Goal
Red Cross War Fund drive surpasses the $29,100 minimum in Douglas county. Chairman Dr. F C Allen announced the campaign will continue through the week to reach residents who may have been missed and to give every adult a chance to give. A telegram from Harold Fowler regional director praised the county workers for their effort.
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Red Cross
F.C. Allen
Douglas County
Harold Fowler
The
Seventh
Massachusetts Street
Bombers Pound Southern Germany in Major Night Attack
U S heavy bombers joined RAF strikes against Stuttgart Munich and other targets amid fierce air battles over eastern France and western Germany. British and American raids reported large tonnages and heavy losses while Naples reports a two way operation against Germany and its satellites.
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London
Mar
Germany
U. S
R.A.F
Stuttgart
Munich
U. S. Strategic Air Force
France
Brunswick
Naples
Italy
Sofia
Bulgaria
Berlin
Daimler-Benz
Bosch
Altho
Air Ministry
United States
Eighth Air Force
John Curtin Praises General MacArthur
Australia’s Prime Minister John Curtin lauded General Douglas MacArthur in a radio broadcast marking the second anniversary of his arrival from Bataan. Curtin praised MacArthur’s devotion to duty and his tonic impact on Australia’s war effort and morale.
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Australia
America
MacArthur
Curtin
Douglas County 4 H Festival Saturday at Lawrence Junior High
The Douglas County 4 H club festival occurs Saturday at Lawrence Junior High, from 10 30 am to 3 15 pm with group singing project talks model clubs and demonstrations. County winners advance to the district festival in Ottawa on Saturday March 25.
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Douglas County
Lawrence Junior High
Ottawa
Japanese Base Is Hit by U S Bombs
Washington reports army bombers struck Truk just before dawn hitting air drome facilities and ammunition stores on two islands at the large Japanese naval base. One American plane was lost. others returned safely. The navy also announced renewed attacks by air and marine forces on other mid Pacific targets including ammunition stores and a radio station at an unidentified enemy base in the eastern Marshall Islands.
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R.A.F
Germany
Cologne
Essen
Bremen
Stuttgart
England
Home Counties
London
British Press Association
Washington
Mar
Truk
Navy
mid-Pacific
Marshall Islands
OPA Announces Dates for Additional Stamps Validity
The Office of Price Administration announced extension dates for 10 point stamps. Red stamps G8 H8 and J8 will be valid March 26 through June 18 for meats and fats. Blue stamps F8 G8 H8 J8 and KS may be used for processed foods from April 1 through June 20.
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Washington
Mar
Office of Price Administration
Notice to register before city election in Fisher district
Due to the small vote in the 1942 General Election many people are not registered though they believe they are. If you failed to vote or have moved you must register before you can vote. Registration books are open during regular hours and until 10 p m on March 23 and 24. They will close until after the City Election to be held April. City Clerk-Adv GC Fisher.
Draft group of 79 men headed for pre induction physicals
Seventy nine men left for selective service pre induction examinations at Fort Leavenworth by bus. Of the group from Douglas county 52, plus 23 transfers from other boards, four waived 21 day furloughs and await medical clearance to enter service. Red Cross volunteers served coffee and doughnuts and handed Red Cross Booklets detailing home service, as officials briefed families on wartime support.
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Fort Leavenworth
Douglas County
Red Cross
Stanley Jones
Bertha Langley
A. I. Decker
W. C. Boardman
Selective Service Office
Navy
Army
Tiarris Int
J Austin
Ming
Lebanon
Dan Hamlett
Corpus Christ
Tex
Earl Alen Jennings
I'mon
Samuel Clarence Welly
Chattanooga
Atchison
John Calvin Sells
James Duncan Wallace
Anadarko
Okla
Edmund John Westra
Long Prairie
Minn
William Nrey Wise
Desha County
Ark
Carl Jurgen Wolf
Krertenville
Ernest Gregory Canfield
Lexington
Robert Henry Walter
Kansas
F. Hi. Oleson
W.atkins Hospital
Iansas University
Vance E. Greenwell
Denver
Colo
Harry Bond Puckett
Miss. T) Beal
Red Cross Campaign Room To Close Saturday Evening
Red Cross campaign headquarters in the Jayhawker theater building will close Saturday evening. Workers who have completed solicitations should report before then. after Saturday reports can be made at the permanent Red Cross office in the Community building. Total collected so far is about 32000 with 28200 cash received at headquarters. A 2100 gift from Hercules employees is not yet received and Baldwin contributions, though expected, have not arrived. Several rural school districts are unreported and the University drive continues. Meet the gang at Wiedemann's Ady.
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Red Cross
Jayhawker
Hercules
Baldwin
Harry Barnett
London Thanks the American Troops for Aid in Fire Raid
Londoners honored the unnamed American troops who helped victims after a German air raid. About 50 soldiers entered burning houses to salvage furniture and belongings before vanishing into the darkness, earning the nickname Vanishing Yankees from grateful locals.
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London
America
Ilene Parsons
Rivers Fall After Flood Peak Near City
The Wakarusa river rose to 87.80 feet at dawn and then fell to 27.30 feet by 1 pm, spreading in low spots and blocking parts of Lone Star road and Highway 59 area. The Kaw river peaked at 14.2 feet and dropped to 12.04 feet by noon. Rainfall from Tuesday evening to noon today totaled 2.33 inches per Prof Posey.
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Kaw
A. L. Holcom
Dutton Bridge
Holcom
Lone Star Road
Bowersock Mill
C. J.posey
Rain Ends in Kansas After Flood Watch Fears
Weatherman S D Flora says the rain is over and flood risk in eastern Kansas eased after the Marais des Cygnes near Quenemo stood 2.8 feet from flood stage. Rain amounts were light regionwide with Topeka at 2 inches and Coffeyville recording 1.46 inches. Temperatures varied from 18 to 40 degrees with most eastern areas in the upper twenties and western zones below freezing.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Marais Des Cygnes
Quenemo
Flora
Coffeyville
Wamego
Wichita
Kansas City
Dodge City
Mercury
Internal Revenue Office Makes a Record Deposit
In Wichita on March 16 the Internal Revenue collector's office reported record tax deposits with a flood of forms. Collector Lynn R. Brodrick estimated 400,000 already received and still arriving by mail. A single day total of 28,269,656 was deposited from returns processed yesterday, the highest ever.
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Wichita
Mar
Internal Revenue Collector
Lynn R. Brodrick
FEARS FEDERALIZATION Of Kansas Schools
Topeka March 16 State Senator Albert M Cole urged the legislature to assume local education problems to prevent federalization of the Kansas system. He proposed a county real estate tax for school aid, saying the legislature must intervene where local governments fail. Representative F B Ross urged a bill making standards mandatory for schools and supported consolidation and redistribution of districts. No action was taken.
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Topeka
Albert M. Cole
Holton
Legislative Council
Kansas
Cole
F. B. Ross
Ross
Russians Push Toward Rumanians Frontier In Ukraine Drive
Moscow reports describe a collapsing German front in southern Russia as Marshal Konev's Second Ukraine army advances relentlessly toward Romania. Russian units reach within 109 miles of the frontier while near Bessarabia and the Dniester. Red Star notes stormovik bombers clearing a path for cavalry and gains around Nikolaev, Odessa, and Kherson as German defenses bow under pressure.
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Moscow
Russia
Ivan S. Konev
Second Ukraine
Rumania
Bessarabia
Red Army
Bessarabian
Nikolaev
Odessa
Black Sea
Bug Lake
Slobodzeya
Odessa-Lwow
Red Star
Stormovik
Konev
Bug River
Dniester River
Dniester
Dnieper
Bug
Kherson
Sians
Douglas County Bonds Surpass Quota by Half Million
Figures from the U S treasury and Federal Reserve show Douglas County bought 2 452 000 dollars in Fourth War Loan bonds, surpassing the 2 000 000 goal by about 452 000 dollars and placing the county ninth in the state. Quotas were set by population bank deposits income tax returns and business volume indicators.
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Douglas County
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Bank
Kansas City
Treasury Department
Busines
Chinese Public School Law Aims to Cut Illiteracy nationwide
The Chinese government promulgates a law to establish one public school for every pao in the country. Education will be free and attendance compulsory for all children between ages 6 and 12. The policy targets universal literacy and expands public schooling across communities.
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Chungking
CPI
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