Head Hunters Threaten New Guinea War
Reports from New Guinea describe fierce head hunting and intertribal violence on the eve of renewed clashes as Japanese forces threaten Australia. Gen. Douglas MacArthur receives the UN command in Melbourne and urges patience and preparation for ultimate success. Royal and Japanese reports conflict over advances toward Port Moresby and Cape Leewin amid air attacks on Broome and Derby.
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New Guinea
Australia
Perth
Vichy
Cape Leewin
Port Moresby
Douglas MacArthur
Melbourne
Supreme
United Nations Command
Japan
Tokyo
Gulf of Papua
MacArthur
Hirohito
Broome
Derby
Russians Storm Five Nazi Bases as War Fronts Intensify
Soviet forces attacked five key Nazi bases along a 1,200 mile front and pressed uprisings in Crimea and the Donets. German reports acknowledged heavy Russian assaults near Staraya Russa, Orel, Bryansk, Kharkov, and Taganrog with prisoners and casualties reported. A Vichy dispatch claimed Red Army penetration near Kharkov fortifications, while Bryansk guerrillas reportedly killed 1,000 Germans and burned supplies.
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Russia
Adolf Hitler
Staraya Russa
Bryansk
Kharkov
Taganrog
Orel
Moscow
High Command
Crimea
Donets
Ukraine
Leningrad
Vichy
Red Army
Azov
Red Star
Axis
Rumania
Hungary
Bern
Mihail Antonescu
Transylvania
Ru Mania
Japanese Cruiser Sunk in Rabaul Harbor Amid New Britain Attacks
Canberra reports a heavy Japanese cruiser sunk in Rabaul New Britain harbor and another badly damaged within 24 hours. Australian aircrews also bombed Saumliki and Yamdena while defending against raids on Broome and Derby, with one civilian killed at Broome.
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New Britain
Canberra
Australia
Rabaul
Japan
Contest
New Guinea
Papua
Port Moresby
Broome
Derby
Darwin
John Curtin
Saumliki
Yamdena
Curtain
Curtin
Sugar Sales to Halt Nationwide for One Week
Chicago March 21 Sugar sales in the United States will be suspended for about a week starting April 28 as a prelude to a rationing program. John E Hamm acting chief of the Office of Price Administration said registration of industrial and commercial users begins April 28 and sales may resume May 5. He noted uncertainty over northeastern supplies but distribution would be adjusted before month’s end.
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Chicago
United States
John E. Hamm
Office of Price Administration
Hamm
Sugar rationing dates set by OPA for April May and June
Chicago March 21 UPI National sugar registration dates are set for April 25 29 and May 4 5 6 7. Industrial users such as confectioners will register on April dates at their nearest high school while individual consumers register May 4 7 at public schools. Stamps will total 28 one pound units and households may register for the family in one go.
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Chicago
UPI
Office of Price Administration
Frank Bane
OPA
Leon Henderson
Bane
Henderson
Seizure Threat Looms Over Peoria Line in Wartime Freight Route
Peoria March 21 The president ordered seizure of the Toledo Peoria and Western railroad. George P McNear Jr, president, said no official notice yet and may issue a statement. U S marshal and A U S A Brown await Washington guidance. The line 289 miles long with 104 workers, vital as a Chicago bypass for transcontinental freight. Since Dec 28 strike has brought shootings and train interference. last night regular service resumed after a week of disruption.
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Peoria
Ill
George P. McNear Jr
Little T. P. and W
Roosevelt
McNear
United States Marshal
Here
J. O. Brown
U. S. Attorney
Washington
Brown
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Chicago
Baker University Advised Eligible for Navy V-1 Plan
Nelson P. Horn president announces Baker University has been approved by the naval department for the V-1 program. The plan emphasizes physical training mathematics and physical sciences and upon completion allows eligibility for aviation cadet training or the reserve midshipman program.
Stock Market Index Holds at 60-Stock Average
The index shows an average of 60 stocks at 34.7, holding steady from yesterday with the same 34.7 reading. Investors monitor the level as a benchmark for market performance and sentiment.
Government Seizes Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
President Roosevelt ordered immediate government takeover of the 239 mile Toledo, Peoria and Western railroad to aid the war effort. Joseph B. Eastman to run operations under terms he deems appropriate while the national war labor board handles the dispute with workers and arbitration is pursued.
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McNear
White House
Davis
Eastman
National War Labor Board
Spring Comes in Cool Weather Across Kansas
Topeka reports official spring with cool reception and a weekend rise in temperatures. Weatherman S D Flora notes springlike conditions but not normal for a day or two. No significant precipitation. light snow has largely melted. Ellis and Goodland fell to 22 degrees. similar lows expected west. eastern counties face a light freeze.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Ellis
Goodland
Surprise Raid On Japs Near Zamboanga In Mindanao
Washington reports a surprise clash by American and Philippine troops against Japanese forces near Zamboanga on Mindanao. Casualties to the Japanese are described as heavy while American and Filipino losses are negligible. Manila Bay defenses face heavy Japanese shelling with little damage reported.
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Washington
Mar
War Department
Zamboanga
Philippine
Mindanao
Manila Bay
United States
United States Army
Roger Hilsman
Davao
Bataan
Rescue message in sand saves two crews in Australia
Pi Lieut T H Moorer United States naval aviator directed a large SOS message in sand on a northern Australian beach after a seaplane and a ship were shot down. The crews endured days ashore before an Australian plane spotted the message and supplies, then a naval ship rescued both crews.
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Melbourne
Australia
T. H. Moorer
United States
Moorer
Boy Scouts Collect Scrap Iron in Douglas County Drive
Thirty Boy Scouts in ten trucks start from the city garage at eight this morning to cover Douglas county mail routes for scrap iron. They return at noon with six tons, resume at one for a second lap, and bring the metal to Auto Wrecking and Junk Co. weighed by Roderick Bradley. The yard buys at about ten dollars a ton for the treasuries of the scout troops and to fund defense industry needs. Additional pickups come from Eudora Baldwin and Tonganoxie. The total tonnage will be announced Monday. Twenty tons were donated by farmers this week. Officers note many Scouts, about 375 in the district, participated, though limited numbers rode the tracks. Last night scouts saw The Marines Have Landed at the Armory to stress seran iron needs.
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Douglas County
Auto Wrecking and Junk Company
East Ninth
Roderick Bradley
Treasuries
Boy Scout
Eudora
Baldwin
Tonganoxie
A. E. Woestemeyer
Altho Tonganoxie
Woestemeyer
Lawrence
Speedboats ferry MacArthur group to Australia in covert dash
Four 70 foot Q boats carried General Douglas MacArthur and 21 companions from the Philippines to Australia dodging a Japanese destroyer. Brig. Gen. Hugh J. Casey described the two day, secrecy driven voyage ending at an undisclosed island rendezvous with planes to Darwin.
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London
Mar
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Australia
Reuters
Melbourne
Hugh J. Casey
MacArthur
Darwin
Casey
Bataan Peninsula
Roosevelt approves Parsons Kansas hospital facilities project
Federal Works Agency announces President Roosevelt approved construction of hospital facilities at Parsons Kansas at a cost of 160000 dollars. Campaign urging support for scrap iron salvage for victory announced with a wartime patriotic tone.
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Parsons Washington
Parsons
Kan
Roosevelt
Federal Works Agency
Lathrop Read to Duty with Army
Lieutenant Read of Douglas county undersheriff and Kansas State Guard major has been notified of his appointment as first lieutenant in the U S Army Military Police Corps. Read, a World War I veteran, has a long National Guard and Infantry Reserve record and may report for duty after training at Fort Riley. He will depart his current post when notified by the War Department, Sheriff Charles Banning said.
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Kansas National Guard
National Guard
Infantry Reserve
Read
Infantry
la Valbonne
France
Fort Benning
Kansas State Guard
Ft. Riley
Charles Banning
War Department
University students deferment offered through new Navy Reserve program
Kansas University officials announced a draft deferment plan for junior and senior business students who will complete their college work. Eligible students may enroll as probationary ensigns in a new Navy Reserve classification, with assignments likely on shore to support administration duties. The program targets business administration students and may attract many who failed to qualify for the V-7 program due to physical standards.
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School of Business
American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business
K. U
Kansas
Burke Resigns as Revenue Collector in Wichita Area
Little River stockman W H Burke resigns as internal revenue collector at Wichita and asks to be relieved at the President’s earliest convenience. He had speculated about another run for Kansas governor and hinted at future plans once relieved. Burke first became collector in 1938, resigning in 1940 to run, then was reappointed later that year and defeated by Payne Ratner.
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Little River
Kan
W. H. Burke
Internal Revenue
Wichita
Roosevelt
Guy T. Helvering
Washington, D. C
Kansas
Payne H. Ratner
Educators to Meeting in Kansas City
Dean George Baxter Smith of the University of Kansas school of education will preside at a general session of a regional Progressive Education association meeting in Kansas City this afternoon. Faculty attendees include Professors Bert Nash J W Twente F E Bayles Ruth Litchen F P O Brien A H Turney C B Althaus and Smith.
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George Baxter Smith
School of Education
K.U
Progressive Education Association
Kansas City
Bert Nash
J. W. Twente
FE. E. Bayles
Ruth Litchen
F. P. O Brien
A. H. Turney
C. B. Althaus
Smith
MacArthur Talk Broadcast Across U S by Mutual System
Gen Douglas MacArthur spoke to American listeners for the first time since taking a top Pacific command post. WOR and Mutual system carried the speech from Melbourne through a recording, with rebroadcasts on multiple times across 199 Mutual network stations.
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New York
Douglas A. MacArthur
United Nations
Pacific
United States
WOR
Mutual Broadcasting System
Melbourne
Australia
General MacArthur
MacArthur
CWT
Mutual
37 Men Listed for Army Induction April First
Bruce Cameron announces a list of 37 men from Douglas county slated for army induction on April 1. The roster includes Kenneth Burl Wallace of Huron South Dakota and Warren Eugene Wingfield of Gary Indiana among others, with associated order numbers and hometowns.
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Bruce Cameron
Douglas County Selective Service Board
Kenneth Burl Wallace
Huron
Warren Eugene Wingfield
Gary
Ind
Dale Thomas Paxton
East &Th
Richard Arthur Barber
Ohio
Harvey Everett Steiger
Stanford University
Calif
Frederick Richard Allen
Rhode Island
Raymond Arthur Atkinson
Kentucky
Rank Alvin Walters
Wichita
Alvin T. Hallmark
John L. Nichols
New York
Leonard Andrew Beard
St. Marys
Carl Schneider
Lecompton
Wiliam Harold Gilbert
Lawrence
John Jacob St
Eudora
Herbert Haven Humphreys
Tennessee
Lester Kenneth Goodall
Topeka
John Nixon Parker
Massachusetts
Roger Lesiie Davenport
George Francois Zilmner
New Hampshire
Wiliam J. Tyson
Fred Carl Miller
Ted Sanborn
North Tth
William Lawrence Biggs
Kansas City
Charles Edward Owen
Glenn Leroy Kready
Independence
Kan
Luther Enos Gustafson
Enid
Oklo
Ralph Edward Grob
Fred Clarence Black
Alice Morton Hoover
Peoria
Henry Baker Young
Hollywood
War Department silent on Kansas war plant site
Washington has not expanded on last Monday's notice about a new war manufacturing plant in Kansas. U S Engineers await clear directives from Washington as surveys for office space and housing proceed for a staff of draftsmen and supervisors. Lawrence is favored as headquarters if the Eudora site is chosen, with delays tied to incomplete contractor plans.
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War Department
Washington
War
Kansas
U. S
Eudora
Army
Lawrence
Engineer Corps
Destroyer Buchanan Commissioned Named for Perry Era Officer
The 1 630 ton destroyer Buchanan, named for the first American naval officer to set foot on Japanese soil, was commissioned at the Brooklyn navy yard. Capt. Franklin Buchanan, who accompanied Commodore Perry at the opening of Japan, led the men ashore and later became first superintendent of the Naval Academy. The Buchanan, sister ship of the Aaron Ward, was launched at Kearny, New Jersey, on November 23, 1941.
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New York
Buchanan
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Franklin Buchanan
Matthew Perry
Orient
Naval Academy
Aaron Ward
Kearny
N. J
Bigger Airport Plans Highlight War Program Expansion
Lawrence officials and a city planning panel discussed a looming boost to Civil Aeronautics Authority training under the war effort. The plan raises elementary training from 25 000 to 45 000 and secondary from 10 000 to 80 000, with ground technician courses for about 81 000 yearly.
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CAA
Air Corps
Lightning Flashes Give U Boats Another Victim
A large American merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk off the Atlantic coast as a lightning storm aided an Axis submarine. Twenty-six survivors were rescued after five hours in a lifeboat, with thirteen more saved ashore at Morehead City. Two crewmen remain missing.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Navy
Morehead City
N.C
James Miller
Wiper
Pelly
Tex
Slowdown in Aircraft Production Reported in California
A U.S. Senate subcommittee concluded a week long probe into Southern California war production finding a slowdown in aircraft building. The slowdown was attributed to delays in expanding supplier parts production by the Office of Production Management and the war department.
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Los Angeles
U. S. Senate
California
Office of Production Management
War Department
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Baker University
Toledo
Western
George P. McNear, Jr
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
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War Labor Board
Boy Scouts
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Infantry School
Dean George Smith
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Ashcraft Brothers
Army Corps
Army Air Corps
Ashcrafts
Joe Schelbar
Harold Emick
Earl D. Hay
Ben Babb
Public Works Reserve
Don Ashcraft
Bill Stone
Kansa
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