Fifth Army repulses Nazi attacks near Cassino amid rail strikes
Allied forces defend Cassino positions as Germans counterattack on Hill 194 and near Monte Cairo while heavy bombing targets northern Italian rail hubs. RAF Liberators hit Padua and Verona rail yards, Arezzo and Poggibonsi bridges attend to enemy supply lines, and inland air raids devastate key junctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No- 128
Mar
Fifth Army
Cassino
Italy
New
Monte Castellone
Verona
Bologna
Brenner Pass
Rimini
Adriatic
Venice
Ancona
Tadua
Anzio
Padiglione
Russians Break Through Near Tarnopol In Carpathian Push
Soviet communique reports a 25 to 27 mile advance toward Tarnopol with fighting in its streets. Russia claims by passing Zalozhise and Veliki Glubowiek as German defense weakens. London says RAF dropped 3,360 tons on Frankfurt in a single night, the heaviest load to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Tarnopol
Zalozhise
Veliki Glubowiek
Lwow
Old Poland
Kovel
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Frankfurt
Congress May Have Final Say In Making Lease-Lend Deals
Washington March 23 UP The house foreign affairs committee voted to place final say on lend lease settlements with Congress not the President. An amendment by Rep Wade Worth New York extended lend-lease for a year beyond June 30, subject to constitutional procedure. The UNRRA relief measure passed 285 58 authorizing 1.35 billion dollars to aid Europe and Asia with future funding to come via appropriation. Critics questioned UNRRA shipments abroad while domestic needs persist. supporters argued no commitments exist pending funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Wadeworth
R-N.y
Senate
House
United States
Mundt
R-8.d
America
Roosevelt
U. S
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United Nations
Europe
Asia
UNRRA
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Bloont
Calvin Johnson
R-Nl
Luther A. Johnson
D-Tex
Allied advances and Soviet push in Europe and Pacific fronts
Allied operations in the Southwest Pacific press toward Rabaul and New Guinea as MacArthur tightens a strategy to cut Japanese lifelines. thousands of Nipponese troops face starvation. In the Crimea, Soviet forces near Nikolaev drive toward the Prut and Byelorussian fronts, with German positions collapsing around Odessa as Stalin’s army advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Bismarck Archipelago
Japan
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Central
New Guinea
Hollandia
Wewak
MacArthur
Solomons
New Britain
New Ireland
St. Matthias Islands
Emirau Island
Elomusao
Bismarck Sea
Rabaul
Raviehg
Kabenau River
Saidor
Bogadjim
Madang
Moscow
Mar
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Bessarabia
Carpathian Mountains
Ivan S. Konev
Prut River
Russia
Bogravlensk
Odessa
Pervomaisk
Voznesensk
Bug River
Odessa-Low
Slobodzeye
Fireman Dies in John Deere Plow Co Building Fire
Kansas City dispatch reports one firefighter killed and at least ten overcome by smoke from burning bags in the John Deere Plow company building. Captain A C Reidy died from smoke inhalation. Two others were in critical condition. Fire confined to the fifth floor. all occupants escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mar
John Deere Plow Company
A. C. Reidy
Bests 15 Enemy Planes Over Netherlands B 17 Ace Receives Silver Star
Major Robert C. Lewis of Ludlow Massachusetts earned the Silver Star for a February 17 action in the Netherlands. He piloted a B-17 and, facing nine bombers and six Zeros, evaded danger, downed a Zero, and protected the Batavia field with audacity and skill. Fort Leavenworth commander Maj. Gen. Karl Truesdell presented the award. Lewis, a member of the General Staff class of the air force, is stationed at Leavenworth. A fuse box fire in the University of Kansas astronomy building caused a brief alarm but no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
1Th General Staff
Air Force
University of Kansas
Governor Aroused Over Gasoline Allotment Tactics
Governor Andrew Schoeppel said he would submit evidence of coercive actions against Kansas farmers in agricultural gasoline allotments if a congressional committee investigates similar cases elsewhere. He accused OPA and AAA officials of evasive tactics and urged Mil ton Eisenhower to assist in securing fuel for farming operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Mar
Andrew Schoeppel
OPA
AAA
Kansas
H. O. Davis
Davis
Lawrence Norton
State War Board
Schoepner
Norton
Milton Eisenhower
Kansas State College
Eiserhower
City Registration Books To Close Tomorrow Night
The city election registration closes tomorrow evening at 8 pm at City Clerk Harold Fisher's office. Since resumption after the primary, 62 persons have registered. Friday is also the deadline for independent candidates to file for a city council seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Fisher
Hitler Moves to Grab the Balkans
London reports swift maneuvers by Hitler to dominate the Balkans with Romania and Hungary under pressure. Antonescu summoned to Hitler's headquarters amid talks of a German puppet regime as Horthy appears aligned with Berlin. Budapest announces a new Nazi-controlled government while Bulgaria and Romania face possible occupation. Lord Cavendish dies at 39 in London as Adele Astaire’s brother-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion Antonescu
Rumania
Hitler
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Antonescu
Germany
Foreign Office
Berlin
Horthy
Nicholas Kallay
Tito
Budapest
Quisling
Bulgaria
Slovakia
Czecho-Slovakia
Daily Mail
Madrid
Sofia
Russia
London
Romania
Prut
Ankara
Doeme Sztojay
DNB
Edmund Veehsenmayer
Lord Cavendish
Lord Charles Cavendish
Adele Astaire
Fred Astaire
Duke of Devonshire
Stock Market Index Brief Shows Small Gains
The stock market index shows a modest advance with average around 60 while stocks trade near 52.5 after yesterday at 52.9. Investors monitor fluctuations as market sentiment remains cautious amid routine trading.
Churchill to broadcast with war aims clarity awaited
London March 23 Prime Minister Churchill will address the nation Sunday his first broadcast since winter illness amid demands in Britain and the United States for a clear statement of allied war aims and possible revisions to the Atlantic charter. The speech may signal Britain’s stance ahead of upcoming London conferences with U S officials and potential follow up talks with President Roosevelt and Premier Stalin. The big three dynamics and Italy France Yugoslavia and Poland policy are under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Churchill
the Nation
Atlantic
Britain
U. S
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
House of Commons
United States
Stalin
Russia
America
Nine to the Navy sends nine Lawrence men for induction
Nine Douglas county white men left Lawrence for Kansas City to report for navy induction. Names include Orville Puckett Francis Gampper Lieuford Taylor Raymond Vandeventer Clarence Bartz Arthur Shirk Roy Hanse Edward Brumfield and Gikrence Kerns with Gray Strong reassigned to Denver for induction. A white man scheduled for tomorrow’s induction is postponed and a preinduction physical for one colored man is set for April 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Lawrence
Kansas City
United States Navy
Orville Glenn Puckett
Elm Street
Francis Joseph Gampper
Connecticut Street
Lieuford Ray Taylor
Perry Street
Raymond Vandeventer
Pennsylvania Street
Clarence George Bartz
Arthur GeRoy Shirk
Lincoln Street
Roy Albert Hanse
Lyon Street
Edward Brumfield
Kansas
Ity
Gikrence Edwin Kerns
Gray Curry Strong
Denver
Colo
Navy
Army
Fort Leavenworth
Bomb German Areas In Wide RAF and US Bombing Raid
London reports United States heavy bombers and RAF forces striking five German areas including Hamm Achmer Handorf Muenster and the Messerschmitt plant at Brunswick. Twenty-seven bombers and six fighters missing. about 500 heavy bombers and nearly 1,000 fighters involved. The operation followed a large RAF raid on Frankfurt last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Frankfurt
R.A.F
United States
Berlin
United States Strategic Air Force
U.S
Europe
Hamm
Achmer
Oldenburg
Handorf
Muenster
Messerschmitt
Brunswick
Instrument
Kane As
Ten Lucky Lawrence Residents to Win War Bonds Friday
Downtown Lawrence hosts the Annual Spring Showing with a free drawing for US War Bonds totaling 275 dollars in maturity value. Ten winners will receive nine bonds of 25 dollars and one of 90 dollars. registration closes at 3 pm tomorrow at 64 participating stores. The event features a Liberty Memorial high school band parade and window displays from local merchants, with the Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce coordinating and inviting all residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
U. S
WREN
Lawrence Liberty Memorial High School
Oliver Hobbs
South Park
Merchants Bureau of
Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Parsons
Indispensable Youth Deferment Policy For War Plants
Washington reports the War Production Board and military leaders will not recommend deferments for men under 26 unless their work in critical programs is essential to immediate war goals. A draft letter by C E Wilson outlines to manufacturers how to identify irreplaceable workers. In a separate note, County Attorney J J Riling filed petty larceny charges against William Hugo Worster Bertha Laura Logan and Janette Edward Owen, with arraignment planned after a theft at C C Winslet home following a J D Phillips residence incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
War Production Board
Army
Navy
C. E. Wilson
J. J. Riling
O. J. Lane
William Hugo Worster
Bertha Laura Logan
Janette Edward Owen
J. D. Phillips
C. C. Winslet
Casualties Among the Chaplains in World War II
Washington reports chaplains suffered high casualty rates in war. From start of the conflict through last year 19 killed in battle 19 wounded 33 prisoners 1 missing and 31 died from accidents or illness. Chaplains earned 90 decorations including DSCS Silver Stars Purple Hearts and Soldier Medals. End-year totals: 6,998 chaplains 4,255 in the U S and 2,743 overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Chaplain Corps
Army
United States
Forensics Meet Opens With Banquet and Contests
The Missouri Valley Forensics Meet hosted by University of Kansas and Kansas State College opens with a 6:30 banquet at Evans Hall, Dr. Howard T. Hill as toastmaster. The 8:30 p.m. Missouri Valley Oratorical contest features teams from seven schools and contestants including Miss Jane Lorrimer and Marvis Fry. Prizes total 35 15 and 10 dollars for oratory, with extemporaneous speaking offering 35 dollars to top three. Debates run Friday morning to Saturday morning with single-judge panels and a Fraser theater assembly featuring University High students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Valley
University of Kansas
Kansas State College
Evans Hearth
Howard T. Hill
Kansas State
Green Hall Theater
South Dakota
Wichita
Kansas University
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Jane Lorrimer
Olathe
K. U
E. C. Buehler
Marvis Fry
Ann Allison
Roy Graham
Marvin ‘Wise
Kansas Skies Clear With Warmth Promised for Spring Planting
Topeka reports clear skies and warming weather will dry muddy fields in days, enabling farmers to start spring planting. No rain fell recently and flood threats ease as river conditions improve. Temperatures will range from near 50 this afternoon to around 60 tomorrow, with freezing nights across the state and highs in the 50s elsewhere. Northern districts remain snowbound with 2 to 3 inches on the ground. Coffeyville tops at 59 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Mar
Flora
Kansas
Concordia
Phillipsburg
Coffeyville
Goodland
Knight seeks parole in murder life sentence case
George Emery Knight, serving life for the murder of J I Shannon and 3 C Bloss, asked for parole today in Topeka. Pardon attorney Bloss took the case under advisement and will report recommendations to Gov Schoeppe. Knight has served five years and nine months of his life term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Mar
George Emery Knight
Lansing
J. I. Shannon
C. Bloss
Andrew Schoeppe
Knight
Tabette County
Art Conference Opens Tomorrow at University of Kane Sag
The annual Art Conference and Exhibit at the University of Kane Sag begins tomorrow in Spooner Thayer mus um with an estimated 500 attendees. Exhibits fill four university buildings and 18 speakers will present lectures and demonstrations through Friday and Saturday. Leaders from Kansas schools seek critique and collaboration among art departments and occupational therapists. Entrants register 8:30 to 10:00 am in the Union building lobby, followed by a talk on inkle weaving by Mrs. W. F. McNulty. A Parisian cafe dinner in Spooner-Thayer precedes a showing of Thief of Bagdad in Fraser theater. The conference theme is Art a Vital Force in Education, with a luncheon led by Lena Waltner at the Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kane Sag
Spooner Thayer Musum
Kansas
Kansas State Art Teachers. Association
Kansas State Federation of Art
Occupational Therapists of Kansas
Union Building
W. F. McNulty
Stockton
Spooner-Thayer
Dyche Museum
Fraser Hall
Bagdad
Fraser Theater
Kansas State Art Teachers Association
University Club
Lena Waltner
Association
Bethel College
Newton
Materials of Future Discussed by Dus Pont Representative
Vere non Peterson of Dus Pont spoke on plastics and synthetic materials at Wiedemann's weekly Kiwania club meeting. The talk and demonstrations covered wartime products and potential civilian uses after the war, with Miss Pearl Carpenter and Lawrence Memorial high school science students in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verenon Peterson
Dus Pont Company
Kiwania
Wiedemann’s
Peterson
Miss Pearl Carpenter
Lawrence Memorial High School
ASTP trainees leave KU for combat training area
Several hundred ASTP basic training engineers departed the University of Kansas last night by special train and sleeping cars destined for a combat training area in Oklahoma. Lt. Gordon Cole reported to military headquarters that all trainees arrived safely and on schedule with personnel and records delivered to their new division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASTP
Oklahoma
Gordon Cole
Infantry
University of Kansas
AST
Wichita files mandamus to act as self insurer
Wichita filed mandamus proceedings in the Kansas supreme court to force Erskine Wymen, workmen's compensation commissioner, to authorize the city to operate under the compensation act as a self insurer. The city had voted to come under the act but a license to carry its own insurance with a private risk agency was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Wichita
Erskine Wymen
Workmen's Compensation
Tisk
Also Mentioned on This Page
Padua
New Sector
Rapido
R.A.F. Liberators
Trieste
Milan
REDS
Smoke
Netherlands
Schoeppel
Balkans
Balkan
THE
Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Winfield
CPI
George S. McQuiston
Santa Fe
McQuiston
Here
Adelanes
Allison-Armstrong
Atlantic and Pacific
Barteldea
Bell
Boges and Albert
Brinkman Bakery
Carl Clothiers
Carter
IGA
Cooke
Help Yourself
Crown Drug Co
Deluxe
Drake Bakery
Eldridge Pharmacy
Eldridge
Ernst and Son
First National Bank
Cobbs
Grayce
Goodrich Silver
Miller-Malott
Morgan-Mack
Motor Co
Montgomery Ward and Co
Ober's
the Outlook
Palace Clothing Co
F. W. Parsons
J.C. Penney Co
Ralph Fatne
Rapid Transit Co
Reeves Grocery
Royal Coffee
Round Corner Drug Co
Rusty's Food Market
H. W. Stowits Rexall
Swope Dress Shop
Veatch Furniture Co
Weaver's
Western Auto
Wiedemann’s Grill
Woolfson's
Art Departments of
Spooner
K.U
Wichita Files
Mandamus
Dali Isuite
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!