Army Forces Break Through Mareth Line Front
Allied infantry under General Montgomery breach Mareth defenses near Gafsa and Maknassy as Patton and U S forces hold key positions south of El Guetaria pass. Air power pounds Axis targets. total enemy strength estimated around 40,000 in the Mareth zone.
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Eighth Army
Mareth Line
el Hamma
Gabes
Patton
el Guetaria Pass
Maknassy
Rommel
Orbata Range
Sened Station
Gafsa-Mahares
Mt Guetaria Pass
Tunisia
Tendon
Mareth
Matmata
Hamma
U. S
Sousse
Western Desert Air Force
Ailied
Algiers
London
Africa Corps
New York
CBS
Pnt
Se Hamee
Gafsa
War Department Takes Wesley Hospital in Condemnation
The War Department seized the six story Wesley hospital in Kansas City today under a condemnation order from Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
War Department
Wesley Hospital
Albert L. Reeves
Reds Press Toward Smolensk Amid Escalating Nazi Resistance
On the western front the Red Army pushed toward Smolensk while strengthening holds elsewhere. In the Belgorod and Donets sectors Soviet forces recaptured two settlements as heavy fighting continued with German tank and infantry units. Red Star reports indicate renewed offensives toward Novorossisk and Kerch Strait as both sides deploy more artillery and air power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Donets River
Belgorod
Associated Press
Berlin
Helsinki
Chuguevy
Kuban
Novorossisk
Kerch Strait
Red Star
Germany
Washington foresees new Allied blows in Pacific push
AP reports Washington sources say a lull in Southwest Pacific fighting signals preparations for a fresh Allied offensive. Plans reportedly include deeper Solomons strikes toward Munda Guadalcanal Bougainville and possibly Truk as Tokyo warned MacArthur gear up for action.
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Washington
Japan
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Munda
Guadalcanal
Bougainville Island
Truk
Marshall and
Caroline Islands
Tokyo Radio
Douglas MacArthur
Attempt to Open Safe at Union Bus Terminal
Burglars damaged a window in the Union Bus terminal office at 638 Massachusetts to gain entry between 3 30 and 4 30 this morning but did not open the safe. A Kansas City lock expert opened the safe and found no contents disturbed. Clerk Paul Howard found the damaged safe at 5 30 with the front door left unlocked.
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Union
Massachusetts
Kansas City
Paul Howard
Howard
Tavern Employee Kidnapped With $1,680 Cash
Kansas City, March 26. An armed bandit in overalls kidnapped tavern employee James Distefano after he left a downtown bank with $1,680. Distefano was forced into a car at gunpoint, driven about 10 blocks, relieved of the money, and dumped from the car a few minutes later. the bandit left the vehicle and the crowd watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
James Distefano
Distefano
Hitler Plans to Take Over German Navy Say Stockholm Reports
British radio quoted Stockholm reports that Adolf Hitler now intends to run the German navy. The BBC broadcast noted Hitler had handed control of the army to his generals as it reported the navy takeover plan to U.S. government monitors.
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New York
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Europe
BBC
U.S
Hitler
De Gaulle Pledges Unity For All French Groups
General Charles De Gaulle vowed with General Henri Giraud to unite all French forces and end doubts and rancor at an upcoming meeting in North Africa. The statement aimed to unify efforts and present a single front to the enemy.
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de Gaulle
Tondon
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Inflation battle shifts as Senate splits on parity price bills
The Senate sent to the White House an administration opposed measure to boost farmers income while sending another parity price ceiling bill back to committee for study. A coalition of administration Democrats and Republicans halted a House approved bill, arguing it would raise food prices and living costs. The chamber then passed a revised measure to President Roosevelt, limiting deduction of farm labor costs in parity, with potential 7 percent price increases and a $1.5 billion impact, as administration leaders urged caution and possible veto.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Prentiss M. Brown
Agriculture Committee
Smith
D-S.c
Thomas
D-Okla
Roosevelt
Brown
Lucas
D-Il
McNary
Oregon
Mc-Nary
May Freeze Expected Tonight Across Kansas
Cooler weather reached Kansas with rain in eastern counties. The forecaster said subs freezing temperatures likely in the northern half tonight. Wichita saw 24 inch rainfall in the last day and lows may dip to 28 to 38 degrees. Goodland reported 82 last night.
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Topeka
Mar
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Wichita
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Former K U Student Wins Distinguished Flying Cross
Leroy Veith, former University of Kansas student and Army air corps member, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross in the Southwest Pacific for bravery during bombing operations over Wake Island. A resident of Independence, he attended KU during the 1940-41 year, was in Alpha Tau Omega, and active in intramural athletics.
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Leroy Veith
Army Air Corps
Southwest Pacific
Veith
Independence
Rands
Wake Island
Veith Taft
School of Business
Alpha Tau Onega
Allied Bombers Raid Messina Sicily at Night
Allied heavy bombers raided Messina Sicily on Wednesday night with bursts seen near the harbor and power station. All planes returned, the RAF announced today.
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Sicily
Cairo
Mar
Messina
Stock Market Index Reaches 1943 High
The average of 60 stocks climbs to 47.7 after yesterday's 47.3 reading, marking a new high for 1943. Investors monitor momentum as market activity remains elevated.
Plan Land Army To Produce Food
President Roosevelt announced the new Food Production and Distribution administration with Chester C. Davis as chief. He said Davis will push forming a land army drawn from high school students, women, and farm labor to boost food output, while deferments for farm workers could reach about 3 million this year. Davis would oversee farm prices and coordinate with Wickard, with authority over production and distribution, under Roosevelt’s direct supervision.
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Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Office of Food Production and Distribution
Davis
Agriculture
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Washington
Britain
Secretary of Agriculture
The
Economic Stabilization Board
Farm Credit Administration
Food Distribution — Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Extension Services
Russia Extends Japanese Fishing Rights in Far East
Moscow reports Russia has granted Japan a one year extension of fishing privileges in select Soviet Far Eastern waters. The accord, signed at Kuibyshev, raises rental by five percent, following annual renewals of the 20 year fisheries protocol.
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Moscow
Kuibyshev
Russia
Japan
Izvestia
S. A. Lozovsky
Naotake Sato
Texas student wins first prize in state forensics meet
Dick Davis of Texas, in Green Hall Little Theater, wins $20 for his speech John Q. Citizen the Third at the Missouri Valley Forensic League meet on the University of Kansas campus. Romulo Soldevilla of Nebraska takes $10 for The War of Ideas. David Woods of Oklahoma earns $5 for When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Kansas entrants include Arthur Nelson on What Price Milk and Honey and Merele Fyestone on Responsible Under the Law. other schools Towa State Wichita University and Kansas are present. Debates proceed in three rounds with two rounds tomorrow morning under Br C Buehler of Kansas.
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University of Texas
Dick Davis
Little
Green Hall
Missouri Valley Forensic League
University of Kansas
Davis
John Q. Citizen
Romulo Soldevilla
University of Nebraska
David Woods
University of Oklahoma
Johnny
Arthur Nelson
Merele Fyestone
Kansas State College
Towa State College
Wichita University
University of South Dakota
Br. C. Buehler
A Rent Case Opens in Kansas City Kan Filing
A federal court hearing opened on an injunction suit against Mrs. Starr Cochran of Lawrence Kansas. The CPA accuses her of burning formaldehyde in a furnace to evict tenants and of cutting utilities. Lawyers include Howard Jones of Topeka and A D Wojskitek of the state OPA. The court previously denied a temporary injunction.
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Kansas City
Kan
CPA
Starr Cochran
Lawrence
Howard Jones
Topeka
Area Rent
A. D. Wojskitek
OPA
Cochran
Richard J. Hopkins
Detective Kills a Man In a Kansas City Tavern
Kansas City March 25 A veteran detective shot and killed a bandit who beat a bartender with a stovepoker during an attempted robbery near police headquarters. The slain man, Jacob Spies 49, was identified from a billfold. Detective Ray H Williams fired the fatal shot after the bandit refused to drop the weapon as Clarence C Husband known as Kid Hart tried to defend himself. Three other policemen assisted after a taxicab driver reported a break in at the tavern front door.
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Kansas City
Jacob Spies
Ray H. Williams
Williams
Clarence C. Husband
Kid Hart
Husband
Clean Up Week in State Set for April 11
Governor Schoeppel proclaimed the week of April 11 as Kansas clean-up week urging Kansans to join the patriotic effort. He called for cooperation with the state fire marshal and agencies to remove fire, accident, health hazards and beautify communities.
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Topeka
Mar
Schoeppel
Kansas
No New Diphtheria Cases Reported in Law Home
The county health office reports no new diphtheria cases in Law Home, leaving the situation unchanged and under continued monitoring.
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Lawhone
Meeting outlines wartime meat permit rules for slaughterers
Fewer than a dozen attendees at the Chamber of Commerce session heard Douglas county war board chairman David V. Noe explain that all meat animal slaughterers and livestock traders must obtain a permit by April 1 to continue operations amid a national rationing program. Four permits were issued, with others to study applications.
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Althe
Chamber of Commerce
County War Board
David V. Noe
Douglas County War Board
War Board
Noe
AAA
Peoples State Bank
Noo
Baldwin
Lawrence
Director of Food Administration
Washington
Dougtags County Star Board
Deal Six
Wilson Counts
Production Credit Administration
Red Cross
Douglas County
Harold Fisher
Prestousty
Pe Sheason
Oo. Vien
McMurtry Named Acting Honolulu AP Bureau Chief
Kent Cooper of the Associated Press announces Charles McMurtry, veteran Pacific war correspondent, as acting chief of the Honolulu bureau. McMurtry previously served in Kansas City and was badly burned when a Japanese bomber crash on the carrier Hornet during its loss in battle.
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New York
Charles McMurtry
Associated Press
Pacific
Honolulu
Kent
Cooper
ALP
McMurtry
Kansas City
Joseph B. Shannon In Missouri Former Congressman Very Ill
Joseph B. Shannon former Missouri congressman and Kansas City resident has been in a local hospital since May 2 and was reported today to have taken a sudden turn for the worse described as very ill by hospital officials.
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Joe Shannon
Kansas City
Mar
Joseph B. Shannon
Congress
Missouri
Kansas income tax seen rise with filings this year
Topeka March 26 Mason Mahin chief of the state income tax division predicts a big jump in returns this year possibly a half million dollars more. He reports about a third more corporate returns processed and average revenue per return up to 408 from 334 last year. Kansans have until April 15 to file.
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Topeka
Mason Mahin
State
Mahin
Glider Visit Stuns Lawrence Airport Crowd
U S army glider troops from Missouri landed at Lawrence Municipal Airport in a daylight drill that drew a large crowd. The operation included a tow plane, a glider carrying about 15 soldiers, and a second night landing in darkness with flares. No injuries were reported and the nine personnel returned to base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Missouri
U U. S
Robert H. Price
Robert M. Price
Civilians Evacuated From La Rochelle Port
Berlin dispatch reports civilians at the Atlantic port of La Rochelle are being moved to Rochefort Pouras and other towns as part of an evacuation. The plan targets nonessential residents in line with prior removals to Lorient and St Nazaire.
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la Rochelle
Berlin
Paris
Atlantic
Rochefort
Pouras
Asont
Lorient
St. Nazaire
Pert
Sid
Three Cars Damaged in Intersection Collision
Three cars were damaged slightly in an accident at the intersection of Thirteenth and Tennessee streets yesterday afternoon about o'clock. J. Stewart driving east on Thirteenth failed to stop and was struck by a car driven north on Tennessee by QC Tutt. The Stewart car then hit a parked vehicle on the south side of Thirteenth east of Tennessee.
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Thirteenth
Tennessee
J. Stewart
Tutt
Stewart
Fraud Charged in Sunflower Action at Topeka
Topeka reports a CP-A suit by William V. Ryan under Civil War law alleging contractors defrauded the Sunflower Ordnance Works near De Soto. Damages could reach 20 million dollars with possible double recovery for government and plaintiff plus 2 thousand per proven fraud. Defendants include Broderick Gordon firm and Lozier firms among others. three fraud instances cited with padded payrolls waste and unused materials.
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Topeka
Mar
William V. Ryan
Sunflower Ordnance Works
de Soto
Ryan
Federal District Court
Guy W. Runnion
Harry Truman
Senate
W. 8. Broderick
D. G. Gordon
Parteners
Colorado
William S. Lozier
William S&s. Lozier
Tne
Rochester
N. Y
F.C. Della Cese
New York
Earl S. Stone
Kansas City
United States Transit Mix Concrete Corp
Cory and Joslin, Inc
California
W. E. Joslin
P. B
Ordnance Plant
Cheseter Ellis
No plan to ration soap says OPA
The Office of Price Administration stated there will be no soap rationing or sales freeze. Rumors of a proposed soap freeze have circulated in western cities, but officials denied any such plan and said no order would curb soap sales.
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OPA
Washington
Mar
Office of Price Administration
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Istrator
Chester C. Davis
TEXAN
Kent Cooper
A.P
Red Cross Fund
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