Commandos Raid St Nazaire Base In audacious attack
British commandos struck the St Nazaire submarine base on the Atlantic coast, aiming to destroy harbor locks with an explosives laden warship. German reports claim heavy losses and 160 prisoners, while British communiques say the raid involved units from three services with uncertain outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nazaire
French
Brittany
Zeebrugge
France
High Command
Loire
Sir Roger Keys
Belgian
Eet
Keyes
Zeebrugge Canal
Olld
Atlantic
Marines Ready to Stand Fast in Iceland Invasion Scenario
Brigadier General John Marston said American and British forces in Iceland would give a good account of themselves if invasion occurred, stressing no imminent threat. He noted troops are prepared for emergencies, relations remain cordial, and Marine units there have been replaced by regular army troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
John Marston
U. S. Marine Corps
Iceland
Marston
Navy Department
Eudora at Waiting Stage Fewer Strangers in Town
Eudora remained quiet as fewer strangers appeared today. Citizens await word on the exact location of the munitions plant, hoping for clarity and reassurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora
Russians Defending Murmansk Close In On Nazis
Soviet Red Army reports say Murmansk port and railhead are under tight pressure as Dietl forces face a Russian rear-front squeeze. Red Star notes a sea landing threat developed and German transports and a destroyer were hit. Yugoslav guerrilla forces plan a spring offensive as supplies may come by submarine or airlift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murmansk
Associated Press
Eduard Dietl
Bluss LE
Red Star
Dietl
Adolf Hitler
Sian
Soviet Information Bureau
Kalinin
Balkan
New York
Dragutin Savich
Draga Nihailovic
Speech festival ratings crown Kansas students at KU event
Twenty three eastern Kansas high schools competed in a festival sponsored by the University of Kansas Division of Speech. Lawrence students Bill Conboy and Harry Johnson topped divisions in after dinner and extemporaneous speaking. Notable first divisions included Haskell Institute radio drama and Liberty Memorial High School dramatic reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Kansas
Extension Division
Department of Speech and Dramatic Arts
K. U. Lawrence
Bill Conboy
Harry Johnson
State High School Activities Association
Haskell Institute
Liberty Memorial High School
Emily Stacy
Patsy Miller
Mary Alice Henry
Capitol Catholis
Topeka
Audrey Jennings
Ottawa
Rose Coughlin
Shawnee Mission
Lawrence
Elsie Weaver
Paola
Dick Eacock
Bonner Springs
Don Starry
Wyandotte
Regina Supple
Capitol Catholic
Dick McCarthy
Martha Barshfield
June Utterback
Shirley Tinberg
Richard Elliott
Mary Shaw
Perry
June Adelle McCoy
Alice Louise McGlinchy
Wyandette
Pat Goddell
Janet English
Marjorie Dick
George Delk
Bernard Balkin
Billy Douthat
Rosedale
Defenders Raid Japanese Positions Amid Pacific Action
The War Department reports Philippine defenders conducted raids on the Bataan peninsula and Zamboanga, while anti aircraft batteries on Corregidor shot down one heavy bomber during a fourth day of sustained air assaults. American Filipino patrols reached within a mile of an outpost near Zamboanga with no casualties. On Bataan artillery silenced a Japanese battery as batteries on Corregidor shelled southern Manila Bay gun emplacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Corregidor
Bataan
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Manila Bay
48 Hour Week For Some Postal Employees Is On
President Roosevelt signed a law allowing a 48 hour week for post office workers where the postmaster general finds it necessary. The change ends compulsory time off beyond 40 hours and permits overtime pay at the regular rate rather than time and a half. The longer week will not necessarily spread nationwide due to discretionary criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Topeka airport project halted after assault on workers
At Topeka, during a $110000 city airport improvement, power scoop operators were attacked by about 15 men described as Kansas City hoodlums. Foreman S W Poor charged C G Hamilton with assault, citing Hamilton as an organizer for the Kansas City hoisting engineers union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas City
S. W. Poor
C. G. Hamilton
Poor
Hamilton
Harry Weaver
Leonard Metzger
Perry
Foreman Poor
Russell Ralph
Kaw Paving Company
Ralph
William A. Lawson
City Planners Meet To Discuss Eudora Munitions Plant
The city planning commission met at Wiedemann's to address issues from the Eudora munitions plant and other matters. It recommended that property owners seeking rezoning cover public notices and hearings costs. A trailer residency ordinance was discussed as a possibility. A pamphlet about the commission is being prepared by A. B. Martin. George Beal, chair, said the commission is not a lawmaking body but serves in an advisory role to the city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Planning Commission
Wiedemann’s
Eudora
Planning Commission
A. B. Martin
George Beal
American Ship Arrives After Secret Voyage From Pearl Harbor Day
An American passenger ship that left the Far East the day of the Pearl Harbor attack docked safely in Jersey City after a secret circuitous voyage through enemy seas. Sir Victor Sassoon and 175 passengers reported seeing Japanese planes the first day out, learning of the attack only at another port on December 9. Donald Ebright, a missionary, returned from four years in Cawnpore, India, with his wife and three daughters aged 2 to 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Far East
Pearl Harbor
Sir Victor Sassoon
United States
Donald Ebright
Topeka
Kan
Cawnpore
India
British Naval Push To India Amid Burma Battle Signals Expected Clash
British naval units reportedly en route to the Indian Ocean include two battleships and two aircraft carriers with other warships. In Burma Chinese counterattacks wiped out a Japanese force at Toungoo, improving the front as withdrawals along the Irrawaddy suggest reconsideration of lines. Sir Stafford Cripps praised talks with Gandhi and Indian leaders on autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Rome
Indian Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Calcutta
Ceylon
Rangoon
Burma
Toungoo
New Delhi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Irrawaddy
Thomas Blamey
Australia
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Stafford
Mohandas K. Gandhi
White on economics warns of credit collapse at KU
William Allen White of Emporia told delegates at the fifth district interfraternity council a widened credit expansion has burst open. He blamed the Smoot-Hawley tariff and rising collectivism for the downturn and cautioned against totalitarian risks while praising youths' sense of justice as hopeful. The conference continued with events planned at the Union building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ‘Allen White
Emporia
Fifth District Interfraternity Council
K.U
White
Union Building
Pork Prices in Lawrence Lower than Kansas City Markets
Lawrence retail pork prices are lower than Kansas City stores as of March 17. OPA lists Kansas City pork chops at 7.4 dollars, bacon at 3.56, ham at 4.5 to 4.9, salt pork at 3.4. Lawrence prices from the Journal-World show pork chops 27 to 29 cents, bacon 20 to 35, sliced ham around 29 cents, ham 80 to 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas City
OPA
Journal-World
U S Food Ship Arrives Lisbon En Route to Greece
Dispatches report the 5,548-ton Greek freighter Master Eliag Kalakandis arriving in Lisbon from the United States with a cargo of food for Greece distributed by the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Lisbon
Berlin
Eliag Kalakandis
United States
Greece
Red Cross
Stock Market Index Stands at 34.4
The stock index averaged 60 stocks at 34.4 points. The reading remains at 34.4 from yesterday.
Ski Troopers Train On Blizzard Slope Of Mt Rainier
Mount Rainier National Park Washington March 28 Army reports a new mountain combat force training on blizzard swept slopes. Troops selected from top skiers including professionals amateurs veterans forest rangers and cavalrymen wear white parkas to blend with snow. They train in Paradise Lodge 6000 foot fields and will serve as snow bound fighters then climb mountains and move artillery as conditions melt. A two cylinder motor boggan sled speeds troop and supply movement over the snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Rainier National Park
Wash
Mount Nase
Army
Forest Rangers
Paradise Lodge
Road work advances on Baldwin creek gate and Mid Lecompton cut
County road crews report near completion of backfill around Baldwin creek gate which controls Lake View level. Flood damage washed out surrounding area and a bridge on the county road leading to Lake View. The Winter hill cut near Lecompton road nears completion, and a five foot bridge replacement east of Sibleyville, Eudora township, proceeds slowly amid wet weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin Creek
Lake View
Winter Hill
Lecompton
Lawrence
Eudora Township
Sibleyville
E. E. Larson
Oil activity grows in Kansas fields as drilling picks up
Weekly Kansas oil reports show 28 wells started and 12 completed for 9 075 barrels per day with Reno county leading in new drills. Seven day totals include 31 completions and 238 909 barrels daily, up from the prior week, with 18 wells completed for 11 447 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Reno
Barton
Stevens
Stafford
Kearny
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Rooks
Russell
Marion
Rice
Complete Victory Called For by Clarence Kelland
Clarence Budington Kelland, executive director of the Republican national committee, urged military destruction of enemies to force them to sue for peace. He said no party should seek appeasement and the war must be carried to complete decisive victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ohio
Clarence Budington Kelland
Republican National Committee
Kelland
Youngstown Young Republican League
Republican
Republican Party
City or Farm Property Notice Reference Js x Clevenger
For City or Farm property see Js x Clevenger. Phone 344 or 2746. Ve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Js x
Clevenger
Normal Work for Farmers Advised in War Plant Area
Farmers east of Eudora are told to continue regular farm operations while the government plans a large munitions plant. Army officials defer site size and location details, noting contracts and headquarters still under negotiation. Officials expect work forces between 8 000 and 10 000 and project costs around 80 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora
War Department
Journal-World
Army
Hercules Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
Lawrence
Dean Frank Stockton
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
W. ¢. Strecker
U. S. Army
Lawrence post office to close $1.67 car stamp sales next Tuesday
Lawrence post office will end selling $1.67 federal tax stamps for motor vehicles next Tuesday and begin selling $1.25 stamps for April on April 1. Postmaster Roger M. Williams says the price is not a bargain and March purchases require the 1.67 sticker. March buyers missing stamps should contact the Wichita collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Roger M. Williams
Williams
Internal Revenue
Wichita
Warmth Returns as Kansas Sees Slight Rise in Temperature
Topeka March 28 report notes Lamb-like weather creeping back toward Kansas with a slight rise in temperatures after recent cold spells. Western and central counties may edge warmer tonight though near freezing remains statewide. No precipitation is expected and winds dry topsoil as farmers await spring field work. Federal Meteorologist S D Flora says warmer conditions are needed to boost planting. Temperatures yesterday averaged 8 to 10 degrees below normal with Dodge City at 54 and Goodland at 20 as cold weather lingers to the north delaying moderation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Dodge City
Goodland
S. Yow
Garment Bundles Urgently Requested for Navy Requisition
Bundles for America officials urge completion of all garments soon as a shipment heads out by the end of the first week in April. Navy garments should go to the Great Lakes station for a large requisition, with local production shipped to San Pedro California for redistribution. A window display at Bell's Music store shows sample items. The local chapter may join a nationwide salvaging program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Navy Station
Great Lakes
San Pedro
Calif
Bell
Eight Year Old Radio Actor Donates All Earnings to War Effort
Phidias Chronis an eight year old radio actor son of Greek immigrants in Pittsburgh donates his monthly earnings about 27 dollars to Uncle Sam since just before Pearl Harbor. He has given 184.84 to date and hopes for a bigger job to support a regiment. his mother says America would fight the axis and notes the boy’s regular contributions praised by the revenue collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mar
Sam
Phidias Chronis
Pearl Harbor
George Chronis
United States
Washington
Miller
Phidias
Flying Jayhawks aviation squadron forming on campus
Prospective flyers after navy interviews set open meeting in Marvin Auditorium Tuesday at 7 30 p m inviting CPT trainees and campus athletes to learn about the Jayhawk Squadron. Lieutenants Haliburton Ranney and Van Arsdale will lead the event with Navy reserve opportunities and enlistment paths outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Naval Air Corps
Navy
Marvin Auditorium
C.P.T
Municipal
Virgil F. Haliburton
J. M. Ranney
G. R. van Arsdale
Fairfax Naval Base
Fairfax
Lawrence
Naval Reserve
Joe Brown
Bob Lee
Naval Induction Center
University of Iowa
Gardner Naval Base
Pensacola
Corpus Christi
Miami
Union Services to Feature Dr. E. Stanley Jones
The Ministerial Alliance sponsors a union church meeting at the Community building Sunday at 8 p.m. Rev. Alfred P. Smith presides. Miss Roberta Tucker leads a devotional before Dr. Jones speaks. All are invited with cooperation from the Student Christian Federation of K. U. urging students and adults to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ministerial Alliance
E. Stanley Jones
India
Alfred P. Smith
Alliance
Friends Church
Roberta Tucker
University
Y.W.C.A
Jones
Publc
Student Christian Federation of K. U
Nazi Spies Arrests Grow in Brazil Ring
Secret Berlin instructions stressing tracking shipping to the Red Sea were disclosed as authorities announce more arrests in a vast Nazi espionage ring in Rio de Janeiro. Three leaders of the Integralist party are among the newly detained, with over 280 Germans Italians and Japanese already in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
Mar
Berlin
Red Sea
Integralist Party
Brandt Named Associate Director for Rail Transport Division
Washington March 28 Defense Transportation Director Joseph B Eastman announced the appointment of Harry G Brandt of Wichita Kansas as associate director of the DDT railway transport division in charge of rail track coordination in the western region Brandt is currently general manager of the Santa Fe Trail transportation company and will maintain headquarters in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Harry G. Brandt
Wichita
Kan
DDT Railway Transport Division
Brandt
Santa Fe Trail Transportation Company
Chicago
Achning Enters City Council Race Against Ward One Incumbent
Five hours before filing deadline a new candidate emerged for the city council. Ralph G. Achning, hardware dealer at 846 Missouri street, filed 117 signatures for the first ward race, 98 valid, meeting the five percent of ward vote requirement. He challenges incumbent Willard Brown who has held the seat since 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph G. Achning
Missouri Street
Willard Brown
Achning
Brown
J. W. Stone
Vanderbilt Head Would Chart Wartime Education
Chancel lor O C Carmichael of Vanderbilt University outlined a wartime education plan at the 47th annual meeting of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. He warned against value confusion and urged more time for schooling the nation with new teaching methods and better course articulation. Charles E Finley was elected president of the association with officers J Andrew Holley G W Rosenlof and William F Shirley. The group voted to hold next year’s meeting in Chicago March 22 27 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
O. C. Carmichael
Vanderbilt University
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Carmichael
America
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State College
Ames
District Festival Draws 4 Hoc Club Delegates From Douglas County
County farm agent and Miss Nellie Lindsay joined Deal Six in Ottawa to attend the district festival of 4-H clubs. Douglas County clubs Big Springs Kanwaka Four Leaf Clover and Clinton Busy Bee were chosen March 14 to advance to the district convention. The program included a model club meeting a musical number a dramatic presentation and 4-H demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal Six
Nellie Lindsay
Ottawa
Douglas County
Big Springs
Kanwaka
Four Leaf Clover
Clinton
Pig Iron Under Allocation Orders Issued
Washington on March 28 1944 the war production board issued orders placing all supplies of pig iron under government allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Mar
War Production Board
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London
Goon Squad
Economics
Interfraternity
Mt. Rainier
Clarence Kelland
Uncle Sam
Flying Jayhawks
IN Union Services
Wiedemanns
Ralph Achning
First Ward
Vanderbilt Head
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