Northward swing may cut off the Ruhr
American forces push north in a swift 40 mile advance bringing units within 68 miles of the Ruhr and 199 miles of Berlin. Hodges reports the northward sweep reaching Langwiesse and Frakenberg as Ninth army seizes Haltern and Duisburg surrenders. The Seventh army encircles Mannheim while Front lines spill across the Neckar and Main as Allied columns press toward Nuernberg.
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Paris
U. S
First Army
Ruhr
Third Army
Berlin
East- Ethine
Langwiesse
Hamm
Frankenberg
Cologne
Hannover
Muenster
Courtney H. Hodges
Second
Ninth Army
Hitler
Haltern
Dortmund
Germany
Ninth
Duisburg
Frankfurt
Malin
Osnabrueck
Annover
Westphalia
Amoeneburg
Rhine
Marburg
Mannheim
Neckar
Aschaffenburg
Schweinheim
Meidernberg
Black Forest
Steip
Kassel
Essen
Heidelberg
Mulheim
Gelsenkirchen
Bochum
Oberhausen
Bonn
Nimitz Reports Heavy Damage to Jap Ships Near Kerama Islands
Guam reports that Nimitz announced heavy damage to Japanese ships near the Kerama islands west of Okinawa amid ongoing bombardment by U S carrier aircraft. The communique cites destruction of 38 aircraft and 19 ships, with allied losses denied. Tokyo claims landings and continued attacks as operations proceed.
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Nimitz
Kerama Islands
Guam
Okinawa
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
Radio Tokyo
Unteh Bay
Tyukyug
Pacific
Ial
Tokyo
Kure
Honshu
Kyushu
Tomari Zaki
Paramushiro
Kataoka
Shimushu
Kurile Islands
Japan
Suzuki
Judge Huxman Fines Two for OPA Violations Hardboiled Stance
In Topeka on March 29 Judge Walter A. Huxman fined Lawrence N. Pederson of Topeka and O. E. Rutledge of Emportia Topekan $1000 each for wartime rule breaches. The men were charged in Wichita with filing affidavits attesting to a false sale to hasten possession of a Topeka house within 30 days, contrary to Office of Price Administration rules requiring 90 days.
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Topeka
U. S
Walter A. Huxman
Huxman
Lawrence N. Pederson
O. E. Rutledge
Topekan
Lester Luther
Emporia
Wichita
Office of Price Administration
Explosion at Sunflower Ordnance Works damages plant
An explosion at Sunflower Ordnance Works occurred shortly after 7 this morning, damaging a machine producing rocket powder and causing about $15,000 in damage to the building and equipment. Lt. Col. Donald R. Hyde, commanding officer, said the machine operator was uninjured and no other buildings were damaged.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Donald R. Hyde
Sunflower
Hyde
Returned from Pacific Army air corps Sergt Howard Gray
Staff Sgt. Howard Gray 26 has just returned from a 21 day furlough in the Pacific after 42 months in active service. He visits sister Mrs Nellie Banks in Lawrence before reporting to Santa Monica on April 5. Gray has been in three major battles and spent 18 months in Gilbert Islands with 125 degree heat. He served at Pearl Harbor in 1941 where he burned his hands and entered the National Guard in 1939. He hopes for six months duty in the United States after California reporting. He is spending today with his parents in Willard.
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Howard Gray
South Pacific
Army Air Corps
Santa Monica
Calif
Gray
Neal Banks
Nellie Banks
Lawrence
Sergeant Gray
Pacific
Gilbert Island
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
National Guard
Camp Robinson
Ark
United States
California
Willard
Upheld Planting Progress Across Kansas Regions
The Kansas weather and crop report notes barley oats and potatoes planting nearly complete except in eastern Kansas where heavy rains delayed field work. Winter wheat prospers and pastures are abundant as central and western areas progress satisfactorily.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Manila report: Cebu City captured after two day drive
Allied forces reported capturing Cebu City after a brisk two day advance from the Cebu island beachhead. Japanese defenses were abandoned as Maj. Gen. William H. Fagerne’s Americal division entered the city with light American losses. MacArthur noted heavy damage by demolition crews, while surrounding Luzon and Mindanao actions continued with air and sea strikes delivering broad damage.
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Manila
Cebu City
Philippines
Cebu Island
William H. Fagerne
Pardo
Boston
Mass
Douglas MacArthur
Cebu
Wnderseas
Ida
MacArthur
Luzon
Baguie
Balete Pass
Kapintana
Cagayan Valley
China Sea
Foochow
China
Legaspi
Formosa
Okyo Radio
Aist
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Russians Reach Austrian Frontier in Danube Drive
Soviet forces push through the Bratislava gap toward the Austrian border as Malinovsky and Tolbukhin coordinate to threaten Graz and Vienna. Reports say Gyor and Komarom fell, with 80,000 Germans killed and 50,000 taken prisoner on the Baltic coast advance.
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London
Stalin
Baltic
Koenigsberg
Moson
Gyor
Komarom
Danube
Bratislava
Rodion Malinovsky
Tolbukhin
Winden
Neusied Parndorf
Bruck
Lake Neusiedier
Eisenhower
Aschaffenburg
Ogdenburg
Szombathely
Graz
Yugoslavia
Italy
Moscow
Second
Ukraine
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Feodor J. Tolbakhin
Three Nazis Parachutists Kill Aachen Mayor
In a daylight Allied occupation era report, three German parachutists in uniform assassinated Franz Oppenhof, 41, the allied‑appointed mayor of Aachen. The killing occurred Sunday night as the men fled, with investigators unable to confirm a motive though ties to Hitler's threats against cooperation with the Allies are noted.
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Allied Aachen
U. S. First Army
Aachen
Franz Oppenhof
Oppenhof
Hitler
Roosevelt Back in White House After Hyde Park Visit
President Roosevelt returned to the White House from Hyde Park, N Y, and began a series of conferences with figures including Lord Halifax and Sir Oliver Lyttleton on food supply. He met Senate leaders Barkley and Thomas to discuss man power legislation and planned a formal commission for Jonathan Daniels as presidential secretary in charge of press relations. He also considered a new labor-management plan for postwar cooperation and expressed pleasure to AF L president William Green, U S Chamber of Commerce chief Eric Johnston, and CIO leader Philip Murray.
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Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Lord Halifax
Oliver Lyttleton
Col
J. J. Llewellyn
United States
Senate
Barkley
Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Committee
Near 900000 mark in war casualties reported
Washington reports pro American combat losses near nine hundred thousand overall with army deaths at 153,791 killed and 473,629 wounded, plus 86,355 missing and 66,228 prisoners. Navy totals show 35,750 killed, 42,802 wounded, 10,500 missing, and 4,267 prisoners. Secretary Stimson notes figures reflect through late February and early March with enemy Philippine campaign losses over 300,000 killed.
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Washington
Mar
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Stimson
Paxton S. S. Sgt. Charles E. Paxton Killed in Germany
Mr and Mrs E M Paxton of 733 Mississippi street received word from the war department that their son S/Sgt Charles E Paxton aged 25 was killed in action in Germany on March 14 He previously was reported wounded February 16 in Luxembourg and after a four day hospital stay returned to duty February 20 He served with Company A Second Infantry Patton s Third army and died crossing the Moselle in the Saar valley A KU engineering student class of 1938 and Liberty Memorial High graduate He had served in camps in Arkansas California Washington Georgia Nevada Michigan Massachusetts and camps in Africa before going overseas in July 1944.
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E. M. Paxton
Mississippi Street
War Department
Charles E. Paxton
Germany
Paxton
Luxembourg
Second Infantry
Patton
Third Army
Moselle
Saar Valley
Liberty Memorial High School
University of Kansas
National Guard
Arkansas
California
Washington
Georgia
Africa
United States
Nevada
Michigan
Massachusetts
Hour of Success Near Is Churchill Prediction
London report notes Prime Minister Churchill stating the hour of success is near in a letter backing a liberal candidate in a special Commons election to fill a vacancy. He credits British endurance and military devotion and urges unity of effort to secure rewards for country, empire, and civilization.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Ughorr
Kansas Tuberculosis and Health association names new leaders
Dr. F. A. Trump of Ottawa was named president of the Kansas Tuberculosis and Health association at the annual board meeting. He succeeds Dr. C. E. Coburn of Kansas City. Dr. Ralph S Canutesan of Lawrence was elected vice president.
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Topeka
F. A. Trump
Ottawa
Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association
Trump
C. E. Coburn
Kansas City
Ralph S Canutesan
Lawrence
Postpone Senate Vote on Manpower
Washington march 29 bold administration leaders informally decided to postpone the final senate vote on the manpower bill until next week The move followed private talks with President Roosevelt and a letter urging passage as absent senators back home complicate the vote O Mahoney Barkley and Senator Thomas rule the clock while McNutt backs the measure to move workers into war jobs amid a tense wartime backdrop
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Washington
Mar
Senate
House
Barkley
Thomas
Utah
White House
Roosevelt
Edgerton
Armed Forces Administration
O’mahoney
D-Wye
D-Ky
O'Mahoney
Prisoner Reported For Local Soldier Missing In Action
Mr and Mrs E B Hazlett of 1703 Orchard Lane learned on February 8 that their son Sgt Emerson Hazlett 20 has been missing in action since January 22 in Germany. A fellow soldier’s letter says Hazlett and two others were captured by enemy troops and are believed prisoners being moved to a rear area. The note notes Hazlett’s rapid promotion from private first class to sergeant prior to capture.
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E. BE. Hazlett
Orchard Lane
War Department
Emerson Hazlett
Germany
Lawrence
Hazlett
Friends of
Regular Weekly Feature Starts Saturday on WREN Radio
Beginning Saturday at 12 30 p m WREN will present a regular half hour Army Air Forces program modeled after the Army Hour. Eyewitness accounts from pilots and combat reporters will describe great battles over Germany and Japan with wire recorder recordings of fighter pilots sensations. The program aims to bring listeners into actual battle with no artificial sound effects.
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WREN
Army Air Forces
Army Hour
H. H. Arnold
RAF
Germany
Japan
American flag raised again over Ehrenbreitstein fortress
Mar 29 report notes Ehrenbreitstein, a Rhine fortress since Roman times, fell to American arms and the flag was raised again. The citadel overlooks Coblenz, on a rock 385 feet above the Rhine, with officers who witnessed the 1922 troop departure from Germany. The Romans, then 1160 renovations, and later refurbishment by John Margrave of Baden are noted.
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Germany
Rhineland
Ehrenbreitstein
United States
Coblenz
Rhine
Mozelle River
Waas
John Margrave of
Baden
Rain adds to March totals as gardens brace for planting
Weather observers report 0.58 inches of rain last night raising March total to 5.46 inches, 3.18 inches above normal. Farmers and Victory gardeners face wet fields delaying spring crops while some Kaw valley potato growers limit planting plans. In Lawrence many gardens remain unplowed and unseeded, but optimism persists that dry spells will allow an April push.
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C. J. Posey
Worden
Walter Schwarz
Kaw
Lawrence
Garden Army
Alford-Clarke Post To Install New Officials
Alford-Clarke Post 852 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will install newly elected officers for the post and auxiliary at a 2 meeting on April 2 at Veterans Hall, 745 Vermont street. Charles W. Corel will be commander and Mrs Myrtle Allen to install the women's auxiliary officers.
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Alford-Clarke
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Hall
Vermont Street
Charles W. Corel
Ted Cox
Chester Foster, Jr
W. T. Allen
Walter Rigdon
Henry Graham
J. H. King
O. P. Buck
J. H. Saunders
Lawrence
Myrtle Allen
Suatery
Mabel Daniel
Bessie Westergren
Nellie Lefford
Grace Cox
Lucy Schneck
Dorothy Coffman
Nel Saunders
Danger in a Controlled Press Told by Hub Meyer
H. A. Hub Meyer president of the Kansas Press association and publisher of the Independence Daily Reporter spoke to the KU Press club about organizing the Kansas Press association and dangers of outside press control. He addressed classes in the Journalism building while KU officials and Press club members attended the dinner and introductions noted by Elizabeth Baker and Prof. E F Beth. The column also notes the Lost and Found column on the classifieds prompt results and provides a contact phone.
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H. A
Meyer
Kansas Press Association
Fndependence Daily Reporter
K. U. Press Club
Colonial Tea Room
Press Club
J. Howard Rusco
Topeka
Elizabeth Baker
E. F. Beth
Louisiana paving plan for city street rejected
The plan to pave four blocks of Louisiana Street from Nineteenth to Twenty-Third, under a joint city county action in a Benefit District, was defeated two to one by Douglas County Commissioners L. H. Griffith and Ed Johnson voting no while M. N. Penny voted yes. The city council had previously approved the measure, with potential for another attempt in the near future as advocates Lloyd Gaines and W H Andrews attended the meeting.
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Louisiana Street
Twenty-Third
Douglas County
L. H. Griffith
Ed Johnson
M. N. Penny
Benefit District
Lloyd Gaines
W. H. Andrews
Showers Ahead as Eastern Kansas Braces for Rain
UPI forecast calls for possible showers across eastern Kansas today and tonight with overcast skies elsewhere. Eastern towns reported rainfall in the last 24 hours, with Ottawa 1.07 inches and Paola 1.22. Rivers rose modestly, and farmers face wet fields hindering spring work as temperatures hover in the mid 60s.
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Topeka
UPI
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Ottawa
Paola
Kansas City
Coffeyville
Wichita
Goodsland
St. Joseph
Phora
Marais Des Ceynes
la Cygne
Trading Post
Goodland
County Salaries Up In Douglas County Payroll Rise
The Kansas legislature approved a new county salary law boosting Douglas county payroll by 2919.65 yearly. All offices gain 15 percent except the district clerk at 20 percent. County commissioners rise from 1120 to 1280 annually with brackets 1200 to 1800 at 20 percent and 1800 to 2400 at 15 percent. Effective April 1 this year. Stock market index shows 60 stocks average at 59.8, up from 59.6 yesterday.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Fedt
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