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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1943
Page
1
United States and French troops swept to within 15 miles of Allied headquarters after a 12 mile advance into Mateur, ending two weeks of hard fighting as German forces began a strategic withdrawal from the area.
Allied engineers and troops advance along the Tunisian coast reaching 15 miles of Bizerte. American forces seize Mateur, a key rail hub, amid heavy fighting that yields hundreds of German captives. French units also press toward the coast with 500 prisoners taken as Axis defenses weaken.
Allied air and submarine forces waged a broad campaign against Japanese ships as Darwin comes under a heavy raid. MacArthur’s airmen sink and damage ships in Timor and Kai islands while Liberators and Flying Fortresses claim aboard 93,300 tons of Japanese shipping in April with no heavy bomber losses. U.S. submarines tally 125,000 tons of sinkings in recent ops.
Red Army artillery pounded German positions in the Kuban sector through the night. The mid-day communique reported 200 more enemy deaths, 16 batteries silenced and ten block houses destroyed. Pravda praised US and British roles, signaling strong allied cooperation in Moscow.
The second war loan drive raised about 17 billion dollars, roughly 4 billion over the target, mainly from non banking sources. The treasury will announce the final total around May 10, with banking houses limited to 5 billion. Secretary Morgenthau praised the campaign's success and signaled higher goals for future drives.
The weather bureau reports rainfall in the Kansas City area since January 1 totaling 8.78 inches, below normal by 4.84 inches. In 1934 and 1935, four month totals were 4.35 and 5.46 inches, while 1986 reached 3.69 inches and last year 11.59 inches. Subsoil moisture has improved due to several wet years.
Saturday’s tally lists 641 prisoners, 66 Germans and the rest Italians. Italians among the detainees imply fascist units were redeployed to the western front after a pause, as headquarters reported enemy forces facing the U S Second Corps and British First Army were mainly German. Germans lead resistance, Italians still to be rounded up.
The stock market index shows a gain, with the average at 50.2 in today’s trading, marking a continued advance from the prior close and approaching a new high. Major listings include 1943 levels and a Saturday reading of 49.6 for comparison.
Eldon Davis a 16 year old Lawrence youth served as a civilian air patrol officer flying above President Roosevelt’s special train on the Manhattan to Omaha leg of the tour. He joined the Civil Air Patrol five weeks ago and flew two patrols alone as a light plane carried only him. A B 24 bomber also watched from above as Davis refueled and drank coffee during brief stops. He learned to fly at the Lawrence airport this spring and now works at the Topeka air base supply depot.
Industry sources say McNutt's 48 hour week will lift steel payrolls by 100 million dollars annually via time and a half pay for hours above 40. They note production remains at 99 percent capacity with a 41.6 hour average, and labor needs stay unchanged.
An OCR error misreported the Sunflower Ordnance Works standings for war bond payroll deductions. The Army Corps of Engineers and the finance department along with Hercules company posted 100 percent participation. A Noon ceremony raised the Minute Man flag atop the administration building. Correct rates were Ordnance department 13.07 percent, Corps of Engineers 10.5 percent, and Hercules 11.08 percent.
Topeka reports show Kansas boosted its April bond sale total to 63.394 million dollars, surpassing the quota by more than 13 million. The state war finance committee said the sale attracted 214,692 individual buyers, with 76 of 105 counties exceeding their quotas.
President Roosevelt nominates Brigadier General Norman T. Kirk to be surgeon general of the army, succeeding Major General James.
The coal crisis was averted as miners began returning to work under government oversight led by Harold Ickes. Initial shifts started in Pennsylvania and Ohio with full crews expected by tonight, while labor talks continue over a 15 day truce and wage disputes. President Roosevelt urged uninterrupted production for war needs.
Pennsylvania Gallitzin has 350 miners resuming production as the sector restarts. Fayette county cokery starts with half crew, expects full by night. Both anthracite and soft coal mines expected to run full by tomorrow morning. Illinois UN workers idle while AFL miners largely at work. Kentucky Harlan county 13 000 miners back at work with 41 mines set to operate tomorrow. Washington Ickes ends intransit coal shipment freeze. New York Lewis and UMW officials plan afternoon meeting. Alabama 18 000 of 22 000 miners idle. resumption predicted tomorrow. Ohio eight major mines report near full force. early return anticipated.
George T. Wetzel announces a mail in program for sugar canning. Families must send No 1 ration books and complete application blanks. Sugar limits per book run to 25 pounds March 1 1948 to February 29 1944 with 5 pounds for jams. Average allotment intended around 10 pounds to spread supply.
Six accomplished young artists from the school of fine arts performed at a Rotary luncheon in Lawrence. Ruth Russell sang an encore to Lily Pons style piano and flute by Judy Vandeventer. Twins Mary Alice Pringle and Maxine sang with Margaret Dunn, encores included Mighty Lake Rose and Loves Old Sweet Song. Rudolf Wiley praised Margaret Dunn as a top pianist. Fred Ellsworth urged attendance for music week featuring leading composers.
Oklahoma expands farm labor aid to the Pacific Northwest with over 1,000 workers to depart Wednesday and Thursday. A third movement of under employed farm families under Farm Security Administration sponsorship begins with trains from McAlester Atoka and Vinita. Migrants receive farm jobs and a package of housing chickens a cow and a garden allotment.
On April 23 near Mateur Capt H Penfield Jones treated Lieut Gen Lesley J McNair for a fractured shoulder after shrapnel wounds as part of a rush of orthopedic surgeries in a front line evacuation tent. The operation followed helmet fragment injuries and bone trauma amid heavy fighting.
Members of the Lone Star Rod and Gun club invited their guests Norman Endacott Rody Skinner Robert Green G H Dinty Moore and Delbert Paasch to assist in constructing a new spillway at their seven acre Windy Gulch lake on the Roy Flory farm. All reported aching muscles and blistered hands the day after the work.
The 100 piece Liberty Memorial high school band conducted by Oliver Hobbs will air a 6:05 to 6:30 pm program tomorrow on WREN. Supt. Clifford D. Dean will speak on Music Week. Will Year will announce. Selections include Star Spangled Banner Thunderer Day Break from Frede Grofe Mississippi Suite Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer When the Light Goes on Again Stars and Stripes Forever and America.
Homer Ebright of Baldwin was elected district governor for the northeastern Kansas Rotary International district today, succeeding Ambrose Johnston of Manhattan. The announcement places Ebright in the Topeka area on May 3.
In Washington on May 8 Senator Connally urged a bill to seizure of struck plants and made interference with war production a criminal offense. He drafted an amendment to empower the War Labor Board with statutory powers while asserting it would not disrupt Roosevelt’s wage stabilization policy.
Col R W Briggs commandant of the Seventh Service Command at Omaha will lead federal inspection of the University ROTC Wednesday and Thursday with Col J K Campbell and Lt Col W L McMorris of Kansas State College assisting. Public invited to watch 4 15 pm field work on intramural fields southwest of campus. unit expected to demonstrate marching and functioning. University aims for excellent rating. report to army headquarters will follow.
The May term jury will not report until Monday May 24 as Judge Hugh Means announced. Delays followed a court reporter’s operation and a morning conference with attorneys set civil cases ready for trial. Four new U S citizens were admitted: Max Willer Lilian Boggs Moore Johannes Karl Holbeck of Lawrence and Wilbert Norman Mack of Garnett.
May 3 4 seasonable weather continued in Kansas with no rain in prospect. Federal meteorologist S D Flora noted crops are not suffering materially from dryness. No weekend rainfall of .10 inch. Today cooler with similar night temps. No frost expected. Goodland low 42, Concordia high 86 yesterday. Topeka high 81 and seven degrees above normal average.
Governor Schoenpel praised Kansas coal miners for continuing to mine during a national coal crisis. He commended miners and leaders in Kansas and noted no current trouble in the state. He had not decided on appointing a state representative for conferences with regional managers during government operation of mines.
Under secretary of War Robert P Patterson and Rubber Director William Jeffers will inspect rubber and gasoline plants to resolve priority squabbles. They aim to identify and break bottlenecks during the personal tour to speed production.
The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts hosts a week of events in Lawrence with guest conductors Peter Da Rose Domenico Savino Ferde Grofe and Jack Robbins. Violinist Albert Spalding headlines an 8 20 p m recital in Hoch Auditorium with pianist Andre Benoist.
Washington May 2 The Supreme Court with a five to four ruling vacated its June 8 decision and struck down municipal ordinances imposing a license tax on the sale of religious literature Justice Stone read the opinion Justices Reed Roberts Far n furter and Jackson dissented with the four voting against constitutionality being Stone Black Douglas Murphy and Rutledge
Smoke from an undetermined cause in a gas furnace at 1145 Emery Road reached upstairs rooms via the furnace blower. Fire units were dispatched at 12 15 today. No damage occurred, per Fire Chief Paul Ingels.
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