Sweden Ready For War On Own Soil
Stockholm May 8 Sweden keeps a neutral stance but prepares for war on home soil. Defenses are at peak strength with a mobilized population ready for invasion. The home guard rifles, landsturm and air raid precautions have grown, while Sweden builds an indigenous aircraft industry though engine supply remains a snag.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Altho
Germany
Norway
Finland
Home Guard
Landsturm
Volunteer Observer Corps
Lottas
Air Force
Kansan Hero of Failed Japanese Air Attack
Highland Kansas native Lieut Byron Gilmore identified as a hero in the April 30 air defense of the 15th U S Army Air Forces base in China. A lone Warhawk pilot attacked a 45 aircraft Japanese formation, warning others and enabling nine allied planes to intercept. Ten Japanese planes were shot down and eight damaged.
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U. S. Army Air Force
China
Byron Gilmore
Highland
Kan
15Th
U. S.S. Army Air Force
Gilmore
Missing war hero Hinshaw from Southwestern college
First Lieutenant Edgar D. Hinshaw former Southwestern college basketball star and member of the 1939 National Intercollegiate champions is missing in action in North Africa since April 16. His parents Mr and Mrs William E Hinshaw of Winfield have been notified. Hinshaw joined the Army Air Forces in November 1941.
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Winfield
Kan
Edgar D. Hinshaw
Southwestern
North Africa
William E. Hinshaw
Kansas City
Hinshaw
Army Air Forces
KU Bursar Klooz Heads to Cleveland Meeting
Karl Klooz acting athletic director and bursar of the University of Kansas will depart Wednesday for Cleveland Ohio to attend a conference of educational buyers focusing on priorities and rationing.
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Klooz
Cleveland
Karl Klooz
University of Kansas
Green bug inroads cut wheat oats and barley in southwest
Crop experts report a green bug invasion harming wheat oats and barley across Oklahoma Texas and parts of Kansas with Oklahoma facing its worst outbreak since 1907. Thousands of acres are abandoned and yields blamed on unusually late spring and cold weather shifting damage to other regions.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Santa Fe Railway
Missouri
War training and liberal education at Oklahoma University
Norman Oklahoma May 3 emphasis on war training at the University of Oklahoma with new semester start. President Joseph A Brandt said the school will cooperate with the army and navy while expanding liberal education for women draft age men and deferred categories. High school graduates may enroll May 7 and 8 and complete two semesters by December 23. Sir Basil Brooke named prime minister of Northern Ireland succeeding John Miller Andrews and plans to announce his cabinet before the Northern Ireland parliament meets Tuesday.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Joseph A. Brandt
Army
Navy
North Ireland
Belfast
Basil Brooke
Northern Ireland
John Miller Andrews
Brooke
Britain
Alan Brooke
All American teams urged to uphold system of business regulation
The passage extols brains energy and industry as keys to national strength and victory. It praises American independence, invention, and the public regulated business system that powers war plants and big industries, urging teams returning from the Big Game to embrace this opportunity and continue the practiced management model.
Fort Riley Nine Wings Past Norman Skyjackets in opener
Fort Riley's CRTC team edged Norman Skyjackets 2 to 1 to open the 1943 semi pro baseball season. Both service squads feature major league players on their rosters.
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Ft. Riley
Wichita
Fort Riley
C.R.T.C
Norman
Okla
Naval Air Training Center
Count Fleet Poised for Preakness After Derby Victory
Baltimore May 3 Count Fleet winner of the 69th Kentucky Derby arrived in good condition. Trainer Don Cameron said the colt would start in Pimlico’s Preakness stakes barring accidents. Cameron traveled from Kentucky with the Derby runner up Blue Swords and denied illness rumors on the train.
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Baltimore
Count Fleet
Don Cameron
Pimlico
Cameron
Kentucky
Blue Swords
Seeded Sorghum Boost Urged By Kansas Agronomist
Manhattan May 3.49 Professor R I Throckmorton Kansas State College agronomist urged Kansas farmers to plant more seed for sorghum this spring after many plants froze last fall. He noted germination rates dropped to 62 percent in lab tests and 34 percent in the field for seeds in the soft dough stage at frost. He said well matured varieties usually germinate 95 percent in lab and 64 percent in field.
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Manhattan
R. I. Throckmorton
Kansas State College Agronomist
Kansas
Desert Wipes Out The Marks Of War Along Libyan Frontier
The desert near the Libyan border is reclaiming World War II scars as sands erase graves and trenches. Rommel's Africa corps is driven westward by the British Eighth Army, while supply roads, depots, and a 300 mile railway shrink under shifting dunes. Bedouins return, camels tread minefields, and a phantom Fort Apuzzo railhead hides in sand as Allied forces reorganize re supplies from the west.
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el Alamein
Tripolitania
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Africa
Western Desert Army
First Army
Mersa Matruh
Tobruk
New Zealand
Bernard L. Montgomery
Fortapuzzo
28000 Visited Topeka Army Air Base on Inspection Day
About 28,000 war bond buyers visited the Topeka army air base for investors inspection day. Base officials reported 100% throughput during peak hours as Shawnee County bond buyers pushed sales to 7,262,148 dollars, nearly one million above April quota.
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Topeka
Topeka Army Air Base
Shawnee County
Two Car Collision at Eleventh and Massachusetts
Police report a minor crash at Eleventh and Massachusetts yesterday afternoon. Wayne Lord of 636 Massachusetts drove east and turned onto Massachusetts, colliding with Mary Kay Hill of 1011 Indiana driving south on Massachusetts.
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Eleventh
Massachusetts Street
Wayne Lord
Eleventh Street
Massachusetts
Mary Kay Hill
Indiana Street
Big Springs Notes On Visits and Military News
Mrs Zana Bond from Pasadena visited the Watts home with other relatives. Families report sons overseas and stationed abroad, including Pfc John Stanton Jr and Pfe Albert Murphy. New Brethren members join the Big Springs church and Easter guests are noted. Dig Springs school closed with a basket dinner and program.
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Zana Bond
Pasadena
Cal
Mack Watts
Payton Watts
Mattie Watts
Merle
Quenemo
Alice Carlson
Watts
Harold Milton and Son
Wichita
Ben Kellogg
Tillie Erwin
Pfc
John Stanton
Ffc
Stanton
Parachutdé Corp
Marines
William Faust
Gilbert Henry
Faust
Dale
Pfe
Albert Murphy
New Guinea
Albert J. P. Murphy
Fifth Fighter Command
APO
San Francisco
William Bird
C. R. Kelly
Olave City
Wright Bertschinger
Pvt
Harold
Florida
Big Springs
Hugh Snyder
Wayne
Jack
Janice
Joyce
Arthur Johnson
Roberta Holloway
Elizabeth Bahnmaier
Margaret Dark
Anna Johnson
Alice Zeeb
Albert Johnson
Johnny
Laramie
Wyo
Ellen Johnson
Cleborn
John Manning
Donna Jean
Topeka
Dora Johnson
Toepeka
Arthur Holloway
Roberta
Robert Holloway
Charles Zeeb
Elmer Zeeb
David Lewis
Kansas City
Dig Springs
Simple Simon Scolds Pie Man Over Ulcer Pain
Sufferers with stomach ulcers indigestion gas pains heartburn and burning sensations caused by excess acid are urged to try Udega tablets. Get a box from your druggist and take the first dose to be convinced or return the box for double your money back. All Round Corner Drug Co. and drugstores everywhere.
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Simon
All Round Corner Drug Co
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G. D. Cameron
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Miami
America
Americans
Wellesley, Mass
Dustries
United Nations
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Jayhawk
Vermont
San Francisco, Calif
Clutier, Iowa
Bonesteel, S. D
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Shelby, Mich
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