Nazis sow earth with many mines in Tunisia fronts
With the A E F in Tunisia in late April the German engineers retreat and sow the ground with mines to delay the Allied envelopment. They abandon buried dead, while Goums from Morocco and the Corps Franc d Afrique provide colorful counterpoints as Allied planes pass overhead.
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A.E.F
Tunisia
North Africa
Unision
Second Corps
Beja
Mediterranean
Goums
Atlas Mountains
Morocco
Corps Franc d’ Afrique
Mirabeau
Prisoners to Fish to Ease Meat Rationing at Penitentiary
Warden M F Amrine says the Kansas State penitentiary will use two boats and a 300 foot net to catch fish from the Missouri River for a weekly fish meal for inmates. Prisoners using poles hooks and lines reportedly netted 60 pounds of fish Sunday. Governor Schoeberlein addresses Rotary, urges jobs for all through free enterprise and wage earner choice.
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Topeka
M F. Amrine
Missouri
Andrew Schoe
Northeast
May Exhibition of Etchings at Spooner-Thayer Museum
Charles Morgan presents etchings and prints from a European trip in the north gallery through May. Works depict France Spain and England including The Horse Guard in the Rain and Toledo views with Chicago scenes. Center gallery features Bernard Fraser wood carving Wild Cherry and south gallery shows Anna Hyatt Huntington animal sculptures and Celene Baekeland paintings from Cocoanut Grove Florida Flowers and landscapes fill the display.
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Charles Morgan
University Department of Architecture
Spooner-Thayer Museum
Europe
France
Spain
England
Toledo
Michigan Avenue
Chicago Trust Company
Hall of Science
Chicago
Mr. Morgan
Bernard Fraser
University Orchestra
Anna Hyatt Huntington
Celene Baekeland
Cocoanut Grove
Fla
Bodies Searched After Wheat Elevator Explosion
In Salina on May 4 workers sifted through about 15 000 bushels of wheat seeking the bodies of Leo Cline and his son Lysse buried in a Lee Milling elevator pit after a dust explosion and fire. Bill Jones 35 was killed. the blast ripped off the head house and damaged machinery, dumping wheat into the pit and causing collapses. Fire control took about ninety minutes.
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Salina
Leo Cline
Lysse
Lee Milling Company
Bill Jones
Hold Girl as Hostage by Dutch Patriots in Europe
Istanbul dispatch via Reuter cites French agency claiming Dutch patriots kidnapped the daughter of Arthur Seyss-Inquart and hold her as hostage. Dutch London sources could not confirm. Dispatch alleges Gestapo unrecoverable trace of the girl and lists 47 traitors marked for death in Holland, with Gen Henrik Alexander Seyffardt among those killed February 8.
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London
Reuters
Istanbul
Today
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Netherlands
Gestapo
Holland
Henrik - Alexander Seyffardt
Lower Interstate Freight Rates Expected for Kansas Goods
Byron M. Gray, attorney for Kansas Industrial Development and the State Corporation Commission, predicts reduced interstate freight charges on Kansas manufactured articles after reporting to KIDG. details pending before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Topeka
Byron M. Gray
Kansas Industrial Development
State Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
KIDG
Kansas Seeks ICC Rate Revision for Industrial Growth
A Kansas official predicted the Interstate Commerce Commission would rule in favor by January 1 on requests from Kansas and other western states to revise alleged discriminatory rates. The official argued the change was essential for future industrial development in Kansas.
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ICC
Kansas
Kaffir Stalks Sell For 14 A Ton To Army Fields
Oklahoma farmers report last year’s sorghum and kaffir stalks selling for 14 dollars a ton. Farmers in Woodward and Gage sell the crop as mulch to protect soil from wind and aid moisture retention as 2,000 acres are being sodded to grass for army air fields.
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Woodward
Okla
Woodward and Gage Army Air Fields
Columbia College Dean Dies in New York
A notice reports the death of Dr. Her at Columbia College in New York on an early May day. The brief item confirms the dean’s passing and notes institutional affiliation.
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Columbia College
New York
Her
Dean Bert E Hawkes Dies at 70 in Columbia College
Bert Edwin Hawkes, aged 70, who had served as dean of Columbia College since 1918, died today in the Harkness pavilion.
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Bert Edwin Hawkes
Columbia College
Harkness Pavilion
Palkee Held at Columbia Presbyterian after Prolonged Illness
A medical palkee at Columbia Presbyterian followed an illness lasting several weeks. The event reflects the hospital’s routine care before the patient’s recovery or transfer.
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Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Boy Scout Rescues Woman and Child From Lake in Texas
Lad Dickie Carney aged 13, son of Captain S B Carney at Camp Phillips Kansas, rescued Mrs A B Colvin and her young son from a lake near Longview Texas. Mrs Colvin said her husband drowned while trying to save their child during the incident. The scout, on a hiking test, pulled them to safety.
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Longview
Tex
P— Dickie Carney
S. B. Carney
Camp Phillips
Kan
A. B. Colvin
Here
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