Corregidor Falls to Japanese Attack at Manila Bay
Japanese forces captured Corregidor after a 28 day siege as heavy shelling and air bombardment battered the fortress. The surrender followed a final assault by steel barges crossing from Bataan while American Filipino troops resisted on nearby forts and Mindanao operations continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila Bay
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Wainwright
Bataan
Malagang
Cotabato
Mindanao
Pulangi River
Digos
Davao Gulf
Breretoin
India
Mingaladon
Rangoon
Brereton
War Department
Marblehead cruiser arrives at east coast port after war damage
The U S light cruiser Marblehead, long claimed sunk by Japan, has reached an east coast port badly damaged but afloat. The 7050 ton ship endured bombing and underwater damage during the Dutch East Indies campaign, half the voyage with steering gear disabled and water pouring through her hull, yet the crew kept her moving to testify to endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Marblehead
Navy
Dutch East Indies
Macassar Strait
Indies
Japan
Macassar Straits
Allied Army Driven From Burma Deepens Asia War Strain
Allied forces retreat across Burma as Japanese advances threaten China and India. Akyab airfield falls, Mandalay and Lashio under threat, Gen. Alexander's forces withdraw toward India, and Stilwell's Chinese units suffer scattered losses amid evacuations by Allied airliners.
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Burma
China
India
Mandalay
Lashio
Imperial Tokyo
Akyab
Burma-India
Calcutta
New Delhi
Harold Alexander
Joseph W. Stilwell
Japanese Capture Corregidor Defenders and Ships Lost
The navy says 3,845 navy and marine corps personnel on Corregidor were likely captured after the fortress fell to Japanese forces. Five small ships were destroyed or lost to prevent capture, including the minesweepers Tanger Pigeon Quail and the river gunboats Oahu Luzon. Capt. Kenneth M Hoeffel and Col. Samuel L Howard led the defense and sent a final message of loyalty and cheer.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Corregidor
Yangtze River
Oahu
Luzon
Navy Department
Kenneth M. Hoeffel
Cambridge
Mass
Hoeffel
Samuel L. Howard
Father and Sons Split on Army Service in War
In Birdsboro Pennsylvania Charles S Satterthwait 44 a civil engineer who left the Quakers to go to war will report as a first lieutenant in a semi combat engineers regiment The father hopes for combat duty Charles Jr 21 plans to sail to Libya to drive an ambulance for the British as a non combatant Arnold 22 serves a year and a day in Danbury Conn for draft registration refusal The family upholds individual conscience before God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdsboro
Charles S. Satterthwait
Pennsylvania
Society of Friends
Charles, Jr
Libya
Arnold
Danbury
Conuan
Flood at Wichita raises river to seven year high
The Arkansas River crest reached 9.8 feet overnight at Wichita, the highest in seven years, washing away pilings under the Twenty first street bridge center span. Officials cautioned minor flooding, but Wichita city water remained secure as a 24 inch main broke and pressure dipped briefly before restoration. Arkansas City and Hutchinson saw elevated readings while Mauze dike leaks were halted and farms inland were flooded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Arkansas
A. A. Justice
Federal
Justice
WPA
Mauze
George Hennig
Arkansas City
Weather Bureau
Hutchinson
Great Bend
Army to Commission Civilians for Special Duty
Washington reports the house military committee backed letting the war department commission civilians for special duty. It struck a rider limiting commissions to officer trained men and doctors dentists veterinarians and chaplains. An amendment allows civilians with special knowledge but no military training to be commissioned with quarterly war department disclosure to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
Secretary of War
Congress
Flood near Leavenworth heightens river concerns
The Missouri River near Leavenworth Kansas rose six feet overnight to 46.9 feet after heavy rains to the north. Flood stage is 52 feet and observers expect little additional rise. Upstream at Kickapoo floodwaters overflowed low spots forcing farmers to move livestock. Some bottomland cornfields were under water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Missouri
Kickapoo
British Land at Madagascar Inches Toward Diego Suarez Base
British commando and infantry forces pressed toward the Diego Suarez naval base on Madagascar amid heavy resistance from French colonial troops. RAF bombers dominated skies as ships controlled surrounding seas, with 20,000 French-held troops reported near Andrakaka and U.N. questions rising over Caribbean bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diego Suarez
R.A.F
Big Island
Admiralty-War Office
Washington
United States
Panama Canal
Vichy France
Madagascar
Watch Caribbean
United Nations
Caribbean
Martinique
Guadeloupe
French Guiana
London
Vichy
Andrakaka
Wainwright Vows to Stay with His Men to the End
Allied dispatch from Australia cites Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright saying he will remain with American and Filipino troops on Corregidor even if captured. He describes sharing their fate as essential after the fall of Bataan and the Manila Bay forts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cehi
Mindanao
Panay Islands
Altho
Wainwright
Manila
Central War
Corregidor
Allied
Australia
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Dean Schedler
Associated Press
Bataan
Manila Bay
Rubber shortage seen as military urgent in drive for auto requisition
Senate testimony cited officials warning rubber supplies are critically limited for wartime use. Lawmakers weighed authorizing government seizure of private cars and tires, with Price Administrator Henderson and Undersecretary of War Patterson endorsing rubber conservation and a nationwide 40 mph speed limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reynolds
D-N.c
Senate Military Committee
Austin
R-Vt
Leon Henderson
Robert P. Patterson
Joseph B. Eastman
Harold D. Smith
Ralph K. Davies
Arthur B. Newhall
War Production Board
F. Eberstadt
Army and Navy Munitions Board
Hill
Henderson
Patterson
Downey 1
D-Calif
Congress
Second District Editors Meet in Lawrence Saturday
Editors of the second congressional district gather in Lawrence for a spring meeting with sessions at 10 a.m. in the University Journalism building. Topics include state representative Watson Marble on federal voluntary censorship and talks by E. F. Beth and T. C. Ryther from Kansas University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
University Journalism Building
Watson Marble
Fort Scott Tribune Monitor
E. F. Beth
K. U. Department of Journalism
T. C. Ryther
All Day Sugar Registration Session Sets Local Timetable
Lawrence undertakes an all day sugar registration session tomorrow across six grade schools to handle last minute war ration book rushes. Clifford Dean says registrars will operate 9 am to noon 1 pm to 6 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm with afternoon and evening hours as well. Yesterday’s registration surpassed Monday with 5128 registering and 4981 ration books issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Clifford Dean
Lawrenc
Poehler Mercantile Company
Red Cross Class Gives First Aid Demonstration
At the Community building last night a first aid class practiced stretcher use during a seizure at Eleventh and Massachusetts. Six women transported the unconscious pedestrian to a room for care under Instructor J. M. Johnson, and the man regained consciousness and left for home after the doctor arrived.
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Eleventh
Massachusetts Street
L. K. Zimmer
Red Cross
J. M. Johnson
Altho
Special Weekend Recreation Events At City WPA Program
Three events are scheduled this weekend as part of the city WPA recreation program. Friday 9 to 11 p m features Women’s Night in the Community building game room. Saturday morning 9 to noon a girls treasure hunt up to age 12 in game room II. A marble tournament for boys 12 and under starts 9 a m at the baseball diamond south of the Community building, winner crowned at noon, with each boy supplying marbles and metal shooters barred. The referee enforces official marble rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Midway Defenders Repel Fifth Japanese Attacks
Pearl Harbor May 6 report says Japanese forces attacked Midway Island five times since December 7. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz returned from Midway where he awarded honors to Marines and Navy personnel who thwarted the assaults at the U S outpost 1,149 miles northwest of Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Pacific
United States
Hawaii
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Midway
Marine Corps
British Destroyer Jaguar Sunk in Action
The admiralty announced that the British destroyer Jaguar was sunk tonight. The vessel carried a normal complement of 183 men.
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London
Upi
Jaguar
Admiralty
Stock men oppose government beef ceilings
Kansas City on May 6 reports live stock interests protesting beef ceilings under new price control. Traders, stocker and feeder dealers, and the Kansas City stockyards company sent telegrams to western state lawmakers and the Washington agricultural committee. They argue ceilings curb meat production and reflect prices from the lent period when meat demand is lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Congressmen
Aricultural Committee
Washington
Livestock Commission
Two Youths Convicted in Kansas Auto Theft Case
Charles Hawkins and John Gober, Kansas City youths, found guilty by juries in district court of stealing an automobile owned by David Evans. They may file motions for new trials within three days. John Babcock awaits a later trial as jurors were in short supply for all three. The defendants were from near Quenemo. Fred Schoonover pleaded guilty to stealing two hogs from I A Michael farm. sentenced to one to five years. Russell Gieber was being tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hawkins
John Gober
Kansas City
John Babcock
Babcock
Hawkins
Gober
David Evans
Granada Theater
Topeka
Sheriff’s Office
Lawrence
Fred Schoonover
I. A. Michael
Russell Gieber
Schoonover
Quenemo
Frost Warning Drops Cold Front Across Kansas
Topeka reports frost advisory for tomato and strawberry plants as a northwesterly cold front drives freezing temperatures to 32 degrees in Goodland. Weatherman S D Flora warns of more frost in the northwest tonight with potential damage to early crops but cooler conditions may limit impact. Rain minimal, with Topeka at 1/2 inch and Wichita at 0.44 inch. Northern half forecast near freezing with frost likely statewide.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Flora
Kaw Valley
Wichita
Arkansas
Truck Driver Killed East of Perry in Wreck
Kenneth N. Williams 32 of Salina was killed when his Santa Fe Trail Transport truck ran off U S 24 onto a embankment at Williamstown junction east of Perry. The five ton vehicle struck a telephone pole and crushed his chest. Williams leaves a widow and two children. His mother and stepfather Bert and Mrs Hoard live in Dodge City.
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Topeka
Kenneth N. Williams
Salina
Santa Fe Trail Transportation Company
U.S. 24
Williamstown Junction
Perry
Dean Koelling
Williams
Bert Hoard
Dodge City
Flood cleanup urged in Dodge City amid Arkansas river flood
Dodge City mobilizes residents for flood cleanup duty with Red Cross supervision. Report for community cleanup Friday as more than 400 homes lie in the flooded area.
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Dodge City
Kan
Red Cross
Torpedo Survivors Landed Off Atlantic Coast
The navy announced a small Norwegian merchant vessel was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast. Survivors have been landed at east coast ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Council approves lease of armory to Hercules Powder company
Lawrence city council approved a month to month lease for about 11 500 square feet on the armory first floor and a classroom of the Lawrence Community building. The $450 monthly rent covers utilities. Hercules Powder will run offices while headquarters are prepared at Sunflower Ordnance plant. The lease is expected to last about three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. S. Lozier, Inc
Broderick & Gordon
Lawrence
Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower Ordnance Plant
F. A. Russell
R. O. Burgert
C. B. Russel
J. W. Stone
Clarence M. Gorrill
Harold W. Emick
W. C. Hunsinger
H. E. Eustace
A. W. Berger
R. G. Achning
I. F. Eberhart
Joe Schelbar
Roy FE. Bushey
Palmyra township approves new rationing board
County commissioners notify Baldwin mayor C B Butell that Jeff Robertson the state rationing administrator has approved a separate rationing board for Palmyra township. Harry W. Barnett and T M Frazee of the old Baldwin board assist in obtaining supplies for 15 Palmyra school districts as quotas are set for May
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Butell
Baldwin
Jeff Robertson
Palmyra Township
Harry W. Barnett
T. M. Frazee
Old Baldwin
Lawrence
Palmyra
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Local Defense Council
Paul Lyons
Leo F. Smith
Frazen
Barnett
Douglas County
Transfer of engineer to supervise cantonment construction
Springfield Mo May 6 Maj Daniel P Caulkins area engineer in charge of O Reilly general hospital technical school construction transferred to Salina Kan to supervise construction of a 35000 troop cantonment. He will report to Salina Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Daniel P. Caulkins
O'Reilly General Hospital
Salina
Kan
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The
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Pierre Laval
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Telephone
K. C. Boys
Hercules Company
Robertson
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