Payoff Battle Expands Across Tunisia Front
Allied command reports a broad front push against Tunisian targets including Tunis Bizerte and Djebel Bou Aoukaz. Air forces pound bases and ferries while American and British troops seize key heights and press toward Tebourba and Ferryville amid heavy bombardment and armored advances.
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United States
Lake Achkel
Djebel Achkel
Djebel Chiniti
Mateur
Ferryville
Lake Bizerte
Tunisia
Bizerte
Djebel Cheniti
Sidi Salem
U. S. Second Corps
Medjerda
Tebourba
Eddekhila
Tunis
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Gulf of Hammamet
Enfidaville
Sicily
Sidi Ahmed
U S Planes Bomb Japs in Burma and New Guinea
American heavy bombers hit Toungoo Burma causing major damage to headquarters and buildings. Liberators sank a 5,000 ton Japanese ship off New Guinea. Rail targets attacked at Nyngyan Prome and Malan. British and Australian forces report actions along Akyab and Wewak fronts. Monsoon outlook noted but fighting continues.
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U.S
Burma
New Guinea
Toungoo
Southwest
Pacific
Army Air Force
Hoendaar
Me Nee Nee
Eeny Eek Auer
Abuemy Tenesters
Nyngyan
Mandalay
Prome
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
Maungdaw-Buthedaung Road
Douglas MacArthur
Wewak
Toeal
Kai Islands
Australia
Timika
Dutch New Guinea
Japanese offensive expands into North Hu Nan and South Hupei
Chinese communique reports a new Japanese drive of 7 000 to 8 000 troops with heavy air support aimed at the rice bow region. The assailants bombed using 20 plus planes near Tungting lake while clashes continued west of Lanchi Chekiang with heavy losses on both sides.
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Chungking
China
Hunan
Hupei
Yangtze
Tungting Lake
Changsha
Taihheng
Lanchi
Chekiang
Court halts Erikson trailer camp in Eudora for permit
A court order issued yesterday blocks E A Erikson from operating the Erikson trailer camp in Eudora until he obtains a city permit and files an itemized statement as required by the trailer ordinance. The suit by Eudora City Attorney George Melvin seeks tax payment, costs, and enforcement of the ordinance effective Oct 4 1942. Deputy R W Sanders served the notice tonight and city clerk Will Stadler subscribed the petition.
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Erikson
Eudora
R. W. Sanders
Byudge
Hugh Means
George Melvin
E. A. Erikson
Will Stadler
Joy as Nazis flee near Mateur under Allied shelling
A French farm wife on a hilltop outside Mateur cheered as American artillery hit Nazi positions across the valley. Refugees laughed with her while Germans fled, leaving behind radios, biscuits, light tanks, and looted goods including livestock and wine. The woman said Germans departed suddenly on Sunday.
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Mateur
Tunisia
Madame Raymond Jacques
Madame Jacques
Corregidor Symbolizes Nation’s Honor, McArthur Says
General Douglas MacArthur described Corregidor as a symbol of national honor a year after its fall to the Japanese. He noted the fortress in Manila Bay, though barren, embodies the priceless, deathless thing the nation holds sacred, urging humility before God.
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Australia
Corregidor
Douglas McArthur
Manila Bay
United States
Batalan
Red Army advances threaten Novorossisk as Krymskaya falls
Soviet report says Red Army pushed northeast of Krymskaya, capturing dozen more villages and nine towns in the Kuban area. Massive artillery and air bombardment mowed down German and Romanian troops, with prisoners pouring back. Berlin reports claim German units halted some Soviet thrusts south of Novorossisk.
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Moscow
Red Army
Novorossisk
Krymskaya
Kuban
Black Sea
Novorossis
Hitler
Berlin
Associated Press
Protoka
Kerch
Crimean Peninsula
Sea of Azov
Verkhny-Bakansky
Anapa
Tolman Peninsula
Crimea
Red Star
Caucasus
May Certificates Issued by County Rationing Board
A busy session of the county panel of the rationing board issued most of the May tire quotas. Certificates were granted for 57 Grade I tires six Grade III tires 28 passenger car tubes 22 truck tires 21 truck tubes eight implement tires and 10 truck retreads.
Eden Talks With Maisky Over Polish-Russian Ties shift
Foreign Minister Anthony Eden met with Soviet ambassador Ivan Maisky in London on May 6 to discuss new Russo Polish relations prompted by Premier Stalin's letter to Ralph Parker New York Times correspondent.
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Eden
Maisky
London
Anthony Eden
Ivan Maisky
Joseph Stalin
Ralph Parker
New York Times
Bus Strike Halts Jacksonville Transit Operations
Public transportation in the Jacksonville metropolitan area serving 295 000 people was disrupted as 175 Motor Transit buses ceased operation due to a machinists strike involving 60 workers.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Motor Transit Company
Tojo Promises Stronger Japanese War Effort in Manila Address
Premier Hideki Tojo told about 400 000 in Manila that Japanese forces had strengthened bases in Greater East Asia and were ready to deal a decisive blow. He claimed 1 000 000 000 people supported continuing the war to victory and said the Philippines would gain independence once collaboration with Japan is feasible.
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Hideki Tojo
Japan
Axis Radio Today
Manila
Greater East Asia
Associated Press
Tojo
Corregidor
Tokyo
Philippines
Nationwide poultry price ceilings listed by region
Ceiling prices for live poultry and dressed poultry set nationwide with regional variation based on freight rates. For live broilers and fries producer 27.17 cents wholesale 28.67 retailer 34.40. fowls 23.67 producer 25.17 wholesale 30.20 retailer. Dressed poultry broilers 47.67 wholesale 57.20 retail. fowls 41.17 wholesale 49.40 retail. George R. Frazier notes wholesaler carries charge may reduce producer price.
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Pacific Coast
George R. Frazier
Lawrence Egg and Poultry Company
Carlson Seeks Action Over Wheat Storage Damage
Topeka May 6 Rep Frank Carlson of Concordia voiced concern about possible damage to stored Kansas wheat from weevil and mould. He planned talks with entomologists at Kansas State College Dr R L Parker of the Kansas Crop Improvement association and Lawrence Norton state AAA chairman. He said reports of deterioration in bins under CCC loans require confirmation and immediate steps to save the crop.
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Topeka
Kansas
Frank Carlson
Concordia
Kansas State College
R. L. Parker
Kansas Crop Improvement Association
Lawrence Norton
State Aaa
Commodity Credit Corporation
Reed Reports Landlords Get Extra 45 Days Extension
Landlords in the Topeka Lawrence defense rental area now have 60 days to file applications for review of denied petitions. Area Rent Director Charles F Reed announced the change saying it gives landlords ample time to gather and furnish additional material to support an adjustment petition that was denied.
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Topeka-Lawrence
Charles F. Reed
Reed
Bombers Strike Japanese Installations on Attu Island
The navy reported Liberator heavy bombers and Lightning fighters attacked Japanese targets on Attu Island in the western Aleutians on Tuesday.
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Attu Island
Washington
Navy
Aleutians
Fifth Army Training Program to Start May 24 at KU School
The Seventh Service Command announced a medical program beginning May 24 at the University of Kansas medical school in Lawrence and Kansas City. About 122 medical students at KU and 78 at the Kansas City hospital will enroll in the ART program after resigning army commissions to join the ARC program. Students will be uniformed and paid, with housing provided by the government, and will be inducted at Leavenworth before continuing at KU or KC. Col. R W Briggs noted some may fail the physical. Navy reserve members begin May 24 and will be inducted July 1.
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University of Kansas Medical School
Lawrence
Kansas City
Seventh Service Command
A.S.T.P
Army
A.E.R.C
K. C
University
Leavenworth
Kansasity
R. W. Briggs
R.O.T.C
Military Science Department
Navy Reserve
Navy
Public Hearing Opens On Soft Coal Wage Dispute
Washington May 6 A war labor board panel opened a public hearing on the soft coal wage dispute hoping UMW officials led by John L. Lewis would attend. The session was public after a brief closed period with operators and reporters present and a verbatim transcript to be issued to the United Mine Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Morris L. Cooke
Cooke
Reminders From Rationing Office On Applications
The rationing office issued reminders about signoffs and signatures on canning sugar applications and other omissions that delay processing. Institutions missed yesterday’s deadline for May and June allotments, with deductions starting today for late filings. Meat retailers report only weekly fees for April 25 to May 1.
Italy May Fall With Honor Says Fascist Secretary
In a Rome radio address broadcast to Fascist dignitaries Carlo Scorza secretary of the Fascist party said Italy might succumb to an Allied invasion and declared if they fall they must fall with honor and dignity.
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London
Italy
Carlo Scorza
Fascist Party
Rome
Associated Press
Scorza
Tubman Elected Liberia President Succeeds Barclay
Reuters dispatch from Monrovia says William V. Tubman elected president to succeed Edwin Barclay who led Liberia since 1931. Charles L. Simpson as foreign secretary since 1934 chosen as vice president in the same tally.
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Liberia
London
Reuters
Monrovia
William V. Tubman
Edwin Barclay
Charles L. Simpson
Bombers Produced In Month Say War Dept
Lieut. Gen. William S. Knudsen announced that U S warplane plants produced more than 600 four engine bombers in the previous month, underscoring wartime aviation output from Tulsa facilities.
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Tulsa
Okla
William S. Knudsen
Treasury Secretary Mor ganthau radio address tonight
Secretary of the Treasury Mor ganthau will speak to War Bond drive workers over the Columbia network tonight at 9 30 central war time.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Morganthau
Columbia
Stock Market Index Reaches 1943 High at 50.9
The average of 60 stocks rose to 50.9 pushing the index to a 1943 high, with yesterday’s close at 50.7. Investors watched gains across sectors as market momentum continued.
How's Crops In May Weather Report Highlights Drought
Chicago May 6 The weather bureau weekly summary notes dry conditions across many states hinder crop growth. Kansas reports rapidly drying soil and poor rains though potatoes grow well in fields. Oklahoma shows topsoil moisture depleted in the western half and subsoil shrinking in several counties as winter wheat declines due to green bugs and drought.
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Chicago
America
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Oklahoma
Lambs and Wool School Set for Vinland Fair Grounds
Deal Six county agent announced a lamb and wool school to be held at the Vinland fair grounds next Tuesday May 11 at 2 o clock Entries require five fat lambs and one fleece of medium or fine wool Prizes total 5 in war stamps to be distributed by entries The Kansas City Lamb and Wool school on May 14 offers 14 prizes per class with a range from a $25 war bond to $1 in war stamps The Kansas City program includes registration judging sale lamb judging a contest box luncheon wool judging and parasite control demonstrations
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Vinland Fair Grounds
Deal Six
Kansas
Kansas City
Vinland
First Baptist Church Elects 1943 44 Officers and Committees
The annual meeting elected officers and committee members for the 1943 44 year. Key posts include Moderator W C Simons Clerk Elmer Dougan Treasurer Edward Garthh Deacons Lowell Bailey Elmer Dougan and others across boards such as Ushers Flower committee and Christian education with numerous listed members and chairpersons.
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First Baptist Church
W. C. Simons
Elmer Dougan
Edward Garthh
Lowell Bailey
Charles Elder
Wade Pierce
H. W. Wilcox
Thea Wiley
G. Mf. Tillotson
Harry Sisler
Everett Sugar
Baley Price
N. (. Johnson
Ruth Cadwell
John Barber
Arthur Dougan
H. W. Keene
C. V. Leigh
Mabel Mallory
George Schell
Virginia Teter
Then WiJey
Carl Anderson
Victor Hurt
Claire Toy
T. B. Kenhart
Luckett Smith
W. R. Gorrill
Christian Education Committee
L. E. Sisson
Johny Nieton
H. WW. Keene
Virginia C. Wilder
Wiliam Haines
School of Region
Katherine Tissue
H. E. Jordan
Elvira Weeks
A.H. Sluss
R. Q. Brewster
Ed Garich
E. L. Haynes
G. E. Cadwell
Walter McCorkill
John Harber
Jane Davis
Walter Wagner
Ellis Addy
J. B. Wilson
Ella Chilson
William Haines
Ira McCormick
Barr Gorrill
Louise Towne
W. H. Andrews
D. A. Blynn
W. T. Courtney
Lillian C. Hagerman
Alice Davis
Alice Horton
P. P. Lester
S. E. Wampler
Theo Wiley
Paul Winter
Elizabeth Davis
W. R. Stiner
Eva Horton
F. P. Stanleton
Roy Houser
Dolph Simons
Harry H. Lister
Frank Strong
Winnie Macon
Boy Scout Committee
Robert Johnson
Harry Westergren
Earnest H. Zwick
Richard R. Saunders
Paul D. Idleman
British First Army Seizes 5000 Axis Prisoners in Tunisia
The British First Army announced that 5,000 Axis prisoners were captured in its Tunisian sector since April 21, including 4,000 Germans. The capture follows the enemy abortive assault near Medjez-el-Bab on the eve of the Allied offensive.
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First Army
Tunisia
Tunisian
Medjez-el-Bab
Rain boosts thirsty gardens after dry spell
Intermittent showers dropped .82 inch from midnight to 1 am helping topsoil and wilting garden plants. Temperatures cooled from 80 to 66 as a strong southwest wind gusted to 42 mph. Workers and crowds endured open windows and gusts during the day and a 56 degree wake up.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
Weather Bureau
O.T.C
University of Kansas
Lawrence art exhibit highlights at Community building show
The open Friday night exhibit runs 7:30 to 10 pm with demonstrations by children from Cordley and New York schools. Highlights include marionettes from the children's studio and four tables of Junior Red Cross crafts for sick and wounded service members. The display closes tomorrow at 9 to 5 and 7:30 to 10.
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Lawrence School
Cordley
New York
Margaret Bushong
Red Cross
Assessors Complete Work in County Townships
Assessors finished work in Clinton Kanwaka Marion and Willow Springs townships and Baldwin. The county’s annual appraisal nears completion in other sections. Population figures for the units and county are expected by mid next month per County Clerk T. R. Gerhart.
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Clinton
Kanwaka
Marion
Willow Springs
Baldwin
T. R. Gerhart
Weather Outlook For Kansas Cooler Areas
Forecast shows cooler conditions in the south and east portions tonight and into Friday forenoon with only slight temperature changes in other parts of the state.
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Kansas
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