Allies Reach Outskirts of Bizerte and Tunis Front
Allied forces push into the outskirts of Bizerte and Tunis as heavy fighting erupts on the northern Tunisian front. U S Second Corps and British First Army report deep penetrations, with over 1,000 Axis prisoners taken in two days and Massicault captured. Armor and air power dominate the advance as German resistance weakens.
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U. S. Second Corps
First Army
Bizerte
le Bardo
Tunis
Massicault
Protectorate
United States
Tunisia
Pelse
Medjez-el-Bab
St. Cyprien
U.S
Chouigui
Mateur
Harold Alexander
Algiers
Spe Berit
e-Associated Press
Middle Mediterranean
Europe
Planes in Battles Letter to Stalin at Tunis Base
At a U S air base in Tunisia on May 6 Lt Gen Carl A Spaatz launched a major ground support air attack. Bomb tonnage rivaled London in some raids as light and medium bombers joined a large allied infantry and tank offensive. Air and ground assaults stretched from the Mediterranean to Pont du Fahs. Washington May 7 President Roosevelt said Joseph E Davies would depart for Moscow with a personal letter to Stalin.
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U. S
Tunisia
Carl A. Spaatz
Northwest African Air Force
London
el Alamein
Mediterranean
Pont du Fahs
Boston
Mitchell
Africa
Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Davies
Russia
Winston Churchill
Grace Tully
Airport Board Meeting to Discuss Lawrence Airport Expansion
The Lawrence airport board will meet at 7 30 tonight at city hall to discuss expanding facilities for an enlarged government training program. Attending are airport committee members Harold Emick W C Hunsinger Ralph Achning, Prof Earl D Hay W H Andrews, KU Engineering representatives, and Navy and Ong Aircraft Corp officials.
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Lawrence Municipal
Airport Board
Harold Emick
W. C. Hunsinger
Ralph Achning
Earl D. Hay
W.H. Andrews
K. U. Engineering School
Navy
Ong Aircraft Corporation
Allied forces push deep into German and Italian lines
Berlin broadcast communique via Associated Press reports that Allied infantry and tank units penetrated enemy positions, repulsed heavy attacks, destroyed 12 tanks, and captured several hundred prisoners with strong air support backing the advance.
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Althe
Berlin
Associated Press
Rain Soaks Top Soil Across Kansasio
Rain drenched Kansas top soil boosting standing crops after drought. Totals in spots reached 6.27 inches at Independence with Verdigris river flood risk possible. Coffeyville and Parsons saw heavy rain. temps cooled into the 40s and 70s with cooler fronts moving in across the state.
Open House At Junior High Tonight
Tonight 7:30 to 9:30 open house at the junior high school. All three buildings will have open classrooms and displays of pupils work. A band concert and a style show will be featured attractions of the evening.
Reds Drive Wedge In German Forces
Moscow reports red army advances around Novorossisk in the Caucasus after repelling German counterattacks. Russian forces, aided by air power, cut roads and captured heights, threatening the Kuban line as casualties mount.
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London
Novorossisk
Caucasus
Moscow
Roosevelt Sees No Coal Strike Against Government
President Roosevelt told reporters he expects no strike by coal miners against the government. He said he had heard nothing about stopping mine operations and was uncertain about government running of mines until a new contract is signed and peace is assured.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Liberator raid hits Reggio di Calabria harbor in daylight
UPI reports more than 50 American Liberator bombers dropped a quarter million pounds of explosives on Reggio di Calabria harbor Italy. Col. Keith Compton said nearly all bombs hit. flames rose high from two merchant vessels. One Liberator did not return. at least one enemy plane was shot down.
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Cairo
UPI
Reggio di Calabria
U. S. Army
Tony
Keith K. Compton
St. Joseph
R.A.F
Sub Commander Sacrificed to Save His Vessel in Pacific Battle
Commander Howard W. Gilmore, 40, of New Orleans, was killed directing a submarine in a night action against three Japanese ships after ordering the crew to "take her down." He received the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously. The Navy credited his leadership with a successful hit on three enemy ships.
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Washington
Pacific
Howard W. Gilmore
New Oleans
Roosevelt
Nls
War Labor Board
James F. Byrnes
WLB
Byrnes
Knudsen Praises Wichita Airplane Production Stride
Lieut. Gen. William S. Knudsen, director of production for the war department, said in Wichita that an astounding stride in airplane production has been achieved since his last visit in October. He cited the plants in Wichita as spearheading the wartime output gains.
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Knudsen
Wichita
Kan
William S. Knudsen
War Department
Stock Market Index Reads 60 Stocks at 50.2
The stock market index for 60 stocks stands at 50.2, unchanged from yesterday. Investors monitor the broad measure as trading shows stability with little intraday movement.
Eisenhower Named Head Of Kansas State College
Milton S. Eisenhower of the Office of War Information in Washington will succeed Dr. F. D. Farrell as president of Kansas State College in Topeka. The 43 year old official, a Kansas State graduate, has held multiple public service roles including associate director of OWI and former U S consul at Edinburgh. Farrell resigns effective July 1 after 18 years.
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Topeka
Milton S. Eisenhower
Office of War Information
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
F. D. Farrell
Kansas State College
Hubert Brighton
Board of Regents
Eisenhower
OWI
U. S
Edinburgh
Department of Agriculture
Algeria
Morocco
Army
Farrell
Abilene
Kansas State
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
U. S. Department of Agriculture
William Jardine
Agriculture Department
Elmer Davis
War Relocation Authority
Germans Build Norway Defenses After Narvik Talks
Reports from inside Norway say the German forces are intensifying fortifications in Norway after a Narvik conference where invasion possibilities were discussed. Oslo sources claim the Norwegian underground ordered revolt preparations and increased labor mobilization, with loyal Norwegians expecting a signal to join allied summer offensives.
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Stockholm
Narvik
Theerman Army
Norway
Firemen Rescue Flood Victims After Night of Heavy Rain
Independence Kansas residents evacuated by firemen after Whiskey Creek flooded its banks following a 6.14 inch rainfall. The Verdigris River rose one foot per hour while continued rain damaged power and telephone lines leaving part of the city without lights all night.
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Independence
Kan
Whiskey Creek
U S Air Base Near Kiska Shortens Raid Time
United States forces established an air base on Amchitka Island 638 nautical miles from Kiska in the western Aleutians. The Chamchitka base, set up in late January, cuts Kiska bombing time to about 12 minutes for a plane at 300 mph, enabling heavy daily raids since March 1. Army planes raided Kiska six times and Attu four times last Wednesday, with Kiska having been raided 215 times in two months.
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Washington
United States
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
Amchitka Island
Kiska
Andreanos Islands
Chamchitka
Attu
Lawrence students showcase art in community exhibition
Art students from Lawrence Schools present an eight grade to senior high exhibition in the Community building basement starting at 7 30 p m. Demonstrations include easel painting weaving cut paper potato printing finger painting clay modeling and more by students from New York Lincoln Cordley Pinckney and Woodlawn schools with senior high artists Mary Florence Murphy Faye Jones Dora Ann Brown Jane Eby Juanita Washington and Arden Burgess leading sketching screen printing and clay work.
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Lawrence
Letta
Mae Moore
Donald Nease
New York School
Barbara Elam
Alan Moore
McAllaster
Harold Carter Shepard
Lincoln School
Janice Scott
Red Cross Art
Ralph Hayden
Harry Koerner
Woodlawn School
Bruce Boardman
Cordley
Jack Moore
Pinckney
Ada Joan van
Valkenburg
Marjorie Lou Brown
Darlene LaDuke
Paul Clark
Norman Craig
Gretchen Zimmerman
Betty Frasier
Joan Hessler
Dolorés Dean
Michael Mature
Howard Cunningham
Lewis Kleinhans
George Frasier
Mary Florence Murphy
Faye Jones
Dora Ann Brown
Jane Eby
Juanita Washington
Frances Lawrence
Arden Burgess
Unusually Mild Dry April Across Eastern Kansas
Topeka May 7 The eastern third of the state posted one of the driest four months in 56 years with April rainfall averaging 1.71 inches in the east 2.11 in the central region and 2.07 in the west leading to a state total 0.60 inch below normal Best watered area was the north central where 3 to 4 inches fell Hill City led with 0.99 inch and Kinsley had 0.25 inch Average temperature was 58.3 degrees making April the sixth mildest in 56 years. Farm work was favorable though drought slowed crops late month.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Kinsley
Legion Convention Set for Omaha in September
The American Legion executive committee voted to hold the 1943 ex service men’s convention in Omaha Nebraska on September 21 22 and 23.
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Legion
Omaha
Indianapolis
American Legion
Ex-Service Men’s Organization
Neb
Allies Close to Salamaua as Bobdubi Falls Five Miles Short
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced Allied troops captured Bobdubi village five miles from Salamaua New Guinea amid heavy air bombardment. The move risks severing Japanese supply lines to Mubo while Allied reinforcements continue across the Southwest Pacific.
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Douglas MacArthur
Bobdubi
Salamaua
New Guinea
Lance
Mubo
MacArthur
Australia
Southwest
Pacific
NAEOD
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Aroe Islands
Burma
Historic Adams House hotel license revoked in Lawrence
The Adams House at 846 New Hampshire Street had its hotel license revoked by state hotel and restaurant inspector Jack Garrett after safety and sanitation renovations were not completed. City health officials had earlier ordered occupants to vacate within nine days for ten fire, plumbing, wiring and sanitary violations.
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Adams House
New Hampshire Street
William Adams
Robert K. Rankin
Lawrence
Franklin
Jack Garrett
State Hotel and Restaurant Board
Adams
Garrett
Adame
Kansas City
Kan
H.L. Chambers
Howard Weindel
Paul Ingall
Willard Larkin
Monay
Top Officials Indicted Over Defective Aircraft Parts
Washington announces that the National Bronze and Aluminum Foundry company and seven top officials were indicted in Cleveland on charges of violating the sabotage law and conspiring to defraud the government. The case alleges they conspired with 21 employees and others to supply Packard Motor Car Company with defective cast aluminum superchargers for Rolls Royce airplane engines built for the government.
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Washington
General Biddle
National Bronze and Aluminum Foundry Company
Cleveland
Biddle
Packard Motor Car Company
Rolls Royce
Giraud Proposes Joint North Africa Power With De Gaulle
The French generals Giraud and De Gaulle are urged to form a provisional central authority in North Africa. A letter from Algiers dated April 27, as reported by UP, outlines the plan with both leaders presiding.
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Giraud
London
Henri Giraud
Charles DeGaulle
North Africa
Algiers
Gable Makes First Raid in Flying Fortress Attack
Captain Clark Gable spoke after joining his first raid in the Flying Fortress attack on Antwerp. He said he enjoyed the mission and learned a lot, as quoted by the Eighth Air Force.
Weather Update for Kansas Showers and Storms Tonight
Kansas forecast shows showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday for the southeast quarter with locally heavy rain. Cooler conditions spread from the south and continue across the rest of the state into the weekend.
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Kansas
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