Allies Press Axis Holdouts as Tunis Bizerte Fall
Allied forces in North Africa report continued pressure after seizing Tunis and Bizerte. Prisoners flood in as German and Italian units retreat toward Cap Bon amid heavy minefields and scarce supplies. General Eisenhower vows to press on until no Axis forces remain on African soil.
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Pont du ‘Fahs
Bizerte
First Army
Tunis
Cap Bon
Europe
U. S. Second Corps
Ciites
Alamein
Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
United Nations
Bradley Leads Victorious Drive Into Bizerte and Tunis
General Eisenhower disclosed that Maj. Gen. Omar N. Bradley commanded the U S Second Corps advance into Bizerte after taking over from Lieut. Gen. Patton as operations shifted north on April 17. Ike praised allied coordination and vowed to pursue remaining German resistance on African soil.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Bizerte
George S. Patton, Jr
Damavow
Ratton
Eisenhower
Patton
Tunis
Ferryville
University of Kansas to run regular men's dorms for summer
KU will operate nine properties as regular men's dormitories this summer to ease Lawrence housing strain from munitions factory workers. The move adds to existing scholarship dorms for self supporting students, with room also available for women in Corbin Hall and sorority houses.
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University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
Lawrence
Here
Ormerly
Kansas
Corbin Hall
Shell Attu Positions Bombarded By American Task Force
An American task force shelled Japanese positions on Attu island in a 26 minute dawn bombardment. Snow squalls did not impair visibility and an ammunition dump was hit and blown up. Eyewitnesses saw bursts 600 to 800 feet high. Destroyers and cruisers delivered many salvos to the target area.
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Aleutian
Attu Island
Navy
North Pacific
Navy Department
Attu
Why Are You Laughing at Us New York Joke
A convoy of Italian prisoners passed the front as American soldiers jested. One Italian, fluent in English, retorted that the Italians would go to New York while the Americans would go to Italy, turning the joke into a sharp broader barb.
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Allied
North Africa
New York
Italy
Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Brady Death Sentence
Topeka May 38 UPi Fred L Brady moved a step nearer the gallows as the Kansas supreme court upheld his first degree murder sentence for the holdup slaying of a Negro in Arkansas City on January 9. The court ruled execution date power lies with the court, and Brady awaits clemency appeal before Governor Schoeppel.
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Topeka
Upi
Fred L. Brady
Kansas Supreme Court
Brady
Stewart S. Bloss
Joe Williams
Arkansas City
Williams
Homer Hoch
Supreme Court
Hoch
State of
Kansas
Andrew Schoeppel
Justice Hoch
C. H. Quier
Storney
Albert M. Zakoura
Paola
State Supreme Court
Walter A. Huxman
Zakoura
State
Lindquist Elected Bethany College President
Dr Emory Lindquist was elected president of Bethany College in Lindsborg Kansas by unanimous vote of the Kansas conference of the Augustana synod He had served as acting president since the retirement of Dr Ernst Pihlblad two years ago.
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Lindquist
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Kan
Emory Lindquist
Kansas
Augustana Synod
Ernst Pihlblad
Red Army presses toward Novorossisk in night drive
Soviet forces push toward the Black Sea port of Novorossisk with night attacks nine miles from the city as German reserves, tanks, and motorized artillery counter. Pravda notes difficult German defense on the Kuban right wing while Soviets drive along multiple routes to isolate Novorossisk.
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Moscow
Neberdjayevskaya
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Red Army
Kuban
Donets
Kharkov
Orel
Velikie
Pravda
Communist Party
Althoit
Anapa
Red Fleet
Sea of Azov
Kerch
Germany
Rainy Weekend Forecast Dims Weekend Weather Across Kansas
Weather man D. Flora reports a cool wet weekend for Kansas with heavy rains in southeast areas. Western Kansas faces more rain while eastern portions stay cool with no frost. several rivers show high levels and overflow risk in Par sons Oswego area.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Dodge City
Neosho
Marains Des Cygnes
Concordia
Phillipsburg
Ellis
Wichita
Goodland
Kansas City
Evacuation Ordered for Toulon and Nice
Reuters reports from Zurich that occupation authorities ordered a partial evacuation of Toulon where the French fleet was scuttled, and Nice near the Italian frontier.
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London
Reuters
Zurich
Toulon
Nice
Allied drives cut off Axis forces after Tunis and Bizerte
London reports swift Allied advances that captured Tunis and Bizerte likely cut off portions of two to three German divisions and some Italian units. Axis units reportedly retreated toward Cap Bon while fortifications at Bizerte were not used to slow the Allied thrust.
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London
Tunis
Bizerte
Poains
Capon
Althoit
Ferryville
Axis Defeated in North Africa Tunis Bizerte Fall Reported
Rome radio says Bizerte and Tunis fell to allied forces outnumbering Axis ten to one while Berlin broadcasts claim continued street fighting. Goebbels launches a hate campaign as Dagsposten hints at possible invasion of England and shift in war momentum.
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Italy
Bizerte
Tunis
Rome
England
North Africa
Berlin
Associated Press
Tunisia
Dagsposten
Stockholm
Great Britain
Europe
France
Edwin Shanke
Aftonbladét
Aftonbladet
D. N.B
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Dagens Nyheter
Goebbels
Rome Radio
Popolo di Roma
Covey Named Principal of Huron High School
Basil R. Covey, Vinland rural high school principal for two years, is elected principal of Huron high school in Atchison county. He has five years with Vinland schools. Frieda Cowles will succeed Covey as high school principal. Other teachers include Irene Willis and Mrs Helen Sturdy. No vocational agriculture teacher yet.
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Basil R. Covey
Vinland Rural High School
Huron High
Atchison County
Vinland
Frieda Cowles
Covey
Irene Willis
Helen Sturdy
Urgent Need for Room at Lawrence Airport Reported
W A Ong of Ong Aircraft requested a classroom for 40 students and a hangar for 16 to 18 planes at the Lawrence airport. Temporary structures could cost 7000 to 8000 dollars, shared with the University, to be bought by the city after the navy program ends. No decision was made. quotes will be sought.
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W. A. Ong
Ong Aircraft Corporation
Lawrence
Ong
University
Ong Company
Harold Emick
Ralph Achning
W. C. Hunsinger
Earl D. Hay
Airport Board
R. S. Neal
Navy Aviation Cadets
Kenneth Razak
H. S. Stillwell
Aeronautical Engineering
F. A. Russell
Clarence Gorrill
Harold Fisher
Om C. Harper
Hale Receives 30 Day Jail Term In Liquor Case
Ottawa Kansas May 8 District Judge Hugh Means denied leniency to Sheriff George Hale and ordered 30 days in county jail for liquor possession. Earlier he overruled a new trial bid and upheld a 30 day sentence on one liquor charge plus fines totaling 35 dollars. Hale was convicted April 28, arrested February 17, and faces ouster proceedings in the supreme court.
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Ottawa
Kan
Hugh Means
George Hale
Wichita
Means
John Madden
Hale
Franklin County
A. B. Mitchell
Supreme Court
Unrest on French Island Martinique Sparks Refugee Flow
Refugees in Castries Santa Lucia report an undercurrent of revolt against French authorities on Martinique following a break in U S relations. They say islanders expected an allied seizure and generally favored it, signaling tension across the Caribbean isle.
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Castries
Santa Lucia
United States
Martinique
Caribbean
Induction Parade Sends 32 to Ft Leavenworth
Thirty two selectees left by special bus at 7 this morning for induction into the armed forces at Ft Leavenworth. Of the total 25 were Douglas county registrants and seven transfers from other boards.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Douglas County
Gerald Euetinar Love
Haskell
Kullervo Louhi
Mississippi
Walter Marckley
Learnard
Louis Sidrew
Lagarro
Haskell Institute
Baldwin
Carl Dean Gibson
Leo Edward O'Keefe
Walnut
Wiliam Edward Barber
Vermont
Charles Thomas Scott
John Hoyt Gimbler
Connecticut
Lloyd Harry Jameson
Clifton George Bergeron
Dayton
Tennessee
James Michael Webster
Brooklyn
John Baxter Young
Louisiana
Minami
Fla
Carl Theodore Hausmann
Cherokee
Vernon Willard Brook
Ohio
Long Beach
Calif
James
French-Turk? Bizerte Falls to American Tanks in Victory Parade
American tanks entered Bizerte, Tunisia, amid French cheers on May 7 after Axis engineers blew docks and fled. U.S. forces advanced from the south, reaching the Mediterranean port at 4 15 p m with two tank destroyer units, while residents celebrated and flowers were strewn over the vehicles.
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Bizerte
Tunisia
Axis
Mediterranean
Morocco
Algeria
Kansas University Opens Year-Round Training On Mt Oread
The University of Kansas plans a May 24 opening for a year-round educational program on Mt Oread. It features 16 weeks of summer and semester courses, a 8-week term, and special programs for engineering, medicine, law, and Red Cross courses. Naval, aero nautical, and army training units will also operate, including a large machinists mates school and women’s signal corps training.
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Mt. Oread
University of Kansas
Laurence C. Woodruff
Naval Reserve
School of Medicine
Red Cross
Naval School For
Naval
United States Signal
Signal Corps
K. U
CAA
Navy College
United States
Army
Average of 60 Stocks Inches Up
The stock index average for 60 issues rose to 50.7 today from 50.2 yesterday as trading continued.
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Pont du Fahs
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Victorious
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Shell Jap
Caucasus
Byi
The
Basil Covey
Huron
Vinland Rural High
Fort Leavenworth
Kansan
India
John Christy
Concordian
War ‘Department
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Funk’s
Toum
Mateur
Medjez EL
Aksar Tyr
Chaouat Jedeida
la Morsaa
Carthage
ST. Cyprien
Aassicault
Grombaliay
Bou Arado
Gousellat
Pontou-Fahs
bin McHerga
Zaghouan
Est
Marie du Z
Program For Women
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