Allies lag in securing American warplanes amid air inferiority admission
British officials admitted Allied air power lagged Germany as Churchill warned of continued danger. With only about 1,900 planes ordered from an expected 8,000 and March outputs of 700 British and 400 French planes, experts foresee U S plant output soaring to as many as 18,000 planes in 16 months to meet Army Navy and foreign needs.
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Washington
Germany
Allied
Offal
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
House of Commons
Britain
France
Ruth Gibson to Present Piano Recital on KFKU Friday
Ruth Gibson from Dean Swarthout's studio will present a piano recital over station KFKU Friday evening at 9 45. The program includes Nocturne in F sharp Scherzo in B flat Ming Perpetual Motion.
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KFKU
Ruth .Gibson
Dean ID. M. Swarthout
Escaped inmates tremble as county events and notices fill town
A crowded report covers four inmates escaping the insane hospital and a stream of local happenings. Community notes include track results with Perry first and Oskaloosa second, church meetings, a flower sale, a Masonic temple celebration, alumni banquet for O.R.H.S., visits to Topeka and Kansas City, and social events at the Methodist and Merry Makers clubs.
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State Hospital
Larned
Kan
Willis Grisco
Oklahoma
De Soto Man Progresses After Blood Transfusion
Clyde Hines, patient at St. Margaret's hospital for nearly two weeks, shows improvement after a blood transfusion given Friday night. Reverend J. M. Torrence and Mrs. Torrence start a vacation Bible school at Bethel Monday with additional teachers joining from the Bethel community. Dr. M. H. Gilkey and Mr. John Chappell of Kansas City visited the Giebners on Wednesday. Tri-county typing contest mentioned.
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Clyde Hines
St. Margaret's Hospital
Hines
J. M. Torrence
Backache and leg pains signal kidney trouble
Warning signs appear as backache and leg pains when kidneys fail to remove waste. Doan's Pills, trusted for over 40 years, help purify the blood and relieve symptoms by aiding the 15 miles of kidney tubes.
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Nature
Donn
Doan
Local residents win spelling contest and honor plus weekend visits
In a mother-daughter spelling contest Mrs. Lloyd Kraus won for the daughters while Mrs. Hillman Lawrence triumphed overall. Weekend visitors included LéRoy Ranz of Trenton, Miss Louise Jewett of Kansas University with her roommate Miss Joan Perrin of Howard, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith of Oskaloosa with relatives. Graduation for Lexington township eighth graders set for May 17 at De Soto high school, as Judge W. C. Jones visited De Soto with his young son. Mrs. E. GayPasses away in Lawrence after frail health. she had lived in Johnson County for years. Additional Lawrence visits by L. A. Hayes, Jesse Davis, Pangburn trip planned, and Kansas City hospitality for several locals.
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Kates
Kenneth Edmonds
Big Top
Hinora St. John
Ralph May
Montgomery Sisters
Homer Boyd
Supt
R. R. Slagel
Reading
Arlene ‘Premauer
Monkey Shines
Coach Wilkinson
Robert Stevens
Odell Shaver
Harold Smith
Epworth League
Lawrence
Edward Hannah
J. C. Hannah
Norton
Eleanor
Methodist
J. C. Lane
Horace J
Leland Edmonds
George Johnson
Don Allen
John Sutton
Pleasant View
Edward
Archie
Charles
William
Louise Lockner
Lorraine Shillcut
Emporia
Elinor
Carolyn
Rosemary
Oskaloosa
Baker University
Northwest
Pars
Grace Johnson
Metzger Barn
Kansas City
Methodist Aid
Charles Jacquemin
Fellowship Hall
Aid
the Woodpecker
Joan Morris
Verrell Weinberg
James Laster
Jacquemin
Miss Shrader
Lester
D. Ahrens
J. H. Brown
Caprie Lytton
Bert Casebier
Rebecca O’brien
Nellie Heckman
Karl Shoenrock
Toneka
Grace Leaverton
Etta Bourne
Fred Champion
McPherson
Gless
Elmer Edmonds
Perry
Winchester
W.F.M.S
Methodist Church
John Terhune
Victoria Shrader
Gertrude Goldman
T. A. Huddleston
J. C.lane
Jesse Buster
Muehlebach
Presbyterian Aid
Payne
John M Hoskinson
James Sweyer
Masonic Temple
James Blevins
Texas
Frank
Carl Hess
San Diego
Calif
Grove Street
Lone Tree
Myra Rogers Wellman
Max Engle
Sabetha
Flickenger
W. H. Rice
de Soto High School
E. J. Mannings
de Soto
Althea Davison
Jay J., Yarnell
G.V. Longstreth
Perry Nease
Fred Zellers
L. R. Penner
L. F. Taylor
Willoughby Koeller
Harry Dicken
John Whitelaw
W. ©. Watson
Eudora
Cc. C. Atkinson
G. V. Longstreth
Vincent Straub
J. M. Torrence
Elma Andrick
Mrs. Watson
Jessie Sundbye
Watson
Miss Sundbye
Olathe
Corinne Midgett
Marie Kearnheart
Leonard Beecroft
A& gNes
W. L. Blaylock
Rusin Lansing
Lloyd Kraus
Hillman Lawrence
LéRoy Ranz
Trenton
A. T. Broveak
Louise Jewett
Kansas University
A. J. Nelson
Nelson
Joan Perrin
Howard
Ella Thorne
Rence
Gay
Johnson County
Wesley Coker
L. A. Hayes
Jesse Davis
Arthur Gabriel
Sam Gabriel
Viola Deay Visits Sister In Vinland
Mrs Viola Deay arrived from Lawrence on Saturday to visit her sister in Vinland and vicinity.
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Viola Deay
Lawrence
Community Notes and Visits Across Vinland Area
Local residents, including Floyd Gottstein and Mrs. Montie Randel, visited the Hubbard family and W. H. Elder. Miss Rose Nichols plans a Western Kansas trip to visit relatives, while Alice Ayers and Basil Covey families journeyed in state. Vinland team beat Hopewell 11-9 as Alumni plan annual party and baccalaureate and commencement set for May.
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Floyd Gottstein
Montie Randel
Mary
Mildred Elder
Lawrence
Clayton Rausch
Topeka
Charles Hubbard
W. H. Elder
Rose Nichols
Kansas
Alice Ayers
Alan Ayers
Basil Covey
Max
Meriden
Kan
Frank England
Herve Hopkinsons
R. H. Miller
Fairview W
Clarence Hubbard
W. E. Hoskinson
Overbrook
Ed Griffin
Vinland
Hopewell
William Knox
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Emma Ritchie
Loren Rapier
Christian Workers
Clyde Odom
Ethel Higbee
C. E. Dewitt
Russell Fosmire
Ralph Payne
A. B. Glenn
Charles Gentry
Commercial Hotel
O.R.H.S
William Patrick
Margaret Gardener
Albert Gramse
Martha Miers
Sarah Robinson
Joseph Lane
Burlingame
Charles Metzger
Grayson Happy Hour Club
Detroit
Automotive Center of the World
Dodge
Know Automotive
America
Ransdell- Skinner Motor Company
Massachusetts Street
Vinland and Vicinity
Mass
Cass Meta
Aaia
Glenshire—Curlee
Stylecraft
E&w
Oxfords
Brand— Freeman
E& W
Big Jack
Cone
Ensenada Slack Suits
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