Axis Prepares to Check an Invasion
Intensive axis preparations to ward off allied invasion along Europe’s soft underbelly are reported from the south coast of France to the Black Sea. Hitler and Mussolini worry over a southern Europe drive and possible cross-Channel assault as Holland imposes martial law and Balkan movements accelerate.
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London
Europe
France
Black Sea
Africa
Althe
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Holland
English Channel
Netherlands
Aneta
Balkans
Hungary
Greece
Yugoslavia
Ankara
Stockholm
Germany
Gestapo
Heinrich Immler
Geneva
Tass
Balkan
Cyprus
Palestine
Syria
Dodecanese
Cyclades
Sporades
Aegean Islands
Trucker Burned To Death In Truck Train Collision
Ernest Tomas, 42, of Kansas City, was killed when his transport truck collided with a Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight train near Riverton Kansas. Gasoline in the truck exploded and set the vehicle ablaze as a following driver attempted rescue. Tomas worked for Southern Transit Co of Kansas City.
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Galena
Kan
Ernest Tomas
Kansas City
Riverton
Thomas
Southern Transit Company of
General Franco Appeals for Peace in Almeria
General Franco urged world peace in Almeria saying neither axis nor allies can destroy the other and delaying peace is senseless. This marked his second peace feeler in a month following Go mez Jordana's Barcelona address.
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Madrid
Franco
Almeria
Axis
Francisco Gomez Jordana
Barcelona
Italy
Germany
Tunisia
Hitler
Mussolini
May Offer Thorpe a Job at Bacone College
Tulsa report says Muskogee alumni indicate Jim Thorpe may be offered a faculty post at Bacone Indian College in Muskogee Oklahoma. Thorpe, a Sac and Fox Indian from Oklahoma, has worked for Ford in Detroit and recently spent time in Oklahoma after illness. He plans to enroll his four sons at Chilocco Indian School.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jim Thorpe
Bacone Indian College
Atuskogee
Muskogee
Thorpe
Oklahoma
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Chilocco
Butler county stockman wins production contest in Manhattan
Albert Claassen of Butler county topped a production contest in Manhattan by handling 60 Hereford feeder calves weighing 447 pounds each. The event highlighted efficient stock handling and cattle weight gains.
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Manhattan
Albert Claassen
Butler County
Kansas beef contest honors grain-fed yearling winner
1095 pounds of good slaughter steers in 440 days won the grain-fed yearling class at the Kansas beef production contest. Second place went to A. E. Stearne of Alma, Kansas. Awards were announced by J. J. Moxley, livestock specialist, at Kansas State College's annual feeders day.
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Kansas
A. E. Stearne
Alma
Kan
J. J. Moxley
Kansas State College
Oklahoma University to offer 16 week extra term for military students
Norman Oklahoma May 10 Students at the University of Oklahoma begin a 16 week third semester with a focus on requirements for men entering military service. The extra term, between spring and autumn semesters, aims to let many reservists finish degrees by August 29 commencement. a $40,000 special fund was appropriated for June according to university president Joseph A Brandt.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Joseph A. Brandt
Miss Lea Edgar Writes From Shanghai In Chinese Camp
Mr and Mrs L B Edgar received a letter from a Chinese student in Chengtu with Lea Edgar’s note from Shanghai dated December 29. She is well and happy though away from class and church work. She kept private students and received Christmas gifts, sending regards to Lawrence friends. The Chinese student’s March 22 letter says Lea was then in a Japanese concentration camp in Shanghai, housed in a former Chinese university building. She and other single women were placed there February 25 and were reportedly treated well and materially satisfied.
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L. B. Edgar
Chengtu
Lea Edgar
Shanghai
Althe
Lawrence
Edgar
Heeee
Floodswollen Labette Creek Rises In Parsons
Heavy rain in four days dumped 8.34 inches, flooding lower Parsons areas and threatening U.S. 160 toward the Kansas Ordnance Plant. Neosho River near Parsons stood at 18.8 feet and rising as 3.86 inches fell overnight.
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Parsons
Labette Creek
U.S. 160
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Neosho
Finishing touches on Senate tax act progress reported
Washington reports a bipartisan coalition completed a revised Ruml tax plan with Senate action likely. The Finance Committee approved 13 to 7 and will send it to the floor for debate. Proponents cite revenue gains and timing for wartime needs while opponents caution on impact and compromise prospects.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Republican Committee
George
D.-Ga
House
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Treasury
Roosevelt
Meat sales shrink in Lawrence amid rationing and mobility
A Lawrence report details meat cutters facing a shrinking market due to ongoing rationing and a migration of transient workers. Purchases are down about one third from pre-ration levels, with fresh beef and pork scarce while all other cuts remain plentiful. Grocers report surplus points as packers cannot supply desired meat, and market sentiment notes a slight rebound followed by a drop tied to worker outflow. Ralph Pine notes he has more points than he can use.
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Lawrence
Ralph Pine
Massachusetts
Medical Society Elects Officers in Topeka Meeting
Kan sas Medical society named Dr Mallon Trueheart of Sterling president elect for 1944 and inducted Dr John L Lattimore of Topeka president for this year at its annual meeting. New officers include Dr W P Callahan Wichita first vice president and Dr W M Mills Topeka second vice president.
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Topeka
Kansas Medical Society
Mallon -Trueheart
Sterling
John L.lattimore
Lattimore
Henry N. Tiden
Wichita
W. P. Callahan
W. M. Mills
F. R. Croson
Clay Center
George M. Gray
Kansas City
Kan
Forrest L. Loveland
J. F. Hassig
American Medical Association
Parole Granted for Hog Theft Convict Schoonover
Paroled offender Fred Schoonover, sentenced last year to the state penitentiary for theft of hogs from L. A. Maichel, was released according to a notice received by district court clerk John Callahan.
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Schoonover
Fred Schoonover
State Penitentiary
L. A
Maichel
John Callahan
Humpty Dumpty Fall Questioned by Ulcer Pain Remedies
Riddled verse ad asks if Humpty Dumpty fell due to a stomach ulcer and promotes Udga Tablets for acid related pains. The notice offers a 25 cent Udga box and a double money back guarantee, with Round Corner Drug Co crediting the claim.
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Round Corner Drug Co
College official outlines funding outlook during semester
Brandt discusses upcoming money from several federal training programs likely boosting finances later in the semester amid ongoing financial problems.
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Brandt
Widow of Santa Fe president dies in Beverly Hills
Mrs Samuel Thomas Bledsoe widow of the Santa Fe railway president died last night in Beverly Hills California. A former Talitha Bernard of Washington DC she had lived here since her husband’s death in Chicago four years ago.
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Samuel Bledsoe
Beverly Hills
Calif
Samuel Thomas Bledsoe
Santa Fe Railway
Talitha Bernard
Washington, D.C
Chicago
Readers and Sets Results Highlight Classified Page
The Journal-World presents readers and sets results from latest classifieds. Scores, standings, and notable listings are summarized for easy reference.
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Journal-World
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