Boundary shifts likely after war in eastern Europe
The War Today essay outlines that Moscow and the Polish government in exile may clash over postwar borders. It notes probable territorial readjustments for defense, including Bessarabia, the Baltic states, eastern Poland, and the Danube mouth, with broader global redrawing likely to secure allied security. The piece stresses that peace requires hard choices and that home-front sacrifices contrast with soldiers' experiences in the East.
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Moscow
London
Europe
Sikorski
Britain
Churchill
Poland
Stalin
Russia
Union
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Hitler
Bessarabia
Danube
Rumania
Black Sea
Constanta
Beth Carter Majors Secret Pacific War Mission
Third Officer Beth Carter of the WAAC is assigned a dangerous secret mission under General Tallicoe and Major Jackson. She boards a Fortress for a night voyage toward a remote Pacific theater landing on a small island amid vast war fronts.
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Beth Carter
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
United States Army
Nebraska
WAAC
Fort Des Moines
Carter
Beth
Tallioe
Ceneral
Major Jackson
Tallicoe
Lieutenant Carter
Jackson
Pacific
Pacific Theater of War
Psalm 84 11 Verse Illustration Sun and Shield
A devotional note cites Psalms 84 11 praising God as sun and shield who grants grace and glory to those who walk uprightly, promising no good thing withheld from the righteous.
Hangar Expansion for Lawrence Airport Training Program
Lawrence officials consider borrowing to fund new hangars and student quarters for the war aviation training program at the municipal airport. Citizens face funding limits and urge prompt action, noting government limits on spending while communities must supply needed facilities and fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Municipal
Six Busy Months and Stalin’s Allied Diversion
The article notes six months since the North Africa campaign, praising Allied success and Stalin’s gratitude to allies. It contrasts Stalin’s earlier dissatisfaction with Allied war progression and highlights his need for a broader Allied diversion on the European front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunisia
Joseph Stalin
Africa
Stalin
America
Britain
North
Cap Bon Emerges As Final Africa Battlefront In World War II
Allied forces drive remaining Axis pockets in Africa toward Cap Bon as Bizerte and Tunis fall. Axis troops retreat east from Bizerte to Cap Bon, with many choosing to fight to the death or surrender in isolated pockets south of Tunis as the Mediterranean blocks escape to Sicily or Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap Bon
Rome
Carthage
Africa
Bizerte
Tunis
Mediterranean
Sicily
Italy
Allied Push on Cap Bon Marks Final African Base Move
The text notes small prospects of negotiating the water jump and asserts allied air land and sea forces will focus on breaking Axis resistance at Cap Bon. This aims to complete the conquest of Africa as a base for operations against Germany Italy and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap Bon
Germany
Italy
Japan
Dried Fruit and Dehydration Through the Ages
The article discusses the dehydration process for fruits and foods, noting its long history and modern refinements. It cites a Kansas City man who built a dehydrator the size of a refrigerator for Vice President Wallace and reflects on traditional sun drying methods once used on roofs and porches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Waltace
Fred Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
Henry
Sol
Amchitka base reached as Attu shelling follows
American forces report close contact with the Japanese on the Aleutians. A naval task force shelled Attu installations amid fog and squalls, signaling more than passive resistance to Japan's far northern invasion effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleutian Island
Amchitka Island
Attu
Midwest Generals Lead U S Forces in Bold Campaign
Maj. Gen. Omar M. Bradley of Missouri commanded American forces in a successful operation against Bizerte. The broader campaign was directed by Gen. Eisenhower, born in Texas and raised in Kansas. Western fighting men are prominent in U S wars.
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Omar M. Bradley
Missouri
Bizerte
Texas
Kansas
Eisenhower
Middle West
United States
Congress Rebels Against Food Subsidy Plan
Lawmakers oppose subsidizing food production saying no necessity exists under current conditions. They warn the subsidy principle could feed inflation and escalate without clear stopping points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Fire destroys sole Overbrook garage and machine shop
A major blaze consumed the only operating garage and machine shop in Overbrook and the town fire truck. The loss disrupts essential community services and replacement of tools and equipment will be difficult given current conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overbrook
Goebbels Faces Distasteful Burden Of Recycled Propaganda
The Nazi propaganda chief is described as busy in conditioning the German public to bad news. He is said to be consuming his own stale words from the past two to three years, a distasteful task for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goebbels
Local clubs and events highlighted in town notices
Old Home Town notes Kansas City sighting at four level. Robert Allen eighth grader elected president of Lawrence Junior High School student council yesterday. Needlecraft club meets Thursday with Mrs E B Dicker. Happy Hour club hosts Mrs Perry Palmateer Friday at 2 30. Helianthus club hostess Mrs George Dunkley Friday afternoon. Galen Gorrill and Harold Snider attend coal dealers convention in Kansas City. Mrs A H Turney visits Topeka on business yesterday. Mother and Daughter banquet at First Baptist Thursday evening at 6. Prices listed for pound goods. Team Whist club meets tomorrow with Mrs W L Burdick. Sigma Kappa plans Ecke's hall May 11.
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Kansas City
Robert Allen
Lawrence
Needlecraft Club
E. B. Dicker
Elm Street
Happy Hour
Perry Palmateer
George Dunkley
Helianthus
Galen Gorrill
Harold Snider
A. H. Turney
Topeka
First Baptist Church
Five visitors from Lawrence on the train through town
The story notes five men Andrew McDonald Arthur Der by Carl Kennedy George Hale and Robert Starkweather all from Lawrence passed through the town today on the train from Camp Doniphan. A patriotic May fete is held by Pinckney school children this afternoon in Pinckney park.
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Mercury
Andrew McDonald
Arthur Derby
Carl Kennedy
George Hale
Robert Starkweather
Lawrence
Camp Doniphan
Robinson Gymnasium
Arry Sparks
Kansas City
Pinckney School
Pinckney Park
Frank Wellman
St. Louis
Local notes from Lawrence area events and happenings
Forty years ago Lloyd Duffee in Kanwaka district sports a new top buggy. Mrs. Manley and Mrs. Rankin spend the day at the lake. Haddon captured a four foot rattlesnake near Clinton and sent it to the University. The Haskell Indian band played a street concert to a large crowd. City carpenters are on strike for nine cents more per hour after a mass meeting. Carnegie Library board adopts Berlinger plans for a one story library building. Con Squires visits Leavenworth for the day. J R Woodward and Wm Morgan visit Lawrence on business. Spring chicks sell for nine cents a pound at the Lawrence Market.
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Lloyd Duffee
Kanwaka
Robert Manley
Ernest Rankin
Haddon
Clinton
Haskell
Lawrence
Carnegie Library Board
George A. Berlinger
Beatrice
Neb
Con Squires
Leavenworth
J. R. Woodward
Marion Township
Morgan
Hutchinson
Railroading in the Modern Age by S Kip Farrington Jr
A Doubleday book review notes Railroading details freight and passenger service gains over 25 years. It covers electrification diesels streamlined trains and giant terminals with a chapter on the Santa Fe Union Pacific record run Los Angeles to Chicago in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Kip Farrington, Jr
Doubleday, Doran & Co
Garden City
N. Y
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Chicago
Union Pacific
Hitler Discusses Hard Life on Russian Front Front
Berlin radio quoted Adolf Hitler noting the winter brought the heaviest suffering for German soldiers as the German army halted the Russian assault and counter attacked. The broadcast marked the anniversary of another winter relief drive and was recorded by Reuters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin Radio Today
Reuters
Berlin
Hitler
Service men dance and game party hosted by Pi Phis
Pi Phi in the community building hosted a Saturday night party for service men with junior hostesses from the active chapter. Betty Jo Campbell won a corsage for listing the most guests, Elaine Talley and George Kesman won a defense stamp corsage and a jitter bug prize. Members ran bingo tables and game activities while Mary Louise Beltz sang with acclaim. The Faculty Women's club will sponsor the next service men party on May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ti Beta Phi
Dean Alt
Wade Pierce
O. T. Black
A. E. Woestemeyer
Betty Jo Campbell
Elaine Talley
George Kesman
Myrtle Haldeman
I. W. Hartley
Deal Six
Forrest Noll
W. C. Boardman
M. S. Sanders
LaVone Jacobson
Katherine Schaake
G. W. Bradshaw
Lawrence Music Club
Mary Louise Beltz
Ruth Orcutt
Miss
Topeka Fire Threatens Kirkpatrick Building
The Topeka fire department battled a blaze that threatened the Kirkpatrick building housing offices a dance hall and a bowling alley. Damage was estimated at 25000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kirkpatrick
Flashes of Life: Potato Gift From Pilot for Mother’s Day
Reginald Plumridge, a TWA pilot from Valley Stream New York, bought ten pounds of potatoes washed them and packed them in his traveling kit as a Mother's Day gift after noting Long Island shortages. He said they have gone three weeks without potatoes.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Reginald Plumridge
T.W.A
Valley Stream
Long Island
N. Y
Woman Marries By Proxy As British Passport Delay Persists
Perseverance in Oakland California follows Alice Dunn unable to enter England to wed Capt. George E. Harvey. She marries by proxy and later secures a passport after landing a job with an English firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
State Department
Alice Dunn
England
George E. Harvey
Obedient Boy Robbery Aids South Side Apartment Invasion
Two gunmen bound and gagged a maid in a south side Chicago apartment. They looted Arnold Zik’s home of jewelry and furs valued at about $5,000 plus $200 cash. The boy Arthur, age 17, cried and was given milk as the assailants instructed him not to free the maid until Mrs. Earl Zik returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arnold Zik
Zik
Arthur
Earl Zik
Gardner air base sailors killed in crossing crash
John D. Griffin twenty of Gardner and W O Blosser of Malta Bend Mo both stationed at Olathe naval air base were killed in a weekend grade crossing crash.
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Gardner
John D. Griffin
W. O. Blosser
Malta Bend
Olathe Naval Air Base
Greenwood Valley club hosts all day meeting and visits
The Greenwood Valley club met at the Greenwood schoolhouse for an all day gathering with a covered dish lunch. Several local families and guests from Wichita Topeka Leavenworth Auburn Bonner Springs attended. Mrs Emma Holloway will host the Women’s Missionary meeting with a lesson on a highway of the world of tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley Keeton
Oscar McKenzie
Wichita
Harold Morand
Teavenworth
Theron Lister
Kansas City
L. B. Eldridge
Auburn
Lillie Winsor
Topeka
Nelvin Walters
Greenwood Valley Club
Greenwood
Ben Kellogg
Roy Grayson
W. R. Glenn
Bessie Hershell
Wilma Glenn
Reena French
Belle Riley
Cora Marshall
Francis
Myrtle Keeton
Cora
Bonnie Keeton
Mabel Lancaster
Frank Anfred
Bonner Springs
John Dreyer
Dreyer
Emma Holloway
William Lancaster
Dolores
M. C. Moore
Howard Henry
Longford
Gilbert Henry
Helen Humphrey
Winter School Board Elects Teacher for Next Year
Mrs. George Bahnmater is elected to teach the Winter school for the coming year west of Lecompton. The community holds a basket dinner and pupil program after the last day of school. Local residents and visitors from Topeka Lawrence Kanwaka and University High attend gatherings and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bahnmater
Lecompton
George Miller
C. KE. Richards
W. F. Elkin
Kanwaka
Ruben Wiksten
Ray Weeks
William Douglas
Weeks
Topeka
Ross Cole
Dorothy McClanahan
Lawrence
Billie Emproyer
Anna Hubbard
Guy Bigsby
W. S. Collins
Harley Armstrong
Frank Spelcher
Howard Gregory
Newt Hamlin
Frank Speicher
Co. E. Richards
Fran Miller
Willis Colman
Clare J. Colman
Waneta
University High School
Mis. Waneta
W. F. Elkins
George Mil
Radio Schedule Highlights Monday and Tuesday Evening Listings
Radio grid lists programs across stations WREN KMBC WDAF KNBC WDAF for Monday May 16 and Tuesday May 11 with shows from Jack Armstrong to Eddie Fenns, including newsrooms, musicals, comedies, and orchestras. Notable names include Lum and Abner, Gracie Fields, Tex Ranger, Johnny Presents, Bob Hope, and Gabriel Heatter with multiple time slots and venues.
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Wren
Jack Armstrong
MBC
WDAF
London Laird
KMBC
Western Echoes
Fred Waring
Coast Guard
Blondie
Earl Godwin
KNBC
Vox Pop
Cavalcade of America
Lum
Abner
Voice of Firestone
Knbc—Radio Theatre
Wren—Victory
Screen Guild Players
Raymond Gram
Gracie Fields
Bonnie King
Gabriel Heatter
Phil Brito
Gordon McRae
Texas Rangers
Leo Reisman
Lou Breeze
Orch
Wdaf—A.p
Russ Morgan
Office of War Inf
Muehelbach
United Press News
Neill Bondshu
Midland Minstrels
Ella Fitzgerald
Ikkmbc
Joseph Harsch
Joe Rines
John B. Kennedy
Johnny Presents
Wren—Lum
al Jolson
Red Skelton
Frazier Hunt
WDA
W.flw
DAF
Congress Speaks
Bob Allen
Neweacast
Tommy Tucker
Roy Shield
Eddie Fen
Kanwaka literary club hosts note filled gathering
Kanwaka residents hosted a Kanwaka literary club meeting at Mrs. Elkins home with flag remarks during roll call. Several local women attended including Mrs. Fred Gregory who led the program and a guest list from Lecompton and Winter.
Social visits and travel notes from Villa Eden community
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davidson spent Sunday at Frank Henik home in Kansas City. Mrs. Dorothy Freezee of Topska visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Toyne. James Mitschele of Lawrence and his father were Sunday visitors at Walter Shaw’s. Mrs. Anna Torneden visited her daughter Mrs. Selma Heath in Kansas City. Bert Zimmerli caught four coyotes on Bert Wilson farm. Fitz and Wilson of Lawrence caught three coyotes earlier. Mrs. Frank Schoenhofer returned from California and Vincent of Kansas City visits. Mrs. Mattie Faler of Lawrence spent Thursday with the Toynes. Merlin Brock and family visited William Torngden. Brock and son later with relatives in Kansas City. Earl Hallenbeck and Beverly Hauglas will graduate from Linwood High School this term.
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Charles Davidson
Frank Henik
Kansas City
Dorothy Freezee
Topska
James Toyne
James Mitschele
Lawrence
Walter Shaw
Anna Torneden
Selma Heath
Bert Zimmerli
Bert Wilson
He. G. H. Fitz
Frank Schoenhofer
California
Vincent
Mattie Faler
Merlin Brock
William Torngden
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Siamms
Suraau
Postoffice
Kansan
Dewitt Eutlining
Wide World
Mikado
League of Nations
Tokyo
Nippon
Korea
Manchuria
Mussolini
Albania
Asia
Soione
NAAC
Lorette Cooper
NEA Service. Ing
United States of America
United America
W. L. Burdick
Sigma Kappa
Ecke
PI Phis
Veuesaukt
Ee Alpueuc
Azf
Ottawa
Eastern Divisk
Twerakat Brown
Jaekson
Atchison
Levene
Jetta Pawerg
Woodson
Stanton Tait
Pratt
Rawford
Osveawe At
Ween
Corree
Frascl
S. D. Flora
Yize
Hyo Ae
Ike
Ireeeesom
Big Springs
Clara J
Vaneta
H. G. van Neate
Oak Ridge
Billie Schroyver
Margaret Cochran
Pleasant Valley
Arthur Edwards
Edith Carr
Winter
Marie Traxler
Herman Banks
United Brethren Church
Billie Schroyer
Louis Traxler
Elaine Banks
Beattie Collins
Verna Hall
Richard
St. Joseph
L. R. Dryedale
Kan
Hall
May Richards
Villa Eden
Optometrist
B. G. Gustafson
Pe Ren Nes
Journal-World
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