Soviet Offense Presses Kharkov as German Lines Recede
Soviet front reports say Red armies breached Kharkov defenses, advanced toward the city center, and crushed German counterattacks along a 35 mile front. In Crimea, Kerch defenders retreat to new positions under pressure, while Sevastopol offensive actions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bock
Kharkov
Russia
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Crimea
Hitler
Kerch
Great Caucasus
Red
Adolf Hitler
Crimean
London
Tartar
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Funston contracts let for 148 buildings at Camp Funston
The M. W. Watson Construction Co of Topeka won the Camp Funston project with a bid of 1,884,54 dollars. Work starts at once with 90 day completion and 3000 to 4000 workers at peak. Buildings include barracks mess halls admin centers and recreation facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Kan
M. W. Watson Construction Company
Topeka
Camp Funston
R. E. Metcalfe
Area Army
Stock Market Index Dips Slightly After Trading Day
The stock index for 60 shares falls to 33.8 points, edging down from 33.5 the previous day as traders reacted to market fluctuations and brief losses in several sectors.
British Army Leaves Burma as Japanese Advance Reported in India
The last British forces retreat across into Manipur after a five month battle, about 5 000 men leaving Mandalay. Vichy radio claims Japanese troops push 80 miles into India toward Calcutta, with reports of a link to Stilwell's forces resisting near the Burma road. In China, Japanese forces reportedly defeat the 22nd Chinese division near Kuhsienchen in Hopeh province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Burma
Manipur
India
Bay of Beneal
Wen
Chittagong
Calcutta
Mandalay
Joseph W. Stilwell
Stilwell
China
Tokyo
Kuhsienchen
Hopeh Province
Government grain sales stance fuels inflation fears
Secretary Wickard warned congressional plans to bar sales of government held grain below parity could trigger shortages or inflation. He said restricting corn and wheat sales to feed stock risks higher feed prices, harming farmers and consumers and possibly delaying wartime goals.
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Washington
Wickard
House
Allied Bombers Hammer Rabaul and Port Moresby Raid
General MacArthur reports long ranged Allied bombers hit Japanese ships in the harbor at Rabaul New Britain and down seven of 17 attacking planes. Other Allied bombers sink an enemy seaplane at Louisiade and hit shore targets while Japan launches two heavy raids on Port Moresby.
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Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
United Nations
Louisiade Archipelago
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Manchukuo Outer Mongolia Border Pact Reported
A Tokyo broadcast says Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia have ratified a border settlement ending a three year conflict. Most fighting involved Japanese and Russian forces, with 18 000 casualties in a frontier battle. Analysts warn Japan would target Soviet Siberia if war with Russia resumes.
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Japan
Manchukuo
Outer Mongolia
Tokyo
Russia
Soviet Siberia
Vladivostok
Marnchukuo
French Casualties in Madagascar Port Diego Suarez Attack
A French colonel reported to the Malagasy capital that about 150 French soldiers were killed and 500 wounded in the British assault on Diego Suarez. The casualty figures came via a radio message from the Diego Suarez broadcasting station to Tananarive.
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Madagascar
Port Louis
Mauritius
Diego Suarez
Cerbon
Tananarive
Kansas Postmaster Nominated in Washington
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Amos A. Beisley to be postmaster at Wellington Kansas. The nomination was announced in Washington on May 15.
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Kansas
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Amos A. Beisley
Wellington
Kan
House committee Rejects Tax on Interest of State Securities
Washington May 15 The house ways and means committee voted not to tax interest on outstanding or future state and municipal securities. Chairman Doughton said the decision was to keep tax exemptions, opposing Morgenthau's plan to raise 200 million. The panel plans next to study married couples filing jointly and other rates as experts prepare new schedules.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Doughton
D.-N.c
Morgenthau
The
GE House of Magic Opens in Hoch Auditorium Next Tuesday
The General Electric House of Magic show comes to Lawrence Hoch Auditorium next Tuesday evening with free admission. Sponsored by Kansas Electric Power Co and the University of Kansas it features gifts from the GE Research Laboratory including popping corn by radio stroboscopic lamps and a train that obeys spoken commands. Lecturer W A Gruesing will explain and demonstrate these marvels as part of GE demonstrations seen at Chicago Century of Progress and recent New York and San Francisco fairs.
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General Electric
House of Magic
Hoch Auditorium
Lawrence
Kansas Electric Power ,Company
University of Kansas
General Electric Research Laboratory
W. A. Gruesing
Chicago
Sub Attacks Off Mississippi River Gain Noted Attention
Washington reports a large United States merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk near the mouth of the Mississippi River about 102 miles south of New Orleans. The May 12 attack killed 27 of 41 crew. survivors were rescued after a half hour.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Mississippi River
New Orleans
United States Atlantic
Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Port Altho
Mississippi Mouth
Nazis Claim U S Vessels Sunk In Arctic Route
German high command announced air and sea actions on the Arctic supply line to Russia destroying a U S cruiser and destroyer plus an icebreaker and merchant ship. A 10000 ton freighter was said burned while four British ships were also destroyed at a southern English port.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Hitler
Fedor von Bock
Moscow
Kharkov
Berlin
Arctic
North Cape
Norway
Spitsbergen
United States
Murmansk
Archangel
DNB
Scandinavia
London Daily Sketch
Submarine Brings Out Gold and Securities From Corregidor
The navy reveals a submarine carried vast gold, silver, and negotiable securities from Corregidor last February. Commanded by Lieut. Commander Frank W. Fenno Jr. of Westminster, Mass, the crew earned the Distinguished Service Cross or Silver Stars. Officers include Lieut. Frederick Gunn of Kansas City Kansas and Morris Henry Keltner of Hoisington Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corregidor
Philippine Islands
Navy
Philippine Commonwealth
Frank W. Fenno, Jr
Westminster
Mass
Fenno
War Department
Frederick Gunn
Kansas City
Kan
Morris Henry Keltner
Cecil Keltner
Hoisington
Lawrence adopts trailer ordinance regulating homes on wheels
City approves rules to allow homes on wheels in residential areas with sanitation and safety standards. Trailers may park in private garages or rear yards one per location and require sewer connections if plumbing is used. Registration, fees, and health police copies required. emergency parking limited to one hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Clarence Gorrill
Health Department
Police Department
New Hampshire Street
Baker University sets 84th commencement May 30 to June 1
Baldwin May 14. Elaborate preparations for Baker university eighty fourth commencement festivities are planned for May 30 to June 1. Final Chapel speaker is Leland C. Kerns of St Joseph Missouri. Baccalaureate speaker is Dr Nelson P Horn of Baldwin. Commencement speaker is Dr Roy L Smith of Chicago. Sixty three candidates are named for degrees with several local graduates listed including Almond Cole Cox Cordis Deel Dunn Hey Lobb Sandeffer Vincent and others from Baldwin Overbrook McLouth and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Mary Alice Cox
Helen Cordis
Overbrook
William G. Deel
Geraldine Dunn
Velma Hey
Opal Lobb
McLouth
Eva Louise Sandeffer
Compton Vincent Baldwin
Recreation program events at park for youth tomorrow
The WPA recreation program schedules games for girls aged 7 to 12 at the park’s south end and softball for boys of the same age at the north end. Activities run from 9 to 12 o'clock in the forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Sunshine Moves In Over Kansas After Frost
Sun returns to Topeka and other Kansas cities after a night of near freezing. Ellis notes a light frost with 81 degrees as the low, while Wichita and Concordia report minor frost. Rain in eastern counties reduced frost risk, and temperatures trend warmer though minor frosts remain possible.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ellis
Wichita
Concordia
Flora
Kansas City
Altho
Phillipsburg
City School Art Exhibit Closes Tomorrow Evening
The city school art exhibit in the Community building basement closes tomorrow night at 7. Raymond Eastwood a KU art professor will demonstrate oil painting on a portrait of a Lawrence student. City school students also present sketches clay work leather tooling finger painting and potato painting demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Eastwood
K. U
Lawrence
Lawrence to Begin War Savings Bond Pledge Campaign
The War Savings Bond Pledge campaign will start in Lawrence tomorrow led by C. E. Decker. Three hundred University of Kansas coeds will canvass the city, led by Lois Blackburn. The effort aims to secure written pledges from all income earners for future bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
City of Lawrence
Lawrence
C. E. Decker
Lois Blackburn
Madison
Flood Warnings Initiated as Missouri River Crest Expected
Otoe County Sheriff Carl Ryder activated a broad flood warning service after the Weather Bureau tentatively forecast a Missouri River crest of 18 to 19 feet near Nebraska City by Monday. Residents in low land areas on the west bank were warned, with Fremont County officials and stock moved from riverfront lowlands. River stages stood at 16.1 feet at Nebraska City and 13.8 at Omaha.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Otoe County
Carl Ryder
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Nebraska City Bridge Company
Nebraska
Fremont County
Towa
Ryder
Sioux City
Omaha
Blair
Lawrence fair rents committee named by mayor
Mayor C. B. Russell named Albert Martin George M. Beal J. J. Simmonds C. B. Hosford and Mrs. R. C. Manley to the Lawrence fair rents committee. Realtors had asked for a committee to cooperate with the OPA rent freeze as of March 15. The war industries planning committee had passed a similar resolution. Russell plans a meeting soon to organize the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Martin
George M. Beal
J. J. Simmonds
C. B. Hosford
R. C. Manley
C. B. Russell
Lawrence Fair Rents Committee
Lawrence Realtors
OPA
War Industries Planning Committee
Russell
King Observes maneuvers during live ammo drills
London May 15 King George VI watched British troops in live ammunition drills that produced 44 past two months with two more casualties. He crouched with soldiers as machine gun fire and mortars lashed the field, scrambling to gain a better view. Officers called the exercises the best way to train men for real war conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George VI
Jutland
Injured man at Eudora plant fractures ankle
Leslie Burnau, 1021 Rhode Island street, sustained a dislocation and fracture of the ankle while working at the Sunflower Ordnance Works east of Eudora. He slipped and fell while carrying lumber on the job.
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Leslie Burnau
Rhode Island Street
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Eudora
Benefit Concert Returns from Chillicothe
Violinist Paul Stoner and pianist Miss Winifred Hill returned from Chillicothe Missouri where they performed a defense benefit concert last evening. They were joined by Paul Stoner’s parents Mr and Mrs Art E Stoner. Stoner awaits call to the marine corps reserve after enlisting as staff sergeant for aircraft warning duty and will be sent to Great Lakes naval training station.
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Paul Stoner
Winifred Hill
Chillicothe
Commercial Air Planes Are Taken Over for War Use
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that the war department will take over all planes from commercial air lines to support expanding fighting. He emphasized that every type of aircraft, including puddle jumpers and small two or three seat planes, would be utilized for the American war effort. He offered no details on new fronts or any involvement in Madagascar.
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Decker
United States Treasury Department
Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Madagascar
United Nations
Indian Ocean
Oregon primary races focus on McNary Geary and Sprague Snell
In Portland May 15, Oregon voters faced two key Republican contests for U S senator and governor as war preparedness dominated the campaign. McNary faced Geary while Sprague’s administration exit loomed over Snell, with turnout predicted below 40 percent. Democratic hopefuls Milne Whitbeck competed for Senate while Wallace and Latourette vied for governor.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
U.S
Senate
Charles L. McNary
Arthur M. Geary
Geary
McNary
MacBeth A. Milne
Walter W. Whitbeck
Lew Wallace
Howard Latourette
School Salaries Up in Lawrence City District
Lawrence Board of Education raises salaries for all teachers principals and supervisors by 50 per year at a noon meeting held in the high school building. Existing increases for lower salary brackets remain. Ralph S. Ring is reelected to a teaching post at Junior High. Donald M. Fitzgerald named art teacher to fill Miss Alice Schwartz’s resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Board of Education
Ralph S. Ring
Donald M. Fitzgerald
Waterville
University of Kansas
Alice Schwartz
K. U
City Dads Plan War Emergency Meetings in Kansas
Kansas cities will hold a series of meetings sponsored by the League of Kansas Municipalities to address war emergency issues. Topeka May 21, Iola May 25, Wichita May 26, Garden City May 27, Oakley May 28 and Salina May 29 will host sessions on priorities civil defense rationing and intergovernmental relations with speakers including John G. Stutz W G Hamilton Dale A. Fisher L M Barnard and Albert B. Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Cities
League of Kansas
Topeka
Iola
Wichita
Garden City
Oakley
Salina
John G. Stutz
League
Stutz
W. G. Hamilton
Dale
First Lady Roosevelt arrives by air at Miami Beach
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, lands in Miami Beach for a weekend stay on the coast. She arrived unexpectedly by air and will spend time at the seaside retreat noted for her usual winter vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stamp No 1 sugar ration ends May 16
Last Day for Stamp No 1 sugar ration stamp No 1 will be come invalid after Saturday night May 16. Stamp No 2 from the war book may be used from Sunday May 17 to Saturday May 30 to purchase sugar.
Lawrence to start metered parking on Massachusetts Street
The Lawrence city council approved a 321 meter plan funded by Dual Parking Meter Co of Oklahoma City to install on Massachusetts Street from Seventh to Tenth. Meters, in 45 days, run 8 am to 6 pm weekdays 9 pm Saturdays with 75/25 receipts split with the city during a six month trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Street
Seventh
Lawrence
Dual
Oklahoma City
Roy E. Bushey
Frank Topping
Fred O. Peterson
John Parker
Hovey Hanna
War Industries Planning Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Hanna
W. C. Hunsinger
Harold W. Emick
Cannady to Annapolis for Naval Training
Ensign Maurice Cannady, just promoted, will leave Lawrence for a month of training at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland. He formerly was physical instructor at the Fairfax Naval Reserve base in Kansas City and a junior high school physical education instructor in Lawrence.
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Maurice Cannady
Lawrence
Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
Fairfax Naval Reserve Base
Kansas City
Cannady
Navy
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