Kansas Wheat to Russia Campaign Aids War Effort
Kansas farmers join a drive to send two carloads of seed wheat to Russia to boost grain yields and show gratitude. J C Mohler of the State Board of Agriculture frames the effort as both patriotic support on the food front and a thank you to Russia. Hard red Turkey wheat, once introduced from the Crimea, remains a leading Kansas product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Russia
J. C. Mohler
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Crimea
Ansag
America
Debt climbs to a historic 110 billion total
The government records 110 billion in debt as an all time high and note no plan to halt its rise. Officials cite wartime pressures but the record of rising indebtedness predates the current conflict.
Jackson Hole Ranchers Clash Over National Monument
In Wyoming’s Jackson Hole country ranchers protest Secretary Ickes action designating a large area as a national monument. They claim the move disrupts their way of life and limit future range land access. The dispute pits ranching interests against government measures with tourism and sheep shearing outcomes as potential stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Ickes
Wings Over Europe and the Bombing War
The piece examines German nerves theory behind intensified bombing of German industry and bases as a possible prelude to invasion. It notes bombing on Italy remains significant and that Africa has faded from front-line focus while the Mediterranean front shifts toward Italy and its islands. Italians fear timing of the advance more than specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
Italy
Africa
Mediterranean
Price Administrator Plans 1400 Investigators Nationwide
Prentice M. Brown proposes deploying 1,400 investigators to check dealers and prices across the United States. The move would raise OPA salary funds by several million dollars and add costs tied to enforcement efforts aimed at curbing rising living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentice M. Brown
OPA
Investigators' Budget Pressure Amid Pacific War Reports
The piece notes investigators' funding tied to price cuts for a new program and argues food buyers must fund the effort. Attu battle reports show low visibility and ongoing combat for a week. Washington officials hint at progress, expecting more details soon rather than withholding them for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attu
Washington
Japan
Hitler Extends Rule as Germany’s Leader Decree
Report says Hitler signs a decree continuing his control and summons the Reichstag to approve it. Special precautions likely to prevent negative votes. The decree’s validity may be challenged by a nearby authority moving toward Europe to oppose the Fuehrer’s rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Germany
Reichstag
Europe
Fuehrer
Tornado Weather Hits Kansas Towns Including Fort Riley
Tornado weather prevailed in Kansas on Saturday with several twisters touching down in various places. One approached the Fort Riley reservation, but the day ended without loss of life, while rumors of damage near Lawrence proved unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Fort Riley Reservation
Lawrence
Lewis Tension With War Labor Board Over Meeting
Speculation centers on whether John L. Lewis will heed a summons to a War Labor Board meeting in Washington. Lewis has broken relations with the WLB and lately ignored the body, inviting potential actions to appease him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Washington
Lewis
WLB
Grain storage outlook in Kansas suggests calm crop year
A Kansas survey of grain storage facilities indicates little trouble ahead for this year’s harvest. Farmers added storage last year and the current crop is expected to be smaller, easing pressure on facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Flood Waters Sweep Through Oklahoma and Arkansas
Flood waters causing extensive damage in Oklahoma and Arkansas move toward the Mississippi River. The Mississippi is expected to see only a slight rise as the waters approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mississippi
Old Man River
FBI sweep nets 552 arrests on selective service charges
The FBI sweep across numerous cities led to 552 arrests for violating the selective service act, underscoring the seriousness of government enrollment enforcement and the obligation to respond to the draft summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI Bhr
Uncle Sam
R.S.V.P
Worse Than War Work
Lyons News reports on the tough job of proof reading legal publications. It highlights deciphering bankers signatures, removing capital letters from lawyers copies, correcting spelling for preachers and teachers, and expanding abbreviations to full spelling for everyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons News
Italy in crisis as Mussolini edges toward perilous fate
War Today analyzes Italy's weakened position as Allied air bases in North Africa threaten Rome and Mussolini. It suggests Hitler may withdraw and notes Italy's royal public support shifting toward King Victor Emmanuel III and Crown Prince Umberto amid the looming invasion risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Little Kingdom
Mussolini
Duce
London
Hitler
Fuehrer
North Africa
Mediterranean
North African
Luftwaffe
Tunisia
Rome
Benito
France
Alps
Geman
Emanuele
Umberto
Garden Lesson From a Thorny Setback
The speaker recalls a thorn scratched arm while sowing seeds and tearing a shirt. A crimson branch becomes a symbol as harsh thoughts fade into beauty. Nature’s powers inspire faith in growth and the mystery of life as the author reflects on divine guidance.
National Inventory of Nurses Draws to a Close
Miss Sarsh Zeller of the Kansas State Nursing association urged all nurses to return the January 1943 inventory questionnaire cards. The voluntary survey, administered by the U S public health service and endorsed by national nursing and defense agencies, aims to locate every nurse for emergency planning. Nurses not yet contacted should request a card from Miss Cora A Miller at 817 State Street Emporia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
National Nursing Council For War Service
War Manpower Commission
Health and Medical Committee
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
Federal Security Agency
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Zeller
Cora A. Miller
State Street
Emporia
KU Gift Scholarships Awarded for 1943 44 Fellows
The University of Kansas awarded gift scholarships to several students across colleges. Recipients include Julia Casad from Wichita, Richard Todd from El Dorado, Dorothy Wiggins from Great Bend, Glenn Porar from Wichita, Aliee Goff from Topeka, Joan Justice from Buffalo, Billy Lakey from Neodesha, Margaret Nearing from Kansas City Missouri, and Silax Simms from Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
American Association of University Women
Lawrence
Julia Ann Casad
Wichita
Aldie Haver
Richard N. Todd
el Dorado
University of Kansan Housemothers’ Association
Dorothy Wiggins
School of Fine Arts
Great Bend
Arthur Jerome Boynton
Glenn William Porar
Wichta
Lathrop Bullene
Aliee Goff
Topeka
Joan Justice
Buffalo
Billy Lakey
Neodesha
Margaret Nearing
Kansas City
Silax Anthony Simms
School of of Arts
Newton
Margaret Whitfield
Scholarships Awarded To Various Students From Several Towns
The listing names numerous scholarships awarded to University of Kansas students. Recipients include Barbara Hull from Wichita and Margaret Louise Kay from Dodge City, among others hailing from Topeka Lawrence Blue Mound Pittburg and more. Funds include the Christmas Vesper Fund and multiple memorial scholarships across Fine Arts Education and Engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Fine Arts
Topeka
Barbara Hull
Wichita
Margaret Louise Kay
Dodge City
Dorothy Shoup
August Vogt
Lawrence
Eliza Matheson Innes
Idabelle Bradley
Blue Mound
George Innes
Betty Léderer
Waterville
Martha Baxter
Pittburg
Charles D. Ise
Vinitta Clay Colver
Coffeyville
Hulda Ise
Mary Steele
School of Education
Kansas City
Florence Finch Kelley
Myrtle Molten
Newton
Luella F. Stewart
Helen Pierson
Mary Frances Neidig
Belpre
Margaret Ann Boltz
Torch
Mortar Board
Marry Steele
City
Gertrude Bullene Weaver
Bonnie Dee Gustafson
Marquette
University Women's Club
Ruth Greene
Engineering and Architecture
Berryton
Caroline Mumford Winston
Julia Ann Casad
Wichta
Kansas
Scholarships named for 1943 graduates at Kansas University
Graduate scholarships in KU's Graduate School for 1943 were announced listing recipients and their home towns. Margaret A. Dunn Kansas City Missouri B M 1948 KU Music Mary Egbert Topeka AB 1942 KU Entomology Mary Alice Hardman Los Angeles AB 1942 KU Spanish Max Hughes Colby B M 1939 Fort Hays Kansas State College Music Constance June Rynders Wichita AB 1943 University of Wichita French Camie A Tener Topeka AR 1943 Washburn Municipal University History
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Margaret A. Dunn
Kansas City
University of Kansas, Music
Anddie
Mary Egbert
Topeka
Entomol- Ory
Mary Alice Hardman
Los Angeles
Calif
Max Hughes
Colby
B.M
Fort Hays
Kansas State College
Constance June Rynders
Wichita
A.B
University of Wichita
Camie A. Tener
A.R
Washburn Municipal University
Blazing Paraffin Sparks Alarm at I Harper Home
A container of paraffin heated on a stove burst into flames at the I Harper residence 2001 Vermont yesterday afternoon. No damage was reported as the fire department responded to the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Harper
Vermont
Baldwin News Highlights Local Commencement And Visits
Baldwin residents attend Baker College commencement with Dr. Charles Braden receiving a doctor of divinity and Mrs Normelli a doctor of music. Families and alumni gather for guest visits, war mothers poster displayed, and Baker summer school opened May 24 with sessions and refresher courses for teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley A. Keve
Junction City
Herbert Jacobs
S. D. Jacobs
Charles Braden
Carl Normelli
Evanston
Ill
Lawrence
Harriett Osborne
Hiram Weld
Stark
Kan
Berra
Lela Mae Miller
Stark High School
Professor Weld
Paul Dixon
Salina
Cpl
Louisiana
Katherine van Keuren
Dean Grace Irwin
Christine Reb
A. J. Wise
C. E. Yates
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Baldwin
Lloyd Seaton
Baker
Ruchty
Pharr
Tex
Ernest Phillips
Tulsa
Harmon Downs
Bill Horn
Nebraska
Michael
Bill
Nelson P. Horn
Jay Morgan
William Jewell
Liberty
Myrnice Morgan
Paul Ulrich
O. Scott Morgan
Beth Carter Waac Secret Duty on Pacific Island
Beth Carter works with Major Brit Jackson on a covert Pacific Island post guarding a balloon battalion. She helps compile and protect a critical combined intelligence set while tensions rise as Lita Danton and Rick Moth press for freedom. The danger of inner leaks looms as a decayed directive vanishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Carter
Waac
Brit Jackson
Pacific
Coast Artillery
Jackson
Beth
Brit
Lita Danton
Rick Moth
Auckland
Lita
Major Jackson
Pilot Killed in Illinois Plane Crash Near Geneseo
Two Navy airmen were involved when a trainer aircraft crashed near Geneseo Illinois. Lieut Robert H Darby of Vidalia Georgia was killed and Louis F Hendricks of Paola Kansas was critically injured and rushed to a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kan
Gardner Naval Air Base
Geneseo
Ill
Robert H. Darby
Vidalia
Louis F. Hendricks
Paola
Kansas Relocation Officer for Kansas City Named
T E H Leker, former regional supervisor with the war relocation authority, is assigned as relocation officer for Kansas with offices at Manhattan. The office handles applications from persons seeking to employ Japanese evacuees and forwards them to employment officers at relocation camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas City
T.E. H. Leker
War Relocation Authority
Manhattan
Old Home Town notes from Lawrence events and greetings
Tomorrow in Lawrence features Straw Hat Day activities while I J Meade is elected president of the Chamber of Commerce. Hospital discharge reports, a 92 degree Salina reading, and social gatherings at University club and various homes are noted alongside club meetings, a golf event, a spring suit push, and a luncheon contract club event. Lieut George W Smith is reported arriving in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
I. J. Meade
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
James Weed
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Salina
Bert Nash
University Club
Country Club
Harold Zuber
Ohio Street
Paul Rankin
Colonial
Holloway Hall
Mage Lawrence Clothing Stores
Wichita Population Growth Figures Released
City Assessor Howard W. Schroeder estimates Wichita population at 184,115, up 6,104 in the past year, based on registrations for No. 2 ration books, indicating continued growth in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Howard W. Schroeder
Flashes of Life Ida Wallace War Bond Prize Event
War bond prize offered for timing how long a rubber ball drifts seven and a half miles down Lead creek at Mullan. Finalists within five seconds of the time, three hit exactly. The answer four hours five minutes ten point one seconds. Corny Twin Falls Idaho William Clawson farmer at Murtaugh received an immediate replacement for a missing gasoline ration book after claiming he was plowing and had buried the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Ida
Lead Creek
Mullan
Corny Twin Falls
William Clawson
Murtaugh
Law graduates head for state bar examinations in Topeka
Nine seniors from the University of Kansas School of Law will travel to Topeka Monday to take the state bar examinations on May 20 21 and 22. C C Carl spent yesterday in Kansas City. W E Nottorf attended a District Telephone Company committee meeting in Ottawa. Fred G Laptad, now in government work, will give a concise report at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Carl
Kansas City
K. U. School of Law
Topeka
W. E. Nottorf
Ottawa
District Telephone Company
Fred G. Laptad
Forties era notes with legal, travel and sports items
Forty years ago Sam Jeans chipped a wolf hound for Alfred Moore now farming near Great Bend District. A court adjourned to Monday when the jury will be called. The Kansas Colorado universities debate tonight at Fraser hall. Citizens hope for dry weather. Edna Gardner and Olga Barteldes go to Kansas City for the day. M G Manley and George Innes depart Monday for Los Angeles for the Presbyterian assembly on May 21. J N Roberts returns from St Louis business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jeans
Alfred Moore
Great Bend
Kansas
Colorado
Fraser Hall
Lawrence
Edna Gardner
Olga Barteldes
Kansas City
M.G. Manley
George Innes
Los Angeles
Calif
Presbyterian Assembly
J. N. Roberts
St. Louis
Chicago hotels demand guests tidy rooms Sundays only
A maid shortage has forced over 150 Chicago hotels to assign weekly housekeeping tasks to thousands of permanent guests. Guests were told to make their own beds and tidy rooms on Sundays, with hotel managers reporting few complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Howe Escapes Bank Revolving Door Robbery Try
Oliver L. Howe narrowly escaped a robbery at Citizens National Bank as two men tried to seize $1,200 at the revolving door. He resisted, retained the money, and the assailants fled amid the growing crowd. The navy introduces non-slip streamlined tableware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Oliver L. Howe
Citizens National Bank
Navy
Radio Program Schedule Snips by Time and Station
A dense listing of daily radio programming for Monday and Tuesday evenings across WREN KMBC WDAF and KNBC stations. It includes a long sequence of shows such as Jack Armstrong Lone Ranger Fighting Coast Guard Echoes Newsroom Cavalcade of America and Firestone programs with various orchestras newscasts and musical acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
Jack Armstrong
KMBC
WDAF
Landon Laird
Beee BC
Western Echoes
Weare
HMBC
Fred Waring
Wren—Fighting Coast Guard
WDAR
Lone ‘Ranger
Blondie
Earl Godwin
Vox Pop
Cavalcade of America
Lum
Abner
Voice of
Dr. I.Q. Wren
KNBC
Screen Guild Players
N—Raymond Sree
Gracie Fields
Bonnie King
Gabriel Heatter
Phil Brito
Bariton
Gordon AieRae
Texas Rangers
Leo Reisman
Orch
Lou Breeze
Russ Morgan
Office of War Inf
Muehelbach
United Press News
Neil Bondshu
Midland Minstrels
Joseph Harsch
Newa
Africa
Joe Rines
John B. Kennedy
Johnny Presents
Wren—Lum
Heart of America
al Jolson
Duffy
Congress Speaks
Rob Allen
Tommy Tucker
Roy Shield
Eddie Fen
Valley Chapel Social News From Topeka Visits
Local notes record Mrs John Dunn and relatives visiting in Topeka including visits by El izabeth and Mrs W C Flory from Tomranoxte. Several families travel and host gatherings during a cool rainy period with updates on neighbors and a Sunflower club event honoring mothers.
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West 10Th St
Associates Press
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
United States
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Winnie
Dewitteer Eee Wide World West
F. H. Shuler
National Inventory of Nurses
K. U
Baldwin News
Lorette Cooper
Tokyo
Lieut
Gardner Base
Six Corners
Presbyterian
Woodlawn Park
F. M. Perkins
Jack Dunkley
J. O. C. Club
Anna Glahn
Ladies Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
J. B. Watkins
George W. Smith
The
Valley Chapel
John Dunn
Elizabeth
W. C. Flory
Tomranoxte
Arthur Sanders
Carsons
Fred Sanders
Everett Kingery
Globe District
Raymond Sanders
Dorothy Jewell
Nellie Sanders
Alvin McKinney
Judy
Will Curtis
Sunflower Club
Fred McKinney
Merle
Kenneth Johnson
Roger
Merle McKinney
Austin Flory
Lone Star
Floyd Knap
California
Fred Gray
F. J. Bucheim
Roy Curtis
Alsetin Flory
M. R. Smith
Anker Johnson
Mabel McNees
Cogsidill
Solon Markley
William
Columbia
Gottlieb Nieder
Eudora
Robert Wilson
Robby
Ross
Pleasant Grove
Nick Thome
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Optometrist
B. G. Gustafson
Beacons
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