U S Tanks Break Into Hitler Line in Southern Mountains
Allied forces push into the Hitler line as American and French tanks drive toward Sant Oliva four miles from Pico amid reports of a disorderly enemy retreat. British and Polish troops advance from Cassino while Fifth and Eighth armies press toward Itri and Monte Faggeto, threatening German supply routes and preparing further advances.
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Napies
U. S
Sant’ Oliva
Pico
Pontecorvo
Esperia
Liri
Sea
Appian Way
Itri
Cagsino
Fondi
Terracina
Azio
Santa Oliva
Eighth Army
Cassino
Piedimonte
Rome
Fifth Army
Monte Faggeto
Itri-Pico Road
WIDESPREAD LABOR DISPUTES AFFECT 15,000 WORKERS ACROSS NATION
More than a dozen work stoppages spread through eastern, southern, midwestern, and western plants as 15,000 workers stayed home. Some sites ended walkouts or planned Monday returns while others halted production. In Michigan Detroit and others moved toward normal operations. Birmingham saw 2,200 leave, plus 1,200 at Pullman Standard in Bessemer. Mack Manufacturing in Allentown, Pa., voted to return to work after a 3,000-strong strike. four Birmingham coal mines were idle.
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Midwest
Michigan
Detroit
Birmingham
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Bessemer
Mack Manufacturing Company
Allentown
Combined Bomber Offensive On Germany Is Not Yet at Its Peak
Washington May 19 Gen H H Arnold said the Combined Bomber Offensive against Germany has not yet peaked. He outlined an air force of 2 300 000 men with a record of achievement and said planners aim to know what future air operations can achieve. Through May 15 Army Air Forces flights totaled 746 353 sorties, dropping 468 391 tons of bombs and destroying 20 174 enemy planes.
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Germany
Washington
H. H. Arnold
Jin Montha
Arnold
Europe
RAF
Debating Navy Expansion and Pearl Harbor Accountability
Washington reports the House approved authorizing another million tons of landing craft and 65 million dollars for naval ordnance amid sharp debate over Pearl Harbor responsibility. Calls grew for court martial proceedings while Gen Douglas MacArthur was urged to receive ships to push toward Japan. London dispatch notes a large Allied air offensive with up to 1500 planes targeting Berlin Brunswick and northern France, with heavy German anti aircraft and fighter resistance.
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Washington
House
Navy Today
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Fish
Rn.y
McCormack
D-Mass
Pearl Harbor
Navy
MacArthur
Senate
Representative Gore
D-Tenn
Representative Fish
New Observatory at Kansas University Built for Small Telescope
An observatory for a 6 inch telescope rises on the southwest corner of Lindley hall west wing and should finish in about two weeks. Prof. N. W. Storer cites razing of the current astronomy building as a near term plan. The 27 inch telescope will likely be stored until the wars end, with classes moved to other building classrooms.
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University of Kansas
Lindley Hall
N. W. Storer
Storer
Missionaries Reach Paochi After Rough March From Henan War Zone
Thirty nine American British and Australian missionaries and 16 children arrived in Paochi Shensi Province from the Henan war theater after 16 to 25 days on a boxcar journey to a Loyang rail station. They endured severe ordeals due to rapid Japanese advances and frequent air bombardment and strafing of crowded highways.
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Paochi
Shensi Province
North China
Henan War Theater
Loyang
Fears of Amphibious Raid Rise Near Genoa Coast
Bern reports Italian coast evacuated as fascist authorities order mobilization along a 30 mile stretch from Genoa to Moneglia by midnight Saturday. Dispatch notes rising partisan activity in northern Italy with attacks on German and fascist forces.
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Bern
Switzerland
Genoa
Chiasso
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
Moneglia
Corsica
Italy
Mussolini
Stock Market Index Report
The stock market index for fifty nine or more stocks shows a reading around 52.2 with a small daily move reported yesterday. No firm company names or dates are provided in the fragment.
The Monte Cassino Abbey May Be Reconstructed
Maj Norman Newton of Cambridge Mass AMG art officer with the Eighth Army says reconstruction of the Monte Cassino abbey is possible despite pulverized rubble. The interior three lower cloisters remain visible though cross colonnades are missing and the great stairway is destroyed. The statue of St Benedict is headless but intact. The Cloister of the Benefactors is ruined.
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Eighth Army
Cassino
Norman Newton
Cambridge
Mass
AMG
Fine Arts
Monte Cassino
Newton
St. Benedict
Winners Named in 1943 Beef Production Contest
In Manhattan Kansas on May 19 1943 the beef production contest winners were announced by J J Moxley of Kansas State College animal husbandry. Philo Gregg and Sons Wilmore won feeder calf, Art and Wayne Noble Rosalia won grain fed calf, and A F E Steuwe Alma won grain fed yearling.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
County Farm Bureaus
Kansas Livestock Association
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Moxley
Philo Gregg & Sons
Wilmore
Art and Wayne Noble
Rosalia
A. F E. Steuwe
Alma
Kansans among 421 POWs listed by Germany
Washington May 19 five Kansans were named among 421 soldiers held as prisoners of Germany. The list includes First Lt. Charles M. Bayless of Great Bend Staff Sgt. Junior L. Bucher of Cottonwood Falls Spt. William C. Christian of Golf Staff Sgt. Hubert A. Hunt of Chautauqua and Staff Sgt. Arthur F. Parent of Pittsburg.
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Washington
Germany
Charles M. Bayless
Great Bend
Junior L. Bucher
Cottonwood Falls
William C. Christian
Golf
Hubert A. Hunt
Chautauqua
Arthur F. Parent
Pitts- Utr
Radio Demand Is Forecast for Receiving Sets in 1945
By year end 1944 a pent up demand for 20 to 25 million radio receiving sets is forecast, surpassing 1941 production of 18 million units. Larry E. Gubb, Philco chairman, spoke before the Bond Club of Philadelphia detailing the outlook and implications for the industry.
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Philadelphia
Larry E. Gubb
Philco Corporation
Bond Club
Philadel- D
Allied offensives seize Wakde area in New Guinea
In fast-moving Pacific actions, American Sixth Army troops captured Wakde island near Dutch New Guinea, securing an air base and driving Japanese defenders to the edge of a 4,700 foot airstrip. Allied forces press into Myitkyina in northern Burma, with Stilwell’s troops advancing on the city outskirts as Merrill’s column blocks supply lines. Chinese forces push toward the Burma road, linking with Stilwell and opening new overland supply routes, while airstrikes hit Wake, Truk, and other targets in the Pacific.
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Southwest Pacific
Burma
Wakde
Dutch New Guinea
Myitkyina
Sixth Army
Hollandia
MacArthur
New Guinea
Palau
Philippine Islands
Allied
Palau Islands
Dutch East Indies
Halmahera
Davao
Philippines
Joseph W. Stilwell
Frank Merrill
Mogaung
Stilwell
Tedo
China
Yunnan
Tengcehung
Lungling
Kaoli Range
Chungking
Loyang
Henan
Shanhsien
Tungs Kwan
Yellow River
New Rochelle Bans Short Skirted Drum Majorettes
New Rochelle New York May 19 drums majorettes will not perform short skirts in the Memorial Day parade. Dr Herbert C Clish school superintendent ruled the display unseemly for a war era observance. He addressed protests from Garden club and high school students who argued the inclusion honors those fighting for freedom.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Herbert ¢. Clish
New Rochelle Garden Club
Clish
Smuts predicts tripartite assault may quicken Europe decision
Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts of South Africa told Birmingham audiences the war could end sooner if the western, eastern, and southern fronts are viewed together. He spoke during a ceremony granting him freedom of the city and warned against relying solely on the western invasion.
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Birmingham
England
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
Europe
Smuté
TWO SHIFT PLAN FOR WAR PLANTS
Senator Reed cites a War Department memorandum urging the Army Air Forces and Army Service Forces to study shift hours at key industrial facilities. The memo asks review of hours and schedules to maximize labor use, with Reed noting progress toward a possible two 10 hour shifts plan.
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Washington
Reed
R-Kan
Army Air and Service Forces
Robert P. Patterson
Army Air Forces
Army Service Forces
Eed
Clothing Plan Aims to Avoid Rationing Low Cost Goods
Washington May 19 CPI Economic Stabilization Director Fred M Vinson told Congress the administration expects a new program to prevent rationing of low cost clothing and to ensure essential goods meet demand He noted inflation in clothing but expressed confidence prices can be stabilized The plan includes revising price ceiling rules to curb overfinishing and upgrading of cloth and setting aside yardage for essential low priced items under allocation with quality standards Senators and representatives discuss extending the act for at least one year beyond June 30 with numerous proposed amendments by business groups.
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Washington
CPI
Fred M. Vinson
Congress
House Banking Committee
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
Vinson
Senate
House Banking
Business
G L Bill Through House Heads to Conference
Washington May 19 The broad principles of the G L bill of rights for veterans benefits cleared the House by a 387 to 0 vote and head to a Senate House conference to reconcile details. The measure would provide hospitalization employment compensation education and loan programs for those with 90 days or more in service since September 1940, with costs estimated between 3 and 6.5 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate-House
House
Senate
Unusual Weather Mix UK Californians Compare
The piece notes a 94 degree high in M44 with a recent snow event in Lawrence two weeks prior. It mentions Von Papen meeting Ismet Inonu in Ankara on May 18 about German Turkish trade, with unclear outcomes. It also reports air raids in North Europe as Russian dive bombers hit Kotka near Helsinki and Finnish forces claim seven enemy aircraft shot down, plus a raid on a Soviet air base on the Aunus isthmus.
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Lawrence
Europe
London
Kotka
Finland
Helsinki
Aunus Isthmus
Aseumunisum
Farmers At Work Like Beavers Now In Douglas County
Wet cold spring slowed oat planting and kept fields underproducing with growth as low as two to three inches. Farmers race to finish corn planting and AAA reports show increased corn soybeans and wheat acreage. Potatoes face potential 50 percent yield and smaller sizes due to waterlogged ground, with late crop risking heat before harvest.
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Mairzy
Douglas County
Roger Williams
Washington Creek Pottems
Lawrence
Williams
H. O. Butler
County Agricultural Conservation Association
AAA
Kaw Valley
Alfred Heck and Sons
Alfred Heck
New Liberal Party Forming In New York Convention Opens
New York reports a new Liberal party forming at a state convention opening tonight with about 1000 labor and liberal delegates. Officials predict Roosevelt for president and Wallace for VP, with Senator Wagner also expected to be nominated. The move stems from right wing defections from the American Labor party after its primary.
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New York
CRA
Liberal Party
New York State
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
American Labor Party
Dean Allange
The
New Party
U.S
Robert T. Wagner
Soothing Tax Bill to Senate Floor
The new tax simplifier bill moved to the Senate floor for passage after unanimous House approval. It aims to relieve about 30 million taxpayers from formal returns and quarterly estimates, repeals the victory tax, and sets up normal and surtax rates with simplified withholding and a simplified table for higher incomes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Canning drives home value of pressure cookers in county
Increased canning last season and this season has made Douglas county women more aware of their pressure cookers. Miss Dorothea Schroeder reports gauges and stops tested free at the Farm Bureau office. Final day for service, 175 to 200 gauges tested or ready for testing. Most cookers now in good repair with valves cleaned. tests show cookers running about two pounds off. Proper pressure is essential to prevent spoilage during canning.
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Dorothea Schroeder
Douglas County
Farm Bureau
Miss Schroeder
Warm Weather Sticks Topeka May 19
Topeka reports 91 degrees setting a record for the date with 24 hour average two degrees above midsummer normal. Western Kansas cooler 80 to 85. Forecast expects similar readings with a chance of rain in the eastern part of the state tonight. Farmers urged to start corn sprouting plowing and seeding as the season warms upriver.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Yugoslavs Rout Germans in Eastern Bosnia
Tito reports hardfighting Yugoslav partisan troops have routed thousands of Germans in eastern Bosnia as Allies provide air and naval support. Allied warships along the Dalmatian coast have sunk three enemy steamers and a troop-laden boat in the past three days.
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London
Bosnia
Josip Broz
Tito
Dalmatian
Gasoline hardship requests heard at county board
Fifteen residents appeared before the Douglas county war price and rationing board seeking hardship gasoline to travel to a cooler climate for health reasons. May allotment is 216 gallons. June arrives after May 25. Board warned not all requests could be met and urged travelers to stagger summer trips. Projected monthly needs if all were granted: June 372, July 418, August 320, September 66 gallons, with decisions based on physician letters and travel feasibility.
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Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Guy Hunsinger
Hunsinger
O. J. Lane
State Highway Patrol
Douglas County
War Price and Rationing Board
Plans for KU commencement week announced
Harold G. Ingham, director of extension, outlined KU activities for commencement week starting June 25. Events include a baccalaureate at Hoch auditorium, Fine Arts recital, senior breakfast, alumni meeting, University luncheon, Phi Beta Kappa gathering, and a 7:30 pm commencement in Memorial Stadium if weather allows, with speaker yet to be announced.
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University of Kansas
Harold G. Ingham
Hoch Auditorium
School of Fine Arts
Military Science
A. m
Phi Beta Kappas
Memorial Stadium
Body of Will Rogers Returns to Native State
Claremore Oklahoma May 19 The body of Will Rogers is coming home to a resting place in his native state. Remains from Glendale California will be interred in a native stone crypt beside the Will Rogers memorial museum in Claremore. Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in an Alaska crash August 15 1935. Memorial built in 1938 and dedicated November 4.
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Claremore
Okla
Pia
Will Rogers
Glendale
Calif
Tulsa Tribune
Rogers
Wiley Post
Point Barrow
Alaska
Weather Outlook for Midwest Plains May 1924
Thundershowers expected in north and west Missouri and east Kansas with storms in east and south Oklahoma Saturday night or Sunday. Another round of showers likely Tuesday or Wednesday across most districts with light to moderate precipitation. Temperatures run above normal, cooler spell late weekend, warming Monday, cooler again midweek.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
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Grand Rapids
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Johnson City
Foy
North Sea
Britain
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Gregg
Bert
Wayne Noble
Steuwe
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Smuts
Fritz
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Roosevelt
George C. Kenney
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Jin
James J. Smith
Colony
Melvin M. Miller
Lehigh
Merle L. Wilson
Wellington
Camp Crowder
Kansas City
Dwight Brantley
FBI
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Sincoe
Crowder
Lothar! Schedbauer
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