Germans suffer setback at Sevastopol in Crimea operation
Sevastopol scene May 19 shows 200000 strong German force forced back after Red Army breached defenses. At Chersones cape near the Black Sea, 25000 prisoners taken and hundreds of corpses line the shore. Allied Romanians and Germans tried to flee in improvised rafts toward Romania, with only about 30000 escaping.
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Sevastopol
Chersonnes
Hitler
Romania
111Th
Dunkerque
Black Sea
Red Army
Birinzov
Chersonne
Boehme
Daughters Join Dads At Co-Operative Club Banquet
The annual dads-daughter banquet at the Colonial tea room drew about 90 members. I W Hartley led the program with music by Joan Vickers Anabel Keeler Edith Elam Marilyn Barr Patsy Creel and Fay Brown with his Phil Lander routine. The club will merge with the Chamber for its annual meeting Tuesday at Eldridge. Final regular meeting until fall set for Thursday June 1 at the Colonial.
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Co-Operative Club
Colonial Tea Room
I. W. Hartley
Joan Vickers
Anabel Keeler
Edith Elam
Marilyn Barr
Patsy Creel
Fay Brown
Phil Lander
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
The
Colonial
Planes Depend on Tires Amid War Production Worry
Wichita May 19 Representatives of aircraft firms protested to OPA officials and the Sedgwick county rationing board over tire allotments for workers. They warned that without higher county tire quotes, army plane output may drop in a month or two as old tires wear out. Jack D. Pottenger said one plant’s demand could exhaust the county quota, which has fallen monthly the past year. The group planned to seek relief from the regional OPA office.
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Wichita
OPA
Sedgwick County
Jack D. Pottenger
First Known Bisected Stamp Found In Britain
A bisected stamp used at Hull on March 27 1841 paid penny postage for two letters to Beverly and Hull. Portions of the original envelopes have come to light making this the rarest and earliest example discovered in Britain.
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Hull
Beverly
Britain
Haensel and Gretel To Be Staged At Fraser Theater
Mu Phi Epsilon at the University of Kansas presents Humperdinck fairy opera Haensel and Gretel Sunday at 3 pm and Monday at 8 pm in Fraser theater. The Sunday show targets children with English lyrics and familiar songs like Prayer and Dream Pantomime and I Am the Little Sandman. Prof. Allen Crafton directs drama and Prof. Joseph Wilkins directs music with a string ensemble. Vatican City covers about 109 acres.
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Mu Phi Epsilon
University of Kansas
Humperdinck
Haensel
Gretel
Fraser Theater
Allen Crafton
University
Joseph Wilkins
Voice
Allies deny Hitler line in Italy echoed by Rome radio
New York May 19 Allied and Nazi sources report Rome radio says there is no Adolf Hitler line in Italy. The Office of War Information notes Berlin had claimed a line exists but clarifies no such defensive line has ever been on the Italian front. It adds that Allied and mercenary forces failed to block German units from advancing lines farther to the rear.
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New York
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Rome
Office of War Information
Berlin
County Coal Stored For Winter At County Buildings
County clerk Tom Gerhart reports four carloads of coal are already in the bin at the courthouse and jail for the upcoming heating season, ensuring county supply.
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Tom Gerhart
Obituary of Thomas Claude Mosberger 1882 1944
Thomas Claude Mosberger born August 27 1882 near Nevada Missouri died May 5 1944 at age 61 at his sister Eva Wilhoit's home in Nevada after six weeks of pneumonia illness in Kansas City He married Myrtle Lilly October 22 1921 in Eleasville Texas His wife died nine years earlier and he will be buried beside her in McLouth Cemetery with Masonic graveside services He is survived by his sister Mrs
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Thomas Claude Mosberger
Nevada
Eva Wilhoit
Kansas City
Myrtle Lilly
Eleasville
Tex
McLouth
Mra
Funeral Rites Mark Life of Eva Wilhoit in Nevada Mo
Eva Wilhoit of Nevada Missouri dies with one brother Sam Mosberger of Anaheim California among relatives who attended the funeral. Attending kin included Lloyd Wilhoit of Sheldon Missouri Fern Wilhoit Boucher Wichita and L A Martin of Monticello Missouri.
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Eva Wilhoit
Nevada
Sam Mosberger
Anaheim
Calif
Lloyd Wilhoit
Sheldon
Fern Wilhoit
Boucher
Wichita
L. A. Martin
Monticello
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Sa Mason
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Moore
Thayer
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