Highway 6 Defenses Guard North Cassino Approach
Eighth Army reports the Liri valley defenses near Highway 6 as strong and fortified with barbed wire ditches pillboxes and shelters. German forces have pulled west of the Hitler line in retreat leaving costly combat ahead. A lull settles as both sides prepare for a renewed, bloody test in the Cassino area.
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Eighth
Riri
Cassino
Hitler Line
Monte Cassino
Piedimonte
Aquino
Pontecorvo
Mount Cairo
Liri
Highway 6
Altho
Fare
Haensel and Gretel Opera Cast Announced at KU
The Xi chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon reveals the cast for Haensel and Gretel at the University of Kansas with Suzanne Schmidt as Haensel and Mary Louise Beatie as Gretel. Jeannette Cass will play the Witch James T Gettys the Father Ellen Utley the Sandman Elaine Talley the Dawn Fairy. Ginger Bread children chorus. Ruth Orcutt to lead the piano parts. Proceeds fund fine arts scholarships. tickets 26 cents adults 10 cents children at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haensel
Gretel
Mu Phi Epsilon
University Kansas
Suzanne Schmidt
School of Fine Arts
Mary’ Louise Beatie
Topeka
Houston
Tex
Federated Music Clubs of the Southwest
Jeannette Cass
Witch
James T. Gettys
Father
Ellen Utley
Elaine Talley
Dawn Fairy
Ginger Breadildren
Ruth Orcutt
Fine Arts Scholarshins
Delafield Heads Board Kansas City Southern
New York May 20 UP Livingston Delafield elected chairman of the board at the annual meeting succeeding C Pouch who retired as chairman and director. Delafield a road director and Delafield Deli eld partner on the New York Stock Exchange. W N Deramus reelected president. New officers include F H Moore vice president and general counsel L J Hensley vice president and comptroller J M Prickett vice president in charge of labor and public relations G E Wood traffic vice president J J Weiss vice president re elected J M Salter treasurer G H Bacon assistant secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
M. Livingston Delafield
Kansas City Southern Railway
C. P. €Ouch
Delafield
The
Road
New York Stock Exchange
Delafield & Delield
W.N. Deramus
J. M. Salter
G. H. Bacon
Recreational Institute Attracts KU Attendees
About 200 people attended the War time Recreational Training Institute sponsored by the University of Kansas physical education department. Final session ran 2 to 4 pm in Robinson gym. A tea for director Mrs Anne Livingston of the National Recreation Association followed at 4 30 in the Union English room. Chancellor Deane W Malott addressed luncheon attendees earlier in Lindley Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Physical Education Department
University of Kansas
F. GC
Allen
Robinson Gymnasium
Anne Livingston
National Recreation Association of
New York City
Union Building
Institute
Lindley Hall
Deane W. Malott
Billings Taken in Custody in Draft Noncompliance Case
Leavenworth Kan May 20 Arthur Goodwyn Billings former University of Texas faculty member is jailed after a deputy U S marshal served a warrant for willfully failing to report for induction. He waived preliminary hearing, held on $2,500 cash bond, case to be presented to the next federal grand jury with possible October term scheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Arthur Goodwyn Billings
University of Texas
U. S
Fort Leavenworth Fearhouse
Joe Regan
Kansas City
Ottawa County
U.S
Malcolma McNaughton
Elphas
Billings
Commis
Lionel McNaughton
United States Supreme Court
Richard Hopkins
Supreme Court
Lester Luther
Fifth Bond Campaign Urges Larger Individual Subscriptions
The Fifth Bond Selling Campaign opens in June to raise sixteen billion dollars for war and government expenses. Douglas County’s quota is 2 213 000, lower than last campaign but may require greater effort. The notice urges larger personal pledges, noting higher living costs for workers and highlights First National Bank’s improved service for handling subscriptions to reduce delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
First National Bank
Journal-World
Labor Front Brightens as Workers Return to Tasks
The labor front brightened as hundreds of workers resumed tasks under War Labor Board directives amid near term settlements. About 24,450 workers remained off the job across 17 industries from the eastern seaboard to the Pacific coast, with potential post weekend returns. In Detroit, Chrysler and Local 490 union officials planned talks to win back about 10,000 employees who left five days ago, signaling a possible end to a wave of Michigan walkouts. The Michigan Labor Mediation Board reported April as the peak for disputes since 1939, with 74 strikes affecting 48,000 workers, compared with 59 strikes and 15,000 workers in March. Disputes also touched coal miners in Birmingham and Trinidad, a ten-year stalemate in Montana copper, and a bus driver strike in southeastern Pennsylvania over a bonus wage plan. lumber mills nearTacoma closed as union members threatened continued abstention to protest wage denials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Labor Board
Pacific Coast
Detroit
WLB
Chrysler Corporation
C.J.O. United Automobile Workers Union
Chrysler
Michigan
Michigan Labor Mediation Board
Birmingham
Ala
Trinidad
Calo
Butte
Mont
Aanacomba
St. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Schuykill Valley Lines, Inc
Nornstown
Tacoma
Wash
Kenneth Gordon
Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union
Hitler Line Sags Under Hard Blows
Allied forces press on the Adolf Hitler line south of the Liri river as Fifth Army wins ground and captures prisoners. French troops seize Sant Oliva and Monte Mandrone while British and Dominion armored units advance toward Aquino airfield, dispersing German parachute troops.
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Adolf Hitler
Liri River
Fifth Army
Pico
Terracina
Liri
Eighth Army
Ttheir
Auruncia
Gaeta Point
Alphonse Juin
Sant’ Oliva
Monte Mandrone
Pontecorvo
Aquino
Armed Forces Ensign Lee Home On 15 Day Leave
Ensign J Robert Lee, on a 15 day leave, visits his wife at George Casebier's home and his parents on Illinois Street. He is currently in Puerto Rico after returning from Africa and South America. Lt Don Thompson from Deming New Mexico arrived in Kansas City for a cross country trip and spends the day with his mother and mother in law in Lawrence. Cpl William A Conboy, US Marines, a pre radar student at the naval research lab in Washington, DC, reports spending a pleasant Mother's Day at Maj and Mrs Neal M Wherry's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign J. Robert Lee
George Casebier
Stratford Road
Mrs. L. W. Lee
Mlinois Street
Ensign Lee
Puerto Rico
Africa
South America
Don Thompson
Deming, N. M
Kansas City
Small Thompson
Lawrence
Glenn Reade
Cpl. William,a. Conboy
United States Marines
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, D. C
Neal M. Wherry
Private Falkenstein Returns on Eight Day Furlough
The report recalls a soldier’s visit with friends from home and a tour of the Pentagon with the Major. Pvt. Max Falkenstein will arrive Sunday evening from Chicago after a year of meteorological training for eight days’ furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Falkenstein of 546 East Nineteenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Falkenstein
Chicago
E. L. Falkenstein
East Nineteenth Street
Fight Over Flag Ends With Store Window Break
John F. Murphy, who will turn 18 on May 24, left the army after enlisting at 16, fights a man over a flag at a Consumers Co-Op grocery on 931 Massachusetts Street. Murphy and Leroy Comboy, 18, shattered a plate glass window. Comboy jailed for disturbing the peace. Comby hospital and jail, Murphy questioned then reported. City Attorney filed desecration charges against Comby with a hearing set for next Wednesday May 24. Murphy, employed at Sunflower Ordnance Works, was on vacation from a return to service after registering next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Murphy
Army
Murphy
John C. Murphy
Massachusetts
Dillon
Thurphy
Comby
England
Eighth Street
Clarence Gorrill
Comb
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Rhode Island Street
Ordnance Department
Sow
First Missouri Kansas City Mariner Medals Awarded
Posthumous mariner medals to Missouri and Kansas merchant seamen awarded by Capt H H Dreany at a National Maritime Day program in Kansas City. Recipients Mervyn Bernie Carel Ritter and Abe Ediger died in enemy action at sea. Lieutenant Turman’s medal accepted by sister Anna Klaassen Hillsboro. Adm Emory Land lauds their gallant service upholding American maritime traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
H. H. Dreany
U. S. Maritime Service
Congress
Mervyn Victor Bernie
Carel Mark Ritter
St. Joseph
Abe Ed
War Shipping Administration
Republic
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Dewey Extends Lead With Northwest Delegates
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey added 15 delegates in the northwest advancing toward the GOP nomination as Oregon's precincts produced 12 331 to 1770 for Harold E. Stassen. Bricker weaker in Oregon polling, Roosevelt's delegate surge reaches 697 of 830 for Democrats amid new party organizing in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Northwest
Oregon
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
John Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Stassen
Alabama
T T. Altha
W. L. Longshore
Birmingham
Longshore
Charles E. Robinson
Alaska
Utah
Altho
Chicago
Roosevelt
American Labor Party
Wagner
D-N.y
New Party
Ball
R-Minn
Wayne L. Morse
War Labor Board
Rufus C. Holman
Morse
Holman
Edgar W. Smith
State Board of Education
Guy Gordon
Charles L. McNary
Charles A. Sprague
Willis Choney
Klamath Falls
Senate
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Deaths and Funerals Jesse W Tibball and Florence Law
Obituary notices for Jesse W. Tibball of Kansas City Kansas and Florence Reynolds Law of Topeka and Lawrence. Tibball, 71, died at St Margaret’s hospital with services at Hads funeral home and graveside at Oak Hill on May 22. Law, born 1870, died at Christ hospital Topeka after heart attack, with surviving children Marc Mildred Tom and siblings, detailing life in Missouri Nebraska Kansas and Topeka and Lawrence civic involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse W. Tibball
Osage Avenue
Kansas City
Kan
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Hads
Minnesota Avenue
Kennaugh
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lawrence
Pennsylvania Street
Percy
Qwen
Lenexa
Lucille Franklin
Sagamore Road
Johnson County
Leona Warren
Bethel
Francis Belt
Baldwin
S. M. Law
Christ Hospital
Topeka
Florence Reynolds Law
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Parent College
Mexico
Samuel M. Law
McPherson
No Name Club
Law
Marc
Mildred
Tom
Harding
Reynolds
Memorial service for Major Reynolds held at Congregational chapel
Major Reynolds and sister Mrs Robert Elwail are listed as survivors. A memorial service is planned Monday at 3 p m in the Congregational church chapel with Rev C Fosberg Hughes in charge. The family requests no flowers. Also noted is the death of a Kansas City patrolman, age about fifty, who had served since 1932, survived by his wife Cora B Lydie and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Reynolds
Robert Elwail
Congregational Church
C. Fosberg Hughes
Folley
Kansas City
Gately
Kansas
Cora B. Lydie
Montgall Avenue
Nettie Aley
I Vinge Thompson
I Topeka
Sur E. Lydice
Lawrence
Dren Lydic
Topeka
Communist Party dissolves to form non party group
New York May 20 The communist party of the United States voted to dissolve as a political party and form a non party organization. Earl Browder led the motion which passed unanimously after support from delegates in New York Illinois and California. The motion calls for liquidating party affairs and turning any surplus to organizations devoted to winning the war and building a durable peace. Browder warned that his retirement would be a disaster for the country and that enemies could gain strength if the party dissolved. He keynoteed the convention at Riverside Plaza with 402 delegates from 44 states and a backdrop displaying Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uhi
Communist Party of the United
Riverside Plaza
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Teheran
Browder
New 33 passenger bus to join KU route in Lawrence
Rapid Transit announces a 33 passenger 1944 Fitzjohn coach with air brakes and two sit operated doors will begin service tomorrow at 7 55 a m from Eighth and Massachusetts Street with J C Rogers driving It replaces an older bus and keeps nine in operation Farmers are invited to a Monday meeting at Kraft and Starr company 1818 Massachusetts with Douglas County Farm Bureau to learn combine repair and adjustments with University extension and International Harvester representatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Rapid Transit Company
Joe J. Wilson
Eighth
Massachusetts Street
J. C. Rogers
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Kraft and Starr Company
Massachusetts
University Extension Division
International Harvester Company
Valley Chapel Farmers Plan Ahead as Drought Clouds Loom
Valley Chapel notes dry weather slows field work and corn planting while moisture remains uncertain. Community updates include family visits, a Mother's Day dinner for Mrs. Mary Lamb, and soldiers' families arriving from North Carolina and Topeka with accompanying church and social events. Local residents tour Kansas City, attend theater shows, and share farm tasks such as naide painting for Mrs. Nellie Sanders and farm visits by Roy Curtis and Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Nieder
Henry
Max
Murray Bond
Marjoria Ann
Nellie Sanders
Marion
Richard
Mary Lamb
Albert Sedlacek
Joe Douglas
Kansas City
Harold Walton
North Carolina
Charles Lamb
Franklin District
Francis Wilson
Pleasant Grove
Harry Bouten
Roy Curtis
Mens Club
Lawrence
Paresh House
Roy
Curtis
Conrad
Agnes
Patricia
Hakerfield
Cal
Mabel McNees
Arthur Sanders
Parsons
George Sanders
Independence
Everett Kingery
Fred McKinney
Alvin M McKinney
Judie
Harry Studebaker
M. R. Smith
Florence Hyre
Ernest Tucker
John Banks
Walton
Roy Crutis
Atlantic
James F. McClaren
Topeka
Dean Alexander
Misa
Billie Marie Riley
Social News and Market Snippets From Lawrence and Beyond
Lawrence residents George Alexander Jr and Freddie Deay visited relatives and friends over the weekend, with gatherings at the Curtis and Banks homes and at the Whitman and Dunn households. Agricultural markets show cattle, sheep, and hogs activity with mixed prices, while Kansas and Chicago markets report steady grain and produce, and Wall Street steadies amid cautious trading. A memorial Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for flowers and sympathy for Joseph B. Douglas's family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Douglas
Silas Smith and
Mily
John J. Douglas
Edward Braddock Land Family
Alice Finley
Local Social Notes From Perry and Vicinity
Marian Gordon works in Rev Retha Selden's Perry home. Joan Allen of Lawrence visits family. WW H Allen home hosts C L Vandlver Silver Lake and George Brown Oskaloosa visitors. Calvert improving at home. Lucy Belle Good returns May 13 from Bethany hospital for vacation. Perry High seniors grad with twenty names listed. John E Pearson to return on furlough from Robins Field. J Larber returns from California. Clayton May back from army furlough. Maggie Kathan hosts Sunday dinner with Os ksboss Ella Nickum Doris Eperron Rebecca Brien visiting. W H Allen family hosts Johnsons Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Gordon
Retha Selden
Perry
Joan Allen
Lawrence
W. H. Allen
WW. H
Bethany Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
Frank Dick
I. 5. Dick
Perry High School
Wilma Betts
Marcia Bigham
Betty Boutwell
Dorothy Caskey
Gerald Clift
Richard Cott
Alvin Decker
Atay
California
Clayton May
Maggie Kathan
Ella Nickum
Osksboss
Doris Eperron
Rebecca 0. Brien
Oxkaloona
Afix
Joan
Riko
Gracie
Charles Johnson
Market News From New York to Chicago Grain and Livestock
Market roundup reports mixed stock prices with narrow changes. Rye futures led losses across grains as heavy selling entered the pit, while cash rye supplies rose. Wheat, oats, and barley moved modestly with declines, and livestock in Kansas City showed varied gains in hogs and cattle amid thin supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
U. S
Alabama Bliss
U. S&s
Sadagos U. S
Louisiana Bliss
California
New York
Chisago
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Prospect
Faensel
Kansas City Southern
Associated Press
Labor Front
Hitler
Pentagon
Audding
Mariner
Lawrence Lodge No. 6
A. F
Clark
Norton
W. M
W. H. Quakenbush
Secy
Adv
New Citernor
Communist Party
Valley Chapel
George Alexander, Jr
Will Curtis
Freddie Deay
J. E. Riley
Vic Sol Fue
K. W. Greenwood
Neal Banks
Banks
Lone Star
Whitman
Walter Whitman
Walter
John Dunn
Solon Markley
Bmirv. Blarkley
North Frence
Afra
Robert Johnson
Mary Ewing
Earl Jellison
Jam~ Hy
Harry Bowen
W. O. Flory
Tonnenoxie
Elizabeth Dunn
Ulysses
Ais
Wall Street
Sinclair Oil
Tel
Arch T&2
Chrys Aler Corp
RSG
General Foods
General Motors
Johns-Mansville
Kennecott
Mort
Gomery North Am Cs
Paramount Pi Phillips Pet
Sears
Rochuck
U_S Steel Sea
West E
Williamstown
Kansas City Livestock
Neavies
Lawrence Lawrence
Schubert Funeral Home
N. H
G. Carleton Howell
Maas
Fundamental Baptist Tabernacle
Connecticut
Leslie Tomberlin Evangelist
Art Millgren
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