Democrats Split Texas Delegation Ahead of Chicago Convention
Texas split its Democratic delegation into two groups at parallel state conventions in Austin, one pro Roosevelt and another uninstructed. The pro Roosevelt faction will seek Roosevelt’s renomination, while the uninstructed group will not be bound to nominees, raising a major split as Republicans in Houston nominate an uninstructed slate and attack the New Deal.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Chicago
Houston
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Ntaion
New Deal
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Ted
Tom Miller
Miller
James V. Allred
Dan Moody
Allred
Radio Series on Safety to Be Given Over KFKU
A weekly program titled To morrow We Live sponsored by the state highway commission starts tomorrow at 9:45 pm on KFKU and runs for three months, broadcast each Thursday at the same time. Patricia Solander, former state senator and state safety department representative, will present safety education topics. Tomorrow's opening program covers Human Conservation.
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State Highway Commission
KFKU
Patricia Solander
State Safety Department
Phi Beta Kappa Dinner At KU June 13 Initations Noted
The University of Kansas Phi Beta Kappa chapter will hold its spring meeting banquet and initiation on June 13 at the Hearth. Sixteen seniors at KU were elected to the honorary fraternity this spring, with initiations for those in Lawrence. Beer on Army Posts May 24. (PA state fion regulation taxing said on Kansas military as in officers' clubs became ve today.
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University of Kansas
Phi Beta Kappa
Raymond Nichols
Lawrence
Kansas
RATION CALENDAR UPDATE THROUGH MAY 22
Meats fats and substitutes show red and blue stamp validity extended indefinitely for specific book and stamp types. Sugar stamps 30 and 31 remain valid for five pounds, Sump 40 for home canning through 1945. Shoes stamps and gasoline coupons vary by region with deadlines in June August and September.
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Associated Press
Wingless helicopters join Burma air invasion from Southeast Asia Hq
Southeast Asia Headquarters in Kandy Ceylon May 24 reports UPs Heli copters, wingless planes able to take off and land vertically, are used in the air borne invasion of Burma by American units. Volunteers trained at Sikorsky Bridgeport factory operate them with ground crews and technicians. Numbers and specific role in North Burma remain undisclosed.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Ups
Burma
Sikorsky
Bridgeport
Conn
India
Jail for flag insult shocks Indiana town youth jailed for flag desecration
Leroy Comby an 18 year old Indian youth was fined 100 and sentenced to 90 days in jail after a police court hearing on flag desecration. witnesses Murphy and Dillon testified about the incident on Massachusetts street and a nearby fight that followed.
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Leroy Comby
C. J. Lane
Comby
John FP. Murphy
Missouri Street
Bill D. Dillon
Rhode Island
Murphy
Dillon
England
Lane
Selective Service Board
Marine Corps
Doctor Shot by Agent in Hope Arkansas Office
Dr Walter G Allison a 75 year old physician recently arrested on a narcotic charge was shot to death in his downtown Hope Arkansas office shortly before 11 am today after two federal agents had gone there to question him Joseph Bell chief of the federal narcotics division at Kansas City said that his deputy William Schaffer of the Little Rock office shot Allison when the physician pulled a gun from his safe and opened fire on them
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Hope
Ark
Walter G. Allison
Joseph Bell
Federal Narcotics Division
Kansas City
William Schaffer
Little Rock
Allison
University of Kansas Recital Delights Piano Vocal and Cello
The University of Kansas Fine Arts student recital features piano vocal and cello solos. It will be held tomorrow at 3:30 p m in Fraser Theatre with Eleanor Brown L8 and August Vort among performers and a program including Scherzo Valse Prelude Op 23 and Jongleusz.
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University of Kansas Fine Arts
Fraser Theater
Fine Arts Office
Chabber
Eleanor Brown
Johann Strauss
Uth Russell
Rachmaninoff Jongleusz
Moszkowski
August
Haze Over Dover Strait Delays Invasion Coast Scene
A warm sun pushed the temperature to near 70 by 8 am as clear weather persisted along the English invasion coast. Visibility was reduced by haze over the Dover strait while seas stayed calm and a light southerly breeze blew. Barometer remained high and steady.
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London
Dover Strait
Missing in Action list includes 6 Kansans and 10 Missourians
Washington released 415 soldiers reported missing in action by the War Department. Kansans named include 2nd Lt. Charles Brumback, 1st Lt. Elmer Canfield, 2nd Lt. William Foushee, Staff Sgt. Elvin Smith, 1st Lt. Charles Strode, and Tech. Sgt. Stewart Robb among others. Sacramento notes Gov. Earl Warren requests not be listed as a candidate and for no votes to be cast for him.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Kansas
Missouri
Central Pacific Area
Charles &. Brumback
el Dorado
Elmer R. Canfield
Detroit
William GC. Foushee
Newton
Stewart C. Robb
Mayetta
Tech
Elvin E. Smith
Ottawa
Charles R. Strode
Wichita
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Earl Warren
California
Allied drive advances toward Terracina and Rome front
Allied forces pressed from the northeast, reaching up to 2000 yards into fortified positions near Terracina as tanks led advances. By noon May 23 about 300 prisoners were taken, with total POWs surpassing 7500 since the offensive began. American units routed defenders at Monte Alto and trapped hundreds in a rail tunnel near the coast.
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Rome
Harold Alexander
Tafanen
Fronta
Monte Alto
A British Empire Honor To Col. Elliott Roosevelt
London reports Col. Elliott Roosevelt commander of an Eighth Air Force photo reconnaissance wing has been awarded the British CBE for outstanding North African campaign work. Air Chief Marshal Leigh Mallory pinned the decoration, calling it a further link in United States Britain wartime bonds. Roosevelt’s unit produced more than 5.5 million reconnaissance photos including those preceding the Sicily invasion.
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London
Elliott Roosevelt
Eighth Air Force
United States
Trafford L. Leigh Mallory
Roosevelt
Britain
Sicily
Lawrence News Briefs Highlight City Events And Court Result
Representative J Parnell Thomas will speak on encroachment on American liberties over WREN Thursday May 25 at 645 700 pm. topics include Montgomery Ward case press exclusion at Hot Springs conference and Civil Service Commission subpoena defiance. Also bell ringing by ninth graders at Junior high drew calls about wartime invasion. city council meets Monday. patrols begin enforcing 1944 auto licenses with June 1 penalty. Walter T Stuart, ex University of 1908 graduate, now manager of Ketchikan utilities, visits. Liberty Memorial high band rehearsals set for June 5 and first concert in South Park. R W Johnson Wichita pled guilty to liquor transport possession. fined 200 and costs 26875. 30 days in jail after arrest May 12 on Highway 10.
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J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Wren
Thomas
Montgomery Ward
Hot Springs
Civil Service Commission
Oliver Hobbs
Liberty Memorial High School
South Park
Jane
R. W. Johnson
Wichita
O. J. Lane
Douglas County
Johnson
Harvey ‘Schmedemann
Lawrence
Eudora
Mrs Demeritt 15 Home Class Graduate Watch Keeps Rise
Mrs Leslie Demeritt returned from San Diego to attend her son Pvt Leslie A Demeritt USMC’s high school graduation. Ill for weeks with bronchial pneumonia at Balboa Park hospital. He enlisted at 17, turned 18 January 25, and will begin new training after discharge.
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Leslie. Demeritt
San Diego
Calif
Leslie A. Demeritt
U. S, Marine Corps
U.S
Tates Hospital
Balboa Park
Santero
Demeritt
Goon
Deaths and Funerals in Morehead and Nearby Areas
William J. Downey longtime Morehead resident died May 15 at his farm home. Funeral held May 18 at Thayer. Survived by widow Lilla, three sons Frank, Everett, Herbert, and two daughters Mrs. Kenney and Mrs. Rutter. J H Paxton died at Fall Leaf home. Funeral at DeSoto Methodist Church with burial in DeSoto cemetery. Survived by wife Zetta Jewett Paxton and sons Leonard and Dale. sister Mrs. Ida Warsop. Lt. Rachel Lee Norwood army nurse killed at Camp Kilmer, burial with military rites at Lecompton United Brethren Church. John Jacob Tobler died at Memorial Hospital age 85. home 635 Connecticut St. Funeral arrangements pending. Survives include four daughters Lola Ice, Mae Elam, Mabel Fletcher, Ina Ewers. two sons John Tobler and Fred S Tobler. sisters Mrs A Anderson and Mrs Charles Carlson. many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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William J. Downey
Morehead
Thayer
Lilla Downey
Frank Downey
Galesburg
Everett Downey
Los Angeles
Calif
Herbert Downey
Martin Kenney
George c. Rutter
Lawrence
J. H. Paxton
Fall Leaf
Methodist Church
DeSoto
DeSoto Cemetery
Zetta Jewett Paxton
Leonard and
Dale
Ida Warsop
Dal Paxton
Independence
Rachel Lee Norwood
Camp Kilmer
N. J
United Brethren Church
Lecompton
John Jackson
John Jacob Tobler
John Jacob ‘Tobler
Memorial Hospital
Connecticut Street
Lola Ice
Mae Elam
Mabel Fletcher
Ina Ewers
Mountain View
Tohn
Tobler
Fred. S. Tobler
Osceola
A. Anderson
Vincennes
Ind
Charles Carlson
Chicago
Ill
Wiedemann's Grill to sell equipment at public auction
Ray Wright owner of Wiedemann's Grill at 835 Massachusetts Street announces plans to auction the restaurant's equipment starting Thursday at 1 pm. The long history traces back to 1868 with multiple owners, including Parker Walker and Joe Wright, amid mounting management difficulties and a building sale to Julius Marks.
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Ray Wright
Wiedemann
Wright
Walker
Jerry
Wiedemanns
Julius Marks
Marks
Grain cars to aid wheat harvest in midwest
Topeka May 24 18000 grain cars will be made available to midwestern states for the wheat harvest. Gov Andrew Schoeppel said Santa Fe railway reported on a survey by the American Association of Railroads that car conditions should be slightly better than last year. Cars from eastern and southern lines will be distributed through the wheat belt. A new grain inspection station will open at Great Bend to aid handling the crop, supplementing Hutchinson inspectors.
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Topeka
Andrew Schoeppel
Santa Fe Railway
American Association of Railroads
Eastern
Southern
Erland Carleson
Great Bend
Hutchinson
Dance Hall Fire in Ontario Kills Four. Many Hurt
A flash fire swept through a crowded Hamilton dance hall early today killing four persons and injuring 37, nine critically. Fire officials investigate cause as patrons tried to flee the blaze. The tragedy shocks local residents and prompts safety reviews.
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Hamilton
Ont
Pinckney Sixth Grade Promotion Day Planned at School
Pinckney sixth graders gather in the assembly room at 1 45 Thursday for a noon lunch in Clinton park, followed by a promotion program directed by Miss West. The program includes Colors, poems, solos, scenes with King and Queen, and a chorus of all sixth graders.
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Pinckney
Clinton Park
America
Lloyd Dixon
Keith DeNis
David Flegal
Kroll
King
Jack Borland
Queen
Doris Rogers
Bilary Welter
Jean Denny
Terese Osma
Jerry Taylor
Patty Clem
Margaret Ann Black
Misa
Dorothy Nelson
Military Family Updates on Service Members and Promotions
The Crall family learns Sgt. Francis Crall has arrived in India with a headquarters squadron of the Navy Air Corps. Cpl. John Oakson returns from Fort Sam Houston, Texas for a 15 day furlough to his mother and sister on 1022 Ohio Street, with uncle and aunt Melvin and Mrs. Miller at 2000 New Hampshire Street. Lewis W. Beurmann, son of L. A. Beurmann Route 1, is promoted from lieutenant to captain in the Army Air Forces and serves as operations officer for an instructor indoctrination unit at the Galveston Army Air Base in Texas.
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Terry Crall
Sgt
Francis Crall
India
The
Avy Air Corps
Cpl
John Oakson
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Pearl D. Oakson
Wanda
Ohio Street
Melvin Miller
New Hampshire Street
L. A. Beurmann
Route 1
Lewis W. Beurmann
Army Air Forces
Army Air Base
Galveston
Congress Eyeing Simplified Corporate Tax Plan
Washington May 23 Congress faces a major task to simplify corporation taxes as Chairman Doughton and Rep Carlson push for tax reform. About 500,000 corporations owe income and excess profits taxes totaling 15 billion this year while individual taxpayers pay around 18 billion, contributing to an estimated 43 billion federal revenue.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Carlson
R-Kan
Coughton
City Spare-Time Farm Workers Will Get Gas
Washington May 24 The Office of Price Administration ruled that office workers businessmen and others volunteering for spare time work on farms and in food processing may receive special gasoline rations OPA district directors will designate special boards to consider applications for the special fuel allotments.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Princeton Gym Fire Destroys Historic Trophies
Fire of undetermined origin gutted the Princeton University gymnasium in May destroying the Childs cup the oldest college crew trophy and many others dating to 1870. Superintendent George R Meyers put the damage at 500000 with athletic equipment and a valuable library also lost.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
University
George R. Meyers
Joseph B. Raycroft
Department of Physical Education
Japanese Approval For Philippine Relief Purchases
Washington reports the state department said Japan approved buying 26000 dollars worth monthly relief supplies for civilian internees and prisoners of war in the Philippine islands. American funds will cover purchases made in the Philippines. Officials continue to press Japan for full reciprocity allowing neutral inspections of camps by neutral organizations.
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Washington
State Department
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Department
Y.M.C.A
Drake Funeral Friday Ottawa Kan May 24
Funeral services for Paul Drake printing press representative who died yesterday will be held in Ottawa Friday at 1 p m. Burial will be at Mound Valley. Will Rogers Jr resigns Washington May 24. Rep Will Rogers Jr eldest son of the late humorist is a California Democrat.
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Will Rogers, Jr
Washington
D-Calif
Pilot survives forced landing near Perry Kansas
A small plane carrying Kansas Highway Patrol Captain Ralph Randal made a forced landing near Perry Kansas on May 24. He was not on official duty at the time and indicated he would likely be sent to an overseas station after resuming Army active duty.
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Congress
Army
Perry Perry
Kan
Ralph Randal
Kansas Highway Patrol
Market News Wrapup for New York May 24
AP report details a broad market summary with stocks up and bonds firm, wheat and rye futures shifting under heavy liquidation and optimism about wheat crops. Livestock and cattle prices mix. hogs slow. beef and lamb values hold, with Kansas City and Chicago markets showing varied moves.
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New York
Chicago
Chicago Grain
Kansas
Kansas City
Advanta
Kansas City Cab Gra
Wall Street advances amid active profit selling
New York stocks rose to the highest averages since late March with gains of fractions to over two points despite profit selling. Rails moved briskly in early trading, with about 1,100,000 shares changing hands. Final hour prices eased slightly from the highs as rail loans remained strong in the bond market. The note ends with thanks from Mrs. Mary Lou Shoffner for sympathy on Harry’s missing in action status.
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Wall Street
New York
Harry
Mary Lou Shoffner
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