Allies urge French patriots to prepare for D-day
London reports a firm order to underground French patriots to remain out of German hands and stay ready for action when D-day dawns. In Dover and along the coast, British and German artillery traded fire as invasion preparations continued. Berlin and Moscow broadcasts depicted chaos in France and rising tensions in Bulgaria, with doubts about Bulgaria breaking from the Axis before D-day.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Patriota
BBC
Underground
Dover
Calais
Cap Gritz Nez
Boulogne
Paris
Robert de Beauplan
France
Hitler
Balkan
Moscow
Ger. Maximilian von Weichs
Balkans
Sofia
Bulgaria
Istanbul
Germany
Formal Spring Concert By VY Band In Hoch Auditorium
The 75 piece VY band directed by Russell L Wiley will perform 14 numbers blending classical modern patriotic and novelty pieces. Soloists include Lonnie Kelley on trombone Barbara Haag Parsons on clarinet Eugene Arnold on cornet Charline Coomber on piano accordion Batty Dell Mills sings with a chorus and Ruth Russell and David T Lawson perform Oklahoma melodies. Dress rehearsal Sunday evening. concert about an hour and a half.
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Hoch
Russell L. Wiley
Johann Strauss
Batty Dell Mills
Win
Roberta
Jerome Kern
Eugene Arnold
Don Diehl
Keith Bunnel
Ruth Russell
Fine Arts
Lawrence
David T. Lawson
Oklahoma
Wiley
Hatchery Chick Production Drops in April
Arkansas hatcheries produced 13,190,000 baby chicks in April, nearly two million fewer than April 1943, reflecting a significant decline in output for the month.
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Topeka
Akansas
Lt Torgeson 18S Missing Grandson of Mrs Will Torgeson
Word reached H J Torgeson of Olathe that Second Lt Harold Wayne Torgeson bombardier in the Army Air Forces is missing in action over an unidentified area. He is the 22 year old son of Mrs Will Torgeson of 1100 East Nineteenth street. He formerly lived in Lawrence and attended KU where he studied chemical engineering. He entered the army a year ago last January.
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H. J. Torgeson
Olathe
Arold Wayne Torgeson
Army Air Forces
Torgeson
Will Torgeson
1100
East Nineteenth Street
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Allied air offensive in Burma claims 213 enemy planes destroyed
Southeast Asia headquarters reports U S fighters have destroyed 213 Japanese aircraft in combat and on airfields in Burma over the last ten weeks, at a cost of three Allied fighters. The review notes 31 enemy planes probably shot down and 58 damaged, crediting new tactics and detection devices for the success amid renewed Japanese air activity.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Army Promotions for Kansans in War Department List
The War Department announced on May 24 that several Kansans received temporary promotions. From first lieutenant to captain: Robert Matthew Trewery CH Topeka. Alva Clyde Knowles AC Valley Falls. From second lieutenant to first lieutenant: Thurston Edward Eskelin Inf Kansas City. Alvin Eugene Morris Inf Lyons. Robert Eugene Hendrickson AC Moline.
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Washington
War Department
Robert Matthew Trewery
Topeks
Alva Clyde Knowles
Valley Falls
Thurston Edward Eskelin
Kansas City
Alvin Eugene Morris
Lyons
Robert Eugene Hendrickson
Moline
Lumber Strike Expands Across Pacific Northwest
Several thousand more lumber and logging workers joined an estimated 18,000 idle as wildcat walkouts cripple 60 to 75 mills across Oregon and Washington. In Puget Sound area closures spread toward Seattle and Tacoma while Spokane saw 1,500 workers walk out.Union leaders had not authorized the stoppage amid protests of the War Labor Board wage denial.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Olympia
Hilding Lindberg
A.F.L
C.I.O
Willamette River
Portland
Spokane
AFL
War Labor Board
Walter de Long
Washington State
Selective Service
al Whitman
OPA
Full shutdown of northwest saw mills causes daily loss of 25000 cords
The speaker warned that the complete shutdown of northwest saw mills would eliminate about 25 000 cords of wood daily harming the fuel supply situation which is already critical and vulnerable to disruption.
Children Immunized in City Schools This Year
City schools continued free immunization for children with 375 vaccinated for smallpox 670 had Schick tests 730 tuberculin tests and 221 received diphtheria shots 506 and 450 chest X rays were scheduled in upcoming sessions conducted by school nurse Electa Kindlesperger. Preschool clinics reported 213 general checkups 92 diphtheria 52 smallpox 26 Schick tests and 15 tuberculin tests administered.
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Schick
Electa Kindlesperger
Kansas State Board of Health
Traffic Court Fines and Bond Forfeitures Recorded
Harold Cook forfeited a $50 bond in police court this morning for failure to appear on a reckless driving charge and leaving the scene of an accident. Virgil Horrell was fined $5 by Judge C. J. Lane for ignoring a traffic signal. Six persons paid $1 fines or forfeited $1 bonds for parking violations.
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Harold Cook
Virgil Horrell
C. J. Lane
Hristo Kaifov to Head New Bulgarian Government
London reports say Hristo Kaifov, president of parliament, would succeed Dobri Bojilov as premier with a new Bulgarian government. Other dispatches offered no confirmation. Moscow radio denounces the current regime as German-friendly while army and public sentiment trend anti German and pro peace. An awning fire at University of Kansas Anatomy Dept. in Haworth Hall caused by a cigarette butt damaged the awning and window frame. OWI pledge to impartially relay presidential campaign news abroad.
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London
Antkara
Hristo Kaifov
Dobri Boji‘lov
Adolf Hitler
Bosilov
Russia
Moscow
Anatomy Department
Haworth Hall
University of Kansas
Paul Ingels
Imath Candidates Talk Impartiality Says Davis
Director Elmer Davis stated today that impartiality is essential for math candidates. The remark underscores concerns about fairness in selection and public trust in the process.
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Imath
Didates
Elmer Davis
Last Day for Complaint in County Board of Equalization
Douglas county commissioners sit as Board of Equalization on the final day to hear tax assessment complaints for real and personal property. Land near Eudora damaged by recent flood was noted as a concern. Some landowners contend their property was over assessed. In Wichita, May 24, John M. Hilton of Emporia named new president of the Kansas Savings and Loan League, succeeding A. Collins of Topeka. Other officers include R. G. Hawes of Wichita as first vice president and Cleo I. Dalton of Erie.
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Douglas County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Eudora
New Loan League
Wichita
John M. Hilton
Emporia
Kansas Savings and Loan League
A. Collins
Topeka
R. G. Hawes
Cleo I. Dalton
Erie
Second vice president and treasurer named in Kansas list
Carl Hammel of Clay Center is named second vice president while Paul B. Morrison of Topeka is listed as treasurer. The record also notes an executive vice president position to be filled.
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Carl Hammel
Clay Center
Paul B. Morrison
Topeka
Tire Panel Meets Later in Week in Douglas County
John Brand, chairman of the Douglas county war price and rationing aid, announced the city tire board would not meet Tuesday morning, May 30, and a session will be held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, May 31. The county panel was in session this morning and the city panel will meet at 11 o'clock Friday morning. Yesterday morning the city panel issued certificates calling for 29 grade one casings, six grade three casings, 13 new passenger tubes, nine truck tires and tubes, two implement casings and one implement tube.
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John Brand
Douglas County War Price and Rationing Aid
Tire Board
Firemen quit after council rejects wage rise
Fourteen McAlester firemen, excluding Chief Jack Grantham, resign after city council rejects higher wages amid inadequate revenue. Five police officers are drafted to cover firefighting duties during the emergency.
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McAlester
WeAlester
Ohio
Jack Grantham
C. A
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