5th Army Drives Toward Rome Silent Push Near Cassino
Allied reports from Naples say the 11 day Italian offensive has reached 12,000 prisoners plus dead and wounded as Fifth Army seizes Cori and approaches Via Casilina. Eighth Army gains Monte Cairo and Roccasecca while San Giovanni falls, widening pressure north of Cassino.
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Allied
Naples
Kesselring
Rome
Fifth Army
Cori
Anzio
Eighth Army
Monte Cairo
Roccasecca
Cassino
San Giovanni
Liri Valley
Ceprano
Martin Hallensleben
London
Albert Kesselring
Velletri
Tico
Via Casilina
26Th Armored
Air Force
Valmontone
Russians Report 200 Germans Killed in Southeast Front
London reports say Red Army units killed more than 200 Germans and captured prisoners after repelling a Nazi reconnaissance southeast of Stanislawow. Moscow announced the ground fighting continued elsewhere on the eastern front. Russian communique says planes sank two German transports in the Gulf of Finland early yesterday.
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London
Stanislawow
Moscow
Gulf of Finland
To Make All B 25s Kansas City Plant Changeover
Officials said Kansas City will supply all future B 25 Mitchell bombers for all fronts with capacity exceeding last year’s two plants. Inglewood plant will switch to building P 51 Mustang fighters, with the changeover starting July 10.
MacArthur Gains New Air Bases Toward the Philippine Islands
Allied moves westward on New Guinea's coast push toward the Philippines with signs of a 200 mile invasion leap into the Schoutens as Maffin Bay airfield edge nears capture after overpowering Japanese at Tirfoam river. Biak and the Schoutens face renewed air raids while Loyang in North China and Myitkyina in Burma show Japanese resistance. Chinese forces widen breaches on rail lines. Stilwell support nears Burma border amid broader Allied pressure.
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Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
New Guinea
Schouteh Islands
Maffin Bay
Tirfoam River
Wakde Island
Hollandia
Biak
Schoutens
Loyang
China
Myitkyina
Burma
Ter
C. C. Tseng
Hankow-Peiping
Thoburn Wiant
Frank Merrill
Yunnan Province
Stilwell
University of Kansas summer session schedule announced
The law and fine arts schools will not offer courses during the 16 week session starting July 2. The law school closes all summer. fine arts limited instruction without a regular schedule. Guidance institute and workshop run June 17 for administrators and teachers with two hours credit.
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Schools of Law and Fine Arts
University of Kansas
School of Law
School of Fine Arts
D. M. Swarthout
Guidance Institute
Schools of Business and Education
School of Education
Fine Arts
School of Business
J. W. Twente
Fraser Wall
Launching of two destroyers at Kearny honors Weeks and Hank
Commander George M Chambers, visiting Lawrence, heads the new U S S Hawk, as U S S Weeks christened in a double launching at Kearny New Jersey on May 21. Attendees from Lawrence include Mrs Chambers and Miss Emerson, with Mrs Hank the sponsor for the Hank. Mrs Chambers recalls meeting Wendell Willkie among the 700 guests.
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George M. Chambers
Lawrence
Clara Emerson
Erna Corey
U.S. S
Greene
Arkansas Street
Major Baker Appointed Director of Army Program
Maj Elverson E Baker of the Coast Artillery, KU class of 1937, is named director of the Army Specialized Training Division for the Seventh Service Command by Maj Gen C S Danielson. He previously served as executive officer of ASTP for a year, earning an outstanding record in coordinating units at Midwestern universities within the command.
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Maj. Elverson E. Baker
Coast Artillery Corps
University of Kansas
University
Army
Seventh Service Command
ASF
C. ST. Danielson
Baker
ASTP
Middle Western States
Wind Storm Dashes Through Town After Graduation
A wind storm with 45 to 50 mph gusts struck just after Hoch Auditorium graduation crowd dispersed. Rain followed, totaling 1.15 inches by 7 am. Aths and limbs fell, minor power outage at Kentucky street area lasted 24 seconds. No major damage reported.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Cameron’s Bluff
Hoch Auditorium
New Hampshire
Ohio
Thirteenth
Kentucky
Lawrence
Clarence Gorrill
Army court martial convicts officer of four murders
Lt. Beaufort G. Swancutt is convicted of murdering four people in a March 5 shooting at Camp Anza California. The court recommends hanging, with execution date and place to be fixed by the President after review by Col J K Herbert and the army judge advocate general. The verdict leaves no appeal beyond automatic review.
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Camp Anza
Calif
Beaufort G. Swancutt
Duncan P. Frissell
Swancutt
Col. J. K. Herbert
Los Angles
Herbert
Army
Dover Strait Sea Conditions Report
A blanket of mist covered Dover strait at daybreak and then cleared in the forenoon though the sky stayed overcast and visibility remained poor. A strong southwesterly wind blew at night, moderating toward dawn and then freshening. sea conditions were choppy with around 50 degree temperature at 9 am and a steady barometer.
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London
Dover Strait
Stock Market Index Averages 60 Stocks Higher
The stock market index for 60 issues stood at 52.8, up from 52.7 yesterday. Investors watched small gains across several sectors as traders noted modest activity and steady inflation data.
U S Airm en Keep Air of France Hot
American bombers from Italy attacked Lyon railyards and other railway targets in southern France to disrupt German supply lines. Between 500 and 750 Fortresses and Liberators struck St Etienne Crambray Grenole Nice and routes near Lyon while Luftroupers hit Zemunik and Zagreb in Yugoslavia. British weather reduced opposition and reports from Paris and Vichy were unconfirmed by allied sources. More than 6 000 allied planes pounded airdromes and transport hubs across the continent yesterday using over 8 600 tons of bombs.
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London
Italy
Lyon
Rhone
France
St. Etienne
Crambray
Grenole
Nice
Var River
French Riviera
Vaise
Adriatic
Binac
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Lichtnings
Zemunik
Zara
Dalmatian
Britain
Germany
Paris
Soissons
Vichy
Rainfall Drenches Kansas With Heaviest State Total
Rain fell statewide with Garden City recording 1.72 inches the largest in Kansas. Weatherman S D Flora forecast more scattered showers eastern Kansas spreading south tonight. Topeka reported 0.31 inches with various towns logging 0.05 to 1.93 inches as cooling temperatures followed the rain.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Garden City
U. S. 505
There
Cimmaron
Wichita
Concordia
Horton
Coffeyville
Subiette
Elkhart
Centralia
Wamego
Lecompton
Lawrence
Emporia
Lebo
Garnett
Eureka
Ft. Scott
Chanute
Independence
Columbus
Hanover
Herington
Florence
Larned
Winfield
Scott City
Syracuse
Dodge City
Ashland
St. Francis
Goodland
Dewey urges Latin delegates to know each other better
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey told 19 delegates from 12 Latin American countries that mutual welfare requires better understanding. He spoke during a tour in New York state and urged learning languages and rebuilding ties to reduce language barriers between the two Americas.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New York State
Germans Claim Bag Of 69 In Soviet Air Attack
A German communique reported that 69 of 80 attacking aircraft were shot down by Nazi fighters during a Soviet air raid on a German convoy off northern Norway. One more plane fell to escort vessels. The Berlin radio said the action occurred last night near Nordkyn, 200 airline miles northwest of Murmansk. Swim at Jayhawk Plunge Saturday May 27.
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London
Norway
Berlin
Nordkyn
Murmansk
Eisenhower Lunch With King George VI At Buckingham Palace
London May 26 King George VI hosted General Dwight D Eisenhower at Buckingham Palace for lunch after his inspection tour of British ground forces. The Allied invasion commander reported satisfaction with training and the use of a white star insignia by American forces on vehicles, signaling a standard marking for land units.
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London
George VI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Buckingham Palace
Supreme Allied Headquarters
England
Dwight D, Eisenhower
Supreme Invasion Command
King George VI
R.A.F
North
Africa
Italy
Ward seizure report faults Roosevelt authority and Biddle
Washington reports the UPA senate judiciary subcommittee faulted the president for lacking constitutional or statutory authority for the Ward Chicago seizure and condemned Attorney General Biddle’s assurances. It urged limits on presidential power to take over plants during disputes and noted last resort use of troops.
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Washington
UPA
Senate Judiciary
McCarran
Dnev
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
Biddle
Secretary of Commerce
Jones
Sewell Avery
Ward Board
Department of Labor
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Revercomb
R-W. Va
McFarland
Dariz
House
Ward
Wayne Chatfield Taylor
Avery
Senate
United States
Montgomery Ward
Chicago Montgomery Ward
Federal District Court
Ill
53rd Graduation at Douglas County Common Schools
The fifty third annual graduation exercises will be held tomorrow at 2 p m in the Liberty Memorial high school auditorium. The program includes processional Slaine K Young audience standing Alfred P Smith solos and recitals by Hazel Sinks Margie Rothberger Donna Bea Warrington Rita Marke Anderson LeRoy Cornelius Kathryn Kerwitz Doris Tean Cox Virginia Schaake Naomi Watts and others. Rev Alfred D Smith gives the address at Kenda church Lawrence and Margaret Marley county superintendent presents diplomas.
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Douglas County
Liberty Memorial High School
Slaine K Young
Nanwaka i America
Alfred P. Smith
Tayeesehell
Laura Marie Donaldson
Clinton Piane Sole
Hazel Sinks
Fairview
Margie Rothberger
Eudora
Fernando Valley
Robert Daniels
Midland
Donna Bea Warrington
Meeting to Plan Postwar Finances
Washington May 26 Roosevelt called an international monetary conference to start July 1 at Bretton Woods New Hampshire. Invites went to 42 nations including the French Liberation Committee. Morgenthau to head American delegation. conference may last weeks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
French Committee of National Liberation
Bretton Woods
N. H
Treasury
Morgenthaw
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
White House
United Nations
United States
Morgenthau
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Erxynt
el Salvador
Ethiopia
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Iceland
India
Iran
Iraq
Liberia
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippine Commonwealth
Poland
Union of South Africa
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Full Day for Unit Provides Chest X Rays in Lawrence
A unit conducted 361 chest X rays yesterday at the Community building under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Luckan from the state board of health. The unit remains in Lawrence through next Thursday with a detailed schedule for men and women across Saturday to midweek sessions.
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Lawrence
Paul Luckan
State Board of Health of
Topeka
Emporia Teachers college graduation speaker urges simple aims
Emporia Kan May 26 Dr Kenneth McFarland superintendent of Topeka schools addressed Emporia Teachers College graduates calling for a goal to restore simple honor and decency in the world. Presiding president James F Prige awarded eight master degrees and 64 bachelor’s degrees as the class, the smallest since World War One, graduated with four boys in the senior class.
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Emporia
Kan
Kenneth McFarland
Topeka
Emporia Teachers College
Austria
Nazareth
James F. Prige
Soldiers May Have Their Old Jobs Restored
Washington May 26 The Associated Press reports selective service interprets reinstatement provisions for veterans leaving permanent positions after May 1 1940. Qualified veterans get their former jobs if circumstances allow. courts settle disputes. Seniority accrues in service and pay must not drop if no better job is available. A veteran must prove ability to perform as before.
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Associated Press
Washington
Memorial Day closings set in Lawrence with mixed schedules
Memorial Day observances in Lawrence close most stores banks city hall and courthouse for the day. The post office also closes with no city or rural mail delivery though special delivery and outgoing mail proceed. Some offices remain open, and local panels adjust to a Wednesday session after the holiday. Stores adopt summer hours Wednesday 9 to 3 30 except Saturdays 9 30 to 9.
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Lawrence
Court House
Selective Service Office
Triple A
Poppy Day Slated by Legion Auxiliary Volunteers
Tomorrow the American Legion Auxiliary and Veterans of Foreign Wars will sell poppies to aid disabled veterans and families. Mrs Lucy Stith notes the funds support caring for children left fatherless by war and provide personal attention and comfort beyond government welfare efforts. The drive seeks broad public support to help veterans regain independence and self sufficiency.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lucy Stith
Lawrence American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Auxiliary
New Draft Rule Delays Induction for Men Over Twenty Six
A Topeka directed change postpones pre induction physicals for registrants who have passed age twenty six except volunteers delinquents and those who left agriculture without permission Local board chairman Odgen Jones said the measure will cut roughly half of the county men scheduled for Leavenworth pre induction exams Monday Harrisonville bus train crash kills one and injures sixteen war workers at Missouri Pacific crossing May twenty seven Jayhawk Plunge opens Saturday May twenty seven Ady
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State Selective Service
Topeka
Harrisonville
F. A. Jones
Missouri Pacific
Here
Liberty Memorial seniors hear Bracken call for world peace
Dr John L Bracken Clayton Mo superintendent challenges Liberty Memorial high school 162 seniors to lead America to peace. Commencement on KU Hoch auditorium with diplomas awarded by Lloyd Purcell. Speaks on democracy duty material security and lifelong learning amid war era stakes.
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John L. Bracken
Clayton
Liberty Memorial High School
America
Hoch Auditorium
University of Kansas
Bracken
Weather forecast for the Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska region
May 26 to 29 forecast calls for generally fair conditions with moderate to locally heavy rain in western and northern Missouri, south central and extreme western Kansas, and across Oklahoma Friday night through Saturday. Temperatures expected to run well above normal across the district, with warmth continuing Sunday through Tuesday.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
South Central
North Central
MTWT
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C. Fosher
Paul Stavros
Milton Pippett
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Frank Findley
Leslie Demeritt
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University of Kan
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