Kansas Ordnance Plant near Parsons readies for summer output
Parson s Kansas May 29 A Kansas Ordnance Plant tour explains shell and bomb loading operations for wartime production. Workers including women assemble pack and load shells and bombs as Maj I T Malmstrom commands the facility spanning 110 miles of roads and 28 miles of rails with strict safety checks and dust fire controls.
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Parsons
Kan
Kansas Ordnance Plant
KOP
I. T. Malmstrom
Kansas Ordnance
Alexander Cromwell
M. Service Corporation
Johns-Manville
A. B. “Blackie” Sanders
Lawrence
Flood fears eased as WPB cites limited zinc loss
Washington reports the war production board estimates total zinc output loss from mid west floods will not exceed 16000 tons. By next Tuesday seven thousand tons weekly will resume from mines that provide about one third of US supply. Missouri mines especially Orenogo may be out two to three months.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
War Production Board
WPE
United States
Orenogo
WPB
G O P to Meet in June in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Republican chairman announces a June 28 meeting in Appleton of state GOP chairs from middle western states after a one day Wisconsin convention. The purpose is to plan 1944 election campaigns and coordinate actions for shared interests. Harry Crane of Kansas is invited.
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Appleton
Wis
C. L. Kolb
G.O.P
Wisconsin Republican Party
Harry Crane
Kansas
Banquet Address by Burdick At Topeka Jayhawk Hotel
Prof W L Burdick of Kansas University spoke at a banquet last evening at the Jayhawk hotel in Topeka. Alumni of the University of Kansas School of Law attended. Lawrence attendees included Dean F J Moreau Prof P W Wiesselman Judge Hugh Means Judge Frank Gray Forrest A Jackson and John Brand.
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Burdick
W. L. Burdick
K. U
Jayhawk
Topeka
University of Kansas School of Law
Lawrence
Dean F. J. Moreau
P. W. Wiesselman
Hugh Means
Frank Gray
Forrest A. Jackson
John Brand
Navy Commission for Paul Aylward in Topeka News
Paul Aylward of the special department of justice has been commissioned a lieutenant in the navy and is expected to report for initial training soon. Aylward handles land condemnations on federal projects in the state.
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Navy
Topeka
Paul Aylward
Department of Justice
Aylward
Special meeting of Law rence Lodge No 6
Lawrence Lodge No 6 schedules a special meeting next Monday at 7 30 PM for work in the Fellow Craft Degree. Visitors are welcome. Wm J B Turner Master W H Quakenbush Secy Adv
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Lawrence Lodge No. 6
Wm. J. B. Turner
W. H. Quakenbush
Oil drilling activity drops as 34 tests start in Kansas week
In the week ended Wednesday Kansas operators started 34 tests after 60 the prior week. Counties Barton Pratt and Fountain each had five starts, McPherson four, Stafford Ellis and Marion three, others one. Twenty wells completed for 13 953 barrels daily, 12 tests abandoned as dry holes. Pipeline runs averaged 299 459 barrels daily, down 14 195 from last week. Eight wells with 8 717 barrels daily initial potential reported, vs 15 completions for 14 751 barrels last week. Completions by county listed.
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Kansas
Barton
Pratt
Ftounties
McPherson
Stafford
Ellis
Marion
Edwards
Saline
Ellsworth
Cowley
Kearny
Rice
Conservation Division
Russell
Reno
Lawrence elder recalls great flood forty years past
Heard In Lawrence J G McElhinny recalls the Kaw valley flood that history marks as the greatest. He stood on the bridge as the mill collapsed and disappeared in the wild mill race while Miss Jean Bowersock urged a group walk to the river.
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J. G. McElhinny
Lawrence
Kaw Valley
K. A
Shelly
Green Bros
Jean Bowersock
J. D. Bowersock
McElhinny
Americans Must Furnish Food After the War Ends
Logan Utah May 29 Pi-Adolph A Berle Jr assistant secretary of state predicted American farming would be strained to the limit for some time after the war to meet United States obligations. He said postwar readjustment from lend lease to normal trade may need credit and that food supply will be a major part of the cleanup after Axis defeat.
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Logan
Adolph A. Berle, Jr
United States
Utah State Agricultural College
Berle
Six German gunboats sunk off Cherbourg by RAF planes
London reports that six German motor gunboats were sunk and three damaged by bomb carrying Albacores of the Fleet Air Arm off the Cherbourg peninsula during the night. Only three of the twelve R-boats escaped damage. The pilots, flying at very low height, indicated they overtook the boats in a single line.
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London
Fleet Air Arm
Cherbourg
Air Mingtry
Brethren National Conference Set in McPherson
United Press International reports the Church of the Brethren will hold its national conference in McPherson starting June 2 with attendance limited to delegates only. Wartime restrictions cap attendance at 700 to 800. Dr. W. W. Peters of McPherson College serves as national moderator.
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McPherson
UPI
Church of the Brethren
W. W. Peters
McPherson College
Submarine Regent Overdue Off London
The 1,475 ton submarine Regent is overdue and presumed lost after being reported missing. Commissioned in 1980, she carried a four inch gun and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes and normally accommodated 50 crew.
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London
Regent
Admiralty
World farmers urged to unite through international cooperatives
Delegates from over 80 countries at the United Nations food conference backed a plan to create an international agency linking producer marketing cooperatives with the proposed international agricultural authority. Murray D. Lincoln of the U S delegation urged cooperation while preserving private enterprise and competition. A linked aim calls for rural cooperative banks for farmer credit.
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Hot Springs
Ipesicre
International Agricultural Authority
Murray D. Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
Cooperative League of America
Scandinavia
Studio for Children to Start Monday Morning
The children's studio opens at 9 o'clock Monday in the old high school for a full morning session from 9 to 12. Maud Ellsworth announces art from 9 to 10 30 and activities from 9 45 to 12 including games stories nature study and rhythms to help working mothers. Second and third graders may stay after 10 30 by director's arrangement. enrollment available Monday. first day ends at 10 after organizers finish and materials directions.
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Maud Ellsworth
Deaths and Funerals for Messer and Judy
Mrs. Mabel Ellen Messer 47 of 1400 Ohio Street died this morning in a local hospital. She leaves husband Aaron Messer five children and her father William F. Lee of Waukomis OK plus eight brothers and four sisters. Mrs Luella Judy 36 of Oskaloosa died yesterday in Kansas City. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 PM from Assembly of God with Rev P D Pittman. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. She was sister in law to Mrs Fred Crittenden and Mrs R B Hartman.
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Mabel Ellen Messer
Ohio Street
Aaron Messer
William
Meredith
Rosella
Mildred
Donald
William F. Lee
Waukomis
Okla
Luella Judy
Oskaloosa
Kansas City
Assembly of God Church
P.D. Pittman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Fred Crittenden
Alabama Street
R. B. Hartman
Tennessee Street
Son Born to Wife of Prince Giulio Pacelli Eugenio Named
Berlin radio reports from Rome that a son was born to the wife of Prince Giulio Pacelli nephew of Pope Pius XII and the child was given the Pope's Christian name Eugenio.
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Berlin
Rome
Giulio Pacelli
Pius XII
Eugenio
City collects six tons of cans in scrap drive
The city gathered about six tons of cans yesterday in the scrap drive, similar to the previous collection. Engineer J. C. Harper urged residents to save more cans, noting many are left in trash. Cans are taken to a vacant lot in the 700 block on Vermont Street and picked up by Shredded Steel of Kansas City for war production use.
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J. C. Harper
Harper
Vermont Street
Shredded Steel Company
Kansas City
Bombers Attack France in Large U S Formations
Large formations of heavy U S bombers attacked western France this afternoon after British raids on northern France. The British and some Americans were escorted by fighters. Targets were not specified but four engined bombers, likely Flying Fortresses, crossed the south coast of England toward St Nazaire and Lorient.
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London
U. S
France
United States Army Air Force
Althe
England
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Continent
Folkestone
Military family notes and promotions from Lawrence area
Sgt Elmer Lindell left yesterday for Fort Lewis Washington after ten days with relatives in Lawrence. Lieut Marvin B Allen promoted to captain after 14 months in the South Pacific. Allen is son of Nellie Allen 1407 Kentucky St and brother Keith will report June 4 to Camp Davis NC for officers candidate school. Maj Henry Price Fort Bliss Texas Mrs Henry Price Detroit and Staff Sgt Basil Price Sioux City Iowa arrive Monday to visit. Lieut Robert H Price visited his wife and infant son with his parents and piloted an Army transport from Maxim NC to St Louis yesterday and will return tomorrow.
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Elmer Lindell
Ft. Lewis,Wash
Lawrence
Marvin B. Allen
South Pacific
Nellie Allen
Kentucky Street
Keith
Camp Davis
N.C
University of Kansas
Henry Price
Fort Bliss
Tex
Detroit, Mich
Basil Price
Sioux City
Wis
M . M. Price
Robert H. Price
Robert M. Price
Maxim
N. C
St. Louis
Two Men Die In Army Plane Crash Near Poplar Bluff
An army training plane based at Walnut Ridge Arkansas crashed seven miles northeast of Poplar Bluff Missouri this afternoon killing its two occupants. Witnesses said the craft burst into flames on impact. Army authorities from Walnut Ridge rushed to the scene. Names of the aviators were not released.
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Poplar Bluff
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Army Air Field
Army Air Force
Walnut Ridge Field
Pleads Not Guilty in Fish Trammel Net Case
Carl Hess pleaded not guilty in justice court to possession of a trammel net for trapping fish. He was released on $25 bond, with a June 3 hearing set. State game protector A W Benander testified, noting a May 25 search warrant and seizure of a trammel net at 13800 Prospect.
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Carl Hess
Justice Court of
O. J. Lane
W. Benander
Lane
Hess
Prospect
Cronkite Accepts Abilene High Athletic Directorship
Henry O. Cronkite former Kansas State football and basketball star has accepted the athletic director and head coach position at Abilene high school for the coming year. He is a Belle Plaine native and recently coached Kiowa high school for three years, after graduating from Kansas State in 1934.
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Cronkite
Abilene Abilene
Kans
Henry O
Hank) Cronkite
Kansas State
Abilene High School
Belle Plaine
Kan
Kiowa High School
Routes to Berlin Clocked by Col Lanza in Field Artillery Study
Washington May 29 The Allied march to Berlin may follow ten routes, ranging from Norway to the Aegean, with invasion force needs from a few divisions to hundreds in a multi point assault. Col Conrad H Lanza argues large, simultaneous landings are essential and notes unknowns about aerial bombing effects and a possible sudden Axis collapse. He cites about 220 Axis divisions on Russia front with others in Western Europe and satellites, and says invading forces would require at least 100 divisions to seize strategic positions. Istanbul could serve as a base if Turkey joins the Allies.
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Washington
Berlin
Conrad H. Lanza
Field Artillery Journal
Norway
Denmark
Germany
Texel
Low Countries
France
Brittany
Loire
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Adriatic
Aegean Sea
Lanza
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Russia
Europe
Turkey
Istanbul
Balkans
Dardanelles Route May Enable Coasts Landings
The passage suggests the Dardanelles could allow landings on the Bulgarian and Romanian coasts with possible Russian troop assistance.
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Dardanelles
Rumanian
Chinese Leader Announces Adjustment of Positions
The Chinese high command announced readjustment of central positions in Hupe province as Japanese forces advance toward Chungking. Severe fighting continues along the front with gains reported northwest of Ichang on the Yangtze and a southern sector repelling an enemy attack with heavy losses.
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Chungking
Hupe
Ichang
Yangtze
Hull Hopes for Union Between DeGaulle and Giraud
Secretary Hull urged a full union between General Charles De Gaulle and General Henri Giraud to unite all French forces against the Axis on the eve of a possible meeting in Algiers. In Coffeyville Kansas Mrs. J L Skinner, 94, longtime resident since 1876, died at home. her husband had died two decades earlier.
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Washington
Hull
Charles DeGaulle
Henri Giraud
North
Africa
Algiers
War Food Administration Eases Up on Regulations
The War Food Administration relaxed penalties for farmers who fail to plant 90 percent of war crop goals. The changes apply mainly to hay and pasture goals in designated regions. other farms face no deductions. Officials cited late spring and weather problems, urging emergency feed crops to support livestock programs.
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Washington
War Food Administration
J. B. Hutson
High Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
North Central
Delaware
Maryland
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
WEA
Hutson
WFA
Midwest
Chinese Commissioner Lengyun of Sikang Killed by Gunmen
A dispatch reports the Sikang province commissioner, Lengyun, was assassinated Wednesday in Kingping district western China. Five gunmen attacked his automobile, and one bodyguard was fatally wounded. The incident adds to regional instability reported from Chungking.
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Chungking
Sikang Province
China
Lengyun
Kingping
Rome Reports Fascist Party Membership Changes
Rome radio said sweeping changes were made in party membership and that only former soldiers decorated men and some other classes would remain in the Fascist party. The Associated Press recorded the broadcast.
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Rome
London
Rome Radio
Fascist Party
Associated Press
Nichols in Kansas City May 29 appearance
Rep. Jack Nichols of Oklahoma plans a appearance in Kansas City on May 29. The event centers on his legislative agenda and political stance amid regional talks.
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Nichols
Kansas City
Jack Nichols
Oklahoma
Soon to be VP of Transcontinental and Western Airlines
A rising executive, poised to become vice-president of Transcontinental and Western Airlines, met Kansas City business and civic leaders today at a luncheon where he was the honored guest.
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Transcontinental and Western Airlines
Kansas City
Hondér
Local Social Notes From Pickens and Nearby Towns
Mrs Sophronia Adams of Saline visits her brother Chester Montgomery. Numerous Kansas City visitors and family gatherings are noted, with mentions of travels to Topeka Lawrence Linwood and Garden City. An accident in North Africa injures Irving Huntley and a Camp Rucker visit by Clarence Dyster’s wife is recorded.
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Sophronia Adams
Saline
le Chester Montgomery
Dudley
Evan
Kansas City
Willard Hubbard
Johnnie
Harold Hubbard
Gary
D. F. Siscoe
Gertrude
Nellie
Elsie Brooks
Kansan City
T. B. Hubbard
Roy
Sam Huntley
Irving
North Africa
Philip Dewant
Bonner Springs
Wade Mitchell
T. E. Hubbard
George Henik
Jess Pritchard
Linwood
Charles Hubbard
C. J. Ward
Floral Hills Cemetery
Ward
Quince German
Topeka
James Toyne
Villa Eden
Mattie Toyne
Ernest Cowles
Wiles
Cowles
H. L. Bryan
Laura Anderson
Lawrence
Roy Siscoe
Ernest Siscoe
Roy Baird
E. J. Lisson
Leonard Anderson
Chris Schubert
Sarcoxie
Dana
Ruth Baird
Frank Henik
Gon
Larry
Fred
Edna
Clarence Dyster
Camp Rucker
Ala
Robert Guenther
Bobby
Card of Thanks for Flowers After Death of Wife and Mother
The Vitt family extends thanks for the flowers and cards received after the death of their wife and mother, Frank Vitt.
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Frank Vitt
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