Attu Battle Ends as US Forces Break Japanese Resistance
The Attu campaign concludes with U S troops securing the island after a 20 day clash. Japanese forces on Attu reportedly annihilated. remaining resistance on Kiska isolated. Tokyo broadcasts claim heavy Japanese casualties and a final stand as Americans consider next moves toward Kiska or the Japanese mainland.
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United States
Tokyo
Attu
Kiska
Navy
Col
R. Ernest Dupuy
War Department
Japan
Imperial Palace
Chichagof
North Pacific
China President Lin Sen Reported Dead in Chungking
The Office of War Information relayed a Melbourne radio claim that Lin Sen 81 president of China had died in Chungking. An Associated Press update said doctors reported ongoing improvement after a May 12 stroke with Lin in a coma since Saturday and a 50 50 chance of recovery despite medicines flown to Chungking.
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New York
Office of War Information
T He
Melbourne Radio
Chungking
Lin Sen
China
Associated Press
Lin
Fred G. Reed
Pittsburgh
Red Cross
Drowned Boat Driver Swept Over Dam in Neosho River
Chetopa Kansas May 31 A motor boat operator How ard Spurr 24 mechanic drowned Sunday after his craft stalled above a dam on the Neosho river. The swift current carried the boat over the dam into whirl pools. The body was not immediately recovered. Survivors include his widow and parents Mr and Mrs Guy Spurr and four siblings.
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Chetopa
Kan
Howard
Spurr
Neosho River
Guy Spurr
Nazis Warn Of June 22 Invasion Date On Radio
German radio reports June 22 as the allied invasion day, citing confidential London sources. Berlin contends Roosevelt may pressure Stalin and split the Allies, while Helsinki dispatches note Finland’s party urges better ties with the United States and looser censorship.
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Stockholm
London
Germany
Russia
Britain
United States
Berlin
Hitler
Svenska
Dagbladet
Roosevelt
Erpinler ‘Stalin
Reich
Stalin
Communist International
U.S
Italy
France
Helsinki
Peoples Party of
Finland
Enrolment Opens for Old High Summer Art Studio
One hundred children enrolled at Old High for the summer art studios including primary work wood clay modeling weaving marionettes painting drawing and junior Red Cross art. Fifth graders may join the marionette class while six grade and above enrollments continue. Regular classes begin tomorrow at nine.
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Red Cross
Tennessee
Carolyn Carter
George Frazier
Jeanette Bowersock
Bernice Nash
Attu Campaign Highlights From Aleutian Landing Drive
The May 11 1943 U S assault on Attu Island began with landings supported by naval and air forces. By May 29 Japanese main forces were annihilated after a failed counterattack as American troops secured Chichagof valley and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Aleutians
Attu
Kiska
United States
Andreanoff Islands
Amchita Island
Holtz Bay
Massacre Bay
Eugene Landrum
Chi-+ chagof harbor
Chichagof
Fish Hook Ridge
Ridge
Chichagof Valley
Holtz Bay Pass
Chichagof Harbor
Flying Fortress Sets Record With 11 Enemies Down
London May 31 UP A Flying Fortress piloted by First Lieut Robert H Smith of Lames Texas shot down 11 enemy planes recently over Wilhelmshaven, a new single bomber record in the European theater. The crew survived a plunge into the North Sea after the return flight and were rescued after 80 hours in rubber dinghies.
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London
Robert H. Smith
Lames
Tex
Wilhelmshaven
Eighth
United States Air Force
North Sea
Travels on Street Car Washington May 31
AOPA administrator Prentiss M. Brown, famed for cutting eastern gasoline rations, arrived at work in Washington this morning by street car.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
French Naval Squadron Joins Allies at Alexandria
London reports the French fleet at Alexandria has joined the Allies after talks with General Giraud. The units include the Lorraine battleship and the Duquesne Tourville Souffren Duguay Trouin three destroyers and a submarine. Berlin broadcasting had earlier claimed forced submission.
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London
Alexandria
Henri Giraud
Berlin
France
Rene Emil Godfray
Lorraine
Duquesne
Tourville
Souffren
Duguay-Trouin
Richelieu
United States
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Crete
Greece
Aegean
Balkans
de Gaulle
Algiers
Giraud
Rene- Emile Goderoy
Labor leaders clash over Kansas labor law and Lewis
John L. Lewis drew fire at the Kansas industrial union council meeting which elected Carl Stevens of Kansas City Kansas as president. The group condemned Lewis for undermining procedures and charged the Republican party with repressive labor legislation and hostility to the Mine Workers.
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Topeka
John L. Lewis
Kansas Labor Law
Kansas Industrial Union Council
Carl Stevens
Kansas City
Kan
Henry Allai
Pittsburgh
Lewis
Republican Party
Kansas
Reepublican Party
Anf
Clyde M. Reed
Stevens
United Automobile Union
North American
S. E. Haines
Coffeyville
Frank Brown
Dick Gardner
E. H. Holmes
War Labor Board
United
U S Bombers Strike Naples and Foggia in Major Allied Raid
Allied headquarters report more than 150 B-17 bombers attacked southern Italy, blasting Naples and Foggia from Middle East bases. The raid targeted aircraft factories, air fields, oil depots, and hangars, with ships sunk in Naples harbor and several Italian targets hit. 14 enemy planes were destroyed in combat.
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Naples
U. S. Air Force
Middle East
Foggia
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Sicilian
Mussolini
Cairo
Thoroly
Italy
Pomvigliano
Capodichino
Pomigliano
Robert L. Rawles
Los Angeles
Thomas P. Greeley
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Rome
Civitavecchia
Army field ration is best eating at Fort Riley
Officers at Fort Riley switch from garrison rations to army field rations like the enlisted men. Capt. Martin J. Harding says wartime shopping limits make civilian purchase impractical. The post recently faced shortages of butter for 14 days and potatoes for five days.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Army Post
Martin J. Harding
Chicago
Fierce Air Fights Reported on Kuban Front
Soviet and German air forces engaged in heavy combat in the Kuban sector with large losses claimed by both sides. Berlin and Moscow briefings described sustained flights over Leningrad and other fronts while reporting German gains and Soviet counterattacks.
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Moscow
Kuban
War
Berlin
Associated Press
Sea of Azov
Stalin
Soviet Union
Novorossisk
London
Kalinin
Donets River
Sevsk
Kharkov
Leningrad
Black Sea
Uhtua
Gulf of Finland
Good Crop Weather in Kansas Forecast
May 31 Topeka report notes mild showery weather described as good crop growing by Meteorologist S D Flora. Rain likely across eastern two thirds with possible showers elsewhere by tonight. Weekend totals show scattered moisture in the west with no broad rainfall to ease dryness. Temperatures rose to the eighties with cooler readings in the west.
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Topeka
Kansas
S.D. Flora
Weather Bureau
Geneseo
Wichita
Ellis
Goodland
U S Bomber Forced Down in Spain Near Cadiz
A United States bomber was forced down in Spanish territory near Taálta, west of Gibraltar, with four crew members. Spanish authorities escorted the crew to Cadiz for safety and verification of the incident.
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U. S
Spain
Madrid
United States
Taal Fa
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Allied Plots for New Blows Reported in North Africa
Allied communique says one Allied plane set in all operations Sunday and 14 enemy planes were shot down. Mussolini’s air bases were heavily hit over two weeks of raids. Eisenhower, Alexander, Montgomery, and Caroux met in Gibraltar amid reports of France uniting under De Gaulle in Algiers.
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Algiers
Charles DeGaulle
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Giraud
Rene Massigli
Andre Philipe
Alphonse Georges
Jean Monnet
Ant
Georges Catroux
Jny
Assembly of France
Catroux
Syria
Georges
France
Massigli
Pantelleria
Sardinia
Mussolini
Madrid
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Bernard L. Montgomery
Georges Caroux
North Africa
Gibraltar
Churchill
Washington
Roosevelt
Memorial Day Services in England Attend by U S Officials
London May 31 American officials attended Memorial Day services at St Margaret's Westminster for U S officers buried in the British Isles. Ambassador John G. Winant Lieut Gen Jacob L. Devers and Admiral Harold R. Stark were present. Winant laid a wreath at Westminster Abbey tomb of the unknown warrior. Wreaths also at the Centotaph with U S soldiers and marines and at the Lincoln statue in Parliament Square.
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London
St. Margaret’s Church
Westminster
United States
British Isles
John G. Winant
Jacob L. Devers
Harold R. Stark
Winant
Westminster Abbey
U. S. Saliers
Lincoln
Parliament Square
TINKER'S SON MISSING IN NORTH AFRICA FATE OF PILOT HAUNTED
Major Clarence L. Tinker Jr. 21, son of Maj. Gen. Clarence I. Tinker, is reported missing in North Africa. He trained at Tinker Field and commanded a fighter squadron. His father, a World War II hero, died during the Midway battle.
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Tampa
Fla
Clarence L. Tinker, Jr
Clarence I. Tinker
Midway
North Africa
MacDill
Young Tinker
General Tinker
Hawaiian Air Force
Enrollment opens for first 16 week summer term at K State
Enrollment for the first 16 week summer school semester in Kansas State College's war program started today and will continue Tuesday at the Manhattan campus.
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K-State
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
Classified Ad Reprint Note Feeds Readers
A brief note states that each Journal-World 96 cent classified ad is printed more than 1 000 times and provides a phone number 22 for placing an ad er.
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Journal-World
Funds Released to Repair Highways After Floods
President Roosevelt ordered release of federal-aid road funds to fix damaged highways and bridges in flood hit states. Maj. Gen. Philip Fleming recommended the move. About 7.5 million dollars were available for Illinois Oklahoma Arkansas Indiana Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Mississippi with more states expected to apply.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philip Fleming
Federal Works
Stephen Early
Illinois
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Mississippi
Early
Fleming
North
South Dakota
National summer school for Indian service schools opened at Haskell
A national summer school for Indian service school employees opens Thursday at Haskell Institute and runs through June 30. About 800 attendees from across the United States will be housed on campus and take regular classes. Wilard W. Beatty leads as principal lecturer with Homer H. Howard directing. Miss Lee Pulland serves as dean, Mrs. Barbara Harden as registrar.
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Indian Service
Haskell Institute
Solon G. Ayers
Haskell
United States
Willard
O. R. Sandee
Paul L. Fiickinger
Holiday Death Toll Drops From War Year Highs
As Memorial day weekend ends the nation records 186 violent deaths, far below last year and prewar levels. Traffic accidents block 63 deaths, drownings 25, and 48 deaths from trains, airplanes, fires and other causes. California leads with 22 casualties. Pennsylvania 15, Illinois 14, Ohio 12.
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National Safety Council
California
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Killings in Bulgaria Continue With Deputy Kijaskov Shot
The Associated Press reports ongoing violence in Bulgaria as Kijaskov a chamber of deputies member was shot dead by two communists while en route to his Koschevo home. No arrests were reported.
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Bulgaria
Kljaskov
Chamber of Deputies
Berlin
Associated Press
Kijashkoy
Koschevo
Kansas Bar Association elects new leaders at Topeka meeting
E. C. Flood of Hays is president of the Kansas Bar Association as Everett Steerman of Emporia becomes president elect for 1944. Charles D. Welch of Coffeyville retires as president. other officers include John G. Somers Newton and Robert Clark Topeka. In North Africa Harmong arrives to serve as a Lightning fighter pilot after starring at the University of Michigan.
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State Bar Association
Topeka
Kansas Bar Association
E. C. Flood
Hays
Everett Steerman
Emporia
Charles D. Welch
Coffeyville
John G. Somers
Newton
Robert Clark
Claude S. Depew
Wichita
Harmorg
North Africa
Thomas Harmon
Ai! America
University of Michigan
Lightning
Memorial Day Services Honor Fallen Soldiers Across City
Memorial observances at Kaw river bridge and Oak Hill cemetery paid tribute to sailors soldiers and airmen. Rev Alfred Beil and Rev Alfred Smith led services with duties by the Women’s Horse Corps and Ladies societies. Thomas D Williams of Chapman visited as Grand Army of the Republic official amid few surviving Kansas members. Each service emphasized national righteousness and living worthy of the dead while music and prayers accompanied the day.
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Alfred J. Beil
Trinity Lutheran Church
American Legion
Kaw River Bridge
Women’s Horse Corps
G.A.R
Oak Hill Cemetery
Thomas D. Williams
Chapman
Kansas
Friends Church
Alfred P. Smith
Dr. Smith
Union Patriotic
Southpark
Fred Wiegman
Midland College
Fremont
Neb
Trinity Lutheran
Joe M. Williams
Martha Dooley
Wiegman
Egypt and Russia to Establish Diplomatic Ties
Cairo reports that Egypt will establish diplomatic relations with Russia, announced officially on May 31. The move signals a formal alignment between Cairo and Moscow in a widening postwar diplomatic shift.
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Russia
Cairo
Egypt
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Puerto Rico
Dakar
R.A.F
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Rhineland
Dortmund
Duesseldorf
Jena
Essen
Mandeville
England
Tinker
Africa
National Summer School For Indian Service
Union Park Service
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