New Guinea Front Faces Unseen Dangers Beyond Japs
In New Guinea’s northeast coast Americans fight harsher foes than the Japanese malaria mosquitos and crocodiles. Soldiers endure jungle monotony as deadly snakes and tropical hardships test endurance amid skirmishes after Buna and Gona retreats.
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New Guinea
Upi
Buna
Gona
Altho
Morobe
Gulf of Huon
Salamaua
Kittyhawk
South Sea
Setback for Japanese drive near Chungking reported
AP reports a Japanese advance toward Chungking from Ichang was checked with 2,000 casualties and recapture of towns northeast of Ichang. American bombers attacked Yochow and Linsiang while RAF strikes hit Burma. MacArthur’s air forces blasted Japanese airfields around Wewak in New Guinea as Allied offensives continue in the southwest Pacific.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Ichang
Yangtze
Yangtze River
Honor to a Kansan Distinguished Flying Cross Awarded
Carl L. Milberger of Russell Kansas is one of 19 American airmen awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in flying the freight line across mountains and jungles of New Guinea. The medal honors participation in at least 50 round trips carrying troops and matériel into the war zone and bringing wounded personnel to base hospitals.
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Australia
Carl L. Milberger
Russell, Kam
New Guinea
OPA Official Resigns in Meade Kansas
David J. Wilson, a Meade attorney and member of the district OPA legal division since last December, resigns effective June 1. Wilson plans to return to private practice in Meade and devote more time to a 22,000 acre cattle ranch.
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Wichita
Kan
David J.wilson
Meade
District Opa
James Nash
OPA
Wilson
Rob A Frat House Theft At Indiana Street
Five Triangle fraternity members at 1116 Indiana Street reported a night time robbery between 1 45 and 6 30 AM totaling 34 dollars. Cash was taken from five billfolds pockets or dressers leaving 1 to 2 dollars in change at each site. Losses listed as Glen Sankey 15, Bob Fallett 7, Richard Deffenbaugh 3 0 or 53, ery Holzle 5, Joe Hens ey 2. Police have no leads as of noon today.
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Triangle Fraternity
Indiana Street
Glen Sankey
Bob Fallett
Richard Deffenbaugh
Pete Reiser Injured in Car Accident Near Herington
Former Brooklyn Dodger Pete Reiser of the Fort Riley CRTC baseball squad was slightly injured in an auto crash near Herington along with pitcher Frank Saga. The car left the road after a blowout and both players were examined at Marion before continuing to Wichita. They later watched the Wichita Colemans win 7 to 3.
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Wichita
Pete Reiser
Brooklyn Dodger
Fort Riley
Delta Gamma Hosts Service Men Dance and Game Night
The active Delta Gamma chapter sponsored a Community building party for service men from nine to midnight with a new juke box, games for nondancers, and extra ping pong paddles. Hosts A E Woestemeyer Joie Stapleton and others managed the ballroom and punch table. Lawrence Rodriguez and Marie Flettrich from Marrero attended as guests and praised the hospitality for the troops.
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Delta Gamma Sorority
A. E. Woestemeyer
Joie Stapleton
Clarence Bliessner
Isabel McKenzie
United Home Service Club
W. C. Boardman
Deal Six
Frank T. Stockton
Kathryn Schaake
Six
Woestemeyer
Lawrence Rodriguez
Marie Flettrich
Marrero
Arles Rodriguez
Navy
Cadet Harry W. Hill Receives Top Cadet Honor
Armed Forces Aviation Cadet Harry W. Hill son of Mrs. Fred Hill 1283 Rhode Island street finished preliminary training at Tulare California and transferred to Chico for basic training Among 800 graduates he earned a crash bracelet for best cadet Based on flying and ground school grades military and disciplinary records and cadet life contributions.
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Harry W. Hill
Fred Hill
Rhode Island Street
Army Air Corps
Tulare
Calif
Chico
Death Notice Levi Markley 82 Lawrence resident
Levi Markley aged 82 a longtime Lone Star community resident died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Rumsey Funeral Home at 2 30 p m. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by two sisters Mrs Frank Q Hillstrom Minneapolis and Mrs Henry J Schadt Fargo two brothers George Markley Lawrence and Jacob Markley Arvilla five nieces and five nephews. The family requests no flowers.
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Levi Markley
Lone Star
Lawrence
Memorial Hospital
Sun- Hey
Rumsey Funerals Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Frank QO. Hillstrom
Minneapolis
Jacob Markley
Arvilla
N. D
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Messer
Mrs Mabel Ellen Messer of 1400 Ohio street died here Saturday Funeral services set for 3 o clock Wednesday afternoon at Wesley M E chapel Miltonville Kan Burial will be at Miltonville The body will be in state at the Rumsey Funeral home here until Wednesday morning
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Mabel Ellen Messer
Ohio Street
Wesley M. E. Chapel
Miltonville
Kan
Rumsey
Eudora Resident Joe Hilbun Dies at 81
Joe Hilbun an 81 year old long time Eudora resident died Saturday evening. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 4 o clock at Rumsey Funeral home conducted by Rev W C Watson of the Eudora Methodist church. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Joe Hilbun
Eudora
Rumsey Funeral Home
W. C. Watson
Sunflower Works Guard Dies of Meningitis in Topeka
Victor I. Garretson, a guard at the Sunflower Ordnance Works, died last evening in a Topeka hospital from non contagious spinal meningitis. He had suffered weeks of illness due to an infected sinus, plant officials announced.
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Fred Karsten
Topeka
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence
Camp Claiborne
Victor I. Garretson
Meningitis Not Contagious Says Plant Authorities
Garretson, who lived in Topeka, was cited by plant authorities as having meningitis rather than a contagious germ.
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Garretson
Topeka
Festive Ice Tray Garnishes For Wartime Parties
A wartime party idea suggests freezing fruit juice or soft drinks in ice trays. When half frozen, place a cherry or mint leaf in each compartment to add color and flavor.
Louis W Haas dies at 178 after Baldwin home residence
Louis William Haas aged 178 died Saturday at his Baldwin home. Funeral services were held today at Worden Evangelical church with Rev. W J Deckinger in charge. Burial followed in Worden cemetery. Survived by three daughters Miss Eva Haas Miss Mabel Haas at home and Mrs George Unger of Lawrence two sisters Mrs Rose Simmons and Mrs Emma McPheeters both of Lawrence and three brothers Orny C Haas Kansas City Kan Chris C Haas Denver Colo and George B Haas Gridley Mrs Haas died April 15 1941.
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Louis William Haas
Baldwin
Worden
W. J. Deckinger
Eva Haas
Mabel Haas
George Unger
Lawrence
Rose Simmons
Emma McPheeters
Onry C. Haas
Kansas City
Kan
Chris C. Haas
Denver
Colo
George B. Haas
Gridley
Boys' State at Wichita Sees 350 Attendees From 60 Kansas Cities
The Pi-Primary election to name candidates for the general election was on the program at the annual Boys State in Wichita. About 350 boys from 60 Kansas cities attended as the convention opened and runs through next Sunday. State Legion commander Bery Johnson of Topeka spoke urging duty to returning soldiers.
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Wichita
Kansas Cities
Bery Johnson
Topeka
County CPA Meeting Announces Pleasant Grove Lodge Event
Lawrence reports a quarterly county CPA meeting will be held Thursday evening June 3 with Pleasant Grove lodge hosting a musical program and refreshments. All count lodge members are invited. New potatoes and garden peas arrive late due to the season. Sunburn cases noted after a sunny day. The piece notes rising domestic rabbit farming with a striking claim about low cost meat and a tie to hat industry demand.
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C.P.A
Pleasant Grove Lodge
Pleasant Grove
Count Lodge
Lieutenant Colonel Gaylord Changes Phone Number at Fort Riley
Fort Riley Kansas May 31 Lieut Col John L Gaylord executive officer at this army post moved to a new phone number after enlisted men kept calling his 326 line seeking dates with the WACs whose number was 226 Colonel Gaylord made a strategic withdrawal to the new number.
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Fort Riley
Kan
John L. Gaylord
Waacs
Waaes
Gaylord
Traffic on rural roads falls from prewar levels in April
The Public Roads Administration of the Federal Works Agency said traffic on rural roads in April ran about 50 percent of prewar volume in the eastern rationed area and about 66 percent in the rest of the country. The same levels persisted in previous months.
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Washington
Ruil Road
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
Earthquakes Rock Swabian Alps Cause Severe Damage
Reports from DNB via Berlin say the May 28 quake shattered homes and sparked fires from upset stores and factories. Smoke stacks toppled across southwestern Germany, with some areas of the Swabian Alps experiencing damage worse than in 1911.
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London
Germany
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Swabian Alps
Bombs Dropped on Nazis Surpasses 7000 Tons
London May 31 British fliers dumped more than 7000 tons of bombs on Germany in recent weeks in the fiercest aerial offensive. The raids targeted five key industrial centers Dortmund Duesseldorf Jena Essen and Wuppertal, all vital to Hitler's war effort.
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London
Germany
Dortmund
Duesseldorf
Jena
Essen
Wuppertal
Adolf Hitler
Bodies recovered from Camp Phillips drownings in Kansas river
Two Camp Phillips soldiers Cpl. Henry Moorhead of Casper Wyoming and Pvt. James Garrett of California drowned May 18 during river crossing practice at Fort Riley. Both belonged to Company B 240th engineers combat battalion and were recovered after the incident. Fighters swarm across channel as Allied air and ground forces resume strikes on Europe with initial formations toward Boulogne Calais and Dunkerque.
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Camp Phillips
Kan
Kansas
Fort Riley
Henry Albert Moorhead
Casper
Wyo
James Oliver Garrett
California
Moco
240Th Engineers
Camp. Phillips
London
English Channel
Boulogne
Cape Gris Nez
Calais
Dunkerque
Kansan Missing Ensign Byron Brown in Atlantic Patrol
Mr and Mrs Oscar Brown of Independence receive word from the Navy that their son Ensign Byron Oscar Brown USN is missing after patrol duty in the Atlantic area He earned his wings at Pensacola last fall and served as a navy test pilot in San Diego before patrol duty assignment.
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Independence
Kan
Oscar Brown
Navy Department
Ensign Byron Oscar Brown
Atlantic
Ensign Brown
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Navy
San Diego
Tax Installment Due Soon in Kansas
Wichita notice reminds taxpayers to pay the second quarterly installment on federal income tax by June 15. Lynn R. Brodrick, Kansas collector of internal revenue, states no legislation relieves taxpayers from this June payment.
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Wichita
Lynn R. Brodrick
Internal Revenue
Kansas
Advertising in Babylonian Times Sold Goods
Advertising was used to sell goods in Babylonian times, showing early commercial practices. The record notes how merchants used signs and messages to attract customers and promote products in ancient markets.
Michael F. Gengler dies. longtime Kansas resident
Michael F. Gengler aged 68 years and former Kansas state grain inspection department employee died yesterday at University of Kansas hospitals. He left a wife Minnie A. Gengler of Canker City, two sons Phil J. Gengler of Lawrence and Sgt. Frederick M. Gengler, a daughter Martha J. Gengler, and three sisters Mrs. Paul Zimmerman of Beloit, Mrs. John Emigh of Portland Oregon, and Mrs. George Smith of Montrose Colorado. Funeral services will be held at Cawker City.
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Michael F. Gengler
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Kansas State Grain Inspection Department
Minnie A. Gengler
Canker City
Phil J. Gengler
Frederick M. Gengler
Martha J. Gengler
Paul Zimmerman
Beloit
John Emigh
Portland
Ore
George Smith
Montrose
Mont
Cawker City
Classified Pare Listings Guide New Home Searches
The quickest and easiest way to find a new home is by following the listings on the classified pages. This guide summarizes how to use the classifieds to locate apartments rooms and houses efficiently.
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Epeeen
Ew Guinea
Distinguished Flying
David J. Wilson
War Department
C. H. Atkinson Paving Company
Chillicothe
Saline County
Ian
Kansas City District Enginee
Texas Coffeyville
Carlisle I. Ferris
Coffeyville Army Air Field
Fort Worth
Tex
Fort Worth Army Air Field
Charles D. Harvin
Aloe Army Air Field
Victoria
Hainan Island
South China
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Rzhoy Velikie Luki
Miles
Soviet
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Black Sea
Rostov
Krasnodar
Maikop
Caucasus
Kuban
Sassi
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Attu
Northwest Army Hospital
Seattle
John E. Terknett
Eastland
Joseph E. Kenski
Detroit
James A. Meredith
Springfield
Ill
Woodrow W. French
Greenwood
Miss
Forrest W. Johnson
Flatriver
U. S&s. Army
NEA
Triangle
Herington
Party For Servicemen
Alfred F. Gallup
Ester Field
Charles H. Gilman
Donald M. Smith
Major Smith
North Africa
Harold L. Crady
Camp Stoneman
Helen Crady
E. R. Elbel
Second District Army Air Force Technical Training Command
St. Louis
Pvt
Earl E. Hope
Seventh Guard
Salina
Sunflower Works
Chhdes
Storowski
N. Y
Walt
America the
Nazis
Kansas River
United States War
Reliable Stock Company
Filiches Agency
Maas
Kier
Funk
Funk’s Mortuary
U.S. War Bonds
Ee As
America
Uncle Sam
the World Company
University Coal Co
Logan-Moore Lumber Co
Derby Grain & Coal Co
Snider Coal Co
Pete Reedy Lumber & Coal Co
Burgner-Bowman-Matthews
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