Kansas Wondering What Season It Is
In Topeka on January 26 balmy conditions brought springlike warmth across western Kansas. Rain fell west and south while the east faced continued moisture and rising temperatures. The northwest cooled with forecast snow as rain stayed east tomorrow. Topeka logged a record 64 degrees, Phillipsburg 68, with mild overnight lows around 50 in the east.
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Topeka
Mercury
Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Phillipsburg
Roosevelt urges roll call vote on soldier voting rights
President Roosevelt demands roll call votes on soldier vote legislation in Congress saying soldiers and merchant mariners abroad deserve ballot access. He cites immovable barriers in current absentee systems and urges federal action to ensure military voters can choose federal leaders without suppression due to distance.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
J. Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Reds Reach Novgorod Threatens German Escape Lines
Soviet forces under Govorov broke the Moscow Leningrad rail corridor near Kirishi and captured Ostrov while destroying fortified German positions south of Leningrad. Germans suffered heavy losses, with over 1,800 killed, and a captured German train with armor. Meretskov’s capture placed an escape valve on the Leningrad Warsaw route as Nazi reinforcements moved west. In Ukraine Vatutin’s forces repelled attacks east of Vinnitsa near Khristinovka as they press toward Odessa Warsaw railway. the war report also covers labor policy debates in Washington about the War Labor Board and strike statistics.
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Novgorod
Moscow
Meretskov
Ostrov
Leningrad-Vitebsk
Leningrad
Ukraine
Nikolai Vatutin
Vinnitsa
Khristinovka
Vatutin
Odessa-Warsaw
Waitress Wanted Sign Stirs Curiosity in Los Angeles Window
In Los Angeles a restaurant window carries a quirky sign reading waitress wanted good free meals free bobby pins. The peculiar request draws attention from pedestrians and sparks amusement about its unusual perks and needs.
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Los Angeles
Blistering Report Attacks WLB Authority Over Contract Enforcement
The document criticizes a labor board for broad powers to compel contracts and union membership, labeling compulsory arbitration and forced union dues as constitutional violations. It notes the board stretching jurisdiction beyond war industries into general commerce and labor disputes.
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WLB
Picher Indian pilot bags two in final mission over New Guinea
Capt Seaford Bearskin from Picher Oklahoma flies a bomber on his last mission when his crew downs two Japanese fighters during a raid on Wewak New Guinea. The U S Fifth Army Air Force reports a major victory with 33 enemy planes downed and 12 probables, while Bearskin's bomber boasts six Zeros credited.
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New Guinea
Seaford
Ugh) Bearskin
Picher
Okla
U. S. Fifth Army Air Force
Wewak
Bearskin
Eden Sidesteps Red-Pole Showdown
London action by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden sticks to not recognizing wartime territorial changes in Europe. He cites Churchill and the Atlantic Charter while noting Poland’s borders remain disputed between Poland and Russia over the Curzon line and mediation offers from Britain and the United States.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Europe
Churchill
Eden
Poland
Germany
Russia
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Commons
United States
Katyn Forest Mass Grave Evidence Reported by Soviet Commission
American and British correspondents toured Katyn forest near Smolensk where a Soviet commission says Germans killed thousands of Polish prisoners in August and September 1941. Witnesses, post mortems, and documents from bodies dated mid 1941 supported the Soviet version, with 11 000 estimated total victims.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Smolensk
Katyn Forest
Special Commission
Kathleen Harriman
United States
W. Averill Harriman
John Melby
Bloomington
Ind
Goat
Upper
Dnieper
Smolensk- Vitebsk
Victor Ilyich Prozorovsky
Soviet Atrocities Commission
Moscow Institute of Criminal Medical Research
Midwest Drought Threatens Future Civilian Food Supply
Chicago January 26 A Dairy Association official warns drought in the Midwest corn belt and other regions, plus shrinking food reserves, signal trouble for future civilian supply. Manager Owen M Richards reports drought effects after a western tour, noting bread and wheat products may face shortages as western farmers divert production to war needs amid dust storms.
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Chicago
Midwest
American Dairy Association
Owen M. Richards
Association
America
Government Announces Proposed 1944 Farm Support Prices
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones outlined government minimum support levels for more than 30 farm commodities under the 1944 production program. Estimated cost ranges from 600 to 800 million dollars, subject to congressional action. Prices for hogs corn wheat cotton sugar beets and potatoes are listed with parity percentages and timing notes.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Jones
Congress
Chicago
Hereford Bull Fetches $38 000 in Senate Hobby Debate
Prize Hereford bulls bred and sold by Roy Turner near Sulphur Oklahoma became a focal point in the senate debate on the hobby amendment to the revenue bill. Senator Thomas cited Turner’s high sale of $38,000 for a bull and $202,000 from 50 bulls to argue the amendment would limit tax deductions for hobby losses to $20,000.
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Washington
Roy Turner
Sulphur
Okla
Senate
Thomas
D.-Okla
Turner
Oklahoma
Henry Ford
Clark
D.-Mo
United States
Wyoming
Robertson
R.wyo
Barkley
D.-Ky
Bomber Crashes And Explodes
A B-26 medium bomber from Dodge City Kansas crashed and exploded in a field across the river near Dakota City Nebraska. The five crew members were killed and the blast shook houses over a wide radius.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Dodge City
Kas
Dakota City
Neb
Ardmore Ace Frank Schneider Reported Missing in Solomons
Ensign Frank Schneider of Ardmore Oklahoma the top ace of a naval air squadron in the northern Solomons is missing in action a few days before the squadron completes its third tour at ADVANCE SOUTH PACIFIC AIR BASE Schneider’s group first to fly the Grumman Hellcat from a land base credited with downing 76 Japanese planes at the cost of 11 of its own men near Rabaul
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South Pacific Air Base
Frank Schneider
Ardmore
Okla
Solomons
Schneider
Rabaul
New Britain
Date For Trial Of Phillips Undecided
OKLAHOMA CITY January 26 date for the trial of Leon Phillips and former governor in a conspiracy payoff case in 1942 remained uncertain. District Judge A P Van Meter presided as the case moved forward with motions and preliminary rulings.
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Phillips
van Meter
Robert R. Fitzgerald
Exhouse
J. W. Eisiminger
Okklahoma City
Fitzgerald
Oklahoma City
Leon Ced
A. P. van Meter
Sseatin
J.B Dudley
State to Kill and Dress Porkers for Victory Farmers
Farmingdale, N Y. Director H B Knapp says the state institute of agriculture will kill and dress a limited amount of pigs to help farmers who cannot turn their hogs into meat for victory.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
H. B. Knapp
State Institute of Agriculture
Willing 'Slave' Castleford Bus Driver Aids Bond Drive
Bus driver Fritz Bybee offered a day of chores for the war bond drive. He was auctioned to farmer Albert Heller for 2500 in war bonds.
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Castleford
Itaho
Fritz Bybee
Albert Heller
Russia Rejects U S Mediation Offer in Polish Rift
Secretary of State Hull announced that Russia declined the United States offer to use its good offices to restore relations with Poland. Moscow said conditions had not ripened for such mediation and hinted the exile Polish government may need reconstitution before recognition. Britain’s similar offer remained unanswered.
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Washington
Hull
Russia
United States
Poland
U. S
Britain
London
Anthony Eden
Commons
International Red Cross
Old
Two Draftees Report for Induction Despite Loss of Leg
In Butte Montana two draftees with one leg each reported to the army induction center for full medical examinations. Medical officers stated they came a long way to report.
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Butte
Mont
Army Induction Center
Little Boy Blue Can Blow A New Horn Next Autumn
War era production plans could add civilian music instrument output with minimal impact on military needs. Industry reps told the War Production Board they will supply band instruments pianos harmonicas and accordions while most production continues for the army and navy. Also notes on poultry grit shortages shifting from oyster shells to limestone and gravel plus price shifts for dry peas and canned fish and seeds for farmers.
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Blue
Ann Stevick
NEA
Washington
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Department of Agriculture
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Kansas
FDR
National War Labor Board
War Labor Board
Voorhis
Delaney
U. S. Signal Corps
Sicily
Gela
San Croce
Picher Indian
Ada News
Bougainville Island
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Chas. E. Trowland
Baltimore
Wm. J. Marsden
New York
Wm. G. Watson
Harold C. Shulman
Binghamton
Mediterranean Sea
Romania
Fifth Army
Rome
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