Allied forces repulse major German counterattack in Tunisia
British and American troops fend off the strongest German counteroffensive to date near Bizerte and Tunis. Allied advances sever Tunis–Bizerte links, with bombardment of Bizerte and Tunis intensifying as Hitler rushes forces by sea and air to Tunisia.
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Hitler
Africa
Bizerte
Tunis
Tripoli
Britain
United States
Adolf Hitler
Tunisia
Mediterranean
North Africa
Morocco
Ickes Remains Ruler of Oil in War Administration
President Roosevelt reorganizes the petroleum program keeping Harold L. Ickes as head. The move drops the plan to make him labor and manpower chief, with Ickes likely to lead the new Petroleum Administration for War and questions about gasoline rationing under OPA directives.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Petroleum Administration
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
White House
Ickes
Harold D. Smith
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
Petroleum Administration For War
Petroleum Coordinator For
World wheat production tops average with record carryover
Agriculture department reports global wheat output for the year above average and world stocks at record levels. Excluding Russia and China, production is estimated at 3.98 billion bushels, about 280 million more than last year, with the 1931—40 period averaging 3.915 billion. Canada shows the largest gain, US output up to 984 million, while Europe totals about 1.38 billion. Argentina and Australia may be slightly lower than last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Russia
China
Department
Western Hemisphere
Australia
Canada
United States
Europe
Argentina
Paratroop Leader Promoted for North Africa Work
Lieut. Col. Edson Raff, who trained U S parachute troops in Britain for the North Africa invasion, was promoted to full colonel by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. Raff’s unit marked his 35th birthday by landing on a Tunisian airfield, capturing it, and repelling Axis counterattacks after flying 1,500 miles from England to Oran before the mission.
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North Africa
Edson Raff
United States
Great Britain
Dwight Eisenhower
Raff
Tunisian
England
Oran
Local Fans Will See the Big Bowl Games
Washington officials urged sponsors of five New Year football bowls to restrict ticket sales to the local areas hosting the games to prevent overload of carriers. Director Joseph R. Eastman sent telegrams to game managers and participating schools noting the need to discourage long distance fan travel.
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Washington
office of defense/ transportation today
ODT
Joseph RB. Eastman
Water main breaks flood downtown Kansas City
A 30 inch water main ruptured downtown Kansas City flooding businesses on Southwest Boulevard near Twentieth Street. Water department crews shut valves citywide pressure dropped. Three operations were in progress at St Marys Hospital when the pressure fell.
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Kansas City
UPA
Southwest Boulevard
Twentieth Street
Water Department
St Mary’s Hospital
Stock Market Index Rises to 39.7 on Day After 40
The average of 60 stocks stands at 39.7 after yesterday’s 40 level. Traders watched small gains across sectors as market breadth improved slightly.
Reds Still Throw Axis Forces Back Take Strategic Hill
Soviet Red Star reports Stalingrad defenders recaptured a dominating hill on the Volga city’s southern flank and pushed German forces back several miles after a two day battle. Pravda notes a German counterattack repulsed as fighting rages inside the city and a looming trap tightens around 300,000 Nazis.
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Red Star
Stalingrad
Volga Metropolis
Hitler
Olster
Don
Volga
Pravda
Moscow
Red Army
Rzhev
Velikie Luki
Payroll Forgery Scheme Hits Douglas Aircraft Plant
Oklahoma City December reports deputy sheriff Dan Kean described a large scale payroll forgery at the Douglas aircraft plant costing thousands. Investigators found 40 or more workers forging a foreman’s name to clock in and out without working. Assistant county attorney Jasper Roberts noted some participants held other jobs while drawing defense pay. Most bogus time cards were filed by African American workers earning 85 cents an hour. Several arrests have been made.
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Oklahoma City
Dan Kean
Douglas Aircraft Company
Kean
Jasper Roberts
12 Miles a Minute: Two U S Fliers Dive Thunderbolt Planes
In Farmingdale New York on December 2 two Army lieutenants Harold Comstock of Fresno California and Roger Dyar of Lowell Ohio both 22 years old powered their P 47 Thunderbolt fighters into dives at 725 miles per hour more than twelve miles a minute. Their control sticks froze and each used emergency devices to regain control.
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Farmingdale
N.Y
U.S. Army
Republic Aviation Corporation
War Department
Harold Comstock
Fresno
Calif
Roger Dyar
Lowell
Ohio
Lawrence Junior Chamber Plans Christmas Party at Wiedemann's
The Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce met at Wiedemann's for luncheon and planned a Christmas party. Visitors included Pfc. Tom Gerhart of Langley Field Virginia and Harold Jones of Wichita. A gift subscription to the Journal World was appreciated.
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Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wiedemann’s
Pfc
Tom Gerhart
Langley Field
Harold Jones
Wichita
Truman panel questions regional oil official in fuel rationing row
Kansas City reports describe Senator Truman’s wartime committee probing fuel oil allotments in the Midwest. Ralph Kanaay, Dallas regional oil administrator, defends the 43 year Washington based basis amid heated exchanges over actual consumption and errors. Mayors from Missouri Kansas Nebraska cite surplus heating fuel and rail shipments as the inquiry focuses on verification by oil industry leaders.
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Kansas City
Ralph C. Kanaay
Dallas
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Kanaar
OPA
Washington
Hugh Fulton
Joe Dean
Fulton
Kansar
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Senate
American Forces Strengthen Hold in Guadalcanal
Navy reports American troops in the Solomons seized three light artillery pieces six machine guns and killed 61 Japanese soldiers. An army patrol destroyed a group of 11 enemies and captured a 70 mm gun while a marine patrol killed 25 Japanese and seized a 75 mm and an 80 mm gun. Additional marine patrols captured six more machine guns and killed 15 Japanese. Army planes conducted four attacks on enemy positions on Guadalcanal.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Navy
Marine Corps
Lunga
Debt tops one hundred billion in historic record
Washington reports the gross public debt as of November 30 at 100.88 billion dollars, a historic milestone. Leaders of agriculture urge abolition of the triple-A wartime program to ease food shortages and farm labor issues during the war.
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Washington
Treasury
Organized
Governmet
National Association of ‘State Commissioners
Directors of Agriculture
City rationing panel issues tire certificates and boots
The city rationing board met yesterday morning and issued tire certificates including three passenger retreads ten truck retreads 18 truck tubes and five truck retreads. Chief clerk George Wetzel said gasoline coupons for 24 local stations are ready for delivery. Six rubber boot applications were approved by the panel.
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Rationing Board
George Wetzel
E Board
Soprano Marie Wilkins to debut as Lakme at the Metropolitan
Lawrence's Marie Wilkins, wife of KU professor Joseph Wilkins, makes her American opera debut tonight as Lakme at the Metropolitan Opera House. She won the role after Lily Pons canceled due to a cold and learned the score in a week. Her prior experience includes European opera and St. Louis operettas.
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Lawrence
Metropolitan Opera House
Marie Wilkins
Lakme
Mrs. Wilkins
Joseph Wilkins
K. U
Lily Pons
St. Louis Opera Company
New York City
Wilfred Pellitier
Pellitier
Navy Secretary Knox Declares Bright War Outlook
Secretary of the Navy Knox told the National Association of Manufacturers that Japanese casualties are far higher than American losses and that the U S Navy is larger than the day before Pearl Harbor The speech praised industrial conversion and global military presence while noting 50000 killed or missing since Pearl Harbor and war costs approaching 70 billion dollars for 1943
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New York
Knox
America
United States Navy
Pearl Harbor
National Association of Manufacturers’ Convention
Navy
United States
South Pacific
Britain
Africa
Secretary of Navy
Truck Operators Secure Gasoline Coupons Today
About twenty volunteer workers on the main floor of the Community building issued gasoline coupons for Duglas county trucks. Registration will continue until 9 o clock this evening as truck operators swarm the table.
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Duglas County
Evergreen Decorations Light Christmas in Lawrence District
Government guidance prompts simple evergreen decor in Lawrence business district to mark the Christmas season. A parade greeting Santa Claus and townwide carolling are planned with religious leaders directing community participation and ministerial alliance oversight.
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Lawrence
W. B. Dalton
Massachusetts Street
Harold Barr
Alfred Beil
Ministerial Alliance
Lecture on Marie Bashkirtseff by Carnegie Museum scholar
Sydney Prentice of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh spoke in Fraser Hall about Marie Bashkirtseff the Russian painter and diarist. Born 1860 and died 1884 she left a worldwide impression in art and literature. Prentice portrayed her life vividly noting her vanity beauty talent and tuberculosis while she kept a diary from age thirteen.
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Sydney Prentice
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburgh
Kansas University
Fraser Hall
Marie Bashertsefé
Joan of Arc
Prentice
Frigid Kansas Weather Dip with Subzero Readings
A cold blast hit northern Kansas with Topeka at 10 degrees last night. Light snow fell in some northwest counties but did not measure. Temperatures stayed subzero in Devils Lake and northern Nebraska while Wichita reached 50 degrees. The forecast calls for continued cold with warmer conditions by tomorrow noon.
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Topeka
Kansas
Devil’s Lake
N.D
Nebraska
Wichita
Newell Explains Out-of-State Civil Service Tests
Topeka Kansas December 2 Charles Newell state civil service director said taxpayers asked why officials sent testers to California and Washington for Kansas exams. He noted tests for stenographer clerk and typist were conducted by local civil service reps under reciprocal agreement with Sacramento San Diego and D C tests for Kansans out of state. About 2500 applicants vied for 1050 positions across these classifications.
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Topeka
Charles Newell
California
Washington, D. C
Kansas
Newell
Sacramento
San Diego
Calif
Newton Buys Land for City Airport
Newton purchases a quarter section of land three miles east for 16000 dollars to host a new city airport. The site has approval from the civil aeronautics administration and funds come from a 45000 dollar airport bond issue approved at the August election.
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Newton
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Buzick Urges Short 60 Day Kansas Legislature Session
Topeka reports Henry S. Buzick Jr. of Lincoln County calls for a 60 day legislative session with heavy cuts and long workdays. He argues for finishing quickly to aid wartime efforts and aligns with Donald Stewart’s 50 day limit. Paul Wunsch of Kingman is expected to name committee assignments early.
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Topeka
Henry 8. Buzick, Jr
Lincoln County
House
Donald Stewart
Montgomery County
Stewart
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Forefathers Day meeting of New England society set
The Sons and Daughters of New England plan a December 21 gathering at the Colonial tea room with a 6 pm business session and 7 pm dinner. Dr Nelson P Horn of Baker University will give the address. Rev Howard E Koelb serves as president this year. Open to those with heredity residence or marriage ties to New England.
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Sons and Daughters of
New England
Plymouth Rock
Mass
Colonial Tea Room
Nelson P. Horn
Baker University
Howard E. Koelb
E. M. Owen
Lions Honor Lawrence High Football Team Dinner
The undefeated Lawrence high school football squad will be honored at a dinner hosted by the Co-Operative club tomorrow at 6 30 at the Community building. Coach Elmer Schaake will name his lettermen for the 1942 season and speeches by Coaches Schaake Gwinn Henry and Vic Hurt are planned. Hurt will show pictures of KU games as Charley Banning leads the program with ample entertainment. Dr H W Craig and George Pickens head the meal preparations and report a swell feed.
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Lawrence High School
Co-Operative Club
Elmer Schaake
Schaake
Gwinn Henry
Vic Hurt
Hurt
Charley Banning
Eight Colored Men Will Leave Dec. 12 for Army
The selective service board summons eight colored men for induction on Saturday, December 12. Named are Charles Wayman Lee of 739 Connecticut. Russell Lewis Logan, 1833 Kentucky. Francis Elwood James transferred to Los Angeles. Eugene Thomas Todd registered in Los Angeles at 832 Indiana. George Nelson, 1701 Vermont. Charles Leon Frye, 1730 Ohio. Theodore Welmore Hagan, 1745 Tennessee. and Thomas Henry Mitchell, 1120 New York.
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Selective Service Board
Charles Wayman Lee
Connecticut
Russell Lewis Logan
Kentucky
Francis Elwood James
Los Angeles
Eugene Thomas Todd
Indiana
George Nelson
Vermont
Charles Leon Frye
Ohio
Theodore Welmore Hagan
Tennessee
Thomas Henry Mitchell
New York
Practice blackout trains operators for emergency service
The Southwestern Bell Telephone local office conducted a practice blackout in the switchboard room to ensure staff know procedures during a blackout and that essential telephone service can be maintained without exterior light.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Finish Campaign With Balance Topeka
The Burke for governor club of Wichita ended the 1942 campaign with a 61 cent balance. Secretary Wegner reported contributions of 1495 dollars and expenses of 1494.89. State Superintendent McClenny said it cost him 289 dollars to win reelection.
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Topeka
Burke For Governor Club of
Wichita
W. J. Wegner
George L. McClenny
Douglas County Sets Sixth Selective Service Registration
The Douglas county board, chaired by Bruce Cameron, will supervise the sixth selective service registration with one site planned. Registration runs 9 am to 6 pm per a President Proclamation, targeting three birth groups across December. Each group is expected to include about 25 registrants.
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Selective Service
Douglas County Board
Bruce Cameron
State Selective Service Office
Douglas County
Vichy Leaders Oppose German Move to Transfer Government
New York December 2 German demand that the Vichy government be moved to Paris faced opposition from Premier Laval and Marshal Petain. Reports say Germany linked the move to a Laval led committee of public safety with Doriot and Det as leaders. Petain reportedly rejected the scheme. Laval at first favored Paris but resisted elevating Doriot. Observers think a compromise may be possible.
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New York
PIR
Vichy
Paris
Laval
Marshal Petain
Europe
Committee of Public Safety
Anl
Jacques Doriot
Marcel Det
Petain
Doriot
Reach
Gas Line Break Cuts Off Kansas City Gas Supply
A 16 inch pipeline from Ottawa, Kansas to Kansas City ruptured on the coldest day of winter, halting gas for 90 million cubic feet daily. Industry users faced shortages while households were promised relief. officials hoped to restore service soon as plants ran on standby fuels.
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Kansas City
Cities Service Gas Company
Ottawa
Kan
B. C. Adams
Gas Service Company
Wellsville
Sckpine Gas
Lehman to Confer With Hoover on New Role
Albany New York December 2 Governor Herbert H Lehman announced he will discuss his new duties as director of foreign relief and rehabilitation with Herbert Hoover tomorrow Hoover who led relief operations in Europe after World War I.
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Lehman
Hoover
Albany
N.Y
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Herbert Hoover
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