Plan for Supply Used Fifth Army Logistics Edge
Fifth Army Front describes its logistics triumphs in Italy, noting bold improvisation after Naples, pipelines in close support, and a vast network of support personnel. Brig. Gen. Ralph H. Tate directs supply efforts with diverse units, while examples like Pvt. Glenn J. Funk and Adrian Menges illustrate frontline ammunition handling under blackout conditions.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Naples
Normandy
France
Rome
Mignano
Ralph H. Tate
Owosso
Mich
Glenn J. Funk
Stoneburg
Tex
Adrian Menges
Fort Scott
Kan
85Th Infantry Division
George S. MecDermitt
Nolan
Okla
Japanese Claim Landings During Leyte Air Assault
A Japanese imperial communique claimed airborne assault units landed on eastern Leyte near Dulag and Burauen airfields in the Philippines last Sunday and caused damage. The report, aired by the FCC, was unconfirmed and said air commandos penetrated key air fields with death defying operations.
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Leyte
Philippines
Federal Communications Commission
Army Special Attack Corps
Dulag
Burauen
Fifty thousand housing units needed for war workers
Washington reports the National Housing Agency says fifty thousand new housing units are critically needed to recruit and retain war workers, a major requirement in ordnance shipyards and other heavy industries. NRA Administrator Blandford notes the urgency in centers nationwide. TO File Million-Dollar Suit New York reports the regional OPA filed suit for almost 4 million against American Tobacco Company for selling cigarettes above ceiling prices to wholesalers and distributors for army and navy use.
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Washington
National Housing Agency
NRA
John B. Blandford, Jr
New York
Reional
OPA
Meats Fats and Stamps Notice From News AP
(By the Associated Press) As of Monday November 27, book four red stamps AB thru ZB AS and PS valid. Next series of stamps validated December 3. Processed reads blue stamps AS thru Z8 and AS thru W5 valid indefinitely. XS thru 28% and A2 and 82 valid December 1 and good indefinitely. Book four stamps 30 thru 34 valid five pounds each. Stamp 40 good for five pounds for home canning through February 4. Shoes Book three airplane stamps 1 7 and 3 valid indefinitely. Gasoline 13 A coupons good every four gallons through December at C-4 8-5 and 6-6 for five gallons. Fuel O1 old period four and five coupons throughout current heating season. New period one coupons also valid now and good through heating season.
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Associated Press
Ugat
Germans ably led with U S First Army in Germany
The First Army fought to a standstill along its line with minor gains as the ground war continued. Four German divisions were destroyed and two retired for replacements, with about 7,606 prisoners taken and likely triple that in dead and wounded. A U S staff officer said Hitler had retired from direct western control, leaving command to von Rundstedt, who uses established methods to manage green troops and the enemy’s reorganization. Indian Claims Commission plans a new bill to handle claims, as Congress currently must act on each case. Lawrence lodge No 6 A F and A M will meet Monday at 4 PM for Master Mason degree work. visitors welcome.
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U. S. First Army
Germany
First
Rman
Courtney Hodges
Nwiber
Hitler
Marshal von Ronstedt
Aachen
von Rondstedt
von Rundstedt
Pnd
Ruana
Boeing schedules rearranged for holiday closure
The Boeing Company announced a rearrangement of work schedules for the holiday period. Employees will be off Saturday December 25 and Monday December 27 inclusive, with the firm observing the holiday at its plant.
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Boirplane Company
Plan Officive
Tuberculosis Clinic Report for Douglas County
Ethel P. Lynn reports on the Lawrence tuberculosis clinic findings for the past year. Of 399 patients with 625 visits, eight advanced TB cases, ten moderately advanced, fifteen minimal, sixteen unstable primary TB, and fourteen stable or healed contacts were observed. Other conditions included heart issues in 31 cases and a variety of respiratory ailments. Dr. J C F Taylor led most clinics with J A Baude substituting. The clinic process involves referral by a family physician, X rays at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Red Cross staff measurements, and full reports back to the referring physician. The program funds the Christmas Seal drive aiming to raise 8500 dollars.
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Ethel P. Lynn
R.N
C.P.H
Eal
Aoe Dunwiasounty
Lawrence
JC. F. Taylor
J. A.baude
H. L.ers
Douglas County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dr. Taylord
Red Cross
Taylor
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Lawrence Clinic
Douglas T County
Allied Forces Drive Through Alsace and Saar Bridgehead Advances
Allied units report slow progress with depleted training strength in places as the Fourth armored division pushes the Saar bridgehead further east and the Third army captures 26,167 prisoners in the current operation. Advances envelop Fitten Fremersdorf and Oberlimbert while Americans reach Felsberg. Armor clears villages north of Strasbourg and crosses toward Selestat. French troops hold Rosenau near the Swiss border.
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Fourth Armored
Saar
Sarre Union
Third Army
Fitten
Fremersdorf
Oberlimbert
Felsberg
Strasbourg
Boofsheim
Sermersheim
Kogenheim
City
Rhine Plain
Vosges
Chatenois
Kintzheim
Selestat
Upper Rhine
Rosenau
Salvation Army Toy Depot Opens in Lawrence
The Salvation Army at 732 Massachusetts street will open a toy depot where repaired toys can be dropped at 729 Vermont street or via pickup by calling 683. The effort supports the Salvation Army Christmas drive. Douglas county commissioners plan a 9 o'clock Monday meeting at the courthouse. County Treasurer Fred Kahn received 7 904.75 from the state for October welfare reimbursements. Mrs. J. C. McCoy, Red Cross secretary, resigns to join her husband in Tennessee. Civil Air Patrol mission postponed. Wells Baby Clinic at Lawrence Memorial Hospital welcomed 22 children examined by Dr. Mary Boyden. TNT popcorn remains a popular gift item for servicemen.
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Salvation Army
Massachusetts Street
Vermont Street
Fred Kahn
Topeka
J. C. McCoy
Douglas County
The
American Red Cross
C. McCoy
Menns
Tenn
Naval Training Unit
University of Kansas
Memphis
Wells
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mary Boyden
Elizabeth Bradley
THIRD SET OF TWINS JOINS FUNK FAMILY IN NORTONVILLE
In Nortonville Kansas on December 2 Mr and Mrs Frank Funk welcomed their third set of twins a boy and a girl joining siblings Marvin Leroy Leonard Donald and Roland The Funks previously had one child and two older sets of twins. In Chungking China the high command admitted Japanese penetration of Kweichow with skirmishes around Limingkwan near the Kwangsi Kweichow railroad pass north of Liuchai and 110 miles southeast of the Kwei chow Burma road.
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Nortonville
Kan
Frank Funk
Marvin
Funke
Leroy
Leonard
Hie
Donald
Roland
Kweichow
Chungking
Limingkwan
Liuchai
Kweichow Burma Road
Kweiyang
Connally predicts oil treaty will never be ratified
Chairman Connally of Texas predicted today that the Anglo American oil treaty now before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will never be ratified. The remark reflects congressional opposition to the pact amid broader energy policy debate.
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Washington
Sec
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Huberman To Perform In Lawrence At Hoch Auditorium
Polish violin great Bronislaw Huberman makes his Lawrence debut at Hoch Auditorium University City of Kansas Monday at 8 20 p m second concert in the university series He founded the Palestine Symphony after leaving Austria and before the Nazi era His program includes works by Handel Tanejeff Szymanowski Chopin and others with intermission and a concluding set rendering a fairy tale theme and variations.
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mu‘Jovers
Lawrence
Hoch Auditorium
Univer
City of
Kansas
Huberman
Austria
Hitler
Palestine Symphony
Gevaert Huberman
Sergej Tanejeff Praeludium
Andantino
Mythos
Witte
Chopin-Huberman
Waits
Market News: Mixed Signals Across Commodities
Market news from New York and Chicago reports mixed stocks with sugars and rails firm, cotton quiet, and wheat and corn trading unevenly. In Kansas City, cattle and hogs show broad price shifts with feeders and cows weak and top lamb prices around 14.70, while grain bids in Kansas City show varied levels for wheat, corn, oats, and rye amid steady to firm activity.
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New York
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Ap-Wfa
Letters From Abroad And Camp Life Reach Families
Armed Forces Pvt Kenneth C Pine writes his parents of a safe arrival in Italy. Lt Samuel C Boardman and Mrs Boardman arrived from San Diego and will visit Boardman parents until after Christmas. James K Linville transfers to Port Hueneme from Farragut. Mrs Kenneth Mitchell’s brother Bill Barber on leave about December 26. Olin D Harrell graduates amphibious fire man training at Iowa State Ames awaiting orders. Lamont W Gaston trains at Camp Robinson. Roy P Barnes at Camp Peary in naval school. brother of Mrs Asa Richardson.
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Pvt
Kenneth C. Pine
Clifford Pine
Italy
Private Pine
Army Infantry
Samuel C. Boardman
USNR
Kenneth Mitchell
Bill Barber
Olin D. Harrell
William R. Harrell
Richland
Naval Training School
Iowa State College
Ames
Pvt. Lamont W. Gaston
E. Thayer Gaston
Camp Robinson, Ark
Roy P. Barnes
Camp Peary
Asa Richardson
Lt J D Phillips Jr Awarded Silver Star
Lt J D Phillips Jr son of J D Phillips route one has been awarded the silver star for gallantry. He and survivors of his platoon occupied and held a dominant position before the Nijmegen bridge over the Waal in Holland while Germans fired. He and his men were dropped with three days rations and eight days passed before rations reached them. Mrs J D Phillips Jr and Sharon reside in Albuquerque. Argue Jobs in Flood Control. Washington Dec 2 thousand jobs promised as incentive for swift passage of 500 million divers and harbors authorization. Senate began debate after approving by voice vote a 1 billion flood control authorization.
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J. D. Phillips, Jr
J. D. Phillips
Route One
Phillips
Waal
Holland
82Nd Airborne Division
Sharon
Albuquerque
Washington
Senate
Local Market Prices and Poultry Update
Today's reports show grain and dairy values with Grass Wheat at 1.47, yellow corn 0.95, butterfat classifications No 160 and No 247. Poultry prices list hens light 14 and heavy 21, springs and broilers 25, cocks and stage at ings. hogs 13.50.
Wall Street Bullish Tone Amid Apathy In Early Trade
The day on December 2 sees rails and industrials showing bullish leanings while readers remain notably apathetic. Trading activity is irregular with about 600,000 shares reported, the largest for the period, reflecting a cautious market mood.
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Wall Street
New Fork
Altho’ Aera
Apath Reid
Neighbor expresses thanks for support during hospital stay
Dorothy Rakburh gratefully acknowledges neighbors and friends for cards letters and flowers sent while she was hospitalized, commending their care and support during her recovery.
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Dorothy
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