Big Three meet as war aims clarified for Europe
Washington reports that Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin may unveil a joint plan to shorten the war by weeks or months with a possible ultimatum to Germany. It notes debate over opening a Western Front versus strengthening the Russian campaign and hints at imminent invasion preparations and a potential plea for German surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Moscow
Feheran
Europe
Chairynan Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
United States
Teheran
Berlin
France
Belgium
George C. Marshall
Middle East
England
High Command
Eastern Front
Britain
Italy
Hitler
Germany
Peale
Lecompton Teachers Meet December 6
The Lecompton group of the Douglas County Teachers Association will meet Monday night December 6 at 8 o clock at the home of Mrs Sara Scheier of all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lecompton Group
Douglas County Teachers Association
Sara Scheier
Ration Stamp Validity Dates From World War II Era
The notice lists valid through and expiration dates for Brown G H J K stamps for meats fats and processed foods, green A B C D E F stamps, sugar Book Four 28, Shoes Book One 18 and airplane sheet 00d, Gasoline coupons 9A B C, and Fuel oil Periods one two three with area variations and unit values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Midwest
Kanwaka Farm Bureau Women Meet Twice Monthly for Red Cross Work
Kanwaka unit women hold Red Cross sessions on the first and second Tuesdays, 10 am to late afternoon, at the township hall. Members bring covered dishes and civic leaders Mrs Colman and Mrs Milton Elliott supervise. Last month 24 bed jackets were completed for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanwaka
Allied Leaders Meet in Moscow on Wartime Strategy
The article notes a wartime conference near Moscow among Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill. They discuss a second front in Europe, with coordinated Allied land actions, plus potential actions toward Berlin and Germany. Polish foreign minister Romer expresses hope for future Soviet Polish collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Mediterranean
Ais
Europe
Tadeusz Romer
Associated Press
Soviet Union
Poland
Roosevelt
Stalin
Russia
Churchill
Moscow
American Indian Federation to Demand End of US Indian Bureau
The American Indian Federation in Tulsa will consider a resolution demanding abolition of the U S Indian bureau. Drafted by a Tulsa committee led by S R Lewis the measure says the bureau is useless and urges state and local takeovers and a $30 000 000 post war veteran rehabilitation fund from congressional appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Oklo
American Indian Federation
United States Indian Bureau
Joe Bruner
S. R. Lewis
Congress
Gifts for Service Men Cub Pack honors at Trinity Lutheran
Cub Pack No. 58 held a Friday evening meeting at Trinity Lutheran church where seven dens displayed and presented gifts including 17 to buy Christmas kits 217 comic books 10 games and three scrap books. Names of 27 boys were read for advancement awards or eligibility for achievement badges and the pack voted to join the scrap drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub
Trinity Lutheran Church
Deaths and Funerals George Stam
George Stam 65 died last night in Kansas City Missouri. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at Rumsey Funeral Home with the Rev D O Weatherbee officiating. Survived by one brother Thomas Stam of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stam
Kansas City
Rumsey Funeral Home
D. O. Weatherbee
Thomas Stam
Lawrence
Dora Lucretia Hixson Rites Planned at Rumsey Funeral Home
Dora Lucretia Hixson 64 of 708 Ash Street died at home yesterday. Funeral services Monday at 2 PM at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev H C Brockman officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by husband Daniel Hixson three daughters Betty Miller Lillian Hamilton Thelma Dodson and two sons Ralph and Ray Hixson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Lucretia Hixson
Ash Street
Rumsey
H. C. Brockman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Daniel Hixson
Betty Miller
Lawrence
Lillian Hamilton
Moberly
Thelma Dodson
Kansas City
Kan
Ralph Hixson
Ray Hixson
Trusts for family protection offered by First National Bank
Freedom From Fear outlines the benefit of a bank managed trust to safeguard family assets after death. It emphasizes careful tax handling to minimize payable taxes and maximize future family use. The ad invites readers to discuss estate management with the bank while noting Journal-World classified sales of livestock and farm implements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Lawrence
First National Bank
Adv
Journal-World
States Determine the Right to Vote in Next Election
Washington December 4 Congress moves toward passing a measure urging states to facilitate absentee voting for armed forces at home and abroad. The Senate backed a bipartisan coalition to preserve state voting rules for service members without limiting to federal elections. The plan faces House scrutiny as debates over voting rights and state authority continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
House
House Elections Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Ladies and Society
Lucas
D-Nl
Green
D-R.i
Armed Forces
Merchant Marine
Red Cross
United Service Organizations
Gerry
Rhode Island
Walsh
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Green-Lucas
Taft
Ohio
House Committee
Service Notices From War Fronts And Home Front
Families report safe arrivals and assignments of service members in the Pacific and European theaters. Ensign Charles Stough Jr and a wife in Topeka relay word of safe arrival. Mrs Newman learns of her husband’s location in the South Pacific. Hovey Hanna sworn in as Ensign D V S and ordered to report in Tucson. J W Stone on furlough from Camp Shelby visits family. Maj Arthur S Anderson recovering from typhus in a high altitude Chinese hospital. Pfc Harry W Carr Jr leaves Camp Adair after furlough. Edmond L Johnson promoted to sergeant. Esther Ruth Johnson home route 1 Lawrence. Russell Deskins and wife announce twin daughters born at Stormont hospital Topeka. Deskins at Camp Edwards. Capt Forrest M Chapman returns to Camp Adair after leave with mother Carrie S Chapman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond L. Johnson
Esther Ruth Johnson
Route 1
Lawrence
Russell Deskins
Stormont Hospital
Topeka
Deskins
Camp Edwards
Mass
Public Lecture on British Army Education at KU
W. J. Hinton of the British Information Service will discuss British Army Education at 4 30 Monday afternoon in Fraser Theater, Kansas University. The talk is free and open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Hinton
British Information Service
Hong Kong
Oxford
Cambridge
Fraser Theater
Kansas University
Judge Wed John H Howard and Bela Robidoux in Court
Probate Judge Frank R. Gray officiated a courthouse wedding for John Henry Howard and Bela Robidoux of Fall City Nebraska and Stanley Peter Burczak of Fort Wayne Indiana with Alice Marie Gris som of Sabetha Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jude
Frank R. Gray
Court House
John Henry Howard
Bela Robidoux
Fall City
Neb
Stanley Peter. Burczak
Fort Wayne
Ind
Alice Marie Grissom
Sabetha
Kan
Douglas County Livestock and Agriculture Fair Assn Meeting
The annual meeting of the Douglas County Livestock and Agriculture Fair Association will be held at Big Springs Schoolhouse on December 14 at 7 p.m. Pete Bahnmaier is secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Livestock and Agriculture Fair Assn
Big Springs
Pete Bahnmaier
Sec
Gleed Leases West Twenty Third Produce House to Frederick
Frederick Produce Co. forms as Herbert J. Gleed leases his West 23rd Street produce business to A. E. Frederick. Gleed travels to California to recuperate after six decades of family operation dating to 1920 under Gleed and brother Clarence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick To
West 23Rd Street
Herbert J. Gleed
Douglas County
West Twenty-third Street
A. E. Frederick
Frederick Produce Co
Gleed
California
Gleed Produce Company
Herbert Gleed
Clarence
War Waste Paper Drive Seeks Youth Group Help
The War Production Board notes 81 tons of supplies per service member per month abroad, urging Lawrence residents to boost waste paper shipments. Campaigns by the Salvation Army PTA and Boy Scouts organize six wards with troops 55 through 60 under leaders Burgess O Kane Milliken Harrell Johnson and others to collect paper for newsprint and packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Lawrence
Salvation
P.T.A
Boy Scouts
Raw River
Ninth Street
Massachusetts Street
Edwin T. Burgess
S. M. Pack
Jack Marquette
Thirteenth Street
Harry O’kane
S. M
Third Ward
Twenty-third Street
J. C. Milliken
S. M. Fourth Ward
Twelfth Street
Andy Harrell
Lawrence Deever
Fifth Ward
River
Bob Johnson
S. M. Sixth Ward
Woodlawn P.T.A
Haskell
Leonard Frazier
Geologists see Midwest six-state region as postwar chemical hub
Center of Resources reports geologists from the United States Geological Survey and state surveys identify Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma and Arkansas as a rich nonmetal chemical resource belt. They cite coal oil dolomite manganese salt gypsum bauxite and pyrites as key inputs for a second wave of American industrialization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Midwest
D. F. Hewett
Metals
United States Geological Survey
Washington
Hewett
Hugh D. Miser
Geological Survey
Robert H. Dott
Norman
Oklahoma Geological Survey
C. Frye
Lawrence
Kansas State
Wallace Lee
Liquidation Forecast for Oklahoma State Debt
Oklahoma City on December 4 reports John L. Moseley administrative budget officer forecast complete liquidation of Oklahoma's state debt by June 30 1946. He says the state treasury is in the strongest condition in about 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
John L. Moseley
Den ver to host 1944 national basketball tourney
Denver was awarded the 1944 men's national basketball championship tournament by the American Athletic Union at its annual conference. St Joseph Missouri will stage the women's basketball tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.A.U
Denver
Columbus
American Athletic Union
St. Joseph
British Push Through Italian Front Near Sangro and Lanciano
Allied forces pressed along the Sangro front with a British breakthrough near Guardiagrele and a capture of Lanciano. Eighth Army repelled a German counter at Treglio as air battles intensified. Bombing raids hit Casale near Rome and ports at Sibenik and Split. Bari suffered damage from German air attacks.
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Guardiagrele
Orsogna
Eighth Army
Lanciano
Treglio
Sanito
Casale
Rome
Sibenik
Split
Yugoslavia
RAF Bostons
Adriatic
Bari
Prisoner Claude Newton Faces Back Taxes After Profits
Oklahoma City report shows Claude Newton, inmate at Oklahoma Penitentiary, earning 25000 from prisoner crafts during spare time. He now must file income tax for 1940 to 1943. Newton, 39, on probationary leave from a life term for murder, says he was unaware of tax obligations. Parole officer Dr. A B Rivers says settlement should not affect Kerr administration pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Perry Rathburn
Internal Revenue
Oklahoma
Claude Newton
Newton
Arizona
Robert S. Kerr
A. B. Rivers
Garnett to Host Talk by KU Education Dean
Dr. J. W. Twente dean of Kansas University School of Education will address the County Teachers Association in Garnett tomorrow afternoon on The Teacher is Important. He previously spoke on the same topic to teachers and parents in Belleville Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett
J. W. Twente
School of Education
Kansas University
County Teachers Association
Belleville
Chinese-American Planes Raid Hong Kong Target Kowloon Docks
Chinese American planes sank a 4 000 ton freighter and badly damaged two more ships in drydock. They also destroyed railway equipment and buildings and started three large fires at Kowloon opposite Hong Kong. 14th air force Mitchell bombers hit Kowloon and Taikoo docks with 90 percent of bombs on target. one Zero interceptor was shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Hong Kong
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kowloon
Mitchell
14Th Air Force
Taikoo
Lawrence radio address on American way set for tomorrow
Heard in Lawrence Lt jg Conrad Eriksen buys Adams farm near McLouth and praises eastern Kansas prospects. McClure to speak on radio at 2:15 pm Tomorrow. Taxpayers line up as county treasurer reports high full-payment rate and delinquency deadline looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. McClure
Kansas Electric Power Company
WREN
A. M. Gardner
J.g
Conrad Kerulf Eriksen
USNR
Lawrence
Adams Farm
McLouth
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Eriksen
Kansas
Babson Institute
Babson Park
Mass
Bumble Bee Gun Reported as Germany’s Seaborne Weapon
Berlin correspondent for Dagens Nyheter reports a new German seaborne weapon called the bumble bee gun. The gun fires shells of extraordinary explosive force that hum over water like a bee, described as a super surface torpedo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Germany
Berlin
Dagens Nyheter
Swedish Protest Triggers Nazi Warning on Deportation
Sweden protested Berlin's order to deport 1,200 Norwegian students and professors prompting a curt warning from German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. He expressed astonishment as Sweden urged Germany to cancel arrests and deportations and maintain future relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Berlin
von Ribbentrop
Germa
Stockholm
Germany
Cory Named Acting General Counsel for Unemployment Division
Charles H. Cory is named acting general counsel for the unemployment compensation division of the state labor department in Topeka. He succeeds Clark McPherson who left October 1 to serve as a naval reserve officer. Cory, formerly Labette county attorney, has been assistant attorney for the division the past 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Charles H. Cory
State Labor Department
Clark McPherson
Cory
Labette County
Blast Shatters Barracks in Grenoble In World War II Action
A Grenoble dispatch reports three powerful explosions shattered a German barracks early yesterday. The blast killed 12 Germans and wounded 50 as troops were quartered there. The incident was reported by the Tribune de Geneve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Grenoble
France
Tribune de Geneve
Kansan Killed in Accident Near St. John
Cpl. Paul Karlson of Piper Kansas died when a jeep skidded on the Alaska highway north of St. John and overturned. He was a member of the U S Army Signal Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan
Edmonton
Can
Alaska Highway
St. John
Cpl
Paul Karlson
Piper
Kan
U. S. Army Signal Corps
British fighters down German bombers in daylight raids
London reports British fighters knocked down eleven Dornier 217 twin engined bombers in daytime sweeps. Nazi radio blackout at dusk indicated RAF heavy bombers operated on a third straight night raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
RAF
Sigel Social News Highlights Thanksgiving Gatherings
Local residents share Thanksgiving visits and dinners with relatives across Sigel and nearby towns. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steele hosting in Sigel, LeRoy Robison’s trip to Junction City to join the Kansas University squad, and multiple families gathering in Lawrence, Topeka, Leavenworth, and Kansas City for meals and reflections.
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The
RADI
Indian Bureau Unwanted
Red -American Indian Federation
Ensign Charles Stough, Jr
Pacific
Charles Stough
Ohio Street
William Newman
Kentucky Street
South Pacific
Hovey H. Hanna
U. S. Naval Reserve
D-V
Tucson
Ariz
J. W. Stone
Camp Shelby
Miss
J. M. Stone
Arthur S. Anderson
Pfc
Harry W. Carr, Jr
Harry Carr
Lecompton
Camp Adair
Ore
Forrest M. Chapman
Carrie S. Chapman
East Seventeenth Street
Center OF Resources
John C. Frye
Rosalind Russell
Fred MacMurray
Herbert Marshall
Hongkong
Gschurches
Gome
Howard Chandler Christy
China
Laymen's National Committee
Vanderbilt Hotel
New York
N.Y
R. A. Schwegler
the First Baptist Church
Ky. St
Nazarene
Vt. Sts
Sigel
Leslie Clough
R. B. Farmer
Harry Unger
Clarence Anderson
Marjorie Anne
Anderson
Iola Belle Johnson
LeRoy Robison
Junction City
K. U
P. Ludwig
Charles Donaldson
Memphis
Lee Robison
C. A. Porter
Oregon
R. L. Clough
Kenneth Johnson
Roger
Dale Johnson
Jerry
Lauren Plummer
James Sanders
William Johnson
Fameily
R. B. Farmer and Sons
Raymond and
Thomas
Tonganoxie
Carl Young
S. M. Gentry
A. B. Frederick
Schubert Funeral Home
N. H
Elks Home
Vermont Street
Rev. Cowell O’ Neill
Lawrence Bible Center
Rhode Island St
Joseph T. Larson
Minneapolis
Minn
the Evangelist Bible Class
Bible Center
9Th and
Rhode Island Street
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