Artillery Shells Still Rationed on Western Front
With the U S Ninth Army in GermanyDecember 6 despite some improvement in arms supplies artillery remains rationed on the western front. Commands conserve during quiet periods and local operations do not always align with lull periods due to ammunition shortages.
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U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
Britain
America
North
Africa
France
Siegfriedine
Leyte
Europe
Kansans Wounded in Action Named by War Department
The War Department released 2,698 names of soldiers wounded in action. Included are Kansans such as Pvt Wayne Banks Holsington. Pvt Charles Browning Hutchinson. Solomon Meyer Wakeeney. Pvt Michael Anatvipat Topeka. Lt Michael Jodgett Topeka. Pvt Alfred Boyd Pawnee Rock. Pvt Walter Bryant Leavenworth. Sgt William Buckland Liberal. Pvt Glen Burch Pittsburg. 3rd Grade Max Daniels Wichita. Sgt Ollie Dickson Salina. Cpl Melvin Divelbiss Salina. Lt William Duvall Augus. S/Sgt Walter Ehlers Manhattan. Pfc Steve Elkins Fordon. Cpl Lloyd Hanna Leavenworth. J Buford Hixon Humble. Amor E Johnson Neodesha. Pvt Anthony Keating Fort Scott. Pvt Thomas Lapka Timken. Cpl Paul Leyland. Pvt Hernon Prothro Wichita. Pvt Arthur R Riedel Hays. Richard C Rosenberger Bent. Chester Self Topeka. Date 0 Wilson Dodge City.
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Washington
War Department
Central Pacific Area
Wayne E. Banks
Holsington
Charles R
Browning
Hutchinan
Solomon Meyer
Wakeeney
Micheel Anatvipat
Topeka
Topeka. 4Chael A. Iodgett, Peka. Pfe. Alfred B. Boyd, Pawnee Rock
Walter L. Bryant
Leavenworth
Wiliam O. Buckland
Liberal
Glen A. Burch
Pittsburg
Max E. Daniels
Wichita
Ollie ‘J. Dickson
Salina
Melvin L. Divelbiss
Rat
William H. Duvall
Augus
Walter D. Ehlers
Manhattan
Pfc
Steve E. Elkins
Forden
Lloyd M. Hanna
J. Buford D. Hixon
Hum- Bt
Amor E. Johnson
Neodesha
Anthony J. Keating
Fort Scott
Thomas M. Lapka
Timken
Cpi
Pay
EB. Leyland
Emell
Thomas L. Et Tee . Pie
Leon H. Baier
Hernon Prothro
Wichits
Arthur R. Riedel
Haya
War Time Food Stamp Ledger Notes Rules
A Monday December 4 Associated Press summary lists ration stamp validity for processed foods sugar and home canning items. It covers book four stamps AS through ZB and related five pound limits, air stamps for AI Shore, gasoline coupons for four and five gallons, and heating fuel periods noting indefinite or specific expiration dates.
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Associated Press
AI Shore
Luce Outfit Pleases Soldier Visitors on Front-Line Tour
Third Army Headquarters welcomed Representative Clare Boothe Luce and 16 House members as General Patton gave a briefing on the war situation. Luce toured an army hospital, chatted with wounded G I s, and admired field uniforms while committee members commented on food and warm clothing for the troops.
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Third Army
Clare Boothe
House
Militar Ee
George S. Patton, Jr
Luce
Pattona
G.i.s
Fisora’ S
G.I
Saint Chrisranks
Corporations Surpass Sixth War Loan Investment Goal
Washington Dec 6 Corporations have invested 10 088 000 000 in the Sixth War Loan exceeding their 9 000 000 000 goal. Total sales in the drive reach 12 468 000 000 with Series E at 946 000 000 and individual sales including bonds at 2 430 000 000, all toward a grand quota of 141 000 000 000.
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Washington
Lawrence council meets Monday after 7 at OPA office
Local notes report a Lawrence city council session planned for Monday at 7 thirty ob by the OPA office in Wichita with visitors today at the rationing board office. Several district Co-Operative Club members and coaches from Lawrence High School football are noted for a dinner at Community Building at 7. Also a local insurance man involved in an unpremeditated duck incident is mentioned in relation to Spray's place.
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OPA
Wichita
Local Rationing Board Today
Hhe Co-Operative Club
Lawrence High Schoe
Spray’s Place
Northwest
Deaths and Funerals In Lawrence Area Obituaries
Mrs. Malvina J. Schleppey Ward of Lawrence died at her daughter’s home in Atchison on November 28 at 81. Burial was in Mount Vernon cemetery Atchison. Mrs. Mary B. Prim, 0 years, died at a Topeka hospital. Born in Luxembourg on February 2, 1864, she lived on a Douglas county farm near Overbrook, then with a daughter Mrs Anna Like in Hern ver Kan. Funeral 10 a m tomorrow at LaPeer church Overbrook. Burial Rock Creek cemetery. Mrs. Fred Brokmann, 78, died yesterday at Lawrence Memorial hospital. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Rumsey funeral home. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by husband, three daughters and three sons. Also two brothers and two sisters and six grand and two great grandchildren. Two nephews and a niece list.
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Malvina J. Schleppey
Lawrence
Frank Carkade
Atchison, Kan
Mary B. Prim
Topeka
Luxembourg
Douglas County
Overbrook
Anna Like
Hernvere Kan
Hernedon
Kan
Christine Lemberger
Harry
Ernest Prim
Irida
LaPeer Church
Portulance
Ottawa
Rock Creek Cemetery
Fred Brokmann
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
H. Reifschneider
Oak Hill Cemetery
New Jersey Street
William Marshall
MracEdmith
Delmer Edwards
Arthur B. Brokmann
Meriden
William Brokmann
Albert Brokmann
William Gantz
George Gantz
Durham
Okla
C. F. Bick
Los Angeles
Calif
H. K. Schaffer
Omaha
Neb
Third Army over Saar at six points
Six months after D day Eisenhower’s invasion drives western front gains. Allied armies advance toward Saar and Ruhr with heavy German casualties cited. Flooding along Maas and Rhine breaches disrupts Allied lines as Canadians and others contend with rising waters.
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The
Saar
U. S. Third Army
Saar Valley
Saarlautern
Regen
Erban
Third Army
Betis
Maas River
Holland
Eisenhower
France
Republic
Belgium
Brest
Sarreguemines
Ruhr
Rhineland
Census takers wanted for agricultural census effort
James Neal, newly named supervisor for the Second District, urged Douglas County residents in Lawrence to apply as enumerators for the federal agricultural census starting January 8. The Fort Scott Bureau of Census office will coordinate nine counties, pay $3 per day for training, and require a three day instruction course near home in December. The census will map farms and farm operations including crops, livestock, poultry, dairy, power use and other farm activities. The 1915-terms cadence is every five years since 1915, with population not enumerated this year, and War Food Administration cooperation noted.
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James Neal
Lawrence
United States
Fort Scott
Bureau of Census
Bourbon County
Kan
Douglas County
Census Bureau
War Food Administration
Soprano Marie Wilkins scheduled for February 5 recital
Marie Wilkins, famed for Lakme at the Metropolitan Opera and a recent national rise, will perform a full evening recital Monday February 5 as a complimentary addition to the university concert series. Dean Swarthout extols her coast to coast tour and prior Lawrence success, noting strong local demand and requests to replace remaining series with her four concerts.
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Marie Wilkins
D. M. Swarthout
Huberman
Lakme
Metropolitan Opera House
Lily Pons
Metropolitan Opera Company
Canada
Lawrence
Dean Swarthout
Mra
French Offensive Claims 15,000 Prisoners and 10,000 Killed
Maj. Gen. De Lattre De Tassigny reported from a press conference that since the winter offensive began on the western front the French First Army has destroyed three enemy divisions and killed 10,000 Germans while taking 15,000 prisoners. He noted French losses were light and that three enemy divisions facing them are at two thirds normal strength.
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de Lattre de Tassigny
British attack on Lussino island in Adriatic
British warships and aircraft hit the northern Adriatic island of Lussino on December 3 destroying shipping and silencing enemy batteries, a joint naval air communique said today from Rome.
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Adriatic
Rome
Lussino
Multi item collision report and related notices
Cars in collision at Thirteenth and Vermont streets caused slight damage as J A Rods on Massachusetts street turned into Thirteenth and stopped to discharge a passenger. W J Wager also turned into Thirteenth street and struck a rear fender. Death due to suffocation attributed to gas fumes at 1125 New York Street. Coroner cites likely paralysis and room fumes. Also brief notices on German women volunteers for army corps and Nazi POW medical treatment, plus Battle of Leyte area claims. Mora rooms, apartments, and houses rented via Journal World classifieds.
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Thirteenth
Vermont Streets
J. A. Rods
Massachusetts Street
Thirteenth Street
W. J. Wager
Ross
Wagner
John W. Silvers
New York Street
C. B. Rumsey
Silvers
Otis
Two Lawrence men serve in Italys 61st infantry in advance
In Italy Col Harold Howard and Lt Thomas S McGee fight with the 61st infantry spearheading Lt Gen Mark W Clark Fifth Army from Velletri to the Arno River. The regiment landed May 31 and fought its first battle in two days, aiding the fall of Rome by taking the Albano Hills and Lake Albano. Also noted are A C Bob Elbel visiting Norman, cadet Elbel and S 2/c Richard Waratafi in Norman, Cpl Paul Raber at home on furlough, Francis Eugenia Meisner graduating as WASP, and Capt John H White promoted to major after service in the Mediterranean.
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Lawrence
Harold Howard
Vermont Street
Thomas S. McGee
Colorado
Ital
Whic
Mark W. Clark
Velletri
Arno River
Italy
Albano Hills
Lake Albano
Rome
Spalsbury promoted and families updated in wartime notes
The article reports Corporal Spalsbury promoted to sergeant with confirmation to his wife Elizabeth Spalsbury of 309 East Nineters street and son of Mr and Mrs Spalsbury of 1844 Lenard avenue. Lt David Scott, wounded in France, recovered in England and assigned as acting Judge Advocate in Paris. Berlin reports Hitler receiving Franz Szalasi at an unspecified retreat.
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Clark
Spalsbury
Pacific
Elizabeth Spalsbury
East Nineters Street
R. L. Spalsbury
Lenard Avenue
David Scott
France
England
Paris
Stalasi Londori
Upi
Berlin
Hitler
Franz Szalasi
Bronze Star Awards for Five Kansans
Washington December 6 A Bronze Star Medal is awarded to five Kansans by the War Department Ist Lt Benjamin May Bays Potion killed in action June 1 1944 in Italy Roscoe D Brown Garnett Seer I Scheve son of Henry Spearville posthumous awarded for action February 2 1944 at Kwajalein Also notes De Gaulle Juin visit Moscow with Red Army artillery school officials prior talks with Soviet officers
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Washington
War Department
Joseph BE Crawford
Benjamin May
Bays
Italy
Bayerns
F. Williams
Wee
Roscoe D. Brown
Garnett
Seer I. Scheve
Henry Spearville
Kwajalein
Air collision kills 12 crew members near Walterboro
An air base announced in Charleston today that 12 crew of an B-24 bomber and the pilot of a P-47 fighter were killed when the two planes collided in the air ten miles southwest of Walterboro. The report notes the incident occurred yesterday, with details from the Walterboro area.
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Western Front
the Journal-World
Tuxem Bour
Bolles
Avi
Karthaus
Ersdar
Fenes
Tederzerf
Arbruck
Phitsbourn
Visita Oversean Hospital
Monausim
Dallas
Rebekah Lodge No. 4
Acacia Lodge
Prt
Schermerhorn
W. M.coy
Seey
London
UPA
Danube
Budapest
Thomas S. McNaul
Roger A. Phillips
J. A. Ross
Ray Boardman
Merseburg
Beilefeld
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Women’s Army Corps
Norman Bowler
Commons
Japan
Tokyo
Gulf of Leyten
Philippines
Mora
Journal-World
Massachusetts
Cau
Miles
Sary
Subofic
Broges
Romania
Kavos
Lake
Balamazis
Yugoslavia
Tit
Mitrovica
Reds
Buda Est
Bob Elbel
Norman
E. R. Elbel
Cadet Elbel
University of Kansas
Richard Waratafi
Norma
Cpl
Paul H. Raber
Morris Raber
West Indies
Corporal Raber
Service
Air Corps
Francis Eugenia Meisner
Kansas City
Kathryn A. Shirtcliff
New Hampshire Street
Avenger Field
Sweetwater
Tex
Miss Meisner
KCKN
KCMO
WASP
Spring Hill High School
John H. White
Louise H. White
Haskell
Lake Charles
Mediterranean
Major White
Mat
Eve
Bond
Avi Tion
Red
Moscow
General de Gaulle
Alphonse Pierre Juin
Red Army
Urs
Chicago
LOWEN
Allison Flower
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