New Heights On Road to Rome in Forthcoming Battles
Allied forces push to control Monte Camino and Monte Maggiore as Fifth and Eighth armies strike along the Italian front. British and American units advance across the Moro river and Garigliano front amid heavy rains and fog, while air operations target Athens and Cassino.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Rome
Italy
Moro
Monte Camino
Monte Maggiore
Adriatic
Tenth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Sangro
U. S
Fifteenth Air Force
Hlevsis
Kalamaki
Athens
Pearl Harbor
Albert Kesselring
Cassino
Mignano
Garigliano River
Orsogna
Casoli
Eighth Army
Garigliano
Geprano
Collision at Tenth and Illinois injures two drivers
A minor collision occurred just before 1 PM at the intersection of Tenth and Illinois streets. Ralph Schimmel of 915 Alabama street and General Davidson of 1112 Illinois streets were the drivers involved. both reported only minor injuries and the damage was small.
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Tenth
Illinois
Ralph Schimmel
Alabama Street
Gen. Davidson
Reds Threaten Nazi Stronghold West of Znamenka
Red army forces driven across central Ukraine near Kremenchug severed the Smela Znamenka rail line and advanced toward Kirovograd, 23 miles away. Reports say Tsibulevo and Olimpiadowka captured, 900 Germans killed, 17 tanks destroyed, as Allied-style blizzard hindered German defenses.
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London
Ukraine
Kremenchug
Dnieper
Red Army
Rodion Malinovsky
Smela
Znamenka
Kirovograd
Warnen Grumuchy
Tsibulevo
Znamenka-Smela
Alexandria
Dikovka
Cor Iique
Olimpiadovka
Alexandriya
Cherkasy
Krivoi Rog
Gomel
Zhlobin
Rogachev
White Russia
Turkey may move to ally with the Allies in war
A London dispatch reports talks among President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and Ismet Inonu on Turkey's future status in the war. Berlin and Budapest broadcasts hint at pressure on Turkey while German troops move toward the Turkish border. Allied plans envision Turkey joining the Allies to aid offensives from the south and improve supply routes to the Soviet front.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
North
Africa
Inonu
Britain
Mediterranean
British Press Association
Cairo
Teheran
Berlin
India
Ankara
Budapest
U. S
Dobri Bojilov
Sofia
Iran
Altho
Bulgaria
George Schroeder
Wilhelmstrasse
Stalin
Germany
Italy
Balkans
Russia
United States
Red Army
Rumania
Lawrence City Hesitates Over Federal Non-Discrimination Contract
Lawrence city officials debate signing a federal contract with a non-discrimination clause. The dispute centers on whether outside dictates hiring and potential liability for similar clauses in future bids. Haskell Institute faces stopped water service pending a signed agreement and past due bills.
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Lawrence
Interior Department
Haskell Institute
Haskell
Ben
Water Department
Solon G. Ayers
Washington
Tulsa Board Objects To OPA Death Ration Forms
The Tulsa ration board protested an OPA rule that morticians must fill forms listing the deceased’s name address and relatives to track ration books. The board called the rule heavy handed and lacking sensitivity noting death should not reduce dignity or complicate grieving families.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa Ration Board
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Christmas Store Hours In Lawrence During Christmas Week
The Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce executive committee set new Christmas hours for Lawrence stores from Monday December 20 to Thursday December 23 opening 9 30 AM and closing 8 30 PM. On Friday December 24 regular hours 9 30 AM to 6 PM apply.
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Lawrence
Merchants Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Aim More Blows At Jap Defenses
The second anniversary of Pearl Harbor finds Allied plans poised for Pacific offensives. American submarines sank 11 more Japanese ships, total 516 since Dec 7, 1941, as Tokyo insisted Japan remains determined. Bombing raids hit New Britain and the Philippines while carrier strikes target Rabaul and Bougainville.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
New Britain
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Japan
Navy
Cairo
Douglas MacArthur
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands
Cape Gloucester
Bergen Bay
Rabaul
Open Bay
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Finschhafen
Community wrapping station opens in Lawrence
The Merchant's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce opened a wrapping and mailing station in the Jayhawker theater building. Frank Fitzpatrick directs with helpers while Bruce McKee of the Lawrence post office mails the packages. The service is free to all citizens and operates 1 to 6 PM daily. Trainloads of livestock and used farm implements have been sold through Journal-World classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Jayhawker Theater
Frank Fitzpatrick
Bruce McKee
Lawrence Post Office
Lawrence
Wisconsin super battleship launched at Philadelphia navy yard
The 90 million Wisconsin was launched on the Delaware checks in Philadelphia with Assistant Secretary Bard praising it as a response to Pearl Harbor. Mrs. Walter S. Goodland christened the vessel as officials from Wisconsin and federal ranks witnessed. Rear Admiral Draemel noted the need for more ships as areas grow. The ship spans nine and a half acres of decks and carries 900 motors and 250 miles of cables.
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Philadelphia
Wisconsin
Delaware
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Ralph A. Bard
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Walter S. Goodland
Navy
M. F. Draemel
Fourth Naval District
Planning a Postwar Junior High for Lawrence Schools
Lawrence city schools board discusses proposing a $32000 yearly two mill building fund levy for four years to finance postwar junior high facilities. Debt will be cleared by August 1944 while total levies may drop about 2 mills. Board to visit local school plants for data. resignations and appointments noted. enrollment figures show 2953 students as of November 24, 1943.
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Board of Education
Lawrence City
Amos Nichols
Nobel C. Lovgren
Cordley
Nichols
Lawrence
Yeates
Katherine Heck
Ralph Graber
Miss Heck
Elizabeth Raymond
Liberty Memorial High School
Lloyd Houston
Douglas County Health Unit
F. C. Whipple
Lloyd Purcell
A. E. Woestemeyer
Dick Wagstaff
Howard Sutherland
W. A. Churchill Hagerman
Clifford Dean
Copdley
Eccersescensern
Lincoln Oo
Eae
McA
Southern Democrats threaten party split in Senate
In a tense Senate exchange on December 7 Senator Bailey of North Carolina warned of forming a southern Democratic party as Byrd of Virginia demanded Guffey resign as campaign chairman amid charges of an unholy alliance with Republicans to defeat service members absentee voting. Guffey replied he had no indictment to answer.
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Washington
Senate
Bailey
D-N.c
Mason- Dixon Line
North Carolina
Byrd
D-Va
Guffey
Dpa
Offey
South
New York
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Weather Turns Mild Across Kansas Today
The Topeka weather report says fair conditions continue with rising temperatures in western and northern areas tonight and in the eastern region tomorrow. Phillipsburg saw a high of 47 and a low of 20 yesterday, with forecasts calling for maximums near 50 to 55 in both today and tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Phillipsburg
Pete
Mtwtffs I
Mtwtfes
County panel weighs opening road near Moody bridge
About two dozen residents attended a Moody bridge hearing west of Eudora on a petition to open a road from the west end of the bridge to Eudora’s east limits a quarter mile. The east approach was washed out by last June’s flood and tied to prior vacating. The board will decide after a county engineer reviews the bridge approach repair cost.
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Board of County Commissioners
Moody
Wakarusa
Eudora
Stock Market Index Rises to 60 Stocks at 48.6
The stock market index of 60 stocks stands at 48.6 after yesterday’s close, reversing from 48.2 previously. Market movers and sector shifts were noted amid cautious trading and gains in select shares.
Midwest Institute for Research Aimed at Regional Industry
Kansas City December 7 A charter for the Midwest Research Institute modeled after the Mellon Institute was filed in circuit court. The plan seeks to unite Missouri Kansas Arkansas Nebraska Oklahoma into a national scientific center with a world library, micro film, and labs to balance agriculture and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Midwest Research Institute
Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh
Missouri
Kan- Arkansa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Navy shifts to electricians in university training program
The naval training program at the University moves machinists' mates to electricians' mates with no major campus changes. Fowler Shops remain the base. new electrical labs occupy space freed by army personnel in the military science building. Lathe work ends. electrical labs will expand under Dr W P Hessler supervision.
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Naval
Deane W. Malott
Fowler
Gard
Malott
W.P. Hessler
Department of Electrical Engineering
No Flue Epidemic Yet Warns U S Public Health Service
The Public Health Service spokesman said the influenza rise is a normal seasonal uptick. Week ending November 27 figures show far fewer cases than 1941, and there is no sign of a 1918 type epidemic. London reports of 376 deaths in large cities are not yet globally significant. Authorities urge staying home with colds to curb spread amid limited medical staff.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
London
Britain
Health Service
Judge Menger, Lawrence Pioneer Jurist, Dies at 68
Louis H. Menger aged 68 of 743 Louisiana street died at 8 this morning at Security Benefit hospital Topeka. He served as Douglas county probate judge 1921 1939 and as Lawrence police judge 1903 1911. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 from Baptist church Rev W Thomas. burial Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by wife Hettie B. Menger and three sisters Clara Eberhardt Wichita Emma Bennett Edith Cleveland Lawrence. KU law graduate 1896.
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Louis H. Menger
Louisiana Street
Security Benefit
Topeka
Douglas County
Lawrence
Baptist Church
W. Thomas
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hettie B. Menger
Clara Eberhardt
Wichita
Emma Bennett
Edith Cleveland
Judge Menger
University of Kansas School of Law
Menger
Airport worker suffers rib fracture at municipal airport
Glenn Harris of 1645 L Learnerd Avenue was injured yesterday afternoon at the municipal airport while changing a plane propeller when the engine started unexpectedly. He was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital where the attending physician reports his condition as satisfactory with a fractured rib and damage to a left kidney.
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Glenn Harris
lLearnard Avenue
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Regents Sign The Airport Contract In City Meeting
City council approved a revised three party airport improvement contract with state board of regents and Ong Aircraft. Regents signed after redrafting to allocate $6 000 donated by University of Kansas to a new hangar and real estate. Work on runways continues with total project cost about $15 000.
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State Board of Regents
William Ong
Ong Aircraft Corporation
Clarence Gorrill
Topeka
Board of Regents
University of Kansas
Three Tons of Waste Paper Bought by Junk Company
The Auto Wrecking and Junk company bought three tons of waste paper from about 15 individuals. The Salvation Army was the largest seller, reporting 1670 pounds sold yesterday, with the truck busy again today.
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Junk Company
Auto Wrecking and Junk Company
Omeiay
Salvation Army
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Tex
Herbert G. Esau
West Eighth St
Hutchinson, Am
Elmer Woof
Marvine St
Philadel
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Gollenaate Dictionaries
Keeler
Halsey
Associated Press
Fantastic Tokyo
Tokyo
South Pacific
Aleutian
Imperial Headquarters
William F. Halsey
East India
Marshalls
Gilbert Islands
Solomons
Bougainville
Robert Carney
Naval Air Lockade
C. of C
Journal-World
Civil Air Patrol Cadet Unit
C. E. Pipes
Patrol
Europe
County Commissioners View Bridge
Midwest Institute For Research
K. U
Regents
Ong
Mayor Russell I
C. B. Russell
I. F. Eberhart
Ralph Pine
Wilfred Hunsinger
H. L. Chambers
No. 1
Paul Ingels
U. P
Union Pacific Railroad
O. J. Lane
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