Pearl Harbor two years later shows rising American power
At Pearl Harbor two years after the attack Admiral Chester W. Nimitz surveys a rebuilt Pacific fleet poised for new offensives. He notes improved facilities, ships and air power while warning of a possible sneak attack. he attends a Catholic memorial mass with General Richardson but offers no formal statement.
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Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
mid-Pacific
Marshalls
Marcus
Mauro
Wake
Gilberts
Hickam Field
John Rogers Airport
Oahu Island
United States
Robert C. Richardson
Army
Hawaiian Department
Admiral Nimitz
Richardson
Navy
Nimitz
Christmas Dinner at First Presbyterian Church
Reservations have 200 seated for the Annual Christmas Dinner at the First Presbyterian Church on Ninth and Vermont. A turkey meal will be served under the Women’s Guild with co chairmen Mrs F S Patton and Mrs H A Fries. Devotionals, carols, solos, sketches, and talks on Pioneer Kansas Christmas and RAF Christmas will follow. Guests dine at 6 30 pm with hosts listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Ninth
Vermont
Women’s Guild
F. S. Patton
H. A. Fries
Cochairmen
Percy Wiesselman
Lucille Wagner
Dorothy Mae Nelson
Margaret Lynn
Kansas
Russell Steen
Allen Crafton
F. A. Russell
Frank Willey
T. A. E. Belt
John Leforgee
C. F. O’bryan
J. G. McElhinney
William Moore
Harry E. Morrow
FE. L. Knapp
E. J. Coy
Mrs. Olinger
Young Soldier Charged In Stamp Possession Case
Pvt. Jack Noles of Tonkawa Oklahoma faced illegal possession charges for about 65 000 ration point stamps at Kingman Army Air Field. Federal bond was set at 1000 dollars. Officers found about 40000 meat and fat stamps 20000 processed food stamps 700 gas coupons and 700 shoe stamps in a room rented by Noles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman
Ariz
Jack Noles
Tonkawa
Okla
Kingman Army Air Field
Charles McAlister
Office of
Price Administration
Noles
Food Ration Coupon Details Amid Wartime System
As of November 29, the article lists stamps by book and color for meats fats processed foods sugar shoes gasoline fuel oil and more. It specifies validity dates including December 4 December 20 January 15 January 1 and January 20 and notes regional differences across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Midwestern
Midwest
Wiggins Exhibit Showcases 29 Oils at Spooner Thayer
Sidney M. Wiggins, a nationally known New York artist, displays 29 oil paintings in the Spooner Thayer museum south gallery at the University. Works include George Washington Bridge New York Harbor Snowy Day Bass Rocks Noon Day Rest Santiago Gloucester and still lifes. The exhibit runs through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney M. Wiggins
South
Spooner- Thayer Museum
Wiggins
New York City
National Academy of New York
Pittsburgh International
Philadelphia Academy
Allied Artists
Chicago Art Institute
George Washington
Hudson River
New York Harbor
Santiago
Spain
Gloucester
Smallest Baby Living In Incubator Weighing Slowly
Tiny Mary Ann Maceli weighing 26 ounces at birth on a three months early start shows no confirmed weight gain on day nine. Dr Distefano says weighing outside the incubator is not advisable yet. The infant, fed with mother's milk diluted with water every two hours, receives two daily drops of rye whisky and water as a stimulant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Ann Maceli
Michael Distefano
Carly
Mussolini Reported Virtually Paralyzed in Switzerland
Italian informants in Zurich say Benito Mussolini is virtually paralyzed and deteriorating due to an old disease. Le Democrate of Delemont reports he is under care of three German specialists at his Lake Garda villa.
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Bern
Switzerland
Zurich
Benito Mussolini
le Democrate
Delemont
Mussolini
Lake Garda
Death notices Ora Franklin Gulley 54
Ora Franklin Gulley 54 a machinist for the Darby corporation Kansas City died of a heart attack at his Wyandotte county home He lived in Lawrence over 40 years Survived by wife Hattie four sons Orville Otto Harry Shirley daughter Evelyn Seiwald mother Ida L Gulley four brothers and two sisters Funeral services Thursday at 2 PM from the Long funeral home in Kansas City
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Ora Franklin Gulley
Darby Corporation
Kansas City
Wyandotte County
Lawrence
West Ninth Street
Hattie Gulley
Orville Gulley
Otto Gulley
Harry
Shirley Gulley
Los Angeles
Calif
Evelyn Seiwald
Ida L. Gulley
Charles
Dewey Gulley
Glendale
Logan
Allen Gulley
Rosé Patchen
Anna Wiley
Long Funeral Home
Mrs Susan Mills 88 Dies at Home in Mazie Oklahoma
Mrs Susan Mills age 88 died at her home at 454 Lincoln street Funeral plans will be announced later She is survived by her husband George W five sons James Lawrence Lee Clifford Claude Columbus two daughters Ada Parker Mazie Okla two sisters Viola Combs Fay etteville Ark Nora Brashears Stillwell Okla one brother Everett Kelly Mazie Okla and 24 grandchildren
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Susan Mills
Lincoln Street
George W
James
Lawrence, Lee
Clifford
Winslow
Ark
Claude
Carthage
Columbus
Stillwell
Okla
Ada Parker
Mazie
Viola Combs
Faye
Nurses Aides Class Hosts Health Talks
Mrs Elizabeth Bradley county nurse and Howard M Weindel county sanitarian spoke on health maintenance to a Nurses Aides class last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bradley
Howard M. Weindel
Fractured Hip for O. T. Votan at Home
O T Votan, 78, suffered a fractured hip when he fell at his home 40 miles southeast of Eudora this morning while getting up. He was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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O. T. Votan
Eudora
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Road team Crosby Hope Lamour to break up
Bing Crosby Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour travel their final Road together as Paramount plans to split the trio due to manpower shortages. They have finished Road to Singapore Zanzibar Morocco and near Road to Ultala.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Singapore
Zanzibar
Morocco
Utola
Paramount
Military personnel noted in Third Army maneuvers and training
Capt J E Chandler of 2245 Rhode Island St commands a tank company in Third Army maneuvers and hosted Brig Gen Jose Vasquez Benavides of Peru and Col Jorge Sarmiento in Lima. Cadets and service members across the United States report training completions, furloughs, and assignments from Idaho to California and Texas to Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Chandler
Rhode Island Street
Jose Vasquez Benavides
Peru
Lima
Col
Jorge Sarmiento
Washington
Local Selective Service Nominates Five Men for Navy
The board received notice of five colored men accepted for naval service. They were sent to Fort Leavenworth induction last Friday from here: Norval Palmer Barksdale Alan Howard Patterson Nolan Spencer Johnson Jr Milton Maurice Moore and Arthur William Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Fort Leavenworth
Norval Palmer Barksdale
Alan Howard Patterson
Nolan Spencer Johnson, Jr
Milton Maurice Moore
Arthur William Thompson
Influenza Death Toll Rising in London and Britain
Influenza claimed 376 lives in London and other large cities during the week ending November 27, more than tripling the prior week. Irvin S. Cobb, 67, is reported seriously ill at the Hotel Sheraton in New York as of December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Irvin S. Cobb
New York
Sheraton
Courts Hint Compromise On Arkansas River Water Rights
Topeka reports the U S Supreme Court may rehear the Arkansas river dispute after its refusal to grant decrees to Kansas and Colorado Both states favor compromise guidance and warn that a ruling could ruin western Kansas irrigation The Kansas attorney general A B Mitchell says mutual agreement seems impossible despite the court suggesting a compromise plan
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Topeka
Arkansas
Kansas
Colorado
A. B. Mitchell
U. S. Supreme Court
Mitchell
Eldon Wallingford
Wallingford
Arkansas Valley
George Knapp
Odd Fellow Homecoming at Lawrence Lodge No 4
Lawrence lodge No 4 I O O F hosts a homecoming meeting at 8 pm with past grand master W W Gordon addressing the gathering. David Lawson and Mrs Russell L Wiley present musical numbers. refreshments will be served and invitations sent to members and former members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Lodge No. 4
I.0.0.f
W. W. Gordon
Grand Lodge of Kansas
I.0.c.f
David Lawson
Russell L. Wiley
Chimney Burns Near Claude Henson Home
Fire department rushed to Claude Henson at Fifth and North streets at 1 20 this afternoon as a chimney burned out. No damage resulted from the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Henson
Fifth
North Streets
Senate Finance Committee Pushes $2.14 Billion Tax Bill
The senate finance committee met in executive session in a hurried effort to pass the new revenue bill totaling 2.14 billion dollars before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Food stamp plan urged to shield low income families
Farm bloc spokesmen push a government food stamp plan as congress weighs ending subsidies. Witnesses including H K Thatcher Arkansas agriculture official and Charles W Holman of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation argue the program would help pensioners and the underprivileged while prices rise. Senator Bankhead signals hearings should conclude soon and opposes delaying action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
H. K. Thatcher
Arkansas Commissioner of Agriculture
National Association of State Agriculture Commissioners
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Holman
Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate
Banking Committee
Lawrence News Notes Greetings and Upcoming Events
A Lawrence reader reports a corrected address form. Navy recruiters from Topeka will join a Kansas City wave visiting Lawrence on Saturday December 18. Kiwanis event set for Thursday at Wiedemann's. Watkins Memorial Hospital completes its tuberculosis seal drive with full participation. William E Long will speak on Kansas Industry at a Lawrence Chamber luncheon tomorrow at Hotel Eldridge. Vinland high school medical exams were given at the request of the Kansas high school activities association. V Mail Yuletide greetings reach city hall staff from Lt Col Mark A Aleanger in July. Three influenza cases reported at a KU sorority house.
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Kansas City
Navy
Topeka
Lawrence
Naval Recruiting District
William E. Long
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Kansas
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
Mark A Aleanger
Milk Price Shift Bill Advances in Senate Committee
The senate agriculture committee reported favorably a bill to end livestock feed subsidies to dairymen raise the price paid to milk producers by one cent a quart temporarily and mandate higher milk prices to reflect current production costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Oilseed Mills Ordered to Allocate 20 Percent for Shortage Areas
The Food Production Administration requires processors of oilseeds including cotton seed soy beans peanuts and flax to reserve 20 percent of January oilseed meals for distribution to shortage areas.
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Washington
Food Production Administration
Landon Urges Willkie to State Differences Clearly
New York December 7 1940 reformer Alf Landon challenged Wendell Willkie to publish a frank statement detailing how his views differ from Landons. Landon said a presidential candidate should be crystal clear on policies and the ticket sought. Willkie replied the statements could steer the party in a new direction. Landon planned to meet Thomas E Dewey and hoped to discuss questions and policies with Hoover.
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New York
Uprn M. Landon
Wendell L. Willkie
Landon
Republcas
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Herbert Hoover
Fund for Servicemen Allocates War Fund Gifts
Lawrence Community Chest board of directors allocated 2800 of the 3000 War Fund for servicemen entertainment in Lawrence. The Community Service League will spend it monthly for weekend events in the Community building. Previously parties were raised by sponsoring groups and naval units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Community Chest
Community Chest War Fund
Lawrence
Community Service League
New Kentucky Governor Takes His Office Today
Simeon S. Willis, Ashland attorney and leader of Kentucky’s new Republican administration, pledged full effort for victory in the war in his inaugural address. He urged Kentuckians to forget divisions and unite for peace and prosperity, but offered no new policy specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Simeon S. Willis
Kentucky
Jony
Ashland
Commonwealth
Keen Johnson
Union Workers Off Levee in Tulsa Slows Sand Springs Project
Tulsa workers from the AFL building trades alliance halted work on the $400,000 Sand Springs levee project today. The stoppage paused progress on the levee near Tulsa, Oklahoma, as union members were told to leave the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Sand Springs
Tulsa Building Trades Alliance
AFL
Hamilton Says Republicans Crave National Change Across Nation
John D. M. Hamilton former Republican national chairman concludes a 17 state tour and says Americans are clamoring for national administration change. He notes Willkie strength is publicity driven while reporting scattered GOP enthusiasm for Dewey Warren Bricker MacArthur and local organizers. he would wholeheartedly back Willkie if nominated.
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Idianapolis
John D. M. Hamilton
Wendell’ L. Willkie
Willkie
Tye
Dewey
Thomas Dewey
New York
Hamilton
Warren
California
West
Bricker
Ohio
MacArthur
Serial numbering planned for gasoline ration coupons
The Office of Price Administration announced that Supplementary B and C gasoline ration coupons will be serially numbered like theater tickets beginning around March 1. E and nonhighway coupons will also be numbered in strips about March 1 to aid enforcement and curb black market diversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Price Agency
OPA
Wichita Founder James L. Mead Dies in Chicago
James L. Mead 81 a pioneer Kansan and founder of Wichita died today in Chicago where he headed the Mead Cycle company. His sister Mrs. Roger Almond formerly of Wichita notified the death locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Topeka
James L. Mead
Kansan
Chicago
Mead Cycle Company
Roger Almond
Farmers to Aid Peace at Farm Bureau Session
Edward O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told the convention that farmers can help preserve peace by having a voice in solving international problems. He asserted farm people possess common sense and confidence in their role in world affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O’neal
Defer Rail Wage Debate Delays 8 Cent Increase
The senate postponed until Thursday the consideration of legislation to raise hourly wages by 8 cents for 1,100,000 nonoperating railroad workers. The hike was agreed last August between railroads and 15 union leaders. Divorce Suits Filed include Roy C. Ice vs Mary Ice married June 25 1942 in Lawrence and Bessie Agnes Parker vs Charles R Parker married September 26 1930 in Leavenno county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roy C. Ice
Mary Ice
Lawrence
Bessie Agnes Parker
Charles R. Parker
Leavenno County
Vinland Group to Meet at Coal Creek School House
The Vinland group of the Douglas County Teachers Association will meet at the Coal Creek School House next Friday evening at 7 30. The program includes a gift exchange from a Christmas tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinland
Douglas County Teachers Association
Coal Creek
Barbs on town life and wartime thrift
A witty column mocks idle spending and pride in supporting Uncle Sam. It notes the small share of American land occupied by military forces and compares it to Japanese plans, urges journaling dreams, and criticizes cosmetic spending as wasted on vanity.
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Presbyterian
The
Associated Press
Terehan
Iran
Josef Stalin
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Teheran
Stalin
Churchill
R.A.F
Twelfth Air Orce
Spooner- Thayer
Crosby
Hope
Lamour
Edward Francis Barnhart
West Twenty-Third Street
R.A.F. Quartermaster Service
England
Agnes Barnhart
Boise
Idaho
Elden R. Todd
E. A. Todd
New York Street
Marana Army Air Field
Tucson
Todd
University
Air Corps
Wes
Theta Tau Fraternity
Cpl
Lawrence Delbert Williams
Alta Williams
Elm Street
Ernest Williams
Grant Street
Australia
Pvt
Gilbert Julius Stohs
J. E. Stohs
Mississippi Street
Armored School
Fort Knox, Ky
Alice Jean King
Naval Training School
Bioux
N. Y
Washington, D. C
University of Kansas and
Lawrence Business College
Naval Service
Broderik & Gordon
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Letty Cutler
Oread Avenue
Floyd J. Svoboda
Tennessee Street
ASTP
Indiana University
John Mason
H. M. Mason
Clark University
Worester
Mass
Mason
East
Paul Smart
Chico
Seton Army Air Base
Stockton
Alf
George T. Aston
Florence Aston
Pennsylvania Street
Government Air Base
Carl A. Reuter
Grand Island
Neb
Army Air Base
A. C. Reuter
Wiedemann
Watkins Memorial Hospital
H. L. Chambers
Douglas County Health Unit
Vinland High School
Kansas High School Activities Association
K.U
County Health, Unit
Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
Cairo
Twelfth Air Force
Louis H. Menger
Douglas County
U. S
Uncle Sam
Lawrence Country Club
Ridg
Horus Authackson
Pacific Northwest
U. S. Employment Service
WAR Manpower Commission
W. 8Th St
Lawrence, Kansas
Masonic Temple
Ottawa, Kansas
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