U.S. Forces Push Toward Saarbrucken In World War II
American tanks moved within 3 and a half miles of Saarbrucken reaching the outskirts of Forbach as artillery bombarded the Saar coal region for an eighth day. The Roer front showed German activity with smoke screens while Allied lines pushed along the Saar and Colmar fronts, with Seventh and Third armies advancing in Alsace and near Bitche, as German resistance clung to the old Maginot line.
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Paris
Saarbrucken
Forbach
Pittsburgh
Sarreguemines
Saar
Saarleutern
Mulpbe-Erobad Saar
Roer River
Cologne
G.i.s
Roer
Linnich
First Army
Julich
Braren
Pateola Rennet
Pik Patel
Fad Ans Wera
Arti
iHurtgen
Main
Holland
Maas
Venlo
Lorraine
Isace
Anda
George S. Patton
Third Army
Rmans
Karlsruhe
France
Saarland
Palatinate
U.S. Seventh Army
Ostheim
Colmer
Alsace
Rhine
Breisbach
Seventh
Reach
Vosges Mountains
German Palatinate
St. Louis Les Bitche
Lemberg
Eginot
Bitche
Lemig
Maginot Line
Co. 1
Winter schedule change at De Meprial High School
Principal Clifford D. Dean announced a winter schedule shift with morning classes starting at 8 o clock instead of the current time. The afternoon sessions run 1 05 to 3 08, with morning periods shortened by five minutes during the winter months.
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Ing
Demeprial High School
Eee
Hed
Ant. Clifford D. Dean
Senate Would Know More About New State Department Choices
President Roosevelt faced questions over four State Department aides including Joseph Grew Nelson Rockefeller Archibald MacLeish and Will Clayton as the Foreign Relations Committee delayed confirmation amid concerns about political ties and policy plans. Senator Connally defended the nominees saying the President will dominate foreign policy and the secretary will represent him. A planned questioning session was postponed to accommodate other commitments.
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Senate
State Department
Washington
Roosevelt
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Jup
Ant
Stettiniaas
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Will Clayton
Cotton Lealer
Commerce
Nels T
Nelson A. Rockfeller
Archibald MacLeish
Congress
Ablican
White
Maine
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Clark
D-Mo
Chandler
D-Ky
America
Plong
End Prison Strike Ends at Atlanta Federal Prison
Dec. 7. Twenty five convicts seized the Atlanta federal prison building Tuesday night and held four hostages as negotiations proceeded. Five ring leaders surrendered keys to prison officials on a pact brokered by Morgan Jake and executive Blaka. The seven grievances cited included medical care, religious services, racial equality, treatment with Negroes, outside world access, and lack of recreation.
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Atlanta
Morgan Jake
Blaka
Journal
Blake
Violent quake centered near Japan sparks global tremor
Seismologists report a violent earthquake on the third anniversary of Pearl Harbor, centered near Japan with possible links to the Aleutians or Kuriles. Observatories in Zurich and Nurnburg confirm a powerful quake in the Japan direction, with initial shocks at 12:49 a.m. Eastern time and ending about 4:30 a.m. The event is described as one of the greatest quakes recorded, potentially catastrophic if it hit populated areas.
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West ‘Bromwich
Eng
Japan
Pearl Harbor
J. J. Shaw
West Bromwich
Aleutians
Kuriles
Zurich
Nurnburg
Associated Press
Reed
Haw
Greenwich
Shaw
Washington
University Seismoph
Cars in Fog Cause Seventeen Car Pileup in Angas City
Police said a fog skidded car on Seventh Street Viaduct triggered a 13 to 17 car pileup blocking workers to jobs for 80 minutes. Damages estimated at 2200 dollars, one injured. Northeast Kansas county officials meeting postponed due to ice storm. Troy suffers outages.
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Ansag City
Kan
Dee
Seventh Street
Kansas County
Troy
Stay on the Job at Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lt. Col. Donald R. Hyde hailed the Sunflower Ordnance Works amid a Lawrence based study showing November termination rates of 2 percent for local residents, far lower than 19 percent in Kansas City Kansas and 21 percent in Kansas City Missouri. Housing expansion of 880 units aims to curb terminations by reducing long commutes, boosting Sunflower Village population to about 4,500.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence
Donald R. Hyde
Kansas City
Kan
Sunflower Village
Col. Hyde
Missing Dale Thomas reported by war department
Dale Thomas, 39, has been reported missing in action by the war department. He was listed missing since October 25 on Leyte Island, six days after the Philippines invasion. Thomas worked for Hercules at Sunflower Ordnance Works before enlisting in August 1943 and previously drove for Brinkman’s Bakery. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Thomas and has a 9 year old son. His last home visit was in March and he went overseas four months ago.
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Dale Thomas
War Department
Norma A. Thomas
Rhode Island
Leyte Island
Philippines
Thomas
Hercules
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Brinkman’s Bakery
Big Gift to Milkmen in Douglas County
Douglas county milk producers received 165000 from the county AAA office for dairy feed payments begun in 1943. Individual payments reached up to 650 dollars. current payments cover September and October milk production. Payments at 60 cents per 100 pounds of whole milk and 10 cents per pound of butter fat for cream sales. Applications must be in the office by January 1, 1946, with November and December payments processed through January and February 1945.
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Douglas County
AAA
H. O. Butler
Break Jap Lines South of Ormoc in Leyte Amphibious Raid
American cavalrymen in heavy amphibious tractors struck Japanese positions 10 miles south of Ormoc on Leyte’s west coast during a broader push on the Palanas line. Lt. Col. Kane led the force on a 125 mile three day run, with enemy troops reported to flee. Tokyo claimed paratroopers behind American lines and a grand air field offensive, while MacArthur’s communique cited land and sea successes as U.S. columns pushed toward Baloxo and Kanag Dagit.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc
Leyte
Associated Press
Manila
Amtracs
Tagbas
Balogo Village
O'Neill K. Kane
Cooking
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Douglas MacArthur
24Th Army Corps
Palanas River
Buraven
San Pablo
Dulag
Tacloban
U. S
Dog‘gedly
Baloxo
Kanag Dagit
Ormoc Bay
Leyte Island
10Th U. S. Army Corps
Carigara Bay
Limon
Timor
Leyte Gulf
Men Under 19 Go Overseas for Replacements
Washington reports a policy shift allowing men under 19 to serve overseas as infantry and armored replacements. Under Secretary Patterson cited urgent wartime needs and a tightening supply of older recruits, noting proportions of under 19 inductees sent abroad rose from 20 percent to about 40 percent as the war progressed. He recalled earlier restrictions and the effort to tap all available manpower to avoid deploying younger soldiers.
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Washington
Patterson
United States
Floods ease as Kansas rivers peak near record levels
Eastern Kansas flood crest reports show Marais des Cygnes reaching Ottawa and Neosho at Burlington near last April highs. Osawatomie and Emporia areas experience rising waters, but forecast calls for drying, clearing weather and resumed traffic on U.S. 50.
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Topeka
Kansas
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Missouri
Neosho River
Burington
Ottaswa
Highway Department
Osawatomie
Burlington
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Concordia
Milkweed Pod Drive Delivers Floss For Life Jackets
Douglas county rural school children 4-H members and rural church groups gathered 288 bags of milkweed pods for a drive to supply floss for life jackets. War Hemp Industries truck collected the pods in Lawrence and sent them to Holton for Kansas and Michigan processing. Collectors earned 20 cents per bag.
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Douglas County
4-H Club
War Hemp Industries, Inc
Lawrence
Holton
Kansas
Petasky
Mich
Russians Tighten Ring Near Budapest As Front Advances
Red army vanguards near Lake Balaton reach within 35 miles of the Austrian frontier. Berlin reports a major Russian offensive closing in on Budapest from three sides led by Marshal Tolbukhin's Third Ukraine army driving along the Danube. Strong new tank forces northeast of Budapest breach the German line northwestward.
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London
Lower Lake Balaton
Berlin
Budapest
Feodoro Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Danube
Rigid Control Ordered for Cigarette Sales at Camps
Omaha reports that Seventh service command headquarters issued instructions to posts camps and stations to rigidly control cigarette sales at post exchanges and commissary stores. Command cites potential black market risk from cigarette supplies and directs commanding officers to take precautions and limit sales to personal needs of authorized military buyers.
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Omaha
Seventh Service Command
Congress Blamed For The Shortage In War Production
Washington reports that J A Krug, War Production Board chairman, blamed manpower shortages on Congress for not enacting a national service law. He urged tougher manpower regulations while warning a law would be slow to implement but would help earlier. Byrnes reorganizes staff to speed munitions, naming Maj. Gen. Clay and others to oversee war production and reconversion efforts.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Congress
Resal
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
Krug
Manpower Commission
Ferguson
Senate
War Investigating Committee
National Service
Law
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
L. D Clay
West Point
Clay
Army Service Forces
WPB
Fred Searls
William Haber
War Manpower Commission
Nelson to Australia and hospital news brief
Perth and Kandy dispatches report Donald Nelson, Roosevelt aide, arriving in Australia from a China mission and heading to Canberra for talks with officials. Separate note says Oliver remains listed as resting well in hospital after a hip fracture from a fall.
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Perth
Australia
Donald Nelson
Roosevelt
China
Canberra
Norman Makin
Nelson
Kandy
Ceylon
Donald M. Nelson
Southeast Asia Command
Chungking
Washington
Stock Market Index Reaches New High in 1944
The average of 60 stocks closed at a new peak for 1944 amid brisk trading yesterday. Market observers cited broad buying across sectors as investors shifted toward equities.
Superforts Smash in Manchuria
A large force of B 29 Superfortresses struck Japanese held Manchuria today destroying 26 enemy fighters probably downed 18 and attacking an aircraft plant at Mukden. The raid faced weak to strong opposition and moderate anti aircraft fire. Tokyo radio claimed 15 B 29s downed by collisions with P1onez ecraft. Meanwhile 21st bomb command reported weather reconnaissance flights over Tokyo.
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Auth Bomber Command
Radio Toyko
Mukden
Dairen
21St Bomb Command
Saipan
Tokyo
War Loan drive progress reported in Lawrence district
The Sixth War Loan sales proceed with total of 1,256,811 though county quota remains 1,750,000. Rural districts and women’s division report effort, aiming to reach the target by week end. Bond sales include 318,825 in E bonds toward 651,858 quota, with several district sums listed. Promotions in Third Bond Army announced at Penney store. Women’s division HQ at Hotel Eldridge to close next Saturday. interviews and sales to be finalized for Saturday tabulation. Reports of post Saturday sales to be filed at Chamber of Commerce rooms.
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Owly
Lawrence
Theivision
Riverside
Ros- Scoe
Independence
Wilsow Springs
Hesper School
West Fairview
Penney
Wise Leila Schaake
Josephine Brock
Eldridge
Henry Werner
Chamber of Commerce
Central Committee
Werner S
Washington debate stalls social security tax in showdown
Washington authorities report the Senate Finance Committee voted 13 to 2 to freeze social security tax rates as House members approved keeping the levy at one percent for both employers and employees. President Roosevelt opposes halting the scheduled automatic tax doubling set for January 1. Senate and House leaders debate approval and potential veto, with final action expected tomorrow.
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Washington
Rooseveilt
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Morrow
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Ways and Means
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
Senate Committee
Joe
Ice on bridge snarls traffic near Endora on Highway 10
Ice on the Wakarusa River bridge west of Endora caused a two hour traffic snarl on Highway 10 early morning. Deputy R W Sanders responded to an accident involving Charles Hornberger and others. One passenger, Lois Myrick, injured with bruises, received emergency care. The wrecker was hit while removing the Hornberger car. traffic resumed after sand was spread by state workers.
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Wakarusa
Endora
Sunflower Ordnance Works
R. W. Sanders
Sanders
Charles Hornberger
Wrence
Hornberger
Earl A. Cooper
Tennessee Street
Earl Boyce
Ralph Schimmel
Michigan Street
Mra
Lois Myrick
Lawrence
Hercules
Plant
Hotkemree Wetaeer
Rothberger
Eudora
Highway Commission
Bonds Will Be Sold in Theater Lobbies Tonight
The women's committee will have representatives in each theater lobby this evening to sell bonds for the sixth war loan drive. Only bonds bought at the theater grant a free ticket to the show, with Stan Schwahn providing the free admission for bond buyers. This tonight's special differs from past premieres where purchases over time earned entry to designated shows.
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Stan Schwahn
Lawrence Deever Resigns As United Brethren Pastor
The Rev Lawrence Deever pastor of the United Brethren church at Seventeenth and Vermont streets resigned last evening, effective January 1 1945. He accepted a call to the First Congregational church in Eureka, Greenwood County, and is now serving as vice president of the Lawrence Ministerial Alliance. Col James K Campbell will retire from Kansas State College in Manhattan, to settle in Delaware his boyhood home, next April after 31 years in the college military department including command of all troops on campus and service with the Rainbow division in World War I.
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Lawrence Deever
United Brethren Church
Seventeenth
Vermont Streets
Deever
First Congregational Church
Eureka
Greenwood County
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
Col. Campbell
Manhattan
Kan
James K. Campbell
Kansag State College
Delaware
College
Campbell
Rainbow
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