Gen H H Arnold Special B 29 flies long war record
Wichita December report details the Gen H H Arnold Special B 29's four months in the China Burma India theater. From April 13 to August 20 it logged about 400 hours and 75 000 miles, including 2500 mile first mission Bangkok and 3700 mile longest mission Palembang. It conducted daylight and night raids, hump transport flights over the Himalayas, and surpassed prior wartime feats.
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Wichita
H. H. Arnold
America
U. S. Army Air Forces
Boeing
Gen. H. Arnold
United States
China - Burma-India
General Arnold
J. E. Schaefer
Boeing-Wichita
Bangkok
Palembang
Japan
Anshan
Omura
Special
Eslombeng
Equator
Amshan
Manchuria
North Pole
Boston
Mass
Natal
Brazil
Pedan
Sumatra
Storm Delivers Heavy Damage to Telephone Lines
Northern Kansas and southern Missouri suffer ice storm damage as multiple towns lose toll and rural lines. Oskaloosa reports no external communications since Monday. Troy reports only one toll line functioning. Power lines also affected in Princeton Mercer and Ravanna Missouri while Maryville and nearby areas seek restored service. Rebekah lodge event notices follow.
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Kansas City
UPI
Kansas
Missouri
Oskaloosa
Kan
Carl L. Spaid
American Telephone Company
Kangan
Troy
Weston
King City
Hopkins
Princeton
Mercer
Ravanna
Maryville
Ration stamps details for December 1944 and early 1945
The Associated Press notes that several ration books remain valid indefinitely or through specified dates. Meats and fats categories extend until December 31. sugar stamps cover five pounds each indefinitely with exceptions. airplane shoe stamps and gasoline coupons carry defined expiration dates.
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Associated Press
Appointment for Lawrence chest clinic taken in December
Dr C F Taylor of Norton will visit Lawrence Saturday for the chest clinic at Lawrence Memorial hospital. The clinic is run by the Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association with Mrs Seba Eldridge as general chairman. Appointments are through family physician or the county health unit and all December slots are filled. The annual bond and seal sale funds the clinic, with a 3500 goal up $300 from last year to cover more clinic days. A county survey and X rays of 2808 persons supported the drive, with follow-up via monthly clinics and expanded outreach in Baldwin and Eudora. Everyone who buys bonds and seals contributes to the public health project.
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C. F. Taylor
Norton
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Seba Eldridge
Douglas County Health Unit
Redros
Unamd
Ha T.B. Association
Decemer
Punty
Sevral
Isit
State Board of Health Unit
Baldwin
Eudora
Stir in Commons over Churchill policy spurs debate
In London on December 7 swelling criticism of British foreign policy in western and southern Europe threatened to force a full dress debate tomorrow on intervention in Italy and Greece. Supporters marshal forces for the discussion while urgings to attend the debate circulated amid a possible divisional vote by Socialist and Labor members of Commons.
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London
Europe
Churchill
Italy
Greece
Commons
Welcome Clark O Morton My W H Quakenbush Secy
In Lawrence a Christmas greeting note from Mrs. Tom Cordry of Parsons lists service members including Tom Cordry and Tom Cordry III. Workmen resanded floors in the Douglas county courthouse offices this morning and the county superintendent's office floor will be done tomorrow. County Treasurer Fred Kahn reports a $2138.02 reimbursement from state welfare funds for November. A sleet melt caused power line interference from north of Lawrence toward Atchison, with restoration hoped this afternoon. A Crum court decision dismissed assault charges against Tommy Orsey his wife Pat Dane and neighbor Allen Smiley in Los Angeles. Lawrence Lodge No. 6A F and A M will meet Friday at 7:30 pm for Entered Apprentice work.
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Douglas County Court House
Dorsey
Los Angeles
CPI
Arthr Crum
Tommy Orsey
Pat Dane
Areighbor Allen Smiley Growng
Jon Flail
Fia
Lawrence Lodge No
A. M
Elcome
Clark O. Morton
W. H. Quakenbush
Secy
Douglas County Farm Bureau to Hold Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Douglas County Farm Bureau will be held December 11 at 11:00 AM in the Seventh and Vermont streets hall. Morning session covers executive board elections and reports by delegates to state and county meetings. afternoon program includes 4 H and home demonstration unit talks led by local leaders. Four new township vice presidents elected: Marion, Kanwaka, Palmyra, Baldwin, and Grant townships.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
F. Hall
Seventh
Vermont
Deal Six
State Board of Agriculture
Ralph Colman
State Farm Bureau
Leslie Demeritt
Harold Chamney
Fre Alford
Farm Bureau
Comieniaer
David Perkins
Leta Mae Cox
Kaw Valley
Wellsville
Grant Township
Roscoe Pine
H. G. van Neste
Coons Brothers Serve Across Fronts During World War II
Pfc Harry Coons, a former Haskell student, runs clerical work at the eye ear nose and throat clinic in the 55th United States Army General Hospital in England. He has served since May 1943 after training at Camp Robinson Arkansas. His brothers Arthur and George Coons are in Italy and France with engineers and cavalry respectively. Their parents reside at the Pawnee Indian Agency in Oklahoma. Lt J Elliott Penner serves in the Pacific with the Naval Air Combat Service. Mrs Penner travels to the West Coast for a brief visit while he is ashore.
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Harry €. Coons
Haskell
55Th
United States Army General Hospital
England
Camp Robinson
Ark
Enioys
Arthur Coons
Italy
Engineers
George Coons
Mechanized Cavalry
France
Harry W. Coons
Pawnee Indian Agency
Oklahoma
J. Elliott Penner
Pacific
Naval Air Combat Service
Penner
West Coast
F. H. Penner
Service Men Families Named In Pearl Harbor Remembrances
Ensign James Joyce sails Friday for Pacific duty. Lt. Robert Haynes returns toward Pearl Harbor on the third anniversary of the attack. Haynes and Eugene Haynes serve afloat. Marion Haynes supports amphibious forces. Maj. George Baxter Smith reports from England. Humanities conference at Denver includes Prof. John Ashton and Prof. Hildon Gibson with dean F. J. Moreau. Classifieds suggest checking the I page for housing listings.
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Robert Haynes
Pearlarbor
Haynes
Pearl Harbor
United States
Naval Coastal Patrol
E. Haynes
Eugene Haynes
South Pacific
Marion Haynes
Southwest Pacific
John Ashton
K. U
Denver
Ashton
Hildon Gibson
Lawrence
F. J. Moreau
School of Law
Have Learned War Against the Japs
Eugene Burns reflects on three years of World War II fighting against Japan from Pearl Harbor to Leyte. He notes rapid changes in weaponry, tactics, and lessons learned from battles at Savo Island Guadalcanal Attu and Tarawa, arguing future victories will cost fewer lives due to gained know-how. A separate county notice reports 163 grade one casing and 16 small truck casing certificates issued by the Douglas County war price and rationing board.
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Eugene Burng
Pearl Harbor
U.S.5
Pacific
Burny
Solomons
Algitigns
Eyion
United States
U. S
Burns
Sip
Bur
Savo Island
Guadalcanal
Attu
Aleutians
Tarawa
Leyte
Douglass County War Price and Rationing Board
Vinland program, bond drive, births, and travel news
Vinland grade school presented by Mrs. Fred Gott stein and pupils Friday evening in the high school auditorium. Following the program a late supper and ice cream were served. The sixth war bond drive for the district raised pledges. Mr. and Mrs. Frank English announce the birth of a son, Frank Kit, November 9. Mrs. English is formerly Miss Eileen Gibler of Win lati. Mrs. John Gibler visits Washington state. Betty Stone returned from Chicago with sister Flavia. Edith Kelley Strom visits her husband's parents in Dwight. Mary Sturdy weekends with C. O. Davault family in Baldwin. Lloyd Craig and George Sturdy visit Everett Craig in Lawrence. Gertrude Robertson visiting Louise in Denver. Kermit Laughlin spending ten days with family. stationed at Limestone Rock Arkansas. Gayle Gibler now overseas. Rosa Stone family Thanksgiving guests. Chicago clipping shows daughter Flavia. Christmas tree decorates service club, photo shows group at the club.
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Vinland
Fred Gottstein
Frank English
Seavoick
Wash
Frank Kit
English
Allss Eileen Gibler
Winlati
John Gibler
Everett Craig
Gertle Robertson
Louise
Denver
Colo
Kermit Laughlin
Lime Rock
Ark
Gayle Gimbler
Rosa Stone
William Stone
Maxine Stone
Hall
Mary Beth
Lawrence
Chicago
Flavia
Service Club
Jarbalo
A. O. Courtney
Easton Baptist Church
Leavenworth
Blanchard Ambolix
Kansas City
Shome of &R
Murray C. Eggleston
Los Angeles
Cal
Snow-Mayberry Chapel
McLouth
Mra
M. G. Nickela
M. J. Rhodes
Annie Steeper
Lucille Roos
Harold Breeper
Mary Dick
West Side
Elijahs
Elisha
Wilmina Rhodes
Ruby McPherson
Dorothy Edmonds
Women's Missionary Society
United Brethren Church
Ira N. B. Brammell
Servces
Happy Hour Club
Irene Walbridgs
Kanargs City
Washington, D. C
Kansage City
W. McHenry
Lassie Kimmel
William Edmonds
Oskaloosa
The
Eastern Star
Nell Harding
Everett Bran
Harlan McDonald
Harlingen
Tex
David McDonald
Alleene Nickels
Sunflower Ordnance Plant
Ee M. G. Nickels
John Earl
Stanwood Church
Nettie Haworth
Sturgis
Local Family News From Stony Point and Nearby Towns
Stony Point residents report news from Bruce Holcom in England thanking for word of wellbeing. Eudora, Willow Springs, and Lawrence households share Thanksgiving and Sunday dinners with relatives. Frost arrives with the first hard frost on November 22 in the area.
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Martin Holcom
Bruce
England
Everett Pence
Eudora
Oscar Shuck
Frank Deay
Carrie Deay
Willow Springs
Ernest Wray
Ciara Kassinger
Charles Kassinger
Lawrence
Diana Sue Shuck
High Prairie
Jessa Desay
Daniel Flory
Pleasant Grove
D. A. Wray
Anna Crips
Heavy U S Fire Hits Saarbrucken and Front Reports
World War II battle update describes U S forces pressing over the Saar with the Third Army expanding bridgeshead north of Saarlautern and advancing toward Sarreguemines while German defenses hold. mop up from Saarlautern to Sarreguemines. units report forest clearances and rear-guard German actions. weather and local incidents noted including ice damage to apple trees in Kansas.
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Saar
Saar River
Third Army
Saarlautern
Merzig
Saarbrucken
Sarreguemines
Siegfried Line
Dilengen
Moselle
Saaregue
Rhine- Marne
Saarland
Eifel Mountains
Haguenau Forest
Palatinate
Haiti
Patton
Fifth
Warndtshop
35Th
Remelfing
Zetting
Arsenal City
John S. Wood
Fourth Armored
Montbronmn
Paul Willard
Herbitzheim
Nouth
Etting
Community meeting notes and local confirmations
Local tidbits recount a Barber community meeting at the schoolhouse and a Christmas problem discussion. Social notes cover Double Dozen and Clinton Quilting clubs in Lawrence, visits, Thanksgiving travels, and multiple family updates with names and places in Kansas and nearby.
McLOUTH Social Notes and Local Anecdotes
McLouth reports visitors and funerals as Leo W Puckett and relatives visit from Seattle and Kansas City. Red Cross raised 105 for sailors on Christmas Day. Local births include Mary Lou Roos. Interstate travel and relocations feature Clarence Seaver moving to Tonganoxie and Rev E C Edgar visiting with sons, amid winter ice outages and limited phone service.
Golden wedding memory and community notes at McLouth
Local notices record A O Courtney's 1892 marriage and their golden anniversary in 1343, church and club events at Easton, Oskaloosa, Leavenworth and McLouth, plus military updates, obituaries, and social gatherings featuring residents like Blanchard Ambolix, Mincheaux, Kimmel, Rankin, Bond, Nickels, Harding, and McHenry.
Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Kansas City Scenes
Mrs. Charlie Roller and Mr. Henry Deister alongside families joined in Thanksgiving in Kansas City. Edwin Hildenbrand and Margie also attended at the George Murphy home with Mrs. Mary Wulfkuhle and Walter present.
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Charlie Roller
Henry Deister
Robert Waltkuhle
Hubert, Jr
Edwin Hildenbrand
Margie
Theodore Walter
Kansas City
Miss Pistle
Lincoln
George Murphy
Mary Wulfkuhle
Walter
Market News: Stocks Mixed as Rails, Industrials Steady
Dec 7 market roundup shows mixed stocks with rails and industrials steady while bonds hold. Cotton irregular as mills buy. wheat futures firm with active trading and no flour orders. Kansas City livestock mixed with higher hogs and steady cattle. grain prices mostly steady to up with No 2 red wheat around 1.63 and corn near 1.27.
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Gta
Chicago
Boge
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Ap-Wfa
Castle
Chicago Prices and Market Reports from Dec 7
Market and price listings for produce eggs butterfat poultry and grain across U S regions including Idaho Russet Burbanks Colorado Red McClures and Minnesota Bliss Triumphs with prices and ceilings. Wall Street notes bid activity hitting year peak with leaders like Northern Pacific Loews Pan American Airways Westin and American Telephone among others. Card of thanks for condolences follows.
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Chicago
U. S
Idaho
Wall Street
New York
Northern Pacific
Loew's
Pan American Airways
Westin
American
Uler
Santa Fe
Goodyear
Harvester
Houston Old
du Pont
Goodrich
Woolyworth
Douglas Aircraft
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Luxembourg
SAAS
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Igmy
inz-Karthaus
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Nersdorf
Ehlingen
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Sarre Ui
Wendel
Arbrucken
Phalsbourg
Tom Cordry
Parsons
St. John’s Episcopal C Church
Hom
Tom C. Cordry
Tom Cordry III
Fred Kahn
Walter Wilson
Cecil Hough
Kansas Lectric Power Company
Atchison
County Farm Bureau
James Joyce
Maj
George Baxter Smith
Mrs. Smith
Eugene Burns
San Francisco
Stony Point
Topeka
Doniphan
Jefferson
Atchi
George Kinkead
Kanaas Horticultural Society
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Star-Times
Hadi
Harry Unger
Roger Crauthern
Fort Leavenworth
Emile Regnier
Gertrude Stoneback
Lippe
Miltonvale
C. B. Stanwix
Ani
Wee
John Calhoun
Overland Ark
Hermah Transmeler
Seetin
Kanwaka
Transmeter
Jn Dean
Fred Gregory
Lydia Pierson
al Smith
Br.g. Warrington
Wi! Nuffer
al Gundy
Harry Wulfkuhle
Paul Nuffer
Elmer Warrington
M. C. Eliott
Asa Colman
C. E. Stainwix
Red Cross
Theaday
Hugo Schallhorn
Emma Miller
Bob Dews
San Bernardino
K Lamrenty Coffman
Grant Love
New Guinea
Leonard Roll
Camp Stewart
Lee Roll
Fort Benning
Reymond Willams
Dave Willams
Raymond Williams
Leo W. Puckett
Seattle
Edgar Grace
Louis Gershon
Earl Raby
Leo Hunolt
William Dean and Son
Bucklin
Robert Graham
Tanganoxie
and Airs
Homer Riley
Macon
William Clark
Arthur Scott
Pfc
Eugene Kesinger
Hfe
E. C. Steeper
Charles Roos
East 27Th Street
Byron
Mary Lou
Katherine Meyer
Elizabeth Ehler
Harold Guibert
Helen Bradford
Ednamae Dick
Clarence Seaver
Tonganoxie
Bronday Bir
Seaver
E. C. Edgar
Cpl
Elvin Edgar
Camp Chaffee
Gerald Edgar
Bruning
Neb
E. C. Stesper
Frank
Haag
Yankton
S. D
Lansing
Harry Harker
Mc‘Gouth
Cushing Hospital
Courtney
Bual
Erma Hout
Clinton
Harry Button
Min. Houks
Walter, Jr
Lawrence Waar
L B
Milt Kraft
Rolyland Kraft
Mrs. McCann
Lawren
Mia George Murphy
Tyra
August Walter Jett
Pomme
Osborn
Atch Htard Miller
Judith Law
Kermit Franks
Washington State
Lori
Plac
Yarnold-Stull
Daugher. Ir
CG. L. Beebe
Rys Nore
T& SF Am
Tel & Tel
Aneiaene
Beth Steel
Pares Chrysler Corp
Douglas Afr
Hastman Kodak
Ee General Electric
General Font
General Motors
Hercules Powder
Kennecott C
Mery Ward
Antral Em North Am
Penney
Roebuck
Rissa Standard Oil
West el & Migna
Wilson & Coeaenreonereree Cities Service
Eneepet
the Rapid Transit Co
Kerkel
Artis
Allison Flower Shop
Lawierte
Byaprindy
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