Fifth Army gains ground in Italy near Cassino
Allied forces claim new mounts atop Mt Camino and Monastery Ridge as they push toward Cassino and Rome. Clark reports German defenses collapsing on Mt Camino and Mt Maggiore while Eighth Army advances along the Adriatic coast amid heavy counterattacks and renewed air operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Fifth Army
Mt. Camino
Mignano
Cassino
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Mt. Caggiore
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Bernard L. Montgomery
Moro River
Albert Kesselring
90Th Armored Grenadier
65Th
Lanciano
Chieti
Monastery Ridge
Mt. Campino
Mt. Maggiore
Clark
Liri
Carigliano
Camino
Acquapendole
Cocuruzza
U. S
Camino Plain
Garigliano
Hurley Promoted to Major General in War Conference Roles
Brig. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, former secretary of war, was nominated to major general. He played a principal role in making advance arrangements for allied war conferences in Cairo and Teheran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurley
Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Cairo
Teheran
Rice Bowl City Falls Into Hands of Japanese Invader
Chinese forces broke into Sinyang and suburbs of Suihsien as Japanese troops seized Changteh on December 3. The fall threatens Changsha and cuts the Hunan Sichuan supply line, depriving China of a key grain region and signaling heavy losses for the 57th division led by Yu Chang Wan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Sinyang
Henan
Changteh
Peiping-Hankow
Hankow
Suihsien
Kingshan
Changsha
Yuan River
China
Hunan
Hunan-Szechwan
Yu Chang-Wan
Heavy air raids, talks of new Pacific offensives
Allied forces press in the Southwest Pacific with heavy aerial attacks on Japanese island positions amid hints of new offensives. MacArthur and Mountbatten plan instantaneous information exchange to time future blows as war production boosts invasion craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Pacific
War Production Board
Germany
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Bougainville
Solomons
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Rabaul
Rabaul Harbor
Robert Carney
South Pacific
Five Autos Pile Up Near Lawrence In Chain Collision
Five cars piled up on highway 10 about four miles east of Lawrence after 5 PM. Melvin Trabue’s car stopped for a truck with a small building. John Ayers hit him, Archer then hit Ayers, Kinsey rear ended Archer, and Morrow hit Kinsey. Lucille Morton of Eudora was treated for cuts but not seriously injured.
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Highway 10
Lawrence
Melvin Trabue
Mississippi Street
Trabue
John Ayers
Henry Archer
West Nint Street
A. J. Kinsey
Massachusetts Street
Archer
Fred O. Morrow
Ottawa
Kinsey
Morrow
Lucille Morton
Eudora
Germans Claim Sinkings of Merchant Ships
Berlin radio broadcast the German communiqué claiming seven heavily laden merchantmen totaling 48 000 tons were sunk in Atlantic and Mediterranean attacks. The period of the sinkings was not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Berlin
Ration Points for Fats Set by OPA Official
H C Davis district OPA director announced housewives will receive one brown ration point for each half pound of salvage kitchen fats taken to retailers starting Monday. The program adds to the ceiling price of four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
H. C. Davis
OPA
No Post Office Rush Delays Christmas Mail
Postmaster Roger Williams says there has been no rush yet for Christmas parcels. The busiest period usually begins around December 12. Daily eight to ten bags pass through the wrapping station at Seventh and Massachusetts, with Frank Fitzpatrick in charge and Bruce McKee as clerk. Don F. Carlos urges wrapping fragile packages separately before boxing. Shortage of wrapping clerks in stores has increased breakage this year. Mail before Friday to ensure Christmas delivery. packages sent next week should still reach local destinations.
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Roger Williams
Wift
Seventh
Massachusetts
Frank Fitzpatrick
Bruce McKee
Don F. Carlos
Snow and Rain Bring Short Relief Across Kansas
The weekly weather and crop report notes light snow in western Kansas and moderate rains in the east ending yesterday. Snow will curb wind erosion and help wheat for a short time while corn husking nears completion in the southeast and livestock remain in good condition. some towns report limited protein supplement but demand outstrips supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Althe
Hitler Newspaper Attacks Neutrals as Opportunists
Berlin radio quoted Vielkischer Beobachter accusing neutral countries of opportunism over Middle East conference reaction. The broadcast warned neutrals would reverse stance if political and military tides shift, noting some neutrals applaud communiques while others condemn German actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hitler
Vielkischer_ Beobachter
Berlin Radio Today
Germany
Soviet Setback In the Kiev Area
Soviet reports say German tank and infantry assaults forced retreats from Chernyakhov Korosten while Red Army gains south west of Kremenchug near Znamenka threaten the rail junction. Front dispatches note heavy German losses and a push toward Znamenka with rail lines severed and multiple towns captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kiev
Red
Chernyakhov-Korosten
Kremenchug
Znamenka
Dnieper
Fritz von Mannstein
Pantayevka
Alexandriya
Nikolaev
Kirovograd
Tsibulevo
Dimitrovka
Znawenka
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Modessa-Lwow
Ukraine
Krivoi Rog
White Russia
Zhlobin
Rogachev
Gomel
Berlin
Reuters
Red Army
Stalin
Kiev Bulge
Germans Order Baltic Evacuation from Memel to Tallinn
Reports from Sweden say Germany has ordered evacuation of a band of the Baltic coast about 1 1/4 miles wide from Memel East Prussia to Tallinn Estonia about 500 miles. Inhabitants inside the zone are forced to move inland except those in coastal towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic
Stockholm
Sweden
Memel
East Prussia
Tallinn
Estonia
Europe
Lars
German prestige in Balkans totters in Cairo conference wake
London reports a Turkish declaration aligning with Britain and the United States after the Cairo three day conference. Ankara radio says large scale operations and decisive battle are near as Bulgaria signals cautious, traditional ties with the Soviet Union may limit German influence in a potential Balkan invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cairo
Ankara
Turkey
Britain
United States
Hitler
Balkan
Reuters
Sofia
Budapest
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Russia
Red Army
Kansas City man dies driving near Tonganoxie
Paul McJimsey a 45 year old Baker University alumnus and district grand master of Kappa Sigma for Kansas Missouri and Nebraska collapsed with a heart attack while driving near Tonganoxie en route to Manhattan for a Founders Day banquet His unmarried status and role as editor of the Bet Taulker paper at Baker University are noted Local reaction credits a quick action by his companion in avoiding a collision
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul McJimsey
Kansas City
Baker University
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Tonganoxie
McJimsey
Kappa Sigma
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Lawrence
K. U
Ene McJimsey
Baker U
Forty Seventh Meeting of Sons and Daughters of New England
The Sons and Daughters of New England rehearse their forty seventh annual reunion to celebrate Plymouth Rock's landing with a Dec 21 dinner at the Colonial Tea room. F J Moreau to speak on The Changing Common Denominator. Malott presides. Swarthout directs music. Weatherbee to give invocation. details for membership and contact Towne or Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons and Daughters of
New England
Plymouth Rock
Mass
Old Journal Hall
Colonial Tea Room
F. J. Moreau
K. U. Law School
Deane W. Malott
D. M. Swarthout
D. O. Weatherbee
Merton Anderson
Frank Banks
Roy Towne
D.hooker Spencer
Fr. M. Owen
Allen Crafton
Edna.Dart
C. C. Stewar
Edward Bumgardner
Bessie Wilder
E. M. Hopkins
Betty Raymond
Mr. Towne
Spencer
The
New England Society
Christmas Parcels Reach Troops on Mediterranean
Allied Headquarters reports 5,000,000 parcels reaching American troops in Italy Sicily and North Africa for Christmas. Parcels move by trucks jeeps planes amphibious ducks and even pack mules and former Italian POWs. The army postal system handled over 10,000 tons in six weeks, more than in the entire prior year of the North African campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Algiers
Italy
Sicily
North Africa
Army
Jews removed from Rome under fascist orders
A Rome dispatch reports that about 10 000 Jews were removed in a 12 hour period under orders from the German puppet republican fascist government prevailing in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Barcelona
Republcan
Kansas Industry Looks to the Future say Kansas Industry Looks to the Future
William E. Long of the Kansas Industrial Development Commission spoke at a Lawrence Chamber of Commerce luncheon about post-war planning and industrial development in Kansas. He outlined university research projects in plastics, petroleum from natural gas, dehydration, sorghum starch, and wheat nutrition, plus plans to attract industry and improve farming land and homes while avoiding federal aid for employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Long
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
Kansas
K. U
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Manhattan
Lawrence
Romanians Shatter Kerch Bridgehead in Crimea
German high command says Romanian forces seized the Kerch bridgehead established by Russians, wiping out Soviet landing troops in a three day battle and taking about 2,000 prisoners. Russians reportedly pushed deeper into the Dnieper bulge as relief attacks failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kerch
Crimea
Kremenchug
Dnieper Bulge
Black Sea
Perekop
Dnieper
Berlin
Dairymen to Hear Stover at Kaw Valley Dairy Meeting
Roy Stover Kansas State extension dairyman will speak at the Kaw Valley Dairy Farm Record association annual meeting at 11 oclock Friday in the Chamber of Commerce office. He will discuss local feed and dairy product production. Officers for next year include W. H. Postma president and Chester Thompson secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Stover
Kansas State Extension Dairyman
Kaw Valley Dairy Farm Record Association
Chamber of Commerce
Stover
W. H. Postma
Chester Thompson
January 1 Will Be Day of Prayer Proclaimed
President Roosevelt proclaims January 1 as a national day of prayer for strength and guidance amid widening warfare and responsibilities of victory. He notes 1948’s devotion and courage on battlefronts and calls for gratitude and prayers for preservation from false pride and for sacrifice to achieve final victory and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Local waste paper drive boosts one day total
The Auto Wrecking and Junk Co bought 1223 pounds the largest one day total in over a year and by 1 30 pm today purchases stood at 8800 pounds. The national campaign to aid the war effort seeks 2 million tons of salvage paper to supply cartons for war materials. Residents are urged to save at least a bundle weekly and deliver to a collection center or sell directly to the junk yard at East Ninth street. The Boy Scouts and local volunteers will run a city wide drive Saturday with pickups for those who have not disposed of paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Wrecking & Junk Company
War Production Board
East Ninth Street
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout
Change in Tax Law Affects Personal Tax Payments
County Treasurer A M Gardner outlined a new interpretation of personal tax payments after a conference with the attorney general. Taxpayers must pay all or half by December 20. if half is not paid by December 20 the full tax plus a 10 percent penalty is due from December 20. Delinquents will be notified January 10 to February 15 to settle in full or face a tax warrant and possible execution on real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Gardner
Attorney General’s Office
Matine Js
Topeka Weather Shifts To Colder Tonight
Kansas forecasts a swing back to colder conditions with near normal to 10 degrees above normal east today. North west will feel the chill as Dodge City reports 32 degrees. Clouds fog eastern areas with highs near 40 to 45 and lows 25 to 30 in the west tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Dodge City
Turkish Quake Kills 550 in Ankara Region
A powerful earthquake struck the urban region near the Black Sea coast of north central Turkey on Monday. The Istanbul newspaper Cumhuriyet reports about 550 people killed with widespread damage and casualties in the Erban area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Erban
Black Sea
Turkey
Istanbul
Cumbhuriyet
Employment Drive Expands at Sunflower Ordnance Works
Maj. C. H. Pruden Jr reports Hercules Powder increases hiring of men and women to meet intensified smokeless powder production at Sunflower. A Kansas City office opened at Tenth and Walnut with daily interviews. additional interviews planned in Missouri and nearby towns. The War Production Board notes ammunition and propellant output are top priorities amid contract expansions and shifts to newer propellants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Maj
C. H. Pruden, Jr
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Hercules Powder Company
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Pruden
War Department
Hercules
Sunflower
Tenth and
Walnut Streets
Hercules Personnel Department
Kansas
Missouri
United States Employment Service
Lawrence
Major Pruden
Closing of Hercules Parlin NJ Plant Sparks Suspension
Parlin New Jersey December 8 The Hercules Powder company announces closure of its smokeless powder section. General manager E G Crum cites completion of contracts with the British Mission of Supply and new supply sources near the fighting fronts. The Parlin plant cost over a million dollars and began operations March 11 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parlin
N. J
Hercules Powder Company
E. G. Crum
Crum
Agriculture Dept Final U S Cotton Crop Estimate
The Agriculture Department reports the 1939 United States cotton crop at 11,478,000 bales of 500 pounds gross, final for the year. This reflects an increase of 36,000 bales from last month’s forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Acacia Lodge to Elect Officers at Masonic Temple Meeting
Acacia Lodge No 9 of the Masons will elect officers for the coming year at the annual Stated Communication in the Masonic Temple at 7 30 o'clock Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acacia Lodge
Acacia Lodge No. 9
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Pescara
Viacusa
Gina
Associated Press
Trinity Lutheran Church
Walter Sandelius
Robert McNair Davis
Calvin Vander Werf
George Rinehart
Harold Barr
Albert Shirkey
Travis Methodist Church
San Antonio
Tex
South
Mark Dauber
Home Mission Council
New York City
Jessie Bader
Department of Evangelism
Federal Council of Churches
Funk’s Mortuary and Chapel— Ambulance Service
Balkans
Sons and Daughters of New England Plan
Commission
C. OF C
Kaw Valley Dairy Association
Childrens’ Books
Keeler'a.— Ve
New Jersey
Gas
Creeeneer
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