Roosevelt Visits Malta on War Time Plane Tour
President Roosevelt arrived at Malta aboard a C-54 for a three hour visit after stops at Middle East conferences. He presented an illuminated scroll saluting Maltese defenders and pledged U S support with Britain and allies after the war. He was escorted by Eisenhower and other senior officers as Malta’s airfield marked the world’s most bombed site.
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Churchill
Middle East
Valletta
Malta
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William D. Leahy
Harry Hopkins
Carl A. Spaatz
Northwest African Air Forces
Ross T. McIntire
John Boettiger
Walter B. Smith
Eisenhower
Cairo
London Daily Herald
London
Europe
R.A.F
United States
Royal Artillery
Lord Gort
Michele Gonzi
Gozo
Russians Capture Znamenka Rail Hub Near Dnieper Bend
Stalin announced that Znamenka, key rail hub linking the Dnieper bend with areas south of Kiev, fell after three days of heavy fighting. Soviet forces cut four rail lines centering there and pressed toward Krivoi Rog as German defenses near Kiev faced renewed pressure.
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London
Red Army
Znamenka
Dnieper
Kiev
Joseph Stalin
DPC
Dnieper Bend
Kremenchug
Kirovograd
Krivoi Rog
Stalin
Ukraine
Lower
Smyela
Fostov
Nikolaev
Dnepropetrovsk
Zhitomir and
Korosten Bulge
Knieper Bend
Radio Berlin
Nikolai Vatutin
von Mannstein
Moscow
Vatutin
Wheat Crop Saved In Three Branches
Topeka reports a heavy winter storm benefiting wheat lands across northern and western Kansas with widespread moisture. Snow totals reached up to 10 inches in places while rainfall drenched the southeast, aiding soil conditions for the growing season.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mercury
Junction City
Dodge City
Hays
Goodland
S. D. Flora
Bank For Kansas
Highway Department
Weather Bureau
Phillipsburg
Concordia
Kansas City
la Cygne
Arkansas City
Chanute
le Roy
Iola
Wichita
Parsons
Ottawa
Garnett
Osage City
Marion
Florence
Wheatbelt
Oklahoma
Texas Panhanddles
No White House Tree at Capital This Christmas
The White House will not host a community Christmas tree this yuletide. President Roosevelt is likely to make only the usual five minute Christmas Eve radio broadcast, as public outdoor ceremonies are omitted to conserve transport resources. Commissioner J Russel Young recommended the change, noting the large crowds and logistical strain this year.
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Washington
White House
Young
Washburn-K U Basketball Score Tonight in Topeka
The Journal-World will publish the score of the Washburn versus Kansas University game in Topeka tonight. The game begins at 8 o'clock and a telephone number is given for updates. Framed Pictures Keeler's Va.
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the Journal-World
Washburn-K. U
Topeka
Navy Provides Truck in Town Paper Collection
One of six trucks aiding the city waste paper drive tomorrow will be supplied by the U S navy with a sailor driver. The campaign, aimed at offsetting a nationwide paper shortage, involves navy and army units across the state. Proceeds go to the Boy Scouts as they gather bundles from porches.
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U. S. Navy
Navy
Army
Navy Command
Board of Education
Bowersock Mills
Haskell Institute
Lawrence Paper Company
Boy Scouts
Lawrence
Sailor's Car Damaged in Highway 60 Wreck Near Baldwin
A California sailor, John F. Butcher, driving a car, was in a wreck on Highway 60 about two miles west of Baldwin yesterday afternoon. He attempted to pass westbound Charles Vaughn, Baldwin, hooked the rear and veered into a ditch. No injuries reported. Butcher’s car towed to Baldwin for repairs.
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John F. Butcher
California
Highway 60
Baldwin
Butcher
Charles Vaughn
Ed Harris
Allies Break German Line In Crippling Italian Offensive
Allied forces led by American and British units shattered German defenses along the Casilina corridor near Mignano and captured Mt Samucro in a nine day assault. Canadian infantry and tanks expanded the Moro river bridgehead as Gen Clark presses toward Cassino amid rugged terrain and heavy fighting.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Candians
Eighth
Adriatic
Moro
Italy
Mark W. Clark
Rome
Cassino
Clark
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Moro River
Eighth Army
Camino
Paper Salvage Drive Aims to Boost War Material Supply
Auto Wrecking & Junk reports 30 tons of salvage paper in four days as rain slowed noon collections. Boy Scouts with six trucks plan to canvass neighborhoods tomorrow to gather old magazines and newspapers. Salvation Army and schools organize daily drives to keep yards stocked for mills shut due to shortages.
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Auto Wrecking & Junk Company
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Men to be reclassified from pre Pearl Harbor draft list
About 200 of the pre Pearl Harbor fathers remaining on local draft lists will be called for immediate reclassification. Bruce Cameron, county selective service board chairman, says state HQ ordered rapid reclassifications of the 38 A group. Once completed, roughly 70 percent of the pre Pearl Harbor father list in the county will be reclassified.
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Pearl Harbor
Bruce Cameron
County Selective Service Board
Liberalization of News Censorship by Price Office
Washington announces that the office of censorship will take on broader responsibility for clearing material for publication and broadcast while not originating news. Director Byron Price says the agency will pass on restricted content under codes to promote liberal war coverage and will only be final authority on suppression requests, with appeals invited from other sources.
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Washington
Byron Price
Price
Office of Censorship
Draft outlook from Hershey on manpower needs and age factors
New York policy remarks by Major General Lewis B. Hershey emphasize at least six more months of draft demand and a shift to age as a factor. He cites about 10 million in the armed services and 13 million eligible in the 18 to 38 group for 1.9 to 2.1 million to be drafted in six months.
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New York
Lewis B. Hershey
National Association of Manufacturers
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Hershey
Highways Open After Snow Cleanup in Kansas
Kansas highway crews worked through the night clearing heavy snow and slush in the north and west. State maintenance engineer E. E. Marsh said the storm should not cause trouble unless it grows colder and brings more snow. He noted the wet snow sticks and traffic can continue to move. Snow depth reached seven to ten inches in spots.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Department
E. E. Marsh
Marsh
Four Kansans Awarded Air Medal in China Burma India
Washington reports four Kansans among 50 Army Air Forces personnel honored for heroism and achievement in China Burma India. Recipients include First Lt. John N. Sherman Jr. of Chanute, Second Lt. Clifford T. Schapansky of McPherson, Tech. Sgt. Noble A. Brown of Lawrence, and Staff Sgt. Leo J. Bennett of Independence.
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Washington
United States Army
Fourteenth Air Force
China
Burma
India
War Department
John N. Sherman, Jr
Chanute
Clifford T. Schapansky
McPherson
Tech
Noble A. Brown
Lawrence
Leo J. Bennett
Independence
Stamp Corsages on Sale for War Stamps Drive
Local committee announces corsages made of stamps with ribbons and greenery placed in booths for sale. They fit into stamp books and serve as small gifts or additions to Christmas parcels. Orders for special stamp corsages via Mrs Henry Werner at telephone 3098.
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Henry Werner
Cuban freighter Libertad sunk by enemy submarine
The Cuban freighter Libertad was torpedoed and sunk off the U S east coast last week. Seven crewmen were killed and 18 went missing from a 43 crew. Survivors were rescued after clinging to rafts a capsized lifeboat and a broken hatch cover for 53 hours.
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Norfolk
United States
New Bill Delays Draft Of Fathers Induction In War Time
Washington reports President Roosevelt approved a bill delaying induction of pre Pearl Harbor fathers. It shifts draft control from Paul V. McNutt to Major General Lewis B. Hershey and sets a national pool placing fathers with children born before 1942 at bottom while non fathers are drafted first. The measure aims to protect fathers but allows discretionary application to avoid disrupting manpower flow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Selective Service
Congress
Johnson
D-Colo
Conference Drafting Committee
Wheeler
D-Mont
OPA Approves Hike in Coal Prices in Missouri Kansas District
The Office of Price Administration authorized higher ceiling prices for coal from air shaft mines in the Missouri Kansas district, a rise of 25 to 65 cents per ton. The move aims to reopen mines closed by operators who would not operate at prior ceilings, with retailers passing the increase to consumers. The 25-cent rise from last week is absorbed into this new adjustment.
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Kansas City
Office of Price Administration
Missouri-Kansas District
OPA
Twentyeth All-Musical Christmas Vespers at Hoch Auditorium
The twentieth annual Christmas vespers begin at 3 with carols from Hoch Auditorium balcony by a brass quartet. A 4 o'clock program includes organ pieces, choral works, violin and cello selections, solos, tableaux, and the University Symphony Orchestra. A freewill offering supports the Christmas Vespers Scholarship Fund.
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Hoch Auditorium
Eugene Arnold
Warren Taft
Gaylord Gasal
Lonnie Kelly
Seria Senaphecgeeentens
Rachmaninoff University A Cappella Choir
D. M. Swarthout
Sepeat “Hark
The
Herald Angels
Joyce Shook
Harriett Witmer
Mary Frances Neidly
Joyce Hartwell
Marjorie Brooks
Marjorie Shryock
Cavatina
Raff
Elizabeth Ashton
Nancy Freete
Barbara Hull
Pegey Kay
Beverly Mendenhall
Larenta Pierpont
Helen Pierson
Phara Rathbun
Doris Sheppard
Doris ‘Turney
Ruth Orcutt
Laurel Everette Anderson
Mary
Carl August Fischer
Albert Kranz
Meribah Moore University
Peel
Ea B. Handel
Madeline Wabunsee
Ruth Russell
Elaine Talley
Suzanne Schmidt
Wiliam Albers
Don Diehl
William Oakes
Tschalkowski
Marie
Joan Johnson
Tom Jones
Betty Redford
Raymond Nichols
Robert Hulteen
Jewell
Allied Forces Cut November Merchant Losses in Atlantic
Vigilant sea and air forces prowling the Atlantic against Hitler's U-boat packs reduced November merchant ship losses to the lowest figure since May 1940.
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London
Atlantic
Hitler
Youth dies in highway collision with cattle truck and meat trailer
Richard Peake 17 of Slaska Kansas was killed when his empty cattle truck crossed into the opposite lane and collided with a Graham Ship by Truck trailer loaded with 22 000 pounds of meat on highway 59 near Williamstown junction. The Graham driver Clauda Springer 29 Kansas City Kan was uninjured. Deputy crews cleared the wreck and transported the body to Funk mortuary.
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Richard Peake
Highway 59
Williamstown
Funk Mortuary
Slaska
Kansas-Nebraska Line
Washington County
W. W. Smith
Topeka
Clarence McKay
Peake
Graham Ship By Truck Company
Kansas City
Clauda Springer
Kan
Graham
Springer
Raymond Sanders
Ed Harris
Sheriff’s Office
Jefferson County
Little River bank asks depositors to withdraw by Dec 31
Citize ns state bank of Little River Kansas resigns from taking deposits citing a shift to a community clearing house. President W H Burke says the bank will operate with capital and resources to make loans while continuing normal services except for accepting new deposits.
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Little River
Kan
Citizena State Bank of
W. H. Burke
Strike Ties Bombers In Wright Plant Walkout
An unauthorized strike hit five Wright Aeronautical engine plants in Paterson New Jersey during Lt. Gen. William Knudsen's inspection. CIO cites 15,000 workers gone. company says 6,500. Knudsen set a meeting with union leaders and executives to resume production of engines for warplanes including the B 29 bomber.
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Paterson
N. J
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
William 8. Knudsen
War Department
C.I.0
General Knudsen
KU Units Bar Weekend Passes Amid Health Safeguards
Army and Navy units at the University of Kansas suspend weekend passes this week and urge all students to avoid public gatherings as a health precaution. Commanding officers announced the measure last week and enforce the restriction for service members.
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Armed Service
University of Kansas
Army
Navy
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