Last Day for Overseas Mail Amid Holiday Shipping Alert
The warehouse announces a final overseas mailing deadline for Christmas delivery. Service staff urge urgent mailing of packages, especially fragile items, with wrapping guidance and free weighing at the station from 10 a.m. today. Officials warn of terminal backlog and transport strains this year.
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William Kirby
Kirby
Bruce McKee
Post Office
Kansas City
Penichs
Ime
McKee
Lawrence
Gifts for service men at center Christmas drive
The Community Service League wraps and mails gifts for service members to send to families. Mothers and fiancés receive rings and watches while children get toys. Volunteers from United Home Service and Cooperettes assist with wrapping for the Christmas party on December 25.
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Community Service League
R. S. Brooks
United Home Service Club
Cooperettes
League
Seven Kansas Soldiers Wounded in Action Listed
War Department releases a list of 613 U S soldiers wounded in action in the Mediterranean theater. Seven Kansans appear on the roster: Lester E. Clarkson Baxter Springs Joseph J Costulis Pittsburg Howard H Cramer Topeka John H Farr Fall River James J Bizold Independence Hitoshi Nagaoka Kansas City Staff- Sgt Charles C Scott Kansas City.
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Washington
War Department
U. S
Kansas
Mediterranean
Lester E. Clarkson
Baxter Springs
Joseph J. Costulis
Pittsure
Tech
Howard H. Cramer
Topeka
John H. Farr
Fall River
James J. Bizold
Independence
Hitoshi Nagaoka
Kansasity
Charles C. Scott
Kansas City
Alberta Jackson Sues For Divorce From Johnny Jackson
Alberta Jackson files for divorce citing marriage in Lawrence on June 7 1942. The case requests legal separation and custody arrangements as the petition outlines.
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Alberta Jackson
Johnny Jackson
Lawrence
California windstorm leaves millions in damage across coast
California's worst windstorm in years battered ships and homes from Santa Barbara to Eureka. It toppled trees and disrupted communications, burning acres and causing millions in damages. No lives were lost though many were left homeless and some were injured.
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San Francisco
California
Santa Barbara
Eureka
Partisans Capture Biograd and Hit Axis Lines
Yugoslav radio bulletin says hard‑fighting partisans under Marshal Tito took Biograd 16 miles southeast of Zara and inflicted heavy losses near Kremen in Serbia while reporting strong actions along rail and supply routes in Bosnia. It notes clashes at Vlasenica and a Zagreb blackout order, with partisan gains along Sarajevo-Doboj lines.
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London
Josip Broz
Drug Tito
Biograd
Zara
Kremen
Serbia
Radio Today
Bosnia
International Information Bureau
Vlasenica
Sarajevo
Croatia
Budapest
Zagreb
Tito
Doboj
Bihac
Lim River
Projepolje
Senate Approves Railway Pay Hike Amid Inflation Debate
Washington reports the Senate approved an 8 cent hourly pay raise for 1,100,000 railroad clerks and non operating workers by a 74 to 4 vote. The bill moves to the House, despite objections from War Mobilization Director Byrnes and Economic Stabilization Director Vinson who urged restraint citing inflation risks.
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Washington
House
Senate
Barkley
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Congress
Ellender
D-La
White House
Truman
D-Mo
Vinson
Eltender
Senators push joint resolution for presidential signature
The measure proposed by Senators Bailey and Ferguson along with Senator Vandenberg would require passage by both houses and the President's signature or veto override to become law. If enacted, it would command the pay increase as final law.
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Bailey
D-N.c
Ferguson
Vandenberg
Michigan
Dr Ernst Pihlblad Dies at 70 In Topeka
Topeka reports the death of Dr Ernst F. Pihlblad 70 longtime Bethany College president and former state Civil Service board chairman from a heart attack at Christ's hospital after presiding at a Civil Service board meeting He was active in Republican politics and received Sweden's Royal Order of Vasa in 1920 Survivors include two sons Helge in Houston and Carl in Dallas
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Topeka
Ernst F. Pihlblad
State Civil Service Board
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Christ’s Hospital
Civil Service Board
Andrew Schoeppel
Pihlblad
Kansas
McPherson-Harvey
Alf M. Landon
State Textbook Commission
State Board of Education
Kansas Advisory Commission
Federal Food Administration
Gustave V
Sweden
Helge
Houston
Tex
Carl
University of Missouri
Office of Price Administration
Dallas
Safety chief named for Ordnance branch at 333 North Michigan
Maj. Gen. L H Campbell Jr announced Col. T C Gerber will serve as director of safety and chief of the Ordnance department's safety and security branch. He retains field director duties while overseeing government owned ammunition plants and some 300 explosive facilities employing over 500000 workers. Gerber's career includes service in WWI, the Philippine Islands, Picatinny arsenal, and advanced ordnance education. A stray note mentions lizards that detach tails when pursued.
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L. H. Campbell, Jr
War Department
Ordnance
T C. Gerber
Ordnance Department
North
Michigan Avenue
F. H. Miles, Jr
Washington
Army = Industrial college
Gerber
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Hercules Powder Company
Missouri
Missouri Schools of Mines and Metallurgy
Army
Infantry
Ordnance School of Technology
Army Industrial College
Picatinny Arsenal
Philippine Islands
Christmas Seals Available At Wrapping Station
Christmas Seals are on sale afternoons at the community wrapping station to support the Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association. The seal sale helps those not reached by the gas office seal station which closes today. The response from volunteers remains strong despite the holiday rush.
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T. B
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Mesdames Newton Jerome
James Tatham
Bessie Taylor
Guy Darnell
Fred Doane
Miller Carpenter
Klaus Abegg
J. D. Dresser
Christmas Seal Sale Planned by Girl Scouts in December
Girl Scouts of Lawrence under adult supervision will run the T. B. Christmas Seal Sale at the wrapping station this week and next. The project aims to support the community and nationwide efforts during Christmas week in December 2024.
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Girl Scouts of
Lawrence
T. B
Buckley’s Canadian Mixture Promises Fast Bronchial Relief
Buckley’s CANADIOS Mixture offers quick relief for bronchial coughs by coating the throat and loosening phlegm. The ad claims strong, rapid action through the bronchi with a sip and notes over 12 million bottles sold in Canada. Price is 45 cents at drug stores.
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Buckley
Canada
H. W. Stowits
Classifieds Show Monthly Livestock Sales Figures
Farmers advertise thousands of dollars in live stock and farm products each month through Journal Word classified ads, highlighting ongoing buying and selling activity in the agricultural market.
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Journal-Word
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