Churchill reviews broadened war in Europe and beyond
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill delivering a grave assessment of naval losses in the Pacific and Far East. He contends Hitler’s blunder against Soviet Russia and predicts British victory in North Africa despite reverses. He asserts Allied naval superiority and vows vigorous defense in cooperation with the United States and Netherlands. He notes American aid will rise while Axis forces face mobilization challenges. He also cites the sinking of Britain's Battlecruiser Repulse and battleships by Japanese torpedoes and mentions Libya campaign developments and leadership changes in the British Eighth Army.
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London
Churchill
United States
Pacific
Far East
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Russia
North’ Africa
Netherlands
Jung
Britain
Parliament
British Empire
Russia
China
Europe
Atlantic
House of Commons
Libya
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Alan Gordon Cunningham
Eighth Army
Ritchie
Lions Club Shows Convention Movies in Havana
Ottawa Lions club member C. Banta presented colored films of the Lions International convention at Havana, a show he has given about fifty times. The next meeting is Tuesday December 16 at 7 pm at Wiedemann's.
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Lions
Havana
Banta
Ottawa Lions Club
Lions Club
Wiedemann’s
Baby Clinic Tomorrow at Memorial Hospital
The regular baby clinic will be held tomorrow afternoon at Memorial Hospital starting at 2 o clock with Dr. H M Gilney conducting examinations. Patrons should use the Miselise street entrance to the hospital. Soldiers at Camp Funston Kansas posted wartime slogans in barracks and mess halls including Slap That Jap and The Rising Sun Will Soon Be Setting.
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H. M. Gilney
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Funston
Kan
Japan
Second ‘Cavalry
County Defense History Highlighted By Local Societies
Douglas County's wartime service record is recounted from 1866 to the present, noting units such as Company A of the 18th Kansas Cavalry and Company H becoming a National Guard unit. Officials report totals of men serving in World War I and later conflicts, plus civic society reports on cemetery research and local historic programs.
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Westport
Lawrence
Douglas County
18Th
Kansas Cavalry
Usher Guards
National Guard
20Th
Kansas Volunteers
Adna G. Clarke
Stevens
Armed Services
Robert C. Rankin
Irma Spangler
John Akers
Ida Lyons
Walter Varnum
E. M. Owen
Alice Sears
Fredo Barteldes
J. R. Holmes
Ed .Arnold
W. L.hastie
Hastie
Varnum
Treasury
Lyons
Edward Arnold
Signal Oak
Baldwin
Ada Lindell
Society
W.C. Summers
D.A.R
Edward Bumgardner
Haskell Registrar Mary Forby Takes Washington Defense Job
Miss Mary Forby registrar at Haskell for three years leaves to join civilian defense in Washington D C. She is accompanied by Johanna Ryan, Haskell stenographer, both moving to civil service positions in the capital.
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Mary Forby
Haskell
Washington, D. C
Civilian Defense Organization
Johanna Ryan
Batista Pushes Cuba War Declaration in Congress
Havana reports President Batista asked Cuba's congress to declare war on Germany and Italy and convened an extraordinary session at 7 p.m. Costa Rica announced it would declare war on Germany and Italy within hours, while Bolivia voiced solidarity with nations at war with Japan.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Germany
Italy
United States
Japan
San Jose
Costa Rica
Las Pas
Bolivia
Quotas Reduced for Cars and Light Trucks
The office of production management ordered December quotas for passenger cars and light trucks cut 25 percent and January quotas cut 50 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Production Management
Senate confirms Kansas postmasters for Buhler Kirwin Mound Valley
The senate confirms Kansas postmasters Frank F. Pauls Buhler Harrison Peter Landes Kirwin and Cecil L. Hinds Mound Valley. The notice also promotes a debt free home plan from The Lawrence Building and Loan Association with a phone number and address.
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Washington
Senate
Kansas
Frank F. Pauls
Buhler
Harrison Peter Landes
Kirwin
Cecil L. Hinds
Mound Valley
The
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Mass
U S Calls for Greater Production of Materials for Defense
The United States ordered a seven day work week for major warplane factories and boosted bomber output from 500 to 1000 per month. War production expanded to guns ships ammunition and tanks as Japan faced intensified pressure.
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Washington
Philippines
United States
Pearl Harbor
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Office of Production Management
OPM
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Japan
Axis powers pledge unity as war against allies expands
A Tokyo dispatch reports Germany Italy and Japan signed a pact pledging no separate peace until all three understand each other. Hitler in Berlin called this the year of decision as Axis leaders spoke at about 7 a.m. CST. Tokyo said Japan expected Germany and Italy to declare war on the United States.
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Japan
Tokyo
Germany
Italy
Britain
United States
Berlin
Hitler
Reichstag
C.S.T
Tire Ban Shuts New Tire Sales In Local Market
Local dealers faced a government ban on selling new tires with a freeze until December 22. Only vital defense industries with A-1 to A-3 ratings may buy new tires. used tires, tubes, and re-treads remain permitted. Some demand persists as stockpiles of re-treads and used casings are available.
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Lawrence
Mrs. Lilla Eva Purcell Dies in Leavenworth
Mrs. Lilla Eva Purcell died at 6 a.m. at 615 West Eighth Street after several weeks illness. Funeral set for Saturday at 1 p.m. from First Presbyterian Church with burial in Mount Muncie cemetery. Survivors include Lloyd Purcell Jr., Mrs. Kenneth C. Brock of Emporia, her mother Mrs. LU Bauman, and sisters Miss Anna Bauman and Miss Lillian Bauman.
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Lloyd Purcell
Lilla Eva Purcell
Kansas Electric Power Company
West Eighth Street
First Presbyterian Church
Mount Muncie
Leavenworth
R. B. Hutchinson
W. C. Boardman
W. H. Quakenbush
Clifford D. Dean
R. S. Fox
A. P. Hults
Purcell
Grantham
England
Lawrence Flower Club
Sigma Nu Mothers Club
Lawrence Women’s Club
Lloyd. Purcell, Jr
Death of Frederick W. Litchen prompts Leavenworth call
Miss Ruth Litchen was summoned to Leavenworth by the death of her father Frederick W. Litchen who had been ill for months. He served with the Great Western Store company for over 60 years. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 PM at Sexton chapel Leavenworth. A Journal World mail subscription offers a gift option for former Lawrence residents at $2.50 or $3.00 per year depending on distance.
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Ruth Litchen
Leavenworth
Frederick W. Litchen
Litchen
Great Western Store Company
Sexton Chapel
Lawrence
Journal-World
United States noted for wealth and freedom says schoolboy
Lawrence scene reports a Den of the Pinck ney cub pack discussing world contributions. A nine year old cites wealth and freedom as U S notes. Local moves and events include E C Anderson’s move to 1086 New Hampshire, basketball banquet speaker Vic Hart, Bob Johnson injury, Haskell Institute enlistees, Elizabeth Crafton’s stage lead at Knox college, and a De Soto ambulance at Talmage D Funk’s mortuary with new features. Memorial hospital saw three baby boys born in one hour. Congressman's travel plans change with Washington duties.
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Den‘s of the
Pinckney Cub Pack
United States
Caverell D. Clark
Elizabeth Crafton
Allen Crafton
Lawrence
Knox Theater Group
Knox College
A. A. Milne
Miss Crafton
de Soto
Talmage D. Funk
Mortuary
Buddy Gallagher
Fire Tunes at Nippon
Song publishers report a flood of war tunes about Japan from Tin Pan Alley with saxophone and fiddle styling. At least two anti Japan pieces are in printers hands including You're a Sap Mister Jap and The Sun Will Soon Be Sitting for the Land of the Rising Sun. Other titles present include Lets Take a Rap at the Japs and Taps for the Japs.
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New York
Tin Pan Alley
Japan
Yokohama
Corn loan rate set at 76 cents in Douglas county
The corn loan rate in Douglas county is 76 cents per bushel. Eligible farmers are those within their corn allotment and total allotments on corn, wheat, and potatoes. Loans can be obtained through the county ACP office. loan forms are expected soon. The Journal-World gift subscriptions are growing, call 22.
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Douglas County
ACP
Study Plans to Register All Able Bodied Men and Women
Washington reports Brig. Gen. Louis B. Hershey, director of selective service, says the agency is studying broadening registration and classification to include all able bodied men and women for military and civilian defense. He calls it the number one project and envisions a broad liability for registration with narrower service obligations, noting possible future registration of women.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Louis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Congress
Thanksgiving visits fill Belleview families across area
Belleview residents recount a day of gatherings with relatives in Kansas City Ft Madison Richmond Tongonnie LeLoup and Lawrence. Many families shared Thanksgiving dinners and weekend visits with siblings parents and grandchildren from Diedrich Shirck Musick Whaley and Brechetsen households.
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Floyd Heinson
Kansas City
James Duncan
Robert Shirck
Ft. Madison
L. J. Shirck
Ed Paasch
Ada Kirkpatrick
Richmond
F. A. McNish
W. K. Eisele
Harold
Norma
L. M. Holmes
Annabelle Holmes
Ty. M. Holmes
Ed Diedrich
Gus. Hadl
Sons
Weasant Valley
A. L. Hadl
Ed, Faasch
C. Gerstenberger
Vera Nose
Monnday
J. O. Foster
Tonganonie
Ed Grosdidier
Daughters
Gerald Grosdidier
John Schopper
Eudora
Last Sum, Wer
Fred Bartz
George Bartz
Doris Ann
Raymond Bartz
Dorothea ‘Bartz
Bob Evans
Ed Seyler
LeLoup
Arden Ott
Mark Harman
Linwood
Peoria
Ill
Rosanna Schellack
Harvey Schellack
Fred Schellack
Gus Bohnsack
Harry Schmidt
Phyllis Ann
Merrett Musick
Norman Wichman
Harvey Whaley
Siloam Springs
Ark
Fred Whaley
Davenport
Lin
Ella White
Chicago
T. J. Shirck
Lecompton
Lillian Shafstal
Lawrence
Milton Shafstal
Z. G. Houser
Joe Hale
Prairie Center
Frank Dodds
George Alexander
Newton
Kan
E. S. Forsythe
Phillip Brechetsen
Clearfield
Howard Whaley
Haruna Sinking Report Marks Pacific War Turning Point
Stimson cites democratic endurance over autocratic rule as key to victory while the Far East command confirms the Japanese battleship Haruna sunk north of Luzon. Attacks continue around Aparri and Manila area air fields Cavite and Nichols.
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Stimson
Department
Philippine
Far Eastern Command
Luzon
Aparri
Manila
Cavite
Nichols Field
Grapplers in a Draw at Douglas County Wrestling Show
Chief Thunderbolt of South Dakota and the Masked Marvel wrestled to a draw at Eriksen's hall, each securing a fall before the 60 minute limit. Orville Cox defeated Danny O'Shea two falls to one in the secondary match. Next Wednesday's main event features Thunderbolt vs Cox in two falls.
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Chief Thunderbolt
South Dakota
Masked Marvel
Douglas County Athletic Club
Eriksen
Thunderbolt
the Marvel
Orville Cox
Independence
Kan
Danny O’shea
Neosho
O’shea
Dugan Waives Preliminary Hearing in Johnson County Case
Frank Dugan charged with bribery and gambling in Johnson county gambling case waived his preliminary hearing in justice court today and was bound over for district court trial on January 5.
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Dugan
Clathe
Kan
Frank Dugan
Johnson County
Justice Court
Card of Thanks from E. E. Lutz Family
The Washington Creek church members neighbours and friends are thanked for help expressions of sympathy and flowers during the illness and death of our wife and mother. E. E. Lutz and family.
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Washington Creek Church
E. E. Lutz
Marriage Licenses Granted by Ottawa Judge Gray
Marriage licenses were issued by Probate Judge Frank R. Gray to Joe P. Galegor and Maxine Kennedy both of Ottawa. Paul Raber and Margaret Mason of Ottawa. Charles Reimer of Liberty Missouri and Margaret Turner of Trenton Missouri. Calvin E. Reenens of Sunray Texas and Anne L. Mike of Lawrence. Ralph Leigan and Mabel Leigan both of Valley Falls. The first three couples were married by Judge Gray.
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Frank R. Gray
Joe P. Galegor
Maxine Kennedy
Ottawa
Paul Raber
Lawrence
Margaret Mason
Charles Reimer
Liberty
Margaret Turner
Trenton
Calvin E. Reenens
Sunray
Tex
Anne L. Mike
Ralph Leigan
Mabel Leigan
Valley Falls
Gray
Pneumonia Patient Gus Koch Admitted in Lawrence
Gus Koch, a resident living a mile south and two miles east of Eudora, is hospitalized in Lawrence Memorial with lobar pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Koch
Eudora
Lawrence Memorial, Hospital
Market News Government Bonds Close In New York
Government bonds closed with Treasury issues quoted: 44s at 52 47, 116.2. Treasury 3s at 55 51, 110.4. Market activity reflected tone for debt securities amid New York trading.
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New York
Treasury
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U.S. Defense
Fred E. Broeker
J. Fred Broeker
Lincoln Street
Marine Corps
Honolulu
Haskell Registrar
U.S
U. S
Frederick W.litchen
N.E.A. Telephoto
Isaac Campbell Kidd
Hawaii
E. C. Anderson
Perry
New Hampshire Street
Vic Hart
Kk. U
Holton
Bob Johnson
Haskell Institute
J. W. Twente
School of Education
Kansas State Teacher’s Association
Topeka
Board of County Commissionee
Fred Kahn
U.S. Guyer
Eldridge Hotel
Nippon
Belleview
Grapplers
Chief ‘Thunderbolt
Bullock
Olson Bros
St. Phone
Japan War Pictures
U. SS
R.K.O
Pathe News
Chan Am
Beth Steel
Chrysler
Douglas Air
du Pont
J. R. Payne
Rexall Drug Store
Bankers Finance Inc
Henry Seidel Canby
United China Relief
Broadway
New York, N; Y
Camp Robinson
Lawrence Patriotic and Civic Organizations
Bob Hope
Jayhawker
America
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