Allies Press On In Italy Break At Cassino Front
Allied dispatches report heavy fighting along the Cassino front as Fifth Army gains a height near Filignano and battles San Pietro while Italian forces join the advance but falter against Hermann Goering units. Montgomery’s Eighth Army captures San Leonardo as bridgeheads at Moro river solidify amid fierce counterattacks.
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Fifth Army
Passino
Mignano
San Pietro
Cassino
Clark
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Wiits
Hermann Goering
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
San Leonardo
Moro River
Ortona
Moro
Adriatic
Montgomery
Frisa
Orsogna
Chieti
Berlin
Badoglio
Turkey holds to allied path while Japan fights to hold gains
Ankara reports Turkey unchanged in policy allied with Britain though wary of direct war, with Cairo conference solidifying US friendship and easing friction with Russia. Japanese actions in New Britain New Guinea and the Solomons are countered by Allied strikes near Finschhafen Madang and Bougainville, as Lt Cmdr O Hara is shot down. Chinese forces push gains near Changteh as air and sea campaigns continue in the central and southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
Cairo
Numan Menemencioglu
Great Britain
Menemencioglu
Balkan
Britain
Mediterranean
Italy
Greece
Russia
Dodecanese Islands
Dodecanese
United States
Southwest Pacific
mid-Pacific
Radio Tokyo
New Britain-New Guinea
New Guinea
Finschhafen
New Britain
Madang
Cape Gloucester
Huon Peninsula
Central Pacific
Marshall Islands
Cmdr
Edward “Butch” O’hare
Seventh Army Air Force
Marshalls
Nauru
Gilberts
Mili
Jaluit
Solomons
Bougainville
Rabaul
China
U. S S. Air Force
Wuchang
Hankow
Changteh
New Guards Commander Named for Kansas State Guard
Opera dated report states Maj. Norvil F. Roberts of Kansas City Kansas succeeds Errett P. Scrivner as commander of the Kansas State Guard Infantry battalion with companies at Kansas City Paola Olathe and Pleasanton. Scrivner moves to the regimental staff per Maj. Gen. Charles I. Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera
Norvil F. Roberts
Kansas City
Kan
Errett P. Scrivner
Congress
Kansas State Guard
Paola
Olathe
Pleasanton
Charles I. Martin
Scrivner
Hitler Youth Schools Planned for 17 Year Olds in Wartime
Berlin reports Albert Speer has set up eight barracks camps and plans twenty four more to train 17 year olds of the Hitler youth in technical weapons. The program covers rocket artillery U boats tanks and aircraft as part of wartime munitions production.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Berlin
Albert Speer
Hitler
Soviet Army Advances Along Dnieper Bend Rail Lines
Soviet General Ivan Konev’s 2nd Ukrainian Army expands the Cherkasy bridgehead and presses into Cherkasy amid heavy fighting. German lines report Soviet attacks along rail corridors southwest of Kremenchug, threatening Krivoi Rog and Kirovograd as Kiev bulge reverses.
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Dnieper Bend
London
Ivan Konev
2Nd
Cherkasy
Dnieper
DNB
Kremenchug
Krivoi Rog
Kirovograd
Moscow
Kiev
Nikolai Vatutin
Mlain
Koroten
Konev
Znamenka
Khirovka
Smela
Chabanovka
Chechievka
Dolinovka
Red Army
Delay in Induction of Pre-War Dads Stirs House Panel
Washington reports selective service orders delay induction of pre war fathers to the extent possible. Maj. Gen. Hershey outlined age group calls 18 to 21 first then up to 25 and up to 30 if needed while deferring fathers to fill quotas with single men and non fathers wherever feasible.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
House Military Affairs Committee
Hershey
Pleasant weekend forecast cools Kansas snow pack
Topeka reports a bright weekend as sun and rising temperatures shrink the snow blanket over northern and western Kansas. No new moisture fell in 24 hours while top soil absorbs rain from the prior two days aiding the wheat crop. Overnight lows dropped to 15 in Goodland and 21 in Topeka with highs near 40 in Wichita and Phillipsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Wichita
Phillipsburg
Flora
Mercury
Debaters Rank High From KU at Austin Contest
Kansas University debaters Henry Miller from Kansas City and Hal Friesen of Hutchinson tied for first with a Texas team in an eight event invitation tournament in Austin Texas. KU was rated the top negative team with six first place wins and 900 audience votes in one no decision debate on the League of Nations reconstitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Henry Miller
Kansas City
Hal Friesen
Hutchinson
University of Texas
Austin
Tex
E. C. Buehler
K. U
Texas
Kansas
United States
League of Nations
County reports seven flu cases and eleven scarlet fever cases
Seven physicians' cards at the health office show seven influenza cases this week in Douglas county. From last Saturday morning to this Saturday morning inclusive, the total contagious disease cases include 17 influenza and 11 scarlet fever cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Stock Market Index Stands at 49.2
The index tracking 60 stocks closed at 49.2 points yesterday, signaling modest activity in the market. No further details available.
Otto of Hapsburg leaves U S Army battalion
Washington reports Otto of Hapsburg and his younger brothers are discharged after the Austrian battalion of the U S Army, formed in 1942, is disbanded due to insufficient volunteers. Members could transfer or receive honorable discharges. The unit aimed to serve Austrians and others in freeing conquered lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Otto of
Warning on paying for supposed POW notices spread by OWI
Washington reports the office of war information cautioned the public against buying information about relatives possibly held as prisoners of war. OWI announced a new, free notification system to speed accurate casualty and captivity notices to families, while warning that enemy broadcasts and related letters may be a propaganda racket.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWL
OWI
United States
Twenty six at clinic in Lawrence reveals TB cases
The Douglas County Tuberculosis association reports Dr. C. F. Taylor conducted a two day clinic at Lawrence Memorial hospital on December 8 and 4. Thirty six people attended. twenty two were newly admitted this year and 20 were new to the clinic. Examinations and X rays found two minimal tuberculosis cases and seven unstable primary infections in children. One pleurisy with effusion was found. No evidence of tuberculosis in some participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Tuberculosis Association
C. F. Taylor
Norton
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rites Set Monday for Bethany Leader Dr Ernst Pihlblad
Funeral services for Dr Ernst Pihlblad longtime Bethany college president will be held Monday at 2 30 p m in Presser hall on the Bethany campus. The Messiah chorus will sing. Dr Pihlblad 70 died Thursday in Topeka of a heart attack while serving as chairman of the state civil service board. He retired as Bethany president in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsborg
Ernst Pihlblad
Bethany College
Presser
Bethany
Messiah Chorus
Pihlblad
Topeka
State Civil Service Board
Eden and Winant Return to Britain from Middle East Talks
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and U.S. Ambassador John G. Winant arrived in London today after attending conferences in the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Winant
London
Anthony Eden
U. S
John G. Winant
Britain
Middle East
Reading the Classified Page Becomes Daily Habit
A thrifty reader develops a daily habit of scanning the classified ads for bargains and opportunities. The routine reflects careful budgeting and a practical approach to shopping.
Christmas Mailing Building Reaches Busy Phase
The Christmas mailing station reports its busiest day since opening with 22 mail bags ready. Bruce McKee urges early mailing to ease congestion at terminals, noting both local and long distance packages strain facilities. The wrapping station at the Jayhawk theater building offers free wrapping from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, with extended hours to 9 p.m. on Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce McKee
Post Office
Mr. McKee
McKee
Jayhawk Theater
Merchants Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
New Waste Fat Plan Returns Ration Points for Fats
Beginning Monday December 13 housewives will earn one ration point for each half pound of salvage kitchen fats taken to retailers. The plan maintains four cents a pound ceiling price for used fats. Renderers and collectors must register with OPA and file monthly reports within ten days after each month.
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John Brand
OPA
Billy Kennard Dead In Memorial Hospital
Billy Kennard of 642 West Twenty third street died this morning at Memorial hospital from pneumonia and heart complications after being moved from his home. He worked in motor car selling for 20 years with Hunsinger Motor Company and later Motor In. He recently worked in the Sunflower Ordnance Works property section. He was an early Rotary member, later Kiwanis president, and a member of the Scottish Rite and Shrine. Surviving are his widow Mrs. Bessie K. Kennard and sister Mrs. J. D. Mehoney of Philadelphia. Funeral 3:30 Monday at Funk chapel. no flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E
Billy” Kennard
West Twenty-third Stret
Memorial Hospital
Kennard
Hunsinger Motor Company
The
Motor In
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Rotary Club
Kiwanis
Venezuelan Congressman Blanco To Visit KU Luncheon
Sr. Andres Eloy Blanco, renowned lawyer and poet, will be hosted by Chancellor Deane Malott at the University of Kansas for a Monday luncheon. He will meet instructors and advanced students in the romance languages department Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andres Eloy Blanco
Venzuela
Deane Malott
University of Kansas
Blanco
University
Germans Report F D R in Italy
German radio quotes Lausanne dispatches that Roosevelt is now reported to be somewhere in southern Italy. He is supposed to make a brief visit to the front. Rumors of a meeting with Marshal Badoglio are denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.D.R
Italy
Associated Press
Lausanne
Switzerland
Roosevelt
Front
Marshal Badoglio
Raid on Sofia Report From Cairo Broadcast
London dispatch says Cairo radio reported Sofia attacked again though details suggest the report covered yesterday’s bombing by Mediterranean based Liberator bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
London
Cairo Radio
Bulgaria
King of Greece May Wait on Vote
King George II of Greece muses on returning home after Allied victory only if Greeks vote on monarchy. In a November 8 letter released now, he notes considering the issue anew after Greece is liberated. The letter follows talks with Churchill and Eden who had not promised his return before elections. Some guerrilla factions in Greece demand a public vote.
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Cairo
Egypt
George “Ee
Greece
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Draft Call For Prewar Fathers To Leave Monday
Instructions from the selective service director reportedly not yet received may not alter the call of a 32 man contingent heading to Leavenworth Monday for induction. The roster includes single men and some 18 year olds, with fathers making up the remainder as other classifications are exhausted. Local officials say youths turning 18 recently may be processed within a week.
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Director of Selective Service
Selective Service Board
Pearl Harbor
Leavenworth
Selective Service Office
Toay
Alboit
Draft Board
Chicago raises ceilings on cash oats and barley
The CP A N Chicago Cash Grain association set new ceilings for oats and barley based on normal relations to Minneapolis prices. No. 2 white oats sold at 87 cents per bushel, higher than prior 82 cents, with multiple grades adjusted upward while No. 3 oats and No. 3 barley ceilings unchanged. December futures remain at 82 cents for oats and 1.28 dollars for barley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cash Grain Association
Board of Trade
Minneapolis
OPA
Miners and operators reach agreement in principle on pay scale
John L. Lewis and mine operators' representatives announced in Washington that they have agreed in principle to the Lewis Ickes pay scale formula for soft coal miners. Ezra Van Horn said a letter was sent to Interior Secretary Ickes and a War Labor Board approval is required. The agreement covers about 67 percent of the soft coal industry and follows two weeks of talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis-Ickes
Ezra van Horn
Ickes
War Labor Board
Willkie Offers to Testify on 1940 Convention Votes
Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 Republican nominee, requests to appear before the Senate Elections Committee and undergo unlimited cross examination regarding allegations that his supporters attempted to buy votes at the 1940 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkie
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate Elections Committee
Opening of Kansas University military science building draws crowd
Between 1000 and 1200 attendees join the formal opening of KU's new military science building. The project combined federal WPA funds, state support, Endowment Association backing led by Lyle Armel and Col. Karl Baldwin, with Snow Hall limestone, a Bofors gun demo, and a late night dance in the drill room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Karl Baldwin
Australia
Baldwin
Reserve Officers Training Corps
University of Kansas
California
Kansas University Endowment Association
Lyle O. Armel
Endowment Association
United States Navy
Colonel Baldwin
Works Progress Administration
Kansas
Basil Green
Lawrence
University
Middle West
Old Snow Hall
Cottonwood Falls
Atrac<re
ASTP
Deane Malott
W. L. McMorris
Paul Dinsmoor
Lyla Armel
Five Directors Chosen by Dairy Farm Association
The Kaw Valley Farmers Record Association elected five new directors at its annual meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. H L Snyder Tecumseh C G Thompson Inland Howard Kissing er Ottawa W H Postma Baldwin Ralph Batdorf Wellsville will guide policy for the coming year. Ray Stover extension economist from Kansas State Agricultural College spoke on general dairy industry economic issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw Valley Farmers Record Association
Chamber of Commerce
Association
H. L. Snyder
Tecumseh
C. G. Thompson
Inland
Howard Kissinger
Ottawa
W. H. Postma
Baldwin
Ralph Batdorf
Wellsville
Ray Stover
Kansas State Agricultural College
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Algiers
Filignano
Mark W. Clark
William B. King
NEW Guards
Major Roberts
Kansas State Infantry
May
D-Ky
General Hershey
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
War Manpower Commission
War Manpower and Selective Service
Keeler’s
Adv
Hapsburg
U. S. Army
Dr. Taylor
P. O. Men
Billy Kennard
Malott
New Chicago
Lewis and Operators
Kansas U
Mrs. Baldwin
Dairy Farm Association
Hp Srtesenernres
Wellia
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Smtwtfs Mtwtfes
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