Yanks Drive Toward Duren Roer River Front
American First army infantry and tanks moved within a half mile of Duren on the Roer valley defense, capturing six fortified villages and reaching the flooded river on a 1000 yard front. Seventh army broke through the Maginot line, advancing six miles in eight hours toward Seitz near Karlsruhe. German and French actions along the Rhine and Roer fronts continued with heavy fighting around Merken, Merode, and Gey, as Patton’s Third army pressed into the Saarland and Siegfried line. Casualties and losses were heavy on both sides as Allied forces pushed toward the Palatinate while Germans claimed counter offensives along the Siegfried line.
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Paris
First Army
Duren
Roer
Forest
U. S. Seventh Army
Seitz
Rhine
Karlsruhe
Palatinate
Cologne
Mariaweiler
Courtney H. Hodges
Haven
Roer. Pier
Julich
Gey
Hurtgen
Obermaubach
Strass
Germany
Schophoven
Buren
Normandy
Seventh Army
Bavarian Palatinate
Haguenau
Sierfried
Haugenau
Sarregue
Woerth
George
Patton
Siegfried Line
Saarland
Dillingen
Saarlautern
Zweibrucken
St. Ingbert
Supreme Headquarters
Spakesman
Hadley
Dil- Ingen
Altho Berlin
Stout
Father Tarid
Ningen
Alsace
Reveate Baneringa
Merode
Merken
Pier
Gér
Russian Tanks Break Into Budapest Suburb Frontline Push
Soviet forces drove into the northern suburbs of Budapest as a new thrust moved toward Bratislava and Vienna. Russian troops reported gains of up to seven miles along the central Slovak border and captured Vereseghaz and Szada, eight and a half miles northeast of Budapest, amid intensified fighting with German and Hungarian defenders.
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Moscow
Budapest
Danube
Bratislava
Vienna
Pest
Sevastopol
Ul Pest
Csepel
Evacuations begin as Tokyo boosts bond drive progress
Berlin radio reports Tokyo evacuation of 20 000 non essential workers planned for Tuesday with measures advancing. Officials warn no workers in war industry transport or press may leave without permits. In Douglas county E bond sales total 412 668 25 with 239 195 75 more needed to meet 651 855 quota before Saturday. Sixth War Loan drive surpasses county target of 1 750 000 though E bond quota lags. Drive leaders urge immediate purchase at issuing agencies or via payroll deductions.
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London
Berlin
Tokyo
Cir
Transocean
Ap Ly
Nallahag
Douglas County
Irving Hill
War Finance
Federal Reserve Bank
Howevever
Seaway project rejected by Senate amid postwar bill vote
In Washington on December 12 the senate refused to add the St. Lawrence Seaway to the postwar rivers and harbors bill. Aiken and Langer pressed the amendment with Van den Berg and Roosevelt urged action. The roll call stood 56 to 25 against the Seaway, clearing the way for final consideration of the $500,900,000 rivers and harbors measure. Roosevelt said quick action on the Seaway is logical and inevitable.
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Washington
Senate
St. Lawrence Seaway
Roosevelt
Aiken
Japs Face Labor Shortages Drive War Production
The Associated Press reports Japanese workers at a Tokyo war plant pledged to work 108 percent of 24 hours weekly from 7 30 am to 11 pm seven days a week to boost output by 80 percent. Domei said iron shortages push engineers to build wooden boring machines with most parts in wood and iron limited to shaft and fittings.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Domei
Federall Communications Committee
Present Play Tonight At Begin Theater
The fall first performance by Begin Theater opens with its cast and stage crew. An all-girl cast appears to handle the production amid concerns over funding and venue readiness, with additional showings planned to continue the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Begin Theater
Tomor Begin Ping
Pre Ta Mu
Catee
Ins
Ben Lohman Killed In U S Route 50 Crash Near Ottawa
Ben Lohman of Ottawa former Weaver's carpet department employee and Lyndon Broom salesman dies in an accident on U S Highway 50 four miles southwest of Ottawa. He is survived by his wife one daughter Mrs A T L Sowers and son George E Lohman of Topeka and a son Lt Walter Lohmsen overseas with the armed forces a brother J D Lohman of 1922 Rhode Island Street. Will speak this evening.
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Ben Lohman
Ottawa
Lyndon Broom Company
Lawrence
Olathe
A. TL. Sowers
George E. Lohman
Eliot Janeway to Speak at University of Kansas
Prominent journalist Eliot Janeway will address the University of Kansas in Hoch Auditorium at 8:15 PM on the topic Reconversion to Prosperity. The lecture, billed by Raymond Nichols, director of the community lecture course, includes a Q and A session with the audience.
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Eliot Janeway
University of Kansas
Hoch Auditorium
Raymond Nichols
Janeway
Ormoc Victory Boosts Northwest Leyte Push
U S forces report a deadly trap destroyed a large Japanese force south of Ormoc as the 77th and 7th Infantry divisions swept in. The Ormoc garrison was wiped out and supply dumps abandoned as MacArthur announced the decisive gains and continued driving toward Cor Tigara bay.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
Ormoc
Leyte Island
77Th
Ormec
Douglas
Yamashita
Fle MacArthur
Rmoe
Leyte
Cor Tigara Bay
George Thomas Forster
Tacloban
Bombers Over Tokyo Reported By FCC Broadcast
An untitled Japanese air raid report, attributed to the Federal Communications Commission broadcast, says American B-29 Superfortresses may have struck Tokyo in force. The claim, unconfirmed by U.S. sources, cites raids over Tokyo and nearby Izu Shichiro island group at about 1 pm Tokyo time, amid recent tremors and tidal wave damage in Shizuoka.
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Uby
Associated Pressey
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Izu Shichiro
Shizuoka
Twenty Million Loans Foresee Job Swaps Next Two Years
Cleveland, Dec. 12. Twenty million loans will swap jobs next year and the year after as the nation shifts from war to peace. A Cleveland Chamber of Commerce address by a company vice president warned of higher unemployment in 1945, rising factory wages, more labor disputes and a greater number of business failures in 1945 than in 1944, predicting 1945 and 1946 as wartime to peacetime transition years.
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Cleveland
BFE
Cleveland Company
Cleveland Chamber ‘of Commerce
Altha
Ayres
New Officers Elected At Douglas County Farm Bureau Meeting
About fifty members attended the annual Douglas County Farm Bureau gathering at the 1.0.0.F. hall amid icy roads. Harold Chamney was named president with W W Gerstenberger as vice president and Charles Banning as secretary treasurer. New directors include Mrs Lestie Demerilit Clinton township Charles Banning Eudora township Walter Gerstenberger Grant township Roacoe Pine Kanwaka township Will Wymer Lecompton township Mrs Dorothy Speicher Marion township Hugh Boyce Palmyra townsup Robert Jardon Wakarusa township Harold Chamney Winton Springs township Mrs Millard Jackson. Additional appointments: Roscoe Pine delegate to State Board of Agriculture alternate Asa Colman. Hugh Boyce delegate to State Farm Bureau alternate W W Gerstenberger. Mrs Frank Speicher delegate to State Farm Bureau alternate Mrs Clyde Kahn. About 50 members heard reports on state board meetings. finances and membership were reviewed by Mrs Fred ord. group singing led by Mrs David Perkins. a dialogue by Mrs Rose Grant and Mrs Edyth Cox. Teta Mae Cox spoke on 4-H club work. a Sigel Home Demonstration unit skit. and a talk by A F Turner from Kansas State College extension.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
F. Hall
Harold Chamney
Lawrence
W. W. Gerstenberger
Eudora
Charles Banning
Lestie Demerilit
A. Clinton
Walter Gerstenberger
Grant Township
Roacoe Pine
Kanwaka
Will Wymer
Lecompton
Dorothy Speicher
Marion
Hugh Boyce
Palmyra
Robert Jardon
Wakarusa
Winton Springs
Millard Jackson
State Board of Agriculture
Roscoe Pine
Asa Colman
State Farm Bureau
Frank Speicher
Clyde Kahn
Horn
Douglas County
Mra
Exioik! Speich- OP
Pecoges
Iit
Ralph Colman
Leslie Demeritt
Two Men Burned in Sunflower Ordnance Blaze
Allen Carlisle of 1804 Connecticut street and Anthony B. Stein of Valley Falls, workers for Hercules Powder at Sunflower Ordnance Works, received minor wrist and facial burns in a Sunday evening fire. The 8 14 p m blaze started in a solvent recovery building. automatic sprinklers limited spread. Officials estimate damage under 5000.
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Allen Carlisle Hasum
Connecticut_ street
Anthony B. Stein
Valley Falls
Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Injured KU Student in sledding accident
Martha Low Little, a Kansas University junior from Salina and member of Kappa Gamma, is hospitalized at Watkins Memorial with an ankle fracture after a Sunday sledding incident. In Parsons, US-69 flooded by a broken casho river levee near Erie. K-57 closed, Oswego area affected. K-96 expected to stay open.
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Martha Low Little
University of Kansas
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Miss Little
Salina
Kappapa Gamma Sorority
See
Parsons
Kan
Erie
Oswego
Quig Receives Enduring Label After You Cant Do That
Garden City Kansas reports E C Quigley the famed sports official known for the call you cant do that. University of Kansas athletics director attempted to send a telegram to Dr F C Allen asking KU basketball coach Phog Allen and his team success against Rockhurst in Kansas City but a railway employee blocked the wartime telegram ban. Quigley also spoke at a football banquet and was set to appear at a nod gathering in Emporia to niaoe.
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Garden City
Kan
E. C. Quigley
University of Kansas
Dr. F. C
Phog
Allen
K. U
Rockhurst
Kansas City
Galatey
Izley
Emporia Toni
Aioe
Stettinius Team Outlines Five War Aims Before Senate
Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr and six prospective aides testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee detailing a reorganized State Department aiming for a liberal forward looking foreign policy. He outlined five goals including ending the war quickly, preventing future German or Japanese aggression, creating a UN security organization, expanding postwar world trade, and promoting democratic ideals worldwide.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius,Jr
Congress
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Stettinius
Germany
Japan
United Nations Security Organization
Joseph C. Grew
Archibald MacLeish
Nelson Rockefeller
W. L. Clayton
Lt Gray Seeks Governor Appointment For Probate Judge Post
Topeka Dec 12 Lt (jg) Frank R Gray newly elected Lenses county probate judge notified Gov Andrew Schoeppel today he was on duty on the U S S Cole and asked the governor to appoint J B Wilson of Lawrence holds the state at present by appointment.
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Topeka
Jg) Frank
R. Gray
Lenses County
Andrew Schoeppel
U.S.S. Coledo
J. B. Wilson
Lawrence
Employees Released in Europe Office Downdraft
Washington reports OWI completed a large part of overseas office work and released about 350 employees abroad. Reductions affect Kompete and Mediteranean staff due to language and qualification barriers, slowing transfers to eastern service. Flowers of Distinction call.
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OWI
Europe
Washington
Kompete
Mediteranee Poe
Farern
Senate Lets Surplus Sales Move Faster
A Washington report notes faster surplus sales with $6.5 million worth highlighted and inventories totaling $9.7 million. In October stocks reached $59 million while sales moved slowly, implying demand remains cautious.
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Senate
Brest
Washington
Dec
Bankers Host 4-H Banquet For Lawrence Club Members
About 155 4 H club members and 15 Jayhawk FFA boys from Lawrence Memorial High School will attend the 17th annual Douglas County Bankers Association banquet Friday at 6 15 p m in the Eldridge hotel. Rex Kendall’s magic and the Swede Wilson trio entertain as Riley Burch welcomes the group. Dorothea Schroeder will present awards. a Guadalajara film and a Kansas University extension clip will be shown. To attend, members must complete spring projects and provide reports to the Farm Bureau and exhibit at the county fair.
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Jayhawk
Future Farmers of America
Lawrence Memorial High School
Douglas County Banker’s Association
Eldridge Hotel
Rex Kendall
Magic
Dorothea Schroeder
Guadalajara
Mexico
Margaret Walfkuhle
University of Kansas, Extension Division
4-H
Farm Bureau
Bill Essick
Ing
Ami Jes
In H
Mt Hay
George He
Chamber of Commerce
la Journee -nal-World
Outlook
W. A. Schaal
Lawrence National Bank
Ed Martin
Georgianna Graves
W. E. Decker
Lawrence
Henrie Schubert
Eudora Kaw Valley State Bank
Carl Butell l
Baldwin State Bank
Sun to Shine Again Across Kansas as Warmth Returns
Kan weather outlook shows sun and rising temperatures though snow lingers east of the state. Forecaster Flora notes four inches on the ground may slow warming. Kansas highs expected near 35 to 40, lows around 16 to 22 with rivers receding. Flood crests ease as Marais des Cygnes and Neosho rivers retreat toward the south.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Indiana
New England
Tennessee
Virginia
Gulf of Mexico
Marais Des Cygnes
la Cygne
Fiora
Bord Goodland
Phillipsburg
Wichita
Free Wrapping Station Boosts Downtown Holiday Trade
The community free wrapping station at 726 Massachusetts Street reports rising business. Fran Fitzpatrick in charge notes the service offers wrapping paper and string to shoppers preparing Christmas gifts for mailing. A planned mailing service was delayed due to Bruce McKee’s illness, prompting immediate gift mailing.
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Massachusetts Street
Fran’ Fitzpatrick
Mre
Bruce McKee
Post Office
Major C Hagar Selected Water Superintendent In Missouri City
Major C Hagar of Caruthersville Missouri chosen as water superintendent by city council in executive session. Four candidates interviewed. Hagar to begin January 1 at 265 dollars plus 35 car allowance monthly, same as Frank Willey who resigned. Hagar 41, married with one child, U S Public Health Service malaria control, education includes Kemper Academy mining engineering, Micsoccs University, and short courses at M A water works. He has five years electrical work, two years mining in Mexico, U S Army Corps of Engineers, and five years water superintendent at Booneville Missouri. Council also authorized sewer map at 200 dollars, light relocation, parking and pumping equipment purchases, and noted fire department alarms and finances for November.
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Caruthersville
Lawater
George March
Robert Mounseys
W. §. Bricce
Iece
Frank EB. Willey
Odjoin Mne
Topeka Waterplan Ta
Hagar
U.S. Public Health Service
Kemeneary Academy
Ardeid
Micsoccs University
M. A
American Waterworks Association
Missouri
Mexico
U. S. En
Booneville
Stock market index slips after prior day surge
The average of 60 stocks stands at 57.4 after a prior day reading of 67.5. Traders awaited catalysts as the market cooled from yesterday’s gains.
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Roer Valley
Maginot Line
Karlruhe
Jen
Daren
Derichweiler
Sian
Veresegyhaz
Szada
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Red
Algiers
Malinovsky
County
Je K. U
D. Lohman
Weaver
Fred G. Willman
Rhode Island Street
War Department
Pfe
Robert
Ernest Willman
Willman
Funks Mortuary
U.S
al Copking
Camotes Sea
Tith
Imperial Army
Central Pacific
Tarakan
Balikpapan
Borneo
Manila
Rep
Heads Farm Group
BLAZE
Sunflower Plant
Martha Lou Little
Holmes
Connally
D-Fox
MacLeish
Clark
D-Mo
America
Russia
Department
Battlefront
Dwight Biperhower'e
Hess Parters
Gray
C. Hager
With Health Service
Eighth
Ninth
Fourteenth
Masketts Street
Mater Wa
Councilman R
Burgertoft
Cennies
Paul Ingels
Ingels
Everett Christ Tenson
Willard RK. Larkin
Water Department
O. J
Olice
O. J. Tepp
Water Department Reserve Fund
Twee Smtwt
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