Eighth Army gains ground on Italian front near Ortona
Allied forces report fierce fighting across the Adriatic sector as the British Eighth Army captures high ground overlooking Ortona and widens river bridgeheads. Canadian troops push to elevated positions along the Moro river while German defenses along Ortona Orsogna and Guardiagrele tighten. 6,000 German prisoners taken since Italy landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Ortona
Pescara
Chieti
Moro
Orsongna
Guardiagrele
Maiella
Bernard L. Montgomery
Fifth Army
Fth
Eighth Armies
Italy
Orsogna
90Th Armored Grenadiers
26Th Armored Division
15Th Infantry
Cold midwinter weather grips Kansas towns
Topeka records a 15 degree low as sub-zero air lingers in northern Minnesota. Dodge City still shows four inches of snow while Topeka has a new inch. Forecaster Flora predicts a dip to around 15 in north counties and 20 in the south tonight with warmer trends and more clouds tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Minnesota
S. D. Flora
Phillipsburg
Ansas
Dodge City
Iopeka
Kansae
Creeenesee
Mail Bags Wrapped and Mailed at City Station
Thirty bags of packages were wrapped and mailed Saturday at the gift wrapping station at Seventh and Massachusetts streets. Frank Fitzpatrick oversees wrapping and Bruce McKee handles mailing as seasonal helpers assist during peak season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh
Massachusetts
Frank Fitzpatrick
Bruce McKee
Harris Discharged After Airport Accident
Glenn Harris of 1645 Learnard was treated at Lawrence Memorial hospital after an accident at Lawrence Municipal airport and released yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Glenn Harris
Learnard
Lawrence Municipal
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Soviet Troops Break Into German Front in Several Areas
London reports German broadcasts indicate Soviet forces penetrated the Kiev bulge and pushed toward Kirovograd while attacking east and west of the city. Berlin drops mention of counterattacks repelling these breaks as German counter encirclements claim to have absorbed the thrusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kiev Bulge
Red
Dnieper
Kirovograd
Atunlam
Altho
Malin
Kiev
Teterev
Zhitomir
Dnieper Bend
Chigirin
DNB
Berlin
Red Army
Cherkasy
Allied Forces Drive in Pacific War Fronts Amid New Bombings
Australian cavalry joins tanks on New Guinea’s Huon peninsula as Allied forces push Japanese from the island. MacArthur’s air raids strike Balikpapan Makassar and Nauru as Nimitz reports rising mid Pacific attacks. Nauru and Jaluit in the Marshalls see air strikes with ships near shore. Bad weather persists in the Solomons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Central Pacific
New Guinea
Huon Peninsula
New Britain
Bougainville
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Balikpapanh
Borneo
Makassar
Celebes Island
Bergen Bay
Cape Gloucester
Chester W. Nimitz
mid-Pacific
Nauru Island
Nauru
Marshall Islands
Mili Atoll
Jaluit Atoll
Marshalls
Kidnapper Robinson Sentenced to Die in Kentucky Electric Chair
Federal Judge Shackelford Miller III sentenced Thomas H. Robinson Jr. to die for the 1934 kidnapping of Louisville’s Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll. The jury convicted him of ransom charges after he previously served time for a life term at Alcatraz. He argued insanity and coercion by FBI agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville, Ky
Shackelford Miller
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Kentucky
Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville
Robinson
Nashville, Tenn
Stoll
FBI
Swank
Glendale
Calif
Salvation Army Kettle Gifts Lag Behind Last Year
Contributions at street kettles have fallen short of last year though small gains came in recent days. Funds will provide Christmas baskets for needy families on Christmas day and more donations are needed now to fill those baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Feint Attack Aboard Atlantic Battlefleet Aids Sicily Invasion
A U S Navy task force with battleships operated with the British home fleet for two and a half months. It conducted three diversions off Norway including a Sicily invasion feint with a fake convoy. German air force avoided battle as reconnaissance planes were shot down or damaged. The American flagship led operations with Adm Sir Bruce A Kraser aboard Duke of York watching the first feint from the bridge. United States and Royal Navy ships showed full cooperation akin to North Africa and Sicily campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
United States Navy
Sicily
Norway
Arctic Circle
Tirpitz
Duke of York
Bruce A. Kraser
United States
Royal Navy
North Africa
High Salvage Record Set by Boy Scouts Rally
A new high in paper salvage was reached Saturday as 43,667 pounds of old newspapers and magazines were bought by Auto Wrecking & Junk Co. Of that total 34,300 pounds were gathered by Boy Scouts via a citywide waste paper rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Wrecking & Junk Company
Lawrence
Boy Scouts
Cubs
Kansas College Presidents Visit for Christmas Vespers
Four Kansas state college presidents and their wives, guests of Chancellor Deane Malott, attended the University of Kansas Christmas vespers in Hoch Auditorium. The group then met to discuss matters affecting the five state institutions with University leaders in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State College
Deane Malott
University of Kansas
Hoch Auditorium
Milton S. Eisenhower
Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science
James F. Price
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Rees Hughes
Pittsburg
L. D.wooster
Ft. Hays State College
Lawrence
Roosevelt Decorates Fifth Army Officers in Sicily Visit
President Roosevelt awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark and five Fifth Army officers at Castelvetrano Sicily after conferences at Cairo and Teheran. Clark earned praise for heroism at the Salerno bridgehead and leading front line troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Sicily
Cairo
Teheran
White House
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Salerno
Italy
Reuben H. Tucker
Ansonia
Conn
Joseph B. Crawford
Humboldt
Kan
William W. Kellogg
Highlands
Tex
Thomas F. Berteau
Chicago
Edwin F. Gould
Orange
Calif
Castelvetrano
Mr. Roosevelt
Tunis
Malta
Chinese and Japanese clash amid northeast front lines
Chinese high command reported recaptures near Changteh including Neupitan and 10 villages, encirclement of 2000 Japanese with 500 killed, while Shihmen and Panlungkiao changed hands. Allied air and naval forces continued raids on bases along the Pacific invasion route with targets in Hanoi Ansiang Shishan Hankow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Pacific
Changteh
Hunan
Neupitan
Linli
Shihmen
Panlungkiao
Army Navy officers may run for political office
Senator Vandenberg secured a ruling from the War and Navy departments stating there is no prohibition on army or navy officers being nominated or elected to office. Officers would resign or retire if elected. Harold E. Stassen, former Minnesota governor, may seek the Republican presidential nomination via the Nebraska primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Navy
Vandenberg
R-Mich
MacArthur
War and Navy Departments
Michigan
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Nebraska
Army may trim ASTP student rolls in college training plan
Washington reports the army considers reducing the number of soldier students in the college training program. The plan aims for fewer than the 140 000 peak enrollment with professors and ASTP staff at Kansas noting reports of gradual liquidation are unlikely. A committee of educators and university presidents leads the reduction plan while some in the general staff opposed the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
ASTP
University of Kansas
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Isaiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Robert I. Gannon
Fordham University
John J. Tiegert
University of Florida
Army General Staff
Christmas Meeting of Douglas County Teachers Association
About 75 educators attended the annual Douglas County Teachers Association Christmas meeting at the American Legion hall. Miss Anna Lewis led carols and a memory reading of the Luke gospel story, with Baldwin group arranging the program. Mrs C R McCarrol of Baldwin read Kansas poets’ poems and spoke on their spirit. Gift exchange preceded pie, ice cream and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Teachers Association
American Legion Hall
Baldwin Group
Anna Lewis
Anna Marquardt
C. R. McCarrol
Baldwin
Kansas
President Roosevelt May Hear War Conference Report
Washington December 18 Congress may hear from President Roosevelt a first hand report of his war conferences abroad. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said he would naturally anticipate an invitation for Roosevelt to address lawmakers as Cordell Hull did after Moscow. The President would respond if invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Cordell Hull
Moscow
Early
Navy Planes Collide Over Maui Island Killing 20
Two navy planes collided near Maui Island on December 13. A GP A bomb from the crash detonated during Marine field maneuvers last Tuesday, killing 20 and wounding 29. Navy Dive Bomber pilots parachuted as radiomen died. Admiral Nimitz issued the press release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Maui Island
Navy
Chester W. Nimitz
Waste Fat Redemption Points Begin In Downtown Market
By noon only one downtown grocery store reported any waste fat turned in since redemption began. A large market collected 39 pounds of kitchen fat this morning while others blamed cold weather and slower Monday business for the lack of fat receipts. Fat in a metal container is now worth two points and four cents per pound.
Tax Bill Action Before Christmas Doubtful
Senate finance committee leaders said chances of enacting a $2.14 billion revenue plan before Christmas were slim. They noted the bill would need printing and a conference, with Congress adjourning around December 18, amid doubts a quorum could be kept. The committee also voted to let the U S court of claims arbitrate war contract renegotiations to curb excessive profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Mongenthau
George
Senate
Congress
U. S. Court of Claims
Induction transfers and fathers depart for Fort Leavenworth
Twenty three men left for Fort Leavenworth from the local selective service, with ten other resistrants moved to different boards. Of the 23, ten are pre Pearl Harbor fathers, and nine of the transferred group are fathers. Names and addresses of departing fathers and transferring boards listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Leavenworth
Selective Service Board
Douglas County Selective Service Board
Pearl Harbor
Christmas mailing rush swells local post office scene
The post office saw a surge of mail with 150 sacks of incoming packages over Sunday and early today plus nine sacks for navy and army personnel on the K U campus. Two lines formed at receiving windows as Postmaster Roger M Williams noted staffing increases to seven or eight by tomorrow to handle volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Army
K. U
Roger M. Williams
Santa Claus Arrives Friday in Lawrence Parade
Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus visit Lawrence on Friday afternoon for a Massachusetts street parade from South Park to the Kaw river bridge. The event will feature a 100 piece high school band, horseback riders, and floats. War dads will form a prominent section for fathers with sons in the armed services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Lawrence
Massachusetts
North Pole
Santa
Massachusetts Street
South Park
Kaw River Bridge
Armed Services
Howard
Shorty” Creel
Howard, Jr
Uncle Sam
Oliver Hobbs
Lawrence High School
William Dalton
Southpark
Dalton
Saint Nick
Safe Foiled Derby Grain Intruders Leave Empty-Handed
Derby Grain at 301 Locust Street was entered between 5 30 Saturday afternoon and 8 this morning by would be robbers who pried a north door and knocked off the office safe combination. They removed the safe to the wareroom but fled when unable to open the door or find loot. Manager T L Smart found no theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby Grain Company
Locust Street
T. L. Smart
Smart
Paratrooper Lyle Moyer Receives Silver Star
Uplieut. Lyle Moyer of Manhattan Kan was among U S Army paratroopers honored for their role in the Markham Valley landing last September. He received the Silver Star for actions during the airborne operation that aimed to trap Japanese forces at Lae and Salamaua on New Guinea's northeast coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Lyle Moyer
Manhattan
Kan
U. S. Army
Markham Valley
U. S. 6Th Army
Moyer
Lae
Salamaua
Also Mentioned on This Page
Montgomery
Filignano
U. S
Kansas College
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Middle Mediterranean
Carl Spaatz
Northwest African Air Force
George S. Patton
Seventh Army
Crawford
Niacomi
Eisenhower
Tunisia
Rice Bowl
The
Douglas County
K. U. Vespers
School of Fine Arts
Eugene Arnold
Warren Taft
Gaylord Gasal
Lonnie Kelly
Gabriels
Waldemar Gelich
Martha Lee Baxter
D. M. Swarthout
University
Russell L. Wiley
A Cappella
Dean Swarthout
Rachmaninoff
William Albers
E. Thayer Gaston
William Oakes
Adolphe Adam
Dvorak
University Symphony Orchestra
Jewell
Joseph Wilkins
Wiley
Wilkins
Luke
Judy van Deventer
Wade Fité
Mrs. Anderson
Department of Design
Marjorie Whitney
Dessa Bush
Barbara Jewett
Margaret Eberhardt
Karl Mattern
Bernard Frazier
Tom Jones
Herald Angels
Keeler’s.—Adv
Lst
Charley Lewis Coffman
East Nineteenth Street
Elmer Lee Miller
New Hampshire
Ee Edward Reed
Bald Ernest Arthur Ponting
Park Stree
George William Colburn
Barker Avenue
Noel Reed
Kansas City
Elmer Leslie Downing
Lawrence Wesley Graham McCalla
Ohio Street
Ernest Higgins
Mills Street
Virgil John Bradley
Paul Kermit Olmstead
Nebanon
John James Oliver Moore
Lamar
Colo
Eldon Edwin Corkil
Whortonville
Garth Johnson Thomas
Camp Murphy
Fla
Bruce Sauders
Robert Blackwell Docking
Stratford Road
Joseph David Kennedy
Louisiana Street
Thomas Garcia, Jr
New Jersey Street
Oscar Clayton Everett
Lecompton
Donald James Knight
Lyons Street
John Milton Hirschler
Tennessee Street
Newell Eugenes Sharp
Green's Lake
Robert Wesley Cox
Mississippi Street
Independence
Lloyd Jerome Dixon
West Sixth Street
John Craig Hurgeton
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Ariz
Ronald Frank Anderson
H. S. Band
Derby
Kansan
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