Eastern States Battle Spreading Colds And Flu
Absenteeism in war plants offices and schools rose across the eastern and midwest United States as mild respiratory illnesses described as grippe influenza cat fever and head cold spread. Officials warned many cases stay home and a drop in temperatures was forecast to slow the spread while hospitals remained crowded and warnings urged precautionary measures in Army and Navy units as well as universities.
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United States
Washington
D. C
Altho
Weather Bureau
New England
New York
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Toledo
Louisville
Indianapolis
Kansas
Floyd Beelman
State Board of Health
Beelman
Roosevelt Visits Troops in Sicily Controversy Over Patton Role
President Roosevelt visited troops in Sicily amid debate over General Patton's command and a possible White House role. Secretary Stephen Early said the White House does not assign officers and Eisenhower keeps Patton in charge of the Seventh Army. Congress urged a formal presidential report on the Sicily talks.
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Secret Service
General Patton
Roosevelt
Patton
Sicily
Stephen Early
White House
O.K
Early
Eisenhower
Seventh Army
United States
Army
Early Gaid
War Stimson
House
Congress
Senate
McCormack
Massachusetts
Martin
Couple Ties Knot at Topeka Courthouse
Married by Probate Judge Morris A. Tyner and Beulah P. Tyner both of Topeka were wed at the courthouse Saturday with Probate Judge Frank R. Gray performing the ceremony.
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Morris A. Tyner
Beulah P. Tyner
Topeka
Court House
Frank R. Gray
War Ration Book Tables Show Stamp Validity Details
The bulletin lists various ration stamp books and periods for food and fuel items. It notes processed foods stamps A to F with different valid thru dates, sugar stamp 29 for five pounds, gasoline coupons for gallons across periods, fuel oil periods with area differences, and air travel stamps. Each section states the geographic scope and expiration dates for the coupons.
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Associated Press
Midwestern
Middle East
Christmas Activities Spark Junior High Holiday Plans
Students at the junior high prepare for a Thursday 1:30 all school assembly led by Mrs Deal Six with music by Miss Jean Scott. Friday kicks off vacation with homeroom gift exchanges games and refreshments as rooms glow with Christmas trees and decorations.
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Mra
Deal Six
Jean Scott
Christmas Vespers Draws Full KU Auditorium
A KU vespers program fills the auditorium with students and townspeople. Joan Johnson and Wayne Gallen tine head tableaux with dancers, a Madonna scene, and a marching choir. A quartet led by Mrs. Alice Moncrieff sings carols as Ruth Reisner and others perform. Proceeds fund the school of fine arts scholarship.
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Alice Moncrieff
Ruth Reisner
Bobcat sighting near Lawrence cabin and child incident on Massachusetts
Lawrence reports a bobcat leaped onto a cabin roof two miles northwest of town. a gun was drawn but the animal fled. At 6:30 pm, J B Coulter on Massachusetts near Eleventh swerved to avoid two children, a girl escaped injury, name unavailable.
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Harry Ponder
DeLuxe Cafe
Lawrence
Ponder
J. B. Coulter
Illinois Street
Massachusetts Street
Eleventh
Coulter
Lawrence and area notes reflect holidays and events
Local reports note influenza confines for KU official K Wayne Davidson. Lawrence stores extend hours December 20 to 8 30 pm and Friday until 6 pm. Junior high basketball opener and Haskell Institute break, city schools to end term December 23, resume January 3. Holstein shipment to Fort Worth led by Roy DeFaver with Nelsons owning two farms and Professor Nelson linked to KU spa school. NBC radio Christmas carol feature highlights Allen Holmes, grandson of J R Holmes, broadcasting for Italy. A Fort Leavenworth inductee fails reading tests.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Roy DeFaver
King Bessie Fobes Victory
John H. Nelson
Nelson
Lawrence
Nelsons
Spa School
University of Kansas
Induction Notices Accepted for Local Recruits
The draft board reports George Robert Meritt has been accepted for Marine Corps induction at Fort Crook Nebraska. Also accepted for Army induction at Fort Leavenworth are Lester Lowell DeWeese Merton Rothfuss and Eldred Rothfuss.
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George Robert Meritt
Fort Crook
Neb
Marine Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Army
Lester Lowell DeWeese
Merton Rothfuss
Eldred Rothfuss
Postwar planning for Lawrence discussed by professor
Floyd Rible, University of California trained architect, spoke to the Rotary Club on Lawrence long range development. He urged planning for air traffic potential, highway and railroad improvements, expanded parks, vacant lot renovation, and stronger zoning. He noted the University’s aero nautical aims and called for collaboration with historical societies and the Fine Arts School.
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Lawrence
Rotary Club
Floyd Rible
University
Kansas
California
Rible
University Fine Arts School
Althe
J. J. Meade
Simon Hurwitz
Mike Getto
Meade
Hurwitz
Eldridge
Getto
More Fuel Expected In Lawrence This Week
Local coal dealers reported a small supply on hand but expected more fuel to arrive during the week. One dealer said three cars of semi anthracite coal were promised this week, while others believed most households had limited stock unless temperatures plummet to near zero for several days.
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Lawrence
WPB
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Deaths and Funerals William Gulley
William Sidney Gulley 66 of Kansas City Missouri died yesterday at Kansas City General hospital. Funeral at 2 PM Wednesday at Forster chapel Kansas City with burial in Forest Hill. Survived by wife Jennie and three sons Frank William T and George all of Kansas City a sister Anna Meadows and brothers Tobe Sam and James of Lawrence.
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William Sidney Gulley
Kansas City
Kansas City General Hospital
Forster Chapel
Forest Hill Cemetery
Jennie Gulley
Frank
William T
George
Anna Meadows
Tobe
Sam
James
Lawrence
Marriage License Issued To James Cecil Howard and Rose Lewis
A marriage license has been issued to James Cecil Howard of Topeka and Rose Lewis of Law.
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James Cecil Howard
Topeka
Rose Lewis
Lawrence
Personal Update on Dr Florence Brown Sherbon Recovery
Dr Florence Brown Sherbon, admitted to University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City Kansas for observation and diagnosis, rests comfortably after Saturday operation and may remain hospitalized for several weeks. Nearby visitors include Pfe and Mrs Virgil Leigh from Santa Anita California and family in Flora Mississippi, plus Kenneth Bennington and Leighs. Guests at A B Ewing home over the weekend included Clyde Rice Fort Scott Maynard Coe Manhattan Gertrude Verna Gough Topeka Sadie Ward Highland and Kenneth Foust Lola.
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Florence Brown Sherbon
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
Pfe
Virgil Leigh
Santa Anita
Calif
C. V. Leigh
Flora
Kenneth Bennington
Loring
Leigh
A. B. Ewing
Clyde Rice
Fort Scott
Maynard Coe
Manhattan
Gertrude Verna Gough
Topeka
Sadie Ward
Highland
Kenneth? Foust
Lola
Missing Fat Noted In Market Basket Chicken Dressing
Recipe lists 2 to 3 tablespoons melted fat 1 tablespoon onion 1 cup dry bread crumbs 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoon pepper 1 to 2 tablespoons milk or stock and sage celery parsley Melt fat fry onion until tender then mix with bread crumbs and seasonings add milk or stock Includes a teaser about selling unused household goods for cash via a classified ad and War Bond offer.
Prohibition Nominee Denied Air Travel Priority
Claude A. Watson, the Prohibition party’s 1944 presidential nominee, says he has been refused air travel priority for campaigning and questions if this signals a general policy for all presidential nominees after their nomination.
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Los Angeles
Prohibition Party
Claude A.watson
Army and Navy personnel notes from Alaska to Oklahoma City
Lt Col V M Auchard serves as post medical inspector at an Alaska army post. Robert E Dong to report December 20 at Columbia University for V-12 midshipman training. S/Sgt James Johnson Jr has arrived safely in North Africa per wife Ruby Johnson. Mrs Willett W Wood learns her husband attends radio school at Camp Roberts. S/Sgt Edmund E Koerner of Induction Station Houston and family visit relatives in North Third Street and West Ninth Street. emergency furlough to attend niece Joan Wallace’s funeral. Sgt Thomas S McGee at Camp Adair and wife stay with McGee’s family in Wichita. he reunites with friends Freddie Brooker and Bobby Mull. Cpl Gerald McGee stationed in Nashville. Mr and Mrs R R McCleery learn their son Cpl Douglas Duke McCleery has landed in England. Cadet Charles Douglas Fuller moved from San Antonio to Cimarron Field Oklahoma City for advanced flight training. Ensign Martha Burn NNC now at Shoemaker California after transfer from Great Lakes. Pfe Robert L Treece of Fort Leonard Wood spending nine day furlough with E L Treece family on Mississippi Street. returns Wednesday. Pvt Melvin C Maness, son of J B Maness, after Miami Beach duty, spending 10-day home furlough before heading to Camp Barkeley Texas for Air Corps training.
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Edmund E. Koerner
Indusction Station
Houston
Tex
Koerner
Louis H
Arthur L
North Third Street
Lennie Wallace
West Ninth Street
Joan Wallace
Thomas S. McGee
Camp
Adair
Ore
Pvt
Melvin C. Maness
J. B. Maness
Miami Beach
Fla
Camp Barkeley
Air Corps
Lewis and Howard wed at St Luke's A M E church
Miss Rose Lewis of Lawrence and James Howard of Topeka were married Saturday at 12 30 at the parsonage of St Luke's A M E church by Rev J D Kelly. The couple will reside in Lawrence.
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Lewis-Howard
Rose Lewis
Lawrence
James Howard
Topeka
St. Luke’s A.M.E. Church
J. D. Kelly
Markets at a Glance Mixed Signals Across Commodities
Stocks mixed as profit taking slows a rally. rails show weakness while cotton steadies amid stronger mill inquiries. Chicago grain ends lower on profit taking with wheat down and oats resilient. futures activity noted with substantial open interest in wheat and rye.
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New York
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Trading Summary
Kansas City market notes show hogs at 7,200 head with active demand and top 13.55, cattle 22,000 with varied grade movement and prices from 8.75 to 14.00 for steers, vealers 12.50 to 14.00, and sheep 3,000 with lambs steady and ewes up to 25 higher. Close lists report mixed changes across hogs and cattle with limited top-tier fed steers offered.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Ap-Wfa
Livestock and Grain Markets Report from Kansas City and Chicago
Livestock buyers in Kansas City report cattle, calves, hogs and sheep prices with demand described as active for sheep and lambs. Estimated receipts tomorrow include cattle 7000, calves 600, hogs 6500, sheep 5000. Kansas City grain session notes mixed wheat and corn futures with prices and futures moves, while Chicago potato market shows arrivals and slow trading amid cold weather and steady tone.
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Kansas City
Ap-Wfa
Chicago
U. S
Idaho
Kansas City Market Eggs and Poultry Prices Report
Kansas City price survey lists eggs at special 45.2 46.2 for extras 42.7 44.2 and standards 41.7 with current receipts 40.7. Butterfat quoted 44 47 with retail butter around 43.47 44.23. Poultry rates show hens 23.7. broilers springs 27.2. roosters 19.7. young turkeys 30.1 384.6. old turkeys 28.69 31.18. geese 20. old guineas per each 45.50. pigeons per dozen 0.75.
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Kansas City
Springs
Local Markets And Wall Street Review Dec 13
Grain and poultry prices listed with no. sections for wheat corn oats hens broilers and other products. Wall Street notes a brisk December upturn then profit taking and irregularity with 700000 shares traded as year end tax considerations and inflation talk influence sentiment. American Distilling and J I Case show notable moves while bonds remain uneven.
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Wall Street
New York
J. I. Case
Pre Pearl Harbor Dad's Week Dominates Local News
Local draft notices, military shifts at K U Naval Training School, and a late wartime waste paper drive color community life. Lawrence residents report busloads for Leavenworth, changes in naval training, and a push to support service members with recreation funds.
British civilian air raid casualties rise in November
The Ministry of Home Security reports 119 killed and 238 injured civilians in Britain during November, up from October’s 118 killed or missing and 283 injured, with September at five killed and 11 injured.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
Man Reported On Fire Escape At Corbin Hall
Police answered a 2:15 a m call to Corbin Hall where a man was reported on a fire escape. The brief incident notes patrol and inquiry into the man’s condition and actions.
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Corbin Hall
Fire escape search finds no one as car leaves the grounds
Police arrive at the grounds after a vehicle pulls away from the scene but no person is found on the fire escape. The brief incident ends without arrests or identified suspects.
Traffic Bonds Forfeited in Police Court
Two persons forfeited bonds of 1 each in police court this morning for parking violations.
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Navy
K. U. Vespers
Joan Johnson
Tom Jones
Betty Redford
Raymond Nichols
Robert Hulteen
Wayne Gallentine
Paul Benson
Margaret Guiley
K. Wayne Davidson
University High School
Lorin Helm
Haskell Institute
Lawrence City
Washington, D. C
Star
Allen Holmes
Italy
Julius C. Holmes
Overseas Service
N.B.C
Allen
General Holmes
J. R. Holmes
Prohibition
V. M. Auchard
Alaska
Robert E. Dong
Portsmouth
Columbia University
New York City
James Johnson, Jr
North Africa
Ruby Johnson
Baldwin
Sergeant Johnson
J. M. Johnson
Indiana Street
Willett W. Wood
Tennessee Street
Camp Roberts, al
R. R. McCleery
East Twelfth Street
Cpl
Douglas Duke McCleery
England
Charles Douglas Fuller
San Antonio
Cimarron Field
Oklahoma City
Martha Burn
N.N.C
United States Naval Hospital
Shoemaker
U. S. Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Robert L. Treece
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
E. L. Treece
Mississippi Street
Net Stock Co
Am Tel & Ian A
Atch
T& SF
Beth Steel Etebaee
Chrysler Corp
Motors My du Pontenneagseen
General Electric
Gener
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A Aviation Ik
Penney J C
Phillips Pet
Sears, Roebuck Weedetenernane
S& Standard Oil Cal
Standard Oil Ind
Standard Oil
U S Rubber
U_S Steel
West el & M
Stenee
America
Mules En Service Co
Buddy
Paul McNutt
Leavenworth
Naval Training School
K. U
A. H. Buhl
Phog Allen
Clifford McDonald
Topeka Capital
Frank McDonald
Baker U
Haskell
Indians
National War Fund and Community Chest
K. U. Army
Board of Education
Ninth
Kentucky
Hercules
Eudora
Jim Messer
Almont
Overseas
William N
Dunie) Johns
Great Britain
Kenneth E. Pence
Exchanse
INS. Agcy
J. F. Baker
Fred A. Bremer
J. A. Bagley
Ky. St
B. Lutz
Austin Vincent
Reliable Stock Company
Filches Agency
Mass
A. R. Cochran
Me Palace
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