14 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1943
Page
1
Allied reports say Australian spearheads advanced on Huon Peninsula while Japanese withdrawals increased at Guadalcanal and other fronts. American bombers struck the Marshal Islands as air forces kept enemy bases useless, with MacArthur’s forces pressing toward possible invasion.
Dispatches report Chinese and Japanese troops clashing around major rail hubs and towns. Chinese forces engage near Liuzhou and Hankow as airbase attacks continue, with U.S. observers noting deployment along highways and rail yards.
United Steelworkers of America pressed for a 17 cent per hour wage increase and guaranteed weekly wages at a Pittsburgh meeting. Philip Murray urged rescission of civilian steel restrictions to maintain production capacity amid war orders, warning the Little Steel formula is unworkable if kept.
CRRA radio from London reports Tito's partisans in their heaviest defensive fighting since starting guerrilla operations. Nazi forces reinforced with planes and tanks push back partisan positions, incurring heavy costs. Partisans claim over 1500 German casualties and large material captures, with fighting centered in eastern Bosnia and Dalmatia where six German divisions were deployed.
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports Indian troops breaching German defenses in the center of the British Eighth Army front in Italy and taking prisoners. Canadians repelled Nazi armored assaults along the Adriatic. Artillery duels and air bombardments, including Mitchell strikes on Split and Sibenik warehouses, continued along the Liri valley and coastal targets.
A Reuters editor Thomas Chao faced questions after a purported Lisbon dispatch about a Cairo conference surfaced. Chao, traveling on holiday, reportedly witnessed signs of talks but officials insist he acted independently and had no role with the Chinese goodwill mission. The incident raises questions over timing and censorship.
The RAF Mosquito fleet bombed western Germany for the fourth night in a row with no following raid after daylight operations against unspecified western German targets. U.S. Liberators and B 17 Fortresses claimed 15 German fighters shot down, totaling 187 for the month for the Eighth Air Force. Heavy bombers downed 257 German aircraft in the last 15 days since October 20. bomber gunners claimed fourteen of yesterday’s fighters, the rest by Thunderbolts and Lightnings on their longest war route. American losses included five heavy bombers, two medium bombers, and accompanying fighters. Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Anderson said weather favored bombing and hindered enemy fighters.
Topeka December 14 Captain David Roberts released from Winter General hospital and sent to Concordia war prison camp after an officers club shooting left Mrs. John A. Sterling wounded. Hospital officials report a confidential medical condition summary sent to superiors. Mrs Sterling is the colonel commanding the prison camp's wife.
Washington reports another federal income tax deadline with most taxpayers owing only a pay as you go installment or nothing. Farmers file the first 1943 return with a 3.15 percent underestimation penalty. others face 6 percent on underestimates. Online declaration rules apply to non withholding groups, high earners, side income, and year to year income drops.
The Lawrence parade will form Friday afternoon with John R. Standing riding 4 white horses wearing a $2000 silver and gold mounted outfit. Lonnie Hutton, Lawrence fire marshal, leads horseback riders while William Dalton organizes the event. Old Santa is expected at 4 pm and the Liberty Memorial high school band will provide music under Oliver Hobbs. War dads may join a parade section led by Howard Creal.
Reports from Ankara say a Bulgarian mission will arrive in Turkey to seek assistance in leaving the alliance with Germany. Bulgaria, allied with Russia historically, fears invasion of the Balkans and intensified air raids and is looking for a way out.
Members of the house appropriations committee disagreed over administration of a plan to import farm labor and recruit domestic farm help for 1944 bumper crops. They sent a measure providing funds for the program back to a subcommittee for further study.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr arrived in Cairo with his staff drawing attention as allied officers in the region discuss consolidating Mediterranean and Middle East commands. The presence fuels speculation he may confer with Greece and Yugoslavia exiled governments on a Balkans invasion plan after recent talks with President Roosevelt in Sicily.
Washington reports congressional leaders say there are no major objections to keeping Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. as head of the Seventh Army if Eisenhower and Stimson agree. The senate military committee signals no action unless new developments arise, amid ongoing questions about Patton’s conduct and the future Supreme Army leadership.
The Pinckney school pupils will give their Christmas program Thursday at 2 o'clock in the school assembly room for parents and friends. The school has 450 enrolled and all children take part. Parents have purchased a picture as a Christmas present for the school. Committee members selecting the gift were Mrs. Justin Hill, Mrs. B. Fraser, Misses Helen Shaw and Jane West.
The Office of War Information plans to ship two million match folders to the Philippines. Each folder will feature Gen Douglas MacArthur on one side and U S and Philippines flags on the other to sustain hope for liberation. Funk's Mortuary and Chapel offers ambulance service and lists phone 119.
E M Douthat vice president Sin clair coal company told 25 producers from Missouri and Kansas that area will be about 700000 tons short of last summer's estimates due to labor troubles and small mines unable to operate at OPA ceiling prices. Army forces report scattered coal pickups with two sites near Salina and Independence facing critical shortages.
The Weatherman warned of an arctic cold wave dipping to near 13 below zero in the northwest and around zero to 5 above in the southeast. Snowfall was light and expected to ease with skies clearing by tomorrow, while highways remained open but hazardous due to wind driven snow. Northeastern Kansas measured record cold as the front pushed through with subzero readings.
Judge Symes of Denver ruled in federal court that the maximum rent for a Gil apartment at 1022 O8 street is 45 dollars per month. Gill had registered 360 dollars and was represented by George Melvin and C. C. Stewart of Lawrence.
The Lawrence Civil Air Patrol will hold examinations at the Community building beginning at 7 o'clock for 17 year old youths seeking to qualify for the army aviation cadet program. All boys 17 years old are urged to take advantage of this opportunity. Qualified candidates will not be called to active duty until the end of the semester when they reach 18, or within six months if not in school. Butler Stands by Figures on U S Spending in South America. Senator Butler says he will offer independent proof his claim that the United States spent over six billion dollars on a financially extravagant good neighbor policy in South America.
Army surgeon general Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk says penicillin is entering mass production and will be available in adequate supplies for military and civilian needs within six months.
The index for 60 stocks shows an 18.8 point rise with yesterday's reading at 49, indicating a positive momentum in the market. Investors watched early gains as traders assessed values across sectors and sought opportunities ahead of the session close.
London reports Cherkasy the last German stronghold on the middle Dnieper between Kremenchug and Kiev has fallen to the Red Army. Marshal Stalin announced victory by Moscow radio as Gen. Vatutin’s Ukrainian army pressed Mannstein’s forces in the Kiev bulge. Cherkasy, a river port with 50 000 population, opens the route to linking Kremenchug bridgehead with southern Kiev defenses.
A local notice records an application for a beer permit by M. Meuder for Twe nue, with public hearing and legal posting required within 12 days. The court notes the Wells County license board will review the request and publish the action as part of 1942 proceedings.
Kansas sailors from Liberal Kansas City Burlington and McDonald were commended by the Navy for brave conduct aboard merchant ships in the Mediterranean. Richard Gale Copier Frank John Lazier Amos Vern Potter Donald Eugens McBride served as seamen and coxswain in armed guard units fighting enemy aircraft and submarines during the voyage.
Washington December 14 the Senate finance committee votes to freeze social security taxes for 1944 at 1 percent for employers and employees. The panel also backs wider tax changes including an increase in the income tax rate for individuals and adjustments to corporate and excise taxes.
A fragmentary report notes a freight operation in Massachusetts and Sixth Street, detailing sacks and weighing at a wrapping station. The piece mentions December and 320855 as stray references, with limited readable context on totals or outcomes.
Local schedule notes a Bang Free Army Show headlining in Roca tonight featuring performer Reeser and supporting acts. Details remain sparse in the fragment.
A reported speech fragment notes a US plan to develop synthetic rubber within six months to meet national needs. The text mentions officials from Omaha and references to American Logic and a presidency figure discussing the program and its costs.
The readable parts indicate a small local record or notice. Names, dates, or concrete details are not clear enough to identify a specific event or action.
The readable fragment mentions 2 Fe Veet and Boag TNE in a cryptic note about a 53 eh Lures. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or identifiers to form a full local news item.
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