Germans Battle to Hold Advances in Smela Sector
German forces deploy tanks and troops in the Smela area southwest of Cherkasy to blunt Soviet parachute assaults and protect the Kyiv–Dnepropetrovsk railway. Soviet units under Gen. Konev press toward Smela with up to 300,000 men, threatening Kirovgrad and Krivoi Rog while Von Manstein drives toward Kyiv.
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Moscow
Smela
Cherkasy
Reuters
Vom
Kremenchug
Dnieper
Red Army
Koroteyev
Ivan Konev
Second Ukrainian Army
Svidovok
Cherk
Kiev - Dnepropetrovek
Znamenka
Konev
Kirovgrad
Krivoi Rog
Lake District
Nevel
Kiev Bulge
von Mannstein
Kiev
Radomysi
Ukraine
Radomysl
Malin
Teterev River
Nikolai Vatutin
Firmg
Allied Aerial Attacks Signal Early New Britain Invasion
Allied air and sea actions in the Pacific press on New Britain amid heavy bombardment. Australian infantry repel counterattacks in the Ramu valley while advancing toward the Huon peninsula. Bombardments target Marshall Islands and Bougainville air bases as US and allied forces report losses and a growing shipping shortage impacting Japan.
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Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Pacific
Gibraltar
Truk
Ramu
Huon
New Guinea
New Britain
Marshall Islands
Bougerinville
Huon Peninsula
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Germany
MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
mid-Pacific
Marshalls
Wotje
Burma
Eden outlines war aims and hints at imminent allied operations
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons no secret pacts from Teheran or Cairo were made and that long range bombing of Hitler’s Europe remains central. He urged mobilization of all allied resources and noted continued support to Yugoslav partisans and Greece while outlining Italy’s future leadership uncertainty.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Teheran
Cairo
Hitler
Europe
Eden
Germany
Greece
George II
Italy
the House
Vittorio Emmanuele
Pietro Badoglio
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Western
Moscow
Bitter cold grips Kansas with record lows across towns
Topeka reports temperatures dipping to eight below zero as frosty kanass weather sets new date records in Hays and other towns. Forecaster S. D. Flora says the cold will move south and east with improvements expected tomorrow and above freezing by afternoon in many areas.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas
Hays
S. D. Flora
Mercury
Concordia
Salina
Phillipsburg
Dodge City
Ottawa
Pittsburg
Wichita
Garden City
Goodland
Montana
Wyoming
Flora
City Tire Licensing Board Issues Certificates
The tire rationing board issued certificates to buy two Grade 1 tires six Grade 3 tires two truck tires one truck tube and two passenger tubes. Raymond L Rockers of Bald Knob issued a certificate to purchase a new bicycle.
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Tire Rajoning Board
Raymond L. Rockers
Baldnl
Strikers Win Goal as Montreal Reopens After Settlement
Montreal returns to normal after a 14 hour strike by police fire and public works workers totaling about 5000. City officials recognize the Canadian Congress of Labor as a training agent for policemen and firemen. Police and firemen begin returning to posts as Royal Canadian Mounted Police provide skeleton protection. Paul Marquette of CCL says a formal contract with wage raises about 500 dollars yearly is likely. An 800 white collar workers union issues a 40 hour ultimatum seeking similar pay gains.
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Montreal
Canadian Congress of Labor
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Paul Marquette
CCL
Marquette
National Syndicate of Municipal Workers
Arctic Cold Snaps Southward Across Central States
A mass of arctic air drives a subzero snap into the middle west and Gulf states with Caribou Maine reporting 21 below. Cities from Kirkville Missouri to Des Moines Iowa record gusty frigid readings while Florida enjoys a rare 79 degree high.
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Gulf States
Weather Bureau
Middle West
New England
Great Lakes
Lake
Plain States
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Caribou
Kirkville
Duluth
Check on Coal Discloses Situation Is Unimproved
Mercury sits below zero as Lawrence fuel dealers report no coal on hand or sold out. A carload of semi anthracite arrived last night, but dealers say demand remains high with many calls for fuel as the situation fails to improve.
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Lawrence
No Conscription of Nurses Denied by Bolton
Representative Frances Bolton of Ohio announced after talks with war department officials that there will be no conscription of women to serve as nurses for the armed forces.
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Washington
Frances Bolton
Ohio
War Department
Allied Air Attack On Greece And Adriatic Fronts
Allied headquarters report over 300 American bombers struck Nazi Greece targeting Athens and Piraeus while Canadian and Indian troops advanced near Ortona and Caldari. German losses included 12 fighters and 200 prisoners. Air battles, rail and bridge strikes, and patrol clashes marked a day of heavy activity across the Balkan and Italian fronts.
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Algiers
Greece
Venafro
Texas
Orte
Liri
Fifth Army
Salerno
Trainees for Nurse Aide Turn Out Despite Cold
Miss Eva M. Bourne County Red Cross nurse teaches a Red Cross Nurse Aide class at Watkins Memorial hospital. Trainees braved near zero weather and wind to complete a 34 hour course over six weeks and will begin 45 hours of volunteer service earning caps and pins.
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K. U
Red Cross
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Eva M. Bourne
Truman committee warns of transport breakdown risks
Washington reports the Truman committee urges increased production of railroad, truck, barge and aircraft equipment to avert crippling effects on the war effort. It cites agency delays and competing demands, noting boosts in truck output targets and reductions in lend-lease and army requests. It also highlights 18,000 more American freight cars in service abroad than foreign-owned cars in the U.S.
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Washington
Senate
Truman Committee
Truman
D-Mo
Army
Navy
Senator Mead
D-N. Y
Mead
Truman Group
Canada
Mexico
United States
Brewster report criticizes labor and management over production failings
A Navy subcommittee's preliminary Brewster playfield report criticizes both union leadership and management for production failures at Brewster while urging continued naval contracts. It urges immediate action on deferments, calls for federal probes, and recommends prosecuting Thomas V. De Lorenzo for alleged false statements.
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Washington
Des
House
Naval
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Brewster
Selective Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Office of Naval Intelligence
Thomas V. de Lorenzo
United Automotive Workers
C.I.0
de Lorenzo
Navy
Defense Plant Corporation
Johnsville
Long Island City
N. Y
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser
C.lco
Stock Market Index Edges Up After Slight Decline
The index averaging 60 stocks rose to 48.9 from 48.5 the previous day signaling a modest gain. Investors watched activity in multiple sectors as the market firmed with cautious optimism.
Robert Jordan to Head Farm Bureau
Robert Jordan of Baldwin was elected president of the Douglas county farm bureau for the coming year at the annual meeting yesterday. Offiers include Harold Chamney as vice president and Mrs. Fred Alford as secretary treasurer. Delegates to state bodies and township officers were also named with reports from county and state officials and a concluding program of style review, poems, music, and group singing.
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Robert Jordan
Baldwin
Douglas County
Farm Bureau
Harold Chamney
Route 4
Fred Alford
Farm, Bureau Board
Charles Banning
Walter Gerstenberger
Eudora
Millard Jackson
Willis Coleman
Fred Hartman
Lecompton
C. M. Hoover
Leslie Demeritt
Richland
Ralph Coleman
State Board of Agriculture
State Farm Bureau
Roscoe Pine
Demeritt
C. C. Gerstenberger
Advisory Council
State Office
Otis Stover
Margaret Kirby Burtis
Deal Six
Dorothea Schroeder
Clinton
Fred Yartman
William Collins
Milton Schaake
Wakarusa
Donald Gastrock
Grant
Willis. Coleman
Rose Wymer
Kanwaka
Frank Haas
Marion
Rose Stone
Palmyra
Elmer Husted
Rollo Jeffries
Augusta
Jeannette Had
Evelyn Harrell
Protein for Stock Crisis Moves Governor to Action
Gov Andrew Schoeppel called War Food Administrator Marvin Jones describing the stock feed shortage as desperate. He urged immediate government action to supply protein concentrates, noting snowbound ranges and precommitted processors. Separately, Peter Caldwell filed a federal lease for 2560 acres in Trego and Graham counties for a high precision bombing range linked to Smoky Hill air field at Salina.
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Topeka
Andrew Schoeppel
Schoeppel
Marvin Jones
Jones
Peter F. Caldwell
Department of Justice
Trego
Graham County
Smoky Hill
Salina
Floats by Salvation Army and others in Santa Claus Parade
Five floats from The Salvation Army Douglas County T B Association Red Cross Haskell Institute and the Fourth War Bond campaign will appear in the Santa Claus parade Friday at 4 pm. Parade chairman W B Dalton and marshal Lonnie Hutton with assistants coordinate the lineup along Massachusetts Street. John R Standing leads the parade on a white horse as Santa arrives and the Liberty Memorial High School band provides music.
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Salvation Army
Douglas County T. B. Association
the Red Cross
Haskell Institute
W. B. Dalton
Lonnie Hutton
Howard Sutherland
Ralph Graber
Cecil Hough
Frank Willey
L. E. Eby
Massachusetts Street
John R
Santa Claug
Liberty Memorial High School
Bequest to Crippled Children to Be Accepted in Wichita
The GReras society for crippled children will formally accept a bequest of 31232 at its annual meeting in Wichita this evening. R A Raymond secretary of the Kansas crippled children's commission said the gift came from the Helen M Urich estate of Independence Kansas. Gov Andrew Schoeppel will speak at the dinner meeting.
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Crippled Children
Wichita
Kan
Gr— Eras Society For Crippled Children
R. A. Raymond
The
Kansas Crippled Children’s Commission
Helen M. Urich
Independence
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas City School Absence RateRises to 38 Percent
Absences in Kansas City public schools reached about 19 000 today, representing just over 38 percent of the 50 000 enrollment due to influenza and bitter cold weather.
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Kansas City
Rail strike ordered by five brotherhoods for December 30
Cleveland Dec 15 The five railway operating brotherhoods ordered a progressive strike starting December 30. 97.7 percent of members voted for the walkout. About 350 000 workers will leave their jobs nationwide beginning 6 a m December 30. A staged stoppage plan targets additional railroads on the next three days.
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Cleveland
Washington
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Brotherl -Ds
Vacation plans set for Lawrence students amid coal shortage
Lawrence schools announce a two week public school vacation and shorter breaks for Haskell Institute and military training programs due to coal shortages. University and V-12 cadets will take ten day breaks. naval air corps 48 hour liberty. rural schools decide locally. most close December 17 and resume January 3.
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Lawrence
Army
Naval Air Corps
Clifford Dean
Board of Education
Haskell Institute
Solon Ayers
Navy
C. A. Michelman
R. S. Neil
Naval
ASTP
Army Service Forces
Margaret Hurley
Change in Fat Set Up Delays PTA Fat Collection
Waste fat point payments have paused PTA school fat collection. Households should bring fats to grocery stores for payout and ration points. Arrangements to resume fat collection and issue points are being explored. Also listed are locals accepted for military service at Fort Leavenworth by services and draft board.
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P.T.A
Armed Services
Fort Leavenworth
Charley Lewis Coffman
Virgil John , Bradley
Ernest Higgins
John Craig Hargetut
Robert Welsey Cox
Newell Eugene Sharp
Carl Stevenson Packer
Navy
George Robert Merritt
Marine Corps
J and
Jacob Bryan Sperry
Army
Ordnance Powder Area Lines Begun At Sunflower Works
Major Chaz H Pruden Jr reports the Sunflower Ordnance Works expansion underway with grading and surveying in progress and construction crews mobilized. The fast track aims to boost powder production for Allied firepower, while nearby towns face housing strains from influx of workers and university lodging.
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Sunflower
Chaz H Priden
Inu
Synex
Anges
Vredellant Tewder
Sereles Cowder Company
Dveratin
Matsiden
Arc
Pruden
Kansas City
de Soto
Sudora
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Uvlsnt
Eudora
Absence Toll in Lawrence Schools Affects Seven Hundred Twenty Seven
Lawrence city schools report 727 absent of 2983 due to illness and transportation issues. Officials note severe flu and some scarlet fever cases. Most teachers were present with four substitutes. schools listed Pinckney New York McAlaster Orrday Lingsalin Woodlawn with specific absences.
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Lawrence City
Pinckney
New York
McAlaster
Orrday Lingsalin
Woodlawn
Peavier Cited for Bravery In Minefield Rescue
Dawid Peavier of Topeka aged 18 is cited for bravery after rescuing a buddy who fell into a hole at an infiltration course near Camp Roberts, California. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Sommer of Topeka have been notified of the citation.
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Toneka
Dawid Peavier
Trans
Agton
Mes
Sommer
Topeka
Peavier
Camp Roberts
Calit
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British Broadcasting Company
C.B.S
Uljan
Zara
Josip Broz
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Berlin
Pag Island
Pag
Fiume
Budapest
Dalmatia
National Army of Liberation
Yugoslav National Army of Liberation
Strikers
Associated Press
Miami
Key West
Fla
Balkans
Henry H. Arnold
U. S
Ploesti
Middle East
Piraeus
Aegean
Dodecanese
Crete
Mediterranean
Howard E. Jackson
P-T.a
Eny
Mineddo
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