Illness Across Nation With Cold Weather Forecast
More than a million people nationwide suffer from respiratory ailments with cases rising as colder weather continues. Absences from schools offices and war plants grow. deaths remain few. Officials describe illnesses as grippe influenza or common cold with varying severity and duration.
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Madrid
Spain
Germany
Britain
Montpelier
Vermont
Utah State Health Department
Philadelphia
Hurley R. Owen
Washington, D.C
New York City
Ernest J. Stebbing
Stebbins
Michigan Health Department
Towa
A. L. Gray
Mississipni Board of Health
Kansas City
Win
White for Clemency Urges Gov Schoeppel to Spare Finney
Topeka December 16 UPK William 3 White Kansas author of several best sellers urged Governor Schoeppel to grant clemency for Ronald Finney who is serving a long term for bond forgery in the Kansas bogus bond scandal of 932 Finney Solicited clemency ahead of his hearing with the governor Thursday White and Finney were raised in Emporia and White is son of editor William Allen White Mrs Warren Finney mother of Finney visited the governor Tuesday
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Topeka
UPK
William 3. White
Kansas
Andrew Schoeppel
Ronald Finney
Finney
White
Emporia
William Allen White
Warren Finney
Schoeppel
Bees Boost Honey Output In State Production Rise
In Topeka on December 15, agricultural statistician H. L. Colling estimated Kansas produced 1,672,000 pounds of honey this year, about 20 percent above last year. Bee colonies grew from 40,000 to 44,000 and each produced an average of 38 pounds, three more than in 1942.
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Topeka
Kansas
H. L. Colling
Ration Stamp Validity Details Across Goods and Regions
The notice outlines valid through dates for red and green stamps for meats, processed feeds, sugar, airplane stamps, gasoline, fuel oil, and period coupons. It specifies regional applicability, including southern zones, midwestern areas, the middle east, and far west, with each coupon generally worth 10 gallons per unit and sometimes multiple units.
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Middle East
East
Far West
Fire Damages Rear of Massachusetts Street Building
Fire damaged the rear of 716 Massachusetts street around 10 am. Owner Harry Weyermuller said damage total was not yet known. Fire Chief Paul Ingels said the blaze started from old papers on the rear first floor when a tenant thawed a water pipe in the basement and flames spread through a hole to ignite papers on the floor above.
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Massachusetts Street
Harry Weyermuller
Paul Ingels
Big Deputy Fails to Nab Morrison in Tulsa Indictment Case
Deputy Sheriff FE King pursued Panhandle A. & M. College President Ed Morrison at Guymon urging arrest on a Tulsa county grand jury conspiracy indictment. Morrison refused to surrender as Guymon issued habeas corpus petitions seeking district court hearings. The eight defendants allegedly conspired to defraud textbook buyers by inflating prices and procuring unnecessary books for needy children.
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Tulsa
Okla
FE. H. King
Ed Morrison
Panhandle
King
Garland Morrs
Morrison
Guyman
Guymon
Lawrence Students Get Short Christmas Breaks In 1940s
Lawrence and Topeka students receive four and seven day holidays as area schools close for Christmas. City weather brings record lows with seven degrees below zero and officials report rising temperatures by afternoon.
Fire at J T Henderson Home No Damage Reported
Fire department responded to 1311 Rhode Island street at 10 25 last night. No damage occurred and firefighters laid a hoseline but did not turn on water. The temperature was about two degrees above zero.
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J. T. Henderson
Rhode Island Street
Masonic Lodge Plans 1944 Officer Installations
Ace Communication at Asise No. 9 held December 16 1943 under special dispensation of the Grand Master for electing and installing Master Senior and Junior Wardens for 1944 plus installing Treasurer and Secretary. Members urged to attend for the Fraternity. W. M. Smith W M E J Coy Secy.
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Ace
Asise No. 9
Thursdee
W. M. Smith
W.M
E. J. Coy
Rommel Meant to Lead German Army in New Plan
London reports high Nazis consider giving Field Marshal Erwin Rommel supreme command to tighten defenses and deter anti Hitler plots by Junker generals. Rundstedt could be replaced as western commander amid tensions in Bulgaria Hungary and the Balkans and Patton is floated for a new role as Axis strength remains stretched.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Europe
Karl von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
Germany
Junker Clique
Denmark
Norway
Balkans
Cairo
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. Seventh Army
Bulgaria
Budapest
Dobri Bosilov
New York Times
Hungary
Deaths and Funerals and Chinese Gains Reported
Mrs. Axel Larson Ward died today in Alameda California after living in Richland. Funeral services will be held Thursday. William Stadler, 70, died today in Eudora. He was former editor of the Eudora News and survived by wife Anita, three daughters, two sons, two sisters and several brothers. In China, gains near three Japanese towns were announced by the Chinese high command as forces reached suburbs of Lihsi en Ansiang and Nahsien along the Yangtze and Tungting lakes.
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Axel Larson Ward
Axel Larson
Richland
Alameda
Calif
William Stadler
Eudora
Stadler
Eudora News
Anita
Charlotte
Virginia
Wilmarine Straka
Kansas City
William, Jr
Kenneth
Lawrence
John Merwin
Irwin Pipes
Chungking
China
Chinese High Command
Lihsien
Changteh
Yangtze
Shasi
Tungting
Ansiang
Nahsien
Not Many Needy Families Listed So Far This Year
Welfare director Mrs Mildred Watson said few names have been submitted for Christmas baskets or remembrance gifts. Ten individuals clubs or church groups have chosen a family so far. All gifts are coordinated through the county welfare office to avoid duplication, with Salvation Army baskets cleared likewise. Citizens may contact the welfare office for available names. phone number 975.
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Mildred Watson
Court House
Salvation Army
KU Board Set for 3 PM Meeting in Memorial Union
The University of Kansas Physical Education Corporation board will meet Saturday at 3 o'clock in Memorial Union. Karl Klooz says the agenda includes approving football letters and reports from the faculty representative and athletic director who attended the Big Six meeting in Kansas City, followed by a 6 o'clock dinner for members.
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University of Kansas Physical Education Corporation Board
Memorial Union
Karl Klooz
Klooz
Kansas City
Union Building
Peggy Davis
Bill Mowery
All Student Council
Deane Malott
W.W. Davis
Kansas
Big Six
F. T. Stockton
Bert A. Nash
E. Lee Treese
Guy Smith
Laurence Woodruff
Hugo Wedell
Topeka
Don Hoag
Washington plans major overhaul of consumer goods pricing
Economic Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson projects drastic changes to consumer goods pricing and production. A joint directive to the War Production Board and the Office of Price Administration outlines goals to avoid shortages of low priced civilian goods and to stimulate production by adjusting price structures and authorizing targeted price changes with Vinson's office approval.
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Washington
UPA
Fred M. Vinson
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
Vinson
Military family notices and new promotions across town
The column reports T Cpl Charles R Snow arriving safely in England and Ansel B Searles qualifying as an aviation cadet An ensign William F Casteen on furlough from the Merchant Marines visits family Major Schiller Shore promoted to major serving in China Captain Edgar Leigh returning home after Alaska and Aleutians duty Pfc John C Boardman back in the U S after 20 months in Puerto Rico and stationed at Camp Stewart Ga Marine recruit Eugene Corel to report for active duty in San Diego Cal Charles W Corel Jr serves in Pacific Navy commando and Cpl Clifford L Shaw reports safe arrival in North Africa.
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Pfc
John C. Boardman
W. C. Boardman
United States
Puerto Rico
Camp Stewar
Eugene Corel
C. W. Corel
East Twelfth Street
Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Wheat Outlook Improved By Heavy Snow and Rain
Heavy snow and rain last week improved the wheat outlook in Kansas. Snow totals ranged five to eight inches in northern and western Kansas with southeastern counties getting one to one and a half inches of rain providing needed moisture. Moisture should help western wheat recover and sprout where dust and drought linger, while southern counties expect winter wheat to be in fairly satisfactory condition.
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Topeka
Kansas
German Prisoner Writes from German Camp
Mrs. L. E. Fenton of the Eldridge Hotel received a postal card and two letters from her son, Second Lt. Robert M. Fenton, a Flying Fortress bombardier taken prisoner after October 8. He reports no injuries, good food with Red Cross rations, barracks with other air officers, and a small theater for prisoner shows. He notes an area about the size of a city block as his living space and mentions his past schooling in Pinckney, Kansas City high school, and two years at Kansas University.
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L. E. Fenton
Eldridge Hotel
Robert M. Fenton
Germany
Fenton
Red Cross
Pinckney School
Kansas City
K. U
Four Fine Arts Recital At University of Kansas
Four students from the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts will present a recital tomorrow at 3 30 PM in Fraser Theater. The program includes Rubinstein piano Etude in C Major performed by Lucile Rothenberger, Maurine Breitenbach soprano singing Ouvre ton coeur by Bizet, and violin pieces by Wieniawski and Kreisler with Poldini. The program also lists piano works Tarantelle by Gorgjia Weinrich and Liszt.
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School of Fine Arts
University of Kansas
Fraser Theater
Rubinstein Lucile Rothenberger
Bizet Maurine Breitenbach
Wieniawski
Poldini-Kreisler
Warn
Market News Markets at a Glance
Stocks irregular and bonds mixed as traders note narrow drift. Cotton quiet with price fixing and hedge selling. rye firm aided by eastern commission houses. Wheat steady in sympathy with rye. hogs and cattle mostly steady to strong.
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New York
Chicago
Eastern Commission
Kansas City Livestock Prices Reported Hogs and Cattle
Hogs 4 500 head fairly active steady to 13.55 top with good and choice 206 300 lb animals. Sows firmer to 15 higher at 11.90 12.15. Cattle 5 500 with calves 500 slaughter steers steady to strong, heifers steady, cows active. fed steers around 15.00 and yearlings 14.75. Bulls scarce. stocker and feeder classes slow to steady with mixed price ranges.
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Kansas City
WFA
Industrialist Gives 4800 Scholarship to St Benedicts
Atchison industrialist P H E Muchnic has donated a 4800 scholarship fund to St Benedicts college to aid four Kansas State orphan home boys with four year scholarships starting in 1944. Muchnic, president of Locomotive Finished Material Co, announced the gift.
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Atchison, Kan
P.H. E. Muchnic
Atchison
St. Benedict’s College
Kansas State Orphan’s Home
Thru College
Muchnic
The
Locomotive Finished Material Co
Local OPA Officials Inspect Ration Offices
Yesterday afternoon in the Community building visitors from the OPA visited the local rationing offices. W. C. Loveland of the district board operations office at Wichita and Clifford W. Baldwin field operations officer based in Wichita, but living in Seneca, attended. Baldwin is a graduate of the KU law school.
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W. C. Loveland
District Board
OPA
Wichita
Clifford W. Baldwin
Seneca
Baldwin
K. U. Law School
Influenza Deaths in Germany Reported in Berlin
A Stockholm radio report cited by a British broadcast says influenza killed about 2,000 people in Berlin last week and that deaths from the disease continue to mount in Germany as winter returns.
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Germany
New York
Stockholm
Berlin
Cold Wave Sweeps Oklahoma Hits Single Digits
Oklahoma shivered as the first winter cold wave moved in with low readings from one above at Guymon in the Panhandle to ten above at Ardmore near the southern border.
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Oklahoma
Associated Press
Guymon
Panhandle
Ardmore
Collision damages two cars at Second and Locust streets
At about 6:30 last evening a collision at Second and Locust streets damaged both cars. Drivers were Russell Graham of 622 Locust street and H E Holy Cross of 1027 Pennsylvania street. Graham was ordered to appear in police court for driving without a license.
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Second
Locust Streets
Russell Graham
Locust Street
H. E. Holycross
Pennsylvania Street
Graham
Senate finance panel rejects lower tax exemptions
Washington reports the Senate finance committee today overwhelmingly rejected a treasury proposal to further lower individual income tax exemptions.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Marriage license issued for Cruse and Christianson
A marriage license was issued to Donald R. Cruse of San Diego California and Mary E Christianson of Sabetha.
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Donald R. Cruse
San Diego
Calif
Mary E. Christianson
Sabetha
Living Books program discusses Faust on KFKU
Tonight at 9 30 p m participants Sam Anderson department of German chairman John M Adams department of English and Gerhard Kalisch department of mathematics will be heard over KFKU discussing Goethe s Faust Alice in Wonderland is named for next week’s program
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Living Books
Faust
Goethe
KFKU
Sam Anderson
Department of
John M. Adams
Gerhard Kalisch
FCC Grants Three-Year Radio Station Licenses
The federal communications commission decided to issue radio station licenses for a three year period instead of two years as at present. The decision was announced December 15 in Washington.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Liddy couple Staying at the Eldridge for Home Repairs
Dr and Mrs E D Liddy are staying a few days at the Eldridge while repairs are done at their home.
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Mrs. E. D. Liddy
the Eldridge
Simons Return From Six Day Chicago Visit
Mr and Mrs W C Simons returned early today from a six day trip to Chicago where they visited C H Hornville and Mrs Charles D Stough and their daughter Vera.
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W. C. Simons
Chicago
C. H. Hornville
Charles ‘D. Stough
Vera
Livestock market notes from Kansas City closing
Hogs unchanged and cattle led by 1 050 fed steers at 15.15 top. Slaughter lambs bids down about 25 with steady demand. fed lambs above 13.50. Sheep show active trade with lambs steady and ewes down to 15. Prices for common stockers 9.00 10.75 and loads around 10.50 for white face steers. Estimated tomorrow receipts 2,500 cattle 500 calves 5,000 hogs 5,000 sheep. Kansas City grain mixed with wheat around 1.63 1.64 and corn near 0.60. Potatoes and eggs listed with current market quotes.
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Kansas City
Local Market Prices and Wall Street Report
Local markets list turkeys geese guineas pigeons with per unit and dozen prices. Grain and eggs hogs butterfat and bonds noted. In Wall Street trading liquor shares rose while steels and motors changed little and major stocks Sears Roebuck Westinghouse held steady.
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York
Sears, Roebuck and Westinghouse
Unica
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Kan
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Supreme Command
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England
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Ensign Casteen
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Major Shore
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C. V. Leigh
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Aleutians
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