Planes From Allies Attack Rommel In North Africa Drive on El Agheila
Allied air fleets strike through Tunisia and toward El Agheila as the Eighth Army presses its advance after the El Alamein break. British and American planes bomb Naples and Tunis harbors, while Long-range raids hit Tripoli oil depots and Beirut refineries. Rommel’s retreat leaves behind wrecked trucks and minimal shelter as American fighters join in heavy attacks.
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London
Britain
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Rommel
Zauta En Nafilia
el Agheila
el Alamein
Egypt
North Africa
United States
Tunisia
Naples
Tunis
la Goulette
Mediterranean
Beirut
Syria- Lebanon
Lampedusa
Sicily
Altho
British Commmunique
Sousse
Sfax
Bone
Algeria
Morocco
Medjez-el- Bab
Bizerte
Malta
Ninth
United States Air Force
Middle East
MacArthur Bombards New Jap Landing Party In New Guinea
Allied air forces hammered Japanese landings at the Mambare river mouth and Buna area as ground troops pressure to seal the Buna Mis sion airstrip. American B 24 bombers and fighters battled Zeros over Lae Gasmata and nurled ships near the coast, with heavy fighting continuing at Sanananda and Buna.
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MacArthur
New Jap
Australia
Mambare River
Buna Area
Lae
New Guinea
Sanananda Point
Buna Village
Buna Mission
Mambare
Joint training program to educate 250000 service members
Washington reports the army navy and manpower commission prepared a formal plan for a joint training program funding college instruction for about 250 000 selected service personnel. Inducted personnel would study in 200 to 300 colleges taught by regular faculties focusing on medicine engineering and sciences.
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Washington
Army, Navy and War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Army
Navy
Manpower Commission
McNutt
Congress
National Youth Administration
U S Bombers Raid Buin No Opposition Reported
Washington reports United States bombers raided Buin on Bougainville in the Solomons with no enemy opposition. The Navy noted a sixth attack on Munda airfield on New Georgia and the destruction of two Japanese machine gun crews on Guadalcanal.
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Washington
United States
Buin
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
Monda
New Georgia
Seven Men Killed in Lambert Bomber Crash
A VP-An army bomber crashed and burned just after takeoff from Lambert-St. Louis airport killing seven crewmen and injuring two others. The aircraft clipped a barn roof, ignited a farm house, and Mrs Reginald Crouse and her two month old daughter Barbara escaped after gathering the baby in a quilt.
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St. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis
Reginald Crouse
Crouse
Barbara
Taxpayer Looks at Inflationary Control on KFKU
Mildred LeSeur, county budget director, and Maxine Virtue, radio chairman of the Lawrence League of Women Voters, discuss inflation control in a program titled The Tax payer Looks at Inflationary Con trol over KFKU at 9:45 this evening. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters.
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Mildred LeSeur
Maxine Virtue
Lawrence League of Women Voters
KFKU
The
League of Women Voters
Christmas Mail Rush At Lawrence Post Office
Lawrence post office reports a Christmas mail surge starting a week early and continuing. Postmaster Williams notes longer hours, two daily deliveries, and extra parcel post trucks. guidance urges earlier mailing to reach distant destinations by Christmas.
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Lawrence
Roger M. Williams
Kansas
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Nevada
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Virginia
West Virginia
Carolinas
Indiana
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
New England
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Post Office Department
Bus Plunge Into York River Kills Several Workers
Gloucester Point Va December 16 state police reported a bus loaded with white and Negro workmen bound for the navy mines depot near Yorktown plunged from the Gloucester Yorktown ferry into about 15 feet of water. 25 occupants were rescued but the exact number aboard was not yet known.
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Gloucester Point
York River
Gloucester-Yorktown
Cc. D. Burke
Gloucester
Congress Concludes 77th Session At 2:19 P.M.
The 77th Congress adjourned today at 2 19 p m eastern war time ending a historic two year session. Minor legislation was passed as President Roosevelt sent thanks to lawmakers. Eulogies honored veteran members and Speaker Rayburn was praised for his leadership. The new Congress will convene January 6.
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Washington
Senate
77Th Congress
House
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Congress
Roosevelt thanks Congress in Christmas message
President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress expressing sincere thanks for their work during difficult two years and extending wishes for a happy Christmas season. He acknowledged achievements and conveyed goodwill to lawmakers in Washington.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Nazis Push Wedge In Russian Lines Near Stalingrad Front
Nazi units drive an armored wedge into Soviet lines southwest of Stalingrad amid heavy attacks using tanks and planes. Red Star reports Germans struck near recently held positions as Red Army forces pressed a slower but crushing winter offensive elsewhere on the front.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Red Star
Kalinin
Velikie Luki
Pravda
Communist Party
Rzhev
Tertory
Caucasus
Nalchik
Kona
New Foods Predicted For America By 1960 Says Dr Clendening
Kansas City December 16 Dr Logan Clendening a physician author who once attacked a WPA project with an axe discusses future American eating habits He foresees rare Central and South American fruits such as mamey sapodilla ceriman pa p aya soursop star apple or guava appearing on tables when coffee returns He envisions a shift in food prejudice and expects the Pan American highway to reach Panama by next June aiding cheaper food transport Inter American affairs coordinator David D Duncan notes the road will help reduce costs He also imagines a future diet built from dehydrated foods mixed with vitamins served in small packages including a lamb chop orange cereal and a bowl of water for rehydration He jokes about a 1960s diet needing tons of cascara in California Mexico to meet bulk demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Logan Clendening
America
Central
South America
Panama
David D. Duncan
Nelson Rockefeller
inter-American Affairs
Clendening
England
California
OPA Says Kansas Milk Supply Adequate
Kansas milk price survey nearly complete with officials stating there is no reason to doubt adequate milk for essential uses by military and civilian needs. The Dallas regional office notes war conditions affect the industry and aims to set a general price structure soon while gathering data on volume prices demand and producer locations.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
OPA
Office of Price Administrations
Dallas
Office of Price Administration
Reserve call feared for KU students in army units
Washington reports college students in the army enlisted reserve may be called to service soon after year’s start. No exact reporting date given. At KU about 650 in army reserves with 350 in enlisted reserve and 800 navy reservists awaiting plans.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Basic Reserve Officer Training Corps
Navy Department
Marine Headquarters
K. U
Air Corps Reserve
Medical Corps
Signal Corps
Navy
Army Reserve
Blockade runner intercepted in Atlantic and air raid near London
London reports an enemy blockade runner of about 5000 tons intercepted by patrols in the Atlantic. Four Nazi Focke Wulf 190 fighters attacked the English south coast and one raider neared London triggering a brief capital area alarm. Washington says Jesse Jones testifies the Reconstruction Finance Corporation has no power to refuse contracts by the economic warfare board led by Vice President Wallace.
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London
Atlantic
Admiralty
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Congressional
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Board of Economic Warfare
Wallace
Kansas Wing Civil Air Patrol Conducts Surprise Lawrence Inspection
A Kansas wing Civil Air Patrol group conducted a surprise inspection of the Lawrence squadron at the Community building during a study and drill period. Officers from Topeka and Lawrence praised the squadron’s progress and announced recent second lieutenant commissions for several local members.
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Kansas
Civil Air Patrol
Lawrence
L. M. Ascough
Topeka
William Wells
Wells
Kansas Wing Courier Service
Walter J. Klassen
Merriam
L. K. Zimmer
Howard Lindley
W. C. Hunsinger
G. E. Pipes
George Berg
Willard Larkin
Emma Semple Berg
Santa Fe Pays Taxes as Douglas County Largest Taxpayer
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway sent Douglas County its 1942 tax payment of 36 535 dollars. Taxpayers are urged to pay before December 20 to avoid interest and the treasurer's office will stay open through noon and Saturday afternoon to handle payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Stock Market Index Report Brief
A concise equities update notes a 60 stock index with values around 40.5 yesterday. Market activity shows mixed gains and declines across sectors as investors react to regional data and earnings.
KU Professor Dies After Illness at 65
William Savage Johnson a longtime KU English professor aged 65 died at Lawrence Memorial hospital after six weeks illness. Funeral set for Trinity Episcopal church with burial at Oak Hill. he leaves wife Claudia, a brother Sherman F. Johnson in Meriden Connecticut, and two nephews. Born in Portsmouth Ohio August 26 1877 he studied Yale earning AB 1900 PhD 1905 and joined KU in 1908 later serving as English department chair 1924 1940 highly cited writer and Phi Beta Kappa member.
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William Savage Johnson
University of Kansas
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Trinity Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Claudia Johnson
Crescent Road
Sherman F. Johnson
Meriden
Conn
Curtis Johnson
Guilford, Conn
Foster M. Johnson
Meriden, Conn
Ohio
Johnson
Portsmouth
Yale University
Yale
Phi Beta Kappa
K.U
Ae College Teachers of
Modern Language Association of America
Modern Humanities Research Association
Society of Midland Authors
American Association of University Professors
Lawrence
Trinity Episcopal Church of
Claudia Pendleton
OPA Adds Douglas County to Fuel Coupon Ration List
Wichita Kansas December 16 1942 OPA officials add Douglas County to the Kansas counties where promissory notes may be used in place of fuel oil coupons through December 19 due to incomplete coupon distribution. Meade Thomas Marion and Cloud were already on the list. All other Kansas areas report coupon distribution complete. Beginning today consumers who bought fuel oil or kerosene since October 1 for domestic use and who applied after November 1 will receive coupons to cover those purchases.
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Wichita
Kan
OPA
Douglas County
Kansas
Meade
Thomas
Marion
Cloud
Vessel long overdue with Zeidler as commander
The navy reports a medium sized U S merchant vessel overdue for weeks in the South Atlantic. Commanded by Lieut J G Carl Frederick Zeidler former Milwaukee mayor who joined the naval reserve April 8 1942. No survivors are known.
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Washington
Navy
United States
J. G
Carl Frederick Zeidler
Milwaukee
South Atlantic
Zeidler
Naval Reserve
Mrs Roosevelt Says British War Diet Not Bitter
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt told nutrition experts at New York state hearings that Britain has not suffered severe hunger and that Britons, including children, have been well fed though she found the British war diet dull. She noted fewer complaints in Britain than in the United States.
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New York
Great Britain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jess
United States
New York State
Joint Legislative Committee On Nutrition
Census estimates 18 19 year olds for draft service
Washington reports 2 479 000 individuals aged 18 and 19 liable for military service under draft laws. About 2 210 000 are white and 269 000 nonwhite, with many unfit or already serving. Birth rates show a decline but now rising. infant mortality among large nations averages 47 per 1 000, with several countries lower than the US.
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Washington
Census Bureau
America
Norway
Sweden
Netherlands
Australia
New Zealand
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Japan
Call Sent 31 Men for Induction on December 26
The selective service board issued notices for 31 registrants to be inducted Saturday December 26, replacing an earlier 11 man call. The list includes Alvin Carrol Richardson in Oklahoma City and George William Stewart in Tennessee, among others, with assigned registration orders.
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Selective Service Board
Army
Alvin Carrol Richardson
Oklahoma City
Tennessee
Lloyd Lawrence Burgert
New Hampshire
X Gene Allison Daniels
New Jersey
Ob Lee Brooks
Massachusetts
James A. Borders
Edgehill Road
Ernest Kenneth Clifton
Laura Avenue
Robert Jackson Busby
Kansas City
Rhode Island
Jerle Tdward Hartwick
Vermont
Marion Perry Patterson
New York
Carl Mortimer Brown
Louisiana
Robert Henry Rhodes
Ohio
Carl Glenn Danley
Baldwin
Howard Robert Hill
Herschel Walter Hemphill
North
Ralph Newton Dugan
Effingham
Ralph Frederick Owens
Delaware
James Cecil Button
Alabama
Oliver Lee McDaniel
Douglas Mans McAlearney
Indiana
Odell Vincent Wiley
Kan
Francis Clayton Penfold
George Francis Zilner
Robert Haskins Miller
Walter Jack Killeen
Phoenix
Aris
Frank Estrada
Eudora
Walter Nelson Parsons
Edward Kinsella Montgomery
Barker
William John Arnold
George William Stewart
Wayne Eugene Anderson
Arkansas
Howard Haling Miskimen
Weather to Warm Up in Topeka as Spring Hint Appears
Weather man S D Flora said temperatures would rise with today nearly spring like. Eastern and southern areas may see warmer tonight with no moisture. Topeka topped 40 degrees, Dodge City reached 52, Ellis dipped to 21, as a north cold front moved eastward reducing snow in the northeast.
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Topeka
S. D
Flora
Kansas
Dodge City
Ellis
Federal power commission orders night sessions on gas rate hearing
Kansas City December 16 Examiner Edward B Marsh ordered fleet night sessions to speed the Federal Power Commission hearing into Cities Service Company gas rates. Sessions will continue next week except Christmas Day. The hearing opened December 8 and Gage Company attorneys pressed cross-examination focusing on valuation figures and the methods used by FPC experts.
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Kansas City
Federal Power Commission
Cities Service Company
Edward B. Marsh
Gags Company
FPC
Commission
Jaycee Luncheon Highlights Army Induction Talk at Wiedemann's
Junior Chamber of Commerce members met at Wiedemann's for a luncheon. Speaker Jack Miller shared experiences from Fort Leavenworth and his Monday induction into the army. Miller has been an active club member.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wiedemann’s
Jack Miller
Ft. Leavenworth
Army
Miller
County Officials Press State Welfare Reform At Meeting
Douglas and Jefferson counties condemned state welfare administration at a courthouse meeting with legislators to discuss proposed changes. They urged more local control over relief cases and questioned state funding rules for roads and benefits while defending refunds owed to counties and urging practical understanding from a state board.
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Douglas
Jefferson
Douglas County
Topeka
Guy E. Shultz
Jefferson Board
State Board
Shultz
Lou Griffith
Jean Clark
Griffith
Taven
J.M. Sanderson
Washington
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U. S
Toroadcast
Tropics
Associated Press
Santa FE
Yester
W. S. Johnson
Cook
Thomas Carlyle
Saturday Review of Literature
CALL
Ed’ Abels
Leavenworth
Shawnee
Mildred le
Kaneas
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