Yanks land on Mindoro near Luzon in bold amphibious raid
Mindoro operation estures a wide Philippine advance as General MacArthur reports three beachheads overrun by Sixth Army forces under Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger. Filipino guerrillas seize airfields and ports on Panay Negros Cebu and Bohol, isolating the Philippines core and threatening the China coast.
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Mindoro
Sixth Army
Walter Krueger
Leyte
Ioruerrillas
Panay
Negros
Cebu
Bohol
Mindanao
Bataan
Poe
Wen Toete
Mowe Islands
Philippine
China
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Greater East Asia
John S. McCain
Luzon
Manila
Rembert James
Associated Press
Admiral McCain
Formosa
President signs bill to freeze social security tax
Washington December 16 President Roosevelt reluctantly aligned today a bill freezing social security taxes for another year at the one percent rate He announced plans to soon propose a comprehensive plan to broaden and improve the system Congress had expected a veto but passed the measure Roosevelt defended the move saying long run needs justify it and Congress can work out a satisfactory solution to financing benefits with both parties committed to broader coverage across the system
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Pon
Garrnment
Rayburn
White House
Clear skies forecast for winter weekend in Kansas
Topeka reports a pleasant weekend with mostly clear skies as Weatherman S. D. Flora notes the state has little snow left outside patches in the north. Mud and wading due to melted snow and flood waters hinder travel. highs yesterday reached 51 in Wichita and Dodge City, 19 in Great Bend. today 40 to 45, tonight 26 to 28 north and 28 to 32 south.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Wichita
Dodge City
Goodland
Surplus property board fights over appointees
Washington and London dispatches detail heated Senate debate on appointing Former Gov. Hurley of Connecticut and Lt. Col. Heller to the surplus property board. Austin accuses lack of experience while defense of nominees notes battlefield service. Debate delays six State Department nominations amid partisan maneuvering.
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Washington
Austin
Rothewall
Surplus War Property Board
Robert A. Hurley
Connecticut
Robert A. Heller
State Department
Hurley
Heller
California
Gillette
D-Ia
Senate
Bourke Hickens Cooper
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Joseph C. Grew
Edward R. Stettinius
Chandler Day
Edward Helljer
Chandler
Hie
W. L. Clayton
Archibald MacLeish
Pepper
D-Fla
Guffey
D-Pa
Murray
D-Mont
la Follette
Wisconsin
White House
Chinese Outflank Hochih Drive Deep Into Kwangsi
Chungking Dec 16. Chinese troops outflanking Hochih on the south have driven deep into Kwangsi province to a point 18 miles southeast of that Japanese held city. Hochih, a strongpoint on the Kweithow Kwangai railroad, was threatened from the north and west by other Chinese columns. Hochih lies miles northwest of Liuchow, the former advance American air base.
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Chungking
Hochih
Suth
Kwangsi Province
Chiles
Kweithow-Kwangai
Burma Road
Kweiling
Liuchow
Sock Market Index Sees Minor Dip After Yesterday’s Rise
The market report shows the index for 60 stocks at 58.1, down from 58.2 yesterday. Includes an advertisement for Flowers of Distinction Cal and Allison Flower Shop with phone number 363.
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Allison Flower Shop
Vespers Tomorrow at Hoch Auditorium KU Christmas Vespers
The University of Kansas hosts the annual Christmas Vespers tomorrow at 4 PM in Hoch Auditorium. A brass quartet will play carols from 8:45 to 4:00, with performances by the A Cappella choir, University Symphony Orchestra, University organ, two mixed string ensembles, and a 14 violin ensemble, plus four tableaux by the design department. The event, first held in 1923, moved from Fraser Theater to Hoch due to growing attendance.
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University of Kansas
Hoch Auditorium
University Symphony Orchestra
Laurel Evereette Anderson
University Organ
Department of Design and Penning
Fraser Theater
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Free Wrapping Station Open Through Tuesday At 726 Massachusetts
The Merchants Bureau of the Amber of Commerce sponsors a free wrapping station at 726 Massachusetts run by Frank Fitzpatrick. Open daily 10 AM to 6 PM and tonight until 9 PM if needed, except Sundays. It will stay open extra days if business warrants. The station does not provide mailing services. A wagoneered wagon reportedly arrived as an unusual gift to be wrapped, convertible to a sled for the east coast.
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Merchant’s Bureau of the Amber of Commerce
Massachusetts
Frank Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Seventh Army presses into Germany near Lauterbourg
U S Seventh Army pours troops into a four pronged advance in Germany seizing Lauterbourg two miles from the Rhine and probing Siegfried Line defenses in Bavaria while First Army fronts along the Roer face heavy artillery and pockets of German resistance. Third Army makes slow gains toward Dillingen and Ensdorf as 45th 79th and 103rd divisions push along a 17 mile front. Reinforcements and counterattacks unfold as U S forces continue the push toward the Rhine.
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Paris
U. S
Seventh Army
Germany
Lauterbourg
Rhine
Bavaria
West Wall
Bavarian
Palatinate
First Army
Rohr River
Roer
Third Army
Dillinen
Ensdorf
Saarlautern
Sarregue
Erching
Grmany
Alexander M. Patch
Reich
79Th
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
45Th
103Rd
Wissembourg
Alsace
Ler
Siegfried
Dillengen
Duren
Cologne
Linich
Bergstein
Mariaweiler
U.S
Supreme Headquarters
Rohr
Sixth War Loan Nears End With Strong Final Totals
Washington reports the Sixth War Loan drive ends today with $17,051,000 over the national quota and 79 percent of individual bond buyers met. E bond sales reach 64 percent. Morgenthau set to report tonight at 8:15 p.m. eastern during war time.
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Washington
Uncle Senna
Morgenthac
Mutual
Roosevelt Extends Deadline for Pearl Harbor Inquiries
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending six months beyond December 7, 1945 the deadline for court and proceedings related to Pearl Harbor disaster. Secretaries of war and navy said investigations found no basis for a major court martial against army and navy personnel but investigations continue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Secretaries of War and Navy
Army
Navy
Churchill slips in speech over Atlantic charter error
London dispatch reports Winston Churchill’s private secretary said a memory lapse caused him to misstate the Atlantic charter. The misquote mixed with a 1940 British foreign policy statement. Eden later clarified Churchill erred during yesterday’s debate.
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London
Winston Churchill
Associated Press
Poland
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Eden
Foreign Office
Regency Greece Crisis Talks Open Amid Civil War Fear
In Athens on December 16 1950 the EAM ELAS offered terms to General Scobie for a ceasefire and disarmament plan including withdrawal from Athens, a new government, trial of collaborators, and removal of units accused of fascist leadership. Britain seeks a regency to govern Greece pending a plebiscite while military action slows and demolitions continue.
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Athens
UPI
EAM
National Liberation Front
R. M. Scobie
Greece
ELAS
Scobie
Attica
Greek Mountain Brigade
Sacred Battalion
Harold MacMillan
Middle East
George Papandreou
Archbishop Damaskinos
Philip Dracoumis
Nicholas Plastiras
Papandreou
George II
Damaskinos
Plastiras
U.S. 80th Division Mauled. German Claims Front Action
London reports German radio claiming the U.S. 80th division was badly mauled in a counterattack northwest of Colmar on the Seventharmy front and that the division withdrew to a Cologne plain position. Dispatches also say the 36th division engaged in heavy fighting in the Marne area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Colmar
Cologne
Feld
Mar
Named to Salina Post
Washington December 16 Col. Frederick W. Franke was named to head the Veterans Administration new 2000 bed domicili ary at Salina. He was on active duty from September 1943 to August 1944 and then returned as chief of the National Homes Service. The Salina facility was previously an army station hospital. Baby strollers all steel metal mass rubber tires Starling's.
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Washington
Frederick W. Franke
Veterans Administration
Salina
Keslonel
Ber
National Homes Service
Over the Top in All Bond Quotas in Douglas County
Douglas County Sixth War Loan totals exceed the target with overall sales reaching 2,107,840 surpassing the 1,750,000 quota. E bonds total 655,734.50 against 651,855 and remaining December sales may push county credit beyond 200,000. Local wards Baldwin and Eudora report strong numbers. several rural schools contribute notable receipts.
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Douglas County
Irving Hill
County War Finance Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
Mussolini speaks from Milan amid war strains
The exiled leader Benito Mussolini addressed 55 minutes of remarks at the Lyric theater in Milan on the anniversary of Aldo Resega’s assassination. He claimed growing difficulties for his regime, voiced a possible revival among followers, and vowed German and Fascist troops would defend the Po valley against Allied advances from the south.
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Associated Press
Benito Mussolini
Milan
Federal Communications Commission
Mussolini
Aldo Resega
French Paper Feigns Sarcasm Over Mrs Luce Report
Paris reports a leftist paper ridicules Rep Clare Boothe Luce by citing her Paris visit with the house military affairs committee. It mocks her claim that French children are well clothed while American conditions are harsh, implying Americans enjoy Geneva convention benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France Tirear Today
Clare Boothe Luce
France
Connecticut
House
United States
New Disturbances in Sicily Protests Against Army Duty
Rome dispatch reports protests in Catania Sicily where crowds threw stones and hand grenades at police. Police retaliated, wounding 11 persons. Demonstrations began Thursday to oppose the call-up of two classes into the Italian army.
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Rome
Catania
Sicily
1 Tempo
Finland May Not Be Allowed to Pay War Debt
Washington reports Finland proposed Yoanadd on ita World War I debt as installment payments. The two nations are at odds and not speaking, with Finland described as enemy dependent and at risk of losing assets. A State Department letter to the Treasury hinted a new policy, awaiting clarification and study.
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Washington
Finland
United
Depen
Treasury
State Department
Haskell Institute presents The Nativity pageant at 8 pm
More than 200 students and staff prepare a pantomime nativity pageant at Haskell Institute auditorium with a medieval church setting. Rev E Russell Carter plays village priest, Solon Eyers delivers the 16th century salutation, Betty Jo Martin narrates, and diverse cast members portray Magi from Greece E and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Institute
Haskell
Auditorum
E. Russell Carter
Solon Eyers
Betty Jo Maritin
Mary
Romanita Shackleford
Althe
Greece
Cthay
Pahhe’Yazza
Margaret Pearson Seelman
Madison Coombs
Winnifred Hill
Santa Leads Town Parade for Children
Hundreds of school children cheered as Santa Claus rode down main street in the annual Chamber of Commerce parade. The event showcased the Haskell Nativity float and featured Sheriff Rody Skinner on a white horse, plus numerous floats from Fire Department Girl Scouts police and other groups. K U Sales surpasses four hundred dollars.
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Santa Claus
Pestertas
Onor
Chamber of Commerce
Santa
Altho
Haskell
Rody Skinner
Fire Department
T. B. Association
Douglas County Health Unit
Salvation Army
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Haskell and Memorial High School
Fritz Meon
G. H. “Dinte” Moore
K. U
Student Campaign Tops Tuberculosis Seal Sales This Year
Sales of tuberculosis seals at the University of Kangag surpassed 400 dollars, exceeding the totals of the previous two years. Eu genia Hepworth, chairman of seal sales, reports proceeds from organized houses and a booth in Robinson gymnasium.
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University of Kangag
Eugenia Hepworth
Robinson Gymnasium
Honor 4H youth toast at annual dinner in Douglas County
About 156 4 H club and Future Farmers of America youths attended the 17th annual achievement banquet in the Crystal Room of the Hotel Eldridge. Douglas County Bankers Association sponsored, presenting awards to outstanding members and leaders.
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F.F.A
Douglas County
Eldridge
Asa Colman
Future Farmers of America
Douglas County Bankers Association
Swede Wilson
Banjo
Rex Kendall
Wulfkuhl
Extenso Aivelon
Riley Burcham
Lawrence National Bank
Bankers Association
Gomey
Glenn Frank
Harold Chamney
Peneins County Farm Bureau
Chamney
Deal Six
Dorothea Schroeder
William R. Eésick
Liberty Memorial Hich School
Mike Getto
Weather Patchwork From Occluded January Scraps
Fragmented OCR weather notes show numbers likely temperatures and dates without clear context. The readable items include a January reference and scattered figures such as 2.3 45 8 910 1b 1218 and intervals like 13.19 9 2 23 23 24. The fragment provides no cohesive forecast or region.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
PKA
Tokyo Radio
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A. D
Struble
Leyte Gulf
Wsnt
Martin Spencer
Strubble
Spencer
Kansas Cleaners
Bus Department
Ssian
Vienna
Slovakia
Tpolysag
Sahy
Budapest
Bratislava-Vienna
Ipoly
Hungary
Moscow
Ipolyear
Borzsony
Danube River
Spvolysag
Satoraljaujhely
Berlin
Debica-Tarnow
Krakow
Second Ukraine
Czecholovak
Kwangsi
Sock Market
Ady
West Shore
Baldwin
Yale Wells
Eudora
Bert Sild
Young
Mound
Adaline
Winter
Prairie City
Clinton
Cargy
Twin Mound
Central
Hopewell
Rock Creek
Duce
Aasoettad
Hoya
Dorie Cox
Kanwaka
Joann Clough
Belleview
Evelynn
Hammond
Leta Mae Cox
Glen
O'Connor
Bill Rice
Jayhawk
John Morgan
Jay
Hawk
Paul Gibler
Victory
Jimmy Vincent
Helleview
Paul J
Standley
Vernon Herrell
Clintonz
George Luckan
Meadowlark
Eugene Althaus
Millard Jackson
Rainbow
Mra
Ike Schellenherz
And
Jensen O'Connor
F F.A
Heads Rail Association
Chicago
P.H. C. Millman
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Railway Development Association
P. E. Taylor
Santa Fe Railway
Kan
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