Smuggling Gains in Army Exposed Across Asia Theater
New Delhi reports an army investigation into smuggling into China via the hump air route led to court martial and arrests of American service members and civilians. The probe, conducted with British Chinese and Indian help, aims to dismantle an international syndicate trafficking gold currency government property and other goods. Col. Harry Cooper directs the effort as authorities tally 87 major and 213 minor cases with profits totaling about 4.17 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
U. S
China
Chins Hills
Army
Harry Cooper
Baltimore
Burma-India
U. S. Air Force
Armed Forces trainees and service members in brief notes
Ralph W Ward Jr of 1520 Barker Avenue is in pre flight training at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center Texas undergoing a 10 week program covering physical academic and military training. Sgt William A Conboy US Marine radar technician reports his bomber squadron is breaking into replacement units and personnel are being reassigned Cherry Point NC until overseas duty. Lt Donald Voorhees formerly KU honor man 1938 visited campus yesterday and is spending furlough at his Leavenworth home. He was a Summerfield scholar and debate squad member and former president of the Men’s Student Council.
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Ralph W. Ward, Jr
Barker Avenue
San Antonio
William A. Conboy
U. S Marine Corps
Newport
Ark
Conboy
Cherry Point
N. C
Donald Voorhees
University of Kansas
Dean Moorhead
University Cam
Moorhees
Kansas
South Pacific
Leavenworth
University
Summerfield
New Year dance set for Union ballroom in Memorial Union
University Union Activities Committee will sponsor a New Year’s affair in the Memorial Union ballroom, in use by the Navy since July 1 1942. It’s the first party in the ballroom since the V 12 program began. sandwiches drinks horns and confetti to be provided.
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Memorial ‘Union
University
Navy
Union Activities Committee
Jane Atwood
Hhead
Union Social Committee
Gasoline and sugar stamp validity details arise in notice
A clipped notice lists several stamp books with validity dates and ranges. It specifies indefinite validity for certain lines, and outlines expiration dates for sugar, food, and gasoline stamps, including amounts and applicable periods, highlighting changes in the stamp program.
Yanks land on Mindoro Island during invasion
Aboard a flagship off Mindoro, war correspondent Jim Hutcheson reported a mostly smooth landing with a brief firehold as locals fled to safety. Elmont Waite noted a rapid buildup of tanks, bulldozers, and supply relays as engineers moved inland to establish military installations, with a dramatic scene of a Canandaigua sergeant and a joyful local woman.
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Mindoro
Jim Hutcheson
Associated Press
Russell S. Berkey
Elmont Waite
Associated Pressway
William Hantone
Canandaigua
N. Y
Arms
Waite
Pearl Harbor
Cheater W. Nimitz
Planes For Sale To Lawrence Douglas County Citizens
Air-minded residents can buy now via organ Mack Motor Company at 609 Massachusetts Street. They purchased ten two place runner planes from Government Sense Corporation. Models include Ryans Trailer Craft and Aeronous with prices from 1450 to 2750 dollars. Planes are in Wichita for service and will be flown to Lawrence when ready weather permits. A company representative expects sales in the local area.
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Lawrence Municipal
The
Motor Company
Dancing Too Wild for Dates in Burma Tiger Hunt
In Myitkyina Burma on December 16 a military policeman and a Red Cross worker joined a date out of town. They hunted a 890 pound tiger seven and a half feet long, driving within a hundred yards of the animal before the policeman shot it. A local lodge notes a Master Mason degree meeting Monday at 1:30 PM with supper at 6:30 PM, inviting all master masons. Classifieds note the quickest way to find a new home or a room to rent is via jottrags listings.
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Myitkyina
Burma
Dee | Jayed
Hunting. Corp
Charles McCrary
Centralia
Carol Hagerman
Red Cross
Kansas City
Secret tribunal acts to deter allies cooperation in Berlin
Bern reports the Swiss telegraph says the Vehme, a secret tribunal, is again operating in the Reich to stop residents from aiding the allies. German newspapers publish names of individuals condemned to death by the group.
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Bern
Swiss ‘Telegraph Agency
Berlin
Vehme
Reich
Christmas Show at Jayhawker Theater Seeks Clothing Donations
Stan Schwahn presents a free Christmas show for schoolchildren at Jayhawker theater next Saturday at 10 am. Children bring one clean used clothing item or household goods to support local need and Bundles for America. Proceeds aid service members families and overseas relief through Bundles for Britain. The program includes a new western and cartoons and shorts, with subject names announced later.
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Stan Schwahn
Jayhawker Theater
Electa Kindlenperger
Lawrence
Bundles
America
Britain
Schwahn
1945 Douglas County seal sale totals and goal status
Mrs. Seba Eldridge, chairwoman, notes the 1945 tuberculosis program goal of 3500 dollars was set after county survey needs and clinic patient increases. Reports from chairmen show progress, with several donors contributing, leaving 771.50 still to be raised next week as students exceed last year’s total and plan stamp sales in the Union Building through Tuesday.
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Seba Eld- Tidge
Wees
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
J. Schrader
KS U
EL. Treece
K. A
Joie Stapleton
Eugenia Hepworth
Ceal Sale
Harold Skinner
Carl Graeber
Skinner
Teami
Seal Sale
Hepworth
Seventh Army Breaks Through German Defenses In Europe
Ruhr area reinforcement flows by road and rail as Ninth Air Force targets rail yards. German parole raids hit two British outposts east of Venray. Seventh Army advances threaten to outflank German forces facing the Saar front. Alsace pockets around Colmar receive countermeasures while Bitche sees continued French resistance and Maginot line guns repurposed. French First Army reports a small gain near Selestat north of Colmar.
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Ruhr
Venray
Holland
Ninth Air Force
Third Army
Saarbrucken
Homburg
Patch
Seventh Army
Seventh
Saar
Palatinate
Alsace
Colmar
Bitche
Selestat
Coimar
Nelsons Lose Suit Over Rent Re-register After Remodel
In Kansas City a court ruled against Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Nelson in a rent overcharge case brought by Mr. and Mrs. Allen Kilmer. Judge Alfred Murrah found the Nelsons failed to re-register after remodeling six months of 1942 to create two apartments and awarded the Kilmers 300 dollars for overcharge, denying attorney fees. The case cites initial rent at 55 dollars, later 37.50 after remodeling. A separate note reports Pope Pius XII to celebrate midnight mass at St. Peter’s on Christmas Eve, first since his pontificate began in 1939, with St. Peter’s open to the public and enhanced lighting in Rome.
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OPA
W. C. Nelson
United States District Court
Kansas City
Alfred Murrah
Allen S. Kilmer
Nelsons
Kilmers
Eleventh
Kentucky Streets
Murrah
George K. Melvin
ST. Peters
Pits
Pontiff
Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter's
Vatican
Rome
Christmas shoppers adjust to wartime shortages in Lawrence
Lawrence merchants report shoppers accept substitutes with few quibbles. Cosmetics and shaving sets top the list, while candy, cameras, pipes, and tobacco are in demand but hard to obtain. Men's shirts scarce, pajamas and lingerie short, fur coats limited, and housecoats, robes, and scarves popular. Toys and games remain basic, with santas scarce and hardware glassware selling. Jewelry sales were opaque due to crowds.
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Lawrence
Altho
Time Out for a Wedding Officers Attend Ike Aide Couple
Paris December 16 two members of General Eisenhower staff Wac Cpl Pearlie Hargrave Pil lagers Minis and Sgt Michael Mickey McKeogh were married with the general and Lt Gen W B Smith among guests. The ceremony occurred in a chapel tied to royal weddings and a reception followed. The bride wore a gown by a Paris fashion house and was allowed to be out of uniform for the occasion. She was given in marriage by Lt. Ernest R. Lee of San Antonio ex.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Wac
Pearlie Hargrave
Michael
Mickey) McKeogh
New York
W. B. Smith
Supreme Headquarters
Supreme Commander
Ernest R. Lee
San Antonio
Navy casualty list includes Kansans in 248 total losses
Washington reports 248 navy department casualties with Kansas names among the list. Rodger Wallace Jones aviation ordnanceman USNR_missing Syracuse. Pvt George I Rock TSMCR_wounded Kansas. Gene Schweln USMCR_wounded Ulysses. E Pie Robert Shaw USMCR_wounded Galva.
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Washington
UPI
Navy Department
Rodger Wallace Jones
USNR
Syracuse
George I
Rock
TSMCR
Kansas
Guy
Pie
Gene . Schweln
USMCR
Ulysses
Robert Shaw
Galva
Wartime News and Local Updates From Lawrence Area
A Lawa nce radio interview highlights Mrs A P Hulta and Arlo Hills linked to Wentworth Military Academy honors for Jimmie Hotchkiss. Douglas county plans include war price reliance, three grade one passenger casings and two small truck casings. City schools dismiss for two week Christmas vacation, bands disrupted by snowball volleys on Massachusetts street. Six Sunflower Ordnance heroes travel under AA 1 priority to visit the plant, ordered by General Eisenhower. Morgan Mack buys lots.
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Douglas County War
Sunflower Ordnance
Eisenhower
Germany
Morgan-Mack Motor Co Buys Lots for Car Lot East Vermont
The Morgan-Mack Motor Company at 602 Massachusetts Street bought vacant lots 26 28 20 and 84 in the 700 block on the east side of Vermont Street from R C Jackman this week. The land will house a used car lot and overflow garage storage, with plans after the war to erect a new modern garage on the site.
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Morgan-Mack Motor Company
Massachusetts Street
Vermont Street
R. C. Jackman
Motor Company
Jewish soldiers offer K P duty at Christmas camp Blandings
Trainees of the Jewish faith at Camp Blanding Florida offered to take over all kitchen police duty on Christmas Day. Major General E W Fales accepted the proposal, ensuring no K P duties for Christian soldiers during the holiday. Separately Gen De Gaulle returned to Paris from Moscow today amid reports on the French Soviet pact terms.
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Camp Blandings
Fla
Upi
Camp Blanding
E. W. Fales
de Gaulle
Paris
Moscow
Fragmentary sports notations about a meeting outcome
Incomplete fragments mention a meeting result and references to individuals and an event. The readable text indicates someone met him and notes on outcomes, but the fragmentary OCR prevents full identification of names, places, or dates.
Mindoro Invasion Claims From Domei Broadcast
Do mei reported heavy fighting on Mindoro and air strikes on the invasion fleet off the island. The broadcast, heard by the FCC, claimed Japanese land units inflicted heavy damage on U S forces and that transports, battleships, cruisers, and other ships were sunk or damaged. A prior bulletin mentioned air raids across Manila Luzon targets and Cebu Bacolod areas with carrier planes at dawn.
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Associated Press
Domei
Mindoro
Philippines
U. S
Luzei
Manila
Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Luzon
Clarkfield
Lipa
Batangas
Lingayan
Cebu
Bacolog
Cate
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Lubang
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Burias
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Philip Guedalla
London
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Gruaie Fe
Morgan-Mack Co
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Acrechs
Lawrence Merchants Report
Church OF Christ
Tenn. St
San. Dee
Model Church
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Fultz
Mra
A. P. Hulta
Yeaterday
Ed’ West
Tadies
Blue Network
WREN
Ater Son
Arlo Hills
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Rom Rae Gy Fe
York
Jimmie Hotchkiss
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
May
George ‘Hotchkiss
Indiana Street
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Court House
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Mack
K. P
Mary
Johnny
Wagoner'’S
Mass
Mom’s” Cafe
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Ples
Allison Flower Shop
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Schubert Funeral Home
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