German writes on Soviet winter offensive struggles
An article from a Cologne newspaper front describes fierce Soviet onslaughts that overwhelmed exhausted German troops in winter forests. It says Russians used fresh reserves, tanks, and rail links to Moscow while Germans suffered hunger and fatigue, with battles described as unequaled in history.
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Bern
Switzerland
Koelnische Zeitung
Cologne
Russia
Siberian
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Borodino
Napoleon
Siberia
Moscow
New Road Emphasis for War War Effort in Kansas
Kansas state highway department reshapes road program to support national defense. Projects must gain approval from the army, navy, and federal road agency to use federal funds. Access roads near Fort Riley and a major thru road south of the Kansas River are prioritized, with relocation of K15 underway near the Stearman plant south of Wichita.
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Topeka
State Highway Department
Federal Bureau of Roads
D. J. Fair
Army
Navy
Federal Road Agency
Kansas
Fair
American Association of Highway Officials
Chicago
Ross Keeling
H. R. Goodyear
Kansas Department
Stearman Aircraft
Wichita
Fort Riley
Kansas River
Junction City
Navy reports large toll taken on German and Japanese subs
Washington reports U S naval forces have sunk or damaged at least 14 German submarines and several Japanese subs in the Atlantic and Pacific. The secretary notes that 17 or 18 submarines may have been sent to the depths, with war-time efforts highlighted amid shoot-on-sight orders and North Atlantic convoy conditions.
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U. S. Navy
Washington
United States
Archworld
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
North Atlantic
Churchill
Knox
Japan
Government funds to build access roads for defenses
Road officials expect inevitable development of access routes around defense sites. Other approved routes lie near the Wichita aircraft plant area near Fairfax airport in Kansas City and near Parsons at the Kansas ordnance plant. The federal government will pay the full cost of the road construction.
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Seventh Army Corps
Wichita Aircraft Plant
Fairfax Airport
Kansas City
Parsons
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Buttons From Liberty Loan Campaigned Across War Era
A former local resident brought a vivid collection of Liberty Loan and Red Cross drive souvenirs to the Journal-World. He buys a $26 bond monthly in the new emergency and was awarded a medal made from metal of a captured German cannon for patriotic services. The display includes the fourth drive V for victory insignia in the Journal-World window.
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Journal- World Today
U.S. Treasury Department
Liberty Loans
Journal-World
Washington Creek School Presents Christmas Program
Pupils of Washington Creek school under teacher Agnes Stevens will present a Christmas program Tuesday evening at 8 o clock. The public is invited.
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Washington Creek School
Agnes Stevens
Topeka Store Robbed of Clothes and Damaged Safe
The Gibbs Clothing company of North Topeka reported a burglary in which about 50 suits of men’s clothing 20 overcoats and several leather jackets were stolen. Thieves also tried to force the safe but failed to open it after cutting the dial and removing safe knobs.
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The
Gibbs Clothing Company
North Topeka
Topeka Visit by Kansas Defense Industries Committee Members
Professors and administrators including Prof. R. Q. Brewster of chemistry Dr. R. C. Moore of geology and Dean Frank T. Stockton of the Kansas University business school spent Saturday in Topeka attending a meeting of the defense in dustries committee of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce.
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R. Q. Brewster
Department of Chemistry
R. C. Moore
State Geological Survey
Frank T. Stockton
K. U. School of Business
Topeka
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Griffith named second alternate for West Point admission
Louis H. Griffith Jr. of Lone Star has been named second alternate candidate for West Point admission by Rep. U. S. Guyer. Griffith, a sophomore engineer at the University of Kansas, graduated Liberty Memorial high school in 1940 and ranked high in his class. He belonged to the Dramatic and French clubs.
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Louis H. Griffith, Jr
L. H. Griffith
Lone Star
West Point
U. S. Guyer
William L. Huggins
Ili
Kenneth
Kan
John E. Lawrence
Pomona
Griffith
University of Kansas
Liberty Memorial High School
Dramatic Club
No One Left to Fire in Germany Says Commentator
A British commentator quips that Adolf Hitler’s full army command means there is nobody left to sack as Germany nears total control. In Kansas, old age assistance averages $22.53 monthly for 29,965 clients in December, up from $18.79 and 27,443 cases a year ago, with extra aid not included.
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Germany
London
Adolf Hitler
Kansas
Topeka
Fay N. Seaton
Social Welfare Board
Death of Margaret Baltimore at 91 in Dallas
Mrs. Margaret Baltimore, 91, died today in Dallas. She leaves 112 descendants including two daughters, a son, 28 grandchildren, 64 great grandchildren and 18 great great grandchildren.
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Dallas
Margaret Baltimore
American reporters moved from Rome to Siena under guard
Correspondents to Siena. Rome December 22. American newspaper correspondents who had been under police guard in a Rome boarding house have been transferred to Siena in northern Italy.
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Siena
Rome
Audi
Italy
KU Grad Named FBI Special Agent Bill Farmer Is Appointed
Bill Farmer, head of the M S C, and KU law graduate, is named as a special agent of the FBI in a letter from J Edgar Hoover to Dean Moreau. He passed the Kansas bar last spring and was president of the men's student council last year. Conrad B Jones, 61, longtime Emporia Gazette employee and head makeup man, died after a three week illness. survived by widow, son and daughter.
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Bill Farmer
K.U. School of Law
Federal Bureau of Investigation
F. J. Moreau
J. Edgar Hoover
Farmer
Kansas
Emporia Gazette
Emporia
Conrad B. Jones
the Gazette
Obituary John F. Johnson Dies at 93 in Colorado Springs
John F. Johnson born April 18 1848 on a farm near Tundren Schleswig-Holstein Denmark died December 3 1941 in Colorado Springs Colorado aged 93 years 7 months 15 days He served as an army teamster in the Danish Prussian war of 1864 later moved to America in 1871 landing in Baltimore with 1 16 He worked on the Erie Canal and in Illinois before moving to Kansas and starting business ventures in Lawrence with partner Mattson before further details.
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John F. Johnson
Tundren
Denmark
Schleswig-Holstein
Colorado Springs
Colo
Germany
Hamburg
Liverpool
England
America
Baltimore
United States
Erie Canal
Chicago
LaFox
Elgin
Ill
James Barker
Chicago Times
Kansas
Lawrence
Mattson
Longtime farmer and friend of many laid to rest near Clinton
The article chronicles the life of a devoted farmer who operated several farms around Sigel and Clinton before settling near Clinton. It highlights his marriage to Anna Louise Lundahl in 1892, his sons Harry C and Elmer J, his adopted daughter Ruby Custer, and grandchildren Earl Custer Richard mate Johnson. It notes his veteran service and habit of visiting friends, often riding in a buggy due to a crippled condition, and ends with his burial beside his wife and others.
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Sigel
C. G. Czaplinski
Johnson
Rudolph Hellstrom
Lone Star
Mr.Steele
Anna Louise Lundahl
Lawrence
D. L.mccreary
Harry C
Colorado Springs
Colo
Elmer J
Washington, D.C
Denver
Ruby C. Custer
Kansas City
Kan
Earl Custer
Richard and
Eunice
Mate Johnson
Calo
Clinton
Colorado
Fort Morgan
Altho
Funeral for Clinton man held in Clinton cemetery
A funeral service for a Clinton resident occurred December 5 at Clinton Cemetery with Rev. Montgomery of the Clinton Presbyterian church officiating. The deceased’s wife had died August 21, 1913. Pallbearers included Ed, Steele, James Allison, Arthur Losh George Jensen, Vitus Hadl, and Charles Wemec.
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Clinton
Montgomery
Clinton Presbyterian Church
Ed, Steele
James Allison
Arthur Losh
George Jensen
Vitus Hadl
Charles Wemec
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GLEED
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West Point Admission
Starling Furn. Co
Detroit
JEWEL
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Green Bros
M.S.C
Arls
Fritz CO
Lawrence Hardware
Whitcomb
E. S
Kansas Electric Power Company
Granada
Brian Dorlevy
Brod Crawford
Andy Devine
Henry Wilcoxon
Warner
Larmida
Sal
Santa Claus
Tarzan
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2Irl
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C. Aubrey Smith
George Reeves
Ana Nas Derr
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