Atlantic Charter Viewed As Good As Ever by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt defended the Atlantic Charter, saying its objectives remain valid since 1941. He noted the charter was never a formal document and compared it to Wilson's 14 points, stressing ongoing effort toward a better world despite imperfect adherence. He warned progress comes in peaks and valleys, with humanity generally improving over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Wilson
Wether
Christmas Talk Sparks Cordley School Serenade
The sixth grade of Cordley school serenaded the Kiwanis club at the Colonial tea room. Miss Vera Alcott directed the singing and Miss Mabel Barnhart introduced Miss Alcott and her class. Marilyn Perry sang a solo before Rev. Lawrence Deever spoke on reviving the true spirit of Christmas after the war and reading a short Christmas story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordley School
Kiwanis Club
Colonial Tea Room
Vera Alcott
Mabel Barnhart
Jalcott
Marilyn Perry
Cordley
I. R. Perry
Lawrence Deever
Jesus
Mr. Deever
Deaths and Funerals Involving Mrs Fannie Thomas and Minnie A Loxman
Mrs Fannie Thomas of Peoria Illinois, sister of the late Dane Winfrey, died that night after visiting her sister. Mrs Winfrey departed for Peoria immediately. Mrs Thomas had stayed with the Winfreys for a time. Minnie A Lexman of 988 Louisiana Street died yesterday. Funeral services for Minnie A Lexman will be Saturday at 3 PM at the First Methodist Church with Rev O K Allison presiding. Burial follows at Oakhill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Thomas
Peoria
Ill
Dane Winfrey
Minnie A, Lexman
Minnie A. Loxman
Louisiana Street
Flrst Methodist Church
O. KE. Allison
Oakhill Cemetery
December 4 Meats and stamps validity update
The notice lists book stamp validity changes for Meats, Processed Foods, Sugar, and related stamp books. It notes which stamps remain valid indefinitely, which expire or become usable again, and specific dates for revalidation and new validity periods across several stamp categories.
Ohio farmers pursue alleged wolf pack in eastern counties
Farmers in Guernsey and Noble counties tramped snowy hills with shotguns and rifles chasing a claimed wolf pack. Officials say coyotes are more likely, noting no recent wolf records in Ohio, yet livestock losses in ten days raise concern about the predator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Guernsey
Noble County
State Conservation Department
R. A. Rider
State Conservation Commissioner
Rider
Japanese find Burma retreat toward Mandalay backs
Front line dispatches report Japanese forces falling back to a defense arc around Mandalay after withdrawing from Indaw to Gangaw on the Myitkyin area. Royal and Indian naval units shelled Rathedaung as Mountbatten’s command pursues remnants along the Myitkyina Mandalay railway, meeting light opposition.
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Calcutta
Burma
Mandalay
Indaw
Gangaw
Myitthe
Royal
Arakan
Rathedaung
Mayu River
War family notes from home front to battle fronts
Armed Forces updates tell of Capt Edwin S Young arriving from Camp Chaffee Arkansas to spend Christmas with parents and brother. Maj Robert G Young serves in Germany with a hospital unit. Lieutenant Delbert F E Perking reported arriving in southern France while Lt James C Harrison tours the Pacific on carrier Air Group 18. Private Holland I Lee pleads with wife Edith Lee in Leavenworth through overseas service.
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Edwin S. Young
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Ernest Young
Arthur
Robert G. Young
Germany
Young
France
George D. Corn
Lubbock
Tex
Dearborn
Mich
Ray Corn
Indiana Street
Henry Bell
Baldwin
Edith Lee
Prospect Street
Everett Jaceway
Leavenworth
Italy
Jacoway
James C. Harrison
South Pacific
Air Group 18
Harrison
Betty Stephenson
Holy Night pageant at First Methodist Church
A Christmas pageant titled Holy Night by Mrs Deal Six will be performed this evening at 7:30 by the Junior Players and junior high music department at First Methodist Church. Miss Jeanne Scott directs music with Mrs Winifred Hill Gallup as organ accompanist. The three scenes include No Room at the Inn, a Bethlehem hillside, and the stable with Werner music and familiar hymns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
First Methodist Church
Junior Players
Department of Music
Jeanne Scott
Winifred Hill Gallup
Bethlehem
Werner
Lawrence Pinckney school collects 1186 pounds of grease
Lawrence Pinckney school children gathered 1186 pounds of used fat for the war effort. A Kansas City rendering firm made a special trip to Pinckney to pick up the grease. Enrolment stood at 503, averaging 2.2 pounds per pupil. John C. Emick of the Douglas County building and loan association was named to a National Savings and Loan league committee. Radio station WREN will rebroadcast a Liberty Memorial high school chorus recording Sunday at 1:30 PM. City and KU classes adjourned for Christmas. programs resume late December or early January. Rex Kendall will headline a Christmas show for youngsters at the Jayhawker tomorrow morning, with clothing drives and films for welfare work. The show starts at 10 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckney
Kansas City
John C. Emick
Douglas County Building and Loan Association
National Savings and Loan League
WREN
Liberty Memorial High School
Rex Kendall
Jayhawker
Cork
Dillon to receive silver wings and commission
Elvin Edward Dillon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Dillon of Route 2, will graduate tomorrow at an air field near Columbus, Mississippi. He will earn the silver wings of a flying officer and a second lieutenant commission in the Army Air Forces. Dillon began pilot training last September and studied at flying schools in Sanford, Florida, and Gunter Field, Alabama.
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Elvin Edward Dillon
Thomas L. Dillon
Air Field
Columbus
Miss
Army Air Forces
Dillon
Eland
Fla
Gunter Field
Ala
Germans Hold Ground as Ardennes Battle Rages On
Allied positions improved on the southern flank but German advances continued. Von Rundstedt unleashed tanks in small penetrations while weather and fog favored the enemy. Allied air power was limited, with RAF bombers hitting Trier. U S First Army faced deep wedges toward Habremont and Verbomont and supply routes to Bastogne.
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Volturno
Italy
Moselle
France
Ambleve
Bulge
von Rundstedt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters Security
R.A.F
Trier
Luxembourg City
Rhine
Cologna
Bonn
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Gallagher
First Army
Supreme Headquarters
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
U.S
German push in Luxembourg faces delays as U S units fall back
reports indicate German columns moving from Wiltz toward Luxembourg city while Allied defenses collapse near Verbomont and the Ourthe floodplain. Boni notes delaying actions bought time to marshal forces against deep penetration, tank shortages due to gasoline. Seventh Army withdraws from Nieder Schlettenbach as markets buzz in town.
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Pot Clervaux
Wiltz
Consdorf
Luxembourg
Federal Communications Commission
France
Liege- Bastogne
Verbomont
L’ourthe
Meuse
Berlin
Eisen
Hower
von Rundstedt
Associated Press
William F. Boni
First Army
Boni
Belgium
St Ambleve
Stavelot
Malmedy
German advances on Ourthe widen amid Ardennes action
London reports the German high command claims spearheads pushed westward establishing bridgeheads across the Ourthe river near Werbomont on the Liege Bastogne highway as Allied counterattacks in southern Belgium are said to have been smashed. Berlin radio notes retreating formations and a shifted front center on the Saar and Ardennes battle. In Los Angeles, veteran comedian Harry Langdon dies at 60 after a cerebral hemorrhage ending a career starting in vaudeville.
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Habremont
Belgium
Liege
Associated Press
Verbomont
Linge
Bastogne
Duchy of Luxembourg
Wiltz
London
Ourthe
Werbomont
St. Vith
Luxembourg
Berlin
Third Army
Saar
Ensdorf
Sastlaute
Erlin
Ote
Stavelot
Eisenhower
Ardennes
Hisenhower
Los Angeles
Harry Lengdon
Langdon
Mack Sennett
War era personnel list hints at local servicemen
The clipping lists multiple soldiers with ranks and hometowns such as Wichita, Hutchinson, Opolis, Leavenworth, and New Salem. It notes Sgt Eugene R Monroe and First Lt Robert M Wiley among others, reflecting a wartime roster. The final line shifts to advertising classified page housing and rental listings as the fast route to find a home.
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Kiwanians
Rad Stampa Ag
Processad Foods
Ugar
Aiacline
Ieee
Esteiwent
Seaton
Herbert P. Harmon
General Woodbury
Eighth Army Air Base
England
Sergeant Harmon
Lon Harmon
Elmira Avenue
C. W. Worley
Route 3
Cal
C. W. Maloney, III
Naples
W. Maloney
Tulsa
Okla
W. C. Simons
J. W. Hess
A. B. Hess
Philippines
Leyte
Samar Islands
Seaman Hess
Pfc
Chester W. Hess
Army Engineers
Pvt
George M. Lukens
M. E. Lukens
Missouri Street
Kingman Army Air Field
Arizona
Lukens
Pibesty Memorial High School
Frank E. Brune
Corporal Brune
Kansas State Teachers College
Gus H. Brune
Curtis C. Wilson
Pacific
Navy
C. E. Wilson
Lieut
Delbert FE. Perking
Kermit Broers
T/4
Hawaii
Richard Bryan
Raymond K. French
Lecompton
135Th Infantry Regiment
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Bull” ‘Division
Mark Clark
Army
Fuuwedd
Allison Flower Shop
Mom's” Cafe
The
Journal-World
America
Johnny Mack Brown
Rex R. Kendall
Joseph
Christman
Babet
Richard _E. Cowan
Wichita
Orville F.davin
Bree
Robert M
Lewis D. Huffman
Sedan
Carl's. Som
Hutchinson
Marvin M. Krier
Cawker
City
Victor
D. Lasher
Muncie
Wilber B. Liggett
Mullville
Eugene R. Monroe
Opolis
Dale H. Morris
Pee ‘Logan
Frederick H. Parks
Wich
T al
Wayne H Smith
Pao
Marvin M Snyder
Hut
Joseph FP
Stefan
Park
Marvin
Steinert
Russell
Henry A. Stewert
New ‘Salem
Oliver N. Vannaman
Klows
Robert M. Wiley
Leaveneworth
James A. Wilson
el Dorado
Awrente
Guy Lawrence
Kansan
Palbrook
Dunhill
Swank
Massachusetts
Fundamental Baptist, Tabernacle
13Th
Connecticut
Leslie Tomberlin
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