Greeks Take Chimara As Italians Retreat Toward Valona
Athens reports the Greek army occupies Chimara on the Albanian coast after forcing Italian forces to withdraw toward Valona. Greek sources describe capturing the 153rd Fascist battalion with 800 men and 30 officers. Air battles over Argirocastro claim eight Italian planes downed with light Greek losses.
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Athens
Chimara
John Metaxas
Valona
Porto Edda
R.A.F
Argirocastro
Altho
R.A. F
Kucova
Albania
Preas
Teneleni- Kitsura
Tepeleni
Kansas Weather Outlook Sees Rain By Tuesday
Topeka reports fair weather with clearing skies across Kansas. Weatherman Flora says rain may move in by Tuesday night with a light freeze likely tonight and temperatures rising to near 58 to 62 degrees tomorrow in parts of the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Middle West
Chanute
Topeka Ad
City Library to Close for Christmas Eve and Reopen
Miss Lillian Constant head librarian announced the City Library will close at 6 oclock Christmas Eve and reopen the morning of December 6.
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City Library
Lillian Constant
Night Luftwaffe Raids Hit Manchester and London Area
Heavy anti aircraft fire illuminated London as Luftwaffe raids began their usual night attack. Manchester suffered a long bombing, hitting air raid shelters, a cinema, and numerous buildings with fires and casualties reported as rescue teams worked through the night.
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London
Manchester
England
Mobilization Begins for 85th Division at Camp Robinson
The 85th division national guardsmen from Missouri Kansas and Nebraska mobilized at Camp Robinson Ark for a year of army life. Maj. Gen. Ralph E. Truman said 10 000 to 12 000 guardsmen were mobilized with 10 500 more expected by February to reach full wartime strength. Detachments from 15 towns in three states participate as units stagger in by train or motorized transport. Lawrence lights up as city of Christmas cheer with extensive displays and neighborly spirit.
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Kansans City
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Camp Robinson
Ark
Ralph E. Truman
Fort Bennings
Harry Frazee
Truman
Military Police Company
Garden City
Kan
85Th Signal Corps
Kansas City
Robinson
Altho
60Th Field Artillery Brigade
Erie
George H. Wark
Caney
127Th Field Artillery
Paul A. Cannady
Coffeyville
130Th Field Artillery
Guy C. Sexford
Hutchinson
161St Field Artillery
Nels A. Anderson
Toneka
137Th Infantry
Charles H. Browne
Horton
36Th, Signal Company
35Th Military Police Company
110Th Ordnance Company
Wichita
69Th Infantry Brigade
Lawrence
Haskell Institute
Roosevelt to Speak on Present Emergency in Fire Side Report
The White House announced that President Roosevelt will address the present emergency in a fire side report to the nation next Sunday night. The broadcast is set for between 8:30 and 9:00 o clock CST and will be carried on all major networks.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Christmas Day Store Closings and Public Offices Update
C D Maier announces several business closures for Christmas. Stores close Christmas Eve at 9 PM. Post office will be closed on Christmas Day with no rural or local deliveries, though mail dispatch and specials proceed. City hall and county courthouse close. Public library closes 6 PM and opens Thursday morning.
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C. D. Maier
Merchants Bureau
Full Page Ads Run In Nationwide Last Ditch War Front
New York reports full page advertisements in 50 papers as part of the No Foreign War committee push to keep the U S out of war. Verne Marshall says Cedar Rapids Gazette will cover the $41 000 cost to support this effort against interventionists. Executions in Rome reveal two spies executed and 22 others jailed in a network possibly tied to the Taranto raid.
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New York
No Foreign War Committee
United States
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Rome
Taranto Naval Base
British Take More Prisoners in North Africa Besieging Bardia
Cairo December 23 British reports show 35 949 Italian prisoners taken from Sidi Barrani area with 1 704 officers among the captives. British reinforcements mass for assault on Bardia as bombardment continues and Graziani strengthens western defenses toward Tobruk Derna and Bengali.
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North Africa
Bardia
Cairo
Egypt
Sidi Barrani
Nnthe
Tralane
Odolfo Graziani
Graziani
Tobruk
Derna
Britain urges Italians to oust Mussolini in wartime broadcast
Churchill in London appeals to the Italian people to remove Premier Mussolini and end the war. He accuses him of 18 years of unbridled power leading Italy to ruin and warns of Britain’s plan to shred the African empire if the conflict continues. He stresses shared history with Italy and frames the crisis as driven by one man.
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London
Churchill
Mussolini
Italy
British Broadcasting Corporation
Britain
Christendom
Holy of Europe
United States of America
Vatican
Rome
Eight-Year-Old Struck By Automobile in Oskaloosa
Eight-year-old Thomas Boyd of Oskaloosa was hit by a car while riding a bicycle on New Hampshire street. He was taken to Memorial Hospital with injuries believed not serious. Driver H. E. Nottingham of 912 Massachusetts Street said the boy appeared suddenly before he could stop. The boy is the son of Walter J. Boyd.
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Thomas Boyd
Oskaloosa
New Hampshire Street
Emorial Hospital
H. E. Nottingham
Massachusetts Street
Nottingham
Walter J. Boyd
Woman recalls Christmas gift then seeks hospital after fall
Wanda Adams a Wayland college student sat in her car in Plainview Texas when she remembered a forgotten Christmas gift at a store and stepped out for treatment of bruises. She then realized the vehicle was on a hydraulic hoist at a service station.
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Plainview
Tex
Wanda Adams
Wayland College
German Secret Police Arrest Friend of Jews
Dr Heinrich Grueber a noted Protestant advocate for non Aryan Christians was arrested by German secret police and sent to Sachsenhausen Oranienburg concentration camp. The action linked to anti Semitic policies and comes as Rev Martin Niemoller remains imprisoned there. Niemoller, a former World War I U boat commander, has endured over three years in the camp.
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Berlin
Heinrich Grueber
Sachsenhausen- Oranienburg
Martin Niemoller
Niemoller
Davis Elected President of Sons and Daughters of New England
The forty fourth annual reunion at the Colonial tea room followed a business meeting where Prof. Robert McNair Davis was elected president succeeding Prof. Charles S. Skilton. Officers chosen include Ray Q. Brewster as vice president and Mrs. E. M. Owen as secretary. The group, honoring Forefathers' Day, noted Connecticut had the largest representation and heard Walter E. Wilson discuss democracy.
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Sons.and Daughters of
New England
Colonial Tea Room
Robert McNair Davis
Charles S. Skilton
Ray Q. Breswster
E. M. Owen
D. Hooker Spencer
Kate Riggs
Howard .E. Koelb
Edward Bumgardner
New
Walter E. Wilson
Topeka
Republic
Irene Peabody
Allah
Chadwick
Mac Dowell
MacDowell
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Whittier
John E. Bowers
Trinity Episcopal Church
Paul A. Dinsmoor
Mra. O. L. Salveson
Prank H. Olney
Ernest H. Lindley
Thomas R. Stuart
Pilgrim Band
New Land
Wilam P. Amos
Mra
Karl I Baldwin and Son
John
Iola appoints acting mayor as Perham goes to service
Iola will lose its mayor W. W. Perham today as he, a regimental supply officer of the 127th field artillery with rank of captain, joins his unit for military service. Finance Commissioner C. B. Spencer becomes ranking official during Perham’s departure until next election.
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Iola
W. W. Perham
Perham
127Th Field Artillery
Tola
C. B. Spencer
Christmas Cheer Gathers For Needy Families In Lawrence
Welfare office at the county courthouse coordinates holiday aid as Elks club firemen and various groups assemble about 250 bags with toys clothing and food for 200 plus children. Cards sent to 94 families. baskets prepared at 820 Massachusetts street with 1:80 p.m. pickup tomorrow.
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Elks Club
Electa Kindlesperger
Willard Brown
Ed Anderson
Elks
Cordley and Winckney
No Name Club
Temola Club
Brown
Lawrence
Louisville
Granada
Jayhawker and Patee
Salvation Army
Olin Brizman
Army
Massachusetts Street
Douglas County Sportsmen’s Club
Gilbert Francis
Fred Kahn
Oscar Baker
Bill Hannon
Jim Wiggins
William B. Kirby Named Superintendent of Mails
Maj. Sam P. Moyer resigns as mails superintendent at the post office. William B. Kirby, formerly office foreman, is elevated to superintendent. Postmaster Roger M. Williams announces the change as Moyer begins a year of active military training.
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Maj
Sam P. Moyer
Williamsb
Kirby
Roger M. Williams
Moyer
National Guard
Williams
Japan Faces U S Policy Fears as Stocks Dip in Tokyo
Tokyo stocks fell one yen to 108 amid nervous talk over U S foreign policy and the potential three power pact with Germany. A German foreign office warning and Roosevelt tax list expansion spurred the decline, with Japan Times calling it a German diplomatic offensive against the United States.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Germany
Britain
Roosevelt
Japan Times and Advertiser
Foreign Office
Capacity crowd turns away at Haskell Institute Nativity
Haskell Institute faced a capacity crowd for the annual Nativity program with several hundred left out. Supt G Warren Spaulding said two performances could have been offered. About 4 000 people visited the campus and 1 116 cars passed through during last night’s event as preparations and planned activities continued through the weekend.
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Haskell Institute
G. Warren Spaulding
Spauldins
Haskell
Roy Robertson
Kansas City
National Guard
Hugh Means
Ratner Wishes Guard Well in Message Today
Topeka Kansas December 23 Gov Payne Ratner fifth governor to see Kansas men mobilized wished the guardsmen good speed in a farewell message He said he is sure they will uphold the reputation of Kansas during statehood in the armed forces Ratner noted he inspected the men in Kansas camps and has already visited Camp Robinson He pledged to stay in touch and that Kansans will be ready to serve the guardsmen.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Kansas
United States
Ratner
Camp Robinson
Markets to Close for Christmas Day Across North America
The Associated Press reports that all commodity exchanges in Canada and Great Britain and United States will close on Christmas Day. Some U S markets in New York Chicago and New Orleans will halt trading around midday on Christmas Eve.
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Associated Press
Financial and
United States
Canada
Great Britain
New York
Chicago Board of Trade
New Orleans
Stock Market Index Reported Saturday Detail
The stock market index averaged 60 stocks with a reading of 43 on Saturday. The report notes the index hovered around the same level, reflecting limited gains amid steady trading.
Armory Becomes Hive of Activity as National Guard Mobilizes
About 400 Lawrence National Guard members are mobilized into federal service with Companies M and H of the 187th Infantry and the 127th Field Artillery deploying at the Armory and Haskell. Recruits receive early instruction while medical examinations begin for Company H under Lt. Col. Lyle Powell and Maj. W. M. Auchard.
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Lawrence National Guard
187Th Infantry
127Th Field Artillery
Haskell
Lyle Powell
W. M. Auchard
Fred T. Renick
Medical Board
Charles Paxton
Richard Cook
Brief Rotary Meeting Ends With Christmas Song Tradition
Rotarians held a short weekly session today as President Corlett Cotton wished members a Merry Christmas and led Silent Night. The meeting was brief due to time constraints after a busy Christmas program last Monday. R. C. Rankin announced next week’s menu of bread and milk to aid war relief in Europe. John Andrews and Hovey Hanna organized Christmas songs during the luncheon.
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Rotarians
Corlett Cotton
Hovey Hanna
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W. O. Bowman
Ray Q. Brewster
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VT. Sanders
Edward Rumgardner
William Ju. Burdick
Josephine Burnham
Murein Wood Carter
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Mlizabeth Misa
Mdina Dart
Robert
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Myra
Tena
Hayden Esterly
Agnes Rimery
Gertrude Glimoore
Frank M. Holliday
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Moya
A. M. Ockerhead
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Phyllis
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Vanera Smith
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Fred Raymond
Elizabeth
Ausdrew Chapman
Missex Ware
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Merv
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Guy W. Smarth
Wolla Smith
Edward PL Spaulding
Spencer and Aistor
May Spencer MacQuivey Marinette
Sterling
Frank Strang
Celia Lindsay Stuart
D. M. Swarthout
Ada Bryant
Mary
Thomas Misa
Helen A
Titsworth
Roy Towne
Anced
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H.G. Ward
Arthur D. Weaver
Arthur B. Weaver
Raymond Hy Wheeler
Annebella M. Dunfield
Anna Wilder
Ressle
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Walter
E. Wilson
Richard L
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North Lawrence Christian Endeavor
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Blue Mill Boys
Rotary Club
Hi-Y
Kansas Electric Power Company Employes
Nazarene Church
Standard Life Association
Boy Scout Troops
Double Dee Club
Ingleside Club
Portia Club
Ventura Club
Lawrence Business College
South Side Reading Club
Wesley Foundation
Dread
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William B. Kirby
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Fear Nation
U. S
Journal-World
Anne Mary Lawler
National Guardsmen
South Park
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