Major Battle Shapes Up in Solomons
Secretary Knox cautioned that no pitched battle is underway in the Solomons as Japanese forces maneuver near Guadalcanal. He noted preliminary moves and a tough fight ahead, with U S forces holding key ground near Henderson Field and sporadic Japanese surrenders observed during recent patrols.
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Solomons
South Pacific
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Navy
Guadalcanal
Henderson
Washington
Australia
H S Military Training Bill Introduced in Kansas House
In Topeka Representative Harold Malone proposes mandatory military courses in Kansas high schools with 30 or more boys aged 14 and up. The Sunflower Junior Statesmen club backs the plan, to be supervised by a state commission and drill regulations from the adjutant general. The bill allocates 10,000 dollars for two years of operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Sunflower Boys State
Kansas
Harold Malone
Wichita
Sunflower Junior Statesmen’s Club
E. W. Mayberry
Fort Scott
Adjutant General
Bombing of Cologne by RAF Hits Rhineland Industrial Center
London reports the RAF bombed Cologne last night, dropping 100 two ton bombs and thousands of incendiaries on key factories including diesel engines, submarines parts, Mauser arms plants, and Humboldt Deutz works. The raid, claimed as the 111th and part of ongoing saturation attacks, left great fires and heavy damage with hundreds of bombers involved and several planes missing.
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London
R.A.F
Cologne
Rhineland
Humboldt Deutz Motor Works
Mauser
Strait of Dover
Calais
Paris
Germany
Hamburg
AAA Sign-Up Meetings Planned Across Douglas County Townships
Douglas county AAA will hold sign up meetings in six of nine townships the last of this week and the first of next. Farmers may sign AAA or War Board farm plans. all farmers urged to sign War Board plan. Signups in Grant, Lecompton, and Eudora townships will use individual farmer plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
AAA
Grant
Lecompton
Eudora
Clinton Township
Township Hall
Kanwaka Township
Marion Township
Globe School
Palmyra Township
Vinland Grange
Farmers’ Union
Baldwin
Wakarusa Township
Willow Springs Township
British Admiral Reports On Submarines To Commons
London February 3 Admiral of the Fleet P A V Alexander first lord of the admiralty told the House of Commons there were periods of heartening success against axis submarines. He cautioned that it is hard to confirm hits and could not state whether sinking outpaced construction. He noted the admiralty has an estimate of enemy capacity and strength and declined to give exact figures, deferring details about an earlier claim of more than 500 submarines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
P.A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
Alexander
Emanuel Shinwell
Kansas Patrol Conference Set for Lawrence Elks Club
State highway patrolmen of the first division covering northeast Kansas will meet at the Elks club in Lawrence next Monday for a regular conference. About 20 members are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Emporia
Manhattan
Elks Club
Lawrence
Farm Workers Urged Released to Prevent Food Shortage
Washington February 8 Chairman Bankhead of the Senate committee on manpower warned that nearly one million farm workers now in the army and navy must be released to farms to avert an acute food shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate
Army
Navy
Kansas House Advances Delinquent Child Receiving Home Plan
The Kansas House passed a bill to create a state receiving home for delinquent children with a $25,000 appropriation at the Atchison orphanage. An amendment vested director appointments in the governor, replacing the welfare board. Additional measures include civil air patrol legislation and various fish and game bills debated before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Social Welfare Board
Kansas House
Charles Vance
Liberal
Atchison
Kansas Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol Board
House Aviation Committee
State Adjutant General
Board of Administration
Kansas
Legislative Council
George Fowler
Dodge City
R. G. Anderson
Oswego
Judiciary Committee
House Agricultural Committee
Herb Barr
D-Scoti
Senate Fish and Game
State
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
House Fish and Game Committee
House
State Commission
Must Stretch Pound of Coffee Over Six Weeks
The Office of Price Administration cut the next coffee ration to one pound every six weeks from five. Stamp No 25 becomes valid February 8 and runs through March 21. Stamp 28 expires February 7. OPA cited lower coffee inventories with wholesalers and retailers as the cause of the reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Americans Dig In On Escape Route
Allied forces report American troops near Sened have dug in along the Gabes Mahares rail line west of Maknassy, threatening the coastal axis junction. The communique revises earlier withdrawal claims and notes German prisoners and tanks captured, with continued fighting around Faid Pass and air attacks on Sfax and Sicilian targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sened
Maknassy
Gabes-Mahares
Marshal Rommel
von Arnim
Faid Pass
Makkassy
Ousseltia
Sfax
Faid
Lieut
Paul R. Cochran
Arlington
Kan
Clark Gable Visited Salina Airbase in February Stopover
Salina Kan February 8 UP Lt Clark Gable the former film star and army air force gunnery instructor visited the Salina airbase public relations officer said he was aboard a refueling plane and later dined at the officers mess amid rumors of his assignment to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kan
Clark Gable
Smoky Hill
Lecturer Denounces Evolution in Bible Based Talk
Dr Walter L Wilson addressed a full Rumsey chapel crowd last night on what happened in the beginning. He argued the fallacies of evolutionary hypotheses and noted his nearly forty years in medical science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Wilson
Rumsey Chapel
Wilson
Germany Mourns the Sixth Army at Stalingrad Loss
Hitler's high command confirmed the destruction of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad in a Berlin communique. The surrender cited overwhelming enemy strength and harsh conditions, with Paulus at the helm. Goebbels ordered four days of mourning and entertainment closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalingrad
Hitler
Berlin
Associated Press
Sixth Army
Paulus
Luftwaffe
January Rain Shortage Noted In Local Weather Summary
January showed near average overall temperature with a notable moisture deficit. Only 0.21 inch of rain fell versus a 1.14 inch norm, while snowfall measured 2.13 inches against 4.44 inches normal. Maximum 62 degrees on Jan 15 and minimum 15 below zero on Jan 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Posey
Six crewmen killed in Casper bomber crash near Bogue Kansas
A four motored bomber from Casper air base crashed on a routine training flight in northwest Kansas near Bogue. All six aboard died. Lieut. Carl A. Swenson, public relations officer, announced the tragedy. Victims’ names held pending next of kin notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wyo
Casper Air Base
Kansas
Carl A. Swenson
Army Plane Crashes Near Hill City Killing All Onboard
An army bomber crashed and burned nine miles from Hill City Kansas late Tuesday. At least six bodies were found in the wreckage. Sheriff Lee Holmes said the exact death toll was not yet known. One identification card bore the name Heiner M. Bloch from Sherman Field Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill City
Kan
Lee Holmes
William Nichols
Severa
Holmes
Heiner M. Bloch
Sherman Field
Tex
Roosevelt Trip Details Revealed by Mrs Roosevelt
Mrs Roosevelt disclosed that the Roosevelts kept the President up until midnight Monday to hear about his trip to North Africa. She described a birthday dinner for the President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., noting the President was away Saturday for his birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kirke Dale Sees Faster Senate Pace Ahead of Schedule
Topeka Feb 3 Senator Kirke Dale Arkansas City floor leader said individual bills may be stopped next week and that the senate is two weeks ahead of its usual schedule. He added the pace should continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kirke Dale
Arkansas City
Senate
Lawrence Faces Chance to Become First Class City
Legislators watch census prospects for Lawrence as population likely exceeds 15 000 this year. No bill needed for change. governor issues proclamation to raise status if 15 000 is reached. Officials say school funding would likely be unaffected and no new legislation appears required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Tin Can Collection Emphasizes Small Cans Only
Preparations for a second tin can collection urge residents to place only tin cans in curb containers. Do not use buckets or five gallon cans. Cans up to five quarts will be collected. Put cans in a container on the curb Thursday evening. collection begins Friday morning. Past collection underestimated. three loads removed from Vermont Street pile by Shredded Steel of Kansas City. About a load and a half remains. each load weighs over three tons. Original estimate was about ten tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shredded Steel Company
Kansas City
Kan
Vermont Street
Twenty Aviation Cadets Begin Intermediate Flight Training at University
Twenty naval aviation cadets start intermediate flight training at the University this week. Some trained here before, others come from other basic schools. They will complete 72 hours of ground school and 20 hours of flight training in four weeks before transfer to a pre flight program. Cadets housed at Tau Kappa Epsilon. Training part of the C A A War Training Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Aviation
Tau Kappa Epsilon
C.A.A
Four Men Seek Positions On Lawrence School Board
Four members of the Lawrence board of education filed for reelection yesterday. They are Lloyd Houston F C Whipple and Lloyd S Purcell for regular terms Richard Wagstaff for the expired term which he is filling in appointment All four men are Republicans The primary will be held on March 2 Registration books at city hall open evenings starting February 10 Only about a dozen persons have registered since the general election last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Civilian Defense Office Opened in WREN Building
A civilian defense office is set up in the Chamber of Commerce rooms in the basement of the WREN building. Mrs. H. W. Sherman leads the office, open 9 to 5 daily, with Mrs. Paul M. Stewart directing volunteer help. Both serve without pay. the office contact is listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
WREN
H. W. Sherman
Paul M. Stewart
War time essential to nation shows Nelson stance
Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, warns that changing wartime or daylight saving laws would harm war production. He notes state bills to alter war time and cites Georgia's recent shift as examples of potential confusion and increased power demands. He cites a one hour clock shift saving over 1,000,000 kilowatts of electric capacity annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Ferguson
Rmich
Ohio House of Representatives
Michigan
Ohio
Georgia
Eighteen-year-old men listed for selective service in Douglas county
A Douglas County selective service board release names eighteen year old men who registered in January. The order is by birthday, with ties broken alphabetically. The list includes Maximino Aquiles M II, Benjamin Franklin Emery Jr, Melford Bartz, Willard Casteen, Willard Gaylord, Willard Maichel, Eugene Ray Scales, Clifton Bergeron, James Frame, William Way, Ted Crady, Donald Lindley, Stultz Jr, Thomazin, George Molloway, Burris Lavery, Alfred Lainak, Peablo Nunez, Don Deshaye, Charles Fuchs, John Jones, William Sheppard, Leonard Bagby, Gerald Tindenberger, William Lonnecker, Howard Bowman, Jack Payne, Kenneth Huston, John Pickens, Felix Arnold, Lawrence Nelson, Luther Snyder, Donald Trevililon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maximino Aquiles M II
Jolliffe Hall
K. UA
Benjamin Franklin Emery, Jr
Lecompton
Melford Otto Bartz
Eudora
Willam Frederick Casteen
Indiana
Willard James Gaylord
EU- Orit
Wilard Leroy Maichel
Lawrence
Eugene Ray Scales
Newark
West Sixteenth
George Newton Molloway
Baldwin
Burris William Lavery
Massachusetts
Alfred Brugene Lainak
Haskell Institute
Peablo Nunez
New Jersey
Wiles
Don Dennis Deshaye
Louisiana
Charles Elmer Fuchs
Haastings
Neb
John Howard Jones
William Howard Sheppard
Wellsville
Leonard Lavern Bagby
Hudora
Gerald Leonard Tindenberger
William Meridith Lonnecker
Ohio
Howard Lee Bowman
Jack Hoover Payne
Tennessee
Kenneth Earl Huston
Overbrook
John Edward Pickens
East Thirteenth
Felix Henry Arnold
Lawrence Delbert Nelson
North Seventh
Luther Phillip Snyder, Jr
Buedora
Donald Kenneth Trevililon
New Hampshire
Kansas School Boards Meet in Emporia
The twenty sixth annual meeting of the Kansas State Association of School Boards will be held in Emporia tomorrow and Friday. Leaders include Maud Ellsworth and Lloyd Houston with discussions on Text Books in Kansas and school accounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Association of School Boards
Emporia
Council of Administration
Kansas State Teachers Association
Lloyd Houston
School Board Association
Maud Ellsworth
Lawrence
State Teachers Association
Kansas
Howard Sutherland
Board of Education
A. B. Martin
Topeka
Warren M. Smith
Ralph Graber
Clifford D. Dean
Mildred Kirkham
New York School
Hazel Lee Simmons
Cordley School
Navy Announces 75 Casualties Including 7 Dead
Washington reports 75 navy force casualties today with 7 dead 26 wounded and 42 missing. Total navy marine corps and coast guard casualties reach 22 639 since December 7 1941 including 6 446 dead 3 975 wounded and 12 218 missing. Names listed include Theodore Boxberger wounded whose wife Leona Marie Boxberger resides in Russell Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Boxberger
Theodore
Leona Marie Boxberger
Russell
Kan
New Rationing Sign-Up Planned Across Douglas County
Registration for the canner and frozen fruit and vegetable rationing will begin March 1 in Douglas County. Lawrence residents will sign up at six elementary schools with volunteer help. Palmyra township at Vinland and Baldwin high schools. Eudora and Lecompton townships at their high schools. township halls in Kanwaka Wak arusa Grant Willow Springs Madrion and Clinton townships as locations. Officials say exact dates are pending and supplies have not arrived. further details will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
George T. Wetzel
Lawrence
Palmyra
Vinland
Baldwin
Eudora
Lecompton
Kanwaka
Wakarusa
Grant
Willow Springs
Madrion
Clinton
Towneship
L. G. Gabbert
John Brand
C. B. Holmes
Wetzel
Clifford D. Dean
New Policies Outline Reforms in French North Africa
Algiers reports steps toward internal reforms after a council meeting led by Gen. Giraud. A five member commission will review removals of officials tied to Free Masonry and consider restoring them. The gazette lists firms in Spain aiding Germany to sever economic ties with the Axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Imperial Council
West Africa
Henri Honore Giraud
Roosevelt
Churchill
Casablanca
London
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Catroux
Giraud
Official Gazette
U.S. State Department
Spain
Germany
Predict No More Rain topeka weather report
Kansas outlook calls for no more rain with temperatures easing below normal tonight. Weather officials say conditions will return toward typical patterns with only light freezes expected and rainfall totals varying across the state from Dickinson to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Federal
Goodland
Dickinson
Washington County
Wichita
Geneseo
Concordia
Phillipsburg
Dodge City
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Junction City
Emstoria
Stock Market Index Report Note
The average of 60 stocks stood at 43.9 with yesterday’s figure at 44.2.
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United States
Cific
Solomon Islands
Alexander Patch
Pearl Harbor
H. S
Commons
Axis
Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Coast
Salina Airbase
The
Trip
K. U. and
Lawrence School
Dies
Representative Dies
D- Ex
House Rules Committee
Folger
D-N.c
Douglas County Selective Service Board
the Rural Registration Plan
Africa
AL Indioas
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