Fourth Battle of Rostov Begins in Southern Front
The Red Army opened the fourth battle for Rostov after seizing Azov and pressing toward German defenses on a broad front from Kharkov to Kursk. Russian forces cut the Rostov Kharkov railroad, surged toward Kramat ors kay a, and threatened a sealike trap for German troops.
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Moscow
Red Army
Don River
Rostov
Russia
Azov
Don
Orel
Kursk
Kharkov
Kramators
Donets
Oskol
Khakov
London
Kraamatorskaya
Kupyansk
Sea of Azov
Vatutin
Kramatorskaya
Caucasus
Azovnd Yeisk
Krasnodar
Novorossisk
Kerch Straits
William Emery Suffered Hip Injury After Street Fall
William Emery aged 74 living at 916 New Jersey Street is reported in serious condition after a fall on the street. He sustained a broken hip and was taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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William Emery
New Jersey Street
Aoe Emery
Memorial Ospita
U S Army extends position on Guadalcanal coast near Cape Esperance
A 40 to 50 mile overland thrust pushes U S troops into a strong striking position on Guadalcanal five miles from Cape Esperance headquarters. Allied air power wins at Wau, Rangoon, and Burma fronts bolster momentum as Japanese reinforcements and counterattacks unfold in the Solomons and Southeast Asia.
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U. S. Army
Guadalcanal
United States
Cape Esperance
Nhe
Cape
Navy
Solomons
Knox
Titi
MacArthur
Wau
New Guinea
Salamua
Big Island
Australia
Salamaua
Dutch New Guinea
Celebes
Cape Gloucester
Burma
R.A.F
Rangoon
Chungking
Burma-Yunnan
Chinees High Command
Yunnan
Kansas House fixes last day for bill introductions
The Kansas House approved a concurrent resolution fixing next Monday as the final day to introduce individual bills and limiting later actions to committee bills. The vote was 105 to 1 with Rep. Caldwell Davis dissenting. The session moves toward adjournment of the 50th, while a $100 per legislator allowance for official expenses was approved.
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Topeka
Kansas House of Representatives
Caldwell Davis
D-Bronson
House
John A. Holmstrom
Randolph
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
House Ways and Means Group
Altho
Senate State Affairs Committee
House Public Welfare Committee
State Health Department
State Board of Health
State Dental Association
Registration for Ration Book 2 Set for Feb 22 28
Kansans will be registered for war ration book No 2 during the week of February 22 28 OPA State Director H O Davis announced County war price and rationing office chief clerk George T Wetzel said registration will be held in this county on the above dates with six elementary schools in Lawrence Lecompton Vinland Eudora and Baldwin and township halls named as registration points.
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Wichita
OPA
H. O. Davis
George T
Douglas Wetzel
Lawrence
Lecompton
Vinland
Eudora
Baldwin
Former Diplomat Frank Lyon Polk Dies in New York
Frank Lyon Polk 71 acting secretary of state during Wilson era died at his Fifth Avenue home after a brief illness. He served as undersecretary 1915 to 1920 and led the American delegation to the Paris peace conference after Wilson and Lansing returned home.
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New York
Frank Lyon Polk
Wilson
Fifth Avenue
Polk
Lansing
Classified Page Teases Thrifty Habit Reading
A fragment hints at readers scanning the World classified page for thrifty buying tips. The note suggests a daily habit of checking listings for bargains and opportunities.
KU Leads War Training Reach With 30000 Enrollees
Guy Keeler, director of the Engineering Science Management War Training program, told Rotary at noon that over 30 000 men and women have received war plant training in two years. He said KU ranks fifth nationwide, with programs in 204 colleges and 40 cities, including 600 enrolled on campus for technical jobs.
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University of Kansas
Rotary Club Today Noon
Guy Keeler
Engineering Science Management
Kansas
Missouri
K. U
Keeler
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Illinois
Navy
Fraser Hall
Washington
Wayne Davidson
Rotary
Lorient U-Boat Base Hit as RAF Pounds Ruhr Targets
The RAF bombed Lorient France its worst raid of the war turning the port into a sea of flames visible from 100 miles and also attacked Ruhr targets. Seven bombers were reported lost in the operation, the 65th raid of the war. Canadian airmen participated in the Lorient strike.
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London
R.A.F
Lorient
France
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Italy
Officers Begin Intensive Studies At Fort Leavenworth
One thousand army officers start class work at Fort Leavenworth Kansas in the senior command and general staff school and the fourth service of supply course. Seven hundred enroll in the 12th general staff school and three hundred in the supply course. Courses run two months with an orientation by Maj. Gen. Karl Truesdell. Wiedemann installs a new stain less steel fountain closed until Wednesday morning.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Generals Staff School
Karl Truesdell
Bombers Strike Naples From North Africa Bases
Allied air forces hit Naples and Cagliari from North Africa with daylight raids that set the waterfront aflame and damaged several merchant ships. British and American bombers, including B-17s and Liberators, attacked at Naples and Sardinia amid ongoing ground operations in Tunisia.
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Naples
Africa
Cagliari
Tyrrhenian Sea
Patrick W. Timberlake
U. S. Bomber Command
Middle East
Tunisia
North Africa
Sardinian
Reed assails OPA ceilings as creating meat black markets
Senator Reed charges that price controls have produced meat shortages and black markets, threatening bankruptcy for bakers and packers. He urges a Senate Agriculture Committee inquiry into OPA operations and alleges ceilings misalign with parity and market prices for bread flour pork and beef.
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Washington
Reed
R-Kan
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
OPA
Chicago
Congress
Prentiss Brown
Congress Targets Bureau Spending for Tight Budget Review
Congress ordered closer scrutiny of government bureaus and departments as nonwar spending is cut. The House debates the treasury and post office appropriation bill, already trimming over a million dollars. The Senate committee on executive expenditures plans an investigation into agency use of appropriations with support from Majority Leader Barkley.
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Washington
Congress
House
Treasury
Post Office
Senate Committee On Executive
Barkley Y
Office Keeps Busy at Home Registration Center
The WREN building basement houses Lawrence city living quarters office. Since January 20 director Cornelia Bigelow reports 414 new applicants with about one third placed. Many seek weekend rooms for sailors or Marines as families arrive with no housing options. The WPA ended county support, leaving Bigelow and Miss Olmstead as full time Chamber staff.
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WREN
Cornelia Bigelow
Mrs. Bigelow
Marcella Olmstead
WPA
Too Good To Last
Topeka reports mild spring weather with daytime readings from 65 to 71 degrees and a record 68 degrees for the date. Weatherman Flora cautions the warm spell cannot last with colder northwest tonight and no rain in sight. Ellis records 27 degrees in the north central area.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Goodland
Ellis
Attractive Book Display In Weaver's Store Window
Clarence Pierson set a large red V and American flag in the Weaver's window to showcase books for the Victory Book campaign. The display features best sellers and fiction plus jokes, pocket editions, and technical volumes published since 1935 in math, mechanics, electricity, radio, and related fields for service members.
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Weaver's
Clarence Pierson
Lillian Constant
Minimum Food Goals for Kansas Raised in Several Crops
Manhattan Kansas February 8 minimum food goals for Kansas this year were increased from figures announced by the Kansas state AAA last December. Adjustments include soybeans up to 175000 acres flax to 20000 acres Irish potatoes to 30076 acres sweet potatoes down to 5000 acres dry edible beans to 3600 acres and grain sorghums to 1800000 acres.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Kansas State Aaa
Stock Market Index Note From Weekend Trading
The stock index for 60 stocks shows 44.00 on Saturday and 44.1 by Wednesday morning in advance trading. Investors watch shifts in major averages as market activity continues.
Broad Powers in Proposed National War Service Act
Washington reports a national war service act introduced in Congress by Rep Wadsworth and Senator Austin to mobilize manpower and woman power for war effort. The measure would draft those age 18 to 45 unless exempt, assign volunteers or direct boards if needed, protect seniority, and allow return to prior jobs after service.
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Washington
National War Service
Roosevelt
Congress
Wadsworth
R-N.y
Austin
R-Vt
Selective Service Boards
January Contrast in Topeka Weather Across Kansas
Federal meteorologist reports January featured extreme temperatures from 28 degrees below zero at Oberlin on the 19th to Ashland reaching 83. The month’s mean was 30.5 degrees, precipitation below normal at .18 inch, and snowfall a sparse 2.5 inches. Wheat mostly survived, with concerns on overgrazing and signs of early spring plowing in western Kansas.
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Topeka
D. Flora
Oberlin
Kansas
Ashland
Ora
War Secretary Seeks Continued Lend-Lease Aid
Secretary Stimson urged the House Foreign Affairs Committee to continue lend-lease to allied nations, warning that stopping assistance would jeopardize and delay total victory in the war.
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Washington
Stimson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Coal Prices Rise in Oklahoma and Arkansas Mines
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration raised maximum bituminous coal mine prices by 20 cents a ton for District No. 14 covering Oklahoma and Arkansas. The increase affects producers and may influence local stoves and utilities.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Bond Holders Given An Option For Accrued Interest Tax
Washington announces that holders of war savings bonds may begin paying taxes on accrued interest now rather than at maturity or sale. Once chosen, the method must continue for all bonds. Non-interest bearing bonds issued at a discount may report redemption value increases as interest income. Taxpayers list each bond separately or report totals of bonds and accrued interest.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Skilled Jobs Sought For War Effort in Kansas City Area
J W Higgins of the Lawrence US employment office says essential jobs are open for millwrights machinists radio operators and radio repairmen as urged by War Manpower Commission Chairman McNutt. He notes 11 skilled men delay 3000 war workers and stresses individual deferment decisions under the Selective Service Act.
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War Manpower Commission
McNutt
J. W. Higgins
Lawrence
U.S. Employment Service
Higgins
Selective Service
Peace Officers Confer At Elks Club In Lawrence
State highway patrol first division held a regular conference at the Elks club in Lawrence with twenty officers present. Sgt. William Scott of Topeka showed pictures this forenoon. Attendees included Maj. R. R. Rutherford Capt. Ira Norton Capt. Ralph Randel and Capt. Walter Dunn from various cities.
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Lawrence
State Highway Patrol
Elks Club
William Scott
Topeka
R. R. Rutherford
Ira Norton
Ralph Randel
Kansas City
Walter Dunn
Emporia
Manhattan
Horton
Selective Service Classifications Explained by Local Board
The local board outlines definitions for draft classifications including 1-A for military service, 1-A-Q for noncombatant conscientious objector, 1-C for U.S. armed forces, and various deferments by occupation, dependency, age, and other reasons. It also covers classifications IV and M-LI for national importance work and conscientious objector status.
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Selective Service Board
United States
Rutledge Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
The Senate confirmed President Roosevelt's nomination of Wiley Blount Rutledge of Iowa to an associate justice seat, succeeding James F. Byrnes who is now economic stabilization director.
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Sneate
Rutledge
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Wiley Blount Rutledge
Iowa
Supreme Court
James F. Byrnes
Shoe rationing met with public calm in Lawrence
Lawrence shoe shops reported broad public awareness and steady supplies despite rationing. Dealers allowed day-of purchase with later coupon presentation, noting voluntary factory limits and radio worded guidance. Service members face purchase uncertainties as questions about rationing persist.
Shortage of workers eyed to aid war industries
Washington reports former president Herbert Hoover says the nation needs one million more workers to cover acute shortages in farm, metal and oil sectors as armed forces may rise to over 11 million by 1943. He warns against overstrain on the home front and foresees years of war including possible victory over Japan.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Japan
Navy to Accept 17 Year Olds Into V-7 Program
The Navy announced that 17 year olds may enlist in the V-7 program and Naval Air Corps Reserve if they have or expect to graduate high school in June. Recruits receive eight years of training equivalent to one year of college and transfer to ensign or second lieutenant upon completion. Quota for Kansas City recruiting office is 200 each month.
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Navy Department
Naval Air Corps Reserve
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Kansas City
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Rome
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Home Registration Office
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Selective Service Act
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WAVES
SPARS
Paul McNutt
Washington Dispatch
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