Russians Break Through German Lines Near Kharkov In Major Advance
Soviet forces punch through Belgorod gap north of Kharkov as heavy tanks breach German defenses. Belgorod and Kursk sectors see rapid gains while Rostov and Donets areas face stiff counterattacks. Moscow reports mixed German resistance and advancing Red armies amid harsh winter fighting.
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Moscow
Belgorod
Kharkov
Orel
Kursk
Moskalenko
Izvestia
Shebkino
Red
Kursk-Belgorod
North Caucasus
Rostov
Donets
Sea of Azov
Germany
Kiev
Dnieper
Malotts Entertain Guests At Memorial Union Dinner
Chancellor and Mrs. Malott host this evening in honor of Gov. Harold Stassen and Mrs. Stassen with a luncheon today at the Memorial Union. Guests include Gov. and Mrs. Stassen Gov. and Mrs. Andrew Schoeppel President and Mrs. B S Stoffer F D Farrell and Miss May Gardner among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane W. Malott
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Malott
Memorial Union
Stassen
Andrew Schoeppel
Topeka
B.S. Stoffer
F. D.farrell
Manhattan
May Gardner
Nurses Should Be Paid
Rep. Frank M. Fisher of Paola pushes a bill in the Kansas House to provide 10 per month for each nurse in training at University Hospital Kansas ity. He says nurses in training deserve monthly pay beyond board and room allowances after recently undergoing an eye operation there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Frank M. Fisher
R-Paola
University Kansas Hospital
Liberator Bombers Hit Kendari Air Base in Celebes
Liberator heavy bombers flew over 12 hours and 2 000 miles to strike Kendari in the Celebes. Led by Captain Charles Jones of Tulsa Oklahoma the mission reported light anti aircraft fire and precise bombing of central targets near the airfield. Lieut John Wilson of Pittsburg Kansas was among the first pilots in the three plane flight elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celebes
Australia
Kendari
Wetenhia
Banda Sea
Western Australia
Charles Jones
Tulsa
Oklo
Lieut
John Wilson
Pittsburg
Kan
Radio squabble over network policy shocks readers
Blue Network president Mark Woods cites commentators violating policy by discussing controversial topics in an inflammatory manner. Reports tie the action to Walter Winchell and Drew Pearson as censorship sparks debate in Washington and Miami interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mark Woods
Blue Network
Altho Woods
Walter Winchell
Drew Pearson
Miami
Fla
Winchell
Blue
Rew Pearson
Pearson
Washington
Knox
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Hoffman
R-Mich
Congress
Byrnes Stakes Out War Over Farm Price Policy
Washington reports that James F. Byrnes outlined administration plans to curb farm price rises while providing higher payments for surplus crops to maintain parity. He warned against changes to the parity formula, signaling possible clashes with major farm groups including the American Farm Bureau, National Grange, and National Cooperative Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
James F. Byrnes
Treasury
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Cooperative Council
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
United Front
Byrnes
WPB Outlines Plan to Break Bottlenecks in Production
The War Production Board unveiled a plan to ease shortages in critical components such as motors boilers gears and instruments. Task forces from involved industries will schedule production by redistributing orders from overloaded firms to less crowded plants and reallocating labor to capacity gaps.
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Washington
War Production Board
Japan
Germany
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Gandhi Begins 21 Day Fast at Aga Khan Palace
Mohandas K. Gandhi started a day fast at the Aga Khan Palace in Poona as the Indian government refused his unconditional release. At 73, he vows fruit juice and water, while All India monitors for potential trouble from behind barbed wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Poona
Government of India
Gandhi
All India
Aga Khan
India
Big Temperature Drop Reported Across Town
The gas office thermometer shows a sharp cold snap. This morning’s reading was 60 degrees, down from yesterday’s high of 75 degrees.
Film Star Robert Taylor joins naval aviation in Los Angeles
Film star Robert Taylor, 31, entered the naval air force as a lieutenant junior grade. He will report to Corpus Christi, Texas, within 80 days for ferry pilot or instructor training. Taylor is legally Spangler Arlington Brugh and is the husband of actress Barbara Stanwyck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Aviation
Los Angeles
Robert Taylor
Naval Air Force
J.m
Taylor
Corpus Christi
Tex
Navy
Spangler Arlington Brugh
Suat
Barbara Stanwyc
Glove Triggers Fire Alarm at New York School
A glove overheated in an electric light fixture caused smoke and a false alarm at a New York school this afternoon. Teachers triggered the alarm, and pupils evacuated in an orderly drill under real alarm conditions without damage or danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Six Day Mine Operation Pact Reached in South Districts
The United Mine Workers announced that Southern Coal Producers association representatives signed a six day operation agreement for three southern districts producing about 100 million tons of bituminous coal annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
Allied forces press Japanese southwest of Salamaua
An Allied communique reports Gen. Douglas MacArthur's army advancing southwest of Salamaua New Guinea with growing force. It also notes the death toll rising by 100 Japanese soldiers in the operation.
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New Guinea
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
British 8th Army Resumes Advance in Tunisia
Allied reports say the British Eighth Army has resumed the push into Tunisia to finish off Rommel's Africa corps as bombers target Axis supply lines in the Mediterranean. Generals Alexander and Montgomery assert progress east of the frontier while Axis air forces counter with patrol actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eighth Army
Nants
Marshal Rommel
Africa Corps
Mediterranean
Harold Alexander
Cairo
Eighth
Middle East
Alexander
Tunisia
Bernard L. Mont- Romeny
Kairouan
Sousse
Tunisian
Palermo
Sicily
Tripoli
Tangiers
Spanish Morocco
Strait of Gibraltar
Paria Radio
County Assessors Named By County Clerk Gerhart
County assessor T R Gerhart named 1943 assessors and they were confirmed by the county commissioners. The list includes Lawrence area appointees and township trustees for Clinton Eudora Grant Kanwaka Lecompton Palmyra Wakarusa Willow Springs Baldwin City with numerous named individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Gerhart
Lawrence
Charles E. Decker
Peckham
W. S. Robb
G. R. Liston
Hagerman
J. G. McElhinny
Robert Eggert
Oscar Miles
A. B. Conner
Harvey Jetmore
Carl Graeber
Charles Starkweather
W. H. Eastman
Clinton
Leslie J.demeritt
Eudora
C. E. Wotan
Grant
W. H. Weeks
Kanwaka
Frank W. Houk
Lecompton
Joe Smith
Marian
John H. Elm
Palmyra
A. H. Steele
Wakarusa
Chester Howard
Willow Springs
George Shuler
Baldwin City
S. A. Thorne
Attacks on Japanese Reported at Kiska in Aleutians
The navy announced bombing attacks on Japanese forces at Kiska in the Aleutian Islands and noted serial and ground activity in the Solomons. The communique suggested possible Japanese withdrawal from Guadalcanal, but results of Aleutian aerial activity were not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
North Pacific
Navy
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Aleutians
Hogs Hit New Market Peak in Kansas City
Hogs sold up to 16.80 per hundred pounds at the Kennet City market, the highest price since October. The next peak was 15.15 on October 8, with the all time high of 23.40 reached in July 191%.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kennet City
Lend Lease Aid Growth Reported by Stettinius
Washington reported by Edward R. Stettinius that lend lease aid to allies exceeds 10 billion dollars annually. Russia received sharply increased shipments in January, with total lend lease since program start near 9.064 billion dollars through January. He cited rising reverse lend-lease aid and new agreements with Belgian Congo plus North Africa commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius
Russia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Stettinius
Belgian Congo
North Africa
County Medical Service Costs in 1942 Douglas County
Douglas County Medical Service association reports 1942 figures showing total costs of 22 488 31 for indigent care. The service collected 16 935 from aid categories. county paid 4 682 50 for general assistance and 600 for county home inmates. Net receipts 22 417 50 after refunds 70 81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Douglas County Medical Service Association
Welfare Department
Bruce Stores
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
University of Kansas Hospital
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Manners Drue
Big January at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Sets Records
Lawrence Memorial Hospital reported January as its busiest month with 268 patients admitted, 69 daily average, 49 births, 106 operations, and 6 301 meals served. The board cited strong leadership by Mary Dunden and Hilda Borg and noted a $25 000 increase in the Watkins endowment fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mary Dunden
Hilda Borg
Dick Williams
Dry victory as Arkansas house defeats tabling motion
In Little Rock on February 10 the drys secured a roll call victory by defeating a motion to table a bill to return strict prohibition. The final tabling vote was 13 against and 73 for, with about 15 representatives switching to the dry side as the roll call unfolded. Arkansas now has local option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas House
Arkansas
Government seeks land for flying school in Kansas
In Topeka on February 10 the government filed a condemnation suit in federal court seeking 1 541 acres of Seward county land for a basic flying school near Liberal. Paul Aylward serves as special attorney for the Department of Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Seward County
Liberal
Paul Aylward
Department Justice
Stassen Outlines Seven Points for World Peace
Harold Stassen, Minnesota governor and Republican leader, argues seven postwar plans to form The United Nations of the World. Proposals include temporary Axis governance, international airports and sea gateways, a world justice code and UN court, literacy and health goals, and a United Nations Legion. He suggests a UN assembly as a legislative body and notes nonmember pathways to eventual membership. The talk, at Kansas University, stressed peace-building alongside victory.
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Harold Stassen
Minnesota
National Republican Organization
Lawrence
America
Stassen
United Nations
United Nations of the World
Seven Seas
United Nations Court
Supreme Courts of
United Nations Legion
United Nations Region
Hoch
United Nations Assembly
Kansas University
Stassen’s
Deane Malott
K. U. Band
Russell Wiley
United States Navy
Senate panel backs treaty ending extraterritorial rights in China
The Senate foreign relations committee gave quick and unanimous approval to a proposed treaty relinquishing American extraterritorial rights in China. Chairman Connally announced he would seek Senate ratification tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Stock Market Index Report Shows Wide Day Variance
The index of 60 tracked stocks rose and fell throughout the session with an overall 44.5 point reading by day end. Traders watched technology and financials as market momentum shifted amid mixed economic signals.
City Primary March 2 Election Opens Candidate Filing
Registration at city hall will stay open evenings until 10 o clock for ten days. February 19 is the deadline to register and to file for city office or for the unexpired school term. Incumbent councilmen Eustace Berger Hunsinger and Burgert listed. Ralph Pine not seeking reelection. Russell Russell Emick and Russell may run for reelected seats.
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H. E. Eustace
A. W. Berger
W. C. Hunsinger
Ralph Pine
F. A. Russell
Harold
Emick
Russell
Berger
Hunsinger
Pine
R. O. Burgert
Joe Shelbar
B. Russell
QO. J. Lane
EH. _E. Alexander
F. C. Whipple
Lloyd Houston
Lloyd Purcell
Board of Education
Dick Wagstaff
A. B. Martin
W. H. Quakenbush
C. S. Hagerman
Hagerman
Whit A. Churchill
Cold Weather Drivers Chill Topeka Area
A sharp cold front from yesterday's warm spell sweeps across Kansas. Temperatures tumble from Wichita's 70 to 13 degrees with 4 degrees in Goodland the low. Topeka forecasts 20 to 25 daytime and 5 to 10 tonight in the north, 10 to 15 in the south, with light rain and snow traces in Concordia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
S. D. Flora
Wichita
Goodland
Flora
Concordia
Kansas
Bony
Ainfall
Joa
Ted
Indies
Smtwtf
Hagerman Promoted to County Road Foreman Position
Roy Hagerman rises from assistant foreman to replace Alva Hodges who resigns as county road and bridge foreman. Hodges, long trusted with Douglas County roads, leaves to join Sunflower Ordnance Works. L. H. Griffith voices regret over Hodges departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hegerman
Alva T. Hodges
Hegerman
Wakarusa
L. H. Griffith
Hodges
Griffith
Douglas County
Lawrence
The
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt to Inspect WAAC School in Kansas City
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt will tour a WAAC training school in Kansas City on Monday with Col. Oveta Culp Hobby. She also plans to visit Columbia Missouri for a youth conference at the University of Missouri. Banks in Lawrence closed February 12 for Lincoln's birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
Kansas City
WAAC
Oveta Culp Hobby
W.A.A.C
Columbia
University of Missouri
Winter to lead 1943 Red Cross War Fund for Douglas County
M. S. Winter motor car dealer accepts chairmanship of the 1943 Red Cross War Fund drive for Douglas County with a local goal of 17 150 and a national target of 125 million. Division chairmen are named and plans set to conclude canvassing by March 10 with a regional meeting at Eldridge hotel featuring national Red Cross officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Winter
Douglas County
Red Cross
Red Cross War Fund
Winter
Gerald Hesse
Advance
Roger Allen
Deal
Lawrence Residential
Corlett Cotton
F.C. Allen
University
Clifford Dean
A. E. Strode
Harold Fisher
R. E. Carter
Haskell
Harry Barnett
Baldwin de
C. B. Johnson
Fred Rothberger
Eudora
George Bahnmaier
Lecompon
American Red Cross
Kansas
Eldridge Hotel
Norman A. Durfee
Philip H. Vogt
National Red Cross Office
Frank Gray
Shots fired at Argentina’s Minister of Justice Rothe
An assailant fired four shots as Guillermo Rothe left his home in an automobile to attend a cabinet meeting. A glass fragment cut his finger, a window shattered, and a tire was punctured. the attacker escaped. Othe, a candidate for September’s presidential election, is named among prominent figures.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Guillermo Rothe
Rothe
Othe
Castillo
National Democrat Party
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