Nazi Drive Halts Close To Algeria
Allied communique reports Rommel’s central Tunisia push paused near the Algerian frontier while Allied forces regroup north of the Faid pass. Montgomery's Eighth Army advances threaten the Mareti line as De Gaullist troops join Eisenhower’s command in southern Tunisia amid heavy Allied losses.
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Algeria
Tunisia
Ateast
Pichon
Rommel
Feriana
Tunis
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery
Cairo
Foum Tabhouine
Matmata
Mareti
Ramada
Foum Tatahouine
Conners
Medenine
Rommelrom
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Libya
Tebessa
Bengardane
Gafsa
Kasserine
Clubs and Lodges Invited to Contribute to Red Cross War Fund
All clubs and lodges in Lawrence will be asked to donate to the Red Cross war fund before the nationwide drive starts March 1. Corlett Cotton chairs a special committee, appointed by campaign head M. S. Winter, to contact groups. other members include Mrs. W. C. Hunsinger Mrs. T. D. Funk Mrs. George Melvin and Walter Varnum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Red Cross War Fund
Corlett Cotton
M. S. Winter
W. C. Hunsinger
T.D. Funk
George Melvin
Walter Varnum
Elmo man arrested on watch for concealing mortgaged property
Forrest Cowan of Elmo Missouri was arrested by county officers on a charge of concealing and selling mortgaged property. The warrant was issued in Nodaway County Missouri. The banks of Lawrence will be closed Monday for Washington's Birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Forrest
Cowan
Elmo
Nod Bway County
Japanese Shipping and Dromes Targeted in Pacific Bombing
Allied headquarters report heavy air strikes against Japanese shipping and airdromes at Madang in New Guinea and Buin in the Solomon Islands. Catalina aircraft attacked Kahili airdrome at Buin, destroying enemy planes and causing fires. Ground fighting near Wau Maro yielded 40 more Japanese deaths. Lieut. Gen. Walter Krueger now commands American forces in the Southwest Pacific as Sixth Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Madang
New Guinea
Buin
Solomon Islands
Pacific
Catalina Homberr
Attarkine
Kahili
Wau-Maro
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Krueger
Southwest Pacific
Sixth Army
Goebbels frames world opinion to aid Nazi war effort
Bern observers view Goebbels speech as an appeal to world opinion for support of Nazi Germany as it faces Soviet advances. The broadcast targets the United States and Britain while criticizing alliance with Russia and relief from Bolshevism after the war.
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Bern
Switzerland
Paul Joseph Goebbels
West
Nazi Germany
Russia
Goebbels
Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Churchill
Soviet Russia
Britain
Europe
Friedrich Paulus
Stalingrad
Weltwoche
Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Duna
Dnieper
Crimea
Black Sea
Balkan
Crackdown on Missouri Kansas meat black market
Government moves to curb a widespread meat black market in Missouri and Kansas. The OPA plans to file federal suits against eight Missouri packers and two Kansas packers for allegedly exceeding slaughter quotas in late 1942.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
OPA
Office of War Information
William A. Graham
Local men hired as ferry pilots by Consolidated Aircraft
Twelve men formerly serving as pilot instructors at Lawrence airport join Consolidated Aircraft as ferry pilots under Lieut. William B. Davis, chief of the firm’s ferrying service and a vice president. Davis holds the navy rank of lieutenant.
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Lawrence
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
William B. Davis
Robert McNair Davis
K. U. Law Faculty
Davis
Consolidated
Allies claim breaking Rommel in Tunisia stalled German offensive
American tanks and British artillery repelled the Tunisian offensive, with Gen. Alphonse Juin and French sources saying the attack was broken after decisive American tank actions. The retreat was orderly, with Allied planes protecting ground troops and soldiers’ resolve to return to battle. Private Michael Higgins voiced determination to return to fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tunisia
North Africa
United States
Algeria-Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
First Army
Eichth Army
Libya
Mareth Line
Medenine
Alphonse Juin
Morocco
Harold V. Boyle
Associated Press
Jerr
Germany
Boyle
Sheitla Thruout
Thelepte
Feriana
Michael Higgins
New York
Books for Soldiers Sent From Kiwanis Drive
Lawrence Kiwanis members packed a case with books for Victory Book Week. Allen Crafton from the K U dramatics department spoke on So This Is Kansas noting that Kansans are often right for the wrong reasons. He warned education risks becoming shallow and commented on teens’ school commutes and dry voting versus dry living in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Armed Services
Allen Crafton
K. U. Dramatics Department
Kansas
Dad’s Chevry
Kangas
Kansas Patrol Reports 1942 Long Workday and Arrest Stats
Topeka February 19. The Kansas highway patrol’s 1942 average day stretched to 11 hours 34 minutes. Col Will Zurbucken, gate superintendent, presented a legislative summary showing 46,088 arrests, 45,027 convictions, fines totaling 91 955 dollars. Patrol issued 15 024 warnings, inspected 6 173 trucks, rendered 6 803 services to motorists.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway
Will Zurbucken
Naval order at Norman station on affection rules
A Navy general order posted at Norman training station limits displays of affection to occasions when a woman admits she is the sailor’s mother. The directive warns sailors to avoid holding hands or hugging except in that circumstance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman, Okla
Norman Naval Training Station
Red Armies Push Nazis Back In Caucasus Front
Soviet forces report advances in Orel province capturing Zale goshch near Orel and other towns. Taganrog lifeline cut by Matveev Kurgan seizure. Germans retreat toward the Kerch strait as Donets pressure grows. Poltava emerges as a strategic western target amid harsh winter fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taganrog
Rostov
Red Army
Matveev-Kurgan
Sea of Azov
Gorlovka
Caucasus
Taman
Kerch
Crimea
City services to close for George Washington's Birthday
The court, city hall, post office, and both Lawrence banks will be closed Monday February 22 for George Washington's birthday. No general mail delivery. mail collection only from Massachusetts Avenue north at 5 pm. Beulah Stewart says Baldwin post office opens 11 am with no RFD. banks closed. merchants' bureau says no general store closing. city council meeting postponed. public library closed all day.
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Court Hogue
Lawrence
George Washington
Roger Williams
Massachusetts
Eleventh Street
Williams
Beulah Stewart
Baldwin
Journal-World
John Schrader
Merchants’ Bureau
the Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Man Roy Elliott Named Army Training Program Consultant
Roy W. Elliott University of Wichita comptroller is one of 18 civilian consultants nationwide for the army specialized training program. He will be called by service commands to aid in negotiating contracts with universities and colleges taking part in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Roy W. Elliott
University of Wichita Comptroller
Elliott
Stock Market Index Shows Small Decline
The average of 60 stocks stands at 44.5, down from yesterday's 44.6 as trading closes.
War supplies to Soviet Union reach 2.9 million tons
Washington reports that the United States shipped over 2 900 000 tons of war supplies to the Soviet Union under Lend Lease Edward R Stettinius Jr says two thirds of cargoes traveled in American ships The deliveries show January shipments up about ten percent from December with tanks planes and trucks moving forward Wire and steel shipments also noted along the 3000 mile front
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Russia
Stettinius
West Hills residents enter school board and city races
D Don Haines filed for a West Hills school board term on the Republican ticket joining Dr L K Zimmer and incumbents Lloyd Houston F C Whipple and Lloyd Purcell. In city races Harold W Emick and F A Russell filed for reelection with filing due by 10 oclock tonight for the March 2 primary. Fewer than 50 voters have registered since last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hills
D. Don Haines
Stratford Road
University
L. K. Zimmer
Lloyd Houston
F. C. Whipple
Lloyd Purcell
Russell
Charles Stough
Third Ward
War Dads organize SOW chapter at Sunflower Ordnance Works
An SOW unit of War Dads was formed last week at Sunflower Ordnance Works with rapid membership growth. Originating from a Kansas City dinner, H. Roe Bartle spoke to plant workers, inspiring eligibility for fathers and father figures of service members. Joseph L. Ayres is president, Charles W. Thatcher treasurer, Carl P. Werner serjeant at arms, with several vice presidents listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Organization of American War Dads
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Kansas City
H. Roe Bartle
Joseph L. Ayres
Charles W. Thatcher
Corps of Engineers
Carl P. Werner
Serjeant At Arms
R. H. Jacy
Walter M. Rainey
O. C. Carlisle
John H. McGuire
Fred H. Nichols
Andrew R. Milnar
Lee M. French
British Minister Visits K U Campus for War Product Talks
Hon. P. G. Forsyth of the British Ministry of Supply flew from Washington to Lawrence for a conference with physics professor James D. Stranathan on experiments in war products conducted at the University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. G. Forsyth
Ministry of Supply
Lawrence
Washington, D. C
James D. Stranathan
Teachers to Renew Emergency Certificates Without Summer College
County Superintendent Mrs. Margaret Hurley reports a state board ruling on February 12 allows teachers with emergency certificates to renew them for 1943-44 without attending college this summer. Applications for renewal go to the board secretary. the reading circle books examination scheduled for March 13 for emergency certificate holders is cancelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hurley
State Board of Education
Britons Move to Heal Rift in Churchill Coalition
Britain shows willingness to mend the postwar rift as Labour MPs back Churchill’s cabinet with 119 votes against the government in the House of Commons. The party consensus aims to stabilize the coalition and end the factional split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Postway
Churchill
House of Commons
Kansas House Backs Return to Central Standard Time
The Kansas House approved a bill to revert the state to central standard time, despite lawyers arguing it has no constitutional effect. Speaker Paul Wunsch spoke for the measure, noting federal time was set by Congress during war time. The vote reached 70 favorable counts amid amendments and debate on farm impact and state revenues.
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Topeka
House
Kansas
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Congress
Henry Bussing
R.lawrence
Schoeppel
John Etling
R.kinsley
Operation saves eye of a soldier in long flight to Denver
A thought to remove a steel splinter from Pvt. William N. Kotze's eye began at Fort Riley Kansas. An electromagnet failed. a bomber transported the team to Fitzsimmons hospital Denver 500 miles away where surgeons completed the delicate operation six hours after the initial incision. Doctors expect unimpaired vision.
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Denver
Fort Riley
Kan
Fitzsimmons Hospital
William N. Kotze
Minneapolis
Kansas Post
Kotze
Reed bill would excuse farmers feeding excess wheat to stock
Washington February 19 Farmers who raise more wheat than their allotments and feed the surplus to their own livestock would be spared marketing penalties under Senate bill S 738 by Senator Reed Republican Kansas He argues no reason exists to penalize farmers for feeding excess wheat on the farm where grown.
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Senate
House
Judiciary Committees
W. R. Flanders
R.ellsworth
Judiciary
William Towers
Kansas City
Kan
Washington
Senator Reed
R-Kan
Reed
Nelson and Wilson push program to crack armament bottlenecks
Washington reports Nelson and Wilson press a WPB plan to curb deliveries to armed services without WPB approval amid army and navy protests. Nichols of Patterson and Forrestal may resign if Nelson is forced out. services could wait for civilian scheduling tests.
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Washington
Nelson and Wilson
Armed Services
Army
Nelson
War and Navy
Robert P Patterson
James V. Forrestal
Patterson
Forrestal
Ferdinand Eberstadt
WPB
New Milk Order Lets Buyers Pay Higher Price Per Milk
Regional OPA Administrator Max McCullough issued an amendment to the February 13 milk price freeze, allowing buyers to pay up to 3.50 per 100 pounds for milk in Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Kansas and Texas. The rule applies where a 15 cent per quart ceiling exists and guides producers toward higher January levels while preserving area price rules.
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Dallas
Tex
OPA
Max McCullough
Office of Price Administration
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kansas
Texas
McCullough
It’s Like April In Kansas Forecast Poor Weather Followed
Topeka reports continued April weather with 68 degrees in Goodland and high readings predicted again today. Weatherman S D Flora says the warm spell will spur farmers to plow and sow oats though a light freeze may return tonight in northwest Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Flora
Truck and Car Collision at Ninth and Massachusetts Street
A transport truck and a car collided at Ninth and Massachusetts streets this morning. No injuries were reported. Driver H F Brauchamp of Garnett was traveling north on Massachusetts and turned left in front of the northbound Ottawa Wholesale Grocery truck, causing damage described as not great.
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Ninth
Massachusetts Street
H. F. Brauchamp
Garnett
Ottawa Wholesale Grocery Company
Evening Service at North Lawrence Christian Church
An evening service will be held tonight at the North Lawrence Christian church with Rev Mr Libhart singing and preaching on The Call of Christ. A special choir of Coleen Cain Phyllis Purvis Roberta Fairbanks Evelyn Leisher and Ida Jean Carr will sing. A children's meeting was held this afternoon. October 9 is Thanksgiving Day in Canada.
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Lawrence Christian Church
Mr. Libhart
Christ
Riis
Coleen Cain
Phyllis Purvis
Roberta Fairbanks
Evelyn Leisher
Ida Jean Carr
Registration Set for Ration Book Two in County Areas
Registration for ration book No 2 opens Monday at 9 am with rural points and city sites across Lawrence West Hills Palmyra Lecompton and Grant townships. Registrants need a filled declaration blank and ration book No 1. one person may register for the whole family and students await further guidance on fraternity and sorority registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence and
West Hills
Palmyra
Vinland
Baldwin
Lecompton Township
Grant Township
Eudora Osenslla
Elmer Ousdahl
Journal-World
Ration Board
March Calls From Douglas County Induction Figures
The selective service board reported two March calls for Douglas county, with four colored men to depart Saturday March 13 and three white men scheduled for Monday March 15. A separate group includes five colored men heading to Fort Leavenworth tomorrow and over 15 white men expected Monday. The total call remains 15 men with transfers possible. The Kaneasa House indicated it will preserve the new civil service system, killing a bill to remove state elective officials' employees from merit service.
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State Affairs
R. G. Anderson
R-Oswego
Senate State Affairs Broad Labor Union
Ira Platt
Douglas County
Selective Service Board
Ft. Leavenworth
Civil Service
Topeka
Kanesas
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Donets
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Kramatorsk
High Command
Donets Front
Kharkov
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Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
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Arctic
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Poltava
Vorskla
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Kiev
Roy Elliott
The
Board of Education
K. U
Hurley
Clyde Reed
North. Lawrence Christian Church
Dominion of Canada
Ousdahl In Charge
George Wetzel
Wetzel
Sorigee
Saturda
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