Manila Falls as Japanese Enter Capital and Cavite Evacuates
Allied and Japanese forces clash around Manila as Cavite is evacuated and Tokyo declares MacArthur’s defense lines shortened. Washington notes fierce resistance north and south of Manila while allies consider a broader counteroffensive. Churchill and Roosevelt discuss urgent war decisions. Continued on page 2.
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Douglas MacArthur
Manila
U.S
Washington
War Department
Philippine
MacArthur
Tokyo
Australia
Singapore
British Capture Bardia and Sink Axis Submarines
The British report the North African port of Bardia captured by land forces near the Libyan Egyptian frontier. Royal Navy destroyers Farndale Kipling Hasty and Hotspur aided by submarine patrol sunk one Italian and two German submarines and forced prisoners to return ashore as Axis attempts to supply Tobruk and Benghazi were disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North African
Bardia
Agedabia
Mediterranean
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Halfaya Pass
Egyptian
Libya
Farndale
Kipling
Hasty
Hotspur
Tobruk
Bengali
Gerard
Said
Mussolini to address leaders and push for cooperation
Rome reports Mussolini will speak to party leaders with orders for clear steps to remove obstacles between home and war fronts. Il Picolo notes public reading of his January 3, 1925 speech, emphasizing solidifying the country and the fascist mission as unequivocal and irrevocable. Topeka notes Kansas cities endure extreme cold with subzero readings across the state and snow clearing efforts ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Audi
Benito Mussolini
Jl Picolo
Italy
Mussolini
Giacomo Matteoti
Aleutians a Key in Alaska Defenses Dimond Says
Alaska's delegate Anthony J. Dimond urged immediate strengthening of the Aleutian islands and increased aircraft and naval forces to defend Alaska. He cited navy reports of Japanese vessels near Kodiak and warned any attack would likely begin in the Aleuts as a stepping stone toward Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aleutian Islands
Pacific
Alaska
Congress
Anthony J. Dimond
Navy
Kodiak
Alaskan
Dimond
Asia
May Seize Autos In US War Mobilization
Price Administrator Leon Henderson warned the government may buy or commandeer private automobiles as stock depletes. Only about 200000 passenger cars will be completed, with rationing starting around January 15 and 450000 cars already frozen. Production could halt near January 31 and the nation faces gloomy prospects of possible compulsory seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
England
Germany
United States
Sentenced for Espionage by German Spy Ring
New York on January 2 33 members of a large spy ring were given prison terms up to 20 years for supplying military commercial and industrial intelligence to Germany. The ring operated widely and connected various sources and networks across the world.
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New York
Germany
Philippine Gold Mines Of U. S. Man Are Flooded
Kansas City dispatch reports John W. Haussermann, an American capitalist and former Leavenworth attorney, had his Philippine gold mines flooded during the first attack on the islands. Haussermann, who returned from Manila last summer and now lives in Cincinnati, went to the Philippines in 1898 with Funston's 20th Kansas regiment and helped shape the island's legal and financial framework. he is described as president of the Benquet consolidated mining company in Manila.
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Kansas City
John W. Haussermann
Leavenworth
Ken
A. Bennett Brown
Hausserman
Manila
Cincinnati
Philippines
Funston
20Th Kansas Regiment
Island
Benquet Consolidated Mining Company
Coldest Day Since 1940 Recorded in Local Weather
The morning thermometer dropped to zero at the downtown gas office, marking the coldest reading since January 28, 1940. Professor C. J. Posey, a volunteer weather observer, reported the record low as the West temperature reading for 1947 reflected January figures.
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C. J. Posey
Anti tank plane reported by Moscow radio
A British broadcast quoted Moscow radio saying the Russian army is under construction an anti tank plane that could destroy German mechanized forces. The BBC also reported plans for a pursuit plane capable of speeds over 500 miles per hour heard on air in New York.
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New York
Moscow Radio
BBC
Fuehrer at Smolensk and North Africa Front Shifts
The report notes heavy rains hinder mechanized warfare as Soviet forces claim gains near Mozhaisk and Staritsa while Red army advances toward Azev. In North Africa, British forces recapture Bardia and release prisoners, Rommel’s retreat continues, and Axis air activity focuses on Libya and Greece.
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Staritsa
Kalinin
Volga
Azev
Red Army
Mozhaisk
Middle East
Bardia
Weather delays stall Red Cross War relief canvass
Bad weather and delays in recanvassing halt reporting on the Red Cross relief drive. Chairman John Brand urged workers to finish canvassing and turn in reports and money at the Community building Red Cross office. The $7,000 bounty quota remains $1,000 short for cash on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
John Brand
Auto sales ban to curb new car sales extended nationwide
Topeka officials report Gov Payne Ratner told highway patrolmen mayors and local leaders to enforce a ban on all sales of new automobiles until January The request came from the Office of Price Administration in Washington ratner also suggested local tire rationing boards may handle motor vehicle rationing in Kansas communities
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Ratner
Kansas
Manufactured Products Of Kansas Jump In Value
Kansas manufactured products in 1941 are estimated at 600 million to 640 million dollars, up from 540.6 million in 1940, driven mainly by airplane production and defense work. Meat packing is Kansas leading industry, with agricultural income about 500 million and minerals at 150 million annually.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas
State Industrial Development Commission
Commission
Federal take over of Kansas employment service begun
Topeka reports acting director Phillip Lawlor named as the federal transfer of the Kansas employment service proceeds. About 245 workers moved to federal service while roughly 90 remain in unemployment compensation, with offices kept unless claims procedure changes are needed. Governor Ratner disputes full federal takeover of claims work.
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Topeka
Phil Lawlor
Kansas Employment Service
Glenn L. Warders
Washington
Lawlor
Employment Service
Clark H. McPherson
McPherson
Ed McDonald
Kansas City
Federal Social Security Board
Payne Ratner
Ratner
Roosevelt
Paul McNutt
McNutt
Kansas
Mrs Wynne Convicted In Slaying Of Former Husband’s Wife
Grace Wynne, 51, is found guilty of second degree murder in Kansas City. The jury imposes a 15 year prison term after five hours of deliberation. The case concerns the September 13, 1934 shooting on the Thompson home porch. Jerome Walsh vows to seek a new trial.
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Kansas City
Grace Wynne
Wynne
John A. Thompson
Thompson
Jerome Walsh
Japanese Report: MacArthur Forces Fall Back to Corregidor
Tokyo reports that MacArthur’s defense forces retreated to Corregidor and the Bataan peninsula for a last stand after leaving Manila. It notes MacArthur moved to Corregidor at Manila Bay entrance and describes heavy air attacks on American and Philippine troops at the Bataan peninsula.
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MacArthur
Corregidor
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
Manila
Domei
Manila Bay
Manila Ba
Nations pledge unity to stand united against Axis powers
Washington announces a pact among twenty six nations pledging full resources against the Axis, prohibiting separate armistices, and promising no peace with enemies until victory. Roosevelt signs for the United States, Churchill for Britain, with Panama’s Jaen Guardia noting the pact earlier.
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Axis
Washington
White House
F.D.R
U.S
United Kingdom of
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Russia
China
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czecho- Slovakia
Dominican Republic
el Salvador
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
India
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Poland
South Africa
Yugoslavia
Roosevelt
United States
Winston Churchill
International Unity of Purpose
Jaen Guardia
Air aid crucial for Pacific operations says British official
London reports a British spokesman warns that British and American fleets cannot operate effectively in the South Pacific without adequate air support. He notes carriers or land base planes are needed to shield warships from Japanese air bases in the region. The spokesman adds the fall of Manila would allow Japanese forces to strike further south and threaten Singapore if Malaya remains under Japanese control.
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Manila
Flanders
Manila Bight
Cavite
War Department
London
South Pacific
Philippines
Indo- China
Malaya
Singapore
Pacific
Kansas Youths to Leave For Jobs in Connecticut
Anne Laughlin state national youth administrator said 85 Kansas trained youths will depart next Wednesday or Thursday for Connecticut defense industries. This is the fourth transfer, with 15 moving yesterday from Topeka and Eskridge NYA shops. Assignees from Hutchinson and Lawrence join next week after an urgent plea through the U.S. employment service for welding, machine shop operation and sheet metal workers.
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Topeka
Anne Laughlin
Kansas
Connecticut
Defense
NYA
Eskridge
Hutchinson
Lawrence
Miss Laughlin
U.S. Employment Service
Congress Adjourns First Session as War Funds Sought
Washington notes the seventy seventh Congress adjourned its first session after approving defense spending and wartime actions against Germany Italy and Japan. The second session will convene Monday with a request from President Roosevelt for large war funds. Senate session lasted 22 minutes and the House 46 minutes.
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Washington
Seventy-Seventh
Congress
Germany
Italy
Japan
Manila
War Department
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Price Office to Open Regional OPA Hub in Kansas City
The Office of Price Administration announced a regional field office will be established in Kansas City Missouri to supervise price schedules and related activities under OPA direction. The staff will include technical experts available for consultation on OPA matters.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Kansas City
OPA
Automobiles to Aid War Effort and Production
Washington reported that Sidney Hillman said complete mobilization of the auto industry could shorten the war by months. He noted both management and labor back halting civilian production to focus on planes guns and tanks and that a joint labor management government conference would consider fuller utilization of workers and machinery.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
OPM
Hillman
Monay
Defense stamps surge after Pearl Harbor raid in Lawrence
Postmaster Roger Williams notes a spike in U S defense stamp and bond sales following the Japanese attack on Hawaii and the Philippines. He says stamps quickly outpaced demand and the office ran short. Monthly totals show a dramatic December rise to 2910 dollars.
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U. S
Lawrence
Roger Williams
Hawaii
Philippines
Williams
Defense
May Move War Industries From Coast to Interior
President Roosevelt announced new consideration of relocating airplane and other war industries inland from vulnerable seacoast sites. He cautioned that whole plants cannot always move, but divisions may relocate quickly. He proposed split production facilities and possible duplication to prevent production interruption from bombing.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
America
Remind Reds of Pact Amid Pressure on Soviets
Berlin reports an Hochi editorial urges the Soviet Union to strictly observe the neutrality pact with Japan and reject Anglo American maneuvers. It cites Churchill Roosevelt talks and warns Western democracies seek to pull Soviet Russia further into their side.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Hochi
Japan
Churchill
Roosevelt
Russia
England
United States
Major Moyer Transferred to Duncan Field Texas
Army orders published at Duncan Field transfer Major Samuel P. Moyer of field artillery from Camp Joseph T. Robinson to Duncan Field Texas. Earlier reports indicated he would be assigned to administrative duty in the aviation service. Russians retake Maloyaroslavets near Moscow with recapture announced by Moscow on Saturday.
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Duncan Field
Army
Samuel P. Moyer
Field Artillery
Camp
Joseph T. Robinson
Texas
Moyer
Maloyaroslavets
Moscow
Stock Market Index and Classifieds Reach Readers
A dated note claims the stock market tracks 60 stocks with 38 through 37.1 figures on a Wednesday. It adds that 76 percent of subscribers read the classified page daily, implying strong reader engagement.
Drop in Receipts at the Post Office in Lawrence 1941
Postal receipts in Lawrence declined by 1595.28 during 1941 versus 1940 amid KU post office losses of 2412.51. Total 1941 receipts reached 138250.81, with KU receipts at 24146.76 for 1941. December remained the big month, while cancellations in December rose day peaks. Postal savings grew to 546882, while bond sales dropped 22181.25 due to bank issues and restrictions.
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Lawrence
Roger Williams
University of Kansas
Williams
K.U
City Board Named for Douglas County Rationing
Lawrence appoints a three member rationing board John Brand C B Holmes and T J Sweeney with Brand as chairman All members sworn in under the federal oath The county rationing board and administrator Paul Lyons were named previously Names to be certified to state headquarters in Topeka this evening
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Lawrence
John Brand
C. B. Holmes
T. J. Sweeney
J. W. Murray
Douglas County
Brand
Paul Lyons
Topeka
Fire Department Hosts New Year Dinners for Officials and Families
Firefighters at headquarters hosted city officials and guests at a noon New Year lunch then invited wives and families to a second dinner. In nearly 40 years the department has served consistent quality with a menu including roast, turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, oyster stuffing, mince pie and pumpkin desserts.
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Headquarters
Rangoon Casualties Startling Toll From First Japanese Raid
Rangoon Burma December 20 casualties from the first mass Japanese air raid reach 1 000 with losses in a second attack initially negligible. Rangoon radio reports Allied air losses at six planes and six fliers while the Japanese defense costs are estimated at about 40 aircraft and 49 airmen. Wrecks of about 20 Japanese planes litter the city and surrounding areas.
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Rangoon
Burma
Weather Summary for Kansas and Surrounding Areas
The report notes fair conditions in eastern Kansas with increasing cloudiness to the west, and snow flurries in the northwest. It predicts warmer temperatures in the east and south tonight, with cloudy skies Saturday forenoon and snow flurries in the west and north central regions. Overnight temperatures trend warmer in the east and colder in the northwest, with official minimums near zero.
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Topeka
Goodland
Hays
Wichita
el Dorado
Highway Department
L. L. Marsh
Kansas
Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
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