National Service Urged In Message To Congress
President Roosevelt urged national service legislation to back wartime production and plan for universal military training after victory. He called 1945 pivotal for ending Nazi fascism and beginning world peace, warning against power abuses and stressing cooperation among nations and peoples for lasting peace.
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White House
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Yanks Occupy Marinduque Island Off Luzon
General MacArthur announced an unopposed American invasion of Marinduque, 100 miles from Manila. Ground forces with naval and air support seized Buenavista after a surprise landing, gaining control of the Sibuyan Sea and direct contact with southern Luzon. The island measures about 20 by 25 miles and lies near Mindoro and Tayabas peninsula.
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Associated Prose
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Philippines
Marinduque
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine
Little Island
Formosa
U. S
Mindoro
Tayabas Peninsula
Luzon
Philippine Island
Prise
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Mindorowa
Sibuyan Sea
Buenavista
Canadians push north in Po valley advance toward Sant' Alberto
Allied dispatches report Canadian forces pushing through Italy's Po estuary have captured Sant' Alberto eight miles above Ravenna and overran the Canale Bonifica while British units curb German counterattacks east of Alfonsine. Pacific forces claim heavy strikes on Formosa Okinawa and Bonin Islands with multiple ships and planes damaged or sunk.
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Valli di Comochio
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Saipan
Tokyo
Fears Luzon Landing Reported by Tokyo Radio
Tokyo radio claimed Americans may have landed on Luzon and reported big armada off the Philippines. Domei said three enemy transport groups with carrier protection appeared near Luzon, Panay, and Negros with one convoy of about 100 landing craft. Tokyo broadcast warned the Battle of the Philippines would decide the Greater East Asia war.
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London
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Luzon
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Comei
Philippine
Federal Communications Commission
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Panay Island
Negros Island
China
Radio Tokyo
Leyte
Mindoro
Freedom of Press Debate Cited by Soviet Publication
A CBS broadcast from Moscow relayed by the Soviet Monitor questioned Western press freedom in a letter to AP executive Kent Cooper. George Morp of CBS reported the magazine War and the Working Class urged Russia to mind its own business while rejecting outside press control. The item touched on freedom and press roles across Bourgeois countries.
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Associated Press
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George Morp
Monitor
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Russia
Christian Scientists Mark 50th Anniversary of Church
Boston observers mark the 50th anniversary of the First Church of Christ Scientist and a half century of growth. The granite church seats 1200, dedicated January 6, 1895 by Mary Baker Eddy, later joined by a larger annex for 5000 with a domed Back Bay landmark.
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Eddy
New Artillery Weapon Used Against Germans
Beffe Sector Belgium January 5 A new secret artillery weapon employed today on a large scale halted a U S drive southward in the Belgian bulge. Snow in the area lay thick with Nazi dead. Details were withheld for security, but the navy had developed and found the weapon highly effective against ground troops.
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McGhee Son Reported Missing In Action In Europe
Mrs. Josie Lee McGhee of 930 Illinois street received a telegram from the war department today stating her son Cpl Lea R McGhee is missing in action on the European war front as of December 20, 1944. He has two brothers in service, Cpls Linn McGhee at San Luis Obispo California and Paul McGhee stationed overseas.
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Illinois Street
The
War Department
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Lea R. McGhee
Nazis Battle To Break Thru Lines Near Budapest
Moscow reports fierce tank artillery and air battles as Germany makes a push toward the Budapest garrison. German 300 tanks, King Tigers, and Nazi aircraft clash with Red Army forces northwest of Budapest as defense lines and escape routes are contested. front lines shift with daily gains and losses as the siege tightens.
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Weather Turns Snowy Weekend Across Kansas
Kansas weather maps show freezing rain in the northeast and north central areas with traces reported in Topeka Concordia Kansas City and St Joseph Missouri. Snow expected by tonight with eastern Kansas mostly cloudy and foggy. Dodge City posted the warmest reading at 60 while Goodland was down to 24. Today’s highs near 38 to 40 with 20 to 30 lows. tomorrow’s highs near freezing around 30 to 32.
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State Point
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Goodland
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Urain
Ani
Beceme Bers
Four Colored Men Went To Leavenworth Yesterday
Four colored men from this county went to Fort Leavenworth yesterday for pre induction physical examinations and for induction into the forces. Blaughn Collins of 1833 Kentucky street, went for induction. Those for physical exams were Z. J. Neveller of 1322 Jarwisee Place, New Jersey. Jerald Emanuel Jackson of 315 Newa Street. Jersey Nelson Henry Moore of 1233 New Jersey Street.
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Blaughn Collins
Kentucky Street
Z. J. Nevellr
Jars Wieee Tey
New Ey
Jerald Emanuel Jackson
New A Street
Jersey
Nelson Henry Moore
New Jersey
Lawrence schools reopen Monday at nine o clock
Grade schools resume at 9 a m Monday morning marking the end of Christmas vacation for Lawrence children. Junior High will report at 8 50 a m while High School starts at 8 20 a m as the winter opening time remains in effect until daylight hours increase.
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Lawrence
Superforts Pound Japan Again in Air Assault
American B 29s from China bases renewed efforts to destroy Japan’s war industry. Targets and damages were not immediately announced. The Domeinowa agency claimed the strike was only slight. Omura factory suspected as the main objective. General Arnold said details would be released as available.
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China
Kyushu
Dama
Domeinewa Agency
Omura
H. H. Arnold
Big Night Battle Across Western Germany Amid Air War
London reports a large Allied air offensive with 800 American heavy bombers and 600 Mustangs hitting Rhine bridges at Cologne and Bonn and raiding railyards, as 5,000 tons of bombs drop on western Germany. British night raids target Berlin Hannover and Honffalize, while a major Hannover air battle ends with many losses on both sides.
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Aront
Vologne
Karisrune
Truman Plans Senate Resignation After Missouri Inauguration
Senator Harry S. Truman said he will resign from the Senate as soon as Missouri governor elect Phil Donnelly is sworn in, likely January 18 or 20. He will leave after Donnelly takes the oath, avoiding Republican succession and a potential appointment by Governor Donnell. State Senator Frank P. Briggs is expected to be named as Truman’s successor.
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Harry
Truman
D-Mo
Senate
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Missouri
Independence
Donnelly
Senate Interstate Committee
Forrest C. Donnell
Frank P. Briggs
Macon
Twelve ill from food at Sunflower Ordnance Works cafeteria
Twelve Sunflower Ordnance Works employees were hospitalized with stomach pains after meals at the plant cafeteria. The plant physician attributed the illness to something eaten at lunch. all have recovered. Lt. Col. Donald R. Hyde ordered an investigation of the cafeteria.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lant Hospital
Donald R. Hyde
Second German Drive Threatens Strasbourg Front
Allied lines face a new German winter offensive from three directions, threatening Strasbourg as Von Rundstedt pushes into Belgium and Luxembourg. U S and British troops retake ground near Bitche while heavy artillery strafes Saar and Saare Union, with civilians fleeing Strasbourg.
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Rhine
Draft Men Who Jump Jobs Spark New Draft Rules
Washington sources say selective service will direct 8 and 38 registrants who change jobs to be ineligible without board action. The army may lower physical standards to accept men under a work or fight rule, affecting deferments and aiming to curb labor turnover by shifting jobs without draft board approval.
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Nazi plans to export funds and hide postwar weapons program
Reports from Belgiu m on January 6 describe German industrialists secretly moving funds abroad and establishing small technical bureaus to safeguard postwar weapons plans. The Nazi drive aims to preserve power by financing overseas and creating covert research circles, with five percent commissions cited in money transfers.
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Germany
Reich
Reparty Chieftians
Photographer Bert Brandt to lecture at KU convocation
Bert Brandt, former KU student and noted World War II photographer, will present a lecture at 10 a.m. Monday with illustrated blow-ins from his famous pictures. He recently returned from Aachen after following the First and Third armies through Europe since D-day and was the first newsman to land on the Normandy beachhead. Brandt’s photos circulated widely through Acme pool and major magazines. A University Press Club dinner for Brandt is planned Sunday at 5:30 p.m., followed by an 8 p.m. talk at the University Club.
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University Press Club
Sheriff Makes Flying Trip To Topeka For Penicillin
Sheriff Rody Skinner rushed to Topeka along icy highways to secure an emergency supply of penicillin for Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Three patients at the hospital were being treated with the rare drug and a four year old was critically ill, prompting immediate action before noon. Skinner returned with the box at 11 15 a m after learning of the shortage at about 9 am.
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Topeka
Lawrence ‘Memorial Hospital
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Net gain in SOW workers marks weekly employment boost
The Sunflower SOW reports a weekly net employment gain of 457, with 873 hired and 221 terminated. Lawrence contributed 99 hires, about 26 percent of totals, as Manpower orders push workers into war production and urging civilians to take war jobs immediately.
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Lawrence
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Barnard
Erica
Ten Slightly Injured in Sunflower Works Bus Crash Near Big Springs
Ten Sunflower Ordnance Works employees were treated at the plant hospital after a 7 am bus collision on icy Highway 40 east of Big Springs. Two Mosby-Mack buses and two private cars caused the crash. Hercules Powder Co sent buses to transfer wounded to the plant. List of treated workers includes Annie Green and Ethel Brokmane of Topeka among others. DESTROYER REID IS SUNK.
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Bua Sc
Big Springs
Floyd Browne
J. & Smith
Topeka
Mosby-Mack
Highway 40
Hercules Powder Company
Haspital
Robert Bianton
Ka. Intementae Pore
Tesum
Annie Green
Ethel Brokmane
Victor Fleming
Topeke
Som Burks
Stella Phillips
Ford Sanders
Bertha
Bandridge
Marian Carper
Destroyer Reid
Loss in Philippine area sinks destroyer Reid
Washington reports 51 American destroyer losses in the war, with the Reid sinking in the Philippine area. The navy gave no casualty details beyond stating a normal crew of 24 officers and 178 enlisted men. Commander S A McCornock of Iron River Michigan was reported wounded. Stock averages noted.
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S. A. McCornock
Iron River
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