Japanese Gamble Fails Near Singapore In World War II Front
Allied bombers and naval forces clash with Japanese across the Philippines and Dutch East Indies as Britain, Australia, and the United States bolster defense. Dutch fighters report hits on Japanese ships while American air and sea units strike targets near Tarakan, Manado, and Davao as the struggle to hold Singapore continues.
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United States
Minahassa
Mendao
Tarakan
Japan
Singapore
N.E.1
Tokyo
U.S
Oli Japo
Philippines
Manila
U S. Navy
General MacArthur
War Department
Washington
Davao
East Indies
U. S
Celebes Sea
Britain
Far East
J. M. Makin
Sydney
Australia
N.E.I
Menado
Celebes
Dutch Borneo
Disease and Disunity Threaten Nazi Program
Nazi power crumbles as disease and mutiny spread. German troops battle lice on the eastern front while dissension at high command grows with Raeder Doenitz clashes. Keitel falls ill rumors sweep Berlin as Norwegian officers face arrests for fleeing to England. Dutch fears rise as Seyss Inquart signals postwar annexation plans.
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Jess
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Russia
London
Erich Raeder
Karl Doenitz
London Star
Moscow
Wilhelm Keitel
Keitel
Chinese forces claim major gains against Japan on four fronts
Chungking dispatch reports Chiang Kai-shek’s troops lifting pressure with new offensives. Chinese forces capture two villages near the Lunghai line and push Japanese forces northward from Changsha after heavy casualties and mass prisoner losses. A key assault near Fu linpu inflicts severe artillery punishment and continues to threaten the Lunghai Peiping Hankow rail junction. Two puppet units defect and join regular Chinese troops in the front.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lunghai
Yellow River
Changsha
Hunan
Tungting Lake
Fulinpu
Luyi
Hwaiyang
Changchow
Henan
Chungmee
Chengchow
Kaifeng
Nursing Classes Offered by Douglas County Red Cross
The Red Cross will run first afternoon home nursing classes in the Community building at 2 pm on Thursday. Enroll at the Red Cross office for schedules of Monday Wednesday or Tuesday Thursday groups. Each six week course leads to new classes, with veteran nurse Mrs Ed Anderson teaching at 130 pm Mondays and Wednesdays starting January 19.
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Douglas County Red Cross
Red Cross
Ed Anderson
The
Papers May Again Print The Names of Draftees
Topeka Jan 12 The Kansas draft boards were notified that all names of registrants inducted into military service may be furnished to newspapers and posted publicly. Photographs of draftees may be published. Restrictions on publication of state and county quotas remain in force.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate confirms Steinhardt as ambassador to Turkey
The Senate confirmed President Roosevelt's nomination of Laurence A. Steinhardt of New York, former ambassador to Russia, to be ambassador to Turkey.
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Senate
Steinhardt
Washington
Roosevelt
Laurence A. Steinhardt
New York
Russia
Turkey
Kansas Resources In Present Emergency Talk At Chamber
Dr Ray Q Brewster head of the University of Kansas chemistry department will speak at the Chamber of Commerce annual luncheon tomorrow at 12 20 in the Eldridge Hotel. He will discuss converting Kansas raw materials into manufactured products and the potential for local manufacturing plants using state resources. Reservations may be made at the Chamber office or by telephone 485.
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Ray Q. Brewster
University of Kansas
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge Hotel
Brewster
Chamber
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
K. U
U. S. Public Health Service
KU students organize Red Cross war relief drive
The University of Kansas launches a week of lectures and a campus collection to raise 500 dollars from students and staff. Speakers explain the drive goals and boxes go into campus buildings to collect donations from independent students and fraternity houses.
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Red Cross
Tthe University of Kansas
E. C. Buehler
Fred Robertson
Rail costs to exceed added business, says railroads
St Louis Jan 12 CP R V Fletcher general council for the American Association of Railroads estimated more than 362 million dollars would be required by the nation's railroads to meet higher wages and increased operating costs this year. He compared this to an estimated boost of 358.911 million in revenue from defense hauls and increased passenger travel as final arguments before the interstate commerce commission on a general 10 percent rise in freight and passenger rates proceed.
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St. Louis
R. V. Fletcher
General Council
American Association of Railroads
Fletcher
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate OKs posthumous major general rank for Col William L Mitchell
The senate passed and sent to the house legislation to grant a posthumous promotion to major general for Col. William L. Mitchell World War II air corps chief. He was court martialed for outspoken criticism of army policies.
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Mitchell Washington
Senate
House
William L. Mitchell
World War Air Corps
Bargains on Classified Page Highlight River City Deals
Local newspaper classifieds spotlight bargains across categories. Items include household goods, furniture, appliances, and sale offers from area merchants. Reads like a quick catalog with prices and contact details for bargain hunters.
Russians Close In On Mozhaisk As Axis Retreats
Advices say Soviet forces breached a new German line on the central front and threaten to encircle up to 150,000 Germans in the Mozhaisk region west of Moscow. Recaptures include Lyudinovo and Konova Pustyn with gains along the front from Arctic to Black Sea. Balaklava retaken in Crimea and Rommel’s forces pull back toward El Agheila amid Axis losses in the Ionian.
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Mozhaisk
Lyudinovo
Moscow
Arctic
Black Sea
Bryansk
Bryansk-Vyazma
Adolf Hitler
Konova -Pustyn
Kaluga
Crimea
Crimean Peninsula
Ionian Sea
Libya
Erwin Rommel
London
el Agheila
Gulf of
Sirte
Bengasi
Agedabia
De Valera vows Ireland will defend territory and seek arms
Dublin reports Prime Minister Eamon de Valera stating Ireland will defend itself from attacks and will seek arms to defend its territory. He denied secret bargains and said Ireland will avoid war unless attacked, insisting it has a religious right to act. He challenged rumors of starvation in Eire.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Hire
de Valera
Ejire
Eire
Mild winter warmth sweeps Kansas with rising temps
Topeka reports a milder day as warm sun melts much of the lingering snow. Dodge City reached 60 degrees while Topeka’s high neared 49 with above normal readings. Forecasters say the pattern stays clear and moderate though snow remains north of the state and chilly nights persist.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mercury
Dodge City
Stock Market Index Tumbles as Averages Slip
The Stock Market Index, covering 60 stocks, opened at 37.8 on Saturday and declined to 37.6 by day’s end, indicating a cautious trading session for investors and shifting market sentiment.
Foreign Ministers Arrive in Brazil for Hemisphere Conference
Foreign ministers of the American republics converge on Rio de Janeiro for the western hemisphere conference to set the region's stance in the World War. United States Undersecretary Sumner Welles travels with aides by air to Belem while Argentina's Enrique Ruiz Guinazu stays in Buenos Aires due to illness. Paraguayan Foreign Minister Luis Argana and Peru’s Alfredo Solfy Muro also fly in for the January 15 start.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Sumner Welles
United States
Belem
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Luis Argana
Alfredo Solf Y Muro
Peru
Rotary Moot Teases Tucker Case With Texas Publicity Tale
In a moot court at Rotary today Gerald Tucker's eligibility sparked a lively debate. J Willard Ridings described 15 years of promoting Texas Christian University, noting four Bowl appearances including the Orange Bowl. He cited 2 000 team photos 15 000 letters and 14 500 miles of travel. Lawrence plans to face TCU in Fort Worth in 1943 and again the next year at Lawrence. Paul Ridings heads publicity at Midland College.
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Rotary
Gerald Tucker
J. Willard Ridings
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Miami
Texas
Lawrence
Paul Ridings
Midland College
Fremont
War Bulletins From Asian Theaters Report Bomb Hits and Near Misses
January reports from Batavia and Tarkakan detail claims of bomb hits on a cruiser and two transports off the oil base island. Burma road carrier Christopher Sharman notes a heavy Chinese troop movement westward toward the border. Kuala Lumpur is reported cut off with violent fighting nearby as air raid warnings persist in Singapore with occasional bombs in outlying areas.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands Indies
Tarkakan
Chungking
Christopher Sharman
Burma
London
Kuala Lumpur
Federated Malay States
DNB
Singapore
Black Sea Fleet Shells Retreating German Troops in Crimea
Russian Black Sea fleet based at Sevastopol shelled retreating German columns in eastern Crimea. The Nazi drive aimed to pin the fleet, but Soviet landings on the Kerch Peninsula on December 26 showed the effort failed. The report notes the fleet's active role despite Nazi attempts to destroy or seize Sevastopol.
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London
Russia
Black Sea
Svastopol
Crimea
Red Navy
Kerch Peninsula
Government weighs takeover of 18 private planes in six states
The government is considering seizing 18 privately owned four and five place airplanes in Missouri Kansas Colorado Wyoming Nebraska South Dakota and Iowa for army and navy use. Leonard Jea head of the civil aeronautics regional bureau said inspections are underway in the seven state area. Only three planes of the type are at the local airport a Stinson a Beechcraft and a Waco. The Stinson and Beechcraft are used in a cross country training course. The Waco is owned by Bud Andrews.
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Kansas City
Rzovernment
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Army and Navy
Leonard Jeae
Civil Aeronautics Regional Bureau
Stinson
Waco
Bud Andrews
Aeronautical Chamber chief to speak at Kansas press meet
John H. Jouett president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America will address the Kansas Press Association meeting in Wichita January 22 to 24 J Howard Rusco secretary said Jouett will be on the banquet program with Gov Payne Ratner on January 23 in Wichita Kansas
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Kansas
Topeka
John H. Jouett
Washington
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Kansas Press Association
Wichita
J. Howard Rusco
Association
Jouett
Payne Ratner
Tire rates near government figure set for retreads
Local tire dealers report prevailing retread prices close to government rates with 600-16 tires priced up to 12.45 and a top government price of 7.50 for best grade recaps. Dealers expect January 19 pegging to the official rate. tubes remain scarce while casings and repair work continue.
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Lawrence
Parker Named General Chairman for Douglas County Birthday Celebration
Tom B. Parker will lead Douglas county’s celebration of the President’s Birthday on January 29. Proceeds will aid infantile paralysis sufferers with portions going to the county committee led by Roger Williams and to the national fund. Parker, a local automobile agent since March, will draft committees and organize the event.
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Tom B. Parker
Douglas County
Roger Williams
National Fund
Parker
Lawrence
General Motors
Topeka
Engineers to Dine and Hear Weichsel on Surges in Transformers
Hans Weichsel consulting engineer of General Electric will be principal speaker at a joint KU branch and Kansas City section meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers tonight in Memorial Union at 7. He will demonstrate surge behavior and protector means using a 2,000,000‑volt surge generator he designed. He co invented the self starting and self synchronizing motor earning the Wetherill medal.
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Hans Weichsel
Eeore Electric Corporation
University of Kansas
Kansas City
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Memorial Union
Weichsel
Fynn- Weichsel
Wetherill
Franklin Institute
Wagner Electric Corporation
Lawrence housewives cut deliveries to save tires during gas shortage
Grocers urge households to stock more staples and reduce daily deliveries. Some stores limit to two or three trips, urge husbands to shop on the way home, and coordinate orders by neighborhood to cover all needs with one trip.
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Lawrence
Attica teen wins fat steer grand championship at National Western
George Crenshaw 18 of Attica Kansas won the fat steer grand championship at the National Western stock show with Lazy Lad Aberdeen Angus. He credited his mother’s prayers for the victory and noted Lazy Lad was a birthday gift from his father A F Crenshaw on August 6 1940.
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Denver
George Crenshaw
Attica
Kan
Lazy Lad
George
Escapee from Kansas hospital seized in Phoenix
Alfred Kirby Jella, 42, an escapee from the Kansas state hospital for the criminally insane, was held for Kansas authorities after arrest for petty theft in Phoenix. He said he fled the Kansas institution recently and arrived four days ago, claiming to have escaped using prison fashioned keys. He reportedly was sentenced to life in 1928 for slaying a posseman after a bank robbery in Linwood, Kansas, on November 29, 1924.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Alfred Kirby Jella
Kansas State Hospital
Kansas
J. B. Mackey
Police Identification Bureau
Kansas Institution
Mackey
Jella
Linwood, Kan
Three Cars Wreck Near Baldwin Junction
Three cars damaged in a highway collision one mile east of Baldwin Junction this morning at 9 45. No injuries were reported. Vehicles driven by Mrs Robert Montgomery of Chicago A Lau ren of Kansas City Kan and Charles Simrock of Baldwin were involved. Montgomery was traveling east Lungren passed Simrock and Lungren skidded into Simrock, causing a chain collision.
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Baldwin Junction
Robert Montgomery
Chicago
Lauren
Kansas City
Kan
Charles Simrock
Baldwin
Tunney backs athletics for morale of servicemen
Commander J J Tunney said he favors vigorous athletic activities for servicemen including boxing and rope skipping as morale builders rather than smok es for the Yanks and the gentle ministrations of hostesses. The remarks were reported from York on January 12.
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Tunney
York
C.linnet
J. J. “Geng
Willkie to Address Mayors at Washington Banquet
Wendell L. Willkie will speak at the United States conference of mayors in Washington at a banquet described as major by officials. The Blue network will broadcast the address from 6 30 to 7 p m CST.
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Willkie
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
United States Conference of Mayors
Blue
Frank M Holliday Dies at Halstead Kansas
Frank Mortimer Holliday longtime Lawrence mayor and real estate broker died in Halstead hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be at First Methodist church with Masonic graveside rites. He was born in 1875 in Shelbyville Missouri and lived in Lawrence most of his life. He is survived by his wife Minnah and daughter Laura Alice.
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Frank M. Holliday
Halstead Hospital
Frank Mortimer Holliday
Lawrence
Halstead
Kan
First Methodist Church
O. E. Allison
Dean Raymond A. Schwegler
Memorial Park Cemetery
Schubert Funeral Home
Holliday
Shelbyville
Clara Jordan Holliday
R. S. Holliday
Hutchinson
University of Kansas
Minnah Graeber
Eureka? Springs
Ark
Graeber Brothers
U. S. G. Plank
Alfred Whitman
Lawrence Real Estate Board
K.C.C.H
Washington, D.C
Eastern Star
Scottish Rite Masonry
I.C.C.F. Lodge No
the Sons and Daughters of
New England
Minna G. Holliday
Laura Alice Holliday
Bertie Martin
Newark
Executions Reported Across Occupied France
Reports from Vichy state Charles Bazot was executed January 7 by a Nazi firing squad for firearm possession. In Douai 28 Communist suspects were condemned to death or hard labor terms. Besancon saw 62 German soldiers executed for mutiny per a BBC Switzerland report.
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England
Norway
Vichy
Bordeaux
Dhuai
Nord
Switzerland
Besancon
France
Holland
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Germany
Netherlands
Bordeault
Charles Bazot
Douai
BBC
Russia
CBS
New York
Witness Says Secretary Had Talks With Viereck
Mrs Phyllis Posmo Spielman secretary to the late Senator Lundeen testified that she heard George Viereck speak by telephone with George Hill second secretary to Representative Fish during two calls. Lundeen spoke to Hill and then handed the line to Viereck for discussions about speeches written by Viereck for Lundeen and prepared for mailing by Hill.
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Washington
Phyllis Posmo Spielman
Ernest Lundeén
George Sylvester Viereck
George Hill
Representative Fish
R.-N.y
Viereck
Spielman
Hill
Lundeen
Senate
City Council to Meet in Regular Session Tonight
The city council will meet in regular session this evening at city hall. The meeting will start at 7:30 o'clock.
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