Steady Advancers Claimed for Reds
Soviet dispatches report Germans retreating 20 miles toward Rostov while Red forces push from Stalingrad to the Don and Kuban fronts. A dramatic breakthrough at Mineralnye Vedi uncovers German trainloads. cavalry gains in the Caucasus, and heavy losses inflicted on German units in Velikie Luki.
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Rostov
Don
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Rome
Oreign Office
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Russia
Mozdok
Red Army
Kuban
Maikop
Moscow
Caucasus Mountains
Red
Central Caucasus
Mineralnye Vedi
Rostov-Batu
Central
Velikie Luki
First Presbyterian Dinner Meeting With Rev Alison Speaker
Members of the First Presbyterian church and congregation plan a January dinner in the church dining room at 6 15 PM. Rev O E Allison D D of the First Methodist church will speak on The Privilege of Being a Christian. Woman's Guild calendar group leads the event. attendees bring a covered dish due to rationing.
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First Presbyterian Church
O. E. Allison
First Methodist Church
Women’s Guild
Deal Six
Elbel
Nash Addresses Topeka League On Receiving Home Proposal
Dr. Bert A. Nash of the University of Kansas School of Education spoke at a luncheon of the League of Women Voters in Topeka at the Kansan hotel. His address centered on the Receiving Home Proposal.
Bombs Hit Naples as Liberators Strike for 88th Time
Four engine Liberators of the Ninth Air Force bomb Naples by daylight, hitting harbor installations and shipping. The raid marked the 88th Allied attack on the port, with Italian reports noting civilian losses of 28 dead and 75 injured. The communique said heavy cloud cover limited visual results and that one enemy fighter was destroyed while two Allied aircraft were shot down.
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Cairo
United States Army
Ninth Air Force
Naples
Messerschmitt
Middle East
Sousse
Gabes
Sfax
Tripolitania
Erwin Rommel
Misurata
Tripoli
Talmadge Retires as Georgia Governor
Eugene Talmadge resigns from the governor’s office after nearly 25 years in politics. Ellis Gibbs Arnall, 35, is inaugurated as Georgia’s 71st chief executive. Talmadge urges tough press scrutiny to keep leaders honest as Georgia press largely opposed his last campaign.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Ellis Gibbs Arnall
Talmadge
Spell Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving in Eudora Crash
Thomas J. Spell, driver in a crash near Eudora last Thursday, pled guilty to reckless driving this morning. He was fined $25 and $5 costs by Justice 0. J. Larne. A separate charge of lacking a proper license was dismissed by state patrolmen.
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Thomas J. Spell
Eudora
Justice 0. J. Larne
Kansas Legislature Opens 60th Session In War Focus
Topeka January 12 The 60th Kansas legislature convened with both houses ready to tackle war issues. Lieut. Gov. Jess Denions called the senate to order while Speaker pro tem Paul Lundgren presided in the house amid Speaker Wunsch’s illness. Committees were chosen quickly.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jess C. Denions
Dodge City
Senate
Paul Lundgren
Coldwater
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Frank J. Ryan
Schoeppel
Henry Buzick, Jr
Sylvan Grove
Hutchinson
Judiciary
E. A. Briles
Stafford
Ways and Means
Robert Lemon
Pittsburg
Jones
DeSoto School Wins Federal Aid for Two Buildings
DeSoto school officials report approval of a 10000 grant for the elementary school and a 5700 grant for the rural high school from the Federal Public Works Agency. Twenty five trailer camp students attend the DeSoto grade school while four more teachers joined since September and one more high school staffer is planned.
Griffith Reelected Head of Douglas County Board
L. H. Griffith was reelected chairman of the board of county commissioners yesterday as the board reorganized. M. N. Fenty became commissioner from the first district and Ed Johnson was elected vice chairman. The body met to review department status and learn board procedures, reconvening this morning on various matters.
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L. H. Griffith
Board of County Commissioners
M. N. Fenty
Ed Johnson
Active Water Accounts in City Reach Record High
Lawrence water department reported 4 426 active accounts at end of November, the largest on record, compared with 4 145 year earlier. The month saw 46 610 000 gallons pumped versus 40 281 000 in November 1941, with total sales at 11 866 98 dollars, up 1 684 86 from the prior year.
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Lawrence Water Department
Stock Market Index Drops Slightly From Yesterday
The average of 60 stocks edged down to 41.9 points after a 42.0 reading the day before. Investors watched modest shifts amid mixed trading and small gains in select sectors.
LaGuardia Seeks More Oil Rail Freight for War Demand
New York Mayor LaGuardia urged routing additional oil tank cars from the Midwest to the East to boost fuel supply for war. He testified before a Senate committee amid debates on funding and tax proposals to raise $16 billion for wartime needs.
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Midwest
Washington
LaGuardia
New York
Congress
Flynn
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New York City
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
Democratic National Committee
Bridges
R-N.h
Australis
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
Prentiss M. Brown
Michigan
Senate
House
Boston
Bridgeport
Conn
Doughton
D-N.c
Ways and Means
Coughton
LeClerc’s Troops Reach Murzuk in Fezzan Drive
English dispatch reports Gen LeClerc’s forces advancing in Libya. Murzuk, capital of Fezzan, captured, with advance units also taking Sebha about 100 miles north. The report notes Southern Libya and nearby towns under French control.
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Libya
London
John
Kenna
LeClerc
Murzuk
Fezzan
Sebha
Miners Back to Work Movement Folds in Pa
A sector of Pennsylvania's anthracite strike groups collapsed as trains of workers returned to two Glen Alden collieries, while 1,600 miners resumed at Hazleton, threatening another walkout. The pay demand of $2 daily outweighed the dues increase, with production losses cited at 28,000 tons daily.
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Wilkes -.Barre
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
Glen Alden Coal Company
Truesdale and Loomis
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Hazleton
Edward Griffith
Glen Alden Company
Glen Alden
Lawrence plans straw vote on parking meters in February
City council calls a red ballot straw vote on meters printed in February water bills. Trial ends mid February after a six month period. Purchase price was 21 million plus, with about 1 thousand dollars in the meter fund. revenues by month are listed. A rural straw vote suggestion was not acted on.
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Lawrence
Dual Parking Meter Company
E. E. Alexander
Ralph Achning
Ard
I. F. Eberhart
Achning
Journal-World
Davidson named to Douglas county ration board
K W Davidson 2244 New Hampshire director of information at K U was appointed community service member of the Douglas county war price and rationing board at a joint meeting of the rationing board and the local defense council. The state OPA office had requested such a member be added. The board now has 11 members with John Brand as chairman and other members listed.
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K. W. Davidson
New Hampshire
K.U
Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
State Office
Davidson
John Brand
Holmes
Harry Barnett
Baldwin
Elmer Ousdahl
Corlett Cotton
C. B. Young
Laighton Melvin
Hoa . Weaver
Carl Graeber
Karl Kreider
Laval Promises Deliveries to Germany in Exchange for Power
Pierre Laval agreed to supply 400 000 French workers and some warships to Germany as part of a December conference with Adolf Hitler and Count Galeazzo Ciano. Hitler reportedly told Laval this would be the last French government to negotiate and granted Laval direct police control and broader authority.
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London
Pierre Laval
Germany
Laval
Adolf Hitler
Galeazzo Ciano
France
Hitler
OPA Sets Rules for T Ration Books for Commercial Vehicles
The Office of Price Administration said local offices will issue T ration books for commercial vehicles after February 1 only with certificates of war necessity from the Office of Defense Transportation. For the rest of the month, temporary T ration books will be issued without certificates.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
OPA
Fire and Police Salaries Raised in City Council Action
City council approved a raise of ten dollars monthly for police and firemen. Police funding comes from budgeted car and marker funds and parking meter reserves, while fire funding uses emergency reserves and hydrant inspector duties. The meeting also covered airport equipment purchases, a fuel oil truck dispute, and rejection of federal garbage funds for Lawrence.
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Roy Bushey
Police and Ways and Means
Bushey
W. C. Hunsinger
Fire Department
Water Department
German submarines add ships to toll in recent ops
Berlin reports in a special bulletin that German submarines increased their tally by 16 ships totaling 89 000 tons. The bulletin notes two ships worth 17 000 tons were in a tanker convoy from which 13 ships totaling 124 tons had previously been sunk, but no independent confirmation exists.
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Berlin
High Command
Time extended for tire inspections by OPA delay
The Office of Price Administration postponed the January 31 first tire inspection deadline and cut frequency of checks. Basic gas ration A holders have until end of March for the first inspection with subsequent checks every six months. B and C bookholders must inspect by end of February with later schedules every four or three months. opinion: motorists urged to inspect early.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Paul M. O'Leary
O'Leary
USO centers planned for Eu dora and De Soto areas
Sunflower Ordnance Works teams plan United Service Organization clubs in Eudora and De Soto to serve all workers. Miss Alice Moe of Topeka has been appointed director at Eudora, meeting with Mayor Lothholz and the city council. Local committees and national HQ will determine site and program details.
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Ralph Pine
E. B. Curry
Federal
Orks Agency
Lawrence
Clarence Gorrill
Curry
Kansas
Frank Willey
Civilian Defense Organization
Paul Haney
State Board of Health
Fifth
California Street
Ways and Means
Lawrence Water Works
I. F. Eberhart
Orville K. Getty
Massachusetts
Getty
Madge Bailene
R. C Burgert
Burgert
WPA
United Service Organization
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Eudora
DeSoto
Young Women’s Christian Association
Chures
National Community Service Group
Alice Moe
Topeka
Kentucky Street
George Lothholz
Petrillo Urges Full Inquiry Into Music Industry Control
Federation chief James Caesar Petrillo told senators the live musician faces loss as a few giant corporations profit from record making and radio. He pressed for a broad probe into industry monopoly and interlocking agreements. Clark earlier described a stoppage of recorded music due to union bans on radio and jukebox performances.
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Washington
James Caesar Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
A.F.L
Chicago
Petrillo
Interstate Commerce
Senator Clark
Disdaho
Clark
Friends Save Breakfast at Governor's Mansion
Topeka reports the Schoeppel family hosted 80 guests at breakfast in the governor's mansion. A Christmas gift slab of bacon and three pounds of coffee from anonymous friends helped, with the bacon saved for the occasion and a nameless donor leaving coffee on the porch overnight.
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Topeka
Schoeppel
Roosevelt asks congress for $4 billion boost to shipbuilding program
President Roosevelt requested a supplemental appropriation of 4 000 000 000 dollars to the maritime commission to expand the merchant shipbuilding effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Maritime Commission
Farmers Prepare For 1943 Season In Kansas County
Farm mobilization day signals national call but local farmers already gird for a full 1943 effort. They anticipate warmer soil for sowing oats barley and potatoes while facing labor shortages for potato harvest and grappling with feed supplies and mud in feedlots.
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Kansas
Pleasant weather to linger in Kansas forecast
Topeka reports no change in temperatures with continued sunshiny days this month. Western counties saw highs between 40 and 50 degrees, Goodland recorded 49, and Topeka ran about 7 degrees above normal for the 24 hours. Ellis logged a low of 19 with a light freeze expected tonight.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Western
Goodland
Ellis
Flora
Argentina Warns Germany Over Naval Attache
Argentina demands Germany recall naval attache Capt. Dietrich Niebuhr, labeling him undesirable. The move seen as Buenos Aires warning Berlin it will aid American neighbors in eradicating axis espionage on the continent.
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Berlin
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Germany
Dietrich Niebuhr
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