Allied air strike devastates Castel Benito near Tripoli
United States warplanes destroyed 34 Nazi aircraft in the air and on the ground in a raid on Castel Benito airfield ten miles south of Tripoli. B-17s led the assault from the west, destroying 20 on the ground and downing 14 more during a 75 mile pursuit. Heavy blow against Rommel’s forces marked by deep western penetration into Libya.
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North Africa
United States
Castel Benito
Tripoli
Tripolitania
Rommel
Libya
Burglaries Hit Two Lawrence Businesses On Mass Street
Two Lawrence shops suffered break ins last night. Wiedemann's Grill at 835 Massachusetts Street lost about $20 after a board from a rear door vent was removed and a music machine and cash register were robbed. Beal Brothers grocery at 806 Massachusetts Street reported $8.50 stolen after a hidden thief waited in the basement and then lifted the cash register.
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Lawrence
Wiedemann's Grill
Massachusetts’ Street
Beal Brothers Grocery
Massachusetts Street
Wiedemann
Beals
Petrillo Pledges Urgent Talks To End Record Ban
James Caesar Petrillo promised a senate committee to move to immediate negotiations with radio broadcasters and recording companies to end the record ban. He estimated the union finances around 2.5 million dollars and avoided details on treasury affairs.
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Washington
James Caesar Petrillo
Senate
American Federation of Musicians
Abot
Petrillo
Allied Planes Strike Hard Blows From Burma to the Southern Seas
Allied warplanes sweep the Pacific from Burma to the South Seas with escalating strikes on Japanese forces. MacArthur reports gains against trapped troops at a Papuan beach as Guadalcanal incursions yield 186 Japanese killed or captured on January 2. Royal Air Force bombers hit Burma targets and river shipping while Salamaua and Failoro airstrips face low level attacks.
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Burma
Pacific
South Seas
Douglas MacArthur
An Gninesa
Navy
Millard F. Harmon
U. S. Army
South Pacific
Key
Guadalcanal
Harmon
Salamaua
New Guinea
Failoro
Portuguese Timor
R.A.F
Akwab Island
Bay of Bengal
Chindwin
Irrawaddy
Rathedaung
Kansas opens 50th session with wartime tax cuts urged
Kansas legislature begins its 50th session as Gov Schoeppel calls wartime economies. Senators push income tax cuts and a sales tax reduction, with House committees named. Beer content may be limited and party vacancy rules clarified. In Washington the U boat threat and shipping losses dominate naval briefings.
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Topeka
Kansas
Schoeppel
Senate
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
House
Ira M. Platt
Junction City
Judiciary Committee
Wayne Rogler
Matfield Green
Ways and Means
F. L. Hagatan
Kansas City
E. F.goernandt
Clyde
Banks
William F. Hubbard
Hugoton
Draft Office Checks 154 Men This Morning
Doctors and dentists examined 164 registrants at the selective service office in the Community building. The local board reports no calls this month and a lull in activity. January calls filled. one for two colored men and one for ten white men. Questionnaires mailed to 18 year olds registered between December 11 and 31. Marine Corps January inductee quota is full. Coast Guard quota filled at month start.
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Selective Service
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Change in Clinics at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dr. Mary Boyden, Lawrence physician, takes charge of the well baby clinic at Lawrence Memorial Hospital starting Friday. She replaces Dr. Harry Gilkey of the University of Kansas Hospital. Gilkey has run monthly clinics. Boyden will hold clinics twice a month on the first and third Fridays, with the first Friday clinic at 2 p.m. in the hospital clinic rooms.
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Mary Boyden
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Harry Gilkey
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City
Gilkey
Boyden
Steel Strikes Loom in Canada Amid Walkouts
Ottawa reports Canada appeals to Philip Murray president of CIO for action to avert a threatened strike at a second of the dominion s three large steel plants and to end a walkout already in effect at another plant.
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Canada
Ottawa
Philip Murray
C.S0
Dominion
Stock Market Index Advances Slightly Amid Mixed Trading
The average of 60 stocks rose to 42.0 as of yesterday, up from 41.9, signaling modest overall gains amid uneven trading activity across sectors.
Weather Briefs From Topeka on Wheat and Livestock
Weather summaries from Topeka report mild temperatures that did not end dormancy for wheat. Western winter wheat is in excellent condition with strong roots and color. Hessian fly expected to reduce eastern acreage. Some corn husked and limited sorghum threshed but grain quality lower. Livestock marketings rise as cattle move from pastures to feed lots. Temperatures stayed much above normal with little precipitation.
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Topeka
Kansas
Russians Gain In Stalingrad Siege Drive In Caucasus
Soviet forces press the Voronezh and Stalingrad sectors as they drive Germans back toward Rostov in a broad offensive. Reports say Red Army penetrated western outskirts of Stalingrad and captured several towns in the Caucasus while repelling German counterattacks.
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Rostov
London
Voronezh
Berlin
Reuters
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Don-Volga
Hitler
Lake Simen
Leningrad
Lake Ladopa
Lake Ladoga
Salsk
Stockholm
Rostov-Batu
Pyatigorsk
Essentuki
Moscow
Red Army
Elista
Kalmyck
Lower
I Don
Velikie Luki
Liberty Memorial High Announces First Semester Grade Cards
Principal Ralph Graber announced that Liberty Memorial High will issue first semester grade cards Monday morning January 18 starting at 8 30. All first semester classes will meet in three minute periods as grade cards are issued then students proceed with second semester schedule.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Ralph Graber
Atudents
Chinese Victory Declared at Important Japanese Base
Chinese forces announce a major victory at a key Japanese base in southern Henan, near Lin yang, central China theater. The victory is described as the most significant in months as of January 1844.
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Chungking
Linyang
Henan
Chinese High Command
War Manpower Commission to Count Farm Labor
The regional commission will survey farm labor in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas. A complete check of available labor and needs for spring summer and fall will be done through AAA county organizations and finished by February 1. Ed McDonald says the survey replaces previous guesses about shortages caused by the armed services and war plants.
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War Manpower Commission
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Farm Labor Division
The
Manpower Commission
AAA
Ed McDonald
Regional Manpower Commission
Armed Services
Miners Face Possible War Board Action Over Strike
Thousands of Pennsylvania anthracite miners held mass meetings to weigh a possible truce as the War Labor Board warned it may urge President Roosevelt to seize strike-bound collieries. The board said stockpiles are critically low endangering public health and war needs.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Labor Board
United Mine Workers
WLB
John L. Lewis
U.M.W
Coun
Wildcat
Perkins
Solid Fuels
Ickes
Senate
Eight Strikers Discharged At Detroit Plant
Eight workers accused by the army of organizing unauthorized strikes at the Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corp plant in Detroit were discharged today. Seven were fired by Bohn per army request. the eighth, who had taken a job at Packard Motor Car, was also discharged there. The protests were over wage increase talks between the company and the CIO United Auto Workers.
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Detroit
Aeight
Army
Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corp
Bohn Corporation
Packard Motor Car Company
War Labor Board
C.I.0
United Auto Wairkers
New Car For Sheriff Certificate Issued By Panel
The Douglas county sheriff's office received a certificate to purchase a new car from the city rationing board at its meeting yesterday. Daniel Barnett of 1340 Rhode Island street was granted a bicycle certificate. Tire certificates were issued for various grades and types, including 11 grade two tires, one grade one tire, 14 grade three tires, 12 passenger tubes, 23 passenger retreads, four new truck tires, four truck retreads, and four truck tubes. The county board was in session today.
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Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Rationing Board
Daniel Barnett Thomas
Rhode Island Street
Wes
Hitler Confers With Antonescu in Berlin Meeting
German broadcasts report Adolf Hitler met Sunday at his Berlin headquarters with Romania's Premier Marshal Ion Antonescu and Deputy Premier Bihar Antonescu. The talks were announced today.
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Hitler
Antonescu
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Marshal Ion Antonescu
Romania
Bihar Antonescu
Food stamp plan ends March one in Douglas county
Welfare director Mrs. Mildred D. Watson announces the food stamp plan will close nationwide on March 1. The program funded by federal agencies will end with stamps usable in February and retailers to redeem within 60 days. Audits by FDA staff will follow discontinuation. exact funding shifts remain unresolved.
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Douglas County
Mildred D. Watson
Food Distribuition Administration
FDA
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Surplus Marketing Administration
Auto Tag Sales Rise in Treasurer's Office
County treasurer reports brisk auto tag sales with 1,822 sets sold by 9 am. Deadline to avoid penalties is February 1, with 50 cent penalty from February 2 to March 1, then higher penalties. Buyers must present title and registration to receive tags. foreign titles slow processing.
Red Cross drive quotas set for Douglas County
Douglas County officials led by Judge Frank Gray set a Red Cross war drive quota of 17 160 with national aims of 125 million dollars. Local needs require 9 300 for national activities and 7 mounted for local chapter work. The drive emphasizes doubling or tripling past gifts to support war relief and production programs with hundreds of volunteers.
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Doulas
Red Cross
Frank Gray
National Red Cross
Ssn
Pearl Harbor
Douglas County
Eastern driving ban may be relaxed in ten weeks
Charles S. Phillips of the OPA said the eastern pleasure driving ban could be eased about 65 to 70 days from mid January as winter heating fuel oil shortages ease. He noted fuel oil for heating reduces east coast gasoline quotas and that B and C ration books aim to lift car mileage to 5 000 miles per year to sustain supply without synthetic rubber.
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Washington
Charles S. Phillips
OPA
Phillips
Automotive Supplies
Office of Price Administration
Senate
Office of Price Administration urges oil stove users to switch to coal
John W. Brand, head of the local war price and rationing board, urges oil heating users to convert to coal burning units amid fuel oil shortages. The War Production order released coal stove stocks for eligible buyers. about 260,000 oil users in seven midwestern states consume 200 million gallons yearly. Eligible buyers include those converting from oil or replacing irreparably worn coal units. Applications for certificates of purchase go through the local board under prior priorities. Stoves burning wood only or used stoves are excluded. new units must be unsold or unused within 60 days in fuel oil rationed areas.
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Office of Price Administration
John W. Brand
War Price and Rationing Board
War Production Board
Prsuer
Brand
Health Officials Lead Free Clinic For Ocal Club Members
State board of health officials joined the Douglas county health unit and the Tuberculosis society to run a free physical examination clinic for the Ocal Business and Professional Women's club. Sixteen club members were examined at Lawrence Memorial hospital from 7 to 9 30 p.m. The party included doctors Hiebert Heilman Sorensen Kramer and Chambers and a staff of nurses led by Eva Bourne. The visiting team offered to return for another clinic.
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State Board of Health
Douglas County Health Unit
The
Tuberculosis Society
Ocal Business and Professional Women’s Club
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Eva Bourne
B. P. W. Club
H. L. Hiebert
R. M. Heilman
R. M. Sorensen
Leon R. Kramer
H. L. Chambers
Ethel P. Lynn
R. N
Elizabeth Bradley
Eva M. Bourne
Mae Rowley
Maude C. Pringle
Electa Kindlesperger
Jessie Scott
Douglas County Tuberculosis Association
Minnie Scott
Dawn Dawn Raid Kills and Wounds English Coast Town
German raiders attacked a southeast England town at dawn killing a number of residents and injuring many others. Ambulances from three centers ferried the injured to hospitals while rescue squads pulled survivors from the rubble of homes.
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London
England
Kansas Regents Approve Service Refund On Withdrawals
The Kansas board of regents approved a rule granting partial credit and fee refunds to students who withdraw to enter military service. Refunds vary by semester portion from full incidental fee refunds in early withdrawal to 75 percent course credit for late withdrawals, with graduates receiving full course credit. Dr Laurence Woodruff noted re-enrollment may rise. Chancellor Malott urged students to stay in school until called.
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Kansas Board of Regents
Laurence Woodruff
Reserve
Deane W. Malott
Washington
Army
Navy
Senator Coleman Pushes Labor Study After Union Probe
Topeka January 13 Sen Rolla W Coleman plans to seek at least 25000 to fund a joint senate house governor appointed committee to study labor union activity in defense projects. He warns of a rising anti union wave if a sensible program is not developed.
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Topeka
Rolla W. Coleman
R-Mission
Kansas
Senate
House
Coleman
Weather Like Spring In Midwinter In Kansas
A Topeka forecast notes mild mid winter weather expected to continue across Kansas. Eastern Kansas saw 40 to 45 degree readings while western areas reached 45 to 60 with Goodland at 55 the high. Lows ranged from 17 to 19 in Ellis, Concordia, and Topeka, with Bemidji reporting colder temps to the north. No significant temperature change expected statewide.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Goodland
Kaw Valley
Flora
Ellis
Concordia
Bemidji
Minn
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