Attack Flank of Shrinking Salient Near Paris
Mid January reporting shows Allied forces driving into the shrinking Belgian bulge. American First and Third Armies along with British Second Army push toward Houffalize and St. Vith, reclaiming territory while von Rundstedt pulls back armor to safer lines. Allied gains include advances near Stavelot Malmedy and Langlir as they tighten around the German salient.
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Paris
First Army
Houffalize
Belgium
Houffalize-St. Vith
Third Armored
Mont-Le-Ban
30Th
Stavelot
Malmedy
A.P
Wes Gallagher
Second Armored
83Rd
Third Army
Third
Second Armes
80Th
Sard
Karl von Runstedt
Ourthe
von Rundstedt
Meuse River
First
Langlir
St. Vith
Germany
Vianden
Siegfried
Salm River
Luxembourg
Ardennes Bulge
Alsace
Strasbourg
Laroche
Salient
Second
St. Hubert
Bastogne
Echternach
Machtam
Moselle
Bulge
Sixth Army Pushes Toward Manila in Luzon Invasion
General MacArthur's forces report steady advance on Luzon as Sixth Army spearheads reach San Carlos and Malasiqui, twelve miles from the coast, amid minimal resistance. Japanese shells from Benguet foothills were silenced by warships. a transport and several luggers were sunk near San Fernando.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Sixth Army
Manila
Agno River
Benguet
Spencer Davis
Associated Press
San Fernando
Lingayen Gulf
Leyte Island
Philippines
San Carlos
Malasiqui
Senate balks at voting on future world security stance
Washington observers report that proponents suspend action on a foreign policy resolution as President Roosevelt prepares to meet with Churchill and Stalin. Ball and Hatch say they will not press adoption now, aiming to avoid a Senate clash during the Big Three talks. Connally urges restraint to protect the delicate international situation. Vandenberg echoes caution but resists suppressing debate.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Ball
R.-Minn
Hatch
D-N.m
Harth
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Cleveland War Plants Restored After Seizure Event
Cleveland powers were returned to normal operations at 9 a.m. central war time after Army officers seized the Cleveland Electric Dominating Company earlier. Col. E. A. Lynn supervises the plant amid a union strike that had threatened wartime output. WLB officials cited a protest over the dismissal of an employee who refused a night shift.
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Cleveland
Siifth
Cleveland Electric Dominating Company
Col. E. A. Lynn
Cleveland Ordnance District
Electric Illuminating Company
United Nations
Roosevelt
Union
Federal War Agency
Army
Washington
John J. McCloy
Navy
McCloy
WLB
Missing in Action Pilot Lt Homer McClanahan
Mrs Hazel McClanahan city hall secretary was notified by the war department that her son Lt Homer McClanahan is a B 17 Flying Fortress pilot based in Italy. He left overseas in 1944 after air corps service since 1943 and four years in the Marines. He is 25, a Lecompton High School graduate who studied at K A and a half in engineering. His father W McClanahan works as the fire marshal in Topeka.
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Hazel McClanahan
War Department
Homer McClanahan
Italy
Air Corps
Marines
McClanaHan
Lecompton High School
K. A
Pilots Report No Japanese Troops 30 Miles Inland
Pilots from a carrier reconnoitering ahead of General MacArthur’s advance scanned up to 30 miles inland and found no enemy troops. Instead they observed two large ground signs reading No Japs here and Jap arms and ammo No Japs here, with local guerrillas waving from nearby.
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Union
Douglas MacArthur
Ens
Thomas A. Wall
Blue Ridge
Okla
Harry B. Anderson
Norfolk
Neb
Czechoslovak recognition to come in stages from Lublin move
A Prague source says Czechoslovakia plans staged recognition of the Lublin Polish regime. An intermediate step would be appointing a delegate to Lublin while Premier Eduard Benes moves toward full official recognition.
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Lublin Ndon
Lublin
Eduard Benes
National firm eyes Lawrence factory expansion
A large manufacturing concern considers opening a Lawrence branch if a suitable building is found and enough responses to a help wanted ad are received. The position targets 25 women aged 18 to 35 for light hand-work with no prior experience needed. The firm seeks advance help from the Chamber of Commerce and real estate firms, with a representative visiting Lawrence next week to survey the area and decide.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Chamber of Commerce
Tire dealer case in Wichita federal court Monday
Charges of violating fire and rationing regulations will be aired in federal court Monday. H. O. Davis, district director of the Office of Price Administration, said the suit against the L. M. Cook Tire company of Emporia seeks triple damages of 16290 dollars. Between 35 and 40 witnesses from Emporia and vicinity have been subpoenaed.
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Wichita
H. O. Davis
Office of Price Administration
L. M. Cook Tire Company
Emporia
Davis
OPA
Vicinity
Bomb Convoys Hit Indo China Coast In Major Pacific Strike
Allied naval reports describe a ferocious assault on four Japanese convoys off the French Indo China coast. Third Fleet aircraft report sinking 38 ships including a 5,000 ton cruiser and transports, with 13 more damaged. Nimitz confirms the Musashi sunk last October, as carrier-based air power continues raids from Formosa to Saigon.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Jan
Indo-China
Third Fleet
Emy
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Philippines
Navy
Asiatic
Pacific
William F. Halsey
Japan
Saigon
Manila
Formosa
Halsey
Camranh Bay
South China Sea
MacArthur
Qui-Nhon
Nimitz
Philippines Sea
Thanh Son Nhut
Camranh Cat Lai
Port Nhabe
Seventh Army Air Force
Palau Islands
Cebu
Negros
Mactan
Contract Awarded for Eudora Day Care Building
U W Grimshaw of Tulsa Oklahoma won a contract worth 89727 dollars for an additional child day care and school building at Eudora Kansas under a federal public housing war project. Work starts January 15 and is to be finished within 60 days. No building planned at Eudora beyond this project. The dispatch also notes connections to Sunflower Village facilities.
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Chicago
U—W. R. Grimshaw
Tulsa
Okla
Eudora
Kan
Federal Public Housing Authority
Sunflower Village
Battle for Luzon Imminent Says Japanese Agency
The Domei agency warned of a major ground battle in northern central Luzon as American invasion forces move toward Aguitor on the Agno river with rocket guns flame throwers tanks and heavy artillery. The dispatch claims Japanese defenders are ready to engage the U S invaders and notes a third U S transport fleet of about 80 vessels entered Lingayen gulf at dawn January 11 amid air and naval attacks, though no Allied confirmation followed.
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Domei
Luzon
Federal Communications ‘Commission
Aguitor
Apno River
U. S
Lingayen Gulf
Sunflower Ordnance Works suit ended in summary judgment
Topeka Jan 13 U S Circuit Judge Walter A Huxman ruled for the defense in a fraud and waste suit over the Sunflower Ordnance Works at DeSoto Kansas The case started as a Civil War informer action by William V Ryan seeking up to 20 million in damages The government withdrew from the suit after investigation found no fraud The judge said the contract was cost plus fixed fee not cost plus, and the defendants earnings could not rise with costs The named contractors include W S Broderick D G Gordon Williams Lozier and William S Lozier Inc Ryan had served as a building inspector at the works in 1942
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Topeka
U. S
Walter A. Huxman
William V. Ryan
Bolivar
Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto
Kan
Haxman
Ryan
George West
Gre
W.S. Broderick
D. G. Gordon
Colorado
Williams
Lozier
William S. Lozier, Inc
Rochester
Ordnance Works
Missing in action Le Roy Wilcox named in war dept notice
L R Wilcox missing in action in Germany since December 16. He is 24, served four years with the 422nd Infantry, overseas four months. He is a Topeka high school graduate who attended the University of Kansas and was stationed earlier in California and Camp Atterbury. His family includes parents C E Wilcox of Route 5, a sister Lela Mae, two brothers including Cpl Robert Wilcox at Fort Bliss, and relatives employed at Western Auto Co and Sunflower Ordnance Works.
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C. E. Wilcox
Route 5
War Department
Pfc
LeRoy Russell Wilcox
Germany
422Nd Infantry
Wilcox
California
Camp Attebury
Ind
Topeka High School
University of Kansas
Immunization Clinics Run At Douglas County Schools
Immunization clinics were held last Wednesday at northwest Douglas County schools under Dr. H L Chambers. Nurse Elizabeth Bradley assisted. Vaccines and tests given included smallpox 22 Schick tests and eight tuberculin tests. Next Wednesday offers repeat clinics at Belvoir Deer Creek Big Springs Lecompton Kanwaka with fixed times.
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Douglas County
H. L. Chambers
Douglas County Health Unit
Elizabeth Bradley
R. N
County Health Unit
Schick
Chambers
Belvoir
Deer Creek
Big Springs
Lecompton
Kanwak
Mighty Soviet Winter Offense Advances West of Baranow
Berlin reports three massive Russian attacks across Poland East Prussia and northern Hungary. The greatest push drives from the Vistula bridgehead about 120 miles below Warsaw with seven to eight divisions striking between Lucence and Kasice. Berlin cites extensive artillery preparation and large armored forces, while Moscow remains silent on the claims as fighting intensifies near Kielce and Krakow.
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London
UPI
Stalin
Red Army
Baranow
Berlin
Vistula
Poland
Ivan S. Koney
Vistula River
Warsaw
Lucence
Kassa
Kasice
Moscow
Prussian
Romintenn
Herth
Memel
Stockholm
Ernst von Hammer
Baranov
Budapest
Kielce
Krakow
Silesia
Spring Like Sunday Forecast for Kansas Cities
Topeka reports a spring like Sunday with possible highs near 60 while clearing skies spread across Kansas and neighboring states. Dodge City led the state warmth at 63, Wichita cooled to 38 at night, and eastern regions expect mid thirties tonight with cooler northwestern areas around 25 to 32.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
Dodge City
Goodland
Wichita
Sansae
Meenn
Liam
Ib Agaa U
President Roosevelt May Tour France Ahead of Allied Leaders
President Roosevelt may visit France next month as part of preparations for his meeting with Churchill and Stalin. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early will travel to Europe to consult with public relations staff at SHAEF. The War Department confirmed Early’s advisory role on public relations matters during a several week period starting in February.
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Paris
Stephen Early
France
Roosevelt
Supreme Headquarters
Early
Europe
White House
Chuchil
Marshal Stalin
Ankara
Tehran
War Department
Washington
Stephen T. Early
Frank A. Allen
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces
Shaef
Gain in Employes at Sunflower Ordnance Plant
Net gain at Sunflower Ordnance works jumps to 260 for January 6 to 12, a new high. Hiring reached 448 that week with 242 men and 208 women. terminations totaled 188. Men and women from Lawrence accounted for 146 hires, reflecting draft shifts and local manpower efforts in wartime production.
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Sunflower Ordnance
Belgian Bulge
Citizens Manpower Committee
Harry R. Barnard
Lawrence
U. S. Employment Service
Land Grant Colleges urge postwar military training pause
The Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities recommends delaying any postwar military training decision until the current selective service act expires. chaired by Clarence A. Dykstra, former selective service director and president of the University of Wisconsin.
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Washington
Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities Today
Association
Clarence A. Dykstra
Selective Service
Dykstra Ig
University of Wisconsin
Tax Return Jitters Hit Lawrence As Deadline Looms
Crowds fill banks, law offices, and the post office seeking help on income tax returns as January 15 nears. Many lack partnership blanks and 1040 forms vanish fast while unused blanks pile up at home and offices. Tax aid workers report hundreds of questions and a tense rush, yet officials urge turning in unused blanks to reduce waste.
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Lawrence Banks
Internal Revenue Officer
Post Office
May Challenge City Over Beer Licenses Refusal
Rumor says court action may follow the city council’s denial of five beer license applications for 1945. Applicants pleaded guilty in O J Lane justice court last month to opening slot machines to public use, deemed moral turpitude. Council cites state law and city ordinance to bar licenses for two years from conviction, prompting potential lawsuits and broader class action questions.
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Justice Court of
O. J. Lane
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