Motor convoy heads for China opens land route
Myitkyina Burma January 18 The first allied motor convoy destined for China in 246 years and the first to cross Burma from India is ready to leave Ledo Minnesota? No, Ledo India with vital war supplies for American and Chinese troops The convoy will travel 1000 miles along the Ledo road whose construction began over a year and a half ago American engineers stand ready to repair the road to keep the route open Namkham and Wanting near the Shweli valley are being cleared by Chinese and Chinese allied forces as they close in on the valley road Once Namkham and Wanting are taken the land route between India and China will be open and Americans in the theater pursue this objective with determination.
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Myitkyina
Burma
China
Dia
Ledo
Inia
Ledo Road
Daniel I. Sultan
Namkham
Shweli River
Lewis A. Pick
Auburn
Ala
Shweli
Miss Irene Peabody to Sing Four Song Groups in Recital
Miss Irene Peabody professor of roles at K U will present a Monday evening recital at Fraser theater at 8 p m Her program includes four major voice groups early classical Irish folk German school and American songs She has led the University women s glee club and directs the choir at First Presbyterian church Lawrence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Peabody
K. U
Fraser Theater
Army Men on Trial for Looting Supply Trains
Paris January 18. Testimony in an army court martial revealed high stakes at GI poker games tied to looting of supply trains in French black market deals. Lt. Robert O Reily described large cash bets 8000 francs and stockpiled cigarettes and chocolate bars at the rail line loot scenes. Defendants today include Sgt Fran C Pozzi of Chicago and Ret Walter G Thorsell of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Robert O'Reily
Army Criminal Investigation Division
O’reily
Fran C. Pozzi
Chicago
Ill
Walter G. Thorsell
Portland
Car Stolen and Recovered Near Lawrence
A Sunflower Ordnance Works car was stolen at 10:15 last evening from in front of 1121 Tennessee street and found undamaged in a ditch about four miles west of Lawrence by State Patrolman Fred Coon and Deputy Sheriff Ernest Pohl around midnight.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Tennessee Street
Fred Coon
Ernest Pohl
Lawrence
Highway 10
DeSoto By-Pass
Johnson County
Policy and stamp validity details from the OPA update
The Associated Press reports on ongoing OPA stamp validity across several categories. Meats fats and processed foods have several stamps marked valid with no set termination dates before March 1. Sugar book four stamps remain valid with February 1 for new five pound stamps. Shoes book three stamps remain valid indefinitely. Gasoline and fuel oil coupons show varied validity through March and the heating season, with regional applicability noted.
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Associated Press
O.P.A
P.A
Midwest
South
Pacific Northwest
East
Attack Flank of Shrinking Salient Continues
Front reports show U S Ninth Army making little progress in Lindern Leiffarth. Seventh Army loses Oeting near Saarbrucken while Americans advance at Althorn near Bitche and Rittershofen near the German border. Fierce fighting at Hatten as Germans struggle to crack the Maginot line. Von Rundstedt leads a retreat four weeks after winter offensive began.
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Pany
U. S. Ninth Army
Lindern- Leiffarth
U. S. Seventh Army
Oeting
Saarbrucken
Bitche
Althorn
Rittershofen
Wissembourg
Hatten
Strasbougr
Roseafeld
Herschheim
Benfeld
von Rundstedt
Belgium
Luxembourg
Hargiss visits Lawrence amid war effort notes
Lawrence visitors include ex KU coach Hargiss and his daughter Shirley as Pratt & Whitney plant directorate ends. Winter hospital seeks 1000 crutches and musical instruments for wounded servicemen through Red Cross chapters. A Johnson County crash near Highway 10 reported no injuries. Professors Miessner and Gaston head to Chicago for War Council in Music and music therapy meetings.
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H. W
Bil” Hargiss
K. U
Lawrence
Shirley
Hargiss
Pratt & Whitney
Kansas City
War Department
W. O. Miessner
E. T. Gaston
E. U. Muate
Chicago
Miessner
War Council In Music
Gaston
Lawrence grocers sued for ration banking injunctions
Two Lawrence grocers named as defendants in OPA injunction suits in Wichita claim violations of ration banking rules. Woodhead of Mildred’s Cery is charged with issuing checks exceeding balances on sugar ration and meats fats fish cheese accounts. Edmonds of Edmonds Cery is alleged to have overdrawn his meats fats fish and cheese account. The OPA seeks orders to stop further checks until balances are restored and to compel balance correction.
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Wichita
Kan
Lawrence Grocers
Office of Price Administration
U. S. District Court
Raton
Woodhead
Mildred
Norman S. Edmonds
Edmonds Cery
Massachusetts
OPA
La' Lodge No 6 A F & A M to convene Monday
La Lodge No 6 A F and A M will convene next Monday evening January 15 at 7 30 for work in the Entered apprentice Degree. John F Mee and W H Quakenbush are noted as officers or secretaries in the notice.
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la’ Lodge No. 6
John F. Mee
W. H. Quakenbush
Four Years Ago Today War Skirmishes and Bombings Marked Day
On January 18, 1941, Dusseldorf and Liverpool were bombed while Libyan operations faced disruption from heavy sand storms. Sub zero cold in Albania hampered fighting efforts across the region.
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Dusseldorf
Liverpool
Libya
Albania
3 Mighty Attacks Launched by Reds
The midnight Soviet bulletin reports Hungarian patriots rising against Germans, triggering Nazi retaliation. Soviet forces push through Pest and toward Buda, with Tolbukhin’s army near the Danube. Russians say 1,000 German lives were lost and 102 tanks knocked out in two days as they tighten around the capital. Berlin broadcast claims the Danube drive toward Brat istra and Vienna is stopped.
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Moscow
Pest
Buda
Danube
Feodor Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Berlin
Ernst von Hammer
Bratislava
Vienna
Red Army
Komsro
Funeral services for Miss Laura McWilliams held Monday
Miss Laura McWilliams funeral services were scheduled for Monday at 2 30 PM at Ninth Pee Baptist Church with Rev W J Davenport presiding. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. George Cowen services set for Monday at 10 AM at Bowser Lee mortuary with Rev Davenport in charge. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura McWilliams
Ninth Pee Baptist Church
W. 8. Davenport
Oak Hill Cemetery
George Cowen
Bowser-Lee Mortuary
W. Davenport
Mitschele Seaman First Class Funeral Set for Monday
Funeral services for Seaman First Class Robert C. Mitschele will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Rumsey funeral home with the Rev. H Reif Schneider in charge. Burial will be shortly after.
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Robert C. Mitschele
Rumsey Funeral Home
H. Reifschneider
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mrs Marie A Walls former Lawrence resident dies in KC
Marie Antoinette Walls aged 80 died yesterday at her daughter Mrs Daniel T Johnsons home in Kansas City where she had lived since the death of a second daughter Miss Katherine Snell Walls in 1926. She was born August 24 1864 in New Salem Ohio and was educated at University of Kansas and Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Funeral Monday 2 pm at Wagner chapel with burial Forest Hill cemetery.
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Marie A. Walls
Marie
Antoinette Walls
Lawrence
Daniel T. Johnson
Kansas City
Katherine Snell Walls
Walls
New Salem
William Jones
Methodist Church
University of Kansas
Pi Beta Phi
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Summit Street Methodist Church
George Longan Walls
Melrose
Pi Phi
Katherine B. Richardson
Mercy Hospital
Johnson
Richard W. Scott
Richard W. Scott, Jr
San Diego
Calif
Men Home From Western Front
One thousand three hundred sixty eight non casualty troops return from Europe aboard ships to New York. The group from the 12th army group includes men from the 1st 3rd and 9th armies, decorated up to twelve times and slated for 30 day merit furloughs or return to duty. Major Harold B. Riley of Kansas City is among them.
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Helen
New York
Europe
Germany
Bellum
France
Italy
Sicily
Pennsylvania
Texas
Utah
New York Harbor
Camp Shanks
America
United States
G.i.’S
Arkansas wife learns son missing in action in Germany
Mrs. Arletta Stewart of Arkansas street received word from the war department that her husband Cpl. John Stewart is missing in action in Germany. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Tom Stewart of Topeka.
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Arletta Stewart
Arkansas Street
War Department
Cpl
John Stewart
Germany
Corporal Stewart
Tom Stewart
Topeka
Lawrence Sunday Forum at Ninth Street Baptist Church
The Lawrence Sunday Forum meets Sunday at 5 p.m. at Ninth Street Baptist Church. LeRoy E. Moore will lead a discussion, with Blanche D. Pierson performing a piano solo and John Marshall a flute solo.
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Lawrence Sunday Forum
Ninth’ Street Baptist Church
LeRoy E. Moore
Blanche D. Pierson
John Marshall
Community Notes From Columbia and Nearby Areas
Claude Flory of Whittler Cal is visiting. Birth announces son Larry Arthur to Mr and Mrs Ernest Tucker at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on December 23. Numerous Shuck and related families share Christmas and New Year dinners at Abe Flory and Lloyd Shuck homes. Diets Duver and others move among Lawrence area, with medical discharge for Cecil Duver. Dr West treated a sick cow for Shuck brothers. Various visits to Ernest Tucker home and Columbia School by neighbors. Will Postma and Richard ground feed for Abe Flory. William Markley of Lawrence visits. Numerous social and family gatherings mark the season.
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Claude Flory
Whittler
Cal
Daniel Flory
Ernest Tucker
Larry Arthur
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Charles Shuck
Darrell
Barbera
Dale McMillin
Danny
Lloyd Shuck
Charlie Brohammer
Shuck Brothers
Byron Shuck
Pearl Brohammer
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence
Cecil Duver
Army
Duver
West
Linas Diets
Carl Russell
Linas Dietz
Oscar Shuck
Ernest Wray
Charles Brohammer
Laurie Postma
Frank Deay
Elwood Deayland
Roy Shuter
Amos Wrightsman
Elmer Flory
Daniel Beeghley
Everett
Wil Postma
Richard
Charlta Brohammer
Ira Flory
Oscar
Levi Fury
Barbara
Duane
Lloyd Beeghley
Deanna
Harve Fiory
Wayne
Vic Solberg
Cecil Dover
Eva
Warren
Howard
Virgil Shoemaker
Billy
Bobby
Shirley
John Beeghley
Abe Flory
Claude
William Markley
Kenneth Markley
Xie
Mra
Fiva
Dallas Jellison
Felix Tucker
Harold
Florence Hyre
Willam Markley
Columbia
Will Postma
Classified Sale Promises Good Finds From Used Furniture and Clothes
You likely have unused furniture and discarded clothing that others desire. Sell them through classified ads to reach buyers seeking bargains and quality secondhand items.
Blood donors and service updates from World War II era
Armed Forces T/3 Glenn E Turner donor status in Leyte Philippines. Leonard R Duncan wounded in Germany evac hospital to Kansas University where staff included nurses from Leavenworth and Winfield. Duncan notes Christmas gift from Red Cross and turkey dinner. Reports also cover Lt David L Shirk appointed CO at Fort Benning. promotions and relocations of Seaman Steffen and S/Sgt Richard Conner. Clare J Colman promoted to first lieutenant. Col James A Laing's Christmas in Europe. Bill Barber arriving Seattle after Pacific service. and frontline Belgian civilians’ varied attitudes toward Allied troops.
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Pfe
Leonard R. Duncan
Morriscan
France
Germany
England
Kansas University Hospital
Leavenworth
Winfield
Lawrence
Duncan
Red Cross
David L. Shirk
Infantry School
Ft. Benning
K. U
Shirk
Augusta High School
Margaret Lewis
Shook
Columbia, D
Frontline letters lift Home Front morale in December return
Private Winter of the 99th division, overseas since September, returns from the front for a short rest, the first update since December 6. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Winter. Cpl. Donald R. Capper of Baldwin, seriously wounded in Luxembourg on December 22, is improving in a French hospital. Capper, in service two and a half years, has spent four months overseas in Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army anti tank division.
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Winter
99Th
M.S. Winter
Cpl
Donald R. Capper
Bert Capper
Baldwin
Luxembourg
France
Corporal Capper
George S. Patton
Third Army
West resigns as U S district attorney for Kansas
Washington reports the resignation of George West as U S district attorney for Kansas, effective January 31. Carl V. Rice names Randolph Carpenter as successor candidate, noting Carpenter is a Marion lawyer, former congressman, and 50 years old. Carpenter served in the House since 1932, with state legislative ties and Detroit University of Michigan law degree.
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Washington
Justice Department
George West
United States
Nsas
Francis Biddle
West
Kansas City
Kan
Carl V. Rice
Kansas
Randolph Carpenter
Marion
U.S
George H. West
University of Michigan Law School
Mrs F H Hill Receives Worldwide Letters on Christmas Day
Mrs F H Hill of 1223 Rhode Island street received letters from relatives serving in the Navy Army Air Corps Marines and Army in France Hawaii the Philippines and New Hebrides all in two mail deliveries just before Christmas. A package also arrived from Capt A F Gallup now with the army air corps as her family gathered for gifts. Her son Lt Harry W Hill an army air corps pilot who has completed missions in Europe was present at the celebration at Marfa Texas.
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F. H. Hill
Rhode Island Street
A. F. Gallup
Army Air Corps
Saipan
Tinian
Okmulgee
Okla
Red Hughes Visits Old Friends From Eldridge Store
Lawrence D. Red Hughes who first opened the drug store in the Eldridge hotel was visiting old friends here yesterday. He now lives in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence D. “Red” Hughes
Eldridge Hotel
Topeka
Card of Thanks for Mrs Davis Family
Friends and neighbors express sympathy after the death of our wife and mother L L Davis and family gratefully acknowledge the kindness shown during this time.
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L. L. Davis
Markets at a Glance From New York and Kansas City
Market notes list mixed stocks with some leaders up, bonds uneven, export grain futures steady to firm. Wheat and rye show gains and losses across regions. corn demand strong, oats active, hogs steady. Kansas City livestock shows steady hogs and varied cattle with top steer prices around 14.65 to 15.50. lambs and sheep mixed with price highs noted.
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New York
de- Catit
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Ap-Wfa
Potatoes and egg markets in Chicago and Kansas City dated Jan 13
Chicago potato market reports show arrivals 74 and 95 total with light old stock and strong demand. Prices quoted for U S No 13 to No 14 vary by grade, with Minnesota and North Dakota stocks noted. Kansas City reports eggs and poultry prices with several classes listed and butterfat and grain figures for local markets.
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Chicago
Russel Burbanks U
Rado Red McClures U
Minnesota
North Dakota
Bills
Wisconsin Chippewas U
Kansas City Y
Kansas City
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Winter General Hospital
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H. B. Ober
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Western Front
Harold B. Riley
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Guy D. Turner
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Department of Supply
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Bill Barber
Seattle
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Oscar Rumsey
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Leslie Tomberlin
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