Russians Smash Closer to Rostov In New Desert Action
Soviet forces report gains on a 25 mile front driving toward Rostov and sealing a pocket between the Don and Volga. Red armies claim to have swept the Donets basin and encircled German positions as Axis defenders retreat under heavy pressure.
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Rostov
8Th Army
Donets
Caucasus
Don River
Moscow
Kamensk
Sal-Manych
Marych River
Kansas Delegation Protests Slaughter of Small Bakers
Sen. Reed and other Kansas lawmakers condemn government price controls they say threaten 5 000 to 10 000 small bakers. They argue new flour ceilings and bread prices squeeze costs, forcing many bakeries out of business and demand Byrnes provide an equitable remedy.
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Kansas
Washington
Reed
R-Kan
James F. Byrnes
Nneen
Wherry
R-Neb
Byrnes
Miners Defy War Board Order Amid Wildcat Strike
Wilkes Barre Pa January report shows 5100 more miners staying away while 10000 to 17000 are ordered to end the 18 day walkout. Leaders in Washington consider resuming production Monday as rank and file express dissatisfaction with the ruling. The battle centers on a $2 daily wage bonus and union dues increase. John L Lewis blasts board authority while urging contract channels if grievances exist. President Salinski attends hearing as strike leaders await guidance from their president.
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Wilkes-Barre
War Labor Board
Washington
WLB
U.M.W
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Lewis
William H. Davis
Gordon Roberts
William Salinski
Ginger Rogers Weds Marine Private Jack Briggs
Ginger Rogers and Jack Briggs, a San Diego marine private, were married today at the First Methodist church in Pasadena California. The ceremony surprised Hollywood friends as Rogers had kept plans private since announcing her engagement the prior Thursday.
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Pasadena
Cal
Ginger Rogers
Jack Briggs
San Dipeo
First Methodist Church
Hollywood
Ginger
Iraq Declares War On Axis Nations In Early War Move
Iraq announces war on Germany Italy and Japan after midnight mirroring a pivot in World War II diplomacy. Prime Minister Nuri es Sadi leads a critical regional stance as Britain-backed actions unfold with oil interests and Arab collaboration noted by observers.
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Washington
Iraq
Hull
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
Nuri Es Sadi
Feisal
Lawrence
Arabia
Robert Johnson
BBC1
CBS
Britain
Transocean
Berlin
Rent petitions rejected in Topeka-Lawrence area
Area Rent Director Charles F. Reed said most landlord requests for rent increases are denied when filed on trivial grounds. He urged landlords to follow federal rules and cited that ordinary upkeep does not count as major capital improvement.
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Charles F. Reed
Reed
Mr. Reed
Topeka-Lawrence
Suilor
Five-man Kansas delegation to senate fuel oil hearing
Governor Schoeppel announced a five member Kansas delegation to a senate fuel oil investigating committee hearing in Kansas City starting Monday. T. A. Morgan heads the state conservation division of the corporation commission, joined by Curt Henderson H. E. Zolier E. A. Carlson of Wichita and Ward McGinnis of Eureka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate Fuel Oil Investigating Committee
Kansas City
Schoeppel
T. A. Morgan
State Corporation Commmission’s Conservation Division
Curt Henderson
H. E. Zolier
E. A. Carlson
Wichita
Ward McGinnis
Eureka
Guadalcanal Air War Leads to Heavy Pacific Fighting
American forces in the Solomon Islands claim 30 Japanese planes shot down and three destroyers damaged. U.S. losses include seven planes. Actions centered near Guadalcanal with attacks on five Japanese destroyers and a cargo ship, plus pivotal dives on Munda and Sorum village near Bougainville.
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Guadalcanal
United States
Solomons
Catalina
Russell Islands
Dauntless
Navy Marine Corps Wildcat
Lunga Point
Fasi Island
Shortland Island
Munda
Wildcat
Airacobra
Nothwest
Sorum Village
Buka Island
Buka Passage
Bougainville Island
U. S
Flynn hearings set for Wednesday on Flynn minister post
Senate foreign relations committee will open hearings Wednesday on Edward J. Flynn for the Australia post. Chairman Connally announced a 3 member procedural subcommittee to select witnesses and decide evidence. Flynn plans to resign as Democratic National Chairman after returning to Washington from Chicago.
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Connally
Mich
State Department
Flynn
Roosevelt
Kansas Press elects Wheeler president at Wichita meeting
At the Kan sas Press association annual meeting in Wichita C W Wheeler of the Abilene Reflector Chronicle was chosen president succeeding Lester P Greenbank. Lt Gen Henry Arnold praised war gains while Maj Chester Shore forecast new aircraft and a Hitler Hirohito demonstration. Officers named include Pete McKechnie vice president H A Meyer treasurer and J Howard Rusco secretary manager.
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Kansas Press Association
C. W. Wheeler
Abilene Reflector-Chronice
Hitler
Hirohito
Chester K. Shore
Augusta
Kan
Army Air Forces
Washington, D.C
Army Air Force
Major Shore
Henry H. Arnold
Wheeler
Lester P. Greenbank
Valley Center
Pete McKechnie
Greensburg
H. A. Meyer
Independence
Claude Fitzgerald
Atchison
L. W. Davis
Elk City
H. J. Cornwell
St. John
J. Howard Rusco
Topeka
Cold wave brings Kansas a sharp temperature drop
Topeka reports the van guard of a cold wave moving into Kansas with temperatures sliding toward zero. Weatherman Flora predicts subzero in northwestern areas and five to ten above elsewhere, accompanied by snow and 30 to 35 mph winds. Earlier in the day highs reached the sixties and seventies, marking a record warm January 15 in Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Nebraska
Dakotaa
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Night classes announced for Liberty Memorial High School
Three new evening classes will start next Tuesday at Liberty Memorial High School. Home mechanics, home decoration, and clothing will run six weeks, meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:30 PM with instruction by Director Miss Vesta White.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Vesta White
War Action page ad urges War Bond support from Lawrence sponsors
The Journal World prints the first in a series of War Action ads funded by Lawrence firms and individuals to spur war bond purchases and home front cooperation. Sponsors call on merchants to aid the war effort and meet obligations in the emergency.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Milk price ceiling shift may not ease Lawrence dairy squeeze
Lawrence sanitation officer Howard Weindel says OPA price rise will not relieve the milk squeeze for Lawrence. Topeka and Kansas City markets may lure producers with higher offers, while local plants fear reduced profits as prices edge up from 12c to 13c retail. Local plans weigh how the order affects wholesale 11-14c ranges and butterfat payments.
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Lawrence
OPA
Howard Weindel
Douglas County
Altho
Weindel
Topeka
Kansas City
Kan
Dick Wagstaff
Jayhawk
Simon Hurwitz
Lawrence Sanitary Company
Journal- World
Hurwitz
Art Fritzel
Fritzel Company
Dallas
Eudora
Baldwin
Reed Warns of Oil Shortage Challenge Ahead
Senator Clyde M. Reed of Kansas vows to fight any oil shifting that hurts Midwest industries as a Senate fuel oil hearing opens in Kansas City. Reed, joined by Chairman Clark and Senator Stewart, warns “blood on the moon” if oil is diverted to aid Eastern industries.
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Washington
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Senate
Reed
Clark
Dmo
Stewart
Dtenn
Kansas City
Midwest
Woman at the Controls Aboard Hornet Says Nazi Planes Fell
Petty Officer James H. Prince 20 said he manned a five inch gun and helped down one raider before it jammed. He then fired a 20 mm gun and claimed shooting five more planes. Prince reported seeing swastikas on some high altitude bombers during the encounter.
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Asbury Park
N. J
James H.prince
Prince
Few Dog Licenses Sold In City For 1942
About a tenth of Lawrence dog owners bought licenses in 1942. Assessors counted 827 dogs. taxes totaled 906 dollars for females and males. Only 87 licenses were issued that year. City council plans stricter license collection in 1943.
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Lawrence
Stock Market Index Edges Up After Slight Dip
The average of 60 stocks rose to 42.7 from 42.6 yesterday, signaling a modest market uptick. Investors watched marginal gains across several sectors as trading closed.
Kansas Cities Placed in New Milk Price Ceilings
Kansas towns are classified into three zones under the OPA milk price ceiling system. Class one cities including Wichita and Topeka face 12.5 cents wholesale and 14 cents retail. class two lists cities such as Lawrence and Manhattan with 11 4/4 cents wholesale and 18 cents retail. all other towns fall into class three with 10 43 cents wholesale and 12 cents retail.
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Kan
Kansas Cities
OPA
Kansas Bureau of the Office of War Information
Eastborough
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth
Salina
Topeka
Winfield
Arkansas City
Abilene
Atchison
Baxter Springs
Chanute
Clay Center
Coffeyville
Concordia
Dodge City
el Dorado
Emporia
Fort Scott
Galena
Garden City
Great Bend
Hays
Independence
Iola
Junction City
Lawrence
Liberal
Lyons
Manhattan
Marysville
McPherson
Newton
Osawatomie
Ottawa
Parsons
Pittsburg
Pratt
Russell
Wellington
Kansas
Grew Warns Japan May Use Ju jitsu Peace Plot
Former Ambassador Joseph C Grew warned at a Women’s National Republican Club luncheon that Japan may pretend defeat to engineer a peace offensive. He cited a possible puppet cabinet maneuver and urged vigilance against such diplomatic tricks and any resumption of treachery against the United States.
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Japan
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Women’s National Republican Club
Grew
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
Congress
Primary date set for March two in city election
Groundwork for the city primary is under way led by City Clerk Harold Fisher. The primary will occur on the first Tuesday in March, with the general city election in April. Positions to be filled include Mayor, six councilmen, Police Judge and City Treasurer. A special election may fill a vacancy caused by Joe Schelbar’s army departure. Schelbar did not resign, and the governor’s authority to appoint is disputed by the state parole attorney. School board will elect a treasurer, one unexpired term, and three regular terms. Several city officers’ terms expire this year including Mayor C B Russell and six ward councilmen. Police Judge O J Lane and City Treasurer FE E Alexander also term out. Board members W A Churchill, F C Whipple, Lloyd Purcell, Lloyd Houston and an unexpired term for A B Martin, now held by Dick Wagstaff, complete the slate. The unexpired term ends August 1945. other four-year terms follow.
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Harold Fisher
Joe Schelbar
Fifth Ward
F. A. Russell
H. E. Eustace
A. W. Berger
Ralph E. Pine
FE. E. Alexander
O. J. Lane
Robert Oyler
Don Hults
W. A. Churchill
F. C. Whipple
Lloyd Purcell
Lloyd Houston
A. B. Martin
Dick Wagstaff
Baldwin Public Schools Win Federal Grant of 4160
The Baldwin Public Schools led by Supt. L. L. Thompson gained a federal grant of 4160 dollars to hire additional teachers expand playground facilities and buy library supplies. Enrollment has grown about 70 percent since 1940 with 80 new families relocating to the city for Sunflower Ordnance Plant work in Eudora.
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Baldwin Public Schools
Supt. L. L. Thompson
Baldwin
Thompson
Sunflower Ordnance
Eudora
Beavers Trapped in Kansas for Museum Skeletons
Kansas game protectors trap beaver this winter marking the first legal harvest in years. About 1,000 animals are expected to be caught and sent to C. D. Bunker, curator at the Cyche Museum of KU, for skeletons to join KU’s vertebrate collection.
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Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Kansas
C. D. Bunker
Cyche Museum
K.U
Sanitarian Vacancy Open After Zook Transfer Rejected
The Douglas county health unit seeks a sanitarian after the state board of health refused to permit John Zook transfer. Zook, currently with the Marion county unit, had his application rejected by the governing board Wednesday. Applicants for the vacancy were asked to report to the health office in the city hall basement.
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Douglas County Health Unit
State Board of Health
John Zok
Zook
Marion County Health Unit
Joe L. Walker
Cold wave grips Kansas with snow and freezing gusts
A cold wave hits Kansas with temperatures dropping to near zero in the north and around ten above in the south. Light scattered snow and wintry mix expected, with northeast rain changing to snow tonight and breezy 25 mile per hour winds in the southeast.
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Kansas
Dozen American Fighter Planes Land in Portugal
A dozen American Airacobra fighters, part of a flight of more than sixty craft, made forced landings in neutral Portugal. Eleven landed at Lisbon and surrendered to authorities. the twelfth flew to Aveiro. Berlin radio reported a twin motor Anglo American plane forced down near La Linea, Spain.
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Mediterranean
Tragus
Aveiro
Portugal
Berlin
London
la Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
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