American officer Lapham led 2006 guerrillas in Philippines
Captain Robert Lapham, a Davenport Iowa native, led a multi-year resistance against Japanese forces in the Philippines. From 1942 MacArthur ordered him to organize guerrillas, growing from 20 men to a larger force, with Filipino allies supplying guns and manpower. He recounted close calls, including a 1943 dawn ambush in Nuevo Ecija, and noted his greatest worry was American-made shoes. He described fighting at Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg, the difficulty of scarce firearms, and promoting ranks to match battlefield realities.
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Philippines
U. S
Luzon
Robert Lapham
Davenport
Douglas MacArthur
G-2
E. Lapham
Scott
University of Iowa Reserve Officers Training Corps
Philip- FY
Pampanga
Ataan
Lapham
Bataan
Clark Field
Fort Stotsenburg
Ham
Food and fuel stamps update from January notices
AP reports OPA stamp validity changes across categories including Meats Fats and processed foods with new series validation dates in February. It notes no termination dates yet, upcoming stamp revalidations, and indefinite validity for airplane shoes stamps while gasoline and fuel oil coupons continue nationwide through March.
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Associated Press
O.P.A
Marest
Bigar
Guerilla Captain Lapham reports 1000 Japanese killed in Luzon drive
From the Philippines near Central Luzon Capt. Robert B. Lapham states his guerrillas, over 2000 strong, are striking Japanese supply lines and trains. They have derailed a train between Munoz and Guimba and knocked out 43 trucks. Lapham notes continued Filipino arrival and hopes to see General MacArthur. he has twice mailed home by submarine and asks his parents for a quick reply.
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Luzon
Munoz
Guimba
Nueva Ecija
MacArthur
Missing Army Private Edwin Rolling Warner
Mrs. E B Warner of 906 Alabama street received a war department telegram noting her husband Pfc Edwin Rolling Warner is missing in action with the army infantry in the European area since December 25. He last wrote December 10 from England after landing early in December and spent Thanksgiving aboard a transport. The 25 year old Utah graduate and former Flower Sun plant worker entered service in July 1943. Mrs Warner, Ruth Schaef fer by marriage, is Kansas University alumna. They have an 11 month old daughter Katheryn. Warner is nephew of Mrs Harold Steeper of 900 Alabama street.
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Alabama Street
War Department
Pfc
Edwin Rolling Warner
Army Infantry
Sunflower
Warner
University of Kansas
Ruth Schaeffer
Katheryn
Harold Steeper
Navy Casualty List Kansas figures in 232 names
Washington January 16 Kansas entries appear among 232 casualties listed by the navy department. Pte Gerald Eugene Benson wounded Cherryvale Glenn Edgar Harris wounded Topeka Francis Bernard Hennis missing Marysvilles Ene Will Garry Swan dead Kansas City Maurice Eugene Turner wounded Madison II War Dads Meeting Chapter 83 ICCF Hall Wednesday January 17 8 p m Election of officers E Alexander president Adv
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Navy Department
Gerald Eugene Benson
GSMC
Cherryvale
Glenn Edgar Harris
USNR
Topeka
Francis Bernard Hennis
Eman
Marysvilles
Ene
Will Garry Swan
Kansas City
Maurice Eugene Turner
Madison
E. Alexander
Soldier Returns From Second Tour Brings War Relic Home
Armed Forces man Donald Putnam arrives in Lawrence from overseas with a German dogtag and a copy of the Home and Front found in a German pillbox near a French town. He toured D day and North Atlantic waters, logged about 20 000 miles in the Merchant Marine, and shares his wartime observations with local university students. Mrs. Alexander reports her husband’s promotion to technical sergeant at Camp Polk. Family letters note Pfc Warren S. Redding's six week hospital recovery and Owen Clayton Miller’s Great Lakes boat training before Newport assignment. Pvt Kenneth Kempter of Hamilton Field visits family on furlough.
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Jir Lawrence
Merchant Marine
The
Home and Front
France
Journal- World
Putnam
North Atlantic
Owen Clayton Miller
John Miller
Eudora
Great Lakes
Newport, R.L
Deaths and Funerals for Swaim and Olney
John A. Swaim a former Riverside resident dies at 87 near 88 in Lakewood Ohio after a short illness He was a prominent farmer around Lawrence for 35 years later living in Cincinnati and Lakewood He is survived by a daughter Ona May and son McCreath Swaim both of Lakewood Mrs G S Olney aged 89 sister in law to FP H Olney dies at county convalescent hospital Funeral services set for Spring Hill Methodist church at 2 30 pm Burial at Spring Hill Also notes a Dads Meeting Chapter 33 L O C F January 17 8 pm election of officers.
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Riverside
Lawrence
J. Edwin Anderson
Lakewood
Ohio
Swaim
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Charleston
Jennie McCreath
James McCreath
Lake View District
Oak Hill
Lawrence Methodist Episcopal Church
Roy E. Powers
D. H. McCreath
G. S. Olney
FP. H. Olney
Lawrence High School
County Convalescent Hospital
Waverly
Spring Hill Methodist Church
Spring Hil
Lawrence Worker Ponders Moral At Bus Corner
In Lawrence a downtown worker waiting for a bus at 23rd and Massachusetts muses on a moral. A diary-like sketch recalls an Arkansas youth crossing watchman and a clever exchange about train wrecks. The Rotary district conference, Sunday school attendance, local changes, and tax deadline notes follow with brief items on ministers, service clubs, and local business openings.
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Massachusetts Street
Arkansas
Grandmaw
Lawrence
Plymouth church night dinner and talk on unity
Plymouth church gathers members and friends for a supper in the parish house Wednesday at 6 30. Mrs W C Summers leads the dinner with May month helpers. Rev Harold H Becker of Zion Evangelical and Reformed Kansas City will speak on Steps Toward a United Protestantism and merger plans toward a United Church in America.
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Plymouth Church
W C. Summers
Harold H. Becker
Zion Evangelical and Reformed
Kansas City
United Church In America
Senator Maloney Dies in Meriden at 50
Senator Francis T. Maloney of Connecticut died of a heart attack in Meriden hospital. The D senator was serving his second term. In De Soto carpenter Ralph H. Hughes suffered a severe hand injury on a Sunflower Ordnance Works housing project, with the thumb amputated and two tendons cut. He remains hospitalized for several days.
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Meriden, Conn
United States
Francis T. Maloney
Meriden Hospital
Maloney
San
Ralph H. Hughes
de Soto
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Memorial Hospital
Hughes
Churchill Stands By Greek Policy In House Debate
In a heated question period Churchill rejects peace by negotiation and affirms that unconditional surrender will prolong the war. He dodges Greeks’ Plastiras declarations and praises Greece’s democratic republicans while admonishing critics in Parliament.
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Churchill
Europe
Clifton Seeks Beer License For Jayhawk Cafe
Mrs. Marion J. Clifton of 937 Alabama Street applied for a beer license with City Clerk Harold Fisher. She is widow of Carl Clifton who once pleaded guilty to possessing a slot machine. The council previously rejected his license application and Clifton becomes the third person to seek a license after prior denials by the council. Daisy Capen and Mrs. C C Stuart are the other two. A classified notice follows urging readers to sell unused clothing through the classified ads.
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Alabama Street
Carl Clifton
Jayhawk Cafe
Harold Fisher
Lifton
Justice of Peace
O. J.lane
Clifton
Daisy Capen
C. C. Stuart
Allies Resume Offensive Push Near Bastogne Front
Allied forces pressed their Ardennes advance as German losses mounted, with tanks and transports decimated and roads blocked by wrecks. Patton’s Third Army pushed two more miles in 24 hours, taking Borg and other villages north and east of Bastogne while First Army captured Sterigny and Therimont and prisoners rose past 1,300. The 11th Armored Division, new under Brig. Gen. Charles Kilburn, fought near Houffalize as others seized Compagne and Velleroux, signaling a broad sweep from the Moselle toward the Saar and Luxembourg.
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Silver City
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Velleroux
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Therimont
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Fay B. Pritchett
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Ligneuville
Faymonville
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Trier
90Th Infantry
Luxembourg
Niederwampach
Bastogné
Seventh Army
Hatin
Maginot
Heguenau Forest
Strasbourg
Zorn
Herrlisheim
Offendorf
Gambsheim
KU News Sends Students to Statewide Activities Meet
Kansas University students discussed sending KU news to hometown papers. Fred Ellsworth, Raymond Nichols, Lawrence Woodruff, and Elizabeth Baker spoke to the group. Morrill of Hiawatha chaired the Student Statewide Activities Commission. Murder preliminary continued in Seneca with Roscoe G. Smith Sr. charged with first degree murder in the death of Doroth Hollinger Smith. hearing extended to January 26.
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Fred Ellsworth
Alumni Association
Raymond Nichols
Laurence ‘ Woodruff
Elizabeth Baker
Larned
Ubique
Ellsworth
Legeces Morrill
Cal
Hiawatha
Student Statewide Activities Commission
Seneca, Kan
Roscoe George’ Smith, Sr
Doroth Hollinger Smith
Mene
State
Market News Summary of Jan 16 Goods and Livestock
New York stocks mixed and bonds uneven as late gains appeared. Cotton rose on demand while Chicago futures for wheat and corn fluctuated after government flour demand. oats and rye varied slightly. In Kansas City cattle and calves showed a steady to strong trend with fair to high prices, hogs unchanged, and sheep active with higher bids. estimated livestock receipts for tomorrow pegged at several thousand head.
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Kansas
Wall Street
Eimerson
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U. 5
Steel
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U. 8
Rubber
du Pont
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Railway
General Motors
Chicago and Kansas City Markets Mixed on Grain and Stock Reports
Chicago grain and vegetable prices posted mixed figures with on track and old stock offerings light. Idaho Russet Burbs and Bliss Triumphs led potato listings while Wall Street saw scattered recoveries and uneven bonds, with notable gains for Burlington Mills and Santa Fe amid overall cautious trading.
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