Russians Push On Road to Kharkov
Soviet forces press the Voronezh front offensive advancing toward Kharkov and Alekseevskaya 50 miles west of the Don. German and Hungarian detachments retreat under pressure as the Red Army seizes Korotozhak with 20 planes 38 tanks and 93 machine guns, while Kantemirovka and Millerovo see renewed fighting.
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Moscow
Red
Voronezh Front
Don
Kupyansk
Kharkov
Ukraine
Alekseevska
Shchuche
Moscow-Rostov
Podgornoye
Rossosh
Oscow-Rostov
Korotozhak
Voronezh
Kantemirovka
Millerovo
Donets
Kalitvenskaya
Berlin
Red Army
Lake Ladoga
Stalingrad
Speeders Face Rationing Board Action in Lawrence
Lawrence police chief Clarence Bliesner threatens harsher steps if city speeding continues. Two motorists, Wallace Kunkel and Lloyd Jamison, appeared in court with fines of 13 and 10 dollars for speeding and related violations as enforcement tightens.
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Clarence Bliesner
Bliesner
Lawrence
Wallace Kunkel
Lloyd Jamison
Forces on Guadalcanal Brace for Expected Japanese Onslaught
Allied forces on Guadalcanal brace for a renewed Japanese attempt to retake the island as three air attacks signal Japanese plans. U S planes target ships and bases across the Solomons and New Guinea while Gen Harmon asserts a broader aim to unhinge Japan from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
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Burma
Solomons-New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Wenese Semper Pe Oewavasoe
Navy
United States
Millard F. Harmon
Army Air and Round
South Pacific
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Malabang
Lae
Madang
Finschhafen
Admiralty Island
Milne Bay
Sanananda
Sir Thomas Blamey
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Papuan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chungking
Bhamo
Lashio
China
India
R.A.F
Rathedaung
Akyab
Tounsoo
Chittagong
Kansas Osteopath Bill Faces Legislature Storm
Kansas lawmakers move into week two as Reps Bush and Christian introduce an osteopathic practice bill creating a composite board for osteopaths and physicians. The measure aims to allow osteopaths to perform surgery with exams and requires at least two osteopaths on the seven member panel. House and Senate also cut printing by limiting journals and calendars to 900 copies each, reducing costs amid prior high spending.
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Topeka
Kansas
Altho
K. A. Bush
Harper
Will R. Christian
Ulysses
State Supreme Court
House
Daily Journal
Senate
Henry Buzick
R-Sylvan Grove
Locker Plant Fire Shuts Haven Building in Hutchinson
A blaze today destroyed part of a Haven food locker building in Haven, injuring none. Hutchinson firemen aided by volunteers halted the flames with booster pressure, saving the rest of the block. 250 Haven families faced losses of fresh meat and vegetables stored there.
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Hutchinson
Haven
Bombs Hit Shortland Island Area in Solomons Drive
American bombers pounded the enemy held Shortland island area Friday night and Saturday while Guadalcanal ground forces reported 150 more Japanese troops killed and several prisoners taken during mop up operations.
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Shortland Island
Washington
Jan
Solomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
Bitter cold grips Kansas with subzero readings across state
Bitter cold enveloped Kansas with subzero temperatures in multiple cities. Topeka logged -5 F by midmorning while Wichita reached -2 and Goodland -12. Snow drifted lightly nationwide but roads stayed clear. forecaster Flora warned of more cold nights with lows from 10 to 15 below west and 10 below east.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Wichita
Junction City
Salina
Garden City
Newton
el Dorado
S. D. Flora
Eureka
Hamilton
Kansas City
Concordia
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Dodge City
Geneseo
Midwest
Casper
Wyo
Emporia
Outlaw coal strike grows as miners refuse to return
Thousands of Pennsylvania anthracite workers cling to a 19 day wildcat strike. About 12 500 miners in 28 collieries stay idle while 8 500 vote to reopen nine mines. A 14th mine and 1 000 workers remain out. War Labor Board may refer the dispute to President Roosevelt. John L Lewis urges a return to work.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Tri-District Anthracite Committee
Iig
Aining Why
Heavy New Raids On War Capitals
London reports a renewed blitz with RAF bombers striking Berlin as defenses held, 22 German planes downed versus one night earlier. London anti aircraft fire and ground guns turned the skies into a thunderous display with shells killing and wounding residents. RAF raids also hit freight trains barges and trucks in France Belgium and Holland during a 13 hour operation.
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R.A.F
Berlin
London
Aries
Britain
Air Ministry
High Command
In & Communique
Europe
North Sea
Hitler
RAF
France
Belgium
Holland
England
Walker elected Democratic National Committee Chairman
Frank C. Walker was chosen to lead the Democratic National Committee succeeding Edward Flynn who resigned to accept a U S minister post. The 56 year old lawyer from Plymouth Pennsylvania born 1886 in poor Irish family is known as a tight lipped ally of President Roosevelt with early campaign donations to aid Roosevelt governors and presidential funds.
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Chicago
Frank C. Walker
National Committee
Edward J. Flynn
Roosevelt
Australia
Walkter
Ynn
Culbert L. Olson
California
New York
Roosen
Plymouth
Walker
Butte
Mont
Gonzaga University
Law School
Notre Dame University
Rees Moves to End Wheat Penalty Fight
Representative Ed H. Rees introduces two bills to repeal the 49 cent per bushel penalty on excess wheat and to remove the rule forcing farmers to pay the levy before using excess grain for livestock feed. He argues the policy is wrong amid a national food shortage.
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Washington
Ed H. Rees
R-Kan
Kansas City Senate Hearing Probes Midwest Fuel Coordination
The War Production Board signals readiness to grant material priorities for fuel expansion in the Midwest as Sen. Clyde Reed opens a four day committee hearing in Kansas City. He notes coordination improvements among OPA WPB and three coordinators and urges federal agency involvement to fix gaps.
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Kansas City
War Production Board
Midwest
Senate
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Reed
Washington
OPA
WPB
Missouri
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Senator Reed
Bennett Clark
Sen
Tom Stewart
Tennessee
Scott Lucas
Iinois
Chan Gurney
South Dakota
Senator Clark
Fuel Industry
John B. Gage
L. C. Geiger
Ottawa
Kan
C. B. Russell
Lawrence
W. C. Myers
Clark
Leon Hen
Pro-Ball Mike Getto Opines On Pro Football
Brooklyn Dodgers head coach and Eldridge hotel manager Mike Getto spoke to Rotarians at noon. He showed a film of a night pro game in Baltimore for 58 000 attendees where the Dodgers lost to an Army All-Star team 13 to 7 with profits aiding army relief. Getto warned of possible temporary suspension next season due to player shortages as military service draws many players.
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Mike Getto
Brooklyn Dodgers
Eldridge
Rotarians
Baltimore
Dodgers
Army
Getto
Enrollment Surges as Women Train as Aeronautical Technicians
About fifty women enrolled Saturday in a University of Kansas program for aeronautical technicians, a joint effort with North American, Boeing, Beech and Cessna. Classes start Wednesday, with aims to reach 200 by spring. interviews by company reps continue and rooms in Hopkins Hall fill as the semester ends May 14.
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University of Kansas
North American
Boeing
Beech
Cessna
United States
Lawrence
Toay
Hopkins Hall
Kansas City
Require Certificate For Extra Fuel Oil In Douglas County
Douglas county residents may obtain extra fuel oil only with a doctor issued certificate of need as ordered by state officials. Melvin, chair of the fuel oil rationing panel, said the state office in Wichita is directing the rules and accepting calls though bound by OPA directives. The panel meets tomorrow at 1 30 PM in the city hall council room to hear applications. Sunflower Ordnance Works employees using fuel oil must apply through a Johnson county rationing board.
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Douglas County
Latchton
Melvin
Wichita
State Opa
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Johnson County
Allies Within 100 Miles of Tripoli in Libya Drive
The British Eighth Army pushes across Libya toward Tripoli after bypassing Misulata as Axis and Italian forces claim tank immobilizations and hits on Allied ships. Montomgery seeks Rommel for major battle while Leclerc's forces reach the Sahara edge.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Libya
Rommel
Buerat el Hsun
Tripoli
Misulata
Riea
Rome
Tripolitania
Tauorga
Bir Dufan
Beni Alid
Montgomery
Jacques Leclerc
Sahara
Brown Confirmed as New Price Czar
The senate confirmed President Roosevelt's nomination of Prentiss M. Brown of Michigan to be price administrator. The vote followed McNary waiving a one day rule after the banking committee reported UNANIMOUS approval. Brown, 58, will take over price control from Leon Henderson who resigned for health reasons.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Prentiss M. Brown
Michigan
Brown
McNary
Oregon
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
D-N. Y
Ferguson
R-Mich
St. Ignace
Mich
Leon Henderson
Henderson
No Price Hike Yet In Lawrence Milk Markets
The Douglas County War Price and Rationing office received official notice from the Dallas OPA setting Lawrence milk ceiling at 13 cents though local sales run 12 cents a quart. Topeka ceilings rose to 14, raising concerns prices may shift and more milk flow toward Topeka. County sanitarian Weindel notes all Grade A pasteurized milk in Eudora and Baldwn. He also cites butter fat price shifts and potential supply pressures without evidence of diverted milk.
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Douglas County
Dallas
OPA
Lawrence
Willowmoor
Baldwin
C. C. Claridge
Eudora
Howard Weindel
Topeka
Weindel
Kahrs Proposes Entire Kansas Income Tax Repeal
Topeka Jan 18 Senator William A Kahrs introduced a bill for outright repeal of the Kansas income tax law in the state senate. He argued removal would spur post war industrial development. It is the second income tax bill this session. A prior measure by Senator M V B Van De Mark called for a 25 percent cut during the war.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Senate
William A. Kahrsent
M. V. B. van de Mark
Concordia
Supreme Court Backs Anti-Trust Conviction of AMA
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the American Medical Association for violating the Sherman anti trust law. The decision, 6 to 0, also applied to the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. Justices Murphy and Jackson did not participate. The case involved Orene Health Association Inc a government employee cooperative providing medical care for dues.
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Washington
Supreme Court
American Medical Association
District of Columbia
Justice Roberts
Medical Society of the
Murphy
Jackson
Orene Health Association, Inc
Two Kansans Cited for Bravery Aboard Carrier
In Washington on January 18 two Kansans Cpl Harold J Joyner Overbrook and Cpl Joseph S Markowitz Olpe were among 37 marines awarded letters of commendation by their ship's commanding officer. The citations describe their actions as anti aircraft battery gunners off the Solomon Islands on August 24 1942 continuing to fire despite being knocked down and flooded by near misses.
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Washington
Harold J. Joyner
Alice R. Joyner
Overbrook
Joseph S. Markowitz
Mary E. Markowitz
Olpe
Solomon Islands
Siege of Leningrad Lifted Report From Moscow
London reports a Soviet dispatch quoting a Moscow announcement that the siege of Leningrad had been lifted. The claim, relayed by Reuters, notes the event as stated by a special Soviet declaration.
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Leningrad
London
Reuters
Moscow
Coldest Lawrence morning since 1942 as freeze grips area
Subzero temperatures swept Lawrence with three degrees below zero readings, two inches of snow, and a sharp north wind. Officials and volunteers tracked the cold from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning, while transportation, plumbing, and road crews struggled with the blast.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Get Acquainted dance draws 5600 townspeople and workers
More than 5600 residents and Sunflower Ordnance employees attended the Community building event. Russell Wiley's Cowboy band and Danny Bachman's orchestra played from 9 PM past midnight, with Ernest Pontius as master of ceremonies. Ed Sargent praised local relations between S.U.W. staff, Lawrence residents, and the University. Proceeds exceeding 250 funded cowboy regalia for the 28 piece band. The event was organized by Professor Wiley Ed Sargent and H. B. Ober for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
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Sunflower Ordnance
Russell Wiley
Danny Bachman
Ernest Pontius
Ed Sargent
War Plant
S.U.W
Lawrence
University
Professor Wiley
H. B. Ober
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Fire crews handle porch pump thawing blaze in town
Firefighters answered a 927 Oak Street call this morning where Virgil Ball tried to thaw a frozen pump on the porch. Straw packing around the pipe caught fire but caused no damage. Last night Roy Borgland’s home at 2124 Kentucky Street saw a small roof fire put out by the department.
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Court House
Oak Street
Virgil Ball
Adress
Roy Borgland
Kentucky Street
Weather Review for Kansas Continues Cold Patch
Frigid conditions persist across Kansas with colder air in the extreme southeast tonight and Tuesday forenoon. Light snow is possible in eastern and southern regions, with continued cold in the southeast and extreme south through Tuesday forenoon.
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Kansas
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