American Bombers Sink Japanese Warships Off Jolo
U S war department reports six American bombers sank a Japanese cruiser and scored direct hits on a tanker 100 miles off Jolo in the southern Philippines. Mindanao fighting 85 miles north of Davao indicates renewed Japanese activity as General MacArthur’s forces brace on Luzon.
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Washington
Jan
War Department
Jolo
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
Luzon
Department
Mindanao
MacArthur
Davao
United States
Navy
Wake Island
Sulu
North Borneo
Philip le
Protest Truck Bill From Topeka Washington Hearings
CPL Floyd D. Strong of the Kansas state corporation commission motor carrier division testifies before a senate sub committee in Washington against a bill to federalize truck regulation. He argues state lotteries with highway groups can handle size and weight rules and cites emergency permits at ports of entry as sufficient. Strong says only state officials know bridge and road data to designate routes for heavy vehicles.
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Topeka
Floyd D. Strong
State Corporation Commission
Motor Carrier Division
Senate
Washington
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Strong
Kangas
Highway ‘Commission
Topela
Tires Too Hot to Handle
Kansas City Kansas on January 20 a police judge announced a maximum penalty of $500 fine and six months in jail for stealing tires or knowingly buying them locally. He stressed there would be no parole or other consideration. Authorities noted thefts have diminished since penalties rose from $100 and 30 days in jail.
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Kansas City
Kan
J. Earl Thomas
Russian Pincers Narrow Nazi Escape in Mozhaisk Fight
Soviet forces press the Mozhaisk pocket 67 miles west of Moscow with fierce street fighting as they storm the Lama river crossing and close in on German lines. Red Star reports Mozhaisk burning and gains on both flanks amid subzero winter conditions.
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LG Vebg 4Ye Sauenu
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Red Army
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Red Star
Lama River
Warsaw
Jones
Berlin
Hitler
Leningrad
Crimean
Feodosiya
Kerch
Capture of Mozhaisk Reported by Russian High Command
London dispatch reports the Russian high command announced the capture of Mozhaisk, 570 miles west of Moscow. Earlier, Red Star said red troops fought Germans in the streets with the city in flames as about 100000 German troops and three divisions defended the Mozhaisk salient.
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London
Upi
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Red Star
Mozhaisk Salient
Outline of aggressive plans for wartime administration
Washington January 20 Don ald M Nelson chairman of the new war production board was to outline aggressive plans for remodeling the war production effort at the board's first meeting. The nine member board will replace the supply priorities and allocations board but will not share Nelson's sweeping labor and agency powers. Nelson, working at a rapid pace, eyed a near recognizable office. He met Sidney Hillman whose labor division status remains unsettled amid one man production control questions. Also attending were Knudsen Hillman Stimson Knox Jones Henderson Wallace Hopkins.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
New War Production Board
Nelson
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
OPM
William S. Knudsen
War Department
Army
Svar Labor Board
William H. Davis
Knudsen
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Jesse A. Jones
Leon Henderson
Henry A. Wallace
Harry L. Hopkins
Chilean Student to Visit Rotary Clubs in District
Marmaduke Grove an exchange student from Santiago Chile at KU will visit Rotary clubs in the district to raise funds for bringing a second Chilean exchange student to the University Start will come from individual clubs not the district treasury and he will be accompanied by Lawrence club members to Ottawa to address the Rotary club there.
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Marmaduke Grove
K. U
Santiago
Chile
Rotary District
Lawrence Rotary ‘Club
Stock Market Index Advances Slightly
The stock market index for 60 stocks rose to 37.8 points from 37.3 yesterday, reflecting a modest uptick in overall market activity.
Army seeks twelve thousand women for interceptor service
Washington reports the military committee was told the army needs about 12 000 women for the airplane interceptor service and other branches. Lieut Col Ira Swift said telephon operators and other roles could be filled by women. 10 000 would serve in interceptor command work with a 10 000 000 annual cost to uniform train and house them.
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Washington
Thermy
Congressional
Ira Swift
General Staff
House Military Committee
Army
Head
D-Ky
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Stimson
Edith Nourse Rogers
Rmass
Swift
Auxiliary Corps
Commuters Names Sought for Kansas City Travel
The Chamber of Commerce requests names of Lawrence residents who commute daily to Kansas City for work at defense plants. Officials note rising employment there may justify a bus or rail service and urge informants to contact the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kan
Japanese Push Near Singapore as Malaya Fronts Tighten
Allied reports say Japanese forces pressed along a 30 mile western Malaya coastal belt and neared the Johore Strait to Singapore. Australian and British troops claimed success against tanks while air forces bombarded vessels near the Muar river and Malacca straits.
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Muar River
Malacca Straits
Break Predicted in Axis Ties by 21 American Republics
Rio de Janeiro dispatch reports a high Pan American official predicting a unanimous break in relations with the axis powers by 21 American republics within two days. Argentina and Chile had heldouts but may join, as delegates from the United States Brazil Venezuela Colombia and others discussed a rupture resolution and currency stabilization measures.
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Rio de Janeiro
Argentina
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Brazil
Oswaldo Aranha
Ruiz ‘Guinazu
Chile
United States
Venezuela
Colombia
Aranha
Sumner Welles
Ezequiel Padilla
Gasoline Prices Pegged at November 7 Level Warned
Price Administrator Leon Henderson informed producers refiners and marketers that gasoline prices must stay at or below the November 4 level or a price ceiling will be imposed. The general notice also pegged several petroleum products to the November 7 level while signaling further investigations into production costs.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
OPA
Rural Douglas County Raises War Fund For Red Cross Drive
Harold Fisher reports rural Douglas County raises 1422.37 for the Red Cross drive while the overall county total reaches 8300 with additional rural gifts expected. over 40 rural district chairmen named after December 18 meetings.
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Douglas County
Red’ .Cross
Harold Fisher
Red Cross
Fisher
Douglast County
Baldwin
Spring Creek
Suliwnenes
Greenwood Valley
Belleview
Franklin Apple Pie Twin Mound Grange
Pleasant Hour Club
Pomona Grange
Clearfield Grange
Prairie Clify
Weaver
Barber
Oak Hill
Oak Ridge
Adaline
Big Springs
Germans Level Yugoslav Towns in Reprisal Raids
London reports from Yugoslav government in exile citing eyewitnesses that German dive bombers and artillery razed Rudnik Uzice and Gornji Milovanac near Belgrade in reprisal for Yugoslav raids led by Gen. Mihailovic. Typhus rages in Belgrade and milk shortages worsen the food crisis.
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London
Draja Mihailovic
Belgrade
Rudnik
Uzice
Gornji Milanovac
Paper Company Reports All Time Safety Record
The Lawrence Paper company reports 149 continuous days of operation without a lost time accident across both its paper mill and box factory. The record covers 183000 man hours, described as one worker at 40 hours weekly for 88 years. An extra fifty cent bonus is paid to factory employees for the period without a serious accident.
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Lawrence Paper Company
Justin Hill
Ice Jam Forms in Kaw River North of Lawrence
An ice jam northeast of Lawrence blocks the Kaw River channel above the Bowersock dam while ice flows upstream. Stage at the power plant intake hits 21.5 feet, with water spilling over the dam and past flash boards. officials note flood flow follows its usual course and evacuations occurred during 1986.
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Kaw
Lawrence
Bowersock Dam
Union Pacific
Kansas Electric Power
Cameron’s Bluff
Bowersock
Frank Willey
C. C. Stewart
Santa Fe
Shook
Jimmy Dikes
Red Sox deny Layton payroll charge amid eligibility dispute
Herb Pennock denied Lester Layton of Oklahoma University was on the Red Sox payroll or affiliated with the club. The exchange touched on Layton’s eligibility for Big Six competition and related Oklahoma ineligibility issues involving Gerald Tucker.
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Kennett Square
Herb Pennock
Boston Red Sox
Lester Layton
Wichita
Oklahoma University
F. C. Allen
Kansas University
Pennock
Layton
Allen
Gerald Tucker
Sooner
Mild Weather Persists Across Kansas
Topeka reports continued mild weather with warming sunshine across the state. Weatherman S D Flora notes no sign of a break, temperatures near freezing tonight, and Goodland at 18 degrees. scattered snow melts slowly in the northwest corner.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Wichita
Flora
Goodland
Kansas tops in sheep and lamb feeding despite snow
Kansas on January 1 fed an estimated 660 000 head of sheep and lambs, 230 000 more than last year, ranking third after Colorado and Nebraska. The rise came from wheat pastures in western counties and strong feed supplies, with market movement slowed by heavy snows in December. Nationwide, feeds rose 5 percent year over year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
Colorado
Nebraska
Daylight Saving Act Set Nationwide Start February 9
President Roosevelt signed the daylight saving bill and it takes effect at 2 a.m. February 9 for interstate commerce and federal activities. The measure aims to boost efficiency, save electricity, and will lapse six months after the war unless Congress extends it.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen Early
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Douglas County Selective Service Begins Screening Tests
The last tentative 1-A registrants will be screened tomorrow at the Armory to determine fitness for military service. Those passing proceed to Fort Leavenworth for final pre induction exams. Bruce Cameron reports reclassification of 1-H to 1-A is underway, affecting 175 white and 29 colored men among 2,888 registrants.
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Douglas County
Selective Service
Armory
Fort Leavenworth
Bruce Cameron
Selective Service Board
Cameron
War Bulletins From Fronts Include US Troop Embarkation
A Canadian censorship release notes U S Army troops among latest Canadian contingent sailing for Britain after word of convoy arrival in a British port. Reports from London cite Thai forces aiding Japan in Burma, and Paris radio hints at a Vichy move toward Paris. Italian planes reportedly torpedoed a 5 000 ton troop transport in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Britain
London
Reuters
Madras
Burma
Japan
Rome
Italian High Command
Mediterranean
Daily War Bulletin
Fisher Body Plant Walkout Protests War Work Shortage
About 1500 Fisher body plant workers in Lansing Michigan left their jobs and demonstrated on the state capitol grounds. UAW CIO leaders said the action protested General Motors failure to supply adequate war work at the plant.
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Fisher
Lansing
Mich
Fisher Body
State Capitol
United Auto Workers
C.I.O
Generl Motors Corporation
Guard unit funds boosted by barbecue drive in Lawrence
The Lawrence company of the Kansas State Guard raised 74.65 dollars at an Armory barbecue sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce military affairs committee. More than 275 people were fed with Kollender sauce barbecue sandwiches, baked beans, pie, pickles, oranges and coffee. Local officers including Col. Charles H. Brown noted the guard’s training as combat infantry for state emergencies.
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Lawrence Company
Kansas State Guard
Military Affairs Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
E Food
William Kollender
University R.O.T.C
Charles H. Brown
Holton
State Regiment
Lawrence
State Guard
Brown
Sam Morris
Harry Hill
Horton
James P. Irons
L. A. Dodds
Fred Neville
Topeka
L. B. Read, Jr
Harold K. Snider
C. FB. Mathews
Raymond Laessig
Thousands To Britain Arrive From Canada In Large Convoy
Thousands of Canadian airmen and ground crews disembarked at a British port in a major early 1940s wartime convoy. The force included pilots navigators mechanics and infantry support units for air and ground forces with more men for the Czech army and a Norwegian nurse. Naval ships escorted the convoy to the harbor where personnel were distributed to reception centers in southern England for acclimatization before posting to units and squadrons. Some bomber pilots will finish training at operational training units.
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British Port
Cri
Britain
England
Canada
Pilo
Meeting of Civil Air Patrol Enthusiasts Tonight
A Civil Air Patrol meeting for all interested persons will be held at the municipal airport tonight at 8 o'clock. The session is called by William H. Wells group commander and will be led by J. Howard Wilcox state commander with Louis Ascough and Paul Bigger of Topeka assisting. All interested in serving as fliers or ground crew are urged to attend.
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Civil Air Patrol
Municipal
William H. Wells
J. Howard Wilcox
Louis Ascough
Paul Bigger
Topeka
Little Seven League Drops Music Festival
Representatives of the Little Seven League met at Eudora and decided to drop the annual music festival from the schedule while keeping the basketball tournament and the one act play festival as long as possible. The play festival will be March 10. The tire shortage caused the music festival cancellation as transporting large student groups requires many cars.
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Little Even League
Eudora
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