Reds Press Ahead On Major Fronts In War News
Moscow reports say the Red army pushed forward on two new fronts toward Kharkov and an overland corridor to Leningrad. Encirclements increased German losses, with about 89 divisions mauled and 1.835 million men affected. Kamensk fell, consolidating a bridgehead on the Donets and bringing forces within 85 miles of Rostov.
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Voronezh
Kharkov
Red Star
Volkhov
Leningrad
London
Althe
Valuiki
Urazovo
Tol
Kastornoye
Kursk
Moscow-Rostov
Kamensk
Red Army
Donets
Rostov
Petrovskoe
Northern
Caucasus
Divnoe
Blagodarnoe
Stavropol
Maikop Oil
Armavir
Maikop
Kropotkin
Lower Caucasus
Kuban
Cherkessk
Belaya Kalitva
Stalingrad-Likhaya
Don
Kamenka
Rossosh
Don River
British Eighth Army closes on Tripoli after ridge advance
Allied forces under Montgomery push toward Tripoli as two columns reach Tarhuna and Homs, about 40 and 60 miles from the Libyan capital. B 24 Liberators clear a path for attacks on Tripoli and Castel Benito, with raids extending toward Sousse in Tunisia.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Nefusia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tarhuna
Homs
Nefusa
Jefara
Sousse
Castel Benito
Tunisia
Eighth
Sir Barnard Montgomery
Zliten
Stage Actor Ezra Stone Weds Sara Seegar in Washington
New York reports the marriage of Master Ezra Stone stage and radio actor to Miss Sara Seegar of Kokomo Indiana. They wed October 5 in Washington. Stone currently appears and directs in Irving Berlin's This Is the Army. Seegar also acts on stage and radio.
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New York
Ezra Stone
Sara Seegar
Kokomo
Ind
Washington
Sergeant Stone
Irving Berlin
Japan Premier Ill Amid War Strains And Allied Pressure
The Tokyo broadcast reports Premier Hideki Tojo ill with a cold as the 81st Diet is recessed to January 27. Allied offensives press on in New Guinea Guadalcanal and Burma while Japan faces ship shortages and heavy losses of 445 ships since war began. MacArthur's HQ notes continued mopping up in New Guinea as bombers strike Lae Timor Kaie Gasamata New Britain.
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Associated Press
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Mikado
Tomei
Tananeste
Tokyo
Tojo
United States
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Burma
Pacific Ocean
Navy
Knox
Nippon
Sanananda Point
Sanananda
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Timor Island
Kaie Islands
Gasmata
New Britain
R.A.F
New
Rathedaung
Akyab
Padali
Akya
President's Birthday Ball to Feature Danny Bachman Orchestra
Danny Bachman and his orchestra, a Kansas musicians group, are set to perform at the President's Birthday Ball on January 29 at the Community building from 9 to 12. Proceeds support infantile paralysis work locally and nationally. Tickets cost $1, with half staying in Lawrence for local administration and half going to the national foundation. Local committee members include M. S. Winter, Mrs. George Melvin, Dr. F. C. Allen, Vern Bratton. Ray Ogden and Houston Turner named as Eudora and Baldwin coordinators.
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Danny Bachman
K. A
J. W. Stone
Lawrence
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
M. S. Winter
George Melvin
F. C. Allen
Vern Bratton
Ray Ogden
Eudora
Houston Turner
Baldwin
Gas Ration No 3 Coupons Set to Expire Tonight
The first eight coupons in the basic A gasoline ration book the No 3s expire at midnight tonight state OPA officials reminded motorists. If No 4 coupons become valid at 12 01 a m January 22 they will be good through March 31 keeping supplies available.
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Wichita
OPA
Marah
Coal Strike Threat Over George Roosevelt Order
United Mine Workers warned striking anthracite miners in Wilkes-Barre that defying President Roosevelt’s noon deadline would bring dishonorable expulsion. District 1 leaders defend the action while thousands stay out, amid war-era coal shortages and debates over government intervention and War Labor Board involvement.
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Wilkes-Barre
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
U.M.W
District 1
J. Kosik
Karl Kratz
Lundy
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
John L. Lewis
WLB
Lewis
Help Needed to Deduct Victory Tax Levy in State payrolls
Topeka January 20 State Auditor George Robb said 6 000 regular state employees and part timers require deductions from pay for the victory tax. He seeks 6000 for the first half year and 6500 annually thereafter. A deduction bill has passed the house. Robb notes scarce bookkeeping resources and counts on four new clerks and three more staff. He warns pay as you go income tax would redo the workload.
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Topeka
George Robb
Robb
Congress
Roof Fire Extinguished at Local Home
The fire department extinguished a small roof fire at the home of H. L. Schleifer on 512 Locust Street this morning. Damages were not yet listed.
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H. L. Schleifer
Locust Street
London Bombed in Daylight Raid as Children Die
London faced its largest daylight Luftwaffe raid since the Battle of Britain. Twenty to eighty bombers struck Kent and Sussex then London, killing at least 55 people including 80 children feared buried in an elementary school. British fighters shot down several raiders and defended the capital amid a noon attack.
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London
Britain
Channel
Kent
Sussex
R.A.F
England
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Air-Ministry
Old Bailey
Mercury Climbs After Record Cold Spells in Lawrence
The Lawrence weather scene warms after bitter cold with a 26 degree high following a 1 degree below zero low. Winds ease but the city records its coldest morning since February 27, 1934, per Prof C. J. Posey.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Chile breaks with the Axis Powers
Chile announces severing diplomatic ties with Germany Italy and Japan after a 380 to 10 senate vote and moves to curb axis espionage and fifth column activities. The decision follows notices to other American nations and Britain with a nationwide broadcast planned at 7 p m. eastern war time. Baron von Schoen leaves for Argentina as the sole remaining axis ally in the Americas.
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Santiago
Chile
Germany
Italy
Japan
Argentina
Axis
Rios
Britain
Senate
Baroness von Schoen
Baron Wilhelm von Schoen
Americas
Axia
35 Men Placed for Induction by Douglas County Board
The Douglas County selective service board announced 35 names for February 1 induction into land or naval forces. The list includes Louis Hildebrand from Tonganoxie and Alvin Richardson from Oklahoma City, among others, with several registrants volunteering to boost the total. The board notes some 18-19 year olds will be inducted alongside older men as classifications allow.
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Douglas County
Selective Service Board
Cold Wave Eases Across Kansas After Severe Freeze
The harsh winter spell eased as Kansas temperatures rose over the next 24 hours. Topeka logged a low of zero while eastern Kansas ranged from five above to nine or twelve above, and western areas hit up to 23. Snow cover of one to three inches persisted, with only light snow forecast in the northwest.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Fire Destroys Burlington Station in Iowa
A fire in Burlington Iowa destroyed the Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger station. Four railroad employees are missing while 75 patrons in the waiting room exited safely. Telegraph equipment alone was valued at about $100,000 with no immediate damage estimate.
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Burlington Station
Burlington
Chicago, Burlington & Uincy
Axis tanks smash seven miles into French lines in Tunisia
Allied and French reports detail Axis tank thrust from Pont du Fahs toward Robaa and Bou Arada. Parachutists believed dropped near Algiers with rewards offered. RAF fighters bombed Sousse industrial targets as P-38s reported heavy transport activity along Tripolitania to Tunis corridors.
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North Africa
Rommel
Tunisia
Pont du Fahs
Algeria
Algiers
von Arnim
Pont du the
Robaa
Bou Arada
Goubellat
Africa Corps
Eighth Army
Libya
U. S
Tripolitania
Tunis
Atrack
Kara
Ben Gardane
Rommell
von Armin
Gen. Walther Nehring
R.A.F
Sousse
Eudora Receives Federal Funds Approval Notice
Federal Works regional office in St Paul approves Eudora’s request to cover higher police protection and garbage costs. City sought 1800 for police and 1200 for garbage. funds headed to Washington for final action. School money previously approved in D C remains pending. teachers at Adorn Grade have not been paid since November 30.
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Eudora
Federal Works
St. Paul
Minn
George Lothholz
Washington, D.C
Ray Ogden
Board of Education
Ogden
Washington
Forty four Indictments Returned by Kansas City Grand Jury
A federal district grand jury returned 44 indictments today charging 35 Kansans with federal law violations. Sixteen defendants face charges under the selective service act. The jury reported to Judge Richard J. Hopkins that more work remained, possibly one or two days.
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Kansas City
Kan
Federal District Grand Jury
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas State Home Game Score Update Tonight
Journal-World will publish halftimes and final scores of the Kansas versus Kansas State basketball game in Manhattan. The contest starts at 7 30 p m with the Journal-World office contact listed for readers.
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theansas-Kansas State
Manhattan
Journal-World Office
Journal-World
Daughter Born to Princess Juliana in Ottawa
Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands gave birth to a 7 pound 12 ounce daughter in Ottawa. The hospital suite was declared extra territorial for confinement. The baby is the first Dutch royal born outside the Netherlands and the first European royal born in North America. The succession remains unchanged with Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene as next in line.
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Ottawa
Juliana
Netherlands
Canada
Holland
Dominion
Royal House of Orange
North America
Prince Bernhard
London
Wilhelmina
Beatrix
Irene
Kaw Council Boy Scouts Elects Cliff Tozier President
Allen Cliff Tozier of Kansas City was elected Kaw Council Boy Scouts of America president at the annual meeting held in the Colonial tea room. Guest speaker Dr. F. C. Allen praised Scout law attributes for guiding his basketball coaching career.
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Cliff Tozier
Kansas City
Kaw
Kaw Council
Boy Scouts of America
Colonial Tea Room
Wade Pierce
Douglas
F. C. Allen
University of Kansas
George Lowman
Vel Hurd
Kansas State School
Olathe
Gerald Lee
Kan
J. Arthur Robinson
Harold G. Barr
A. J. Beil
E. E. Stauffer
Wichita
Trinity Lutheran
Awrence
Herbert Hawk
Winfield
Dolph Simons
Fred Six
Don Johnson
Ship 5
Richard Clarkson
Severe Cold Ends Plowing In Kansas War Production Plans
Topeka dispatch says a cold wave halted spring field work after partial plowing. Snow across northern Kansas fell up to three inches while temperatures dropped below zero. Farmers busy but labor and machinery shortages persist. livestock gains continue and lambing starts as 1943 garden plans rise in importance for war effort.
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Topeka
Kansas
Local Girl Hears About Father From Rickenbacker
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker writes to Miss Marigold Bennett of Lawrence about her father Col F W Bennett U S Marines serving in the South Pacific. He notes Bennett is fine and doing a grand job while missing his daughter, who recently saw officers linked to him in a news reel. Miss Bennett, living with Aunt Mrs Kenneth Dodderidge at 620 Indiana, just finished high school and will enter the University of Kansas this semester.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Marigold Bennett
Lawrence
F. W. Bennett
U. . Marines
South Pacific
Rickenbacker
Colonel Bennett
Pacific
Bargain Hunter’s Guide to the Classified Page
Readers chase value on the classifieds with ads for used goods, furniture, and misc items. Local sellers list prices and contact details while shoppers compare bargains across listings.
Milk price rise takes effect tomorrow in Lawrence
Beginning tomorrow morning Lawrence residents will pay 13 cents per quart for grade A milk, 61 2 cents for pints, and 18 cents per half pint for coffee cream with higher pint and quart prices. Grade C milk rises one cent per quart. producers anticipate higher butterfat payments amid potential shifts to Kansas City and Topeka.
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Lawrence
OPA
Kansas City
Topeka
Plannin
Junior Red Cross Votes $25 for Jayhawk Nursery
The Pinckney school Junior Red Cross council voted to transfer 25 from general funds to the Jayhawk nursery in Rugby England. Members plan to attend the annual Red Cross dinner Friday at the Colonial and to collect books for the 1943 Victory Book campaign.
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Red Cross Council
Pinckney School
Red Cross
Jayhawk
Rugby England
Colonial
Pinckney
E Council
Opal Jayne Kennedy
Fire consumes coffee stock at Kansas City plant
A warehouse blaze in Kansas City caused an estimated 200000 dollars in losses. Nine carloads of rationed coffee burned at the J B Osgood Coffee company at 1727 McGee Street. A wholesale auto parts firm also burned. One fireman was shocked by a downed power line and others were overcome by smoke.
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Kansas City
J. B. Osgood Coffee Company
McGee Street
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