Allied leaders map 1943 war plan at Casablanca conference
A ten day Casablanca meeting of President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and top military leaders forged a 1943 war plan to force unconditional surrender of Axis powers. De Gaulle and Giraud agreed to deploy French forces while Stalin and Chiang Kai shek were kept advised. Roosevelt awarded decorations and reviewed troops as planning continued.
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Casablanca
French Morocco
Germany
Japan
Italy
Roosevelt
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Axis
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
U. S
Soviet
Africa
New Guinea
Britain
Cairo
Moscow
William Vanderkloot
Sarasota
Fla
Tunisia
Europe
WAAC
Louise Anderson
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hopkins
Elliott’ Roosevelt
de Gaulle
Giraud
Jwan
North Africa
Robert’ Murphy
Mable
Ith
Washington
Igh
Wagner
D-N.y
House
Sam Rayburn
Feneaey Acces
Hull
Senate
Congress
Allied Planes Hit Jap Invasion Armies in Burma and South Seas
Allied warplanes attacked Japanese invasion forces in Burma and the South Seas. Prime Minister John Curtin urged stronger Southwest Pacific action to avenge Corregidor. American and Australian troops report hard lessons from the Papuan campaign as Allied forces push Japanese back at Milne Bay Gona and Sanananda. RAF bombers from India struck Toungoo and attacked transport and river craft along the Chindwin and Bay of Bengal coast.
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Burma
South Seas
Japan
John Curtin
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Corregidor
Nng
Curtin
United Nations
New Guinea
Robert Leichelberger
Milne Bay
Gona
Sanananda
Jen
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
RAF
India
Toungoo
Chindwin River
Bay of Bengal
Allies Drive Axis From Both Sides In Tunisian Front
Allied forces push from two directions against Rommel's forces in Tunisia. US troops breach German defenses in the Ousseltia valley while the British Eighth Army advances toward the Tunisian border from Tripoli. B 24 Liberators strike Messina as Rommel’s troops hold a tenuous line near Mareth and Zuara.
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London
United States
Ousteltia
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Rommel
Kairouan
Ousseltia
Cairo
Zauia
Zuara
U. S. Army
Ninth Air Force
Sicily
Messina
Marshal Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
Paris
Mareth
Gulf of Gabes
Foum Tatahouine
Nisia
Medenine
Casablanca conference foresees Tunisian command deal
London sources believed Roosevelt and Churchill reached broad agreement on an overall command for continental operations at Casablanca. An early public announcement on coordinating Allied air forces over Tunisian targets was anticipated, while some noted gaps with De Gaulle and Gaulle factions. A permanent allied council for information exchange may have progressed.
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London
Tunisia
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Churchill
French
Morocco
R.A.F
Tunisian
Britain
Bante
Ate
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Honore Giraud
United States Bombers Hit German Naval Installations
London reports United States heavy bombers attacked naval installations in Germany marking the first U S AAF raid on the German homeland. The targets, likely U boat centers, were not disclosed and the operation followed RAF strikes in Lorient Bordeaux and elsewhere with Liberators joining Fortresses in the American offensive.
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London
United States
Germany
United States Army Air Force
Reich
Berlin
St. Nazaire
Lorient
R.A.F
United Nations
Loaned to Kansas for gas field study
Dr. Thomas G. Payne of the U S Geological Survey is loaned to the Kansas Geological Survey for a month to work with Wallace Lee on the gas producing area in northeastern Kansas. Payne, formerly with Kansas State Survey, joins federal efforts examining oil and gas rocks, including the McLouth field, amid wartime fuel needs.
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Thomas. G. Payne
United States Geological Survey
Kansas Geological Survey
Wallace Lee
Kansas
Payne
State Geological Survey of
Alaska
McLouth
State Geological Survey
Strict German Rule Tightens Marseille Siege
Reuters reports from Zurich that Marseille remains under siege with 170 men and 80 women shot for violations. Vichy orders cleared the old port, with public places closed and streets cleared after 9 p.m.
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London
Marseille
Reuters
Zurich
Switzerland
Vichy
KU Lindley Hall to be finished in 60 days with copper rating
C G Bayles of the University of Kansas says Lindley Hall's new mineral resources building should be completed in about 60 days once a Double A 3 rating for copper wire is secured. Wiring and transformers require that rating before final completion. George D Barnett of the War Production Board travels to Washington to assist securing material and ratings.
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Lindley Hall
University of Kansas
C. G. Bayles
University
Bagles
George D. Barnett
Ronald
Governmentivision
War Production Board
Kansas City
Washington, D. C
Bayles
Barnett
Sunflower Ordnance Works to Rise Near De Soto
William F. Skelton told Kansas legislators in Topeka the Hercules Powder Co will begin operation of the Sunflower Ordnance Works near De Soto in the near future. The project would cover over 16 000 acres and become the largest plant of its kind in the United States. He noted a large guard force and added patrolwomen identification bureau and fire department to ensure protection.
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William F. Skelton
Kan-sas
Topeka
Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower ‘Ordnance Works
de Soto
Skelton
United States
Kansas
Legislators
Tire Certificates Issued By City Fuel Panel After Meeting
The city panel of the board issued certificates listing tire allocations after yesterday's meeting. Allocations include two grade one tires eleven grade three passenger tires two passenger retreads seven truck tires twenty truck retreads and twenty-three truck tubes. The county and fuel oil panels were in session today with city board sessions planned Friday morning.
Schools to Aid Kansas Ration Book No 2 Registration
Kansas school officials will assist residents in late February or early March to register for War Ration Book No 2 for the point ration program. State OPA Director H. C. Davis estimates about 1,750,000 Kansans will apply for the new ration book.
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Wichita
OPA
H. C. Davis
Stalin Receives Ambassadors in Moscow Meeting
Premier Stalin hosted Admiral William H Standley United States ambassador and British chargé d affaires W Lacy Baggallay in Moscow last night. Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov attended the talks as announced today.
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Stalin
Moscow
William H. Standley
United States
W.lacy
Baggallay
Vyacheslav Molotov
Stock Market Index Average Declines Across 60 Issues
The stock market index for 60 stocks closed at 48.4 after modest losses yesterday. Traders watched key averages and sector movements as investors weighed corporate results and economic signals.
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Yester
New Milk Order Controls Packaging and Sales Rules
The Associated Press reports a government order by Secretary Wickard taking effect February 1 to simplify operations and cut marketing costs for fluid milk. It requires eliminating package sizes below one quart except for on premises consumption, limiting buyers to two handlers unless over 800 quarts from each, selling only on advance orders, banning milk returns, and charging minimum deposits on bottles cans and cases. Armed forces sales are exempt from size and deposit rules.
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Wichita
Office of War Information
Agriculture Wickard
Allies plan European-first victory strategy for World War II
Washington reports a Roosevelt Churchill agreement on defeating Italy and Germany first and Japan second enabling a general European offensive after Africa. The plan outlines resource allocation among Atlantic Europe and Russian and Pacific theaters with chiefs of staff to decide aerial and ground assault timing.
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Washington
Italy
Germany
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Africa
England
Messrs
Casablanca
United Nations
Halt Work on Plants In $22 Million Ordnance Projects
The army halted work on ordnance projects totaling 22 171 033 in the week ended January 22 the War Production Board announced. A joint army navy WPB note recalled that the program was cut to free materials for planes and ships. Since October 28 projects costing 1 271 195 509 have been stopped under the facility review committee.
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Washington
Army
War Production Board
WPB
Kettering Sees Kansas as Future Chemical Power
Dr Charles F Kettering head of General Motors research division predicts Kansas will blend gas wells with cornstalks to fuel a chemical industry. Speaking to Kansas scientists and business leaders he said the state has basic resources to create almost any chemical product in demand.
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Topeka
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors Research Division
Kansas
Kettering
Lawrence League Voters to Broadcast Tonight on KFKU
The Lawrence League of Women Voters will air its regular meeting over KFKU at 9 45 PM. Radio chairman Mrs John Virtue will introduce legislative chair Mrs C V Kent. The program topic is Where Do You Stand Mr Congressman.
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Lawrence League of Women Voters
KFKU
John Virtue
C. V Kent
R. Congressman
Missing Plane Sighting Reported Near Clear Lake
Sheriff Chet Antrim said searchers on Clear Lake 150 miles north of San Francisco sighted possible wreckage and at least one body. The area is where a navy plane with 19 aboard was believed lost six days earlier.
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Lakeport
Cal
Chet
Antrim
Clear Lake
San Francisco
Massachusetts Street Flushed After Mild Weather Wash
City street department flushed Massachusetts Street this afternoon taking advantage of the above freezing temperature. City engineer J. Carpenter warned that washing streets in air temperatures around 85 degrees or lower risks ice within minutes. Classified listings offer easy tips to find a new home apartment or room.
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Massachusetts Street
City Street
J. Carper
Kansas House Okays Cash Basis Shift and Other Bills
The Kansas House passed measures allowing cities to exceed budgets for emergency war warrants with state tax commission approval. Opponents warned of undermining cash basis and budget law. The same session approved a Spanish course mandate for high schools and a three year medical program option. A fast tracked bill would let Wichita hold a city election this year and retain a two year system while Wichita’s population nears 120,000.
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Topeka
House
State Affairs Committee
State Tax Commission
Henry Buzick
Sylvan Grove
Harold Malone
Wichita
Kansas
Harold H. Malone
Kansas House of Representatives
Kansas City
Kan
Senate
Roosevelt Churchill confer to shape European invasion plan
Washington reports a cautious optimism after the Roosevelt Churchill talks in Casablanca with hints of unconditional surrender aims. Officials and lawmakers weigh possible strategic timing for a European invasion, new war taxes, and reallocation of resources as the broader war continues.
Fine January Weather Across Kansas Forecast
Topeka reports 13 degrees as the state's low last night with warmer weather and no precipitation expected for the next 24 hours. Goodland topped at 43 degrees yesterday, and readings should rise today, according to Weatherman S D Flora.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
S.D. Flora
Flora
Legislator Seeks End to Midnight Gin Marriages
Kansas legislator Rep. R. G. Anderson a Methodist minister proposed a bill to require marriage licenses be issued only during office hours by probate judges to prevent quick spur marriages and avoid waking judges at night. He said this would curb haste by couples seeking late night ceremonies.
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Topeka
R. G. Anderson
R.oswego
Kansas
Anderson
Drafting of men with children eyed for next winter
Washington reports indicate the armed forces may reach 10 420 000 by year end and that drafting of men with children could begin around October if 10 million plus are called. Changes in deferment policy shift emphasis from dependency to cedion as occupational deferments rise.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
District of Columbia
Yiaahington
Flynn nomination for Australia post faces GOP opposition
The senate foreign relations committee approved President Roosevelts nomination of Edward J Flynn to be minister to Australia and the Southwest Pacific. Three Democrats joined seven Republicans in voting against confirmation, while many Democrats backed him. Flynn resigns as Democratic national committeeman from New York to appease critics.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
National Democratic
Australia
Southwest Pacific
George
D.-Ga
van Nuys
D.ind
Gillette
D.-Iowa
Senate
Flynn
Johnson
Calif
Capper
Kan
Vandenberg
Mich
White
Shipstead
Minn
Nye
N.D
Davis
Penn
LaFollette
Prog
Wis
Connally
Tex
Wagner
N.Y
Thomas
Utah
Murray
Mont
Pepper
Fla
Green
R. I
Barkley
Reynolds
N.C
Guffey
Clark
Glass
Tunnel
Del
Bridges
R-N.h
Dutch Schultz
New York City
Carmel
N. Y
New York
D-Mo
Hatch Rwan
Fynn
Bills Published Show Douglas County Welfare Cuts
The Journal-World reports Douglas County bills are published monthly by the board after ten months in the Outlook. County government costs are down from 1941 levels with December expenses at 26,001.09. Welfare costs fall 6,771.72 to 15,875.62, road and bridge expenses drop about 4,000, and old age assistance totals 8,832.68 along with 650 for the blind and 1,769.50 for dependent children.
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Board of Douglas County Commissioners
theJournal- World
Polio Drive Benefit Dance In Lawrence
Lawrence residents can support the polio fight by attending the President's Day Ball at the Community building from 9 to 1 9 o'clock with music by Danny Bachman and his orchestra. Tickets are 1 dollar, proceeds split between the national foundation and local braces for paralyzed children. Local organizers include Mrs J W Stone and Mrs George Melvin plus district and city chairs.
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Lawrence
Danny Bachman
National Foundation
J. W. Stone
George Melvin
M. S. Winter
Connate
Ray Oglen
Eudora
Houston Turner
Baldwin
K. U
Killed at Sunflower Carlson Dies in Accident
George Carlson 40 a scraper operator at Sunflower Ordnance Works was fatally injured early today when a lift of a giant scraper fell and struck him in the chest. He lived in Bland Missouri and was married to Alma Billings Carlson with four children.
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George Carlson
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Carlson
Bland
Shawnee
Sunflower
Alma Billings Carlson
Emily Carlson
Franklin, Neb
Odd Questions for Rent Officials in Lawrence
A Lawrence case raises issues for OPA rent control. A landlord overcharged a tenant and offered to refund the excess, but the tenant refused. Under OPA rules the payer of excess rent is liable as the other party, yet the tenant wants no adjustment. If the tenant moved away, the landlord faces potential liability without a clear remedy.
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OPA
Lawrence
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