Allied Leaders Meet in North Africa Foreshadow Mediterranean Push
Allied military chiefs from Britain and the United States convened a 48 hour conference in Eisenhower’s North Africa headquarters with Eisenhower Marshall King Arnold Dill Pound Alexander Somervell Ismay Harriman in attendance. The talks followed the Casablanca Roosevelt Churchill meeting and signaled a planned Mediterranean offensive and unified command in the theater as leverage toward Europe.
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Allied
North Afrca
Britain
America
United Nations
North Africa
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Churchill
Mediterranean
United States
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
Navy
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
John Dill
Joint Staff
Washington
Dudley Pound
Harold Alexander
Middle East
Louis Mountbatten
Eisenhower
Roosevelt-Churchill
General Marshall
Admiral King
Lord Mountbatten
Marshal Dill
Admiral Pound
Andrew Cunningham
Alexander
Andlexander
Tunisia
B. B. Somervell
U. S. Army Services of Supply
Sir Hastings Ismay
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
England
Russians Press Advance Near Stalingrad and Caucasus
Soviet forces widened the Caucasus front by taking Apsheronskaya and Neftegorsk near Maikop while pressuring Rostov with new spearheads. Prisoners report German soldiers deserted and a steady loss of tanks.
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Ingrad
Hitler
Caucasus
Maikop
Voronezh
Stanlingrad
Pravda
Stalingrad
Red Army
Volga
Sicily
Western
Apsheronskaya
Neftegorsk
Apsheronskays
Deadline for license tags approaches in county treasurer line
As February 1 nears, motorists face longer lines at the county treasurer’s office for license tags. After the date a penalty applies. buyers must bring title and registration. Roy Flory notes many applicants moved here from other states and that 1942 Kansas plates are required before 1943 tags. He cites a steel shortage delaying 1942 tag delivery. 600 sets promised with unclear timing. Check by phone to avoid long waits.
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Roy Flory
Kansas
Flory
Allied air offensive resumes in Tunisia and shipping targets hit
Allied air forces renew the offensive in Tunisia with B 25 and P 38 escort strikes on two Italian destroyers, one left sinking, plus RAF and 12th Air Force sweeps on transports and fuel dumps across Tunis, Mezzouna, Bizerte, and Algiers raid noted. In Washington the House Judiciary Committee approves wartime penalties for labor leaders under the 1934 anti racketeering act for interfering with interstate commerce.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Tunis
Mediterranean
R.A.F
12Th Air Force
Pont du Faghs
Boston
Mezzouna
Maknassy
Lafayette Escadrille
U.S
Bizerte
Algiers
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Lane
Massachusetts
Celler
New York
Hobbs
Organized Labor
United States
Allied Air Sweeps Open Tunisian Front Amid Offense Claims
London dispatch reports Axis and Allied lines shift in Central Tunisia as Vichy and Berlin radios claim US and Anglo American forces launch operations near Tebessa and Medjez El Bab with British divisions 76th Motorized and 30th Infantry leading.
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London
Marshal Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunisia
Italy
United States
Tebessa
Algeria
Tunis
Berlin
Gulf of Gabes
Rommel
Paris
Medjez-El- Bab
Ben Arada
Barr Joins Coast Guard Duty In 50th Kansas Session
Rep. Herb J. Barr of Scoti was the first lawmaker in the 50th Kansas legislative session to suspend duties for military service. He reported for active duty in the coast guard today after enlisting in October.
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Topeka
Herb J. Barr
D-Scoti
Kansas
Coast Guard
Roosevelt vows renewed confidence in American victory
Allied dispatch from North Africa dated January 28 reports President Roosevelt returning to the United States with renewed faith that American forces will prevail. Eisenhower reads Roosevelt’s message to U S troops praising initial landings, front-line efforts in Tunisia, and training, and urging officers and men to “shall be victorious.”
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roosevelt
United States
Tunisia
President Roosevelt
Office of Price Administration Doubles Heating Oil Limit
Washington announces a doubling of the maximum gallons of heating oil allowed for war workers living in trailers to protect health and curb migration to warmer regions.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
High School Bill Killed In Senate
The Kansas Senate defeated the uniform high school finance bill by 19 to 17 after a volatile session. The measure would expand Barnes law provisions statewide with state aid, but opponents argued it would raise permanent taxes. Several amendments passed linking junior colleges, pupil proximity, and school size to eligibility.
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Senate
Topeka
E. A. Briles
Stafford
Legislative Council
Albert Cole
R-Holton
Education Committee
House
Council
Kansas House of Representatives
Caldwell Davis
D-Bronson
Payne Ratner
W. H. Burke
Atner
John Etling
Kinsley
C. B. Wenrich
Oxford
Barton Griffith
Rshawnee
Australians Warn of Japanese Invasion Buildup
Canberra reports belief that Japan plans a major operation against northern Australia. Government informants say troops and shipping concentrations are increasing in areas that would threaten northern Australia.
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Canberra
Australia
Japan
Five Die in Danish Bombing Ruins Cleanup Fear
Reports from Denmark say the R A F bomb attack on Copenhagen yesterday killed at least five persons and injured about 50. Officials fear the final toll will rise as the ruins are cleared.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Denmark
Pay-As-You-Go Tax Plans Face House Hearings
Washington hearings begin Tuesday on pay-as-you-go tax plans aimed at shifting income tax collection toward current payments for part of 1948. Chairman Doughton and Sen. George push debt-limit action while stressing returns must still be filed by March 15.
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Washington
House Committee
Doughton
D-N.c
Ways and Means
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Coughton
Rubber Director defies orders on public remarks
Washington reports Rubber Director William Jeffers says he will speak his mind about the rubber program despite a letter from Elmér Davis of OWI reminding him not to air disputes publicly. The dispute centers on prioritizing rubber production amid war needs as Jeffers clashes with the army and navy over top priority ratings.
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Washington
William Jeffers
Army
Navy
Jeffers
Elmér Davis
Office of War Information
Roosevelt
OWI
Eneed
Davis
Sweden Reports Hitler Plans Shift of Military Command
A Swedish paper quoted via Pi Radio Maroc that Hitler would temporarily delegate command of German armies to the general staff. The staff allegedly drafted a plan to withdraw to a new front from Kursk to Kharkov and Dnieperopetrovsk to Sevastopol, though military circles doubt impact.
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New York
Pi—Radio Maroc
U.S. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Adolf Hitler
Maroc
France
Empire
NYA Daylight Allchanda
Hitler
General Staff
Kursk
Kharkov
Dnieperopetrovsk
Sevastopol
Crimea
Classified ad guidance from local service desk
The ad-taker at phone 22 assists readers in preparing copy for classified listings.
Draft board gets new regulations
The Douglas county selective service board receives orders increasing focus on farming. Agriculturally essential registrants producing eight or more war units may be deferred, others referred to the employment service. Those deferred go to class 20 or 380, with strict limits on releases from 2C or 3C. A nationwide study of Group 3 registrants begins February 1 to assess occupation and related factors.
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Douglas County Selective Service Board
Selective Service
United States Employment Service
A. J. Decker
Bord
U.S. Employment Service
Washington
Attorneys Seek Federal Stamp Lists for Enforcing Beer Laws
Topeka January meeting notes that county attorneys will receive lists of those who bought federal liquor stamps and paid taxes on gambling devices. Attorney General A B Mitchell said state beer licenses require keeping hard liquor sellers away from gambling premises to aid enforcement. Ward Martin criticized new legislation allowing immediate inmate lawyer conferences, fearing risks to innocent suspects.
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Topeka
A. B. Mitchell
Mitchell
County Attorneys Association
Ward Martin
Shawnee
Martin
Davis outlines emergency fuel oil ration plan
Wichita January 28 H O Davis state OPA director announces emergency fuel oil allotments up to 50 gallons for households in danger to health or property. Effective February 1 any consumer without oil facing a serious threat may buy limited fuel even without valid coupons, with redemption once coupons are available.
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Wichita
OPA
H. O. Davis
Davis
Kansas Will Theme KU Brain Busters Quiz Tonight
Kansas will be the focus of the KU Brain Busters quiz show on KFKU tonight from 9 30 to 10. Questions about the state and its history have been prepared for the Kansas day observed tomorrow. The program is vetted by the Kansas Historical Society and the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas with Prof. E C Buehler as impresario and Prof. Allen Crafton as MC. Participants include Dr. Edward Bumgardner Bernard Frazier K W Davidson and another quizzed contestant.
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Kansas
K. U
KFKU
Kansas Historical Society
The
Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas
E. C. Buehler
Allen Crafton
Edward Bumgardner
Bernard Frazier
K. W. Davidson
Japan to honor neutrality pact with Soviet Union says Tani
Japanese Foreign Minister Masayuki Tani told parliament that Japan will respect the Soviet Union neutrality pact concluded in April 1941 and expects the Soviet government to do the same. He noted the U S pressure on most American states and expressed intent to keep friendly ties with Argentina despite U S pressure.
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Japan
Russia
Masayuki Tani
Axis
Berlin
Associated Press
Tani
Tokyo
Soviet Union
Diet
Chile
United States
Argentina
Wreck Near Lawrence Sends One to Hospital and One to Jail
At 10 30 last night at the east end of the Y intersection of highways 40 and 24 north of Lawrence a 1941 Chevrolet coupe driven by J M Fugate of Topeka hit a 1941 Ford cab over engine truck injuring Fugate and passenger Charles Holmes who were returning from a Kansas City used car auction. Fugate was charged with driving while intoxicated and released on 300 bond. Holmes suffered deep facial lacerations. The truck driver Lawrence Bourbina of Salina, owner Richardson Transfer and Storage, sustained minor injuries.
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Lawrence
J. M. Fugate
Topeka
Clarence McKay
Fugate
O. J. Lane
Charles Holmes
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
Kate
Lawrence Bourbina
Salina
Richardson Transfer and Storage Company
McPherson
Bourbina
Rain Predicted for Southeast Kansas with Possible Snow Spread
Topeka reports light rain forecast for extreme southeast Kansas with a chance last night's snowfall in western Kansas moving across the state today and tonight. Little temperature change expected, a slight eastern warming, and overall 25 to 30 degrees. Goodland posted 64 high and 19 low yesterday.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Tin Cans Should Go Out For Collection Tonight
Lawrence residents are asked to place tin cans in curbside containers tonight for a city wide collection starting tomorrow morning. City engineer C Harper explains routes may extend to Saturday if needed. Trucks will pick up cans for war purposes and only cans should be placed in the containers.
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Lawrence
C. Harper
City Street Department
225 Trailers Assigned to DeSoto Relief Project
The National Housing Administration regional office announced 225 trailers are assigned to relieve the housing shortage at the Sunflower Ordnance plant near DeSoto Kansas. The mobile homes will be requisitioned from other industrial areas and added to Trailer Town on the reservation north of the plant.
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Kansas City
National Housing Administration
Sunflower Ordnance Plant
DeSoto
Kan
Army Plans Loyal Japanese American Combat Unit
The army announced plans for a combat unit of loyal Japanese Americans as a Senate subcommittee sought advice from Joseph Grew, former ambassador to Japan, on proposals to separate potentially loyal Americans from other Japanese in a dozen detention colonies.
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Washington
Army
Senate
Joseph (. Grew
Japan
Stock Market Index Rises to 43.6 on 60-Stock Average
The stock market index for sixty stocks advances to 43.6 after yesterday’s reading of 43.4. Investors monitor broad market movements and next trading session for further direction.
Farmers to Get Incentive Funds for Potatoes and Crops
Local AAA office announces incentive payments under the AAA plan to growers meeting acreage goals in potatoes and vegetables for fresh sale. Payments set at 50 cents per bushel above 90 percent up to 110 percent of each farm’s goal, plus $15 per acre for soy and $10 per acre for flax at the same 90 to 110 percent band. County goals discussed, labor for harvest eyed, and county committees to issue program instructions for 1943.
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AAA
Seakeing
Mexico
Lawrence Lieutenant in American Raids on Nazis
Three Kansans took part in the first all American air raids on Germany proper. Lieuts W. W. Anderson and Carl Morales and Sgt Max Westfall flew Fortress bombers from a U S bomber base in England. They attacked Wilhelmshaven and Emden with minimal losses.
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U.S
England
Germany
W. W. Anderson
Lawrence Kan
Carl Morales
Leavencorth
Kan
Max Westfall
Wichita
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Lieut
Morales
Sky Wolf
Westfall
Anderson
Butch
Errol Flynn Denies Charges on Witness Stand
Errol Flynn resumed the witness stand in Los Angeles on January 28 and flatly denied state charges that he had intimate relations with Betty Hansen, the second of his young accusers.
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Errol Flynn
Los Angeles
Errollynn
Betty Hansen
Weather Report Shows Mild Change With Light Snow
Kansas sees little temperature change with southeast and extreme east slightly warmer tonight. Cold tonight with occasional light snow in south central. Friday forenoon warms slowly as readings include prior highs near 49 and lows around 29.
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Kansas
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