Allies Sign at Moscow For Closer Ties
The Moscow conference united the United States Britain and Russia in pledging closer wartime cooperation and a future general international organization. The tripartite communique noted frank talks on shortening the war and establishing allied military cooperation and a postwar peace framework with China also joining in a four power pledge to pursue unconditional surrender and a lasting peace.
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Washington
Moscow
United States
Britain
Europe
China
Great Britain
Russia
Giese
Ap Macow
Foo Ting-Sheung
Orisha
Hull
Eden
Molotov
London
Italy
Austria
Japan
Tripartite Conference
Yaroslavia
Greece
Council On
Commmunique
Germany
Nazis Retreat in Confusion as Reds Close Crimea Exit
Moscow reports German forces retreating under heavy Red air and artillery pressure. The Soviet Fourth Ukraine Army advances toward the Perekop isthmus and Kherson rail line, cutting key routes and seizing Novo Troitskoe and Novo Alexeyevka to trap German units in Crimea.
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Crimean
Moscow
Crimea
Fourth Ukraine
Wuith
Wrival Wo
Perekop Isthmus
Kherson
Dnieper
Chaplinka
Red Air Force
Novo Troitskoe
Red Army
Perekop-Kherson
Novo-Alexeyevka
Perekop Land Bridge
Nogaisk Steppe
Zaporozhe
Melitopol
Sea of Azov
Bombs Over Rabaul and Choiseul Fight In South Pacific
Allied headquarters report heavy bombing of Rabaul and attacks on Choiseul Island where jungle troops clash with Japanese forces. MacArthur says 45 Japanese planes destroyed in the air campaign as Bougainville airfields suffer near depletion. Allied bombing sinks ships near Finschhafen and damages another.
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Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Zealand
Choiseul Island
Vanakanau
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Choiseul
Sangagai
South Pacific Air Force
Bougainville
Treasury (Mono) Island
Adm
William F. Halsey
Treasury Island
New
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Kansas University to enroll about 200 to 300 new students
Approximately 200 to 300 additional students are expected to enroll for the fall term at the University of Kansas, per registrar Dr L C Woodruff. About 50 will be new to the university while the rest return to resume unfinished work. Registration began this morning and continues tomorrow. Classes start at 8 30 Wednesday morning.
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University of Kansas
L. C. Woodruff
Tolbukhin Forces Cut German Retreat Route With Perekop Capture
Moscow announced that General Feodor Tolbukhin's steppe army advancing toward the lower Dnieper has severed the German retreat path from the Crimea by capturing Perekop at the peninsula's northwestern entrance.
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London
Feodor Tolbukhin
Dnieper
Crimea
Perekon
Moscow
Parker girl named clerk for Congressman Scrivner
Clerk to Scrivner Miss Dorothy Tyson daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert J Tyson Parker Linn county Kan has been appointed clerk in the office of Congressman Errett P Scrivner Miss Tyson is a graduate of Parker high school and Baker University and prior to her appointment was in the office of the bank commissioner Topeka.
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Scrivner
Dorothy Tyson
Robert J. Tyson
Parker
Linn County
Kan
Errett P. Scrivner
Tyson
Parker High School
Baker University
Topeka
Visitors on Hill at Mt Dread for editors and Y M C A confabs
A convention atmosphere defined Mt Dread over the weekend with Kansas Editor's Day and the Y M C A conference. About 60 editors attended Roundtable sessions led by John Redmond while Roy Roberts and British Consul John P Price spoke, followed by a Kansas State game. Nearly 100 faculty advisers and student leaders from thirteen schools joined the Y M Y W C A conference. Medical technicians enrolled in a protozoology short course led by Miss Mary Larson and hosted by the University Extension Division.
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Mt. Dread
Kansas
Y.M
Union
Kansas State
Y.M.Y.W.C.A
Fong's University E Wichite Iend’s University
At . Wichita
Pittsburg
Teacher S Collége
Teacher S Collége-Southwestern College, Highland Junior College
Ft. Hays State
Emporia State
Ft. Scott Junior College
Bethel College
McPherson
Wichita
University of Kansas
Mary Larson
Harold Ingham
University Extension Division
EF. H. Taylor
Snow Hall
County Board Blocks Private Use of Road Equipment
The board announced that OPA regulations prevent renting county road machinery to private parties for farm work. They also granted salary increases to four sheriff's office members effective today, with Undersheriff Schiller and Deputies Sanders and Harris up $20 to $150 monthly and Cecil Georgia up $15 to $85 monthly. The commission cited an efficient sheriff's force and valued performance.
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Board of County Commissioners
OPA
Elmer Schiller
Raymond Sanders
Ed Harris
Cecil Georgia
L. H. Griffith
Premier Tojo Installed Leader of Japanese War Effort
The Tokyo radio reported Premier Gen Hideki Tojo was named head of the new Japanese munitions ministry in a ceremony with Emperor Hirohito present. He thus gains control over most aspects of Japan's war effort, already serving as war minister.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Hideki Tojo
Hirohito
Japan
Snow From Denver Westward Delays Roads In Colorado
Snow from Denver moved westward causing traffic tangles and forcing snow plows onto mountain passes after an overnight storm. Colorado teams and authorities managed roadway safety as the weather intensified.
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Denver
Colorado
Stevens Hotel Reopens After Army Occupation
Stevens Hotel in Chicago, billed as the world’s largest, reopened to the public today after thirteen months of army occupation, marking a return to normalcy for the city’s hospitality scene.
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Stevens
Chicago
Coal Shutdown Widens Across U S Amid Miner Strike
United Mine Workers policy committee deferred decisive action and sent the dispute to a subcommittee as soft coal miners nationwide largely halted work. West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Kentucky and other states reported near total shutdowns with tens of thousands idle. Canada also saw strike votes as district leaders pressed wage and holiday demands.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
All Saints
Policy Committee
Union
Opameter
Jones and Laughlin Steel
Alabama
Illinois
United Mine
Missouri
Kansas
District 14
Tennessee
Iowa
Operators Association
Kentucky
Virginia
Colorado
Utah
Oklahoma-Arkansas
McAlester
Okla
Canada
Nanaimo
Cumberland
B. C
Vancouver Island
Interior Princeton
British Columbia
District 18
U.M.W
Calgary
Robert Divitt
Canadian War Labor Board
Helvering Inaugurated As Kansas U S District Judge
Guy T. Helvering of Salina took the oath as Kansas U S district judge at noon in Topeka succeeding the late Richard J. Hopkins. Orie L. Phillips administered the oath with state and federal judges watching. Helvering, 65, former internal revenue commissioner, will reside temporarily in Topeka.
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Topeka
Guy T. Helvering
Salina
Kansas
U. S
Richard J. Hopkins
Orie L. Phillips
Denver
Internal Revenue
State Supreme Court
E. R. Sloan
Helvering
Phillips
Alfred P. Murrah
Oklahoma City
Walter A. Huxman
Huxman
Congress
Democratic
University of Michigan
Harry Woodring
Junior Red Cross Drive Underway in Douglas County
The annual drive for 100 percent school enrollment began today under county chairman Mrs. I W Hartley. Quotas should be reached by November 15 with 5875 county students enrolled last year. Membership spans rural schools Haskell Institute Oread High and Lawrence Public Schools. Any student can join by a penny or more. Gift boxes totaling 53 have been sent to children in foreign countries.
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Junior Red Cross
Douglas County
I. W. Hartley
Hartley
Haskell Institute
Oread High
Lawrence Public Schools
Ee Ready
Navy consolidates flight training under new command
Fairfax airport Kansas City Saturday announced that the Naval Air Primary Training Command now controls 17 flight preparatory schools and 90 CAA War Training Schools including the program at the University of Kansas and Lawrence Municipal Airport. Rear Admiral Elliott Buckmaster leads the consolidated system, unifying cadet procurement and training.
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Fairfax
Kansas City
Naval Air Primary Training Command
Navy
CAA
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Elliott Buckmaster
USN
Naval Air Primary
Naval Aviation Cadet
Naval Officer
Admiral Buckmaster
Randolph S. Neil
Naval Air Training
Examined 25 Patients at Douglas County TB Clinic
The Douglas county tuberculosis clinic held October 30 examined 25 patients and took 45 X rays. Dr C F Taylor was the examiner. Nurse in charge was Mrs Ethel P Lynn with several volunteers and visiting doctors from Winches ter, Eudora, Babyins, and Lawrence. A November clinic may be announced later. the regular December clinic is set for December 4.
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Douglas County
C. F. Taylor
Espere
Ethel P. Lynn
R. H. Beamer
Carolina Bailey
Harold Skinner
F. W. Huston
Winches
C. B. Johnson
Eudora
Dr. Yates
Babyins
H. L. Chambers
H. T Jones
Lawrence
Board Meeting Tonight at Liberty Memorial High School
The regular November meeting of the board of education will be held this evening at 7 30 oclock in the office of the Liberty Memorial high school building.
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Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High School
Allied Forces Seize Teano In Fierce Italian Advance
Allied Fifth Army captured Teano a vital road center as American troops pushed toward Venafro and Isernia. Eighth Army seized Cantalupo Macchiagodena and Frosolone while air forces bombed the Cannes viaduct and Siagne river span.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Teano
Massico
Eighth
Cantalupo
Macchiagodena
Frosolone
Sir Bernard L Montgomery
Isernia
Valleagricola
Raviscanina
Venafro
Hermann Goering
Mark W. Clark
Massico Ridge
Mt. Massico
Volturno River
Capua
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Foggia
Rome
Thigno
San Salvo
France
Mediterranean
Cannes
French
Riviera
Siagne
Marseille
Genoa
Hard Freeze Forecast for Northern Kansas Tonight
The weather bureau forecasts a hard freeze for northern Kansas counties tonight as colder air moves in from the north. No moisture is expected, and a Colorado snow unlikely to reach Kansas. Dodge City reports added rainfall totaling .24 inch in 48 hours, with light precipitation in the west and a 32 degree low in Dodge City and Concordia. Wichita's high yesterday was 63. Snow seen on the ground in Denver, Pueblo, and the Dakotas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
S D. Flora
Colorado
Flora
Dodge City
Concordia
Wichita
Denver
Pueblo
Colo
Dakotas
Five more counties reach war fund goals in Kansas drive
Topeka Nov 1 Five more counties went over their United War Fund goals bringing the victory county total to 26 Lt Gov Jess C Denions said Clay Smith Ellsworth Lincoln and Graham were latest to report Collections in Smith county continued as pupils raised the 5542 quota Lincoln county oversubscribed 4471 in a week Other counties reaching quotas include Gove Ralins Wallace Butler Scott Grant and Allen as the drive seeks 1259500 in Kansas
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Topeka
United War Fund
Victory
Jess C. Denions
Clay
Smith
Ellsworth
Lincoln
Graham
W. E. Lee
Smith County
Henry S. Buzick
Lincoln County
Kansas
Gove
Ralins
Wallace
Butler
Scott
Grant
Allen
Pleasant October Reports Near Normal Temperatures
October closed with a mean of 56.92 degrees about 0.23 above normal. The month reached 83 degrees on the tenth and 29 degrees on the sixteenth. Rain totaled 2.33 inches, 0.49 below normal, with eight rainy days and one hail event. Total yearly rainfall through October stands at 32.21 inches, 0.67 below normal.
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C. J. Posey
House May Hike Letter Postage to Four Cents
Washington reports the house ways and means committee approved raising out of town letters from three to four cents and cutting air mail to eight cents from ten. They kept newspapers and religious publications at current rates, doubled other second class charges, and cut the general admissions tax to 20 percent. Net new revenue falls from 2.117 billion to 2.043 billion. The panel rejected lowering local telephone tax and completed tax excise planning.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-N.c
Treasury
Man hattan Meeting Attended by County and Home Demonstration Agents
Six county and home demonstration agents led by Miss Dorothea Schroeder and Willis Coleman depart for Manhattan for the annual conference sessions. Tomorrow a group of farm bureau members will join them to attend related meetings through Friday. The delegation includes Mrs. C. C. Gerstenberger, Mrs. Leslie Demeritt, and Mrs. Ralph Coleman representing advisory councils and district chairmen.
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Ralph Coleman
William Allen White Progressing After Abdominal Operation
Mayo Clinic surgeons said William Allen White, the 75 year old Emporia editor known nationally, is progressing satisfactorily after an abdominal operation. He is up and around but not expected to leave Mayo Clinic Hospital for several days.
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Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
William Allen White
Emporia, Kan
Pi Light Snow Sets In Across Southwestern Kansas
Light snow fell across southwestern Kansas on November 1 creating moisture for newly sown wheat. Reports show about one inch of snow from Manter Kansas to Pratchett Colorado as Dodge City notes the season’s first snowfall.
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Dodge City
Kansas
Manter
Kan
Pratchett
Colo
Jurors to Report Tuesday Morning at Douglas Court
The November term opened with Judge Hugh Means and the Douglas county bar. Jurors to report Tuesday morning as dockets for civil and criminal cases are set. Albert Isham and Robert Pickens face assault with intent to kill. other trials slated for Wednesday and civil cases to begin November 8.
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District Court
Oo. W. Owen
Hugh Means
Douglas County
John J. Riling
Albert Isham
Robert Pickens
James Parr
James William, Beers
Frances Lové
Arthur Lee Tarpy
Fingerprint Match Ties De Marigny to Oakes Slaying
New York police expert testified that a crown fingerprint found in the room of Sir Harry Oakes's death matches the right little finger of Alfred de Marigny. Frank Conway of the New York bureau of identification said the impression on exhibit and De Marigny's post arrest print are identical.
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Nassau
Bahamas
New York
Harry Oakes
Alfred de Marigny
Frank Conway
New York Bureau of Identification
de Marigny
Nazi Plane Wreckage Found Near Corsica Airfield
Allied Headquarters reports discovery of wreckage from three Mersebure-323 transports near Hiris tia airfield Corsica. One of the planes carried 112 German soldiers believed dead. Also found are many Ju-52 troop carriers destroyed by Germans to prevent escape.
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Altiers
Hirastia
Corsica
Morgenthau in Washington After Mediterranean Tour
Secretary Morgenthau returned to Washington from a three week tour of Mediterranean battle fronts to discuss fiscal problems with allied military leaders.
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Morgenthau
Washington
Reese Today
Mediterranean
Weather: Kansas sees cool spell into Tuesday
Kansas forecast shows continued cool tonight and Tuesday forenoon with slightly cooler conditions in the southeast. Temperature readings from the Gas Office record list highs near 64 and 68 on recent days, with a low around 33 to 48. Rainfall totals from Friday evening to Saturday evening measure about a quarter inch and light hail occurred Saturday evening.
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Kansas
Tuesay
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