Heavy Losses To The Enemy Fleet
The Japanese retreat west of Guadalcanal after a marine advance across the Matanikau river aided by heavy bombers. U S submarines claim seven enemy vessels sunk with additional damages including an aircraft carrier, battleships, cruisers, and cargo ships. The loss total marks a major Solomon Islands action as U S naval forces press the Guadalcanal lodgment.
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Pacific
Pinkings
Pearl Harbor
Sun
Island
United States Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomons
United States
Porter
Topeka School Head to Speak at Lawrence Chamber Luncheon
Dr. Kenneth McFarland superintendent of Topeka schools will address the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Tuesday November 10, announced Clifford Dean. McFarland recently moved to Topeka from Coffeyville where he built a strong record as an administrator. Vote Tuesday vote Republican.
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Kenneth McFarland
Topeka
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Clifford Dean
McFarland
Coffeyville
Turkey wary of possible Axis attack across Caucasus
President Ismet Inonu warned Parliament that Turkey faces imminent danger of attack as Axis forces press in the Caucasus and Britain’s Eighth Army fights in Egypt. He reaffirmed Turkey’s alliance commitments with Britain and the German amity pact, while Russia pledged aid if Germany strikes.
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Associated Press
Caucasus Mountain Wall
Russia
Middle East
Turkey
Ate Aura
Africa
Mediterranean
Caucasus
Eighth
Egypt
Asia Minor
Altho
Germany
Ismet Inonu
Axis
Inonou
Inonu
Britain
Stalingrad
Volga
Nalchik Phin. Lo
Alagir
Ordzhonikidze
Tuapse
War bond drive at KU totals 62025 in pledges
The Kansas University war bond promotion raised 62025 across 58 gifts during the Kansas-Nebraska game. Notable pledges include 15000 from Mrs Paul A Dinsmoor, 10000 from Sanitary Feed Co of Kansas City, and 7000 from Hugo Schellhorn with other gifts ranging from 25 to 5000.
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Kansas-Nebraska
Paul A. Dinsmoor
Strong Avenue
K.U
Dinsmoor
Payne Ratner
Nebraska
Dwight Griswold
Kansas- Nebraska
Sanitary Feed Company of
Kansas City
Hugo Schellhorn
Route 6
Lawrence
Maj
William M. Slayden
Waverly
Tenn
Sgt
Milton Krumholtz
Ft. Leavenworth
Open First Class in Industrial Supervision for Women
Liberty Memorial high school hosts the first session of an industrial supervision class for women, sponsored by the University of Kansas through the wartime training division. The course runs 16 weeks and aims to place graduates in war work, splitting sessions into two groups with schedules decided at the initial meeting.
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Liberty Memorial High School
University of Kansas
U. S. Department of Education
J. Walter Ruskin
Roosevelt promotes ten majors and 45 brigadiers
Army promotions announced by President Roosevelt include ten officers nominated for promotion to major general and 45 others to brigadier general. Maj. Gen. Frank M. Andrews, Caribbean defense commander, is also nominated for temporary lieutenant general. Andrews, a Nashville native, already holds the rank via his post. The November district court term opened with docket discussions and cases set for action. the jury is to report November 16.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Frank M. Andrews
Andrews
Nashville
Tenn
Publisher John E Mathers Dies at 78
John E Mathers founder of the McCormick Mathers Publishing company died in a Wichita hospital at age seventy eight. His widow and two sons survive.
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Wichita
Wichita, Kan
John E. Mathers
McCormick - Mathers Publishing Company
Wellington Attorney Joins Red Cross in Washington
P M W Goodwin a Wellington attorney travels to Washington DC to serve as assistant field director for the American Red Cross. After training he will be assigned to a unit in the armed forces.
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Kansas
Red Cross
Wellington
W. Goodwin
Washington, D.C
American Red Cross
Armed Forces
Voting Places Set for Lawrence Residents Tomorrow
Lawrence residents will cast ballots tomorrow at 12 polling locations across wards one and six. Eligible voters in the First Ward precincts will vote west of Massachusetts and at Pinckney School while other precincts operate at designated city sites.
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Lawrence
Sixth Street
Pinckney School
Aussies Trap Axis Forces In Coastal Pocket
Cairo dispatch reports Australian troops penetrated a Nazi concentration near the coast, crossing the railroad amid heavy opposition. They wiped out nests, took prisoners, and formed a line around several thousand Axis soldiers led by Rommel, though the trap was not complete.
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Cairo
London
Absentee Vote Will Be Smaller in Kansas Than 1940 Election
Topeka November 2. Only 2730 Kansans had requested absentee ballots by noon per Secretary of State Frank J. Ryan, far below the 8000 absentee requests in the 1940 general election. War ballots totaled 985, with 2665 requests overall and 279 voted return by noon. In 1940 Gov Payne Ratner won after absentee totals were counted.
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Kansas
Topeka
Frank J. Ryan
Payne Ratner
W. H. Burle
Rainfall surplus for 1942 in Lawrence noted
Rain records show Lawrence will have a rainfall surplus by year end 1942. For the first ten months 1942 moisture reached 36.18 inches, 0.01 inch above the 12 month normal, with a 0.10 inch morning gain pushing the ten month surplus to 3.64 inches. October yielded 2.82 inches, 0.51 inch below normal, while the mean October temperature was 58.69 degrees, 2.04 above average.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Lawrence rent office to open Thursday in Topeka area
Lawrence office will open Thursday November 5 at 726 Massachusetts Street Lawrence as part of OPA rent regulation coverage for Douglas Franklin and Shawnee counties Charles F Reed Topeka area rent director announced Howard E Jones named acting area rent attorney Reed urged landlords to honor the wartime freeze and rent petitions will be available on forms for adjustments where major improvements or changes in accommodations occurred.
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OPA
Douglas
Franklin
Shawnee
Topeka
Charles F. Reed
Reed
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Howard E. Jones
Voters Pass Through City Precincts For Next Polls
A garbled layout lists polling places across wards and precincts including police station city hall fire station high school and court house. The text also covers Allied World War II air actions in Crete and North Africa with reports of intensified raids sunk merchant ships and El Alamein activity.
Japanese ships still at large in Buin Faisi area
United States bombers continue striking in the northern Solomons and New Britain. Capt. John Carpenter of Oklahoma said a heavy cruiser likely sank after a direct bomb hit and explosion. Capt. Clyde Kelsey reported another cruiser damaged with bombs near its bows. An October 31 communique noted two hits on a heavy cruiser and near misses on a light cruiser.
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South Pacific
William F. Halsey
Associated Press
Guadalcanal
United States
Navy
Solomons
Crete
Maleme
R.A.F
Rommel
Mediterranean
Desert
Albion
New Guinea
UPI
New Britain
John Carpenter
Oklahoma
Buin-Faisi
Kansas Scrap Total Tops 163.82 Pounds Per Capita
Topeka reports final Kansas scrap total of 163.82 pounds per person, submitted to the War Production Board. Secretary Harry Woods notes 142,814 tons collected in three weeks of intensive campaigning and expects underreporting from counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
War Production Board
State Salvage Committee
Harry Woods
Witness Testifies in Treason Trial in Chicago
A Chicago treason trial hears from a P A neighbor of Otto Wergin who testified that in 1939 Wergin said he hoped Germany would win a war against the United States and that his American citizen papers were worthless.
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Chicago
Otto Wergin
Wergin
Germany
United States
Local Farmers to Meet 3:30 P M in I O F Hall
Edward W. Franzke of the U S Employment Service will lead a mass meeting of farmers and wives tomorrow at 3 30 P M in the I O F hall in Lawrence. Harold Lewis will join to discuss the dairy poultry and livestock freezing order and Sunflower Ordnance Works labor needs.
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Edward W. Franzke
United States Employment Service For
Kansas
I. O.0.f. Hall
The
Employment Service
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Harold Lewis
Franzke
Lawrence
George Foulke
Hercules Powder Company
Jim Higgins
Usda War Board
Ottawa
U. S. Women Hold Jobs Widely in 1940 Census
Washington reports women numbered 11,138,178 employed the week of March 24 1940 across most occupation classes. No women held railroad conductor or engineer roles nor fire department fireman or brakeman positions, while men totaling 34,027,905 filled all 451 occupation classes.
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Washington
Group of Girls Killed in Tirana Demonstration
Prison guards at Tirana fired on a group of girls protesting for the release of political prisoners, killing 16 and wounding 25, with women and students leading the insurrection against Italian rule as many men fight guerrillas in the mountains.
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Jerusalem
Tirana
Atbarda
Campaign expense reports filed for House candidates
Preliminary campaign expense filings under the 1926 act show each candidate may spend up to 2500 or up to three cents times the last general election vote, with personal costs excluded. Kansas candidates Lambertson Barrett Guyer Winter Murphy Houston Hope Alexander Carlson Strand list contributions and expenses, some with substantial personal costs.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Kansas
I. P. Lambertson
John E. Barrett
U. S. Guyer
Thomas D. Winter
William E. Murphy
John M. Houston
Clifford R. Hope
S. §. Alexander
Frank Carlson
Lud W, Strand
Women Voters Urge Ballots Tomorrow in Lawrence
Handbills from the League of Women Voters urge citizens to vote to support the war effort. The Dodger explains patriotic duty and voter qualification while questionnaires to congressional and gubernatorial candidates are provided with replies. University high school students distributed the material.
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Lawrence
League of Women Voters
Dodger
Winnie Lowland
Lawrence League
Ralph Wood
Charles Krone Jerald Wallsbinder
David Gagliardo Martin Sonamer
George Boughton
Mary Klooz
Roger Olmsted
Lucile Mahfien
Chickenpox Case Reported in Eudora Trailer Camp
A second chickenpox case was discovered today in a Eudora trailer camp, announced by Dr. H L Chambe director of the county health unit.
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Eudora
H. L. Chambate
October Accident Loss In Kansas Drops 62 Percent
Topeka Kansas motorists reduced motor vehicle fatalities in October by 62 percent with 16 deaths vs 42 the year before. Safety engineer Claud R McCamment warned railroad crossing losses rose and pedestrians will face tougher months ahead as gasoline rationing increases walking. For ten months total deaths fell to 254 from 426, a drop of 172 nationally and locally.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Highway Department
Claud R. McCamment
33 Men To Army Induction From County
Seventy seven draftees named for November 10 and 11 inductions. Eight men depart November 10 including Kullerve Louhi and Arthur Marvin Edwards. Twenty more leave Armistice Day with names such as Oscar Bowman Rumsey Julius Torneden Willard Taylor and many others listed with home towns and draft orders.
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Army
Oscar Bowman Rumsey
West Sixth
Julius Arthur Torneden
Grant
Willard Paul Taylor
Massachusetts
Leslie Allen Owen
Alabama
Robert B. Oyler
Missouri
Donald E. van Keuren
Vermont
Ernest M. Johnson
Ernest Gayle Killinger
Lincoln
Charles Beaver Pruner, Jr
Haskell Institute
James R. Colgan
Indiana
Charles Herbert Gilman
New Hampshire
Oda Edwin Hunt
Forest
Wartime control of radio stations extended to seventh service command
Verl Bratton announces that wartime control by the United States Army now covers the seventh service command. Listeners may hear unscheduled interruptions for army ordered signals silencing broadcasting to deter enemy air aid. Test or warning messages may be broadcast to specific activities and will not be understood by the public. If WREN goes silent without explanation the public should not telephone for inquiries.
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Verl Bratton
WREN
United States
Seventh Service Command
United States Army
British Ambassador's Son Killed in Egypt Action
The British embassy announced Lord Halifax’s second son, Peter Wood, was killed in action in Egypt. He served as a flying officer on the desert front. details were not available.
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Lord Halifax
Washington
Peter Wood
Egypt
Desert Front
Stock Market Index Averages 60 Stocks at 40.3
The stock market index for 60 stocks records an average of 40.3 points as of Saturday. The report notes trading activity and overall market tone with investors watching key sectors.
Taxes in County Lower This Year
Taxes for 1942 become due at the county treasurer today and may be paid until December 20 without penalty. The total levy is $945,936.97, down from $1,014,899.06 last year despite a near $400,000 rise in county valuation. Major shares go to Lawrence and various townships with a grain tax yielding minimal new revenue.
Colder Weather Hits Kansas With Freezing Temps Expected
The weather bureau forecast colder conditions across western and northern Kansas with subfreezing lows overnight. Light rain or snow expected in the northwest tomorrow morning while southeast areas see scattered showers today. Dodge City reported highs and lows of 69 and 37 as cooler air spreads from the northwest.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Dodge City
Wyoming
Colorado
Workers for Chest Must Get Busy to Meet Quota
The Lawrence Community Chest drive has slowed, with $12,799.85 turned in to Mrs. Helen Humphrey by noon, $1,120.15 short of the $138,880 goal. General chairman Lisle Eby urges all workers to finish their tasks and secure every remaining dollar.
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Lawrence
Helen Humphrey
WREN
Lisle Eby
Platinum jewelry restricted by war board ban
Washington reports the War Production Board prohibits the use of platinum in jewelry. Existing platinum items may be sold as platinum is needed for war production including nitric acid and radio tubes.
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Washington
War Production Board
Weather sequence cools tonight with scattered precipitation
Kansas foresees a cooler night with temperatures near or just below normal in the north and west. Slight warming in extreme northwest. Tuesday brings little temperature change and light rain or snow in the northwest region. Yesterday’s high was 70 and low 45. rainfall this morning measured .10 inch.
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Kansas
Gaz
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Mississippi
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