Allies Push Into Central Italy and Reach Garigliano River
Allied forces breach German defenses along the Massico Triglio line and advance toward the Garigliano. Fifth and Eighth Armies seize Isernia and Venafro's vicinity while Montgomery’s forces take San Salvo. Allied air power disrupts rail links from Leghorn to Rome and targets key junctions.
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Algiers
Italy
Massico-Triglio
Venafro
BBC
Vena
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Isernia
Garigliano
Rome
Tyrrhenian
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
San Salvo
Raider
Senate panel urges repayment ideas for lend lease
The Truman committee discussed postwar plans to recover lend lease costs and possible US access to British held reserves in Asia and the Dutch East Indies if England cannot pay in dollars. It also blamed Britain for rubber stockpile failures and Dutch controls hindering stockpile efforts. In London Churchill signaled a white paper on lend lease workings may be published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman Committee
England
U .S
Asia
South America
Dutch East Indies
United States
International Rubber Regulations Committee
RFC
Jesse Jones
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Reds Claim Control of All the Land East of the Dnieper River
Moscow reports Russians hold virtually all east of the Dnieper from its mouth near Kherson along its 650 mile course to Gomel. Officials say 900,000 Germans killed, 98,000 captured, 1,702,000 wounded this summer, with total German casualties claimed at 11,000,000. Red armies push toward Latvia and the Polish frontier, nearing Kiev and widening breakthroats in White Russia.
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Reds
Dnieper River
Moscow
Dnieper
Kherson
Ukraine
Gomel
Pevugvyvy
Stalin
Russia
Black Sea
Crimea
Zaporozhe
Nikopol
Berlin
Kursk
Perekop
Kerch
Gulf of Finland
Dnieper Mouth
Leningrad
Dnepropetrovsk
Red
Kiev
Dimer
White Russia
Novokhovansk
Latvia
Zhulevo
Nevel
Poland
Naval action in the Solomons reports heavy toll on Japanese ships
Southwest Pacific Allied Command reports Japanese warships sunk or damaged as American ships strike Bougainville and Empress Augusta Bay. US air and naval forces also target Rabaul with Mitchells and torpedo bombs, while ground forces clear Treasury Island and other positions near Bougainville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shee
Berlin
Pescara
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Montgomery
Istonia
Montemiro
Montomery
Trigno
Isernia
Volturno
Venafro
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Solomons
U. S. Marine
Bougainville
Rabaul
Augusta Bay
United States
MacArthur
Mitchells
D.N.E
Tokyo
Imperial Cougniunique
Associated Press
Empress Augusta Bay
Buin
Puruata
Treasury
Mono
Tobera
Mild weather holds frost at bay in Kansas
Topeka forecast says mild conditions keep freezing temperatures away for a while. Snow and rain fell to Kansas northwest but no moisture expected until tomorrow night. Skies to be partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Topeka record high 70 yesterday. Concordia and Phillipsburg logged 38.2 below for state low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Concordia
Phillipsburg
Fire damages AJ W Small Company truck on Highway 40
A company truck owned by AJ W Small was badly burned in an early morning fire caused by a leaky gasoline tank. Hayden's Corner on Highway 40 was the firefighting scene where the fire department responded to extinguish the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AJ. W. Small Company
Hayden's Corner
Highway 40
Senators Urge Roosevelt Compromise On Food Subsidy Fight
A group of about twelve Democratic senators urged President Roosevelt to craft a compromise on food subsidies to avoid a 1943 floor clash. They proposed continuing fixed producer prices while dropping consumer subsidies, signaling concern over political fallout in 1944 and noting farm opposition to subsidies and higher ceiling prices. Hope challenged the live cattle price ceiling as government overreach.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Marvin Jones
Frank C. Walker
Democratic National Committee
Hatch
Chavez
N.M
Gillette
Ill
Lucas
Truman
Tydings
Tunnell
Del
Jones
Walker
House
Representative Hope
R-Kan
Hope
House Agriculture Committee
KU enrolls 4340 for term start under Malott
University of Kansas reports total enrollment of 4340 for the new term. The figure includes 2324 civilians at Lawrence and Kansas City Kansas medical students, plus 2016 in specialized war training programs. 213 new civilian students are first-timers at KU. Some service group departures occurred the prior week as new men arrive to fill quotas.
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University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kan
Hercules War Fund Drive Tops County Quota Milestones
Hercules Powder company led county efforts with a $1200 gift and 305 employees payroll deductions totaling $1887.02, summing $3087.02. Lawrence Paper Company followed with $1250. War Chest surpassed $37,217.50, exceeding the county quota of $29,600.
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Douglas County
Hercules Powder Company
Hercules Company
Lawrence
Lawrence Paper Company
Western German targets blasted in daylight air raids
London reports American Flying Fortresses and Liberators with Thunderbolts and Lightnings bombarded targets in western Germany and northern France as RAF Mosquitoes struck earlier in the day. Four engined bombers were seen crossing the channel in large formations. Flak was heavy but Allied aircraft escaped with few losses.
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London
Germany
France
U. S
R.A.F
Ame
Reich
Berlin
Duesseldorf
Wilhelmshaven
Robert Mahan
Rochester
N. Y
Mined Rome Faces Allied Arrival and Nazi Measures
Refugees from Rome report heavy mining across the city including ministries, hotels, bridges, and the aqueducts. Nazi plans include destroying government records, seizing valuables, and mass labor drafts for Italians aged 18 to 52.
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Bari
Italy
Rome
Naples
Eternal City
Vatican City
Mussolini
Germany
Local Selective Service Inductees Named by Douglas Board
The Douglas county selective service board announces Fort Leavenworth has accepted for induction several men from the area. Inductees include Leon ard Lewis Hill for the marine corps George Chaney Lowry for the navy Harry James Kenreigh Joseph Lee Walker Sr Wilson Wahwahsuck Franklin Albert Rice Harvey LeRoy Leger Alexander James Wray Jr Gerald Alan Kehn Leo Edmond Davenport George Robert Frazier Jr Willett Walter Wood Homer Theodore Welsh Rex Enoch Williams all bound for the army. Also noted are items from Mrs Stovers and Pangburns candies Wiedemanns Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Selective Service Board
Fort Leavenworth
Leonard Lewis Hill
Marine Corps
George Chaney Lowry
Navy
Harry James Kenreigh
Joseph Lee Walker, Sr
Wilson Wahwahsuck
Franklin Albert Rice
Harvey LeRoy Leger
Alexander James, Wray, Jr
Gerald Alan Kehn
Leo Edmond Davenport
George Robert Frazier, Jr
Willett Walter Wood
Homer Theodore Welsh
Rex Enoch Williams
Army
Naval engagements in the making in the South Pacific
Advance South Pacific Allied Headquarters reports the Empress Augusta Bay battle will likely trigger further naval actions in the northern Solomons. Officials say the Bougainville to Rabaul area could see skirmishes as Japan may defend Bougainville with 30 to 40 thousand troops, while U S forces claim sea control and exposed supply lines.
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South Pacific
Empress Augusta
Solomons Sea
Bougainville
Rabaul
New Britain
Wiliam F. Halsey, Jr
New Georgia
Turkey weighs position as Cairo talks loom
Ankara and London see a possible Turkish concession backdrop to the Cairo conference amid fears of Soviet influence. Turkey may join the war, grant bases, stay neutral with aid, or negotiate with Russia, with bases and limited aid deemed most likely outcomes.
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London
Cairo
Turkey
Black Sea
Balkans
Ankara
Moscow
Numan Menemenciloglu
Anthony Eden
Russia
Atlantic
Roosevelt Says Moscow Treaty Points to More UN Meetings
President Roosevelt told reporters in Washington that the Moscow postwar peace agreement will lead to further United Nations meetings abroad and that a personal conference with Stalin and Churchill remains undecided. He praised ongoing commissions and stressed continued Senate consultation on treaties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Moscow
United Nations
Stalin
Churchill
London
Hull
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
American Soldier Killed in Burma With Chinese Forces
The first American to die in enemy action in northern Burma was First Rolling Browne of Los Angeles an engineer with American trained Chinese troops. He was killed during a patrol while accompanying the force advancing in the region.
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Burma
Rolling Browne
Los Angeles
President Roosevelt comments on election results
President Roosevelt said he is interested in returns from Italy the Southwest the Pacific and the Chinese theater after being asked to discuss the election results. He offered no further remarks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Southwest
Pacific
Miners await WLB decision on wage pact amid stalled coal talks
Washington reports the War Labor Board failed to rule on the United Mine Workers contract amid a tentative vote expected later in the day. Need for wage increases and piecework formulas loomed over the 1948 coal recovery as production lagged across Pennsylvania Alabama Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas West Virginia and Ohio with miners slowly returning to work and unions planning further votes and meetings.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Federal Fuels
Harold L. Ickes
United Mine Workers
WLB
Pennsylvania
U. S.e Bureau of Mine
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennesside
Tennessee
Arkansas
Ickes
R. A. Young
West Virginia
Bararckville
Grant Town
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Big East
Stock Market Index Inches Up in Mixed Session
The average of 60 stocks rises to 49.3 points as trading closes with mixed results yesterday. Investors weigh gains in some sectors against declines in others amid cautious market sentiment.
Russia and Czechto Sign 20 Year Defensive Pact
Russia and Czechoslovakia completed negotiations for a 20 year defensive military alliance against Germany. President Benes will travel to Moscow to sign the treaty, with a clause allowing late adherence by neighboring states and potential inclusion of Poland, Austria, Hungary, and Romania. A Polish official suggested an eastern European commission on issues as the Red Army moves toward Poland. Czech Ambassador Hurban acknowledged the long held intention to negotiate with Russia.
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Washington
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Benes
Moscow
Poland
Austria
Hungary
Rumania
Junior High Meet to Discuss Building Program
A panel discussion at 8 p.m. Monday in the junior high auditorium, sponsored by the Junior High PTA study group chaired by Mrs. H. B. Latimer. Board of Education members Clif ford D. Dean, Mrs. W. C. Boardman, Dr. J. W. Twente, Lloyd Purcell will join the debate on needs, location, finances, postwar expansion, and planning a junior high school for the Lawrence district.
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P.T.A
H. B. Latimer
Lawrence
Board of Education
Clifford D. Dean
W. C. Boardman
J. W. Twente
Lloyd Purcell
Clifford Dean
Yugoslav Partisans Capture Montenegro Strongholds
London reports Yugoslav partisan forces reinforced by growing numbers of recruits have seized a German stronghold in Montenegro and routed Nazis in another clash. They also claim capture of Bioce near Podgorica and victory near Kolasin and Matesevo, with remnants hunted in forests. Dispatches note renewed fighting along the Yugoslav Bulgarian frontier and the village of Yalovik taken from the Bulgars.
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London
Montenegro
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Ankara
Balkans
Yalovik
Drenova
Bioce
Podgorica
Kolasin
Matesevo
Four Thousand Teachers Meet in Topeka Today
About 4,000 teachers attend the Topeka convention session today with Isserman of St. Louis praising Allied troops and predicting victory. The session featured talks from Bishop Oxnam and Gov. Schoeppel, with Ray Wright slated to speak tomorrow morning.
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Topeka
Ferdinand Isserman
St. Louis
State Teachers Convention
Isserman
Second Army
G. B. Oxnam
The
Methodist Church
Boston
Mass
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Ray’ Wright
Coal shortage grips Lawrence as bins stay empty
Only 31 percent of Lawrence’s season coal supply is in bins with 1,500 tons on order. Delivieries crawl as local dealers and households contend with a critical shortage, urging patience and cooperation while the University faces its own fuel balancing challenges amid reduced weekly coal usage.
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Lawrence
Solid Fuels Area
Kansas City
Osage County
K. U
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