Red Army advances toward Rumania after Fastov capture
Soviet forces push toward the Rumanian border after taking Fastov, 35 miles southwest of Kiev, driving 10 miles beyond and contesting Nazi armored reserves. In Crimea near Kerch, Germans report 1,000 killed as Russians reinforce Perekop. Marshal Stalin calls for catastrophe upon Germany as crowds celebrate in Moscow.
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London
Red Army
Fastov
Kiev
Ukraine
Krivoi Rog
Reuters
Moscow
Dnieper
Rumania
Joseph Stalin
Crimea
Kerch
Perekop
Mor Betere
Tvian
North Central
Nevel
Pripet Marshes
Nemyesshaeva
Korosten
Stalin
Germany
Nazis Claim Attack on Allied Convoy Off North Africa
London reports the German high command, not confirmed by allies, said German planes attacked an allied convoy of 22 fully laden troop transports off North Africa. They claimed 13 transports hit and two destroyer escorts damaged with several transports burning or sinking as they returned home.
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London
Hich Command
North
Africa
Berlin
High Command
Hich
Burma Was the Target in RAF USAAF Strikes Over Burma
British and American air forces swept northern and central Burma bombing locomotives water towers bridges and buildings. Targets included Bhamo landing ground Undaw Mahnyin Maymyo rail lines Naba MoCaung Humaing Walabum Namma river steamers supply dumps Paleik rail yards and Rathedaung with fires started by medium bombers.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Bhamo
Joseph W. Stilwell
Undaw
Mahnyin
Maymyo
Mandalay
Naba
Mocaung
Humaing
Walabum
Nam
Wider wage clashes as wartime pay rises roll out
Washington November 8. Coal miners return to work under a new wage deal raising daily pay from seven to eight fifty with an extra hour. Steel workers seek a fifteen cent an hour raise as a railroad striking vote begins among over a million members. The President’s living cost inquiry orders 60 day reporting. A CIO United Steel Workers meeting in Philadelphia drafts new demands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Special Industry-Labor Public Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
C.I.O. United Steel Workers
Philadelphia
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
WLB
Congress
Allied air blitz sinks, damages ships in Bougainville area
Squadron reports heavy losses for Japan in the Bougainville Rabaul New Ireland sector. Allied air forces claim 12 ships sunk or damaged, including cruisers and destroyers, with additional hits on barges and coastal vessels. British and American leaders note progress on Bougainville and New Guinea while Hitler extols loyalty at Munich rally.
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Rabaul
New Britain
Bismarck Sea
Simpson Harbor
New Ireland
Mitchell
Adm
William F. Halsey
13Th Air Force
Bougainville
New Guinea
Rangin
Bougainville-Rabau- New Ireland
Tokyo
Bougainville Island
Altho
Vanukanau
Rabul
MacArthur
Markham
Ramu
Solomons
Choiseul Island
Empress Augusta Bay
Choisseul
Lone German raid hits London dance hall causing heavy casualties
A lone German plane attacked a London suburb last night, wrecking a crowded dance hall and injuring many. Witnesses called the scene like a battlefield as emergency mortuaries were set up and rescuers freed victims from rubble. One rescuer saved 82 people amid the debris.
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London
England
Council Meets Tonight in Regular Session
The city council will hold a regular session tonight at 7 30 o clock. The meeting will discuss local matters and public concerns.
Reach No Agreement On Pre Pearl Harbor Draft Legislation
Washington reports the first meeting of senate and house conferees on delaying pre Pearl Harbor draft measures ended in a dead lock. Johnson said the key dispute was a house provision stripping War Manpower Commission Chairman Paul V. McNutt of authority and a provision to defer to Maj. Gen. Hershey. No date for a second conference was set.
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Interior
Ickes
U.M.W
Roosevelt
Chamber
Lewis
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
D-Colo
L. B. Hershey
WAC Recruiting Talk Set At Chamber Of Commerce
Lt. Mark G. Treat, bomber pilot, and Second Lt. Mary E. McPherson WAC, address a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Tuesday evening November 9 to promote WAC recruitment in the Army Air Forces. Civic groups and service clubs are invited. Civilian recruiting desk operates Thursdays after noon at the post office.
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Mark G. Treat
South Pacific
Mary E. McPherson
WAC
Chamber of Commerce
Army Air Forces
Post Office
Explosions At Gaeta Signal Allied Pressure In Italy
Allied dispatches report repeated explosions at Gaeta as German forces retreat from the port 70 miles south of Rome. Fifth Army advances northeast of Casilina flank with gains near Mignano and Foggia-Rome road. British Eighth Army pushes along the Adriatic coast capturing towns along the Sinello and Sangro rivers.
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Algiers
Gaeta
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Sinello
Sangro
Scerni Casalbordino
Caranchio
Gissi
Salito
Bernard L. Montgomery
Vasto
Sanrro
11Th Army
Mark W. Clark
Calabritto
Isernia
Foggia
Abruzzi
French North Africa
Europe
Mignano
Mormia
Cassino
Casilina
Radio France
Venafro
Fifth
Italy
Pontine
Durazzo
Tirana
Balkans
Montgomery
Saleito
Scerni
Casto
Casalbordino
Carunchio
Split
Ulcinj
Bar
Yugoslavia
San Giovanni di Medua
Cold Snow Hits Kansas With Record Low Temperatures
Topeka reports first snow of the season and subfreezing lows across the state. Northwest winds persist but forecast to ease. western areas see sunshine and slight warming tomorrow. Snow totals include Topeka .40 inch in the weekend, Wichita trace, and subfreezing readings across multiple cities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Loretee
Flora
Wichita
Pittsburg
Goodland
Coffeyville
Banks on Armistice Day to Close in Lawrence
Closing notice states banks in Lawrence will be closed on November 11 1943 in observance of Armistice Day.
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Lawrence
Italian King Vittorio Emanuele Leaves Rome in Flight
Naples reports King Vittorio Emanuele told Col Edgar Hume of his dawn escape from Rome during the armistice period. The monarch praised AMG relief efforts on bread rations and discussed Italian food conditions with the Frankfort, Kentucky official who has long served in American missions in Italy.
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Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Edgar Hume
Frankfort
AMG
Hume
Rome
Italy
Car Goes Into Ditch Injures Sunflower Workers
Six Sunflower Ordnance Works employees were injured when the car they rode in skidded and overturned on Highway 10 en route to the plant. Injuries include a fractured breast bone, a fractured wrist, chest contusion, ankle contusion, and facial injuries. All were treated at the plant hospital. Hoffman and Trigg remained hospitalized and were to be moved later.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Highway 10
Max Hoffman
Kansas City
O. G. Trigg
Lucille Messner
5000 Miners Idle in Arkansas and Oklahoma Mines
Fort Smith Arkansas November 8 nearly all mines in the Arkansas Oklahoma coal field employing about 5000 men remained idle. Operators said no official word from Fuels Administrator Ickes on the United Mine Workers contract nor the OPA stance on a coal price ceiling increase.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas-Oklahoma
Rckes
United Mine Workers
OPA
Judge performs five marriages in a weekend
Probate Judge Frank R. Gray tied the knot for five couples over the weekend. On Saturday, Silas Pratt Risley Jr of Charlotte and Norma Coxen of Topeka. Jessie Williams Jr and Wilma Mae Williams of Lawrence. Robert B. Shields and Ethel Shields of Wichita. On Sunday, Roland F. Haydel and Ada Marcus of Kansas City Missouri. James W. Baty and Alice Fulton of Kansas City Kansas.
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Frank R. Gray
Silas Pratt Risley, Jr
Charlotte
N. C
Norma Coxen
Topeka
Jessie Williams
Winter Blasts Raw Valley With Record Cold
Snow and wind swept through the valley last Saturday into Sunday driving temperature to a new low of 24 degrees. By 2:30 this afternoon the termometer read 29 in outlying areas while city streets remained slick and coal supplies grew tight. Welfare officials reported three emergency coal allocations and many residents relied on store and depot stock as dealers battled demand.
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J. Posey
Cameron’s Bluff
West Seventh
Massachusetts
Lawrence
W. Roy Martin
University Coal Company
County Welfare Office
Mildred Watson
King Vittorio Emanuele Clings to Throne Amid War-Torn Italy
The Italian monarch may retain his throne temporarily as a political truce is sought until Rome is liberated. A six-party Naples front favors some cabinet roles under Badoglio, while Carlo Sforza aims to avoid a direct role but supports joint efforts with a temporary halt to power struggles.
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Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Prince of
Naples
Carlo Sforza
Pietro Badoglio
Sforza
National Front Committee
Badoglio
Convicts Escape Prison Camp Wounding Guards Near Douglas
Eleven long-term inmates blasted from the Douglas prison camp wounding two guards one critically. Motorists were forced to surrender cars as four escapees fled into woodlands. State troopers captured two suspects in Alma and jail hold found Wild Bill Byrd and J W Razell as alleged leaders.
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Douglas
Alma
Woodlands
L. W. Wildes
Wild Bill” Byrd
J. W. Razell
Wildes
Committee Hikes Liquor Tax Again to Ten Dollars
Washington reports the house ways and means committee voted to raise the liquor tax from eight to ten dollars a gallon. The shift aims to add about 487.6 million in annual revenue, bringing total new revenue to about 2.25 billion, with debate expected next week.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Ebright Guest Addresses Rotary Club in Lawrence
Homer K. Ebright governor of the 128rd Rotary district visited Lawrence today and delivered an address praising the form of government. He complimented the club on warmth of fellowship and welcome to strangers. He listed seven wonders including speech and wheel as foundations of civilization and heard reports from officers and committee heads on club work.
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Homer K. Ebright
Baldwin
Rotary
Lawrence
Ebright
Lawrence Club
University of Kansas opens A-12 courses for 750 students
Army A-12 classes began at KU this morning for 350 resident cadets and 400 new recruits registered over the weekend. Dean Lawson said accommodations in Lindley hall are ready and Colonel McMorris has organized a smooth daily routine for the students.
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University of Kansas
Paul B. Lawson
Lindley Hall
McMorris
Supreme Court Dismisses Eastern Informer Suit
The Supreme Court dismissed an informer suit seeking over 40 million dollars from Bausch & Lomb Optical and Carl Zeiss Inc. The four four vote left lower court dismissal in place with Justice Jackson not participating. Plaintiffs Murray Bresilber and Emanuel Thebner alleged a world market division for military optical instruments.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
United States
Jackson
New York
Murray Bresilber
Emanuel Thebner
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Carl Zeiss, Inc
Bausch & Lomb
Carl Zeiss
Jena
Germany
Stock Market Summary: Index at 47.6 on Saturday
The stock market index for 60 stocks stood at 47.6 on Saturday with traders watching minor fluctuations. Market activity appeared subdued as investors assessed midweek gains and possible earnings signals amid steady volume.
Family row ends with a shooting near Baldwin Junction
William Howard Purvis 24 gave himself up to Sheriff after a domestic dispute at the Becks home three quarters of a mile west of Baldwin Junction. June Purvis 22 was shot in the right hand and her mother Mary Beck received scalp wounds when a pistol was used.
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William Howard Purvis
Rody Skinner
June Purvis
Mary Beck
Otto Beck
Baldwin Junction
John J. Riling
Riling
Young Purvis
Purvis
Justice of the Peace
Frank B. Dodds
Sheriff’s Office
Shen
Elmer Schiller
Beck
Univ Attorney’s Office
Justice
Becks
Fred Purvis
Baldwin
Armistice Day Convocation at University of Kansas
The first fall convocation at the University of Kansas will be at 9 45 a m Thursday Armistice Day in Hoch auditorium. Maynard C Krueger of Chicago University will lecture on The Economic Effects of the War and is a longtime Chicago University Round Table participant. Classes will be shortened for the event.
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University of Kansas
Hoch Auditorium
Maynard C. ‘Krueger
Chicago University
Round Table
Krueger
Weather Outlook and Temperature Readings
Kansas forecast clear in the west and south with cloudiness in the northeast and a cool night. Tuesday shines partly cloudy and warmer in the west while the east stays cool with highs around 35 to 40. Winds 25 to 35 mph diminishing in the west tonight and 20 to 25 mph in the east Tuesday. Temperature readings show 1 a.m. 82, 8 a.m. 28, 3 p.m. 30 with yesterday’s high 42 and low 30. Saturday’s high 54 and low 42. year-ago high 5 with low 51.
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Kansas
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