Nazi Lines Dented In Eight Sectors
London reports from Nov 16 state German lines were dented in eight sectors by Russian attacks along the front west of Smolensk to the Dnieper bend. Transocean cited Soviet gains near Dniepropetrovsk and Rechitsa while German communiques claimed defensive success and foiled enemy attacks.
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London
Berlin
Transocean Agency
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
Krivoi Rog
Cherkassy
Zhitomir
Kiev
Rechitsa
Gomel
Smolensk
Orsha
Transocean
Dnepronetrovsk
Krivoi Ro
Moscow
Rechista
Lebanese shops urged to reopen as French envoy seeks settlement
Beirut radio reports French installed government asks storekeepers to resume business to restore order swiftly. Gen Georges Catroux, envoy of the French committee of national liberation, seeks to settle Lebanon's sovereignty dispute amid appeals from Near East nations. A Baghdad dispatch notes Willkie’s support for Lebanon. France claims Lebanese and Syrian backing. A delegation in Algiers expresses attachment to France and seeks continuation of wartime cooperation.
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London
Beirut
Georges Catroux
French Committee of National Liberation
Little Republic
Near East
Lebanon
Baghdad
Wendell L. Willkie
United Nations
Iraq
Radio France
Algiers
French West Africa
RAF strikes Burma railway hub at Pegu in heavy raid
RAF medium and heavy bombers launched the heaviest attack on Burma since the war began. The raid targeted the railway station, freight yards and barracks at Pegu, 46 miles northeast of Amn ia. Aircraft dropped a heavy tonnage of explosives, starting fires despite difficult bombing conditions.
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Calcutta
RAF
Burma
Pegu
Amnia Taree
Allied Bombers Dominate Northern Solomon Offensive
Allied bombers sink or damage more than 40 enemy ships in Rabaul Kavieng area since October 12. Three cruisers and multiple destroyers reported sunk. heavy air blows impair Japan’s cruiser fleet for future operations. Catalina in night patrols hit a Japanese cruiser and another merchant ship.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied Headquarters
Mlus
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Navy
Knox
Japan
Bougainville
MacArthur
Rabaul- Kavieng
Empress Augusta Bay
Solomons
Road to Rome Grows Tougher for Fifth Army in Italy
Nov 16 report from the Fifth Army describes the slog to Rome as the toughest battle path yet. Muddy roads hinder movement as bridges are rebuilt, weather slows air support, and German defenses in rock crannies hold strong beyond Cassino.
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Fifth
Italy
Rome
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Sicily
Cassino
Garigliano
Army and Navy E Award Presented to Kansas Color Press
The Army and Navy E will be awarded at 8 p m in the Community building with public attendance. Major Richard A Magee will give the main address and present the pennant, Keat A H Buhl will read the citation and present pins, and William T Nichols will accept for Kansas Color Press. The 100 piece Liberty Memorial high school band will provide music under Oliver Hobbs. Visitors from Kansas City Topeka and nearby cities are expected.
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Army and Navy
Kansas Color
Pearl Harbor
F. C. Alien
University of Kansas
Donnenbaun
Richard A. Magee
Army Air Force
Miscellaneous Inspection Office
Kansas City
Keat
A. H. Buhl
Naval Training School
William T. Nichols
The
Kansas Color Press
Liberty Memorial High School
Oliver Hobbs
Topeka
Cleaning Intake Well At City Water Plant
The big intake well at the water plant is being cleaned to remove mud and sand. Water superintendent Frank E. Wilsey said the work uses a sand pump and a fire hose. Cleaning began yesterday and will finish today.
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Frank E. Wilsey
Stock Market Index Rises Over Two Days Across 60 Stocks
The index shows a two day trend with 60 stocks contributing gains, led by broad market strength and notable improvement in several large cap issues. Traders note momentum may persist as investors reassess earnings outlook and macro signals.
Army Air Corps Recruits Women at Lawrence Meeting
The United States Army Air Corps plans mass meetings to recruit women 20 to 50 for a new air corps unit. The first session is at the Community Building Wednesday at 8 pm with Sgt. Howard Jameson as speaker. Lieut. Mark G. Treat and Lieut. Mary E. McPherson will tour Lawrence to promote WAC recruitment, supported by local clubs and organizations led by EF C. Buehler as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army Air Corps
Howard Jameson
Roy Jameson
Vinland
Mark G. Treat
Army Air Corps
South Pacific
Mary E. “McPherson
Women’s Army Corps
Lawrence
Air Corps
Wac’s
Ellis
J. S. St. Clair
Roslan Skinner
French Relief
Robert Mahieu
Rebekahs
Gere K. Johnston
Rotary Club
F. C. Allen
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Edgar Todd
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
W. T. Allen
American Legion
W.H. Pasewark
American Legion’ Auxiliary
Everett Stith
Lawrence Women’s Club
H. E. Don Carlos
Kiwanis Club
George Walter
United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
Fred Williams
Soropti
Marie Abels
Chamber of Commerce
George Hedrick
EF. C. Buehler
GC. E. Daniels
W. C. Boardman
Lend Lease Goods To Russia Reach 3.287 Billion
The Foreign Economic Administration reports lend lease shipments to Soviet Russia totaled 3.287 billion dollars through September. Military items account for 1.854 billion, industrial materials 884 million, and foodstuffs 549 million.
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Washington
Soviet
Russia
Foreign Economic Administration
Leo T. Crowley
FEA
Crowley
Army quiz kid tops test at Jefferson Barracks
Pvt. Hilton J. Wilson 18 from University of Kansas scored 161 on the army general classification test at Jefferson Barracks reception center becoming the top quiz kid in the post’s records. He enlisted in the reserve, was called to active duty, and is the son of Rev and Mrs Albert Wilson of Hamilton Missouri.
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St. Louis
Hilton J. Wilson
University of
Wilson
Albert Wilson
Hamilton, Mo
Allied Forces Retreat From Venafro High Ground In Italy
Allied headquarters report Fifth Army troops pulled from high ground north of Venafro after two Nazi counterattacks. Eighth Army gained new hilltops near Atessa and patrols crossed the Sangro River as mud and weather slow land operations. Air action includes Liberators hitting Eleusis and Kalaimaki airdrome. two Allied planes lost.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Venafro
Eighth Army
Italy
U. S
Monte Santa Crose
15Th Air Force
Eleusis
Athens
Kalamaki
Bernard L. Montgomery
Atessa
Adriatic
Sangro River
Montazzoli
Sangro
Althe
Ancona
DeMarigny Plans U S Visit After Murder Trial
Nancy Oakes DeMarigny plans to fly to the United States today to consult her mother Lady Eunice Oakes in Palm Beach after her husband Alfred de Marigny was acquitted of the murder of Sir Harry Oakes. The couple reportedly considered a Catholic remarriage, but failed to appear for the ceremony.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Nancy Oakes DeMarigny
United States
Miami
Eunice Oakes
Palm Beach
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Nancy
Althe
Bonaventure
de Marigny
Altho
Greeks Join Fight on Leros to Repel Nazi Advance
Refugees report Greek Andarts storming Leros last Friday reversing the German push. They say landing beaches were seized, Greeks attacked from the rear, and around 500 parachutists and 600 infantrymen were driven back. German casualties estimated at 2,000 with a beachhead still held. The Andarts, a Greek military political group, reportedly number about 30,000 fighters.
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Bodrum
Turkey
Andarts
Leros
Dodecanese
Gree
Coal price rise argued as insufficient by Ickes
Interior Secretary Ickes protested to Stabilization Director Vinson that OPA and Solid Fuel Administration proposed coal price increases do not fully cover higher production costs. The draft calls for 60 cents a ton for hard coal and about 15 cents a ton for soft coal, with regional variations up to 40 cents in some western areas.
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Washington
Ickes
Fred M. Vinson
Office of Price Administration
Vinson
OPA
Solid Fuel Administration
County Scrap Drive Winners Named in Township Schools
The Journal-World declares Brackett School District 54 in Wakarusa township led with 13320 pounds of scrap, followed by Twin Mound District 32 in Marion township with 13120 pounds. White District 61 Grant, Belvoir District 84 Clinton, Excelsior District 77 Willow Springs, Big Springs District 72 Lecompton, Coal Creek District 3 Palm yra were also honored. each will receive an American flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hurley
Journal-World
Brackett School
Wakarusa Township
Béllé Welter
Twin Mound
Marion Township
Clyde Hiatt
Olive Schirmer
White
Grant Township
Labor turnover in Kansas war plants tops 100 percent
Kansas war industries face over 100 percent annual turnover says E W Franzke state war manpower director基 based on new Separation studies. He urges alleviating housing food transport and school shortages and poor working conditions as primary quit causes to maintain war production.
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Topeka
Kansas
E. W. Franzke
Franzke
War Manpower Commission
Magnuson Bill Moves US Toward Chinese Act Repeal
The United States advanced toward repealing the Chinese exclusion laws as a report favoring the Magnuson bill was filed in the Senate. The bill, already passed by the House, would set an immigration quota for Chinese and allow annual entry of 105 people and eligibility for citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
United States
Senate
Magnuson
Andrews
D-Fla
Senate Immigration and Naturalization
Navy trainees dismantle four ton cannon at local junk yard
Twelve students from the Machinist Mates station at the University of Kansas with instructor R H Cornelius cut up a four ton cannon that stood in Robinson Park. The project, begun at the junk yard, will continue to finish the dismantling and ship the pieces to mills for salvage and possible reuse as war material.
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University of Kansas
R. H. Cornelius
Junk Yard
South Park
Lawrence
Cornelius
Robinson Park
C. W. Gundersen
American Legion
Naval Trainin School
Forme O
Northeast Kansas League Champs Honored at Liberty Memorial
Coach Chalmer Woodard and the Northeast Kansas League championship squad were honored at Liberty Memorial High School. The modern orchestra under Lowell Bailey Jr. provided music. A E Woestemeyer spoke, with talks by Woodard and Cliff McDonald. Pep club, led by Miss Helen Cornwell, organized the program.
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Chalmer Woodard
Liberty Memorial High School
Lowell Bailey
A. E. Woestemeyer
Board of Education
Woodard
Cliff McDonald
Helen Cornwell
Ralph Graber
Tito says Yugoslav forces halt Nazi push in Bosnia
Tito's partisan forces report checking a Nazi drive in eastern Bosnia while Germans evacuate the Peljesac peninsula and retreat under pressure in Macedonia. Partisans claim 140 Germans killed and two fronts captured in Slovenia, with 100+ Germans slain in Bosnia. Donau Zeitung cites Albania becoming non belligerent and dethroning Italy's king.
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London
Pelpesac
Dalmatia
Macedonia
Yugoslav National Liberation Army
Josip Broz
Tito
Bosnia
Slovenia
Donau Zeitung
Albania
Bern
Berlin
Vittorio Emmanuele
Seek Living Quarters for Sunflower Work Laborers
Thirty nine new applicants visited the Home Registration office in the basement of the WREN building seeking living quarters in Lawrence. They come due to construction work at Sunflower Ordnance Works. Miss Marcella Olmstead, director, has about 75 apartments listed and believes living quarters can be found for all applicants.
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Home Registration Office
WREN
Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Marcella Olmstead
New Kansas License Plates Go On Sale January First
Wichita reports the 1944 automobile license plates will go on sale January 1 instead of December 1 due to paint delays. Plates are smaller with red figures on white, omit sunflowers, and require only one tag on the rear. Voelker noted no plates were issued for 1943 and tabs were provided for 1942 cars.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
C. M. Voelker
Vehicle Department
State Highway Commission
Kansas Official Council
Voelker
Launch Seal Sale in Douglas County for 1943
The county TB seal and bond sale started at a captains meeting hosted by Mrs. Seba Eldridge. John Schrader leads bond sales and Mrs. Harold Skinner oversees seals with letters mailed to all residents. Funds support clinics testing, X rays for food handlers, needy children cod liver oil, and aiding service members and candidates for selective service.
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Douglas County
Seba Eldridge
John Schrader
Harold Skinner
al Bromelsick
George Melvin
Fritz Meyn
Earle Patton
T. J. Sweeney
Maxine Virtue
Emrla Corey
Charles Oehrle
Harry Stucker
James Perry
C. F. Taylor
State Board of Health and
County Health Unit
Reed disputes Lundgren on wage statistics interpretation
Senator Reed challenged A V Lundgren president of the Kansas state federation of labor over whether industrial wage increases cover supervisory and managerial personnel. Reed said labor department figures refer to wage earners only and exclude office and executive staff, urging careful accuracy in public discussion.
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Washington
Reed
Kansas State Federation of Labor
Kansas Men Decorated by Eighth Air Force in England
Six Kansas airmen with the Eighth Air Force based in England were among 550 recipients. Lt Glenn J Smart of Sedan and Tech Sgt Edward L Demoss of Topeka earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. Tech Sgt Norman W Nelson of Lindsborg received the Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal. Second Lt Pearl E Kern of Holcomb, Staff Sgt Francis M Green of Greenleaf, and Staff Sgt Albert L Staples of Kansas City were awarded the Air Medal.
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Washington
Kansas
Eighth Air Force
England
War Department
Glenn J. Smart
Sedan
Tech
Edward L. Demoss
Topeka
Norman W. Nelson
Lindsborg
Pearl E. Kern
Holcomb
Francis M. Green
Greenleaf
Albert L. Staples
Kansas City
Fatally Injured Woman in Emporia Traffic Crash
Ella Fitzmorris aged 64 died after being struck by a car while crossing a street in Emporia Kansas business district late Monday. Survivors include two sons and two daughters.
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Emporia
Kan
Ella Fitzmorris
KU Homecoming to Be This Week
KU plans a military themed Homecoming with Liberator bomber formation maneuvers from Topeka Air Base during the football game halftime. Wacs naval units KU band and queen ceremonies to follow. Gov Schoeppel to attend. coed Jackie Meyer chairs festivities. Doc Yak show to revive after game. servicemen on leave for the events.
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University of Kansas
Fred Ellsworth
Topeka Air Base
Wacs
Topeka
Naval
Russell L. Wiley
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
Deane W. Malott
Ellsworth
Weather Warm Trend Edges Kansas After Cold Night
Topeka forecast shows sunshine and lighter winds moderating conditions today and tomorrow. Northeastern Kansas cooled to 23 degrees last night with clouds and a strong wind, while Goodland reached 58. Freeze warnings persist with lows 22 to 28 across regions.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Fats Collection Schedule for City Schools
The city announces a fats collection at school houses next Thursday afternoon November 18. Cordley 1:15, McAllaster 1:45, New York 2:15, Pinckney, Woodlawn 3:15, Lincoln 3:30.
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Cordley
McAllaster
New York
Pinckney
Woodlawn
Lincoln
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Gen. Catroux
Solomon
Yester
WAC
C. of C
Pvt. Wilson
K.U
Wien
Army Specialized Training Reserve
Keeler
Wee le
U.S
Greece
Nancy Oakes
Associated Press
Brackett
A. E. ‘Woestemeyer
H. S. Assembly
Homes Registration Office
Labor
D.F.C
Smart, Demoss, Oak Leaf
Nelson
Hoch Auditorium
Jackie Meyer
K. U. Alumni Association
Richard Stevens
Sunflower Ordnance Company
Here
K. U
ABTP
Howard Porter
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