Four American Armies Each to Have Own Air Unit
The Supreme Headquarters reports that each of the four American armies on the western front will have a distinct air command. The 29th tactical air command supports the Ninth army, as part of an official lineup including the Ninth, Nineteenth, Twenty-ninth and Twelfth TACs under Generals Quesada Weyland Nugent Saville. Each TAC is a full unit with fighter and reconnaissance groups.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Berlin
29Th Tactical Air Command
Ninth Army
Ninth Usaaf
Ninth
Altho
West
Ninth Tactical Air Command
Elwood R. Quesada
Washington
D.C
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Nineteenth Tactical Air Command
Otto P. Weyland
Ninth Air Force
29Th Tac
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Twelfth Tac
Air Force
Ralph Royce
Provisional Air Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
University of Kansas Music Program At Hoch Auditorium
More than 250 students and faculty will perform at the 83rd vesper service in Hoch auditorium at 4 PM Sunday. The University a cappella choir, symphony orchestra, and women's glee club will present pieces directed by Swarthout Wiley and Peabody, including Criss Simpson and Purcell arrangements, plus a mezzo-soprano solo by Norma Jean Butz. The program features diverse works and student performers across three ensembles.
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University of Kansas
Hoch Auditorium
University
D. M. Swarthout
Symphony Orchestra
Russell L. Wiley
Women’s Glee Club
Irene Peabody
Handel
Gay Criss Simpson
Glen Chile
Bantock- O'Shea
Purcell-Harris
Palmgeren
Norma Jean Butz
University Women's Glee Club
Trene Peabody
Tinkemble
Callegro Risoluto
Edgar Stuttiman-Kelly
Wwaldenne Gelteh
Nadyene Lohr
Erna Hopkins
Ruth Orcutt
Nittaria
Tschrisuiversity
Canpella Choir
Rthont
Seniation
Tschrny Orchesary
Sudden telephone strike disrupts long distance in Ohio cities
A sudden strike by Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers halted long distance calls in Dayton Columbus and Toledo while local dial service continued. Out-of-town personnel and sympathy walkouts sparked the disruption though maintenance crews remained unaffected and automatic local calls continued. Union says issue centers on employing non-city workers with salary and living expenses. Ohio Bell officials reported about half of long distance traffic was diverted or blocked during the peak period.
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Dayton
LPI
Ohio
Ohia Federation of Telephone Workers
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Columbus
Toledo
Ohio Bell
Seweiments
Midwest
Army Air Forces
Wright and Patterson
GQ. N. Olsen
Readable list of Kansans wounded in action announced
Washington November 17 war department released the names of 2 074 soldiers wounded in action. The Kansas entries include Second Lt. Robert A. Bicknell Piuts Jack W Blackmore Matfieldt Sed Clarence R Blair Atchison T Sgt Richard EB Blair Atchison Lt Glen M Crawford Dodge Pvt Suzanne Delgado Emporia First Lt Orland BE Deputy Emporia Capt Charles A Edmondson husband of Mrs Mertie A Edmondson 939 New York St Lawrence Tather Kenneth L Ellis El Dorado Pvt Duane E Everhart Kansas City First Lt Gordon B French Independence Saint Edmund J Giehler Hays Svt Melvin C Giesen Wichita Conrad G Heiman Piqua Marion RK Helma Moran Charles E Keelon Pittsburg Paul KR Konhs Lindsborg Fryt Robert E Kruger Ahijene Set Donald Minerd Pittsburg Julius H Moore Manhattan Joe Ornelas Sola gt Eimer A Orth Kingman Filden L Ralph Pittsburg Jonesy C Reed Hutchinson Edward Rucker Wichita Pre John A Sernes Wills Pfe Raymond W Timim Herington Leroy E Welshaar Nortonville.
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Robert A. Bicknell
Piuts
Jack W. Blackmore
Matfield
Clarence R. Blair
Atchison
Richard EB. Blair
Atchison Een
Glen M. Crawford
Dodgerly
Suzanne Delgado
Emporia
Orland BE
Charles A. Edmondson
Mertie A. Edmondson
New York St. Lawrence
Kenneth Lb. Ellis
el Dorado
Duane E. Everhart
Kansas City
Firat
Gordon
Robert E. Kruger
Ahifene Set
Donald Minerd
Pittsburge
Julius H. Moore
Manhattan
Joe Ornelas
Sola
Eimer A. Orth
Kingman Filden
L L. Ralph
Pittsburg
Jonesy C. Reed
Hutchingon
Edward Rucker
Wichita
John A. Sernes
Wills Pfe
Raymond W. Timim
Herington
Leroy E. Welshaar
Nortonville
Quick sale lands home of Sunflower official in Lawrence
A man in Henderson Kentucky, Brown B Smith, new Goodyear Rubber representative, answered an ad in the Journal World and bought the home of Major Arthur E Inman at 2001 Kentucky Street in Lawrence after speeding to the address. Inman, public relations officer at Sunflower Ordnance Works, is being transferred to Washington DC.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Arthur E. Inman
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Washington, D. C
Kentucky
Brown B. Smith
Henderson, Ky
Goodyear Rubber Company
War engineers publish book on front line work in war zones
Waldo Bowman returned to New York after a Lawrence visit with his mother and sister. Bowman, chief editor of Engineering News Record, coauthored a new book titled Bulldozers Come First. The volume profiles these five war correspondents and their crews, detailing construction efforts in war theaters rather than destruction.
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Waldo Bowman
New York
Lawrence
C. QC. Bowman
Walter Nieder
Bowman
W. §. Johnson
Engineering News Record
Boake Carter, Radio Commentator, Dies at 46
Hollywood mourns as Boake Carter, noted radio commentator known for provocative programs, dies at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital after suffering a stroke following a Mutual Broadcasting System air shift. He was 46.
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Hollywood
Boake Carter
Mutual Broadcasting System
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Hitler pictures must not be sold below 45 reichs marks
A Swedish newspaper report, cited by a Berlin dispatch, states Hitler images may not be sold for less than 45 reichs marks about 11 dollars pre war. The measure aims to curb surging offers in recent weeks. Also noted, Mrs Deal Six's Junior Players perform Mr Longfellow Looks at Book Week at McAllaster and Woodlawn schools.
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New York
Berlin
Tigningen
Hitler
Office of War Information
Christmas visit for ill Cheyenne boy goes early
In Cheyenne Wyoming on November 17 a special Santa Claus visit arrives for three year old For est Nubbins Hoffman who is gravely ill from an incurable bladder condition. Union Pacific President W M Jeffers says Irwin E Crowd will fly from Denver to portray Santa delivering dozens of gifts including a pre war model car and a turkey with trimmings for Sunday dinner. Gifts and messages from across the nation flood the Hoffmans home as Sinatra wires encouragement while mail carriers drop off Christmas trees and gifts.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
St. Nick
Forest
Nubbins
Marshal Hoffman
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Irwin E. Crowd
Denver
Santa Claus
North Beach
N. Y
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Hoffman
Leaves From A War Correspondent Notebook by Hal Boyle
War dispatches recount humorous and tense incidents with American troops in Germany. A French family feeds weary soldiers a sign warns “Front line 400 yards ahead” as German troops lurk nearby. a captured convoy turns up mostly liquids. a colonel boasts of a landing while airborne. two GIs feign death to escape SS, and a sergeant critiques a pilot’s airborne landing in the air.
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Metz
Belfort
Third Army
First Army
Arcey
Germany
Haaren
Bud
Paul A. Danahy
Buffalo
N.Y
Dave Bernay
Berlin
N.H
John W. Ice
East Liverpool
Ohio
Pfc
Harvey Pilcher
Laurel Hill
Fla
Ice
Pilcher
First invading Americans myth by date and dentist claim
The account recalls Langenkamp fending off a surprised German patrol leader with a radio blow to buy time, while Charles Myer of Baltimore asserts being the first U S soldier to have a tooth filled in Germany on September 16 under a tarpaulin from a half-track. the piece notes debate over who crossed first.
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Sion
Langenkamp
Pfe
Charles Myer
Baltimore
Germany
Roosevelt to deliver brief war bond address Sunday
President Roosevelt will make a short war bond address Sunday as part of the Sixth War Loan drive. He indicated the speech will be very brief. The Journal-World classifieds show more than a thousand rooms, apartments and houses rented in the past year.
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Dent Roosevelt
Journal-World
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