Three-Way Drive On Axis In Africa Near Tunis Bizerte
Allied forces press toward Tunis and Bizerte with three converging offensives from the east west and south. American British and French units push the Axis back from Libya and Tunisia while air power and paratroopers secure airfields for the final campaign to expel German Italian forces.
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Africa
London
United Nations
Bizerte- Tripoli
Lake Chad
France
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
Flanders
Tunisia
Algeria
Tunis
Bizerte
Reuters
North Africa
Red Army Pushes Gains on Stalingrad Fronts
Soviet dispatches report the Red Army seized the initiative on both flanks of Stalingrad and advanced in the Caucasus. Command says troops captured fortifications in the south while breaking German lines in the north with heavy casualties and hand to hand fighting.
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Stalingrad
Caucasus
Red Army
Axis
Don River
Vanguards Reach East Libyan Coast In Rommel Pursuit
British Eighth Army forces moved within 50 miles of Benghazi and 15 miles from the Gulf of Sirte as they pressed Rommel’s forces. Allied air power hit Benghazi and a Tunis airfield while targeting transport planes heading toward El Agheila. several JU-52s were shot down and ground losses reported.
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Eighth Army
Rommel
Cairo
Britain
Bengasi
Gulf of Sirte
Agedabia
United States
Antelat
Libya
Tripoli
Tunis
el Agheila
Gulf of
Sirte
Roosevelt orders Ward and Co to comply with war labor ruling
President Roosevelt directs Montgomery Ward and Company to accept the war labor board order mandating a maintenance of membership clause in a union contract. Ward had rejected the order, arguing it imposes a closed shop, while Davis and others warn that noncompliance risks the no strike agreement and war effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward and Company
War Labor Board
Chicago
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward
WLB
Ward’s
Labor Board
C.I.0
United Mail Order
United Retail
Avery
White House
William H. Davis
Davis
Coffee Rationing Reaches Soldiers in Training Camps
Kansas City reports coffee limits for soldiers at 40 cups per month at camps. Emergency ration kits provide one cup per three meals. Depot activity adds chocolate and lemon juice to daily drinks. Officers say overall coffee distribution is now tightly controlled.
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Kansas City
Stock Market Index Shows Slight Advance
The stock market index for 60 stocks rises to 39.8 yesterday from 39.3 the day before, indicating a modest gain across major shares. Investors monitor continued volatility and sector rotation amid broader economic signals.
Jeffers Warns Against Tire Legislation Aims to Preserve Rubber Supply
Rubber Administrator William M. Jeffers told the Senate banking committee that he favors no new law restricting small tire dealers. He urged maximizing recapping to keep the country on rubber, noting estimates of 1 to 12 million extra tires and the need for expedient retreading.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Senate Banking Committee
Jeffers
Ellender
D-La
Laval Gains Absolute Power Under Vichy Nazi Rule
Pierre Laval, backed by German bayonets, is granted life and death powers in France as Petain names Laval heir and cedes full authority. Paris plans say Laval to move government to Paris. Allies monitor for a potential axis peace deal and alliance escalation.
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France
Pierre Laval
Petain
Laval
London
Paris
Vichy
Special gas setup at Sunflower Works aids ration cards
DeSoto November 19 employees at Sunflower Ordnance Works will receive gasoline rationing cards through a special board created by Johnson county and plant officials. L. G. Gabbert, state OPA officer, said success could leads to similar plans for other plants.
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DeSoto
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Johnson County
L. G. Gabbert
OPA
Mail Out Questionnaires To Young Registrants
The local selective service board began mailing questionnaires to 18 and 19 year old registrants yesterday following recent congressional action.
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Selective Service Board
Congress
Japs Fear a Big Offensive by U S
Japanese leaders warn of renewed American action after the Solomon Islands victory as Washington says three weeks or more would be needed to regroup. Allied forces press the Buna front while China reports potential double prong attacks from Indo China and Burma toward Yunnan and Kunming.
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Buna
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
United Nations
New Guinea
Timor
New Britain
Japan
Yunnan
China
Indo-China
Burma
Kunming
India
Warm November Continues Across Kansas Forecasts
Topeka records show temperatures about 28 degrees above normal as warm spell persists in Kansas. Weatherman S D Flora says mild weather likely to continue with winds 25 to 30 mph in eastern areas and no sign of a break before tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D
Flora
Wichita
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Victory in Solomons grows with naval victory
Washington reports a US battle fleet sunk several Japanese ships in the Guadalcanal area last weekend. Five ships sunk and three damaged may overlap earlier tallies, but officials say the Solomon Islands victory is even larger than first announced with no US losses.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
United States
Solomons
Gas curtailment to hit Kansas as WPB limits use
Wichita announces that residential gas heating installations will be banned after November 30 and general gas use curtailed across most of Kansas. WPB manager G Hartzell cites severe natural gas shortages and urges immediate conservation while listing affected cities and utilities.
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Wichita
War Production Board
Kansas
G. Hartzell
WPB
Hartzell
Hutchinson
Winfield
Independence
Fredonia
Oswego
Yates Center
Iola
Erie
Fort Scott
Burlington
Garnett
Eureka
el Dorado
Wellington
McPherson
Abilene
Salina
Emporia
Manhattan
Westmoreland
Topeka
Lawrence
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Atchison
Hiawatha
Belleville
Smith Center
Lincoln
Minneapolis
Arkansas City
Parsons
Oskaloosa
German Vichy alliance eyed amid Laval powers spillover
London reports fighting French sources foresee a formal Axis link with Germany and Vichy France with Toulon fleet access. Admiral Darlan in Algiers says North Africa admins will have wide autonomy under his supreme authority while cooperating with Allies. Petain calls North African officers to resist Anglo Saxon aggression. Ways and Means moves toward weaker tariffs and immigration powers for the President. Weygand reportedly arrested by Gestapo after the Nazi march, then freed.
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London
Germany
Vichy
France
Axis
Toulon
Pierre Laval
Jean Darlan
Algiers
Northfrica
Marshal Petain
Darlan
Altho
Petain
North Africa
Maxime Weygand
Gestapo
Elmer Schaake’s Dance Team vs Ottawa High at Haskell Stadium
Tonight at Haskell Stadium Elmer Schaake’s team hosts Ottawa high school in the final game of the season. The Lawrence squad seeks an undefeated record and promises fast, entertaining football with razzle dazzle as doors open at 6:30 for a 7:30 game under the lights.
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Haskell Stadium
Elmer Schaake
Ottawa High School
Lawrence
Schaake
University of Kansas approves four foreign language courses
The University of Kansas liberal arts faculty approved beginner courses in German French and Spanish each worth seven hours credit to prepare students for military diplomatic or occupational service. A Translator's Preparatory Course in French and a potential five hour beginning Russian course next semester were also discussed with approval pending. Dean Lawson said the offerings reflect the shrinking world and need for usable foreign languages.
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University of Kansas Liberal Arts
Department of
Sam F. Anderson
Paul B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Kansas
Reds on Offensive Says German High Command
The German high command announced that the Red army shifted from defense to new offensive actions across the Caucasus, the Don region south of Leningrad, and the Rybachi peninsula near the Russian Finnish frontier. Berlin claimed these attacks were repulsed though possibly a prelude to a winter Soviet drive, with limited gains in Tuapse and heavy air losses for the Russians.
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New York
Red Army
Caucasus
Don
Leningrad
Rybachi
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Tuapse
Black Sea
Small house destroyed by fire on Brook Street
Fire at 1344 Brook street destroyed a small dwelling this afternoon. Fire Chief Paul Ingels said a gasoline stove sparked the blaze and a Cooley family lived there. High winds hindered containment and nearby buildings were soaked to prevent spread.
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Brook Street
Paul Ingels
Cooley
Ingels
Travel Reduction Urged in Nationwide Campaign
Washington reports the defense transportation agency launched a nationwide don t travel campaign led by Joseph B Eastman director of ODT The appeal stresses the serious passenger transport shortage and says unnecessary travel harms the war effort People should stay home unless travel is truly essential to reduce crowding on rail and bus lines
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Washington
Ex Fise of
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
ODT
Temperature Reaches Two Degrees At Gas Office
A thermometer at the gas office recorded a high of 2 degrees this afternoon while the morning low was 67 degrees, a relatively warm midseason reading for the time of year.
Capper criticizes nationwide rationing plans
Senator Capper of Kansas tells Price Administrator Henderson that Midcontinent residents doubt the need for a nationwide gasoline and fuel oil rationing program. He urges delaying rationing and tailoring restrictions to surplus areas, warning salesmen would be forced from business. Representative Hope says defense officials will seek adequate farm truck allowances.
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Washington
Capper
R-Kan
Leon Henderson
House
Henderson
Hope
Office of Defense Transportation
Gasoline rationing sign in day reports steady turnout
Six hundred forty one car owners registered for gasoline rationing at six elementary schools yesterday along with two motorcycles. Registration booths reopen this evening from 7 to 9. City offices open tomorrow 9 to 11. Supplemental applications available for extra gasoline. Rural areas and Vinland high school site close noon tomorrow.
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Vinland High School
Guadalcanal won’t be retaken say Lt. Col. Waltman
Lt. Col. J. R. Waltman returning from the Southwest Pacific says Japanese forces are tough and well trained but United States troops can match or surpass them in combat. He urges families to write to servicemen and notes Australia’s cleanliness and good relations between allied troops. Waltman previously worked with the Veterans Administration at Wadsworth.
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Guadalcanal
J. R. Waltman
Southwest Pacific
Colonel Waltman
Kentucky
Mary
Waltman
Tricia
School of Fine Arts
Pacific
Australia
Hawaii
Pacific War Theater
Veterans Administration
Wadsworth
Topeka Moves To Seek Milk Price Increase
Topeka seeks permission from the Office of Price Administration to raise retail milk prices above the current 12 cent per quart ceiling for grade A milk. David Pence secretary of the Shawnee County Milk Producers association asks the Topeka city commission to back the appeal, citing a shortage of milk due to the price differential issue between grade A producer prices and butterfat in lower grades.
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Topeka
Office of Price Administration
David Pence
Shawnee County Milk Producers’ Association
Permit Restored For Jayhawk Creamery After Hearing
The county health board overrode Dr. H L Chambers and ordered a new permit for Jayhawk Creamery in Lawrence. The firm will continue processing Grade A and Grade C milk separately, with pasturized milks, to meet Ft. Riley Army contract obligations while local deliveries continue.
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County Health Board
H. L. Chambers
Jay~hawk Creamery
Lawrence
R. H. Wagstaff
Jayhawk
John Brand
Wagstaff
Chambers
Sanitarians
Jayhawk Company
Army
Ft. Riley
Bennett Creamery
Ottawa
Brand
Waestaff
H. B. Chubb
Kansas draft boards urged to send questionnaires to young registrants
Topeka November 19 Brig. Gen. Milton R. McLean state selective service director issued instructions to all Kansas draft boards. Questionnaires must be sent immediately to 18 and 19 year old registrants with some called to service before the year ends.
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Topeka
Kansas
Milton R. McLean
Selective Service
Stock Yards Official Dies in Kansas City
Lawrence Gray Trickett 50 longtime secretary treasurer of the Kansas City Stock Yards company died at his home Wednesday after retiring two years ago. He had served the firm for twenty years.
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Stock Yards
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence Gray Trickett
The
Kansas City Stock Yards Company
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