Eisenhower Sees Need for More Allied Manpower
General Eisenhower warned that allied nations must mobilize larger forces and sustain relentless pressure to break German morale. He praised Canadian and British actions on Walcheren and lauded French units under his command, urging France to take a larger role with De Gaulle’s government readiness. He noted German manpower shortages and Gestapo pressure as ploys to prolong the war.
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Pace
Bereral
Fisenhower
Hisenhower
Volkssturm
Isenhower
Walcheren Island
Eisenhower
Tunisia
Italy
de Gaulle
Siegfried Line
Gestapo
Deaths and Funerals for Clara Myers and Mundy Family
Miss Clara Myers died at the W L Landrith home in Kansas City at 1124 New Jersey street aged 68. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p m with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. A S Mundy of Eudora age 57 died yesterday at Saint Luke's hospital in Kansas City. Funeral and burial will be in Mound Valley. Survivors include wife Jennie Mundy of the home, son Merlin Mundy of Wichita, daughters Evelena Destrom and Chlora Butts of Mound Valley, father James Mundy, sister Merle Burke of Eureka, and brother Alvie Mundy of Washington state.
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Clara Myers
W. L. Landrith
New Jersey Street
P. D. Pittman
Oak Hill Cemetery
A. S. Mundy
H. I. Mundy
Eudora
Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Mound Valley
Parwong
Jennie Mundy
Merlin Mundy
Wichita
Evelena Destrom
Chlora Butts
Porgy and Bess at Hoch Auditorium Tonight
Curtain up at 8:20 for the University of Kansas Hoch auditorium presentation of the Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess. Box office opens at 7. The performance features Summer Time and I Got Plenty O' Nuttin with a plot around a craps game ending in murder and centers on Poorei and Bess amid love and betrayal.
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Porgy and Bess
Hoch Auditorium
University of Kansas
Goatman
Poorey
Bess
War Time Ration Details Through December 1944
The Associated Press notes ongoing rationing rules as of November 20. Book four red stamps AB to Z8 and AS to P remain valid indefinitely with new validations paused until December 3. Processed foods stamps AB to WE valid indefinitely with validations paused until December 1. Sugar stamps 30 to 34 valid indefinitely for five pounds, stamp 40 good for five pounds for home canning through February 28, 1945. J Shoes Book three airplane stamps 1 2 and 3 valid indefinitely. Gasoline 13 A coupons valid for four gallons per use through December 21, with B34 C4 B5 and C5 coupons good for five gallons each everywhere. Fuel oil period two coupons valid for heating year. new period one coupons also valid throughout the heating year.
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Associated Press
Etta Moten to Be Honored at Union Building Reception
The opera heroine Etta Moten, singing Bess, will be honored this afternoon at a reception in the University Union building. The University Alumni Association will present a citation for distinguished service, recognizing Moten on campus.
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Oman
Etta Moten
Bess
Union
University Alumni Association
Allied push in the Vosges and along the Rhine front advances
Allied forces widen break through the Vosges with heavy fighting near Eschweiler and Wenau while American Ninth Army seizes Aldenhoven and Freialdenhoven. British Second Army clears Mass-Belgian pocket near Eich and Geilenkirchen as Seventh Army presses toward Belfort and the Rhine. French First Army reported near Kembs in the Rhine valley.
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Rhine
Rhine River
Paris
Mulhouse
Saare Tiver
Third Army
Germany
Moselle River
Rhineland
Etz
Aldenhoven
Ninth Army
Freialdenhoven
Gereensweiler
Nedermers Jand Ancershaugen
First Army
Wenau
Aachen
Duren
Roer
Eschweiler
Warm
Geilenkirchen
Second Army
Holland
Ento
Rhine-Marne Canal
Seventh Army
Saarebourg
Berlin
Blamont
Seventh
Schirmeck Pass
Trouche
Badenviler
Belfort
Alirch
Ere
Rhie
Siegfried Line
Kembs
Lawrence professor speaks at Wichita father and son event
Dr F C Allen Kansas University physical education professor spoke in Wichita at a YMCA father and son banquet. County officials picked up a person in the 600 block on Rhode Island Street last evening. City library to close all day Thursday for Thanksgiving. Sadie Cleland county clerk’s office staffer on vacation. City council to meet Monday at 7 30 pm in city hall and county commissioners Friday at 2 pm for routine business. Albert Transmeier and wife visited with Mrs Transmeier’s parents at Bethel over the weekend.
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F. C. Allen
The
University, of Kansas
Wichita
Cay
Unty
LD. A
Rhode Island
Jefferson ‘County
Taxation debate on cooperatives in Kansas City forum
In Kansas City on November 21 a forum on cooperative taxation closed with Rep. Frank Carlson Rep. Paul Cunningham and Albert M. Cole debating whether cooperatives should pay corporate taxes. Carl Kennedy urged taxing cooperatives as big business while Charles A. Richards defended cooperatives as handling their own affairs and not competing openly.
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Kansas City
America
Frank Carlson
Kan
Paul Cunningham
Albert M. Cole
Kansas
Carl Kennedy
Topeka
Charles A. Richards
Kansas Co-Operative Council
Kansans debate tax status of cooperatives versus chains
Forum drew labor, business, and industry voices as legislators heard suggestions from Kansans. The discussion focused on cooperatives not being exempt from federal taxes, and the claim that giant chainstore businesses are squeezing out independent farmers and small operators.
Manila Struck Again in Fourth Raid At Ormoc Front
MacArthur's forces report heavy fighting as Japanese try to hold ridges overlooking the Ormoc corridor. A road block south of the town remains firm despite calling for help from cut-off Japanese units. American troops push through mud and jungle as Japanese use trench systems and snipers to slow advances.
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MacArthur
Limon
Ormoc Corridor
Yamashita
Ormoc
al Cooking
Associated Press
Seventh
Family news from World War II supporters and travels
Families report sons in combat zones as communications arrive from the Philippines France and Germany. Messages note safe and well statuses and home visits by service members. Albanian partisans seize Durazzo per Free Yugoslav dispatches cited by FCC.
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Durazzo
New York
Tirana
Viva Dispatch
FCC
First Wacs Arrive in China at Chungking in WWII
The first women army corps members arrive in China. Capt. Elizabeth M. Lutze of Sheboygan and First Lt. Florence Bullitt of San Jose reach Chungking by plane to serve in Maj. Gen. Wedemeyer's headquarters. Also reports on munitions program pace set by Eisenhower, Seaway treaty status, and a Boston chemist's warning about unsafe beer and ale. A chili sauce recipe from Mrs. J. A. Reed is included.
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China
Chungking
Elizabeth M. Lutze
Sheboygan
Wis
Florence Bullitt
San Jose
Calif
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Inquiry Suggests Presidential Pearl Harbor Probe
Washington November 21 A senate inquiry into Pearl Harbor was urged by Sen Chandler supported by Sen Hatch with President Roosevelt’s commission proposed as a fuller alternative. Sen Ferguson prepared a resolution to call Adm Husband E Kimmel and Gen Walter Short as witnesses, arguing their testimony should be heard even in closed sessions.
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Washington
Chandler
D-Ky
Roosevelt
Hatch
D-N.m
Watch
Ferguson
Rich
Senate
Army and Navy
Bear
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Kimmel
Short
Pearl Harbor
Aind Kimmel
Roberts Commission
Blue Plant Catnup and Desserts Mixed in One Recipe Card
A readable fragment lists Blue Plant Catnup with ripe blue plums and spices, along with a method to cook until thick and seal in sterilized jars. It also includes Chocolate Pudding, Cream Rice Pudding, and tips to use lemon rinds for bleaching arms and elbows. Names Mrs. Jess Carson and Route 2 Lawrence appear in the text.
Garment Care Tips From An Old-Fashioned Home Wardrobe
A fragment suggests Minnie Wells of Fairview and Mrs Lula Karnes discussing home sewing tasks. It mentions pinning garments at elastic waistbands to the wash line and draping or pinning them at various points, with a reference to 425 for 15 20 minutes and 925 Maine.
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Minnie. Wells
Fairview
Lula Karnes
Ms Beset
Maine
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Ermany
Zerland
Vosges
Lawrence
Sadie Cleland
Douglas County’ Court House
Mrs
Albert Transmeier
Mrs. Smeier
Mrs. Forth
Bethel
Charles M. Baker
Aurora
Colo
Pauline Ferris
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Manila
Guy D. Turner
T/3
Glenn Turner
Philippines
Mary
Wise
Greensboro
N. C
J. F. Holloway
New York Street
Sgt
Howard H. Wise
J. E. Tuttle
Michigan Street
Cpl
Kenneth Tuttle
France
Richard L. Holcom
United States
England
Katherine Holcom
Miami
Oklo
Holcom
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Abel Holcom
Route 6
Charles BE. Briethaupt
Foster, Field
Texas
J. W. Briethaupt
Baldwin
Billy Doane
Mediterranean
North African
Mahlon Ball
Walter Sneegas
Eugene Doane
Leyte Island
Thomas L. Shafer
Pepe
Willis A. Sutton
Achoola
Atlanta
Educational Department of
Readers Digest
Liberty Memorial High School
J. A. Krug
Green N. Hackworth
State Department
St. Lawrence Seaway
Boston
Andrew W. Allison
Food and Drug Bureau
J. A. ‘Reed
Vermont
Sunflower
Phome
Lawrance Chamber of Commerce
Robert R. Clark TI
Lt. Joseph, Mo
Agey
Heral
Bond
Storm
Booth
Women’s
Suh
Granada
Turkeys
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