Allies Close With Nazis in Tunisia
British forces with American and French support launched a major attack on German Italian positions around Bizerte and Tunis. Rommel was said to command some Africa corps as the axis fought to defend the Sicilian straits. Prisoners were reported, and allied broadcasts noted infiltrations and bold tactics along the Tunisian coast as both sides pressed for control.
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London
First Army
Bizerte
Tunis
Erwin Rommel
Morocco
Berlin
Rommel
Tunisia
North Africa
Sicilian
Tripolitania
Tripoli
Gabes
Sfax
Tunisian
Algeria
Gafsa
Kairouan
Mediterranean
Cairo
Libya
al Agheila
Algiers
Eisenhower
U S Planes Strike Japanese Forces Near Buna New Guinea
General MacArthur’s headquarters reports American and Australian airmen struck the Buna area in northeastern New Guinea. They sunk one Japanese destroyer, destroyed 19 enemy planes, and disabled two landing boats. Allied ground forces captured a new Buna landing strip while Japanese defense stiffened along the Buna Gona coastal belt.
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MacArthur
Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Gona
Lae
Salamaua
British Eighth Army Pushes Rommel Retreat Near Agedabia
Allied forces report the British Eighth Army forcing Rommel's retreating troops to withdraw in the Agedabia region as air and sea raids intensify. Liberator bombers strike Tripoli, while Malta based Allied air forces hit Bizerte and Trapani airfields and sink several Axis transport planes.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Agedabia
el Arheila
U. . Bomber Command
Tripoli
United States
Rommel
Beerrans
Saturay
Malta
Desert
Bizerte
Tunisia
Trapani
Sicily
North African
Stuttgart Raided by British Bombers Amid War Efforts
London reports a British air raid on Stuttgart, targetting its aviation and electrical industries. The attack involved a strong force of bombers with Canadians participating, while low level observation noted some losses among the attackers. Further RAF strikes hit freight trains in Northern France and an axis supply ship in the English Channel as part of pressure on Hitler's transport network.
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London
Stuttgart
Air Ministry
France
English
Adolf Hitler
R.A.F
Bosch
Daimler-Benz
Hirth
New Air Raid Wardens Class Opens at Marvin Hall
A new class of air raid wardens begins this evening at 7 30 on the K U campus Marvin hall. The course trains men to replace those moved from service and will be rushed to finish before the Wednesday December 14 blackout from 10 to 10 20 p m. Local civilian defense officials prepare for the blackout.
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Marvin Hall
K. U
Seek Federal Money For City Recreation Funds
A joint meeting of the city property and recreation committee will be held in the city council room this evening to discuss a proposed application for federal funds to support recreational activities in the city.
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Recreation Committee
Guard at School Training Kansas State Guard Units
About 83 officers and men from Kansas State Guard units in eastern Kansas attended a chemical warfare school at the University of Kansas yesterday afternoon. The course was led by regular army officers on KU s ROTC staff, with Lt Col Jack R Gage in charge and Capt Elverson E Baker and 1st Lt Wray A Shockley among staff. Demonstrations on identification and control of poison gases and related films were shown. The attendees are under the command of Col Charles H Brown of Holton.
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Kansas State Guard
Kansas
University of Kansas
R.O. T.C
K.U
Jack R. Gage
Elverson E. Baker
Wray A. Shockley
Doyle C. Wood
George W. Ahern
Charles H. Brown
Holton
Light Snow Predicted Across Kansas Inland Areas
Topeka reports light snow likely to continue in the east with slightly lower temperatures tonight. Western and central counties to be warmer, while western Kansas sees the coldest readings near 18 degrees at Ellis.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Ellis
Concordia
Goodland
Dodge City
Flora
American 1 910 casualties in North Africa landings
Washington reports 1 910 American casualties from the initial North Africa landings through November 12. The tally includes 350 killed 900 wounded and 350 missing in the army plus 10 killed 150 wounded and 150 missing in the navy. Most missing likely drowned. No figures yet for Tunisia campaign.
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Washington
North Africa
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Oran
Casablanca
Algiers
Navy
Morocco
Tunisia
French Losses Reported in North Africa
London reports the official list shows 490 French killed from November 8 to 10 during allied operations in North Africa. Wounded totaled 969, including 72 officers, with 59 officers among the dead.
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London
Morocco
Radio Tonight
No Africa
Man Fined for Swapping Tires in Kansas City
Harvey L. Glenn was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to six months in jail by Municipal Judge J Earl Thomas after he swapped a pair of his tires for two he found on a scrap rubber pile last Saturday in Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kan
Harvey L. Glenn
Municipal
J. Earl Thomas
Russians Push Deep, Threaten Stalingrad From Don Bend
Russian forces hammer German positions north and south of Stalingrad in a major offensive reaching the Don bend 50 miles west of the city. In three days they closed on Kalach and Abganerovo, routing several divisions and halting Hitler’s winter line plans.
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Stalingrad
Volga
Don Bend
Germany
Red Army
Kalach
Don River
Krivomuzginskaya
Sovietsk
Semeon Timoshenko
Abganerovo
Hitler
Don Loop
Darlan Takes Command of French West Africa
Pi French West Africa places itself under Admiral Jean Darlan following a radio Algiers broadcast. The territory includes Dakar, Senegal, French Guinea, French Sudan, Dahomey, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, and other units totaling about 15 million people across 1,815,768 square miles.
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Vichy
French West Africa
Jean Darlan
Algiers
Dakar
Africa
Senegal
French Guinea
French Sudan
Dahomey
Ivory Coast
Mauretania
Niger
United Nations
Morocco-Algeria
Equatorial Africa
Protest Gas Rationing in Kansas Drives Rally
Postcard protests against gasoline rationing arrive at Governor Ratner's office in Topeka on November 23. About 200 residents sign cards pledging to curb driving speed to 35 miles an hour and seek a 90 day delay in rationing start. Cards show no sponsor details.
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Topeka
Ratner
Kansas
Altho
Farmers to Have All Gasoline Needed
Kansas City, Nov 23. R C Coleman of the regional defense transportation office said farmers will receive enough gasoline for market trips and farm work. He noted reports from Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma that certificates of war necessity often failed to provide monthly allowances, and many applicants erred in forms. An interim allowance was issued to prevent December shortages, he added.
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Kansas City
R. C. Coleman
Office of Defense Transportation
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
ODT
Coleman
Thanksgiving Rotary Program Highlights Community Gratitude
The Rotary gathering led by Rev. Theo Astman featured brief appreciations from speakers who stressed freedom and a better world. Mayor Russell thanked public servants, while educators and Indian advocate Solon Ayers praised patriotism and the 68 tribes at Haskell. Welfare director Mildred Watson projected postwar growth and freedoms, noting Douglas county’s drop in general assistance.
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Rotary
Theo Astman
Otarian Astman
W. J. Weir
C. B. Russell
Board of Health
Lawrence
Malott
Clifford Dean
Solon Ayers
Haskell
America
Mildred Watson
Douglas County
Irene Peabody
Ruth Orcutt
Karl Euersteiner
Charles S. Skilton
Orcutt
KU Freshman Engineer Dies From Brain Abscess
Dick Lupfer a KU freshman engineering student from Larned died at Watkins Memorial Hospital from a brain abscess after sinusitis. He was admitted Friday with a cold and sinus trouble and worsened last night. Parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Lupier of Larned note his brother George earned an engineering degree in 1941. Dick belonged to Timplin hall.
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Dick Lupfer
K. U
Larned
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Watkins Hospital
Ralph Lupier
George
University
Templin Hall
WPA Cuts State Employment Quota to 3100 in December
Topeka November 23 The WPA quota for Kansas drops to 3100 from 3800 for December. State director Clarence Nevins cited last week’s 3218 workers on war essential projects and in administration. County welfare boards listed 1109 relief recipients eligible for work, about two thirds women, awaiting assignment or private employment.
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Topeka
Kansas
Clarence Nevins
Nevins
Severe Cold Outbreak Strikes Lawrence Area
Local doctors report a surge of severe colds in Lawrence with more cases than typical for the season. A few influenza cases have been reported, but no normal count is provided.
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Lawrence
Dwindling milk supply discussed at Fort Riley
Lt. Col. J R Sperry and Lt Oliver H Peterson of the sanitary corps at Fort Riley discussed milk shortages with R H Wagstaff of the Jayhawk creamery and Douglas county health staff. Sperry warned Grade A supply may fall short prompting next best options and potential inspector checks. Wagstaff noted prior discussions with Major Dwight L Williams about interim shortages and Army reliance on local inspection reports.
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J. R. Sperry
Oliver H. Peterson
Sanitary Corps
Ft. Riley
R. H. Wagstaff
Jayhawk Creamery
Douglas County
Sperry
Army
Wagstaff
Dwight L. Williams
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Riley
Allied air and naval raids sink big Japanese ship at Haiphong
American Sky Dragons of the China command claim a transport or carrier was destroyed in Haiphong while Chinese bombing crews hit Shasi and Shayang. The largest US bomber formation from an Indian base joined RAF forces to strike Rangoon Mandalay and Tongoo, tying weekend raids across Burma and the Yangtze region.
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Chungking
China Command
Haiphong
Indo- China
Burma
Yangtze
China
Gulf of Tonkin
Claire L. Chennault
China Air Task Force
Shasi
Yangtze River
Hupeh Province
Shayang
Han River
United States
R.A.F
Rangoon
Mandalay
Tongoo
Final Report on Scrap Drive Shows Kansas Lead
New York November 23 Kansas leads per capita scrap metal collection with 158.7 pounds and the nation totals 5 64 415 tons achieving 6 000 000 ton goal. Vermont 155.4 pounds Washington 141.6 pounds per capita. Committee says not all tonnage reported yet but goal reached.
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New York
Kansas
United Scrap Metal Drive Committee
Richard W. Slocum
Philadelphia Bulletin
Vermont
Washington
Slocum
Middle West Oil Output to Be Cut 95 Percent
Kansas City November 23. Mayor John B. Gage said production by middle western refiners will be cut immediately to 90 to 95 percent of last year’s output by order of the petroleum coordinator’s office. The telegram to refiners in district No. 2 covers from the Alleghenies to the Rocky Mountains and directs production without loss of key war products. Gage’s rationing committee argues fuel supplies are adequate.
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Kansas City
John B. Gage
Middle Western
Petroleum Co
Gage
Allegheny
Rocky Mountains
Middle West
Institutional Sign Up For Coffee at Douglas County Office
Institutional users crowded the Douglas County war price and rationing office to sign up for coffee. The Friday sign up ends Wednesday evening and a Saturday midnight freeze set coffee sales to zero for the week. Beginning Sunday November 29 a pound costs Stamp No 27 in book No 1. Coffee shortages have plagued Lawrence for weeks as merchants seek to rebuild supplies.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Government weighs anti hoarding rules to curb panic buying
Washington reports wide panic buying of food and other scarce items may push the Office of Price Administration to consider anti hoarding regulations. A federal official says purchases could be declared by buyers, but home inspections would be difficult to enforce. The move aims to curb over stocking by households in fear of rationing.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Thanksgiving Assembly at Liberty Memorial High School
A joint Christian Council of Liberty Memorial High School hosts a Thanksgiving chapel at 9 50 Wednesday featuring the high school a cappella choir led by students including Joan Vickers Shirley Nan Hargiss and Patty Belt. Faculty sponsors Fatsy Creel Warren Banning and others support the program with a full readings and music lineup.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Joint Christian Council
Hi-V
Joan Vickers
Shirley Nan Hareiss
Ace
Patty Belt
Phyllis Olmstead
Jeanne McGrew
Irene Sandelius
Aileen Ziesents
Frieda Wray
Claire Wiesselman
Jackie Voss
Phyllis Marlowe
Annette Bigelow
Virginia Winters
Maxine Lindley
Ruth Anderson
Mildred Carpenter
Doris Henderson
Gerry Kliewer
Robyn Ashby
Geraldine Houk
Don McManess
Carl Baker
Eugene Johnson
Adelbert Spalsbury
Bob Moore
David James
Gerald Campbell
Bob Sneeras
James Arthur
John Conger
David Davidson
Wayne Hird
Phillip Pine
Dick Wagstaff
Lester DeWeese
Rex Talley
L. H. Emmett
Miss Pearl Carpenter
Girl Reserve
Fatsy Creel
Warren Banning
Emily Stacey
Joanne Clough
Jees Reese
Rex Allegwance
Andrea Carpenter
Ogden Jones
Betty Jo Campbell
Lawrence Morgan
Frances Lawrence
Lowell Bailey
Jeanne Cooper
Charles Robertson
Virginia Jo Winter
Larry Atarce Tae
Margaret Fisher
Phil Cato
Shirley Nan Hargiss
Victor Hurt
Shaw
Susie Stacey
Kremser
C. Fosberg Hughes
Plymouth Congregational Church
Bi Karrel Butler
America
Rationing Officials Clarify Blank Lines in Gasoline Book
Wichita officials stated that the first blank line at the bottom of the inside cover of a gasoline rationing book need not be filled to be valid. The second blank line must be completed by the rationing board if a coupon holder wants to buy the full amount at once.
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Wichita
Lawrence
George T. Wetzel
Loss of Crew After Torpedoing Off South American Coast
Navy announces the sinking of a medium-sized British merchant ship by a torpedo in the Western Atlantic. Only six of the 48 crew survive after the vessel lasted about 11 months at sea and touched allied ports, with many men hoping to spend Christmas at home. The AP tally reports 533 merchant losses among united and neutral nations since Pearl Harbor.
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Navy
South America
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Thanksgiving closures in Lawrence schools offices and events
Lawrence observes Thanksgiving with general closings except the draft board office. Stores shut all day, churches host morning services, and schools dismiss for two days. Haskell and KU keep some activities, including a 1 p.m. assembly and football games, while post offices adjust hours and rationing offices close.
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Draft Board
Lawrence
John Schrader
Merchants’ Bureau
Friends Church
Ministerial Alliance
O. BF. Allison
First Methodist Church
K.U
University of Kansas
Haskell Institute
Secretary of the Interior
Haskell
Lafayette High School
J. Joseph
Missouri Tigers
Columbia
Soldiers Move Ahead on Guadalcanal Despite Resistance
U S ground forces push west on Guadalcanal with Marines reportedly beyond 15 miles west of Henderson Field. Navy communique notes continued slow land advance and continuous air attacks on enemy positions west of the Matanikay River.
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Washington
United States
Guadalcanal
Navy
Tony
Henderson Airfield
South Pacific
Matanikay River
Ratner and Schoeppel Confer on 1943 Budget
Governor Ratner meets with Governor-Elect Schoeppel to draft the 1943 44 state budget in Topeka. Ratner argues the incumbent and successor should jointly prepare the biennial plan for the upcoming administration and legislative session.
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Ratner
Schoeppel
Topeka
Weather Summary From Kansas Report
The Kansas forecast calls for cooler conditions in the east with continued harsh cold and freezing temperatures tonight. Tuesday noon should bring somewhat warmer conditions. Gas Office records show Saturday high 48 and low 37. year ago today 46 and 26. Weekend rainfall totaled .13 inches by 7 a.m. today.
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Kansas
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