Axis Troops Land in Tunisia Reported by Vichy Radio
Reports from Vichy radio said large formations of German and Italian troops landed at Sfax and Gabes in eastern Tunisia. Allied forces prepared for a broader assault on Tunis and Bizerte as air battles intensified, with raids on Tripoli, Algiers, and Bizerte, and Axis reinforcement movements noted along the coast toward Gabes.
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London
Vichy
Tunis
Tripoli
Libya
Gabes
Sfax
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Bizerte
Allied
North Africa
Middle Post
Cairo
Tunisian
Morocco
Algiers
Bone
Bougie
Algeria
Palermo
Baf
Sardinia
Agedabia
Middle East
8Th Army
Marshal Rommel
Licked Africa Corps
el Agheila
Rome
Berlin
DNB
Africa
U S Forces Advance Westward After Guadalcanal Night Attacks
U S troops on Guadalcanal pushed west of Japanese positions following night strikes on November 22 23. Nav y reports limited advances near the Matanikau river with activity noted in the Mam mbulo and upper river areas about three miles from the coast.
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U.S
Washington
Guadalcanal
Matanikau River
Point Cruz
Matanikau
Mambulo
Temporary fuel rationing eased for Kansas farmers trucks
Washington reports the Office of Defense Transportation told Kansas lawmakers local rationing boards will grant temporary motor fuel for farm trucks through December 31. Certificates of war necessity and county farm transportation committees will determine entitlements, with central offices closed and processing shifted to county boards.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Kansas
Congress
Reed
R.-Kan
Hope
ODT
Kansans
Country War Board
Detroit
Mich
DDT
Joseph B. Eastman
No storm in sight for Thanksgiving weather report
Topeka reports moderating conditions across Kansas with rising temperatures and no precipitation expected. A light freeze occurred overnight except in extreme south, with Phillipsburg at 16 degrees and Dodge City warming to 60 as the southwest thawed.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Phillipsburg
Dodge City
Turkeys Plentiful in Lawrence for Thanksgiving
Local poultry dealers report ample turkey flocks in the Lawrence area despite a labor shortage that complicates dressing and processing. Dressed birds sell for 47 to 50 cents per pound while geese go for about 35 cents. An ample chicken supply remains available.
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Lawrence
Rural Areas Receive First Tax Statements
About 2,000 tax statements were mailed by the county treasurer. Most went to rural residents while city property owners also received notices this evening. Car tag applications are still accepted though some residents lack tags after a period of high automobile transactions caused by gasoline rationing.
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Alboit
Government tightens war work enlistment to protect key industries
Selective Service Director Hershey orders draft boards to deny release and enlistment for workers in aircraft and shipbuilding, expanding essential job categories to about 3000 positions. Boards will phase in deferments only as replacements are found, to prevent crippling war production.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Army
Navy
Hershey
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Painter awarded damages in West Hills jury case
Walter M. Quisenberry received 200 in damages from a district court jury for injuries from a fire and explosion at the Laurence Woodruff home in West Hills two years earlier. He sought 25,000 and named Kennedy Plumbing and Electrical Co and the Kansas Public Service Co as defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Quisenberry
Laurence Woodruff
West Hills
Quisenberry
Orin O. Kennedy
T. D. Prentice
Kennedy Plumbing and Electrical Company
Kansas Public Service Company
W. A
Rationing Office Open Thanksgiving Morning
The Douglas county war price and rationing office will be open on Thanksgiving day from 8 45 to 12 noon. The call came this morning from the state office at Wichita. The office will be closed all day Christmas but will have no holiday on New Year s day.
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Douglas County
Wichita
Germans Pull Back From Stalingrad Amid Heavy Losses
Russians press a deepening double offensive west of the Don bend driving six to twelve mile daily gains northwest and southwest of Stalingrad. Col. Gen. von Hoth allegedly begins withdrawal from Stalingrad as Germans suffer heavy losses defending a corridor to the Volga.
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Don Bend
Stalingrad
Volga
London Express
Stockholm
Hermann von Hoth
Chernyshevskaya
Chir River
Kalach
Don Ben
Kletskaya
Don River
Serafimovich
Don
Aong
Malmyck
Caucasus
Aksai
Sb Ranprove
Taingrad
Kalmyk
Supreme Court Lacks Quorum in Aluminum Monopoly Case
Washington reports the Supreme Court cannot decide the Aluminum Company of America antitrust case due to a six-justice quorum shortage. The federal district court ruling that the Justice Department failed to prove monopoly stands, with Justices Jackson Murphy Reed Stone cited for prior roles and disqualification.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Aluminum Company of America
Federal District Court
New York
Aluminum Company
Jackson and Murphy
Justice Reed
Stone
Italy Ready to Quit War Says Halifax at Norfolk
Lord Halifax told reporters at Norfolk on arrival for a naval visit that Italy would like to exit the war but Germany will not permit it. He warned the strained German war machine would feel the effect of Italy's reluctance.
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Norfolk
Halifax
Italy
Germany
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
Hitler
Congress to Ration Bureau Quizzes
Washington reports that Senators Byrd and Van denberg gain support from trade groups to cut non essential government reporting. They will hear business leaders outline the burdens of surveys and multiple agency demands, including a Chicago firm facing $55 000 in yearly report costs and jail threats for noncompliance.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Pee Vandenberg
Chicago
Scrap metal drive totals top 6 million tons nationwide
New York reports more than 6,000,000 tons of iron and steel scrap credited to a wartime drive led by Richard W. Slocum. States like Kansas and Vermont show high per capita figures, with totals reaching about 5.86 million tons statewide as campaigns continue in many areas.
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New York
United
Slocum
War Production Board
Kansas
Vermont
Washington State
Oregon
Indiana
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
City Seeks 33500 for Local Recreation Program
At a joint meeting of the city recreation council and property committee the council will ask the city to apply for 33500 in federal funds under the Lanham act to expand the local recreation program. The plan includes 10 regular employees and many leaders paid 50 cents an hour, replacing the WPA payroll now at 266.80 monthly.
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City Recreation Council
City Property Committee
WPA
Lawrence
Duliling
Allied air alarms hit Algiers as raids continue
Reports from London and Rome quoted air raids and damage in Algiers under nightly alarms from 10 p m to 7:25 a m. Italian workers are mobilized to repair northern cities devastated by enemy aviation. President Rios defends democracy and continental unity amid Axis tension. The U S warns on exit permit trading with the enemy as gasoline rationing nears on December 1.
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London
Reuters
Morocco
Algiers
Rome
Italy
Stefania
Santiago
Chile
Juan Antonio Rios
The Need Continues Scrap Drive Praise from Ratner
Topeka November 24 Governor Ratner praised Kansans for leading the national scrap metal drive. He stressed the ongoing need for scrap in larger quantities and commended the Kansas Press Association, salvage committees, local groups, teachers, and pupils for their patriotism and effort in supporting the war.
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Topeka
Ratner
Kansas
Kansas Press Association
State
Convoy of 28 British Merchant Ships Passes Gibraltar
Reuters reported from La Linea Spain that a large British convoy of 28 merchant ships, heavily escorted by war vessels, moved through the Strait of Gibraltar toward the Atlantic. The escort included two U S destroyers and several British ships with bombers and fighters patrolling overhead.
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London
Reuters
Vichy
la Linea
Spain
Strait‘ of
Gibraltar
Atlantic
United States
Allied parachute troops repulse axis column in southern Tunisia
Washington reports Allied parachute troops repelled a mechanized axis column in southern Tunisia and captured prisoners. UN fighter planes struck a enemy troop train near Gabes, four axis planes were shot down. Bombers carried out night raids on Bizerte and Tunis. no American losses were reported. French patrols remain active as local engagements continue in Tunisia.
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Washington
Tunesia
War Department
United Nations
Gabes
Bizerte
Tunis
Tunisia
Ecuadorian President Arroyo del Rio Visits United States
President Arroyo del Rio of Ecuador, a staunch Pan American ally, arrives in Washington at the invitation of FDR. He praises U S ties, notes Ecuador’s loyalty and cooperation in defending the Panama Canal, and recalls breaking relations with the axis in January. A 21 gun salute greets him.
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Washington
Carlos Arroyo del Rio
Ecuador
Panama Canal
House
United States
Arroyo
Ms. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
America
Galapagos Islands
Santa Elena
Pacific
South America
Junkers Sought in Local Ja lopy Roundup for War Scrap
Legionnaires launch a drive to collect old cars for metal scrap. Each jalopy averages 2000 pounds of metal, enough for cannons or bombs. Goal is 25 junkers. payments range from 4 to 10 dollars per car, average about 7.50. Ernest Board leads. report to 840 New Hampshire or Fischer's shoe store. Commander Rowe notes steel needs rising from World War I to the current war.
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Legionnaires
Dorsey-Liberty Post
Ivan D. Rowe
Ernest Board
New Hampshire
Journal-World
Rowe
Fischer
Rent Registration Progress Notes in Lawrence
The Lawrence rent control office reports smooth progress as home and apartment registrations proceed. Special sites in Eudora and Baldwin operate this week with hotels, rooming houses, and trailer spaces due to start registering on December 1.
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Lawrence
Walter Carpenter
Associated
Eudora and
Baldwin
More Chicks in Kansas Hit Record Pace in 1942
Topeka November 24 Kansas commercial chick production rose 21 percent by end of October from a year earlier. H L Collins state statistician said Kansas produced 49 011 000 baby chicks placing the state eighth in the nation for the first 10 months of the year with production totaling 142 000 000 chicks in that period.
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Topeka
Kansas
H. L. Collins
Federal Agricultural Statistician
U Boats Menace Canada in St Lawrence Waters
Ottawa reports twenty ships sunk by U boats in the St Lawrence river and gulf this year. Navy Minister Angus MacDonald says the submarine menace highlights a grave North Atlantic situation despite Allied efforts.
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Canada
Ottawa
St. Lawrence River
Gulf
Navy
Angus MacDonald
North Atlantic
Arrest on Sedition Charge Near New Galilee
The justice department reports the arrest of Howard Victor Broenstrup and numerous aliases near New Galilee Pennsylvania, the final of 28 indicted July 3 on sedition charges to be taken into custody.
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Washington
Justice Department
Howard Victor Broenstrup
New Galilee
British Bombers Raid Japanese Airdrome at Meiktila
A British communique said bombers attacked the Meiktila airdrome in Burma near Mandalay last night and set large fires after bombing the runways.
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New Delhi
Meiktila
Burma
Mandalay
Senate panel backs aid bill for tire dealers
The banking committee approved legislation that Senator Ellender said would keep about 200000 independent tire dealers in business by making them official tire inspectors and granting them exclusive rights to sell and service tires and tubes.
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Washington
Senate, Banking Committee
Ellender
D-La
Stock Market Index Declines on Broad Movement
The average of 60 stocks fell to 39.5 from 39.7 as trading closed. Investors show caution amid mixed earnings signals and fluctuating demand across sectors.
Coast Guard to Enroll 4000 Women in Reserve Spars
The navy announced that the Coast Guard will enroll about 4,000 women in its reserve unit called the Spars. The decision follows ongoing moves to expand female service members in the armed forces.
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Coast Guard
Washington
Navy
Spars
Elliott Roosevelt Joins Doolittle Headquaters in Africa
Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, arrives at Major General James H. Doolittle's North Africa headquarters to command a technical observation unit with U S Air Forces. A Christmas gift subscription to the Journal World includes a mail gift card.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Doolittle
United States
Twelfth Air Force
Algeria
James H. Doolittle
United States Air Forces
North Africa
Journal-World
University staff return from Lincoln convention on physical fitness
University of Kansas and Nebraska staff attended a Lincoln Neb regional training institute on physical fitness under the U.S. Office of Education to prepare high school instructors nationwide. The group discussed instituting a December 12 Kansas conference and noted KU's advanced program including ROTC involvement and military-style conditioning.
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Department of Physical Education
Lincoln
Neb
United States Office of Education
Seventh Army’ Service Command
Omaha
U.S. Office of Education
University of Kansas
Densoning
F. C. Allen
Henry Shenk
R. BR. Strait
Ruth Hoover
Beverly Bliss
Joie Stapleton
Seventh Service Command
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Wyoming
North
South Dakota
K.U
Callen Tjader
United States Army
Charles Forsythe
U.S. Navy
Jackeson Sharman
Strong Hinman
Sus
Topeka
Ruth Grout
Aileen Lockhart
Physical Education
University of Nebraska
Niels P. Nielson
American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
E.U
Army
Navy
University
R.O.T.C
Office A Busy Place as War Board Handles Signups
Institutional coffee users must sign up by 5 tomorrow at the War Price and Rationing Board in the Community Building. The board reports steady registrations and is processing supplemental gasoline requests. Applicants will be notified of action on gas requests, no fuel oil coupons issued yet, and the oil allotment panel is determining amounts. The city panel convened this morning to pass on tire, automobile, bicycle, and rubber boot applications.
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War Price and Rationing Board
Thirty-One Men Leave For Army Draft Call
Thirty-one men left by special bus for Fort Leavenworth for induction into the army this morning, completing the Douglas county November selectees. They had breakfast at a local cafe at government expense. Three calls are set for December. December 7 white men, December 12 colored men, and December 14 white men.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Douglas County
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Frank T. Stockton
Marie Santee
Co. D. Stough
H. E. Eustace
Ralph Burgert
F. A. Russell
A. E. Woestemeyer
Harold Fisher
State Department
William M. Jeffers
U. S
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