Indian troops reach Angila as Libyan drive aims for Tobruk
A British Allied bulletin reports Indian troops capturing Angila near the Gialo oasis in Libya. The advance seeks El Agheila to sever Axis supply routes to Tobruk with plans to reach the Gulf of Sirte. Tank battles near Rezegh continue with heavy losses on both sides as air superiority shifts.
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London
Angila
Gialo Oasis
Libya
Gulf of Sirte
el Agheila
Tobruk
Rezegh
Mediterranean
New Zealand
Gambut
Europe
R.A.F
el Adem
Africa
Ein Berlin
Stock Market Index Reads 39.8 for A50 Average
The index of 50 stocks closed at 39.8, down from yesterday’s 40.0. Investors monitored early trading and slight declines across sectors as market sentiment remained cautious.
British Patrol in Night Foray Threatens Invasion Coast
London reports a British patrol conducted a night foray along the Normandy coast of occupied France with one casualty, while German and British statements exchange claims of repulsion and potential invasion intent. Berlin notes an English landing attempt involving about 40 or 50 men.
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London
Normandy
France
British
Ministry of Information
Toda
Information Ministry
Lo Faba
Berlin
CPI
Altho
Russians repel German counteroffensive near Rostov and advance toward Klin
Soviet dispatches report a major German push west of Rostov on Don repelled by 62 miles as Red Army counterattacks threaten Rostov and push toward Klin near Moscow. Nazi losses described as enormous with the 16th German tank division nearly smashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov
Caucasus
Don River
Fedor von Bock
Moscow
Moscow- Leningrad
Klin
Hitler
Sovietschnogorski
Leningrad
Supplies to Free French Go Through British Channel
Washington reports the United States has supplied Free French forces in North Africa for about three months under an informal British arrangement. Tanks trucks and ordnance are included with deliveries re transferred after reaching the Middle East. Red Cross also provides medical and sanitary supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
North Africa
Charles DeGaulle
Middle East
Lend-Lease
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
American Red Cross
Russians Claim Smaller Losses Than the Germans
Moscow reports from the Soviet information bureau state Russian losses since June 22 total 2,122,000 killed wounded and missing, compared with German losses put at six million. Russian materiel losses include 7,900 tanks 6,400 planes and 12,900 guns. Germans allegedly lost over 15,000 tanks 138,000 planes and 79,000 guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Purge in Spain’s Falange Ordered for Provinces
A purge of Spain’s Falange was announced today with each provincial leader required to establish a court of inquiry. For six months no new members may join except graduates of youth organizations, as officials review provincial memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Falange
Pee
KU Students Apology Letters Over Administration Incident
Letters from the Men's Student Council and the Women's Self Government Association convey regrets for personal insults toward Chancellor Deane W. Malott after a November 17 incident following Kansas State loss. The messages express hope for improved student administration relations and mutual understanding.
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University of Kansas
Kansas State
K. U
Gandsters
Deane W. Malott
University Senate
Lawrence
Kansas
Associated Men
University
Deaney Malott
Frank Strong Hall
Malott
Council of
Mary Ellen Roach
Aviation plants hit by AFL strike spreads to Curtiss-Wright
St Louis reports a general walkout by 8500 AFL machinists affecting air craft industry. McDonnell Aircraft complete shutdown and Curtiss-Wright production cutback hit by unauthorized strike. Curtiss-Wright employs about 6000 with over 100 million in orders. Local leaders frame action as internal battle, while international office questions authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Curtiss- Wright
A.F.L
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
Curtiss-Wright
Washington
International
Fair Thanksgiving Weather Outlook in Kansas
The forecast from Federal Meteorologist S. D Flora says fair weather will persist through Thanksgiving week with clear skies and near normal temperatures. A late Friday or Saturday shower chance could bring cooler air, but weekend melts continued under sunny skies. Readings near 52 to 58 degrees in the east with lows of 30 to 35 in the east and 30 to 32 in the west. no immediate wintry blasts expected for Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Sweeeleing
Flora
Kansas
Phillipsburg
Railroad Dispute Returns to Board in Emergency Action
President Roosevelt sent the rail wage dispute back to an emergency fact finding board with a December 1 report deadline. The move follows a threatened 1,250,000 worker strike and prior board recommendations for wage increases. Union leaders pressed for broader action while talks continued at the White House and Capitol.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Ramspeck
House Labor Committee
D.-Ga
Iday
Senate
Navy
Mead
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Whitney
George Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
A. Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
John J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
R. V. Fletcher
Association
Charles Fahy
Joseph Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
David J. Lewis
National Railway Mediation Board
Senator Mead
D-N.y
John R. Steelman
Federal Conciliation Service
New York
One Foot in Heaven Screening at KU Event
An early release of One Foot in Heaven will be shown at the Jayhawker theater as part of KU Christian Emphasis week. Manager Schwahn announced a four day opening from November 30 with KU programs December 2 3 and 4. Dr Norman Vincent Peale of New York City will be the special speaker and served as Warner Brothers technical advisor for the film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayhawker Theater
University of Kansas
Shanholtzer Resigns to Lead Great Bend Chamber
Shanholtzer resigns as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce after 13 years to take a similar post in Great Bend starting January 1. He has served as secretary in Olathe and worked with newspapers in Lawrence and Missouri and held state and district posts with chambers and highway and U S 54 groups.
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Shanholtzer
Great Bend
Pratt
Kan
G. C. Shanholtzer
Chamber of Commerce
Olathe
Lawrence
Missouri
State Chamber
Kansas U. S. 54 Association
Kansas Association of Secretaries of Chambers of Commerce
Defense Dollars to Make Big Christmas Shopping Season
Forecasters say a 2.4 billion national Christmas shopping spree is forming, up 11 percent from last year and over 5 percent above 1929 boom levels. Merchants at Chicago's Merchandise Mart report stock sufficient despite shortages and priorities, with no expected rise in costs or installment limits.
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Chicago
Percy Wilson
Merchandise Mart
Santa Claus
Mart
Thanksgiving meal costs rise but not dramatically
A survey shows poultry prices for Thanksgiving inching up this year. Turkey ranges 32 to 39 cents per pound fully dressed, ducks 26 to 34 cents, geese 23 to 34 cents, chickens 25 to 35 cents, capons about 37 cents, and oysters with stuffing up 10 cents a pint. Eggs up 12 to 15 cents a dozen, butter up five to seven cents per pound.
Lisbon Sealed by Violent Earthquake Shaking
Lisbon Portugal November 25 Lisbon was shaken by a strong earthquake described by Amorim Ferreira director of the city observatory as undoubtedly the most violent since the 1755 disaster. Damage was slight though the seismograph was broken and the epicenter could not be estimated.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Amorim Ferreira
Quake Registered Here At Xavier University
An earthquake described as one of the most violent in years shook Xavier University's seismograph at 1 13 p m EST and lasted over two hours. Seismologist Rev Victor C Stechschulte tentatively localizes the epicenter near the Azores. Father Joseph Lynch says Fordham University’s seismograph logged the largest quake since 1910 with shocks at 12 11 15 p m and 12 18 p m CST and estimates the quake about 2700 miles northeast of New York.
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Cincinnati
Xavier University
Victor C. Stechschulte
Azores
New York
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
Lynch
Bullitt Named Roosevelt Special Representative to Near East
President Roosevelt designated William C. Bullitt, former ambassador to Russia and France, as his special representative to the Near East. Bullitt will collect information on rapid developments in the eastern Mediterranean, assess needs, and report back to the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullitt
Near East
Washington
William C. Bullitt
Russia
France
Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Churchill warns MP on peace terms in House of Commons
Prime Minister Churchill cautioned Liberal Geoffrey L. Mander not to count chickens before they hatch as he refused to spell out terms to the enemy. Mander urged that any peace settlement include return of machinery removed from occupied countries and reconstruction of destroyed property.
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Churchill
London
House of Commons
Geoffrey L. Mander
Dunkerque Battle Ship Repaired Ready for Service
Paris radio reports the 26 500 ton Vichy battleship Dunkerque has been repaired after serious damage from a British bombardment of Oran Algeria in July 1940 and is ready for service again.
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London
Paris
Dunkerque
Oran
Algeria
Dr Wray Enders II resigns as city health officer
Dr Wray Enders II steps down effective January 1 citing other business. Councilman Ralph Pine reads resignation. Enders may stay if no satisfactory replacement appears. The city discusses water department bond retirements and fund balances, with planned bond sales to cover $38,343.43 in bonds and credits from Graybar Electric to finish airport upgrades. Claims of $13,525.18 approved as council adjourns until December 9.
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Wray Enders
Ralph Pine
Enders
Pine
James Mott
Army
Water Department
Department
Airport Committee
Airport Improvement Fund
Tennessee Street
J. . Constant
West Tenth Street
Fifth and
Michigan Street
Jack Jarrell Heads to New York News Desk
John W. Jack Jarrell, city editor of the State Journal for 14 months, will depart Thursday for New York to join a news agency's foreign desk. He has 10 years in journalism with prior posts in Kansas City, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Jarrell
New York
Topeka
John W
Jack) Jarrell
The
State Journal
Jarrell
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Shanghai
China
First Military Attack On South America Nazi Claim
Berlin reports the U S troop move to Dutch Guiana as the first military attack on South America. Dienst aus Deutschland says the action targets French colonial possessions and moves toward a Natal to Dakar bridgehead with Vichy watching closely for decisive moves.
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South America
U. S
Berlin
Dutch Guiana
United States
Dienst Aus Deutschland
French Guiana
Netherlands
Dienst
Natal
Brazil
Dakar
Vichy
Stop Look and Listen at Crossings This Thanksgiving
State Safety Engineer Claude McCamment urges motorists to stop look and listen at railroad crossings and stop signs to reduce holiday traffic deaths. He notes 452 motor vehicle deaths in ten months and 343 Kansas families affected by fatal crashes this year. Five rules include slow speed at crossings and careful pedestrian crossing.
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Topeka
Claude McCamment
McCamment
Kansas
Sale of T B Bonds Gets Under Way in the County
A county bond sale starts as part of the Christmas seal campaign by the Douglas County Tuberculosis association. Committee members include T J Sweeney Delbert Richardson John Brand A D Kolterman Fred Bunny Black and W B Dalton. Seals and bonds fund tuberculosis work with 75 percent locally 20 percent to the state and 5 percent to the national organization.
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T.B
Douglas County
Former Official Dies in Leavenworth at 82
Ernest Eberth, 82, a farmer and former county commissioner, died at his Basehor home. Born in Germany, he immigrated at 18 and is survived by four daughters and two sons.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Ernest Eberth
Basehof
Germany
Insured Savings Offer from Lawrence Building and Loan
An advertisement promotes safe profitable work for savings with insured protection up to $5,000 per person by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. The Lawrence Building and Loan Association lists contact at 800 Mass. St. Adyv with phone 55.
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Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
The
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Adyv
United Thanksgiving Service At Lutheran Church
A community united Thanksgiving service will be held Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Lutheran church under the Ministerial Alliance. Harry O’Kane of the University of Kansas will deliver the sermon on Faith in a Time of Perplexity. Local ministers will lead readings, prayers, and music.
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Lutheran Church
Ministerial Alliance
Harry O’kane
University of Kansas
M.C.A
Alfred J. Beil
H Brockman
Centenary Methodist Church
Theodore Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Thomas
The
Baptist Church
E. Thayer Gaston
Lois Worrel
John Schrader
Merchants Bureau
University
Haskell
Ratner Rallies to Fight Federalization of Unemployment Aid
Topeka November 25 Four governors and five Kansas lawmakers join Gov Payne Ratner in opposing full Washington control of unemployment compensation. Ratner urged nine midwestern governors to meet and map action as replies come from Oklahoma Iowa South Dakota North Dakota and from Senator Clyde M Rees and Representatives Frank Carlson Concordia U S Guyer Kansas City John M Houston Wichita and Ed H Rees Emporia.
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Topeka
Kansas
Payne Ratner
Ratner
Washington
Oklahoma
Iowa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Clyde M. Rees
Frank Carlason
Concordia
U. S. Guyer
Kansas City
John M. Houston
Wichita
Ed H. Rees
Emporia
Pickets March On Atchison Factory Closure
The Midwest Coat and Suit Co Atchison plant shut down due to lack of financial backing while striking workers remain on duty amid previous clashes. Pickets have protested since August as the International Garment Workers Union sought to organize. Santa Fe Railway declares 2.50 semi annual dividend on preferred stock payable February 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Midwest Coat and Suit Company
D. Adell
International Garments Workers Union
Santa Fe
New York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Weather Outlook For Midwest States This Week
Extended forecast for Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma shows fair conditions with above normal temperatures most days. Shower chances rise late Friday into Saturday with possible rainfall and cooling effects.
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Bulletin
Cairo
STAND
Associated Press
AFL
Wray Enders II
Graybar Electric Company
Graybar Company
U.S
P.T.A
City P.T.A. Council
Lawrence Business
P.T.A. Mothers
A. Bo Martin
Deal Six
Frank Stockton
Oliver Hobbs
Dorothy Jane Willcats
Roy Beyer
Round Corner
Bell's
T. B. Bonds
United Service AT Lutheran Church
Erst Iaasancates
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