Yanks Make Slow Gains Toward Cologne Front
U S Ninth Army presses near Julich and Bourheim along the Roer river line as units push toward Cologne. In Alsace Vosges fighting, Third Army advances north of Belfort while French and American forces widen the corridor near Strasbourg and Colmar amid heavy German resistance.
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London
U. S. Ninth Army
Julich
Roer River
Cologne
First Army
Hurtgen Forest
Putziahn
Fschweiler
Weisweiler
Saya
Ninth Army
Bourheim
Piszies
Roer
U. S
Strasbourg
Saverne Gap
Colmar
Supreme Headquarters
Sasses
Vosges
Ballon D
Alsace
Belfort
Berlin
Mulhouse
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Imtiah
8 Plain
Vevery Creek
Second Army
Hoven
Beeck
Geilenkirchen
Wurm
Geilenkirch
Gereensweiler
Polish Peasant Party Refuses Coalition Cabinet
Jan Kwapinski named premier of the Polish government in exile faces doubt he can form a strong regime to withstand the Moscow backed national liberation committee. Mikolajczyk resigns, and the Peasant Party splits on joining a coalition cabinet. Kwapinski seeks support from socialist, Christian democratic and national democratic factions as Churchill and Roosevelt had hoped Mikolajczyk would stabilize the Polish dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Jan Kwapi
National Liberation Committee
Kwapinski
Stanislaws
Mikolajczyk
Erg
Poland
Peasant Party
M. Vey
Apinski
Christian Democratic
National Democratic
Mikolajevyk
Ikolajczyk
London
Moscow
Ski
Mikolajcsyk
London Daily Herald
Russia
Mikolaj
Protest Parade Raises War Policy Defiance in Canada
Ottawa reports a major protest as about 1,000 Vernon area soldiers marched through the town shouting down with conscription after Prime Minister King staked his government on partial overseas service. In Quebec Premier Duplessis urged unity while several Liberal Quebec MPs defected from the government. In Washington, a Senate probe into cigarette shortages began with two non-smoking senators leading the inquiry, noting reduced shipments and looming shortfalls for troops overseas.
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Ottawa
Canadian Home Defense
British Columbia
W. L. MacKenzie King
Vernon
Quebec
Maurice Duplessis
King
House of Commons
C. G. Power
Maurice Bourget
Levis
Washington
UPI
Senate
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Mead
Little Rock
Atlanta
Big Jump in Sales in Sixth War Loan Drive
Douglas county reports 248 271 50 in bond sales yesterday raising the county total to 417 831 toward a 1 750 000 quota. All divisions push briskly with the Retail Division’s Third Bond Army promoting workers from private to higher ranks including Mildred Haverkamp as major and Lydia Schaake as sergeant in today’s announced promotions.
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Douglas County
Wilmer Beougher
Mildred Haverkamp
Margaret Penny
Lydia Schaake
Vain Bales
Germans Still Hold on West Bank of Rhine Bridge
New York dispatch reports that German forces maintain a west bank bridgehead on the Rhine near Strasbourg. Mutual radio correspondent Seymour Korman, broadcasting from Strasbourg, states earlier claims of French crossings on the stone bridge were erroneous as tanks were knocked out. French efforts to secure a foothold on the east bank at Kehl opposite Strasbourg are described as ongoing battles.
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Aachen
Berlin
Strasbourg
Rhine
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Paris
Vosges
Colmar
New York
Seymour Korman
Mutual Radio
Great Stone Bridge
Korman
Khel
Eisenhower vows U S forces will buy Sixth War Loan bonds
In a Nov 14 letter made public by the Treasury today General Eisenhower said Allied forces in Europe would buy bonds in the Sixth War Loan despite heavy fighting. Treasury officials noted the letter was unsolicited and headquarters announced individual sales totaling $563 million against a $5 million personal quota.
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Washington
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Treasury
Jerouay'b
Morgenthouse
Eisenhower
Ainsta
Gun Found in Pawn Shop Is Probable Murder Weapon
Topeka reports firing tests on a .45 automatic found at a Salina pawn shop indicate it was the weapon used in the double murder at McPherson involving Dr. M. E. Lambert and Gen. Charles Nipper. Tests in Washington await more conclusive results.
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Topeka
Lou P. Richter
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Salina
Kan
McPherson
M. E. Lambert
Charles Nipper
Mikes
Washington
Market Index Shows Moderate Downturn in Brief Report
Stock market today edges lower as index averages tick down with many shares slipping slightly. Traders cite cautious sentiment amid mixed earnings and global market chatter while notable gainers and losers reflect sector rotation.
Dining Car Thefts Across Railroads Reported by FBI
The FBI announced arrests of more than 100 union forkists involved in thefts from dining cars on Challenger trains between Omaha and Los Angeles. Recruits for the operation were allegedly withheld meals receipts, and crews including waiters and assistants were implicated. Vegas and Omaha cases led the sweep as trains reached other points.
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Associated Praes
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Binetha Railroad
Vegas
Nev
Omaha
Neb
FBE
Los Angeles
City sets emergency council to cut Sunflower turnover
A Sunflower Ordnance Works effort to curb turnover and absenteeism forms a Citizens Emergency Manpower Council led by Dean Frank T. Stockton from the University of Kansas School of Business. The group aims to boost production by recruiting workers, with similar councils planned in sixteen SOW towns. Lawrence is urged to set an example amid labor shortages and idle production, as farm workers shift to non farm jobs. The meeting named vice chairs, a secretary, five committees, and included many local leaders and workers including Hilda Holmes, Riley Burcham, and M S Winter.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Frank T. Stockton
School of Business
University
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Hercules
Albert Decker
U.S.E.S
Donald Hyde
Ha Chase
Kenneth Mahen
Decker
M. S. Winter County
Deal Six
Dean Stockton
Riley Burcham
Hilda Holmes
Sunflower
Julius
Holmes
Eisenhower
A. I. Decker
Riley Barcham
Clifford Dean
Stanley Schwahn
M. S. Winter
Tvan Rowe
E. F. Abels
Hazel Anderson
Solon Ayers
Eva Bourne
H. C. Brockman
Jack Bowen
George Docking
Electa Kindleserger
Charles H. Krone
F. P. O’brien
Clayton Hackman
Edna Hill
Wade Pierce
Dolph Simons
Federal funds allocated for maternal infant care program
Kansas physicians and hospitals have received 426,993 dollars in federal funds through the state board of health for medical care of wives and infants of service men under the emergency maternal and infant care program. Dr. F. C. Beerman, board secretary, reported today.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansaal
State Board of Health
F. C. Beerman
First Superfortress raid on Tokyo reports mixed results
General Hansell confirms the first B-29 raid on Tokyo faced clear weather then cloud cover. Fires burned in the city while two B-29s were lost two planes remained. Jap fighter reachers claimed several downed enemy planes. Some crews survived as life rafts were sighted and a destroyer hunted.
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U.8
Bomber Command
Saipan
Navy
Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Atetee Ae Gee Harwood Hansell, Jr
Hansell
Hansell Te
Tokro
Tony
Pony
Hanseli
Guam
British patrols reach Faenza suburb amid Italian front push
Allied forces report armored patrols advancing from the Cosina river bridgehead toward Faenza. One british force blocks Highway 9 at Corleto while another thrust moves northwest toward Borgo Durbecco. German withdrawal observed four miles southeast of the Bologna Rimini highway town.
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Rome
Faenza
Cosima River
Bologna-Rimini
Cosina River
Corleto
Borgo Durbecco
Italy
Attorney General denies bank charter for Neodesha
Topeka Nov 25 AP Attorney General A B Mitchell said a Kansas charter had been sent for Neodesha state bank. Mitchell said the state charter board, of which he is a member, could not rule favorably unless the state banking commissioner found a need for additional banking facilities. The commissioner found no such need at Neodesha.
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Topeka
A.B. Mitchell
Kansas
Neodesha
Mitchell
State Charter Board
U S Congress Debates Postwar Economic Aid and Lend Lease
In Congress today debate focused on postwar economic aid and continuing lend lease. Senators urged revising or repealing the 1944 Johnson law and pressed for separate measures to help allies restore trade facilities after fighting ends.
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Congress
Hoonevelt
Coly
Senate Foreign Relationsmittec
Johnson R ‘Wil
Etime
Connally
Europe Talk by Dr Lena M Philips at Trinity Church
The Lawrence Business and Professional Women's Club hosts Dr Lena Madesin Philips of New York at 8 p m Monday at Trinity Lutheran church. She speaks on Europe Threshold of a New Tour under the Office of War Information starting in Oct 1948.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Lena Madesin Philips
New York
Europe
Office of War Information
Great Britain
British Federation of Business and Professional
Helena Victoria
Mary Louise
Woman Power Committee
Sweden
Prince Charles
Swedish
Red Cross
Per Albin Hanson
Tabor Party
Mme. Koliontai
Rssian
Phillips
National Federation of Business and Professional Womden
International Federation
Geneva
Switzerland
Ponihon
Lawrence and
Vicinity
Lawrence
Chilly weekend forecast covers Kansas with snow and wind
Weather expert D Flora predicted a cold weekend across Kansas with widespread snow. Snow depth remains uncertain though daylight highs reach 45 to 50 in the east and 38 to 40 in the west, with lows in the 25 to 30s east and 20 to 25 west tonight.
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Topeka
Wetherman
Flora
Kansas
Goodland
Coffeyville
Wamega
Randolph
Wakefield
Concordia
Phillineburg
Dodge City
Wichita
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Phillipsburg
MTWTF
Ducky Season Woes Overcast by Cold Weather and Slow Migrations
Duck hunters face a grim season with 140,000,000 ducks waiting to open on October 20. Five weeks in, harvests are meager as flocks head south, blue bills and mallards scarce, and even expert calls fail to lure birds. North Dakota and Canada remain cold, delaying nesting and pushing ducks toward the south with uncertain returns.
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Washington
Redhot
Mama An Pa
Tha Kaw
Lawrence
North Dakota
Kaw
Conrad McGrew
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Polish Peasant’ Party
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