Fighting 45th Division Strengthens Front in Italy
Allied HQ says the American 45th Division, part of Patton's Seventh Army in Sicily, now fights with the Fifth Army in Italy. They helped blunt German counterattacks along an essentially steady front as British Eighth Army holds the Sangro bridgehead amid heavy air and ground assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Sicily
Fifth Army
Italy
Salerno
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
North Africa
Eighth Army
Sangro
Adriatic
Air Force
Bologna
Florence
Rome
Genoa
Leghorn
Rimini
Ancona
Pescara
Sangro River
Casoli
Lanciano
Fossacesia
Dubrovnik
Yugoslavia
Coal Wage Talks Expand as Captive Mines Join Conference
Washington reports a historic wage talks session with soft coal operators and union leaders from all producing regions. John L. Lewis and Harry Moses led negotiations aided by Ickes. The seven producer groups back a $57.06 weekly wage but oppose pay for underground travel time. Southern producers demand national reach before signing. Close to 600 million tons represented. captive mines and Arkansas-Oklahoma producers participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Harry Moses
H. C. Frick Coal Company
U. S. Steel
Ickes
Interior Department
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
Ickes-Lewis
Progressive Miners of America
A.F.L
Russians Take Gomel and Surrounding White Russia
Soviet dispatches report the Red army captured Gomel and surrounding area securing the region east of the Dnieper and severing key German lines toward Brest Litovsk Minsk Vilna and Lithuania. The Moscow communique says the offensive reached the upper Dnieper and cut the Gomel Mogilev highway amid heavy fighting north of the Pripet marshes.
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London
Red Army
Gomel
Center
Ukraine
Toda
Follan
Dnieper
Poland
Brest Litovsk
Minsk
Vilna
Lithuania
Moscow
Odessa
Leningrad
Kiev
Nicolai Vatutin
Korosten
Zhitomir
Nova Belistsa
Lower Dnieper
Nikopol
Kremenchug
Zhoblin
Zhoblin- Kalinkovichi
Red Star
Gomel-Mogilev
White Russia
Pripet Marshes
Massacre of 54 in Bellona reported by Allied HQ
Allied headquarters, via a British observer, recount a German massacre of 54 men and boys in Bellona Naples province on October 7 in reprisal for the killing of a German soldier and the wounding of another after they tried to abduct a young Italian girl Maria Cafaro, 21, daughter of Gabriel Cafaro, a naturalized American citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Algiers
Bellona
Naples
Maria Cafaro
Gabriel Cafaro
Franklin St
Ruhland
United States
Cafaro
Italy
America
Fatally Injured on Tractor in Kansas Farm Accident
R. B. Lackey, 57, a farmer from Douglass Kansas, was fatally injured Thursday when he slipped on a tractor drawbar and fell onto a shaft on a neighbor’s farm. He died several hours later in a Winfield hospital.
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Douglass
Kan
R. B. Lackey
Winfield
Japanese Loss Up Advance Base in the Solomon Islands
In the northern Solomon Islands engagement near Rabaul, an American destroyer force sank four Japanese warships, with two destroyers and two heavy ships destroyed. A fifth vessel was crippled and later possibly sunk, while a sixth was hit but escaped. Our force reports no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl A. Spaatz
Air Command
James H. Doolittle
Strategic Air Force
Germany
Austria
Italy
France
Balkans
Tactical
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eet
Sangro
Solomon Islands
Solomons
Rabaul
Japan
New Britain
St. George Channel
Douglas MacArthur
William S’. Halsey, Jr
TB Seals Sale Supports Local Tuberculosis Work
Dr H L Chambers notes tuberculosis as a leading killer among ages 15 to 45 with postwar rises. He cites steady TB decline in recent generations due to health work. The Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association runs the monthly free clinic and conducts its annual sale of seals and bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Chambers
Douglas County
Lawrence
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Suspend Grain Duties to Relieve Feed Shortages
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 90 day suspension of duties on wheat oats barley rye cottonseed flax and hay imports to ease live stock and poultry feed shortages. Most imports likely would come from Canada. Rep Murray said the War Food Administration backed the measure. Rep Hope urged an agreement with Canada to avoid price hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Murray
R-Wis
War Food Administration
Canada
Rep
Hope
House Agriculture Committee
Local Draft Board Names Inductees for Fort Leavenworth
Five men from this area have been accepted for induction. Navy selections are Carl Everett Brune, Samuel Lewis Mowder, and George Attewell Holmes. Marine Corps picks are Brice Allen and Francis Dole Beers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Leavenworth
Navy
Carl Everett Brune
Samuel Lewis Mowder
George Attewell Holmes
Marine Corps
Brice Allen
Francis Dole Beers
Stock Market Index Movement In Brief
The index for 60 stocks stood at 47.7 and on Wednesday rose to 48.2. The brief notes a market uptick with small gain adjustments across the day.
Allied Drive Pummels Marshalls As Gilberts Hold
Allied forces raid the Marshall Islands with Liberators and carrier planes smashing Jaluit and Mili fields while Tarawa engineers rush airfield repairs. In the northern Solomons Bougainville beachhead expands to six miles as Japanese destroyers are sunk by American ships. MacArthur’s Australians close on Finschhafen as local counterattacks falter.
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Pan’s
Marshall Islands
Gilberts
Gilbert
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Jaluit
Marshalls
Tarawa
Seventh Airforce Liberators
Mili
Marshall Air Base
Washington
Makin
Abemama
Nimitz
Solomons
Bougainville
French Communists Break With De Gaulle Over National Committee Seats
In Algiers on November 26, French communist leader Andre Marty accused Gen. Charles De Gaulle of bad faith by insisting on two of his own picks, Fernand Grenier and Andre Mercier, for the national committee of liberation, blocking the party’s nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
de Gaullists
Charles de Gaulle
National Committee of Liberation
Andre Marty
de Gaulle
Fernand Grenier
Andre Mercier
Keeler
Adv
Mass Exodus From Berlin Spurs Civilian Flight
Bern dispatches report thousands of bombed-out Berliners fleeing the capital despite Nazi threats. Basel source says terror and destruction prevail and many remain trapped under debris. A traveler claims Gestapo arrested 3,000, with 2,009 women and children insane from shock. Utrecht, Netherlands, is being emptied for displaced Germans, says Vrij Nederland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Basel
la Suisse
Geneva
Berlin
Gestapo
London
Netherlands
Utrecht
Vrij Nederland
Chinese fight encircles Japanese near Changteh
Chinese troops report encirclement of a strong Japanese force near Changteh in northern Hunan. Chinese communique claims over 5 000 Japanese killed in the area as Chiang Kai-shek praises the feat. Japanese use poison gas as they press toward Changsha, but several units are said to have been annihilated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Changteh
Hunan
Changsa
Chiang Kai-shek
Changsha
Man Hurt After Being Struck by Car at Seventh and Massachusetts
Herman Stahel aged 65 was knocked down while crossing Seventh Street at Massachusetts and thrown against a car he had walked into. He was taken to Memorial hospital with a leg fracture below the knee and doctors described his condition as not serious. Police said the brown or gray Packard coupe without plates fled the scene. the driver’s identity remained unknown. Stahel works at a local restaurant and lives at 639 Vermont Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Stahel
Memorial Hospital
Seventh
Massachusetts
Stahel
Vermont Street
No Senators for 1944
Washington reports no current U.S. senator has signaled a run for the presidency in 1944. Governors hold many chances while former hopefuls like Taft and Vandenberg appear unlikely to enter the White House race this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
White House
Old College
Taft
Vandenberg
Walsh Succeeds Barbour as U S Senator from New Jersey
Gov Charles Edison appointed Arthur Walsh of South Orange executive vice president of Edison industries as United States senator to fill the late W Warren Barbour's seat. Walsh, 47, a Democrat, will serve until a successor is elected in November 1946 to complete Barbour's unexpired term ending January 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Charles Edison
Arthur Walsh
South Orange
Farflung
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
United States
W. Warren Barbour
Walsh
Barbour
Washington
Coal Arrives by Rail as City Sees Adequate Supply
Five carloads of coal reached Lawrence this week in addition to Osage county mine deliveries. A dealer reported many households have coal on hand but not enough for a long cold spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Lawrence
Osage County
Daytime Bombers Strike German Targets Across Northwest
American heavy bombers joined daylight raids into northwest Germany with targets possibly including Bremen. RAF bombers hit Frankfurt-am-Main and Offenbach as Marauders attacked Pas-de-Calais. Thirteen British planes failed to return. Berlin and other cities faced renewed air alerts amid ongoing Allied operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Bremen
Eighth Air Force
Britain
U.S. Air Force
Frankfurt
Offenbach
R.A.F. Mosanion
Benin
Berlin
Continent
Pass de-Calais
French Department
Channel
England
Kansas Weather Shifts To Freeze As Colder Air Moves In
The weather bureau reports colder air replacing rain and snow across Kansas with clearing skies. A hard freeze is forecast for the west and north with lows around 15 to 20 degrees, while Concordia notes 2.9 inches of rainfall and Goodland sees low temperatures as the cold fronts arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Concordia
Flora
Goodland
Germans Seek Way to Quit War Says Downey
Senator Downey reports influential Germans are seeking surrender methods to avoid total destruction of German cities. He cites unusually well informed sources and a possible Christmas timeframe for a collapse. Vatican mediation rumors from Swiss dispatch lack independent confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pius XII
Germany
Downey
Dcalif
Military Affairs Committee
Holy See
Eisenhower clears Patton in disciplinary review
Chairman Reynolds of the military committee released a report by General Eisenhower saying Patton was reprimanded for reprehensible conduct toward two enlisted men who were ill. Eisenhower noted Patton apologized and that the case was resolved with Patton remaining useful for future operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reynolds
D.-N.c
Senate
Devight
D. Eisenhower
George S. Patton
Patton
Eisenhower
Military Committee
Secretary of War
Stimson
War Department
Hisenhower
17 Year Old Youth With Three Wives in Four Months
Kansas City Kansas November 26 Thomas Robertson age 17 is charged with bigamy after marrying three women in four months without divorces. At a preliminary hearing one wife testified she still loved him another said she believed she did and a third said she was through. Robertson did not testify and was bound over for district court trial with bond set at 2500. The three women sat nearby as the cases unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Thomas Robertson
Robertson
John E Blake
Katherine Norris Robertson
Corpus Christi
Tex
Lucille Emily Miller Robertson
Mina Frances Pugh
Civilian Repair Shops Authorized Material Purchases
Washington November 26 Civilian repair shops may buy up to 20 tons of carbon and alloy steel 500 pounds of copper and brass products and 200 pounds of aluminum in certain forms each quarter under a civil requirements office order. Electricians planners blacksmiths radio upholstery and farm machinery repair shops qualify. The move aims to ease shortages in controlled materials including copper wire hindering electrical production and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Civilian
Thanksgiving Leftovers Spark Family Battle With Turkey Toll
The piece recalls Thanksgiving meals as workers recall overindulgence with belts and girdles. Elderly diners resisted seconds while guests faced fuller plates and desserts. Digestive aid and bicarbonate soda aided many, and leftovers linger into next week as youth cleared platters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mem
Wounded in Action Listed for Wesley V. Miller
The war department reports Wesley V. Miller wounded in action in the Mediterranean area. His wife Betty L. Miller is listed with a home address in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley V. Miller
War Department
Mediterranean
Betty L. Miller
Lawrence
Weather Outlook Sees Cold Freeze Across Kansas Tonight
Fair conditions dominate eastern and southern Kansas with a hard freeze expected statewide tonight. Saturday will be fair and cold, though extreme western areas may experience slightly warmer afternoon temperatures.
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Kansas
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