Bombs on Berlin and Stuttgart Reach New The Third Great Blow
RAF heavy armadas struck Berlin in a third great blow with heavy bombs and incendiaries. Simultaneous raids hit Stuttgart, major center for aircraft and engine production. Losses included bomber crews and defending aircraft, with Berlin severely damaged and fires burning from prior raids. Elmer Davis urged allied harmony during the transition to peace. Delbert Simpson, 18, of Joplin, fell from a Kaw River bridge due to a crutch slip and was hospitalized for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
RAF
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Stuttgart
Air Ministry
Frankfurt-am-Main
North Sea
Bremen
United States Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
France
R.A.F
Duesseldorf
Gharato Ts
Hamburg
Sweden
Reich
Germany
Italy
Fortrexées
Friedricchshafen
England
Schweinfurt
Delbert Simpson
Joplin
Kaw River
Memorial Hospital
British 8th Army Advances Across Swollen Sangro River
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports British Eighth Army forming a larger bridgehead over the Sangro as floods rise the river wider. American Fifth Army repulsed two German thrusts west of Venafro. heavy air strikes hit rail yards and bridges from Rimini to Grosseto as Allied air and ground forces press the line toward Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Eighth Army
Sangro
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Armyi
Venafro
Recco
Genoa
Rimini
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Mignano
Fifth Army
Mount Camino
Via Casilina
Rome
Reece
Falay Fano
Sessano
Seneiz
Formosa raid hammers Shinchiku airbase in big air war
Mitchell bombers and long range fighters of the 14th U S Air Force strike Shinchiku on Formosa in a Thanksgiving day raid destroying 14 Japanese bombers on the ground and downing six in the air. Two German transports and a Stuka also fallen. All Allied planes returned safely.
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U. S._ Airforce
China
Itewl
Formosa Island
Shinchiku
Big Island
Philippines
Japan
Asia
Pacific
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Chungking
Sao Tang Pao
14Th Airforce
Turkey
Formosa
Audit proves state procedures followed in Franklin welfare audit
Topeka officials heard Crockett of Crockett and Company confirm proper state procedure was followed in auditing Franklin County welfare funds, which were found short by forty thousand. County officials said the shortage partly stemmed from loose stamp fund handling and a former welfare fiscal officer faced six embezzlement counts. investigators would announce findings in a few days. A Turkish motorboat sunk near Izmir in a separate report with crew saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
UPJ
D. M. Crockett
Crockett and Company
Kansas City
Kan
Municipal Accounting Board
Franklin County
Crockett
D. Whitehurst
John Quinn
Charles B. Riege
Quin
Fred Harris
Ottawa
Board of County Commissioners
W. G. Hamilton
Accounting Board
Istanbul
Turkey
Gpi
Aksham
Izmir Today
Thsani Huda
Izmir
Dodecenese Islands
Crisp unseasonal cold holds through Kansas night
Topeka reports clear, crisp weather with temperatures near normal or below. Phillipsburg saw a frost as low as 20 degrees, with a 44 degree high yesterday. North readings may dip to 22 to 24 tonight. tomorrow expected 50 to 55 as warmer air returns. Istanbul blackout prep noted by German controlled Vichy radio via CBS copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Phillipsburg
Stock Market Index Report and Odd Note
The stock index shows 47.6 in the Prabhgh measure. A note mentions yesterday as the date and refers to Wanted-Board and Moore in a brief, unclear context.
Allied gains in Pacific theater and Bougainville advance
American and Allied forces report heavy casualties at Tarawa but seize a strategic Tarawa base and push landings on Bougainville. Chinese forces encircle 100000 Japanese in Hunan while air operations target Formosa and Solomons. U S fleet expands to 817 ships with over 40 aircraft carriers. Mountain-protected Sattelberg falls as Australian forces drive into New Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gilberts
New Guinea
Washington
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Bougainville
Solomons
China
Formosa
Bur
Thailand
Evans F. Carlson
Tarawa
U. S. Marine Corps
Knox
Arawa
Richard W. Johnston
Coral Islands
Marshalls
Truk
Japan
U. S
Sattelberg
New Britain
Huon Gulf
Separes New Guinea
Piva
Empress Augusta Bay
Bonis
Kahili
Kara
Balale
Hunan
Changteh
Chungking
U. S. Air Force
Shingchiku
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
New Delhi
Christmas mailing urged by Postal Department in November
About three fourts of Lawrence and Douglas county residents received notices from mail carriers urging Christmas gifts and cards be mailed in November due to wartime transportation burdens. Notices from Topeka advised timely mailing to ensure delivery by Christmas.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
United States
Roger Williams
Topeka
Lapel Buttons for Soldiers Soon
Omaha November 27 approximate ly 105 000 of the new lapel buttons to be given by the war department to soldiers honorably discharged or transferred to reserve or inactive status since September 9 1939 will be ready for distribution on or after December 6 in the seventh service command area. Applications may be made in person or in writing to the commanding officer of each post or station selected as a distribution point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Omaha
War Department
Seventh Service Command
Shere
Kansas
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Camp Phillips
Winter General Hospital
Topeka
Concordia
Kansas City
Army Air Fields
Coffeyville
Dodge City
Garden City
Great Bend
Herington
Independence
Liberal
Pratt
Smoky Hill
India asks UNRRA for famine aid amid India League stance
In Atlantic City a Indian nationalist signaled India expects UNRRA relief while Sin War Food Administrator Llewellyn argued famine relief falls outside UNRRA duties. J J Singh of the India League of America pressed for aid even as officials noted UNRRA limits. Llewellyn warned shipments would come under broader scope. Grain ships were already en route and the January harvest was expected to be good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
India
UNRRA
N J. Liewellin
Altho
J. J. Singh
India League of America
India League
T. F. Liang
Llewellin
Dean Acheson
Singh
United Nations
Burma
Middle East
Liewellin
Army tool sale probe prompts officer resignations
The War Department announced an inquiry into army owned tools sold in Detroit to private buyers. One officer resigned, others face reclassification or severe admonitions as changes in handling obsolete surplus material are applied. No machine tools involved. perishable cutting tools valued about 1.75 million dollars original cost, 182 thousand appraised. Over 90 percent returned, rest paid at new price. Names of officers withheld. Governor Schoeppel to Des Moines luncheon plan noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
War Department
Detroit
Army
AAF
Army Air Forces
Takers of stamps listed at Wichita
A 1943 44 list of federal liquor and coin operated gambling device stamps was made public from the Internal Revenue records in Wichita. The Ottawa Herald printed the list showing names and addresses in Douglas, Miami, Osage and nearby counties with many Lawrence establishments and residents named for stamp holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Office
Wichita
Ottawa Herald
Missouri
Douglas
Douglas County
Jerry Bessett
Lawrence
Arthur Belt
Hattia Newcomb
Fay Gilliland
Rhode Island
Florence Peterson
North Seventh
Franklin County
Coffey County
E. Anderson County
Miami County
Charles C. Fleming
Osawatomie
Osage County
Army and Navy Battle to Scoreless First Half
West Point, N Y Nov 27 A pair of slashing lines dominated the first half of the Army Navy football game with a 0 to 0 score at intermission. Bob Jenkins the former Orange Bowl hero now a plebe at the Naval Academy sparked several punt returns but neither side could mount a persistent offense Army twice moved to midfield once on a Davis to Rafalko pass but Navy forwards halted the Cadet drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
Army
Naval
Landon to Go East on Swing Through Washington
Former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican nominee M landon plans a two week tour through Washington and eastern cities. He will address newly elected Republican members of Congress and attend congressional luncheons. He is slated to speak December 13 in Milwaukee at a meeting sponsored by the Milwaukee county Republican committee. In Copenhagen a Danish news agency reports five German officers and 40 soldiers killed in gunfire between troops and SS guards at the city artillery barracks after they refused to proceed to the Russian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Star
Berezina
Napoleon
Gomel
Constantin Rokossovsky
White Russia
Dnieper
Zhlobin
Red Air
Zhiobin
Nizhnia
Olba
Zhlobin-Kalinkovichi
Rokossovsky
Pinsk
Brest-Litovsk
Polesie
Sozh
Topeka
Paf M. Landon
Kansas
Washington
Congress
Congression G
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Republican Committee
Copenhagen
Stockholm
December tire quotas set by OPA for civilians
Washington announces December quotas for tires. Passenger car and motorcycle tires total 581 379 for December, up from 553 688 in November but still below October. Truck and bus tire quotas edge up to 290 519, with farm tractor tires established separately and cuts in truck and bus tubes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Driver Is Traced in Pickup Crash Case at Vermont Street
George Pickens 42, owner of Pickens Machine at 623 Vermont Street, was arrested at his business at 11 this morning on a charge of leaving the scene after a car struck Herman Stahel 65 at Seventh and Massachusetts last Thursday evening. Stahel, with a fractured sex, remained in Memorial hospital in good condition. Police traced a brown Packard convertible matching reports, noting the car bore a 1943 license plate but lacked 1942 plates. Pickens admitted driving the car but said little about the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Pickens
Pickens
Vermont Street
Herman Stahel
Seventh
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Street
Nolice
Stahel
Memorial Hospital
Accusations Fly Over Purge of Vichyites in North Africa
In Algiers elements of the French committee of national liberation blame the United States and Britain for hamstringing purges of Vichyites. American officials deny any intervention. Communist spokesmen claim Western influence shields suspected Vichyites while fears of recognizing Petain linger.
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Algiers
French Committee of National Liberation
United States
Britain
Edwin C. Wilson
Mediterranean Commission
Robert D. Murphy
U. S
North Africa
U.S
Consultative Assembly
Marshal Petain
McNary Operated On For Brain Tumor
Senator McNary of Oregon underwent brain tumor surgery on November 16 at the naval hospital. Captain John Harper announced the operation and said the minority leader is recovering uneventfully and will leave the hospital next week. The report notes his condition is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McNary
Senate
John Harper
Naval Hospital
Harper
Oklahoma City
Pioneer Flory Family Records Highlight Vast Descendants
Descendants of Abraham Flory, who settled in Douglas County Kansas in 1864, total 27 young men in service, with living descendants now in 13 states. The family counts 15, 16, and 30 plus generations, totaling 40 grandchildren, 164 great grandchildren, 302 great great grandchildren, and 60 great great great grandchildren. The Buckhorn pocket knife Abraham owned for thirty years passes through generations in the Douglas County line.
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Abraham Flory
Douglas County
Settliig
Whitley County
Indiana
Kansas
Pleasant Grove
Idaho
Washington
Osage
California
Franklin County
Florys
States
Oregon
Wyoming
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ilinois
Ohio
Michigan
New Jersey
Abrahams
Samuel
Dan
Two-Truck Collision Kills Man in Kansas City
Kansas City Kan November 27. PL Allen I Monair 34 died fire burned after a gasoline truck rammed a parked vehicle on U S 40. J A Sunderland 30 injured critically, had compound fracture and internal injuries. Monair survived by wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Allen I. Monair
J. A. Sunderland
U. S. 40
Monair
Sunderland
Kangas City
Move for No Confidence Over Mosley Release
Sir Richard Acland, head of the Commonwealth Party, will move a no confidence motion in the House of Commons. He accuses the government of steps toward gentlemanly fascism after the release of Sir Oswald Mosley. Mosley is reported to be staying in Oxfordshire at the home of Mrs Derek Ainslie Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Richard Acland
Commonwealth Party
House of Commons
Oswald Mosley
Richard
Swansea
M Mosley
Oxfordshire
Mosley
Derek Ainslie Jackson
Royal Air Force
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8Th Army
Swollen Sangro
Shinchiku Field
New York
Vichy Radio
CBS
Board & Moore “ Gat
Gilbert
Postal Department
RRA
Schoeppel
Des Moines
Andrew Schoeppel
East
George Ditmars
Six Corners Tavern
Clarence Wilson
James C. Taylor
the Cottage
H. Weyermuller
Weyermuller
Pend Hall
John Stavros
Golden Gate Chocolate Shop
Garland Allen Rhodes
Dusty Rhodes
Zaral Miller
Helen McDonald
Charles C. Long
Frank W. McDonald
Howell
Eighth Street
East Eighth
Harry Ingalls
Vermont
William W. Greene
Greenwood
L. W. Greene
Greene
John H. Emick
Tennessee
Carl Clifton
Jayhawk Cate
Nellie
Calhoun
Elmer E. Butts
North Second
Ray G. Barnes
A. A. Shreck
White Spot
Eudora
C. A. Tolle
Brick’s
Thompson
W.R
Taylor
J. C
Ray G. Bergen
Louisiana
Ralph E. Bright
Masssachusetts
John Emick
Willie
Johnny Es
The
East Ninth
Harold W. Emick
Ray's
Eagles Lodge
S. Tobler
Lester D. Fisher
Hydera
B. P
Elks
C. A. Thomas
Main
J. W. Burgess
Main St
Oxawatomie
Sixth and Walnut
H. EB. Tederer
Lederer Drug Store
Elks Lodge
West Second
Anderson County
Navy
Landon
Petain
Pierre Laval
Abraham Ory
West
Acland
SMTWT
Fort Say
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