Hull Brands War Charge Infamous
Cordell Hull denounces an army board inference that his note to Japanese peace envoys touched off the Pacific war as an infamous charge. He testifies before a Senate House committee, arguing Japan sought broader control and that strong military power might have deterred aggressions. He cites meetings on November 7 25 and 28, and notes envoys Kurusu and Nomura aimed to shift U S policies.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Army
Senate-House
Pearl Harbor
Army Board
Pacific
Hull
Pearl’ Harbor
Lucas
Ill
Joseph C. Grew
United States
Great Britain
Hitler
China
War and
Navy Departments
Piercuag
Orge
D.-Ga
Japan
War Council
White House
E .Copper
D.-Tenn
Saburo Kurusu
Kichigaburo Nomura
Hawaii
India
Goqn
Hurley Resigns Attacking Policy Ties With China
General Patrick J. Hurley resigns and accuses diplomats and state department officials of blocking U.S. war aims in Asia. He says policy favors imperialism and communism, harming democracy and the Atlantic Charter. He cites two goals in China: preserving Chiang Kai-shek's government and harmonizing U.S. and Chinese armed forces.
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China
Asia
Paa Wlc
United States
Far East
Jam
Satilley
Free Enterpr
Hurley
State Department
U. S
Harley
Kiley
Truman J
White House
State
Washington
U. S. Foreign Service
United Nations
Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
Prohibition Cracks Down as Leavenworth Officials Move
County Attorney Jesse A. Hall declares violations of Kansas prohibitory laws a disgrace to the state and seeks temporary injunctions on 77 listed liquor-stamp sites in Leavenworth County. He plans to request warrants and press actions after raids seized 66 cases of whiskey.
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Leavenworth
Jesse A. Hall
Kansas
A. B.mitchell
A. S
Randolph Carpenter
Carl M. Kirmayer
J. M. Wend
Hall
Wendorff
Andrew Currie
Mike Farrell
Currie
Farrell
Venworth County
Canning Sugar Coupons Expire November 30
Washington dispatch reports UP-OPA reminder that five pound home canning sugar coupons expire after November 30. Issued coupons varied by region but expire regardless of current sugar stamp 38 in ration book four for December 31.
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Washington
OPA
County Finishes Bridge Task Over Small Stream
County engineer Larson reports his crew completed a 16 foot wooden bridge across a small stream on a road two miles north and east of the town limits. The project completes the crossing and improves local transportation access.
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Ounty
Larson
18 to Report for Physical Examinations Fort Leavenworth
The Douglas County selective service office received a call from state headquarters in Topeka to send 18 white men to Fort Leavenworth December 12 for pre induction physical examinations. The local office already had on file a call for five white men for induction on Monday December 8.
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Douglas County
Selective Service Office
Topeka
Fort Leavenworth
Armed Forces
Hearing on Surety Rate Discrimination Held
Testimony before Kansas Insurance Commissioner Charles F. Hobbs examined whether casualty, fidelity and surety rates discriminate. The 1945 legislature required state supervision of rates and a hearing precedes any rate structure decision. Hobbs will designate the new rates effective January 1, 1946.
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Topeka
Casualty, Fidelity and Surety Companies
Charles F. Hobbs
Kansas Insurance Commissioner
Hobbs
Stock Market Index Advances for 60 Stocks
The index for 60 stocks stands at 75.8, up from yesterday’s 74.5 as traders pushed major gains in afternoon trading. The measure reflects broader market strength amid renewed investor optimism and sector rotation.
German War Prep Secrets Tied to Versailles Violation
Nuernberg reports reveal German plans to violate the Versailles treaty by secretly building a navy and air force. Documents show early 1930s schemes to expand munitions, hide submarines, and prepare an arms industry, with Raeder and other leaders cited in memoranda.
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Nuernberg
Tribune
Hitler
Spain
Finland
Holland
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Erich Raeder
Sidney S. Alderman
Alderman
Ge Court
Raeder
England
Fuehrer
Saar
Rhineland
Europe
U. S
Pork barrel fight over river funds stalls House
Republican critics blasted a Democratic bid to restore 128.5 million dollars for river and harbor flood control to a 1.13 billion dollar appropriation bill. Rep. John Taber called the move worse than pork barrel as the House planned a broad discussion leaving a showdown unlikely before tomorrow or Thursday.
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Washington
John Taber
New York
House
Taber
One Man Dead At Sunflower Ordnance Works Explosion
Riley Johnson a 30 year old Kansas City man was killed and three other workers were injured when a blast wrecked the powder bay area of the Sunflower Ordnance Works. Capt Rotenberry said damage reached $15000 to a 30 by 100 foot frame building. An investigation was begun to determine the cause.
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Riley Johnson
Kansas City
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Enoch Pruitt
Michigan Street
J. L. Black
James Bryant
Johnson
Powder Bay
W. C. Rotenberry
Capt Rotenberry
Thirty Five Attend Chest Clinic at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Thirty five patients attended the chest clinic at Lawrence Memorial hospital this month. Dr. C F Taylor led the clinic with Mrs Ethel P Lynn R N in attendance and Mrs Harold Skinner Mrs Archie Welch as receptionists. Seventeen were re examination and eighteen new cases with two recommended for Hillcrest Sanatorium Topka. Chest clinics funded by Christmas seal sales with a 1945 goal of 3000 dollars.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
C. F. Taylor
T. B. Sanatorium
Norton
Ethel P. Lynn
R. N
Harold Skinner
Archie Welch
Gott
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Seba Eldridge
Hillcrest Sanatorium
Topka
Quigley to Serve as Head Waiter at Football Dinner
Ernie Quigley director of the athletic department will serve as head waiter at the KU football banquet in the Memorial Union at 6:30 p m tomorrow. Coaching staff and athletic department members will wait on sixty squad members and university officials. Governor Schoeppel will be guest speaker. The honorary captain will be announced. Pictures of the KU Kansas State game will follow the banquet.
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Ernie” Quigley
Memorial Union
Andrew F. ‘Schoeppel
Furniture Store Break-In Reported On Massachusetts Street
The Starling Furniture at 928 Massachusetts Street was entered last night by removing a glass pane from a rear door and $26 was stolen from the cash register. A wooden molding allowed access but the intruder found the door locked inside with a padlock, entered by crawling through the halo left by the glass removal, and nothing else was taken.
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Starling Furniture
Massachusetts Street
Funeral Home Offers Ambulance Service in City
Funk's Mortuary and Chapel promotes ambulance service with phone line 119 for transport of remains and emergency transfers, highlighting community funeral care options.
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Funk’s Mortuary
Phona 119
Council Moves On Building Program
The city council discussed postwar building plans including a room for the county historical society, advancing the city garage site work at Fifth and Mississippi, and evaluating police and fire quarters during construction. They approved purchasing items for the water department, consider selling an old generating set, and awaited delivery of a new aerial fire truck in June. An ordinance repealing the 1935 license tax on theaters passed after first readings.
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Ralph O. Burgert
City Property Committee
Louis Spencer
Topeka
Police
County Historical Society
Kentucky Street
Russell
Water Committee
Water Department
John Selig
American la France Company
City Hall
Officials Aim for County Quota in Victory Loan Drive
Doug las county Victory Loan sales rose by 23718.75 to 693116.75 led by 234806.25 in Series E bonds. Officials hope to exceed the county quota of 1436000 by December 8, with all sales through December 31 counting in the national drive.
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Douglas County
Massive troop ships sail to U S ports in two coasts
Twenty-one transports carrying over 38 000 American troops are due today to three east coast ports. At five west coast ports twenty two vessels with over 18 000 troops dock. Eleven vessels including the Queen Mary reach New York with over 30 000 troops. Newport News receives seven ships with over 7 000 troops and Boston three with about 1 100 troops.
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West
New York
Newport News
Boston
Goering Car Halts Downtown Traffic in Kansas City
Nov 27 report says a parked seven passenger Mercedes touring car once owned by Hermann Goering stopped traffic on a busy street. A crowd admired the vehicle while Goering’s captors paraded it, with no ticket issued as he faced war crimes trial in Nuremberg.
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Kansas City
Mercedes-Beng
Hermann ‘Goering
Germana
Nuremburg
Germany
Lawrence Prepares Holiday Street Decorations Since 1941
The Lawrence chamber plans a pre holiday display with evergreen cross streamers and large bells at intersections. Hough reports light bulb and material shortages but aims to complete the setup from Sixth to Eleventh streets by week’s end with M N Penny supervising and Floyd Rarner among organizers.
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Lawrence
Hough
Chamber of Commerce Committee
M. N. Penny
Floyd Rarner
Pleasant weather to persist across Kansas with dry spell
Topeka reports continued mild conditions with no rain in sight for Kansas today and tomorrow. Weatherman S D Flora notes only light sprinkles along the Missouri River and expects temperatures to hold around 50 to 55 during the day with cooler nights ranging from 20 to 32 degrees across eastern to western areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Flora
Wichita
Goodland
KU Committee Probes Homecoming Walkout Participants
A six member panel of three faculty and three students met at the Memorial Union at 12 30 pm to study measures for students who joined the November 19 Homecoming victory demonstration walkout. Dean Henry Werner said the session would set objectives and review facts with Chancellor Deane also present.
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K. U
Memorial Union
Henry Werner
F. J. Moreau
School of Law
John Blocker
Mary Morill
Kansan
Guy Ashcraft
Marvin Thompson
Werner
Deane
Car Fire at 1909 Kentucky Avenue Damages Chevrolet
Fire crews responded to 1909 Kentucky Avenue this afternoon at 2 o clock to extinguish a blaze under the hood of a 1936 Chevrolet belonging to Edward Foster. The fire damaged wiring and the hood before it was put out.
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Kentucky
Edward Foster
Swift and Company Plant Fire Damages $100,000 Worth Meats
A daytime blaze at the Swift and Company plant in Kansas City damaged mutton and beef valued around 100000. Firemen fought the flames for about three hours after it began shortly before noon.
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Swift
Kansas City
UPI
Swift and Company
Queen Mary Arrives with 11,360 Troops in New York
The British liner Queen Mary docked in New York with 11,360 cheering troops on board, completing her eighth transatlantic trip since V-E day. The brief notice notes the arrival and includes an unrelated Flower Shop ad.
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New York
Canning Factory Joins in Merger
Lawrence plant remains under Will Pendleton as manager with same farm contacts and policies. The merger unites Columbus Foods Corporation and Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. with Stokely Foods to operate all plants and farms. Expansion to meet demand will add facilities and continue Van Camp pork and beans.
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Lawrence
Columbus Foods Corporation
Stokely-Van Camp, Inc
Indianapolis
Fred A. Stare
Columbus Concern
William B. Stokely, Jr
Columbus
Horicon
Evansville
Wis
Shelbyville
Ind
Wisconsin
Will Pendleton
Stokely Foods, Inc
John B. Stokely
van Camp
W. A. Miskimen
Stokely “Finest
C. C. Culp
Fred.a. Stare
National Canner’s Association
W. B. Stokely, Jr
C. A. Nugent
Stokely- van Camp, Inc
Stokely-Van Camp
Crampton Canneries, Inc
Ohio
W. R. Roach Co
Michigan
Hoopeston Canning Company
Hoopeston, Ill
Gibson Canning Company
Gibson City
North Meridian Street
Weather district forecast shows scattered showers late period
The district expects little rain through Wednesday with scattered showers in parts of Missouri eastern Oklahoma and far eastern Kansas near the end of the period. Temperatures mainly near normal with some areas about five degrees above normal in central Nebraska and Kansas. Fair tonight and Wednesday in Kansas with warmer conditions in the west, low tonight near 30. Temperature readings include 48 at 5 pm and 33 at 5 am with other values around the lower 40s. Year ago today highs were 41 and lows 27.
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Missin
Oklahoma
Kaning
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
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