Allied Push in Tunisia Turns Axis to Blow Bridges
Allied forces press toward Tunis and Bizerte as Axis troops blow up bridges and railways to delay the advance. Tebourba, 15 miles west of Tunis, repelled a counterattack. Mejez El Bab is reported in fighting, with efforts to split Tunis and Bizerte ongoing.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
Loulon
France
U. S. War Department
Tebourba
Tunisian
War Department
First Army
Algiers
Paris
Tunig-Bizerte Ate
Mejez el Bab
Kansas Sets December Oil Production At 300700 Barrels Daily
Topeka reports December allowable oil production in Kansas is 300700 barrels daily same as November. Daily pipeline runs for the week ended November 23 averaged 301834 barrels, down from a record 311567 the prior week as oil coordinator Ickes recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
State Corporation Commission
Ickes
Allies Edge Toward Buna After Stiff Japanese Counterattacks
Allied forces led by American and Australian troops press forward toward Buna New Guinea, overcoming two Japanese counterattacks around a 40 square mile coastal pocket. Reinforcements and heavy naval losses mark the costly push as air support bombs and strafes the line, with jungle infantry neutralizing fortified positions one by one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Gona
Coffee Rationing Begins One Pound Per Five Weeks
Washington notes a new wartime coffee rationing plan taking effect Sunday. Beginning Monday November 29 every adult 15 and older can buy one pound of coffee between November 29 and January 3, 1943, using sugar stamp No 27. excess stock or multiple purchases may disrupt distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt-LaGuardia Save
North Carolina
South Carolina
Office of Price Administration
Lawrence
Eudora School Board Wins Federal Aid for 8265
U K Ray C Ogden received a telegram from E B Curry noting final approval in Washington D C of Eudora grade school funds totaling 8265. The grant helps cover costs after enrollment rose due to Sunflower Ordnance Works construction and four new teachers were hired. Without federal aid the district warned of possible school closure due to exhausted local funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray C. Ogden
Eudora
E. B. Curry
Washington, D. C
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Postpone C P A Supper Due to Gas Rationing War Conditions
The Douglas County C P A meeting and oyster supper scheduled for Thursday December 8 at Midland has been indefinitely postponed because of gasoline rationing and war conditions. Oysters could not be obtained for this annual countywide event.
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Douglas County
C.P.A
Midland
Lawrence prepares for regional blackout on December 14
Lt. Col. GC A Anderson approves Lawrence plans for a 20 minute blackout covering nine states and one quarter of the nation. Training has prepared 200 air raid wardens 15 auxiliary policemen 15 auxiliary firemen and a 56 person emergency medical corps to coordinate power plants homes and streets. Civilian Air Patrol will observe the blackout system’s effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
GC. A. Anderson
Seventh Area
Omaha
Anderson
W. C. Boardman
G. W. Bradshaw
United States
Civilian Air Patrol
Weather turns wintry across Kansas with rain and snow
Colder weather spread into Kansas with rain and snow likely to blanket much of the state by morning. Forecaster S D Flora predicted a hard freeze in western Kansas and subfreezing temperatures in eastern counties. The system began as rain and will turn to snow this afternoon or evening. Western Nebraska reported light snow as the front moved south, with Goodland at 26 degrees last night and yesterday’s high around 51 in Phillipsburg Ellis and Wichita.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eatherman S. D. Flora
Nebraska
Colorado
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Ellis
Wichita
First Wounded U S Soldiers Arrive at Walter Reed
The War Department reports 21 wounded Americans arrived at an east coast port and 94 reached Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland. Most men walked and were in good spirits. names of eight officers and 107 enlisted men were withheld. The initial Morocco and Algiers landings produced about 900 wounded.
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Washington
North Africa
Walter Reed Hospital
War Department
Silver Spring
Army
Morocco
Algiers
New Citizens Arrive in Lawrence Amid Housing Demand
New arrivals to Lawrence grow as the Housing Bureau reports 43 new applications for homes and apartments. Applicants come from New York, Tennessee, South Dakota, and California to take jobs as plumbers and electricians at the Sunflower Ordnance Works.
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Lawrence
Housing Bureau
WREN
U.S
New York
Tennessee
South Dakota
California
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Stock Market Index Report Clipped Summary
A fragmented note cites a stock market index with 60 stocks and mentions yesterday's data and a few figures. It references 39 and 8 in unclear context, lacking complete details or names.
Russians Narrow Axis-Held Ground Amid Stalingrad Push
Russian frontline dispatches report the Don pocket shrinking as Red forces recapture Kletskaya and push German troops toward the Don. Snow hampers fighting but Soviet troops claim gains northwest and southwest of Stalingrad and in the Tuapse region, with Axis casualties rising past 118,000.
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Moscow
Red Army
Don
Stalingrad
Kletskaya
Red Star
Beleaguere
Neuier~nocket
Stalinegrad
Hitler
Red
Volga
Leningrad
Tuanse
Black Sea
Tuapse
Nalchik
Mid-Caucasus
Karelian
Minsk
French sub escapes Toulon reaches Barcelona under pressure
A French submarine that escaped Toulon harbor reportedly arrived at Barcelona Spain. The Spanish authorities gave the commander 48 hours to depart or be interned and by the afternoon the decision remained undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Toulon
Barcelona
Spain
War production board halts Hammond plant expansion
The War Production Board ordered an immediate stop to all work on the $45,000,000 expansion of the Continental Ordnance plant at Hammond Indiana as part of its materials curtailment policy for construction projects.
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Washington
War Production Board
Continental Ordnance Plant
Hammond
Ind
Congress May Take A Holiday Soon
Washington reports that both chambers favor adjourning December 15 for a brief break before the new Congress convenes January 4. Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Leader Alben Barkley are expected to retain their posts as Democrats hold the majorities. The agenda includes wartime powers to suspend tariff and immigration rules.
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Washington
Congress
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Alben Barkley
D-Ky
Senate
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Ways and Means Committee
Navy Upsets Army 14-0 at Thompson Stadium in Annapolis
Navy footballers scored in the second and third quarters to upset a favored Army squad 14 to 0 before 11 700 fans. Freshmen Joe Sullivan and Ben Martin scored the Middies touchdowns as Studer and Hamberg combined with Crepeau for the extra points.
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Thompson
Annapolis
Navy
Army
Joe Sullivan
Ben Martin
Studer
Sullivan
Crepeau
Hume
Hank Mazur
Soldier
Hamberg
Martin
Vichy claims British landings on Reunion and Toulon fleet scuttled
A Vichy communique reports British troops, many South Africans, landed on Reunion Island as the Vichy governor readies resistance. Another dispatch notes a German bomber killed a woman on England’s south coast. The Toulon fleet reportedly scuttled to prevent capture as Laval’s ministers discussed the German occupation plan.
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London
Vichy
Reunion Island
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
England
Churchill to Speak Over The Radio Tomorrow Eve
Prime Minister Churchill will broadcast worldwide tomorrow on the eve of his 68th birthday at 3 p.m. central war time. He is expected to discuss allied North Africa actions, the defeat of the Nazi Africa corps, Russian gains, and the Toulon fleet scuttling, with all four major American networks carrying the program.
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London
Churchill
North
Africa
Nazi Africa Corps
Egypt
Libya
Toulon
Football finals show Villanova top Temple in late score
Football finals list Villanova 20 Temple 7 Fordham 6 North Carolina pre Blight 0. Oregon State 7 Michigan State Oklahoma A and M 38 Detroit 6. War bond ad urges savings from each paycheck to support the war effort and future purchases via The Lawrence Building and Loan Association.
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Villanova
Temple
Fordham
North Carolina
Navy Graduation At K U Naval Station Marks Turning Point
The second division of sailors to graduate from the U S Navy training station at K U is hailed as a turning point in the war. Lt. A H Buhl crowns the class with 1 honor man Gerald Willard Austin of Flint Michigan and notes ratings distribution among 12 machinist second class 18 firemen first class 90 firemen second class and the rest firemen third class. Fred Montgomery university director of navy training lauds the program as civilians watch 91 graduates including 9 men and 82 women.
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A. H. Buhl
K. U
Hoch Auditorium
Buhl
United States Navy
Gerald Willard Austin
Flint
Michigan
Flint Central High School
AC Spark Plug Company
Navy
Army
Laverenge
Fred Montgomery
Navy Training
U. S. Navy
Morgenthau Confident War Finance Drive Will Succeed
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. expressed confidence that the 9 billion dollar war financing drive starting Monday would succeed. He spoke with the tenth Federal Reserve district victory fund committee at Ft. Riley where Mrs. Morgenthau attended and praised the campaign as the most ambitious money-raising effort yet. All seven district states were represented at the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Si Nesa
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Tenth
Federal Reserve District Victory Fund Committee
Tenth District
Victory Fund Committee
H. G. Leedy
Morgenthau
Morgenthaus
Ft. Riley
Kan
Henry III
Cavalry Replacement Center
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
Missouri
New Mexico
British subs sink nine axis ships in Mediterranean action
London reports British submarines sunk nine axis supply vessels crossing from Italy to reinforce Germans and Italians in Tripoli, Tunisia, and surrounding areas. An Orione class destroyer was damaged. several sunken ships include a large passenger liner and two tankers, one laden with benzine. A medium tank landing carrier was torpedoed near North Africa and burned before sinking.
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London
Mediterranean
Italy
Tripolitania
Tunisia
Admiralty
Sicily
North Africa
Tripoli
Change at Sunflower: Lt Gibson transferred to Aberdeen Proving Grounds
First Lt. E S Gibson of the ordnance department adjutant at the Sunflower Ordnance Works since May is transferred to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Gibson served as adjutant safety officer intelligence officer plant protection officer and signal corps officer during his stay at SOW, arriving from the Coosa River Ordnance plant with Maj. Charles H Pruden Jr, commanding officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Gibson
Ordnance Department
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Aberene Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Gibson
Sowuring
Coosa River
Charles H. Pruden, Jr
Woman Plunges to Death From Seventh Floor Window
Police identify the victim as 46 year old Mrs Lauren Webb of Wichita Kansas. She died instantly after plunging from a seventh floor department store window in downtown omaha on November 28.
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Omaha
Lauren Webb
Wichita
Kan
Maha
Ceiling prices set for silk hose nationwide
The office of price administration announced nationwide ceilings on silk hose effective December 3. Prices for consumers vary by quality from 35 to 80 cents for thirds up to 1.65 for finest full fashioned stockings, with other ranges for irregulars seconds and first quality three and four thread 42 to 48 gauge hose.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
CPA
Tardy Sign Up For Gasoline Rationing Ends Soon
The community building hosted final gasoline registration for passenger cars with help from the Parent-Teachers association and rationing board. C B Holmes supervised the late signup as offices issued supplemental coupons and processed fuel oil applications. Sunflower Ordnance Works volunteers aided, 137 trailer fuel applications completed yesterday, with many more started.
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Parent-Teachers Association
C. B. Holmes
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Laighton
Melvin
Fuel Oil Panel
Munda area razed as U S Navy reports Pacific air campaign
The Navy states American aircraft destroyed all structures in the Munda area on New Georgia in a raid on November 23 and 24. On Guadalcanal, ground patrols killed 50 Japanese and seized machine guns near Point Cruz, and US bombers hit Kahili airfield on Bougainville, with no enemy opposition noted. A separate report says two Japanese bombers dropped near Lunga mouth but caused no damage.
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Washington
Navy
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Point Cruz
Lunga River
Workers fall short of Minute Man flag at Sunflower Works
Construction workers at the Sunflower Ordnance Works show 76 percent bond participation, below the 90 percent target to earn the Treasury Department's Minute Man flag. Army units and operating company report over 90 percent, with the corps of engineers at 100 percent and Hercules and other firms near full participation.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Treasury Department
Army
Corps of Engineers
Ordnance Department
Hercules
Schriber Decorating Company
B & B Construction Company
Caldwell-Sewall-Foota Company
U.S. Transit Mix Concrete Company
Midwest Precote Company
Boston College Beaten at Fenway Park 55 12
Pi-Inspired He Cross ruined Boston College hopes for an unbeaten season by shellacking the Eagles 55 to 12 before a sellout crowd of 42 000 at Fenway Park. The defeat jeopardizes BCs chances for a post season bowl bid.
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Boston College
Boston
He Cross
Eagles
Fenway Park
Lecompton Bank Liquidates After 1904 Service
The State Bank of Lecompton will liquidate after deposits totaling about 150000 are transferred to Lawrence National Bank. J W Kreider steps down as cashier after 33 years and George Bahnmaier moves to Lawrence National to assist depositors. Karl M Kreider will oversee liquidation with payments at 109 East Eighth. Only four county banks remain.
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Lawrence National Bank
State Bank of
Lecompton
J. W. Kreider
Lecompton Bank
George Bahnmaier
Karl M. Kreider
County
Mayor Buys First T B Bond In County Campaign
Mayor C B Russell opened the sale of T B bonds by purchasing the first bond from W B Dalton as county committee members list a long roster. The TB association cites war population shifts and mail sales shortfalls requiring many more $5 bonds to fund tuberculosis work despite high national tolls from TB.
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C. B. Russell
T.B. Bonds
W. B. Dalton
al Bromelsick
R. H. Edmiston
Allen Ewing
Lena B. Funk
Aree Graves
A. B. Kclman
Georgevin
Fritz Meyn
Earle W. Melvin
T. J. Sweeney
W. A. Schaal
H. H. Stephenson
Maxine Virtue
A. B. Weaver
England
America
Sinkwich Wins Heisman Trophy in Record Plurality
Frank Sinkwich of Georgia was named winner of the Heisman Memorial trophy by the Down Town Athletic Club. He led with 1,059 votes to 218 for Paul Governali of Columbia, first in every section of the country in the sportswriters and broadcasters poll. The Georgia back had finished second to Bruce Smith of Minnesota last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Sinkwich
Georgia
Downtown Athletic Club
Sinkwich
Paul Governali
Columbia
Minesota
Bruce Smith
YELL AT RADFORD ORDNANCE DINNER FEATURES KU CHEER
A group of 101 Sunflower Ordinance Works employees in training at Radford Ordnance Works Radford Virginia attended a November 5 dinner at the Governor Tyler hotel in Radford. The Rock Chalk Jayhawk yell of the University of Kansas was a feature of the event.
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Sunflower Ordinance Works
Radford
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