Big three meet in North Africa before Cairo talks
A Cairo conference between President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek ends as they head to Iran to meet Premier Stalin. Berlin monitored the Reuters dispatch as OWI notes, Churchill marks his 69th birthday with no public ceremony.
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New York
Reuters
Lisbon
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chiang Kaishek
Cairo
Iran
Persia
Stalin
Associated Press
London
Britain
Berlin
Office of War Information
Frropaganda
DNB
Amsterdam
OWI
Winston Churchill
No. 10 Downing Street
German drive for Kiev fails as Soviet pressure grows
London reports that German armored forces faltered on the eastern front with up to 400 tanks and eight divisions committed to retake Kiev. The move relied on the White Russian winter line, but Soviet advances under General Rokossovsky breach the rear network, limiting Germany’s ability to shift reserves and threatening final victory.
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Kiev
Pripet
Constantine Rokossivsky
Gerage
Rumors of Shake Up in Berlin Ribbentrop Resigns Reported
The La Suisse newspaper reports rumors from Budapest that German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop resigned at the demand of army generals. It notes discord with military circles in the Wilhelmstrasse over handling relations with southeastern states and unresolved talks described as mysterious.
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Bern
Switzerland
la Suisse
Budapest
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelmstrasse
Meat Point Values To Be Reduced In December
Washington radio address tonight by price administrator Chester Bowles will announce a general reduction of most meat ration point values. He will note improved civilian meat supplies enable lower ration costs for nearly all items. The December point schedule will be released later this week.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
German Peace Talks Ridiculed by Foreign Office
Berlin dismisses rumors of negotiations with the Allies as absolutely ridiculous according to a Bef. correspondent from Dagens Nyheter. The claim centers on talks possibly taking place in Stockholm on November 30.
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Stockholm
Foreign Office
Bef
Dagens Nyheter
Evacuation of Sofia Reported Amid Bombing Fears
A November 30 dispatch from Stockholm reports 26 000 people evacuated from Sofia with thousands more moving out to escape anticipated new allied bombings.
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Sofia
Stockholm
Budaypat
Red Armies Move Westward Across White Russia and Ukraine
Soviet forces advanced on six front segments three in White Russia and three in Ukraine driving through forests and fortifications. In Zhlohin area near Gomel Rokossovsky’s troops closed on the rail hub while Stryeshin and 40 villages fell west toward the enemy base. A column pushed 25 miles south of Bobruisk and 35 miles northwest of Zhlobin near Gomel-Minsk line. Additional gains in Serezina and Pripet valleys west of the Dnieper. German casualties reported high. Russians neared enemy supply lines and attacked Cherkasy region with mass artillery and infantry, seizing Russkaya-Polyana and Dubeyevka.
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Moscow
White
Russia
Ukraine
Zhlohin
Gomel
Constantine Rokossovsky
Red Army
Stryeshin
Zhlobin
Rauters
Lormdon
Bobruiss
Gomel-Minsk
Serezina
Pripet River
Dnieper
Kiev
Kremenchug
Cherkasy
Russkaya-Polyana
Dubeyevka
Smela
Sattelberg Falls as Allies Close on Bonga New Guinea
Allied forces led by Australian troops push toward Bonga after capturing Sattelberg on November 26. MacArthur's HQ reports the assault began last Saturday with Liberators bombing Wewak and air forces pressing Bougainville and New Guinea targets. One Allied fighter downed but rescued, while bombers destroy installations and damage ships along New Britain, Bougainville, and Empress Augusta Bay.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied
Sattelberg
Bonga
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Wewak
Orey
Solomons
18Th Air Force
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
New Britain
Heavy German Losses Reported by Yugoslav Partisans
Yugoslav army of liberation communique says partisan forces halted German drives in Hercegovina and Bosnia with heavy losses. Croat units killed 90 Germans and captured 80 on the Petrina Glina road. Partisans and Romanians stormed garrisons between the Tisa river and Romanian border. Mljet island garrison sank one enemy ship and damaged another in a sea duel.
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London
Hercegovina
Bosnia
Yugoslav Army of Liberation
Croatia
Petrinja-Glina
Banat
Tisa
Mljet
Dalmatian
Diplomatic Exchange Ship Grips Holm to Reach New York
The Grips Holm will dock in New York Harbor tomorrow bringing home 1,236 U.S. nationals and 221 Canadians interned by the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. Relatives begin arriving in New York to greet the repatriates, many after years abroad.
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New York
New York Harbor
United States
Pearl Harbor
New Yor
Reclaimed Rubber Tires Head To Eligible Car Owners
Washington announces that car owners eligible for used tires may begin obtaining tires made mainly from reclaimed rubber starting Saturday. The Office of Price Administration also says that effective Saturday the recapping of commercial vehicle tires with eraser gas camelback will be removed from rationing.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Farm Bureau opposes food subsidies and seeks subsidy cut
Edward A. O Nea l, president of the American Farm Bureau federation, told the senate banking committee the administration s food subsidy program is a move to turn the Commodity Credit Corporation into a Santa Claus while delaying wage and debt inflation. Albert S. Goss of the National Grange said subsidies failed to boost production and fueled inflation. Senator Ellender proposed limiting annual subsidy outlays to 1.25 billion dollars tied to the Little Steel wage formula.
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Washington
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
O’neal
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
Ellender
Dla
U.S. Officers Assess German Japanese War Material
At Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland on November 30 officers from the Ordnance Corps indicated that German materiel has deteriorated while allied bombing hits reveal weaker Nazi gear. They noted Japanese weapons lag in research and development, while American materiel remains superior. Col. George G. Eddy called most Japanese arms not truly Japanese and labeled them third rate.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground
Third Reich
Altho
Nippon
Col
George G. Eddy
Eddy
New CAP Commander Appointed for Lawrence Squadron
First Lieut. Howard T. Lindley, group intelligence officer, becomes commander of the Lawrence squadron of the Civil Air Patrol by Maj. J. Howard Wilcox. Lindley brings 11 years of military experience including National Guard and active service. Harold W. Emick leaves command to focus on flight training at Lawrence Municipal Airport.
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Howard T. Lindley
Civil Air Patrol
Lawrence
C.A.P
J. Howard Wilcox
Lindley
Harold W. Emick
Lawrence Municipal
British Eighth Army Breaks German Line on Sangro Front
Allied reports say British Eighth Army pushed four miles forward from the Sangro river on the Italian front in 36 hours of fighting. Montgomery forces seized Mezzagrogna and widened the Sangro bridgehead, while U S Fifth Army troops advanced toward Castelnuovo amid heavy shelling. American bombers hit targets at Grosseto Giulianova and Pescara, and RAF planes attacked Pescara harbor as German air activity waned.
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Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Sangro Ridge
Mezzagrogna
United States
Fifth Army
Castelnuovo
Montaquila
Montgomery
65Th Infantry
Eighth Army
Romagnoli
Towadd Fessacesia
Sangro River
Archi
Falconara
Sarajevo
Ferdinand
Grosseto
Rome
Giulianova
Pescara
Adriatic
R.A.F. Bostons
Health Signs Appear on Massachusetts Street
Health officials unveil orange warning signs from Sixth to Eleventh streets warning against spitting on sidewalks. City sanitarian Howard M. Weindel notes tuberculosis spreads by coughing and spitting and cites wartime prevalence. The project is funded by the Douglas County Tuberculosis Association and health department.
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Massachusetts Street
Sixth
Eleventh Streets
Howard M. Weindel
City
Health Department
Douglas County Tuberculosis Association
Weindel
Average of 60 Stocks Records 47.1 on Saturday
A stock summary shows the average of 60 stocks at 47.1 for the Saturday session. Investors monitored market breadth as early gains faded.
U S keeps pace with weapons with new 75mm cannon on planes
Washington reports U S military sources disclose advances in heavy firepower. The air force has mounted 75 mm cannons on B 25 Mitchell bombers the first to carry such heavy armament. A B 25 with the cannons destroyed a Japanese transport and damaged a destroyer in the South Pacific. The weapon uses a recoil mechanism to prevent ship damage and North American Aviation developed the aircraft.
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Washington
Hitler
U. S
U. S. Army Air Force
Navy
Army
Russia
South Pacific
North American Aviation Inc
Wheat subsidy program to set bread prices tomorrow
Washington reports the DSC announces December subsidy rates on wheat ground in different regions to relieve millers and keep flour prices for bread stable. The plan fixes payments per bushel and aims to prevent a one cent per loaf rise, with ceilings on all wheat to follow.
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Washington
Defense Supplies Corporation Today
Pacific Coast
DSC
Office of Price Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Office of Economic Stablilization
OES
OPA
Tarawa Air Field In Use Four Days After Landing
Secretary of the Navy Knox said Tarawa air field was active within four days of the initial assault in the Gilbert Islands. He noted heavy fighting and casualties were expected, with Seabees starting work on the strip after Marines landed.
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Washington
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Navy
Knox
Fuel situation improves in Lawrence as coal arrives
Five car loads of coal reached Lawrence yesterday improving the fuel picture. In the past week three car loads of semi-anthracite were delivered to local dealers, with most fuel unloaded directly to consumer bins and none left in dealer yards.
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Lawrence
McCarthy Signs Three Year Manager Contract
New York November 30. McCarthy who piloted the New York Yankees to seven world championships and eight American league pennants today signed a three year contract as manager of the Yanks.
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McCarth
New York
Oe McCarthy
New York Yankees
Yanks
City Promises Aid in Building Levee
The city council authorized Mayor C. B. Russell to notify Douglas County Raw Drainage district officials that the city will commit 2000 toward a Kaw river dike from the north end of the bridge to Lyons street and UP tracks if others fulfill their parts. The state highway commission may also provide 2000 toward the project. The district would need about 4000 more by assessment. The plan aims to close a flood-prone spot shown during last June’s flood.
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C. B. Russell
Douglas County
Kaw
Lyons Street
Union Pacific
Russell
State Highway Commission
Drainage District Board
City
Lawrence Lieutenant Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Lieut. John R. Tomlinson of Lawrence was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry and extraordinary achievement in flight. Gen. Ira C. Baker, commanding American air units in the European theater, announced the honor.
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F.¢ Galantry
John._R. Tomlinson
Lawrence
Ira C. Baker
Funk's Mortuary and Chanel Ambulance Service
Local funeral and ambulance service ad invites inquiries at Funk's Mortuary and Chanel Ambulance Service, phone 119, advertising emergency transport and burial arrangements in concise regional notice.
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Funk’s Mortuary and
Chanel— Ambulance Service
Thin coal and oil supplies threaten 1943-44 winter
Washington reports a serious but not critical coal shortage due to strikes. Deliveries are being rationed by stockpiles with a 10 percent cut for all users. Bituminous coal fuels industry while anthracite fuels homes in the east. Oil supply is deemed adequate for rationing needs, though households must endure lower consumption than peacetime but not below last year's level.
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Washington, N.o
Ickes
Ieckes
Banquet for Douglas County 4-H and FFA Members
A banquet for 150 Douglas County 4-H and FFA members and leaders, hosted annually by the Douglas County Bankers Association, will be held at 6 15 p m Friday in Eldridge hotel Deal Six. Interim speaker Dr Raymond A Schwegler of the University of Kansas will address guests after a film program.
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Douglas County 4-H Club
F.F.A
Douglas County Bankers’ Association
Eldridge
Deal Six
Douglas County Farm Agena
Raymond A. Schwegler
First Baptist Church
Farm Bureau
Jordon
Dorothea Schroeder
Douglas County
William Essick
Lawrence Memorial High School
Dwight Henry
John Henry
Carrie Cree
Big Springs Club
Ike Schellenberg
R. C. Alvord
Belleview Club
Lea- Roy Hurley
Otto Luckan
George Stauffer
Leonard Walker
Meadowlark Club
Jesse Holloway
Jerold Hobson
Aes Millard Jackson
Rainbow Club
Kansas oil production falls as wells underperform
Kansas oil output has declined as secondary recoveries stall and new wells underperform. The Kansas Corporation Commission set December production at 275 000 barrels daily, below the PAW target of 291 000, with labor shortages and 1943 wells cited as limiting factors. Wildcat exploration may be needed to meet quotas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Corporation Commission
Clarence Beck
Ralph K. Davies
War
PAW
Commission
Beck
Wildcat
Australian flier breaks Montreal to Britain speed record
Capt Richard Allen of British Overseas Airways flies a Liberator bomber 3100 miles non stop from Montreal to a British airport in 11 hours 35 minutes. He eclipses Capt M B Barclay's record set seven weeks earlier during the Lancaster pilot's inaugural Trans Canada Airlines Atlantic service flight.
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Montreal
Britain
Richard Allen
British Overseas Airways Corporation
R.A.F. Transport Command
M. B. Barclay
Perth
Scotland
Barclay
Trans Canada Airlines
University to Open New Military Center with Dance
The University will formally open a new 920000 military science building on Friday night December 10 at 8 o clock. Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced the public is invited for a reception from 8 to 9 30 and a 9 30 to 12 dance in the drill room with an A S T P orchestra. A special committee led by Dr Gilbert Ulmer will handle arrangements and contributors to a 25000 cash fund are specially invited.
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Ways and Means
A. W. Berger
State Board of Regents
Ong Aircraft Corporation
Cities Properties Committee
Kipp Gimple
K. U
Deane W. Malott
Ansons
Lawrence
Karl Baldwin
R.O.T.C
A.S.T.P
Malott
Gilbert Ulmer
Paul B. Lawson
Elizabeth Meguiar
Peggy Davis
Mt. Oread
Busy County Treasurer's Office Sees Taxpayers Jump
Taxpayers crowd the county treasurer’s office as December 20 deadline for first half taxes nears. A. M. Gardner reports 90 percent of filers pay in full and mail-in payments surge due to gasoline rationing and staff shortages. Mail receipts match typical peak around December 15. Notices mailed later than usual because envelopes arrived late.
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A. M. Gardner
Gardner
New Marine Corps Head Named Vandegrift To Commandant
Washington November 30 Lt Gen Alexander A Vandegrift was named commandant of the Marine Corps to take effect January 1 succeeding Lt Gen Thomas Holcomb who retires at age 64 Holcomb agreed to stay on until year end per presidential request Vandegrift age 56 brings 34 years of service to the post
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Washington
Alexander A. Vandecrift
Marine Corps
Thomas Holcomb
Holcomb
Roosevelt
Vandegrift
Bomb Targets in Germany Set Record Monthfor Heavy Raids
U S Eighth Air Force heavy bombers attacked western Germany in daylight today as part of a record 11 major raids this month. The raid followed last night’s RAF Mosquito strike in the same area with support from U S R A F Dominion and allied fighters.
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Germany
London
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Britain
R.A.F
Dominion
Weather outlook for Kansas: warming trend continues
Increasing high cloudiness and warmer tonight give way to windy and partly cloudy conditions. Mild continues Wednesday with the same overall pleasant trend for the state.
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Kansas
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