Allied forces seize Naples and push toward Rome
Allied commander reports Fifth Army entered Naples large city 925000 population now cleared of Germans amid destruction. British and American armored columns push from Torre Annunziata toward Vesuvius while Avellino captured east of Naples threatening German lines at the Volturno. British Eighth Army advances north as homeward defenses crumble.
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North Africa
Mark
Clark
Naples
Italy
Rome
Europe
Fifth Army
Renibe
Hitler
European
Vesuvius
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Genera Eisenhower
Salerno
Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Tce
Torre Annunziata
Bay
Adriatic
Avellino
Volturno
Fogsia
Benevento
Australians Close On Finachhafen Harbor In New Guinea Fight
Allied forces report Australians within a half mile of the enemy held Finachhafen harbor as heavy fighting continues in New Guinea. Australian units advance from multiple positions near Sattelberg and Finschhafen, with Kakagog Spur finally falling after Japanese losses and scattered resistance.
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Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Finachhafen
Finschhafen
Bumi
Sattelberg
Kakagog
Undersea Attack Stuns Port as U Boat Battle Unfolds
Survivors from four sunken Allied merchant ships recount a three day clash with German submarines in North Atlantic waters. The St. Croix destroyed with 146 of 147 crew. 40 Negro sailors aboard the rescued American ship among those landed. Four convoy ships sunk. battle began Sunday September 19 and continued through Wednesday.
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North Atlantic
United States
St. Croix
Eatry
Canadian destroyer St. Croix sunk on convoy duty
The Canadian destroyer St. Croix was torpedoed and sunk on convoy duty with 146 men lost. Only one crew member was rescued as German U boats continue to attack North Atlantic supply routes, despite improved escort systems and carrier aircraft.
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Ottawa
St. Croix
Navy
Angus MacDonald
Atlantic
MacDonald
U. S
Great’ Britain
Pearl Harbor
Churchill
House of Commons
North Atlantic
Allied Bombers Hit Japanese Rail Centers in Burma and Homes
American and British bombers struck Japanese held rail centers and military sites in Burma amid inland raids and coastal strikes. The Irrawaddy river barracks area near Akyab and Ingyan was set ablaze as fires spread from a night of air attacks with no losses reported.
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New Delhi
Burma
Irrawaddy River
Ingyan
U.S
Wesley Steinbring and Nellie Rob inson Wed at Court House
Lawrence resident Wesley Edward Steinbring and Tulsa Oklahoma resident Nellie Nadine Robinson were married yesterday at the courthouse by probate Judge pro tem Lorene Hollingsworth.
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Court House
Wesley Edward Steinbring
Lawrence
Nellie Nadine Robinson
Tulsa
Oklo
Lorene Hollingsworth
County Commissioners Allow September Bills
The board met at the courthouse in regular session to approve the September bills.
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Board of Count Commissioners
Court House
Four landlords face federal rent violation suits in Topeka
In Topeka four defendants Harvey Hotel Junction City M R Gill Lawrence Maude Siroky Lawrence and Mrs Rena Givens Manhattan were named in new federal injunctive actions by the Office of Price Administration for pushing rents above ceiling limits. Gill recently won acquittals in Kansas City on related charges and the new case details cite demands of 60 to 65 dollars a month for a 45 dollar ceiling and 55 dollars for a 40 dollar apartment. Siroky is accused of raising rents on three units. The matter was referred to enforcement authorities in Wichita as no further specifics were available from the local rent office.
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Topeka
Federal District Court
Office of Price Administration
Harvey Hotel
Junction City
M.R. Gill
Lawrence
Maude Siroky
Rena Givens
Manhattan
M. R. Gill
Gill
Kansas City
Richard J. Hopkins
Broaddus
Oklahoma
Topeka Capital
OPA
J. L. Denefe
Topeka- Lawrence
Wichita
U. S. Fortress Downed by Swiss Anti Aircraft Fire
Bern Oct 17 Swiss anti aircraft fire downed one American Flying Fortress amid a battle between Fortresses and German fighters over eastern Switzerland. The Swiss communique said bombs were dropped in eastern Switzerland and crashes occurred in several areas. Air alarms sounded in multiple localities.
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Bern
Switzerland
Sweden halts fuel oil transit by rail system
Sweden halted transit of fuel oil over its railway system from abroad to any country, the foreign office announced. Germany, mainly affected, must rely on sea routes to supply troops in Norway and northern Finland. The move excludes oil from the August war material transit ban.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Foreign Office
Germany
Norway
Finland
Italian anti fascist leader Sforza to return to Italy
Count Carlo Sforza announced he has state department permission to return to Italy. He urged Italians to support Marshal Badoglio to fight Germany energetically, adding he would be more useful opposing Nazis outside government than inside any government.
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New York
Carlo Sforza
State Department
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Germany
Altho
Sforza
Mapa Badoglio
Stock Market Index Sees Modest Rise on Day
The average of 60 stocks climbed to 51.0 points from 50.9 yesterday, indicating a small uptick in overall market performance. The gain reflects broad purchasing interest across sectors, with several blue-chip issues contributing to the advance.
Fury of Conflict Rages Round Kiev
Soviet and German forces clash over the Dnieper line as Kiev remains contested. Red Army claims gains around Krichev and Gomel while Berlin reports heavy fighting and 140 Soviet tanks destroyed.
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Kiev
Dnieper
Altho
Berlin
Zaporozhe-Melitopol
A Santa Claus Act Sparked by Farm Bureau Critique
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation challenged the administrations price rollback consumer subsidy plan before the house banking committee calling it inflationary wasteful and a barrier to postwar readjustment. He urged continuation of the CCC life with subsidies limited to commodity loan and price support programs and losses from food deterioration. The Farm Bureau urged a $500000000 boost in CCC borrowing authority to $3500000000 and to extend the agency to June 1945.
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Washington
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
O’neal
Neal
CCC
Farm Bureau
Four Douglas County Men Left for Induction Today
Four colored men were sent to Leavenworth for induction today by the Douglas county selective service board. The men sent are Eleanor, Walter Bell of 1225 Pennsylvania Street, John Joseph Watson of 200 Michigan Street, William Edward Payne of 337 Funston Street, and Scott I. Wilson of 816 Maine Street who was transferred to this board from the Nemaha County board for induction.
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Leavenworth
Douglas County Selective Service Board
Eleanor
Walter Bell
Pennsylvania Street
John Joseph Watson
Michigan Street
William Edward Payne
Funston Street
Scott I. Wilson
Maine Street
Nemaha County
Germans Flee on All Fronts in Corsica
Algiers radio quoted a French communique saying German forces were forced to flee in Corsica on all fronts as of October 1.
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Corsica
London
Algiers
Fiume Port Shelled by Yugoslavs Amid Northern Italy Fighting
Reports from the Yugoslav liberation army say Fiume Adriatic port is heavily shelled from hills near Susak. In Gorizia, heavy fighting continues as German occupation troops resist advances amid Allied and Axis shifting statuses. Berlin notes claim destruction of Gorizia’s communications center. The exiled Yugoslav government reports 300 Serb civilians executed at Mladenovac in reprisal for a guerrilla attack.
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London
Fiume
Yugoslava Liberation Army
Susask
Gorizia
Italy
Usos
Peoples’ Army
Tony
Berlin
Hitler
Hermann Hochner
Vienna
Belgrade
Cairo
Mladenovac
OPA Reshapes Gas Rationing East of the Rockies
The Office of Price Administration announced a broad rationing revise to spread fuel more equitably. East of the Rockies A cards rise from 14% to 2 gallons weekly while B and C coupons drop to 2 gallons nationwide except the Rockies and Pacific coast.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
Office of Price Administration
Rockies
Pacific Coast
OPA
Water Plant Reports August Output and Odor Control
Lawrence city water plant pumped 53 098 000 gallons in August, averaging 1 712 840 gallons daily. Unaccounted water reached 14.29 percent for the month, with algae causing strong odors and tastes despite breakpoint chlorination and activated carbon filtration. Net income for the plant was 8 242 46, with depreciation reducing profit to 6 134 93.
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Lawrence City Water Plant
Franke EF. Willey
Kaw
Willey
Water Works
Rain Soaks Eastern Kansas Soil With Varied Totals
Rain soaked eastern Kansas soil with scattered showers across the region. Parsons 1.42 inches, Willard 1.88, Worden 1.13, Pomona 1.12, Topeka 0.48, Goodland 0.32, St Joseph Missouri 0.31, Dodge City 0.17, Concordia 0.11, Coffeyville 0.10. Forecaster S D Flora warned of continued eastern rain and potential danger along the Marais des Cygnes river system.
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Kansas
Parsons
Willard
Worden
Pomona
Goodland
St. Joseph
Dodge City
Concordia
Coffeyville
Geneseo
S. D. Flora
Flora
Marais Des Cygnes
Epee
Wichita Youth Missing
Wichita police say a search is underway for Bruce Smoll an 18 year old youth missing for two weeks. O Connor reported the boy left Manhattan September 18 to hitchhike home and was last seen on a highway south of Marion that afternoon.
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Wichita
Kan
E. W. O'Connor
Bruce Smoll
O’connor
Manhattan
Kansas State College
Marion
Denver and Haskell Football Scores Tonight
The Journal-World will publish scores from the Denver versus Kangas and Haskell versus Atchison games tonight. Denver kicks off at 8 o clock local time, nine for readers here, while Haskell starts at 8 o clock.
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The
Journal-World
Denver
OLeary resigns as OPA rationing chief to teach at Cornell
Ithaca New York October 1 Paul M O Leary deputy administrator in charge of rationing resigns to return to teaching at Cornell University He has headed the OPA rationing division since February 1942 He is a Cornell economics professor on leave and a University of Kansas 1922 graduate son of Mrs RD OLeary of 1106 Louisiana street
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Lea
D-Calif
House Interstate Committee
Leal
OPA
Loswest
Southwest
Southeast
Ithaca
N.Y
Paul M. O’leary
Cornell University
O’leary
Cornell
University of Kansas
K. U
R. D. O’leary
Louisiana Street
Methodists at Emporia Stalled by Coupon Cut
Kansas Methodist ministers at Emporia for the annual conference faced a gasoline ration cut as B and C coupons lost value. Rev Claude M Large, chairing the ration board, expressed sympathy but doubted relief could be provided, noting many would need a third less gas to return home.
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Emporia
Kan
OPA
Claude M. Large
Weather Extends Delightful Week In October Harvest
Weather from 6 o clock Tuesday evening to today Friday October 1 remains mild with temperatures between 60 and 70 degrees. The pleasant stretch supports blooming garden flowers tomato ripening and ideal fall pastures for fattening stock and sowing wheat. Melons late radishes beans and home grown sweet corn still market. A four line classified ad for a full week costs 96 cents.
Big Farm Plan on Soviet Model
Kansas City October 1 testimony by House investigating committee accuses the Farm Security Administration of creating a billion-dollar government farm system modeled on the Russian communal pattern. Harold D. Cooley says the FSA has spent vast sums to build corporate farming under state supervision, citing a Bates County Missouri land purchase of 42,000 acres for 1,019,090 dollars and a tenant community of 253 families. Other members traveling to Denver include Representatives Anton J. Johnson Ross Rizley and John W. Flanagan Jr.
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Kansas City
House
Harold D. Cooley
South Carolina
FSA
Cooley
Bates County
Denver
Anton J. Johnson
Illinois
Ross Rizley
Oklahoma
John W. Flanagan, Jr
Virginia
Virginia Winter elected football queen at Liberty Memorial High
Virginia Winter was elected football queen by Liberty Memorial High School students in a week election. Attendants Rose mary Gaines and Pat overflowed with Alison Jones. The queen will be crowned between halves at the Lawrence Topeka game at Haskell Stadium by student council president Lawrence Morgan.
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Virginia Winter
Liberty Memorial High School
Lawrence-Topeka
Haskell Stadium
Rosemary Gaines
Patover
Alison Jones
Lawrence Morgan
Marilyn Smart
Frances Hagen
Jim Black
Chalmer Woodard
Doc” Watson
Ralph
Graber
Rachel Cooper
Roger Ewing
Marilee Dauberman
Julee Fox
Paul Hyatt
Jane Perry
Carol Buhler
Doris Edmiston
Helen Cornwell
Wave Officers Visit City to Recruit WAVE Members
Ensign Helen Ralston of Lexington Kentucky and Specialist Recruiter Dorothy Young of Kenosha Wisconsin visited Lawrence to interview local girls for WAVE enlistment. No enrollments announced. Eligible women aged 20 to 36 with two years of high school work may apply. training includes four weeks at Hunter College and subsequent specialized schooling nationwide.
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Helen Ralston
Lexington
Dorothy Young
Kenosha
Wis
The
Wave’s
Kansas City
Lawrence
Ralston
Navy
Hunter College
New York City
Convoy Passes Through Strait of Gibraltar En Route Home
Dispatches report a large allied convoy escorted by warships moving from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic via the strait of Gibraltar. About 85 merchant vessels, mostly American, and British carriers were seen in the Gibraltar bay awaiting clearance into the Mediterranean.
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Madrid
Strait of Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Atlantic
la Linea
Formidable
Illustrious
Gibraltar
Douglas county bond drive nears goal with strong last push
Hints of success amid final two days as Douglas county bond drive reports $1,983,882.50 raised and only $91,117.50 remaining. Irving Hill and committee members urge citizens to act, while downtown teams and bank workers rush to finish subscriptions. Local women canvassers, particularly in McAllaster district, post strong results with several buyers exceeding the thousand dollar mark.
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Douglas County
Chamber of Commerce
Irving Hill
Lawrence
First National Bank
Georgia Graves
Julius Marks
Philip Ernst
McAllaster
Walter Nieder
Army Promotes Top Officers in Permanent Ranks
President Roosevelt sent nominations to the Senate for permanent rank promotions of 14 senior officers. Five temporary lieutenant generals are named as permanent major generals Wainwright Stilwell Patton Somervell and McNammey with promotions spaced by a day. Six temporary lieutenant generals are recommended for brigadier general and three temporary major generals Handy Smith and Ark are named.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Army
Congress
Johnathan M. Wainwright
Joseph W. Stilwell
George Smith Patton, Jr
Brehon B. Somervell
Joseph T. McNammey
Wainwright
George C. Kenney
Carl Spaatz
Omar Nelson Bradley
Ira C. Baker
Millard F. Harmon
Robert L. Eichelberger
Thomas T. Handy
Walter Smith
Mark Wayneark
Spirited Fighting in China Near Hangchow
Spirited fighting raged in western Chekiang southern Kiangsu and southern Anhwei as Japanese forces launched drives against Chinese positions. A high command communiqué reported a severe battle near Hangchow, the occupied capital of Chekiang, about 100 miles southwest of Shanghai.
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Chungking
Chekiang
Kiangsu
Anhwei
High Command
Hangchow
Shanghai
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