Troops Leapfrog To Take Termoli
Allied forces push along the Adriatic coast as the British Eighth Army seizes Termoli with amphibious support while American Fifth Army advances from Benevento toward Rome. Montgomery’s coast push and rapid river crossings threaten German defenses along the Volturno and Calore with heavy riverbed actions and continued air raids.
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United States
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Benevento
Rome
Naples
Calore
Volturno
Bernard L. Montgomery
Adriatic
Po Valley
Rommel
Fliesselring
Appenines
Termoli
Eighth Army
Foggia
Montgomery
Fortore
Otranto
Rimini
Fifth Army
Clark
Calore River
Foggia Plain
Motta
Montemiletto
Italy
Castelfranco
Ginestra
Montecalvo
Mirabella
Melito
Bonito
Laio
Altavilla
Arpina
New Squeeze Is Put on Japs to Free Extensive New Guinea Area
Allied forces in southwest Pacific report a double envelopment advantage on New Guinea. Finschhafen falls to the Ninth Division, securing Huon Gulf control. MacArthur says rapid advances from Lae toward Madang have isolated coastal strongholds with minimal Allied losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Huon Peni Sua
Douglas MacArthur
Madang
Finschafen
Huon Peninsula
Australia
Tobruk
Fl Alamein
Huon Gulf
Lae
Salamaua
Edige
Markham River
Interior New Guinea
Ramu River
British New Guinea
German New Guinea
Finschhafen
MacArthur
Buna
Morgenthau To Seek Ten Billion Dollar Tax Rise
The Roosevelt administration proposed 10.5 billion dollars in additional taxes with 6.5 billion from individual income tax annually, plus higher corporation, estate, gift and excise taxes. A broadened social security payroll tax could yield 5.3 billion more, with possible income tax rate reductions if payroll taxes rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Morgenthau
Treasury
Mongenthau
Randolph Paul
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Army reports 1 766 000 en liste d men in U S forces
Senate briefing shows 1 172 000 with more than one year training 510 000 with two to three years and 84 000 with over three years. Hill argues delaying fathers’ induction would lengthen war while Johnson cites higher totals. Moscow front reports limited action as autumn rains slow operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Senate
United States
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Reynolds
D-N.c
Military Committee
War Department
Johnson
D-Colo
Hill
Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Navy
General Staff
High Command
Germans land at Coe in the Dodecanese
German forces landed on the island of Coe and captured key positions as fighting with the British garrison continued. Allied air power struck German boats and airfields on Rhodes, Crete, and Coe with several aircraft shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Coo
Calato
Rhodes
Cae
Heraklion
Crete
Coe
Aegean
Washer theft and chicken losses raise farm security concerns
Mr and Mrs Robert Mc Farland found a Coralado electric washing machine stolen from their screened back porch near Lawrence after church. Neighbors saw a car drive in and depart with the load. The couple had earlier lost about 80 chickens, including 40 laying hens, with others nearby reporting similar losses in two months. The sheriff notes farmers delaying reports of poultry theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McFarland
Eudora Road
Lawrence
Coronado
McFarland Lane
McFarlands
Pastors Named in Annual Kansas Methodist Conference
Emporia Kan Oct 3 The Kansas conference closed, voting its 1944 meeting to Iola. Retiring ministers Rev L B Puritt and Rev H P Basquin honored. Appointments by Bishop W C Martin include Baldwin First C W Brewster Baldwin High Prairie to be supplied, Baldwin Ives Chapel Willis Warner, etc.
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Emporia
Kan
Kansas
The
Methodist Church
Iola
L. B. Puritt
St. Charles
Minn
H. P. Basquin
Williamsburg
William C. Martin
Omaha
Baldwin First
C. W. Brewster
Baldwin High Prairie
Baldwin Ives Chapel
Willis Warner
Baldwin Valley Chapel
Eudora
Captain Creek
W. O. Watson
Lawrence First
O. E. Allison
Lawrence Centenary
H. C. Brockman
Overbrook-Bethel
Clayton Pittman
Vinland-Fairview
Carol McLaughlin
McLouth-Wellman
C. J
Knox
Oskaloosa-Winchester
Homer
Douglas County Exceeds War Bond Quota By Small Margin
Total Third War Loan bond sales in Douglas county reach 2,125,612.50 by Saturday, surpassing the 2,075,000 quota by 50,612.50. Officials report ongoing returns and final reports. Mrs. Henry Werner calls a 2:30 PM meeting of captains at the Chamber of Commerce office with plans for district results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Henry Werner
Chamber of Commerce
Werner
Northwest Turkey Growers Elect New President in Convention
Glenn Bidiemah of Kinsley Kansas was elected president of the Northwest Turkey Growers Association at the twelfth annual convention held in Salt Lake City Utah. The meeting named a new board and set goals for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey Growers
Salt Lake City
O& 4
Gr— Glenn Bidiemah
Kinsley
Kan
Northwest
Turkey Growers Association
Secretary Knox Arrives in Brazil From Africa
Rio de Janeiro dispatches report U S Navy Secretary Frank Knox arrived in Recife Brazil today from Africa. The exchange notes indicate transport and security arrangements as he travels on a regional visit.
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Knox
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
U. S. Navy
Frank Knox
Recife
Africa
Dispatch
Supreme Court opens term amid key controversies
Washington reports the Supreme Court begins its 1948 44 term with cases on draft act conscientious objectors OPA rent control and voting rights in state primaries. The roster includes Wiley Rutledge joining after Byrnes resignation and Chief Justice Stone at 70 nearing retirement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
OPA
Congress
Wiley Rutledge
James F. Byrnes
Stone
Owen J. Roberts
Roosevelt
Hurlers Picked for World Series Opener
New York Oct 4 UP Lefty Max Lanier of the St Louis Cardinals and Spurgeon Chandler of the New York Yankees named starters for the opening game at Yankee Stadium tomorrow. Lanier 15 7 and Chandler 20 4 led an ace corps for each club as the World Series begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max Lanier
St. Louis Cardinals
Spurgeon
Spud) Chandler
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Lanier
Billy Southworth
Cardinals
Yankees
Joe McCarthy
Chandler
Altho
Yanks
Joe DiMaggio
Phil Rizzuto
Rec
Yankee
Hank Borowy
Marius Russo
Ernie Bonham
Charley Wensloff
Mort Cooper
Stan Musial
St. Louis Jarrupers
Yankee Thumpers
Workers for Surgical Dressing Room Needs
Urgent call from Red Cross surgical dressing chairman Mrs. Hovey Hanna for more volunteer workers. Due to changed plans and shortages, additional help is needed to replace those who have left the community. The dressing room is in the Central building at the Junior high school, open Monday 7–9 p.m. and Tuesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Surgical Dressing
Hovey Hanna
Mrs. Hanna
Rotary luncheon marks inductions and guest list
Today at the Rotary Club a program inducted Col. Watson L. Mc Morris and Rev. Father Francis McGinnis. Guests included Tommy Evans, Fred Schroeder, C. R. Cotton, and others. Special accordion music, sickness absence noted, and Emil Liston reported injuring his knee during a football game. A Rotarvana party is planned for October 25 at the Eldridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Watson L. McMorris
Fred Ellsworth
Francis McGinnis
Cowell O'Neill
Rotary
Tommy Evans
Baldwin
Fred Schroeder
Clay Center
C. R. Cotton
Arkansas City
John Roberts
A. W. Hamilton
Oskaloosa
Carl Bratton
Frank Herron Smith
Robert McFarland
W. O. Nelson
H. X. Dolen
Glenn Charlton
R. C. Rankin
West
Emil Liston
Eldridge
Mike Getto
Blood Drive Seeks 176 More Donors For Red Cross Unit
Home front blood donation drive aims to register 440 at two day event on October 7 and 8. Kansas City mobile unit arrives in three days. 264 have registered so far. Telephonic and HQ signups urged at 640 and Community Building. List of additional registrants provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Red Cross
Kansas City
State to Intervene in Wichita OPA Rent Case
Attorney General A B Mitchell said the state will intervene in a Wichita OPA rent case that could affect Kansas courts jurisdiction. Special counsel from Wichita firms Foulston and Cowan will assist. A temporary restraining order blocked eviction papers for Dewey Yoke pending an October 9 injunction hearing in Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
A. B. Mitchell
Wichita
Kansas
Office of Price Administration
U. S. Circuit
Walter A. Haxman
Roy Maltbie
Wichita City
Dewey Yoke
John F
Eva Loveland
Haxman
OPA
Patrolmen donate day’s pay to War Fund drive
Kansas highway patrolmen will give a full day’s pay to the United War Fund for USO and allied aid. Col. Will Zurbucken announced volunteers from patrol posts statewide. The drive starts October 18 in most cities as patrolmen support armed forces morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
United War Fund
USO
Will Zurbucken
Japanese claim five Allied transports destroyed near Vella Lavella
Berlin radio reported that five Allied transports, a cruiser, and ten planes were destroyed in a Japanese attack on a convoy off Vella Lavella in the Solomons. The broadcast said Japanese planes attacked the convoy repeatedly, protected by 45 fighters, while acknowledging five Japanese plane losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Berlin
Vella Lavella
Centra Solomon Islands
Nebraska Executive Bets Hog Purchases in War Loan Drive
Governor Griswold will attend the Ak-Sar-Ben stock show auction in Omaha to buy prize 4-H hogs as the state, having exceeded its $103 million quota, may reach about $115 million in the Third War Loan drive. Griswold says friends may help finance the hog purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
Dwight Griswold
Griswold
French Forces Enter Bastia as Corsican War Drags On
Allied dispatch reports German resistance in Corsica collapsing with French forces entering Bastia aided by Moroccan goums and American rangers. French detachments mop up the western coast and Cap Corse while Moroccans eliminate a resistance pocket at Furian and dockside ships are blown by artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Corsica
Bastia
Mediterranean
Rome
Cap Corse
Luri
Borgo
Vescovato
Casamozza
Furian
Surprise Won Rome In Swift Nazi Occupation Blitz
Der Bund reports S A stormtroopers occupied Palazzo Viminale in Rome shortly after the Italian armistice. German orders directed the occupation as Italian forces withdrew, creating confusion among Italian officers and aiding a Nazi takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
National Socialist Party
Rome
der Bund
S. A. Men
Palazzo Viminale
Royal Opera House
Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio
Albert Kesslering
S. A
Berlin
Bruce Hurd, Former KU Alumni President, Dies
Bruce Hurd, 52, of Topeka and general solicitor for the Santa Fe Railway in Kansas, died at Mayo Clinic Rochester after a week in hospital. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1914 and served as president of the KU Alumni Association from 1936 to 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Bruce Hurd
Santa Fe Railway
Kansas
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
University of Kansas School of Law
K. U. Alumni Association
Meeting for Grocers to Hear OPA Price Rules
Asher Lane district price representative for the OPA will come from Wichita Thursday evening to conduct a meeting at 7:30 in the rationing office of the Community building for retail grocers. Lane will explain community price regulations and other regulations of interest to grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asher Lane
OPA
Wichita
Reprisals in Bern After Train Attack Prompt Curfew
German occupation authorities set an 8 p m curfew for the Thonon region in southeastern France and arrested 25 hostages including seven women in reprisal for an attack on a German troop train that killed one soldier and wounded a dozen. Limited number of new hot water heaters. Buddy Gallagher Motors, 634 Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Thonon
France
Buddy Gallagher Motors
Day for Ration Book 4 Near Registration Dates Announced
Douglas county officials announce Lawrence and rural registration for Ration Book 4 led by W C Boardman. In Lawrence sign up runs October 19 to 22 at the Community building with evening hours on Oct 20 and 21. Rural township halls host October 21 to 23. Volunteers from six school area routes will assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rence
Douglas County
George T. Wetzel
Douglas
OPA
Lawrence
W. C. Boardman
Office of Civilian Defense
Boardman
O.C.D
Floyd Holcomb
Cordley
Phil Ernst, Jr
McAllaster
Orville Stone
Temperatures Near Freezing Across Kansas
The forecast says seasonable weather will continue with no rain. The mercury dipped near freezing in north central and northwestern Kansas with Ellis reporting 34 degrees. Tonight will bring more low temperatures and the average first killing frost in the north central area is late in the first week of October. Goodland reached 72 degrees yesterday and no rainfall was recorded for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
North Central
Ellis
S. D
Flora
Goodland
Missourian Nominated to Succeed Helvering as IRS Commissioner
Washington Oct 4 Robert Hannegan of St. Louis was nominated by President Roosevelt to be commissioner of internal revenue. Hannegan is the current IRS collector for the eastern district of Missouri based in St. Louis. He would replace Guy T Helvering who resigned to accept a federal district judge appointment in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
i—Robertannegan
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Internal Revenue
Hannegan
Missouri
Guy T Helvering
Kangas
Japanese Move Reinforce Southeast China Fronts
Japanese forces pour fresh troops into southeastern China in a drive meant to disperse Chinese concentrations and deter attacks on Shanghai Nanking Hangchow strongholds. A Chinese communique says Chinese troops abandoned several towns including Suancheng, 80 miles south of Nanking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
Shanghai
Nanking
Hangchow
Suancheng
Stock Market Index Touches 51 On Saturday
The index covering 60 stocks averages 50.8 with a Saturday reading around 51. Traders note slight gains across multiple sectors amid cautious market sentiment.
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Voltumo River
Castelvolturno
U.S
Russia
Colorado
Gomel
Moscow
Mogilev
White Russia
Dnieper
Upper West Dvina
Kuban
Caucasus
Red
Pronya River
Middle East
Insurance Building
N. H
Dr. Perry
Associated Press
Robert Jones
Fred J. Brown
Joyce Lerrick
Ruth Moritz
Nancy Adams
John Nichols
Pearl Brohammer
Charles Hornberger
Fletcher McCord
H. W. Love
Trene Fox
Alta Snyder
Wealthy Babcock
Ray Wright
Betty Foulke
Kay Townsend
Josephine Wolverton Andris Rife Wilson Orender
George Wills
F.C. Allien
Jane Frejlenmuth
Kathryn Pees
Betty Jean Rogers
Norman Lamb
Mildred Snyder
Betty Smith
Olive Chapman
Mary Stephenson
Joy Cochran
Mimi Nettles
Jean Oyster
Mary Taylor
Ruth Craig
Myron Nelson
Lesie Murray
L. G. Carter
J. F. Hawkins
Carolyn Baker
Chris Mortensen
Hugh Hines
Earle Carrol
G. E. Price
Park Hetzel
Elvira Weeks
Glenn Allen Oliver
Frances Edmiston
J. R. Edmonds
Gordon Davis
H. W. Naramore
J. D. Zwicky
Charles F. McCain
W. F. Tuttlesis
Svevne Ger
B. Wells
Leona Fetty
C. C. Ger
Stenberger
M. E. Lukens
Elmer Roberts
Sam Wiley
William F. Kingsbury
Davis Moore
Fred Brown
Martha Peterson
Wallace Lee Wallace Lee
Ike Fairbanks
Hazel Dawson
E. D. Liddy
Virginia “Brand
Charlotte Topper
Mary Boyden
L. L. Barrett
Fred Bremer
Ada Swineford
Anna Hack
Garnett Ainapp
Mitchell
Wiedemann’s
K. U
S. D. Vises
Missourian
Guy T. Helvering
Renee
IMF
Scee
Smtwtfes
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