Rising Nazi Tide of Attack Curbed by Soviet Defense
Soviet reports credit Red Army actions for repelling multiple German assaults around Stalingrad during a 24 hour period. News notes cautious German worries about winter, and reports on northern advances stalled as Soviet forces press defense and counterattacks near Mozdok and Voronezh. A separate brief records Mrs. F. H. Klock injuring her right arm at home.
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Stalingrad
Adolf Hitler
Caucasus
Don
Volga
Red Army
Red Star
Volga River
Mozdok
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Voronezh
Moscow
Stock Market Index Report Shows 60 Stocks Climb
The stock index for 60 listed stocks records an average level of 38.88 as of Saturday trading. Investors monitor gains across key sectors amid cautious sentiment.
Marines Hold Solidly Against Japs on Guadalcanal Front
Allied press reports say U S Marines are maintaining strong positions on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands while Australian jungle troops near the Owen Stanley mountains in New Guinea push toward the range summit. MacArthur says a Japanese convoy was spotted near Buna and may signal reinforcements or withdrawal as Allied forces press their advance for an eighth straight day.
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Associated Press
U. S
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Owen Stanley Mountains
Douglas MacArthur
Kagi
MacArthur
Buna
Milne Bay
Owen Stanley
Washington
Solomons
Aleutians
Fire prevention week activities hit city schools
Emphasis was on city schools today as fire drills occurred in all buildings. Earle Patton led the program for the Chamber of Commerce with the hook and ladder truck on site. Lectures and assemblies followed at Liberty Memorial High School and Haskell High School with figures like Miss Stacey and Bob Docking among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Patton
Chamber of Commerce
G. W. Bradshaw
Lawrence Civilian Defense Corps
A. J. Basile
Lawrence Paper Company
L. R. Perry
Liberty Memorial High School
Patsy Creel
Business and Professional Womens Club
Colonial Tea Room
Hugh Bayles
Lions Club
Bob Docking
Kiwanis Club
Emily Stacey
Haskell
Bob Elbel
Co-Operative Club
Stan Stockton
Doris Anderson
Annette Bigelow
Bob Ellsworth
Stacey
Rotary Club
Patton
Lawrence
OW. C. Tucker
University of Kansas
Payne Ratner
Paul Ingels
Union fee investigation eyed by House committee
Washington reports Chairman May of the house military committee said a nationwide probe of fees charged by unions to job applicants on army projects may proceed if evidence of excessive charges is found. The issue was rekindled by Representative Faddis h who urged a military subcommittee to study payments at the Meadville wage ordnance plant. A preliminary Meadville probe has been authorized by May and Representative Thomason, subcommittee chair.
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Washington
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
House
Faddish
D-Pa
Army
Meadville
Representative Thomason
D-Tex
Scrap drive gains momentum for Junior Red Cross in Lawrence
The Junior Red Cross scrap collection expands across Lawrence with 24 calls and 18 large donations requiring truck service. Fifteen collection centers operate in Pinckney area as schools like Cordley Lincoln and University High organize efforts with Rev Harold Barr addressing an assembly.
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Red Cross
Lawrence
Junior Red Cross
Pinckney School
Cordley
Lincoln School
University High School
Harold G. Barr
University Area
West Hills
Jap Prisoners Brought To the United States
Five Japanese prisoners of war landed at a Pacific Northwest port after naval action in the Aleutians and were moved to a U S detention site. An official source said the army received them from the navy and they were the first POWs in the region and likely the continental United States. One officer among them was possibly a former Seattle resident.
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Navy
U.S
Solomans
Aleutians
Andreanos Islands
Kiska
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
China
Wendell L. Willkie
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
Willkie
Chungking
Pacific Northwest
Upi
Army
Continental
United States
States
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
Survey Workers Meet at Methodist Church on Campaign progress
An important meeting of workers and others interested in the ernahan Directed Survey and Vis itation Evangelism Campaign is set for 7 30 this evening at the First Methodist church. Dr Kernahan will address the gathering. About 200 workers were engaged yesterday and more are at work today. The survey is progressing satisfactorily and is expected to wrap up by Wednesday noon.
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Theernahan
First Methodist Church
Kernahan
Senate approves drastic income tax rise with broad exemptions cut
The Senate tentatively approves sharply higher personal income tax rates. The plan raises the normal rate from 4 to 6 percent and first bracket surtax from 6 to 18 percent, with top rates reaching 82 percent. Exemptions are cut to admit 7 million new taxpayers, and dependents credit is reduced.
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Finance Committee
House
Senate
Roosevelt Urges Nationwide Drive Through Radio Appeal
President Roosevelt launches the annual community mobilization for human needs urging Americans to give generously to help neighbors and the war effort. He says gifts prove faith in democracy and asks households to transform buying power into giving power as belts tighten for a hard fight ahead.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Local Quiz Fest Teaches War Facts On KFE Radio
The K U Brainbusters begin with a first radio quiz on October 8 at 9 30 p m on KFE and continues October 15. Two unrehearsed shotgun quizzes will test war knowledge with prizes of naval banquet tickets.
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K. U. Brainbusters
John Ise
Mates Naval School
University
R. 0
Fraternities and Sororities Ease Kitchen Labor Tensions
Tension over possible unionization of University kitchen help eased as talks with Greek officers and house mothers led to working agreements. Emergency student crews will handle cooking to fit house budgets, amid wage gaps versus local eateries. Most fraternities already rely on student labor, and crews were operating smoothly with the dispute largely resolved.
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Lawrence
Auto dealers win one month extension on car maintenance
The Office of Price Administration extended the deadline to October 31 for automobile dealers to finish required maintenance operations on stored new passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The extension aims to secure indoor storage, rust inhibiting oil, and hire mechanics to perform the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Sandy Winsor Injured in Oklahoma City Collision
University of Kansas cheerleader Carl Sandy Winsor was struck by a car in Oklahoma City Sunday night while in the city on legal business. A Wichita resident and KU law graduate of 1922, Winsor was injured during the incident near Memorial Stadium era.
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Sandy
Winsor
Carl
Sandy” Winsor
University of Kansas
Memorial Stadium
Oklahoma City
Wichita
K.U. School of Law
Board Tackles Budget and Policy Changes at October Session
Lawrence Board of Education met at Liberty Memorial high school to approve revised rules and regulations, eliminate obsolete sections, and authorize bills totaling 23 273.02. George Kolsky resigned as Pinckney custodian. H W Smith named successor. Mrs E J Coy hired part time at the senior high and Mrs Nancy Rutter full time at New York school.
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Lawrence Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High School
Board of Education
George Kolsky
Pinckney School
H. W. Smith
E. J. Coy
Nancy Rutter
New York School
Gift From Elks Presented to ROTC Regiment at Kam
A ceremonial colors presentation was made to the ROTC unit at the University of Kam with about 1,000 uniformed men in attendance. Elks members sponsored the event, showcasing a formal dedication and military traditions.
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R.O.T.C
University of Kam
Possum Hunt Turns Comic Courtroom Tale Into Nighttime Mystery
A courthouse possum chase begins after Harold Fisher and janitor Bunker Wilburn fail to dispatch a runaway animal from a chicken pen. The hunt moves through basement holes and water fountain areas as staff speculate on escape or capture, ending with an Elks color presentation at the University of Kansas ROTC drill ground involving E. Mark Sullivan and local officials.
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Harold Fisher
Fisher
Givens
Aroid “Bunker
Wilburn
Rommel's Tank Corps Men Arrive in Canadian Internment Camps
Nearly 1,000 tank corps soldiers from General Rommel's Africa group have reached Fast Canadian Port and are held in Canadian internment camps for the duration. Guards are Polish, and Canadian troops assumed control at the dock. The officers said the prisoners caused no trouble during landing or the voyage from Egypt.
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Rommel
Egypt
ELECT CHOIR OFFICERS NAMED BY DEAN SWARTHOUT
Dean Swarthout announced the A Cappella Choir officers today with Harry Johnson as president Dorothy May Nelson as secretary Suzanne Schmidt as treasurer and Helen Colburn and Leo Goertz as librarians The social committee includes Clayton Krehbiel chairman Judy Van Deventer Betty Sue Roberts Eugene Jennings and Richard Coy
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Dean D. M. Swarthout
Harry Johnson
Dorothy May Nelson
Suzanne Schmidt
Helen Colburn
Leo Goertz
Marvin Zoschke
Clayton Krehbiel
Judy van Deventer
Betty Sue Roberts
Eugene Jennings
Richard Coy
Scrap drive boosts two city grade schools totals
Pinckney parents report a 500 pound discrepancy as scrap hauled Sunday lifted Pinckney to 20 758 pounds for six schools while Cordley boosters claim 20 585 pounds plus 1 200 pounds from Saturday for a South Lawrence total of 21 785 pounds The donor sent proceeds to the schools and a forgotten contribution adds 3 415 pounds to Pinckney The drives raised over 100 dollars for each PTA treasury and no contest occurred between schools.
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Pinckney
Cordley
South Lawrence
P.T.A. Treasury
Opposition to tax on federal land for military use
Washington Oct 6 opposition from the War Navy and Treasury departments to a measure allowing states and local governments to tax land acquired by the federal government for military purposes after January 1940. They argue the bill would complicate and raise costs of the war program and set an undesirable precedent. Secretaries Stimson and Knox say war facilities often bring new revenue to communities, offsetting tax losses.
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George
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
War, Navy
Treasury Departments
House Committee On Public Lands
Senate
War Stimson
Navy
Knox
Planning Board to Hear Zoning Change and Appeals Thursday
Lawrence planning commission and board of zoning appeals will meet at 7 30 p m in the city council room to consider one zoning change petition by William H Shackelford Jr and five appeals from the city building inspector rulings. The five appeals involve M N Penny 639 Tennessee M C McGrew 1107 New Hampshire J T Hickman 11385 Oregon Paul B Harnar 1811 New Hampshire and Mrs M F Lienard 1306 New Hampshire. The planning commission action would require city council approval to finalize the change.
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Lawrence Planning Commission
Board of Zoning Appeals
George M. Beal
Ivan D. Rowe
M. S Hudson
C. B. Holmes
W. J. Keeler
City Council
Planning Commission
Nineteenth
Louisiana
Ohio
William H. Shackelford, Jr
Kansas City
Ernest Klooz
City Planning Commission
M. N. Penny
Tennessee
M. C. McGrew
Fritze
New Hampshire
J. T. Hickman
Oregon Street
Paul B. Harnar
M. F. Lienard
Indian summer holds pleasant Kansas weather
Topeka reports moderate conditions with no forecasted change. Weather man D. Flora warns a late fall swing could end harvests and outdoor chores. Goodland logged 77 degrees yesterday with a 42 degree low, and expected warmer conditions today.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas
Flora
Goodland
MOP Pledges Aid in State Scrap Drive
A. T. Stewart pledges every unused pound of old metal on Missouri Pacific rails in Kansas to the scrap campaign. He arrives in Lawrence to organize Missouri Pacific employees into emergency scrap crews and will cover the state with county scrap chairmen credited for metal collected.
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Missouri Pacific
Kansas
A. T. Stewart
L. W. Baldwin
Lawrence
Stewart
Humboldt
Hutchinson Seeks Cruiser Named for City
Hutchinson Mayor W. N. Kelly announced plans to petition Secretary Knox to name a cruiser after Hutchinson following Navy recruiter T. C. Holleman signing his thousandth recruit since Pearl Harbor. Kelly said local enlistments are ample to man the ship.
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Hutchinson
Navy
T. C. Holleman
Pearl Harbor
W. N. Kelly
Knox
Weather Near Kansas Sees Little Temperature Change
The forecast shows only minor temperature shifts tonight and Wednesday for Kansas. Early readings point to stable conditions with light winds and no significant precipitation expected.
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Kansas
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