Battle for Rome Opens as Montgomery Fights Near Termoli
Allied bulletins report German armored and infantry assaults aimed at Montgomery's Eighth Army around Termoli on the Adriatic. British destroyers and RAF, US fighters support the counteroffensive while Fifth Army advances toward the Volturno near Naples amid heavy rains and rail junction bombing at Mestre. The clash involves multiple German divisions tied to the Tenth Army with continued fighting near Capua and Benevento.
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Algiers
Rome
Termoli
Adriatic
Eighth
Bernard L. Montgomery
Allied
Montgomery
Dwight D. Eigenhower
Naples
R.A.F
Pescara
Aifedena
Termoli-Rome
Eighth Army
Volturno
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Volturna
Calore
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
Capua
Apennines
Venice
Clark
Africa
Mestre
Yugoslavia
Australia
Benevento
Tenth Army
Mountbatten Arrives in India to Command Allied Forces
Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives at New Delhi airport to assume supreme command of allied forces in southeast Asia. He is met by American British and Chinese officers and takes over a post created to speed the war against Japan in Burma and surrounding regions.
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Lord Mountbatten
India
Allied Forces
New Delhi
Lord Louis
Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Royal Navy
Britain
George VI
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Burma
No Change On Front As German Defenses Hold
Moscow reports German forces cling to defensive lines across the Russian front while mud rain and floods hinder Red Army progress. The Soviet communique claimed no front changes yet London dispatches note new Soviet attacks near Velikie Luki and Nevel in White Russia amid heavy fighting.
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Moscow
Mud
Red Army
Moscow News
London
Velikie Luki
Smolensk
Nevel
Velikia Luki
DNB
Leningrad
Warsaw
Vitebsk
Odessa
Dnieper
Bomb raid hits supply dumps in New Guinea drive
Liberators dropped 39 tons of bombs on coastal New Guinea dumps near Madang as Australian infantry push toward the Ramu river valley. MacArthur announced the village of Dumpu was occupied fifty miles south of Madang and heavy anti aircraft fire followed the raid.
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New Guinea
Madang
Ramu
Douglas Macur
Dumpu
Cours
Frank White
Bellbrook
John L. Gibbs
Ovett,Miss
Fair
Melvin M. Miller
Lehigh
Kan
Bogadjim
War Fronts Shifting in Europe and Asia Pacific
Secretary of War Stimson reports Italy sees German divisions likely 20 to 25 as they fall back northward. Allied forces disrupt Corsica and Cos airfields while Greece Crete air bases are attacked to regain air superiority. MacArthur’s New Guinea drive continues rapidly as Solomons evacuations unfold and China sees rising air activity. Chennault’s Fourteenth Air Force retains initiative in China and heavy raids hit Burma.
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London
Mountbatten
Madagascar
Sumatra
Indo-China
Thailand
Malaya
Burma
U.S
War Stimson
Southwest Asia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Southeast Asia Theater
China Sea
Java
Guadalcanal
Solomons
MacArthur
Washington
Stimson
Germany
Italy
North Africa
Corsica
France
Dodecanese Islands
Mediterranean-Agean
Cos
Greece
Créte
Britain
Hinden
Frankfort
Dnieper
Kerch Straits
Crimea
New Guinea
Kolombangara
China
Claire L. Chennault
Fourteenth Air Force
India
St. Joseph youths' car theft spree ends in capture near Douglas line
Four youths aged 15 and younger eluded Deputy Sheriff Raymond Sanders after stealing three cars in St. Joseph and Lawrence. They admitted stealing a 1939 Ford coach, a 1930 Ford, and a Mercury sedan during a highway chase on US 59. FBI and county juvenile officials questioned them. no decision yet on charges.
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St. Joseph
Highway 59
Douglas County
Raymond Sanders
FBI
C. A. Bliesner
R. Skinner
Sanders
Skinner
Williamstown Junction
Lawrence
Williamstown
North Lawrence
Maple Street
Coffeyville
Kan
Louis Kiser
Vermont Street
Kiser
Weather Outlook From Topeka Forecast
Kansas lingers in pleasant autumn conditions with chilly nights and mild afternoons. Light frost occurred in the orth central and western areas last night while most of the east and south escaped frost. Ellis reported a 29 degree low and Goodland reached 70 yesterday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Orth
Ellis
Goodland
Nazis Loot Rome in Wholesale Looting Report
London report, via Madrid dispatch, claims German forces looted Rome on a wholesale scale taking paintings manuscripts and art treasures to their headquarters. The Spanish dispatch also says Pope Pius XII sent secret documents to papal nuncios to be opened if he is imprisoned.
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London
London Daily Herald
Madrid
Rome
Pius XII
Allied submarine sinks Japanese steamer off Honshu coast
An American submarine reportedly torpedoed a steamship traveling between Shimonoseki and Fusan Korea off Japan’s west coast. Of 616 aboard, 72 were saved. 544 feared dead as rescue efforts continued according to Domei and Tokyo broadcasts.
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Japan
Tokyo
Shimonoseki
Honshu
Fusan
Korea
Domei
Railways Ministry
Office of War Information
U.S
Tokyo Harbor
Individuals Came Thru In Purchase of Bonds
Secretary Morgenthau said the 5 000 000 000 third war loan goal for individuals is definitely in the bag and more. He noted the third war loan has raised nearly 18 000 000 000, with a 3 000 000 000 banking financing program opened this week, and hinted at another large-scale effort in January.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Debate on liberalizing Episcopal marriage canons
The 54th triennial General Convention opens with clergy and lay leaders debating proposals to liberalize canons on remarriage after divorce. A report to the House of Deputies recommends relaxing current restrictions, signaling a shift in church policy.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Cleveland
House of Deputies
Italy may move Mussolini government to northern Italy
Berlin radio reports Mussolini may move the Italian government seat from Rome to northern Italy this weekend. Axis diplomats have been advised to follow the transfer, amid doubts about telecommunication links and the risk if the front advances.
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Associated Press
Germany
Rome
Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Europe
Mrs Guy Pennock Fractures Arm in Fall at Home
Mrs Guy Pennock suffered a double fracture of the left forearm in a fall on the back steps of her home in Eudora Tuesday.
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Guy Pennock
Eudora
Two Kansans Among Navy's Latest Casualty List
The Navy Department reports a new casualty list naming navy coast guard and marine corpsmen. Among those listed as missing are two Kansas men, Bruce Lee Clark of Wichita and Ivan Lee Fahring of Gypsum, with mothers listed as Mrs. Lee Barker Clark and Mrs. Thomas Earl Fahring respectively.
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Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine
Sister of Willkie Dies in Bridgeport Hospital
Miss Julia E. Willkie aged 57 sister of Wendell L. Willkie died at Bridgeport Connecticut hospital. An educator and bacteriologist and linguist she had worked with an aircraft company in Bridgeport for two years. She suffered a cerebral hemorrhage yesterday.
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Willkie
New York
Julia E. Willkie
Wendell L. Wilkie
Bridgeport, Conn
Bridgeport
Knox Arrives in Balboa for Final Leg of Tour
U S Navy Secretary Frank Knox reaches Balboa Canal Zone on October 7 for the last leg of a tour that previously took him to England North Africa and Brazil.
Fascists Reappear in Rome under German guns
Rome reports say fascists again street‑action in public only in groups with Mussolini’s abdication cited as doom. Nazi‑occupied city sees fascist emblems removed and Savoy symbols defaced amid guards, machine guns, and tanks at key sites.
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Bern
Switzerland
Rome
Tribune de Geneve
Benito Mussolini
House of Savoy
Palazzo Venezia
Piazza Colonna
Braschi Palace
Mussolini
Blood Drive Boosts War Effort In Lawrence
Lawrence citizens donated pints of blood at a Red Cross mobile unit from Kansas City. The drive ran 1 to 6 pm with 440 donors planned over two days, aided by local Red Cross volunteers and Kansas City staff led by Capt. L J Smith.
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Lawrence
Red Cross Mobile Blood
Kansas City
Red Cross
Kansas City, Mo
L. J. Smith
U. S. Army
Red Cross Motor Corps
Casualties totals from Salerno landings reported by Stimson
Secretary Stimson said four weeks of fighting at Salerno Italy produced 8307 army casualties with 511 KIA 5428 wounded and 2868 missing. He noted the American share rose as reinforcements arrived and compared losses to the British 6th Army.
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Washington
Stimson
Salerno
Italy
6Th Army
Bay of Salerno
5Th Army
Mark W. Clark
Season tickets on sale at gate for E U football games
Season tickets for E U football will be sold at the stadium gate Saturday at 2 30 PM or in the business office in Frank Strong Hall on campus. Ticket price for all home state games is 6 50 with singles 2 25 for conference games and 1 65 for other games. General admission is 1 10 for conference games and 75 cents for other games.
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E.U
Stadium Gate
Frank Strong
Language Proficiency Examinations Set at University of Kansas
Language proficiency exams for liberal arts and sciences students at the University of Kansas will be held Saturday morning November 13. Registration occurs in the college office on the preceding Monday, Tuesday for Wednesday. Students with at least two high school foreign language credits may satisfy the requirement by passing. otherwise five hours of one foreign language plus high school units are needed. Those with no prior language study start at the beginning with 10 hours.
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Collers of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Kansas
College” Office
Sunflower
NLRB
Kansas City
Yankees Rally To Take Third World Series Game
In Yankee Stadium on October 7, the New York Yankees erased a 2 0 deficit with a five run eighth inning to defeat the St Louis Cardinals 6 2 and seize a 2 1 lead in the 1948 World Series before a crowd of 69 990. The game featured lengthy plays and key moments including a third inning double by Walker, a Musial homer highlight, and a decisive eighth inning barrage capped by a Johnson triple driving in three runs.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Toiake
Vinson Warns Inflation Threatens Nation
Washington reports Economic Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson warned that inflation endangers the country as he argues for a $10.5 billion wartime tax plan before the House Ways and Means Committee. Opponents expect a reduced bill around $5 billion amid bipartisan skepticism and calls to spike purchases with scarce goods and services. Vinson agrees to testify again as hearings resume.
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Washington
Fred M
Vinson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means Up
Jason
Lawrence PTA to Host Second District Conference
The Lawrence Parent-Teachers Association will host the second district conference of the Council of Parents and Teachers on Tuesday October 12 at Plymouth Congregational church. Mrs FE W Emery of Atchison is state PTA president and Mrs C C Sebert is district director. The program includes 9 am registration 1 15 pm luncheon 1 80 to 5 30 pm program with speakers Mrs Emery W M Richards and Dr F C Allen. Officers are Mrs Guy V Keeler president Mrs Ruben Fox vice president Miss Jane Stewart secretary and Ernest Pontius treasurer. The conference is open to the public and expects a large attendance.
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Lawrence
Parent-Teachers Association
Council of Parents and Teachers
Plymouth Congregational Church
FE. W. Emery
Atchison
P.T.A
C. C. Sebert
Colonial
Emery
W. M. Richards
Emporia City
F. C. Allen
Department of Physical Education
K. U
Lawrence P.T.A. Council
Guy V. Keeler
Ruben Fox
Jane Stewart
Ernest Pont
Reed Attacks Labor Policy Over Shrinking Aircraft Hours
Senator Reed of Kansas denounced the administration’s labor policy citing a drop in weekly hours in aircraft plants from 47.6 in May 1942 to 46.8 in May 1943 and similar declines through 1943. He contrasted with railroads, where average work weeks rose to about 50.8 hours in April 1944, calling it a war-effort waste.
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Washington
Reed
R-Kan
Kansas
Senate
Labor Department
Plan Joint Session for FFA and American Royal Show
The national Future Farmers of America convention will be held with the American Royal market animal show in Kansas City. Delegates arrive Sunday with registration Monday. sessions run through Thursday and the Royal show through Friday. The star farmer of America earns a $500 Star prize from the Kansas City Star, with regional and state winners also receiving cash awards.
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Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
American Royal Livestock and Horse Show
Future Farmers ‘of America
Star Farmer of America
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Star Farmer
Kansas City Star
Milk deliveries resume for Borden workers after strike
New York October 7 1930s report says Borden company employees returned to milk routes and plants after a three day stoppage while Sheffield Farms customers faced a fourth day without milk deliveries.
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New York
Borden Company
Sheffiel Farms Company
Cardinals Rally in Ninth Inning Shutout Bid
In a late sequence Musial moved to third, then W. Cooper to Kurowski as nine runs came in on five hits and two errors. John Murphy, the Yankees closer, faced Ken O'Dea who batted for Kurowski and flew out to Gordon. Sanders lined out to Lindell, Litwhiler struck out.
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Cardinals
Klein
Stainback
Walker
Musial
W. Cooper
Crosetti
Gordon
Etten
Yankees
Brazile
Johnson
Marion
Kurowski
Keller
Dickey
Sanders
Litwhiler
Borowy
Brazie
Lindell
Borony
Litwhiler Crosett
Cardinal
Bounders
Boreny
Short
Barony
Grasa
Stirnweiss
Stirn Weiss
Yankee
Crosett
Southworth
Howard Krist
Krist
Harry Brecheen
John Murphy
Ken O'Dea
O’dea
Result announced in plant election at Sunflower ordnace works
The National Labor Relations Board reports Sunflower Ordnance Works workers at Hercules Powder Co. voted 71.4 percent for the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater Kansas City AFL to represent them in collective bargaining. Turnout was 74.14 percent of eligible employees. disclosure of employer votes was restricted due to war needs.
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Kansas City
National Labor Relations Board
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Hercules Powder Co
Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater Kansas City
A.F.L
Euola
Special election costs shared by Lawrence area units
The September 14 special election to fill the unexpired congressional term cost 713.94 funded by the county and to be reimbursed by the city of Lawrence and local townships based on 1942 secretary of state vote shares. Totals include 2,254 votes and allocations to Clinton Eudora Grant Kanwaka Lecompton Marion Palmyra Wakarusa Willow Springs townships and Lawrence city. Lawrence itself spent 71.28 on the congressional and third ward council seat elections.
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U. S. Guyer
T. R. Gerhart
Lawrence
Gerhart
Clinton Township
Eudora
Grant Township
Kanwaka
Lecompton
Marion
Palmyra
Wakarusa
Willow Springs
City of Lawrence
City of
McPherson Sets One Day War Fund Drive
McPherson Kansas will hold its united war fund drive on October 19 for the county. County chairman Paul Sargent said every town and township has a quota and organized teams. The county goal is 25855 dollars with 13501 for McPherson city. Solicitation starts in the morning and reports are given at a night meeting and concert in Convention Hall.
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McPherson
Kan
UPI
Kansas
United War Fund
McPherson County
Paul Sargent
McPherson City
Convention Hall
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