Allies Get Anti Sub Basees In Azores To Remain Neutral
London reports Churchill announced Portugal will grant British anti submarine bases in the Azores while maintaining neutrality on the European mainland. The pact strengthens allied capacity against Nazi U boat warfare and involves American awareness, with bases including harbors and airfields.
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Azores
London
Stugal
Britain
Azores Islands
Churchill
House of Opinmons
Roosevelt
Lisbon
Portugal
United States
Althe
Russia
Atlantic
Ins Sater
Mediterranean
Newfoundland
fIn
Axis
Riots in France Spark Repressive Measures and Sabotage
Paris radio reports describe Vichy regime crackdowns as sabotage erupts across France with Jews targeted and mobile guards authorized to shoot on sight. Laval seeks to deter patriots while DNB cites calls for expulsion and elimination of Jews as policy. In other theaters, Australian bombers strike Makassar and New Ireland, aiding advances in the Ramu valley near Madang as Japanese air power stalls in the Solomons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Jacques Barteaud
Paris
Reuters
Barteaud
Pierre Laval
Vichy Radio
Radio France
Algiers
Associated Press
Darquier de Peliepoix
DNB
Makassar
Celebes
Cape St. George
New Ireland
New Guinea
Crete
Ramu
Madang
Astrolabe Bay
Solomon Islands
Athan F.tavining
Vila
Kolombangara
Red Army Advances Toward Gomel Tightens Dnieper Front
Red Army forces push through Gomel suburbs on the Sozh river east bank as bridgeheads form on the west. Gomel lies near the Dnieper with aims to sever the Sozh Dnieper triangle and open attacks on German lines. Village boatmen are praised for ferrying troops across the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomel
White Russia
Dnieper
Moscow
Red Army
Sozh
Novo Belitsa
Sozh-Dnieper
Dmitry Suslo
Red Star
No Call To Dads Yet For October Inductions
Douglas county selective service chairman Bryce Cameron announced no pre Pearl Harbor fathers will be called in October. The board had earlier suggested potential late October calls but Cameron said processing shows enough eligible men to meet October quotas without using pre Pearl Harbor fathers. He added that even those reclassified 1-A fathers who passed screening will not be called this month.
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Douglas County
Bryce Cameron
Selective Service Board
DdDoard
Cameron
Pearl Harbor
1943 Pig Contest Winners Named by County Agent
The 1943 Sears Roebuck 4 H pig contest winners were announced by Deal Six, county agent. Six Douglas county boys and girls received pigs initially and chose six peers later by essay merit on farm advantages. Winners include Wayne Ice and Betty Jean Loree among Rainbow and Jayhawk clubs with Loree family representation.
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Deal Six
Douglas ‘County
Dorothy May Loree
Rainbow Club
Vera Garber
Clinton Club
Glen O’connor
Kanwaka
Wilma Johnson
Kanwaka Club
Venita Garber
Clinton Ae
Esther Jones
Jayhawk Club
Sre
Wayne Ice
Frank Hagenbuch, Jr
Betty Jean Loree
Evelyn Irene Loree
James Paul Loree
Funk's Mortuary and Chapel Service Notice
Community obituary notice for Funk's Mortuary and Chapel announcing a funeral or memorial service. Includes contact phone 119 and notes on arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funk’s Mortuary
Plant Employee Dies After Sunflower Explosion
Fred S. Clark aged 36 of 2022 Kentucky Street died at 11 o clock in University of Kansas hospital Kansas City after an explosion at the Sunflower Ordnance Works Friday evening. Survived by wife Aina Clark and eight year old son Fred of Lawrence. He came to Sunflower March 9 1943 from Parsons. This marks the plant’s second fatal accident since operations began. the first victim was Mrs. Mary E. Keesis who died from fumes early Saturday.
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Fred S. Clark
Kentucky Street
Sunflower Ordnance Works
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City
Aina Clark
Fred
Lawrence
Clark
Sunflower
Parsons
Mary E. Keesis
Man Found Dead in Bed at 841 Ohio Street
Louis Augustus Kemp aged 75 was found dead in his bedroom at 841 Ohio Street this morning. Coroner C Rumsey says he shot himself with a revolver after a period of serious illness. Survived by widow Sarah Kemp two sons Louis Kemp Independence Missouri and Pvt Robert Kemp overseas two daughters Virginia Kemp and Helen Frazier Washington DC and sister Mrs W E Strain Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Augustus Kemp
Ohio Street
C. Rumsey
Kemp
Sarah Kemp
Louis Kemp
Independence
Robert Kemp
Virginia Kemp
Helen Frazier
Washington, D. C
W. E. Strain
Dayton
May Limit Use of Milk in Metropolitan Areas
Washington reports a new discouraging milk production study and the War Food Administration moves to curb civilian consumption in all cities. A October crop report shows output 3 percent lower than a year ago despite more cows. Meanwhile Atlanta sees a week old truck drivers strike easing as union leaders meet with labor conciliators.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Atlanta
A.F.L. Teamsters’ Union
U. S. Prievest of
Count Sforza Returns to Italy After 20 Years
Count Carlo Sforza boarded a plane today to Sicily en route to Italian soil, marking his first return since leaving Italy nearly two decades ago.
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Count Sforza
Italy
London
Carlo Sforza
Sicily
Allied Air Units Hit Aegean Bases
Allied air forces bombed the Corfu airfield and other targets on Rhodes Crete and Cos as Fifth Army prepared a major assault on the Volturno line. Mosquito and Liberator aircraft struck naval and air targets while German defenses stiffened along the Italian front.
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Aegean
Fifth Army
Volturno
Corfu
Garitza
Calato
Rhodes
Herakleion
Crete
Antimachia
Cos
Dodecanese
Change in Weather Detected Across Kansas
Topeka reports unsettled blustery conditions with local showers as fronts move in. Northwest Kansas expected to turn cooler tonight, while western counties saw light rain totals including Coffeyville at .30 inch. Highs near 84 and lows around 49 were recorded in Goodland yesterday.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Coffeyville
Goodland
Book 4 Green Stamps Set For November Use
The Office of Price Administration announced that book four green stamps will be used to buy canned fruits and vegetables starting November 1. Distribution will occur nationwide via schoolhouse registration October 18 to 30 with time and place announced locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Lawrence area scrap drive urged as war needs rise
Douglas county chairman Myr N Penny and Lawrence leaders call a second national scrap drive urgent. Rural schools will dismiss for a half day to load scrap for delivery to yards. the top township Scouts will win a United States Flag award from the Journal-World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myr] N. Penny
Douglas County
United States
Journal-World
Margaret Hurley
Lawrence
Parent-Teachers Association
Army
Navy
P.T.A
Cecil Hough
Lawrence Drive
Dorsey-Liberty Post
American Legion
Hough
America
Penny
Scrap drive assembly at Liberty Memorial High School
Principal Ralph Graber led an event at Liberty Memorial High School to urge student scrap metal collection. Guest speaker Gwen Dew, a former internee and Far East correspondent, spoke on wartime conditions and the need for scrap metal, as Superintendent Clifford Dean and high school faculty member Ed Logan outlined class contests and weight checks by auto mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Memorial High School
Ralph Graber
Gwen Dew
Far East
Clifford D. Dean
E. J. Logsdon
High School
Death of Dr. Samuel Harden Church Ends Hitler Reward
Dr. Samuel Harden Church, 85, president of Carnegie Institute, died unexpectedly last night. He had offered a 1940 reward of 1 million dollars for Adolf Hitler alive and unhurt, citing concerns over neutrality violations in Holland and Belgium and the threat to western Europe.
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Hitler
Pittsburgh
Samuel Harden Church
Carnegie Institute
Adolf Hitler
Holland
Belgium
Europe
PAW Announces Reorganization of Foreign Oil Operations
The Petroleum Administration for War announces a reorganization of its overseas branch to widen use of oil reserves abroad including those of allied nations. The directives aim to maximize wartime oil supplies and logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Petroleum Administration For War
PAW
War Chest Drive Opens Monday in Lawrence
The Lawrence Paper and its employees pledge 1250 for the War Chest drive starting Monday morning. The campaign, run by the advance gifts committee, combines Lawrence War Fund and Community Chest supports with national agencies aiding Allied nations and service members.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Red Cross
Altho
Block Workers Named for War Fund Drive
J H Parsons general chairman of the National War Fund Community Chest drive announced the block captains for the West and East sides. West Side captains include Warren Decker Myron Metz E Fritz John Schrader Fred Stubeck M Patterson. East Side captains include Corlett Cotton Joe Traytor Byron Cooke H Hanna Mrs Art Tuttle. A meeting of division heads was held to plan the drive launching Monday October 18 at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Parsons
National War Fund
Paneia
C. E. Decker
West Side
E. J J. Coy
East Side
Wrarren Decker
Myron Metz
E. A. Fritz
John Schrader
Fred Stubeck
M. J. Patterson
Corlett Cotton
Joe Traytor
Byron Cooke
H. HH. Hanna
Art Tuttle
F. H. Elvig
Chamber of Commerce
Co-Ops Give $50 to National War Fund Drive
The Lawrence Co-Operative Club's board voted last night to donate 50 to the National War Fund Community Chest drive starting October 18 in Lawrence.
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The
Lawrence Co-Operative Club
National War-Fund
City of
Lawrence
Sub threat serious Knox asserts in press conference
Secretary of the Navy Knox warned that renewed German submarine activity in the North Atlantic is very serious. He noted a recent U boat attack on an Allied convoy and praised Brazil for building an effective anti submarine defense with air bases and a growing fleet.
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Washington
Knox
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Recife
Brazil
18 Year Olds Sign Registered for Selective Service in September
Douglas County youths aged 18 registered in September for selective service. Five others registered though over 18, including former service members. Names and addresses of the 18-year-olds listed, plus additional registrants with birth dates.
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Douglas County
Local
Selective Service Board
Altho
Army
Navy
Melvin Earl Percival
Richland
Kan
James Burton Collins
Tennessee Street
Floyd Ray Sumpter
Massachusetts Street
Leonard Ray Holladay
Ash Street
Kenneth Kleth Rohrbach
Baldwin
Charles Sherman Koloamy
Alan Howard Patterson
North Sixth
Charles Donald Robertson
Massachusetts
Jacob Bryan Sperry
Lawrence
Milton Merle Pippett
Rhode Island
Daniel Kidd
North Second
Arthur
William Thompson
Kentucky Street
Dale Clinton Weatherford
Floy Leo Ott
Eudora
Richard Albert Morris
Laura Avenue
Oran Waldo Ogle
New York Street
Gene Edward Tolbert
Iohn Thomas Burgess
Haskell Avenue
John Clifford Flora
Baldwin Nolan Spencer Johnson, Jr
Frank L. Stands-Black
Haskell Institute
Henry P. Wilson
Pennsylvania Street
Henry
Enrollment Up at State Colleges Fueled by Service Programs
Topeka reports total fall enrollments at Kansas and Emporia State teachers colleges rise to 9 240, up 104 from last year due to expanded service training. KU and Emporia State show gains, with counts detailed for Kansas State College Pittsburg State and specialty schools.
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Topeka
Kansas University
Emporia State Teachers College
Board of Regents
Pittsburg
Hays State
Kansas State
Emporia
Kansas State College
Pittsburg State
Kansas Vocational School For
School For the
Olathe
Kansas City
PLAN 300-MILE PIPELINE Application On File
An application to tap the Hugoton natural gas field with a 300 mile southern Kansas pipeline is on file with the Kansas corporation commission. The line would run from Range 34 west nearly east to near Chanute with a pumping station in Grant county to serve intersecting gas carriers and municipal systems seeking fuel.
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Topeka
CPI
Hugoton
Southern Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
Chanute
Grant County
Argentine Break Likely With German Attitude over Pope
Hora reports private Buenos Aires advices indicate Argentina irritated by Germany over Pope Pius XII and ready to sever diplomatic relations soon testing tensions in Santiago Chile amid October developments.
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Pope
Santiago
Chile
CPR
Hora
Buenos Aires
Pope Pius XII
District P T A Conference Here In Lawrence
One hundred thirty people representing Merriam Shawnee Mission Ottawa Topeka Wellsville Overland Park Kansas City and Lawrence registered for the Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers district two meeting at Plymouth Congregational church Lawrence. Supt Clifford Dean welcomed visitors and urged wartime standards and higher salaries for teachers though he cautioned against self-interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriam, Shawnee Mission
Ottawa
Topeka
Wellsville
Overland Park
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Plymouth Congregational Church
Supt
Clifford Dean
Lawrence City
P.T.A
Navy Day Plans Announced in Douglas County
E C Buehler professor of speech at the University of Kansas is reappointed Navy Day chairman for Douglas County. Navy Day observances set for October 27 with a parade in the evening led by service organizations and a speakers bureau managed by Buehler.
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E. C. Buehler
University of Kansas
Douglas County
Fred Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
Buehler
A. H.buhl
Navy
K. U
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Adriatic
Termoli
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Colletorio
Relman Morin
Morin
Rome
Frosinone
Naples
Cassino
Mondragone
R.A.F
Hear Woman
WAR Chest Drive
Lawrence Paper Co
Lawrence Paper Company
Lawrence War Chest
Advance Gifts Committee
Weaver
War Fund
USO
Greece
United Nations
U. S
Lawrence Community Chest
United Service Organizations
Salvation Army
Y.M.C.A
National Catholic Community Service
Young Women’s Christian Association
Jewish Welfare Board
National Travelers Aid Association
Deal- Six
J. H. Parsona
Gerald Hesse
F. C. Allen
Haskell
W. T. Allen
W. C. Hunsinger
C. B. Russell
H. T. Jones
Don Neal
Missarian Lane
District P.T.A
E. W. Emery
Atchison
Kansas Congress of the
England
Eva Bourne
Malott
Colonial
Deane Malott
Srevsee Reese
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