U S Marines Expand Guadalcanal Positions
The navy reports U S Marines enlarged holdings on Guadalcanal during two days of fighting in which Japanese losses were high. It notes destruction of 16 Japanese planes and damage to two light cruisers with two U S planes lost on October 9 and 11.
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Islands
United States
South ‘Pacific
Marine Corps
New Georgia Island
Navy
Rekata Bay
Canberra
Mckinow
Samuel N. Moore
Alexandria
Aincy
Vincennes
Astoria
F. L. Riefkohl
Maunaho
Puerto ‘Rico
William G. Greenman
Germans Fail To Take Grozny Oil Field In War News
Soviet dispatches report the Caucasus battle sees German forces move fresh divisions toward Grozny while counterattacks gain ground elsewhere. In Stalingrad the Red Army holds the Stalin tank plant and repels a renewed German push as winter nears.
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Associated Press
Russia
Grozny
Stalingrad
Don
Pravda
Red Army
Stalin Tank Plant
Central Caucasus
Grozny Oil Center
Don-Volga
Semeon Timoshenko
Volga
Berlin
Douglas county fuel oil panel names announced and chaplain joins army
A Douglas county fuel oil rationing panel is named with Carl Graeber H A Weaver and Karl Kreider as members. Registration of fuel oil dealers in 30 states will occur October 20 and 21. Rev. John E. Bowers of Trinity Church in Lawrence receives first lieutenant commission as chaplain and plans to report October 26 to Harvard chaplain school. He will resign as rector and relocate with his family to Bayside Long Island. Bruce Cameron notes Bowers joined the selective service board in 1942 and praises his service while lamenting his departure.
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A. V. Fuller
Kansas
Lawrence
Douglas County War
Carl Graeber
Rhode Island
H. A. Weaver
Louisiana Street
Karl Kreider
East Eighth Street
Douglas County Board
Graeber
Weaver
Kreider
John Brand
C. B Holmes
Carl.Graeber
H.A. Weaver
George Wetzel
Lorraine Shultz
Paul Lyons
Brand
Douglas County
John E. Bowers
Trinity Episcopal Church
Douglas County Draft Board
Bowers
Tarely
Navy Seizes Triumph Explosives Plant and Subsidiaries
The Navy seized Triumph Explosives plants in Elkton Maryland and two subsidiaries Milford and Sussex Ordnance after a White House statement linked bribery charges to a plant vice president and two inspectors. Arrested were Josef Ben Decker ex executive vice president, J A McCambridge civilian army inspector, and Reginald Gregory chief civilian navy inspector.
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Washington
Navy
Triumph Explosives, Inc
Elkton
White House
Josef Ben Decker
Triumph
J. A. McCambridge
Reginald Gregory
Milford Ordnance Company
Sussex Ordnance Company
Sales Tax Will Be Next Move in Raising Revenue
Washington reports that Senator George of Georgia chairing the senate finance panel says any further tax increases beyond the revenue bill will take the form of a retail sales tax. He noted the joint conference committee will draft differences between the senate and house in the record breaking measure and indicated the treasury’s request would be met with a sales tax option.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Joint Conference Committee
Senate
House
Thrifty Families Favor Home Financing Plan
Thrifty families prefer a home financing plan that reduces the loan each month via payments, aiming for positive debt free ownership. Lawrence Building and Loan Association located at 800 Mags Street, IV, Phone 55.
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Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Staking 26 homes by Brady in southwest Lawrence
Leo F. Brady Kansas City contractor begins excavations for basements Thursday on Tennessee street for 26 homes in southwest Lawrence. Brady directs the new Happy Homes cooperative which got its charter last week. Homes dispersed with up to seven in one area, each with five rooms, a basement and a garage. WPA funds allow water connections for the 26 dwellings.
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Leo F. Brady
Kansas City
Lawrence
Brady
Tennessee Street
New
Happy Homes Coperation
Lawrence Water Department
WPA
L. H. S. Students Form Scrap Drive Club
Liberty Memorial high school students join the scrap drive as the 10 Pound club grows. Three more students and a custodian joined, adding 255 pannits of salvage. Dick Brown and Lawrence Harris lead a team collecting and reporting 3,655 pounds already.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Dick Brown
Lawrence Harris
Treasury halves penny production to aid war copper
The treasury announced a 50 percent cut in penny production to about 60 million a month. Officials urged the public, especially children, to stop saving pennies in pig banks to conserve copper for war industries.
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Washington
UPI
The
Treasury
Petition to Remove Wright From State Ballot Emerges
A petition with 81 signatures seeks to challenge Ray T. Wright’s residency for the Eleventh district, urging Douglas County officials to probe eligibility and possibly declare a vacancy on the ballot. Wright defends his Lawrence residence at 846 Arkansas, saying he will remain there until after the legislative session. County Attorney Milton Beach notes the county clerk lacks power to summon witnesses.
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Ray T. Wright
Q. O. Goodwin
T. R. Gerhart
Wright
Kansas
Douglas County
Reece
Lawrence
Arkansas
Milton Beach
Gerhart
Churchill asks Nazis to rescind prisoner action
London reports Prime Minister Churchill urged Germany to halt shackling British and Canadian prisoners taken at Dieppe on August 19. He said Britain would withdraw retaliatory measures if Berlin desisted and noted Geneva convention violations.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Britain
Dieppe
Berlin
Switzerland
More Women in Air Plants Rise in Los Angeles
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Bradshaw reported that women in Los Angeles aircraft factories grew from about 15 percent in April to around 50 percent in September. One company noted September hires were 70 percent women, reflecting increased female labor in the sector.
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Los Angeles
Charles E. Bradshaw
Navy to Coordinate Brazilian Forces Under U.S. Commander
Secretary Knox said Brazilian naval forces are placed under the American area commander Admiral Jones H. Ingram during Knox's trip to Brazil. The arrangement aligns Brazilian and American naval authority as part of regional security.
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U.S
Washington
Knox
Brazil
Apie
Jones H. Ingram
Nation Wide Gasoline Registration To Begin November 9
Nation Wide gasoline registration starts Monday November 9 in the continental United States except the already rationed east. Applicants must list tire serial numbers and may be denied an A coupon book if more than five tires per car are listed. The program feeds into broader tire conservation and goes into effect November 22.
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Washington
East
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Gifts to Soldiers A Letter From Lawrence Citizens
The United Home Service club asks Lawrence and Douglas county residents to send Christmas boxes and gifts to soldiers. The Christmas box Committee solicits funds from business leaders with Chamber of Commerce approval and requests names and addresses of unlisted servicemen to reach as many as possible.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
United Home Service Club
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Frank E. Jones
East 13Th
Nelle Dixon
C. V. Leigh
L. C. Allen
S. M. Amyx
J. D. Lohman
I. Fairbanks
Frank Ji. Jones
Lee McCain
V. M. Auchard
Showers Forecast for Western Kansas Regions
In Topeka on Oct 13 forecasts indicated showers and thunderstorms for western and northwestern Kansas, with no rain expected in the soaked eastern area. Temperatures were moderate and above normal statewide, Goodland reaching 84 and Ellis a low of 50. cooler weather was expected in the extreme northwest.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Ellis
Cities Service Boosts County Scrap Heap
Cities Service trucks started hauling old pipe fittings cast iron and scrap metal to Lawrence for Douglas County. Charles Short said the company cleaned an 800 mile stretch for high grade scrap to aid steel production for the war effort amid actions by Union Pacific Rock Island Burlington and Missouri Pacific to clear rights of way of scrap.
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Douglas County
Cities Service
Pipeline
Lawrence
Charles Short
Union
Pacific
Rock Island
Burlington
Missouri Pacific
Kansas
Dutch cadet loses propeller over Leavenworth flight
A Netherlands Royal Air Force cadet lost a propeller while flying over Leavenworth. He had altitude and glided to a safe landing near Sherman Field at Fort Leavenworth. Officials search for the missing propeller and assess the landing.
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Leavenworth
Royal Air Force
Sherman Field
Ft. Leavenworth
Four Days Left in Douglas County Scrap Drive
Four days remain in the Douglas County scrap campaign as the war production drive nears its close. Collectors report 1,285,715 pounds weighed as actually marketed with a goal of 1,750,000 pounds and a per capita target of 70 pounds. Community sites in Eudora and Baldwin await counts, while schools and towns mobilize to beat Omaha in the county, state, and national contests.
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Douglas County
Auto Wrecking and Junk Company
Eudora
Baldwin
Tommy Evans
Nebraska
Will Green
Salvage
Omaha
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Willkie Returns to Minneapolis After World Front Tour
Wen dell Willkie lands at Wold-Chamberlain Field Minneapolis at 2 22 p m Central War time after a 1100 mile flight from Edmonton Alberta on the final leg of his world war front tour He plans to fly to New York and then Indiana for rest He offers no new comment on Moscow remarks regarding a second front and his talks with President Roosevelt
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Minneapolis
Wendell Willkie
Wold-Chamberlain Field
Naval Base
Edmonton
Alberta
Willkie
Twin Cities
United States
Roosevelt
Africa
Middle East
Russia
China
Fairbanks
Alaska
Tomorow
New York
Indiana
Mr. Roosevelt
Moscow
24 Axis Planes Downed In Fighting Over Malta
Cairo reports British planes repelled a fierce Axis air assault on Malta with 24 Axis aircraft shot down and about 60 damaged. Malta airmen set a day record for Axis destruction and posted a two day total of 39. Five British fighters were lost, with two pilots reported safe.
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Cairo
Malta
Axis
Eprnoya
Mediterranean
Rommel
Africa Corps
Voluntary Manpower Is Not Working Says F D R
President Roosevelt told a press conference that voluntary manpower was not working satisfactorily. He offered no hint of immediate legislation to compulsory job assignments.
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F.D.R
Washington
Roosevelt
Auction of china glass and gifts at Shimmons' Shop
Shimmons' Shop at 906 North H. Street advertises an auction featuring china glass and assorted gifts offering bargain finds for collectors and shoppers seeking decorative items.
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China
Shimmons’ Shop
N. H
Burke to Campaign in Douglas County for Governor
Democratic candidate W H Burke the Little River farmer and stockman will travel to Douglas County tomorrow arriving about 10 am from Atchison where he spoke tonight A rally at the Community building starts at 8 pm with Burke speaking on WREN from 8 to 830 Other speakers include Charles Young of Westphalia and Herbert Drake of Kansas City Kan Burke will meet Lawrence residents and likely visit Edora then attend a community dance with a 12 piece orchestra arranged by Frank W McDonald Burke plans to stay in Lawrence tomorrow night.
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W. H. Burke
Little River
Douglas County
Kansas
Burke
WREN
Herbert Drake
Kansas City
Kan
Congress
Lawrence
Eudora
Frank W. McDonald
Winners Announced in Rural County Summer Reading Contest
The Douglas County Teachers association heard results of the summer reading contest sponsored by the P T A. Mary Lou Holtom of Baldwin grade school won the upper grade prize. Duane Haverty of Hesper school won the younger group prize.
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Douglas County Teachers Association
P.T.A
Mary Lou Holtom
Baldwin Grade School
Duane Haverty
Hesper School
Bismarck School
Mildred Springer
United States
Hesper
Pleasant’ Valley
Kaw Valley
Number Six
Bismarck
Baldwin
Centennial
Asa Colman
Representative of Green Arrives at Strike Scene
A personal representative of William Green, AFL president, arrives to negotiate over a strike that has shut down the Western Cartridge plant. H A Bradley, president of the Chemical Workers Union, declines to disclose Green’s instructions. Green had telegraphed a stern back to work order to strikers last night.
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Alton
Til
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Western Cartridge Company
H. A.bradley
International
Chemical Workers’ Union
Green
Colored Republicans of Douglas County to complete formation
The Colored Republicans of Douglas County begun last Wednesday will finalize their organization at party headquarters 927 Massachusetts this evening. J R Price of Wichita and Chris Stokes of Leavenworth will assist in forming the group.
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Douglas County
Massachusetts
J. R. Price
Wichita
Chries Stokes
Leavenworth
Old Fashioned Revival at Church of God October 11
A brief notice lists a revival event at the Church of God located at 11th and North Holland, dated October 11 with participation encouraged by church leaders.
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Church of God
11Th
N.H
Council Rules on Planning Commission Rezoning Bid
City council quickly approved the planning commission report denying a rezoning petition for the block between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets and Swatatina and Ohio to allow a 54 family war housing project. The vote followed a planning commission density note and attention from Ernest Klooz and George Docking. Additional actions included five zoning appeals, a trash contract, license fee collection for the Patee theatre, and county election cost billing. The body also discussed vault doors, street repairs, and a plan to enclose space under the main stairway for staff access to the ladies room, funded by the ice board of health. Four water committee proposals were approved, plus a new fireman appointment and police funding applications.
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City Planning Commission
Swatatina
Ohio
Ernest Klooz
George Docking
First National Bank
Planning Commission
Nho
Board of Zoning Appeals
Ways and Means
Patee Theatre
Berger
Ruth Herold
Massachusetts
Old City
M. N. Penny
R. O. Burgert
City Property Committee
City Hall
Manley Insurance Company
Ice Board of Health
Weather Update for Kansas Tonight and Wednesday
Kansas forecast calls for showers and scattered thunderstorms in the west and north central tonight and Wednesday. Expect a few heavy showers, with cooler northwest winds and near to extreme cool across the northern portion.
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Kansas
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Solomon
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Fulagi
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Atate
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Carpentera Union
Barbers Union
Douglas
Home Service Club
Netherlands
W. H. Burke Coming
Water Committee
WPB
Frank Willey
Robert Mogasey
St. Louis
Joe Wilkens
W. C. Hunsinger
Roy Bushey
Police Committee
War Works Agency
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C. A. Bliesner
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