Army plans 7 5 million in forty three draft age lowered
Admiral King and General Marshall urged cutting the draft age to 18 and 19 as War Secretary Stimson estimated an Army of 7 5 million next year with 2 2 million air forces and 3 3 million ground troops. They noted average unit ages rising and discussed discharges for the physically unfit and the pace of training.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
George C. Marshall
Stimson
House Military Committee
Army Chief of Staff
War Department
Marshall
Senate Military Committee
Reynolds
Dn.c
Army
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Bil
Chairman May
D-Ky
Schedule Public Hearing On Cities Service Rates
The Federal Power Commission will hold a public hearing November 30 in Kansas City to determine the reasonableness of wholesale rates charged by Cities Service Gas Co. The hearing follows an investigation begun in October 1939 and may order lower rates if the current charges are unjust. Cities Service operates in Texas Oklahoma Nebraska Missouri and Kansas.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Kansas City
Cities Service Gas Co
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas And Nevada Lead Per Capita Scrap Drive
New York report shows states averaging over 50 pounds of metal per person in the scrap drive. Kansas at 72.2 pounds per citizen and Nevada at 70.3 pounds per person are neck and neck for the top per capita spot as totals reach 1,238,260 tons for the 24 states.
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Kansas
Nevada
New York
United Scrap Metal Drive Committee
Himmler Visits Rome Amid Axis Tensions
Berlin reports Himmler, head of the Gestapo, is in Rome on a private visit with Il Duce Mussolini, amid signs of strain between Germany and Italy over U.S. policy and control of Trieste. Rumors suggest axis-propelled pressure or changes in Italian treatment of Italians in the United States.
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Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
Gestapo
Rome
Germany
Italy
United States
DNB
Himmler
Il] Duce
Mussolini
Ankara
Istanbul
Adriatic
Trieste
Balkan
London
Stockholm
National Zeitung
Basel
Switzerland
Dagens Nyheter
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican City
U.S
Francis Biddle
U S Submarines Hit Japanese Fleet in Far East
Navy communique reports U S submarines in the western Pacific sinking a heavy cruiser and four other vessels and damaging two more. Total toll reaches 79 sunk and 24 damaged, with 20 possibly sunk, across Far Eastern waters.
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Pacific
Washington
Navy
United States
Western Pacific
Far East
United _ States
Far
Navy Department
Organization Formed for Colored Republicans in County
A meeting at party headquarters completed the formation of a permanent organization of colored Republicans. Elected officers are Jerome Wilburn president Mrs Farinda Lambkin vice president Leroy Harris secretary and James Bowers treasurer. Charles Stokes Leavenworth attorney spoke at the meeting. Old Fashioned Revival note dated Oct 11 25. Gene of God on 11th and N.H.
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Jerome Wilburn
Farinda Lambkin
Leroy Harris
James Bowers
Charles Stokes
Leavenworth
Six Day Drubbing of Japanese Across Pacific Front
American and Allied forces scored a sweeping victory from the Aleutians to the Solomons. In the Solomons a heavy cruiser, four destroyers and a transport were sunk, with several ships damaged. in the Aleutians bombers hit ships and hangars. New Guinea saw ground forces push back toward Rabaul. Guadalcanal Marines launched their first offensive in weeks, enlarging gains against reinforced Japanese troops as heavy bomber strikes continued.
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United States
Solomon Islands
Aleutian Islands
Kiska
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Kokoda
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Navy
Solomons
Aleutian
Japan
Pacific
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Enrollment rise in Douglas County one room schools adds pupil
First week reports from the county superintendent show a mixed enrollment gain. Graded schools like Eudora add teachers as pupil numbers surge. India moves from one room to graded, boosting overall counts. Total elementary enrollment outside Lawrence grows from 1,037 to 1,392. High schools show a smaller uptick.
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Douglas County
Eudora
India
Baldwin
Lecompton
Lawrence
Vinland
Kansas Electric Power workers honored for long service
Thirty five employees of the Kansas Electric Power company in the general office and Lawrence district received service buttons for 10 or more years at a dinner at the Eldridge hotel. Longest tenures include Lloyd Purcell 38 years and John Skinner 37 years.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
Lawrence
Eldridge Hotel
Lloyd S. Purcell
John T. Skinner
Raymond Rice
Kathryn Corcoran
Ray Hill
Wilbur Ruese
Ruben S. Fox
Nathan McGee
Loral W. Lee
Joseph Simon
James Johnson
Evelyn Jordan
Eben
H. Ross
D. T. Ransdell
LaVene Vincent
Byron Cox
Florence Wise Mertz
Jane Stanton
Ardaier Tutt
W. C. Boardman, Sr
L. F . Benz
Scrap drive totals reach thirty six tons in Douglas county
The Junior Red Cross in Douglas county has collected 36 tons of metal scrap in the current campaign and continues daily collections. Yesterday 4970 pounds were credited, largely from a volunteer county truck aided by four junior high students. Trucks will tour residential areas the rest of the week. Call 803 to arrange pickups. the Red Cross office stays open until 8:30 p.m. daily.
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Junior Red Cross
Douglas County
Red Cross
McAllaster P T A to Host Members and Speaker
The McAllaster P T A meets tomorrow at 2 30 in the afternoon with sixth grade mothers as hostesses. Dr H L Chambers director of the Douglas county health unit will speak on Our Part in Community Health. First grade readings will be shown and a plant exchange organized. Members should bring flowers plants slips bulbs and seeds to share. Evan Jimmie Pierce Oct 11 25. Ye of God llth and N H Ye
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Washington
James E. Burns
House Banking Committee
House
Roosevelt
Steagall
D-Ala
Byrnes
New
Office of Price Administration
John B. Blandford
McAllaster
Streit outlines federal world union plan at Hoch Auditorium
Clarence K Streit, noted author and veteran journalist, spoke to about 600 people on a proposed federal union of democracies. He described a world organization modeled on the U S federal system with a common postal system currency and universal citizenship. Discussion followed with audience questions.
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Hoch
Clarence K.streit
World Organization
Union
Streit
Pinckney Pupils Buy War Stamps in Morning and Afternoon Sessions
Pupils at Pinckney school bought 138 dollars in war stamps today with 83 dollars by fourth through sixth graders and 55 dollars by kindergartners to third graders. One room of first graders taught by Miss Lorrane McGeorge make complete purchases each Wednesday. Principal Miss Opal Jayne Kennedy says stamp sales are about 80 percent ahead of last year. Purchases occur from 8:45 to 9:15 and 12:45 to 1:15 each Wednesday.
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Pinckney School
Lorrane McGeorge
Opal Jayne Kennedy
Pinckney
Tulsa University Sunday Football Games Condemned
The Presbyterian Synod of Oklahoma condemned Sunday football at the University of Tulsa as a war expediency not a principle. Dr. C. G. Pontius, TU president, said two Sunday games were played this season and offered no further comment.
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Stillwater
Okla
Presbyterian Synod of Oklahoma
University of Tulsa
Tulsa
CG. J. Pontius
Pontius
Altamont Students Aid Farms Amid Labor Shortage
Altamont High School in Labette county mobilizes students and teachers to farm fields and inspect machinery. Teachers travel to farms to arrange free repairs as part of school outreach on October 14.
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Altamont
Parsons
Labette County
Estate to Relatives in Iowa Inheritance for Wefer Heirs
Henry Wefer died October 6 in apparent poverty. Public Administrator Minnie L. Gordon said relatives in Iowa stand to inherit about $100,000 from his estate after investigators found $91,000 in cash and 2,893 acres of farm land in Iowa.
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St. Joseph
Phen
Iowa
Henry Wefer
Minnie L.gordon
Willkie to Report to Roosevelt After Front Tour
Wen dell J. L. Willkie returned from a tour of battlefronts and immediately arranged to report to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The report follows his Washington dispatch on October 14.
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Willkie
Washington
Wendell JL. Willkie
Roosevelt
Burke Here Today Campaign Swing Through Eastern Kansas
Burke arrives in Lawrence for an eastern Kansas campaign swing. He speaks at 8 pm at the Community building with a broadcast on WREN from 8 to 8 30 pm. A dance with Danny Bachman and his orchestra follows. public invited. Burke meets with Frank W. McDonald, Lawrence locals, and plans to visit Eudora later.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Eudora
City Hall Extends Voter Registration Hours to 10 PM
Citizens busy during the day can register in the evenings as Harold Fisher city clerk announces city offices will stay open until 10 p.m. to help eligible voters. Evening hours run from today until October 23.
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Harold Fisher
Merit Examinations Offered by County Welfare Department
The county welfare department announces state merit exams for several positions including telephone operators miltith operators tabulating equipment operators ophthalmologists child welfare workers fiscal officers supervisors stenographers accountants welfare department visitors and typists. Applications must be submitted by October 30 and forms are available from the merit supervisor at Topeka.
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County Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Topeka
Box Score Shows U S Ahead in Pacific Battle
Box score compares American and Japanese losses in the Belorgon Islands campaign with U S crews inflicting decisive damage. Sunk ships include one heavy cruiser and several destroyers, plus transports and cargo ships. American losses list three cruisers and three destroyers sunk with four transports. Navy confirms additional but unspecified damage in Solomons.
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Washington
Belorgon Islands
Navy
Ashington
Wncantee
Solomons
Mrs. Deal Six Heads Lawrence Community Chest Drive
Mrs. Deal Six will head the women’s division of the Lawrence Community Chest campaign for the week of October 26. Lawrence leaders praise her long service in local PTA groups, the Lawrence Children’s Theater, Girl Scout council duties, and community programs for servicemen.
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Deal Six
Mississippi Street
Lawrence
L. E. Eby
Six
Lawrence P.-T.a. Council
Cordley P.T.A
Lawrence Recreational Council
Lawrence Children’s Theater
Light Rain Touches Western Kansas Weather Report
The first reportable precipitation in a week fell in western Kansas with light rain across Goodland .36 of an inch and a trace at Dodge City. Eastern Kansas remained dry, while Goodland reached 66 and Phillipsburg 80 as Concordia logged 50 for the night. No major change forecast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Dodge City
Mercury
Phillipsburg
Concordia
Stock Market Index Edges Up After Mixed Trading
The index for 60 stocks rose to 39.9 per share with yesterday’s level at 40.1 as investors weighed gains and losses across sectors.
Red Position Improves Around Stalingrad Front
Soviet forces report two new wedges north west of Stalingrad as German resistance weakens. In Stalingrad the defenders recapture a street while the city endures its 51st siege day. Red Army gains cited around the Don Volga corridor and Black Sea coast amid heavy fighting.
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Volga City
Stalingrad
Semeon Timoshenko
Red
Pravda
Hitler
Dor
Black Sea
Tuapse
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Red Fleet
Red Star
Dors
Don
Volga
Berlin
Changes at Eudora Sunflower plant announced
Wm. S. Lozier and Broderick and Gordon announced two personnel changes at the Sunflower Ordnance Works. E H Nick Carter becomes project manager succeeding G Bradford Squire, moving from Cornhusker plant and Utah work to Kansas. John G Watts becomes chief engineer of the architect engineering division joining from Letterkenny depot background in civil engineering.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Wm. S. Lozier
Broderick
Gordon
E. H
Nick) Carter
G. Bradford Squire
Carter
University of Colorado
Sunflower
Cornhusker Ordnance Plant
Nebraska
Utah
Quivira Lakes
Squire
Kansas City
John G. Watts
Letterkenny
Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N.Y
Letterkenny Depot
Wm. §. Lozier, Inc
Kansas
Kentucky Street
Lawrence
Homecoming at Kansas to be trimmed due to travel woes
Travel difficulties force Kansas University Homecoming to scale back activities. October 1 events include a Kansas Nebraska game day celebration with a football rally at Hoch Auditorium Friday night and Navy Machinists Mates graduation Saturday morning. Committee members meet to plan further steps.
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University of Kansas
Fred Ellsworth
Kansas-Nebraska
Hoch Auditorium
Navy
T. R. O’hara
Naval Training Station
Dean Gilbert Ulmer
Marge Rader
Vernon McKale
Ellsworth
Army Against the Navy In Brainbuster's Fest
Three ROTC cadets from the University and three Naval Machinists Mates will compete in the Brainbuster program in Fraser theater at 9 tomorrow evening. Participants include George Johnson Jim Gillie Fred Bohannon and sailors J B Brydges Clarence H Martin and Farl D Gump. Dr John Ise will moderate. Attendance is invited. program broadcast on station KFKU.
Argentine Tanker Rescues 16 US Ship Survivors
The captain of the Argentine tanker Santa Cruz reported picking up 16 survivors from a torpedoed United States ship off the northeast coast of South America.
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Buenos Aires
United States
South America
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McAllaster P.T.A
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Jimmie Pierce
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N.H
Clarence Streit
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