Japanese Reinforcements Mass Near Guadalcanal Shell U S Lines
U S navy reports large Japanese reinforcements with artillery on Guadalcanal and a big ship concentration near Shortland Island north of the base. American motor torpedo boats attack the area as planes bomb transport and warship targets, with minor damage noted to enemy ships and nine enemy aircraft damaged on Rekata Bay.
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Shortland Island
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Solomons
Navy
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Marine Corps
Buin-Faisi
Cadalcanal
Bomb raid on Cologne by large RAF force rocks Nazi homeland
Britain unleashed a massive night bombing on Cologne with hundreds of four motor bombers after months of restraint. The attack targeted the Rhine region and Germany's bomb alley, with German reports noting widespread fires and visible glow on the way home. RAF losses were 18 planes, German losses 22. Canadian squadrons said fires were visible from long distances.
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London
Britain
Cologne
R.A.F
Rheineland
Rhineland
Germany
Netherlands
K U Homecoming to Be Simple This Year
The university plans a simple Homecoming with no house decorations or parade. Fred Ellsworth chairs the committee with Dean Gilbert Ulmer, George Hedrick, Vernon McKale, and Peggy Davis. A Friday rally show and dance in Hoch Auditorium precedes Homecoming, with Ku Ku’s handling the rally. A Kan-Neb game half time will feature governors and a $25 war bond prize to the winning governor in the scrap metal contest.
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Fred Ellsworth
Dean Gilbert Ulmer
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
Vernon McKale
Peggy Davis
Dean Ulmer
Miss Davis
Hoch Auditorium
Ku Ku’s
Election interest grows as registrations rise in city
City Hall records show 38 persons registered yesterday. City Clerk Harold Fisher seeks a polling place in the first precinct of the third ward. Part of Coker's store once used for booths is now a residence. Election judges and clerks to be named early next week.
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Harold Fisher
Coker
American Troops Seize New Aleutian Island in Routine Move
Alaska Defense Command said American troops occupied another island in the Andreanoff group of the Aleutians in a routine operation. A Japanese bomber dropped two bombs with no casualties or resistance. bombs missed. Navy had earlier moved into mid-Aleutian bases bringing Kiska within bombing range. Attu and Agattu show no enemy presence.
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Alaska Defense Command
Andreanoff
Aleutians
Navy
Alaska
Kiska
Dutch Harbor
Attu
Agattu
College urged to continue studies amid 18 19 draft age shift
Chancellor Deane W. Malott told students the likely 18 19 year old draft would not disturb academics until year end. He said the War Manpower Commission would develop wartime university uses by January and urged continued study, noting ROTC and navy programs probably stay. A Marsh plan for selective drafting and college return was discussed as a fairer way to avoid advantage to wealthier youths.
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Deane W. Malott
War Manpower Commission
Navy
Armed Services
R.O.T.C
Mr. Woodruff
Daniel L. Marsh
Boston University
Malott
Evangelism victory praised as Kernahan campaign yields 262 commitments
church leaders praise the Kernahan visitation evangelism drive in Lawrence as 262 conversions are reported over four days. Officials emphasize cooperative effort and continued outreach leading up to October 25 when new members join area churches.
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Alfred J. Beil
Harold G. Barr
First Christian Church
Lawrence
B. Z. Stephenson
Lawrence Deever
Snyder Memorial
United Brethren Church
Naomi Light
D. E. McGregor
First Evangelical Chinrelt
Captain Turner
The
Salvationrmy
Howard FE. Koelb
First Baptist Church
Arms and Explosives Dropped in French Territory
New York reports a Vichy government statement saying arms and explosives were dropped by parachute in French territory. The cabinet, led by Barthelemy, ordered the state tribunal to try authors or accomplices of grave attacks against interior security.
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New York
CBS
Vichy
Joseph) Barthelemy
Red Army Holds Ground As Stalingrad Battle Rages On
From Moscow dated Oct 16, German forces massed infantry tanks and planes to push toward the Volga and Stalingrad. The Red Army retreated to new positions but mounted stubborn defense, with 100 tanks and 500 planes forming the spearhead. Russians reported several streets seized in places while reiterating heavy German casualties.
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Stalingrad
Red Star
Volga
Dzerzhina
Berlin
Red Army
Deep Caucasus
Mozdok
Novorossisk
Scrap drive offers free rides for metal donations
Beginning at 9 30 a m at South Park two U S Army Jeeps will carry riders in exchange for 50 pounds or more of scrap metal. The drive aims to raise money for Christmas gifts for service men and fund Uncle Sam’s needs while thrilling participants. Sponsor is the United Home Service Club.
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Uncle Sam
Kansas Is Second In Scrap Drive Per Capita Leads West
Mountains of scrap filled the nation as the newspaper driven drive neared its close. Rhode Island led with 72.9 pounds per person, Kansas followed at 72.2, Nevada at 70.3, with 37 states reporting a total 1,826,954 tons averaging 37.5 pounds per person. Tonnage totals showed Rhode Island 26,000, Kansas 65,000, Nevada 3,870.
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New York
United Scrap Metal Drive Committee
Mississippi
Altho
Rhode Island
Kansas
Nevada
Mrs Parkman to Address City Officials on Federal Funds
Mrs Mary Parkman of Topeka representing the war works agency will speak to city officials and Chamber of Commerce officers in the chamber rooms this evening. She will explain how to obtain federal funds for city functions strained by war plants. The meeting begins at eight o'clock.
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Mary Parkman
Topeka
War Works Agency
Chamber of Commerce
Showers Linger Across Kansas As Wheat, Pastures Benefit
Topeka forecast shows lingering showers across Kansas with western counties taking the heaviest rainfall. Dodge City reports 0.72 inch, Goodland 0.47, Phillipsburg 0.49, Wichita 1.8 inches, Topeka a smaller amount. Federal Meteorologist A. D. Robb notes western rains aid new wheat and pastures. Temperatures remain near normal with Topeka high 74 and Goodland down to 50.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tony
Dodge City
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Wichita
A. D. Robb
Morgenthau in England Ends Visit with Finance Talks
United States treasury secretary Henry J. Morgenthau Jr arrived in London and met with officials at the British treasury to discuss financial arrangements between Britain and the United States. Evening auction at Shimmon’s Shop noted in brief.
Officials Urge Trailers in Fire Limits to Move by Monday
Willard Larkin and Joe L Walker issued notices to trailers parked within fire limits to relocate by Monday. Inspectors found common violations include unregistered trailers and improper sink drainage. Drainage must go to a covered pail or sewer. an open hole is not allowed.
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Willard Larkin
Joe L. Walker
Sanitarian
Walker
Red Cross Junior Scrap Drive Nears Forty Tons
Metal scrap collected by the Junior Red Cross neared 40 tons as members continued picking up donations in volunteer trucks. The two weeks five is expected to yield more than 400 for the budget of the junior organization. Yesterday a Douglas county truck donated 7 175 pounds and University High students rounded up over 5 000 pounds. The Red Cross office will stay open this evening and tomorrow to accept metal donations. Volunteer trucks will operate until tomorrow evening in residential areas and at business houses not yet turning in scrap.
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Junior Red Cross
Douglas County
University High School
Red Cross
Phone 808
Plant Worker Killed by Falling Steel Beam
In juries inflicted by a falling steel beam at the Sunflower Ordnance Works near DeSoto Kansas, W D Tays 32 a hoisting engineer died. His skull was fractured and both legs were broken in the accident late yesterday.
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Kansas City
Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto
Kan
W. D. Tays
Yesteray
Stock Market Index Shows Slight Dip in Trading
The stock index for 600 stocks edges down to 39.6 points from 39.4 yesterday, reflecting a modest market retreat amid cautious trading. Investors weighed early gains against minor losses as sectors varied in response to lingering economic signals.
Army Transport Plane Crashes Near Chicago Airport
An army transport plane crashed and burned two miles from Chicago airport during a routine flight from Warrensburg Missouri to Chicago. All nine occupants were killed per the army public relations office of the sixth service command. Among the dead was Staff Lt. Francis A. Kokenge of Seneca.
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Chicago
Army Public Relations
Sixth Service Command
Warrensburg
Army Air Use
Lst
Francis A. Kokenge
Seneca, N
Vote to Retain Victory Tax in Revenue Bill
A joint senate-house conference committee decided to keep the 5 percent victory tax in the new revenue bill. The tax applies to individuals with income over 624 dollars per year.
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Washington
Senate-House
Sunflower Ordnance Works starts 400-trailer camp
Construction begins on a trailer camp near Sunflower Ordnance Works to house 400 rolling homes with potential expansion to 1500. The site lies along highway 10 four miles east of Eudora, within the project area south of the highway, with water sewer and plant-provided electricity being installed. Bath houses will serve every ten trailers and the complex will run about a quarter mile along the road, 700 feet southward, with possible elongation to a half mile if expanded east and west.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Eudora
Indictment Won’t Do for Brinkley Case Says DA
A federal grand jury indicted widow Mrs. Minnie Brinkley and six former Brinkley associates on 24 mail fraud counts connected to the Brinkley hospital operations in 1940. Dr. John R. Brinkley and Dr. A C Petermeyer are not charged in this indictment due to prior court status. Others named include H Dwight Osborne J H Davis O B Chandler A Lewis Kline and Miss Vera Wederbrook.
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Little Rock
Ark
John R. Brinkley
Brinkley Hospital
Brinkley
A. C. Petermeyer
Dr. Brinkley
Minnie T. Brinkley
H. Dwight Osborne
J. H. Davis
O. B. Chandler
A. Lewis Kline
Vera Wederbrook
Year's Government Costs Above Eighty Billions
President Roosevelt told Congress that federal cash expenditures for the war in the year ending June 30, 1943 are estimated at 74 billion dollars with non war outlays of 4.194 billion. Interest on the public debt adds 1.85 billion, bringing total federal outlays to 80.044 billion for the period.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Allies plan postwar war crimes trials despite Hess proposal
London reports that Britain the United States and other allies will proceed with plans for postwar war crime trials. A foreign office commentator said a commission would gather evidence prepare indictments with UN consultations.
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London
Russia
Britain
Rudolf Hess
United States
Foreign Office
United Nations
Finnish Field Marshal Mannerheim Might Propose Finland Peace
Reports from London citing a Zurich dispatch say Mannerheim sent a letter to Pope Pius XII exploring a separate peace for Finland. No confirmation has been received.
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London
CPA Zurich
Reuters
Switzerland
Finland
Baron Mannerheim
Pius XII
Women and children lay on rails at St Etienne to block labor train
Late dispatches from unoccupied France report that women and children at St Etienne stretched themselves across a railway to halt a train bound for Germany with workers drafted for labor. It is unclear if the tactic succeeded.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
St. Etienne
Germany
No Nobel Prizes This Year Reported
The Swedish American News Exchange said Stockholm informed them that no Nobel prizes would be awarded this year. This continues the wartime suspension of the awards not conferred since 1939.
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New York
Stockholm
Judge Extends AP Answer Time in Antitrust Suit
Federal Judge Samuel Mandelbaum extended to November 2 the time for the Associated Press to answer the government antitrust complaint filed August 28. He described the complaint as a library in itself. New York filing details were provided in the late October press notice.
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New York
Samuel Mandelbaum
Associated Press
Six Drown in Tennessee Tank Bridge Accident
Six men died in the Cumberland River when two 28 ton tanks toppled from a pontoon bridge during a blackout movement near Tennessee. The incident occurred last night with the Second Army involved.
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Second Army
Tennessee
Cumberland River
Byrnes Says War Board to Bring All Salaries Under Control
James F. Byrnes disclosed that he arranged with the War Labor Board and Treasury to bring all salaries under control. The statement outlined plans to centralize salary regulation across the economy during wartime.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
War Labor Board
Treasury Department
Livestock and Equipment Sold Through Journal-World Ads
Trainloads of livestock and used farm equipment were sold through Journal-World classified advertising. The sale highlights the reach of local listings in moving agricultural assets.
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Journal-World
Moscow reports Nazi submarine yard fire halting Trondheim works
Moscow radio quoted by Reuters said a large fire put the Nazis submarine building yards at Trondheim out of operation for a long time. It cited Josef Terboven’s flight to the scene and a Gestapo official arriving in Oslo as Oslo and Berlin reactions unfold.
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London
GPL
Moscow
Reuters
Trondheim
Norway
Atlantic
Josef Terboven
Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Oslo
Quisling
Milk discussion planned by Lawrence League Voters
The Lawrence League of Women Voters will host a public meeting at 7 30 Tuesday evening in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to discuss the local milk situation. Mrs Carroll D Clark will speak on the standard milk ordinance and Howard Weindel will review current conditions affecting Lawrence and Douglas county. Miss Edna Hill will discuss supplementing milk in the family set.
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Lawrence League of Women Voters
Chamber of Commerce
Carroll D. Clark
Howard Weindel
Lawrence
Douglas County
Edna Hill
University of Kansas
Star President George Longan Dies at 68 in Kansas City
George B. Longan 68 president of the Kansas City Star company and AP director died of a heart ailment at Menorah hospital after an illness that began with a late night collapse He led the Star and Times from 1928 and was a longtime journalist and charity figure Survivors include his widow and two daughters Mrs Dale Ashby Beronius and Mrs William Lambert Huggins Jr He had served as AP director and vice president and was active in cattle breeding at his Miles of View farm in Kansas City
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Kansas City
George B. Longan
Kansas City Star Company
Associated Press
Menorah Hospital
Longan
Star Company
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Times
Dale Ashby Beronius
William Lambert Huggins
Washington
New York City
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City Conservatory of Music
New Mexico
Arizona
Miles of View
Sunflower Workers Plan Dickens Christmas Carol
Sunflower Ord nance Works employees are organizing a staged production of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. M L Thuyber, auditor, will direct the show which will feature costumes and props though a venue has yet to be chosen.
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Sunflower Workers
Dickens
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Charles Dickens
M. L. Thuyber
Wuts Eer
Kansas City Demands Coal Support for Oil Conversion
Mayor John B. Gage writes Secretary Ickes that if the government requires Kansas City to switch from oil to coal it must allocate vital materials for new strip coal mining equipment or gas pipelines.
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Kansas City
John B. Gage
Ickes
Federal Fuel Co-Ordinator
Douglas County Sets New Scrap Collection Record
Douglas County Nebraska aims to top its prior scrap haul as 209 tons of heavy industrial scrap were purchased by Morris Cohen of Auto Wrecking and Junk. The county totals may exceed half a million pounds with a per capita near 97 pounds tonight and a 100 pound daily goal to win an S flag from the War Production Board.
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Auto Wrecking & Junk Company
Morris Cohen
Douglas County
Nebraska
Re Production Board
Court House
United States
Omaha
Pi Betas to Attend Kansas Oklahoma Game with Air Corps Officers
Two Pi Beta Phi sisters will have blind dates for the Kansas Oklahoma football game with Army Air Corps officers from Pauline air base near Topeka. Lieut. Roy Tant and Capt. Ed Schmidt chose to join, hoping feminine company from the KU campus boosts morale.
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Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Army Air Corps
Pauline Air Base
Topeka
Pi Phi House
Barbara Jo Wilson
Air Corps
Roy Tant
Ed Schmidt
Oklahoma
K. U
Former Lawrence Mayor Undergoes Foot Surgery
Alfred Lawrence former mayor of Lawrence had surgery at University of Kansas Hospital in Kangna City to remove his right foot. His condition was reported satisfactory this afternoon. He injured his foot at home while jacking up a car and was taken to Kansas City hospital about ten days ago.
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Alfred Lawrence
Lawrence
University of Kansas Hospital
Kangna City
Mr. Lawrence
Kansas City
Senate Committee Recommends Drafting 18 and 19 Year Olds
Washington report says the senate military committee backed drafting of 18 and 19 year olds as the house moves toward final action on related legislation tomorrow.
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Senate Committee
Washington
Senate Military Committee
House
Weather: Rain in west and scattered showers east
West Kansas sees rain with scattered showers to the east as the system lingers. Temperatures hold steady tonight and through Saturday forenoon with only minor changes.
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Kansas
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