Nazis Hammering at Russians In Stalingrad Crisis
German forces overran positions surrounding Stalingrad cutting off Soviet units northwest of the city and pressing a renewed assault to seize the Volga metropolis. Soviet dispatches acknowledged withdrawals as Berlin boasted of breaching the west bank and half of the city amid a fourth day of a revitalized offensive.
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Stalingrad
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Volga
Berlin
The
Caucasus
Black Sea
Mozdok
Grozny
Dakar
French West Africa
Gibraltar
British
Gambia
Nigeria
Berling
France
Vichy Com Taunique
Lawrence Sunday Forum to Discuss First Aid Topic
The Lawrence Sunday Forum at Ninth Street Baptist Church will meet tomorrow at 5 p.m. Miss Luevonia Jackson will read a paper on First Aid and Melvin Jenkins will lead discussion. Mrs. Anna Payne will perform a vocal solo.
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Lawrence
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Luevonia Jackson
Melvin Jenkins
Anna Payne
Stock Market Index Shows Decline and Recovery
The stock market report notes the average of 60 stocks at 89.5 with yesterday’s reading at 39.6, indicating a mixed session as large gains followed by a pullback. Investors watched key sectors and adjusted positions amid cautious trading.
Guadalcanal Battle Still Rages In Pacific Clash
U S and Japanese forces wage a major conflict around Guadalcanal as a large enemy fleet concentrates near Shortland Island. Navy officials, tight lipped, foresee a possible sea battle rivaling Midway while Allied troops shell Japanese positions and push back in New Guinea and Burma.
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Washington
Aay
United States
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Knox
Midway
Coral Sea
Shortland Island
U. S
Aleutian Islands
Kiska
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
United Nations
Owen Stanley Mountains
MacArthur
Solomons
Buin
United
Flood toll rises as crest nears, recedes in Washington area
Washington faces flood aftermath as crest passes at 7 20 a m and recedes to 17 6 feet, with five dead and many missing across Virginia Maryland and West Virginia. Fredericksburg Front Royal Winchester and Culpeper suffer severe impacts while rail traffic and communications slowly resume.
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Washington
Capital
Roosevelt
Potomac
Rapahannock
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Fredericksburg
Front Royal
Winchester
Culpeper
Potomac River
Georgetown
Union Station
Cumberland
Red Cross
Ridgely
W. Va
Alleghany County
Food production rises among FSA families in Kansas
In Topeka on October 17, Farm Security administration data show a March to September boost in essentials with potatoes up 97 percent from 85 009 to 167 847 bushels. Calves pigs eggs and vegetables canned also rise, indicating low income families can increase output with modest aid and supervision. Cooperating in Kansas are about 12 000 families with 75 000 low income farm families statewide.
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Topeka
Farm Security Administration
George McCarty
FSA
McCarty
Kansas
Rayon Plants to War Use
William Jeffers, rubber conservation director, said at a press conference that certain rayon plants would be converted to produce 50 million pounds of high tension yarn annually for tires for the armed forces.
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Chicago
William Jeffers
Nation
Rubber’ Conservation
French Resistance Turmoil Across France Meets Brutal Repression
Reports from London cite violent demonstrations against shipments to Germany, with Laval's Vichy government accused of heavy reprisals in Lyon and Amberieu. Police, mobile guards, and Nazi Gestapo guards fired on crowds while explosions halted movement of workers and Dutch canal barge crews faced threats of penalties.
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London
Pierre Laval
Hitler
Lyon
Amberieu
Vichy
Legion
Times
Gestapo
Germany
Bern
Switzerland
Laval
Paris
Netherlands
Opposition Is Open in France Resistance Grows
Andre Philip, Free French leader and former Socialist deputy, arrived in Washington from New York and said anti-German and anti-Vichy sentiment is rising daily. He claimed 100 percent of the occupied zone and 90 percent of the unoccupied zone oppose the Vichy regime and favor resistance.
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Vichy
Hitler
Lyon
Amberieu
Germany
Reith
Washington
Andre Philip
France
Philip
Laval
Andre Hilip
Chamber of Deputies
London
de Gaulle
New York
Gasoline siphoned from car on Ohio Street in theft report
A car owned by M. F. Davies at 1220 Ohio Street had half a tank of gasoline siphoned last night. Prowlers visited another apartment in the same house two weeks earlier, stealing trousers belonging to Joe Baker and his son John, 19. The premises are occupied by W. R. Adams and three families.
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M. F. Davies
Ohio Street
Davies
Joe Baker
John
W. R. Adams
Sooners Take Slim Lead At Halftime In First Big Six Clash
In a hard fought first half at the stadium, about 5,000 fans watched Oklahoma seize a 6 to 0 edge over Kansas. Huel Hamm connected with Bill Mattox for 22 yards, then Eddie Davis scored on a short run as the Sooners exploited Kansas’s passing to lead at the break.
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Kansas
Jayhawkers
Huel Hamm
Bill Mattox
Sooners
Iis Davis
Oklahoma
Ray Evans
Paul Hardman
Evans
Linquist
Sooner
Hoyt Baker
Crimson and Blue
Hardman
Fauble
Shanks
Hamm
Jayhawks
Mattox
Eddie Davis
Acme News Picture Men Tap K U Oklahoma Gridiron
Two Acme Newspicture men Bill Humphrey and Joe Russo of Kansas City arrived in Lawrence to shoot action photos of the K U Oklahoma game. The pictures were developed on site and sent via wire to Ft Worth for engraving and distribution to newspapers. Transmitting gear was installed at the K U news bureau to send images immediately after development.
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Acme
Bill Humphrey
Joe Russo
Kansas City
Lawrence
Ft. Worth
Tex
K.U
Germans Mass Air Assets to Reinforce Multiple Fronts
Daily Express reports from neutral sources that Germany shifted air strength to Italy North Africa Ruhr Rhineland northern Norway and the Stalin grad front. Basil Cardew estimates first line planes total 2600 Eastern front 46 percent at Stalingrad 800 in the Mediterranean 550 fighters 250 bombers in Western Europe 200 in Northern Norway and 300 to 500 in Germany including many night fighters.
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London
Daily Express
Strow
Italy
North Africa
Ruhr
Rhineland
Norway
Stalingrad
Balkans
Germany
Basil Cardew
the Express
Cardew
Eastern Front
Mediterranean
Sicily
Europe
Police workload soars as September cases surge
Local police on day duty logged 16 hours to cover post parade shifts. Police court cases rose from 57 in June to 558 in September, largely traffic offenses. Drunk and DUI fines increased, with total September fines reaching 1232 dollars. City seeks federal funds to hire more officers, as state law blocks use of court revenue until 1944.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Ninty
State Tax Commission
Delaware Tops Scrap Drive Per Capita In Nationwide Campaign
New York reporting on the newspaper scrap collection drive shows Delaware leading with 83.7 pounds per citizen, followed by Pennsylvania 83.1 and Montana 78.2. The national total reached 2,106,506 tons from 37 states, with the drive ending today to aid steel mills over winter.
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New York
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Montana
United Scrap Metal Drive
Rhode Island
Kansas
Nevada
Utah
Schoeppel to Visit Lawrence as Governor Candidate
Republican candidate Andrew Schoeppel plans a Lawrence stop on October 26 from 9 to 12:30 with a radio address on WREN from 12:15 to 12:30. He will then speak in Baldwin for an hour before heading to Miami County.
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Andrew Schoeppel
Schoeppel
Lawrence
WREN
Baldwin
Miami County
Evan and Jimmie Pierce Notice
Oct 11 to Oct 25 marked by a harsh of God tith and NH notice referencing Evan and Jimmie Pierce with unspecified details.
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Evan
Jimmie Pierce
God
Tith
N.H
Intensive scrap drive nears end in Douglas county
Douglas county scrap drive totals surpassed 2 517 100 pounds with an average per cap ia near 105 pounds and a 100 pounds per man goal to win an S pennant from the War Production Board. More than 300 tons were gathered in a day with 209 tons bought by Auto Wrecking and Junk company. Proceeds fund Christmas gifts for county servicemen and ore contributes from Army jeeps and mass collection points.
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Douglas County
Auto Wrecking & Junk Company
War Production Board
Washington, D. C
Will Hey
Baldwin
Rural school scrap metal contest closes this evening
Four weeks of salvage work by country school children and teachers ends tonight as nine schools and district patrons sell pounds of scrap. A final report will be tabulated over the weekend and published Monday in the Journal-World. Five prize winning districts remain in contention with a $40 cash award to the top schools.
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Journal-World
Scrap Heap Deluges Yard as Trucks Queue for Load
Lawrence scrap yard overwhelmed by heavy arrivals. Auto Wrecking and Junk scales handle big lines of trucks stretching two blocks west before noon. Workers load freight cars as piles of old metal rise, with managers unsure all sellers can be accommodated. Yard reopens tomorrow morning for remaining loads.
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Lawrence
Auto Wrecking and Junk Company
Ship Production Keeps Ahead of the Nazi Subs
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, head of the wartime ship purchasing program, told the American merchant marine conference that Axis submarines are not winning the war against the United Nations. He cited rising U.S. shipyard output and growing submarine losses in the Davy Jones locker, asserting production balances losses and that detailed numbers are not a secret. He urged lenders to contact the Lawrence Building and Loan Association for home loans, noting ready funds.
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New York
Emory S. Land
United States Maritime Commission
United Nations
Lan
Nes
Davy Jones
Kansas Strives for NationLead in Scrap Drive
Kansas drive to collect scrap metal nears a goal of 200000 tons as 12 of 105 counties report totals and Santa Fe Railroad contributes 35000 tons. The campaign tallies 87872 tons so far with per capita yield 99.4 pounds and industrial gifts expected in final hours.
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Topeka
Kansas
Santa Fe Railroad
Inventories Due For Fuel Oil Dealers On Oct 20
Douglas county war price and rationing board requires all fuel oil dealers to file sworn statements of on hand oil as of Oct 1 and tank capacity by Oct 20. Dealers to obtain consumer forms from the board. customers mail completed forms back. Oil Rationing panel members are Carl Graeber H A Weaver and Karl Kreider. City panel issued several tire certificates and quotas. Melvin Goff of 1423 Kentucky Street received a certificate to purchase a new car.
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Douglas County
Carl Graeber
H. A. Weaver
Karl Kreider
Melvin Goff
Kentucky Street
Start on New Houses In War Housing Project
Twenty six mortgages totaling 90600 were filed by Happy Homes Inc with Capital Federal Savings and Loan Topeka. The 26 tracts on Kentucky Tennessee and Ohio streets south of Nineteenth will host four room and larger houses with dining areas and basements under excavation in the 1900 block Kentucky. Total mortgage tax and fees were 328.
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Register of Deeds Office
Happy Homes, Inc
Capital Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Topeka
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Indian Students Help Out in the Scrap Drive
Staff members and students at Haskell Institute added 74,795 pounds of scrap to the Douglas county total in a three week intensive campaign. Of this amount 70,995 was collected throughout the institution with most from old steam pipes in the heating tunnels. The American Indian Youth group solicited staff members and they contributed 3,800 pounds.
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Haskell Institute
Douglas County
Haskell
Replogle Joins Navy as Chief Petty Officer
Wayne Replogle freshman football coach and chief scout at the University of Kansas enlisted in the U S Navy as chief petty officer in the navy physical fitness program. He was sworn in and placed on inactive list until November 26. Replogle previously coached multiple sports at Elgin Academy in Elgin Illinois.
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Wayne Replogle
University of Kansas
United States Navy
Navy
Replogle
Elgin Academy
Elgin
Ratner to Address Oil Groups in Wichita and Independence
Governor Ratner announced plans to speak at a National Stripper Oil Well Association meeting in Wichita on Monday and at a session of the Independent Petroleum Association of America in the city on Tuesday. An Old Fashioned Revival runs October 11 to 25 at the Church of God located at 11th and N.H.
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Ratner
Topeka
National Stripper Oil, Well Association
Wichita
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Church of God
11Th
N.H
Soldiers Collect Scrap Metal for War Effort in Lawrence
Soldiers from Ft. Riley supervised by Sgt Al Garvin collected metal in South Park while local children donated scrap for the war drive. By noon volunteers reported three tons and a steady stream of metal including an old anvil from the Windmill site and a WWI helmet. Funds go to Christmas gifts for servicemen, with Howard Creel chairing the Home Service club event.
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South Park
U. S. Army
United Home Service Club
Douglas County
Will Green
Chris Kraft
J. 8
Turner
Ft. Riley
Lawrence
Red Cross
Mount Oread
Massachusetts Street
Thirteenth Street
Oread Avenue
Twelfth Street
Vermont
North Park Street
Massachusetts
al Garvin
R. C. Garnet
Melvin Durcett
Frank Buchyryez
Curtis Reamser
Verd Miller
West Ninth Street
Clyde Vernon’ Bell, Jr
Home Service Club of
Howard Creel
Southpark
Alfred J. Beil
Harold G. Barr
E. T. Burgess
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Lawrence Sunday Forum
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Stephens
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Long Marsee i
Penny Gibbons
RG Crawford Simmons
Hodges Lamb
R Hardman Hamm
Baker Mattox
Evans Campbell
Ris
Fes
Davis
Tmes Shelwood Deen
M. Re Pon
Nebraska
C. Quigley
St. Marys
Cass Kopelk
College of Emporia
Bill Day
Oklahoma Sooners
Eastern State
Andy Schoeppel Coming
Bulletin
Rural
Lawrence Building and Loan Associator
Mass
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