Rees Speaks Out Against Bureaucracy in Reelection Kickoff
Rep. F. Rees of Emporia launched his Fourth District bid with a sharp attack on bureaucracy. He warned that agencies and executive orders rule the people, urging a return to founding father principles. Gov. Schoeppel praised the Republican platform and Dewey Bricker ticket as practical postwar reform.
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Associated Press
F. Rees
Emporia
Rees
Congress
Harry Truman
America
Wichita
Andrew Schoepel
Eureka
Schoeppel
Dewey-Bricker
American Initiative
American Enterprise
American Freedom
Harvest report shows heavy yields across Kansas crops
Topeka reports heavy corn and sorghum yields with excellent winter wheat prospects in most of Kansas. Labor shortages hinder harvest as October weather allows overtime work. wheat seeding nearing completion, reseeding needed in western sections due to dry topsoil and in eastern areas from excessive moisture.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ateaa
14th Air Force Hits Hong Kong In Heavy Blow
14th Air Force planes attacked Japanese shipping at Hong Kong Monday in concert with Admiral Nimitz off Formosa. Communique says eight ships totaling over 40,000 tons were attacked. seven ships totaling more than 23,600 tons damaged. five more probably damaged. Patton’s Third Army in France reports a near miss from a German 800 pound railway gun shell that failed to injure him.
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Chungking
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Hong Kong
Chester W. Nimitz
Formosa
Joseph W. Stilwell
Dobson and Mills Wed at Douglas County Court House
Lloyd G. Dobson of Peculiar and Lela I. Mills of Harrisonville were united in marriage yesterday at the Douglas County courthouse by Probate Judge Pro Tem Lorene Hollingsworth.
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Court House
Lloyd G. Dobson
Peculiar
Lela I. Mills
Harrisonville
Douglas County Court House
Lorene Hollingsworth
War time ration stamp update through 194? period
The notice lists various ration book stamps and validity dates. It covers processed foods blue stamps, sugar book four, fuel and gas coupons, shoe stamps, and gasoline coupons with indefinite validity for some and new stamps to be validated on November 1 or October 29. Regional validity varies by area and item.
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Presa
Garacline
Southwast
Gale
McBeth Injured In Auto Crash Near Topeka
M V McBeth of 1733 Mississippi Street is hospitalized in St Francis Topeka after a Saturday night collision on Highway 40 five miles east of Topeka. He suffered a broken rib and head injuries, the car total wreck, condition reported as good today as he planned transfer to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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M. V. McBeth
Mississippi Street
St. Francis Hospital
Topeka
Kansas Capital City
McBeth
Continental Oil
Lawrence
Tecumseh Corner
Orville Cowsert
Continental Oil Company
Cowsert
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Casualty figures in Europe war cited in Commons report
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons that British imperial forces and dominion troops had 108,842 casualties from the start of the western Europe campaign to the end of August. Prime Minister Churchill said American losses since D day in Europe were about 145,000.
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London
Clement Attlee
Commons
Dominions
Western Europe
Churchill
Europe
Knight Newspapers Purchases Stock of Chicago Daily News
Knight Newspapers Inc. to acquire controlling interest in the Chicago Daily News for 2,150,000. Executors of Col. Frank Knox estate announce the sale, Knox a former secretary of the navy and News publisher. John S. Knight heads the Knight group with holdings in Akron Beacon Journal and other papers. A separate item notes a prisoner of war killed and five injured in Sparta Wisconsin when a rocket bomb exploded at Camp McCoy barracks.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Daily News
Knight Newspapers Inc
Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy
The
News
Knight Corporation
John S. Knight
Akron D. Beacon-Journal
Miami
Fis.) Herald
Detroit Free Press
Sparta
Wis
George M. MacMullin
Camp McCoy
Staff Officer Mills Joins Naval Air Training Command
Lieutenant Charles W. Mills, USNR, formerly of Lawrence, reports to Rear Admiral C. B. Hardison on the staff of the chief of naval air primary training at Glenview Illinois as staff communications officer. A two year veteran of foreign duty with motor torpedo boat squadrons in the Panama area, he entered service May 15 1942 and trained in Noroton Heights before his first active duty. He is the son of Mr and Mrs George A Mills of Corpus Christi Texas and a 1940 University of Kansas BA graduate. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Delta Chi. His last civilian job was assistant advertising and sales manager for Westinghouse in St Louis. He is married to the former Norma Sloan and they have a son. The Mills live in Wilmette Illinois.
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Charles W. Mills
USNR
Lawrence
C. B. Hardison
USN
Naval Air Primary Training
U.S. Naval Air Station
Glenview
Ill
Naval Air Primary Training Command
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
British Fleet Air Arm
Panama Sea Frontier
Mills
Admiral Hardison
Naval Air Station
Minneapolis
Mim
U.S. Naval Training School
Noroton Heights
Conn
George A. Mills
Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi
Tex
Carl T. Sloan
Jeanette, Pa
Charles W. Mills, Jr
Wilmette, Ill
Deaths and Funerals in Kansas Cities
Obituary items note Donald Flagg KU Law class of 1921 died at his Grantville home. Emma Diedrich's funeral set for 2:30 pm at Eudora Methodist Church with burial in Eudora cemetery. George H. Ransom, 79, dies in Topeka hospital after illness. survivors include son Robert of Overland Park and sister in Wellington. Funeral 2:30 pm Friday at Schubert funeral home, Memorial Park cemetery. Minor traffic collision at an intersection reported. Mrs Rogers and Mrs Smart cited for stop sign violation. both vehicles damaged.
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Donald Flagg
University of Kansas School of Law
Grantville
Paul Flege
Perry Mirror
Emma Diedrich
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Eudora Methodist Church
W. C. Watson
Eudora Cemetery
George H. Ransom
Topeka
Lawrence
Eva Ransom
New Hampshire Street
Robert Ransom
Overland Park
B. V. Ransom
Wichita
Rhoda Lynes
Wellington
Carrie Shoe
Joplin
Schubert Funeral Home
Alfred J. Beil
Buria
Memorial Park
Ceme TV
Acacia Lodge Announces Special Communication
Acacia Lodge No. 9 A F and A M calls a special communication on Thursday October 19 open at 7 o clock for work in first degree Visitors welcome W M Robert P Schermerhorn BE J Coy Secretary sansa ce ttes back to th e 16th centurget
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Acacia Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Robert P. Schermerhorn
W. M
BE. J. Coy
Athens Welcomes Freedom as Germans Withdraw From Piragus
Athens rejoices after German demolitions caused extensive damage in Piragus and the occupation ends. Exiled Premier Papanandreou’s government moves to assume authority with new ministers, while British officers bolster governance. Power and communication services begin restoration amid severe inflation, shortages, and lingering sabotage.
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Athens
Piragus
Telrimakos
Kartalis
Greece
Marathon
Felmi
Athena
George Tsolakoglou
Jean Rallis
Papandreou
George Jellicoe
Peloponnesus
Lawrence meeting sets rally and dance in county
Democratic county chair called a meeting of the Democratic central committee to plan a county wide rally and dance at the Community building on Wednesday October 25. Speakers will include Thurman Hill for U S senator and Robert S Lemon for governor.
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Frank McDonald
Democratic Central Committee
Thurman Hill
U. S
Roberts
Lemon
Jews May Be Killed in Hungary War Refugee Board Warns
Washington reports that about 200000 refugees in Hungary, mostly Jews, may not survive the next weeks. John W. Pehle, executive secretary of the War Refugee Board, cautioned that Germans could extend extermination tactics used in Russia and Poland to Hungary, threatening Jews and other non-cooperative minorities.
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Washington
Hungary
John W. Pehle
War Refugee Board
Pehle
Russia
Poland
Wartime News Briefs From October War Dispatches
Highlights include Capt Maurice R Austill stationed at Green ville Miss Air corps. Ward family visits Os kaloosa and Eudora. two local youths serving in Europe. Paul Fitch advanced to aviation chief radio technician in the Naval Reserve stationed at Alameda Calif. Christmas lighting restrictions urged. policy to discharge combat disabled veterans first and push for peacetime military training. Japanese flanking move near Kwei lin. Berlin claims three Japanese vice admirals dead. strikes halted at Kelsey Hayes plants. Berlin reports new Nazi weapon death scythe electric machinegun per Tokyo dispatch.
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Paul V. Fitch
W. T. Fitch
East Ninth Street
U.S. Naval Reserve
Alameda
Calif
Carolyn
Postal center reports 18.4 million Christmas packages mailed
New York dispatch notes the postal concentration center delivered 18,425,285 Christmas packages for overseas soldiers to the army port of embarkation. Postmaster Albert Goldman said today the total is 18,043,785 more than last year.
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New York
Army Port of Embarkation
Albert Goldman
Barbs on effort and opportunity in wartime era
A San Francisco man offered a case of Bourbon for the privilege of renting an apartment as a wry take on effort versus luck. The piece notes absenteeism blamed on fatigue from a long week and weekend, mentions two Seebee battalions building a city on a Pacific island in 17 days, and says American pilots have torn one down in a single day.
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San Francisco
Seebee
Pacific
Drop in Civilian Employment in Executive Branch
Washington reports a drop in civilian employment in the executive branch by 24 768 for August. The decline is noted by 3 Byrd, chairman of the merit committee, highlighting a reduction in paid civilian employees across federal districts. The figures exclude 282 281 emergency or ward aid staff within the continental United States.
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Washington
Byrd
Continental
Community Notes From De Soto And Vegard Districts
In De Soto and nearby areas, Mr. Boever drives a milk route as a sole owner after a transition from former service. The Bunflower Village area mourns a local teacher Bert Hoffman aging two weeks at home, improving slowly after illness. Atheneum club met in October with Mrs. Maurice DeBoever hosting transport and guest member Mrs. Nell English, plus Miss Lucile Bereton and Mrs. Stratton.
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Mdi
Tyra Staurice
Kraua
Ee Purining
Boever
Mra
Gor Xtova Coker
Rezas & Brent
Coker
Bunflower Village
Bert Hoffman
Taylor Mercantile Company
Lovie Stratton
Kansas City
Atheneum Club
Maurice DeBoever
Nell] English
DeBoer
Daunter
Misa Lucile Beretton
Will Woughby Stratton
Vids Turner
St. Lauta
Robert Turner
Clarence Harder
Harder
Iola
Lowell Barker
St. Louis
Dinner Zeigler
Zeigler
Small
Markets at a Glance Sends Stocks Higher
New York stocks rise led by leaders with bonds steady and a brisk rally in raise. Chicago wheat firm. corn steady. rye gains and strong hogs and cattle trade on Oct 18. Kansas City livestock active with varied prices and futures activity across grains.
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New York
Chicago
Mit
Bulliah
Rys
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Pat Ng
Alvestock
Sanses City
Poultry and Grain Prices Reported at Local Market
The Oct 18 market bulletin lists egg and poultry prices with ceilings on graded eggs and base prices for hens turkeys and dressed poultry. Leghorn hens and broilers show specific price points while grain and wheat values are noted along with regional market figures.
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North Dekota
Sensi City
Eure
Broilers
Wall Street Gains Hit Seven Year Highs Amid Moderate Trade
The Day in Wall Street reports a seven year high as industrials and rails lift modestly from early fractions. Trading thinned after a lively morning but gains held with exceptions. Near close, moves included Chrys Nex, Hercules, and Rethichem among notable names as investors watched pivotals.
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Wall Street
New York
M.ry
Sround
United
Berle
Bouthe Graham-Peige
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U. S. Third Army
France
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Arlington, Va
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Collide St
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Elm Street
Fred Smart
Seconeres Mieeet
Jayhawker Theater
Kendall
Stan Schwahn
Oskaloosa
Hgh
Henry Schulte
Lincoln
Neb
Henry
Pa" Schulte
University of Nebraska
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Husker Track Co
NEA
Faye E. White
Washington, D.C
Alexander A. Vandergrift
U. S. Marine Corps
Thomas Holcomb
Maurice R. Austill
Air Corps
A.A.F. Pilot School
Greenville, Miss., Army Air Field
J. W. Austill
Merle Ward
M.O.M
Pat
Joel A. Robinson, Jr
Cpl
Carroll D. Voorhees
Tonganoxie
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Hingan
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Murata
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Detroit
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DE Soto
ABWA
Kanesa City
Idaho
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Eastman, Kodi
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Momen General Motora
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Alpagor
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