Japanese victory outlines dire limits on invasion hope
Reports from Pacific naval HQ describe American operations near Formosa and the Philippines, where two warships were damaged but Japanese counterattacks were repelled with heavy losses to Japan. The force sent into Japanese waters completed its mission, with the Americans maintaining control and preventing serious interference. The result marks a decisive Japanese victory the enemy cannot repeat often.
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Formosa
Philippines
Thra
Pacific Naval Headquarters
Foreign policy theme used by fourth term backers
The piece argues supporters emphasize foreign policy to divert attention from domestic confusions and discrepancies. Voters can judge by personal experience, comparing forecasts with home performance, while many claims of benefits from new deal domestic policies are contradicted by stubborn, unfavorable facts.
Eisenhower backs De Gaulle in new France leadership
General Eisenhower is reportedly planning to grant the De Gaulle government greater authority in France within days. De Gaulle has shown real leadership accepted by the French and by the Allies, drawing in diverse groups and easing reliance on Allied military command. The move aims to create a capable administration for wartime France and reduce Allied command burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
de Gaulle
France
Germany
Bricker warns against unequal reconversion plan
Governor Bricker argues for equal nationwide reconversion after victory in Germany and warns against splitting the economy by turning western industries to peacetime while the east controls raw materials and markets. He insists the war is the business of the whole country until victory.
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Bricker
East
Germany
Pacific
Roosevelt declines radio forum to plan Spectacular turnout
President Roosevelt turns down a New York radio forum invitation and opts for a live October 27 appearance at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. The event, framed as a spectacular, emphasizes staged lighting, bands, and crowds to boost emotional impact, while other speakers like Governor Dewey are heard on the forum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
New York
Shibe Park
Baseball Grounds
Philadelphia
Dewey
It Didn’t Happen Japanese Claims Debunked
It is now known that Japanese claims of a great naval victory in the Pacific are fiction. No great naval battle occurred, Japanese surface ships did not engage the American Third Fleet near Formosa. An attack was planned but abandoned after assessment of U S strength revealed by a counting.
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Pacific
Formosa
Machinery Set Up For Demobilization After War
The war department perfects machinery for demobilization as soldiers return from theaters. A plan to pay off the war debt in 100 years is proposed, facing opposition from deficit hawks. New deal policy lifts ban on zoot suits while two pants suits remain forbidden, with discriminatory reasoning cited.
War Today Sees Autumn Weather Threshold for Offensives
The war outlook stressed the approaching autumn rains that could bog battlefields and hamper air fleets while pressuring both sides to act. Allied and German forces engage along a widening front from Aachen to Venray, with bombing of Rhine cities and supply concerns shaping Eisenhower's strategy as Red forces push toward East Prussia and Budapest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Hitler
Reich
Berlin
United Nations
Eisenhower
Aachen
Venray
Germany
Nijmegen-Arnhem
Holland
Second Army
Cologne
Arnhem
Antwerp
Canadian First Army
East Prussia
Lithuania
Warsaw
Balkans
Greece
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Austria
Admiral Horthy
Red Army
Budapest
Eu dora church to hold third annual homecoming next Sunday
civic notes and social roundup from Eu dora Kansas report a Methodist church homecoming led by pastor Loren Rapier with guest preacher Dr. Wilbur Mason of Kansas City. the column lists visits, meetings and engagements across the community including weddings, club activities, and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora Methodist Church
Loren Rapier
Wilbur Mason
Kansas City
W. F. Elkin
Wekend
Nevada
I. §. Smith
Myrtle Palmateer
Harles Wedon
Fairview
Victor Rein
New Ulm
Minn
Norman Endacott
Lawrence Art Club
Charles Gaumer
Hogarth and
Blake
Katherine Fullerton
Reynolds and
Copley
Thomas Lee
Elm Street
Eva
Lyle Colburn
H L. Colburn
Vinland
Kanwaka
Hawaii
BE. H. Cog
Military Department
K. U
A. M. Ockerblad
C. W. Orr
Hazel Orr
John Watts
Elizabeth MacKenzie
Isabelle MacKenzie
Irene Blanchett
Colorado Springs
Agnes Olson
City police raid nightclub using ladder to bypass alarm
Twenty five years ago Chief Monroe and Officers Beatty Schneider Calhoun and Crum climbed to raid a negro night club after residents complained. They seized a tab of bottles and the proprietor, as surplus army foods headed to the Lawrence post office for local purchase. Allen Sterling, son of Prof. Sterling, expected home from a South American scientific expedition. Mrs. O’Bryan elected president of the district federation of Women’s clubs at Olathe convention. Mabel Day hosted eighty friends for a birthday at her parents' Sibley home. Little Max Laptad, son of Fred Laptad, was run over by an auto.
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Monroe
Beatty
Schneider, Calhoun
Crum
Lawrence Post Office
Allen Sterling
M. W. Sterling
South America
J. W. O'Bryan
Second District Federation of Women's Clubs
Olathe
Mabel Day
Little Friends
Sibley
Max Laptad
Fred Laptad
Petition Drives From Campus Over Shirt Tail Parade Disturbance
Forty years ago two university students circulated a petition today asking police to discharge students arrested in Saturday night disturbances during the shirt tail parade. They took petitions to merchants and threatened boycott if they did not sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Garrard
Topeka
Foster- Fleishman
George Morrow
Indian Territory
Helen Perry
Englewood
May Gardner
J. O. Holloway
Nellie Richardson
M. Torbert
Lawrence
Colorado Springs
George Hallam
Fred Hale
A. M. Wilcox
Unitarian Church
Malcom’ Watson
Baby
W. C. Watson
Oscar Poehler
Kansas City
Alfred Rudiger
Alma Long
Oklahoma
Mize
Eleanor’ Morse
C. M. Doane
Emory Woodward
la Junta
Colo
Graeber
Wage Change May Wait Before Election
President Roosevelt may receive the first section of a War Labor Board report on unions' wage demands before the election. White House action before November 7 is unlikely as officials expect price information the report will not provide. The little steel formula report will exclude recommendations due to insufficient data on price effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
White House
WLBP
Crossword Clue Nuptials and Notes from The Novelists Horizonta
A puzzle style list mixing clues and abbreviations for words such as New York abbr and district attorney abbr, with entries like iridium symbol and three toed sloth, plus noted terms for existence, color, and anatomy. The fragmented lines resemble a themed crossword containing clues and answers across various topics.
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New York
River
Puzzle clue list fragment leads with cross reference hints
A compact word puzzle fragment presents numbered clues and abbreviations. It includes entries like Previous Puzzle 32 Knock 45 Opera abbr. and 33 Performer 46 Pledge to 341d est abbr. The list continues with Provided 49 Wisconsin and She has writ abbr. ten several. It also shows Make a force 42 White crystals 53 Rodent of frozen water 55 Court abbr. and Measure of 43 Bone area eee.
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Wisconsin
Mud Puddle Stains Roosevelt Speech at Teamsters Rally
W. S. Robb attacks President in a Washington D C Statler Hotel address to the Teamsters Union on September 23. He accuses Roosevelt of using Hitlerian propaganda and of broken promises contributing to a low mood and missteps toward war, while blaming Republicans for misleadership and class conflict.
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Teamsters Union
Statler
Washington, D. C
Hitler
Goebbles
Dewey
Roosevelt
World
G.O.P
Gaebbies
Republican Party
Congress
W. S, Robb
Allen praises William Allen White at Kansas History meeting
Former Gov. Henry J. Allen lauded William Allen White as a brilliant writer and great citizen during the Kansas Historical Society’s 69th annual meeting in Topeka. He highlighted White’s Emporia Gazette leadership and a plan to endow a journalism school at the University of Kansas with a goal of 250000 dollars. The society elected Ralph R. Price as president, with Lt. Gov. Jess C. Denious named first vice president and Brig. Gen. M. R. McLean as second vice president.
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Topeka
Henry J. Allen
William Allen White
White
Emporia Gazette
Allen
Emporia
Ralph R. Price
Manhattan
Kansas State College History Department
Fred W. Brinkerhoff
Pittsburgh
Jess C. Deniotis
Dodge City
M. R. Mclean
Kirke Mechem
Lela Barney
Flashes of Life Sweet Mystery and Odd Notices
Philadelphia reports a 14 hour police search for missing Shir ley Schwanbeck age 10 and sister Joan age 11 ending with their discovery under a bed after buying candy without permission. In Waynesboro volunteers avoided helping a distressed pussy with its head stuck in a glass jar. Seminole puzzled a groom applying for a marriage license as the 71 year old bride to be gave the name Mary. A Waterloo family sorted through coats and hats in a cleaning project dispersing worn garments.
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Philadelphia
UPA
Shirley Schwanbeck
Joan
Papa Schwanbeck
Puzzler
Seminole
Okla
Mary
Clothing Drive Note on Collection and Return
A porch collection during the Foothing for Russian drive gathered items for pickup including a suit and a dress. Days later returns arrived labeled clothing for Rusais, cleaned, mended, and a bill accompanied the package.
Sectarianism Grows in American Churches Draft Warning
Dr C E Lemmon of Columbia Missouri warns 2500 delegates at the International Convention of the Disciples of Christ that sectarianism corrupts the Christian spirit. He cites intolerance and splits among small sects spreading to older churches, hindering cooperation and provoking defensive attitudes. London notes that Clement Attlee says only nations at war should be represented at the peace conference as a right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
C. E. Lemmon
Disciples of Chast
London
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Berlin
Sigrid Schultz
Germany
Baldwin News Highlights From Local Socials and Church Events
Mrs W M Balch Mrs J E Mertz and Mrs Wiley A Keve returned Monday noon from Iola after attending the Kansas Methodist conference since Friday. Mrs George Davis visited in Kansas City and Ensign Calvin Ermey of Washington DC visits Baker friends to go overseas soon. Prof Frank E Wolf entertained at dinner honoring Miss Faye Holliday of Atlanta GA with Grace Irwin and Clara Beach as guests. Cecilia Leitch spent days in Kansas City and a number plan to attend the Sun day school convention at the Methodist church.
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W.M. Balch
J. E. Mertz
Wiley A. Keve
Iola
Kansas Methodist Conference
Fort Scott
Keve
Harold Henderson
George Davis
Mary Alice Severy
Kansas City
E Forst
George Wilson
Calvin Ermey
Washington, D. C
Ensign Ermey
Frank E. Wolf
Faye Holliday
Atlanta, Ga
C. E
Grace Irwin
Clara Beach
Cecilia Leitch
Baldwin
Metho
Germany Will Try It Again By Sigrid Schultz
A condensed historical feature recounts Germany's covert rearmament under the Versailles limits, noting Reichswehr sizes, training, and plane workarounds. It cites Berlin observers and Spanish theater rehearsals, highlighting quiet sectors ready for future conflict and the drive toward world mastery.
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Germany
Sigrid Schultz
W Sbd
Baldwins Saints Dance Honored By B H S Pep Club
A church event Wednesday evening at 730 includes a social hour after service in the church parlor. A Baldwin high school dance sponsored by the B H S Pep club honored sunrise saints and a king and queen of oneconsings chant. Several locals listed visiting relatives and returns from Los Angeles and Spokane with notes on travels and reunions.
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Sanctia
Baldwin High
Sindenta
Mar Adiuis
God Son
B.H.S. Pep Club
Jennie Grover Bear
Estelle Cowgill Hays
Spokane
Wash
Margaret Cowgill Dickinson
George Piersol
Kansag Ci
Edward Huey
Rhonda
Tola
Radio Program Schedule: October 18 Listings
Radio Progresis shows a dense list of programs across WREN KMBC WDAP WDAF WDAE and other stations for Wednesday October 18 including music with Frankie Carle and Glen Gray, detective shows with Dunninger, Abbott and Castello, humorous spots, newscasts, and live orchestras. The schedule spans late night to afternoon with diverse acts and network feeds. It notes specific times and program titles, reflecting a bustling regional radio lineup.
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Wren
Jack Armstrong
KMBC
WDAP
Fighting Leathernecks
WEN News
Bc—Weatern Echoes
Woako Weenasr
WDAR
Wildreug
WDAF
EKMEC
Frankie Carle
Orch
Mrs. North
Lumanu Abner
WDAE
Wren—Dunninger
KMEC
Frank Sinatra
Alan Young
CRS
Siet
Musto Wren-J. Vandarcook
Wdagc
Rey
Hoeers
Ted Malone
Melody Road
Newa
Neleon Eddy Wren
Erenant
P. News
HMIBC
EBC
Jebs Brother
Ghrai Ee
EMBC
Mr. Keen
Bob Burns
Wren—Cheater Bowles
K. C
Faiharmada On
Frank Morgan
Wren—Lum
Abner
Death Yigiley
Dinah
Major Bowes
Mustc Hall
Richard Harkness
Leptore
Saat
Musi Ieecpcretiche
Hoagy’s
Allen
Wran
Harry Owens
Ted Pip Rito
Rra
KMEBC
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John
War Department
Sy Dewitt MacKenzie U P
E. R. Cole
Grace Endacott
Don Hammerlund
Sibleyville
Elizabeth Mackie
Martha Mackie
Ruth Peairs
James Skinner
Albuquerque
Mary Tudor
Holton
Perry
J. Allen
J. Alle Sygala
Waynesboro
Waterloo
Christian Tendency
Baldwin News
Reichswehr
Reichwehr
Wehrmacht
von Seeckt
Pat i
Versailles
Oper
Rhineland
Beer Hall Putach
Ludendorff
Spain
von Stohrer
von Faulspel
Craep
Maa
Frei 03
Ministry of Economics
Riga
Bantaverscy
Jorabie
ANG
Phon
Sane
Radio Progresis
KFKU
B. Virtue
Rte
School of Fine Arta Recta
Alice Merle Conger
Department of
B. G. Gustafa
Nepal
Lensea
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