Philippines Invasion Report From Tokyo Radio
Tokyo radio quoted a Japanese communique claiming American forces began landing in the central Philippines around Leyte gulf. Reports said part of the fleet and air power supported the operation, with a landing possibly on Suluan island. Tokyo denied MacArthur’s forces were fully involved, while Manila and allied broadcasts noted heavy air raids and ongoing operations.
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Tokyo
Gulf of Leyte
San Francisco
Blue Network
Leyte
Philippines
Mindanao
Luzon
Tokyo Radio
Domef
United States
Domei
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte Gulf
Manila
Suluan Island
Gulf
Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
the Pacific
Fieet
Formosa
Chester W. Nimitz
Domei Pridadeast
Fifth Fleet
Raymond Spruance
Oace
Taiwan
Pacific
58Th
Federal Communications Commission
MacArthur
Nimitz
Clark Field
Repair Bases on Formosa Put Out of Commission
Maj. Gen. Curtis Lemay, head of the U S 20th bomber command, said recent Su fortress raids on Formosa leveled all major Japanese air force repair and assembly centers on the island. Destruction would curtail Japanese air operations in the South China Sea and create forward-base constraints. Damaged planes unable to reach rear bases would suffer higher losses.
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West China
Curtis Lemay
U. S. 20Th Bomber Command
Formosa
East China
South China Sea
Registrations Reach 109 for November Election
One hundred nine people registered at city hall yesterday for the November election with 58 registering after 5 p m The city clerk Harold Fisher will keep the office open daily from 9 a m to 10 p m until October 27 when registration books close for the election Also noted K U vs Nebraska memorial stadium 2 o clock Saturday and ride the bus Ady.
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Harold Fisher
Nebraska
Memorial Stadium
Lawrence
Kan
H. C. Fisher
Army Casualties on West Front 174780 From June to October
Washington reports U S army casualties on the western front from the invasion on June 6 to October 3 total 174,780. Of these 29,842 were killed, 180,227 wounded and 14,711 missing, including units in France the Lowlands and the German border. Navy figures rise to 68,480 with 27,047 killed and 27,368 wounded.
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West Front
Washington
United States Army
Westerm
Air Force
War Department
Seventh Army
France
Changes On Hill Convenes Sunday
University of Kansas housing shifts as Navy V-12 leaves and fraternities switch houses West Hills. Delta Chi to join Sigma Chi. Kappa Sigma and Delta Upsilon to become women’s residence halls. Navy leave runs until November 1. about 60 new V-12 men may arrive, final numbers uncertain. Civilian students return after homecoming. exams and enrollment span November 1–2. Also a Douglas county Sunday school convention October 22 at Vinland with leaders from Lawrence and Haskell Institute. program includes a Baker University student panel and a play "He Leadeth Me O Blessed Thought."
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University of Kansas
Navy
West Hills
Bets Theta Pi
Sigma Chii Alpha Tau Omega
Phi Delta
Theta
Phi Gamma Delta
Templin Hall
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Delta Chi
University
V-12
Midshipman School
Uty
Douglas County Council of Churches and Christian Education
Vinland
Will Gorrill of
Lawrence
Mary Stevens
Neil Heidrich
Harry Sisler
L. M. Rymph
Council of Churches and Christian Education
Rusell Carter
Haskell Institute
Lea Blanche Edgar
China
Baker University
Virginia Lee Craig
Mary Lou Tevis
Ruth Brooks
Ramalee Resler
Margot Mills
Homer K. Ebright
Baldwin
Vinland Youngeople
Talitha Stevens
Grace Robertson
Harold Heinrich
Jimmie Schellenberg
Gertrude Robertson
Kermit Laughlin
Tours Cut Short In Overseas Tours Stir Controversy
New Delhi reports say the C B I Roundup answered criticism from film stars Ann Sheridan Joe E Brown and Paulette Goddard over shortened overseas tours. Sheridan said she ate ration meals. the paper claimed she had access to the best food and that K rations occurred only when others ate them. Brown was praised as a favorite in the C B I theater with his ten day commitment. Goddard’s claim of flying over the Hump and touring near the battlefront was noted. she completed 54 of 60 days. A separate collision at Sixth and Louisiana injured two drivers Mrs Harlan Foster and Mrs Frank Walters. Stock figures mentioned.
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New Delhi
C.B.I. Roundup
Ann Sheridan
Joe E. Brown
Paulette Goddard
Miss Sheridan
Brown
Qld
Miss Goddard
Battlefront
China
CBI
Roendap
Cara
Sixth
Louisiana Streets
Harlan Foster
Sunflower Village
Frank Walters
Route 5
Aere A
Suluan Island Seen as Site for Air Strips Against Manila
The Associated Press reports Leyte gulf near Suluan Island as an ideal aerial base for strikes on Manila and Corregidor. Leyte, Samar, and their coastlines are described with elevations up to 1,400 feet, dense forests, and limited landing possibilities, while populations reach about 270,000 on Leyte and 225,000 on Samar.
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Associated Press
Leyte Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
Philipines
Manila
Corregidorin
Suluan Island
Gulf
Luzon
Leyte Island
Samar
Szluan
Leyte
San Juanico
Flags Display Planned as KU Buys UN Symbols
University of Kansas bought 36 United Nations flags for display and will place them once a site is chosen. Mezzanine of Frank Trong Hall and Hoch Auditorium are being considered. Flags measure four by six feet with nine foot staffs and a one and a half inch circumference. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel funeral held in Württemberg, Germany, with Gen. Gerd von Rundstedt delivering the eulogy. news agency report notes the state funeral.
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United Nations
University of Kansas
Ray Nichols
Franktrong Hall
Hoch Auditorium
Rommel
London
DNE
Wurttemberg
Erwin Rommel
Gerd von Rudstedt
Hitler
Severe tropical hurricane hits Florida west coast and Cuba
The tropical hurricane swept from Cuba through the Florida Keys and up the west coast causing extensive damage in Cuba and Florida. It killed seven, injured over 300, sank vessels, and damaged citrus crops with losses possibly reaching 20 million dollars. Warnings extended to Cape Hatteras as the storm moved toward Jacksonville.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Daytona Beach
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Florida
Jacksonville
Daytona
Cuba
Key West
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Florida Keys
Gulf
Gaynor Wigsing
Orlando
Scrivner predicts large GOP victory in Kansas
Congressman Errett P. Scrivner visiting Douglas County forecasts a strong Republican win for Dewey and the GOP ticket, expects a House majority of 10 to 25 seats and five Senate gains, and targets Truman and Hillman in the campaign. He attends events in Lawrence and Baldwin with local supporters and plans more speeches in Eudora and Lone Star.
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Errett P. Scrivner
Douglas County
Kansas
Dewey
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Scrivner
Congress
Truman
Sidney Hillman
Beau Benfort Dewey
Centenary Methodist Church
North Lawrence
J. B. Wilson
Red Tanks Break Through East Prussia Amid Broad Soviet Drive
Russian forces with hundreds of tanks penetrated deep into East Prussia, Eydtkuhnen evacuated, with Berlin radio citing the deepest penetration near Insterburg. The front widened to 45 miles as Soviets push toward Suwalki, while other fronts report activity near Riga, Liepaja, and Danzig. German defenses assess heavy Soviet bombardment and evolving strategy as a major offensive unfolds. The report notes Cherniakhovsky leading the drive toward Insterburg and mentions Baltic and arctic theater actions alongside Polish border activity.
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London
Venlo
Maas
Meuse
Holyland
Antwerp
Holland
Breskena
Schelde
Aachen
U. 5
First
East Prussia
Rhine-Ruhr
Associated Press
Second Army
Miles C. Dempsey
Venray
Amerika
Venray- Amerika
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Venray-Deurne
Deurne
Helmond
Halmond
Berlin
Ring of Steel
Breskens
Joondujke
Oostburg
Sluis
Woensdrecht
Bpit Teading
Welcheren
Zuid Beveland
Eisenhower
Eydtkuhnen
Insterburg
Red Army
Junkers
Suwalki
Hitler
Pol Poland
Czechoslovakia
Carpathian
Transylvania
Hungary
Kremlin
Riga
Lie- Aja
Han
Baltics
Petsamo
Norway
Narew
Warsaw
Danzig
Schirwindt
Moscow
Kaunas
Lithuania
Koenigsberg
Finland
Estonia
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Kalvarija
Ernst von Hammer
Magurian
von Hindenburg
Germany
Free City
Fifth Army and Eighth Army advances near Bologna
Rome reports Fifth Army troops seizing several peaks and villages as the Eighth Army forges a bridgehead across the Pisciatello north of the Bologna Rimini highway. Indian troops take Acquarola and Roversano while American infantry hold San Clemente and advance toward Castel San Pietro and Vaglio with heavy fighting on Monte Belmonte slopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Eighth Army
Pisciatello
Bologna-Rimini
Adriatic
Imortant
Sung
Acquarola
Roversano
Money Coming In Topeka War Fund Drive Progress Report
Lawrence and Douglas county drive toward 30143 with donations at 27899.60 by noon. State headquarters in Topeka announced a 5 minute Dewey broadcast at 9 30 p m. Ruth Roche’s district reported 88 98 and Frank Walters Route 5 donors submitted 154 from District 79 after volunteers hadn’t started.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
National War Fund and Community Chest
Sunflower Ordnance Works
National War Fund
Topeka
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
C.W.T
Nation
Mutual
Blue Networks
Ruth Roche
Black Jack
Neprly Stalag
Captain Gleed Receives Distinguished Flying Cross in Italy
Captain Ed ward Gleed, 28, of 618 Vermont Street, son of Herbert Gleed, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary aerial flight as pilot of a P-61. As escort for heavy bombers over Hungary on July 27, 1944, he engaged multiple enemy fighters, destroyed two, damaged another, and helped prevent losses to the bomber group, reflecting credit on the United States Army Air Forces.
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A.A.F
Italy
Edward ©. Gleed
Herbert. T. Glede
Vermont Street
Sapteto Giges
B. O., Davis, Jr
15Th Air Force
Gleed
Hungary
United States
Aggrain Gleed
Kansas University
Wrestling melee erupts as fans invade ring in Topeka
In Topeka Oct 19 four wrestling fans charged the ring to confront Tom Zaharias Pueblo Cole and stappler. The scuffle left Yeargain with a black eye and swollen face a kick from Zaharias battered Referee Atchison and a hurt husky as Zaharias lost his bout to Jerry Meeker. The incident interrupted the show and a chaotic scene followed.
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Opeka
Tom Zaharias
Pueblo
Cole
Stappler
Sailor Max Yeargain
Zaharias
Bill Atchison
Sailor
Jerry Meeker
Lawrence district plans half million expansion for schools
The Lawrence Kansas school board district 60 outlines a two school expansion costing about 500000. It calls for a new junior high school building real estate purchases and remodeling of existing buildings. The plan relies on special legislation and a bond issue with potential five mill levy to create a building fund. If approved in January the board may seek voter approval in April 1945.
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Board of Education of School District 60
Lawrence
Kansas
State to Cool Off in Western Kansas Weather Update
Topeka reports cool air moving in from the west as L. Flora forecasts cooler conditions statewide with some rain chances. Dodge City Goodland and Concordia saw overnight showers while Topeka’s 79 led the day. frost expected tonight in western Kansas with readings near 30 to 40 elsewhere.
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Topeka
Kansas
L. CD
Flora
Dodge City
Goodland
Concordia
Maly R
Nethenenes
Kansay
ParHaRs
Teia
Wit
Faculty to Hutchinson for two day education conference
Four University of Kansas faculty members depart for Hutchinson for a two day conference on Communication in Education. Prof John W Ashton leads a panel with other delegates Sam F Anderson J H Nelson and Woemaker also attending. Meetings are set for tomorrow and Saturday.
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University of Kansas
Hutchinson
John W. Ashton
Sam F. Anderson
J. H. Nelson
Au Pecteasoe
Woemaker
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Davao
Tiddim
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
India
Eadquarters
Army Newspaper
American Radio Service
By Ine Aza
G. O. P. Gains
Allison-Armstrong
War Fund Community Chest
Capt
Lawrence Man
All
K. U
Robert Manley
Addie Buckminster
Lawrence Free Public Ii Board
Lillian Constant
Lbrarian
Bess Daum
Gella L. Stuart
Po Topeka
Kenses Library Association
Manley
Tce Buckminster
Trussare
Jaywk
GS Mitiwtfs
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