Soviet May Trap Nazis In Crimea and Dnieper Bend
London AP reports the Red army using veterans from Stalingrad to isolate about half a million Germans in Crimea and the Dnieper bend. German forces north of Krivoi Rog retreat, Melitopol ablaze as Russians gain ground.
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Crimea
London
Red Army
Stalingrad
Dnieper
Reuter
Sea of Azov
Reuters
Krivoi Rog
Melitopol
Germians
Izvestia
Dnieprovetrovsk
Dnieper Bend
Melitonol
Sixth
Sea of Rov
Kuban
Caucasus
Pinsk
Pinsk Marshes
Todtenkopf
Kharkov
Thieves Loot KU Student Houses Leaving Money Missing
Six fraternity houses in the KU student district were robbed early yesterday with 27 students reporting losses from 1 to 50 dollars and totaling about 250. Two gasoline ration books were stolen from Delta Tau Delta. Front doors were unlocked and most victims weren’t asleep when money was taken. Victims named include Bob Kloepper Jim Morily Bob Moore Coler Hissen Jackson Wheatcraft Tom Batty Ronald Wilbur and Paul Wolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Delta Tau Delta
West Eleventh Street
Bob Kloepper
Atchison
Kan
Jim Morily
Halstead
Bob Moore
Wichita
Morgenthau Arrives in Malta During Fifth Army Front Tour
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr arrives in Valletta Malta after a tour of the Fifth Army front. He is to meet local officials and review postwar economic plans amid Allied operations in the Mediterranean theater.
Japs in New Guinea Jungle Fight Way to Coast
Allied forces report Japanese in the jungle near Finschhafen attempting to reach the New Guinea coast despite Australian counterattacks. Air strikes, naval hits, and several enemy planes shot down accompany the widening battle as Allied forces press toward Madang and Bougainville areas.
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New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Finschhafen
New Guineas
Mheaca Fonenaca Macanthy
L1coogueypanesas
Percoviluy E.y Savy
Ninth Division
North Africa
Katika
Ramu
Madang
Wewak
Thunderbolts
Col
Neal B. Kearby
San Antonio
Dallas
Tex
New Britain
Corsairs
South Pacific Air Force
Kahili
Bougainville
Dauntless
Hellcat
Airacobra
Choiseul Island
Zara
Yugoslav
Split
Balkans
Skoplje
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Athens
War Fund drive surpasses Lawrence women’s goal in county campaign
Douglas county War Fund drive reports show 269 workers in the women's division raised 6203.91 dollars over their 4500 dollar quota, while the overall county total reached 22217.08 against a 29617.00 target. leaders praise volunteers for surpassing goals despite uneven donations.
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Douglas County War Fund
Escaped German Prisoners Captured Near Springer N M
Six escapees from the Trinidad Colo internment camp were pursued after Sunday’s breakout. The last of the six was arrested in Springer New Mexico the FBI announced.
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el Paso
Tex
Trinidad
Colo
Springer, N. M
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nurses Needed in Douglas County Red Cross Drive
The Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross formed a Nurses recruitment committee to locate and recruit 44 qualified nurses by Christmas. The group will canvass locally, use newspaper and poster publicity, participate in Navy day activities, and sponsor a float for the parade. Members include Electa Kindlespetee, H L Chambers, R B Hutchinson, Eva Bourne, Elma Stauffer, Mary Dunden, J W Murray, Loren Eiseley, with W T Douce serving as executive secretary.
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Douglas County
The
American Red Cross
Army and Navy
Electa Kindlespetee
H. L. Chambers
R. B. Hutchinson
Eva M. Bourne
Elma Stauffer
Ewing Herbert Improves After Illness in Hiawatha
Ewing Herbert 76, publisher of the Hiawatha Daily World, has been critically ill the past week but is reported by his physician today to be in good condition and on the road to recovery in Hiawatha Kansas.
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Ewing Herbert
Hiawatha
Kan
GRP
Hiawatha Daily World
President Roosevelt Colds Delays Daily Schedule
President Roosevelt suffers a head cold and cancels all appointments for the day in Washington. The illness delays public duties as officials monitor his health.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Allied push maintains momentum in Italian theater
Allied Fifth Army advances 10 miles to seize Alife and threaten Venafro while Piedimonte d’Alife falls. British Eighth Army consolidates on the peninsula. Air power supports the drive with multiple German aircraft shot down and rail bridges targeted from Acquapendente to Orbetello.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Alife
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Piedimonte
Cancello
Volturno
Mondragone- Mt. Massico-Venafro
Mark W. Clark
Venafro
Albert ‘Kesselring
Acquapendente
Rome
Orbetello
Cassino
Naples
Airacobras
Apecan
Plan to kidnap Hitler and Mussolini claimed by German high command
Berlin radio via Reuters reports alleged plan by Marshal Pietro Badoglio to kidnap Hitler and Mussolini, said to be found among captured documents. Also brief: Loring Campbell magician presents P.T.A. Benefit at LMHS Auditorium on Saturday October 23 with shows at 2 and 8 p.m.
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London
Pietro Badoglio
Hitler
Mussolini
Berlin
Reuters
Loring Campbell
P.T.A. Benefit
LMHS
Gripsholm Sails With 1500 Repatriates for America
The Gripsholm departed Mormugao at 8 a m carrying about 1 500 repatriates bound for New York reaching December 1. A 58 year old Presbyterian missionary died aboard the ship 36 hours before departure. his widow lives in Pasadena California. The Teia Maru left yesterday for Japan with Japanese nationals.
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Mormugao
Portuguese India
Gripsholm
Japan
New York
Altho
Pasadena
Calif
Two Man Submarine to Visit Lawrence for Stamp Sale
A Japanese two man submarine captured after Pearl Harbor will visit Lawrence Monday afternoon from 2:30 to 6. It will park at the Wren Building on West Eighth Street during a US tour to promote war stamps and bonds. Admission is by stamp or bond purchase with 25, 50 or 1 dollar rates for grade school to adults.
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Pearl Harbor
Lawrence
WREN
West Eighth Street
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Highway
Navy Department
Light in Bedroom Becomes Focus in De Marigny Trial
Nassau Bahamas October 22 UPI reports blasts over testimony about a light burning in Alfred de Marigny's bedroom the night Sir Harry Oakes was killed neighbor Howard Lightbourne said the room stayed lit from 12 30 a m to 4 a m though de Marigny claims he slept after escorts. Bacteriologist and a RAF flier wife testified as prosecutors challenged defense claims including hairs found on de Marigny and a fingerprint impression on a screen in Oakes room.
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Nassau
Bahamas
UPI
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Howard Lightbourne
de Marigny
Lightbourne
Sir Harry
Westbourne
R.A.F
Evesocarns
Leonard Huggins
van Dyke
James O. Barker
Miami Police
John L. Lewis Improves. Ill UMW Chief Reported
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, ill with influenza bordering on bronchial pneumonia, was reported somewhat improved today in Alexandria Virginia. The item notes his condition as of Oct. 22 with a brief market note about a local barber shop closing at 6 p.m. starting Oct. 18.
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John L. Lewis
Alexandria
CPI
The
United Mine Workers
Kansas Girl Emerges as Metropolitan Opera Star
Lawrence Kansas native Marie Wilkins rises from local student to Metropolitan Opera coloratura after a single decisive opportunity. She learned Lakme in ten days, stepped in for Lily Pons, won over critics and fans, earned a contract for leading coloratura roles, and gained nationwide attention with mentions in Newsweek and Time.
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Hoch Auditorium
Schumann-Heink
Galli-Curci
Heifetz
Kreisler
Rachmaninoff
Marie Wilkins
New York Metropolitan Opera
Joe Wilkins
University Drive
Lawrence
Kansas
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Miss Wilkins
Desire Defrere
Metropolitan
Defrere
Lily Pons
Doe Wilkins
Lenz
Paramount
Plains of Kansas
Newsweek
Wilkins
Time Magazine
Final day for No 4 war ration books in Lawrence
Lawrence residents faced a busy last day to apply for No 4 war ration books at the Community building. A total of 14 870 books had been issued by closing time with registration tables operating 9 to 11 30 in the morning and 1 15 to 4 15 in the afternoon. Anyone who did not obtain their book in the past four days cannot reapply in Lawrence until November 1 according to George T. Wetzel chief clerk of the rationing board.
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Lawrence
George T. Wetzel
Eleventh Street
Massachusetts Street
Dance for Servicemen Sponsored by Watkins Hall
Mrs. C. E. Esterly housemother and 25 Watkins Hall residents host a service men dance and game room party in the Community building Saturday night from nine to midnight. Sergeant Aherne and the Army Rhythmairs will play for the dance. Magic Mystery! L.M.H.S. auditorium Sat Oct 23 at 2 and 8 pm. Proceeds 15 and 35 cents incl tax.
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C. E. Esterly
Watkins Hall
Residence Hall
Aherne
Army Rhythmairs
L.M.H.S. Auditorium
Light Rain Forecast for Kansas with Scattered Showers
The weather bureau predicted mild conditions in Kansas with scattered showers likely in eastern and central areas tonight. Weatherman S D Flora said the rain probably won't amount to much while noting the state could use rain. Goodland reported a 30 degree low as Topeka reached 73 with a 24 hour average six degrees above normal.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Editor William Allen White Improves in Rochester Hospital
William Allen White, Emporia Kansas editor, is reported to be improving after an abdominal operation at Colonial hospital in Rochester Minnesota. His son W L White says he is coming along well and feeling better.
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Rochester
Minn
William Allen White
Emporia
Kan
Colonial Hospital
W. L. White
Housing Units Approved for Pittsburg War Workers
The national housing agency approved today the construction of 82 privately financed family units for war workers in the Pittsburg Kansas area.
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Pittsburg
Washington
National Housing Agency
Kan
Stock Market Index Advances to 60 Stocks at 50.7
The stock index for 60 stocks rose to 50.7, up from 50.5 the previous day. Investors tracked overall market movement and noted modest gains across sectors.
Lawrence Hosts Junior Red Cross Institute
About 90 members and leaders from six chapters attended the Junior Red Cross Institute at the Hotel Eldridge in Lawrence. The program included opening remarks by Mrs. I W Hartley and Judge Frank Gray, group sessions for adult and junior leaders, lunch with a film, and discussion of enrollment campaigns. Delegates came from Shawnee Mission Douglas Wyandotte Johnson Shawnee and Jackson chapters.
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Red Cross Institute
Eldridge
I.W. Hartley
Frank Gray
Red Cross
Douglas County
Robert Rose
Shawnee
Annabella Wall
Junior Red Cross
St. Louis
Alefred J. Beil
Dorothy May Nelson
Joan Vickers
Lawrence
Maud Ellsworth
Shawnee Mission
Douglas
Wyandotte
Johnson
Jackson
I. W. Hartley
H. W. Keene
Clifford Dean
Margaret Hurley
Warren Smith
Olin Petefish
Iva Belle Harper
Ralph Graber
Grace Douce
All Sunflower Workers To Aid War Fund Campaign
Sunflower Ordnance Works near DeSoto will have all employees contribute to the National War Fund. Plant officials announced a one day’s pay gift as the suggested minimum. Payroll deduction pledges are arranged for Hercules Powder Company workers through designated community chest organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto
National War Fund
Hercules Powder Company
Yugoslav Forces Capture Ljubiya Mine in Europe
Yugoslav liberation army communique reports partisan forces stormed into Bosanska Dubica in north central Yugoslavia and captured the Ljubiya iron mine, Europe’s second largest, marking a significant local victory.
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London
Bosanska Dubica
Yugoslavia
Ljubiya
Europe
Yugoslav Liberation Army
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Ukraine
Total War Fund
Bulletin
First Ward
First Precinct
Arthur Peck
Second Precinct
J. B. Mack
Third Precinct
Kate Caldwell
J. B. Henry
Second Ward
Cc. C. Rogers
William C. Hail
Jose Stapleton
Wilma Miller
F. M. McFarland
C. R. Albright
Wyman Storer
Fourth Ward
Edna Green
Emery Woodward
Jack Vincent
Frank Henry
Third Ward
T. D. Prentice
Raymond Nichols
Kress
Rocklund
State of Kansas
CPX
Lawrence Norton
Kansas U.S. C. A. War Board
H. L. Collins
Collins
Norton
War Board
Italy
Badoglio
Benito
America
Associated Press
Oakes
Eldridge Barber Shop
Journal-World
Waits
Shubert Opera Company
Met
Wilfred Pelletier
Lakme
Edwin Fritz
Theodore Wiley
Alfred Sluss
Uth Cadwell
A. J. Winter
Myron Keys
A. E. Miller
Thomas Se R
W. O. Hamilton
G. E. Landon
Paul B. Lawson
Earle W. Patton
J. D. Stranthan
MT. Cohen
Ethel Harman
Mary Holcomb
Myrtle Wilson
Chester Skinner
Virgil Strickler
Clarence Houk
Clifton Calvin
James A. Loop
Estella van Deusen
L. E. Knapp
F. Wiedemann
T. E. House
Co. B. Lowe
Harold Snider
W. M. Bogart
J. M. Osma
George Elecrick
Edith Dyer
Hk. H. Wagstaff
George Unger
W. C. Lowery
Sam Ferguson
W. C. Hamilton
H. A. Pontius
J. D. Dresser
Auldene Fogg
Milton Moore
Phil Ernst, Jr
Everett Stith
J. G. Kolars
Rachel Ragle
Esther Ragle
John Klierner
J. M. Mott
K. Abegg
Ethel P. Hartman
M. J. Patterson
Charles Springer
Lois, Strode
Jeanette B. Jackson
W. T. Allen
H. E. Roberman
W. P. Hessler
W. A. White
Rodchester, Minn
Hospital
Leaders Institute
Sunflower
Oeces
Feos
Padbhundeeregedh
Soveene
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