Allies Push in Italy as Rommel Line Feels Pressure
Allied forces reported gains around Minturno and Mt Massico as U S cruiser and destroyers shelled Rommel lines. General Clark with the Fifth and Eighth armies advanced three miles in the Sparanise area while Montgomery's Eighth Army pressed along the Adriatic coast near the Trigno. German forces reportedly withdrew to new mountain positions along the Volturno.
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Allied
Algiers
Erwin Rommel
Minturno
Mt. Massico
Mark W. Clark
Sparanise
Teano
Rome
Fifth Army
Regia Canal
Volturno
Mondragone
Raviscanina
Venafro
Rommel Line
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Adriatic
Salvo
Trigno
Montgomery
Montefalcone
Castelmauro
Molise
Acres de ‘Sannio
Yesteray
Isernia
Massico Ridge
Gulf of Gaeta
Formia
Gaeta
Garigliano
Sant’angelo
Salerno
Germans Looting Rome Paralyzes Capital Food Crisis
Allied sources in Algiers report Germans are systematically looting Rome five days after arrival. Radio stations and power plants are dismantled and shipped to Germany. Warehouses and factories are emptied, plans to destroy streetcars and remove buses echo Naples. Food shortages grow with black market prices spiraling.
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Allied
Algiers
UPI
Rome
Germany
Naples
Labor Leaders Arrested in Uruguay Over Revolutionary Strikes
In Montevideo on October 29, the Argentine government arrested an undisclosed number of labor leaders amid fears of planned revolutionary strikes next week. Also noted is the All-Kansas Football Classic set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday between EEA See State and ACV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Roosevelt Praises Moscow Conference Success
President Roosevelt said the Moscow conference among Russia Britain and the United States was a great success and nearing final drafting of formal documents The chief executive emphasized the aim of world peace and cooperation to avoid future war and credited Hull and the Russian and British delegates for the positive spirit while declining to disclose specific agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Moscow
Senate
Connally
Russia
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Hull
Russians Press Advance Across Ukraine In Big Drive
London reports a second day of Heavy combat as Russian forces push toward Krivoi Rog and the Dnieper loop. Moscow says the Red army is advancing 12 to 18 miles daily, taking Nizhne Saragozhy, and overrunning German positions while destroying hundreds of trucks and seizing 250 freight cars.
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London
Krivoi Rog
Dnieperloop
High Command
Dnieper Loop
Red Army
Kakhova
Mizhne-Saragozhy
Maarianovka
Enamenka-Nikolaev
Bug River
Moscow
Russia
Nogaisk Steppes
Italians to Work Outside Camps Under Supervision
The War Department announced a new gradual system allowing Italian prisoners of war who have been in custody at least six months and shown trustworthy behavior to work outside camps without guards. Employers must report misconduct, and the plan aims to save manpower by reducing guard needs. More than 140,000 prisoners are held in 56 camps nationwide, with Germans outnumbering Italians about three to one.
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Washington
War Department
Department
Italy
Nelson Leaves Russia After Moscow Visit
Soviet monitor broadcast that Donald Nelson head of the U S war production board left Russia yesterday with no hint of his destination or travel method. The notice also advertises the Kansas versus Kansas State football game Saturday at 2 30 p m.
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Donald Nelson
Russia
London
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
U.S. War Production Board
Defense questions fingerprint origin in Nassau murder trial
Chief defense attorney Godfrey Higgs questioned the only fingerprint tied to Alfred De Marigny in Sir Harry Oakes death. Miami Police Capt. Barker testified the print came from the top six inches of a bed screen panel and could show surface irregularities but did not.
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Nassau
Bahamas
CPR
Godfrey S. Higgs
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Miami
James C. Barker
Higgs
Barker
de Marigny
Harry
James Sands
Traffic deaths in wartime outpace combat losses say safety council
The National Safety Council notes 21,940 combat deaths and 46,000 traffic deaths since Pearl Harbor. Government figures show 65,170 wounded or missing, while 1.6 million suffered traffic injuries and 110,000 were permanently disabled. Rural deaths fell 33 percent, urban 16 percent, in the first nine months of 1943. Providence R I reported no traffic fatalities in September. Urban rates for 1943 list Utica Cambridge Wichita among others with notable per 10,000 vehicle figures.
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Chicago
Pearl Harbor
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearson
Providence
R. L
Utica
N. Y
Wichita
Cambridge
Mass
Kesselring Relieved as Italy Command Succeeded by Von Wittinghoff
Axis dispatch confirms field Marshal Albert Kesselring relieved of southern Italy command. General Heinrich von Wittinghoff succeeds him, per Vichy radio broadcast quoted by Berlin. Also notes Kansas State football game at 2:30 p m Saturday.
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von Wittinghoff
Italy
London
Albert Kesselring
Heinrich von Wittinghoff
Vichy Radio
Ministry of Information
Berlin
New Coal Crisis Is in the Making
A massive coal crisis looms as idle mine workers in 11 states near 76 000 with no word from President Roosevelt on action. The War Labor Board issued a Pennsylvania anthracite wage ruling and faced AFL dissent while threats of government seizure and fuel shortages imperil Alabama’s Ensley steel works.
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Roosevelt
War Labor Board
C.I.0
WLB
Illinois
van Aittner
John Brophy
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Little Steel
Alabama
Tennessee ‘Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Ensley Steel Works
Lewis
U.M.W
A.F.L
Lawrence Argentine football score delayed by Journal-World
The Journal-World will publish the half time score and final score of the Lawrence Argentine football game tonight. Kickoff is at 8 o clock with halftime around 9 o clock. Also notes KU vs Kansas State football game Saturday at 2 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Ways and Means Shifts Focus From Revenue To Cutting Costs
Washington Oct 29 The house ways and means committee after reporting 2 billion in new revenue began studying spending cuts. Harold Smith faced questions in executive session as Rep Disney proposed a congressional budget panel to scrutinize outlays. Chairman Coughlin said the administration vows restraint while votes on postal and liquor tax hikes were to be revisited.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harold Smith
Rep. Disney
D.okla
Congressional Budget Committee
Smith
Chips
Coughton
D.-N.c
Ways and Means
Rep.Carlson
R.kan
Delinquent Selective Service Lists Two Locals in Douglas County
The Douglas County selective service boards publish the names of two men Dale L. Mott of 224 Maine Street and Harry Thornton Forrester General Delivery Lawrence Kan both 28 whose whereabouts are unknown. New tightening rules from national headquarters require delinquent registrants aged 18 to 44 to be classified for induction or work of national importance with federal penalties up to five years in prison and ten thousand dollars fine for noncompliance.
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Douglas County
Selective Service Boards
Dale L. Mott
Maine Street
Harry Thornton Forrester
Lawrence
Kan
Selective Service
Peenel Selective Service
United States Attorney For
FBI
Selective Service Board
Indicted Man From Minnesota Tied to Sunflower Ordnance Work
Harold E. Christensen 27 of Laverne Minnesota was indicted in Topeka by a federal grand jury for theft of government property from Sunflower Ordnance Works. He was arrested July 18 in the Douglas County jail area after being seen speaking with a prisoner and found with whisky in his car. A later trailer home search near Lawrence yielded material alleged to have been taken from the SOW. Christensen had served 30 days in jail and paid $257 in fines in Frank B. Dodson’s justice court before being turned over to federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Harold E. Christensen
Laverne, Minn
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Christensen
Douglas County
Lawrence
Justice Court
Frank B. Doddson
Purple Heart Awarded to Pfc Carl Spitzer in Sicily
The Purple Heart was awarded to Pfc Carl Spitzer in Sicily. His parents Mr and Mrs Glen Spitzer of 342 Lincoln Street received the honors today. Spitzer in an engineering unit assisted after a mine explosion on August 11, and he was wounded before returning to duty. He later returned to the hospital and was discharged, with a football game noted for Saturday at 2 30 p.m.
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Carl Spitzer
Sicily
Glen Spitzer
Lincoln Street
Spitzer
Song
New Term At K U Starts Next Week
University of Kansas sets winter semester registration for new students on Monday November 1 registrar Dr L C Woodruff said. V 12 and civilian terms end together for the first time and enrollment is expected around 200 to 300 new students and about 4200 total.
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University of Kansas
L. C. Woodruff
University
Navy
Army
Woodruff
Douglas County War Chest Surpasses Quota by 5628
Douglas County's war chest reached 35245.02 dollars, 5628 over the quota as residents exceed the 29617 target by 19 percent. Hercules Powder Company employees added 1461.31, from 210 county workers via payroll deduction, boosting the drive which continues through tomorrow evening.
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Douglas County
National War Fund
Community Chest
Hercules Powder Company
Hercules
Lawrence
Helen Humphrey
Douglas
Kansas
Humphrey
Change in Weather Topeka Oct 29 41
Unsettled conditions over eastern Kansas may bring scattered showers tonight. Cooler air moves into western and northern counties, with temperatures edging toward normal after a spell of Indian summer. Highs and lows were reported in the 80s and 40s across regions including Ellis with a 40 degree low.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Edland
Ellis
Stock Market Index Dips to 50.7 After Weekend
The average of 60 stocks falls to 50.7 in the latest index reading, down from 51.1 yesterday. Trading notes mention a game on Saturday at 2 30 p m with advertisement.
Victory gardens cut national food bill by billions
New York on October 29 the American Institute of Food Distribution estimated victory gardens saved at least 1.25 billion dollars off the year's total food bill. The nonprofit says about 30 dollars per American family, city and suburban, with the figure described as conservative. It bases the estimate on roughly 20 million victory gardens this year versus 8 million home gardens in peacetime.
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New York
Victory Gardeners
American Institute of Food Distribution
Non-Profit Research Agency
America
Institute
Brothers face eleven theft counts each in county courts
Merton Rothfuss and Eldride Rothfuss, aged 18 and 28, charged with grand larceny and 11 counts apiece. They confessed to thefts across Douglas Shawnee and Franklin counties, including chickens and washing machines, with property traced to farms then brought to Douglas county. Both waived preliminary hearing and await district court trial. Their 500 acre farm near Eu dora was rented from Kansas City mayor John Gage.
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Justice Courts
Merton Rothfuss
Eldride Rothfuss
Douglas
Shawnee
Franklin
Merton Rothtfuss
Elmer Schiller
Justice Court
Frank B. Dodds
Eldred Rothfuss
O. J. Lane
Raymond Lancers
District Court
Douglas County
Eudora
John Gage
Kansas City
Ernest Rothfuss
Salina
R. Skinner
Sheriff’s Office
Winnie D Lyons elected president of American War Mothers
Winnie D Lyons 936 New Hampshire street was elected president of American War Mothers Inc for Kansas at the state convention in Kansas City Kansas. About 50 women from four cities attended and two Lawrence women were honored with offices.
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Winnie D. Lyons
New Hampshire Street
American War Mothers, Inc
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence
Will H. Johns
Charles Starkweather
Emma Read Morrison
Topeka
Luella Kendrick
Nurses Join Lawrence Navy Day Parade Representing Red Cross
Nurses from Lawrence Memorial and Watkins Memorial hospitals marched on the Red Cross float in the Navy Day parade. Second Lt. Edna Pederson, tied to Winter General hospital, and Ensign Martha Burn from Great Lakes naval training site, also participated. The Red Cross serves as the nurse recruiting agency for the Army and Navy.
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Red Cross
Eufenia Rodriguez
Millie Higgins
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Doris Oetting
Rosemary Shochlee
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Edna Pederson
Winter General Hospital
Topeka
Army
Martha Burn
Lawrence
Naval Training School
Great Lakes
Navy
The
Yugoslavs Cut Zagreb Belgrade Railway in 40 Mile Stretch
Yugoslav partisan forces under Tito cut the Zagreb Belgrade rail line along a 40 mile stretch east of Zagreb, the national army communiqué reported. The move comes amid ongoing internal strife between Tito and Mihailovic, with observers noting possible German influence. Chinese Recapture a City: Liaofeng retaken near Hangchow with over 1,200 Japanese killed and large supply losses for Japan, per Chungking high command.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Germany
Yugoslavia
Zagreb-Belgrade
Zagreb
Natural Army
Tony
Draja Mihailovic
Balkan
Chungking
Liaofeng
Hangchow
China
Seaboard
Chekiang
Campaign Launch for H P Cady Fellowship Fund at KU
Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced a campaign to establish the H. P. Cady Fellowship Fund to support graduate chemical research at the University of Kansas as a memorial to Dr. Hamilton P. Cady. Four thousand two hundred dollars had already been subscribed.
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H. P. Cady
University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
Hamilton P. Cady
Cady
Malott
R. Q. Brewster
Roy Cross
K. C. Testing Laboratories
Kansas City
F. B. Davis
H. M. Elsey
Westinghouse Company
Pittsburgh, Pa
V. K. LaMer
Columbia University
New York City
W. M. Latimer
Department of Chemistry
University of California
J. C. Nichols
L. V. Redman Bakelite Corporation
Ontario
Canada
W. H. Rodebush
University of Illinois
E. R. Weidlein
Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh
Kansas
Increased German Military Activity Reported Invasion Caution
In London on October 29 the Berlin radio claimed heightened German reconnaissance over southern England and suggested a channel crossing might be prepared after Moscow talks. The broadcast noted more shipping in southern harbors, extra minesweeper work in the Channel, and fresh troop concentrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Berlin
Moscow
Britain
Boy Scouts Host Halloween Party at Haskell Stadium
Lawrence Boy Scouts host a Halloween party at Haskell Stadium tomorrow evening at 7:30 with all Lawrence boys invited. Attendees should wear uniforms. program includes games stunts and ceremonies while the Haskell band provides music.
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Haskell Stadium
Boy Scouts of
Lawrence
Haskell Band
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Kesselring Relieved
Ickes
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
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AL . U
T. R
Anpenrdirseneisons
K. OU
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Educational Teachers Council
Haskell Leesvegnnasesencen
Sunflower Ordnance
Rothfuss
Kansas Group
Istart
Kansas U
Brewster
Mt. Oread
Nichols
University of Kansas Research Foundation
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