Greeks Repel Italian Advance Near Toannina Front
Greek counter‑attack north of Toannina recaptured a hill and seized abandoned arms as heavy rains hampered Italian progress along a 100‑mile front. Athens reported reinforced Greek lines and limited Turkish involvement while British and Russian air activity shifted across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toannina
Janina
Athens
Greece
Hich
Kalamas
Ioannina
Ankara
Turkey
Kansas Teachers convention opens in six cities
Sectional delegate assemblies launch the Kansas Teachers association annual meeting with about 18 000 teachers expected to attend over three days. Sessions feature panels and discussions led by deans and professors, plus a Parsons school pageant and a Garden City Syracuse football game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Teachers Association
Frank Pinet
Wichita
Salina
Parsons
Hays
Garden City
Hutchinson
Edwin J. Brown
Emporia Teachers College
Wichita—forum
Walter E. Myer
Washington
Raymond A. Schwegler
University of Kansas
John L. Bracken
Clayton
Syracuse
E. C. Colvin
Osage City
Earl K
Hillbrand
Kate Fergusson
N. G. Sheffer
Mankato
G. E. Greene
St. Francis
Hugh C. Bryan
WOMEN TO BE LIBRARIANS IN SEVENTH CORPS AREA
Omaha announces women aged 25 to 45 will serve as librarians at army camps and stations in the seventh corps area. Positions at $2100 annually include the area training center near Woodland Iowa Camp Robinson Arkansas and Fort Riley Kansas. An experienced librarian will be named corps area librarian at $2600. Three of these will be selected within 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Seventh Corps
Corps
Area Training Center
Woodland
Iai
Camp Robinson
Ark
Fort Riley
Kan
Automobile Industry Will Aid in Production of 12 000 Bombers
Washington reports the War department plans to produce 12 000 more bombing airplanes largely with auto industry help. Two large plants would assemble parts from car factories with uncertain operation by government or industry. Budget requests have been prepared. no delivery dates given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Industry
Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
Great Britain
William S. Knudsen
Defense
Budget Bureau
Congress
Defense Commission
Army Air Corps
Altho
R A F Bombs Set Huge Fires in Holland City
London reports a massive RAF raid on Flushing amid invasions ports targets in Holland. Fires visible fifty five miles away, with hits on docks and ship berths at Ostend and at Antwerp and Emden. Many tons of explosives dropped.
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London
Flushing
Holland
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Antwerp
Belgium
Emden
Germany
Ministry
Ostend
Young Republicans to Host Douglas County Women Meeting
Ralph Rodgers state president of the Young Republicans will speak at a meeting sponsored by the Republican women of Douglas county. The event for business women unable to attend afternoon sessions and residents of West Wakarusa township will be held tomorrow at 7:30 pm at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Jacqmain.
Doctors Form Medical Board For Draft Examinations
Dr. R. H. Edmiston selects Dr. Louis Zimmer Dr. W. M. Auchard and Dr. R. B. Hutchinson to serve on the medical board for draft physicals. The group will be joined by a four member medical preparedness committee and hear Dr. Forrest L Loveland's Kansas talk to the Franklin County Medical Society. An appeal board led by Dr. M. T. Sadler and colleagues will hear complaints from initial examinations. K. U. psychologist also noted.
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R. H. Edmiston
Douglas County Draft Board
Edmiston
Louis K. Zimmer
W. M. Auchard
R. B. Hutchinson
Ottawa
Forrest
L Loveland
Topeka
Franklin County Medical Society
Loveland
American Medical Association
Kansas
Medical Board
Focal Medical Appeal Committee
M.T. Sadler
Lyle Powell
H. P. Jones
R. A. Schwegler
N. P. Sherwood
H. Z. Jones
T. L. Foster
K. U
Kansas K U K State and Tulsa Grid Teams on Same Train
Kansas State, University of Kansas, and Tulsa University football squads left Kansas City on the same train for weekend games. Kansas State held an indoor workout at Rockhurst College. Gene Snyder suffered a broken thumb but joined the 33 aboard to East Lansing for Michigan State. Tulsa headed to Detroit to meet Detroit University, while Kansas joined Villanova in Philadelphia after avoiding rain in private cars.
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Kansas City
Kansas State
University of Kansas
Tulsa University
Rockhurst College
Hobbs Adams
Gene Snyder
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State
Detroit
Detroit University
Kansas University
Jayhawks
Philadelphia
Villanova
British R. A. F. Extends Operations in the East
London reports the royal air force extending its operations in the eastern Mediterranean following Italy’s invasion of Greece. Reconnaissance flights over Greek and Italian coastal waters are described, including a large Italian bomber shot down in flames. Heavy bombing raids on Bardia and Tobruk in Libya are noted.
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Reuters
Sallonika
Greece
Russia
Tass
Reece
Athens
Patras
Rome
Berlin
London
Britain
Royal Air Force
Mediterranean
Italy
Bardia
Tobruk
Libya
British Ship Kingsland Reported Seriously Damaged
Berlin radio said the 3,669 ton British steamer Kingsland was likely lost after a German air attack that scattered ships in a convoy in the northern English Channel. The report notes the damage occurred Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Berlin
Kingsland
English Channel
Sunflower State Has Been Well Cultivated by Politicos of Late
Topeka reports a whirlwind of campaign activity as Republican and Democratic politicos flood Kansas. National figures like Wendell Willkie and Charles McNary along with Henry Wallace spent days in Topeka and Wichita. The state guards its nine sunflower electors as campaigns push to the finish with both parties touting momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Maine
Wendell L. Willkie
G.O.P
Coffeyville
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Hutchinson
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Roosevelt
Wichita
Party i
Lynn R. Brodrick
Willkie Warns of Absolute Power Menace in Campaign
In Trenton Wendell Willkie told about 10,000 in Stacy Park that absolute power corrupts and leads to war, urging Democrats, Republicans and Independents to oppose a government run by men rather than laws. He argued Europe shows the danger and criticized Roosevelt’s administration for spending and production failures.
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Trenton
N. J
Wendell L. Willkie
War Memorial
Europe
Stacy Park
Willkie
Mark 0
Kimberling
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Ian
America
Wilmington
Del
City Hall Square
President Roosevelt
Boston
Chester
Bethlehem Steel declares 1.50 dividend on common stock
Directors of Bethlehem Steel Corporation announce a 1.50 per share dividend. The company had paid 1.25 on September 3 and 1 on June 1 plus 1 in March. net profits for the September quarter totaled 12,462,228 compared with 10,807,318 in June and 5,877,470 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Stock Market Index Rises to 60-Stock Average
The index for 60 stocks stood at 45.8, up from 45.3 yesterday as markets shifted. Investors eye upcoming earnings reports and macro data for direction.
Radio schedule notes Kansas merit amendment and national figures
A radio sweep lists 6:15 WREN William Allen White on the Kansas merit amendment, 6:30 WREN Henry Wallace, 7:30 WIBW Wendell Willkie, 8:00 WREN Herbert Hoover, 9:00 WREN Thomas Dewey, 9:15 WIBW Democratic National Committee, 10:00 NBC Red Network Hugh Johnson replying to Ambassador Kennedy speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
William Allen White
Henry Wallace
WIBW
Wendell Willkie
Herbert Hoover
Thomas Dewey
Democratic National Committee
NBC Red
Hugh Johnson
Ambassador Kennedy
German troop trains pass through western Rumania report
Bucharest reports fast German troop movements through Bandt in western Rumania on the Imisoara Brasov line. Elite guard chief Lorenz arrives at Constanta by air, met by iron guardists, with plans to travel to Bulgaria and then Apkara Turkey for conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Rumania
Bandt
Imisoara
Brasov
Music supervisors plan January clinic at Kansas University
Twenty five leading music supervisors from Kansas and Missouri met with University of Kansas music faculty to organize an educational music clinic set for January 9 to 11. The program features University bands, symphony orchestra, and a cappella choir, plus demonstrations by other top ensembles and solo numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Missouri
Memorial Union Building
School of Fine Arts
University of Kansas
University Band
Russell L. Wiley
University Symphony Orchestra
Karl Kuer- Steiner
University
D. M. Swarthout
Wiley
K. U
W. Otto Miessner
Karl Euersteiner
E. Thayer Gaston
Raymond Stuhl
Rain fades as chill settles over Kansas after soaking showers
Eastern Kansas received welcome rains with totals led by 1.00 inch in Herington and heavy amounts elsewhere. Forecaster S D Flora called for clearing skies and a light frost tonight across the state as temperatures dip from the 60s to the 30s, with highs today 65 to 70 and 60 to 65 tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Herington
Ellsworth
Lindsborg
Minneapolis
Salina
Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Nebraska
Chanute
Goodland
New Douglas County Plan Promises Welfare Medical Care
A new plan in Douglas County shifts welfare medical care to the Douglas County Medical Association at a fixed per case rate. County physician J H P Jones resigns as the project advances with Dr Wray Enders, and the association would handle care excluding dentistry and prosthetics. The proposal costs the county about 9 600 to 10 000 more annually and allows welfare clients to choose any doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
J.H. P. Jones
Douglas County Medical Association
Wray Enders
Jones
Medical Association
Enders
Welfare Department
Italians Gain Ground in Epirus Frontline Fighting
From Bitolj Yugoslavia near the Greek frontier reports say Italian troops have gained ground in the southern sector of their thrust into Greece but face strong Greek resistance in the north. Italian columns pushing toward Ioannina have advanced, though gains are cited as below the 50 kilometers claimed by some axis sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bitolj
Yugoslavia
Greece
Epirus
Ioannina
Janina
Altho
Kansas women help draw national draft lottery numbers
Virginia Green of Emporia and Bernice Mans of Salina were among 23 girl clerks in the selective service system who drew and tabulated the national draft lottery numbers. They opened capsules, inserted slips, photographed, attached slips to a master list, and kept a handwritten copy of the numbers.
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Washington
Virginia Green
Emporia
Kan
Bernice Mans
Salina
Selective Service System
Election judges and clerks named for county polls
The county will hold a Saturday meeting at 10 oclock at the court house to receive instructions for the general election next Tuesday. Listed are receiving and counting roles for Clinton Douglas county precincts including Lawrence outside, and towns such as Lecompton, Marion, North Baldwin, South Baldwin, Vinland, Black Jack, East Wakarusa, West Wakarusa and Willow Springs with names for each position.
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Court House
Douglas County
Lawrence
Alma Gerstenberger
Bert Seiwald
Kanwaka
C. A. Bidinger
Fred Gregory
M. C. Elliott
Roland Kraft
Albert E. Deister
Sam Buchheim
Raymond Hoffsummer
W. E. Ice
Ross Wymer
Ruby Schroyer
Lécompton
Paul Winters
Charles Winter
Florence Wingfield
Denna Barland
Mary Boydston
Owen Baughman
Bert Reynolds
Howard Moriss
Thelms Maust
George Lasswell
Big Springs
J.M. Watts
Sam Bernhardt
David V. Noe
Ruth Bahnmaier
Ben Kellogg
Marion
Sam Owens
Olin Heffner
May Vance
John P. Metzker
Elda Raible
Fred Walker
Roy Dodder
Winona M. Daggett
Pearl Thurber
Florence Smith Garber
North Baldwin
Frank Beals
Dewey Schmittendorf
Lena Vaughn
Inertoss
Edna Williams
B. A. Hammond
Paul Kochan
Roy Mer Cannty
Tillie Dunn
John Ask
South Baldwin
Mary Martin
Lydia Sowers
Ernest Butell
Augusta Baker
J. J. Hockensmith
A. Thorn
Frank Kerns
Robert A. Jardon
Daisey Oekway
Edna Critchfield
Vinland
Romie Deay
Montie H. Randel
M. L Holcom
Ada Crady
Vernell Randel
Anna E. Hubbard
Floyd A. Gottstein
M. L. E. Craig
Mary Stevens
Otto Selzer
W. Rhodes
Floyd E. Kalb
Irene van Tries
Edith O’neil
Clarence Dwyer
East Wakarusa
Frank Adams
Merle Akers
Viola Walker
W. T. Lemon
Arkansas City's Arkalalah Draws Huge Halloween Crowd
A large throng gathered in downtown Arkansas City for the Arkalalah festival with a parade street stunts and an amateur show. A football game was on the program and tonight features another parade a horse show and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas City
Kan
British throw up heavy screen of fire to protect city
London reports an almost continuous RAF barrage during German raids. Many villages were machine gunned and a large apartment block basement trapped over 150 people, with two women rescued and one body found. Wimbledon centre court damaged, and London child evacuation reached 563000 moved, 279000 remain to be moved. RAF bombers hit Ostend docks and ship berths overnight.
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Wimbledon
Malcolm MacDonald
London
MacDonald
R.a.f.’S
Ostend
Community Chest Campaign Progress Report and Goals
The Community Chest shows 2306.18 raised at noon, bringing the total to 6482.48 with a 9446 goal. Workers urged urgency as many business houses have yet to send in cards and payday delays affect pledges. Glendale Charlton urged overage, Mayor Russell offered encouragement, teachers contributed 244.75, and an extra 500 was raised when the old city hall bell rang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Charlton
C. B. Russell
Ira E. Hunt
Lawrence
Lucy Riggs
May Riggs
Fourth Ward
Old City Hall
Journal-World
United States
Washington issues first call for 800 000 trainees
Army corps area commanders urge local draft boards to begin selecting the initial 800,000 trainees to enter a year of military training. New England governors must provide 984 volunteers by November 18 while San Francisco and San Antonio regions issue intake figures for November 18 to December 1.A second larger call is planned for December 2.
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Washington
Army Corps
Selective Service
George A. Woodruff
Boston
New England
Pacific Coast
Ninth Corps
San Francisco
Eighth Corps
San Antonio
War Department
Weather Summary for Kansas Fair and Cool Conditions
Forecast for Kansas calls for fair to partly cloudy skies across most regions. Western and central areas see cool conditions with light to locally heavy frost in the interior, while the southeast remains partly unsettled with Friday bringing fair weather and continued cool temperatures.
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Kansas
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