U S Fleet Moves Into Jap Waters
The U S Pacific fleet attacked Marcus Island in Japanese waters in a carrier task force raid planned for September 1. Washington said the operation was in progress with ships and planes converging on the outpost 1,200 miles southeast of Tokyo and 900 miles northwest of Wake Island, marking the first American attack on Marcus since 1942.
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Marcus Island
Washington
United States Pacific Fleet
Japan
Tokyo
Marcus
Navy
Wake Island
Central ‘Pacific
Marcu Island
Shriek
Porthe
Toky
United States
Truk Island
Tokyo- Yokohama
Odd Fellows Labor Day Picnic Moves to South Park
The annual Odd Fellows Labor Day celebration takes place Monday in South Park with entertainment beginning at 1 PM and a 9:30 PM to 12:30 AM dance in the Community building. A carnival company offers six rides and acts including a one man band tight rope walker and a juggling act. Herb Price's orchestra will provide music for the dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Park
Herb Price
Destroyer Escort Vessel Launched at Hingham Yard
A new destroyer escort vessel was launched at Bethlehem Steel’s Hingham Massachusetts shipyard today. The vessel set a record speed for launching this type, while the keel had eight patches noted during construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hingham, Mass
Bethlehem Steel Company
Nazi Retreat Reported on Eastern Front in Donets Basin
German news agency and Berlin radio dispatches circulated by the Associated Press describe a retreat by German forces southwest of Voroshilovgrad in the Donets basin. Russian assaults along the 600 mile front from the Sea of Azov to Smolensk were reported, with notable advances by Soviet forces in Smolensk and northern Ukraine and progress toward Mariupol on the Azov coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Front
London
DNB
Donets Basin
Voroshilovgrad
Berlin
Associated Press
Mius
Rulsk
Vyazma
Stalino
Taganrog
Donets
Sea of’ Azov
Smolensk
Moscow
Vassily Sokolovsky
Yelnya
Ugra
Constantine Rokossovsky
Sevsk
Ukraine
Glukhov
Stalin
Sea of Azov
Red
Mariupol
Danish Royal Resistance Under German Rule In Denmark
Eyewitnesses report Danes refuse to bend under German rule as Hermann von Hennecken enforces martial law with mass arrests and executions. King Christian and Queen Alexandra appear in public, while Danes flee to Sweden aboard a minesweeper and a submarine crew sinks their own boat to escape Copenhagen.
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Stockholm
Christian X
Sweden
Hermann von Hennecken
Christian
Alexandria
Sorgenfri Castle
Lyngby
Hennecken
von Harinecken
Denmark
Copenhagen
Gestapo
Hannecken
Malmoe
Train Intercepted by Belgian Patriots During WWII Move
The Bel gian news agency reports armed Belgian patriots halted a train evacuating 1,500 Jews from Malines to Poland. A gun battle with German guards followed. part of the captives were freed while guards used machine guns, killing 20 and wounding 40, with several hundred escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Malines
Belgium
Poland
Allied air raids pound Italian rail hubs from North Africa
American B 24s and other bombers based in North Africa targeted Pisa and Pescara rail yards and airfields while strikes on Salerno Cesena and Catanzaro disrupted railway communications. Ships shelled Cape Pellaro as Italian and German defenses claimed several Allied planes shot down.
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North Africa
Italy
Pisa
Salerno
Cesena
Catanaro
Middle East
Pescara
Cairo
Cape Pellaro
Strait of Messina
Nelson
Rodney
Orion
Quillian
Quail
Queenborough
Troubridge
Tyrian
Offa
Petard
Tartar
Piorun
Rome
Associated Press
Cosenza
Catanzaro
Naples
Sapri
Cetararo
Reggio Calabria
Carib
Twenty Years After Japan Quake Titans of Destruction
Twenty years ago today on September 1 1928 Japan suffered a massive earthquake disaster. Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya and hundreds of villages were devastated by tremors fires and tsunamis. The death toll reached 99831 with 103733 injured and 43476 missing. Property damage ran into billions as the world aided with aid from the United States and other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Nagoya
Pleasaure
United States
Tires Will Wear Well Jeffers Says
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers said synthetic tires soon in wide use will closely match pre war wearability. If the ban on high speed limits is lifted drivers could run at normal speeds on synthetic casings without fearing tire failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William M. Jeffers
Jeffer
WAAC officers become regular Army in move to WAC
The WAAC officers announced a letter today to transition from auxiliary status to full Army officers, marking their shift into the Women’s Army Corps. This change ends their auxiliary role and places them as commissioned officers within the WAC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wac
Washington
WAAC
Army
Berlin Bomb Blitz Strikes Nazi Capital Again
Great fleets of RAF heavy bombers blasted Berlin in a 45 minute raid to start the fifth year of war for Germany. The air ministry said heavy damage was done in this second massive assault in eight days, with Canadians among the crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Air Ministry
France
Low Countries
Nuernberg
Ruhr
Army to Aid Kansas Bond Drive With Demos, Vets
Army personnel and equipment will help tell the story of the third war loan drive in Kansas starting September 9. Evan Griffith, director of the state war finance committee, said demonstrations will be arranged and veterans returning from the fronts will appear at bond rallies. Kansas quota set at 112 million dollars.
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Topeka
Kansas
Evan Griffith
State War Finance Committee
Prunes and Raisins Return to Ration List September 5
The Office of Price Administration announced that dried fruit including prunes and raisins will be rationed again starting September 5 with a four-point per pound value. Other dried fruits remain point free, but supplies to civilians will be limited as most production goes to the armed forces and lend lease.
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Washington
Sept
Office of Price Administration
Armed Forces
Lend Lease
Revenue collections rise across Kansas in August
Topeka reports August revenue gains across major streams led by income tax at $75,254 more than August 1942 and a 21 percent rise in sales and compensating tax to $1,314,140. Cereal malt beverage tax up 24 percent at $69,501 while motor fuel revenue fell from 1942 levels to $667,789.
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Topeka
State Revenue and Taxation Commission
William Ljungdahl
Victory War Bond Premier at Jayhawker Sept 9
Douglas county launches Third War Bond drive with a Victory War Bond Premier at the Jayhawker theater on opening day September 9. Bond buyers or pledgers gain souvenir tickets and admission for both matinee and evening shows. The film So Proudly We Hail stars Claudette Colbert Paulette Goddard and Veronica Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Jayhawker Theater
Jayhawker
Bataan and
Corregidor
Claudette Colbert
Paulette Goddard
Veronica Lake
Jayhawker Management
Paramount Pictures, Inc
Stanley Schwahal
County War Finance Committee
Laird Dean
Topeka
State Committee
New Housing Office Head Named at Chamber of Commerce
Mrs. Cornelia Bigelow resigns as housing office director effective today after guiding the office since last April during a peak in room and housing demand. Miss Marcella Olmstead, already in the office, succeeds as director as the program operates on a reduced scale with Olmstead as the sole employee. F C Whipple, housing committee chair, commends Bigelow’s faithful service during a busy period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia Bigelow
Chamber of Commerce
F. C. Whipple
Chamber of Commerce Housing Committee
Fire on British Coast as German Guns Open Fire
German long range guns on the French coast opened fire at 8 a.m. and shell warnings sounded along the British southeast coast. The bombardment lasted about thirty minutes with a steady stream of two gun salvos. Dover area buildings shook from the blasts before RAF planes moved across the channel. Flames were seen on French cliffs between Cape Gris Nez and Calais after the planes disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dover
R.A.F
English Channel
Cape Gris Nez
Calais
Attack on Japanese Installations in Burma Reported
A British communique announced that dive bombers attacked Japanese installations and the jetty area at Buthedaung in Burma, scoring numerous direct hits. No British planes were reported missing.
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Jan
New Delhi
Buthedaung
Burma
Vententay
County Teachers Ready For School In Douglas County
Douglas County plans to reopen Adaline school of District 65 and run 68 one room, four graded elementary, and three rural high schools. Seven teachers hired this week leave District 20 still needing a staffer. The Douglas County Teachers Normal Institute at Liberty Memorial High has 76 enrolled and runs until Thursday to prepare rural teachers for the September 6 opening.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Adaline
Douglas’ County
Margaret Hurley
District 20
Institute
Douglas County Teachers Normal Institute
Liberty Memorial High School
Douglas County Teachers Association
Katherine Kelly
Baldwin
Mabel Price
Centennial
Margaret Dee
Pleasant Valley
Gertie Deay
White School
Moleta Laughlin
Clinton School
Nebraska governor bets hog to spur war bond drive
Nebraska's Dwight Griswold challenges 47 states to outsell in the third war loan drive opening September 9. Governors from Iowa Minnesota Arkansas Colorado Idaho Michigan and Kansas join with wagers of a hog butter beans calf buffalo potatoes beans and turkeys as bets on their bond sales compared to Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Dwight Griswold
Washington
OPA
Griswold
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Edward J. Thye
Minnesota
Homer M. Adkins
Arkansas
Colorado
John Vivian
Denver
Idaho
C. A. Bottolfsen
Michigan
Harry Kelly
Topeka
Kan
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
Schoeppel
Classified Ad Service Offers Copy Help
The Ad-Taker at phone 22 offers assistance to prepare and place your classified copy.
Plan Serial Numbers for Gasoline Coupons
Washington dispatch reports the Office of Price Administration will add serial numbers to gasoline ration stamps to curb bootleggers and stolen coupons. The system may start early next year with centralized issue stations in major cities speeding extra rations for essential drivers as part of tighter policing of gasoline use.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Big Springs Fair Opens In Wartime Style
The annual Big Springs fair opens tomorrow for two days amid wartime constraints. Exhibits are arriving fast with no carnival or Friday night entertainment planned. Friday features a five gaited saddle horse owned by A. E. Messenheimer, shown with and without a saddle, followed by a free picture. 4-H livestock on Thursday. open class livestock on Friday. Pete Bahnmaier is fair secretary. Meals served by Big Springs ladies. concession stand run by the fair board.
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Big Springs
Willis Colman
Carnival
A. E. Messenheimer
Near Overbrook
Fair Board
Pete Bahnmaier
Heat breaks as cool spell arrives in Kansas headlines
Topeka reports a cooler trend after a record heat wave with highs near 100 degrees in Topeka and Wichita. Five rain events in the past 24 hours bring relief but crop damage persists with corn losses and feed shortages in Labette and surrounding counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Agriculture Department
Wichita
Coffeyville
Goodland
Parsons
Maurice Wyckoff
Wyckoff
Labette County
Parsons Calls Meeting of Lawrence Merchants
Lawrence merchants are urged to attend a Friday 9 30 A M meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. J H Parsons, chairman of the merchants bureau, seeks broad turnout to adopt a fall and winter hours schedule. One proposal would push closing from 5 30 to 6 P M.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Merchant’s Bureau
J. H. Parsons
Statewide blackout praised as successful
The State defense council announced last night's statewide practice blackout a success, more effective than the first experimental blackout last December. The state highway patrol reported no casualties or serious accidents during the 20 minutes of darkness. Joplin and Springfield, as well as Dallas county, did not participate.
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Jefferson City
State Defense Council
State Highway Patrol
Joplin
Springfield
Dallas County
Netherlands East Indies army post to be filled by Van Oyen
Maj. Gen. L H Van Oyen will be appointed commander in chief of the Netherlands East Indies army and will leave the United States soon for Australia to assume the post, announced by the official Aneta news agency. Ensign Clark Mc Pherson of Topeka has been commissioned in the navy and will report for active duty within 90 days in air combat intelligence.
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Australia
London
L. H. van Oyen
Netherlands East Indies Army
United States
Aneta
Netherlands
Topeka
Clark McPherson
Kansas Unemployment Compensation Division
Labor Department
Navy
Stock Market Index Shows Uptick as Trading Opens
The average of 60 stocks rose to 49.8 from 49.6 yesterday signaling a modest gain at the market open. The note mentions a business center at 800 Oldsmobile Service-Adv, N. as a reference point.
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N. H. Phillips
August Warmth Drops to Record Cold August Levels
July and August weather notes show August 1943 registering the coldest August since 1940 with a mean of 80.01 degrees, 3.49 above normal, and rainfall of 5.68 inches. Prof. C. J. Posey reports 20 hot days, a high of 98 on the 8th, and a low of 51 on the 18th. Total eight month rainfall stands at 26.18 inches, only 0.18 above normal.
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C. J. Posey
Kansas
Northwest
Meessen
War savings booths reopen in downtown Douglas county
With September start the women’s division of the war savings committee under Mrs Henry Werner reopens booths in Weaver’s Penney’s and Kregas stores in downtown Douglas. Mrs George Werner named general chairman to oversee all booths and coordinate with store management while Mrs K C Evans continues leadership at Woolworths. The group reports strong August bonds and stamps sales and prepares for the September 9 third War Loan drive with house to house campaigns and new captains and workers.
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War Savings Committee
Henry Werner
George Werner
Weaver’s
Penney’s
Krega’s
Woolworth’s
K. C. Evans
Warner
Werner
Douglas County
NYA Liquidates Its Shops And Projects in 4 States
National Youth Administration liquidates all shops and projects in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas and turns equipment over to the treasury. Anne Laughlin says 4391 work stations produced 1 784 340 of war material last fiscal year on a non profit basis. Training cost per worker estimated at 86 dollars. average 13 workers per shop. over 6000 in training across four states. Projects in 61 communities with resident centers in 14 cities.
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Kansas City
National Youth Administration
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Treasury Department
Anne Laughlin
NYA
Wherry Promoted from Captain to Major in War Department List
Neal M. Wherry formerly principal of Liberty Memorial High School is promoted from captain to major. The War Department in Washington released the officer promotions list.
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England
Amiens-Glissy
Vaudeville
Lille
Mazingarde Chemical Works
Bethune
Vandeville
Bond Drive
Marcella Olmstead
Mrs. Bigelow
Ruth Kittle
Mabel Ke
Coila Hegeman
India School
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