Hitler Drives for Knockout as Axis Attacks Stalingrad
Soviet reports say Red Army holds firm around Stalingrad while Nazi forces press a tank led assault. Front line dispatches note German gains on the western defenses and intensified bombing as Moscow reports 400 Germans killed west of the capital. Soviet theatres also claim heavy German losses along the Terek river in the Caucasus period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalingrad
Moscow
Churchill
Britain
United States
Russia
Iran
Persia
Iraq
Caucasus
Middle East
Central
Baku
Rostov
Mozdok
Grozny
Terek
Smoky Hill River Flood Stagnates at Junction City
The Smoky Hill river flood level in Junction City Kansas has eased with upstream recession. About 20 families in the east section were flood displaced while highways U S 40 to Salina and K 57 east of town and U S 77 south remained blocked. The Republican river nears normal levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Kan
Smoky Hill
Salina
Republican River
U S Break With Vichy Regarded as Imminent
Washington signaled a possible break with Vichy as Laval protested American air raids on occupied France. The United States immediately rejected the protest and notified Laval that bombing of German military plants would continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lpi
United States
Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
State Department
Laval
UPH
Stock Market Index Rebounds to 37.1 After Slump
The stock market index, tracking 60 stocks, closed at 37.1 after yesterday's 37.2 reading. Investors watch small-cap moves as market sentiment shifts amid cautious trading.
Allied Nations Troops Repulse Japs in Hand to Hand Conflict
In New Guinea a clash near The Gap saw allied patrols clash with Japanese forces in dense jungle. An Australian patrol of 20 held off 300 enemies, while another raid killed six Japanese. Milne Bay casualties reported, with sea-borne Japanese forces nearly wiped out. Allied air units bombed ships and barges aiding Buna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Nations
Associated Press
Far Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Owen Stanley Range
United Nations
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Milne Bay
Normandy Island
Tobriand Islands
Buna
War transport control tightened for trucks buses and cabs
Washington reports the government ordered all commercial vehicles to carry a certificate of war necessity by November 15 to secure fuel tires and accessories. About 5 million trucks 150 thousand buses 50 thousand cabs and similar vehicles fall under the rule with exemptions for cars and motorcycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Senator Green
D.-R.i
Roosevelt
Seaboard
Green
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Applications mailed for certificates of necessity in Kansas
Wichita dispatch notes that applications will be mailed around September 21 to commercial vehicle operators in Kansas needing certificates of necessity under a government order. The Office of Defense Transportation will centralize mailing from Topeka, with Wichita handling all except 16 northeast counties served by the Kansas City office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Commercia
Kansas
W. R. Bartling
Office of Defense Transportation
Topeka
Wichita Odt
Kansas City Ofice
CAPTURED U. S. CAPTAIN REPORTED PRISONER BY AXIS U-BOAT
The navy announced today that another ship captain was taken prisoner by an axis submarine, the eighth to be held. The freighter sunk last July off the east coast of South America left 50 survivors after 10 days at sea. one man was missing. Two other vessels were torpedoed, one American freighter in the North Atlantic and a British merchantman in the Caribbean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Navy
South Atlantic
United Nations
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
South America
Africa
North Atlantic
Caribbean
Lawrence tax sale sells 175 tracts in first day of auction
About 175 Lawrence properties, including improved homes and vacant lots, sold on the first day with prices up to 1410 dollars. Buyers from Washington D C and Kansas cities attended as Baldwin tracts were later listed for sale. some Eudora and Lecompton properties to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Douglas County
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Ninth
Kentucky
Missouri
Indiana
Maine
Vermont
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Washington, D.C
Kansas City
Topeka
Baldwin
Eudora
Lecompton
Milton Beach
Victory Levy The Committee Choice
The senate finance committee reaffirmed its adoption of a 5 percent victory tax on individual earnings over 624 a year and approved a joint study of compulsory savings to help finance the war. A five by five panel including Mor Genthau n would report by January 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
The
Treasury
Taft
Ohio
Radcliffe
Rain floods ease in Kansas after rain clears
Floods ease across Kansas as rain stops. Smoky Hill River remains three feet over banks at Enterprise while flooding continues from Abilene to Junction City. Kansas River above Manhattan by 0.2 feet, Neosho near Oswego and Parsons nearing bank fall. no new rain expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
Smoky Hill
Enterprise
S. D. Flora
Abilene
Junction City
Flora
Kansas River
Manhattan
Neosho
Oswego
Parsons
Goodland
Synthetic Rubber Rollout Planned for November 1
Buffalo probes a WPB report showing more than 950000 short tons of synthetic rubber annually will roll out of seven states and one Canadian city by November 1 next year. Butadiene supplies three quarters of the rubber with styrene the rest. 12 companies share production as Du Pont neoprene and Dow thiokol are excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
War Production Board
American Chemical Society
Albert L. Elder
WPB
DuPont
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Dow Chemical
Elder
Earthquake Detected Near Aleutian Islands
A moderate earthquake was recorded last night on the Weston college seismograph, believed to originate in the Aleutian Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleutians
Weston, Mass
Aleutian Islands
Weston College
Bombing raid targets Frankfurt in sixth night of RAF blows
The RAF unleashed a large air raid on Frankfurt as part of an eight night campaign. About 250 bombers struck the Rhineland city leaving great fires. Seven RAF planes were missing. Other raids hit towns in the Rhineland while German reports said limited damage. Farther east British forces said ground fighting slowed while RAF aircraft pounded Rommel supply lines near El Alamein. Three German planes were downed in combats west of Alexandria as Rommel refitted his forces.
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R.A.F
Rhineland
Frankfurt
Germany
Air Ministry
DNB
Great Yarmouth
Bedford
Erwin Rommel
Salam- Mairuh
el Alamein
Alexandria
Rommel
Daylight Raids by U S Flying Fortresses Reach Europe
A Royal Air Force commentator says U S Flying Fortresses have begun daylight raids on German occupied Europe. He calls daylight bombing a bold policy and forecasts deeper penetration to vital targets while noting German retaliation may be severe. The commentary adds that German press and radio have been kept unaware of American air activities in the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Europe
R.A.F
Will Open Drive For Lawrence Relays Club Members
The Lawrence Kansas Relays club starts its 1942 member drive with a 7:15 am breakfast in the Crystal Room at Hotel Eldridge. A. B. Weaver heads the drive for members, aided by two divisions Reds and Blues led by captains Dick Zimmerman and Charles Radcliffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kansas
Ship Winter
Armin Woestemeyer
Zimmerman
Radcliffe
Clifford Dean
Lyle Gibbon
Jack Miller
Bob Oyler
C. W. Pollom
Eldridge
Start Fall Program Civil Air Patrol Training
The local Civil Air Patrol unit opens fall and winter training for youths over 16 and interested adults. Enlistments are being accepted and courses include drill, courtesy, first aid, with later classes in radio navigation code and aerial photography. Three hours of weekly Thursday drill and study planned.
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The
Civil Air Patrol
Patrol
Army
Enrollment rises in Lawrence city schools on second day
On the second day of school in Lawrence total enrollment reached 3 279, up 108 from opening day. New pupils arrived at both junior and senior high schools and enrollment increased at Cordley Pinckney New York and Woodlawn schools with counts listed for senior high junior high and individual schools.
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Lawrence
Cordley
Pinckney
New York
Woodlawn
League of Kansas Municipalities Heads to Topeka
As the leagues headquarters move to Topeka several staff members relocate from Lawrence. Albert B. Martin and family move today to 1243 Mulvane Street Topeka where Martin serves as general attorney. Others including Camilla Maichel Fay Young Jean Spatz and Vivian Barnes have already moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Kansas
Topeka
Lawrence
Albert B. Martin
Mulvane Street
Martin
League
Massachusetts Street
C. V. Kent
University of Wisconsin
Kent
Madison
Camilla Maichel
Fay Young
Jean Spatz
Vivian Barnes
John G. Stutz
Wagstaff elected to Lawrence school board seat
Richard Wagstaff, a Lawrence businessman, was unanimously chosen to fill the vacancy created by Albert Martin’s resignation. He will serve until the next general election in April. The board also moved to seek a traffic light at Fourteenth and Massachusetts due to Sunflower Ordnance Works traffic.
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Richard “Dick” Wagstaff
Lawrence
Board of Education
Albert B. Martin
Liberty Memorial High School
Martin
League of Kansas Municipalities
Topeka
the Boar
Fourteenth
Massachusetts
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lowell Bailey
Woodlawn School
Eugene Brune
George Kolsky
Vermont Street
Pinckney School
Albert Martin
Lloyd Houston
Clifford Dean
Neal Kiegti
Howard Sutherand
Wagstaff
Purcell
F. C. Whipple
Leslie T. Tupy
W. A. Churchill
A. B. Martin
Richard Wagstaff
Howard Sutherland
MacArthur Praises Jap Soldier Spirit in War Talk
General MacArthur told U S troops in Australia on September 9 that each man should kill one Japanese soldier in action. He praised the Japanese fighter as hard, courageous, and intelligent, noting they give and ask no quarter and urging continued resistance to aid comrades on other fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
MacArthur
United States
Napoleon
Kansans in Congress to Conserve Farm Manpower
Kansans in Congress moved to appeal to selective service and other government officials to prevent further loss of farm manpower. Acting on Senator Reed's suggestion they will seek meetings with Secretary Wickard, War Manpower Chairman McNutt, and Selective Service Director Hershey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
Congress
Selective Service
Senator Reed
R-Kan
Agriculture
Wickard
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Lewis B. Hershey
House Approves Senate Absentee Voting Amendment
The House accepted senate amendments to the service men absentee voting bill by a 247 to 58 vote. It extends voting rights to armed forces without poll taxes in eight southern states and covers primary and general elections for servicemen abroad and at home. The measure goes back to the senate for final approval amid southern opposition led by Rep Rankin who called the amendment an assault on states rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Oine
Senate-House
Rankin
D.-Miss
Enrollment Expands at Eudora Grade and High Schools
Eudora schools report 244 pupils in grade school up 28 from last year and 139 in the high school after seven new enrollments. Grade classes show seventh and eighth, new hires include four additional teachers though fourth grade remains staffed temporarily by Mrs. Oscar Westerhouse. Parochial enrollment rises to 52, desks added, government aid meetings held in Topeka with federal education officials visiting next week. New high school staff includes Wayne Bly, Miss Jean Henderson, and Miss Nellie Ox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora
Oscar Westerhouse
Oscar Lothholz
Ray Odgen
Henry Reifschneider
Topeka
Government Education Department
Wayne Bly
Jean Henderson
Glish
Nellie Ox
Price lists due for Douglas county service firms
Douglas county merchants are required to file ceiling price lists with the county war price and rationing board. Filing is due tomorrow evening per state OPA guidance from Wichita. Most service businesses must report, including shoe shops laundries dry cleaners auto and tire repair shops and filling stations. Prices max out at March levels starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
County War Price and Rationing Board
George Wetzel
OPA
Wichita
Certificates issued for new cars in Douglas county
Certificates to purchase new cars were issued by the city panel of the Douglas county war price and rationing board yesterday. Edward Milton Brown and Wilbur Earl Shirley received the certificates. Brown works as an advanced radio instructor and Shirley is employed at Sunflower Ordnance Works. The panel also approved vehicle parts and tires including passenger tubes, passenger retreads, truck tires, tubes, and retreads with qualification possible by attending night school at Lawrence Business College, opening Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Milton Brown
New York Street
Wilbur Earl Shirley
Ohio Street
Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Brown
National Defense Trade
Shirley
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Peak in Sunflower Ordnance Works labor nears
Sunflower Ordnance Works employment nears peak with few new construction workers added. Hercules plant calls for experienced steamfitters and plans to expand maintenance and office staff as skilled labor demand rises. Local offices foresee potential worker shortages if midwest plant construction slows and expect more transfers to war plant jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunflower Ordnance Works
James Higgins
U. S. Employment Service
Offce
Kansas
Hercules
Higgins
Midwest
Iggins
War Industries Planning Committee
Dean Frank Stockton
Lawrence
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Hitler
REDS
Reichsfuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Volga
East Junction City
U. S
Joint Congressional Study of Compulsory Savings
Nauis
Relays Club
Dick Wagstaff
Sane
Bea
City Panel of Rationing Board
Lawrence Business College
Clifford "Dean
A. Jetmore
H. L. Chambers
SMT
WTF
WTFS
WTF S
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