Huge Nazi Losses Before Stalingrad
Soviet dispatches said German losses before Stalingrad were among the war's greatest with 1,500 dead and 80 tanks in seven assaults west of the Volga city. Red Army reports claimed no breakthrough as heavy fighting continued around Stalingrad amid German reinforcements and looming winter. The Caucasus saw first snows and fierce battles near Grozny while Novorossisk fell to the Russians and Rzhev’s outskirts endured a major clash.
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Red Star
Fedor von Bock
Volga
Stalingrad
Vichy
Red Army
von Bock
Caucasus
Terek River
Grozny
Middle East
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Kerch Strait
Taupse
Moscow
Rzhev
Germany
R.A.F
Duesseldorf
Luftwaffe
Britain
el Alamein
Alexandria
Newspapers Rally for Scrap Metal Drive in War Effort
Kansas City editors and publishers pledge full cooperation to mobilize households farms and industries for a wartime scrap metal drive. WPB officials cite 17 million tons needed in six months with home collections and junkyard turnover essential to keep furnaces busy.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
War Production Board
Washington
Roy A. Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Sam C. Mitchell
WPB
America
Mitchell
George Grimes
Omaha World-Herald
Nebraska
Henry Blake
Topeka
Capital
Roberts
Wired
Lewis L. Middleton
Sheffield Steel Corporation
Willkie Arrives in Baghdad on Roosevelt Mission Tour
Wendell Willkie reaches Baghdad after stops in Egypt Turkey Lebanon and Palestine on a special mission for President Roosevelt. The trip will continue to Russia and China as part of overseas duties linked to U S policy.
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Wendell Willkie
Baghdad
Iraq
Egypt
Turkey
Lebanon
Palestine
Russia
China
Roosevelt
Steps to keep manpower in the farming area
Washington reports a conference with War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt and seven Kansas lawmakers on protecting farm labor. They discussed declaring the farm belt a critical area to halt manpower drain to the army and industry and limiting ordnance plant employment of arm laborers. Senator Capper and Representatives Reed, Hope, Guyer, Winter, Rees, and Carlson attended.
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Washington
Midwest
Paul V. McNutt
Kansas
Caenntan Daal Ff Wan Vane An
Hncimwr
Vic UL
McNutt
Wickard
Reed
Mc‘ut
Patterson
Hope
R.-Kan
Capper
Guyer
Winter
Rees
Carlson
Roosevelt urges wide publicity on tire life chart
President Roosevelt promotes a chart showing tire life varies with speed from 20 to 80 mph and urges news media to publicize it. Baruch committee backs policy changes, with a potential national speed limit of 35 mph, while congress debates rubber policy and synthetic sources. Roosevelt says a rubber administrator may be named Monday and many Baruch recommendations will take effect then.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Baruch Rubber Investigating Committee
White House
Automobile and Rubber Industries Committee
Society of Automotive Engineers War Board
Stephen Early
Baruch Rubber Committee
Norris
Ind.-Neb
Byrd
D-Va
Farm State
Gillette
D-Ia
Agriculture Subcommittee
Farm Group
Rubber Investigation Committee
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Baruch Committee
Murray
D.-Mont
Senate Small Business Committee
Ellender
D.-La
Scarlet fever case at Eudora trail er camp reported
A scarlet fever case at an Eudora trailer camp draws close attention from the Douglas county health unit. Nurse Ethel P. Lynn oversees patient care and preventive steps. A chicken pox case in Eudora schools has also been reported.
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Eudora
Douglas County
Ethel P. Lynn
Truck Destroyed In Flaming Crash East Of Zarah on Highway 10
A transfer truck loaded with furniture overturned and burned about 7:30 yesterday evening one mile east of Zarah in Johnson County. The 1942 Dodge was owned by Palmer Transfer of Nevada Missouri. Driver Sam Palmer swerved to avoid a westbound car passing another vehicle on a hill. two cars did not stop. Palmer was hospitalized in Kansas City. State patrolman Harvey Schmedemann helped save two tires from the fire.
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Zarah
Johnson County
Palmer Transfer Company
Nevada
Sam Palmer
Lawrence
Palmer
Kansas City
Harvey Schmedemann
Braves Beat Pirates 4-1 as Tobin Secures 12th Victory
Boston Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 to 1 as pitcher Jim Tobin earned his 12th victory of the season. Tobin worked his 26th game, allowing nine hits while Boston collected six hits, but the Braves bunched theirs for the win.
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Braves
Pirates
Boston
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Jim Tobin
Tobin
British Drive Into Madagascar Faces Light Opposition
British imperial columns moved rapidly across French Madagascar toward Tananarive and other key points on the 1000 mile island with minimal resistance. Vichy conceded control was near while Gen. Platt reported 130 miles advanced on the road to Tananarive and other columns reached Vohemar and Ambanja as bridges hindered progress.
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Madagascar
Tananarive
William Platt
East Africa
Vohemar
Diego Suarez
Ambanja
Platt
Mahaho
Vichy
India
Middle East
Russia
Mediterranean
Jacques Doriot
French Popular Party
Douglas MacArthur
U.S
Port Mores
Radio Course Here for Army Radio Technicians
Kansas City reports the CPI A 24 week course to train radio technicians will start Sept 18 at the University of Kansas Lawrence. James A. Campbell says the government seeks women for the class. 1-A men are excluded. Applicants with six units in science or drafting or related engineering under the defense training program qualify. Accepted students are paid 120 dollars monthly, and after completion receive 135 dollars monthly while assigned to signal corps labs for radio repair and maintenance.
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Kansas City
CPI
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Army Signal Corps
James A. Campbell
Ninth Civil Service District
Defense
Signal Corps
Public Meeting on Zone A Apartments Proposal
Citizens are invited to a special zoning committee meeting of the city council at 7:30 Monday evening in the council room. The committee will draft a recommendation to the council on permitting apartments in Zone A.
Goebbels Shifts Propaganda as RAF Bombing Escalates
New York dispatch reports that Nazi propagandist Goebbels has altered lines in Das Reich due to intensified RAF raids. The BBC quoted him urging Cologne Hamburg and Düsseldorf residents to clear incendiaries and noting life in the German cities has become exhausted and fragile as bombs strike.
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New York
Cpi
Paul Joseph Goebbels
R.A.F
Germany
B.B.C
C.B.S
Goebbels
Das Reich
Cologne
Hamburg
Duesseldorf
Narrow Escape As Tractor Plunges Through Bridge
Albert Hadl Bob Hadl and John Johnson road workers of Eudora township escaped serious injury Monday when their tractor and a truck carrying crushed rock plunged through the Little Wakarusa creek bridge ten miles south of Eudora. The old 27 foot pony truss span collapsed, trapping them briefly under rock. they crawled free with bruises. The incident prompted immediate repairs and a steel beam replacement expected by week’s end.
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Albert
Bob Hadl
John Johnson
Eudora Township
Wakarusa Creek
Eudora
Albert Hadi
Hadi
Bob Hadi
Emil Schmidt
C. E. Redmond
Liquor Raid Nets 90 Half Pints and 50 Pints
County and city officers conducted simultaneous raids on Bassett's cafe at 13 East Ninth and the Bassett residence at 721 Rhode Island around 5 pm. More than 90 half pints and over 50 pints of liquor were seized, mostly from the cafe rear. Jerrold Bunny Bassett was arrested for possession and arraigned before Justice Robert Oyler with $300 bond on each of two complaints. trial set for next Thursday at 10 am. Three sheriff’s office members and two Lawrence police officers conducted the raids.
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Bassett
East Ninth
Rhode Island
Jerrold
Bunny
Robert Oyler
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
Lawrence
Truckers Need Tires For Tri State Coal Area
Governor Ratner urged the Price Administrator Henderson to boost truck tire quotas for coal operators in the tri state mining region. He warned a critical condition could cause a sharp drop in production as area output is nearly 2,000,000 tons short of 1943 needs and operators say quotas are below minimum requirements.
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Topeka
Tri-State
Henderson
Ratner
Stock Market Index Report Shows Slight Dip
The average of 60 stocks stood at 36.6 yesterday down from 36.8, reflecting a modest decline across main shares. Investors watch for further movement as markets close for the day.
Area Engineer Moved to New Post at Sunflower Works
Maj. W. C. Strecker, area engineer at the Sunflower Ordnance Works, is transferred to a new post and will be replaced by Maj. E. E. Taylor from the Nebraska Ordnance Works near Grand Island. Strecker, long involved since plant construction began, helped shape the transformation of farmland into a modern industrial site and has roots in Kansas City. He came from Hope Arkansas and previously served as executive officer at the St. Louis Ordnance plant. A native of upstate New York, he is a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute engineering graduate who first served in World War I with the 29th Engineers.
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W. C.strecker
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Maj
E. E. Taylor
Nebraska Ordnance Works
Grand Island
Nebr
Major Strecker
Kansas City
Strecker
Hope
Ark
Ares
Government Ordnance Proving Ground
St. Louis
Upstate New York
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
29Th Engineers
AEF
Army
Treble Armed Forces Expansion Outlined by McNair
Lieut. Gen. Lesley J. McNair said divisions now mobilizing exceed early year levels and armored forces are trebling. The tank destroyer center will reach about 80,000 at Camp Hood as over 600,000 troops have been sent overseas. He urged expanding operations at the fringes of Axis power and cited Solomons progress.
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Tank Destroyer Center
Camp Hood
McNair
Solomons
Lawrence high school offers work for students via Williams
Joe Williams, manager of the Lawrence high school employment bureau, reports placing 59 students in permanent positions and many more in part time roles. Groups were sent to Eudora and to pick apples with school approval. He notes a dozen girls needed for part time work in Lawrence homes and eleven homes want girls for board and room. One local businessman uses student help across two shifts. Students seeking work should contact Mr Williams.
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Joe Williams
Lawrence High School
Eudora
Lawrence
Test Maneuver in Vichy Against Civil Disorder
Troops and police manned machine guns at key sites in Vichy as authorities conducted a practice maneuver. Dawn deployments guarded the post office and bridges while officials said the drill tested plans to counter any disorder directed at the government or the town.
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Vichy
Marshal Petain
Japanese Claim Sink US Transports in Tasman Sea
A German broadcast attributed by CBS to the Japanese claimed submarines sank two United States transports with 4,000 men aboard in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. The report had no confirmation.
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New York
UPA
CBS
United States
Tasman Sea
Australia
New Zealand
Lawrence City Schools End Opening Week Records
Enrollment reaches 3 331 at week end, a new high in Lawrence. Superintendent Clifford Dean announces total 3 881 students this year, up from 2 745 last year, with gains shown across each school in the district.
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Lawrence City
Supt
Clifford Dean
Sale Cordley
Ancoln
New York
Cool Front Brings Kansas Chill After Warm Spell
Topeka reports a cool air surge ending a spell of heat with highs near 93 at Phillipsburg and a 54 reading at Goodland. Forecaster S D Flora says tomorrow will be chilly and heat may be needed indoors. Light showers expected in eastern and southern Kansas with no heavy rain. Goodland notes .15 inch in 24 hours. All Kansas rivers are within banks, Smoky Hill falling 11.1 feet to 15.5 at Enterprise.
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Topeka
Kansas
Phillipsburgh
Federal
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Flora
Smoky Hill
Enterprise
Call for Fourteen Men to Enter Army Induction Process
Douglas county selective service board received a call for 14 white men to report to the army induction station on September 29 at 9 a.m. This marks the fourth quota for the county this month after the first contingent left September 2 and the second, made up of colored men, departed this forenoon. Ten men are scheduled to depart on September 25. The Rapid Transit company will transport draftees free of charge from the Community building to the bus station.
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Douglas County
Selective Service Board
Rapid Transit Company
Certificates Issued For Three New Cars In Douglas County
The Douglas county war price and rationing board issued three car purchase certificates at its session yesterday, bringing September's total to eight with four still available. Recipients were Ralph Ernest Gimbler of 938 Connecticut Street, Ernest Russell Eppstein of 1205 Oread, and Clinton Levi Baker of 1201 New York Street. Tire certificates were also issued: 13 grade II, eight passenger tubes, 25 passenger retreads, three new truck tires, and one truck tube.
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Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Ralph Ernest Gimbler
Connecticut Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ernest Russell Eppstein
Oread
Hercules Powder Company
Clinton Levi Baker
New York Street
Sunflower Ordnance Works
KU to Play Navy Pre-Flight Seahawks in Memorial Stadium
Kansas University officials announced the football date as Memorial Stadium next Saturday with the Kansas Jayhawkers meeting the Iowa Naval Pre-Flight Seahawks at Iowa City or possibly a Saturday night game at Haskell stadium. The decision comes as enrollment and train schedules factor into venue choice and a preview lunch is planned with local officials.
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K. U
Gwinn Henry
Memorial Stadium
Kansas Jayhawkers
Seahawks
Iowa Naval
Iowa City
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota Gopher
Henry
Haskell Stadium
Haskell
Navy
Ruppert Stadium
Kansas City
Kansas City Blues
Blues
Ratner to Cooperate on National Gasoline Rationing
Governor Ratner reversed his prior stance and said he will cooperate fully with nationwide gasoline rationing proposed by the Baruch committee. He blasted opponents for the rubber situation and urged wholehearted cooperation in any conservation program. He criticized other oil producing states seeking to maintain opposition.
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Topeka
Ratner
Baruch Committee
Peters Named to State Board of Education in Kansas
Topeka September 12 Governor Ratner appointed CPI-Prof. F C Peters of Salina vice-president of Kansas Wesleyan university to the state board of education. He succeeds Dean A H King also of Kansas Wesleyan who resigned September 1.
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Topeka
CPI
F. C. Peters
Salina
Kansas Wesleyan University
Ratner
State Board of Education
A. H. King
Kansas Wesleyan
Weather Digest: Kansas Scattered Showers and Cooler East
Weather bulletin notes widely scattered showers across eastern and southern Kansas tonight with cooler temperatures in those regions. Forecast calls for gradual clearing later tonight as temps dip.
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Kansas
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