Peak Ferocity in Stalingrad Drive Continues
German offensives against Stalingrad push into the city as Russian defense stiffens with reported penetrations in the southern and northwestern sectors. British and Russian air forces attack Bremen while Russian raids deepen in the far north near the Barents Sea.
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Lower Volga
Germany
R.A.F
Bremen
Ploesti
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Russia
Barents Sea
Finland
Norway
Moscow
Rzhev
Leningrad
Lake
Ladoga
Grozny
Caucasus
Canadian Patol Vessel Guarding Convoy and Four Ships Sunk
Ottawa reports the loss of the Canadian patrol vessel Racoon with 38 crew while guarding a convoy and the sinking of four United Nations merchant ships off the east coast. The navy notes heightened enemy activity in the Atlantic as U boats attack Allied convoys.
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Patol
Ottawa
United Nations
State wide drive to gather scrap for war effort in Kansas
Kansas newspapers form a state committee chaired by Dolph Simons to lead a nationwide scrap drive. Local units will coordinate with salvage groups to collect steel brass copper iron lead and other metals to support wartime needs. A Kansas Topeka meeting at Hotel Jayhawk will finalize details with listed editors and publishers. Nebraska challenges Kansas to a scrap heap contest.
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Kansas
Dolph Simons
Journal-World
Simons
Washington
United States
Kansas Committee
Jayhawk
Topeka
Paul Jones
Lyons News
Milton
Tabor
Howard Rusco
T. L. Givens
Wichita Beacon
Clyde Speers
Wichita
Charles Jones
Chanute Tribune
Fred Phillips
Colby
Ward Butcher
Coldwater
Lyman Miller
Belleville
C. L. Fitzgerald
Atchison Globe
Fred Aikerhate
Pittsburg
Nebraska
Luce Named Republican Candidate in Connecticut Fourth District
Mrs Clare Booth Luce author playwright war correspondent and wife of Henry Luce was chosen by Connecticut fourth district Republicans as their November candidate. She won the nominating convention 84 to 2 over Leser P Barlow after rivals including Vivien Kellems withdrew. Barlow continues on ballot as independent. Leroy Downs the current Democratic incumbent is unopposed for renomination. Connecticut uses party conventions with no primaries.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Clare Booth Luce
Henry Luce
Time
Life
Fortune
Today
Connecticut
Leser P. Barlow
Stamford
Vivien Kellems
Barlow
Hest
Leroy Downs
Norwalk
Isely Reports Primary Spending in State Race
Isely of Codage City, running as an unsuccessful Republican for U S Senator, reported spending 876 65 in the primary. L C Webb of Salina, Democratic nominee for state treasurer, reported 55 60 in expenses and D A Glenn of Louisburg, Democratic nominee for state auditor, reported 16 80.
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Topeka
CG Cc
Isely
Codage City
U. S
Salina
D.A. Glenn
Louisburg
Hi Way Mower Manager to Join War Production Board
Frederick T. Bonebrake, manager of the Hi way Mower company and Kansas University graduate, will leave Topeka for Wichita to become an industrial specialist with the War Production Board. He has worked five years with the Mower company and will report shortly.
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WPB
Topeka
Frederick T. Bonebrake
Hiway Mower Company
Wichita
War Production Board
Kansas University
Bonebrake
Mower Company
Harvest help urged as farm labor shortage hits Kansas
The U S employment service asks business men and school boys to assist with the feed grain harvest in Kansas where labor shortages threaten crops. Harold Lewis says workers must leave shops and classrooms to save the harvest. A campaign in 12 northwestern counties and a Hays project aim to mobilize male labor. county superintendents may release boys from school duties.
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Topeka
U.S. Employment Service
Kansas
Harold Lewis
Lewis
Doniphan County
Stockton
Hays
George McClenny
Warm Night Ahead As Kansas Sees Record Heat
Topeka reports 95 degrees and Kansas City 98 as humid air persists. Weatherman D Flora says rain unlikely and crop growing weather continues for late grains before frost. Goodland cools to 54 with no significant rainfall. Eastern floods recede while ground remains soaked and no rain needed soon.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Kansas City
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Longshoremen Strike Ties Up Mississippi River Terminals
St Louis Sept 14 AFL International Longshoremen's Association members strike tied up two Mississippi river terminals of the federal barge lines and left dock workers idle. H R Odell said unloading of five northbound barges was halted though none carried war critical freight. A continued strike could delay southbound shipments of steel and other war production materials.
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St. Louis
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Mississippi River
H. R. Odell
Boeing Airplane Co Wichita Receives Army Navy Award
One of 30 Army Navy production awards for excellence in war material output went to Boeing Airplane Company in Wichita. Citations were announced Sunday.
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Washington
Boeing Airplane Company
Wichita
Senate considers wage and price control bill under parity rules
Legislation to authorize the President to stabilize wages and farm prices as of August 15 seeks to curb inflation. The measure, introduced by Senator Wagner and Senator Brown, would set ceilings near parity or current highs, with hearings to begin. Republican leaders indicate possible support with modifications.
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Senate
Congress
Wagner
D-N.y
Banking Committee
Brown
D-Mich
McNary
Oregon
Leon Henderson
Near Record Cattle Run On Kansas City Market
The Kansas City live stock market faced its largest cattle run since 1934 with salable receipts around 32,000 cattle. Demand slowed as cornbelt buyers remained cautious, fearing a cattle price ceiling. About 70 percent of the receipts were stockers and feeders amid a cautious market.
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Kansas City
Germans Silent On Convoy Battle Claim In Atlantic
New York Sept 14 The German high command offered no confirmation of a major convoy battle while reporting 18 allied ships sunk totaling 121,500 tons in Atlantic actions from the St Lawrence to the African coast. No boastings or independent corroboration followed the original claim.
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Nevy
Altho
Canada
Atlantic
Navy
Angus MacDonald
New York
UPI
North Atlantic
High Command
Berlin
St. Lawrence
African
Fires Set by Russian Bombers Hit Romanian Oil Centers
Moscow reports say Russian air raids struck the Romanian oil hub of Ploesti releasing thirty three fires and heavy explosions. Bucharest and Koenigsberg were also named targets with multiple blasts near a military barracks arsenal and the war ministry. Most bombers returned to base.
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Ploesti
Moscow Radio
Bucharest
Romania
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Rumanian War Ministry
Freshman Week at Kansas Opens With Lectures and Highlights
University of Kansas schedules Freshman Week activities from tomorrow through Saturday. Coke and coffee hour sessions run at 3:30 pm in the Union Men's Lounge with free refreshments. Prof. John W. Ashton reviews James Gould Cozzens's The Just and Unjust. on Wednesday Prof. Waldemar Gelich discusses Man, Music and Machines. Vic Hart presents Football Highlights of 1941 and a Jayhawk Nibble picnic closes the week. Louis P. Lochner, longtime Berlin AP correspondent, speaks Thursday night in Hoch Auditorium open to the public.
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University of Kansas
Union Building
John W. Ashton
James Gould Cozzen
Waldemar Gelich
Hoch Auditorium
Vic Hart
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Associated Press
British roll forward in Madagascar push toward Antananarivo
British forces report capture of Maevatanana 150 miles northwest of Tananarive and claim advance units close to the capital. Communiques say three-pronged push toward Antananarivo is making good progress with an eye on inland targets including Andriba 125 miles north on separate routes.
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London
Maevatanana
Tananarive
Madagascar
Majunga
Andriba
OPA Officials to Meet Douglas County Tonight
Douglas county war price and rationing board members and about twenty inspectors will meet with state OPA officials in the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Wednesday morning from 10 to 12 and again from 1 30 to 3 30 in the afternoon. State officials will discuss rationing ceiling prices and the cost of living with contractors merchants and defense transportation committees and any interested person. Delegations will include Wilbur Loveland Tom Clinton H R Marshall and A V Fuller.
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Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
OPA
Chamber of Commerce
Defense Transportation Committees
Wilbur Loveland
Tom Clinton
H.R. Marshall
A. V. Fuller
Douglas, Jefferson
Johnson and Leavenworth
Hospital Contract Awarded For Topeka Area Project
The army engineers office in Kansas City awards the general hospital construction to Metcalf and Hamilton and the Kansas City Bridge Company of Kansas City. The project is described as in excess of 3,000,000 dollars with details not released.
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Topeka
Army General
Stock Market Index Slight Rise on Weekend Trading
The average of 60 stocks posted 36.7 on Friday's close and 36.6 on Saturday, indicating a small shift in index value. Investors watched market leaders and small caps for momentum as trading volumes remained modest.
KU Opens Season With Enrollment Adjusted For Game
Kansas University sets a 4 p.m. kickoff for the Kansas Iowa Naval Pre Flight cadets game. Enrollment shifts earlier by 30 minutes to avoid conflicts, with medicals after 3 p.m. rescheduled. New students begin convocation Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. and rush week starts later that day.
Explosions Hit Burlington Zephyr Near Nodaway Iowa
No passengers were harmed though about 180 aboard the Burlington Zephyr escaped injury as nine cars suffered damage after twelve blasts rocked the westbound 12 car train near Nodaway Iowa at 12 20 am. Fire and FBI investigators probed the cause while emergency repairs were made on the spot and the train continued to Omaha.
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Creston
Nodaway
Burlington
Des Moines
James L. Dalton
F.B.I
Iowa
Chicago
Omaha
Engineer to New Post in Washington Assignment
Col Francis H Oxx district army engineer for Kansas City will report to Washington late this week for a new assignment. No successor in Kansas City has been announced.
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Kansas City
Francis H. Oxx
Washington
Yankees Clinch Second Straight Pennant With 8-3 Win
The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians 8 to 3 to clinch their second consecutive American League pennant. George Selkirk and Joe DiMaggio led the offense as the Yankees secured the series lead and playoff berth.
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Yankees
Cleveland
New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Truman says U S pilots lack adequate fighting planes
Senator Truman told the senate defense committee that U S pilots face inferior planes and urged a two fisted War Production effort. Senator Wallgren supported the critique while noting pilots in Alaska need unified command amid aviation shortages.
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U. 5
Axis
Washington
Truman D.-Mo
Senate Defense Investigatin Committee
United States
Wallgren
D.wash
Senate
Chandler
D.- Ky
Alaska
Alaskan
Great Britain
Navy
Free World Theme Echoes in Rotary Talk by Captain Kenna
Captain Alpha H. Kenna urged Rotary members on the choice between slave and free world. A WWI veteran and Fort Leavenworth chaplain, he highlighted wartime needs, Allied advances since Pearl Harbor, and the role of chapels in 600–700 army camps. Lieut. Arthur Buhl joined Rotary, welcomed by Col. Dusenbury.
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Alpha H. Kenna
Fort Leavenworth
Kenna
Pearl Harbor
Europe
North
Africa
Marshal Rommel
Egypt
United States
Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
Arthur Buhl
Navy Training School
K.U
Rotary
James S. Dusenbury
Union Official Released From Army Would Go Back
Detroit September 14. Roy L. Reuther former international representative of the United Automobile Workers Union recently released from active army service to resume duties with the War Production Board asked to be returned to active service. He says inaccurate versions of the facts circulated and cites his WPB role as essential to labor morale.
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Detroit
Roy L. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
C.I.0
War Production Board
Reuther
Adj
J. A. Ulio
Washington
FBI Busy in August by Kansas Bureau of Investigation
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation reports 26 arrests in August with 24 felonies and four murder charges. Since 1939 the bureau has handled 870 cases and closed 619. Lou Richter, head of the KBI, provided the update.
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Toneka
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Jay S. Parker
KBI
Lou Richter
Important Scrap Meeting Tonight in Douglas County
An all workers scrap drive meeting will be held tonight at 3 oclock in the Chamber of Commerce rooms Wren Building. Co Chairs Bill Green and Kriss Kraft and J S Turner coordinate efforts to launch the drive next Monday urging every citizen to take items to junk dealers and start now. The committee warns substantial metal muebles may be scrap ready from homes totalling iron and steel including beds springs stoves and utensils to boost wartime output with rubber rags rope burlap and fats also needed.
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Douglas County
Chamber of Commerce
WREN
Bill Green
Kriss Kraft
J.S. Turner
Green
Kraft
Gobbiers
Civil Air Patrol Open Meeting At Liberty Memorial
The Civil Air Patrol leads an open meeting at 7 30 p m in the Liberty Memorial high school auditorium. Men over 16 are invited to learn about CAP aims and activities in civilian defense. Officers will answer questions and outline training valuable for those entering military service.
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Civil Air Patrol
Liberty Memorial High School
CAP
Butchers Return to Work After Wage Dispute
Meat counters in 250 Kansas City stores reopen with full staffs as union and employers prepare for arbitration over a wage dispute that caused 600 butchers to strike last week.
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Kansas City
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