Attack in Force On the Solomons Battles Raging
Washington reports heavy fighting by land sea and air as Japan aims a grand drive to recapture the Solomons. Allied air command reshuffle and Kenney appointment bolster Pacific strategy while Nimitz cautions the Japanese remain dangerous. Naval aviation chief Towers named to lead Pacific air efforts amid ongoing carrier and shore bombardment actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
United States Pacific Fleet
Southwest Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Fleet
Guadalcanal
New Britain
Tanimbar Islands
Darwin
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Kenney
Kenney
France
George H. Brett
Brett
United States
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
John H. Towers
Naval Aeronautics
Air Command
Towers
Nimitz
the Solomons
Solomons
First Picket in Lawrence Marks Labor Action at DeLuxe Cafe
Lawrence staged its first picket today with Painters Local No. 2 AFLCIO protesting nonunion painters on the second and third floors of the DeLuxe cafe building at 711 Massachusetts. George Spears, the cafe owner, allegedly hired out-of-state labor for rooms being prepared as living quarters. A Topeka resident picket joined briefly, carrying a laborers union card from Kansas City, while the restaurant continued its business.
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Lawrence
A.F.L
DeLuxe Cafe
Massachusetts
George Spears
Topeka
Laborers’ Union
Kansas City
New Sub Chaser Turned Over to Norwegians by President
President Roosevelt delivered a new submarine chaser to the Norwegian navy as Crown Princess Martha accepted it, marking a symbol of wartime production and alliance. The ceremony featured flag raisings, national anthems, and remarks praising Norway's democracy and the UN war effort.
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Washington
CPI
Roosevelt
Martha
Norway
United Nations
British landings in Madagascar trigger French talks for cease fire
Radio reports from Vichy say Governor General Armand Annet asked British forces for terms to end hostilities as British troops close within 100 miles of Antananarivo. Other dispatches say Annet sent plenipotentiaries seeking a cease fire while fighting rages with little resistance along multiple landing sectors.
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Madagascar
British East Africa Command
Bulletin
Vichy
Armand Annet
London
Armand. Annet
Tony
Britsh
Diego Suarez
Port Louis
Mauritius
Tanarive
Annet
Tanarive Radio
Port Louis Mauritius
Reuters
Antsiagabositra
Maevatanana
Tananarive
Majunga
Ntsiagabositra
Morondaiva
Isand
Daily Analyses Show City Water in Good Condition
Lawrence city water is in excellent condition according to Lewis A. Young chief engineer of the division of sanitation of the state board of health. Daily analyses are made at the University and the plant runs bacteriology tests and other controls at least once daily with no contamination found in recent tap samples.
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Lawrenge City
Lewis A. Young
Division of Sanitation
State Board of Health
Tthe University
Young
Oung
Lawrence
Newton
Newton City
Stock Market Index For Yesterday Shows Gain
The stock market index averaged an increase of about 60 points with a 36.9 reading, indicating a positive session for investors.
Changes At Plant Bring New Area Engineers
Major Emil E. Taylor arrives as area engineer at Sunflower Ordnance Works succeeding Maj. W. C. Strecker. Capt. Sue C. Lozier also arrives as executive officer succeeding Capt. Dave T. Pontell. Taylor's long Army engineering career includes Fort Devens and Boston harbor defenses. Lozier, formerly a Boston attorney, is the son of ex-Representative Ralph F. Lozier and a former Missouri Zion official.
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Emil E. Taylor
Corps of Engineers
Sunflower Ordnance Works
W. C. Strecker
Sue C. Lozier
Dave T. Pontell
Epworth
Major Taylor
Iowa City
University of Iowa
United States
Rock Island Arsenal
Connecticut
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Taylor
Securin
Hollis French
Boston
CCC
Fort Devens
Mass
Seaboard
Brehon B. Somervell
Midwest
Omaha
Air Force
Iowa
Nebraska
Eudora
Lozier
Eons
Ralph F. Lozier
Missouri State Department
Important Scrap Session On Tap for This Evening
In Douglas county nine township boards and 80 rural schools boards meet at 8 PM in the courthouse to finalize organization for the all-out scrap drive starting Monday September 21. The county salvage committee led by Bill Green Chris Kraft and J S Turner aims to have all preparations complete after tonight's session to collect needed metals.
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Douglas County
Court House
Bill Green
Chris Kraft
J. S. Turner
British convoy Under Heavy U-Boat Attack In Atlantic
London reports a British convoy in the Atlantic faced heavy German U boat attacks. A German high command claim says 19 ships were sunk, while Allied losses remain unconfirmed. The report mentions U-boat commander Rolf Muetzelberg reportedly died during the engagement.
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London
Atlantic
Rolf Muetzelberg
Nazi Squeeze On Stalingrad as Battle Rages
Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting around Stalingrad with German attempts to breach western fortifications and capture rail facilities while Red Army defends stiffly. Reports from Rzhev and Voronezh show ongoing pressure on German lines near the Volga. Allied air activity rises as Cherbourg docks face RAF strikes.
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Berlin
Stalingrad
DNB
Red
Rzhev
Volga
Voronezh
Upper
Don River
Moscow
Red Star
Fedor von Bock
Axis
Europe
Budapest
Hungary
Bratislava
Luxembourg
Bremen
Breslau
Kalundborg
Calais
Bucharest
Romania
British
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Cherbourg
Egypt
el Alamein
Alexandria
Chamber resolution calls for bigger Lawrence police force
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce board passed a resolution urging the city administration to increase the police force to handle population growth and traffic. The measure, adopted at today’s noon meeting, will be submitted to the city council next meeting. Present were Chancellor Deane Malott Mayor C B Russell and Police Chief Clarence Bliesner.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Deane Malott
C. B. Russell
Clarence Bliesner
Kansans urged to practice voluntary gas rationing now
Kansas motorists were urged by state OPA director H. C. Davin to make a game of gasoline rationing by cutting miles until national control begins. He said rationing could be weeks away due to printing and distribution delays and urged citizens to stay well under the Baruch committee 5,000 mile annual target.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
OPA
H. C. Davin
Baruch Committee
Inquiry Chairman Proposes Probe of Welfare Funds Looting
Topeka Sept. 16 Senator Harry Warren charged that Kansas social welfare funds were looted by private auditing firms and urged a bipartisan five member committee to investigate. He cited up to 150000 in misused funds and described county contracts paying 50 percent of recovered amounts.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Legislative Council Today
Harry Warren
Fort Scott
Warren
Bourbon County
Wichita
Council
Attorney General
State Department of Social Welfare
Summer Heat Lingers Across Kansas With Mixed Showers
Topeka reports scattered showers may ease heat in the west while the east stays near mid-summer highs. No rainfall statewide in the last 24 hours. S. D. Flora notes streams near bankful in north central areas but no floods expected. Dodge City reached 92 degrees. Topeka averaged nine degrees above normal. Goodland fell to 55. Expect more warmth tonight.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Dodge City
Goodland
CAP Meeting Explains Civil Air Patrol Roles
Open CAP meeting at Liberty Memorial High School auditorium at 7 30 PM will describe CAP training benefits for those expected to join the armed forces. Officers outline civilian defense service opportunities through the Civil Air Patrol.
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Civil Air Patrol
Liberty Memorial Highchool
Amorrow
OPA Officials Confer with Local Tire Inspectors
H R Marshall urged closer cooperation between tire inspectors and the war price and ration board at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. He warned that more retread tires will be used and inspectors must report fully, noting no rubber for civilian use before 1944.
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H. R. Marshall
Chamber of Commerce
OPA
Lawrence
Highway No. 10
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Tom Clinton
Wilbur Loveland
A. V. Fuller
Douglas, Leavenworth
Johnson and
Jefferson
Loveland
County Board
Marshall
Gift From The OPA Christmas Ration Book Plan
The Office of Price Administration announced a planned Christmas release of war ration book No. 2. It will serve for coupon or point system rationing and cover at least two major commodity groups for six months. About 150 million copies will be printed for distribution before Christmas based on prior sugar registrations. Design work on three additional books is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
England
OPA
Get on With the War Legerion Objective Demands
The American Legion at its national convention in Kansas City opens with a demand for universal service to speed war efforts. National Commander Lynn A. Stambaugh calls for quick, complete, total service and a ceiling on prices profits and services. He emphasizes equal service for all and profits for none guiding the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
American Legion
Lynn A. Stambaugh
Fargo
N.D
Bodies of eight officers and two men found in plane wreck
The burned bodies of eight officers and two enlisted men were recovered from the wreckage of a B 24 bomber near Mount Baldy, about 50 miles northeast of St Johns Arizona. The aircraft, off course by 30 miles, apparently struck the mountainside during a turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns
Ariz
Mount Baldy
Arizona
WREN to Broadcast KU-Iowa Preflight Game From Memorial Stadium
WREN officials announced this afternoon that the station will go on the air at 3 45 Saturday afternoon to broadcast the University of Kansas Iowa Naval Pre flight football game from Memorial Stadium.
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WREN
University of Kansas-Iowa Naval
Memorial Stadium
Phils Rally Past Cubs In First Doubleheader Game
September 16. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs 3 to 1 as Ben Warren and Ron Noris hit two home runs. Pitcher Johnny Podgajny held Chicago to six hits in the opener.
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Phils
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia
Ben Warren
Ron Northey
Johnny Podgajny
McNutt Predicts Government Controls on Manpower Use
Paul V. McNutt, head of the War Manpower Commission, told the House Migration Committee that legislation to ensure full utilization of U S manpower was nearly certain. He said voluntary pacts may not last and government intervention in the labor market is likely, noting shortages in 85 production centers.
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Washington
Paul V. ‘McNutt
War Manpower Commission
House Migration Committee
Roosevelt
McNutt
New Draftee List For Fort Leavenworth Induction
The selective service board announced a list of Douglas county men scheduled to leave for the army induction station at Fort Leavenworth on September 25. The roster includes local draftees and transfers from other boards such as Melvin Miller from Denison Texas and Merle Brooks from Emporia with their respective orders.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Selective Service Board
Douglas County
William Preston Clawson
Lawrence
Harold Samuel Gill
New Hampshire
Howard S. Beaman
Connecticut
Henry George Hess
West Ninth
James Samuel Barton
Maple
Jeff
Mundle Lantis
Kansas City
Haskell Institute
Jean Edward Snyder
Eudora
Herbert Milton Williams
Baldwin
Edward M. Hers
Kentucky
Arthur George Hulteen
VOC
Learnard
Frank H. Emery
New Jersey
Charles Frederick Barkley
Melvin Joe Miller
Denison
Tex
Merle Eugene Brooks
Emporia
John A. Tudor
Muskogee
Okla
Pere Relph
Fredonia
Chester Leggitt
Augusta
Bert Joseph Pappan
Ponca City
TALK WITH ADVISERS Vocational guidance conference at KU
The 1100 new University of Kansas students attended guidance sessions across 81 offices and classrooms under Prof. P. W. Wiesselman. The voluntary conferences offered open access with no appointments while a central information desk guided students to advisers in their fields.
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K. U
P. W. Wiessselman
Frank Stronghall
Wiesselman
Two Destroyers Lost in Tobruk Operation
The British admiralty announced the loss of destroyers Sikh and Zulu in Tobruk operations. Most of Zulu's crew were saved and Sikh survivors were believed landfall, possibly as prisoners of war. Both ships were 1 870 tons, built in 1938, with 190 crew and speeds over 36 knots.
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London
Tobruk
Admiralty
Maany
Rome
Berlin
Milk shortage nears as Lawrence faces rising demand
Thousands more residents in Lawrence push milk demand beyond supply as three bottling dairies and about ten producers leave the area. Howard Weindel, sanitation officer, warns of critical shortages while OPA price ceilings keep local dairies from raising prices. Dairies sell to Kansas City area for higher returns, creameries pay similar rates for ungraded milk, labor shortages hinder production and repairs. A health unit meeting tonight at 7 50 discusses the situation.
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Lawrence
Howard Weindel
Topeka
Kansas City
Weindel
Over Here
Soma
Victory War Bond Parade and Auction Planned for Tomorrow
The Victory War Bond and Stamp parade will start at 4 30 from Sixth and Massachusetts with Stanley Schwahn's event as part of the September theater drive. Units include the Haskell Indian Club Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and a car from the Hickman Wield attack. Theatre passes prize three divisions and police escort and fire department support.
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Sixth
Massachusetts Street
Stanley Schwahn
Haskell Indian Club
Hickman Wield
William Dalton
Schwahn
Kansas City
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