Reds Stage Rally at Eleventh Hour in Stalingrad Fight
Soviet forces mounted a counteroffensive as German assaults faltered on the Stalingrad front. Reports say Russian troops repelled infantry thrusts and destroyed tanks while advancing in two sectors near the Volga. Moscow broadcasts claimed renewed Soviet pressure and success in the 25 day battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Stalingrad
Hitler
Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
Moscow
Stalin
Tass
British Exchange Telegraph Agency
Switzerland
Red Star
Volga
Altho
Fedor von Bock
Voronezh
Mozdok
Caucasus
Kansas Congress seeks Wickard inquiry on farm labor crisis
A Kansas delegation in Washington led by Senator Reed urged Secretary Wickard to investigate farm labor shortages and define critical areas to limit draft impact. They cite 15 percent idle top land in Labette County and a 25 percent production drop next year. They also push ICC action to delay Santa Fe railroad branch abandonment until approval is decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
Congress
Wickard
Reed
R-Kan
Louis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Agriculture Department
Chece
Labette County
Kan
War Board
Aoe
Office of Defense Transportation
War Production Board
Fojholds
Santa Fe Railroad
Iinterstate Commerce Cormigalcn
ICC
House Group Likely Drops Higher Farm Parity Clause
Washington September 18 A majority of the House banking committee favors scrapping the higher farm price parity clause in the economic control bill. Some members expect a bill with definite wage and salary regulations. The discussion notes President’s influence and critiques high processing wages as inflation drivers while farmers gain little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Banking Committee
Representative Steagall
Steagall
Fulmer
D-S.c
House Agricultural Committee
Senate
Andresen
R-Minn
Supreme Court
Snow in Wyoming Ends Kansas Warm Spell
Weather shifts as cold front from the northwest brings snow in Billings and Casper and lowers Kansas temperatures. Drying air and moisture mix with possible frosts. eastern sections may reach the sixties while western areas dip to the fifties. Dodge City tied for hottest at 97, with night readings from 52 to 74 across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Billings
Mont
Casper
Wyo
Flora
Dodge City
Goodland
Flying boat Clare lost on West Africa to Britain flight
Official report says the British flying boat Clare, a Royal Mail liner, is missing on a West Africa to United Kingdom crossing with 18 passengers and a crew of six. No enemy action involved. Cause under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Clare
West Africa
United Kingdom
Royal Mail Company
Germans Worry Over Stalingrad Delay In Triumph Message
German radio sought to explain why Stalingrad has not fallen, citing strong fortifications and the aim to save forces. Berlin broadcasts were reticent after a pending Hitler headquarters announcement failed to materialize within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalingrad
DNB
Wilhelmstrasse
Hitler
Volga
British Exchange
Zurich
Berlin
New York
Clay Carper Named Leader Of Five Member Audit Committee
Topeka Sept 18 Clay C Carper Eureka Republican was appointed chairman of a five man legislative council committee to probe allegedly irregular county contracts with private auditing firms Lt Gov Carl Friend named members Rep Frank Kessler Wichita Rep Milton Poland Sebetha and Sen Rolla Coleman Mission and Sen Joe L Henbest Columbus. The panel can spend 800 on inquiries and may seek help from the attorney general The Warren resolution charged counties including Bourbon contracted with auditors to recover welfare funds with commissions on recovered amounts Dozens of war era law changes were assigned to committees ahead of the November session and the January legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Clay C. Carper
Eureka
Legislative Council
Carl Friend
Frank Kessler
Wichita
Milton Poland
Sabetha
Rolla W. Coleman
Mission
Joe L. Henbest
Columbus
Henbest
Kessler
Harry Warren
Warren
Bourbon
Douglas County Scrap Drive Pushs Factories and Schools
Douglas County mobilizes metal for wartime needs as Auto Wrecking and Junk on East Ninth collects more than 28 tons in a single day the largest since last spring. Mills demand 200000 tons from Kansas before snow. citizens urged to collect and deliver scrap or donate to schools and charities for pickup in weeks ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Wrecking and Junk Company
East Ninth Street
U N Forces Hit Buna Base and Rabaul Bombarded
Allied air and submarine actions in the Pacific report heavy attacks on Buna New Guinea supplies and Rabaul New Britain with fires and damaged barges. U S submarines tally 107 ships sunk or damaged since Pearl Harbor as campaigns against Japan continue. In Madagascar, British troops capture Tamatave after heavy resistance near Tananarive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabaul
New Britain
Buna
New Guinea
United Nations
Owen Stanley Mountains
Port Moresby
Australia
Gasmata
Japan
Navy
Washington
U. S
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
United States
Solomon
Aleutian Islands
G. C. Kenney
United Nations Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Madagascar
Tananarive
Tamatave
Armand Annet
Britain
London
Kansas to draw on collateral dependents for draft quotas
Topeka reports Kansas has nearly exhausted its 1A pool and will need to draft men with collateral dependents and even some with wives to meet quotas. Brig. Gen. M. R. McLean notes singles can fill September and part of October, then other groups will be called. Collateral dependents include parents siblings grandparents and others or wives and children without a family relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
M. R. McLean
Selective Service
The
Theater Closures Ordered in Paris by German Commander
German forces in France order all Paris theaters and places of amusement closed tomorrow and Sunday as attempts against the German army have increased, Reuters reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Paris
Reuters
Ban on Music Recordings Threatens Radio Stations
Washington reports Federal Communications Commission witness James Fly testified that Petrillo's ban on music recordings could dry up over forty percent of U S radio programs. He warned listeners may have no stations to tune in as the resolution for a full FCC investigation proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Lawrence
Fly
Federal Communications Commission
James C. Petrillo
Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Clark
D.-Ida
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Baldwin Mayor Declares Scrap Drive Days
Mayor Carl Butell issues a two day intensive salvage drive in Baldwin to collect aluminum iron parts and metal scraps from homes garages attics and basements. Neighborhood chairmen will organize residents to locate and deliver meltable metal excluding tin cans to city trucks for storage pending disposal. Rural areas near Baldwin will host future metal collection efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Butell
Baldwin
P. W. Jones
W. M. Balch
Seamen needed in Lawrence to join merchant fleet drive
The United States Employment Service in Lawrence launches a 10 day registration drive seeking men with sea experience. Higgins says 2,000 ships planned require 100,000 seamen, radio operators, cooks, engineers and officers. Pay ranges from 300 to 450 dollars monthly with extensive benefits and life insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
United States Employment Service
J. W. Higgins
West Fighth Street
Mr. Higgins
Victory Fleet
AAA Officials From Five Counties Meet on Wheat Sheets
Officials and employees from five counties attended a session in the Douglas county courtroom on preparing wheat listing sheets for crop insurance purposes. About 25 people joined the meeting representing Shawnee Leavenworth Johnson Douglas and Wyandotte. Keith Dusenbury of the state AAA committee interviewed bidders for Douglas county lime supply for 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Douglas County
Shawnee
Leavenworth
Johnson, Douglas
Wyandotte
Keith Dusenbury
State Aaa Committee
Stock Market Index Edges Up Slightly In Trading
The average of 60 stocks rises to 37.1 from 36.9 yesterday, signaling a modest uptick in overall market sentiment. Investors monitor small-cap moves as sectors mix gains and losses.
87 Housing Units Already Approved For Lawrence
State FHA official Jonas Graber reported 87 of 150 regional housing units have been approved for Lawrence under a defense area plan. He noted 100 applications filed. remodeling needs a Topeka rating. units must serve Hercules Powder employees and meet city zoning rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Jonas Graber
Chamber of Commerce
Graber
Topeka
Lewis Wilson
Charles Johnson
Hercules Powder Company
Walter Keeler
Chamber of Commerce Housing Committee
Housing Bureau
WREN
October Draft Calls Increase for Douglas County
The Douglas County selective service board announces two induction calls in October, 33 men on the 5th and 27 men on the 12th, with breakfast funded by the government before a 7:30 a.m. departure. The board totals 7,696 registrants with 4,991 combat age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Selective Service Board
Bruce Cameron
Relic Into Scrap Pile from World War I Donation
An exhibit item, a table lamp fashioned from a French shell and a German helmet, was brought from World War I and donated by Mr H. Q. Dixon of Wichita on September 18 to a scrap metal collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell
Helme
Mrp
H. Q. Dixon
Wichita
Collec
Nelson Takes Full Control of U S Rubber Setup
President Roosevelt issues an executive order designating Donald Nelson to assume full responsibility for the nations rubber program. William M. Jeffers is empowered to direct the Rubber Reserve Company and related agencies to carry out orders. The order also allows the Office of Petroleum Coordination to research butadene production and oversee synthetic rubber plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CPI
Roosevelt
Donald Nelson
The
War Production Board
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Nelson
Rubber Reserve Company
R.F.C
Office of Petroleum Coordination
Board of Economic Waff Re
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Price Adminstration
Department of Agriculture
Interior
Ickes
Tie Up Farm Tools and Ration Plan for Machinery
A county farm machinery rationing plan is established with a three member committee led by David Noe to oversee Group A scarce equipment sale. Group B requires farmer certification and Group C, including hoes and hand tools, is unrestricted. used machinery transfers face no limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Noe
County Aaa
County War Board
Nurse Aide Graduates Serve at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Graduates of the first Nurse Aide class trained by Mrs. R. A. Schwegler Jr and Miss Maude Landis have spent the summer at Lawrence Memorial. Several completed 150 hours and continue to serve on call, aiding Red Cross nurse needs with volunteers including Mrs Armin Woestemeyer and Mrs Mildred Copeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Schwegler, Jr
Maude Landis
Lawrence Memorial
Nina Louk
Dorothy Cohen
Jean Patton
Lela Frienmuth
Tonganoxie
Red Cross
Armin Woestemeyer
Mildred Copeland
Legion Post Backs Scrap Drive in Douglas County
Dorsey Liberty Post No 14 pledges full cooperation in the national scrap metal drive with a trophy machine gun to be melted into modern weapons. The group supports mobilizing 200 000 tons in Kansas and urges city leaders to back patriotic efforts tied to the cannon in South Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey
Liberty Post
Douglas County
Legion
Post
South Park
Kansas
Dorsey-Liberty Post
Ivan D. Rowe
Co. B. Russell
Lawrence
American Legion
Bonds Auction Draws Record Sale in Lawrence
The Lawrence bond auction raised 5306 in bonds and stamps. Local merchants donated merchandise and bid buyers. the same item cycled among bidders. A Massachusetts street parade followed with prizes to winners in bicycle cart and wagon, and novelty divisions led by Harold Traupbarger and Russell Lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Harold Traupbarger
Lucile Walter
Pauline Peppercorn
Gene
John Riling
Billy Wiglesworth
Marlene
Lois Penny
Russell Lawn
Helen Transure
Officers Check Traffic Situation on Tennessee Street
Lawrence police study parking and traffic on Tennessee Street from Eleventh to Seventeenth with cars on both sides. Chief C. A. Bliesner notes the hazard worsens as SOW workers and students park along the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Lawrence
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Steel
ASK Farm Inquiry
Wyoming
Eureka Attorney
Buna Base
Uide
Douglas MacArthur
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sunflower
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Emil E. Taylor
W. C. Strecker
Sue C. Lozier
Army Engineer
Major Taylor
Nebraska
Captain Lozier
Division Engineer
Omaha
Legionnaires
Robert E. Learned
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