Battle to Reach Pocketed Soldiers Near Arnhem
British and American troops battled stiff German resistance to link ground forces with airborne units near Arnhem as relief efforts pressed along the Neder Rhine. While the drive probed the Rhine bridge area, German counterattacks cut routes and held positions, with NBC reporting no definite late news on the Arnhem bridge.
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London
U. S
Holland
Arnhem
Supreme Headquarters
Rhine
Germany
France
S Front
German Rhine
Neder Rhine
Sky
Eindhoven
Nijmegen
S. Airborne
Ruhr
Berlin
Eindhoven-Nijmegen
Veghel
NBC
Bruussels
Second Army
Miles C. Dempsey
Elst
Tokyo Radio Talks Deal With Invasion Speculation After Raid
U Tōkyō radio broadcasts fueled invasion speculation after the Manila carrier attacks. MacArthur reported strikes on shipping off Mindanao while Nimitz described Peleliu and Angaur fights. Laurel reportedly declared war on the United States and Britain as martial law spread.
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Tokyo Radio
U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
U—Tokyo
Japan
Manila
Philippines
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Chester W. Nimitz
Peleliu
Palaus
U. S
Vision
Angaur
Koror
Tokyo
Jose P. Laurel
Britain
Laurel
MacArthur
Halmahera Island
Morotai
Bricker Calls for World Court Leadership at GOP Meet
Boston dispatch reports Governor John W. Bricker urged U S leadership to organize a world court to preserve peace. He said incipient wars must be checked by persuasion or economic pressure and that the U S should join others if needed to stop small wars from becoming big.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John W. Bricker
United States
Massachusetts
Ohio
Maine
Bricker
G.O.P
Eisenhower declares German defeat near as war hinges on two factors
General Eisenhower at advanced command post in France states Germany’s military situation hopeless. He cites two key factors: how long Germany can endure Allied bombardment and how long the Gestapo retains control. He notes knee injury from earlier incident but says he is in good shape otherwise and warns ongoing resistance harms the Reich.
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Eisenhower
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Gestapo
Reich
Headquarters
Europe
Mailings Near Complete on 40000 War Ballots in Kansas
Topeka Sept 29 Secretary of State Frank J Ryan says about 46000 war ballots to Kansas service men are 99 percent mailed with 21 extra clerks finishing. Today is the last day to comply with a government request requiring at least 45 days before the November 7 election for ballot transport to and from war fronts. Only odds and ends remain as the staff handles thousands of postcard requests. Also awarded the Legion of Merit Col Karl Truesdell Jr commander of an 8th air force bombardment group son of Maj Gen Karl Truesdell post commander receives for service in the Pacific from February to June.
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Topeka
Frank J. Ryan
Kansas
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Karl Truesdell, Jr
8Th Air Force
Karl Truesdell
Comand and General Staff School
Pacific
Foreign’ Wing
Ferry
Monte Citerna and nearby passes widen Italian front
Allied headquarters report widening the breach in the Gothic line by capturing Monte Citerna and Monte Tronale, placing American troops near the Futa Pass and Bologna. British, Brazilian, and Fifth Army units push along the Ligurian coast and mountain roads while air forces strike bridges from Piave to Milan.
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Rome
Italy
Monte Citerna
Monte_Tronale
Firenzuola
Futa Pass
Ici
Bologna
Adriatic
Rimini
Eighth Army
Ravenna
Ardiatic
Fifth Army
Ligurian
Pietrasanta
la Spezia
Piave
Venice
Milan
Alessandria
Large Kansas corn yield attracts attention near Lawrence
A 244 acre field on the Carl B. Althaus farm north of the Kaw river east of Lawrence yielded 108 bushels per acre. Hybrid corn raised by Carl Althaus and his son Eugene topped regional expectations, aided by fertile ground and good weather. Cattle will winter in the field. Althaus estimates 40 more acres remain to be evaluated. Separately, theft of jewelry valued at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars was reported at Diamant's in downtown Kansas City after intruders accessed the store through a vacant room.
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Carl B. Althaus
Kaw River
Lawrence
Kansas
Carl Althaus
School of Education
K. U
Eugene Althaus
Jayhawk 4-H
William Essick
Althaus
Kansas City
Diamant’s Jewelry
Sam. Goodman
Reds Use of Fleet in Baltic Shifts Baltic War Fronts
Soviet minesweepers opened a safe channel for the Red fleet to cruise the Baltic for the first time in three years after Tallinn was captured. Gogorov’s Leningrad army advanced along Estonia's coast while Riga faced intensified pressure to cut land routes south. In Hungary and Poland, Soviet forces pressed near Bekescsaba Szeged and Arad with gains toward Oradea and the Vistula, as Polish communiques claim contact with Red forces in Warsaw's vicinity.
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Moscow
Baltic
Tallinn
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Estonia
Riga
Balkans
Hungary
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Bekescsab
Budapest
Szeged
Arad
Oradea
Transylvania
Leonid A. Gogorov
Fallinn
Tapa
Poland
Sanok
Red Army
Slovakia
Warsaw
Vistula
War bulletins report Allied gains and German setbacks
Armed forces in northern Italy report the Gothic line broken along the middle as Americans reach the Po valley. German efforts to evacuate Aegean islands suffer attacks. Soviet and Finnish actions noted. bombers strike Taranto and Formosa Strait targets. fires and surveillance updates weave through multiple theaters.
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Italy
Apennines
Po Valley
Nazis Plans For Moscow Victory Day Fireworks Revealed
Soviet exams of captured German archives show Nazi plans for a 1941 Moscow victory celebration. They describe a victory speech, Viktoria strasse renaming, and posters in Holland, with fireworks scheduled at 7 p.m. but the date left blank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moscow
Documenta
Red Army
Warsaw
Viktoriastrasse
Holand
Poland
Huge Task Ahead With the U S Third Army in France
War correspondent reports growing certainty that Allied forces face a massive, costly effort to end the war this year. German resistance remains fierce as retreats and stubborn defense intensify, with the Wehrmacht fighting to the last despite crippling losses. American actions west of Nancy press the attack against about 2,000 Germans in wooded engagements, while German tank thrusts near Alsace Lorraine persist.
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U. S
France
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Nancy
Alsace-Lorraine
KU Engineer Lieutenant Glen Bradley Smith Killed in Pacific
Lieutenant Glen Bradley Smith, a University of Kansas School of Engineering student 1939 to 1941, was killed in a plane accident August 6 in the South Pacific. He enlisted in the Navy Air Corps in June 1948 and transferred to the Marine Air Corps on August 13, 1943, after receiving his commission. He completed training in California before going overseas in June of this year.
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Glen Bradley Smith
University of Kansas
South Pacific
K. U
Bradley
Navy Air Corps
Marine Air Corps
California
Earthquake Recorded Near Valdivia or Kurile Islands
An earthquake of strong intensity was recorded on the seismograph at 8 13 am. Marshall, assistant, said the quake center lay about 5200 miles away, near Valdivia Chile or northeast of the Kurile islands Japan. Seismic activity averaged 60 shocks daily.
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Marshall
Valdivia
Chile
Kurile Islands
Japan
Red Cross Blood Bank Coming Soon to Lawrence
Registration for the Red Cross blood bank arrives in Lawrence on October 2 3 and 4 with enrollment led by Mrs R J Canuteson at the Red Cross classroom basement Community Building The committee urges early sign up and offers telephone appointments at 640 About 32 students have signed in at Watkins hospital for University registration and many requests for release forms were sent Those 18 to 21 year olds must have family permission on official Red Cross blanks before donations are accepted
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Red Cross Blood Bank
Lawrence
Red Cross
R. J. Canuteson
R. F. Filkin
George Foster
Waldemar Gelich
Paul Haney
Sidney Haysler
Dean Malott
R. W. McClure
H. W. Merritt
C.F. Nelson
Dolph: Simons
Watkins Hospital
Jo Lee
Abbitt
Cool Day Opens Fall As Kansas Sees Unpredictable Weather
Topeka reports a cool start to fall with showers and chilly air sweeping across Kansas after a forecast of fair weather. Weatherman Flora criticized the sudden change noting the rain began yesterday, with light totals across many towns. Highs reached 96 at Phillipsburg, while lows dipped to 43 at Goodland, with 45 to 55 expected tonight and sun returning tomorrow, warming to 75 to 80.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Elkhart
McPherson
Larned
Concordia
Lawrence
Hutchinson
Herington
Dodge City
Lecompton
Salina
Junction City
Leavenworth
Pratt and Emporia
Garden City
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Japanese Ordered to Dissolve Church Groups
New York report says Japan orders dissolution of all existing federated church organizations to form within a week a government controlled wartime religious society aimed at boosting national fighting strength. Religious leaders from 18 Shinto, 28 Buddhist and two Christian sects told to organize by September 30, with Harushige Ninomiya, minister of education, to head the society.
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New York
Japan
Federal Communications Commission
Harushige Ninomiya
Roosevelt Proclaims Columbus Day and Polish Hero Memorial
Washington announces a Columbus Day proclamation honoring a world drawn into peace through association for the common good. Roosevelt also designates October 11 as General Pulaski Memorial Day praising Poland's fight against the Nazis and honoring a Polish nobleman who died in the American Revolutionary War.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pulaski
M. Roosevelt
Poland
Russians to Impose Own Punishment in Southeastern Europe
Soviet high command prioritizes war crime punishment in southeastern Europe, compiling evidence to prosecute Balkan collaborators and axis officials. Purges in Romania and Bulgaria under Soviet supervision target state and military figures, with 31 arrests announced and more expected. Individuals in custody include Ion Antonescu, Bogdan Philov, former Bulgarian regents, eight Italian diplomats, two Hungarian diplomats, and several German Balkan leaders.
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Ated
Moscow
Soviet High Command
Europe
West
Romania
Bulgaria
Ion Antonescu
Bogdan Philov
Prince Cyril
Zone school topeka hosts county teachers group in September
Irma Evans Ethel Murray Mary Richards Clara Reusch and Douglas county teachers certified to attend the zone school for local officers and delegates in Topeka September 29 and 30. Sponsored by the Kansas State Teachers Association and NEA five schools will be held during the week ending September 30.
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Irma Evans
Ethel Murray
Mary Richards
Clara Reusch
Douglas County
Margaret Hurley
County Teachers Association
Topeka
Kansas State Teachers Association
National Education Association
Meade
Wakeeney
McPherson
Iola
Hurley
KSTA
ESTA
NEA
Howard A. Dawson
Ruth Cunningham
Washington, D. C
Clyde ‘A. Phillips
W. D. Wolfe
Atchison
Dean J. W. Twente
Lawrence
Florence Eskert
State Association of County Superintendents
F. Floyd Herr
State Board of Education
C. 0. Wright
Association
Minter E. Brown
Roosevelt Prepares Final White House Workout For Radio Talk
President Roosevelt conducts a final White House prep ahead of his 30 minute radio address for a 900 delegate labor audience at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters dinner in the Statler Hotel. He aims to persuade labor voters and counter Dewey charges as four speech consultants refine his remarks. NBC and CBS carry the 9:30 to 10 p.m. Eastern wartime broadcast. paid by the Democratic National Committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Champ” Tone
White House
International Teamsters Union
A.F.L
Stater
NBC
CBS
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Canada
Democratic National Committee
Karl Kappelman Wounded Second Time in France
Karl Kappelman 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. C L Kappelman of 1447 Massachusetts street, was wounded for a second time in France and sent to an army hospital in England. His first shrapnel wound followed the invasion events, with a later injury from a large artillery shell. his exact second wound details and date remain unknown. He has three brothers in service, two who also took part in the invasion.
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Prc
Karl Kappelman
France
England
C.L. ,Kappelman
Massachusetts Street
Altho
Pfc. Kappelman
Jackson Building Sale Underway In Lawrence Real Estate Move
A contract for the purchase of the Jackson building in central Lawrence has been signed with earnest money placed. Buyers F W Heryer and son Fred B Heryer of McManus Heryer Brokerage seek a $65,000 deal, with quiet title suits to obtain a satisfactory abstract and closing slated later. The sale, arranged by M R Gill, marks Lawrence’s largest real estate transfer in years. The building hosts Bell Music Co on the first floor and several tenants, with second floor offices. built early in the century by Louis H. Jack and long known as the Jackson building.
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Jackson
Massachusetts” Street
F. W. Heryer
Fred B. Heryer
McManus
George M. Falley
Minnie Green
Anna H. Martindale
Palley
Martindale
Nell Martindale Kuche
Maryville
Jessie Martindale Stugard
New York
Kuchs
Green
Stugard
Néw Rochelle
N. Y
Louis H. Jack
Lawrence
George Falley
Kahnweiler
Texas Supreme Court orders Roosevelt ticket on Texas ballots
The Texas supreme court directed Secretary of State Sidney Latham to certify Roosevelt pledged Democratic presidential electors for the November ballot. The move follows a mandamus request by the Roosevelt favored slate from the September 13 state convention.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Supreme Court
Sidney Latham
Democratic Executive Committee
Balo
Roosevelt
Truman
Chicago
James P. Alexander
Texas
Supreme Court
Weather outlook for Kansas fair and warm weekend
Readable weather summary notes generally fair conditions across Kansas with cloudy to partly cloudy eastern areas tonight. Warmer temperatures are expected in the western portion on Sunday with highs in the lower 70s across the state.
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Kansas
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Joseph W. Stilwell
Hankow
Taranto
Strassburg
BBC
Blue Network
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Unamimouly
Glen ‘Smith
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