Bronx youth's 8000 feet fall ends safely with no bones broken
American troops on Morotai Island recount a Liberator bailout tale. Joe Aiello of the Bronx plummeted 8000 feet when his parachute fouled but survived with minor injuries. First words recalled fear and humor as he escaped a life threatening fall. Pilot Lt. Petty and crew bailed out. most others landed safely or were rescued. Corporal Harold Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Elliott of Kentucky Street, is among the stable crew.
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Morotai Island
Moluccas
Joe Aiello
Bronx
N. Y
Philippines
Aiello
M. E. Petty
Odessa
Tex
Mor
Petty
Wommack
H.V. Petty
Oklahoma City
Cpl
Harold Elliott
Lawrence, Kan
Plan War Fund Drive Launches October 9 in Jefferson County
Jefferson county workers meet at the courthouse in Oskaloosa to plan the United War Fund drive starting October 9. Bert W. Booth of Valley Falls leads the county effort again, with F H Elvig of Lawrence as district chair for Jefferson and Douglas counties. Art Weaver of Lawrence also attends as district chair from last year. The Douglas county drive merges with the Community Chest drive, aiming for a $20,291 quota, while Lawrence totals $9,852 for both drives.
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Jefferson County
United War Fund
Court House
Oakeloosa
Bert W. Booth
Valley Falls
F. H. Elvig
Lawrence
Jefferson
Douglas
Art Weaver
Oskaloosa
Frank L. Landon
Douglas County
Community Chest
Elvig
J. H. Parsons
Worst Outbreak in Years Rages Among Kansas Horses
Kansas livestock sanitary commissioner Will J. Miller reports the worst sleeping sickness outbreak in years with an estimated 150 to 200 Kansas horses dead. Cases ab across the state. He notes scientists from Kansas State College are studying a possible eastern strain entering Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
Will J. Miller
State Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
Kansas
Iller
Kansas State College
Certificates issued by city panel of Douglas county war board
The Douglas county war price and rationing board met yesterday and issued 29 grade one tire certificates. Additional certificates included four grade three casings, two truck tires, and three used truck casings.
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Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
War Ration Coupon Updates And Valid Periods
AP reports on ration changes covering meat fats sugar and shoes with stamps AB to Z8 AS to 65 AS and blue tokens. It notes sugar stamps 30 to 33 remain valid for five pounds and home canning through Feb 28 1945. Gasoline coupons vary by region and period with 11A 12 and 13A values and new four to five oil coupons valid throughout the heating year.
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Associated Press
Battle to Reach Pocketed Troops In Europe
Nazi resistance remains fierce as U S First Army takes Stolberg and pushes toward the Rhine city of Cologne. American Third Army fights a major armored battle near Metz while Seventh Army secures positions east of Epinal. Menton falls on the Riviera and Dutch forces report a decisive western front outcome as Boulogne area falls and Calais and Dunkerque face knockout blows from Canadian forces.
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U. S. First Army
Stolberg
Aachen
Rhine
Cologne
Prum
Trier
Supreme Headquarters
Diekirch
Third Army
Metz
Lorraine
Nancy
Strasbourg
Seventh Army
Epinal
Belfort
Remiremont
Moselle
Melisy
Germany
Menton
Riviera
Holland
Boulogne
Calais
Dunkerque
Weds Sightless Bride in Kansas City
Miss Vina Baldwin a 21 year old sightless bride from Reedport Ore. wed Pvt Foster Pierson 30 of Independence Mo at Wyandotte county courthouse offices. Pierson arrived from Oregon to wed unaccompanied, wearing a blue silk dress with a white flower from Hawaii. He plans to escort her back to Oregon if arrangements are made before he reports to Jefferson Barracks Mo on October 14.
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Kansas City
Kan
Vina Baldwin
Reedsport
Ore
Foster Pierson
Independence Mo
Clark E. Tucker
Wyandotte County
Iss Pierson
Oregon
Pierson
Hawaii
Jefferson Barracks
No Bicycles No Rationing Ends Bicycle Controls
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration abandons bicycle rationing due to scarce bikes and minimal production. In Cold Spring Harbor New York Nancy Dabney Roosevelt, granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt, will wed Ensign William Eldred Jackson, son of Justice Robert Jackson, tomorrow.
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Washington
Office of Price Adminstration
Chester Bowles
Lawrence Lodge to Meet for Master Mason Degree
Lawrence Lodge No. 6 A F and A M will meet next Monday afternoon at 4 o clock for work in the Master Mason degree Supper at 6 30 Visitors welcome Clark O Morton Mente W B Quakenbush Secy
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Lawrence Lodge
A. F
A. M
Clark O. Morton
Mente
W. B. Quakenbush
Taking Big Chances in Holland Corridor Battle
Walter Cronkite reports from Holland on September 2 1944 the corridor battle where airborne troops push German forces aside to let Lt Gen Miles Dempsey roll his column through. German Panzers from the east and frantic retreating units from the west threaten the line as supply cuts occur, but British armor flankers are steadily reducing the danger.
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Holland
Miles C. Dempsey
Germany
Altho
Dempsey
Four Years Ago Today Dakar Bombardment by Allied Squadron
On September 23, 1940 a British and Free French naval squadron bombarded Dakar after the French governor refused to follow General Charles de Gaulle’s order to permit a landing. The action highlighted Allied pressure on Vichy authorities in West Africa during World War II.
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Associated Press
Dakar
Charles DeGaulle
Tenth Nazi general killed by Seventh Army in France
The tenth German general, Maj. Gen. D. Rodowski, commander of Clermont Ferrand garrison, was killed or captured by the American Seventh Army in southeast France. He was traced to a farmhouse cellar near the Belfort gap west of Lure as the Seventh Army drove north from the Riviera. One noncommissioned officer was captured with him.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Seventh Army
France
Belfort Gap
Lure
D. Rodowski
Clermont Ferrand
Pierre Laval
Riviera
Ensign Stowits to report for assignment after Great Lakes training
Ensign Hiram W. Stowits graduates from the Naval Reserve Midshipmen School at Great Lakes and leaves tonight to report to Lance Calif for assignment. He began at the University of Idaho, attended prep school at Asbury Park, then Northwestern, and was a junior at the University of Kansas when entering service.
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Hiram. W. Stowits
U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School
Great “Lakes
H. W. Stowits
Massachuetta Street
Lance Calif
Ensign
Stowite
Univeristy of
Idaho
Asbury Park
N. J
Northwestern University
Great Lakes
University of Kansas
Rally Gives Kansas Jayhawker Football Team Sendoff
Students at the University of Kansas gathered at the Union Pacific station at 2 40 this afternoon to give the Jayhawker football squad a rousing send off for the game tonight in Ruppert Stadium Kansas City Missouri at 8 30 o clock against Texas Christian University Talks were given by Coaches Henry Schenk and Elmer Schaake A squad of 44 men were taken on the trip The team will eat dinner at the Hotel Continental then go to the field and spend the night in the city returning to Lawrence tomorrow morning
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University of Kansas
Union Pacifics
Jayhawker
Ruppert Stadium
Kansas City
Kansas
Texas Christian University
Henry Schenk
Elmer Schaake
Lawrence
Endacott on way to coast after navy training
George Endacott, former Lawrence boy and Frank Endacott's son, rode a troop train through Kansas City en route to California from Jacksonville. A Navy enlistee just finishing several technical courses, he will sail soon for foreign duty. His wife Margaret Ridge met the train and they plan to reunite with his brother Earl, a chief petty officer overseas. He sent his niece and nephew Hawaiian relics and grass skirts. Earl notes modern war differs from World War I.
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George Endacott
Lawrence
Frank Endacott
Kansas City
California
Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Margaret Ridge
Earl Endacott
Earl
Civil War Veteran John Kline Dies at 97 in Washington
John Montgomery Kline 97 last commander and survivor of the Department of the Potomac Grand Army of the Republic died yesterday at Soldier's Home hospital. A Milroy Pennsylvania native he was credited as the last Washington resident to have seen action in the Civil War and spent 52 years in the Treasury Department before retiring in 1921.
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Washington
John Montgomery Kline
Department of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Republic
Soldier’s Home Hospital
Milroy
Treasury Department
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Lula Brady Perry
Lula Brady Perry aged 67 died yesterday afternoon at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a two month illness. Funeral at Rumsey Funeral Home Sunday at 2 30 conducted by Rev Ernest L Snodgrass. Burial at Stony Point Cemetery. Survived by husband Newton Perry a daughter Mrs Ann McCall and son Eldon N Perry US Navy 81/C a brother E L Eberhart and two grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Ada Z Cady dies at 90 at daughters home in Douglas county. Funeral services to be announced later. Survived by two daughters and five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mrs Cady widow of George W Cady longtime Douglas county resident.
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Lula Brady Perry
Newton Perry
Rhode Island Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey ‘Funeral Home
Ernest L. Snodgrass
Stony Point Cemetery
Bert Dale
J. F. Eberhart
William Endacott
Frank Endacott
Harry Hemphill
Lloyd Craig
Ada Z
Cady
Ada
Lenna Seamann
Sinois Street
Seamans
Alberta Wilken
Modesto
Cal
George W. Cady
Douglas County
Protein Feed Restrictions Eased for Kansas Shipments
Washington reports the War Food Administration will relax limits on sale and shipment of protein feed from Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico into Kansas. Rep Hope said the order would be published in the federal register soon, following a protest by the Kansas Cooperative Grain Dealers Association.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Hope
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Federal Register
WFA
Agriculture Department
Kansas Cooperative Grain Dealers Association
Water as a boon for Peleliu Marines in heat
On Peleliu Island Palau Sept 23 Marines praised a five gallon tin of stored drinking water warmed for relief in the heat. Sailors reported the water tainted by storage but praised the gesture as worthwhile amid tough conditions aboard ship and ashore.
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Peleliu Island
Palau
Navy
Peleliu
Orce
Graham
Dewey Special Train Moves West As Campaign Roundup Begins
Lossles Sept 28 Gov Dewey's special train departs Gel es station at 11 14 am fourteen minutes late to continue presidential campaign. The Republican nominee holds a rush of conferences at his hotel and is seen by several thousand spectators around the Biltmore before a stop to Oklahoma City for a Monday night speech.
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Dewey
Oklahoma City
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
Harry Darby
Thomas E. Dewey
Lew Wentz
Schoeppel
Lossles
Geles
Midwest
Biltmore
Albany
Finns to Fulfill Armistice Terms With Russia
Helsinki Sept 23. Finnish Minister of Social Affairs K A Fagerholm said terms of the Russian armistice are hard but will be fulfilled. Reports said Premier Hantt j Hackzell’s condition improved after falling seriously ill in Moscow during armistice negotiations. A plane delivered penicillin to Moscow from Stockholm.
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Finland
K. A. Fagerholm
Hanttj Hackzell
Moscow
Stocholm
Helsinki
ORGANIZE NEGRO LEAGUE TO CAMPAIGN FOR ROOSEVELT
A new national nonpartisan Negro organization will campaign in 17 states for President Roosevelt’s reelection. John H. Sengstacke, publisher of the Chicago Defender, announced the plan at a press conference noting Missouri Oklahoma and Kansas among the states. Separately a tuberculosis survey at the University of Kansas examined 1594 persons and moves to Engporia. Memorial services for World War II dead will be held Sunday at all Fort Leavenworth chapels.
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New York
National
Parisan League
Roosevelt
John_H. Sengstacke
The
Chicago Defender
Sengstacke
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
University of Kansas
Bo Health
Engporia
Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Girl Scout Leaders Learn Swiss Polka at Community Building
In Lawrence, last evening the Community building hosted an international scene as Girl Scout leaders worked to master the Swiss polka. Classes are growing in attendance and interest. A marriage license was issued yesterday at Douglas County Court House to William Helms Parkinson? and Vera Handley Topeka.
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Douglas County Court House
William Helm
Pollock
Vera Handley
Topeka
Mrs. Louisa Don Cratos Engaged as Night Nurse
Mrs Louisa Don Cratos has been engaged as night nurse at the county convalescent hospital at 1004 West Fourth street. She will begin duties around October 1. Mrs Avia Morgan was engaged as day nurse by the county commissioners a few days ago. The commissioners hope to be ready for patients by the first of the month.
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Louisa C. Don Cratos
County Convalescent Hospital
West Fourth Street
Avia Morgan
Pupils Plan to Give Adults Taste of Schol Life
Junior High pupils prepare a P T A night school program with plans nearing completion. Indications point to a large crowd. parents are urged to assemble by 8 p m as tardy bells ring. Home room assignments were sent home yesterday. Air Force emblem presented at Ft Leavenworth ceremony.
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Air Force
Kan
Royal Air Force Staff School
England
Ft. Leavenworth Command and General Staff School
Malcolm
R. MacArthur
R.A.F
War Department
Capt Phillip M. Stark Killed in Action in France
Mrs George Knight of 320 Maine Street was informed of the death of Capt Phillip M Stark of Kansas City who was killed in action in France on September 3. He had served overseas since the start of the year with the Army Engineers and helped on the Alcan highway before his deployment. Mrs Stark, formerly Alice Davis, is a niece of Mrs Knight and a granddaughter of the late David Davis. Stark was born in Lawrence and had visited here frequently.
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George Knight
Maine Street
Phillip M. Stark
Kansas City
France
Army Engineers
Alcan
Stark
Alice Davis
Knight
David Davis
Lawrence
Cameraman Killed in Action at Peleliu Island
Paramount News war correspondent Damien Parer, 33, reported killed in action on September 17 by enemy fire while filming front line operations at Peleliu in the Philippines area. He had done more frontline filming than any other war cameraman this conflict. Confers With Dean Stockton and Dr Grines discuss retirement plan work at Kansas State College and University of Kansas.
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New York
Damien Parer
Paramount News
Navy Department
Peleliu Island
Philippines
Hig Office
Dean Stockton
Waldo Grines
Department of Economics
Kansas State College
F. T. Stockton
School of Business
University of Kansas
Dr. Grines
Family Dinner Celebrates Rolland's Visit to Kansas
A large gathering from Te cumseh Richland and Leavenworth areas attended a dinner at the Kampschroeder home in honor of Rolland, who has completed a 30 day furlough and will depart for California. Local residents shared visits and farm show successes with prizes awarded at Topeka and Wichita events.
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Theodore Hall
Tecumseh
Wallace Kennedy
Galen
Connie
Richland
Richard Kennedy
Albert Kampschroeder
Marian
Clyde Kampschroeder
Caroline
Ernest Kampschroeder
Alta
Richard
Atlhie
Rolland
California
Mary Lavin
Tom Connole
Rachel Bidinger
Vern Swallow
Carl Kampschroeder
Topeka
Swadley
Birs
Gertrude Waugh
Letha Walter
Henry Dravis
H. A. Buchheim
Market News: Stocks Steady and Grains Strong
New York markets show stocks steady with mild advances and bonds narrow. Cotton firm as trade and commission houses buy. Chicago wheat leads with short covering. Corn and soy futures firm alongside broad grain strength as buyers return. cattle and hog receipts around 500 to 600, market not fully active. Chicago grain futures also rally on widespread buying and short covering.
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New York
Chicago
C.C.C
Wall Street
Altho
Heral Steel Castings
Pepsi-Cola
Grumman Aire Craft
American Locomotive
Lima Locomotive
New Tops
Baldwin Locomotive
Bethlehem
Boeing
General Motors
Westinghouse Snd American Telephone
Wheat markets rally as grain prices rise at midweek
Wheat and corn futures climbed with December wheat near 2% higher, led by gains in Kansas City and Chicago trade. Corn advanced on short covering while oats and rye followed, with modest profit taking cited. Livestock traded steady to mixed amid thin demand as cattle and sheep markets posted varied results.
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Mississippi
Clarge
Tigher
Kansas City
Colorado
Kansan City
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Corporal Elliott
J. Elliott
Kentucky Street
Air Corps
H. Elvig
Belgium
Fea
cegMany
le France
Nijmegen
Arnhem
Walter Cronkite
Combined American Press
R.E.A
America
Wichita
Minneapolis, Minn
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Philip Louis Nash
Minnesota
al Smith
Alfred E. Smith
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Harold N. McNeil
Camp Bowie
Susie McNeil
Nellie Miller
Edward C. Gleed
Gleed
15Th Air Force
Italy
Ralph C. Fleagle
Ohio Street
Fleagle
Guadalcanal
Pearl Harbor
United States
Bennie Bowen
Oscar Bawense
Russell H. Harbison
Faant D. LeRoy
Medical Department
United States Army
Americal Division
Infantry
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
LeRoy
Robert N. Vette
Almira Street
Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School
Ill
Ensign Vette
Carl A. Wilson
Pacific Overseas Air Service Command
Oakland
Calif
Wilson
Trinidad
British West Indies
Ile
Artand L. Grover
Q.M
Ira Grover
Little Creek
Arvid
Adryn
Boston
Mass
Charles D. Stough, Jr
Hawaiian Islands
J.g
C.D. Stough
Pfe
Clarence Richardson, Jr
Tanks
Signal Corps
Richardson
Phyllis Richardson
Tennessee Street
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
K. U
John M. Kline
Department of Potomac
Russia
Bon Carlos
Capt
Phil Stark
Alice Marie Davis
Yarnold
Chicago Grain
Dee
Kaneae City
Ate&ese & Beth -Steel
Krysier Corp du
Sears, Rhbelees 96 Ltd
Cat
Sta
Texas.Co
U_ S$ Rubber vents
WU Te A
Vest EL & Mfg
Harry Barnett
Federal Public Housing
DeSoto
W.H. Quakenbush
S. Weatherby
Chas. McMillan
Mgr
Schubert Funeral Home
N. H
Fundamental Baptist
Eval
Tabernacle
St., Lawrence
Christ
Leslie Tomberlin
Pastor
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