Victory Edges Off From Hitler Grasp
Soviet forces pressed the Stalingrad defense as 33 days of siege continued. Red army gains north and west of the Volga, repelling multiple German counterattacks and recapturing strategic positions within the city amid fierce street fighting and artillery exchanges.
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Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Volgadie
Hitler
Communist Party
Volga
Red Star
Berlin
Volta Front
Orice Beautiful
Red Army
Red Navy
Don End
Willkie Favors Second Front At Once
Moscow report quotes Wendell Willkie urging an early real second front in Europe with Great Britain. He says miltary leaders may need public prodding and that next summer could be too late. He cites Russian intelligence on raids demoralizing Germany and calls for sustained night bombing from England.
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Moscow
Wendell Willkie
Russia
Europe
Great Britain
Willkie
Germany
Will
October bicycle quota set for Kansas by OPA
Wichita Kansas September 26 GP The Kansas October rationing quota for new adult bicycles has been set by the OPA at 1 052 State Director H O Davis reported today The total does not include a reserve of 316 which are held back for adjustment of emergency demigud situations
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
OPA
H. O. Davis
U S Shipyards Set Record As Shipbuilding Surges
Washington reports shipyards across 60 yards on coasts and Great Lakes delivered 488 ships in the last 12 months totaling about 5.45 million tons. 90 ships worth 1 million tons will be turned out this month, signaling a new record average of three ships daily. Rear Admiral Land cites progress toward an 8 million ton goal this year and 16 million ton target for next year as Roosevelt lauds the effort.
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Bulvcluey Vea
Vasaproca
Great Lakes
Maritime Commission
Emory S. Land
Roosevelt
New Lexington launches a carrier amid Pacific war firsts
In Quincy Massachusetts the new U S S Lexington was launched in a color filled ceremony. Rear Admiral Frederick C Sherman praised the ship and legacy of the old Lexington as Mrs Theodore Douglas Robinson christened the vessel. The carrier, part of a new Essex class, is expected to displace about 25 000 tons and carry over 80 planes.
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Associated Press
Japan
New Guinea
China
Douglas MacArthur
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Gona
Chuki
Chenghsien
Hangchow
Chekiang
Chengsien
Anhwei
Joseph W. Stillwell
Hanoi
Indo-China
Yunnan Province
Southwest
Pacific
Solomon Islands
Mubo
Salamau
Quincy
Mass
Frederick C. Sherman
Sherman
Coral Sea
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Lexington
Pearl Harbor
Essex
Newport News
Altho
Navy
Jane’s Fighting Ships
U.S.S. Cabot
Frank Knox
Admiral Sherman
Bethlehem
Douglas county war price panel issue certificates
The Douglas County war price and rationing board issued two car certificates one bicycle certificate and 178 tire certificates at a meeting. Car certificates went to Dr. Charles E. Yates and Howard A. Murphy the Sunflower Ordnance Works. A Kansas Public Service bicycle certificate was issued. Wheel will aid collection work. Fire certificates listed items including passenger tires tubes retreads and truck tires tubes and retreads.
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Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Charles E. Yates
Baldwin
Howard A. Murphy
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Kansas Public Service
Scrap search for metal to aid wartime materiel
Deputy county clerk Fred Kahn agrees to search the courthouse from clock tower to basement for scrap metal usable in guns tanks and war materials. The old boiler was traded in on a new one enhancing potential metal recovery.
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Fred Kahn
Cleveland Defeats Detroit in 3 0 Victory
Mel Harder pitched seven scoreless innings to lift Cleveland over Detroit 3 to 0. Les Fleming delivered a two run triple in the sixth, ending Cleveland’s four game skid as they near a tie with Detroit for fourth and solidify position heading into tomorrow’s season finale.
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Cleveland
Detroit
Mel Harder
Indians
Tigers
Les Fleming
al Benton
Harder
Giants Beat Braves in First Game of Doubleheader
New York Giants defeated the Boston Braves 6 to 4 as Carl Hubbell earned his 11th win. Mel Ott and Johnny Mize homered for the Giants while Tom Holmes and Ernie Lombardi hit two Boston homers, accounting for all runs.
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Giants
Braves
New York
Mel Ott
Johnny Mize
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Hubbell
Tommy Holmes
Ernie Lombardi
Boston
35 Mile Per Hour Limit Set for Motor Vehicles
The office of defense transportation moved to establish a 35 mph speed limit on all rubber tired vehicles in the United States. Passenger cars would be affected starting October 1 to conserve rubber and tires. DDT Director Joseph B. Eastman urged governors to implement the limit by proclamation and ensure strict enforcement by state and local officials.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation Today
United States
DDT
Joseph B. Eastman
Problem of distribution Washington dairy control seen likely
Washington officials say greater government control of dairy consumption before winter may be needed to meet war needs and ensure civilian distribution. Milk production remains at record levels into 1943, but distribution problems grow due to unprecedented military, UN, and civilian demands. Record cheese and dried milk are shipped abroad under lend lease.
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Washington
U. S
Agriculture Department
United Nations
Lendlease
Thirty Men Sought for Kaw Valley Sweet Potato Harvest
Topeka September 26 30 men needed for the Kaw valley sweet potato harvest says N P Nelson farm placement director at the Topeka employment service office. About 800 acres planted in Shawnee county with expected yields of 125 to 200 bushels per acre per Preston Hale county agricultural agent.
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Topeka
Kaw Valley
N. P.nelson
Shawnee
Preston Hale
Allied Bombers Hit Tobruk Port Again
Allied heavy and medium bombers attacked Tobruk in force last night. They dropped high explosives on port facilities, with ongoing strikes reported from Cairo and allied commands.
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Tobruk
Cairo
Stock Market Index Foetune Report
Sixty stocks tracked show a 37.8 level with a note that yesterday’s figure was 37. The index movement reflects mixed shares and fluctuating market sentiment across sectors.
Farm bloc pushes Senate vote on parity price boost
Washington Sept 26 Farm bloc leaders pressed for a showdown next week on raising parity prices by about 12 percent to include farm labor costs. Senator Thomas warned he would not withdraw his amendment and would push a Senate vote, while Barkley signaled a competing plan to keep parity standard but urge the president to adjust ceilings to reflect higher farm costs.
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Washington
Thomas
Hatch
D-N.m
Barkley
Senate
Roosevelt
Kansans Vote as Unit in Congress Roll Calls
Kansans in the U S House voted solidly in the week ending September 24 on two key measures. Representatives Carlson Guyer Hope Houston Lambertson Rees and Winter supported the Brown amendment to redo the farm parity formula to include all farm labor costs and voted for the anti inflation bill.
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Washington
Kansas
Congress
House
Carlson
Guyer
Hope
Houston
Lambertson
Rees
Winter
City Kids Demonstrate Scrap Drive Ahead of Start
Enthusiastic grade schoolers began collecting scrap metal for a city drive that starts Monday. By noon six schools had piles attracting attention, with Cordley and Woodlawn leading. Collectors hauled pipes rims bedsprings pails and a Derby sign as road signs and other items piled up across schoolyards.
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Cordley
Vermont
Woodlawn
Lawrence
Willkie
Federal gains land for Ellis county airfield near Walker
The federal government obtained possession through condemnation of 1,840 acres of Ellis county land for an army airfield between Hays and Walker. The satellite field will be on the north side of U S highway 40, nearer Walker than Hays, per special DOJ attorney Paul Aylward.
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Topeka
Ellis County
Hays
Walker
Paul Aylward
Department of Justice
FBI Seizes Weapons from Italian Aliens in Eastern Oklahoma
Agents of the FBI and other officers seized 98 firearms 31 shortwave radios and between 13 000 and 14 000 rounds of ammunition in five eastern Oklahoma counties yesterday The contraband was taken from Italian aliens in Pittsburg Latimer LeFlore Okmulgee and Tulsa counties G Banister special agent in charge said the operation was conducted in the five counties
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Klahoma City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oklahoma
G. Banister
FBI
Pittsburg
Latimer
LeFlore
Okmulgee
Tulsa
Record Munition Convoy To Russia Sets New Load
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden praised a convoy to Russia for delivering the largest total of munitions in a single voyage from Britain and the United States. He noted aircraft, tanks, guns and stores were transported under guard by seventy five British warships with cooperation from Britain, the United States and Russia.
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London
Anthony Eden
Russia
Britain
United States
Leamington
Admiralty
Eden
Great Britain
Fever in School Shows Kansas University Decline Smallest
State Board of Regents reports enrollment drops across five state schools with Kansas University down 1.4 percent to 3 713 students while Emporia Teachers College falls 31 percent. Western University for Negroes in Kansas City increases by three students. Regents urge surveys for available typewriters and scrap for metal campaign.
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K. U
State Board of Regents
Emporia Teachers College
Kansas University
Kansas State College
Hays State Teachers College
Pittsburg Teachers College
Western University For
Kansas City
School For the Deaf
Olathe
Vocational
Topeka
Western University
WPB
Local Red Cross Seeks Volunteers to Stitch Child Overalls
Miss Agnes Evans announces the Douglas county chapter has a large quota of children's overalls from national headquarters for war emergency needs. Sewing rooms in the Central building basement, Junior high, offer electric and treadle machines. open Tuesday and Thursday 9 30 am to 4 30 pm with staff on hand to assist.
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Agnes Evans
Red Cross
Douglas County
National
Orin Kennedy
Central Building
Draftee Wounded by Police Fire En Route to Induction
Edward Brown a Negro draftee bound for Ft Leavenworth was wounded in the leg by police gunfire after firing from an 800 block Vermont street, resisted arrest, and fled. He was hospitalized at Memorial. his brother and the draft board arranged a bus ride to Leavenworth.
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Edward Brown
Ft. Leavenworth
Memorial Hospital
Leavenworth
Brown
Vermont Street
Ralph Hubbell
Jack Cheek
Milk Rationing Plan Discussed By Local Officials
Lawrence pasteurizing plant representatives met with sanitation officer Howard Weindel and county health unit board members to discuss a milk shortage. The voluntary rationing program is to start Monday with a substantial portion of current supply to be cut off.
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Lawrence
Howard Weindel
County Health Unit
Marquette Leads Kansas At Half In Memorial Stadium Football
In a Memorial Stadium game the Golden Avalanche of Marquette leads the Kansas Jayhawkers 7 to 0 at halftime. Strzykalski opened the scoring with a 9 yard run after a punt return setup and a later drive. Kansas had punt exchanges and several turnovers, with Evans and Schnellbacher advancing the ball for the Jayhawkers but defense and special teams kept Marquette ahead. The report ends with the starting lineup section following the halftime pause.
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Marquette
Kansas Jayhawkers
Memorial Stadium
Bobby Davis
Kansas
Evans
Carlson
Hilltoppers
Golden Avalanche
Strzykalski
Strzyalski
Jayhawker
Pense
Harrington
Jayhawkers
Bobby Dams
C. Kansay
Schnellbacher
Altman
Johnson
Schellbacher
Scrap Heap Growing In Gagliardo Yard
The 1100 block Ohio Street yard of Prof D Gagliardo sees a growing scrap pile as neighborhood children collect items daily. Notable pieces include a Redspring Furnace grate Firepot Tron Kettle School desk four lawnmowers and curtain rods.
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Gagliardo Yard
Ohio Street
Gang i
Prof
D. Gagliardo
Professor Dade Attends ICC Hearing On Railroad Rates
Prof. E. B. Dade of the University of Kansas business school has returned from Indianapolis where he attended an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on railroad rates and commodity classification. He has been doing statistical work noted by the corporation.
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E. B. Dade
University of Kansas School of Business
Inianapolis
Ind
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dade
Corporation
Cardinals Cub s Postponed Then Set for Season Finale Doubleheader
The St Louis Cardinals game against the Chicago Cubs was postponed due to weather and the clubs will play a doubleheader tomorrow to finish the season.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Allies Plan to Attack Dakar Rumor Surfaces in World War II
London reports Axis sources say Allies may strike Dakar in French West Africa. Other reports say Admiral Darlan met General Nogues in Morocco while Berlin and Algiers radios mention talks with Orgaz Yoldi about tensions between Spanish and French Morocco. No details were given.
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Axis
Dakar
French West Africa
Lomdon
Gp-Axis
Darlan
Auguste Nogues
Morocco
Algiers
Louis Orgaz Yoldi
Spanish Morocco
Rabat
Nogues
Berlin
Tangier
Orgaz
French Morocco
Gibraltar
Paris
Citizens urged to curb trash in Lawrence city
Joe Walker, sanitarian, cites war worker influx and contractor staffing as causes of stale trash pickups. He urges residents to use watertight containers and keep garbage off streets to reduce fires and nuisances and restore regular two per month collection.
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Joe Walker
County Health Unit
Walker
Lawrence
NEW BANK CHARGES FOR CHECKING ACCOUNTS
A pair of Lawrence banks adopt a new fee schedule raising costs for modest balances. The plan charges a 50 cent monthly maintenance fee, three cents per check, and five cents per out of town deposit. Credits of 20 cents per every hundred dollars offset these fees when balances are low.
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Lawrence
Bridge Reflooring Near Sibleyville Slows Road Nearby
Workmen repair a bridge over Coal Creek near Sibleyville. County commissioners consider closing a road 114 miles west and 1½ miles north of Eudora near the Kaw River during the project.
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Coal Creek
Sibleyville
Eudora
Kaw River
Rural Districts Lead June Scrap Metal Drive
Five days into Douglas County rural school scrap metal contest, over 22 tons gathered. Total sales reached 44 902 pounds at Lawrence and Baldwin points. India district 55 led with 17 985 pounds. Schools race to meet October 17 closing date with cash prizes secondary to keeping scrap metal moving to mills.
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Douglas County Rural School
Lawrence and
Baldwin
India School
Grace Benton
Mae Turner
Santa Fe
Haskell Institute
Will Green
Chris Kraft
Auto Wrecking and Junk Company
Frost Forecast Prompts Panic Across Kansas
A hard freeze hit western Kansas with frost expected to spread statewide by tomorrow. Readings dipped to 24 in Goodland and 31 in Geneseo, with Nebraska and South Dakota recording near 20. Forecaster Flora warned of regional damage to grain sorghums, corn, gardens, and shrubbery.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Geneseo
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minot
N. D
S. D. Flora
Weather Bureau
Marais Des Cygnes
Neosho
Wichita
Mortgage help for your loan at Lawrence Building and Loan
Friendly service to work out a suitable mortgage loan with quick processing and no red tape. The Lawrence Building and Loan Association advertises contact at 800 Mass. Street and phone 55 for assistance.
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Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Mass
Weather Outlook for Kansas Cold Nights Forecast
Colder tonight with minimal northwestern change. frost likely statewide. Below freezing temps east and near freezing further, with slightly less cold conditions tomorrow across the state.
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Kansas
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