Duesseldorf Bombed as Soviets Fight in Caucasus Front
Allied air raids struck Duesseldorf with hundreds of incendiaries and two ton bombs in a major assault on Germany’s armaments center. Across the Caucasus and near Stalingrad, German and Soviet forces intensified a ceaseless battle with heavy reinforcements and strategic river crossings contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caucasian
Salsk
Rostov
Stalingrad
Don River
R.A.F
Duesseldorf
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
Low Countries
Caens
France
Rheinmetal Iron and Steel Works
Vereinigte Stahlwerke
United Steel Works
Germany
Kletskaya
Tsimlyansk
Bataisk
Caucasus
Tagenrog Gulf
Gulf of
Taganrog
Semyon Timoshenko
the Bend
Red Army
Red Star
Kalach
Berlin
Don
Moscow
Izvestia
Soviet Union
Skelly Refinery Workers Strike Over Pay in El Dorado
More than 300 Skelly Oil refinery workers in El Dorado Kansas walked out over a wage dispute. The union seeks a 20 cent per hour raise as negotiations with W. G. Skelly begin with local 241 of the Oil Workers International Union. National leaders expected to join discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skelly
el Dorado
Kan
Skelly Oil Company
Altho
W. G. Skelly
Tulsa
Okla
Oil Workers’ ‘International Union
CLO
Japanese pressure in Aleutians estimated at ten thousand
An American naval official estimated about 10 000 Japanese troops harass three western Aleutian islands Attu Kiska and Agattu with another equal force aboard ships in the area He denied confirmed landings on the Pribilofs noting no evidence from reconnaissance or patrols. American air and sea forces have sunk eight Japanese ships and damaged ten others in ongoing operations.
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Washington
Aleutians
Pribilof Islands
Attu
Kiska
Agattu
Aleutian Group
North Pacific
Alaska
Navy
Pribilofs
Dutch Harbor
Anthony Dimond
Naval
Bokesman
Kansas Midshipmen to Receive Ensign Commissions
Fourteen Kansas naval reserve midshipmen will be commissioned Monday at the midshipmen school joining about 300 graduates ready for duty on fighting ships. Local names include Norman Gerhold, Eugene Haynes, John Hutchinson, and George Bettge. Coffin, a former Haskell basketball coach and KU graduate, is noted as Indian extraction. Haynes plans a brief Kansas City visit before reporting for duty.
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Chicago
Kansas
Earle William Deeble
Salina
Eugene Leslie Haynes
Lawrence
John Burr Kelly
Chetopa
John Hugh Hutchinson
Pittsburg
George Raymond Bettge
Ottawa
Irving Russell Niles
London
Samuel Thomas Painter
Healy
Corwin Amos Brown
Stafford
Eric Andrew Coffin, Jr
Mayetta
Haynes
E. L. Haynes
Indiana
Kansas City
Altho
Naval Reserve
Notre Dame University
Robert Haynes
Pacific
Coffin
Haskell Institute
K. U
Fockele
Axis Raider Spotted by Pilot Sunk in Caribbean
San Jose Costa Rica August 1 The Taca airline said United States torpedo planes sank a German submarine between Curacao and Trinidad after a Taca pilot reported the sighting to American Caribbean military headquarters Sherman Wilson an American pilot observed the sub and relayed its position prompting patrol bombers and torpedo planes to strike and sink the raider after it surfaced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Costa Rica
Taca
United States
Curacao
Trinidad
Sherman Wilson
Wilson
Cardinals Down Giants in First Game of Doubleheader
The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Giants 3-1 in the first game of a doubleheader. Lefty Max Lanier pitched masterfully and Enos Slaughter hit a two run homer in the first inning.
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Cardinals
Giants
New York
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Max Lanier
Enos Slaughter
Raids Shake New York Seize 87 Aliens From German Italian Japanese Groups
Federal agents rounded up 87 enemy aliens in New York area raids. The group included 66 Germans, 15 Italians, and six Japanese, all of uniitary age with refusals to serve. Several held consular registrations and illicit entries, with items such as maps, charts, and signaling gear among seized materials.
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New York
Pacific Ocean
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Imperial Service Group
P. FE. Foxworth
Aeutian Islands
United States
Germany
Foxworth
Labor Front
San Diego
Calif
Peace restores idle wartime grocers strike end in Pontiac
War plant idle times end as AFL CIO grocery clerks dispute is settled by arbitration. GM Pontiac Motor Division Baldwin Rubber resume midnight shifts and food stores reopen. Gov Van Wagoner hails accord as critical to war effort and urges end to picketing and disruption.
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Pontiac
Mich
A.f.l.-C.lc
Pontiac Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
Baldwin Rubber Company
Pres. C Wilson
General Motors
Murray D. van Wagoner
Retail Clerks Union
A.F.L
Oklahoma Pilot Missing From Desert Flight
Thomas W. Prentice Jr. R A F pilot officer from Ponca City Oklahoma is reported missing in the western desert after taking off on a flight over enemy lines. The Prentice family is prominent in Ponca City civic life and oil and land interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Egypt
Thomas Walker Prentice
Ponca City
Okla
Thomas W. Prentice
Lew Wentz, Inc
Young Prentice
Nelson backs proposed giant cargo planes in war effort
Washington reports Nelson endorses plans for 5,000 large flying boats to assist the war transport system. Kaiser and engineers outline a helium-driven, four-tunnel aircraft capable of lifting 36 tons plus twelve fighter planes, with potential 200 mph cruise and unique takeoff at ten mph.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Senate
War Production Board
Lee
D.-Okla
Nelson
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast Shipbuilder
WPB
Kaiser
Horace Chapman
Eric Langlands
Aerodynamics Research Corporation
Young
Langlands
Johnson County Sheriff Raids DeSoto Dice Game
Sixteen men were arrested in DeSoto when seven Johnson County deputy sheriffs led by Sheriff Steve Brunk and county attorney Clayton Brenner raided a street dice game. Brenner filed gambling charges against nine and vagrancy charges against seven. four arrestees were Negro.
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DeSoto
Johnson County
Steve Brunk
Clayton Brenner
Sunflower Ordnance Plant
Brenner
Daniel Webster Dies in Sedan Kansas at 91
Daniel Webster, 91, reputed oldest man in Sedan, Kansas, died suddenly at 9 last night of a heart attack. Bibles Keeler’s Book Store advertisement.
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Daniel Webster
Sedan
Kan
FBI Nabs Leader Of Japan Allied Invasion Plot in U.S.
Federal agents arrested Mimo de Guzman in New York City on charges related to leading a group recruited by Japan's Black Dragon society to form a fifth column in America. The 42 year old Filipino and former Navy member allegedly told recruits Japan would supply rifles for an invasion and urged stockpiling firearms. He faced $10,000 bail after waiving a preliminary hearing.
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New York
United States
Japan
Black Dragon Society
FBI
Mimo de Guzman
Washington
D. C
America
P. E. Foxworth
Foxworth
de Guzman
U. S. Navy
Coast Guard
U. S
Paraguayan Statesman to Visit University of Kansas
Dr Pablo Max Ynfran a Paraguayan statesman educator and former cabinet member will spend August 4 to 8 at the University of Kansas under State Department Cultural Relations. He will lecture to public audiences and address social science and education classes after a career in Paraguay's legislature delegation in Washington and academic studies at Georgetown University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pablo Max Ynsfran
Paraguay
Regation
Washington
University of Texas
University of Kansas
Division of Cultural Relations
State Department
Deane W. Malott
Ynsfran
Georgtown University
School of Foreign Service
State Bank
Asuncion
Warm Weekend Forecast Driven by Heat Wave
The weather bureau warns of continued heat with no cooling break. Topeka and Phillipsburg hit 104 degrees, the region's highest. Dodge City and Goodland stayed warm at night with 72 degrees, and no rain was in sight per Weatherman S. D. Flora.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Phillipsburg
Dodge City
Goodland
S. D. Flora
County Treasurer Candidate Barlow Notes Stock Averages
The report lists an average of 60 stocks at 36.5 with yesterday’s 36.2, and identifies M. Barlow as the county treasurer candidate.
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M. Barlow
Primary Set for Tuesday As Election Officials Prep
Election officials met at the county courthouse to discuss procedures for the upcoming primary on Tuesday. Polls run 8 am to 6 pm with double boards at 24 of 26 precincts and ballots distributed to township trustees. Notable races include sheriff and state representative with multiple candidates.
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Court House
Court Room
T. R. Gerhart
Lawrence
Altho
C. E. Friend
Roslan Skinner
Henry Collins
Fred Vogler
George Melvin
Ray Wright
John Evans
Convict Dies as Break Fails at Tucker Prison Farm Ark
A prison break at Tucker Prison Farm in Arkansas ends with convict Woodrow Ryker dead after he wounds Deputy Warden E Workman. Aliased convicts Lloyd Rayburn and John Hodges are wounded as guards and trusted inmates respond. Two outside rifle guards were present during the cannery work escape attempt.
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Ryker
Workman
Tom Coghill
Cogbill
Rayburn
Hodges
Ballot slate announced for Douglas County voters
Republican and Democrat tickets list dozens of candidates for U S Senate and House seats Supreme Court positions governor lieutenant governor secretary of state and other state and county offices with names and hometowns across Kansas including Lawrence Topeka Wichita Ottawa and more diverse localities as ballots prepared for upcoming election day dynamics rise in candidate fields across parties or attempting to capture statewide and countywide offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
United States
John Allison
McPherson
Arthur Capper
Topeka
Do. C. Isely
Dodge City
Congress
U. S. Guyer
Kansas City
Chloe Giamteson
Upreme Court
Hugo v Wedell
Chanute
Supreme Court
Jay S. Parker
Hill City
Carl E
Friend
Lawrence
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons
Andrew Schoeppel
Ness City
Thale P. Skovgard
Greenleaf
Clay C. Carper
Eureka
A. B. Mitchell
J. True
McAuley
Mission
M. N. Penny
Democrat
Randolph Carpenter
Marion
W. G. Clugston
Geo. McGill
Wichita
Loren Alton Moore
Mont Ida
Herbert L. Drake
Bethel
S. L. Mathews
Fred Hinkle
Harry K. Allen
William H. Burke
Little River
Paul B. Green
J. Donald Coffin
Council Grove
Jonathan M. Davis
Bronson
Harry G. Miller
Roosevelt warns of possible oil shortage in the East
President Roosevelt warned that eastern fuel oil users face uncertain supply next winter. Oil may be rationed and some homes could be denied heating oil unless they switch from oil to coal or other substitutes. Ickes backed a government industry campaign to convert burners and urged conservation where conversion is impossible.
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Washington
Roosevelt
East
Ickes
del Nettee
Massachusetts street to install parking meters
Installation of meters in the Massachusetts street business district begins Monday. Noble Dwyer of the Dual Parking Meter Co from Oklahoma City arrived after surveying the area. city laborers will not be released during work hours. The city bought 321 meters on a six month trial. if unwanted, the company covers removal costs.
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Massachusetts Street
Noble Dwyer
Dual Parking Meter Company
Oklahoma City
Casper
Wyo
Dwyer
City Street Department
J. C. Harper
Seventh
Eleventh Street
Massachusetts
C. A. Bliesner
Rent survey discussed at City Hall for Kansas City housing
Roy Riley a former WPA engineer from Kansas City Kansas called at City Hall to obtain city maps and discuss a rent check. He was accompanied by a man believed to lead the survey which may be part of a rehabilitation effort to gauge housing improvements and potential easing of restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Riley
WPA
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence Fair Rents Committee
School Budget Hearing Set by Board Monday Evening
The board of education will hold a public hearing on the proposed city schools budget Monday at 7 30 in the Liberty Memorial high school building office. The meeting will also reorganize and elect officers for the coming year with current officers Lloyd Purcell and F C Whipple named. The board aims to fill most teaching vacancies at this session.
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Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High School
Lloyd Purcell
F. C. Whipple
Douglas County Considers Countywide Civilian Defense Council
A meeting at 8 30 Monday in the county commissioners board room will discuss consolidating all Douglas county Civilian Defense councils into a single countywide body. Local heads are urged to attend as state authorities may approve consolidation if desired. The plan aims to improve blackout coordination and unify rural and urban defense efforts under one council.
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Douglas County
Board Room
County Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners
State Defense Council
Ratner
Tire Quotas Expanded by Wichita Office in July
Douglas county war price and rationing board reports added tire allocations for July. New stock includes 208 passenger car retreads, 7 new passenger tires, 100 tubes, 7 truck retreads, and 14 new truck tires alongside regular July quotas of 18 passenger car tires 62 retreads 40 tubes 76 truck tires 84 truck retreads and 90 truck tubes.
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Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Wichita
Legal Holidays Do Not Invalidate Judicial Actions
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that legal holidays do not invalidate official acts performed on those days. In a case by McPherson laundry operators Adrian M. Smith and Mrs. J L Schwartz a final appeal day fell on Armistice Day November 11 1941 and their review was filed November 12. The court remanded to McPherson County district court with directions to dismiss for timeliness.
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Topeka
State Supreme Court
McPherson
Adrian M. Smith
J. L. Schwartz
State Labor Commission
Supreme Court
McPherson County, District Court
Acta
New car certificate issued to Harold F Gregg by rationing board
A new car certificate was issued to Harold Frank Gregg area superintendent at Sunflower Ordnance Works by the Douglas county war price and rationing board at its meeting yesterday. Tire certificates were also issued, including 58 passenger retread tires and 11 truck retread tires.
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Harold Frank Gregg
East Seventeenth Street
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
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Keeler’s Book Store
Ady
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Statesman
Marion Barlow
A.M. Gardner
Harold Beck
Francis Prosser
Register of Deeds
Beck
Charles Banning
Roy Flory
Richa B. Stevens
John Callahan
Callahan
Hugh Means
Arkansas
Geo. L. McClenny
Roy Om Soellner
Altamont
Veer Wyrill
KH. Clement
Independence
Chas. F. Hobbs
Baldwin
W.W. C. Austin
Cottonwood Falls
Walter B. Montgomery
Troy
Charley Spencer
Fred Veiland, Jr
Geo. K. Melvin
Ray T.wright
John P. Evans
Edwin F. Abels
saAroe A. Barlow
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Harold A. Beck
Francis P. Prosser
Frank R. Gray
Robert B. Oyler
Henry B. Collins
Fred A. Vogler
Supt. of Public Instruction
Margaret Fritzel Hurley
F.D.R
Sckes
Jayhawk Plunge
Omaha
Sunflower Ordnance
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