Normandy Drive Smashes Nazi Line Near Avranches
Allied columns push south of Avranches and cross the Selune river while Brit ish American forces advance toward Vire and Portbaubault. American and Canadian troops break through in Brittany and near Caen as the front widens along a shattered German line.
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Selune
Avranches
See River
Brecey
trans-Normandy
Colums
Normandy-Brittany
Porttaubault Andyond
Ducey
Vire
le Bengime
Villediex
Percy
Souleuvre
Canmouth
St. Germaine
Torigny
Souleuvre River
Caen
Tilly-la-Champagne
Pontaubault
Normandy
Seouth
Percy - Villedieu - Les - Peeles
Granville - Villedieu
Supreme Headquarters
Villedieu
Normandy Road
Ditrch
Tessy-sur-Vire
Continued Japs Report Landing On Rota Island
The Lokyd radio quoted an Im Perisi headquarters communique stating Japanese troops on Rota Island have prevented fighting for a day. The message, relayed by the federal communications commission and the Associated Press in London, did not confirm renewed assaults but noted artillery activity and uncertain American press reports.
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Lokyd Radio
Im- Perisi
Rota ‘Island
Tinian Guam
Marianas
Ander
Wenning
Federal ‘Communications Commission
Associated Press
London
Island Ually
Rocket powder jobs prioritized by War Manpower chief
E W Franzke, director for the War Manpower Commission, urged employment offices to reassign workers from nonessential nearby jobs to rocket powder plants. He called supplying labor for this plant the number one war job and urged men to move to where work is needed near their homes. Topeka, August 1, 1943.
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Ordnar Aarke
Karfsas
E. W. Franzke
War Manpower Commission
Ced
Jin
Kaneas
Frartzke
Topeka
MacArthur Seizes Sansapor in Unopposed New Guinea Leap
Allied forces under General Douglas MacArthur completed a near unopposed leapfrog landing at Sansapor in northwestern New Guinea, trapping 15 000 Japanese troops around Manokwari. The operation, conducted with no heavy bombardment, placed US and Allied troops on the Vogelkop peninsula and extended bomber range toward the Philippines while securing a new air base area suitable terrain with jungle but no large peaks.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Sixth Army
Sansapor
Neemfoor Island
Vogelkop Peninsula
Amsterdam
Middelburg
Mindanao
Halmahera
Sorong
Manokwari
Noemfoor Island
Seventh Fleet
Gverhond
Associated
Resa
Fred Hampson
Spencer Davis
Guam and Tinian Advance Pressures Nose Japanese Forces
Allied forces push across Guam with an air and sea siege from Agana Bay to Pago Bay as Marines and Navy units seal northern Guam. On nearby Tinian, 130 miles away, Marines launch Sunday assault while Adm. Nimitz reports the worst is over on Guam. Casualty tallies show 6,206 Japanese killed and 775 civilians interned on Guam through Sunday.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
API
Guam
Agant
Tinian
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Agana Bay
Agana
Pago Bay
U. S
Japan
Port Apra
Best Harbor
Marianas
Orote Peninsula
Agan
Sunda
Rommel and Stuelpnagel Reported Dead
The French underground claims Marshal Erwin Rommel and Gen Otto von Stuelpnagel died recently amid reports from France and NBC pool broadcasts. Rommel supposedly fatally wounded on the Normandy Front. Stuelpnagel said injured in the July 25 terrorist plot aftermath.
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Algiers
Erwin Rommel
Otto von Stuelpnagel
Nce
Paden
National Iberation Saily
Rommel
Normandy
Adm Delpnagel
France
Douvre
Mueller
Death Silences In London as Nazi Flying Bombs Strike
London reports say Herbert Morrison warned MPs about silent weapons while Nazi flying bombs hit landmarks. He described bombs varying in noise with some nearly inaudible during flight. The city implemented audible imminent danger signals. in one strike a church, a three story block, and nearby houses were damaged killing two and injuring four.
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London
England
Herbert Stanley Morrison
Home Security
Commons
Morrison
Althe
A Cooler Night Shatters Warm Kansas Night Record
A Topeka weather notice reports widespread humidity and nineties in Kansas with Dodge City at 99, Topeka 78, Coffeyville 79, and a cool western contrast. Forecast calls for scattered showers, lows 60 to 76, and light rainfall totals across several towns including Philipsburg and Concordia.
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Topeka
Kansas
Odey
Dodge City
Coffeyville
Phillipsburg
Concordia
Lindsburg
Kansas City
Wichita
Trace
Allies Strike Far in Rear of Retreating Japs
Allied forces offensive along the Tiddim road disrupts the Japanese retreat from northeast India. The communiqué from Mountbatten’s headquarters reports a transport destroyed and over 120 Japanese dead as allied units struck the enemy supply line in Southeast Asia.
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Southeast Asia
Andy
Ceylon
Stilwell Nominated for Full General in Southeast Asia
President Roosevelt named Lt. Gen. Joseph Warren Stilwell American commander of Chinese forces in Burma China theater and head of 8th Army in Southeast Asia. He serves under Chiang Kai Shek and has staff ties to Mountbatten. Promotion to full general could signal intensified Allied war efforts in the region with stronger Chinese armies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Jozeph Warren Stilwell
Ei Ihower
Bensekctor
Stilwell
Burma
Stillwell
Senate
Southeast Asia
Quezon dies in United States at 65
Manuel Quezon former leader of the Philippine government dies at a summer home in Saranac Lake New York tuberculosis claimed him aged 65 He had fled Luzon in 1942 after the Philippines fell to Japan His widow two daughters and one son were at his bedside in the United States where he urged defeat of Japan and pressed for a new wartime policy Remembered as a key figure in the insular government and senate leadership from 1909 to 1928
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Saranac Lake
Manuel Quezon
Philippine
Quezon
Luzon
Philippines
Maria Aurora
Maria Zenai
Manuel, Jr
United States
U. S. Senate
America
Philip
Ota
Arer
Thean
San Juan de, Letran
Sentanel University of
Sentanel University of Manilla
IL Queron
Aguinaldo
Mamgh
Frederick Funston
Inlands
Washington
Senate
War Department official hires for military camps
William M. Barkeybile of the War Department and the Civil Service Commission is at the U S Employment Service in Kansas City to interview applicants for automotive and mechanical trades and support roles for Camp Crowder Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Riley. The effort aims to free military personnel to fight by channeling civilian labor through War Manpower rules. Barkeybile seeks skilled mechanics as the camps are repair centers for salvaged equipment.
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William M. Barkeybile
War Department
Civil Service Commission
U.S. Employment Service
West Tenth Street
Camp Crowder
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Fort Riley
Kan
Secretary
Children To Entertain Parents Tonight at K. U.
Kiddie College session at the K. U. playground Fowler grove runs 7:30 to 8:30 PM. This is the only session this week due to a Friday band concert. Children sing and dance under the supervision of Mrs. Allen and Mrs. James Perry. ample seats for parents.
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Kiddie College
K. U
Fowler Grove
Wee
Sindermiage
Bay
Mis Allen
James
Perry
Close races seen shaping up in Kansas primary
Early returns from Lawrence and other Kansas cities on primary day show tight races for U S Senate with Reed ahead Friend and Dewey behind in several precincts. County counts in Beach versus Swoyer for state senate and Brownsville clerk races suggest narrow outcomes as precincts report incomplete tallies.
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Lawrence
United States Senate
Friend
Reed
Dewey
Race Beach
Swoyer
Beach
Len
Wright
Topeka
McClenny
Brooka
Lank
Pittsburg
Kan
Dodge City
Coffeyville
Thomas Winter
L. W. Brooks
Tn Im
Parsons
Clyde
M. Reed
Carl E. Friend
Labette County
Four Appeals Denied At Sunflower Ordnance Works
Four former Hercules Powder employees from Sunflower Ordnance Works Kansas City Missouri had appeals denied by a USES hearing panel. The three women Mary E. Lee Raby L. Jones and Julia F. Frye and man J Barry Munroe from Kansas City Kansas were told to return to SCW work or face 60 days without job availability certificates. Committee members included Frank Rowlands Justin Hill and Harry R Barnard. The ruling upheld that transportation was adequate and the heavy nature of the work did not make them unfit for their SWC jobs.
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Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower Ordnance Works
U. S. Employment Service Office
Frank Rowlands
Justin Hill
Harry R.barnard
Uses Lawrence
S.C.W
Availabley
J. Barry Munroe
Kangaa Cty
Kan
Mary E. Lee
Raby L. Jones
Julia F. Frye
Kansas City
Santa Fe Train Collision Near Lake View
Santa Fe passenger train No 12 ran about an hour and ten minutes late before striking a track near Lake View two miles east of Lake. A track worker was brought to Lawrence station and rushed to Memorial hospital where his condition was unavailable. The extent of injuries remained undetermined as of 3 10 p.m. Government training notes reference ASTP trainees and Army basic training timing.
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Santa Fe
China
Lake
Lawrence
Memorial Hospital
No general call for Congress urged after Labor Day
Ramspeck of Georgia says there will be no general call for Congress to return after Labor Day unless needed. He notes committees will read bills quickly and only submit to membership if necessary. Speaker Rayburn agrees delaying action allows careful prep and avoids unwise propositions.
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Ramspeck
Rayburn
July cool month sets record and drought note
July 1944 closed cooler than normal with an average 77.61 degrees, the coolest since 1928, and mean temperatures near historical lows. Rainfall totaled 2.60 inches, about 15 percent below normal, while year to date rainfall reached 24.60 inches, about 2.94 inches above normal. The month had 17 hot days above 90, six more than usual, and sunshine at 30.65 percent, slightly under normal.
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Weather Bureau
C. M. Posen
Panal
Oie
Summer Band Plays Second Concert at Fowler Grove
The 70 piece University of Kansas Summer Session Band conducts its second summer concert in Fowler Grove Thursday at 8 PM. The program includes classical numbers, marches, popular and patriotic music and lasts about one hour. Russell L. Wiley, director, says chairs will be provided and the event is open to the public.
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University of Kansas
Fowler, Grove
Fowler Grove
AST Units at K. U. to Be Doubled by New Reservists
The article notes a doubling of AST units at the University of Kansas in Lawrence this week. Reservists from Baylor Texas A&M and other colleges will join as new trainees under Col. W. L. Morris, forming about one academic section. Additional full sections of reservists from Ft Leavenworth and other seventh service centers will report in August.
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Lawrence
Baylor University
Texas
Universit of Nort
Texas Ae College Resort
University of Anaes
Acca
W. L
Moorris
Ft. Leavenworth
Fourteen Towns Captured by Yugoslav Partisans
London reports Marshal Tito announced a broad cast that fourteen towns villages and strong points were captured by Yugoslav partisans. A Berlin radio said Rab island at Dalmatia was freed from partisans and German lines were moving northward. Red Cross broadcast tomorrow over WREN at 4 30 p m features the dramatic series Food for All and the story of hunger fighter triumph.
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London
Tito
Partizans
Berlin
Yugoslavia
Red Cross
Food For All
Wren
triumpha in_ histo
Heriberi
Stock Market Index Dips, Traders React To Mixed Data
Market indexes retreat as investor sentiment wavers on Fed policy and inflation data. Analysts cite mixed corporate results and ongoing geopolitical tensions shaping near term trading.
City Council Adopts Budget and Levy for 1945
The city council approved the 1945 budget and tax levy schedules with no changes from the tentative plan. Valuation stands at 15,462,000 with expenditures near 192,764.50 for water, plus building and fire department costs. The meeting featured contract talks with architect Spencer Topeka, fire department equipment bids, and a $120 donation to the State Guard mess fund.
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Journal-World
GB Tsapll
Vermont
Felice
Couselman
Tous Louis
Spencer
Topeka
American LaFrance Company
Chester Cohoon
Archie ‘Cory
Lawrence Company
State Guard
Richard Stevens
Larkin
Frank Willey
Helinski Hears Guns Amid Baltic Front Clash
Stockholm reports nine Russian divisions aided by massive tank forces attack German lines along a 30 mile Estonian front from Lake Peipus to the Gulf of Finland. Helsinki dispatches say thunder of guns heard across the gulf, 40 to 80 miles wide.
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Warsaw
Hitler
Berlin
East Prussia
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Russia
Reich
Red
Cherniakhovsky
Suwalki
Riga
Stockholm
Lake Peipus
Gulf of Finland
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Helsinki
Gulf
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Almed
Brittany
Fallen Avranches
le Beny- Bocage
Caumont
English Channel
Praga
Kaunas
Lithuania
Upi
Stalin
Moscow
Vistula River
Zvestia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Red Army
P. Warsaw
United Nations
Germany
Vistula
Baltic
Ivan C. Bagramian
Latvia
Liempe
Jelgava
Estonia
Tokyo
The
MacArthur
French Underground
Marshal
Death
English
É Moore
Noel
Ady
William Barkeybile
Hadvie
Rody Skinner
Skinner
Withers
Mra. Simmons
John Callahan
S.O.W
Lake View
Congress
Fowler | Grove
Sag BU
Shaw
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