Japan Losses Soar From July Carrier and Air Attacks
Allied reports tally Japanese losses in July at 1,546 ships and small craft sunk or damaged, plus over 1,300 aircraft destroyed or wrecked. Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet and Nimitz forces claim extensive damage across carriers, land bases, and Japanese shipping, with estimates updating from Maizuru and Honshu fronts as the war accelerates toward potential endgame.
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Guam
Japan
Admiral Halsey
Halsey
Admiral Nimitz
Associated Press
Far East Air Forces
Okinawa
MacArthur
FEAF
Honshu
Barney M. Giles
U. S. Army Strategic Air Force
Blandy
Nimitz
Maizuru
Secretary Anderson Tours Hugo Cavern in Kansas
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson toured the War Food Administration vault in Hugo Cavern at Atchison Kansas on August 1. He inspected a $2 million underground refrigerable space and its 400000 square feet, asking questions on operation costs power and feasibility of smaller units. The cavern held 70 000 wooden platforms for future storage and registered 87 to 88 degrees while empty. He planned a public opening later that day.
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Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
War Food Administration
Thes
Anderson
Engineera
WFA
Fternoon
Japanese Radio Depicts Growing Terror Under Fury of Air Blows
Guam August 1 report describes Japanese propaganda intensifying as B 29 and navy attacks mount. Broadcasts portray Tokyo residents living underground, scarce goods, and need for medicines while troops on front lines mend comfort bags and urge civilians to hold the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Tokyo
Altho
Japan
Hanshin Iron and Steel Corporation
Laval Returns to France From Austria Amid Guarded Transit
Laval, former Vichy leader, arrived at Le Bourget from Innsbruck and was taken to Fresnes prison after surrendering to American authorities in Austria. Guards and secrecy surrounded the move amid fears of attacks on him by liberated prisoners. He was accompanied by his wife and carried $10,000 in U.S. currency. In Lawrence, taxes on rent and personal property rise with higher levies, including an 8 mill school building fund and a 3 mill request for a building fund. A hearing in Topeka on a requested tax increase is set for August 14.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
le Bourget
Innsbruck
Fresnes
Marshal Petain
Vich
Austria
Spain
Laval
France
Evernment
Barcelona
Robert C. Woodbury
Fort Worth
Tex
Signal Corps
Injured in Runaway Car Near Manitou Springs
Corporal and Mrs. Lester DeWeese were among five injured when a horse drawn vehicle ran wild on a steep descent between Manitou Springs and Garden of the Gods. A rear wheel broke after brakes failed, throwing all occupants. DeWeese on 30 day furlough after returning from Europe. Mrs. DeWeese formerly Alice McCormick of 918 Maine Street.
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Lester DeWeese
Manitou Springs
Garden of the Gods
Colorado Springs
DeWeese
Corporal DeWeese
F. W. DeWeese
Elm Street
Reductions in military leather aid civilian shoe output
Washington reports new War Production Board cuts in military leather needs, enabling more civilian shoe production. Fourth quarter black skin calf leather for uppers drops from 4 602 000 to 3 408 000 square feet, while cattle hide and kidskin lining leather allocations also decrease to 1 988 000 square feet for the third quarter, an 18 percent drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPR
Taxes to be certified to sheriff in Douglas County
County Treasurer Fred Kahn announced that on August 10 all unpaid personal taxes in Douglas County will be certified to the sheriff’s office. After certification an extra 60 cents per person will be charged, and taxpayers may pay in person at the courthouse or mail payments before certification.
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Fred Kahn
Douglas County
Sheriffs Office
Court House
Housing bids rejected for Kan housing units
The federal public housing administration rejected all bids on 10 housing units at Junction City Kansas. No reason was given for the bid rejection. A thrift habit reading the classified page every day.
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Ft. Worth
Tex
Federal Public Housing Administration
Junction City
Kan
State to Stay Hot As Kansas Faces Heat Wave
Topeka reports an ongoing Kansas heat wave with 95 to 100 degree highs and no rainfall. Goodland hit 106 yesterday then dropped to 64 at night, while Phillipsburg and Garden City logged over 100. Forecaster Flora warned hot, dry conditions threaten crops as cool air from the northwest weakens and eastern Kansas bakes.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Garden City
Dodge City
Espoxe
Kansas City
Concordia
Wichita
Coffeyville
Possible Meat Strike Shuts Canada Packers Plants
Ottawa reports a potential general strike in Canada's meat packing industry as 5,300 workers already out may be joined by thousands more on Thursday. Sympathy walks in Winnipeg Regina Moose Jaw and Prince Albert involve 1,650 union members with 1,200 more planned in six Winnipeg plants. If unresolved within 24 hours about 9,000 workers in eight cities could be idle and 18 plants closed. The U P W A and Canada Packers talks are described as completely broken down with calls for federal government action to seize the plants in Toronto.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Packinghouse Workers of America
C.I.0
Canada Packers, Ltd
Winnipeg
Regina
Moose Jaw
Prince Albert
Sask
Canada Packers
Toronto
Sugar Support Payments Raised For Beets and Cane
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announced increased producer support payments for 1946 sugar beets and sugar cane to ease tight sugar supplies. The program guarantees growers a national average return of at least $13.50 per ton of beets of average quality, up from $12.50 in recent years.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Big 3 Conference Ends With Potsdam Impasse Lifts Hope
At Potsdam on Aug 1 the Big Three Truman Stalin and Attlee completed drafting terms for postwar Europe and Far East policy but held back formalities. A final communique is planned for Friday with Byrnes Molotov and Bevin to meet beforehand. Truman will sail to Plymouth to meet King George VI before returning to the United States.
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Berlin
Washington
Moscow
London
Truman
England
George VI
Attlee
Stalin
Plymouth
United States
Europe
Potsdam
U. S
Jams F. Byrnes
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Yalta
San Francisco
United Nations
Augusta
Prisoner Convoys Recount Repeated Mishap in City
History repeats as army truck convoys transporting German prisoners of war in Lawrence halt at Eighth and Massachusetts, causing front-end damage to trucks both April 30 and this morning. A total of 107 prisoners were moved today to Fort Riley, leaving 175 prisoners to continue work at dehydrating plants and Columbus Foods until November 1.
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Lawrence
Eighth and
Massachusetts Street
Journal- World Office
Eighth
Massachusetts
Journal-World Office
Cmap
Fort Riley
Columbus Foods Corporation
General Farm
Question of damage to Empire State building queried
Washington reports the war department will not pursue negligence in bomber crash claims. Col. Ralph B. Boyd says the core issue is whether the flight was an authorized routine mission. If authorized, settlements usually occur by negotiation while damage to the structure and insurance aspects are under study by army engineers and legal experts.
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Washington
War Department
Empire State Building
Ralph B. Boyd
Rage Advocate General’s Office
Arisin
Boyd
Army
Topeka Consideres Moving Kansas Tag Plant to Lansing
Aug 1 reports say Kansas officials debated moving the states tag and steel plate work from Hutchinson reformatory to Lansing prison for safety. The committee heard that boys have lost fingers in machines and noted the plant would be a legislative decision. The session also eyed prison coal mine viability and future brick and clothing production at the facility.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hutchinson Reformatory
Lansing
Phil R. Hawkins
Olathe
State Board of Administration
Harold JD. Bates
Salina
John S. Dawson
Hill City
Hawkins
Legislative Council
Reformatory
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Wunsch
Charles Marshall
Marshall
Grover L. Dunn
Arkansas City
Robert Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Dunn
Wilfrid Cavanesa
Chanute
B. H. Woodman
Independence
Kansas health board sets 1946 budget totals
The Kansas state board of health approves a 1946 budget of 1,387,738 with 478,838 from state funds and 510,520 from federal grants. Local governments contribute part of the remainder. Federal money is granted and becomes local or state property. All health staff are under state civil service or joint federal state merit systems. Only 32 of 278 employees are paid entirely from state funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas State Board of Health
F. C. Beelman
Board of Health
Bushfield Critically Ill After Train Collapse in South Dakota
Senator Harlan J. Bushfield of South Dakota was gravely ill after collapsing on a train en route to Miller. Doctors said he regained consciousness during the night and were slightly encouraged, following a cerebral accident that struck him aboard the passenger train in Huron.
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Huron
S. D
Pi—Altho
Harlan J. Bushfield
S.D
Huron Hospital
Suensas
Miller, S. D
Woman breaks left ankle at Rowlands store move to Kinney home
Mrs. Robert Rowlands stepped into a hole while walking from Rowlands bookstore to the E. P. Kinney home and suffered a broken left ankle. She was taken to Memorial Hospitals for X rays and treatment.
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Rowlands
E. PD. Kinney
Robert Rowlands
Memorial Hospitals
Superforts Raid Four Jap Centers from Mariana Bases
A vast force of 800 B 29s carried 6 000 tons of bombs and incendiaries in a record mission against four Honshu war centers Mito Hachiōji Nagaoka Toyama and Kawasaki near Tokyo. The raid marked a major Pacific air strike announced by General Spaatz and linked to prior evacuation warnings.
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Guam
Marianas
Mito
Hachioli
Nagaoka
Toyama
Honshu
Kawasaki
Tokyo
Hachioji
Masters of the Sky
Japan
Armadase
Nippon
4000 To Be Furloughed To Railroads In War Mobilization
Washington Aug 1 wartime mobilization chief Pi John Snyder announced the War Department will furlough 4000 railroad workers to the industry. He argued the transportation system is not broken and that rail labor needs are urgent. The plan aims to release former railroad workers from the army and move 25,000 to 30,000 men monthly by land to ease road strain and supply manpower.
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Washington
John Snyder
War Department
White House
Snyder
Lane
New Principal Arrives to Lead Lawrence Junior High
Ss. Clay Coy, named principal, arrived in Lawrence to begin work at Lawrence Junior High School this year. Superintendent B. George Saltzman also started duties, renting at the Colonial and moving once quarters are ready. John Walker returned from Europe with 421 Black soldiers of the 3136th and 8188th quartermaster units and 19 other troops.
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Clay Coy
Lawrence
S. Clay Coy
Igh
B. George Saltzman
Colonial
New York
Stansportort
John Walker
Open House Marks Army Air Forces Day In Leavenworth
Sherman Field hosts open house to observe Army Air Forces Day on August 1 in Leavenworth Kansas. Visitors welcomed to see facilities and hear brief remarks as part of a nationwide observance.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Sherman Field
Cornmeal Shuffle Opens KU Playground Dance Night
University of Kansas hosts a two hour street dance from 7:30 to 9:30 pm in front of Bailey chemistry lab with a 20 piece Liberty Memorial high school band directed by Charles Steeper. The event marks the opening of Fowler grove playground open 7 to 9 pm weekdays this summer with free snacks for students and servicemen.
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Bailey Chemistry Laboratory
K. U
Cool Mt. Oread
Liberty Memorial High School
Charles Steeper
Ralph Graber
University Playground
Fowler Grove
F. C. “Phog” Allen
James
Dr. Allen
Bailey Hall
Mississippi
University Drive
Bailey
Saxopones
Richard Stewart
Carl Stallard
Edward Franks
Edward Brass
Bob Kite
Bill Orr
Stee Pe
Kenneth Diamond
Don Ousdah
Gene Puckett
George Francis
John Carlos
Jim Blocker
Roger Beth
George Ayarren
Jerry Taylor
Arthur Drum
T Leroy Houser
James Chicks
Donald Salisbury
Last Can Show Night Brings Cans For Free Movie
Tonight marks the final night of a three day drive offering free movie admission in exchange for 25 or more flattened tin cans. Jayhawker Granada and Varsity theaters expect hundreds of youngsters to participate as cans pour in to swell the two day totals. Claus: Tommy Ryther leads with 773 cans, followed by Don Sneegas and several others. The American Legion salvage chairman Simon Hurvyitz hails the drive as war aid, with the collected cans scheduled for shipment to a metal processing plant.
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Jayhawker
Granada
Varsity
Lawrence
Stanley Schwahn
Tommy Ryther
Don Sneegas
Arthur Whiting
Bruce Perdue
David Findley
Ken Kibbe
Hugh Cox
Ed Fetty
Donna Moore
Granada Theater
Simon Hurvyitz
American Legion
Cotton loan rate lowers to 19.84 cents per lb in 1945
The Commodity Credit corporation announced that the average loan rate for jabs and middling cotton from the 1945 crop will be 19.84 cents per pound, down from 20.03 cents last year. The rate is 92.5 percent of the parity price, set at 21.45 cents per pound.
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Washington
UPI
Commodity Credit Corporation
County tax levy increases for 1945 in Douglas county
Douglas county 1945 budget proposes a 5.288 mill levy raising 205815.45 dollars, up from 5.14 mills and 199054.24 last year. If approved by the state tax commission the extra 0.634 mills will fund road and bridge. A hearing is set in Topeka on August 14. Park fund levy at 100 mills funds lake site improvements. Bonded debt totals are reduced to 8000 by 1946, with 12000 in special assessment debt. Welfare levy reduced to 1210 while Farm Bureau rises to 184.0. High school levy rises to 1.450. Totals across funds show 3737, 6140, 5288 for 1943 1944 1945 respectively.
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Douglas County
State Tax Commission
Topeka
Lone Star Lake
Welfare Department
Farm Bureau
Wakarusa River
Cserenrere A
Awe
Alexander Appointed Canada's 17th Governor General
London August 1 King George VI announced Sir Harold Alexander has been named Canada's governor general succeeding Lord Athlone. At 54, the allied commander in the Mediterranean theater and veteran of World War I, Alexander led Allied forces from Dunkirk to El Alamein and later oversaw operations in Burma, becoming a pivotal empire figure.
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London
Harold Alexander
Britain
Dunkerque
Burma
el Alamein
Canada
Mediterranean
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Lord Athlone
France
Alexander
Ration stamps required for gifts abroad from today
Washington reports that starting now ration stamps must be used to send food and shoes to civilian friends overseas. The OPA exempted food for servicemen overseas and shoes for government representatives in other countries. Chester Bowles urged that helpers abroad can contribute by foregoing part of their own ration allotment, amid congressional criticism led by Rep Lat won.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Congress
Lat
R-N.y
Weather Review for Kansas North and South Regions
Clear to partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers along the north border tonight and Thursday. Cooler tonight in the north central and northeast areas, with highs Thursday 85-90 north and 95-100 south. Temperature readings show yesterday's high 92 and low 74.
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Kansas
North Border
North Central
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Colorado
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Sion
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