Germans Push Toward Kiev in Ukraine Front Advance
German forces driving from Zhitomir toward Bel Tserkoy and Korosten pushed within 50 miles of Kiev as Moscow reported heavy fighting and encirclement of Red Army units. Soviet Izvestia claimed Hitler's blitzkrieg is failing while Britain considered a northern front and Tobruk came under renewed pressure.
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Zhitomir
Kiev
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Smolensk
High Command
Red Army
Lake Peipus
Estonia
Leningrad
London
Britain
Finland
Bel Tserkoy
Korosten
DNB
Izvestia
Inquiry on price rise threatens defense steel output
Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced a justice department investigation into alleged monopolistic price boosting in the scrap iron and steel trade. The probe, to be carried out by the FBI and the antitrust division, was requested by the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Justice Department
Defense
Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Vichy Says Axis Will Not Get Bases in North Africa
Vichy sources say the axis will not receive military facilities in French North Africa even if Africa is menaced. They reference U S statements on defending territories and note difficulties reinforcing Indo China. Reports also mention Paris press seeking closer Franco German cooperation and possible bases at Dakar Casablanca and Morocco.
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Vichy
Axis
North Africa
Jasta
French North Africa
Japan
Indo-China
China
French Empire
Africa
Paris
Dakar
Casablanca
Morocco
British Bombers Pound Berlin in Mass Weekend Raid
British air raids over Germany and occupied France intensified over the weekend with 200 to 300 planes targeting Berlin on Saturday night. Hamburg Kiel and Cherbourg docks industries and railways suffered. four planes missing.
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London
Germany
France
Berlin
Hannover
Frankfurt
Calais
Channel
England
Britain
Boulogne
Cap Gris Nez
British Sink Two Supply Ships and Torpedo Cruiser
British submarines attacking Axis shipping to North Africa sank two supply ships of 1 600 and 6 000 tons and torpedoed an Italian six inch cruiser and a floating dock. It was not clear if the cruiser and its deck were sunk. The cruiser was thought to be either the Eugenio di Savoia or the Emanuele Filiberto Duca d Aosta. The two ships totaled 7 283 tons and carried eight 6 inch guns.
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London
North Africa
Admiralty
Eugenio di
105 Year Old Doctor Dies After Street Jay Walk
In Oakland California on August 4 a 105 year old doctor S J von Hirsch was struck by a car while walking with a cane. He had retired from medicine at 97 and was known as a pianist and former conductor of the New York Metropolitan Orchestra.
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Oakland
Calif
S. J. von Hirsch
Jay
von Hirsch
New York Metropolitan Orchestra
Salt Lake City
Halt Potato Purchasing
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation has discontinued raw potato purchases. County official estimates 100 acres remain unharvested with no growers digging. Last week 18 rail cars of Kaw Valley potatoes were removed by the SCC. no activity on the open market for several days.
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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Deal Six
SCC
Pittsburg Youth Killed When Car Hits Pole On U S 69
Norman C. Kelley 21 of Columbus died in a crash five miles north of Pittsburg on U S 69 while turning from a side road onto the main highway. Police say he was alone in the car and did not slow adequately.
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Pittsburg
Kan
UPR
Norman C. Kelley
Columbus
U. S. 69
Hull urges unity and max effort to defeat world conquest
Secretary Hull urged unity of purpose and maximum effort to defend free peoples. He called for increasing military preparation and production to resist invasion and barbarism, saying the remaining free nations will win and victims will regain rights and liberties.
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Hull
Washington
Heaviest Casualties in Bombing of Suez Canal
Egyptian interior ministry reports the heaviest axis bombing toll in the Suez canal zone with 17 killed and 58 injured in a delta air raid. Alarms sounded across Cairo Alexandria Suez Port Said and other provinces as area remains tense. Axis troops retreat from Tobruk siege lines per British HQ communique.
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London
Goteborg
Sweden
Arctic
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Middle East
Tobruk
Libya
North Africa
Suez Canal
Cairo
Alexandria
Port Said
Egypt
UPI
Suez Canal Zone
Ministry of Interior
Delta
Suez
Gordon to Speak at Wheat Protest Meeting in Douglas County
Gerald Gordon, a Brown county farmer, will address the wheat penalty protest meeting in Douglas County tonight at 8 in the community building. Ed Heaston, chair of the county wheat growers association, invites all farmers to attend. A public address system will improve hearing, and a quartet will sing. Harry Woodring and Sen Thale V. Skovgard have been invited.
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Gerald Gordon
Brown County
Douglas County
Ed Heaston
County Wheat Growers Association
Harry Woodring
Sen
Thale V. Skovgard
K E P Bans Visitors On Its Plant Property
Kansas Electric Power restricts access to its plant and substations for national defense. Only with written authorization may outsiders enter and such visitors must be accompanied by a qualified employee at all times while on site. The notice appears in the August issue of the K E P News.
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National Defense
Kansas Electric Power Company
K.ep. News
House Passes Large Tax Bill With Joint Return Elimination
The House approved a 3.206 billion tax bill, greatly boosting taxes on middle incomes and dropping a provision that would require married couples to file joint returns. The vote 242 to 160 followed earlier 179 to 136 and 242 to 160 tallies, with an expected Senate review.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Dingell
D.-Mich
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-N.c
Foxx's leadoff homer powers Red Sox past A's 7 6
In Boston Jimmy Foxx hit a leadoff home run in the ninth off Bump Hadley to lift the Red Sox 7 6 over the Philadelphia Athletics in the series opener. Hadley and Harris pitched for the A's. L Harris, Wagner, Ryles, Hughson, Pytlak for Boston. Other NL scores show St Louis and Chicago tied game, while Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati 9 1. Army 35th Division issues shoes sized 34 1 4 to 11 1/2.
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Boston
Jimmy Foxx
Bump Hadley
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia
L. Harris
Hadley
Wagner
M. Harris
Ryles
Hughson
Pytlak
New York
Washington
Peek
Rosar
Chase
Masterson
Early
St. Louis
Chicago
White
Mancuso
Erickson
McCullough
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Lanning
Lopez
Thompson
L. Moore
Lombardi
Nazi Press Blames Leahy Over French German Talks
The German controlled Paris press accuses United States Ambassador William D. Leahy of blocking the policy of French German collaboration. Petain plans to stay within existing German agreements, despite Dakar peace talk pressure. The unoccupied zone press praises Petain at times and blames Leahy for delaying replacements in Paris.
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Paris
Leahy
Vichy
France
United States
William D. Leahy
Marshal Petain
Germany
Dakar
Paris Aujour d’Hui
Petain
Marseille
Fernand de Brinon
Warship Warspite Seen East as Tensions Rise in Asia
Reports claim the British battleship Warspite was sighted in the Gulf of Siam as Britain signals resolve amid Japan’s crisis moves. Japan halts US steamship departures stranding about 600 Americans, while Tokyo contemplates full economic mobilization.
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Warspite
Gulf of Siam
Associated Press
Japan
Indo-China
Britain
Singapore
Far East
United States
Royal Navy
Suez
Japan Times and Advertiser
Tokyo Foreign Office
San Francisco
Tatauta Maru
Seattle
U.S
China
Kobe
Shanghai
Dairen
Manchukuo
U.S.S.R. Siberian
Manchukuo-Siberia
Tsingtao
American Chamber of Commerce
State Department
Chefoo
Peipine
Tientsin
Hearings on City and School Levies Tonight
Public hearings on the proposed budget and tax levies for School District 60 and the City of Lawrence are set for tonight. The school budget hearing starts at 7 30 in the board of education office at the high school, followed by the city budget hearing at 8 in the city hall council room.
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City of
Lawrence
Board of Education
Stock Market Index Report Summary
The average of 60 stocks shows mixed moves with modest gains and losses noted on a Saturday session. Traders await further cues as market breadth remains uneven across sectors.
Foes of Extension Beatens Senate Debate on Service Length
UPI reports Senator Brooks supports a six month extension for selectees as Taft backs an eighteen month limit. The clash over hemisphere use and administration policy heightens tensions before a House vote looms.
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Washington
UPI
Brooks
R.-Ill
Senate Today
Illinois
Taft
Lee
D.-Okla
George C. Marshall
Congress
Gurney
South Dakota
Wheeler
D. Mont
Hemisphere
Administration
Senate
Walsh
D.mass
Senate Naval Committee
Hill
Alabama
Hich
Senate Military Committee
Ohio
Heat Wave Drives Temperatures Above 100 Across Kansas
Meteorologists report a persistent heat wave across the region with the mercury hovering around 100 degrees and higher. Geneseo hit 104 degrees yesterday while scattered towns recorded light weekend rainfall including Chanute and Pittsburg. Forecasters expect 98 to 104 degree highs today and tomorrow with minimums from 68 to 78 in northwest areas.
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Topeka
Geneseo
Chanute
Pittsburg
Garnett
Independence
Pratt
Kansas City
Coffeyville
Anthony
Fort Riley
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Nebrask
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Mercury
Kansas Highway Toll Drops for Second Month in July
Kansas reported 34 traffic deaths in July, down from 47 in July 1940 and 40 the previous month. Seven months total reached 247 fatalities, with safety engineer Claud R. McCamment noting an upturn in railroad crossing and motor vehicle collision deaths, especially in rural areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Safety Department
Claud R. McCamment
Highway Department
SEE ARMY MEN OFF FOR Fort Leavenworth INDUCTION DAY
A crowd of about 75 gathered at the Union Pacific depot to bid farewell as Lawrence men Charles Constant Rankin and Roy W. Moll Jr. entrained for Fort Leavenworth to begin military service. Delegations from their Sunday schools, the bar association, and about eight to ten American Legion members attended. Families and Rankin’s grandmother Mrs. C H Constant were present. Four more county men will depart next Monday for induction.
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Union Pacific
Lawrence
Fort Leavenworth
Army
Charles Constant Rankin
Roy W. Moll, Jr
The
Bar Association
Rankin
Bar
American Legion
C. H. Constant
Hearing on Prices Delayed By Henderson Absence
Washington August 4 The House Banking Committee postponed tomorrow's public session on price control law due to Price Administrator Leon Henderson's inability to appear. Farm bloc demands for minimum as well as maximum prices and GOP calls to include wages and credit buying promise long hearings. The bill would let the President set ceilings near 110 percent parity or July 29 levels, with Senate leaders seeking 120 percent and concrete minimums for commodities.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Leon Henderson
House
Senate
Mail delivery plan for 35th Division at Camp Robinson
Army post office number 35 will handle mail during August war games at Camp Robinson. Letters must include soldier name, unit, regiment and battalion with the correct APO. Camp Robinson mail is sacked at Little Rock and sent to units. Express parcels and telegrams go to Gordon Ark until September 1 with further Army instructions.
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Camp
J. T. Robinson
Army
Camp Robinson
Little Rock
Gordon
Ark
Second Army Command
Hosiery Rush Continues in Lawrence Stores
Hosiery counters in Lawrence stores were busy with strong sales. One store reported silk stockings sold out, supplies broken, and color choices limited. Women persisted in buying any available stockings hoping to match desired colors.
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Lawrence
Heavy Rain Floods Minneapolis and St Paul Basements
The season’s heaviest downpour measured 2.64 inches in Minneapolis and St Paul, flooding basements tearing up pavement stalling cars and causing a train derailment.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Finals Wednesday for K U Students End Summer Session
University of Kansas prepares to close for the summer as finals are held Wednesday and staff take vacations. Watkins Memorial Hospital closes Thursday after 150 physical exams and dispensary visits. The library returns must finish by Tuesday. The campus hosted Midwest Music Camp directors and visitors for concerts and clinics as summer activities wind down.
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University of Kansas
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Watson
Musiciaw
Reading Institute
Fowler Grove
Lawrence
Department of Speech and Dramatic Art
Penny Wise
Fraser Theater
Printers’ Mechanical Conference
Texas Pipe Line Announces 100 Mile Apache Pipeline Plan
Texas Pipe Line company announced plans to construct a 100 mile eight inch diameter pipe line from the Apache oil field in Caddo county through the cement field to its main line at Seminole. The line will have a daily capacity of 25 000 to 30 000 barrels.
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Tulsa
Okla
Texas Pipe Line Company
Apache Oil Field
Caddo County
Seminole
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Indo
Dr. von Hirsch
Halt Potato
Surplus Commodities Commission
Joint
Coughton
Rayburn
East
Rankin and
Moll
K. U
Texas Company
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