Nazis Drive Wedge North of Moscow
German panzer forces pushed a 70 mile deep salient toward Moscow in a major advances south of Kiev and Smolensk. Pravda claimed growing counter attacks while Berlin touted large scale battles and encirclements as Soviet forces faced annihilation. Moscow reported limited air raids with incendiaries.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Berlin
Communist Party
Pravda
Hitler
Red Army
Kiev
Ukraine
Smolensk
Adolf Hitler
DNB
Keyore
Kholm
Novorzhev
London
Dnepropetrovsk
Dnieper
Bel Tserkov
Korosten
United States
Russia
Constantine Onmansky
Washington
Siberian
Vladivostok
Japan
Crop and Feed Loans Available at Office Here
Loans for land preparation and seed for fall wheat rye and barley are available through the emergency crop and feed loan office. Loans mature July 81 1942 with a first mortgage on financed crops. Feed loans for livestock require a first lien and may be obtained via the Farm Bureau post office contact.
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Farm Bureau
U S Heavy Cruisers Move Into Australian Waters for a Stay
The U S navy says two heavy cruisers have arrived at Brisbane on a training cruise, part of a broader Pacific deployment amid ongoing U S aid to Soviet Russia and Japan related tensions. The move follows a March squadron visit to Australia and New Zealand as Britain also strengthens Pacific forces.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Russia
Pacific
Navy
Brisbane
Australia
New Zealand
South Pacific
Britain
Japan
Thailand
Russia
Kunio Akiyama
China
Shanghai
Manchuri
Senate Defeats Six Month Limit for Selectees
Washington reports the senate rejected Taft's six month limit for army selectees by 50 to 27 as part of broader defense service proposals. The plan aimed to extend service for guardsmen and reservists, reach a 2,000,000 total force, and differed from administration draft terms. Meanwhile Leon Henderson warned of rising living costs under new price control aims.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
House
Army
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Congress
House Banking Committee
Henderson
Japanese Steps to Meet Crisis
Tokyo reports focus on Thai crisis as Japan tightens control measures. War risk insurance doubles and gasoline use is restricted. Hochi envisions Indo China expansion as a step to a cooperative defense for Asia against the white race. Kokumin urges Thailand to accept Japanese protection and mimic Indo China. Bangkok officials acknowledge pressure from the United States Britain and Chungking.
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Tokyo
Thailand
Hochi
Japan
Indo-China
Kokumin
Bangkok
London
United States
Britain
Kokumih
Chungking
Tawan
Americans in Japan May Leave by Way of Shanghai
Reports from Tokyo indicate no more Japanese ships would sail to U S ports for some time as Nippon Yusen Kaisha ships Heian Maru and Tatuta Maru left Seattle and San Francisco carrying silk cargoes. About 600 U S citizens remained in Japan with a potential route via Shanghai.
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San Francisco
U.S. Pacific Coast
Tokyo
Seattle
NYK Line
Japan
United States
Shanghai
Temperatures Tumble as North Wind Hits City
A north wind cut the day sharply with a 21 degree drop from 91 at 9:30 to 70 by noon. Dust rose on the streets as the wind rose around 10 and rain began falling by 11, totaling 0.11 inch by 1 pm, according to Prof. C J Posey.
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C. J. Posey
Attacks on AAA and Farm Bureau Stir Douglas County Meeting
Gerald Gordon former state representative and State Senator Thale Skovgard blasted the AAA and the Farm Bureau at a Douglas County Agricultural Producers Association gathering in the Community building. They accused the AAA of excess wheat production and urged equal treatment for farmers while criticizing bureaucrats and drafting policies. An election of county executive committee members followed with a plan for another meeting next Monday.
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AAA
Farm Bureau
Gerald Gordon
Doniphan County
Thale P. Skovgard
Washington County
Douglas County Agricultural Producers Association
Gordon
Dole
WPA
Dr. O. O. Wolf
State Organization
Skovgard
Secretary of Agriculture
Ed Heaston
Grant Township
Lawrence
Journal-World
Everett Petefish
Kanwaka
Glenn Cox
Clinton Township
George Sullivan
Marion
Hallie Peterson
Wakarusa
Paul Ulrich
Willow Springs
Arthur Ott
Eudora
Palmyra
Lecompton Township
Houston
Kansas
Board of County Commissioners
Congress
Stock Market Index Points to Slight Rise
The average of 60 stocks stood at 43.9 yesterday, edging up from 44. The reading suggests a modest gain in the market amid cautious trading.
Ickes Announces Plan to Lay Oil Pipeline to Montreal
Defense Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced plans to complete a 260 mile petroleum line from Portland Maine to Montreal Canada before winter to speed oil to Canada and munition flow to Britain. The line’s priority was raised to the highest level by the office of production management. Deputy coordinator Ralph K. Davies called 25 district chairmen to a meeting to discuss logistics.
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Washington
Canada
Britain
Defense Petroleum
Ickes
Portland
Montreal
Office of Production Management
Ralph K. Davies
Farmer O T York Struck By Lightning Near Sibleyville
O T York a 50 year old farmer near Sibleyville was struck by lightning while riding a tractor this morning. He suffered a serious concussion and a head abrasion as the tractor continued on. he was transported to Memorial hospital. Fire Chief Paul Ingels said the incident prompted fire department oxygen aid and an ambulance.
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O. T. York
Sibleyville
York
Paul Ingels
Memorial Hospital
Ingels
Crisis in Thailand prompts warnings of swift climax
A Chinese diplomatic source warned that events in Thailand were moving toward a swift and terrible climax. British officials remained silent on potential naval and military actions in the Far East and declined to comment on dispatches of British, Australian and Indian troops moving toward the Malay States and Thailand.
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London
Thailand
Far East
Malay States
Republicans Call Congress Halt War Drift Action
Fifteen Republican leaders including Alf Landon and Herbert Hoover appeal to Congress to curb U S involvement in a step by step approach to undeclared war. The statement, issued on an island camp in the St Lawrence river, cites naval actions bases outside the hemisphere and aid to Russia as undermining democratic principles. Signed figures include Dawes Cobb Kelland Lewis Hutchins Farrar Clark Fletcher Wilbur Moreley MacNider Scattergood and others.
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N. Y
Alf M. Landon
Herbert Hoover
Congress
United States
Western Hemisphere
Russia
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Lowden
St. Lawrence River
Charles E. Dawes
Irving S. Cobb
Clarence Buddington Kelland
John L. Lewis
C.I.0
Robert M. Hutchins
The
University of Chicago
Geraldine Farrar
Reuben Clark
Mexico
Henry P. Fletcher
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Secretary of the Interior
Felix Moreley
Hanford MacNider
U.S
Canada
J. Henry Scattergood
Philadelphia
LeLoup Bank Merges With Ottawa's Peoples National Bank
The LeLoup state bank merged with Peoples National Bank of Ottawa effective August 4. LeLoup had assets of $52,617, while Ottawa's bank held $2,000,000. W. B. Devilbiss becomes president of the merged institution with E. Lister and other leaders noted.
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LeLoup Bank
Topeka
State Bank
LeLoup
Peoples National Bank
Ottawa
State Banking Department
Peoples National
W. B. Devilbiss
E. Lister
AAA Wheat Farmers to Meet in Topeka August 9
State wide meeting of farmers favoring the AAA wheat allotment program will be held in Topeka at the municipal auditorium on Saturday, August 9, as announced. Also an advertisement urges safe savings with insured deposits up to 5000 dollars per person by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, from The Lawrence Building and Loan Association at 800 Mass St.
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AAA
Topeka
Topeka Municipal Auditorium
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Lawrence Building and Loan Associary
Mass St
City adopts budget and raises police pay scale
The Lawrence city council approved the annual budget with a 12.104 mill levy for 1942 and adopted a new police pay scale. Most officers move to the top bracket in three years, with pay rising from $100 to $125 monthly for long-serving officers. Chief radio operator earns $20 extra. chief’s pay remains $155 plus $25 for car expenses. Dissent came from Eberhart Hunsinger and Berger. The council also approved street widening on Tenth street and Third street improvements, and considered road changes related to University airport plans.
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Walter Palmateer
Jack Cheek
Palmateer
I. F. Eberhart
W. C. Hunsinger
A. W. Berger
Tenth Street
Massachusetts Street
Vermont
Third Street
Indiana
Mississippi
Eberhart
Hunsinger
Berger
C. D. Stough
Paul Ingels
International Fire Chiefs
Boston
Mass
F. A. Russell
State Board of Regents
Chi Omega House
Mineral Industries
Labor Day Parade Called Off For Defense Outing
Kansas City August 5 UP The American Federation of Labor will cancel its Labor Day parade due to the national defense program. With members scattered on defense projects and labor rushed for emergency work the parade committee chose an outing instead.
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Kansas City
American Federation of Labor
Labor Day Committee
Food Prices Rise 3 to 5 Percent in July Across Items
Washington reports a bureau of labor check across 18 cities shows meats canned vegetables and navy beans rising in late July. Pork chops up about 5 percent chuck roast 3 percent round steak 3 percent with 2 to 8 cents more per pound in cash. Oranges rose and canned pink salmon up about 2 percent while butter fell about 3 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
War department weighs Eudora DeSoto site for defense plants
War department announcements indicate low chances for using the Eudora DeSoto site in Kansas for a large defense plant. Plans now point to nitrate near Baxter Springs and shell and bomb loading near Illinois, Oklahoma, and Mississippi, with earlier powder plant talk fading amid labor and water concerns.
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War Department
Mississippi
Illinois
Eudora-De Soto
Lawrence
Douglas-Johnson County
Washington
Army
Eudora
Baxter Springs
Chateau
Okla
Ilinois
Kaw River
Eudora-DeSoto
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Payne Ratner
National Defense Committee
Dean Frank Stockton
Kansas
U. S. Guyer
The
Journal-World
Kansas City
Lake City
Railroad Strike Vote Is Ordered By 14 Unions
Chicago Aug 5 Chief leaders of 14 non operating railroad unions ordered a strike vote among 850000 members after carriers rejected pay rise demands. Ballots will go out immediately and results expected in a week. Operating unions with 350000 members met after carriers rejected raises.
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Chicago
Bert M. Jewell
Railway Employee Department
A.F.L
George M. Harrison
Clerks Labor Organization
Railway Mediation Board
War Propaganda Inquiry Into Films and Radio
Senator Wheeler appoints a subcommittee of the interstate commerce committee to study requests for a senate investigation of war propaganda in motion pictures and radio. Senators Nye and Clark urged the probe, with Clark named chair and hearings planned to uncover complaints about propaganda.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Nye
R-N.d
Clark
D-Mo
D-Id
School Levy Maintained At Seventeen Mills For 1941 42
The board of education adopted a 17 mill levy and a 52797237 dollar budget for 1941 42. A public hearing drew no citizens and the action came with no incident. New board members were welcomed and officers re elected. Several teacher resignations leaves and seven new hires were announced including Michael Andrews as art supervisor and coach, and Frances Young granted a year long leave.
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Board of Education
Armin Woestemeyer
A. B. Martin
Carroll D. Clark
Lloyd Purcell
Purcell
F. C. Whipple
Paul B. Lawson
Howard Sutherland
Clifford D. Dean
Sutherland
Michael Andrews
New York School
Hays
Nellie Wilson
Topeka
Woodlawn
Wisconsin
Alex Daughtry
Kenneth Weaver
NYA
Frances Young
Pinckney
Mexico City
Misa Young
Lawrence
Kenneth Franks
Winfield
Warren Smith
Smith
Franks
Dwight
Clay Center
Southwestern
University of Iowa
LeRoy Cowberthwaite
Colby
Cowberthwaite
Hoxie
Ottawa University
Leon Reynolds
Coffeyville
E. F. Menze
Reynolds
University of Wisconsin
University of Kansas
Alice M. Schwartz
Salina
Maud Ellsworth
Miss Schwartz
School of Fine Arts
K.U
Denis McDermond
Dorothy Jane Will
Five day weather outlook for Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma
Weather brief notes generally fair in Kansas with a Wednesday of clear to partly cloudy skies and isolated thundershowers. Extended forecast covers Aug 5 to Aug 9 for three states with above normal temperatures and light rainfall from localized storms, heavier rain possible early period.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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State Department
Constantine Oumansky
Soviet Union
Forte
Sen
Thale Skovgard
U. S
A. E. Ward
Crescent Road
Ill
Country Club Terrace
Register of Deeds
Fred Harris
Robinson
Marsden E. Pence
Fire Department
Pence
Consolidated Aircraft Plant
San Diego
Calif
Willard Brown
Street Committee
Council
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