Allies Capture Catania and advance on Mt Etna in Sicily
Allied forces led by British Eighth Army seized Catania early today and moved around Mt Etna northwest toward Paterno and Misterbianco, breaking the German line on Sicily's east coast. The capture of Catania opens a path toward Messina as Allied air and sea power hammer German positions.
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Sicily
North Africa
Catania
Mt. Etna
Paterno
Eighth Army
Misterbianco
Taormina
San Fratello
U. S. Seventh Army
Messina Strait
Messina
Battle for Munda Airfield Near Critical Stage
Allied forces pressed toward Munda airfield on New Georgia as U S infantry closed on the center south after breaking a long trench. Pursuit of Bibolo and Kokengolo hills continued while Corsairs bombed enemy positions and Rendova shelled, in the ongoing Solomons campaign.
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Southwest Pacific
United States
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomons
New Britain
Bibolo Hill
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
Bibolo
Kokengolo Hills
Navy
Shortland Island
Bougainville
Rendova Island
Rendova
New Guinea
Salamaua
Krug Recaptured After Escape From Canadian Camp
North Bay Ontario Aug 5 Lieut Peter Krug a German air man and repeat escaper from Canadian prison camps was recaptured after an escape Monday night An alert sergeant of the Canadian provost corps identified him at the Canadian Pacific railway station Cravenhurst Gravenhurst police held him for military authorities He had used the name Michael Lasnovitch and carried food and currency Krug testified in the Stephan treason trial and his capture follows his North Bay arrest after the guard identified him at 2 am
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North Bay
Ontario
Peter Krug
Max Stephan
Detroit
Canadian Pacific
Gravenhurst
Canadian Provost Corps
Krug
M. Devines
Michael Lasnovitch
Stephan
Bowmanville
Ont
Roosevelt
Lawrence State Guard plans camp prep drills at Community building
The Lawrence State Guard will hold the first of several drills this evening at the Community building in preparation for camp at Hutchinson the week of August 15 to 22. Recruits needed to reach full strength. enlist by August 10 to receive regular army pay for eight days at camp.
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Lawrence State Guard
Hutchinson
Santa Fe
Gilbert Francis
U. S. Sicily Casualties Reported Through July
Secretary of War Stimson released U S casualties in Sicily through July 22 totaling 6 741 with 501 killed 3 870 wounded and 2 370 missing. He called losses moderate given terrain and noted British casualties not much higher. Casualties since July 22 were believed relatively light.
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Washington
Sicily
Stimson
Jay Hawks Push for Extra Water Protection
The Jay Hawk Plunge team emphasizes maintaining higher chlorine residuals to ensure safe chlorinated water for swimmers and the public, citing health protection and compliance with standards.
Into Hungry City Surrender of Catania to British Eighth Army
Catania surrendered to the British Eighth Army at 8:20 am after Allied forces entered the city before dawn. Civilians cheered as the first infantry units arrived in Piazza Duomo. food shortages are evident as residents beg for sustenance and cigarettes.
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Catania
Sicily
Eighth Army
Piazza
Duomo
Man Hunt Rekindled After Prison Escape Near Eudora
A prisoner who escaped while digging potatoes at Miller farm near Mud Creek is thought to be involved in a later incident near Eudora Mississippi. Ramona Stanley and Ben Camden, Sunflower Ordnance Works workers, reported a man flagging their car 20 miles southeast of Eudora. Camden identified him as the escapee. A search party was formed but no trace found.
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Lansing
Miller Farm
Mud Creek
Eudora
Ramona Stanley
Ben Camden
Sunflower Ordnance Works
John Carsberger
Camden
Ickes Aims Immediate Appeal On Oil Price Hike
Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes announced in Chicago that he would appeal the OPA's decision not to raise crude oil prices by 35 cents per barrel. He said an increased price would spur greater production and claimed oil transportation issues had been nearly resolved to allow diversion of products to the East for fair rationing.
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Chicago
Harold L. Ickes
OPA
Middle West
Red Army Seizes Orel After 24 Days Of Savage Fighting
Soviet forces stormed Orel and routed German defenders as they breached the city’s inner lines. German casualties exceeded 2,500 dead with 18 tanks knocked out while retreating toward the west. The capture opens key rail links and weakens the southern German line stretching to the Sea of Azov.
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Moscow
Orel
Red Army
Russia
Oka
Bryansk
Nikitovka
Yasinovataya
Ilivaiskaya
Kharkov
Mga
Leningrad
Sea of Azov
Ukraine
Orel-Belgorod
Hitler
Scrivner Campaign Swing Through Douglas County
Errett P. Scrivner Republican candidate for Congress in the Second district arrives in Lawrence to spend the week visiting voters. With county chairman George Marquardt he tours Hadora Black Jack Baldwin Worden Lone Star Lecompton and plans further Lawrence stops and a 2 30 Saturday central committee meeting at the courthouse.
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Errett P. Scrivner
Congress
Lawrence
George Marquardt
Scrivner
Hadora
Black Jack
Baldwin
Worden
Lone Star
Lecompton
County Central Committee
Court House
War Bond Program Sees July Rise In Purchases
Washington officials note voluntary war bond sales rose in July despite new payroll deductions. Since May 1941 through July, total sales of series E F and G bonds reached 19.34 billion dollars with redemptions at about 966 million. June and July sales were 875.49 million and 889.69 million respectively with redemptions of 134.82 million and 131.42 million.
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Washington
Treasury
War Savings
Coal margins fall to danger point in fuel area survey
Kansas City August 5 A Senate committee heard that the margin of safety in coal production versus consumption in Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma has dropped to a danger point. Sinclair Coal Co representative E M Douthat said April 12 margins were 804600 tons but a recent survey shows only 32540 tons with no safety cushion.
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Kansas City
Senate
Petroleum Administration For
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
E. M. Douthat
Sinclair Coal Company
Ernest L. Hughes
Petroleum Administration For War
Reed
War Production Board eyed civilian needs plan
Washington outlines a tentative program for production of essential civilian goods to keep the economy functioning. OCR chief Arthur Whiteside says the policy ensures minimum civilian requirements while using surplus resources to support the war effort, health morale and productivity.
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Washington
Office of Civilian Requirements
War Production Board
Arthur D. Whiteside
OCR
WPB
Civilians urged to apply for ration book No 3
District OPA director H. O. Davis told civilians without ration book No 3 to apply at their local rationing board before August 0. Those who mailed June applications should present the identification attached to the application.
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Wichita
OPA
H. O. Davis
Census figures show county gain and Lawrence growth
The county clerk reports a March 1 population rise of 1 246 from 1942, with Lawrence exceeding 15 000 for first class city eligibility. County totals reach 17 075, while Lawrence leads the gain at 1 292. Lecompton slips 25. Eudora nearly triples to 1 764, Baldwin grows to 1 488, and nine townships fall by 1 424 while cities rise 2 760 overall.
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Lawrence
Lecompton
Eudora City
Eudora
Kansas
Lawrence Shoul
Patther
Baldwin
Lecompton City
Clinton
Grant
Kanwaka
Lecompton Nome
Marion Eenerersteerteee Tos
Palmyra
Willow. Springs
Seeeiaeen
Ittes Baldwin City
Nas
Lawrence City
Bil St
Per Eeresesesenseeere
Ion
Former Governor to stand trial on bribery charges in year end case
Former Oklahoma Gov Leon C Phillips and exclemency investigator Robert Fitzgerald were ordered held for district court after a two day hearing on an $8 000 parole payoff. Phillips and Fitzgerald are free on 3000 bonds. Mrs J W Eissminger testified she paid the bribe to obtain her husband s parole. W A Strong was sentenced to seven years for related fraud.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Leon C. Phillips
Miskovsky
Justice of the
Otis D. James
Robert R. Fitzgerald
Phillips
J. W. Eissminger
W. A. Strong
Strong
Eisiminger
County books audited by Allen French in Topeka
Allen French of Topeka audits county books this week after filing the city books audit with the state accountant yesterday. French reports the city water fund is sufficient to meet obligations and to transfer 5250 to the fire fund per the tentative last week budget.
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Allen French
Topeka
French
2 French
Jay Hawk Plunge Maintains Higher Pool Chlorine Levels
For extra protection the Jay Hawk Plunge is maintaining two higher chlorine residuals in the pool water. Chlorinated water is being kept at elevated levels to ensure sanitation.
Raid on Naples by U S Bombers
Allied forces bomb Naples for the fourth time in four days as American Fortresses hit docks and submarine bases. A merchant ship caught fire while escorts fended off 25 to 30 Axis fighters. Italian counts report many killed and injured and several raiders shot down.
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North Africa
Naples
Hanes
Ethe Italian Communique
Sicily
Truman blasts waste in DeSoto Sun-Towns project
Topeka Aug 5 Senator Harry S Truman urged that more than thirty million dollars was wasted in the Sun Towns Ordnance Works at DeSoto Kansas. He accused architects and contractors of partnership fraud and labor racketeering and said renegotiation could recover as much as eleven billion dollars. He urged public aid for a people’s peace and discussed United Nations plans as a tool against German aggression.
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Topeka
Harry S. Truman
D-Mo
Sun- Towns
DeSoto
Ka ‘Truman
Truman
Ifi
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Missouri
Congress
America
United Nations
Goebbels
Showers Forecast Across Kansas Helps Crops
Weather bureau predicts thunderstorms spreading across the state this evening with showers cooling recent heat. Dodge City saw 1.27 inches, Coffeyville 0.11, Wichita 0.14, Ellis 0.10, with highs near 97 at Ellis and 65 at Goodland. Rain aids corn harvest and prepares ground for fall seeding as showers continue west and south then statewide.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Ellis
Dodge City
Coffeyville
Wichita
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Gas production quotas set for Kansas fields in August
Conservation officials report August production limits for two Kansas gas areas. The Cunningham field in Kingman and Pratt counties is capped at 510 million cubic feet, while the Otis gas pool in Rush and Barton counties is set at 480 million cubic feet. A separate note says a sugar factory in Nampa Idaho will idle this fall due to beet acreage cuts. In the Balkans, Berlin reports Nazi authorities have invoked the death penalty amid rising sabotage.
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Wichita
Cunningham
Kingman
Pratt
State Corporation Commission
Otis
Rush
Barton
Nampa
Earl Marsing
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Wet weather ends federal potato support in Kaw Valley area
Rain delayed digging and ended government support for the potato market. About 120 acres remain in Douglas county with potential yields of 40 cars. Officials note improved corn and pasture prospects but price for remaining potatoes is uncertain after aid ends.
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Kaw Valley
Owever
Douglas County
War
Food Administration
Kansas-Missouri
Kans
Kansas
U.S
Fire at Carter's Station Causes Minor Blaze
A small tire recapping room fire at Carter Super Service 1000 Massachusetts street started from fumes in a large tire cement can ignited by a gas flame. Sprinkler system activated, fire department extinguished the blaze about 1 pm. Proprietor A. B. Carter estimated repair and equipment damage around $50.
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Carter Super Service
Massachusetts Street
A. B. Carter
Naples Hit by Allied Raid, Casualties Reported
Rome radio quoted an Italian communique saying Naples, Italy’s main port, was heavily raided by Allied planes. The attack caused many casualties and collapsed numerous buildings.
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Naples
London
Rome
Italy
Explosion fatal to child in Kansas City home
Seven year old Douglas Gordon MacIntyre died after a gas explosion blew through a basement door at his Kansas City home last night.
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Kansas City
Douglas
Gordon MacIntyre
Stock Market Index Dips to 49.5 on Slower Trade
The stock market index of 60 stocks falls to 49.5 as trading slows, reversing from 49.6 posted yesterday. Investors monitor market moves amid modest volume and mixed earnings signals.
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