New German Pincer Threat Forms in Caucasus Push
Reports from the Caucasus describe Tikhoretsk fallen as German forces advance along the Stalingrad railway while Soviet reserves rush to block the move. Moscow dispatches note German spearheads crossing the Trans Caucasian line near Armavir amid a broad offensive.
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Upper
Caucasus
Tikhoretsk
Rostov
Great Volga River
Stalingrad
Novorosyisk
Black Sea
Kerch Strait
Russia
Moscow
Don River
Kretskaya
Voroshilovsk
Black and
Belaya Glina
Kotelaki
Talingrad
Althe Moscow
Hitler
Follett Bradley
First Air Force
U.S. Eastern Defense Command
Roosevelt
Stalin
Navy to Probe Higgins Deals Amid Truman Charges
Secretary of the Navy Knox asked the Senate to form a naval committee to investigate charges by Senator Truman that the Bureau of Ships biased its selection of Higgins Industries for ship construction. Truman claimed unfair treatment favored Andrew Higgins and his company in plans for a vehicle deemed critical to potential invasion efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Senate Naval “Committee
Truman
D-Mo
Bureau of Ships
Higgins Industries, Taes
New Orleans
Walsh
D-Mass
Higgins Company
Defense
Andrew J. Higgins
Japs Claim Landings on Kei Islands
Japanese naval units occupied strategic points in the Kei, Aru, and Nimbar island groups in the Arafura Sea north of Australia. The operation took place July 30, per a Japanese dispatch. the islands lie about 375 to 500 miles north and northwest of Darwin. An Allied communique last week cited bombing of Japanese installations in the Kei group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Pi—Imperial
Harters
Kei, Aru
Nimbar
Arafura A
Imor
New Guinea
Darfin
Australia
Kei Islands
American Fliers Bag Special Prize In Recent Scrap With Japs
At Australia headquarters on August 6 American airmen recounted downing six Japanese planes in the Gonabuna area of New Guinea. They claimed five naval Zero fighters and a twin engined reconnaissance craft, studied by Lieut. J S Kale and others as they fought through heavy opposition. One plane led by Lieut. Carl G. King was pursued by five Zeros. two Zeros fell to Lieut. Hutchinson and gunners. Two US fighters were lost in the action.
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MacArthur
Australia
Gonabuna
New Guinea
Planu Oac
United
J. S. Kale
Bellingham
Wash
Seattle
Joe
Kale
Bemrick
Carl G. King
United States
Treason convict Steph an ordered to be hanged in Michigan
Max Stephan becomes the first person since the whiskey rebellion to be sentenced for treason in federal court. Judge Arthur J. Tuttle schedules Stephan’s execution for November 13, 1942 at Milan Federal Detention Prison after his conviction for aiding an escaped Nazi fighter from a Canadian camp. The Detroit restaurateur maintained his innocence as the courtroom filled with observers. Governor Wagoner declined to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Max Stephan
United States
U. S
Arthur J. Tuttle
Stephan
Milan
Mich
Stephen
Tuttle
Germany
Judea Tuttle
Max Stephen
Hans Peter Krug
Lansing
Murray D. Wagoner
Michigan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Francis Biddle
Krug
San Antonio
Tex
FBI
Nine Texans Missing Off Mexican Coast
Nine Texans, part of a fishing party, were reported missing off the Mexican coast south of Brownsville. Air rescue teams resumed searching as strong storm winds were reported near the Eighth Pass fishing area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Here
Eighth Pass
Carlson Regrets Roosevelt Veto Of Synthetic Rubber Bill
Salina Aug 6 Congressman Frank Carlson says he regrets President Roosevelt’s veto of the synthetic rubber bill and criticizes the veto as ill advised He notes the bill would speed rubber supply with less critical material and provide an outlet for surplus grains Carlson will back an override effort within 30 days and supports it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Frank Carlson
Kan
Roosevelt
Kansas
Carlson
Congress
Senate
War Production Board
WPB
Strike Settled At Skelly El Dorado Refinery
A strike at the Skelly Oil refinery in El Dorado halted operations for days, affecting 3800 workers. An agreement between Skelly officials and Oil Workers International Union members was ratified, ending idle time and allowing a return to work. The El Dorado Refining Co tied to Skelly lines faced supply disruption and anticipated a quick reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Dorado
Skelly Oil Company
Oil Workers International Union
C.I.U
William Houston
U.S. Department of Labor
el Dorado Refining Company
Skelly Lines
Kansas
School offices open for Liberty Memorial students enrollment
The Liberty Memorial high school and junior high offices are open 8 to 5 daily and until noon on Saturday. Prospective students may enroll for the fall term at any time. Most students enrolled last spring, but newcomers to town are urged to enroll before school starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Memorial High School
Stock Market Index Report for 60 Stocks Ends Higher
The index for 60 stocks rose to 36.1, with gains noted yesterday as trading closed higher across the market. Investors monitored intraday moves and sector performance amid cautious optimism.
Baruch to Probe Rubber Situation
President vetoed a grain based rubber bill and created a three man committee to study the whole rubber problem. Bernard Baruch will chair with Dr. James B. Conant and Dr. Karl T. Compton as members. The move aims to speed a safe synthetic rubber program for war and civilian needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Baruch
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Capitol
Roosevelt
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Armed Services
United States
United Nations
Threeman Committee
War Production Board
Second Front Drive Dominates European Capitals
London reports rising tension as official circles and media press the second front issue. Dutch Premier Gerbrandy urged Dutch to await the moment to join an open front while Moscow radio said Britain and the USSR will act on their urgency. Nazi propaganda mirrors focus on Western defenses and a frantic push in south Russia near Caucasus oil fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pieter S. Gerbrandy
Netherlands
Moscow
Britain
Europe
Russia
Caucasian
Schoeppel plans talks with opponents after GOP primary
Topeka dispatch reports Andrew Schoeppel, assured Republican nominee for governor, will confer with defeated rivals next week including Lt. Gov. Carl E. Friend. Unofficial returns show Schoeppel leading slightly. campaign manager A. Harry Crane expected to be named state Republican chairman. Democratic results favor George McGill for nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Associated Press
Roy C. Hunt
Independence
Hugh W. Speer
Hays
Speer
Hunt
Jonathan M. Davis
Bronson
Harry G. Miller, Jr
Kansas City
Davis
Miller
Wyandotte
Andrew Schoeppel
Carl E. Friend
Schoeppel
Friend
U.S
Clyde Reed
Thale P. Skovgard
A. Harry Crane
W. H.burke
Little River
Paul. B. Green
Mission
Charles E. Young
Westphalia
Burke
Green
Arthur Capper
Capper
John Allison
C. C. Isely
George McGill
Randolph Carpenter
W. G. Clugston
Rainfall Tells North Kansas Sees Big Storm Totals
Weather report notes excellent soil moisture overall in Kansas with pockets of dryness. Heavy rainfall hit northeastern counties with Holton at 1.58 inches Horton 1.16 inches Centralia 1.05 Wheaton 1.09 inches. scattered showers elsewhere including Concordia 0.21 Geneseo 0.10 Topeka 0.03. Thunderstorms forecast for northern Kansas. temperatures near yesterday’s highs and lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Holton
Horton
Centralia
Wheaton
Concordia
Geneseo
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Second Group of Sailors Arrives at the University
The second section of machinist mates students arrived at the University of Kansas this morning and will begin training. Lieutenant F A Buhl noted the crew is aboard ship and facilities are ready. The station now holds about half of its planned personnel, with most training in Fowler shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Training School
University of Kansas
F. A. Buhl
Buhl
Fowler
Annual Douglas County 4 H and Vocational Agriculture Fair
The twelfth annual fair at Haskell Institute on August 26 features livestock and crop exhibits in the south wing and home economics in the girls gym. Judges, project requirements, and fair managers are listed with dozens of department superintendents and volunteers coordinating the event highlighting the war effort in food, clothing, and home care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Haskell Institute
Haskell
Citizens of
Lawrence
Community Chest
Liberty Memorial High School
Vinland High School
Mary Agnes Randall
Wyandotte County
Ann Washington
Franklin County
Fred Laptad
Raymond Standing
Roland Elling
Farm Bureau
Tein County Bankers Associaton
Claire J. Colman
Dale Powell
Ruth Brune
Guy Hunsinger
Calvin Hartman
Leslie Demeritt, Jr
Ludwig Heine
Billy Rice
Billy Daggett
F. G. Hagenbuch
Erwin Steele
Robert Eberwein
Edsel Wiggins
Lee Barlow
Paul Gibler
Parade
Moreland Baldwin
Johnny Kellogg
Alwinna Thiry
Doris Anderson
W. Garratt
Dorothy Hornberger
Katherine Luckan
V. Garratt
Trene Robertson
Gene Corel
Rita Roney
O'Connor
Delma Hoover
William Ricei
July Ice
Wilma Johnson
Robert Bigsby
Carolyn Lemon
Warren Banning
Evelyn Hammond
Dorothy Kalb
A. D. van Tries
Floyd Garber
Esther Louise Jones
Lucille Sulzen
Lois GN
Esther Gibson
Violet Mullin
George Kramer
Herbert Thiry
George Luckan
Louise Robertson
Augusta Hadl
Joyce Applegate
Robert Chronister
Kenneth Laughlin
Frank O'Neil
Rough Trip Describes July 4 Raid Over Dutch Land
Technical Sergeant Robert L. Golay described the bombing raid on a German airdrome at Dekooy as a rough trip. He praised American aircraft, saying very few planes could withstand the damage and that the equipment was the best in the world. He spoke at a press conference with Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Netherlands
Robert L. Golay
Fredonia
Kan
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Dekooy
Golay
Post Primary Settling Period Highlights Three Events Today
Three Kansas developments emerged after the primary election. Andrew Schoeppel, Republican governor nominee, planned talks with defeated rivals and a Lawrence visit to Carl Friend. Clyde Reed sent a telegram labeling Schoeppel the Kansas City Star’s candidate, vowing continued party loyalty despite star attacks. Carl Friend expressed gratitude, pledged to uphold Republican principles and thanked supporters for their loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Andrew Schoeppel
Lawrence
Carl Friend
Clyde Reed
Schoeppel
Kansas City Star
Republican Party
Friend
Forger Poses as War Worker in Lawrence Check Scam
A man posing as a transferred war station worker from Camp Chaffee Arkansas cashed five Sunflower Ordnance Works checks at Lawrence businesses, totaling nearly 200 dollars. Police held him briefly before confirming no arrest to avoid false charges, as several shops cashed checks and warned residents of rising fraud and stranger activity in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Camp Chaffee
Ft. Smith
Ark
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Clarence Bliesner
Ober’s
Bliesner
Ernst Hardware
Lawrence Hardware
Miller-Jones Shoe Company
Bargain Center
Green Brothers Hardware
Bomb Axis Vessels Behind British Air Force Raid
Royal Navy bombers attacked a flotilla of axis motor torpedo boats and barges in Matruh harbour Egypt. Bombs hit amid 10 12 torpedo boats and five E boats starting a large blaze on a quay side. Anti aircraft fire from axis shores but all planes returned safely after a half hour raid. The force, likely destroying several boats and barges, escorted oil barges into Matruh for the axis army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matruh
Hedrick Sr. Surrenders Law Certificate After Plea
Topeka August 6 UPi Frank D Hedrick senior Olathe attorney surrendered his law certificate as ordered by the Kansas supreme court after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor in Johnson county bribery cases. His son Frank Hedrick Jr was also ordered to surrender his certificate but he says he was in the army air corps and had no authority to surrender. The elder Hedrick had offered a bribe and the son was acquitted on three counts with a mistrial on a fourth. The supreme court clerk said Hedrick should obtain his son's certificate and hand both in.
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Topeka
Upi
Frank D. Hedrick
Olathe
Kansas Supreme Court
Edrick
Johnson County
Frank Hedrick
Hedrick
Army Air Corps
Young Hedrick
E. E. Clark
Supreme Court
Contests Sparse in Townships As GOP Holds Nominations
Lawrence area primaries yield Republican sweep with Lane and Dodds securing justice of peace nominations. Two constable slots go to Eugene A. Daniels and George S. Smith. Write ins boost Lee Newman for clerk in Palmyra. Democrats field limited candidates, mainly in Lecompton and Palmyra townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Lafurence
J. Lane
F. B. Dodds
Leroy E. Harris
Lane
Dodds
Harris
Constable
Lawrence
Eugene A. Daniels
George S. Smith
Palmyra Township
A. H. Steele
A. D. van Tries
Frank Beals
Lee Newman
A. L. Tainter
Lecompton Township
Joe Smith
Starr Glenn
John
Holloway
Pete Bahnmaier
Willow Springs
George Shuler
E. E. Churchbaugh
Otto Hack
Marion
John Elm
Charles H. Jones
Clyde B. Hoover
Kanwaka
Frank W. Houk
Otto L. Johanning
Robert Wulfkuhle
Grant
Charles H. Wood
Emil W. Heck
Will Hayden
Eudora
O. E. Votan
Gideon Neis
Henry Giertz
William Mertz
Clinton
Leslie J. Demeritt
F. C. Flory
William M. Johnson
W. L. Richards
W. H. Reynolds
Charles Winter
Palmyra
Palmyra Democrats Nominated Bert E. Vaughn
Roy E. Merchant
Fred QO. Peterson
Wakarusa Township
Francis Promoted to Captain in Kansas State Guard
Lieut Gilbert Francis is promoted to captain and becomes commanding officer of the Lawrence company of the Kansas State guard. He succeeds Capt Clarence Bliesner who resigns and will stay in command until company property transfers early next week. Mahlin Ball is raised to first lieutenant. Paul Harnar advances to second lieutenant and Merle Ridgway to first sergeant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Francis
Lawrence Company
Kansas State Guard
Francis
Clarence Bliesner
Bliesner
Mahlin Ball
First Leutenant
Paul Harnar
Merle Ridgway
Kansan Congressman Plans Washington Stay Through August
Representative A S Guyer of Kansas says he will remain in Washington during the informal recess and hopes to return to Kansas around August 30. He expects to stay in the capital into the latter part of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Washington
A. $. Guyer
Kan
Washington
Kansas
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The
Kei
Carlson of
el Dorado Refinery
H.S
University
Lawrence Building and Loan Fhasedanya
Mass
Askell
Reed
Frank D. Hedrick Sr
Journal- World
Lane, Dodds
Steele
Eudora Township
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SMT
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