Spectacular Fire Devastates Hoboken Pier No.4
A massive blaze at Hoboken pier four caused by a barge cargo transfer left 1,100 feet of the Hudson River pier in ruins and damaged adjacent piers. Firemen fought flames for four hours. 14 burned or smoked. authorities put unofficial losses around 4 million dollars. Police and crowds overwhelmed streets as smoke rose over Manhattan.
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Hobe
Naw
Ian
Hudson River
New York City
Pier 4
Andrew H. Keller
Pier No.4
Keller
St. Mary’s Hospital
Edward L. McFeeley
Horboken
Manhattan
Prisoner of War Son Writes Home From Tokyo
Mrs. C. H. Plummer of 1138 Kentucky Street received a letter yesterday from her son, S/Sgt. J. E. Plummer, U S Air Corps, a prisoner of the Japanese since Bataan. The note dated October 22, 1943, praised his health, recounted a birthday gift from English officers, and outlined future plans to study at Tulane. He had not heard from home since captivity. He earlier served at Guam and Clark Field during the outbreak of war.
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C. H. Plummer
Kentucky Street
J. E. ‘Plummer
U. S. Air Corps
Bataan
Altho
Tokyo
Tulane
Liberty’ Memorial High School
Jimmy
Air Corps
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Clark Field
Manila
Bombs in London Attack Increase Amid New Route
Flying bomb attacks on London and southern counties rose from midnight to dawn, with heavier activity in the south. Some robots appeared to arrive via a new route from the French coast behind Boulogne. Anti aircraft guns shot down several. one flaming mass struck a residential area after being hit, causing property damage and a fire but only one injury.
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London
Boulogne
Parole Granted to Lucy Ledford in Lawrence Burglary Case
Governor grants parole to Lucy Elizabeth Ledford who is serving a five to ten year term at the women’s prison farm for second degree burglary. She was sentenced in November 1942 for taking $5 from the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity house in Lawrence and is to take housekeeping work in an orphanage upon release.
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Topeka
Lucy Elizabeth Ledford
Phi Gamma Elt
Lawrence
Fragmented OCR summary of ration book entries and amounts
OCR reading lists itemized ration notes including book numbers Three and four blue and red stamps indeterminate validity. Entries reference quantities such as five pounds and three gallons, with validity extending through various dates and months. The text is garbled, containing partial phrases about canning, wine, and purchases. Entities include books and places but no clear events or outcomes.
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Associated Press
Ely
Calendar Reform Sparks Adventist Campaign Against World Calendar
Pastor Earl J. Gregg of the Lawrence Seventh day Adventist Church urged members to oppose a proposed World Calendar starting January 1 1945. He warned blank or zero days would shuffle Sabbath observance, moving December 31 1944 to a holiday and making Sunday the new first day, creating church attendance confusion across denominations.
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Earl J. Gregg
Lawrence Seventhday Adventist Church
World Calendar Association
Gregg
Seventh-day Adventiat
Allied naval assault near Lorient blocked, Germans claim
German broadcasts say Allied warships tried to invade Lorient harbor on Brittany's south coast but were repelled. Berlin says U boats off invasion coast and in other waters sank four freighters totaling 22,000 tons and two mine sweepers, torpedoed three ships and a destroyer, with no Allied confirmation.
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London
Lorient
Brittany
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Kate Davis era 83
Kate Davis aged 83 died early today at Lawrence Memorial hospital. She lived at 144 Alabama Street. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Survived by three sons Phillip Davis New York City Citus Davis Lawrence and Captain Paul Davis Clinton Iowa and five grandchildren. Reynolds Shultz in A S Mr and Mrs Guy E Shultz Route 3 report their son Pfc Reynolds Shultz of the Marine Corps reached a hospital in Oakland California last Tuesday able to walk with crutches after being wounded on Saipan June 16, 1944. He entered service in September 1942. Strike Slows Shipbuilding Minneapolis Aug 12 stop page of truck traffic in eight midwestern states has slowed construction of 100 ships on the ways in three shipyards in the territory P F Field Chicago traffic consultant for the U S maritime commission said today. Freighter Hit a Mine Stockholm Aug 12 the 3000-ton Norwegian freighter Erking Lindee carrying iron pyrites to Germany struck a mine and sank off the Swedish coast last night. Twenty seamen were lost five saved.
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Kate Davis
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Alabama Street
Phillip Davis
New York City
Citus Davis
Lawrence
Paul Davis
Clinton
Reynolds Shultz
A. S
Guy E. Shultz
Route 3
Pfc
Marine Corps
Oakland
Calif
Saipan
Minneapolis
Field
Chicago
U.S. Maritime Commission
Stockholm
Erking Lindee
Germany
Stated Meeting of Lawrence Lodge Deliberately Noted
The Lawrence Lodge at 6,4, F. and A.M will hold a stated meeting next Monday night at 8 oclock. District Deputy Woter H. Vornum will pay an official visit with the officers Clark Mor and Quakenbush.
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Lawrence Lodge
W'ter H. Vornum
Pete Clark O. Mor
W. H. Quakenbush
House Eyes Federal Help for War Workers Pay
Washington moves to revive higher federal benefits for war workers after Senate defeat of reconversion plan. Ways and Means committee leans toward George bill states rights path, while Murray Kilgore proposals would raise unemployment support and expand reconversion machinery.
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Washington
Senate
House
House ‘Ways and Means Committee
George
D-Ga
Carlson
R-Kan
Ways and Means Committee
Barkley
Murray-Kilgore
Commission to Deposit 4360 for State Licenses
County clerk Gerhart deposited 4360 with County Treasurer Fred Kahn for the state fish and game commission. The funds cover licenses and quail stamps from June 30 1943 through June 30 1944. Resident fishing licenses 2334. non resident fishing 16. resident hunting 98. non resident hunting . trapping 206. combination hunting licenses. quail stamp.
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Gerhart
Fred Kahn
State Fish's and Game Commission
University of Kansas sends calendars to Kansas high schools
Several hundred 22 by 34 inch calendars in red and blue are being distributed to Kansas high schools for the new academic year. The featured scenes include Battenfeld Hall and Marvin Grove with Dyche Museum. University of Kansas name appears across the bottom. The calendars will hang in high school offices through the year. It is the second year KU has sent out such calendars.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
Battenfeld Hall
Marvin Grove and Dyche Museum
Develop threat to south France looming in Normandy campaigns
Front dispatches report German efforts to hold strategic Loire river approaches as Canadian forces press toward Falaise and the Orne Laize corridor. British and Canadian units push, widening the squeeze on retreating German forces while St Malo resists from the citadel amid heavy losses and a blaze in the town.
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Chateaudun
le Mans
Tours
Loire River
Guenther von Kluge
Normandy
Falaise
Caen
Orne
Laize
First
Barbery
First Army
Vimont
Geen
Second Army
Esson
Thury-Harcourt
St. Malo
North Coast
Cape Town
Dinard
Inlet
Andrea von Antock
Fowler Frolic Ends KU Summer Sessions In Grove Dance
The final social event of six weeks at the University of Kansas, the Fowler Frolic, will be in Fowler Grove from 9 to 12 tonight. Organizers under Heloise Hillbrand say an outdoor dance with shuffled board and croquet is planned along with a platform for dancers. Music will be by recorded records.
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University of Kansas
Fowler Grove
Heloise Hillbrand
Union Activities Committee
Union Aativiies Committee
Her Grove
Hillbrand
Germans Joke About Morale In Hitler Armies
A Frenchman who crossed the frontier reported a German officer joked that the Nazi V-2 secret weapon was millions of civilian coats and bicycles. He added that with such gear the German army could vanish.
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Tran
Spain
Harvard Navy V-12 washing clubs formed by students
Navy V-12 students at Harvard installed two washing machines after laundry delays of up to two weeks. Clotheslines appeared in Kirkland and Eliot courtyards as students scrubbed their own clothes. Separately, Mrs. Margaret Kyle of Williams Town and W. C. McConnell were married August 4 by Rev. Ernest L. Snodgrass at his home and plan to reside at the Eighth Street hotel owned by Dr. McConnell. A marriage license was issued in Douglas County for DeWitt Yeager and Erama, Despines. Colleen Frances Gibbs filed for divorce from Ralph Gibbs in Douglas County District Court yesterday. The Journal-World notes the Lost and Found column remains active in classified ads.
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Cambridge
Mass
Navy
Harvard University
Kirkland
Eliot
Margaret Kyle
Williamstown
W. C. McConnell
Ernest L. Snodgrass
Eighth Street
McConnell
Douglas County Court House
Fostendas
DeWitt' Yeager
Erama
Despines
Colleen Frances Gibbs
Ralph Gibbs
Douglas County
Armed Forces Captain Miller linked to D-Day invasion
Captain Gerald Miller of the Ninth Air Force led troop carrier units that ferried troops and gliders to front lines and evacuated wounded. His planes carried NBC broadcaster Wright Bryan on D-Day. Miller, a Northwestern medical graduate, trained at Kansas City General Hospital before starting his medical career in 1942. His wife Irene Buhler and their son Jerry Jr. live with her sister at 733 Mississippi Street.
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Gerald Miller
Ninth Air
Mediterranean
el Alamein
Italy
Normandy
Ante
Kansas City
General Hospital
Irene Buhler
Jerry, Jr
Mississippi Street
K. U
Victor Buhler
Kansas City General Hospital
South Pacific
Lawrence Letters Mention Army Doctors and Alaska Jobs
Major H P Jones, an army physician attached to a replacement company near Rome, writes his wife that he visited the dispensary and found Capt Bill Kanaga in charge. U S Employment Service seeks men and women for Alaska territorial government. Rev Kenneth Goff to speak at South Park August 14 15 at 8 pm. Veterans groups performed at Granada theater for Thank Your Yank week with posts and auxiliaries represented. Spanish War Veterans also appeared on stage touring local involvement.
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H. P. Jones
Rome
Bill Kanaga
Kansas City
Kan
Major Jones
Kenneth Goff
South Park
Granada Theater
O. M. Daniel
O. P. Buck
Jesse Davis
Tettie Corel
Nell Saunders
E. R. Todd
Jim Calvert
Tracy Leis
Alford-Clarke
C. H. Simpson
Nannie Gander
Auxiliary
O. J. Lane
Peter Boone
Mary Boone
Market News Worlds at a Glance for August 12
Market News reports stocks higher with select issues advancing while bonds stay steady. In grains, Chicago futures fell on selling pressure but wheat and oats show mixed moves. cotton softens late on favorable war news. Rye and barley futures retreat with seasonal adjustments in grain and feed markets.
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New York
Chicago Grain
Chicago
An & Cent
Midwest
Wheat and cattle market rundown from Kansas City Aug 12
Dec and May rye hit seasonal lows at 1.02 and 1.04 percent. Wheat futures purchases reported. open interest 49,957,000 bushels in wheat and 39,000,000 in rye. Hogs scarce, market steady. cattle and calves sharply varied with steers, cows, and yearlings noted. Sheep market weak. Texas lambs and feeders cited. Chicago and Kansas City quotes show softening near-term grains with mixed livestock trends.
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Kansas City
Ap-Wfa
Texas Lambs
Tas
Texas
Local Markets and Wall Street Recap Amid Heat Wave
The front page fragment shows local markets listing poultry and grain prices, including hens, turkeys, and butterfat, with base prices and weights. The Day in Wall Street notes a broad recovery pause as heat hits New York, dull deal activity, and sugar stocks edging higher on Cuban crop price hopes.
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Wall Street
New York
Altho Ithe
Li Mony
Asq
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Hoboken Pier
Lucy E. Ledford
LE Havre
Conancé
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Versaill
ST. . Malo Minard
Ben /Dinan
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Orleans
Chambe
Cher
Nantes
France
Chartres
Gathemo
Wire-Mortain
Stampa
A.F
South
Harvard
Journal-World
Mattie Lindell
Kentucky
Elmer Lindell
Pacific
Bryce A. Hinkson
G. G. Hinkson
Maine Street
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Til
E. £. Bayles
Hugh B. Bayles
Camp Barkeley
Ivan Gibler
New Jersey Street
The
Aleutian
Ames D. Dresser
A.M.M
la Guardia Field
N. Y
San Diego
Calvin
Great Lakes Naval Station
James D. Dresser
Rhode Island Street
Cpl
Edgar Archer
Muroe Field
Henry Adkisson
Robert W. Adkisson
England
Headquarters Service of Supply Office
R. H. McKee
Route 5
Pfe
James M. McKee
Army
U. S. Employment Service
Alaska
Territorial
U. S
Nebraska Cobblers
Columbia Pictures
John Garfield
Net Tock
Chense Ateh
T&s F
Tel & Tel
Beth Steel
Chrysler Corp
Cent Motors
Douglas Alr
du Pont Wind Nereane
Tateweenersaen Peters Eagle Pich Gias
General
Electric
General Foods Ae
General Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hercules Powder
Kennecott
United Yair Lines
Au Westal
Attison CO
Ecieeerrerencee
Penny
Pacal Nes & Son
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Lawrence Business College
H. Quakenbush
Weatherby
Vermont St
Samuel A. Barr
Fundamental Baptist
Tabernacle
13Th
Connecticut St. Lawrence
19Th & Ohio St
South Side Park
Leslie Tomberlin
Communist Party
the Gospel Will
Party
America
Goff
Fundamental Baptist Tabernacle
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