Petain Tightens Grip in France with Decrees and Darlan Move
In Vichy France Petain announces a sweeping set of measures to crush opposition and reshape governance. Admiral Darlan is named minister of national defense with broad powers, while parties and secret groups face suspension and officials without pay risk removal. A high tribunal is to try leaders linked to disaster.
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Vichy
France
Europe
Germany
Philippe Petain
Marshal
Adolf Hitler
Petain
Legion
Jean Darlan
Darlan
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Reynaud
National Food Supply Bureau
Inflation Prevention Proposals Before Congress
Questions about current congressional ideas to curb inflation and their goals beyond funding the government. Also asks how successful past inflation-control attempts have been.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Inflation controls through borrowing and taxes debated
Plans for preventing wild inflation include price control government borrowing forced savings and higher taxes. Proponents argue these measures curb buying power reduce demand and stop speculative price rises. Critics note historical limits and uncertain outcomes with such interventions.
Kansans to Remain Under Federal Arms for 22 More Months
Kansas Adjutant General M R McLean announced Congress will extend wartime service by 18 months, likely keeping about 5 500 Kansas national guardsmen under federal arms 22 months longer. Induction began December 1940. The extension also affects 6 358 Kansas men drafted under the selective service act. Of the total 9 095, whites number 9 (text truncated). More than 200 Lawrence residents in Companies M and H 137th Infantry Battery E 127th Field Artillery and the Medical Detachment 127th are affected.
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Topeka
Congressional
Kansas
137Th Infantry
127Th Field Artillery
127Th
Geology Department Officials Change at State Survey
Over the past two years several staff changes occurred. The department’s administration for the coming year falls to Professor Moore who remains state survey director and state geologist. Ing leaves to join the US Geological Survey for potash work in southeast New Mexico and west Texas. King previously taught paleontology and Swain resigns to join Phillips Petroleum in Shreveport Louisiana. The Kansas State Geological Survey continues field and lab work on mineral resources crucial to national defense, including mineral belt defense projects in southeastern Kansas, groundwater investigations, and topographic mapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Michigan
State Geological Survey
Department of Geology
Moore
State Survey
Ing
United States Geological Survey
New Mexico
Texas
King
Fred M. Swain
Phillips Petroleum Company
Shreveport
Kansas
Hargiss works on home projects despite leg injury in Lawrence
In Lawrence Coach Bill Hargiss, immobilized by a broken leg, keeps busy painting and sanding woodwork at home while using a wheelchair. Kansas 1942 license plates will feature four colors and a sunflower emblem, go on sale December 1 with February 1, 1942 deadline for purchases. Also notes include rain totals, temperature swing, Ben Babb resigning as city engineer to join Public Works Reserve, and the Lost and Found column promising quick returns via phone 22.
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Bill Hargiss
Bill
Kansas
Roy Flory
Ben Babb
Public Works Reserve
Babb
Lawrence
Red army counterthrusts and battles along a long front
Soviet high command reported heavy fighting across a 1200 mile front with German and Romanian forces. They claimed routing of a German elite division and destruction of another, while Berlin said Luftwaffe hit Soviet concentrations and rail links around Leningrad. A British official noted heavy losses on both sides and halted advances near Lake Ladoga and Tallinn.
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Bug
Red Army
Odessa
Leningrad
Berlin
Semeon Budgonny
Ukraine
Dnieper River
Moscow
Danube River
Cerna-Voda
Bucharest
Constanta
DNB
East Front
Lake Iman
British War Office
Lake
Ladoga
Finland
Estonia
Tallinn
Russia
Smolensk Ravaged as German Advance Follows Napoleon Feat
Describing Smolensk after two days of heavy fighting, reports say German forces ousted Russians from the city but left it as a charred ruin. The once 160000 population now wanders amid blackened chimneys as fugitives slowly return and a German-appointed mayor warns against immediate resettlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smolensk
Russia
Berlin
Dnieper
Belgium
France
Annual Kansas Day Picnic Draws Kansans to Colorado
Manitou Springs Colorado hosts the Kansas Day Picnic as more than 3000 Kansas visitors fill Soda Springs park. Judge Karl Miller of Dodge City presided as president of the sponsoring Kansas association. Local Pikes Peak region CAN and COWBelles groups entertain. a float is planned for the Colorado Springs rodeo parade. Kansas night opens the events Thursday.
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Manitou Springs
Colo
Kansas
Soda Springs Park
Karl Miller
Dodge City
Kansas Association
Pikes Peak
Association of Kansas
Colorado Springs
House Rejects Compromise On Drafting Munitions Bill
Washington reports the House rejected a compromise bill allowing government drafting of munitions and supplies and sent the measure back to a joint Senate House committee for revision. The roll call stood 254 to 51 amid criticism of safeguards and gun rights concerns.
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House
Washington
Senate
House Committee
Conference Committee
Representative Taber
R.-N.y
Texas Pig Cipd
Thomason
D.-Tex
Goodyear opens new store on Massachusetts street
A new Goodyear store at 726 Massachusetts street opens under Howard May, former Kansas City Goodyear service manager. Classified as Class A, the outlet offers tires for cars, trucks, tractors, plus accessories, radios, bicycles, and home appliances. Norman Crowley will assist in management. the building features a drive in service yard and recent redecorating.
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Goodyear
Massachusetts Street
Howard May
Kansas City
7 Wrence
Carter Super ServicesStation
May
Norman Crowley
Threat to tie up telephone system in war production strikes
The article reports a surge in strikes affecting army contracts with 23,400 workers idle and 30 strikes. key actions include Curtiss-Wright Caldwell propeller plant, Mack Truck Allen town tank parts plant, and Ampco Twist Drill Jackson machine tools. Back-to-work moves and wage demands surface as defense orders press ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
North American Aviation Corporation
Inglewood
Cal
A.F.L. International Association of Machinists
Curtiss-Wright
Caldwell
N. J
C.I.O. United Automobile Workers
Allentown
Mack Truck Company
U.A.W
Ampco Twist
Jackson
Mich
Henry Vogt Machine Company
Louisville
C.I.O. Steel Workers Organizing Committee
N.J
Propeller
A.F L
Propeller Craft
National Labor Relations Board
Robert L. Earle
A.F.L
Timkin Roller Bearing Company
Canton
C.I.C
Defense Mediation Board
Carburizing Department
Nazi Claim High Air Losses In 24 Hours
NDR claimed that 184 Russian and 60 British planes were shot down in the last 24 hours. The agency said four German aircraft were missing on the eastern front.
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Berlin
DNB
Giants Rally To Top Braves In First Game Of Doubleheader
Giants win 7 to 6 over the Braves in a seven hit effort aided by a crucial third inning. New York and Boston split the twin bill with late offense shaping the opener.
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Boston
Giants
Braves
New York
Lohrman
Brown
Danning
Yankees
Sid Hudson
Hartnett
Johnson
Washington
Hudson
Early
Bonham
Branch
Dickey
Breuer
Rosar
Chase and Ear
Detroit
Chicago
Newsom and Tebbetts
Smith and Tresh
Cleveland
St. Louis
Krakauskas
Hemsley Gatehouse
Swift
Philadelphia
Salina Man Missing While Flying for British Forces
Salina Kan August 13 CR George Raymond Menish 23 reported missing in air operation in Europe He joined an American squadron of the Canadian airforce in 1940 sailed for England in April this year His mother Mrs A V Menish says he was with bomber command and wrote of fights with anti aircraft fire but all six planes of his squadron returned safely He believed he was fighting Naziism for freedom and not against England Alone in the war world accounted for his absence
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Salina
Kan
George Raymond Menish
Europe
Canadian Airforce
England
A. V. Menish
Bomber Command
Germany
United States
Deaths and Funerals of Octave Jacqmain
Obituary notes the death of Octave Jacqmain, a noted glass manufacturer who supervised European factory construction and worked as Harding Glass plant manager in Fort Smith since 1936. Born in Jumet Belgium, he lived in Brussels, built factories in Europe, England, and the United States, and is survived by daughters Marjorie and Jo Jacqmain Smith and Hutton of Fort Smith.
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Octave Jacqmain
Ft. Smith
Ark
Europe
Lawrence
Jacqmain
Brussels
Belgium
Gompel
Antwerp
Montier
Switzerland
Germany
England
Lord Beaverbrook
London
United States
Harding Glass Company
Fort Smith
Henrietta
Okla
Mr. Jacqmain
Jumet
Charleroi
Marjorie Jacqmain Smith
Jo Jacqain Hutton
Fr. Smith
Market News: Grante New York Stocks and Wheat Rise
Market notes from New York on August 13 show mixed stocks with leadership in a slow rally. Wheat futures up about two cents a bushel lifting prices near prior highs, aided by expectations of funds for lend lease farm purchases and mill buying.
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Chicago
API
Washington
Wall Street
New York
U.S
Western Union
Montgomery Ward
Sears, Roebuck
Harvester
Caterpillar
Union Carbide
Westinghouse
Air Reduction
Kennecott
Phelps Dodge
Southern
Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed as Hogs and Cattle Move
Aug 13 report shows hogs 2,000 head active with prices up to 11.15 for top 240 lb hogs and steady to higher on other weights. Cattle run 4,500 with grain fed steers and heifers steady to strong, grass cattle mixed, calves steady, and feeders steady. sheep about 4,000 with bids soft on lambs but steady on others. Livestock close notes firmness in some classes and steady to higher trends across major categories.
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New York
London
Chicago
Kansas City
Ap-Usdaj
Kansas
Colorado
USDA
Colorado Springs
Estimated Livestock and Grain Prices From Kansas City and Chicago
Estimated livestock receipts for tomorrow include 1,500 ob ture, 300 calves, 2,000 hogs, and 3,000 sheep. Chicago close shows mixed grain futures with wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans quoted in various contract months and price ranges.
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Kansas City
Ap-Ucsda
Chicago
Ce Ee
Government and market notes from Chicago and Wall Street
A collage of commodity prices and market summaries from August with details on government bonds, grains such as wheat corn and rye, and Chicago potato and Kansas City produce reports. The Day In Wall Street notes modest market recovery, with mixed stock closes and select gainers like U S Steel, rails, coppers and several majors while others slip.
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Robert F. Bailey
University of Kansas
Bailey
K.U
Fredonia
Nature
Illinois
Sam’s Market
Journal-World
REDS
Napoleon
By Alvin J. Steinkope
Acacia Lodge
Alfredh. Sinss
John H. Parker
Goodyear Store
Jimmy Dykes
Chicago White Sox
Allison
Armstrong
Masa
Bankers Securities Co., Inc
Mass
Kansas City Livestock
Emmerson
Olson Bros
Ap-Usda
Idaho
Nebraska
Bliss
Oregon
U. S
Russel
Springs
Ateh
T&s Fuaskein
Banda Treasury
Beth Steel
Douglas Air
du Pont
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Int Harvester
Nat Dairy
Weeeentt North Am Co
Phillips
Standard Oil Ee
Standard Oil N JF
AU_S Steel
Westing el & S
Business College
Tom, Dick and
Harry
DR. Jeryl
MR. Hyde
Lawrence National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Meny
Bert
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