French Partisans Rise in Huge Southeast France Uprising
London dispatch reports allied air drops fueling a broad French partisan revolt across Haute Savoie and nearby valleys. Street fighting erupts in Toulouse as partisans press Nazis. 10 000 to 13 000 are active near Annecy and along roads to Geneva. Germans concentrate reserves in Lyon as Maquis widen a belt from Pau to Swiss frontier, closing in on the valley corridor aiding Allied northward advance.
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London
Haute Savoie
France
Geneva
Toulouse
Iran
Spain
Mediterranean
Riviera
Annecy
Caille
Lyon
Pau
One
Lawrence Man Dies of Wounds in Normandy Action
War Department notified Mrs. A. J. Anderson that her nephew Corporal Herbert J. Sanborn died in England on July 13 from wounds suffered in Normandy on July 10. A Lawrence native, 33, he enlisted in Company H 137th Infantry in 1940 and served at Camp Joseph T. Robinson before training on the Pacific coast. He later transferred to the 336th Engineers Combat Battalion and fought with them in France. He was the son of the late John Ryan Sanborn and is survived by two brothers Warren E. Sanborn of Philadelphia and Lt Donald R. Sanborn serving in England with the naval air force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Anderson
War Department
Cpl
Herbert J. Sanborn
England
Normandy
Corporal Sanborn
Lawrence
Co. H
137Th Infantry
Camp Joseph T. Robingon
Pacific
German Civil Officials Trailed by Super Gestapo
At the German frontier on Aug 17 the UP reports that Heinrich Himmler has formed a secret Gestapo service to daily report on key civil officials. The elite unit, formed after Hitler's assassination attempt, is said to have 2000 Berlin operatives. It monitors officials from home to work and back, listing every visitor and requiring written reports of conversations. Some officials allegedly refused to meet war producers to avoid misinterpretation by the new Gestapo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nasi Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Hitler
Berlin
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Minnie Katherine Ewing
Mrs Minnie Katherine Ewing aged 78 dies after a short illness at 119 Pennsylvania. Funeral at First Methodist Church tomorrow at 2 pm led by Dr O E Allison. Burial in Memorial Park follows. Survived by daughter Mrs R A Cox Topeka son Kenneth Ewing Kansas City three granddaughters one sister and one brother. Also notes the death of Fred B James in Los Angeles and a dog bite incident involving carrier Marshall Watson 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Katherine Ewing
Pennsylvania Street
First Methodist Church
O. E. Allison
Memorial Park Cemetery
Ewing
Lawrence
Perry W. Ewing
Stanford and Ewing, Grocers
11Th
Rhode Island
R. A. Cox
Topeka
Kenneth. E. Ewing
Kansas City
Ton Grogan
Barbara Ann
Elaine Margaret Ewing
Kanseas City
H. B. Hertzler
George E. Esterle
Storm Hita Tennessee ashville, Tenn. Aug. 17
Violent storms swept through middle Tennessee late yesterday causing at least two deaths and extensive property damage from lightning wind and fire. Telephone and electrical lines were downed and communications disrupted amid the destruction reported from several communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Ashville
Tenn
Middle Tennessee
Bombing Is With Allied Planes Across Pacific Theaters
General Headquarters reports Allied bombers from three combat theaters struck Halmahera Davao Truk Atolls Wotje Maloelap Mili Nauru and the Pescadores. China-based planes hit Mako Takao harbor as Halmahera losses reached 11 planes and several ships sunk. Ground forces press to clear fugitives from Saipan to New Guinea with 248 enemy dead and 52 prisoners in Biak area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Australia-New Guinea
Halmahera
Mindanao
Davao
Central Pacific
Truk Atoll
Carolines
Wotje Maloelap
Mili
Marshalls
Nauru Island
Saipan
New Guinea
Biak
Dutch New Guinea
Officer and Son Shot Near Lamar Missouri
In Barton County near Lamar an officer and his 18 year old son Sam were found dead, believed slain by holdup men after the sheriff responded to a bank or filling station robbery report in Jasper. Coroner and deputy sheriff on scene report instant death, as authorities pursue suspects.
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Lamar
Patteriton
Barton County
Sam
Jasper
Patterson
Raymond River
T. W. Box
Roar of U S Guns Is Heard in Paris
Allied reports describe Patton’s thrusts and a Falaise collapse as Canadian infantry and tanks seize Falaise, narrowing the pocket to seven miles. German forces flee toward the Seine while Allied air power blocks eastward advances and harasses retreating columns. St Malo siege continues with Germans conceding a drawn-out stand.
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Loire River
French Riviera
Patton
Falaise
First Army
Supreme Headquarters
Dives
Falaie
Seine
Channel
Seventh
Falaise-Argentan
Associated Press
Roger D. Green
Paris
Falaize
Risle
Brittany
St. Malo
Pasis
OPA to sue landlords for treble damages over rent overcharges
The Office of Price Administration announces it will extensively use its new authority to file civil suits to recover treble damages from landlords who charge rents above the ceiling. Tenants must file within 30 days after the overcharge under the stabilization extension act recently passed by Congress.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Congress
OPA
Paroled Eudora Boys Ordered to Clean Up Patch
Four Eudora youths, picked up by sheriff’s deputies for damaging a watermelon patch on the John Schopper farm, appeared before Probate Judge J. B. Wilson. They were paroled to their parents and ordered to clean the patch, with a report due back two weeks from Saturday.
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Eudora
John Schopper
J. B. Wilson
Local Boards to Grant Supplemental Food Ration
The Office of Price Administration sped up issuing supplemental food rations for health reasons. Beginning August 21 local boards may grant the maximum allowance and refer only the request for points to the district office. An emergency provision allows extra rations for two weeks while the district office decides even if illness is not among normally eligible types.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Schoeppel and McLean to Attend State Guard Camp
Governor Schoeppel and Brig. M R McLean Kansas adjutant general will attend the state guard encampment at Fort Riley Friday. They will observe training maneuvers review troops dine with officers and enlisted men and join invited military officers from Fort Riley and bases statewide for the review.
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Junction City
Kan
Andrew Schoeppel
M. R. McLean
Kansas
State Guard
Fort Riley
Governor Schoeppel
Army
Navy
Report on Japan Stragglers in India Decline
Southeast Asia Command at Kandy Ceylon reports Allied troops have cleared most Japanese forces in India with only a few stragglers remaining. Advancements include two miles toward Tiddim from the Burma frontier, while North Burma units push along the Mandalay railway to positions near Pinbaw and southwest of Mogaung.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Burma
Tiddim
Mandalay
Pinbaw
Mogaung
Armed Forces Notes From Lawrence Veterans and Cadets
Capt Nusbaum leaves Florida for study at Princeton Harvard MIT and Belmar Radio Labs while DeWeese earns airplane mechanics diploma at Keesler Field and ships to Lyndall Field. Conner visits Missouri for a wedding, Covey on 30 day furlough, Buck to Camp Pendleton, Baldwin to CNO duties in Washington. Civil Air Patrol cadets from Lawrence join ten day Army Air Forces training at Strother Field Thunderbolt base.
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Wellman E. Nusbaum
University of Kansas
Army Air Fores Tactical Center
Orlando
Fla
Florida
Princeton University
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Belmar Radiotiore Laboratories
Belmar
Pvt
Lester L. DeWeese
Floyd DeWeese
Elm Street
Army ‘Technical Training Command
Keesler Field
Bitoxi
Miss
Lyndall Field
Panama City
Lawrence
Civil Air Patrol
Army Air Forces
Strother Field
Thunderbolt
Second Air Force
Winfield
Lawrence youths preview Army life on field exercise
A burst of youth, including Lowell Ashby, John Ewing, Jim Topping, and William White from Lawrence, participate in a field exercise that offers first hand Army life experience. Despite their youth, the group follows a veteran cadence as they complete their schedule.
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Lawrence
Lowell Ashby
John Ewing
Jim Topping
William White
New Offensive By Chinese Troops Aims At Japanese Drive
Chinese forces launch a fresh offensive in Hunan near Tungting Lake as they push toward Ichang amid heavy fighting around Hengyang. The move appears to divert Japanese reinforcements from Hengyang while U S planes continue attacks on the area.
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Rassiniai
Vistula
Bedrymin
East Prussia
Knyasya
Osoveta
Chungking
Hunan
Tungting Lake
Yangtze River
Ichang
High Command
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
U. S
Lawrence residents move plans and local notes
Howard Creel sells his residence at 1638 Barker avenue to Reno Bruns of Wichita and plans to move to Topeka by October. Creel and family will relocate as work continues on Wiedemann's Grill building now owned by Julius Marks. Boy Scouts will collect waste paper Saturday morning. County Clerk FT R Gerhart notes primary filing rules for campaign expenses due 30 days after the August 1 election. only a few candidates have filed. An applicant for Henry Kaiser west coast shipyards checked for a roundtrip ticket at the local U S employment office. A lightning strike killed a horse owned by R C Welborne near Baldwin. Garden vegetables display at Journal World featuring Oxheart tomatoes and a two pound six ounce white cucumber. German tank losses reported by U S Ninth Air Force and British Second Tactical Air Force.
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FT. R. Gerhart
Journal-World Office
Victory
Woodstock Sermon Attracts Local Congregation
Sunday service at Wellman chapel featured Rev. C Knox delivering God's Best Preacher. Attendance was light due to gas and tire shortages. Obituaries noted Rev. T A Nichols former pastor and Mrs Delbert Russell, with funeral details for G S Edmonds of Baldwin and a reunion at the Rogera gathering.
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C . Knox
Wellman Chapel
T. A.nichola
Delbert Russell
Sonny Rolin
Efra
Marco Rolin
Zimmer
Lawrence Hospital
Frank Champion
Edgar Osborn
California
Lawrence
Osborn
Daugsters
Helen Heblen
Little
Everett
Dorothy Demeele
Kansas City
Helin
G. 5
Edmonds
Rumsey
Harold Barr
Memorial Park Cemetery
Baldwin
Community News Highlights and Social Visits
Local residents recount visits and travels with relatives and friends in Lawrence Kansas City Amarillo and other towns. Family updates include training completion for Harlan W McDonald and Pauline Harding returning to Kansas City. Several gatherings and home demonstrations are noted along with travel to Round Grove and Sunny Valley events.
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Arvin Edmonds
Helen Behn
William Wyatt
Lawrence
Will Wellman
Kansas City
Dirs. S Reephens
Billie
Nick Rogier
Amarillo
Tex
Stephans
Rogier
Dan Petrie
Grace Tarr
L. E. Wiley
Eugene Zale and
Leavenworth
D. E. McDonald
Harlan W. McDonald
Batic Flying School
Courtland
Ala
Pauline Harding
W. R. Harding
W. H. Smarr
Mra
Ella Amor
Topeka
Harry Elias
Wichita
Chase Biing
Chesare
All-Sen Club
W. A. Wellman E
Vinland News: Local Teens, Furloughs, and Sewing Meetings
John Shirley Gottstein stationed at Fort Riley visited at Herve Hoskinson home. Girls from Belleville 4-H club and Vinland Stony Point teams held sewing sessions and projects near Grace Roberts home. Janet Laughlin gave a piano recital in Lawrence with Ednah Hopkins as teacher. Edith Strom returned from Dwight visit. Fred Gottstein and Rockhold chaperoned a pond swimming event for Vinland and Stony Point grade school girls. Lloyd Jamison on furlough from Ray Jamison family.
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John Shirley Gottstein
Fort Riley
Herve Hoskinson
Gertrude Robertson
Naomi Schellenberg
Grace Robertson
My.f. Institute
Baldwin
Lloyd Jamison
Ray Jamison
Belleview
Grace Roberts
Janet Laughlin
Kermit Laughlin
Lawrence
Ednah Hopkins
Edith Strom
Dwight
Community Notes From Baldwin Area Social Roundup
Local residents share family visits and health updates from Baldwin and nearby towns. Jimmie Hobson serves in the navy for over two years while Kenneth trains in Texas. Other entries note hospital stays, recoveries from operations, and distant relatives visiting. Blood donations, weather events, and casual gatherings fill the week’s community notices.
Osage County War Loan Drive Tops Quota
OSKALOOSA reports county nearly doubles its fifth war loan quota under Chairman Earl Ferguson. Merla Potterf, who finished boot at Great Lakes, visited relatives here then went to Wichita to see parents Mr. and Mrs. George Potters. He returns to Great Lakes for new assignment. Several local residents, trips, and events follow, including pension trip to Pittsburgh, 4 H fair plans, school teaching, and a note on Lt. Leonard Lobb reported killed in action with parents in Kansas City, Kan. Presbyterian church redecorating interrupted services. union service held at Methodist church with Rev. Hower Wroten.
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Earl Ferguson
Merla Potterf
Great Lakes
Wichita
George Potters
Marlin Dorel
Pittsburgh
Miss Simpson
Dover
Francia Briner
Harper
Eli Briner
Francis
Beth Shultz
Helen Brown
Gladys Lobb
Betty Bullock
Maxi Rorabaugh
Inners Grove
Willard Rogers
Topeka
Leonard Lobb
Edward Lobb
Kansas City
Kan
Presbyterian Church
Hower Wroten
Methodist Church
Frank Hosford
Wright
Lawrence
Newt Snellgrove
Bfr_ Hosford
Fragmentary Local Note Mentions Residents and Moves
Readable fragments show Otto Premauer in Kansas City weekend at home. Mrs. David Ahrens and Hazel visit Shawnee Mission to look for a house or apartment. Mentions Hasel Peachty, a county agent, and a large route. Mugnter and a helper live in Haines apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shale
Otto
Premauer
Kansas City
David Ahrens
Hazel
Shawnee Mission
Misa
Hatuoe
Haines
Market News at a Glance From New York Auction
Winners included stocks with modest gains as war concerns fade, with bonds steady and cotton strong. Hogs and cattle showed brisk activity, while grain futures held firm amid mixed demand and price shifts across Chicago and Kansas City markets.
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New ‘York
Broad Commission House
Chicago
Hogs steady in Kansas City market after mixed bids
Close of Kansas City livestock reports shows hogs unchanged and calves and common grade cattle weaker. Slaughter cows sold late unsold. sheep active with spring lambs firm to higher. Estimated tomorrow’s receipts: cattle 600, calves 200, hog 1 500, sheep 2 000. Chicago potato market also weak with heavy supplies and slow demand.
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Rya
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Totel
Tivaatock
Chicago
U. S
Idsho Bilse Triutophs U
Russel Burbanks U
Colorado
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Herbert Sanborn
National Guard
Super Gestapo
Fred B. James Friss
R. Anderson
Fred B. James
Los Angeles
Bowersock Mill
Phillip C. Strahl
Marshall Watson
Journal-World
Louisiana Street
Marshall
M. P. Wat
Bon
West Ninth Street
Misaone
War Labor Board
WLB Dtirective
Hull
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
United Nations
Hiluppines
Jap Naval Base
Claire L. Chenault
14Th Air Force
Mako
Pescadores Islands
China
Formosa
Tal Harbor
Eudora Lada
Wilson
Schoeppel
McLean
Richardson T. Conner
Missouri
Bob Mattax
Sgt. Conner
Marvin E. Covey
Marine Corps
Zella Britton
Vermont Street
Covey
Newerland
Oakland
Calif
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Marine Barracks
Washington, D. C
Omer Buck
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Butch
Buck
P. C. Buck
East Twelfth Street
Marine Training Base
San Diego
L. Rose Baldwin
Naval Training School
New York
C.N.O
Washington, D.C
Fred Baldwin
University of Illinois Library School
George S. Patton
Tunisia
Sicily
7Th
Jacob L. Devers
Howard Creel
Barker Avenue
Reno Bruns
Willake
Octoer
Howard
Shorty
Creel
Denver
Wiedemann’s Grill
Julius Marks
Henry Kaiser Company
West Coast
R. C. Welborne
UPI
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Second Tactical Air Force
Woodstock
Vinland
Harry Hobson
Dale
Abeo
Frank Williams
Joan
Mary
LeLoup
Norma Lee
Jimmie
Gilliland
George Tadlock
Lee Ford
Floyd
Frank
O. M. Hird
Ed Stoneking
Eberly
Ang. Hobson
Avis
Charles Wetchler
Lois
Ed Anderson
Ben Anderson
Rantoul
Roy
Charles Newlin
Rose Marie
Mildred
Braymer
Newlin
Mabel Gilliland
Fred Detwiler
Peoria
BE. H. van Osdel
Charlea Detwiler
M. Hird
W. Bales
Centropolis
Fred Myers
Pliefke
Number Tendis- Sit
Bowers Farm
Centropoas
Fred. Harrebrink
Peter Stoneking
John Cunningham
Cunningham
Richard Butell and Sons
Mra. Schehrer
Charles Detwiler
C. Vaughn
Mra. C. Story
Blood Bank
Oskaloosa
Chicage
Bra Biles
Reson Bling
Cobblers DU
Washington Jong
LEE Corn
Kanene City
Wall Street
American Locomotive
American <Airlines
Braniff Airways
American Radiator
Charlie Am &Ton
At& SF
Beth Steel
Chrysler Corpus Cont Motors
Pont de N
Essiman Road
Gensen Fooda
AF Gen Motors
Hercules Pond
Penny
Jinks & Son Phono
Judy
Judy Canova
Haunted Harbor
U. S. Marines
Mickey Mouse
Lawrence Jayhawker
George Murphy
Frank Sinatra
Walt Hammond
Victory Theatre
Bob and
Schultz
E. S. Weatherby
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