Leningrad Pressured as Nazi Push Reaches Nearby
Nazi forces driving from the south close in on Leningrad while Novgorod falls under German assault. Berlin asserts 5 million Red Army casualties and 2 million German losses with Odessa and Kherson targets under heavy bombardment.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Gatschina
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
DNB
Russia
Great Britain
British Isles
R.A.F
London
Germany
Britain
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Red Army Northwest
Black Sea
Odessa
Novgorod
Narva
Kingisepp
Hitler
Ukraine
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Dnieper River
Dnieperopetrovsk
Boulder Am
Johns Manville to Build Kansas Ordnance Plant at Parsons
Johns-Manville announces completion of a $27,000,000 war department contract to build and operate the Kansas ordnance plant near Parsons Kansas. The facility will cover 25 square miles with 400 buildings 75 miles of track and 100 miles of road and employ about 8000 people. The project will be financed by the government through a new subsidiary J M Service Corporation. Construction may take a year and operation will follow as directed by the war department.
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New York
Lewis H. Brown
Johns-Manville Corporation
War Department
Parsons
Kan
Brown
Kansas Ordnance Plant
J-M Service Corporation
Omaha
Paschen Contractors Inc
Chicago
Mass Roundup in Paris Seizes 6000 Jews by Nazis and French
Paris reports reveal that 6000 Jews in the 11th arrondissement were arrested in a five hour round up staged by French and German police. Other districts saw arrests halted travelers and intensified identity checks, with detainees transported to Drancy for investigation.
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Paris
Vichy
France
11Th Arrondisement
Llth Arrondisement
Place de la Republic
Les Nouveaux Témps
Drancy
German and Italian Forces Move Toward Turkish Border
London and Ankara reports say advance German army units reached Bulgaria while Italian patrols scout the Greek Turkish frontier. Additional German aviators arrived in Sofia and Italian garrisons near the Dardanelles have grown. Britain outlines to Iran plans to replace Germans in key industries by August 31.
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Ankara
Turkey
Bulgaria
Sofia
Europe
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Ukraine
Britain
Iran
Persia
Baghdad
Iraq
Uniform Hours Sought for Petroleum Stations by Retailers
The National Association of Petroleum Retailers adopted a resolution urging Oil Coordinator Ickes to set nationwide uniform hours for filling stations. Directors acted after an informal delegates poll showing majority favoring 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. operations. The measure calls for patriotic cooperation in conserving power and materials for national defense.
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Chicago
Ickes
National Association of Petroleum Retailers
Penny Wins South Massachusetts Repaving Contract
The M. N. Penny Construction Company awaits federal approval of its contract with the state highway commission for repaving South Massachusetts Street. Penny, the low bidder from August 9, has signed the contract and posted a performance bond. He began securing reinforcing steel, though a federal priority may delay delivery. Some steel has arrived.
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Massachusetts
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
M. N. Penny Construction Company
State Highway Commission
Penny
Highway Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Federal Office of Production Management
Mayor Jeffries as go between in Detroit street railway strike
Detroit officials report Mayor Edward J. Jeffries will resume mediation between rival AFL and CID leaders in the jurisdictional dispute tying up the city street railway department. AFL allied unions threaten sympathy strikes amid broader municipal service concerns as 400000 workers return to jobs in packed cars.
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Detroit
A.F.L
C.I.D
Edward J. Jeffries
Department of Street Railways
Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Good Operators
Frank Riley
A.F
Electrical Workers Union
Frank X. Martel
Wayne County Federation of Labor
Amalgamated
Hotel Workers Union
Building Trades Council
Corn Production Forecast Shows Material Decline
The U S agriculture department in a mid month report forecasts corn production in 14 major states at 1 889 172 000 bushels down from 1 997 776 000 on August 1 and 1 840 992 000 last year The drop reflects hot dry weather across much of the midwest and covers states including Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas and Kentucky with Kansas expected yields of 47 120 000 and 49 476 000 bushels for August 1 and August 15 respectively.
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Agriculture Department
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Midmentta
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Kentucky
Coe
Stock Market Index Reported At 43.1 Point Level
The stock market index, averaging 60 stocks, shows a value of 43.1 yesterday, down from 43.2. The brief reflects a small decline in overall market activity and point level.
Roosevelt reports eight point plan with Churchill at sea
President Roosevelt’s message to Congress outlines the eight point declaration agreed with Prime Minister Churchill during their Atlantic meeting on the war aims and freedoms. He notes gains in lend-lease aid and plans for talks with Russia while defending the legality of the sea meetings aboard the Prince of Wales and Augusta.
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Roosevelt
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Europe
Asia
Russia
Germany
White House
Augusta
Taft
Ohio
la Follette
Wis
United States
Joe Stalin
Woodrum
D+ Va
Representatve Manasco
D-Ala
Woodruff
Rmich
Gary Joe
Stalin
Sabath
D-Ni
Japanese Ship Provides Passages for U S Envoys on Tatsuta Maru
The NYK line announced reservations for 26 United States embassy and consular officials aboard Tatsuta Maru set to sail August 28 for Shanghai. Officials expect most Americans to find trans Pacific passage home from Shanghai aboard a U S transport. Foreign pressure followed hostagetone publicity over U S nationals being unable to depart Japan. NYK later added nine naval, two marine and four army officers and consular staff to the roster.
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Tokyo
NYK Line
Foreign Office
United States
Shanghai
Japan
Foreign’ Office
Army
Eudora C P A Picnic Draws Large Crowd
An estimated 6000 people attended the two day Eudora C P A picnic with ideal weather. The community band directed by R E Ledore opened, followed by Lawrence musicians. Lathrop B Read Jr was emcee, with James Holyfield Swede Wilson and Newt Jerome performing. Contests included bicycle races and footraces for boys and girls, a tie in tug of war, and a popular blind driving contest. County Commissioner L W Griffith spoke on County Business before Uncle Ezra’s Topeka show and dancing.
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Altho
Eudora Community Band
R.E. Ledore
Lawrence
Lathrop B. Read, Jr
James Holyfield
Swede Wilson
Newt Jerome
Argel Cochran
Holliday
Paul Seiwald
Delbert
Alice Mae Griffin
Charlotte Bagsby
Delbert Eisele
Billy Mercer
Delbert Seiwald
Jimmie Weidensaul
Vera Newmeyer
Margie Ann Rothberger
Harold Morley
Miss Kingsley
L. W. Griffith
Ezra
Topeka
Three Are Charged With Harboring Escaped Man
Topeka reports three Pottawatomie county residents faced charges for harboring Frank Wetherick, an escapee from the Kansas penitentiary last May. Rosa Ladner and her sons Leo Ladner and Chester Botzenhart aided Wetherick near Onaga from August 15 to 18, amid a prior gun battle with police and a car theft. Wetherick, tied to a Shawnee county robbery, remains at large along with another escapee, George Hight.
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Topeka
Lou Richter
KIB
Pottawatomie County
Frank Wetherick
Kansas Penitentiary
Rosa Ladner
Leo Ladner
Chester Botzenhart
Onaga
Wetherick
Richter
Onaga Vicin
Shawnee County
Lloyd J. Lawin
Bartlesville
Okla
Onagaj
George Hight
New Mexico
Kansas
KBI
Cuban Consulates Ordered Closed in Reich
The German government announced the closing of Cuban consulates in the Reich effective September 15 in retaliation for Italy expelling the Cuban consul general. Cuba had expelled seven German consuls and Germany had withdrawn Cuban consuls from German occupied areas.
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Aetts
Reich
Italy
Cuba
Germany
Don't Burn the Toast Warns Homemaking Supervisor
Hazel E. Thompson state homemaking supervisor speaks to homemaking instructors in Topeka advising against burning breakfast toast to keep the family from starting the day poorly. She notes that records of accidents in industrial plants show a high percentage are caused by unhappy home relationships.
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Topeka
Hazel E. Thompson
Kansas Electric Power to Build 66 000 Volt Line Between Lawrence and Leavenworth
The Kansas Electric Power company will begin a 66 000 volt transmission line project next week linking its Lawrence and Leavenworth plants. The 28 mile route will use 660 poles and Copperweld wire with an H frame supporting three copper wires. A new substation at Leavenworth and an addition to the Lawrence plant will accompany the $250 000 project. Dowser Construction of Hutchinson holds the contract and completion is expected by mid November.
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Leavenworth
R. W. McClure
Kansas Electric Power Company
Fo Leavenworth
Emporia
Dowser Construction Company
Hutchinson
Eee
Novemer
Navy seeks 15000 men in Kansas for rapid expansion
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox selects the Journal-World to run a test program in Kansas beginning next week. Over 15,000 men a month are needed to fill vacancies created by the navy’s rapid expansion. Men 17 to 50 physically qualified may enlist in the regular navy or naval reserve. A Navy Editor will answer questions and distribute the booklet Life in the Navy to readers.
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Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Journal- World
Kansas
Naval Reserve
The
the Navy
U. S. Navy
Employment in Kansas Industries Takes Jump
Topeka August 21 The first half of 1941 shows employment in Kansas industries rising sharply with 39 554 job orders filled by the state employment service an 83 percent increase over 1940. Growth spans most sectors especially air craft and construction tied to the defense program though the southeastern region lags.
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Topeka
Kansas
Charles B. Newell
State
Newell
Japan Says War Likely Over Vladivostok Pivot
Japanese militants warn Vladivostok could trigger a broader conflict as Britain and the United States bolster Asia policy. They state Japan cannot stay neutral if Vladivostok becomes a central pivot, predicting an inevitable American-Japanese war and debating its declared or undeclared status.
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Kokumin
Japan
East Asia
Vladivostok
Central Daily News
Chungking
Local Youth Injured Cranking Tractor
Ivan Jehle aged 16 of Baldwin Route 2 suffered a compound fracture to a bone in his right hand when a tractor backfired as he operated the crank this morning. He was taken to Memorial Hospital where doctors described his condition as satisfactory.
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Ivan Jehle
Baldwin Route 2
Memorial Hospital
Senator questions East gasoline shortage reality
A New England senator urged a quick Senate Commerce Committee probe to confirm if an East Coast gasoline shortage exists or is exaggerated. Acting petroleum coordinator Ralph K. Davies said usable reserves are enough for about 10 days and called the situation dangerous.
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New England
East
Defense Petroleum Office
Ioney
Dconn
Senate Commerce Committee
Ralph K. Davies
Lawrence Remembers Quantrill Raid On its 78th Anniversary
The city mourns the 1863 raid when Quantrill’s guerrillas entered Lawrence at sunset on August 20, killed nearly 150 men, wounded 30, burned most buildings on Massachusetts street, and left 180 widows and 250 orphans. The memory persists in Kansas history and local pride.
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Lawrence
Europe
Quantrill
State Line
Massachusetts Street
Kansas
Rain Bowl Now Drenches Kansas As Rainfall Spreads
Aug 21 reports describe continued rain across eastern Kansas with showers in the east and a broad moisture surge. towns like Hill City Ashland Russell and Salina record notable totals. forecasts call for generally fair conditions tomorrow with highs around 80s and cooler nights.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Hill City
Ashland
Russell
Portin
Todi
Mtwtfes Twtes
Suet
Crude Oil Production Up In Kansas On Record Week
Kansas daily crude oil production rose to a record 254 576 barrels for the week ended August 18 up 3 878 barrels from the prior week according to Conservation Director Theo A Morgan. This marks the second straight week over 250 000 barrels. The report notes consecutive weeks above the quarter million mark.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Theo A. Morgan
Repairs and Upgrades Transform University Campus
The University of Kansas repairs steady as NYA and WPA crews lay rock walls and dig piers for the new military science building. Interiors brighten with painting and linoleum as Watkins and Marvin halls receive fixes and the power plant breeching is reconstructed. A new denegating feed water heater will prevent rust in boilers and heating systems.
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University of Kansas
Altho
NYA
WPA
Watkins, Miller
Corbin
Bailey Laboratories
Snow Hall
Robinson Gymnasium
Marvin Hall
Frank Strong
University
State Water Laboratory
Blake Hall
Watkins Hall
Strike at Clay County Farm Bureau Tax Levy Protest
Clay county residents protested to the revenue and taxation commission against a proposed .018 mill emergency farm bureau tax levy raising the levy to .09 mill. Clayton Kline argued dues and membership figures were overstated and warned further protests in other counties if a bona fide list of at least 250 members is not produced.
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Clay County
Revenue and Taxation Commission
Farm Bureau
Clay County Farm Bureau
Clayton Kline
AAA
Bureau
Kline
Commission
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