Nazi Thrusts Are Checked by Reds
The Associated Press reports bitter all night fighting as Soviet troops halt German advances in Minsk-Boe and Luck sectors. German claims say tank columns push toward Smolensk while Russian forces counterattack near Ukraine.
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Russia
Minsk - Boe
Luck
Moscow
Soviet Ukraine
Minsk
White Russia
Smolensk
Lwow
Ukraine
Bialystok
Bobruisk
Red Army
Arctic
Murmansk
Black Sea
Joseph Stalin
Leningrad
Dvinsk
Latvia
Adolf Hitler
U.S.S.R
Ratner Voices Faith In Farmers to Maintain Food Supplies
Kansas Governor Payne Ratner told the annual governors conference that the farm belt acts as the nation’s larder and farmers are vital to national defense. He urged that farmers will stay on the job, will not strike, and that patriotism drives their work for independence. He spoke on The Place of Agriculture in National Defense.
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Boston
Mass
Payne Ratner
Kansas
United States
Ratner
America
Kansas Executive
RAF Wide Daylight Raids Hit German Rail Yard and French Coast
RAF daylight raids targeted Germany with a large fire in a south Oldenburg railway yard and a wave of bombers striking the French coast near Wazi. Additional attacks hit Duisburg Duesseldorf Cologne and Kiel while seven German fighters were downed and three bombers and one fighter were lost.
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R.A.F
Germany
Oldenburg
Channel
Air Ministry
Borkum
Frisian
England
R.A.F. Fliers
Ruhr
Rhine
Lens
France
Reich
Duisburg
Duesseldorf
Cologne
Southales
Rhenish Westphalian
Sylt
Bremen
Terschelling
Norderney
Kiel
Eight Bodies Found After Boat Fire Near Harpswell
Eight bodies pulled from Casco Bay waters after a fog shrouded trip home from Monhegan Island. The Don cabin cruiser carried 36 Rumford party members. authorities suspect an explosion and fire doomed all aboard. Elizabeth Howard of Rumford identified among victims. Green wood trimming on the Don linked to recovered wreckage.
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Harpswell
Don
Lower
Casco Bay
Rumford
Monhegan ‘Island
Atlantic
Carlton Smith
Elizabeth Howard
Rumford Bank
Tank crews to drill blitzkrieg tactics at Ft Riley
Twenty four expert selectee tank operators will undergo a 12 week course in tank operations and maintenance at the cavalry replacement training center. Lieut J R Degenhardt will lead the training with three regular Army NCOs using M 3 light tanks.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Cavalry Replacement Training Center
J. R. Degenhardt
Fort Knox
House Ways and Means Advances Broad Excise Tax Plan
Washington reports the house ways and means committee tentatively approved excise taxes on slot machines office and store machines and optical instruments to raise 3.5 billion dollars for defense. A five dollar annual use tax on private autos and a 10 percent tax on optical instruments were among the measures with varied revenue estimates.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Cooper
D.-Tenn
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-N.c
Russia asks U S aid as Soviets seek orders for materials
Washington reports acting secretary of state Sumner Welles said Russia made its first overture for supplies from the United States. He noted Ambassador Oumansk y conferred on placing orders for materials to defend against Germany and said the request was referred to relevant departments. Welles declined to specify materials or if the aid falls under lend lease, warning the Soviet request faced priority limits due to Britain, China, and other allies' needs.
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Sumner Welles
Russia
United States
Welles
Constantine Oumansky
Soviet Russia
Oumansky
State Department
Soviet Union
Roosevelt
Germany
Great Britain
China
Wheat crop outlook lowers Kansas production forecast
Kansas wheat prospects worsen as Santa Fe estimates 1941 yields as low as 150 million bushels due to heavy rains lodging rust and insects. Western districts show some 20 to 35 bushels per acre, while east and central areas face higher damage. Harvest delays and storage on farms accompany the drought impact. In Lawrence the Independence Day program features seven to eight boat races on the Kaw with 'Lawrence Trophy' and 'Topeka Trophy' events.
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Topeka
Santa Fe Railway
Kansas
Agriculture Department
C. W. Lane
Lane
Hutchinson
Jayhawk Boating Club
Kaw River
Lawrence
Shawnee Boat Club
Lawrence Group
LOCAL MARKET STEADY FOR WHEAT AND POTATOES
The local market held steady with wheat at 85 cents per bushel and potatoes near $1 per hundredweight. Potatoes digging was scattered due to wet fields, and most offerings moved slowly to terminal markets while buyers gathered in town signaling eventual strong demand as digging expands.
No Decision Yet on the Location of War Plants
Washington July 1 Major John P. Harris of the war department ordnance division and other officials visited the tri state area for an inspection. Rhoads and Kenneth Spencer expect a decision on locating an ammonium nitrate plant and a powder plant in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma after army officials return. Johns Manville has until Saturday to accept or reject a contract to operate a shell loading plant near Parsons Kan.
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Washington
R. H. Rhoads
Kansas Industries Commission
Tri-State
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Rhoads
Kenneth Spencer
Office of Production Management
Kansas City
John P. Harris
War Department Ordnance Division
Strike at Leavenworth N A Battery workers walk out
In Leavenworth 135 employees at the National Battery Co. plant quit over failed talks on a new contract. The walkout follows unsuccessful negotiations.
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Leavenworth Leavenworth
Leavenworth
National Battery Company
Stock Market Index Posts 41.5 Amid Mixed Trading
The index of 60 stocks stood at 41.5 after yesterday's close, down from 41.6. Dealers cited modest gains and losses across sectors as investors watched earnings and macro data.
Cooler Fourth Forecast for Kansas as Heat Eases
Topeka July 1 Fourth of July outlook shows cooler weather spreading across Kansas after Geneseo hit 104 degrees the nation’s high. Northerly breezes lower thermometers with highs near 90 to 95 in the east and south and 85 to 90 in the northwest. Lows expected 60 to 72, little rain, wheat harvest favored by easing heat.
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Topeka
Kansas
Geneseo
Flora
Winfield
Concordia
Larned
Hutchinson
Wichita
Anthony
Dinner Tonight in Honor of Col. Karl F. Baldwin
A community dinner at the Eldridge hotel tonight at 6:30 honors Col. Karl F. Baldwin professor of military science at Kansas since 1935. He will move to Fort Winfield Scott in San Francisco for new duties with the Coast Artillery. Special guests include Brigadier General Horace H. Fuller and Adjutant General Milton R. McLean among others.
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Karl F. Baldwin
University of Kansas
Eldridge
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Baldwin
Coast Artillery
Fort Winfield Scott
San Francisco
Cal
Horace H. Fuller
Fort Leavenworth
Milton R. McLean
Martin
Topeka
James S. Duesenbury
Military Science Department
K. U
Charles H. Browne
Horton
Kansas State Guard
Navy announces 385 aviation cadets including Kansans
The navy lists 385 aviation cadet appointments with Kansans Everett Buhler Warren Frowe from Lawrence Robert Curry Wichita Warren Nixdorf Pratt William Knicht Independence and Arthur Triemer Strong City among them.
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Buhler
Frowe
Navy
Washington
Kansas
Everett Eugene Buhler
Warren John Frowe
Lawrence
Robert Oliver Curry
Wichita
Warren Harding Nixdorf
Pratt
William Marshall Knicht
Independence
Arthur Edwin Triemer
Strong City
Trash pickup schedule for business section announced
Notice lists trash collection at 1 p.m. on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays in the business section. Residential and commercial crews remind that trash must be ready and in containers by collection time.
Two Cent Rise in Milk Prices Expected in Lawrence
A two cent per quart milk price increase is anticipated in Lawrence around July 15 after a meeting of distributors and some producers at the Chamber of Commerce. Raw and pasteurized milk would rise to 12 cents per quart as Topeka and Kansas City distributors push prices up.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Topeka
Kansas City
Fifty Three Register Men in Douglas County Draft
Douglas County records fifty three men registering for selective service by noon today. Bruce Cameron, chairman of the local draft board, said activity is rising and about 150 registrations were expected. The draft board office in the community building was open until 9 pm for men aged 21 since last October 16 to register for possible military service.
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Douglas County
Bruce Cameron
Draft Board
Joplin Man Injured When He Alights Moving Freight Train
Joplin resident Tommy Couch suffered a fracture of the left clavicle and an abrasion of the left arm after he leaped from a moving Rock Island freight train yesterday evening. He told doctors he was headed to Williamstown for work and left the train fearing excessive speed near Williamstown. He is hospitalized at Memorial.
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Tommy Couch
Joplin
Rock Island
Couch
Williamstown
Memorial Hospital
Axis War Reports Move Through Front Lines
War bulletins from Cairo Rome Madrid Moscow and New York summarize capitulations, sinkings and territorial claims. Italian forces surrender at Ghimbi in Ethiopia, German submarines claimed sunk, Luck captured by German tanks, and Spain recognizes the Nanking regime with Axis coordination.
Kansas Furnished 5588 Draftees in Eight Months
Topeka reports Kansas has supplied 5588 draftees to the Army in the last eight months, 2800 fewer than the War Department’s November projection. The July quota of 1397 will push total inducted to 985, with Roosevelt’s 900000 draft target for 1941-42 guiding the process.
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Kansas
Army
Topeka
War Department
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Selective Service
Playground Equipment Donated by Lions Club Sets Park Upgrade
The Lawrence Lions Club donated a nine piece playground set to South Park including a horizon bar, trapeze, monkey climb and sandbox built to state specs by Lawrence Iron Works. Marion Barlow designed the monkey climb. Painted aluminum pieces will be green this fall.
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South Park
Lawrence Lions Club
Lawrence Iron Works
Marion Barlow
Lions Club
Lawrence
G. A. Rhodes
Paul Harnar
Paul Watson
Myron Keys
C. E. Kerns
Carl Allen
August Kolterman
Oscar Anderson
French ships to sail for Africa to resume trade
Washington reports two French vessels will carry food and daily goods to French North African colonies under an agreement with Maxime Weygand and authorities in Morocco Algeria and Tunisia with Vichy approval. No military supplies. voyages to bring tea sugar and other essentials.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Welles
Marseilles
United States
Maxime
Weygand
Morocco
Algiers
Tunisia
Ile de Re
Leopold
France
Great Britain
Bermuda
City Council approves airport rent and bond draw
The council set airport rent at $100 per month for the Ashcraft brothers, up from $75.84, amid a plan to spend about $5,000 on hangars. Bond funds show $3,923 spent of $15,000 for airport improvements, with plans for an admin building and runway work. The meeting also rezoned a block for apartments, denied a Third street paving petition, referred a Graeber levee upgrade, added two firefighters, and authorized sidewalk construction and state bond deposits.
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Ashcraft Brothers
Joe Schelbar
Emick
Russell
Eustace
Burgert
Schelbar
Bushey
Pine
Brown
Eberhart
Hunsinger
Stough
Berger
Babb
B. M. Babb
Planning Commission
Lane
Mississippi Street
Tenth
Eleventh Street
D. H. Spencer
Third Street
Indiana
City Water Department
North Lawrence
Charles Rogers
Kentucky Street
Kenneth Pence
Clayton Scott
Clark E. Brubaker
Massachusetts Street
State Highway Department
Lions Club
Southpark
Wheeler calls for Knox resignation over navy threat speech
Senator Wheeler of Montana demanded Secretary Knox resign or be removed after Knox stated in Boston that the time to use the navy to clear the Atlantic of the German menace is at hand. The remark was delivered during a nighttime speech in Boston.
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Wheeler
Knox Washington
D-Mont
Knox
Boston
Atlantic
Weather outlook for Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma
Five day forecast from 6 30 p m July 1 to 6 30 p m July 5 notes cooler spell in southeast and extreme east, mostly clear tonight and Wednesday with cloudiness in far south. Temperatures near to slightly below normal with rainfall concentrated in Oklahoma Friday and tonight through Wednesday.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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