Nazi advances press Soviet defense along 2000 mile front
Bolshevik reports describe heavy fighting as Soviet forces strike back near Luck Direction and across the Prat river sector. German tank columns suffer damage while Romanian and German troops face routs in Bessarabia as Riga falls and Turkish maneuvers shift across the Bosporus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Rusa
U.S.R
Dvinsk
Latvia
Prat
Hungary
Germany
Riga
Ningrad
Turkey
Russia
The
Bosporus
Istanbul
Ankara
33RD ARREST IN COUNTER ESPIONAGE SWEEP
Federal agents arrest William Gustav Kaercher in New York on conspiracy to violate the federal code as part of a Sunday roundup. Kaercher, a Westwood New Jersey resident and draftsman for American Gas and Electric, pleads innocent. Four others linked to liner crews plead guilty or enter innocent pleas. A federal grand jury opens an espionage inquiry as arrests total 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Gustav Kaercher
Westwood
N. J
Kaercher
Themerican Gas and Electric Company
Adolph Henry Walischewsky
Uruguay
Conradin Otto-Deld
United States
Renee Nezenen
Plaward
Harvest Stalled Again in Wichita Area
Harvest progress in Wichita is delayed by rain and wet fields. Wheat receipts for the day reach 259 cars, with grainmen estimating at least a third of the crop in the area remains uncut. Light rain fell overnight and today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Understanding Capital Demand And Financing Options
The text explains fixed capital being durable and reused while circulating capital is used briefly and consumed. It notes fixed capital demand is met by investment banks and circulating capital by commercial banks, with local banks aiding farm machinery purchases. It also lists ways to secure capital: personal funds, loans from individuals or lenders, or help from investment bankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.R
Pull failed to save officer from draft for Joe Doakes
Camp Lee Virginia July 2 The draft board refused a deferment for Homer F Ortmeyer assistant civilian personnel office secretary of war personnel director appeal failed Ortmeyer now serves as Private Homer F Ortmeyer in the 182th service unit a locater file clerk at headquarters The letter notes Doakes caries the joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lee
Joe Doakes
U. S. Army
U.S.A
Joe
War Department
Washington
Secretary of War
Homer F. Ortmeyer
182Th Service Unit
Lawrence and Nearby Notables Mentioned in Journal-World Notes
A collage of Lawrence area items notes longtime monument worker Heard, possible ties to Fred Vander Schmidt, and a telephone chat with actor Eric Blore via Mrs. Owen of 1722 Kentucky. It recalls Gordon Kelly singing for locals, June rainfall at Worden, and a July 4 Pleasant Grove celebration. Fish and game wardens inspect Lone Star lake with no violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. E. Geiler
Lawrence
Fred Vanderschmidt
Journal-World
Leavenworth
the Times
Harry Gregg
Lone Star Lake
Olin Minckley
Fred Toburen
Fred Anderson
Carl Teichgraeber
Art Benander
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Celia Draper
Mrs Celia Draper died yesterday at her home in Kansas City Kan Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced She visited Lawrence many times She is survived by a sister Mrs Narcissus Carter a niece Miss Lucille Grvyder and a nephew William James all of Lawrence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Draper
Kansas City
Kan
Rs. Draper
Lawrence
Narcissus Carter
Lucille Grvyder
William James
Murmansk Leningrad Rail Line Reported Cut
New York reports British radio broadcast unconfirmed claims that German and Finnish forces cut the Murmansk Leningrad railway linking Russia's second city to the Arctic port. Stockholm Reuters dispatch cited a Berlin correspondent stating Murmansk had been in German hands since yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
British Radio Today
Murmansk-Leningrad
Russia
Arctic
Murmansk
White Sea
N.B.C
Stockholm
Reuters
London
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Dr Grinter to Speak at Purdue Mechanical Engineering Meeting
Dr Linton E Grinter will be the principal speaker at Purdue University closing meeting of the summer session on mechanical engineering education He is an IIT vice president and dean, KU engineering graduate 1923 and has worked in major engineering roles He holds memberships in Sigma Xi Tau Beta Pi ASCE and the Society for Promotion of Engineering Education and is a registered Illinois structural engineer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton E. Grinter
University of Kansas Engineering School
Graduate School of Illinois Institute of Technology
Purdue University
Grinter
School of Engineering
University of Kansas
University of Illinois
Sigma Xi
Tau Beta Pi
American Society of Civil Engineers
And
Society For Promotion of Engineering Education
Illinois
Convicts Suspected In Onaga Car Theft Not Linked To Station Robbery
KBI director Lou Richter said two fleeing convicts George R. Hight and Frank Wutherick, who earlier stole a car at Onaga, are not connected to a rural store burglary and a filling station raid five miles south of Onaga. The men reportedly took canned goods clothing and 50 gallons of gasoline as they planned a long run out of the state.
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Topeka
P—Lou Richter
KBI
Larned
Onaga
Richter
George R. Hight
Frank Wutherick
Smith Resigns From Society Over Quartet Ban
Former Gov Alfred E Smith and City Park Commissioner Robert Moses resign as vice presidents of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. They say the society barred Black quartets from the national contest in St Louis, sparking their departure. O C Cash of Tulsa, founder of the society, telegraphed the board's decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred E. Smith
City
Robert Moses
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Smith
O. C. Cash
Tulsa
Okla
New York City
Grand Central Terminal
St. Louis
Three Drug Firms Fined for Insulin Price Fixing
In Washington on July 2 federal court fined Eli Lilly & Co Sharp and Dohme Inc and E R Squibb & Sons 5000 each for insulin price fixing. Individual defendants fined 1500 include Lilly president Carl H Palmer Sharp and Dohme president John S Zinsser and Squibb board chair Carleton H Palmer. other officers faced drop of charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eli Lilly & Company
Sharp and Dohme, Inc
E. R. Squibb & Sons
Eli Lilly
Concerni
John S. Zinsser
Sharp & Dohme
Carleton H. Palmer
Squibb’s
Nolo
British Appointments Hainsing Named Intendant General in Middle East
London July 2 War Office announces Lieutenant General Sir Robert Haining chief of the imperial general staff has been appointed intendant general in the Middle East a senior supervisory post in the region authoritative dispatch states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Robert H. Haining
Imperial General Staff
Middle East
War Office
Richman Divorced Wife Files Cruelty Suit
Mrs Hazel Forbes Richman filed for divorce from Harry Richman the entertainer in Stuart Florida on July 2 charging extreme cruelty as the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richman Stuart
Fla
Hazel Forbes Richman
Harry Richman
Milk Supply Battle Triggers Dumping in Three States
Utica July 2 The dairy farmers union says its campaign to limit milk flow to New York City caused the dumping of hundreds of gallons and claims ongoing curtailment of the normal five million quart daily supply. The union backs Owen Young’s call for a temporary mediation board to set a fair price amid the emergency as pickets intensify to enforce an eight dollar per hundredweight price, versus a May rate of 1.83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Dairy Farmers Union
New York City
D.F.U
Owen D. Young
New York
Wheat Growers Protective Association forms in Kansas and Oklahoma
Cherokee county farmers organized The Wheat Growers Protective Association of America to push for a better wheat deal. More than 1,000 signatures from Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma counties collected as petitions go to the Secretary of Agriculture. Ben McKee leads with Albert Meeds W A Walker and E Hagler as officers and twelve directors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Kan
Cherokee County
Wheat Growers Protective Association of America
Cherokee
Crawford
Labette
Kansas
Jasper County
Missouri
Ottawa County
Oklahoma
Secretary of Agriculture
Ben McKee
Albert Meeds
W. A. Walker
E. Hagler
Frahm Sentenced for Graft in Detroit Police Case
Former Detroit Police Superintendent Fred W. Frahm received a four to five year prison term after conviction for accepting graft while leading the department. He and three other officers were found guilty of taking eighty six thousand dollars to protect a baseball pool. Eight additional officers pleaded guilty to the same charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Fred W. Frahm
Earl Pugsley
Frahm
Gift By T B Society Topeka Aids Tuberculosis Rehab
An annual gift of 1500 dollars from the Kansas Tuberculosis and Health association was announced for special vocational rehabilitation of tuberculosis cases. Fay N. Seaton, chairman of the social welfare board, said Harry M. Dandy, state rehabilitation supervisor, will cooperate with the health association in administering services under this program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.B. Society
Topeka
Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association
Fay N. Seaton
Social Welfare Board
Harry M. Dandy
The
Health Association
Eventful Day in Adall Family as Draft Age Reached
On July 1 the Carlson family marked Ed svin Adolph’s twenty first birthday and draft registration while son Carl Gustaf departed Winfield as a selectee for army duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adall
Kan
Anna Carlson
Edsvin Adolph
Carl Gustaf
Winfield
Major Broughton Acquitted in Earl of Erroll Murder Case
Major Sir Henry John Delves Broughton a 57 year old World War I veteran was acquitted by a jury of murder in the death of the Earl of Erroll the hereditary high constable of Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairobi
Kenya
Henry John Delves Broughton
Earl of Erroll
Scotland
Anthony Fair Dates Set for 37th Horse Races
The 37th annual horse races at the Anthony fair in Kansas launch the season on the Kansas Oklahoma Missouri circuit. Races run July 15 to July 19. O F Morrison secretary said today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony
Kansas
O. F. Morrison
Joe Louis Sued for Divorce in Chicago Court
World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis faced a divorce suit filed in a Chicago superior court by Marva Trotter Louis. She accuses him of cruelty as grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Louis
Chicago
Marva Trotter Louis
Braves edge Giants in first game of doubleheader
In Boston, July 2, the Braves beat the Giants 5-4 as Tom Harley saved the win with strong relief pitching. The doubleheader opener featured low scoring late innings and key hits from Wittig Brown Owen Danning Errickson Adams Earley and Masi for Boston.
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Boston
Boston Braves
New York Giants
Tom Harley
Giants
New York
Wittig
Brown
Owen
Danning
Errickson
Adams
Earley
Masi
Lehrman
Johnson
Montgomery
Mast
Pittsburgh
Paul Derringer
Junior Thompson
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Big Max Butcher
Cincinnati
Derringer
Mpson
Lombardi
J. Riddle
Butcher
Lopez
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Phillies
Dodgers
Philadelphia
Hoerst
Beck
Melton
Livingston
Higbe
Klinger
Franks
Race Riot Halts After Pool Incident In Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports a clash sparked by an attack on a 14 year old black boy by white youths at a pool. The ensuing race riot lasted hours in North Philadelphia with injuries in the dozens as police deployed hundreds of officers and fifty patrol cars to quell the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Athletic
Boy Dies in Rescue Attempt in Tennessee
In Chattanooga Tennessee on July 2 a 14 year old boy named Aj Willard Young died trying to save his eight year old brother Franklin from drowning after he stepped into a hole in a pond. Willard attempted the rescue but both brothers perished before aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Franklin Young
Willard
City official studies dog tax profits in Kansas City
Pi Ray W Wilson, Kansas City assistant city manager, asks other cities how they run dog tax collections noting KC kept only 12 000 profit on 26 000 collected. He is busy replying to letters. Houston reports spending 16 000 to collect 3 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ray W. Wilson
Wilson
Houston
Tex
Trustees named for Marais des Cygnes memorial park
Governor Ratner appoints a six member board to oversee the Marais des Cygnes massacre memorial park in Linn county. Appointees include E A Hoag John Pallegrino Mrs Zella Halli LaCygne L P Bishop Kirke Mechem Topeka and R M Kelly secretary of the state historical society. Also notes Kelly returns from New York trip for his sister Elizabeth Kellys wedding to Edward Hutchings Business Week editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Ratner
Marais Des Cygnes
Linn County
E. A. Hoag
John Pallegrino
Zella Halli
Pleasanton
L. P. Bishop
LaCygne
Kirke Mechem
State Historical Society
R. M. Kelly
Crown Drug
New York
Elizabeth Kelly
Edward Hutchings
Business Week
Mrs. Hutchings
Life Magazine
Market News From New York July 2 Higher steel stocks and mixed bonds
Markets show a quiet rally with steels leading gains while bonds vary with Japanese issues advancing sharply. Currencies steady as the Canadian dollar climbs. cotton and sugar move on buying and hedging. copper futures rise slightly amid a generally mixed trading backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Wall Street Rallies As Stocks Rise On Modest Upturn
The Day In Wall Street reports a buying surge with steels rails farm implements and industrials edging higher as traders expect a modest rebound after recent price declines. Volume neared 400000 shares while some areas did not respond. Several blue chips posted gains. Standard Oil and Pepsi-Cola hit new highs on the day amid firmer cotton prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Case
International Harvester
United Aircraft
American Telephone
Anaconda
du Pont
Union Carbide
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth and
Southern
N.J
Pepsi-Cola
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Bessarabia
Second Cavalry
Fort Riley
John Millikin
E. W. Owen
Kentucky Street
Eric Blore
Hollywood
Calif
Worden Station
Walter Schwarz
Cooperative Observer
Pleasant Grove
N. D. Messer
Baldwin Band
California
Chamber of Commerce
T. J. Sweeney, Sr
Mr. Sweeney
Clifford Dean
Kansas School Work Council
NYA
Mrs
Journal- World
DR. Grinter
K. U. Grad
AL Smith
Fine Drug Manufacturers
New York State
Cherokee County Group
National League
Joe DiMaggio
Yankees
Red Sox
Indians
Charlie Keller
Yanks
H. Newsome
Vinson
Potter
Pytlak
Gomez
Murphy
Dickey
Zuber
Early
Babich
Hadley
Harris
Ferrick
Wagner
Olson Bros
Lawrence: Memorial Co
Norman Endacott, Met
Two Casualty and Surety Company
Hartford, Conn
Charlio
N & Lavery
Names Board
Marais Des Cygnes Memorial
Government
Treasury
Smelt & R
Tel & Tel
Atcht&sf
Beth Steel Desneates
Oererey
Cerro de Pasco Chrysler Corp
Ee Ebanenee
ComSolo
Con Oiarate
General Electric Ene
Kennecott Ree
Meneeeenen Nat Dairy
Pr North Am Co A
Penney JC Ceaeermeee Ae
Phillips
Massachusetts
McGregor
Rayons
Poplins
Rayon
Financial Statement
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Douglas
State of
Ottowsys
Federal Home Loan
Eessemsceenegs
Federal Insurance Reserve
F.H.A
George O. Foster
L. E. Eby
Chas. E. Louk
Notary Public
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