Drive on Egypt halted as Allied attack sheds light on El Alamein
Allied and Axis dispatches recount a four day battle near El Alamein with Gen. Auchinleck’s reinforced 8th Army gaining the initiative. British air and land forces pound Axis lines while unconfirmed reports claim American troops join the fighting. Both sides report heavy losses but no conclusive breakthrough.
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el Alamein
U. S
GHQ
Auchinleck
Rommel
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Cairo
el Alamen
Egypt
el- Alamein
8Th
Americans Help In First Joint RAF US Bomber Raid
On July 4 1943 United States Army Air Forces joined RAF in bombing Holland targets at Hamstede Alkmaar and Valkenburg with Boston A20 aircraft. The raid marked US crews flying British aircraft under RAF insignia and was described as the first offensive operation in western Europe with bomber command.
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United States Air Forces
R.A.F
Holland
Air Ministry
United States Army Air Force
British Isles
Hamstede
Alkmaar
Valkenburg
United States Army Air Forces
Bomber Command
Boston
Europe
U. S. Army
Ministry of Information
United States
United States Army
War bonds posters to fill Lawrence stores windows
Lawrence displays plan systematic posters in stores to promote war bond and stamp sales. C C Carl, executive chairman of the Victory Display committee, asks merchants to pledge space until war ends. Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce to distribute posters, changed every three weeks. First posters mark American Heroes day on July 17. Cooperating merchants receive a billfold card and window declorama as proof of participation. Break ground for Pratt and Whitney plant in Kansas City.
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Lawrence
C. C. Carl
Victory Display Committee
Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Says Freedom Spirit Spreads Worldwide
President Roosevelt declared on July 4 that democracy and freedom have spread across the globe. He described Independence Day 1942 as a day observed amid war as tanks planes guns and ships signify the nation’s resolve to keep war production uninterrupted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Celebrate the 4th by swimming at Jayhawk Plunge
Ady urges readers to celebrate the Fourth of July by swimming in the clear water at Jayhawk Plunge. The note highlights the location and festive occasion as a community option.
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Jayhawk Plunge
Ady
Quiet Fourth for Lawrence Residents and Officials
Lawrence on Independence Day observes a largely quiet holiday as Sunflower Ordnance Works employees work, shops open, picnics and swimming expected, and a baseball game planned by the Lawrence Royal Crowns versus the Rudy Patricks. Fireworks fill the scene amid a city ordinance limiting sales to July 1 through July 5 with permitted items listed.
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Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence Royal Crowns
Rudy Patricks
Kansas City
Highway 59
City Recreation Office
Southpark
Japanese Drive On Chungking in Kiangsi and Suiyuan
Chinese high command reports Japanese gains widen in central and eastern Kiangsi as they threaten a noose on large Chinese forces south of the Chekiane-Kiangsi railway. Communique says Japan controls Tsungten Loan highs and has shelling Kwangfeng outer defenses while Chiang Kai-shek’s forces repel attacks near Hongkong and recapture Wuchen in Suiyuan.
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Kiangsi
Chekiane-Kiangsi
Kwangfeng
Kwangtung Province
Chiang Kai-shek
Hongkong
Wuchen
Suiyuan
China
Soviet Russia
Nazi Press Eases Censorship As Bombing Toll Is Revealed
Bern reports Germany lifts tight censorship and discusses RAF raids on the Rhineland and Ruhr over three years of war. Articles from Essen to Munich note civilian damage, alarm counts, and pleas to endure, with Berlin avoiding specifics on military losses.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
R.A.F
Rhineland
Ruhr
Cologne
Berlin
Munich
National Zeitung
Essen
Airman Reaches Allied Base After 80 Mile trek
Corporal Louis Murphy of Bridgeport, Colorado, survived two days at sea and 18 days wandering naked and hungry across 80 miles of jungle after his bomber was shot down by Japanese zeros near Lae New Guinea. He longed to rejoin combat and vowed no mercy on the attackers.
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Melbourne
Australia
Louis Murphy
U. S
Bridgeport
Cann
Murphy
Lae
New Guinea
Mae Wests
Raindoops
War Bond and Stamp Sales Report By Lawrence Post Office
The Lawrence post office reports war bond sales totaling 196 218 25 with stamps valued at 27 287 during May to June 30 1941. For the first half of 1942 bonds reached 90 843 75 and stamps 21 665 with monthly figures listed and a peak stamp day noted.
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Lawrence
Paving Nears Finish on South Massachusetts Street
If weather stays favorable, paving from Twentieth to Twenty-third street on South Massachusetts will be completed in about two weeks. The 20 foot center strip is poured and east side of Twenty-one hundred block is done. West side poured yesterday in the same block while grading for the rest of the concrete is finished. The project began in October but was slowed by bad weather.
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Massachusetts Street
Twentieth
Twenty-third Street
M. N. Penny Construction Company
Russian Front Report Highlights Don Breakthroughs Lifting Pressure
AP reports German field HQ says forces push toward the Don after a major breakthrough in Ukraine. Soviet dispatches claim Timoshenko’s armies repelled attacks in Kursk and Kharkov, launched counterstrikes, and retook initiative. Sevastopol falls amid huge casualties, with 60 000 Axis killed and 90 000 wounded since the final assault began.
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Hitler
Don
Ukraine
Don River
Kharkov
Kursk
Semeon Timoshenko
Crimea
Sevastopol
Great
Black Sea
Fritz von Mannstein
Reno Marriage Boom and Divorce Surge in War Year
Reno reports a 380.4 percent rise in divorce filings and a 25.5 percent increase in marriage licenses in the first half of the war year. From January 1 to June 30 there were 1,807 divorce suits and 12,204 licenses to wed, driven by service involvement and higher incomes. County officials note ongoing monthly precedents and expect a record year for marriages in 1942.
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Reno
Nev
Elwood H. Beemer
Topeka Couple Reaches Peace After Guard Clash
In Topeka on July 4 armed guards at the air base disrupted a young couple visiting Virginia Paul who lives nearby. The pair resolved the matter and police issued the boyfriend a permanent pass to enter the base.
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Topeka
Topeka Air Base
Virginia Paul
Draftees Leave Monday To Enter Army Service
Two groups of Lawrence draftees depart Monday for Fort Leavenworth. The first group of 25 men leaves at 7 a.m. on its initial trip by chartered bus. The second group, already to Leavenworth and moved to the enlisted reserve, reports for active duty at 11:30 a.m. on an extra bus.
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Lawrence
Fort Leavenworth
Leavenworth
Navy Wing at Strong Hall Set as Ship Under Lieut Buhl
The navy training section in west Frank Strong hall at the University of Kansas will occupy the wing as a ship once bulkheads are finished. Lieut A H Buhl will command the section, and town residents students and faculty are urged to use entrances that avoid navy spaces.
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Navy
West
New Oil Well Starts Peak in Kansas Ahead of Rules
Kansas oil activity reaches a weekly high with 67 new starts across 16 counties as operators spud wells before spacing rules take effect. The week ends with 11 completions at 13 325 barrels daily and a gas well at 1 500 000 cubic feet daily, plus nine dry holes. Barton leads new starts with 17, Reno 13, Russell 8, and Rice 5. Pipeline runs ease to 258 844 barrels, while the Corporation Commission tallies 17 oil wells completed at 18 000 barrels daily.
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Kansas
Barton County
Reno County
Russell County
Rice
Phillips
Jefferson
Stafford
Leavenworth
Douglas
McPherson
Rooks
Cowley
Barber
Graham
Haskell
Ness
Corporation Commission
Reno
Russell
Ellis
Pratt
Cool July Fourth Weather Reigns in Kansas
Topeka reports the coolest July 4 in years with dry conditions across most of the state. Rain was minimal with possible showers in the northeast and west tonight. Wheat harvest continues under plentiful sun and warm days, while Ellis hit 93 degrees and Goodland saw a 58 degree low.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ellis
Goodland
Heat Prostration Fatalities Rise Across Oregon
Twenty two people died from heat prostration in Oregon as record high temperatures battered the state. Fifteen deaths were reported yesterday, six on Thursday and one on Wednesday, highlighting a severe heat wave across Portland and beyond.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Kansas Seeks Aluminum From Clay Under New U. Kansas Study
Government and university researchers announce a modified Deville Pechiney process to extract alumina from Kansas clay. Led by E D Kinney with Norman Plumsmer, John Romary, and Ray Thompson, the method shows 70 percent alumina extraction at relatively low cost and could enable a Kansas aluminum industry.
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E. D. Kinney
University
R. C. Moore
State Geological Survey
University of Kansas
Kansas
War Production Board
United States Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
France
Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering
Kansas Geological Survey
Mr. Kinney
Norman Plumsmer
John Romary
Ray Thompson
Final Band Concert Roundup at Liberty Memorial High
A large crowd attended the final summer concert at Liberty Memorial high school in Southpark. Joe M Williams, the school’s voice teacher, was a featured soloist on several pieces. Oliver Hobbs recognized band members who won honors at the national regional music festival in Omaha. Eugene Crabb and Dick Thompson conducted as guests, with Crabb and Clark Hargiss performing instrumental solos.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Southpark
Joe M. Wiliams
Oliver Hobbs
Omaha
Eugene Crabb
Dick Thompson
Crabb
Clark Hargiss
Weather Outlook for Kansas Tonight
Few scattered thunderstorms pepper northeast and western Kansas tonight with little temperature change expected. Stronger storms may occur locally, but most areas see only isolated activity and steady warmth.
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Kansas
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