Japanese Lose Heavily in Gulf of Kula Battle
Washington reports incomplete information shows United States forces inflicted heavy damage on the Japanese in the Kula gulf fight, while the destroyer Strong was torpedoed and sunk during bombardment of Vila and Bairoko. The clash involved light surface forces with possible air support and signals that larger actions may follow in the central Solomons.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Kula Gulf
Solomon Island
Solomons
Strong
Vila
Bairoko
Kula
New Georgia Island
Kolombangara Island
Munda
Joseph Harold Wellings
East Boston
Mass
Mia Gulf
Rendova Isand
United States Navy
Krave
Central Solomons
Guadalcanal
Central
Guadal‘canal
South Pacific
Kala Gulf
Deel
Rules panel shelves stopgap on Guffey coal act extension
Washington July 6 The House Rules Committee tabled a stopgap measure extending the Guffey bituminous coal act past August 23 to January 1. The panel's action delays further consideration before the summer recess with Congress to return in September after expiration. President Roosevelt had urged renewal.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Ate
Sabath
Rules Committee
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Ways and Means Committee
Wor
United Mine Workers
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-N.c
Hitler's Summer Offensive Faces Soviet Resistance Near Moscow
Soviet forces halted major German thrusts along a 165 mile front and reported destroying hundreds of Nazi tanks and planes in the opening hours. Berlin denied a full offensive while Soviet dispatches claimed heavy German losses as battles raged from Belgorod to Kursk toward Voronezh and possibly Moscow.
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Adolf Hitler
Iles
Moscow
Theegion
Orel
Belgorod
Berlin
Comd
Kursk
Vichy
Europe
Hitler
Voronezh
Stalingrad
Red
American Forces Take Vangunu Island in Solomons
U S troops reported to have captured key positions on Vangunu island southeast of New Georgia and Reova, with stubborn Japanese resistance noted on Vangunu. General MacArthur’s headquarters said American forces gained control amid ongoing Solomons fighting, while overall casualties were described as light.
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South Pacific
Vangunu Island
New Georgia
Reova Island
Douglas MacArthur
Austrla
U.S
Vangunu
Rendova
Althe
Solomons
Stock Market Index Reads 52.2 to 52.3 Point Spread
The stock index for sixty stocks closed around 52.2 on Saturday with a brief rise to 52.3 later. No major shifts noted as traders watched key benchmarks and sector leaders.
July war stamp drive clears near $940 in Douglas county
Three day total from four store booths plus street sales reaches $939.70 of a $15,000 goal. The drive, led by Mrs. Henry Werner, aims to reach one dollar in stamps per person to support the national effort and the Shangri La project, with continued sales through the month and volunteers staffing Penney Weaver Kress Woolworth and Weaver stores.
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Douglas County
Henry Werner
Women’s Committee
Werner
Shangri-La
Tokyo
Bundles For America
D. A.lytle
the First Christian Church
Penney, Weaver and Kress
Lloyd Gaines
Merry Matrons Club
Fred Cutter
Penney and
Kress
H. W. Dunkerly
Ada Mauck
J. R. Holmes
Charles Edmondson
Charles Edmondson, Jr
C. P. Aul
Ralph van Bebber
Jessie Scott
A. A. Green
H. A. Jetmore
Hugh Means
William F. Kester
Carl Graeber
George Kirchhoff
Lucille Mahieu
Janice Monteith
Janet Malott
Edith Malott
Caroline Carter
Corinne Carter
Marcia Wyland
Catherine Jaedicke
Marylin Smart
Virginia Winter
Bombing Incidents Reported in Boise City Oklahoma
Six practice bombs were dropped on Boise City Oklahoma causing damage to a ditch and a garage. A spectator said a plane circled and bombed until lights were switched off. Jed Krieger of the Boise City Weekly News notes bombs came from one plane, believed to be an army plane. Army officers arrived to investigate.
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Boise ‘City
Okla
Panhandle
Jed Krieger
Boise City Weekly News
Summer Hours Set by Merchants Bureau
Summer hours from 9 a m to 5 30 p m were approved by the Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce and take effect today. The schedule will be followed by clothing and dry goods shops and by several other stores.
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Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Allied Air Routs Axis in Mediterranean Blitzes
Allied forces led by U S Flying Fortresses shot down 41 German fighters over Gerbini Sicily and Sardinia as Liberators bombed Messina and other rail hubs. Staff Sgt Benjamin Warmer of San Francisco claimed seven victories, while three Fortresses were lost.
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North Africa
U. S
Gerbizi
Sicily
Sardinia
Gerbini
Marsala
Licata
Sciacca
Catania
Villacidro
Middle East
Messina
Ninth Air Force
Lazaretto Mole
Mediterranean
Benjamin Warmer
San Francisco
Main
R.A.F
Berlin
Sicilian
Bizerte
Popular Party Dissolved by French National Liberation Committee
In Algiers on July 6 the French Popular Party linked to Nazi ties through Jacques Doriot was dissolved by a decree of the French Committee of National Liberation. The committee, chaired by Gen. Charles De Gaulle, also abrogated Vichy decrees creating obligatory production and commerce groupements.
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Algiers
French Popular Party
Jacques’ Doriot
French Committee of National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Republican Leader Osborn Dies in Stockton Kansas
P O Osborn 72 longtime chairman of the Sixth district Republican committee and Rocks county GOP died at his home in Stockton Kansas early today of a heart attack. He was a prominent Republican leader in northwestern Kansas.
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Stockton
Kan
P.O. Q. Osborn
Sixth District
Republican Committee
Rocks County
Kansas
Ban on travel saves lives during wartime July Fourth holiday
An Associated Press survey shows 298 deaths over the long weekend, with 127 traffic fatalities, 84 drownings, and 87 other deaths. The report notes no fireworks deaths and compares to prior wartime and prewar July Fourth periods, listing state fatalities including Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma.
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Uncle Jim
Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Navy V-12 program opens at University of Kansas
More than five hundred young men join the Navy V-12 program at KU. They are housed in seven fraternities and Templin hall and will dine in Union mess halls. Lieut A H Buhl spoke to the group about duties and opportunities. Ensign Logan Ware from Texas Christian University becomes athletic officer as students begin classes, physical fitness, and swimming tests.
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University of Kansas
Templin Hall
Union Building
A. H. Buhl
University
General Quarters
Hoch Auditorium
Navy
Logan Ware
Texas Christian University
Chiang Kai-shek Sets Two-Year War Defeat Target
Chiang Kai-shek told China on the eve of the war's sixth anniversary that the time limit for vanquishing the aggressor cannot exceed two years. He warned of hard trials but predicted allied victory and a merged European Asiatic theater with open lines of transport. He urged resolve and unity as China and the allies press toward defeat of Japan.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Japan
Cne
North
Africa
Harvesting in Douglas County Gains Ground Despite Rains
Farmers in Douglas County press ahead with grain and oat harvests as weather slows potato digging. Wheat yields run 12 to 15 bushels per acre with prices around 1.29 a bushel, oats about 35 bushels per acre at 0.55 a bushel. Beet canning starts. Beets contracted across 35 acres with losses from high water. Local businessmen and State Guard volunteers aid in midday and weekend harvests.
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Altho
Douglas County
Coe
Columbus Foods Corporation
Heck Brothers
Raymond Pine
Emil Heck
Omaha
Alfred Heck
Chicago
Emil Héck
Pine
Kansas City
Wade Pierce
B. Hildebrand
O. T. York
W. O. Boehle
J. E. Howard
Sibley
A. E. Woestemeyer
L. A. Bearman
Fred Godfrey
Eighteen Feared Drowned After Halifax Collision
Eighteen men were believed drowned when a freighter struck a tug near Halifax Shipyards in Bedford Basin just before noon today. Rescue efforts followed as authorities investigated the crash and identified the vessels involved.
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Halifax
Halifax Shipyards, Ltd
Bedfo Basin
Death of Sikorski Shocks Allied Leaders
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that General Wladyslaw Sikorski's death in a Gibraltar air crash was one of the Allies' heaviest blows. Brig. Gen. J. P. Whiteley, 45, MP and WWI veteran, was among 15 aboard the bomber plane returning Sikorski from the Middle East.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Gibraltar
House
J. P. Whiteley
Mons
Berator
Sikorski
Middle East
Whiteley
Commons
Four Naturalization Petitions Filed in District Court
Four petitions for naturalization were filed in the district court on Saturday. Petitioners include Fred Valentine Gephart of Ottawa, Charles Sevarine Williamson of Ottawa, Muriel Barron Hewlett of 826 Alabama, and Karl Ludwig Gerhard Kalisch of 53344 Ohio.
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District Court
Fred Valentine Gephart
Ottawa
Charles Sevarine /Williamson
Muriel Barron Hewlett
Alabama
Karl Ludwig Gerhard Kalisch
Ohio
U S Crop Insurance May Be Retained
Washington July 6 House conferees agreed to submit to the House a Senate amendment aimed at revoking yesterday's death sentence for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. The defic iency bill and farm program provisions were amended to finance the insurance program, with changes in housing and works agency funding as part of broader appropriation negotiations. Four remaining appropriation bills awaited action by nightfall.
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Washington
House
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
Federal Crop ‘Insurance Corporation
F.I.C
National Housing’ Agency
Federal Works Agency
Will provide service for constituents of late Rep Guyer
A letter from R C Jones, secretary to the late Congressman U S Guyer, states that district constituents may receive non legislative help for six months or until a successor is chosen. Jones will handle inquiries, provide status on legislation, and assist with federal government matters but cannot act in Congress. He can be reached at the Guyer office in the House Office Building in Washington.
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Rep
U. S. Guyer
Kansas Aetrict
R. C. Jones
Guyer
Congress
Jones
Helen Krivacs
Washington, D
Judge Orders Specific Evidence in Sunflower Fraud Case
Kansas City Kansas July 6 Judge Richard J Hopkins urged counsel for William V Ryan informer in the Sunflower Ordnance Works fraud suit to present definite and particular information on fraud this afternoon or the suit would be dismissed. He warned that vague general accusations fail to meet court pleading demands and a lack of specificity could strike the petition.
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Kansas City
Kan
U. S
Richard J. Hopkins
William V. Ryan
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Taxes Due Promptly Under New County Law
Final notices of personal taxes will be mailed July 10 to 15. Warrants will be issued to the sheriff thirty days after mailing and become a lien on real estate. Roy Flory county treasurer notes the new law, in effect July 1, imposes penalties for nonpayment and authorizes sheriff collection.
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Roy Flory
KU Senate Debates Calendar Harmonization With V-12
The University of Kansas senate convened to consider aligning civilian and V-12 semesters to a common schedule. The fiscal aim is to maximize instructional staff use while adjusting the 16 week civilian term to end September 11 and fit a 5 week civilian session to October 11.
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Senate of the
University of Kansas
University
University Senate
Senate Approves $15 Million Flood Repair Funding
The Senate voted a catch-all bill adding 15 million dollars for flood damaged lands in the Missouri valley and Midwest. The amendment also boosts war department repairs and includes 150 million for housing, 75 million for community facilities, and 12 million for an Inter-American highway link in Costa Rica, among other provisions.
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Washington
Senate
Missouri Valley
Midwest
Clark
D.-Mo
Appropriations Committee
War Department
Agriculture Department
Appropriations
National Housing Agency
Federal Works Agency
Costa Rica
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Carrabello
Fla
Corpus
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