Red army drives advance toward Wilno and Baltic region
Soviet forces launch heavy artillery and air power in Poland and Lithuania fronts, severing communications around Kowel and Molodeczno as Cherniakhovsky’s troops push toward Wilno and the Baltic states. German counterattacks concentrate near Molodeczno Baranowicze area amid storms of Stormoviks and bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Pinsk
Brest Litovek
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Wilno
Baltic Republics
Cherniakhovsky
Winino
Smorgonie
East Prussia
Minsk
39Th
Molodeczno
Creuters
Ray Ale
Gorin River
Historic U S stamp values and validity notes
Fragmented stamp schedule lists various US postage stamp types with validity dates and values. Includes foods books blue moas, sugar products, airplane stamps, gasoline coupons 10 A 12 A and B3 B4 C3 C4, with expiration through February 28 September 21 and indefinite terms for some issues. Pricing mentions five pounds and five cent equivalents in limited contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe Ve
Augusta
London Faces Flying Bomb Threats From German Rockets
Prime Minister Churchill warned Londoners that flying bombs pose an indiscriminate threat and that casualty services are coping as daily rocket attacks continue. He recalled London’s Blitz resilience and praised American and Allied support while noting German advances and countermeasures against the long range weapons.
U S to Continue to Import Wheat Amid Harvest Outlook
The agriculture department says the United States will likely continue wheat imports for the next year to cover unexpected wartime needs and bolster carryovers, even as a large harvest may top the 1917 record. Imports, about 150 million bushels from Canada last year, help meet livestock feed shortages while domestic use for food and alcohol remains steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Janatia
Adam Carter Found Dead in Yuma River
Adam Carter, 29, son of George Carter of 832 Ohio Street, was found dead in a river near Yuma Arizona on June 23. Burial followed in Yuma. Born in Lawrence, he left four years ago and was classified 4-F after Fort Leavenworth draft examination. He worked in California shipyards and for a Yuma construction firm at the time of death. He is survived by his father four sisters and five brothers, none living in Lawrence. a brother Marcel Carter traveled to Yuma after the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carter
Ohio Street
Adam Carter
Yuma
Ariz
Lawrence
Fort Leavenworth
Calfornia
Marcel Carter
U S Orders Amended Complaint In Sunflower Plant Suit
U S Circuit Judge Walter A Haxman set an October 1 deadline for the government to file an amended complaint in the Ryan versus contractors case over the Sunflower Ordnance Works near DeSoto. The ruling narrows Ryan’s fraud counts from construction as a big powder plant sparring continues with district attorney's participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
UPI
U. S
Walter A Haxman
William Vi. Ryan
Bolivar
Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto
Haxman
Ryan
Robot Bombs Stir Up British Hatred
London dispatch notes three weeks of robot bombing have deepened hatred for Hitler and the Nazis beyond the blitz, with crowds thinning, shelters in stations, and many seeking safety in corridors. Londoners display determination and camaraderie amid disruptions, while resentment grows over government preemption and limited retaliation for the buzz bomb threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bunnelle
London
Hitler
Bunnelle
Associated Press
Tires Destroyed In Olathe Shop Fire Near Naval Base
In Olathe Kansas a tire shop and two cars were destroyed by a three hour fire sparked when a jack failed puncturing a gasoline tank. Firefighters aided by sailors from the nearby naval air base kept the flames from spreading to a residence building. damage estimated at 12000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kan
Naval Air Base
Here
Vernon Prather
Andy Johnson
Johnson
Change in Law Aids Newly Weds and Infanticipators
Washington July 6 congressional tax experts cheerfully note for full newlyweds and households expecting a baby this year that the income tax simplification act allows a man to claim a wife any time in the year with a $500 exemption. A child born any time in the year also yields a full year's exemption, reversing the wartime 1944 rule that only exempted those wed or born before July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Awise
Jeane
Professor Ambrosius to Lead Mechanical Lab at Eastern School
At the eastern school he will be come professor of mechanical engineering and will have charge of the department laboratory. Professor Ambrosius, with his wife and children, Mary Elizabeth and Roger, will leave Lawrence about the middle of the month and enroute to Pennsylvania will atop in Collinsville, Ill, to visit his mother, and with Mrs. Amprosius' parents at Macomb, Ill. Their home is at 626 Ohio street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afessor Ambrosius
Mary Elizabeth
Roger
Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Collinsville
Ill
Liberty Memorial High Band Concert Friday in South Park
The Liberty Memorial high school band directed by Oliver Hobbs will perform Friday night at 8 in South Park. The program includes Star-Spangled Banner On the Square Aweigh Indiana State Haphreate we py Days Chaser and more selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Memorial “High School
Oliver Hobbs
South Park
Indiana State
America
Smith
Overcrowded Math and English Classes Prompt Lectures
Interest in Math and English Literature remains high at the university with some sections overflowing while others were dropped due to insufficient enrollment. Six week activities include lectures in Green Hall with Prof John W Ashton and Asst Prof Hilden Gibson on social attitudes in Russian literature and the Russian economy. Clifford W Patton of the Wichita OPA staff will speak on July 11 to education and economics classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Green Hall
John W. Ashton
Ashton
Hilden Gibson
Clifford W. Patton
OPA
Wichita
Lawrence Display Promotes War Munitions Salvage Drive
Lawrence residents see a Kansas Electric Power display on Massachusetts street showcasing war munitions manufacturing in support of salvaging paper. In the first half of 1944 Register of Deeds fees reached 8126.50 with recording fees at 2009.75, up from 1943. Mot registration fees were 1116.75 versus 914.50 in 1943. Liberty Memorial High School summer band performed at Woodlawn School in North Lawrence and will play again Friday at South Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Electric Power Company
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Register of Deeds
Harold Beck
Liberty Memorial High School
Woodlawn School
North Lawrence
South Park
Lt Jerome Pucci Killed In Plane Crash At Hammer Field
Mrs W W Russ received word of Lt Jerome G Pucci s death in a plane crash at Hammer Field Fresno California He was to depart soon for overseas service His wife daughter of Daphne McGee Canterbury and granddaughter of the late John McGee of Kansas City has relatives here She will bring the body to Kansas City for funeral likely Monday after arrival Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome G. Pucci
Hammer Field
Fresn Calif
Pucci
Daphne McGee Canterbury
John McGee
Kansas City
Wounded in France Miller Serves Invasion
Mr and Mrs Willis Miller of 538 Indiana street were notified by the war department that their son Private Pharon Miller US Infantry who took part in the invasion of France has been seriously wounded June 1 He attended Lawrence high school before enlisting and previously worked for several years He operates the Nineteenth Street garage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Miller
Indiana Street
War Department
Pfc
Pharon Miller
U. S. Infantry
France
Miller
Lawrence High School
Nineteenth Street
Soldiers and Families Mail From Front Lines At Home
A long list of updates from service members and relatives shows Pvt Ellwyn Worley visiting parents near Lawrence and confirming kinship with a Kansas City family. Messages note wounded Capt Chapman formerly of the University of Kansas and other servicemen stationed in France England and the Pacific with training and transport details.
Potatoes Digging Boosts Need for Pickers in Lawrence Area
With potato digging underway in Lawrence and surrounding counties, farmers report good early responses to picker registration but urge more workers at the Farm Bureau office. Alfred Heck and sons began digging and shipped two carloads yesterday while Raymond Pine and Emil Heck launched on 40 acres and feet respectively. buyers in Lawrence and nearby expect market activity as truckers arrange back-hauls to Kansas City and broader points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Ly Ear Bi
Farm Bureau
Alfred Heck and Sons
Raymond Pine
Emil Heck
Marl Nehrbass Monce
Kansas City
Germans Encouraged by Reaction to Robot Bombs
London July 6 UP The German radio called Churchill's speech a sign of the serious impact of rocket bombs and said the German people should not expect leniency yet. Berlin quoted the broadcast as admitting the V-1 weapon’s effects and the Allied response. Some reports claimed American planes dropped winged bombs on Cologne and Hamburg. American air sources declined comment. Berlin said the V-1 bombardment tied down a whole army across land, sea, and air, but German circles expect no miracles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Engand
Foreign Office
Berlin
Cologne
Hamburg
England
1,000 Heavy U. S. Bombers Sweep Northwest Germany
One of the heaviest operations since D-day sees over 900 Marauder and Havoc bombers hitting railroad lines from St Malo to Nogent le Rotrou and targets across northwest Germany and Pas de Calais. RAF bombings hit Dijon and Channel coast platforms as Liberator raids Canton. Fire and destruction reported at a Pennzoil plant in Oil City, Pennsylvania, with three killed and twenty injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
Germany
France
Pas-de-Calais
Cherbourg
R.A.F
Channel
Dijon
Paris
St.-Malo-Rennes
St. Hilaire du Harcourt - Fougeres - Vitre
Argentan-Lemans
St. Flora - Fomfront-La_ Chappelle
Nogent- Léroutrou
Seine
Loire
Normandy
Oil City
Upi
Pennzoil Corporation
Here
Oskaloosa Family News and Death Notices
Oskaloosa residents report visits from Ben Gibbs family and relatives in Kiladelphia Vancouver Annapolis and Topeka. Arthur Leonard age 91 funeral service at Gabel funeral home with Rev Trower in charge. Burial in Oskaloosa cemetery. Mins Weáte Lane secretary at the state house visiting Ethel Lane and Miss Mary Roberts. Phil Everett and Don Alexander among Saipan veterans. Mother daughter party by the W. family noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gibbs
Ney
Fred Trimble
Kiladelphia
Martha Waldron
Vancouver, Jr
Howard Gibbs
Annapolis Academy
Ethel Jane Peck
Peck
Howard
Trimbie
Arthur Leonard
Gabel Funeral
Trower
Topeka
Kes P. Davis
Eee
Ean Baghia
Atchison Hospital
Oskaloosa
Mins Weaté Lane
Ethel Lane
Mary Roberts
Ming Lane
State House
le Phil Everett
Don Alexander
Saipan
South Pacific
Miers
Emt
Local social notes include visits and graduations
Mrs. Cox and others hosted a community dinner at Beverly Stamberts and Lawrence. Reports detail young Ralph Bently finishing KU prep and heading to West Point, plus multiple visits, marriages, and military assignments. A Rotary talk by Col. C. J. Frankforter covered war explosives. Henry Nothdorf’s death is reported with funeral details and survivors.
Harvest, visits, and notices from Oak Ridge area
The Oak Ridge community reports Sheriff Rody Skinner visiting as a business caller, harvest activity and good weather, and several social and personal notes. Helen Rice hosted Knowledge Hill members with refreshments. future meeting at Mrs Harold Skeeta's home. Mrs Berta Winterscheld hosted her Wichita guest. Charles Wood, long shut in, suffers neuralgia. John Withers, county candidate, stopped by. Rafua E. Melvin funeral held at Masonic temple. Mr and Mrs Will Rice hosted Seattle guests. Seaman Weibel to report to Burmangon, Wash after furlough. Fourth of July passed with patriotic work. Thanks expressed for kindness after a death in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rody
Skinner
Helen Rice
Knowledge Hill Club
F. H. Johns Wan
Mra
Harold Skeeta
Berta
Winterscheld
Wichita
Charles Wood
Ben
Vernon Weeks
Mant
John Withers
Rafua E. Melvin
Masonic Temple
Schwegler
R. M. Price
Weibel
Seattle
Wash
Will Rice
Seaman Weibel
Burmangon
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Reds
Brest Litovsk
ARMY
Latvia
Lithuania
Toseak Stalin
Kowel
Aout
Pripyat
Breatiitovsk
Luck
Rapsians
Poland
Chelm
Lubin
Warsaw
Vileika-Nesvizh
Minsk-Vilno
Polotakailroad
Chersae Thies Whitemaster
Ivan Bagremian
Tithuania
Mopcow
Baw
Breat Litovsk
Wilno Highway
Kettering
Proslet Street
Lawrence Milling Company
Memorial Hospital
C. J. Dodds
Kansas Public Service Co.,‘Inc
Evansville
Ind
kKansas Public Service Co., Inc
Dodds
Servel
Commons
Bomber Command
Grea
Fisenhower
New York
Cp Sacre
Allied Expeditionary Force Today
Bayonne
Frisian Islands
St. Luke A.M.E
Kalendar Klub
St. Luke’ A.M.E
William Pointer
U.S
S.C.W
Thea
5. E! Ambrosius
University of Kansas
Pennsylvania State College
State College
Heard
Boy Scout Board of Review
Ecke’s Hall
Jerome C, Pucci
Pvt
Ellwyn L. Worley
Camp ‘Carson
Colo
Carrierg Sane
East 17Th
Forrest Chapman
Pitan
Capt. Chapman
School of Marines
Armed Faves
Manhattan
Arthur A. Chisham
Marie
Myrtle Chisham
Paaraay
An . D.C. Gunboer
Aleutians
Inca
Tate
Ray Stanley Stanley Dissinger
Margaret Louise Snow
Cpl
Charles R. Snow
Edwin M. Hammig Ban
Buckley Field
Lowry Field
Denver
Marvin Evans
Lloyd Webster
Walter
Bud) Herriman
E. Lee Robbina
Louisana Street
Leonard R. Roll
Route 1
United States Naval
Etek MarDounough Aude Shipman School
Plattsburg
N. Y
Tulina ¢. Holmes
Washington, D. C
C. B. Holmes
F. D. Scanlan
General Holmes
Journal- World
J. R. Turner
Caldwell
Wj.b. Turner
Tennessee Street
Robert E.mullin
Jap Held Island
Earl Mullin
San Francisco
Jean Neibarger
Walt Neibarger
Tonganoxie Mirror
Neibarger
Kansas
Supreme Court
Neibarker
Tarawa
Vern H. Schneider
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Vern Schneider
Missouri Street
Robert F. Pugh, Jr
Toledo University
Toledo, C
Majors Air Field
Greensville
Tex
Dell A. Love
Army Air Field
Greenville, Miss
Stela Davis
East 13Th Street
Howard L. Davis
Anzio
Davis
Carl Stoops
Ay. Rogers
Jay Smith
Clarence Strike
Texas
Strike
Betty Jean Winey
Miami
Fla
W. L. Winey
San Diego
Galt
Lake View
Billy Winey
Mrs. Bike
DeGaulle
Charles DeGaulle
French National Committee
Lin
Canton
Chungking
Joseph W.stilwell
Etek
Weatherby
Bend
Cox
Locker
West Point
June Vedot i
Richard Means
New Latehor
Ave ‘Uue
Anne
Ralph Davis
Walter Means
Renta
Leland ‘Huddleston
Ciberal
I Hia
Jessie Huddleston
Dor
Patricia
Garren
Leavenworth
Tives
Lavere Garren
Simon
Dallas
Don
Harford
Ejla Patrick
Wes Roberts
Mra. Perry
Arthur Perry
Prince Rupert
Canada
Ralph Perry
Helen Brown
Chicago
Elieanor Klein
Seaman Curtis Carlyle
Great Lakes
Role Mae Antiou
Baturdey
Iit
Mich
Iw Library
James Antica
Wiliam Sebroff
Sonalet
Eng
John
North
al Elmer Boyd
Turner Field
Albany
Homer Boyd
Missoula
Mont
Bakerefield
Cal
W. W. Boyd
W. P. Anon
A. Teelton
J. Lorrow
R. G. Henry
Bueria
Pleasant View
Lena Nothdorf
Ferdinand Nothdort
Independence
Nothdort
Oskatoona
Aotery Club
Presbyterian Church
Mollie Gier Nothdort
Florence Grant
Grant
May Ayers Crask
Grand Sentinel
Elmer Crask
Henrietta Anderson
Doris York
Doris York, Member of Credentials Sormittee
Teo Becker
Meriden
Becker 'ix
Mr. Becker
Oak Ridge
Jess Wardwell
George Hunter
Albert Hunter
Western Union Telegraph Company
Maas
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