Fire worst in circus history shocks Hartford crowd
Hartford July 7 death toll from Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus fire climbs as 152 killed and 250 injured amid city mourning. Investigators probe origin with arrests of ring officials and crew. authorities face graves for unclaimed victims while hospitals, coroner, FBI join effort.
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Hartford
Conn
Ringling Brothers
Herman and Bailey Citcus
Alfred I. Burgdorf
Waa Catow
William “Martening
Oliday
Otr
Shuge
Atate
Manslad Rater
Od Ae
George W. Brith
Mansager
Thers Aylesworth
Edward Eratalg
Rehief Electrician
David Shensfield
Nak
Haley and
Smith
Wattish
Palish Court
James Kennedy
BN Air
Raater
Barasota
Fis
FBI
Wil‘am Mortensen
Hal Oliver
Circus Pt
Mortensen
Esc
William
Collinder
Forkere
Mortenson
Cirus
Foustabouts
Apo Pee
Rahathe
Mergue
Prepa
Raymond B. Baldwin
Fire destroys circus tent in Sarasota blaze inquiry continues
A circus tent caught fire near the main entrance of the big top injuring no performers seriously and causing losses estimated between 75 000 and 300 000. Survivors praised staff efforts to prevent panic as the crowd fled in laughter and fear, with a future return uncertain but staff hopeful for a road revival later summer.
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Big Top
Survivora
Altho
Sarasota
Fla
Herbert Duval
Roland Butler
Nona
Bomb Oil Plants Strike Seen Over Western Front
In Par-de-Calais German forces reported bombing from Italy into Austria Hungary border and Silesia as a Vienna airfield night raid failed. Leipzig area defenses rose as 100 German fighters met the attack. two Mustang squadrons drove off the raid, destroying at least 14 interceptors. Lt Col Claiborne Hi Kinnard led the Tangas and counted three Messerchmitts. Capt Fred R Haviland Jr and Lt Richard G Cross also claimed victories. Lt John Cotter filed one victory.
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Par-de-Calais
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Ielovekia
Silesia
Vienna
Leipzig
Germany
Berlin
Claiborne Hi
Kinnard
Franklin
Tenn
Tanga
Fred R. Haviland, Jr
Chicago
Richard G. Cross, Jr
Lackland Road
Overland
John Cotter
North
Kansas City
Sinclair Oil reports record active wildcat drilling
Sinclair Oil Corp says its subsidiaries will drill 64 wildcat wells this year with five completed profitably and 18 dry holes. Among remaining targets are deep tests in Mississippi and two 10 000 foot wells in Colorado county Texas one producer. Deepest wildcat reaches 12 800 feet in Winkler county Texas showing oil shows. Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to First Lt Raymond D Tripp of Herington Kansas for service with the Eighth Air Force.
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New York
Sinclair Oil Corp
Mississippi
Colorado County
Texas
Winkler County
Kansan
Washington
The
War Department Today
Raymond D. Tripp
Herington, Kan
U. S. Army
Eighth Air Force
Ration Calendar 76 ana ty ebhh ae if beaasud
RATION CALENDAR items list meat and sugar book stamps valid through various dates 1945 with regional applicability and new period changes noted by rationing boards.
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Wy Tnt Associated Press
Northeast
Eouth
Stand on the Arno as German drive halts Fifth Army
Allied officials report heavy German counterattacks along the Gothic line in northern Italy as Fifth Army gains near Livorno Pisa and Florence stall. American and French forces press from Montecatini to Castello di Elsa while 2,000 air sorties target Verona rail yards and bridges.
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Gothic Line
Italy
Fifth Army
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Florence
Eighth Army
Rosignano
Bigle
Rosignane
Castellina
Colle di Val d'Elsa
Montécatini
Montecatini
Arezzo
Albert Kesselring
Apnenines
Mediterranean Air Force
Verona
Casara
Tagliamento
Avigio
Brenner Pass
Bergamo
RAF
Feuersbrunn
Vienna
Tulouge
France
Arles
Noudleast
Futs
Arbo Var
Gme
Russians advance toward Wilno as front broadens
German reports say Russians push within ten miles of Wilno as Moscow claims Nazis declare martial law there. Soviet forces threaten Brest Litovsk and Baranowicze while mopping up German pockets east of Minsk. Rail lines near the Warsaw-Leningrad route feel the pressure with Baranowicze besieged.
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London
Wilno
Moscow
Kowel
Bug River
Warsaw
Lunisiec
Prinyyat
East Prussia
Yustas Paleuskis
Presidium
Supreme Soviet of Lithuania
Paletakis
Kaunas
Mariampole
Vilnine
Minsk
Mora Arma
Lithuania
Diatanea
Leningrad
Warsaw-Leningrad
Minsk-Warsaw
White Russia
Baranowicze
Poland
Bug
Althe Pinsk
Brest Litovsk
Parsons Sun publisher buys Columbus Advocate
W W Goodwin announced today that he has purchased the Columbus Kansas Advocate from Millard and D Clydenock Jr after serving three months on the Parsons Sun staff as advertising manager for 15 years. He will take possession August 1 and will move from the Che Copa Advance in 1940.
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Parsons
W. W. Goodwin
Parsons Sun
Columbus
Kan
Advocate
Millard
D. Clydenock, Jr
Goodwin
The
Sun
Chetops Advance
Checopa
William Gatling Completes 190 Combat Missions
UP-Lt. William Gatling, a P-40 pilot of the 824th group in the Mediterranean, has completed 190 combat sorties and remains active. His achievement was disclosed yesterday with a presidential citation noting his unit’s notable service. Several other group members have flown over 150 sorties.
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Ram
William Thing
Turbo
Mediterranean
Getling
824Th
Oklahoma oil boom nears greatest development since early era
Oklahoma City July 7. Oil editor Claude V. Barrow of the Daily Oklahoman says the oil industry stands on the eve of its greatest development boom since the Oklahoma City and Greater Seminole fields. He notes production at 338,300 barrels daily for the week, a five year high, with 619 drilling operations, about a quarter wildcats, despite federal drilling limits material shortages and low crude prices.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Claude V. Barrow
Oklahoman
Barrow
Death Notice Mrs. B. J. Dalton Funeral Details
Mrs. B. J. Dalton died recently and funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at Plymouth Congregational Church with Rev. Theodore Astman officiating. Entombment will be in the Oak Hill cemetery mausoleum. Pallbearers include W. C. Simons Irving Hill Frank Russell W. J. Bankgartner Julius Marke and Fr Banks.
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B. J. Dalton
W. B. Dalton
Plymouth Congregational Church
Theodore Astman
Oak Hill Cemetery
W. C. Simons
Irving Hill
Frank Russell
W. J. Bankgartner
Julius “Marke
Fr Banks
Allied push eros slows near Caen in Normandy drive
Forces under Lt Gen Bradley advance two miles toward La Haye Du Puits as Caen area fighting stabilizes. A Berlin broadcast claims fresh Allied formations in Cherbourg peninsula while Rommel’s bridges near Caen are said destroyed. German buildup continues south of Caen as defense lines hold.
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Oontana
Carentan
Eta First Army
C. N. Bradley
la Haye di Puits
Normandy
Lazio
Berlin
Americana
Cherbo Peninsula
Belin
Caen
France
Rommel
Ome
Casa
Boths
Military families share letters from overseas postings
Letters reveal Max Falkenstein inviting a flute to join a band of Americans and Canadians in Canada after studying under Ernest Guntermann. Other notes detail Cpl Richard Rice with Kostelanetz’s orchestra touring Iran camps, Capt Harding returning to Texas, and several transfers and training moves across camps from Great Lakes to Yuma and Camp Luna.
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E. L. Falkenstein
Max
Canada
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Ernest Guntermann
The
Philharmonic
Cpl
Richard G. Rice
Andre Kostelanetz
W. H. Rice
Tennessee Street
Lili Pons
Iran
Corporal Rice
Cadet Flight Training At Army Air Field Report
Lt Miller son of Sager to Mille and Aviation Cadet William D Fowler, son of Mrs Fowler, enroll in basic flight training at Kansas Army Air Field. Both are graduates of Lawrence High School and attend the aviation program as part of the AAP training corps.
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Bert Jackson
Pvt
M. G. Hi Ig
Buckley Pet
Denver
Colo
Tschanice Force
Army Air Ss
Hadl
Vulteet Diep
Leavenworth
Stanky M. Miller
Wit Sager
William D. Fowler
Joseph E. Fowler
Aris
Noemfoor West Coast Airfield Shelling by Invasion Forces
The report details a fast assault on Noemfoor’s west coast with plans to shell Namber using air and sea forces. Japanese airfields were overrun on the island while a task force targeted Chichi Jima and Volcano and Bonin groups, suffering heavy losses including ships, planes, and air crews, with American counter losses and a rising air war tally noted in the communique.
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Manim Islet
Namber
Airfeldee
Noemfoor
Peemally
Saipan
Japan
Voroaity
Bonin Islands
Adm
Chester W.mimitz
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Encorta
Haha Jima
Bonin
Nimitz
Premium oil price plan approved for small fields
Washington July 7 Official approval granted a premium price plan to raise crude oil prices by 20 to 35 cents per barrel for fields averaging under nine barrels daily. N Vinson says subsidies ensure no public price rise. The DC subsidiary of RFC will reimburse purchasers such as pipelines or refiners. Increases vary by field output, with 8 cents for under five barrels, 25 cents for six to seven barrels.
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Washington
N. Vinson
Vinson
D§C
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Depress Daily Gl 90 and Wells Output Outlook
The report notes daily production declines at 90 gravity and a tonnage average with only about 15 percent of total crude produced from 900 such fields. Marginal fields show high production costs, while Baion Plus profiles indicate limited impact on overall output as wells deplete.
Delinquent Tax Notices Mailed. Sheriff to Enforce
Lawrence treasurer’s office reports ongoing delinquent property tax notices mailed to taxpayers. If unpaid within 30 days, warrants are issued and forwarded to the sheriff for collection. Francis W Jaedicke, longtime Lawrence resident, remains hospitalized in Topeka for cataract surgery recovery and hopes to return home in two weeks. He plans to resume appearances with his camera and perform Scat in upcoming concerts. Lawrence theaters extend free admission today to 69 per who bought 2125 in War Bonds at lobby booths. bank staff assisting the women's division included Rose Gieseman, Mrs. Alfred Graves, George Dankley, E. J. Coy, and L. J. Mack. University of Kansas whistle blows at 5:20 and 6:20 p.m. due to naval training classes.
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Francis W. .Jaedicke
Lawrence
Christ’s Hospital
Topeka
Elke Club
Gedader
First National Bank
Rose Gieseman
Alfred Graves
George Dankley
E. J. Coy
L. J. Mack
Roosevelt says Midwest trucking lines face seizure
Washington July 7 An official said a week may pass before action is taken in the Midwest trucking dispute referred to the war labor board. President Roosevelt and WLB Chairman William H. Davis stated the non complying operators have left the government no option but seizure. The dispute involves 112 trucking companies with only nine indicating willingness to comply.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Midwest Operators Association
WLB
Wage Increase Granted to Hourly Workers
A February 4 order grants a seven cent wage increase for hourly employees. The union leader Lewin said no strike action would occur in July. The notice lists represented states and mentions mine companies and signals history.
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Otn
Missouri
Winesnsin
PE Rie
Kentucky
Towa
Nebraska
Tinnels
Oregon
Colorado
Oklahoma
The
Association
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Yuma
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