Jungle Battles Near Munda Sinking Nine Japanese Ships
Allied reports say U S jungle fighters pushed within six miles of Munda air base on New Georgia and launched new landings at Rice Anchorage Zanana and Barike river area. In Kula Gulf actions July 5 6, nine to eleven Japanese cruisers and destroyers were sunk with U S losses limited to cruiser Helena.
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Australia
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Kula Gulf
de Soyer
U. S
Helena
I A
South Pacific
William F. Halsey
Japan
MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
Mubo
Ula Gulf
Bairoko Anchorage
Rice Anchorage
Bairoko
Zanana
Gulf
Halsey
Red Cross Blood Unit To Be Here July 19 20
Enrollments for the Red Cross Mobile Unit fall behind as 130 of 400 needed pledges are secured. The unit will visit Monday and Tuesday July 19 and 20, with 310 appointments still open at the Bell Cross office in the Community building. Donors will spend about 45 minutes. those who pledged in April should schedule a second contribution. Volunteers should call 640 or visit the Red Cross classroom in the Community building basement.
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Red Cross
Blood Donor Service
Bell Cross
Defenders Swamped by Allied Bombs Over Sicily and Sardinia
Allied air forces pounded Sicily and Sardinia for a fifth straight day with raids on airfields, rail yards, and dispersal areas. In heavy combat over Gerbini and Borizzo, American bombers and fighters claimed multiple enemy planes while RAF crews shifted to night strikes on Palermo and Sciacca. Captain Leo Fielder led a precise dispersion bombing run, praised by the mission commander as routine and well escorted by Warhawks.
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Allied
North Africa
Sicily
Sardinia
Gerbinis
R.a.f.wellington
Palermo
Sciacca
Gerbini
Borizzo
Leo Fielder
Hamlin
Tex
Lieut. M. S. McCready
Bartlesville
Oklo
AP Antitrust Case and Corn Price Senate Debate Mark July News
The federal antitrust suit against the Associated Press argues the aim is not to regulate press operation. In Washington, the House Agriculture Committee killed a Senate bill to raise the corn price ceiling, discussing alternatives and possible farmer reimbursements.
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New York
Associated Press
Charles B. Rugg
Hit Jap Rail Yards and Forces in Burma and China
U S medium bombers damaged Japanese controlled tracks, plains stock and warehouses at Shwe Ko and eight other points in central Burma. A large river boat near Mandalay was sunk. RAF dive bombers attacked Thaungdara camp near the Mayu river 200 miles north of Rathedaung, with machine gun fire and fires reported. All planes returned despite heavy monsoon rains limiting operations.
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New Delhi
P—U. S
Shwe
Mandalay
R.A.F
Thaungdara
Mayu
Rathedaung
Party Leaders Meet In Kansas City Tomorrow
Phillips Hawkins of Olathe, chairman of the second district Republican committee, will confer in Kansas City tomorrow with Democratic leaders on the procedure for nominating candidates to fill the vacancy left by the death of Congressman U S Guyer. A special election is set for September 14.
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Topeka
Phil Hawkins
Olathe
Second District
Republican Committee
Kansas City
U. S. Guyer
Women fail to vote criticized by federation leader
Dr Minnie L Maffett president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women Inc tells the board at Lake George NY that since 1919 women have had the right to vote yet statistics show no more than half have accepted the privilege.
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Lake George
N. Y
National Federation of Business and Professional Women, Inc
Minnie L. Maffett
Iin
Board of Directors
Federation
Nazis claim new heavier tanks for Kursk battle
German military circles quoted in a Berlin dispatch say Nazi tanks of a new heavier design than the 60 ton Mark VI Tigers are being sent to Kursk. Details of these super Tigers are still treated as a military secret.
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Kursk
Associated Press
Transocean Agency
Berlin
Judge hints Ryan fishing expedition in Sunflower Works suit
Kansas City Kan July 8 Federal Judge Richard J Hopkins suggested William V Ryan may be on a fishing expedition in his informer's suit against Sunflower Ordnance Works contractors in DeSoto Kansas The judge gave Ryan until July 16 to file an amended bill of particulars and held defense motions to dismiss under advisement The memorandum says dismissal would not bar government action if fraud is found by investigation The defendants contend Ryan seeks information about the contractors business rather than valid charges
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Kansas City
Kan
Richard J. Hopkins
William V. Ryan
Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto
Hopkins
Ryan
Ordnance Works
Plain Nee Ryan
Greek officials resign amid Greek street protests
Algiers radio, cited by UP and heard by AP, said Athens minister of public works and police chief resigned after street demonstrations sparked by American air raids on landing fields near Athens and Salonika two weeks earlier. Axis authorities allegedly declared martial law in Greece.
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London
Algiers
Athens
Salonika
Associated Press
Greece
Nazi Losses High In Kursk Salient
Fresh Nazi reserves bolster Kursk push as Red Army fights hard for limited gains in Belgorod sector. Soviet dispatches claim 30,000 German troops, 1,539 tanks, and 649 planes destroyed in first three days. Berlin reports higher Soviet losses.
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Moscow
Kursk Plains
Red Army
Belgorod
DNE
Berlin
Associated Press
Orcl
Hitler
Kursk
Orel
Normandie salvage nears completion as war troop carrier eyed
New York July 8 report indicates the Normandie, once a famed French liner, may be repurposed as a United Nations troop carrier. Workers erect an observation platform and dismantle shacks on the submerged hull as salvage operations approach final stages.
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New York
United Nations
Simplified Food Price Ceilings Issued by OPA
The Office of Price Administration announced unified ceiling pricing for most groceries to start August 5. Wholesalers will use one rule for dry goods, retailers one rule for most dry goods and perishables except meat, with fixed markups based on net cost to set ceiling prices. Some items like beer and bread are excluded.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Roosevelt
Visit by Rear Admiral Young to University of Kansas
Rear Admiral William Brent Young chief of the Navy's bureau of supplies and accounts and paymaster general will visit the Naval training school at University of Kansas in Lawrence on Friday afternoon July to review facilities for training cooks and bakers. He leads a vast logistics operation and has pushed reforms to speed up Navy procurement and supply.
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William Brent Young
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Navy
Naval Training School
University On
Kansas
Lawrence
K. U
Admiral Young
Pacific
South Pacific
Admiral Halsey
Australia
New Zealand
Naval Establishment
Washington, D. C
Altho
Georgetown University Law School
Washington
United States
Naval Reserve
Young
Atlantic Fleet
Iceland
High Quality Wheat Surpasses Testing Capacity
Topeka July 8. J C Mohler secretary of the state board of agriculture reports wheat of such high quality it exceeded the testing instrument capacity. He says a Ness county batch tested better than 66, a record for test capacity. Mohler adds yields were spotty but high quality observed across western Kansas.
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Topeka
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Ness County
Kansas
Mohler
Transportation Service Changes at Santa Fe Trail
Representatives of the Santa Fe Trail transportation company announced three service changes per ODT orders. The changes cover 3 p.m. same day pickup and delivery cutoff, requiring availability to accept shipments before delivery, and limiting to one pickup per shipper per day.
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Transportation Service
Santa Fe Trail Transportation Company
ODT
Axis Falls Behind in Munitions Race
Toronto July 8 The United States and Canada will outproduce the Axis in munitions by nearly two to one this year US War Production Board chair Donald M Nelson told Canadians. He said Allied nations will make three to four times as many arms as the Axis this year and next, and warned of vast future war material consumption while urging renewed production. Nelson spoke in Toronto and planned inspections of war plants and a joint US Canada Britain production meeting.
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Toronto
North American
Donald M. “Nelson
U.S. War Production ‘Board
Canada
United States
Nelson
United Nations
Drivers urged to remove 1942 license tags after sale
Police report several cases where owners who sold cars kept 1942 tags on the vehicle causing the new owner to bear unexplained offenses. The law holds the tag belongs to the purchaser and does not transfer with the car. Motorists can obtain 1942 tags at the county treasurer by presenting vehicle registration.
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C. A. Bliesner
Roy Flory
Flory
Busy Douglas County Tire Ration Board Meeting
The Douglas county tire ration board met yesterday to consider applications from residents outside Lawrence city limits. Certificates issued include six implement tires and 63 Grade I passenger tires plus 6 Grade III passenger tires and 40 passenger tubes. Also 15 truck tires and nine truck tubes were certified, making it a busy session.
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Douglas County Tire Rationing Board
Lawrence
Senate votes to drop subsidy ban amid veto threat
Washington July 8 1944 the senate voted 34 to 33 to abandon a prohibition on food price subsidies bowing to a threat of a presidential veto. Conferees were instructed to accept a modified six month extension of the Commodity Credit Corporation with higher borrowing power while a House bill would avoid subsidies. Senator Maloney warned a veto if the rollback subsidy ban remains. Senator George criticized Congress for yielding to a veto and risking democratic will.
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Washington
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
House
Maloney
D-Conn
Coleagues
Roosevelt
George
D-Ga
Congress
Lawrence State Guard prepares for camp at Hutchinson
The Lawrence company of the Kansas State Guard plans a week of training August 15 to 22 at the state fair grounds in Hutchinson. Soldiers will receive army pay and compete for marksman, sharpshooter, and expert ratings through a three shot course at 30 40 and 50 yards. Recent promotions include Sgt Samuel L Morris and Cpls Charles Daniels and Leslie Murray.
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Lawrence
Kansas State Guard
Hutchinson
Samuel L. Morris
Charles Daniels
Leslie Murray
Ceiling Prices Set for Kaw Valley Potatoes
UPI reports OPA director H C Davis in Wichita fixed mid season ceiling prices for Kansas U S No 1 white potatoes harvested in Kaw Valley. July 2 50 cents per 100 pounds plus delivery surcharge possible to households. August 2 45, September 2 30. Harvest largely by school children and women.
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Topeka
UPI
Kaw Valley
OPA
H. C. Davis
Wichita
Kansas
James Haney
Lawealer
U. S
K. U. Approved by Army For Specialized Program
The Seventh service command announced five new schools join the army specialized training program with classes starting August 9. Trainees allocated include South Dakota School of Mines 275 and Kansas University 700 plus Missouri School of Mines 400 St. Louis University 400 and Denver University 450.
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Omaha
Seventh Service Command
Army
South Dakota School of Mines
Rapid City
Kansas University
Lawrence
Missouri School of Mines
Rolla
St. Louis (Mo
Nineteen Inducted Into Army From Douglas County Group
Six men from the Douglas county groups were sent to Leavenworth and inducted into the navy with one entering the marine corps. Of 25 others, 19 were inducted into the army. The naval reserve inductees include Willard Russell Cook of Pulaski Virginia Orin Henderson of 1015 Pennsylvania Street Jack Benton Mohler of Eudora Charles Raymond Goble of 514 Walnut Street Archie Joe Register of 433 Ohio Street and Raymond K. Smith of Haskell Institute who joined the marine corps.
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Douglas County
Leavenworth
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Naval Reserve
Willard Russell Cook
Pulaski
Orin Francis Henderson
Pennsylvania Street
Jack Benton Mohler
Eudora
Charles Raymond Goble
Walnut Street
Archie Joe Register
Ohio
Raymond K. Smith
Haskell Institute
Jayhawk Plunge Advances Amid Purified Water Note
A short market note reports the stock index at 60 stocks averaging 52.3 with yesterday at 52.1. The piece also includes an odd line about water purity and the phrase Jayhawk Plunge-Adv as a fragmentary reference.
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Jayhawk
Jayhawk Plunge
Burglaries Reported At Three Lawrence Firms
Three Lawrence businesses were invaded in one night. Johnny's Grill on Massachusetts Street, the North Side Lunch on North Third Street, and Howard McConnell’s lumber yard office on East Thirteenth street reported break ins with cigars, cash, tools, a drill, stamps, and ration books taken. Police tied the lapses to window screens, torn doors, and a back room entry. A woman or man seen fleeing near Johnny's Grill raised the suspicion of escape by car on Vermont Street.
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Johnny's Grill
Massachusetts Street
John Emick
Vermont Street
Vermont
Johnny's
North Side
North Third Street
North Lawrence
A. E. Pasewark
Howard McConnell
East Thirteenth Street
McConnell
Forecast Sounds Pleasant With Scattered Showers Expected
Kansas weather forecast says near normal harvest conditions continue with slim chances of widely scattered showers in eastern two thirds of the state tonight. Temperatures ranged 83 to 90 in eastern Kansas yesterday, Goodland hitting 94, and nighttime readings were in the sixties with a low around 40.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Goodignd
Flora
Chinese Drive Japanese From Mengting and Halt Invasion
Chungking reports Chinese forces push Japanese from Mengting near the Burma Yunnan border. Several hundred casualties cited in a brisk counterattack begun last Saturday. Report says remaining Japanese are being rounded up as Chinese troops continue pursuit.
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Chungking
Mengting
Burma-Yunnan Province
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Hope
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Flannigan
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White House
Jones
Davis
Burma
National Club
Judge Hopkins
Sunflower Ordnance
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Tass
Britain
Transocean
High Command
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