Germans Drive Deep, Belgorod Push Intensifies Kursk Battle
Nazi columns led by Tiger tanks battered Belgorod end of the Kursk salient as Soviet defense stiffens under Rokossovsky. Red Star warns Germany cannot wait for victory while Red Army uses fresh armor to halt the thrust.
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Belgorod End
Kursk
Transocean
Berlin
Associated
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Constantine Rokossovsky
Stalingrad
Rokossovsky
Orel-Kursk
Red Star
Hitler
Germany
Red Army
United States
England
Blasting of Sicily Continues as Allied Air Power Dominates
Allied air forces press Sicily bombardment from North Africa Malta and the Middle East with heavy bombers fighter-bombers and fighters. In spite of Axis defenses twenty-one enemy planes were shot down and Allied losses were eleven. U S Ninth Air Force Liberators fired 250000 pounds of explosives on Catania while rail yards stations and a large oil storage area were severely damaged.
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Pravda
Malta
Middle East
Sicily
Gerbini
Catania
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Sciacca
Cap’ Passero
Valletta
Africa
Cairo
U.S. Ninth Air Force Liberators
United States
Italian High Command
Carl A. Spaatz
Messerschmitts
Warhawks
Allied and Japanese clashes near Munda and Solomons
Allied forces press the Munda area on New Georgia while heavy air raids hit Vila, Bougainville, and Salamaua fronts. U S patrols push toward Salamaua as Japanese air strength fades. Washington blocks FCC inquiry documents amid wartime policy disputes.
Naval Reserve Return Ends Lawrence High Coach Interim
Elmer Schaake, longtime Lawrence High School coach, returns from a 30 day probation period following a Naval Reserve leave and receives an honorable discharge. He reports no definite plans for the future.
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Elmer Schaake
Lawrence High School
Naval Reserve
Lawrence
Two trains collide in Kansas injuring three
A Santa Fe motor train and a Union Pacific freight collided head on near Miltonvale Kansas about 20 miles southeast of Concordia. Three people are seriously injured including Cpl Raymond Giroux and Mrs Ida Pearsall with fractures and ribs broken. Additional minor injuries are listed among railroad workers and passengers.
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Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Miltonvale
Kan
Here
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Raymond Giroux
Ida Pearsall
Florence Hultquist
Congress Recesses To September Fourteenth
Washington July 9 The 78th Congress leaves for a six week recess after six busy months shaping the civilian economy and war production. Key actions include passage of a pay as you go tax bill and large appropriations while debates over subsidies and crop insurance end in stalemate until fall. Presidents agenda and postwar planning loom as Congress will reconvene September 14.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
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Manpower Commission
National Youth, Administration
National Resources Planning Board
Office of War Information
Roosevelt weighs recognition of French leaders amid German control
President Roosevelt said the United States cannot recognize the French committee for national liberation or any governing power while France remains largely under German domination. He noted only about five percent of France is outside occupation and acknowledged talks with General Henri Giraud about military issues.
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Roosevelt
United States
Committee For National Liberation
France
Committee For ‘National Liberation
Europe
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Giraud
Kansas Ordnance Plant Expands Hiring at Parsons
Parsons Kansas July 9 An expansion in production at the Kansas ordnance plant operated by J.M. Service Corp has created a worker shortage. Both men and women are being hired as available to meet the increased schedule which is expected to continue at a high rate for the rest of the year. Earlier two auxiliary lines closed, causing a temporary surplus.
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Parsons
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Kansas Ordnance Plant
J.M. Service Corp
Npwn
Stock Market Index Shows Mixed Move for 60 Stocks
A brief market note reports the stock index of 60 stocks at 52.5 and notes yesterday's close. No further context or specifics on names or sectors are provided.
Cologne Is Bombed By RAF Planes
London reports RAF resumed raids on Germany with a heavy attack on Cologne, a Rhineland industrial center, last night. Eight bombers were lost, mines were laid in enemy waters, and RAF fighters struck air fields and railway targets in France and northwest Germany. Three German minesweepers were damaged and another Berlin broadcast called the raid a terror attack on residential areas.
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Rhineland
Cologne
Air Ministry
France
R.A.F
Berlin
Associated Press
Plans for War Stamp Drive At Local Booths
Sidewalk booths near Penne and Weaver stores join four in store booths for the July drive to sell 15000 dollars worth of war stamps. Minute Maids in costumes will handle sidewalk sales while clerks continue at regular stations. New patriotic favors in red white and blue will be offered in 1 and 50 cent lots to boost totals. Mrs. Henry Werner notes progress but urges more purchases to meet the per person goal. Mrs. Werner and Dorothea Schroeder plan countywide promotions outside Lawrence. Grace Porter continues as chairman for colored women workers. A $300 war stamp purchase at the Penney booth was omitted from earlier totals and is now recorded.
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Douglas County
Auota
Henry Werner
County War Savings Committee
Werner
Dorothea Schroeder
Lawrence
Grace Porter
Warner
Penney
Medical Clinic Heads to Kansas City for Tropical Disease Study
Dr. H L Chambers Dean Paul B Lawson and Miss Rhevn Reed travel to Kansas City to attend a post graduate clinic on tropical diseases at the University of Kansas hospitals. Lawson will lecture on the mosquito’s role in malaria and the session covers malaria control miscellaneous tropical diseases and dysenteries and their control. The event aims to aid northeast Kansas physicians in treating tropical diseases likely spread by returning soldiers and ends Sunday afternoon.
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H. L. Chambers
Paul B. Lawson
Rhevn Reed
Kansas City
Kansas Medical Society
University of Kansas
Lawson
Kansas
Ideal Kansas Weather Broadens Comfort with Showers
Western Kansas saw scattered showers last night with forecasted ongoing showers today and tonight. Weatherman S. D. Flora called conditions near ideal with temperatures near normal, Topeka reporting 89 degrees, Goodland at 0.26 inches moisture, and Ellis noting 56.
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Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Flora
Ellis
U.S. Bombers Hit Burma Rail Installations
Medium bombers of the U S 10th Air Force blasted rolling stock at Thazi junction eighty miles south of Peat Lane yesterday as they continued attacks on Japanese rail installations in Burma.
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U. S
10Th Air Force
Thazi Junction
Peat Lane
Burma
Troops to Aid Dike Repairs in Kaw Valley Flood Zone
Governor Schoeppel announced that 300 troops from Camp Lipps Salina will repair dikes and rehabilitate crop land between Perry and Kansas City. The Seventh Service Command authorizes use of bulldozers draglines and other gear under army engineers to restore 10 000 acres for 1943 crops.
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Topeka
Phillips
Salina
Kaw Valley
Schoeppel
Seventh Service Command
Perry
Kansas City
H. Umberger
Kansas Extension Service
Helena sinks after pivotal Kula gulf naval victory
The American cruiser Helena, under Admiral command, engages Japanese forces in Kula gulf, sinking at least two Japanese cruisers and two destroyers before going down with colors flying. Alan Jackson reports the Helena was hit and lost while still sinking the third target.
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Helena
Kula Gulf
United States
Kolombangara
Munda
Central Solomon
New Georgia Island
Hirohito
Alan Jackson
Oakland
Calif
Wes
German war output up despite Allied bombings
London reports that a CPI A German production bulletin says tank and ammunition output rose. Heavy tanks increased 200 percent in the six months ending May. Ammunition production in May surpassed the total for a six month period in 1941, according to a Berlin broadcast cited by the Associated Press.
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London
Reich
Berlin
Associated Press
Mellett Resigns from OWI Post Over Budget Slash
Washington July 9 The resignation of Lowell Mellett chief of the motion picture bureau of the Office of War Information was announced today by OWI Director Elmer Davis. The resignation, effective July 15, comes after the bureau’s budget was cut from 1.2 million to 50 thousand for the new fiscal year.
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Mellett
OWL Washington
Lowell Mellett
Motion Picture Bureau
Office of War Information
OWL
Elmer Davis
Davis
Gasoline Shortage Threatens Kansas Harvest Fields
From Topeka July 9 Governor Schoeppel reported a gasoline shortage affecting western Kansas harvests. He will ask the office of price administration for relief and consult with H C Davis to assess refinery output and transportation issues. If transport trouble exists, the corporation commission will assist in moving the trucks.
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Topeka
Kansas
Schoeppel
Office of Price Administration
Tribune
H. C. Davis
Wichita
OPA
Corporation Commission
U S Agriculture Dept Forecasts Corn Wheat Oats and More for July
The agriculture department's July 1 conditions project corn at 2 706 52 million bushels and oats at 1 242 255 million, with winter and spring wheat forecasts at 519 190 million and 271 633 million respectively. State-by-state acreage and yields are listed, including Kansas Oklahoma Texas and others.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Local Red Cross Blood Drive Sees 205 Enrollments
Early today 205 volunteers registered to donate during the Mobile Unit’s two day visit on April 19 and 20 at the Community building basement. The drive aims to fill a full appointment list for doctors and nurses with men in service benefiting from the effort. Appointments can be made by phone or at the Red Cross classroom in the basement.
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Red Grass
Monay
Armed Services
Red Cross
Income Tax Rolls Extend to 44 Million Americans
The treasury reported 25,871,249 individuals filed income tax returns for 1941, a gain of 11,160,588 over 1940. Prospective renters and home buyers are readers of the classified page.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Army Gives K U Go Ahead to Convert Lindley Hall
University of Kansas to convert Lindley Hall into a mess hall dormitory for 700 Army trainees by August 9. Col Raymond Briggs authorized the project in Omaha, with funding to be reimbursed by the Army. Navy V-12 students remain housed in seven fraternities and Templin Hall, eating in the Union mess.
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University of Kansas
Lindley Hall
Mt. Oread
Army
University
Raymond
Briggs
Omaha
Ned
Arso
Navy
Templin Hall
Union Building
Open trial sought in AP anti trust case
The Associated Press asked for an open trial of the civil anti trust suit to allow testimony after five hours of argument before a three judge federal court bench. The government seeks a summary judgment on documents, while AP argues key facts remain unsettled. The court reserved decision.
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New York
Associated Press
Cooperative
News Service
a_ special
Department of Justice
Douglas County Medical Service Monthly Report Summary
SERVED 864 PERSONS A total of 1304 persons were on medical service for June per the Douglas County Medical Service. Income 1498.50, expenditures 1491.118. Expenditures broken down: Drug stores 466.48, hospitals 449.90, outside hospital transport 8.50, Dr Bechtel 12.50, administration 138.44, doctors 415.36. Physician work sheets show 278 office calls 136 day calls 4 night calls and 49 hospital calls. Sixteen physicians wrote 660 prescriptions.
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Douglas County Medical Service
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