Air Battles Over Kursk In Soviet Red Defense
Reporting from the Kursk front describes heavy air and ground fighting as Soviet forces repel German attempts to pinch the Kursk bulge. German losses mount with 117 aircraft reported and Berlin claims the Red air force backbone is broken despite deep German preparations.
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Berlin
Red Air Force
Kursk
Belgorod
Kursk Salient
Gerie
Red Army
Orel- Kursk
Huge Sums Allocated to U S War Effort in 1943
Washington July 9 The 78th Congress in six months approved 114000080000 in new funds for defense. Direct war department appropriations reached 5903839673 plus 12472839200 in prior-year carryovers. Navy outlay totaled 31473402317 while army spending stood at 42820006365 with a large carryover from prior years.
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Washington
Army
Navy
United States
War Department
Randall divorce granted in district court
Eva Alice Randall was granted a divorce from Forrest Randall in district court yesterday. She received a judgment of 150 dollars and costs were assessed against Mr. Randall. Judge Hugh Means is holding hearings in Ottawa today and will be in Garnett tomorrow. About 12 763 local civilian defense councils have been organized nationwide.
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Eva Alice Randall
Forrest Randall
Randall
Hugh Means
Ottawa
Garnett
Congress Sways On Farm Policy In Six Month Session
Washington observers note six month congressional focus on agriculture with limited new farm legislation. Reforms trimmed farm security funding, moved labor programs, and directed liquidation of cooperative farm enterprises while CCC funds and parity payments faced vetoes or delays.
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Washington
Congress
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Farm Security Administration
FSA
War Food Administration
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Senate
Chicago
House
Agriculture Department
The
Treasury
Deaths and Funerals Hans C Jorgensen
Hans Carl Jorgensen former Lawrence resident died June 25 in Providence hospital Kansas City Kansas. Born Nybor Denmark he moved to New York 1904 and to Lawrence 1905 to work for uncle C J Eriksen in a furniture store. He joined Masonic lodge later transferring to Wyandotte Lodge No 3 Kansas City. He married Edith Hase in 1907 and remained in Kansas City. Survived by wife three sons Frederick C Paul E H Carl and four daughters Dorothea Bates C L White Gilbert Pugh and Leo G Anderson three grandsons and two granddaughters.
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Hans Carl Jorgensen
Lawrence
Providence Hospital
Kansas City
Nybor Denmark
New York City
C. J. Eriksen
Masonic Lodge
Wyandotte Lodge No. 3
Edith Hase
Kanasas City
Frederick C
Los Angeles
Calif
Paul E
Pvt
H. Carl
Midland
Tex
Dorothea Bates
C. L. White
Alexandria
Gilbert Pugh
Leo G. Anderson
Death of Mrs. Mary Whitaker in Springfield
Mrs. Mary Whitaker aged 93 died at her Springfield Missouri home this morning. Survived by seven relatives including four sons W W Tharp Dr R G Tharp and Dr R B Tharp of Springfield and Wallace Tharp of Clovis New Mexico and three daughters Mrs Ella Alexander Mrs Roy Sullivan and Miss Ella Tharp of Springfield.
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Mary Whitaker
W. O. Watson
W. C. Watson
Eudora
Springfield
Wallace Tharp
Clovis,n. M
Ella Alexander
Roy Sullivan
Ella Tharp
Classifieds Spotlight: Journal-World Market Hub
The Journal-World classified page remains the town’s busiest marketplace, housing ads, notices, and listings across categories. It serves as a central hub where buyers and sellers connect for jobs, goods, services, and events.
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Journal-World
Giraud pledges French aid with 800000 army to fight Japan
General Henri Giraud, speaking at Secretary Stimson’s conference, said President Roosevelt pledged to equip a French North African army of 800000 and that French forces will join the Allies against Japan after Axis defeat in Europe. He announced a 300000 strong expeditionary corps for the invasion of Europe pending equipment and trained personnel.
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Washington
Henri Honore Giraud
Roosevelt
Europe
Giraud
Stimson
France
Pacific
North Africa
Tunisia
North
Africa
Altho
Military personnel visits and trainings near Lawrence
Tom Page on furlough from the Army Glider school in Lubbock Texas visits his in laws Mr and Mrs F E Kester and his parents in Topeka. First Lieutenant Dick Allen home on leave from California Coast Artillery was to visit Standard Life Association in Lawrence. Corporal Carl Hunsinger stationed in Venice Florida spends furlough with his Lawrence area parents. Aviation Cadet Gerald F Burns son of Clyde C Burns near Lawrence graduates to upper class at Majors Army Air Field Greenville Texas. Cadet Lee F Garich finishes Navy pre flight training at Del Monte California and transfers to a Naval air station for primary flight instruction.
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Tom Page
Army
Lubbock
Tex
Dick Allen
California
Coast Artillery
Lawrence
Topeka
Standard Life Association
Allen
Duraion
Cpl
Carl Hunsinger
Venice
Fla
George Hunsinger
Gerald F. Burns
Clyde C. Burns
Majors Army Air Field
Greenville
Lee F. Garich
Navy
del Monte
Calif
Naval Air Station
German Raiders Drop Bombs on English Towns
German raiders dropped high explosives on a southeast England town and a southeast coast resort. Casualties were expected heavy in the town where a theater and three adjoining buildings burned. One raider crashed near Croydon, killing both occupants. London’s all clear followed 18 minutes after the warning. it was the 650th alert of the war.
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London
England
Croydon
Summer Band to Perform in Evening Concert
The Liberty Memorial high school summer band directed by Oliver Hobbs will perform at 8 p.m. in Southpark as part of an evening program following a young people’s recreation show. Last night the group played at Woodlawn school in North Lawrence with solos by Dorothy May Nelson Wayne Hird and Marilyn Smart. Two more concerts are scheduled next week at Woodlawn on Thursday and a final show Friday night July 16 in Southpark with Millard Ireland of WREN as master of ceremonies.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Southpark
Oliver Hobbs
Woodlawn School
North Lawrence
Dorothy May Nelson
Wayne Hird
Marilyn Smart
Millard Ireland
Wren
Editor Indicted for Serving as Paid Japanese Agent
Frederick Heizer Wright a 40 year old copy editor at the New York Daily News pleaded innocent in federal court to an indictment charging he acted as a paid agent of the Japanese government for 10 years before Pearl Harbor Wright surrendered at the U S Attorney's office and was released on 5000 bail The case is set for trial August 9 if convicted on both counts he faces up to 12 years in prison and a 15000 fine
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New York
Frederick Heizer Wright
New York Daily News
Pearl Harbor
State Department
John W. Clancy
Wright
U. S
Howard F. Corcoran
Classified ad tips from the Ad-Taker
The Ad-Taker at phone 22 offers help to prepare copy for classified ads.
Local recruits listed from Farragut Santa Ana and Jefferson Barracks
James D. Dresser of 1220 Rhode Island street begins recruit training at Farragut Naval Training Station Idaho. Cadet Delbert C. Gerstenberger is classified as a pilot at Santa Ana air base California and starts pre flight training. Cpl. D. E. Van Keuren of Army Air Forces returns to Jefferson Barracks Missouri after visiting wife and parents. He recently graduated from Fitzsimons hospital Denver after a three month pharmacy course.
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James D. Dresser
Rhode Island Street
Naval Training Station
Farragut, Ida
Delbert C. Gerstenberger
Santa Ana
Calif
Cpl
D. E. van Keuren
Army Air Forces
Jefferson Barracks
Fitzsimons Hospital
Denver
Inventor Snyder markets paper carton for frozen food lockers
Lawrence visit reveals Harry Snyder of Los Angeles and Kansas City has perfected a paper carton for storing fruits and vegetables in frozen lockers and says a contract with a Kansas City paper box factory covers seven midwestern states. He also markets a paper bag holder and collapsible bathroom shelf. A yard carnival is planned tomorrow at 1109 Ohio Street with animal tent games and priced at Adults 5 cents, children 2 cents, and service men half price.
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Harry Snyder
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Lawrence
Snyder
Jerry and
Alden Brownlee
Andy Stone
Brownlee
Ohio Street
Call for Intense Allied Air War Production
Sir Stafford Cripps urged possible rapid intensification of the allied air war and max aircraft production. He called on workers to stop absenteeism and strikes as he spoke amid the wartime effort. Walter G. Edgar of Portland Ore returned home after a visit with his parents at 825 Rhode Island Street and relatives.
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London
Stafford ‘Cripps
Walter G. Edgar
Portland
Ore
C. C. Edgar
Rhode Island Street
New Families Arrive as Lawrence Housing Demand Grows
Mrs. Cornelia Bigelow reports a surge of 21 new families Tuesday, 15 Wednesday and six by noon today at the Chamber of Commerce housing office. University and Sunflower Ordnance Works staff are among newcomers, but demand favors furnished rentals and apartments with 350 rooms available and no single family houses listed. The quartermaster corps spends 440 dollars to keep the average soldier ready for service in his first year.
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Lawrence
Cornelia Bigelow
Chamber of Commerce
Homes Registration Office
The
Quartermaster Corps
Men Return to Work at GMC Plant in Saginaw
Toolmakers and tool sharpeners resumed work at General Motors steering gear division in Saginaw after a walkout over a swing shift. Linwood L. Smith of UAW reported union officials would meet management to settle the dispute. Roosevelt indicated no plan to ask John L. Lewis to sign a new coal operators deal.
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Saginaw
Mich
General Motors Corporation
Linwood L. Smith
United Automobile Workers
C.1.0
Lewis Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Goebbels Inspects Cologne After Raid Damage
The Vichy radio reported that Paul Joseph Goebbels arrived in Cologne to review damage from Allied raids. The Associated Press noted the visit by the Nazi minister of propaganda on July 9.
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Goebbels
Cologne
London
Vichy
Associated Press
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Couple wed on horseback in Mansfeld Ohio
In Mansfeld a couple tied the knot on horseback and began their life together on the bridle path. A California man claims a rooster crows only with its head high, urging readers to keep heads up to grow. The piece notes that upcoming winter costs may rise from current heat, and a Missouri family welcomes their tenth boy, adding a playful note about a rough house.
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California
In Memoriam Melvin A Fletcher Two Years Gone
In loving memory of Melvin A Fletcher beloved husband and father who passed away two years ago today. Mrs. Melvin A Fletcher and son Jackie Fletcher publish this remembrance with affection and sorrow.
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Melvin A Fletcher
Melvin A. Fletcher
Jackie Fletcher
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Tokyo
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Hans Bell
Dodge
Charles B. Oldfield
Dodge City Field
Randova Island
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Fred A. Bremer
Eft Gauck
Oregon Street
Harvey Schmedemann
Justice Court of
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Kenneth E. Koonce
Corp
Frank E. Brune
Corporal Brune
Gus H. Brune
Seuh
Douglas County
John C. Emick
Mass, St
Shangri-La
Tokio
the Rapid Transit Company
GMC
Mansfeld
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Stevens
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