Army of the Nile In New Positions
Britain’s Eighth Army, reinforced by Australians, holds newly won positions 10 miles west of El Alamein after repelling German counterattacks. Rommel reinforces from air and sea as both sides prep for a new push toward Alexandria.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Claude Auchinleck
Tel'el Eisa
el Alamein
Rommel
R.A.F
Tobruk
Matruh
Qattara
Malta
Eighth Army
Tel el Hisa
Erwin Rommel
Few Absentee Ballot Applications Filed in Douglas County
Douglas county clerk reports only a handful of absentee ballot requests. A July 25 deadline is cited in a Journal-World legal notice. Under the 1941 law the clerk will publish the names of applicants on July 27 and hold a hearing July 28 to challenge entries before certifying eligible voters for the August 4 primary.
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Douglas County
Journal-World
Secretary of State
Chinese Retake Futuo Island Off Coast From Foochow
The Chinese high command announced the recapture of Futuo Island near Foochow in Fukien, delaying a Japanese threat to a major port. Fighting continued northwest of Wen Chow with Japanese reinforcements in Chekiang, as Ta Kung Pao urged a second front and air power against Japan.
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Futuo Island
Foochow
Associated Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fukien Province
Wenchow
Chekiang
Kiapasi
Kan
Free China
Ta Kung Pao
United States
Europe
Japan
Asia
Chang Chiang-au
Ching
China
India
Burma Road
Manchukuo
Nanking
14 Nazis' associates arrested as saboteurs linked to U boats
Attorney General Biddle announced the arrests of 14 alleged associates of eight Nazi saboteurs on trial before a military commission. Hoover said the arrests occurred in Chicago and New York over three weeks. Those named include Lerner Astoria Engemann New York Haupt Chicago Kerling New York Haupts wife etc. The suspects allegedly sheltered the saboteurs and helped hide funds and materials used in sabotage. The Nazi trial continued, with defense cross examination and a possible end within days.
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Washington
Biddle
Long Island
Florida
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
New York
Eet Lerner
Astoria
Anthony Cramer
Hedwig Engemann
Hermann Heinrich Faje
Marie Kerling
Ernest Herman Kerkhof
Max Haupt
Haupt
Harry Jaques
Emma
Otto Richard Wergin
Walter
Wilhelm Froehling
Hoover
United States
F.B.I
Atlantic
FBI
Germany
Maria Kerling
Edward John Kerling
Jacksonville
Frank R. McCoy
Military Commission
Lawrence Stores to Stay Open Wednesday Evening
Lawrence merchants vote to keep nonfood shops open Wednesday evening until 9 and extend morning hours to 10 for those who work. About 30 stores attended the meeting as flexibility for shoppers was debated. food stores stay open until 6 with housewives the primary customers.
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Lawrence Stores
Lawrence
Ballot positions set for Republican ticket in key Kansas counties
State Senator Thale P. Skovgard will head the Republican governor ballot in Sedgwick Shawnee and Wyandotte with other candidates filling top spots in various counties. Democratic contender W H Burke also leads in many areas. Ballot placement follows party vote splits and alphabetical order.
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Topeka
Thale P. Skovgard
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Wyandotte
P. G. Reilly
Frank J. Ryan
Carl E. Friend
Ellis
Clyde M. Reed
McPherson
Andrew Schoeppel
Scott
Skovegardi
W. H. Burke
Montgomery
Paul B. Green
Mission
John Allison
Allen
Jackson
Arthur Capper
Vetorney
C. C. Isely
Randolph Carpenter
Ellis County
W. G. Clugston
Ellsworth
George McGill
Morris
Loren Alton Moore
Kansas
British Navy Bombards Matruh in Desert Action
British warships and US aircraft pounded Matruh in western Egypt, firing 700 plus high explosive shells into enemy materiel dumps. The harbor saw fires as ships and torpedo boats were hit, with wreckage ashore and limited land routes to Tobruk for supply.
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Matruh
Egypt
Tobruk
al Elamein
Fatal Farm Accident Near Beloit Kansas
Phil lip Ottley age 70 of Salina died from injuries after a truck backed over him on the Wilford Bessette farm seven miles north of Beloit. He had been helping his son in law Frank Budke with the wheat harvest when the accident occurred.
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Beloit
Kan
Phillip Ottley
Salina
Wilford Bessette
Ottley Sis
Frank Budke
Barkley Attacks Henderson Restrictions on Inflation Fight
Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky condemned Senate Appropriations Committee limits on Leon Henderson on the Senate floor saying the restrictions would hamper the administration’s battle against inflation.
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Barkley
Henderson
Washington
Senate,appropriations Committee
Leon Henderson
Kentucky
Senate
Red Army Front Stays Unbroken as German Push Advances
German high command says Russians are being pursued on a broad southern front with 30,000 captured in a southwest encirclement near Rzhev. Berlin reports heavy losses as Soviet counter moves target Voronezh and the Don front while a lull follows bad weather over the Channel.
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Boguchar
Rossosh
Kharkov
Stalingrad
Volga
Voronezh
Lishchansk
Donets
Isyum
Rostov
Caucasus
Boguschar
Astrakhan
Caspian
Pokrovsk
Gerzhah
Rzhev
Moscow
Hitler
Berlin
Semeon Timoshenko
Don
Red Army
Volkhov
Leningrad
English Channel
Grainger Recital at Hoch Auditorium Thursday Evening
World renowned pianist and conductor Percy Grainger will give a solo recital at Hoch auditorium on Thursday evening. He plans a varied program with piano novelties and audience-friendly talking explanations. A Norwegian folk tunes group is featured and tickets are $1, with complimentary passes for summer session faculty.
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Hoch Auditorium
Percy Grainger
Ar Singer
Grainger
Fine Arts
Army's First Wartime Maneuvers Begin in Carolina Area
In Wadesboro North Carolina on July 13 the U S Army launched its first wartime maneuvers in the Carolinas. Maneuver Director Traj Gen E J Dawley warned this could be a last dress rehearsal before real combat. He described 24 hour operations with two new phases air and ground action and final cleanup. The Red army would move from Columbia to the northwest while Blue units gathered near Asheboro North Carolina.
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Wadesboro
N. C
U. S
Carolinas
Trai
E. J. Dawley
Dawley
Columbia
S. C
Asheboro
Fires From Stubs Ignite Two Buildings In One Block
Careless handling of cigarettes blamed for two fires in the same block yesterday morning. Salvation Army worker H Ingersson escaped injury when his bed in the nursery school on New Hampshire Street caught fire but smoke drove neighbors back and firefighters arrived. Captain Hugh Turner ordered a no smoking rule in the nursery. Later, at 8 40 in the morning a fire at the Rollerdrome Skating Academy on New Hampshire Street burned seven to eight feet of floor after a cigarette dropped on cardboard between the rink and a rear door.
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H. Ingerson
Salvation Army
New Hampshire Street
Paul Ingels
Ingels
Ingerson
Pgethon
Pepe Ante
Geing
Hugh Turner
Rollerdrome Skating Academy
Heat to Stay On Across Topeka as Temperatures Top 100
Kansas weather notes scattered showers in the northeast but no relief from heat. The mercury rose above 100 degrees yesterday with reports of 102 in Ellis and Phillipsburg. Saturday rains helped crops in eastern and southern areas yet likely delayed wheat harvest in Spots. Rain totals varied across towns from Burlington to Beloit, with northern Kansas expected only slight cooling tonight.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mercury
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Burlington
Wichita
Valley Falls
Horton
Ottawa
Lebo
Geneseo
Cawker City
Beloit
Weatherman
S. D. Flora
Sugar Bonus Delayed as Rationing Board Lacks Authority
Local war price and rationing board has not yet validated sugar bonus stamps for grocers. Some stores accept No. 7 stamps on authority from wholesalers or chain offices, while others await official action despite prior news of a July 1966 start.
Senator Gillette Blames Agencies for Rubber Process Block
Fi Sena tor Gillette of Iowa accuses government agencies of blocking synthetic rubber development. He cites inaction and careless handling as the cause and calls the obstruction a boneheaded move by a responsible party.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Stock Market Index Indicates Mixed Saturday Trading
The average of 60 stocks shows a slight gain with Saturday trading at 87.2, reflecting modest upward movement. Investors monitored market swings as sectors rotated and volume remained steady.
railroad spur detour blocks highway 10 near De Soto
At 1 to 4 30 a m workers laid a railroad spur across highway 10 near De Soto blocking traffic. A Kansas City couple en route to western Kansas got lost near Lawrence and bypassed the detour waking in their car until the road reopened.
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de Soto
A Ot
DeSoto
Highway 32
Kansas City Senator Candidate Enlists in Navy
Democratic candidate Loren Alton Moore of Kansas announces he has joined the United States Navy. Moore, 44, long a school superintendent from Anderson county, filed for Senate, deposited a $100 fee, and plans to be sworn in as a first class seaman after applying in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Loren Alton Moore
U. S
Kansas
Mont Ida
Anderson County
Kan
United States Navy
Moore
Galata
Ont
Congress
Senate
Secretary of State
Topeka
Army
Navy
Ater
Music for Rotary Showcases KU Summer Talent
A Rotary meeting featured a varied music program from grand opera to the Twelfth Street Rag. University summer students selected by Dean Donald Swarthout performed solos and a duet, accompanied by Miss Winifred Hill.
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Rotary
The
University
Donald Swarthout
Dean Swarthout
K. U
Warren Edmundson
Chanute
Harold Thompson
Paola
Winifred Hill
Rose Lee - Balderson
Wamégo
K.U
David and Goliath
Malotte “Lord
Wille
Mr. Edmundson
Gounod
Leon
Reckless Driving Plea Follows West Lawrence Crash
S B Hines Jr of 901 Oak pleaded guilty in Justice O J Lanes court to reckless driving after a 1 a m Sunday collision 1.7 miles east of Indian Village. He drove a 1936 International pickup into a 1930 Ford coupe driven by William H Slaughter 60 Ly ons. Both left front fenders and wheels damaged. Mrs Orlando Dimery 45 of 825 Garfield sustained a sprained left wrist and back and was taken to Lawrence Memorial hospital. Hines paid 35 fine and 4.25 costs.
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S. B. Hines, Jr
Oak
O. J. Lane
Hines
William H. Slaughter
Lyons
Orlando Dimery
Garfield
Akien
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Hires
Names of men called for Army induction at Ft. Leavenworth
The selective service board announced a list of men slated to leave for the army induction station at Ft. Leavenworth on July 22. The roster includes Grayson Franklin Stroud, Egbert Holloway, Samuel Deel Jr, Louis Kent, Howard Howell, Howard Smith, Vance Hatchell, Earl Keough, John Blevins, Deaine Mortimer-Banker, Edward Bishop, Clifford Anderson, Homer Thornton, Donald Norris, Frank Green, Grant Love, Douglas Schroyer, Richard Riggs, Homer Schoepflin, Curtis Dalton, Mooney, and Roy Whaling with various addresses and registration details.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Selective Service Board
Grayson Franklin Stroud
Ohio
Egbert Winfred Holloway
Lawrence
Samuel Alfred Deel, Jr
Chicago
Baldwin
Louis Olney Kent
Washington, D.C
Louisiana
Howard Chester Howell
DeSoto
Kentucky
Howard Lee Smith
North Sixth
F Vance Richard Hatchell
Alabama
Earl “Wilson Keough
Kansas City
John Robert Blevins
New York
Deaine Gerald Mortimer
Edward Kenneth Bishop
Rhode Island
Clifford Scott Anderson
East Thirteenth
Homer Davis Thornton
Summit
Donald Bernard Norris
Topeka
Frank Robert Green
Massachusetts
Grant Ernest Love
Douglas James Schroyer
Vermont
Richard Liston Riggs
New Hampshire
Homer Hi. Schoepflin
Curtis William Dalton
West Eighth
Wees N. Mooney
Lyons
Roy Albert Whaling
Melvern
Strike closes down the National Stockyards in St Louis
National Stockyards in St Louis Illinois halted operations as 300 AFL livestock handlers walked out. About 7500 cattle sheep calves and hogs were left outside in a three block line of trucks at the gates. The strike seeks a wage increase of 11 cents an hour. current pay under the expired contract is 46 to 80 cents an hour.
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National Stockyards
Ill
A.F.L. Livestock Handlers’ Union
St. Louis National Stockyards Company
Industrial Users to Get Larger Sugar Supply
Kansas war price and rationing boards notify institutional users such as restaurants hotels and boarding houses that after August 15 they will receive a 25 percent increase in their sugar allotment for the July August period. The extra allowance becomes automatic with an application to the boards from August 15 to September 5. OPA Director H D Davis said institutional users will get 75 percent of their 1941 base and industrial users 80 percent.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
OPA
H. D. Davis
Reynolds Seeks Power To Take Over Auto Industry
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina asked Congress to empower President Roosevelt to seize automobiles and other transport equipment for war needs. The plan would authorize 5 billion dollars in appropriations to compensate owners for government acquisitions, with effect through unspecified end date.
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Washington
Reynolds
D.-N.c
Congress
Roosevelt
Pill
Explosion at Norfolk Navy Yard Leaves One Dead In Virginia
An unexplained explosion at the Portsmouth Norfolk navy yard on July 13 killed one man and injured five others, with two in gravest condition. The public station reported the blast occurred in an open area damaging equipment and facilities.
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Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Norfolk Navy Yard
Boys admit placing iron to wreck a train
Two 18 year old boys confessed in juvenile court to placing pieces of iron on the rails at the Indiana street crossing. The Kansas Cityan train struck the iron but was not damaged. the incident occurred between 4 and 6 pm as the train arrived around 5 56 pm. Police said the boys sought a thrill watching a possible wreck.
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Kansas City
Santa Fe
Indiana Street Crossing
Milton Beach
C. A. Bliesner
Tennessee Street
C. C. Scott
Kansas Cityan
New Navy Aviation Base to Open at Hutchinson Kansas
The navy announced a new U S naval reserve aviation base will be built at Hutchinson Kansas to train 806 student aviators as part of a 30 000 pilots a year program. The base will be ready to receive trainees early this winter with barracks administration buildings flying fields and support facilities. Completion will raise total naval reserve aviation bases to 19. Trainees come from indoctrination schools at the University of Georgia University of Iowa University of North Carolina and St Marys College California. After initial training the men go to Pensacola Florida or Corpus Christi Texas for advanced instruction and upon graduation receive their wings as naval aviators. The entire program lasts about one year followed by specialized operational training before fleet service.
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Washington
Navy
U. S. Naval Reserve Aviation
Hutchinson
Kann
Naval Reserve
Georgia
Iowa
North ,Carolina
St. Mary’s College
California
Pensacola
Fla
Corpus Christi
Tex
SINKINGS IN ST. LAWRENCE
Ottawa reports three United Nations ships torpedoed and sunk in the St Lawrence river about a week ago. Four crewmen died, four are missing, 99 rescued, raising river losses to at least five ships. Government had announced two losses on May 13. Survivors then believed a third had sunk.
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Ottawa
Up—Navy
Angus MacDonald
House of Commons
United Nations
St. Lawrence River
Bradley Trial Continued on Multiple Charges
Clarence Bradley remains in court as five charges including assaulting an officer and DUI are carried over to Friday. He was arrested by state highway patrolmen on July 4 east of Lawrence.
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Bradley
Clarence Bradley
Lawrence
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Alamein
Skovgard
Don River
Caspian Sea
Carolina
Seventh Street
Loren A. Moore
Thompson
Edmundson
Mr. Thompson
Twelfth Street
Miss Balderson
Roger M. Williams
Williams
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
Santa Fe Streamliner
Hutchinson Field
ST. Lawrence
Tow
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