Soviets Press Voronezh Front as Stalingrad Stays Threatened
Soviet forces gain the initiative on the Voronezh front while reports say Stalin may direct defense at Stalingrad. German spearheads push toward the Don, with Rostov and Millerovo potential targets as Red Army losses reach about 900,000 in two months.
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Russia
Red Army
Joseph Stalin
Stalingrad
Volga
Stalin
Stockholm
Ankara
Central Asiatic Army
Moscow
Germany
North Caucasian
Mil Jeroyo
Voronezh
Anout
Don River
Millerovo
Don Cossacks
Caucasus
Porcher
Don
Donets
Rostov
Boguchar
Allied Airmen Press Rommel in Egypt Front Clash
Allied forces attacked at El Ruweisat ridge near El Alamein as Rommel tried to dislodge defenders. American General Lee tanks reinforced British lines while air attacks continued around the clock. Axis slight withdrawals were reported at the southern El Alamein sector with British reoccupation of higher ground on the northern ridge.
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Rommel
Associated Press
Egypt
el Ruweisat Ridge
el Alamein
Marshal Rommel
General Lee
General Grants
Britain
Desert Ine
Quattara Depression
Hill of Jésus
Prosecution Advances in Nazi Submarine Trial
Washington July 17 The prosecution finished its case against four of eight submarine landed Nazis tried by a military commission on Long Island. Florida landing defendants remain. U S attorneys in three districts drafted charges against 10 of 14 alleged accomplices. If convicted, those aiding saboteurs face up to ten years in prison.
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Washington
Long Island
Florida
Frank R. McCoy
Military Commission
Jession
U.S
Francis Biddle
Ernest Herman Kerkhof
New York
Bombs Dropped on Kiska as Aleutian Skirmish Escalates
The navy reports army aircraft dropped 56 bombs on Japanese shore installations at Kiska in the Aleutians. In Dutch Harbor and Fort Mears attacks, 44 military personnel were killed and 49 wounded, with one civilian dead. The Northwestern was lost after Dutch Harbor bombing. The statement notes no major change in the war zone since July 11.
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Washington
Navy
Aleutians
Kiska
Dutch Harbor
Fort Mears Ani
Fort Glenn
Umnak
Northwestern
Army
Midway
Hawaiian
United States
Coast Guard
du Harbor
Fort Mears
Three aides arraigned in Nazi saboteur case
Two men and a woman from New York were arraigned in federal court as aides of one of eight Nazi saboteurs on trial in Washington. Held on 50000 dollars bond for a further hearing on July 31. Named are Hedwig Engelmann, Helmut Leiner, and Tony Cramer of New York City. They faced charges related to Edward Johr Kerling landing off Florida a month earlier from a German submarine.
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New York
Washington
Hedwi Engemann
Helmut Leiner
Thony Cramer
New York City
Ing. Edward Johr Kerling
Florida
Nations Shift Toward War as Neutrals Face Diplomacy Strain
Washington reports three neutrals Turkey Argentina and Sweden involved in belligerent actions at sea. Finland protests U S consulate pullback raising risk of diplomatic break. Turkish freighter Antares torpedoed and beached. Atilay submarine sunk. Argentina and Sweden incidents spark debate and investigations.
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Washington
Turkey
Argentina
Sweden
Finland
Germany
United States
State Department
Helsinki
Antares
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Italian
Libya
Atilay
Dardanelles
Frieghter
Chamber of Deputies
London
Red Cross
Stureborg
Greece
Assurces
Owever
Cyprus
Allied losses rise as two more ships sunk in Atlantic
Navy announced two additional sinkings, a small British cargo vessel in the South Atlantic and a Dutch merchant ship in the Caribbean, bringing the total to 379. Survivors recounted torpedo and shell attack details and subsequent resupply at Caribbean and Atlantic ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
South Atlantic
Caribbean
Navy
Associated Press
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
United States
Traffic Count on Kansas Highways Drops From Last Year
Kansas traffic count shows 97,000 machines in the week of June 29 at ten major stations. Officials say travel rose week of July 4 but remains about 25 percent below the same week last year as patterns diverge gradually from 1946 figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Harbes, Jr
Wage control debated as Roosevelt weighs policy
President Roosevelt said wage controls and inflation are under study amid a broad wage stabilization plan by the War Labor Board to protect purchasing power. The ruling on the Little Steel wage increase drew union protests and work stoppages nationwide, while a separate decision granted union security via a maintenance of membership clause with dues checkoff.
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Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Congress
Bae Fe
Ren
Labor Board
Little Steel
C.I.O. United Steel Workers
W.L.B
Republic Steel Corporation
George W. Taylor
Indiana
Perkins
Los Angeles
C.I.0
United Automobile Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
Iron Mountain
Mich
Chemical Department
Pittsburgh
A.F.L. Building Trades
War Production Board
W. D. Cashdollar
United Brotherhood of “Carpenters and Joiners
Supplies Roll to China on 2800 Mile Highway
Chungking reports a new 2800 mile overland route from Soviet Russia to Chungking for vital war goods. Minister Ong Wen-Hao announced inspection of the line with trucks carts and pack animals moving supplies toward Chungking. The western end is Tacheng near the Altai range on the China Russia border where the road links to a Russian road to Alma Ata.
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Chungking
China
Soviet
Russia
Japan
Ong Wen-Hao
Tacheng
Alti
Russian Turkestan
Alma Ata
Final Summer Concerts Feature Grainger as Guest Conductor
The Mid Western Music Camp Orchestra and Band present final summer concerts with Percy Grainger as guest conductor and Dean Swarthout as co conductor at Hoch Auditorium and an open air theater on campus. The program includes Grainger compositions and arrangements by Stock Grieg Bach and Goossens with premier performances and student soloists, under Grainger and Wiley.
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Mid-Western Music Camp Orchestra
Percy Grainger
Grainger
Dean Swarthouts
Hoch Auditorium
Russell L. Wiley
Haworth Hall
Mr. Grainger
Johan Svendsen
Dean Swarthout
Edvard Grieg
Avago
Bach
Frederick A. Stock
Germany
Percy Aldridge
Australia
Laurel Everette Anderson
Hamlet
Foreien
London
Victoria
Betty Barkis
Traey Carroll
Phyllis Lawson
Roger Tilbury
Betty Ruth
Winnifred Hill
Ella Grainger
Ruth Orcutt
County
Derry
Wiley
Navy Boys
Zimmermann Nordic
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Don Anselm Hughes
Oo. S. B
de Machaut
Claude la Jeune
Domenico Scarlatt
J. S. Bach
Cyril, Scott
Eugene Goossens
Shepherd Fennel
Cesar Prenck 'Ck
Mr. Wiley
Spavinsky
Burt-Dapp
Army Air Corps
Crawford
Trish
Coun
Tom Emmitt
Somerset
England
Balfour Gardiner
Walter Scott
Bill Seard
Kings U
Field “Artillery
Sousa Ty Derry
Sugar Bonus Stamp Now Out to Local Rationing Board
The Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board received official notice for Stamp No. 7 in War Rationing Book No. 1 as a Sugar Bonus. Stores in Lawrence largely accepted the stamp though the tea board had not yet received state office confirmation from Wichita dated July 8.
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Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Lawrence
Tea Board
Wichita
Stock Market Index Report Snapshot
The average of 60 stocks stood at 136.95 with gains noted. Trading day data show upturns and summary indicators in the market session.
Rationing of bicycles begins in Kansas
Kansas bicycle rationing starts with distribution of forms and regulations to war price and rationing boards. State OPA Director H. C. Davis announced Kansas' July allotment is 580 bicycles.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
OPA
H. C. Davis
War Bond Breakfast Sees Large Purchase in Lawrence
About sixty attendees at the Crystal Room Eldridge Hotel observed American Heroes Day in Lawrence and bought $102,750 in war bonds. The largest single gift came from John Vyne representing Standard Life Association with $50,600. A 13 year old, George Boughton, bought a $25 bond. The event featured master of ceremonies Ill Yearout of WREN and a program simulcast from the Chicago breakfast club.
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Eldridge
Lawrence
John Vyne
Standard Life Association
George
George Boughton
Ohio Street
Kaw Valley
Wren
Chicago
Jeffries
J. G. Jeffries
C. B. Russell
C. G. Hesse
Chamber of Commerce
Roger Williams
Irving Hill
Lawrence National Bank
Douglas County War Savings Committee
George Docking
First National Bank
Mykland Named Director of HUD Region 7
Gun nar Mykland was named today by the federal public housing authority as director of its region No. 7 with headquarters in Kansas City. The region will serve Missouri Kansas Nebraska Wyoming Colorado and take over supervision of war housing projects about July 1. Mykland a 1935 KU graduate formerly was Austin Texas assistant city manager and housing authority official. His wife Frances Bartlett is from Ellsworth.
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Washington
Gunnar Mykland
Federal Public Housing Authority
Sah
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Dierks
Mykland
University of Kansas
Austin
Tex
Austin Housing Authority
Chapman
Summerfield
University of Minnesota
Frances Bartlett
Ellsworth
Heat wave grips Kansas as temperatures surge past 100
Topeka reports a scorching July day with the state leading regional heat. Phillipsburg hit 106 degrees as farmers noted effects on crops while forecasters warn only scattered thundershowers may bring relief in the far west tonight. No rainfall was logged in the past 24 hours. Goodland cooled to the low 70s overnight.
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Topeka
Kansas
Phillipsburg
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Men Report for Induction July 27 in Douglas County
The selective service board announced the names of men to report on July 27 for army induction. This fourth group to depart Douglas County this month includes Tyrus Raymond Wiley, Francis Kieth Roland, Roland Ivan Lee, Leon Hildreth Shockey, Clarence Everett Beckner, John Caleb Evans, Walter Ivan Crawford, John Jacob Verbere, Samuel Beck, Clayton Penfold, Albert Murphy, Olin Petefish, Carl Eugene Russell, John Edgar Corydon Eliott, Bascom Coolidge Fearing, John Callahan, Rolland Kamschroeder, Glenn Gilliland, Joel Fritzel, Noel Myers, Addison Glock, Raymond Mike, Joseph Hillebert, Duane Johnson, Paul Curtis, Edmund Banks, Clarence Henderson, Harold Maness, Robert Blevins, Carl Bucheim, Harold Clark, Lewis Lescher, Harry Childers, Clifford Marckley, Arthur Wooton.
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Selective Service Board
van Douglas County
Tyrus Raymond Wiley
Misgouri
Francis Kieth Roland
Roland Ivan Lee
New Hampshire
Leon Hildreth Shockey
New York
Clarence Everett Beckner
Merriam
Lawrence
John Caleb Evans
Kentucky
Walter Ivan Crawford
Overbrook
John Jacob Verbere
Wet Samuel Beck
Ohio
Clayton Penfold
Elm
Albert Joseph Paul Murphy
Lecompton
Olin Kenneth Petefish
Tennessee
Carl Eugene Russell
Baldwin
John Edgar Corydon Eliott
Coffeyville
Louisiana
Bascom Coolidge Fearing
John
Ewey Callahan
Orar
Rolland ‘Raymond
Kamschroeder
Glenn Elwood Gilliland
Joel Gustafson Fritzel
San Diego
Cal
Noel Francis Anthony Myers
Washington, D. C
Haskell Institute
Addison Fredrick Glock
Raymond Mike
Haskell
Joseph Ward Hillebert
Homer Dale Sao
Perry
Duane Robert Johnson
Pueblo
Colo
Paul Edward Curtis
Edmund Joseph Banks
Kenosha
Wis
Indiana
Clarence Lee Henderson
Rhode Island
Harold Lynn Maness
Robert Bruce Blevins
West Fourth
Carl Chester Bucheim
Harold Francis Clark
Kansas City
Lewis Robert Lescher
Vermont
Harry Marshall Childers
Connecticut
Clifford L. Marckley
Learnard
Arthur Lyle Wooton
Pennsylvania
Seaton Reports Higher Old Age Payments In July
Topeka July 17 Old age assistance payments rose by an average 13 cents in July with a slight drop in cases for the second straight month. The average payment was 22.33 dollars excluding surplus commodities and other aid, up from 22.20 in June and 19.37 in July 1941. The caseload fell to 31 087 from 31 067, compared with 29 102 a year ago. Chairman Fay N Seaton said ten counties Cheyenne Decatur Haskell Meade Morton Pratt Sheridan Stafford Stanton and Wichita failed to qualify for the August allocation from the special fund.
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Topeka
State Social Welfare Board
Fay N. Seaton
Cheyenne
Decatur
Haskell
Meade
Morton
Pratt
Sheridan
Stafford
Stanton
Wichita
West Sworn In as U S District Attorney for Kansas
Kansas City attorney George H. West was sworn in today as United States district attorney for Kansas in a special federal court session. Judge Walter A. Huxman administered the oath, with Federal Judge Richard J. Hopking chairing the session. West previously served as a colonel on Huxman’s staff during his governorship.
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Kansas City
Kan
George H. West
United States
Kansas
Walter A. Huxman
United States Court of Appeals
Richard J. Hopking
West
Huxman
BAPTISTS IN CHARGE AT SOUTH PARK WORSHIP SERVICE
The Rev. Howard E. Koelb will speak at the community worship in South Park Sunday at 8 p.m. on Whether ’Tis of God. Miss Helen Colburn will sing The Stranger of Galilee with piano by Mrs. Paul Rankin. Assisting ministers include Alfred P. Smith Theo H. Altman Joseph F. King Jr. and Charles W. Thomas with C. J. Mann directing ushering.
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Howard E. Koelb
First Baptist Church
South Park
God
Helen Colburn
Galilee
Morris
Paul €. Rankin
Alfred P. Smith
Theo. H. Altman
Joseph F. King, Jr
Charles W. Thomas
C. J. Mann
Westside Presbiterian
Paul Lawson
Evangelical Church
Duncan McGregor
Salvation Army
Hugh Turner
Aucre
United Brethren
South Massachusetts Street Open Timeframe Delayed
The ravine on South Massachusetts was poured this afternoon and the street will remain closed to traffic for some weeks. After paving, driveways and joints will be completed. Initiated in October 1941, the project slowed by weather and labor shortages, with contractor M N Penny facing ongoing difficulties.
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Massachusetts
M. N. Penny
Lawrence Man in a Torpedo Attack
Navy disclosed a Midway strike where four torpedo planes attacked the Japanese fleet under moonlight. Ensign Archie L. Mills of Lawrence, a Journal-World former employee, participated with Lieutenant William L. Richards. one enemy ship was likely sunk while another ran out of gas and was destroyed after two days at sea.
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Archie ‘Mills
Journal-World Employe
Midway
Washington
Tirem
William L. Richarda
Collingswood
N. J
Archie L. Mills
Lawrence
Richard
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Fla., Naval Air Base
Corpus Christi
Pearl Harbor
Mills
Liberty Memorial High School
Univer of Kansas
T.C
Pacific Ocean
Archie
Charles Amyx
Navy
Journal-World
Kansas University
Lawrence Mills
Army
Rexis
Journal-Warl
Collier's Magazine
Browns sweep Athletics in first game of doubleheader
Fi-Chet Aabs hit his fourth home run in three games to lead the St. Louis Browns to a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. The win marked the Browns seventh straight.
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Laabs
Philadelphia
Chet Aabs
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
Browns
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Archie Mills
Ensign Mills
J. S. Mills
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