Yanks Take St Lo As Open Normandy Drive Surges
Allied forces push toward Paris as American and British troops breach St Lo and press across the Orne river. Montgomery and Bradley lead a major advance, with heavy air strikes and armor driving deep into Caen plain and toward Lessay, forcing German withdrawals and signaling a turning stage in Normandy battles.
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St.lo
Montgomery
Orne
Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Lo
Orne River
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Normandy
Sely
Vaucelles
Jey
Lsst
Omar N. Bradley
American First Army
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Reds May Be All Set to Make Record Offensive
Reported from Moscow that the Red Army is prepared for a major offensive across Russian fronts. Soviet forces advance toward East Prussia and Galicia while threatening Warsaw and Brest Litovsk. Izvestia notes gains on the Niemen and near Grodno with possible moves toward Lwow and the Bug river.
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Pripyet
Old Poland
Lwow
Galati
Romania
Carpathians
Danube
Baltics
Brest Litovsk
Bialystok
Warsaw
River Bug
Sviloch River
Niemen
Grodno
East Prussia
Feydtkuhnen
Izvestia
F. Zakharov
Red Army
Bug River
London
Vydomla
Poland
Veterans Administration eyes sites for Lawrence general hospital
L A Warren special VA representative surveyed about a dozen eastern Kansas and western Missouri sites for a proposed general hospital near Lawrence. Locations west and south of the city were evaluated for 30 to 50 acre tracts with good water and sewer, aiming to serve rehabilitation needs and campus access. Warren, joined by Congressman Errett Scrivner and local officials, toured seven proposed areas including near the country club and University of Kansas facilities. he will report to Topeka with recommendations after completing inspections.
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L. A. Warren
Veterans’ Administration
Lawrege
Kansas
Missouri
Warren
Chamber of Commerce
Errett Scrivner
Lawrence
Gerald Hesse
M. R. Gill
George Hedrick
Clifford Harper
Veterans Administration
General Hospital
Country Club
Universiy
Haskell Institute
Topeka
Light Rains in West Topeka July 18 Weather Update
Scattered light rain hindered harvest operations in western Kansas as D Flora forecast mainly light showers in eastern areas. No extreme heat expected though highs near 99 were recorded in Goodland and Coffeyville yesterday. Rain amounts varied from .01 to .92 inches across multiple towns.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Goodland
Coffeyville
Russell
Phillipsburg
Garden City
Quinter
Salina
McPherson
Herington and
Lindsbo
Scandia
St. Joseph
Concordia
Hutchinkon
Florence and
St. Francis
Fort Riley
Fiibatear
Kansas City
Republican River
Smoky Hill
Pontedera Seized as Allied Drive Pushes On
Allied forces report Pontedera on the Arno captured, 12 miles east of Pisa, part of Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's west Arno advance from Ponsacco. British and South African units pushed toward Arezzo and Florence gaps widen. German bridges blown. Livorno still under threat as allied gains threaten to cut off key routes and ports in Tuscany.
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Pontedera
Arno
Pisa
Mark W. Clark
Arpo
Ponsacco
Rome
Livorno
Era
Cincelli
Arezzo
Florence
Tuscany
Adriatic
Ancona
Monte Bogo
Gl’s
Fifth Army
Fordahte
Poggibonsi
Bitter contest for second place in Democratic race
Chicago July 18. A battle to shape the Democratic vice presidential nomination raged as James Byrnes and Alben Barkley pressed support for Henry Wallace. President Roosevelt said the convention must decide, while Wallace’s backers argued for renomination on the second ballot. Delegates and leaders weighed the letter from Roosevelt’s camp that hedged on any dictation, signaling strong Southern backing for Byrnes, with Illinois and New Jersey also seen as favorable.
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Chicago
James F. Byrnes
Alben Barkley
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Samuel Jackson
Thomas D.alesandro, Jr
Maryland
David T. Wilentz
New Jersey
Joseph Guffey
Pennsylvania
Jake More
Iowa
More
Byrnes
Barkley
Mississippi
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Florida
Illinois
Sen
Francis Meloney
Connecticut
Easy come easy go as Fleisher tops wealth list
Sidney B. Fleisher, theatrical attorney and agent for the dramatists guild, reports a yearly income of 645000 from Twentieth Century Fox and other film industry payments but says the money passes to playwrights and producers. He notes the amount largely reflects commissions and payments to clients rather than personal wealth.
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Associated Press
New York
Sidney B. Fleisher
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
U. S. Treasury
Fleisher
Dramatist’s Guild
Training Stop Widens At University Of Kansas
North American Aviation halted an aeronautical training program at the University of Kansas sponsored for 42 men and women. Women were midway through a 13 week course and men had just begun 10 weeks. Army approval for company changes lacking, jobs could not be promised. Some women moved to Boeing, others to different plant departments. Pratt and Whitney also showing available placements.
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University of Kansas
North American Aviation Co
North American Company
Army
Henry S. Stillwell
Boeing Aircraft Co
North American
Pratt and Whitney
Phea Grable O
Stillwell
Wallace's Vote Splits Pennsylvanian Delegation at Convention
Chicago July 18 Pennsylvanias 72 vote delegation split as Wallace rushed to renomination. Wallace will arrive tomorrow from Washington as Byrnes and Barkley mount opposition. A poll showed 41 for Wallace, 21 against or non voting, rest absent. Senator Guffey called the result satisfactory and predicted 58 to 60 Wallace votes on the first ballot. The race now centers on Wallace Byrnes and Barkley with MeLonoy suggesting up to 15 other names.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Washington
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Sen
Joseph Guffey
Port Chicago Explosion Kills Many at Navy Depot
In Port Chicago California a night explosion at a navy munitions dock leveled most of the town. Up to 350 may be dead with 200 to 250 navy men missing and 130 civilian crew feared lost. Wreckage spread across Squizon Bay as ships Quinault Victory and E A Bryan were shattered. thousands injured or evacuated as aid rushed in from Mare Island and nearby communities.
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Port Chicago
Calif
Navy
S. S. Quinault Victory
United States Lines
8.S. E. A. Bryan
Oliver J. Olson Lines
Bryan
Coast Guard
Squizon Bay
San Francisco Bay
J. R. Thornton
Port Chicago Dep
San Francisco
James N. Long
Contra Costa County
Naval Depot
Mare Islands Navy Yard
Red Cross
Port Chi
Billion in Kansas bank deposits tops year start
Deposits in Kansas state and national banks surpassed one billion dollars in the first three and a half months of the year. Total assets rose by over 21 million, with most gains concentrated in state banks. Bank loans increased slightly, while overall deposits grew about 20 million since year end.
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Topeka
Kansas State
Fred M. Bowman
Pi Atate
Nanual
Two Appeal Board Grants Availability in War Manpower Hearing
Two men seeking statements of availability after prior denials by the U S Employment Service appeared for a hearing before the War Manpower Commission area appeal committee. Vernon Floyd of Hercules at S C W was discharged after an argument with a supervisor, while Charles Seaxes of Besne Milk Processing sought a higher skilled post in mail routing. The committee, with Barnard Olmstead and Hill, weighed whether Floyd’s discharge was provoked and whether the jobs matched their skill levels under the undue hardship clause.
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U. S
Area Appeal Committee
War Manpower Commission
W.M.C
Harry R. Barnard
Lawrence
U.S.E.8
P. D. Olmstead
Justin Hill
Vernon Floyd
Hercules Company
S.C.W
Floyd
Charles Se Axes
Valle Falle
Japanese Surrender Pressure Grows as Burma Combat Narrows
Southeast Asia Command reports rising Japanese desertions and suicides amid collapsing invasion of eastern India. Allied forces push two miles south from Ningthoukhong, seize Thinungfei without opposition, while fighting continues east of Patel and in Myitkyina. An officer in Ukhrul area suicides after attempting surrender, others perform hara kiri.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceyloh
Ukhral
India
Ningthoukhong Kha Khunou
Thinungfei
Lord Lovin Mountbatten
Bible to California Ulysses Floyd Rible leaves for private practice
Floyd Rible a University of Kansas consulting architect departs Tuesday for Los Angeles to resume private practice after completing a study of proposed campus buildings and expansions. He has taught in KU engineering and aeronautical technician programs, with prior West Coast experience including a Palm Springs base hospital project for the War Department. The Riviera at 740 Mississippi Street was their Lawrence home. Two colored men, Wilford Warfield Winn and Freddie Finley, depart Lawrence for Fort Leavenworth for induction into the U S Army.
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Ulysses
Floyd Rible
University of Kansas
Los Angeles
Rible
Lawrence
Palm Springs
War Department
California
Jay Jakosky
K. U
Pchod
Engineeringfs
Jakosky
American Institute of Architects
Morton
Mississippi Street
M. R. Gill
Fort Leavenworth
United States
Wilford Warfield Winn
Maine Street
Freddie Finley
Pennsylvania Street
Douglas County Court Proposal Moved by Bar Association
A petition seeking the creation of a Douglas County court was presented to the county board by 18 members of the Douglas County Bar Association. The board took no action, but reports say commissioners view the proposal favorably. The plan would establish a county court under state law with a probate judge serving as county judge, a county clerk, seal, dockets and blanks supplied at county expense, and a salary around 3000 dollars, with the judge also receiving half the probate judge's pay. The new court would carry powers of a justice of the peace in civil and criminal matters and share civil jurisdiction with the district court up to 1000 dollars, exclusive of costs, while typical justices of peace duties would continue.
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Douglas County
Statutes of
Kansas
Douglas County Bar Association
Seid County
Justices of the Peace
District Court
Fire at Douglas aircraft plant in Park Ridge damages admin building
A spectacular fire swept the administration building of the Douglas aircraft plant in Park Ridge, a $22 million facility, burning for over two hours. Firemen from suburban districts and Chicago brought it under control with only slight overall plant damage, though the admin building and its communications system suffered about $1.5 million in losses.
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Chicago
Park Ridge
John C. Buckwalter
Japanese School Children Will Be Taken From Cities
New York reports that Japan approved a plan for mass decentralization evacuating 400,000 children from 13 cities in the Tokyo Yokohama Osaka Kobe Nagoya and northern Kyushu districts. On July 12 the Comel agency said about 30,000 had already been moved from Tokyo to rural areas.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Rmment
Tokyo- Yokohama
Osaka-Kobe
Nagoya
Kyushu
Comel
Tokyo
Girls Injured at Park In Park Softball Collision
Arlene Hill fourteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Leo Hill 747 New York street suffered a cut over her left eyebrow in a softball game at South Park last night She was taken to Memorial hospital and two stitches were used to close the wound It was expected she would go home late this afternoon The accident occurred when she and Rachel Cooper ran for a fly ball and collided Miss Cooper lost a front tooth in the collision
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Arlene .Hill
Leo Hill
New York Street
South Park
Memorial Hospital
Rachel Cooper
Mise Cooper
Arlene Hill
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