Guam Nears End Of Defense With Pacific Fleet Attacks
United States forces under Admiral Chester W. Nimitz report Guam defenses under heavy bombardment from Pearl Harbor based battleships cruisers and destroyers. Carrier aircraft targeted Port Apra and nearby airfields while allied bombers damaged Japanese ships near Halmahera Flores and Yap as Gen MacArthur advances deepen the push toward Japan.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
America
Pacific
Guam
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
San Marianas
Nippon
Nimitz
Port Apra
Japan
Philippines
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Tokyo
Manila
Rota
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Halmahera
Flores Island
Celebes
Carolines
Truk
Inquest Scheduled Over Denver Old Mill Fire Victims
An inquest was set today into the deaths of six people from a fire at Denver's Elitch Gardens Old Mill. Autopsies found all victims died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Identified are Pvt. Robert C. McIlvain and wife Mary of Wichita, Pvt. R L Jacobberger and wife Maxine of Omaha, and park attendants Edward Lowery and George Keithline.
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Denver
Elitch’s Gardens
Robert C. McIlvain
Emporia
Kan
Mary
Wichita
R. L. Jacobberger
Omaha
Neb
Maxine
Edward J. Lowery
George Keithline
Mcilvain
Jacobberger
Buckley Field
Enver
Charles Elder Promoted and Awarded Purple Heart
Mr and Mrs Charles R Elder of 828 Arkansas street received word from their son Charles R Elder Jr overseas that he had been promoted from second to first lieutenant on June 28 and awarded the Purple Heart for wounds from the June 6 D day invasion. Elder, an engineering student at KU, graduated ROTC in February 1943 and was commissioned at Camp Davis NC the following June. He has served in anti air craft artillery since January.
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Charles R. Elder
Arkansas Street
Charles R Elder, Jr
War Department
Lieutenant Elder
D-day
Elder
K. U
R.O.T.C
Camp Davis
N. C
United Nations Monetary Conference Extended to Finish Work
Bretton Woods July 18 The United Nations monetary conference extends its closing date by three days to complete technical work. Officials say agreement on substantive matters is expected by Wednesday while final session shifts to Saturday. A fight over quotas to the projected monetary fund caused delays with six nations offering partial reservations. The Journal-World Lost and Found column appears on the classified page with prompt results via phone.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
Journal-World
Four World War II veterans reunited at Winter General Hospital
Topeka July 18 four medics who were inducted together at Fort Leavenworth in 1942 trained together took part in the Normandy invasion and were wounded on D day have been reunited at Winter General hospital Staff Sgt George A Kohler and Pvt Charles E Avery of Wichita and Pvt Boyd Cunningham of Randolph are all hospitalized in Topeka authorities said the men served in the same unit and shared the ordeal of the Normandy campaign.
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Topeka
Fort Leavenworth
Normandy
D-day
Winter General
Hoffmeister Named Assistant Professor at Kansas University
Dr Donald F Hoffmeister of the University of California has been appointed assistant professor of zoology and curator of the museum of modern vertebrates at the University of Kansas. He earned a PhD in zoology and taught and did museum work in California before moving to Lawrence.
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Donald F. Hoffmeister
University of California
University of Kansas
E. Raymond Hall
Museum of Natural History
Hoffmeister
University of California and
Taucht
Lawrence
War production urged by Wichita official in Kansas
Carroll M. Willis district Manager of the War Production Board urged Kansans to raise and sustain production at record highs. He warned that current demand is unprecedented and that Western Kansas wartime output must rapidly exceed prior peaks. The Wichita district spans about two thirds of the state.
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Wichita
Carroll M. Willis
War Production Board
Kansas
Veteran newsman Timmons runs for vice president in tent protest
Chicago July 18 veteran Washington correspondent Bascom N Timmons 54 vows he is a candidate for vice presidency in the Democratic sweepstakes He sits in a hotel tent to sulk in and claims a past vote for him in 1940 He says Roosevelt is weaker this year for Wallace and hints at a cross party appeal while busy with his newspapers and typing duties.
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Chicago
Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Flanagan
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Wallace
Timmons
Iowan
Jof
Bricker Timmons Run For Vice President As Democrats Ask
Gov John W Bricker of Ohio and the Republican nominees for vice president Timmons face questions on platforms and politics. Timmons says he has no fixed platform preferring flexible statements to win votes while claiming things he opposes include the Johnston flood Chicago fire short skirts on hobby horses and a repetition of the Civil War.
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John W. Bricker
Ohio
Timmons
John
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Stockton
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KK U
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Willis
Basel
Oxfords
Rare Press
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Montgomery Ward
F. A. Newcome
Masa
Bell Music Store
E. St. Es
American Radio Service
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