Allies Close In On Palermo and Western Sicily Front
Allied forces surged along Sicily's south and north coasts capturing Castelvetrano Sciacca and nearby towns as the Seventh Army neared Palermo. British ships bombarded Crotone while Allied air forces struck Naples and Grosseto. Fierce east coast combat persisted near Messina with Goering division resistance and German reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Seventh Army
Castelvetrano
Sciacca
Sicilian
Sicily
Patterson
Washington
Marsala
Crotone
Gulf of Taranto
Messina Strait
Navy
Messina
San Stefano
Quisquina
Palermo
Enna San Caterina
Caltanissetta
Agrigento
Porto Empedocle
26Th Assieta
Simeto
Catania
Hermann Goering
Genoa
Rome
Naples
Grosseto Airfield
15Th Armored Division
Enna
U S Troops Reach Munda Area in Solomons
Allied forces pressed toward Munda in the central Solomons as U S troops stormed jungle toward the stronghold. Australian forces reportedly repelled nine counterattacks near Mt Tabu below Salamaua and Japanese losses mounted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
William F. Halsey
Munda
Solomons
New Guinea
Mt. Tabu
Salamaua
U. S
Southwest Pacific
Bairoko Harbor
New Georgia Island
Bairoko
Australia
Madang
New
Los Angeles Transit Halt Amid 24 Hour Rail Strike
Los Angeles Railway Co workers halted service for 24 hours in protest of a War Labor Board rejection of a 10 cent hourly wage rise. About 3,000 drivers and motormen stopped work after voting, disrupting a system moving roughly 1,000,000 commuters daily. Brig. Gen. McQuillen dispelled fears of army takeovers, noting martial law requires presidential directive. The War Labor Board called a meeting with union and company officials to address the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Railway Co
D. D. McClurg
AFL
Union of Drivers and Motormen
War Labor Board
Army
R. E. McQuillen
Southern
California
Western Defense Command
Regional War Labor Board
Organized Labor
Congress
Street Railway Company
Aha
Navy
two Iowa trusties captured in Colorado after escape
A Kansas mother located her daughter in Trinidad Colorado with police help and two escaped Iowa State Reformatory inmates Lyle Parish 24 Shenandoah Iowa and Edward Ireland 28 Sioux City were seized. They admitted leaving Cherokee State Hospital and had driven west in a stolen car. Both suspects were in custody and the mother and daughter returned to Goodland Kansas.
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Trinidad
Colo
Kansas
Colorado
Ray Marty
Iowa State Reformatory
Marty
Lyle F. Parish
Shenandoah
Edward F
Ireland
Sioux City
FBI
Iowa State Hospital
Cherokee
Goodland
Kan
Lue
Parish
Iowa Reformatory
Ogle Case Continued As Reckless Driving Charge
The case of Dan Ogle charged with reckless driving after a collision with Murl Talley of Eudora was continued until August 5. Ogle remains free on $50 bond. Injured driver Guy Schneer, of 1108 North Second Street, remains in Lawrence Memorial Hospital with slight daily improvement.
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Tennessee Street
Murl Talley
Eudora
Ogle
Guy Schneer
North Second Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ee Dan Ogle
Drowns While Swimming Near Salina Kansas
A 14 year old, George Young son of Dr F A Young of Minneapolis, drowned yesterday in 30 feet of water while swimming near Salina Kansas.
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Salina Kan
P— George Young
F. A. Young
Minneapolis
United States plans 15 billion third war loan drive
Washington reports to seek 15 billion dollars from non banking sources starting September 9 to fund WWII expansion. Four state finance committees will oversee volunteer door to door sales while Morgenthau notes prior drives surpassed targets with large non banking contributions. The July stamp drive nears its 180 million goal to fund the aircraft carrier Shangri La to strike Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Upi
Sam
Treasury Department
Treasury
Morgenthau
U.S.S. Shangri-La
Tokyo
Swiss Support for Bombing Rome Citing Military Need
Swiss press expresses sorrow for civilian casualties and church damage in Rome but accepts military necessity. Berner Tagwacht notes a three year delay by allies while Stukas reportedly attacked English children at a school. Rome correspondent warns Vatican attitudes not aligned with Fascist journals. Holy See not drawn toward the axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
UPI
Rome
Berner Tagwacht
Tribune de Geneve
Vatican
Holy See
Portrait of Churchill Unveiled After Repair at Liberal Club
Prime Minister Churchill addressed the National Liberal Club about defining individual rights within the state. He attended the unveiling of a portrait of himself, damaged in an air raid two years earlier, and praised its restoration and survival of politics and war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
National Liberal Club
Edgerton Receives Legion of Merit for Canal Readjustment
Major General Glen Edgerton of Manhattan Kansas has been awarded the Legion of Merit for directing the Panama Canal Department readjustment from peacetime to wartime basis. The message notes his leadership at the headquarters and readiness program.
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Panama Canal’ Department
Glen Edgerton
Manhattan
Kan
Panamal Canal
Canal Departments
Soviet Drive Near Orel Pushes to Nine Miles From City
Soviet forces report new gains in the Orel sector with a three pronged offensive threatening Belgorod and the defense line. Russian dispatches claim advances of four to nine miles while over 90 villages fell and German losses mount in tanks planes and men.
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Moscow
Orel
London Radio
Hitler
Malo
Sevare
Donets
Belgorod
Berlin
High Command
Sea of Azov
Kuibeshovo
Izyum
Mius River
Germans Withhold Hitler Mussolini Film Releases
Stockholm reports German authorities suspend release of pictures from the latest Hitler Mussolini meeting said to have occurred last Monday in northern Italy. Swedish agencies were told no release is expected though the footage is of good quality. Speculation arose over whether the meeting occurred and if the leaders parted at odds based on Germany’s cooler communique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Axis
Italy
Germany
Allied air raid targets Rome as casualties rise in capital
The Italian communiqué says British planes machinegunned an airfield in Rome this morning. It reports 717 Americans killed and 1,599 injured from Monday’s raid. Rome bullets also claim Allied attacks on Naples, Grosseto, and Salerno with Sicilian fighting in central and eastern sectors. Seven Allied ships were torpedoed off Syracuse along with a large naval unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Rome
Naples
Grosseto
Salerno
Sicily
Syracuse
IL DUCE HAD CHANCE TO SAVE ROME
Washington reports Acting Secretary Patterson said Mussolini resisted efforts to declare Rome an open city to protect it from attack. He cited reconnaissance showing heavy damage to Roman rail facilities and air bases. Patterson added Allied air superiority in Sicily is 10 to 1, with 40 000 prisoners taken and light Allied casualties.
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Washington
Rome
Patterson
Mussolini
Sicily
Drake Unopposed For Second District Nomination
Herbert L. Drake a 52 year old Wyandotte county orchardist is the unopposed choice of the Second district Democratic congressional committeemen to succeed the late U.S. Guyer. Scrivner a Republican challenger was nominated in Kansas City Kansas for the September 14 special election. Drake plans no district speaking campaign, preferring to speak from his farm tractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paola
Herbert L. Drake
Wyandotte County
U.S. Guyer
Congress
Drake
Guyer
Errett D. Scrivner
Kansas City
Kan
Republican Congressional Committee
Triton Lost on War Patrol in Pacific
The navy said the American submarine Triton must be presumed lost on a war patrol. Commanded by Lieut. Comdr. George Kenneth Mackenzie Jr. of Brooklyn, it carried about 60 men and was the tenth U S submarine lost in the war. U S subs have sunk or damaged 283 Japanese ships, with 200 sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Triton
George Kenneth Mackenzie, Jr
Brooklyn
N. Y
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
City to Begin Tin Can Salvage Drive Tomorrow
City engineer J C Harper announced a tin can collection drive will be held tomorrow. Residents should place cans on their front parking, keep them separate from other trash, and ensure they are cut into strips for easier processing. The cans help recover copper wasted at mines, and these drives occur about every three weeks, with eight tons collected previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Harper
Harper
Kansas City
Three Days of Action by Fourteenth U S Air Force Reported
A U S Air Force communique details three days of offensive actions in Haiphong and Hongay in French Indo China and Hankow central China. It notes a Japanese base at Teg Chung Yunnan was attacked and American aircraft returned safely with direct hits on a floating dock and a cement plant at Haiphong.
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Guinea
United Nations
Toky
Fierc
Southwest Pacific
Munda
Halsey
Chungking
U. S.14th Air Force
Haiphong
Hongay
Indo-China
Hankow
China
Tegchung
Yunnan
U. S
County Valuation Increases by 775,680 in 1943 Figures
The total county tangible property evaluation for 1943 is 37,895,071, up 775,680 from 1942, with intangible property at 5,895,071, up 1,059,062. Increase stems from livestock value gains in townships and rural districts, while Baldwin and Lecompton show declines. City increases total 119,779 with Palmyra's township rise of 111,195.
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Augusta
Lawrence
Palmyra
Evaluaion
Baldwin
Lecompton
Rusers
Marion
Wakarusa Ee
Willow Springs
Esent
Leesmeee
Eudora
Lawreate
Lecompion
Local heat records set by multiple thermometers
Two semi official thermometers reported new heat records yesterday with highs near 100 degrees. The Gas office clocked 102 at 4 30 pm, Cameron Bluff's unit hit 100, and Prof Posey at 1315 New Hampshire street measured 96. Previous highs for summer were 100 at Gas office and 99 at Cameron Bluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Electric Power Company
Cameron Bluff
Prof
C. J. Posey
New Hampshire Street
Profesor Posey
Professor Posey
Bombers May Visit Rome Again
The Associated Press reports that bombing Rome could repaet if military needs require it. Eisenhower approved the initial Rome raid with British collaboration and says American bombers were used for daylight precision bombing.
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Rome
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
London
Army specialized training program expands to 190 colleges
Washington July 22 The War Department announced 40 more colleges join the Army Specialized Training Program bringing total participating schools to 190. Most new units start August 9. generals of the nine Army Service Command may sign contracts for new and expanded units. Over 60 000 soldiers are in ASTP courses with 20 000 more to enter in August and 17 000 in specialized training and reassignment. Contracts are also being negotiated with 14 colleges for program expansion. Names include the University of Kansas as Lawrence mentions Kansas University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
War Department
Army Service Commands
University of Karisas
Lawrence
Delinquent 1942 Taxes List Published by County Treasurer
The county treasurer will publish delinquent 1942 tax names and property descriptions after August 1. Taxes must be paid by August 1 to avoid inclusion and advertising costs. Roy Flory notes advertising is added to the delinquent amount. In Marion Kansas a 17 year old drowned after a pond swim near harvest fields.
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Roy Flory
Flory
Pleasant Summer Evening Temperatures Lure Sleepers Inside
A warm evening cooled to 86 at 9 pm after clouds reduced heat from sundown. The breeze kept outdoor seating pleasant while overnight readings showed 77 at 3 am and 78 at 9 am. Many who slept outdoors sought indoor beds as light covers became comfortable with the dawn.
Camps for Prisoners Move to New Internment Camps
The War Department says about 65,058 Axis prisoners are held in 38 camps in the United States with a capacity of 139,164. Some 45,355 Germans 19,641 Italians and 62 Japanese are interned. New camps will be built and existing ones enlarged to move the roughly 267,000 Axis prisoners faster. Germany Germans held at Concordia Kansas Camp Phillips Kansas Camp Gruber Oklahoma McAlester Oklahoma Fort Reno Oklahoma Stringtown Oklahoma.
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Washington
North Africa
United States
War Department
Concordia
Kan
Camp Phillips
Gruber
Okla
McAlester
Fort Reno
Stringtown
Apprenticeship Seaman Swimley Dies in California
Apprentice Seaman Warren Eugene Swimley aged 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Swimley of Baldwin, died July 20 in Santa Monica, California. A U S Navy member, he is survived by his parents, a brother Lieut. Mac Swimley at Randolph Field, and grandparents Mrs. E. M. Swimley and Mrs. Elizabeth Boland. Born July 24, 1924 in High Prairie neighborhood. Funeral services will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Eugene Swimley
C. R. Swimley
Baldwin
Santa Monica
Calif
United States Navy
Lieut
Mac Swimley
Randolph Field
Tex
E. M. Swimley
Elizabeth Boland
Benton
High Prarie
Stock Market Index Holds at 60 Stocks at 52.6
The market index for 60 stocks sits at 52.6 points after yesterday’s reading of 52.6. Analysts note little change amid mixed trading as investors watch key economic data.
Labor to Demand Browns Removal and Wage Reform
Organized labor today demanded the removal of Price Administrator Prentice Brown and scrapping of the Little Steel formula if prices are not rolled back to September 15 1942 levels. AFL President William Green and CIO head Philip Murray spoke after a White House meeting, signaling possible changes if stabilization goals fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Organized Labor
Prentisa Brown
Congress
William Green
Th American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
Combined
Labor War ‘Board
Green
Brown
War Labor Board
Murray
White House
Northeast Kansas Heat Continues With 100 Degree Readings
July 22 Topeka report shows cooler conditions in northeast Kansas but no relief from 100 degree temperatures statewide. Scattered showers possible tonight in northern central regions. Ellis and Dodge City hit 104, Topeka 100, Coffeyville 103, Orlando 64 was statewide low.
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Topeka
Kansas
D. Flora
Weather Bureau
Ellis
Dodge City
Mercury
Coffeyville
Odland
Northwes
North Central
Enone
Local Boy III in England
Mrs. Nychai Hughes of east of Lawrence received word from the United States war department that her son, Pvt. William Hughes, is critically ill with spinal meningitis in England. Hughes went into service around August 1, 1942 and has been overseas in England for about two months. He enlisted from Bartlesville Oklahoma, where he was employed by Phillips Petroleum Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nychai Hughes
Lawrence
United States War Department
Pvt
William Hughes
England
Young Hughes
Bartlesville
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Company
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R. S. Popp
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