Nazis Claim Capture of Rostov Again
Germany proclaimed Rostov had been stormed and captured though not yet mopped up Russian forces fought near the Don bend and the Tsimlyansk region. Moscow said Red armies held a last-ditch stand on the lower Don while air power from the United States aided Russia in the Caucasus conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Don
Germany
Rostov
Altho
Moscow
United States
Northern
Caucasus
Deep Caucasus
Don Bend
Red
Don
Tsimlyanst
Stalingrad
Tikhoretsk
Lower
Tsimlyansk
High Command
Axai River
Berlin
Voronezh
Novocherkassk
Don Valley
Volga
Russia
Middle East
Nazis Bomb England Deepened German Raids Reported
German air force sent about 40 planes for scattered raids into Britain, targeting Bedford 40 miles north of London as strongest strikes in weeks. Britain lost seven planes, matching German losses, while raids on the Ruhr and Rhine valleys and railways in occupied areas continued. Germany claimed two of its interceptors were shot down and noted dawn breaches of daytime RAF attacks across the channel toward northern France. Russian bombers conducted nuisance raids on East Prussia, suffering one loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Russia
Bedford
London
Germany
Ruhr
Rhine
R.A.F
Channel
France
Duisburg
East Prussia
Finnish Feelers Hint at Ending Nazi Alliance
A Stockholm editorial picked up by Finnish papers and Radio Helsinki urged the United States to clarify postwar aims to protect small democracies like Finland from a Soviet backed peace. It noted Finland has kept its line against the Red Army while not overtly breaking with Germany.
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United States
Red Army
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Helsinki
Finland
Germany
Russia
Kansas records heaviest state spending in 1942 fiscal year
Kansas state government spent 57.06 million dollars in the fiscal year ended June 30 1942. Expenditures split 9.05 million from the general fund and 48.01 million from fees. Governor Ratner touted economy citing war driven costs and new services while noting rising fee revenues and large carryovers into 1943.
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Topeka
Kansas
W. G. Hamilton
Hamilton
General Fund
Ratner
Social Welfare Department
Board of Regents
Board of Administration
Air strikes pound Japanese in New Guinea and Aleutians
Allied air forces report heavy attacks off Buna on New Guinea with five raids using bombers fighters and dive bombers. A 5 000 ton Japanese transport was sunk or damaged and two more transports were hit in three days. In the Aleutians a Japanese correspondent says US bombers strike Kiska two to three times daily amid loneliness and looming winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Guinea
Aleutian
United States
Buna
Papua
Gona Mission
Ambasi
General Machines Australian Headquarers
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Tokyo
Kiska
Stock Market Index Slips to 36.6 After Yesterday Rise
The average of 60 stocks declined to 36.6, reversing yesterday's 37.1 level as trading closed. Investors watched early gains fade amid cautious activity in the market.
Army reorganizes nine corps areas into service commands
Secretary Stimson announced a wartime reorganization to form service commands from the nine corps areas to decentralize SOS activities, empower area commanding generals, and reduce duplicate facilities. Medical officers will shift to clinical posts as medical admin corps fills about 20 000 doctor positions by year end.
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Washington
Stimson
Brehon B. Somervell
Somervell
Trial enters fourteenth day in Nazi saboteur case
Washington July 24 The trial for eight alleged Nazi saboteurs continued its fourteenth day as observers expected a major development. One unnamed participant hinted that something big might occur soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Plans a Levy on Payrolls in Revenue Bill Debate
Washington July 24 Senate finance committee hearings on the $6 271 000 000 revenue bill featured Senator Taft claiming a 5 percent payroll levy would force a 24 percent income tax for 1943. Randolph Paul defended the measure as anti inflation saying it would aid a future compulsory savings plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate Finance Committee
Randolph Paul
Treasury
Art
Paul
Congress
Morgenthau
Great Britain
House
United States
OPA Announces Kansas Tire Quota for August
Kansas tire and tube rationing quotas for August were set by the OPA. Passenger and motor cycles receive 992 new tires, 905 grade 2 tires, 6 557 class A and B recaps, 4 516 new tubes, class A and B. Trucks buses and farm tractors receive 6 193 new tires, 7 910 recaps, A and B, 7 293 new tubes, class A and B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
OPA
Carpenters Rush to Erect 63-Man Barracks in One Day
Sixty workmen labor on a two story barracks in Junction City Kansas aiming to finish by nightfall. The 30 by 80 foot frame should house soldiers tonight if weather allows. Maj. Robert F. Metcalf and contractor M. W. Watson supervise as crews tackle siding plumbing bricklaying electrical and roofing.
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Junction City
Kan
Robert F. Metcalf
M. W. Watson
Roll on New Road Opens After Long Closure
South Massachusetts street reopened to restricted traffic after a year. Rapid Transit buses began using it last evening. Contractor M N Penny must finish driveways joints and center strip with about 35 driveways remaining. About 10 high school boys helped today. City and state highway commission funding split paving costs with project acceptance in about three weeks.
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Massachusetts
Rapid Transit Company
M. N. Penny
Penny
State Highway Commission
Brig Gen Mahin Killed in Air Crash Near Camp Forrest
Brig. Gen. Frank C. Mahin commander of the 38th division at Camp Forrest Tenn. died when his observation plane crashed near Waynesboro Tenn. also killing Second Lt. Robert F. Turk of Wichita Kan. and Sgt. John Camerford a Texan.
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Waynesboro
Pena Bee SE
Frank C. Mahin
38Rd
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Tullahoma (Tenn
Tullahoma
Fort Sill
Okla
Robert F. Turk
Wichita, Kan
John Camerford
127Th
Three Weekly Meetings For Local War Board
Chief Clerk George Wetzel announced standard meeting hours for the Douglas county war price and rationing board. The city panel convenes Tuesdays and Fridays from 11 30 to 12 80 and the county panel meets Wednesdays from 9 to 12, with extra sessions only in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wetzel
Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Wetzel
Glider Pilot Training Seeks Recruits at KU
The local civilian pilot training school seeks three to four students for an eight week glider course. Applicants will take mental and physical exams Monday or Tuesday and begin ground school Monday morning. Those accepted will join the army reserve with room and transportation and advance to staff sergeant pay after training. Razak at room 103 Marvin Hall KU handles applications.
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Army
Kenneth Razak
CPT
Marvin Hall
K.U
Razak
Army Air Corps
Armed Forces
Severe heat and rainfall sweep across Kansas
Showers moved into northern Kansas with more moisture expected today. Eastern counties may warm slightly while most highs hold near prior levels. Concordia reported .20 inch of rain in the past 24 hours, aiding pastures and corn. Weatherman S D Flora notes moisture needed in northeast and north central Kansas. A 100 degree high was set in Phillipsburg, with cooler temps overall. Flora recalls a 121 degree record at Alton and 114 at Topeka six years ago.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Concordia
S. D. Flora
Phillipsburg
Flora
Alton
Sunflower Hires Fire Chief Earl T Hopkins
Earl T Hopkins was named Sunflower Fire Chief by George R Foulke Jr plant manager of Hercules works. Hopkins, formerly Wilmington Delaware fire captain, recently served as a fire marshal for an eastern industrial firm.
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Earl T. Hopkins
Sunflower Ordnance Works
George R. Foulke, Jr
Hercules Company
Hopkins
Wilmington, del
First Train Rolls Over Sunflower Line To Sunflower Ordnance
Hercules Powder Company executives, the U. S. Army corps of engineers and ordnance department, and Santa Fe Railway officials pose with the first carloads of supplies entering the Sunflower Ordnance Works area aboard engine 1870. The crew includes A. L. Blist fireman and H. F. Widden conductor, with officers and managers named from Lozier Broderick and Gordon and the area engineers.
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Hercules Powder Company
Loziér, Broderick and Gordon
Corps of Engineers
Ordnance Department
U. S. Army
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto Depot
Front Row
Capt
Robert Weir
Ed V. Sargent
The
Area Engineer
A. B. Squire
Lozier, Broderick and Gordon
L. G. Cox
Hercules
W. Ramsey
P. B. Patterson
L. C. Klemnans
F. M. Hines
A. L. Blist
H. F. Widden
Helvering Mars AutoStamps Enforcement Starts Soon
federal internal revenue commissioner Guy Helvering said inspectors will check automobile owners for the $5 use tax stamps. Deadline was July 1 and stamps sell at post offices until August 1. Helvering spoke in Topeka with Lynn Brodrick and said enforcement is mandatory. He noted his desire to vote in the August 4 primary but refused comment on politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Guy T. Helvering
Federal Internal Revenue Commissioner
Congress
Selvering
Kansas
Internal Revenue Offices
Helvering
Lynn Brodrick
Internal Revenue Collector
Washington
Birth Citizenship Declarations Replace Birth Certificates for War Work
New wartime procedure allows job applicants for secret contracts to submit a sworn declaration of citizenship instead of birth certificates. The declaration must be witnessed by an army or navy representative, and employers may still conduct investigations if doubts arise. Misrepresentation penalties include up to $10,000 fine and five years imprisonment.
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U.S. Employment Service
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Army
Navy
WMC
Employment Service
United States Census Bureau
War and Navy Departments
Lawson the Speaker at West Side church service
Union Sunday night Park services begin at 8:00 next Sunday under West Side Presbyterian church. Dean Paul B. Laws will speak on The Church in a Time of War. Rev. Edwin Price leads singing, Rev. Harold Barr offers prayer, Rev. D. E. McGregor reads Scripture. Premier Waldemar Gelich leads violin department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Union
West Side Presbyterian Church
Paul B. Laws
Edwin Price
Harold Barr
D. E. McGregor
Waldemar Gelich
Tev . A. Violin Department
Local Civil Air Patrol Members Seek Active Duty
Several members of the local Civil Air Patrol have applied for active duty on coastal patrol work. Earl Stuenkel is on active duty with the CAP as a mechanic. The Lawrence patrol urgently needs textbooks on civil aeronautics navigation and asks for loans or sales to be arranged by calling 461.
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Civil Air Patrol
Earl Stuenkel
Winter Chevrolet Company
CAP
Lawrence Patrol
Last Day To File Absentee Ballot Affidavits Notice
Tomorrow is the final day to file affidavits for absentee ballots at the county clerk's office. Only voters who are currently in state and expect to be out on election day may obtain affidavits. No out of state applicants will be accepted after the deadline. Apply by noon tomorrow before the pearl house closes at noon Saturday.
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Pearl House
County Budget Hearing Focuses on Farm Bureau Support
County commissioners held a preliminary budget hearing with villagers opposing cuts to the farm bureau budget. The tentative farm bureau budget totals 6 950 with revenue from Kansas State College 2000 county 450 dues 450. Commissioners note sales tax funds aid welfare and aim to keep the courthouse open while increasing general fund and law enforcement budgets. They cut road and bridge by 3300 and general fund by 500, keeping farm bureau funding steady.
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Farm Bureau
Kansas State College
L. H. Griffith
Court House
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Farm Bureau Fund
Bounty
KU Y M C A names Harry O Kane to head employment bureau
Harry O Kane secretary of the University of Kansas Y M C A is named by Chancellor Deane W Malott to head the men's employment bureau for the coming year. O Kane will also supervise NYA activities on campus as Marvin Goebel enters military service August 1. He previously led Northwestern University dormitory personnel work and has served as Y M C A secretary for a year.
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Harry O’kane
University of Kansas Y. M. C. A
Deane W. Malott
O’kane
Marvin Goebel
O'Kane
N.Y. A
Teachers Institute Held Later This Year in Douglas County
The annual Douglas county teachers institute will run August 31 to September 4. Acting county superintendent Mrs Esther McKinney announced instructors include Lewis A. Martin of Independence and Eva Bourne RN of the Douglas county health unit. Visiting speakers’ names will be announced later.
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Douglas County
Teachers’ Institute
Esther McKinney
Lewis A. Martin
Independence
Eva Bourne
R.N
Douglas County Health Unit
Ater
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