U S Planes Help Hold Russ Lines In Caucasus Battle
American bombers bolster the Red Air Force in the Caucasus as U S planes join in hammering German armored columns on the Don steppes. British and Egyptian fronts report heavy Axis losses as Don crossings spark renewed fighting and Rostov remains contested.
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Don Steppes
United States
Red
The
Caucasus
Moscow
Middle East
Cairo
Tobruk
Bengali
Libya
Suda Bay
Crete
Mediterranean
R.A.F
el Alamein
Ionian Sea
Malta
el Daba
Egypt
East Coast meat shortage spurs storage buying
Housewives in the east rush to stockpile meat as markets face a sudden shortage of beef pork and veal. New York retailers report selling less desirable cuts at higher prices while major packers deny a true shortage and promise relief next week. Independent packers foresee continued pressure though overall supply may ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Separate Setup on Rubber From Alcohol May Be Hit by a Veto
The House passed a Senate approved bill to create an independent agency with funds to contract for more synthetic rubber. The plan shifts base from petroleum, provoking administration opposition and possible presidential veto. Supporters say the rubber program has failed. opponents warn of material shortages for weapons and risk of confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
War Production Board
The
Rubber Reserve Corporation
Patterson
Fulmer
Agriculture Committee
Cochran
J-Mo
Clark
D-N.c
Absentee Ballot Filings Drop Under New Kansas Law
Only 51 affidavits for absentee ballots were filed by 2 PM at the county clerk's office. The ten day filing rule may cut absentee voting to about a fourth of former levels, with hearings Monday and Tuesday for objections before ballots are mailed from county and state offices. Soldier voting is expected to be light.
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Kansas
Douglas
Payne Ratner
William H. Burke
T. R. Gerhart
Topeka
Gerhart
Allied bombing halts Buna Gona supply landings in New Guinea
General MacArthur announced from Australia that Allied dive bombing disrupted Japanese supply landings at Buna Gona. 45,000 pounds of explosives targeted troops and barges, setting fires and silencing an anti aircraft battery. Some enemy vessels withdrew under naval escort with minimal damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Buna
New Japanese Advance Reported as Chinese Retire from Sinchang
Chinese high command said a 3000 strong Japanese column pushed from Fenghwa and forced evacution of Sinchang. The thrust moved through Tungyang toward Shengsiet, after heavy fighting on July 14. In southern Henan, Chinese ambushed Japanese ammo trucks near Linyang, killing over 100.
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Chungking
Chekiang Province
Sinchang
Fenghwa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tungyang
Kinhwa
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Shengsiet
Henan
Linyang
Weather contrasts with year ago heat wave and rain
Today saw 1.13 inches of rain marking the first meaningful moisture this month. A year ago on July 25 the temperature peaked at 104 degrees after four days of triple digit heat.
August Draft Calls Arrive for Douglas County Men
The Douglas county selective service board issued three August draft calls. Thirty three white men are set to depart August 6 at 7 a.m., five men in 1B or 1BO classifications on August 10 at 9 a.m., and fifteen colored men on August 17 at 9 a.m. Bruce Cameron, chairman, notes 1B and 1BC classifications are limited service for those not qualified for general service, with 1B including minor defects and 1BC for those avoiding combat but not non combatant work. The August 10 group marks the county’s first 1B contingent. July’s final quotas will be filled Monday with a large induction-center group.
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Douglas County Selective Service Board
Bruce Cameron
Douglas County
Navy reports U S submarines sink five Japanese ships in Far East
The navy announced submarines in the western Pacific sank one modern destroyer one tanker and three cargo ships and damaged another cargo ship. The June 25 communique notes 55 ships sunk 15 probably sunk and 14 damaged in U S submarine actions.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Western Pacific
Navy Department
Australia
Aleutians
Kiska Island
Kiska
U. S
Ensign McNeill Joins Navy Training School on Campus
Ensign John S. McNeill arrives at the naval training school on the University campus to assume watch and division officer roles. A USC speech school graduate, he has served in the U S Army infantry, Royal Canadian Air Force, and U S Navy. He recently married Miss Douglas Searls of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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John S. McNeill
Naval Training School
University of Southern California
Ensign McNeill
U. S. Army
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S. Navy
Notre Dame University
Pederson
Webster
Zelko
On the Ill
Douglas Searls
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Rain Helps Douglas County Crops Despite Low Moisture
Fine rain arrived just in time for Douglas county's large corn acreage. Most corn in good condition though lower stalks showed some fire. Soy beans sorghum and hay crops will benefit from the moisture.
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Douglas County
Harvest Worker Killed Attempting to Board Freight Train
James F. Hobbs a 44 year old from Wellington Kansas died of injuries after trying to board a freight train. He fell and both legs were crushed while working with a Kansas combine crew in the Holdrege Nebraska wheat fields. He was a father of five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holdrege
Neb
James F. Hobbs
Wellington
Kan
Hobbs
Kansas Combine
Roundups Target Edmonson and Winrod in Federal Indictments
Federal marshals arrest Edmondson in Grass Valley after indictments for undermining morale of armed forces. Winrod traces to Downieville then plans surrender in Wichita. In New York, Griffin, editor of the New York Enquirer, is placed under technical arrest as part of broader indictments. he accuses prosecutors of partisan pursuit.
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Sacramento
Robert Edward Edmondson
Washington
Grass Valley
United States
Edmondson
Santa Barbara
Gerald B. Winrod
Wichita
Kan
the Defender
Downieville
Calif
Wesley Erich
Winrod
Erich
Carroll Winrod
Little Mountain
Here
Sanctuary
New York
America
William Griffin
The
New York Enquirer
St. Clare’s Hospital
Griffin
St. Clare’s
U.S
Garrett W. Cotter
Eugene Nelson
Army Reserve
James Smythe
Protestant War Veterans Association
Tax Judgment In County Suit on Unredeemed Property
The Board of County Commissioners versus Ruby Alexander et al. in district court yielded a tax judgment. Milton Beach said 397 parcels remained unredeemed, with taxes delinquent for one or more years of 1932-35. Owners may redeem by paying taxes, interest, and costs. court costs were set at $6.55 per tract. An order of sale will issue after ten days, with a 30 day advertising period and a sale likely in early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Ruby Alexander
Milton Beach
Hugh Means
Workmen Finish Barracks At Ft. Riley In One Day
Fort Riley workmen completed a 63 man barracks in 11 hours 45 minutes, finishing the two story wooden building with electric lights and running water. Major R F Metcalfe area engineer and M W Watson contractor witnessed the completion and acceptance by army inspectors. Soldiers occupied the barracks last night as the workers expressed reluctance to attempt the feat again soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Kan
Altho
Fort Riley
R. F. Metcalfe
M. W. Watson
Metcalfe
Federal Agents Raid Michigan Cities Seize Weapons and Gear
U S. agents conducted quick raids in Detroit and Benton Harbor Michigan seizing guns cameras radios and ammunition from German and Italian aliens All but one owner were detained and released authorities say possession may render them liable to custodial detention during the war John S Bugas in charge notes 35 firearms 64 radios 108 cameras and 1800 rounds in Detroit 14 guns 9 radios 365 rounds in Benton Harbor John C Lehr U S Attorney says further investigation to determine spying ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Federal Bureau of Investination
Benton Harbor
Mich
F.B.I
John C. Lehr
U. S
Eastern Michigan
University Adds Four Week Summer Session
Registration for a new four week summer session began today as classes run Monday through August 12. About 35 courses are offered and 300 students are expected to enroll. Strong interest centers on war effort related courses in Sciences and Mathematics. Departments with many courses include economics education English mathematics and political science. Other departments represented include bacteriology botany chemistry entomology history law physics physiology psychology and sociology.
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George Baxter Smith
Dean Smith
Hoover Urges U S Watch for Nazi Saboteurs
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover urged vigilant nationwide alert for three German saboteurs trained at a sabotage school near Berlin and ordered to enter the United States to destroy war industries. Posters with their descriptions will aid capture as eight men on trial in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
PJ. Edgar Hoover
FBI
United States
Hoover
Justice Department
Walter Kaupe
Kappel
Berlin
Joseph Schmidt
Paul Schmidt
Jerry Swenson
Rehinhold Rudolph Barth
Germany
Long Island
Florida
Leahy Resigns as Ambassador to Vichy France for Chief of Staff
President Roosevelt accepts Admiral William D. Leahy's resignation to become chief of staff to the President as commander in chief of the army and navy. The U S will not name a new ambassador to France, keeping S Pinkney Tuck in charge at Vichy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Vichy
France
Army
Navy
United States
S. Pinkney Tuck
Budget calls for lower county tax levy in 1943 changes
The 1943 county tax levy is set at 5.052 mills, down from 6.220 mills in 1942, with state law capping general and welfare levies. The budget proposes total expenditures of 498,233.20, relying on federal and state reimbursements and non tax sources for large portions of welfare and other costs.
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Douglas County
Farm Bureau
Vinland
Big Springs
Ince
Benes Urges Immediate Second Front in Europe
London July 25 President Eduard Benes exiled government urges a Western front in 1942. He warns Berlin would seek peace talks by October 15 if no decisive victory is achieved and predicts German exhaustion by spring if a front is opened. British communists push for immediate action.
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London
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Europe
Britain
United States
Russia
Benes
No. 10 Downing Street
Hitler
Germany
The
Communist Party of Britain
Kansas appoints executive secretary to traffic advisory committee
July 25 report states Kenneth W. Comfort is named executive secretary of the Kansas highway traffic advisory committee formed at the federal request to address wartime transportation issues. Comfort, from the highway department design division, says the panel will seek major cities to appoint local transportation administrators.
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Topeka
Kenneth W. Comfort
Kansas Highway Traffic Advisory Committee
Comfort
Highway Department Design Division
Widow Lundeen Files for Farmer-Labor Senate Nomination
Mrs. Ernest Lundeen widow of the late Minnesota senator filed with Secretary of State Mike Holm for the Farmer-Labor nomination to the United States Senate.
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Senate
St. Paul
Ernest Lundeen
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Mike Holm
United States Senate
President Plans to Curb Inflation Without More Legislation
President Roosevelt intends to act to curb rising costs without new laws. House members said the administration would use existing war powers and price control authority. Congress may not be asked to grant additional powers, allowing lawmakers to vacation as calendars cleared.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Busy day for Douglas County War Price Board
The Douglas County War Price and Rationing board issued certificates for tires, automobiles, and bicycles in a 11:30 to 12:30 session. Bert Grauel and Kenneth Dodderidge received certificates to buy new cars, Odell and Riney obtained tire allotments for railroad spur work, and John Gorrill earned a bicycle certificate for work near Kanwaka.
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Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Bert Grauel
Vermont Street
Kenneth Charles Dodderidge
Indiana Street
Grauel
Kansas City
Dodderidge
Odell and Riney
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Wichita
John Marshal Gorrill
Kanwaka
Rain forecast boosts Kansas crops across plains
Topeka July 25 the weather bureau said moisture would reach southern and eastern Kansas today or tonight aiding raw crops. Cooler 90 degree range temps persist with 55 degree readings overnight in Goodland. Northeast counties reported light showers 1 inch rainfall in Kansas City noted subsiding drought concerns. Topeka total 1.65 inches subnormal.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
S., D. Flora
Mercury
Dodge City
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Kansas City
Enemy Aliens Had Maps Of Vital Spots In U S
A roundup seized 11 enemy aliens who possessed 100 aerial photographs and bomber maps of New York and New Jersey. FBI assistant director P. E. Foxworth said the images showed targets like the George Washington Bridge, Hudson banks, factories, reservoirs, and other bomber targets. He noted maps of South and Central America, especially Peru and Chile, were also found.
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New York
New Jersey
P. E. Foxworth
F.B.I
Foxworth
Germany
George Washington Bridge
Hudson River
South
Central America
Peru
Chile
Toll of U boats nears 400 in western Atlantic
Washington reports 398 allied and neutral ship losses in the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. A medium sized U S merchant vessel was torpedoed 800 miles off the coast on July 16 with 123 aboard, all rescued. The submarine fired in broad daylight and remained submerged.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy
U. S
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Stock Market Index Rises to 36.7 on 60-Stock Average
The stock market index for sixty stocks climbs to 36.7, up from yesterday's 36.6 as trading closes. Investors show cautious optimism amid scattered gains across sectors.
Property Owners Get First Checks In Sunflower Land Acquisition
The first closing of Sunflower Ordnance Works land options occurred at the Olathe land acquisition office. Checks were issued to Harold White and Zella Paxton for a four room cottage and acre tract near Prairie Center. About 185 owners are involved with payments averaging around $60 per acre and weekly totals near $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Olathe
David H. Frye
Harold White
Zella Paxton
Bonner Springs
Prairie Center
Frye
Washington a steel shortage blamed on inventory control
A House merchant marine subcommittee said the steel shortage stemmed from faulty inventory control. Representatives Boykin and Culkin claimed sufficient steel existed to meet Higgins shipyard orders, while Emory S. Land denied outside influence on the Higgins contract cancellation for 200 Liberty ships.
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Washington
House
Merchant Marine
Higgins
New Orleans
Boykin
D-Ala
Culkin
R-N.y
Mordecai Ezekial
War Production Board
Emory S. Land
PAID TO RIDE IN JEEP IN KANSAS CITY
In Kansas City on July 5 Uncle Sam raised funds for a war bond drive by offering a 10 block jeep ride for every $5 in stamps. Army personnel and motorcycles guided the Fort Riley jeeps through downtown, generating $11,500 in bond and stamp sales and thrilling riders.
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Kansas City
Sam
Fort Riley
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William Power Maloney
the Enquirer
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Federal
Michigan
Leahy
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Mass
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