Germans Gain In Caucasus as Rostov Battles Rage
Berlin claims a 20 mile Caucasus penetration south of Rostov on the Don toward Russia’s oil fields. In the Tsimlyansk area German crossings are defended by Soviet forces. Moscow reports heavy fighting near Rostov, Novocherkassk, and Voronezh with many tanks and aircraft in action and significant German losses.
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Berlin
Caucasus
Rostov
Russia
Don
Tsimlyansk
Bataisk
Stalingrad
Don Bend
Lower Volga
Kalatsch
Kachalino
Volga
Red Air Force
United States
Baku
Cas- Puan
Batajskere
Moscow
The
Voronezh
Novocherkassk
Tsimlyanks
Rosov
NovocherkXassk
Tsmilyansk
Tsvnlyansk
Bryansk
Stock Market Index Shows Mixed Session
The stock market index for 60 shares posts a day’s average around 367 with an index value near 36.7. Trading on Saturday reflects modest activity as investors weigh gains and dips.
Port of Hamburg Heavily Bombed In 91st Raid
The big port of Hamburg Germanys second largest city and submarine center was hit by a heavy Royal Air Force assault described as the heaviest since the Bremen strike. A Canadian bomber crews report notes results better than the 1,000 bomber attack. 29 raiders failed to return. Casualties and damage reported in residential districts.
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Hamburg
Associated Press
London
Germany
Royal Air Force
Reich
Bremen
Royal Canadian Air Force
Toronto
J. D. Pattison
Wellington
Blohm and Voss
Berlin
England
Midlands
East Anglia
War Department authorizes plant expansion in Kansas
CPI aides of Senator Capper said the War Department authorized expansion of a manufacturing plant in Douglas County Kansas at a cost over 5 million dollars. Supervision will be by the corps of engineers in Kansas City Missouri with no further details released.
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Bulletin
Washington
CPI
Capper
R.-Kan
War Department
Douglas County
Kan
Corps of Engineers
Kansas City
Two Sunflower Ordnance Works Contracts Awarded in Washington
Maj. W. C. Strecker announced two new contracts for Sunflower Ordnance Works expansion total over a million dollars. William S. Lozier, Inc. secures architect and engineering duties while Broderick and Gordon serve as general contractors. One contract ranges from one to five million dollars and the other from five hundred thousand to one million dollars.
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Washington
Sunflower Ordnance Works
William S. Lozier, Inc
Broderick and Gordon
Maj. W. C. Strecker
Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army
British raid renews El Alamein front in Egypt
In the El Alamein area British forces launched a limited northern sector attack after a lull, with some prisoners taken. RAF long range fighters hit Axis supply ports at Tobruk and barges off Sidi Barrani as clouds and dust hindered operations amid renewed desert fighting.
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Cairo
Egypt
el Alamein
Qattara
Tobruk
R.A.F
Sidi Barrani
Alexandria
Payroll Blues at Leavenworth Payroll Shortfall?
Private Robert Lower of Head quarters company in Leavenworth Kansas reports deductions from a $50 paycheck totaling $57.09 yet officers say regulations guarantee him $10 anyway. The discrepancy prompts questions about pay rules and officer assurances.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Robert Lower
Electrocution on Kent station line claims Kansas man
John Tomlinson 54 of Victory Junction was electrocuted while cleaning lightning arresters at the Kent station of the Kansas City Kaw Valley and Western railroad northeast of Lawrence. Fellow workers had called Bonner Springs to shut power briefly. Tomlinson stood near a master switch. Despite artificial respiration and oxygen, he died. He is survived by his wife. Body taken to Bonner Springs.
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John Tomlinson
Victory Junction
Kent
Kansas City
Tomlinson
Lawrence
Five U S Navy officers escape Philippines reach Australia
Five U S naval officers escape from the Philippines in a primitive outrigged sailing boat and arrive in Australia after a two month voyage. They navigated with an alarm clock compass atlas page and a partially working radio. The group includes Lieut. Commander Alexander Slimmons and Lieuts. Carl Faries Ellis Sheffield Daniel Dorsey and William Lipsett.
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Australia
Philippines
Alexander Slimmons
Los Angeles
Calif
Carl Faries
Atlanta
Ellis P. Sheffield
Asheville
N.C
Daniel Dorsey
Baltimore
William Lipsett
New Bedford
Mass
New Guinea
Slimmons
Cavite Naval Base
Bataan and
Corregidor
Cebu
Sheffield
Dorsey
New Wichita Air Raid Signals Warn of Escapes
Wichita residents learned that strange sounds heard over the past days were for protection. City Manager Russell McClure said the fire department tested new air raid warning signals. The whistles, he added, resemble prison alerts for escaping prisoners.
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Wichita
Kan
Russell McClure
Lehman Backs Mead in New York Democratic Gubernatorial Bid
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman declared support for U S Senator James M Mead for the New York Democratic gubernatorial nomination to win convention delegates. The endorsement came as Mead’s backers renewed efforts to secure party delegates in Albany.
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Lehman
Mead
Albany
N. Y
U. S
James M. Mead
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
War Stirs Anew In South Pacific Theater
Reports from Chungking note the first air raid alarm in 11 months as U S planes intercept Japanese forces. In New Guinea small skirmishes occur near Buna Mubo Salamaua and Awala as Allied air power pounds Buna Gona Mission. Darwin Townsville Australia face Japanese raids amid fears of secret moves. Gandhi disobedience plan draws Cripps warning that United Nations must not be hindered in victory.
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Pacific
Australia
New Guinea
India
Mohandas’ K. Gandhi
Chungking
United States
China
Aleutian Islands
Burma
Manchukuo
Russia
Port Moresby
Papuan
Awala
Buna
MacArthur
Mubo
Salamaua
Gona
Darwin
Townsville
Britain
Gandhi
Stafford Cripps
Ofttimes
Churchill
United Nations
East
Cripps
All-India Congress Party
Trial in Its 17th Day For Nazi Saboteurs Examined
Washington July 27 The military commission finishing the last of eight defendants spent two hours and 25 minutes in session examining the final saboteur. A noon recess followed a reconvened 10 a m session with the trial now in its 17th day.
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Washington
Military Commission
Postage Record Ordered for War Price Board
An order from the state office in Wichita requires the Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board to maintain exact quarterly totals for all franked mail including postal cards letters and third class matter. Since no records exist a past quarter estimate is needed and daily logging will begin going forward.
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Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Wichita
War Board approves step up of synthetic rubber production
The War Production Board formally approved increasing synthetic rubber output from 800000 to 870000 tons yearly due to improved butyl rubber production methods. The expansion, announced by Standard Oil of New Jersey, adds 70000 tons capacity for plants under construction, with no extra critical materials needed. The WPB says annual production remains 300 tons of butyl rubber for this year and the rubber supply remains tight for non essential uses.
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Washington
War Production Board Today
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
WPB
KU Summer Session Sees 400 Enrollees In Four Week Term
Approximately 400 students began classes in the University of Kansas four weeks summer session as part of the war speed up program. Physics tops enrollments due to its required status for army and navy reserve classifications. The four week term ends August 21 with physics offering four hours credit.
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University of Kansas
George Baxter Smith
Showers in Spots Temperatures Ease Across Kansas
The Kansas forecast calls for scattered thundershowers and mild winds keeping highs in the 80s to 90s. Showers are expected in northern counties this afternoon or tonight and in the far west tonight. Rainfall in recent days includes Topeka .89 inch and Kansas City .47. corn growth may rely on this rain through August unless heat rises. Phillipsburg reached 91 degrees yesterday while Goodland reported a low of 63 last night.
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Topeka
UPA
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Kansas City
Concordia
Beloit
Ellis
Flora
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Second Front Urged To Push Germany Within A Year
Lieutenant Adolphe Perry, 36, a French officer serving with a British division during the Dunkirk rear-guard action, predicts America can defeat Germany in a year if a second front is opened. He cites France’s war delay from industrial shortfalls and praises U.S. production growth and leadership as key to victory while touring U.S. military posts for the War Department.
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Kansas City
Dumkerque
America
Germany
Adolphe Perry
France
Lieut
Perry
Dunkerque
War Department
Emporia Man Bound Over in Induction Case
Homer H. Jones of Emporia was bound over to federal district court for trial on a charge of failure to report for induction. Bond set at $10,600. Assistant US district attorney Lester Luther said Jones claimed conscientious objector status under selective service and did not report when ordered.
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Topeka
Homer H. Jones
Emporia
Lester Luther
Youths Killed in Leavenworth Car Crash
In Leavenworth Kansas on Saturday night Edward VanGrine Jr age 19 and Robert Lee Mitchell age 206 were killed when their car collided with a parked truck. Glenn H Avery 21 was driver of the car and seriously injured.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Edward VanGrine, Jr
Robert Lee Mitchell
Glenn H. Avery
Fort Leavenworth
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Opens Membership Drive
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce begins a membership campaign tomorrow at 7 15 AM with a kickoff breakfast at Hotel Eldridge and concludes Wednesday noon with a luncheon at the same hotel Corlett Cotton chairs the drive and divides the committee into two divisions led by Major Stan Schwahn and Major Ship Winters The Green Lantern luncheon today lined up Gerald Hesse George Hedrick Audra Kennedy and others to finalize plans and outline ten campaign teams with captains and members across divisions.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
Corlett Cotton
Stan Schwahn
Ship Winer
Green Lantern
Gerald Hesse
The
C. of C
George Hedrick
Audra Kennedy
William Kollender
Ship Winters
Mr. Cotton
Fuel May Be Short In Lawrence Area
A coal dealer warns the winter fuel supply may be serious as only about 15 percent of households have bought coal for next winter. Dealers report the same 15 to 20 percent stocking rate across territory and a hauler shortage due to Sunflower ordnance workers. Railcar demurrage and slower mine deliveries add to the trouble.
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Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Senator Lee proposes planes to hasten troop and cargo delivery
Senator Lee of Oklahoma asked the Senate to divert enough of U S production to build cargo and troop transport planes to reach fighting lines. He urged creating a supply board with wartime leaders to push flying boats and land based aircraft, arguing transportation is crucial to win the war and ships alone cannot outpace submarine danger.
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Washington
Lee
D-Okla
Senate
Led
Secretaries of War and Navy
War Shipping Administration
War Production Board
Adolf Hitler
United States
Hitler
Shipbuilding Proposal Cited Cost of Canceling 200 Vessels
Andrew J. Higgins told the House committee that canceling his contract to build 200 cargo ships in New Orleans would cost the government 15 to 30 million dollars. He urged rolling assembly to save 300000 dollars per ship and argued American wages could keep ships affordable and competitive with foreign slave-labor production.
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Washington
Andrew J. Higgins
House
Merchant Marine
New Orleans
City Council to Meet for Regular Monthly Session
The Lawrence city council will hold its regular monthly session at 8 o'clock this evening.
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Lawrence City Council
Copper Hopes President Will Not Veto Congress Synthetic Rubber Bill
Washington July 27 UP The hope that President Roosevelt would not veto the synthetic rubber measure S2600 sent by Congress was expressed in the Senate by Senator Capper. He said initiation of an alcohol derived synthetic rubber program could not be delayed much longer and noted blame on foreign interests and the petroleum and sugar industries for delays.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Senate
Senator Capper
R-Kani
Capper
Federal
United States
Voters Registered in Lawrence Hit 8601 for Primary
Lawrence city voters total 8 601 with 4125 men and 4476 women. Registration since July 15 added 387 new voters 224 women and 163 men. Precinct tallies show women outnumbering men in 10 of 12 precincts and include details by ward. County clerk announces election boards meet Saturday at 10 in court room and 250 election staff will run 26 precincts with double boards in 24 of them. Absentee filing ends with 51 qualifiers posted by law.
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Lawrence
Harold C. Fisher
T.R. Gerhart
Plenty of Milk Now As New Producers Enter Market
Two new Grade A milk producers began selling to a local pasteurizing plant easing a weeks long shortage. One plant imports milk from Topeka while another halted due to weak demand. An official noted sales slow near month end and that supply should hold until fall.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Howard Weindel
Weindel
Hinsen
Lawrence
Eudora
Lip Zippering Campaign At the Sunflower Plant
Officials at the Sunflower Ordinance Works launch an education campaign to curb talk about the war plant. Workers are warned against discussing job details on buses, in restaurants, and at social venues in Lawrence and Kansas City to prevent sensitive information reaching enemies or agents.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence
Kansas City
Neighbors On Air Back Friend In Governor Race
Friends of Friend plan radio broadcasts on station WREN to present Carl Friend’s neighbors views. Irving Hill among speakers during 6:15 to 6:30 p m sessions tomorrow Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
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Friends of
Irving Hill
Carl Friend
Scouts To Gather Old Phonograph Records
Boy Scouts plan a Wednesday morning canvass to collect old phonograph records for scrap. Funds raised will buy new discs and phonographs for U S armed forces members. meet at 9 30 a m with Edwin T Burgess at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Boy Scouts
Edwin T. Burgess
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Forty and Eight Voitures
Sons of the Legion Squadron
Taste in Water Caused by Breakdown at Plant
Unpleasant taste in Lawrence water last weekend traced to bypassing a settling basin due to a flocculator breakdown. Chlorine reacted with compounds in water causing the taste. by Friday the issue was resolved and taste disappeared.
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Lawrence
Frank Willey
Willey
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Frank Gray
J. G. Jeffries
Bill Kingsbury
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Oe Wilson
Cecil Hough
Hovey Hanna
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Ivan Rowe
John Skie
Frank Whipple
Roger Willams
Bill Kollender
Ed Abels
Fred Ellsworth
al Green
Simon Hurwitz
Frank McDonald
Ernie Pontius
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Joe Traylor
I. E. Brown
Fritz Elvig
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John LeForge
Junius Underwood
F. C. Allen
Karl Klooz
Paul Lawson
Fred Moreau
Raymond Nichols
Frank Stockston
D. M. Swarthout
J. W. Twente
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O. E. Allison
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George Docking
Oliver Hobbs
Jack Miller
H.W. Stowits
Wade Pierce
Cliff Calvin
Vic Hart
Dick Keene
Karl Kreider
Fred Rumsey
Floyd Warner
Charles Radcliffe
Charles Banning
John Brand
Johnnie Emick
Harry L. Nevin
John Robinson
Walter Schaal
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E.P. Addy
Lyle Eby
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J. B. Harris
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H. L. Sutherland
Higgins
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Sunflower
Marion Barlow
Lyon
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Riley
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Jefferson County
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Harold Francis Clark
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