Nazi Guard On Second Front and Allied Invasion Hope
German dispatches report Field Marshal von Rundstedt revising western defenses for a potential second front. Berlin claims readiness while Paris sees SS troops marching toward the Channel coast. RAF raids pound Hamburg as Timoshenko’s forces show slight stiffening in the Caucasus amid a tense crisis.
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Gerd von Rundstedt
Fense
Europe
Paris
Berlin
Germany
R.A.F
Hamburg
Semeon Timoshenko
Red
Caucasus
DNB
Adolf Hitler
West
Norway
France
Bern
Switzerland
Channel
Holland
Russia
Belgium
Rostov
Kushchevka
Rostov-Baku
Japanese Patrols Driven Back In New Guinea Skirmish
Allied forces report driving back strong Japanese units from Kokoda area as bombers target Gona Mission. Japanese patrols advanced inland from Gona. Port Moresby base remains threatened. one Japanese aircraft failed attack on Townsville.
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New Guinea
General MacArthur
Australia
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Gona Mission
MacArthur
Owen Suey Range
Tere
Townsville
Five new KU business faculty named by Chancellor Malett
Five new instructors join the University of Kansas School of Business as announced by Chancellor Deane W. Malett. The group includes Irvin Youngberg from Kansas City and four others with degrees from Cornell Syracuse Illinois and Northwestern, bringing expertise in economics finance industrial management marketing and secretarial training.
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School of Business
University of Kansas
Deane W. Malett
Irvin Youngberg
Barker Avenue
Youngberg
First National Bank
Phi Beta Sage
Leland J. Pritchard
Iowa State Teachers College
K. U
Cornell
Syracuse
Illinois University
Pritchard
J. Wilson Rogers
Chicago
Sherwin-Williams Company
Teachers College of Columbia
Edward Little High School
Auburn
Lincoln School
New York
Lawrence renters face tight supply as rents vary
Bob Harrison of the M. R. Gill agency told the bi weekly Junior Chamber luncheon that Lawrence is near full up with newcomers. He cited fixed up attics or basements, uneven rent changes, and a $50 basement rent as a case. He argued freezing rents as of March 1 would be unfair due to above normal vacancies and rising costs. He noted home ownership rising from sales and outlined eviction rules under a rent administrator. He closed with a governor hopeful’s thanks card and a street sign mention.
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Lawrence
Bob Harrison
M. R. Gill
Chamber of Commerce
Harrison
Parsons
Jaycees
H. S. Swartz
Carl Friend
Massachusetts Street
Seven Nazi saboteurs seek civil trial rights Supreme Court session
Government prosecutors clash with defense as seven alleged Nazi saboteurs challenge President Roosevelts wartime power to order military trials. Justices Murphy and Douglas absent. Justice Jackson questions invading force rights while Royall argues aliens retain civil court access unless law or proclamation bars it.
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Bulletin
Washington
Supreme Court
EWT
Biddle
Roosevelt
Comemanier
Stone
Murphy
Douglas
Kenneth C. Royall
Jackson
Royall
Germany
Justice Reed
America
United States
Kansans Back Grain Alcohol Synthetic Rubber Plan
Washington July 20 Kansans in Congress see grain alcohol based synthetic rubber as the answer to rubber shortages and grain surpluses. Rep Frank Carlson Clifford Hope and Edward Rees say the measure would supply rubber and help dispose of wheat oversupply, while noting caution over administrative changes and possible White House veto.
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Washington
Congress
Frank Carlson
Concordia
Clifford R. Hope
Garden City
Edward H. Rees
Emporia
House
White House
Carlson
Rees
War Production Board
Cubs edge Van Mungo in opening game of doubleheader
Van Mungo, once with Brooklyn, loses his first major league game back with the New York Giants as the Cubs win 4 to 2 in the opener. Charley Spencer named state printer on August 4 in political ad note.
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van Mungo
New York
Americans in Africa and Air Transport Chief Assigned
Lord Swinton quotes Americans present in West Africa as WWII allies. Brigadier General W. FitzGerald, former head of Southeast Air Corps Tactical Command, is in Africa on an Air Transport Command assignment to shuttle combat planes and manage air and cargo flights. He was born in Burden Kansas and graduated from George Washington University in 1907.
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Washington
Shepler W. FitzGerald
Advanced Training Command
Southeast Air Corps Tactical Command
Maxwell Field
Ala
Africa
Air Transport Command
War Department
Army
FitzGerald
Burden
Kan
George Washington University
Washington, D.C
Coast Artillery
Regular Army
Signal Corps
Absentee Voters Unchallenged in County Clerk List
A list of 51 absentee voters posted by the county clerk went unchallenged yesterday, marking the legal hearing date under the new absentee vote law.
Allied Heavy Bombers Hit Suda Bay Supply Harbor Crete
Allied heavy bombers attacked the Axis supply harbor at Suda Bay Crete at dusk as El Alamein patrols continued in the north. The Cairo communiqué said U S bombers joined the RAF in the Tobruk strike and suggested Axis troop and supply ferries into Crete for the Egyptian front.
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Suda Bay
Crete
Cairo
el Alamein
General Headquarters
United States
United States Army Air Corps
R.A.F
Tobruk
Turkey
Axis
Mrs Emma Barker Dinsmoor Dies at 91 in Lawrence
Mrs Emma Dinsmoor Barker aged 91 died yesterday at 825 New Hampshire street. She moved to Lawrence in 1875 and taught in city schools. She later served on the Lawrence board of education and was active in civic affairs. Services set for 2 30 p m Saturday at Trinity Episcopal church with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by three daughters and seven grandchildren.
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Emma Dinsmoor Barker
New Hampshire Street
Lawrence
Barker
George T Marshall
Mia
Anson Storm
Seattle
Wash
Dorothy
Dinsmoor Patton
George D. Marshall
Colby
Mary Storm Henson
Josephine Marshall Berry
Salt Lake City
Anson Storm, Jr
Run-off likely in Arkansas senate race after Democratic primary
In Little Rock on July 29 Associated Press tabulations show John L. McClellan and Jack Holt as the leading candidates for the August 11 regular primary. Holt 47,891 McClellan 48,469 with other figures for Clyde Ellis and David Terry from 11,735 precincts circulated.
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Little Rock
Ark
Senate
Associated Press
John L. McClellan
Camden
Jack Holt
Harrigan
Holt
McClellam
Clyde T. Ellis
Bentonville
David D. ‘Terry
Little’ Rock
Parachute Report Triggers Coast Guard Search Near Baldwin Plant
Coast Guards and federal agents searched the 1100 acre Baldwin locomotive works at Eddy Stone after three Baldwin employees reported sighting a parachute-like object about 2000 feet over the plant last night. The men described a dark object dangling from the chute resembling a person.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Eddystone
Baldwin
Need legislative action on old statehouse metal salvage
Topeka July 29 UPi Governor Ratner said his staff and the attorney general’s office found no state authority for disposing of metal in the old statehouse power plant as war salvage. Any action would likely await legislative action. Officials estimate 150 to 200 tons of iron and steel and 6,000 to 10,000 pounds of copper are in the plant.
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Topeka
Upi
Ratner
Attorney ‘General’s
Statehouse Power Plant
Kuibyshev Hold 11 Point Grain Harvest Order
In Kuibyshev district the Communist party committee issued an 11 point directive urging faster wheat collection in the Volga basin. The move aims to speed bread production for the 1942 war effort against Germany and correct slow harvest start.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Volga
Germany
Communist Party
100 Degree Day Report for Lawrence
Lawrence recorded its first 100 degree day of the year with the gas office thermometer near 100 at 3 o clock. Last year saw a cooler July with five 100 degree days by this date, giving residents a comparison to current heat levels.
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Lawrence
Stock Index Dips Slightly After Trading Day
The average of 60 stocks stood at 36.3 yesterday down from 36.7. Charley Spencer reports on market activity and public vote results tied to state matters.
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Adds Seventy Seven Members
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce drive closed at noon with 77 new members. Winters division reported 48, Schwahn division 26, and Allen led teams with 25 new members. Some prospects were out of town. drive to continue days. Corlett Cotton chaired luncheon. Gerald Hesse praised workers.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Crystal Room
Hotel Eldridge
Ship Winters
Stan. Schwahn
F. C. Allen
Chamber
Allen
George R. Foulke, Jr
Hercules Company
W. C. Strecker
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Corlett Cotton
Gerald Hesse
Engine shortage slows shift to cargo and troop ships
Washington officials testified that a horsepower engine shortage prevents rapid shift to giant air cargo and troop-carrying ships. Harold E. Talbot said engines already allocated through next year. army and navy not neglecting cargo planes, but larger conversions would cut bomber and fighter production. A secret WPB document sits with Nelson and services. cargo and troop planes operate at Curtiss-Wright and Waco.
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Washington
WPB
Harold E. Talbot
Air Transportation
The
War Production Board
Senate Defense Investigating
Army
Navy
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Talbot
Curtiss- Wright
Waco
Truman
D.-Mo
Andrew Jackson Higgins
Henry J. Kaiser
Senate
Heat Wave Persists Across Kansas As Temps Top Century
Topeka reports near century highs with a 100 degree day and forecasts show no relief from the heat. Meteorologist S D Flora warns unsettled conditions remain with chances of scattered thundershowers in the north and west, aiding corn and crops where rainfall occurs. Dodge City logs .11 inch rainfall yesterday and Goodland records a low of 63 last night.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Dodge City
Flora
Goodland
Pilot Plant for Zinc Production Test Facility
Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes announced the Bureau of Mines will fund a $350,000 pilot plant and laboratory to conduct commercial scale tests of a gas reduction process for zinc. He said the new process could unlock large untapped domestic zinc ore reserves for wartime needs, with construction likely in the central region of the country.
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Washington
P—Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Bureau of Mines
Sein Entre
Storm warned as German planes threaten Leningrad siege
Moscow reports German leaflets dropped over Leningrad promising an imminent assault. City had been under siege since August of the previous year and the tactic aims to immobilize extra defense troops for southern fronts.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Capper and Hope Alone Of Kansas Delegation To Stay in Washington
Washington dispatch reports that with Kansas primaries near most of the Kansas members in Congress have returned home or will. Sen. Arthur Capper remains tied to the Senate finance committee tax bill while Rep. Clifford R. Hope may depart next week. Other Kansans about to leave include Frank Carlson Guyer Clyde Reed Lam bertson Rees Winter Houston and party alignment remains split.
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Washington
Congress
Kansas
Senate Finance Committee
Arthur Capper
Topeka
Clifford R. Hope
Garden City
Hope
Frank Carlson
Concordia
U. S
Guyer
Kansas City
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons
William P.lambertson
Fairview
Edward H. Rees
Emporia
Thomas D. Winter
Girard
John M. Houston
Newton
War scrap drives urged as WPB presses collection
The War Production Board continues constant drives for scrap iron and steel metals rubber rags rope and burlap bags while junk dealers report a slow period in rural areas due to farm work. Farmers and city residents are urged to gather scrap and sell to junk dealers or donate to charities for transport.
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War Production Board
WPB
League of Women Voters Organizes Candidate Questionnaires
The Lawrence League will place 20 pages of candidate answers in the city library to help voters study issues before the primaries next Tuesday. Hazel Riggs of Lawrence attended the state committee meeting that prepared the questionnaire and members will receive calls urging study and voting.
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Lawrence
Congress
Spuds on Chicago Market Sell Well Above Year Ago
Chicago market reports potato prices holding well above year ago levels with spot California long whites up 5 to 10 cents per hundred pounds. Idaho Russell sales halted after a peak of 4.30 dollars yesterday as Missouri and Kansas crop losses and strong demand influence markets. Agricultural Marketing Administration notes recent price softness after a prior advance tied to dehydration programs and production policies.
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Chicago
California
Idaho Russell
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Missouri
Kansas
Meat Shortage May Be Nation Wide by Winter
A brief prepared by the National Livestock Advisory Council warns meat shortages could spread nationwide this winter due to curtailed cattle feed. Testimony from cattlemen in 18 states, gathered July 15–16 at Des Moines, was presented to the Office of Price Administration in Washington. Council President Jay Colburn of Harlan Iowa says rationing by December 1 is possible unless action is taken.
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Omaha
National Livestock Advisory Council
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Des Moines
Council
Jay Colburn
Harlan
Pirates Shut Out Braves 3-0 In First Doubleheader Game
Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Braves 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. Truett Sewell pitched seven innings of five-hit ball to secure the win. The summary notes the Boston offense was contained and Pittsburgh took the early lead in the twin bill.
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Boston
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Braves
Truett Sewell
War plant chief urges workers to speed up output
Maj. W. C. Strecker, area engineer, told several thousand Sunflower Ordnance Works workers that they must raise productivity to win the war. He said materials, transport, and construction pace were inadequate and urged crews to increase effort, comparing workers to soldiers at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Strecker
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Maj. W. C. Strecker
Major Strecker
Lawrence rents survey ends as Higdon wraps work
Miss Rosemary Higdon of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington D C completed a several day rent survey in Lawrence and told C B Hosford, chairman of the Lawrence Fair Rents committee, that yesterday was her last day in town. She employed local workers to assist with the survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Higdon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington, D. C
Lawrence
C. B. Hosford
Charley Spencer State Printer Vote Set for Aug 4
Political advertisement notes Charley Spencer as the candidate for state printer with a scheduled vote on August 4. The notice emphasizes party alignment and urges voter support in the upcoming election.
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Charley ‘Spencer
Pol
Charley Spencer
Pal
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