Nazi Thrust Deepen Caucasus Front Amid Don River Battles
Allied reports describe Red Army counterattacks and stubborn defense along the Don bend near Stalingrad while Soviet forces repelled disguised German troops and claimed new gains in the northern Caucasus. German units pushed toward the Caucasus oil fields and captured rail junctions south of Rostov as fighting raged across a 150 mile front.
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Adolf Hitler
Caucasus
Don
Salsk
Stalingrad
Rostov
Rzhev
Moscow
Volkhov
Leningrad
Don River
Red Star
Kletskaya
Red Army
Gard
Fedor von Bock
Bataisk
Bataik
Lower
Kshchevka
Proletarskaya
Berlin
War Board Eyeing Kaiser Giant Cargo Plane Plan
Washington July 31 The war production board is much interested in Henry J Kaiser’s proposal to build 5 000 giant cargo planes in shipyards WPB chief Donald M Nelson says engines and components must not disrupt the present military air transport program. The special committee report on expanding air transport will be published soon Kaiser told a Senate committee that Nelson promised full support for the plan.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Henry J. Kaiser
Nelson
iThe
WPB
Siser
Kaiser
Senate
Ten Japanese Raiders Downed as Air War Flares Anew
General MacArthur announces in Australia that American Curtiss Kittyhawks and heavy bombers fought near Darwin and New Guinea. Nine Japanese raiders were shot down over Darwin while a transport off Papua was set ablaze after five direct hits. One Allied plane is missing and another pilot survived after parachuting.
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Pacific
General MacArthur
Australia
Darwin
New Guinea
Ate Vonaeyen Uoeules
Port Darwin
Commonwealth
Port Hedland
Broome
Western Australia
Horn Island
Torres Strait
Gana Mission
Papua
Papuan
Massive Japanese Troop Builded Near Manchukuo Opened Outlook of 1942
British military quarters report nearly 400000 Japanese troops in Manchukuo facing the Soviet frontier and plan to attack. They predict three drives to isolate Vladivostok within August and September, while Allied HQ notes no ground action at Kokoda as Japan据 hesitates in Papua. Stilwell reports Japan loses four bombers and three Zeros in Hengyang raid attempts.
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Japan
Manchukuo
Siberian
Vladivostok
Sea of Japan
Tokyo
North Pacific
Siberia
Kokoda
Midway
Gona Mission
Port Moresby
Papua Peninsula
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S.’air Force
Hengyane
Navy officer faced court martial over aid to actor
A witness testified Lt. Commander Maurice N. Aroff ordered the naval reserve procurement office in San Francisco to fast track Tony Martin's enlistment. The officer is charged with soliciting and accepting a $950 car from Martin. Yeoman Bassett said Aroff urged papers be ready by 8 a.m. and demanded immediate action at the recruiting station despite a jammed queue.
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San Francisco
Maurice N. Aroff
Naval Reserve Procurement Office
Tony Martin
Aroff
Martin
William Bassett
Bassett
Singer
Second Propaganda Front Is Launched by Germans
New York July 31 The German news services claim a strengthened western defense to deter a second front in Europe. Reports describe coastal fortifications from northern France to Norway and praise their superiority to the Maginot line. DNB notes the air force stands ready to meet a western assault.
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New York
Berlin
Germany
United Nations
Europe
Transocean
Paris
Norway
Paul Russel
France
Atlantic Ocean
Channel
DNB
Stock Market Index Shows Slight Rise
Average of 60 stocks rose to 36.4 yesterday from 36.2 as investors watched weather in the market. The note cautions about heat and promotes a daily swim in Jayhawk Plunge.
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Jayhawk Plunge
War plant closures hit Pontiac in CIO AFL clash
Governor Van Wagoner pledged state and federal help as two General Motors Pontiac plants closed amid a CIO AFL dispute over grocery clerks organizing. Picket lines sparked street clashes and a threat of a statewide trucking tie up while GM chief Wilson urged action to protect war production and national morale.
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Detroit
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
Pontiac
Mich
C.I.0
A.F. L
C.I
A.F.L
Pontiac Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
C.I. O
United Rubber Workers
C.10
Baldwin Rubber Company
CG. E. Wilson
General Motors
Washington
AFL
Daniel F. Keating
A.F.L. Teamsters’ Union
Navy
Wilson
Knox
Wayne L. Morse
WLB
Federal Bureau of Investigation
James Lucas
U.a.w.-C.lo
Lucas
Supreme Court Upholds Wartime Power for Nazi Saboteurs
The U S Supreme Court unanimously upholds President Roosevelt s wartime power to close civil courts to seven alleged Nazi saboteurs and to try them before a military commission. The ruling allows the commission to proceed now with a verdict possible early next week, while the high court plans to issue a full opinion in fall.
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Roosevelt
America
Biddle
Supreme Court
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Germany
Stone
Military Commission
Oy Biddle
New Aircraft Carrier Essex Launched at James River
The U S S Essex slid from the ways into the James River at Newport News Virginia at 2 45 p m amid a champagne bottle smash by Mrs Artemis L Gates wife of the assistant secretary of the navy for air The keel was laid April 28 1941 making her the first carrier launched since the United States entered the war and reflecting a resolve to outpace all other nations in carriers
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Newport News
America
Navy
U.S.S
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Changes at Haskell Institute reorganize staff and vacancies
Solon G. Ayers announces two new appointments and two vacancies at Haskell Institute. Barbara Harden becomes registrar. Geraldine Gritts becomes Ayers secretary. James Davis transfers to Detroit Ordnance. Jean Jarrell resigns for marriage. Two positions remain unfilled as the cafe reopens after a two week closure.
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Haskell Institute
Solon G. Ayers
Barbara B. Harden
Haskell
Washington
The
Indian Service
Geraldine Gritts
Franklin Gritts
Ayers
Gritts
Oklahoma University
James A. Davis
Detroit Ordnance District
Jean L. Jarrell
Tupelo
Miss
Pelley Sedition Trial Uses Editorial Survey Evidence
In Indianapolis July 1931 the government introduced a survey of American newspaper editorials to counter William Dudley Pelleys claim of national apathy toward the war. Persis Richter testified she led an OWI staff that analyzed editorials and found Pelleys note of no anti war sentiment unfounded. Charles A Lindbergh accepted Detroit service on a subpoena as a defense witness, saying he could not recall meeting Pelley.
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Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
Persis Richter
Office of War Information
Pelley
the Galilean
Japan
Hitler
Richter
Minneapolis
St. Paul
O.W.1
Charles A. Lindbergh
America First Movement
Detroit Today
New Air Activity On Western Front
British bombers escorted by Spitfires hit Abbeville in France and shot down 11 German fighters. Eight British fighters missing. bombers returned safely. German raids damaged towns in the Midlands and England. London endured alarms as anti aircraft fire lit the night. RAF sweeps limited by weather. coastal command hit enemy ships off Frisian islands. Canucks attacked Holland rail lines with Boston bombers. a Sunderland battled seaplanes in the Bay of Biscay.
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London
Boston
Abbeville
France
Channel
Boulogne
England
Midlands
R.A.F
Germany
Coastal Command
Frisian
Holland
Air Ministry
Bay of Biscay
Spy Ring Indicted Overseas Operatives Tied to U S Espionage
A federal grand jury charged Herbert Karl Friedrich Bahr and eight others abroad with forming an international spy ring. The indictment cites offices in Madrid Zurich Rio de Janeiro Istanbul and Stockholm and names Karl Bauer Max Bucholz Dr Otto Baum Otto Lindt Don Julian Rubio Alfredo Nae Izante Weinberg and C J Saridaki.
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Newark
Herbert Karl Friedrich Bahr
Buffalo
N.Y
United States
Madrid
Spain
Zurich
Switzerland
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Istanbul
Turkey
Stockholm
Sweden
Karl Bauer
Max Bucholz
Otto” Baum
Germany
Otto Lindt
Don Julian Rubio
Alfredo Nae
Izante Weinberg
C. J. Saridaki
Big Sinking Claims Berlin by German Broad Casts
German high command announced U boats sunk 24 allied merchant ships 10 sailing vessels and one escort ship totaling 167000 tons. In mid Atlantic and off the American coast 5 ships 41000 tons were sunk from convoys and 12 ships 73000 tons singly. An added 17000 ton loss from a destroyer and two ships. West Africa waters 70000 ton and five freighters in the Mediterranean. The losses this month rose by 167000 tons.
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Berlin
High Command
Middle Atlantic
Atlantic
West Africa
Mediterranean
Heat Break Missed In Topeka July Heat Wave
Topeka logged 102 degrees as a heat wave lingered with only scattered showers predicted for the southeast and western sectors. Overnight lows stayed in the 70s while Goodland recorded a cool 62, marking a July with abnormal heat and low rainfall.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Mercury
Goodland
Kansas
Sunflower Ordnance Works Restricts Accident Rumors
Maj. W. C. Strecker orders Sunflower Ordnance Works employees not to repeat accident information to colleagues to curb rumors spread after recent incidents. The measure aims to prevent fright caused by exaggerated details. Don’t forget to vote Tuesday at Young GOP Headquarters for transportation to polls.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
W. C. Strecker
Young G.O.P
Palls
British Speculate Anew On Allied Invasion Plans
London reports four high ranking U S army air force officers and a large Canadian troop debarkation stir fresh speculation that allied invasion of western Europe may be near. The London Telegraph editorial urges cautious talk and notes silence is golden in parliament.
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Associated Press
London
British Isles
Europe
London Telegraph
Grain Price Index Drops Slightly For Kansas Farmers
Kansas farm price index slipped two points on July 15 as falling grain returns led the national and state agriculture departments to note a decline. Meat animal prices rose with hogs veal calves and sheep lifting the index to 194, the strongest mid July reading since 1919. Wheat fell five cents a bushel while corn rose a cent to 79 cents. General U S farm prices rose three points that month.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
University of Kansas Approved for Army Institute Enrollment
The University of Kansas has been approved by the federal government as one of 81 colleges to carry Army Institute correspondence courses for service members. Enrollments come from scattered army campuses nationwide, with 55 contracts already signed and KU among them.
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University of Kansas
Army Institute
Deane W. Malott
Army
Ruth Kenney
Kansas University
Organization of the
American Council On Education
Harold G. Ingham
University of Kansas Extension Division
Sale of $5 Use Stamps Prompts Post Office Action
Business picked up at the post office this morning on the sale of $5 motor vehicle use stamps. After today the stamps must be bought from the internal revenue office at Wichita. A penalty will be imposed on those without a stamp. Inspectors are due to arrive in Lawrence soon to warn car owners to obtain stamps.
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Roger Williams
Internal Revenue Office
Wichita
Lawrence
Gas Office Records 104 Degree Heat Wave
The day reached the year's peak heat with the gas office thermometer at 104 degrees this afternoon at 3 30. The official Posey thermometer read 101 degrees at the same time. Last year the maximums were 95 degrees, echoing 1939 levels.
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C. J. Posey
Lyons Worker Killed in Railroad Accident
Pi Francisco Castro a 44 year old salt plant employee at Lyons Kansas died from injuries after a railroad accident when a car rolled over his legs. He was moving a car with a bar as another car pushed by a locomotive struck it. He leaves a widow and eight children.
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Lyons
Kan
Pi—Francisco Castro
Salt Plant
Castro
Landing reports denied by Berlin on Kerch front
Stefani dispatch from Berlin reports German military quarters declared claims of a landing by German troops in the Caucasus opposite Kerch to be without foundation.
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Rome
Stefani
Berlin
Caucasus
Kerch
Wanderlust Hits the Old Kaw River
The Kaw river in Douglas county shifts due to sand bars forming a new channel southwest of its bend. The unprotected west bank erodes while the east bank, shielded by Union Pacific jetties, holds. The water department may need box jetties and piling to protect the pumping station and intake as the city diverts flood water and plans fall piling work.
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Kaw
Douglas County
Lawrence Water Department
Lawrence
Indian Village
Union Pacific Railroad
Water Department
Brewery Brook
Ieee
City building rental report totals $3536.86
A city clerk compiled report for the Internal Revenue Service shows total rental income from September 1, 1940, to August 1, 1942. Miscellaneous rentals amounting to $1023.50 and permanent rentals of $2513.36 come from agencies using the building such as the selective service office Red Cross National Guard Kansas State Guard and Hercules Powder company.
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U.S. Internal Revenue Department
Selective Service Office
The
Red Cross
National Guard
Kansas State Guard
Hercules Powder Company
Loses Ration Book May Have Sweet Tooth Pulled
A K A student in Douglas County reports losing his ration book to the Lawrence office. He jokes about being sugarless for over a week and asks for a duplicate book before his sweet tooth is extracted.
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Douglas
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