Gestapo Tightens Grip on Germany in Wartime Morale Crisis
Stockholm reports say Himmler’s police tighten control as morale sags in Germany. Nazi leaders rally crowds with threats of purges while Gestapo acts on a wider scale, cracking down on dissent and arming opposition abroad. Austria faces executions, court sentences rise, and public attitudes shift from Heil Hitler to guarded caution.
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Stockholm
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Gestapo
Tead
Paul Goebbels
Labor Front
Robert Ley
Josef Wagner
Alsace
Erich Koch
Ukraine
Himmler
Austria
Ademies
Solidiers
Nazi Party
Hitler
Stuttgart
Graess Gott
Munich
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Gebbels
Hitler Beldom
Fuehrer
Das Schwarze Korps
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Penn E. McCoy and Josephine C. Nail of Topeka, Hans Lassen of Richland and Jewell Converse of Medill Oklahoma.
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Penn E. McCoy
Josephine C. Nail
Topeka
Hans Lassen
Richland
Jewell Converse
Medill
Okla
New Car Certificate Issued by County Ration Board
The county panel of the ration board issued certificates yesterday for 22 grade one tires 20 grade three tires 18 passenger car tubes 19 truck tires 11 truck tubes seven implement tires and eight truck retreads Billy Anderson Route 1 Lawrence obtained a certificate for a new car to be used in farming James Van Hook 739 New York obtained a certificate to buy a new bicycle He is a farm laborer
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Billy Anderson
Lawrence
Ration Board
James van Hook
New York
New Plane Fleets To Bomb German Islands And Munda Action
Allied air forces report heavy losses in five months of fighting while U S Flying Fortresses smash Japanese positions at Munda New Georgia. Attu island casualties rise to 1 845 with 20 prisoners taken. Burma Chindwin raids quiet long range bombers continue Pantelleria bombardment as Rome holds out. Soviet forces repel two more German feint attacks along the vast eastern front.
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Europe
Mey Solomons
U. S
Munda
New Georgia
Attu
Navy
Burma
R.A.F
Upper Chindwin River
Rome
Pantélleria
Eisenhower
Pantelleria
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Italy
Berlin
Lne
Lawrence Liberty Memorial High School summer band opens Friday
The Lawrence Liberty Memorial High School Summer Band presents its first concert Friday at 8 p.m. in South Park directed by Oliver Hobbs who also leads the school term band. The program includes Sousa and Yoder arrangements and opens a summer season expected to include eight to ten performances. The program serves about 300 students with daily attendance around 250, taught by Hobbs along with Miss Jeanne Scott and Miss Dorothy Mae Nelson.
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Lawrence Liberty Memorial High School
South Park
Oliver Hobbs
North Lawrence
Yoder
Douglas MacArthur
Huffer
Marines
Washington Post
Sousa
Teague
Chaser
America
Lawrence
Hobbs
Jeanne Scott
Dorothy Mae Nelson
Briggs to Attend Wartime Pulp and Paper Meet
Bert Briggs superintendent of the Lawrence Paper company leaves for New York City to attend the twenty fourth annual wartime service meeting of the American Pulp and Paper Mill Superintendents Association June 15 17 Prominent speakers from government and industry will be present Mrs Briggs will spend the time with relatives in Detroit and accompany her husband
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Bert Briggs
Lawrence Paper Company
New York City
American Pulp and Paper Mill Superintendents Association
Briggs
Detroit
Comintern Dissolved by 30 Nations
The Communist International is disbanded as the executive committee and presidium are declared dissolved. Sections in 30 nations approved the decision, and the organization calls on all communists to regard its leadership as dissolved immediately.
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Comintern
Moscow
Communist International
Presidium
Thrifty habit reads the classified page daily
A daily routine highlights the habit of checking the classified section for bargains and notices. The practice reflects economical living and attention to local listings like sales, jobs, and community notices.
Chinese Survivors Reach American Base After Burma Bayonet Trauma
Three Chinese Fifth Army survivors reach an American base in India eight months after being bayoneted and left for dead in Shingbwiyang Burma. They describe seven others crawling to safety, a burned hospital, and praise for American doctors as they seek to rejoin the fight against Japan.
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India
Fifth Army
Shingbwiyang
Burma
Liu Ping Wu
Lin Sung Lin
Wei Hei Fen
Kaw River Water Out In Lowlands
Gus Brune Sr reports Kaw River rising floodwaters threaten about 80 acres near Lakeview with 50 acres of popcorn already submerged. Heavy rain at Sunflower Ordnance Works prompted travel detours via Topeka as Highway 24 closed north of town. June rainfall totals reach 4.53 inches, with 11.21 inches since May 6.
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Gus Brune
Lakeview
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Valley Falls
Topeka
War Prisoners Escape and Recapture at North Camp Hood
Two more German war prisoners who escaped from North Camp Hood in Killeen Texas were recaptured. FBI Agent Fred Hallford announced that Adolph Bodenberg 22 and Ralph Zeischang 23 were captured near Belton Texas shortly before noon. Hans Massoeur was caught at Flat Texas after the escape. Harold Stallebjen 22 and Indwig Jung 21 remained at large.
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Little Rock
Lawrence aviation transition and local theft incident
Bill Ashcraft becomes a test pilot with a Kansas City firm after leaving the Lawrence municipal airport with his brother Don to join Consolidated Aircraft in Elizabeth City North Carolina. Dalton Fash a University of Kansas engineering student starts a county engineering office job. A restaurant cigar display highlights 2 for 35 cent and 2 for a quarter specials. A man and woman with two boys were picked up on Twenty third Street after a stakeout reported a $3 theft from a filling station. They said they came from Ohio and had been traveling three months seeking work.
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Bill Ashcraft
The
North American Company
Kansas City
Don
Lawrence
He Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Elizabeth City
N. C
Sheriff's Force
Twenty-third Street
Ohio
Eastern gasoline restrictions not planned for middle west
Secretary Ickes told the eastern states oil committee there is no immediate plan to impose present eastern gasoline restrictions on the middle west.
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Washington
Ickes
Eastern States Oil Committee
Middle West
Interior chief and deputy say reserves build lacks east impact
The interior secretary and deputy petroleum administrator Ralph K. Davies argued that increasing reserves in district 2 covering the middle western states would have little effect on the eastern seaboard due to insufficient transportation facilities to move the extra supplies to the Atlantic coast.
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Interior
Ralph K. Davies
District 2
Middle Western States
East
Atlantic Seaboard
Governor to send two reps to Omaha war food meeting
Topeka June 10 Governor Schoeppel said he would send probably two representatives to a war food administration meeting in Omaha June 17. They will discuss reciprocal movement of custom operated harvesting equipment among wheat states. J C Mohler and a corporation commission rep will be asked to attend. Special tax free clearances through ports of entry are expected to be worked out.
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Topeka
Schoeppel
War-Food Administration
Omaha
J. C. Mohler
Agriculture Board
The
Corporation Commission
Coal Strike Talks Break as Separate Pact Emerges
A faction of coal operators parts from the Appalachian wage talks and signs a separate wage agreement with United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis. The plan, covering 65 000 Central Pennsylvania workers, calls for a $1.80 daily travel-time rise, pending war labor board approval and price-per-ton changes. Lewis says he can extend terms to 450 000 miners if allowed by government agencies. Illinois and Indiana miners consider similar increases.
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Lewis
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Central Pennsylvania Producers Association
U.M.W
Charles O'Neill
Central Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
WLB
O'Neill
Ickes
Illinois
Indiana
Nursery School for War Effort Faces Likely Cancellation
A proposed nursery school in Myers Hall at K U to serve children of employed mothers has drawn light demand. With July opening, sponsors may cancel unless several more tentative enrollments arrive this week. The program would run weekdays 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. with meals, at 3.60 weekly, aided by a $2,100 federal grant. Parents urged to call 422 to enroll.
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Myers Hall
K. U
Diary Highlights in Guyer Estate Probate
The estate of U. S. Guyer, late representative from Kansas' first district, was probated showing a value of 43000 with 40000 in real estate. His widow received the bulk of the estate while his personal diary, 40 volumes or more, goes to his sister Amanda Guyer. The probate occurred after his death last Saturday.
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Guyer
Kansas City
Kan
U. S. Guyer
Amanda Guyer
Summer Session Choir Organized at K U This Year
Dean Swarthout to lead eight week program with two weekly rehearsals starting June 15 in Frank Strong hall room 131. Repertoire includes patriotic numbers with piano, negro spirituals, Elgar and other composers, plus folk songs and Renaissance works. Open to all with suitable voice. no auditions.
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Dean D. M. Swarthout
Frank Strong Hall
Dean Swarthout
Romberg
Your Land
Land
America
Phillips
Noble Cain
Elgar
Kopylos
Clokey
Kentucky Mountains
Arkansas
K. U
Altho
War Service News From Lawrence Area Shows Soldiers Abroad and at Home
Armed Forces notes from Lawrence highlight ten day furloughs for Bill Stone from Camp Shelby and letters from sons serving overseas. Waldo Bowman, editor of Engineering News Record, reports arrival in Europe as a war correspondent with the army engineers. Capt. Schiller Shore writes from India and is now in China, while L D Dalton grows from private first class to sergeant at Foster Field. Harold Howard advances to corporal at Camp White with his family listed at both Montana and Oregon addresses. Chester and Pfe Willis Smith hear from their son in North Africa, and Cpl. Leland Smith serves in Iceland. Pvt. Ralph Pine Jr. trains at Camp Robinson with a medical regiment, and Cpl. Richard Edgar visits family during a five day delay before heading to Fitzsimmons. William Firner returns to New York City after a coast guard furlough with his parents in Lawrence.
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C. O. Bowman
Waldo G. Bowman
Atlantic
Bowman
University of Kansas
Engineering News Record
New York
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Incendiary Bombs Dropped on Oregon Forests
Lt Col James W Fraser of an army party touring logging and lumber operations disclosed today that incendiary bombs carried by free balloons have been dropped on Oregon forests in attempts to start fires. The patrol reports the incident occurred near Eugene on June 10.
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Eugene
Ore
Oregon Forest
James W. Fraser
Valley Chapel Notes and Boehm Family Reunion News
Miss Elizabeth Dunn attended the last dinner meeting and officer election of the P E W in Lawrence Tuesday evening last week. Roy Curtis and family traveled to Paola Sunday for the Boehm family reunion at Ed Boehm home. Kenneth Bond, an airplane instructor in Arizona and Lawrence.
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Elizabeth Dunn
P.E.W
Lawrence
Roy Curtis
Conrad
Agnes
Paola
Boehm
Ed Boehm
Kenneth Bond
Arizona
Local Births Marriages and Military Moves Noted
The town records births including a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doege in Kansas City and other families. Marriages include Mrs. James Kesinger’s daughter Ruby to Avalin Casebier. Navy and Army assignments appear with George Seymour joining the navy at Camp Farragut and others stationed at Fort Custer and Camp Lew underlining wartime mobility.
Woodstock guest list notes local military families
Lawrence Smith hosted by his mother Mrs Dan Smith while Pvt Leo Smith serves in an Oklahoma camp. Sgt Robert Davis moved from Oklahoma to Hattisburg Mississippi. Pvt Ray Pentlin son of Mr and Mrs Will Pentlin returns stateside and enjoys furlough with family. Mr and Mrs F S Champion and Donna Marie visit Mrs Tarr at Round Grace along with Lem Wiley family Ivy Stevens and Venna Tarr from nearby towns.
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Lawrence Smith
U.S.M
Dan Smith
Leo Smith
Oklahoma
Robert T. Davis
Hattisburg
Miss
Ray Pentlin
Will Pentlin
States
F. S. Champion
Donna Marie
George Tarr
Round Grace
Lem Wiley
Lawrence
Ivy Stevens and Sons
McLouth
Venna Tarr
Leavenworth
Funeral for Miss Bonnie Burnam in Liberal
Mrs. Lizzie Petrie and Floyd visited. Champion and Donna Marie attended the funeral of Bonnie Burnam who died Saturday at Liberal. Services were Monday at the Methodist church in McLouth with Rev. Rogers presiding. Burial followed in McLouth cemetery. Miss Burnam is survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Will Burnam and one sister. Services were held at the chapel Sunday at 10 45 with Sunday school.
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Don Petrie
Lizzie Petrie
Floyd
Champion
Donna Marie
Bonnie Burnam
Liberal
McLouth
Rogers
Miss Burnam
Will Burnam
Market News Markets at a Glance
Stocks hold steady as early gains fade with bonds steady. Cotton mixed with price fixing and hedging. Chicago Wheat unchanged to slightly lower. Corn at ceilings. Hogs rise about 10 cents to 124.10. receipts curtailed. Cattle strong with fed steers near 16.60.
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New York
Chicago
Wheat and livestock totals show mixed gains in Chicago and Kansas City markets
Wheat declined slightly on lower crop loan rates but rallied with strong cash demand and anticipated Canadian imports slump. July corn and rye rose late. oats hit seasonal highs. Kansas City hogs and cattle were mostly higher or steady with modest gains, while sheep sales were uneven but steady for slaughter grades.
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Chicago
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Livestock Receipts Estimate for Tomorrow
Estimated livestock receipts list 200 cattle 100 calves 2000 hogs and 1000 sheep for tomorrow.
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Kansas City
USDA
Kansas City Cash Grab Outlook and Wheat Market Notes
Kansas City reports mixed commodity pricing with wheat futures range and oats and corn quotes. Prices shift on term spreads while futures show July and September activity amid modest gains and overtones of demand strength in nearby grains and a unsettled potato market in Chicago.
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Chicago
Jime
Kansas City Market Notes on Butter and Poultry Prices
Kansas City dispatch notes roll back butter prices in carton lots with grade A at 42.22, grade B 41.97, grade C 41.47 and butterfat at 42.34. Live poultry base prices show hens 23.63, broilers fryers springs 27.13, old roosters and stags 19.63, young turkeys 30.63 to 33.13, old turkeys 28.63 to 113.
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Kansas City
Farm shares extend late rally as volume slows in market
Grain and poultry prices listed for various grades. The Day In Wall Street notes Farm Implement stocks and other industrials advancing mildly with mixed lead gains, trading slow near close. Bond activity remains steady as volume runs around 900000 shares versus 807000 prior session.
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Wall Street
New York
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Laurence Rica
Mrs. Laurence Dorothy Rica thanks friends for flowers and cards received during her illness.
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Laurence
Dorothy
Rica
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Myers
Tonganoxle Community Club
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Taawrenca Memorial Hospital
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