Wartime man-rationing plan to limit hiring to referrals
The War Manpower Commission will enforce a national plan effective July 1 requiring employers to hire only male workers referred through the U S Employment Service. Lawrence official Harry Barnard says the move aims to prioritize labor for essential industries and prevent waste of manpower as men fight overseas. Representatives will visit Oskaloosa Nortonville Valley Falls each Wednesday to process referrals and job placements.
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War Manpower Commission
Kansas
Harry R. Barnard
Lawrence
U. S. Employment Services
Franzke
Manplower Commission
Barnard
WMC
U. S. Employment Service
Loyers Sexemrom
U. S
Eragoyouall Service
Harnard
Patna
Chenice
Wedn
Oskaloosa
Nortonville
Valley Falls
Millionth Hog Marked at Kansas City Market Today
Kansas City reporters note the markets reached the year’s millionth hog and total salable receipts reached 1 005 000 head, about three times 1933 figures. Including direct billing the year-to-date reached 1 045 000 hogs, a milestone passed two weeks earlier. Sheep receipts also rose but lagged behind hog totals. cattle and sheep totals remained under the million mark.
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Kansas City
Midway and Guadalcanal Naval Battles Highlight Japanese Losses
A June 1942 mid Pacific clash saw Admiral Spruance’s force sink four Japanese carriers and damage many ships. November 13–16, 1942 near Guadalcanal yielded similar heavy losses for Japan. Mitscher’s carrier fleet struck decisively, sinking 14 ships and forcing Japan to rely on anti aircraft as most planes were shot down.
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Spruance
Guadalcanal
Nimitz
United States
Admiral Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Mitscher
Mitcher
Admiral Mitscher
Ita
Houtay
Philippines Sea
Coral Sea
School Band Will Play The Liberty Concert
Memories High school band directed by Oliver Hobbs performs tomorrow at 8 p m in South Park. The program includes Star Spangled Banner Shenandoah and several Sousa pieces, with readings of general notices and selections among the titles listed.
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The
Liberty
Memories High
Oliver Hobbs
South
Park
Star-Spangled Banner
All Key Thunderer Sousa
Shenandoah Goldman
Slater
Ganeral
DowgMs
Hustler
EL Capitan
Sdusa
America
Allies Near Port of Ancona in Italian Campaign
Allied forces push toward the port of Ancona about 14 miles northwest of Perugia with British troops advancing near Lake Trasimeno while German resistance tightens on the lake’s western and southern fronts. French Fifth Army clears villages as Eighth Army slows at Castiglione del Lago. Americans reach Paganico on the Ombrone river, northeast of Grosseto.
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Perugia
San Marco
Hannibal
Trasimeno
Magione
Lake Trasimeno
Eighth
Castiglione de Lago
Eighth Army
the Fifth
Paganico
Ombrone
Grosseto
Norton Asks Farmers to Prepare To Store Wheat
Manhattan June 22 Lawrence Norton chairman of the state AAA committee lists transportation problems and price uncertainty as major obstacles for farmers marketing wheat directly from the combine. He urges farmers to prepare for on farm storage with old bins refurbished and notes CCC wooden bins as a storage option.
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Manhattan
Lawrence Norton
State
AAA Committee
Combine
Commodity Credit Corporation
Local Republican candidate for state rep in Eighteenth district
Lawrence reports Fort Scott educator and Fort Beat junior college staffer seeks the Republican primary nomination for state representative from Bourbon county Eighteenth district. L L Thompson Baldwin city schools superintendent visits Lawrence seeking home economics and science teachers. Sunflower Village near Sunflower Kansas noted with Lone Star Cement shipping point at Bonner Springs. Summer days advance though cooling remains distant as coal shortages of last winter are recalled. Mail from England arrives for Mrs. Robert B Oyler wife of former county attorney, including letters dated June 7, sent while Conor Oyler was abroad.
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F. F. Dietrich
Journal-World
Fort Beat
Bourbon County
Fort Scott
Iola
L. L. Thompson
Baldwin City Schools
Lawrence
Sunflower Village
Hercules Powderlant
Sunflower
Kansas
Lone Star Cement Company
Bonner Springs
Sunflower, Kansas
England
Robert B. Oyler
Missouri Street
Cpl
Bob Oyler
Botf
Conoral Oyler
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Party Elector System
The Texas Supreme Court today upheld the Democratic party’s traditional process for selecting presidential electors. Electors this year are not bound to support nominees unless the nation meets certain demands.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Texas Supreme Court
Democratic’ Party
Saipan Battle Likely Not Crippling to Japan
Washington reports that the Saipan engagement was a strong American action yet not a decisive blow. U S Fifth Fleet bold strikes reached Japan’s carrier force, but many Japanese ships escaped. The fleet remains a factor in the Western Pacific as Tokyo defenses adjust.
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Washington
Saipan
Japan
Tokyo
United States Sea
U. S. Fifth Fleet
Saipan-Guam
Philippines
Marianas
Volcano
Bonin
Repo
Representative Winter Proposes a House Slogan
Washington June 22 A Kansas congressman proposed adopting lets get tough as a national battle cry to unify the public behind defeating the axis powers and stabilizing the economy. The slogan came from a New York City song writer who aimed to protest war horrors and urge quick victory. Winter said the cry could lessen many economic and social problems. New York City colleges graduate over 16 000 students annually.
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Washington
Winter
United States
Kansan
Claude Hamilton, Jr
New York City
Cherbourg Fighting Intensifies as Allies Close in on Port
Allied troops press the Cherbourg front as French fortifications at Octeville and Du Roule block the advance. German radio notes potential losses while Vichy reports offshore warships aiding the Americans. Weather hampers air operations and unloading amid heavy surf. Don Whitehead cites street by street defense, with pillboxes and concrete fortifications. US infantry face stiff opposition but aim to prevent a Stalingrad scenario.
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Point Barfleur
Cherourg
forta—Octeville
du Roule
Associated Press
Vichy
Supreme Headquarters
Repots
Cherbourg
Don Whitehead
Whitehead
Doushboys
U. S
Soldiers and families note wartime moves and marriages
Pvt Jack Musselman of the U S Army Infantry arrived at Camp Phillips to end a 13 day furlough with his uncle and aunt in Memphis. He transfers to the Army Air Corps Engineer Battalion training at Geiger Field Spokane Washington. Private Frost earns marksmanship praise. Edith Frost resides with her parents in Ensign. Ensign Robert E Douce returns from sea duty on short leave after flying from New York. Carl Jones Eva Gordon Leamon Boone and Virginia Gilbreath secure marriage licenses in Douglas county and wed under Judge Wilson. A captured document indicates an alliance between Rome and Germany in 1944 maintained by the allied command.
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Pvt
Jack Musselman
Camp Phillips Salina
Eugene Brune
Mempis
Tenn
Army Air Corps
Geiger Field
Pokane
Wash
Frost
Edith Frost
Owen Mitchell
Route 1
Court House
Carl Jones
Eva Gordon
Kansas City
Leamon Boone
Kieston
N. C
Virginia Gilbreath
Topeka
Douglas County Court House
J. B. Wilson
Forces trap German divisions in Cherbourg area in Normandy
Secretary Stimson reports Allied actions in Normandy with British and Canadian units holding the Cherbourg region. He notes German reserves were not massed for a major counteroffensive while Allied forces, including American troops, steadily reinforce on the continent amid Channel weather.
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Channel
Gains on Peninsula Near Cherbourg Reach Key Junctions
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force announced on June 22 that American troops had captured St. Pierre Eglise the last road junction to Cherbourg from Cape Barfleur. Advance columns also entered Quettehou near St. Vaast la Hougue. Western flank saw Americans advance to within half a mile of Beaumont Hague, severing German garrisons in that sector.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Pierre Eglise
Cherbourg
Cape Barfleur
Quettehou
St. Vaast la Hougua
Beaumont- Hague
Flying Admiral Mitscher Directed Stroke on Japs
Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, 57, commands the carrier task force in the Fifth Fleet that delivered a resounding blow to the Japanese Navy east of the Philippines. A veteran aviator since 1915, he earned wings as a naval jet and helped fly the NC-4 across the Atlantic. Born in Hillsboro, Wisconsin, in 1887, he grew up in Washington, D. C., and lists 229 East Park Place, Gitanomi City, as his official residence.
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Washington
Marc A. Mitscher
Fifth Fleet
Philippines
Mitscher
Atlantic
Solomons
Truk
South Pacific
Shanga le
James Doolittle
Army Bombera
Japan
Tokyo
Saipan
Marianas
Hillsboro
Wis
Mitsther
Washington, D. C
Naval Academy
Oklahoma
East Park Place
Gitanomi City
Fishermen urged to stay in port for safety warnings
Eisenhower warned fishermen of Denmark Norway Holland Belgium and France to remain in port until 9 p m June 29 as a second seven day extension of the warning. The message urged allied seamen to heed the advisory amid ongoing fighting near Cherbourg.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denmark
Norway
Holland
Belgium
France
Supreme Command
Saaerreiirsin
Tax official elected secretary of national tax group
Topeka June 22 United Press The Kansas Tax Commission director of revenue Bert E Mitcmer was elected secretary of the National Association of Tax Administrators at the annual meeting June 19 21 in St Paul Announcement said The government returned the last thousand coal mines to owners today except two in Virginia ending 13 months of operator control
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Topeka
Bert E. Mitcmer
Kansas Tax Commission
National Association of Tax Administrators
St. Paul
Washington
Virginia
Market News and Grains Hogs Cattle Report June 22
Market news from New York and Chicago reports steady stock prices with rails and specialties supported. Wheat and rye prices rose on war board rye blending and distiller directives, while oats held. Livestock in Kansas City shows hogs, cattle, and calves mostly steady with various weight classes listed and light yearling activity.
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New York
St. Paul's
Chicago
War Production Board
Frye
Livestock market notes and commodity prices
Kansas City market reports show cattle and lamb quotes around 45 for spring lambs with various price levels for sheep, hogs, and grain. Prices listed include wheat near 1.50, corn about 1.04, oats 0.92, with butterfat and egg quotes and poultry base prices. Stock market recovery early gains marked by leaders like American Smelting and U S Steel amid mixed volume and activity. Card of thanks from Mrs. C. J. Elliott expresses gratitude to church and lodge for flowers and hospital support.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
WFA
Mangas City
Wall Want Street
New York
Sunshine Pack
Yoseph Lord
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Norton
Clinton D. Vincent
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Long Beach
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Marines
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W. T. Doude
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Rome
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Peninaule
Eisenhower
Seattle
Whidby Island Air Station
Lawn Point
Vancouver Island
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