Leaders Hear Shipping Experts On War Strategy
Washington June 23 Roosevelt and Churchill led talks with shipping experts to map plans for United Nations war strategy. Attending were Hop kins, Land, Salter, Douglas, Vickery, Little, Dorling, King, and Robinson as the two leaders pressed shipbuilding and ship use while coastal convoy protection was confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Harry L. Hopkins
Emory S. Land
War Shipping Administration
Anglo-American Shipping Board
Arthur Salter
Lewis W. Douglas
Howard I. Vickery
Maritimeéommission
Charles Little
Combined Chiefs of Staff
J. W. Dorling
British Admiralty
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
S. M. Robinson
Navy
White House
Roosevelt
Churchill
British Expect Early Attack on Egypt and the Suez Canal Region
Associated Press reports Britain’s desert armies reinforced after Libya defeat and anticipate a major Rommel led assault on Egypt. Crete forces and Axis vanguard reach Egyptian frontier while Tobruk falls and 28,000 prisoners are taken. Roosevelt backs Allied aid to Russia as Sevastopol endures renewed Soviet defenses and heavy casualties tally.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Hese
London
Erwin Rommel
The
Nile
Egyptian
Crete
Mediterranean
Attlee
Neil M. Ritchie
Rommel
Tobruk
North Africa
Roosevelt
Russia
Planes Aid China In Boost For Chiang Kai-shek
The Associated Press reports giant four motor U S bombers reinforce Chiang Kai-shek’s armies in China. Chinese spokesmen say forces halt Japanese advances along key routes in Kwangtung Kiangsi and Chekiang Kiangsi railway remains open. Dispatches from New Delhi note U S bombers fighters and freighters fly from India to China despite monsoon to deliver supplies and strike power to China.
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Chiang Kai-shek
China
East
Kwangtung
Kiangsi
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Fukien
Waste in the War Is House Charge
Washington reports a House Military Committee finding a sordid picture of excessive commissions by brokers profits by vendors and huge fees for management in war department contracts. The panel chaired by Andrew J May calls to curb cost plus fixed fee contracts and to ban them except in unique cases promising continued inquiry into wartime waste.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
Air Corpse Committee
Kaw flood risks rise as Missouri surge threatens Kansas City
Forecaster Howard Martin predicts fresh crest on the Kaw and tributaries reaching Kansas City by Friday or later, with Missouri rising anew and Neosho flooding spreading from Chanute to the Oklahoma line. Farmers brace for two feet higher Missouri floods. routes blocked and wheat losses reported. Arkansas and Smoky Hill rivers also surging.
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Government River
Howard Martin
Kansas City
Missouri
Doniphan
Atchison
Leaverworth
Wyandotte County
Kaw
Republican
Saline
Solomon
Smoky Hill
Big Blue
Martin
Salina
S. D. Flora
Topeka
Junction City
Lawrence
Flora
Neosho
Chanute
Oklahoma Line
Parsons
Thankful
Oswego
Highway Department
U. S. 59
Shaw
St. Paul
U. S
Kansas
Verdigris
Arkansas
Arkansas City
Marais Des Cygnes
Temporary Hospital Established at SOW Site
A temporary hospital at Sunflower Ordnance Works operates with five doctors and seven nurses. Four first aid stations are run by three first aid men, with 24 hour staffing. Dr J E Andes is medical director and Mrs Ruth Engle oversees nurses at the renovated farm home half a mile south of Highway 10 Prairie Center road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Highway 10
Prairie Center Road
J. E. Andes
Ruth Engle
Giant Army Bill Advances to House With Record Funds
Washington June 23 The $42 820 003 606 army supply bill largest in history would fund an army of 4 500 000 by July 1 1943 and finance war material for the United Nations. Rep Snyder said war may last five years and urged production to meet Roosevelt targets of 60 000 planes this year and 125 000 in 1943. The measure would lift total defense outlay to about $205.3 billion in three years.
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House
Appropriations Committee
United Nations
J. T. McNarney
Army
War Department
Congress
Committee
Roosevelt
Voluntary Rent Cuts Likely in 60 Defense Areas
UPI report from Washington notes Price Administrator Leon Henderson lists 60 defense rental areas with about 28 million people where voluntary controls failed. Government likely to order rent reductions effective July 1, with 242 other areas to follow as investigations justify action.
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Washington
UPI
Leon Henderson
OPA
Henderson
Junction City
Manhattan
Kan
Lawton
Okla
Parsons
Sunshine boosts farming as weather clears across county
Pleasant weather returns and Alfred Heck and Sons plan full potato digging tomorrow. Bind ers and combines prepare to harvest oats, barley, and wheat as Hessian fly damage is noted. County estimates show 19,000 acres sown to wheat last fall with under half expected to be harvested. AAA wheat allotments arrive with county totals around 38,330 acres for fall seeding, 40,029 last fall. Soybeans reach about 5,000 acres, flax 3,000 acres with $2.85 flax loan. Corn acreage rises to 39,000 acres while grain sorghum and other row crops dip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Heck and Sons
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
AAA
ACP
Scouts Collect 1000 Pounds Rubber in City Drive
About 30 Scouts canvassed the city last night in a nationwide scrap rubber drive, estimating a total of around 1000 pounds collected. Some groups did not report back, so figures are based on returned reports. Granada theater to host a rubber collection show Saturday morning for children, six cents per piece of rubber, featuring Riders of the Timberland and Fly by Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Granada Theater
Riders of the
Timberland
Hopalong Cassidy
Wight
Nancy Kelly
Richard Carlson
Western Kansas Sees More Rain as Wheat Needs Sunshine
Weather bureau foresees lingering thunder storms in western Kansas with added moisture for wetlands and wheat. Neosho and Smoky Hill rivers flood eastern Kansas with no rain expected there, while temperatures stay below normal. Goodland records 0.87 inches, Dodge City 0.21. Topeka hits 78. Cool nights down to 53 at Goodland and Geneseo.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Neosho
Smoky Hill
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Dodge City
Geneseo
Sugar certificate demand eases says rationing official
Sugar certificate demand is beginning to ease, says George Wetzel chief clerk in the rationing office. Several certificates were issued yesterday but there is no big rush. Certificates are issued at the local office in the rear of the Lawrence National Bank building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wetzel
Lawrence National Bank
Lawrence Business Hours for July 4 Holiday
Most Lawrence businesses will close July 4 with Friday night hours until 9 PM reopening Friday. Food stores plan to stay open Friday evening until 9 and close Saturday July 4. Douglas county courthouse will be closed all day. No celebration is planned in Lawrence. Summer classes continue at the Business College.
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Lawrence
George Hedrick
Douglas County
Business College
rAdv
Kansas Industrial Commission outlines postwar goals
James F. Price details major fields of work for the Kansas Industrial Development Commission at a Lawrence Chamber luncheon. Emphasis on retaining wartime industries, aiding small businesses, expanding agricultural markets, and coordinating state and private agency efforts as Kansas plans a postwar economy.
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Kansas Industrial Development Commission
James F. Price
Commission
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Crystal Room
Eldridge
Kansas
Mr. Price
Kansans
Price
Walter Keeler
Victory Gardens Worth While Prices on Truck Higher Than Last Year
Chicago June 23 Prices quoted today show garden produce rising for home gardens and wartime truck markets. Major items listed to professional truck gardeners are up to double previous year with many vegetables at new highs. Growth in celery lettuce peas and tomatoes leads increases across the board as weather and wartime demand push values higher.
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Victory Gardens
Chicago
Farming Country Transformation Near Eudora Sunflower Works
The southeast of Eudora's farming country has rapidly become an industrial hub as the Sunflower Ordnance Works nears completion. Maj. Strecker and staff set in the first administration building while Maj. Pruden and Hercules Powder prepare the eastern facilities. About 3,500 workers are employed now with a rail spur expected in July. A temporary commissary serves sandwiches, salads, and coffee to growing crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G Strecker
Wm. S. Lozier, Inc
Broderick and Gordon
Highway 10
Charles H. Pruden, Jr
Ordnance Department
Hercules Powder Company
Altho
Navy reports sinking of freighter. 88 missing off Atlantic coast
The navy announced a medium sized American freighter sank June 15 after two torpedoes 75 miles off the U S coast. Eighty one were rescued, 23 of them soldiers, leaving 88 missing and two confirmed dead. The ship was the 294th sunk on the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor.
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Atlantic
United States
Navy
Pearl Harbor
United Sates
U.S
Halifax
Bermuda
Maine
Florida
City Hearing Votes Meters for Massachusetts Street Blocks
A city hearing, attended by four council members and key staff, recommends placing parking meters at every space in the 700 800 900 and 1000 blocks west side and in alternate spaces on east side, with meters also in the 600 1100 blocks and east of 1000 block. An ordinance and sketch are to be prepared. Issues include taxi stand theater funeral home traffic near Eldridge hotel and Kansas Electric Power.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts Street
Eldridge Hotel
Kansas Electric Power Company
Stock Market Index Holds Steady After Minor Rise
The average of 60 stocks stood at 35.2 after yesterday's reading of 35.1. Investors watched small gains across sectors as traders noted cautious sentiment ahead of upcoming economic data.
Fifteen Men Ordered to Report for Induction July 8
The selective service office lists fifteen colored men to report Friday July 8 for induction. Names include Ernest Lawrence Simpson Topeka Ernest Henry Taylor 201 Missouri Ralph Wyatt Suttles 1107 West Sixth Glen Henry Turner 1214 New Jersey Richard Lewis Dowdell 512 Tilnels Warren Howard 1701 West Sixth Howerton Chiron Botts Topeka James Henry Bivens 305 West Nineteenth W Arnett Palm Parsons Rutherford William Hayes 1300 New Jersey Alfred Eugene Howard 1701 West Sixth Charles Anderson Omaha Francis Elwood James Los Angeles Daniel Lewis Eudora Berdean Reginald Russell Eudora. Twenty five of 35 white men sent to Ft Leavenworth yesterday are on leave after transfer to Enlisted Reserve. They report for active duty July 6 without uniforms, identification by a numbered slip. Local board 13 uses volunteer typists to mail occupational questionnaires to fourth registration. Neal Wherry leads the effort in the Community building basement.
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Selective Service Office
Ernest Lawrence Simpson
Topeka
Lawrence
Ernest Henry Taylor
Missouri
Ralph Wyatt Suttles
West Sixth
Glen Henry Turner
New Jersey
Richard Lewis Dowdell
Tiilnels
Warren Howard
West
Francis Elwood James
Los Angeles
Ue Daniel Lewis
Eudora
Berdean Reginald Russell
Ft. Leavenworth
Selective Service Board
Neal Wherry
Plant Authorities Urge Pooling of Motor Cars
Sunflower Ordnance Works officials stress ride pooling to save tires and gasoline and ease traffic. Major Charles H. Pruden Jr urges each car carry its full load. Neighbors should share one car if four or five live nearby. Guards check passenger numbers. transportation HQs by Employes Transportation and C A Grant leads traffic. Major W C Strecker cites wartime transport orders to use all existing passenger vehicles. drivers should carry two additional riders. When possible, use trains and buses.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Charles H. Pruden, Jr
Hercules Company
E. P. Mooman
Employes Transportation Information
C. A. Grant
W. C. Strecker
War Time Transportation
Limited Fire Damage at Ellis Home in Massachusetts
Fire at W. C. Ellis residence 1516 Massachusetts caused heavy smoke on the upper floors. Crews quickly controlled the blaze with minimal damage after the closet blaze spread to an upstairs bedroom.
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Ellis
W. C. Ellis
Massachusetts
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