Panzer Columns Half Way to Moscow Claim
German high command proclaimed panzer columns were roughly halfway to Moscow with Smolensk in sight and Minsk captured near the old Soviet frontier. They said a large pocket formed around Soviet troops in Smolensk while Baltic operations continued on the northern wing.
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Germany
Moscow
Russia
Baltic Sea
Latvia
Soviets
Smolensk
Hitler
Libau
DNB
Red Army
Baltic
Rawa Ruska
Lwow
Murmansk
Dvinsk
Minsk
Luck
Black Sea
Rome
Berlin
Poland
House Committee Backs 7 Percent Tax On New Autos
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee tentatively backs a 7 percent tax on new auto sales, expected to raise about 79.9 million, instead of the treasury’s 15 percent proposal. The panel also eyed a 10 percent jewelry levy and possible increases on liquor and wines, with overall excise goals still short of 917 million.
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House
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
the Treasury
Doughton
D-N.c
Treasury
RAF Bombers Hit French Coast and Dutch Island Bases
London reports night raid by British RAF on the French coast between Boulogne and Calais lasting over 30 minutes with heavy explosions and no fighter opposition. Daylight raids against Bremen Oldenburg and offshore targets damaged two German ships and hit Terschelling docks and radio, with one fighter downed. Separate note from Vichy reports France breaks relations with Soviet Russia and holds hundreds of Soviet officials awaiting disposition, with Petain meeting Bogomolov prior to the move.
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London
CP i
R.A.F
English Channel
Boulogne
Calais
Air Ministry
Bremen
Oldenburg
Netherlands
Mordeney
Terschelling
Germany
Hamburg
Kiel Canal
Cologne
Salzburg
English
Norfolk
Helgoland
New Fiscal Year Could Drive Record Highs
Washington reports closing the 1940-41 books with record revenues and unprecedented defense spending. Officials estimate next year will top past records, though deficits may not reach the World War peaks of 1917-19. Defense commitments via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation total 32.7 billion, with much yet to be spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sroston
Cool air on way as wheat harvest begins in Kansas
A cooler mass moves into Kansas as the wheat harvest starts. Expect 90 degree heat with high humidity despite temporary relief tonight and tomorrow. Local showers possible in southeast and eastern counties with moisture from recent heavy rain.
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Topoka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Pratt
Emnoria
Concordia
Beloit
Genesee
Florence
Hutchinson
Wichite
Winfield
Ashland
Toneka
Mercury
Stock Market Index Edges Up Amid Week Start
The average of 60 stocks rose to 41.7 on Saturday after opening at 41.6, signaling a positive start to the week for the market.
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daAverage
One J P Office in This City May Be Vacant Soon
Lawrence will see one of its two justice of the peace offices become vacant as J P Rankin reports for army induction. Governor Payne would appoint a successor to rankin, while Robert B. Oyler would perform duties during the interim before a new JP is chosen.
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J.P
Lawrence
Charles C. Rankin
Gov. Payne
C. Ratner
Rankin
Robert B. Oyler
Steamer Carrying Americans Is Hit by Torpedo
The navy announced the torpedoing of a Dutch vessel in British service carrying American marines and Red Cross nurses to London. Eight marines were rescued. no deaths confirmed. Names of several nurses aboard and aboard lists were provided, with some confusion over the ship’s exact name Maarsden or Maasdam.
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Washington
Red Cross
London
Navy
Maarsden
Sumner Welles
American Red Cross
Harvard
England
The
United States
Welles
Navy Department
Atlantic
Lloyds Register of Shipping
Marsden
Finnish Troops Open Attack on Hanko Naval Base
War dispatches report Finnish forces launching an assault on Hanko the Baltic naval base captured by Russia in the 1939 40 war. Reuters notes the move comes amid rapid developments in the Baltic theater as German broadcasts claim control of Kaunas Jakabpils Dvinsk and Jakobstadt while Soviet Moscow confirms conscription for work on Leningrad defenses.
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London
Hanko
Russia
Finland
Reuters
Stockholm
Energy tests loom as Roosevelt appeals governors
President addressed the 83rd annual governors conference in Boston saying the days ahead will test the nation’s energy, ingenuity, and statesmanship. He urged full cooperation among federal and state levels for America's safety as Governor Harold E. Stassen read his message. Michigan Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner blamed the army and navy for defense bottlenecks due to slow contracts.
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Boston
United States
America
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Army
Navy
Murray D. War Wagoner
Michigan
Senate approves large set of deficit and labor bills
Washington reports the senate hurried to pass a $1,042,565,182 deficiency measure with $482,046,600 for naval planes, plus approvals for a labor department federal security agency package and a separate legislative appropriation. Debate focused on relief and farm bills, including a $35 million dispute over surplus disposal funding and a proposed farm bill allocation. Senator Adams urged a relief bill conference session to push a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Bridges
R-N.h
Senate Appropriations Committee
Office of Government
White House
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Congress
Farm Bloc
Adams
D-Colo
City Action Awaited On Sidewalks For South Massachusetts
The Lawrenc e city council must decide on paving three blocks of South Massachusetts Street from Twenty-first to Twenty-third with funds totaling 20000 dollars from the city bond issue and state aid. The federal share requires sidewalks on both sides and delays stem from state engineers focusing on other projects to use federal funds.
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Massachusetts Street
State Highway Department
City of
Lawrence
Douglas County Induction Orders For Twelve Registrants
Douglas County draft board orders twelve men to report for army induction ahead of the second selective service registration. tomorrow 21 year olds since last Oct register at the draft office from 7 am to 9 pm. Four volunteers head the list with four order numbers, while eight others follow with their older numbers. Francis LaSota also listed among inductees.
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United States Army
Draft Board
Army
Fort Leavenworth
Charles C. Rankin
the Peece
Clark E. Brubaker
Manthv
William Hillmer
Sylvan Grove
Cecil Smith
Connecticut Street
George Bigler Jahr
Max Jacob Bukofzer
Kansas City
Harold Leslie Brecheisen
Baldwin
Vermont Street
Warren Eurene Wingfield
Lecompton
Charles Constant Rankin
Barker Avenue
Janson Meredith Roberts
Ohio Street
Herbert Louis Grosdi
Douglas County
Francis Robert LaSota
Haskell Institute
Rolla
N. Dak
M. R. McLean
Kansas
Selective Service
United States
Washington
Deadline on Drivers Licenses Arrives at Court House
A basement courthouse office handles the final deadline for selling licenses. Sales have been light but continue as all drivers must obtain a new license. the fee is 40 cents per license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Trash Pick-up Schedule Notice
Public notice announces trash pick up in the business section at 1 p.m. on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. Residents must have trash ready in containers.
Officials Meet as Japan Examines War Course
Tokyo June 30 UPI two extraordinary conferences of the government with high generals and admirals were held today as Japan seeks a decisive path in the Russian German war. The cabinet conferred with military and naval high commands while Emperor Hirohito received ministerial reports. Navy Minister Admiral Koshiro Oikawa briefed the throne on the naval situation and Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka met the emperor for two hours to outline the diplomatic picture. Nationalist groups pressed for full cooperation with Germany and Italy.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Hirohito
Navy
Koshiro Oikawa
Yosuke Matsuoka
Germany
Italy
June heat records and rainfall exceed normal at Lawrence
Prof. C. J. Posey reported the June summary showing 95 degrees as today’s high and 77 low, mean 86. The month averaged 73.58 degrees, 12 below normal, with 6.78 inches of rain by mid year and 18.87 inches total for Lawrence, 1.44 inches above normal. Five thunderstorms were recorded and cloudiness averaged 50 percent.
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C. J. Posey
Posey
Lawrence
Hear Camp Concerts Draw 800 At KU Fowler Grove
More than 800 attended the Midwestern Music Camp band concert at Fowler Grove University of Kansas last night. About 300 saw the orchestral program in Hoch Auditorium yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock. Guest conductors were James T. Robinson of Springfield Missouri and Sam Barbakoff Fr Scott. Robert Forman excelled on oboe in Mozart Quartette for Oboe and Strings arranged by Lawrence C Long. Orchestra played Nicolai overture Beethoven Symphony No 8 first movement and Pavanne from Second American Symphonette. Band numbers drew widest applause: Alberich from Wagner Sleeping Beauty Waltz and Newell Long American Rhapsody.
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Fowler Grove
University of Kansas
Hoch Auditorium
James T. Robinson
Springfield
Sam Barbakoff
Scott
Robert Forman
Mozart
Lawrence C. Long
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicolai
Beethoven
Pavanne
Gould
Alberich
Wagner
Tschaikowsky
Newell ‘Long
Harvest Under Way With Wet Fields Delaying Digging
Harvest of potatoes and wheat resumes after Friday night rain. Potatoes diggable where fields aren’t too wet with unwashed sales at about $1 per hundred pounds. Triumph potatoes dug by Alfred Heck and Sons. Wheat shows dampness but dries by afternoon with price steady at 85 cents per bushel for first quality. yields low. Barrymore ejects cafe manager after patron confrontation. Public notice of vacation paper delivery encouraged.
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Alfred Heck and Sons
Triumph
Defense Planning Body Is Appointed In Lawrence
Roger Williams announces a nine member National Defense Planning committee headed by Frank T. Stockton to study effects of defense industries on Lawrence. Members include Mayor C R Russell and C D Dean G Hesse. The group will coordinate with Chamber committees to prepare for potential army camps munitions plants or air fields and guide community planning.
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Roger Williams
Chamber of Commerce
National Defense Planning Committee
Frank T. Stockton
University of Kansas School of Business
C. R. Russell
Clifford D
C. G. Hesse
C. B. Holmes
R. W. McClure
J. M. Sanderson
Dolph Simons
Art Weaver
Williams
Midwest Defense Council
Lawrence
Mrs Charlton Dies Civic Leader in Lawrence
Mrs Glenn E Charlton died yesterday at 11 35 AM at Lawrence Memorial hospital after a two week illness. Funeral service set for Tuesday 10 30 AM at Plymouth Congregational Church with Rev Joseph F Kings officiating. Private burial in Memorial Park. Survived by husband Glenn Charlton two children Mrs Louis Blackburn of Santa Barbara and Chris L Goll of Hoboken, five sisters and two brothers.
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Glenn E. Charlton
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Plymouth Congregational Church
Joseph F. Kings
Memorial Park Cemetery
H. B. Ober
M. S. Winter
A. B. Weaver
C. G. Hesse
R. R
Chris L. Goll
Hoboken
N. J
B. McFarland
Bonner Springs
Kan
Lane T. Orcick
Harry D. Brown
Lincoln
Neb
P. L. Wilson
Leavenworth
William Hardy Hill
Providence
R. I
Clifton Levy
Kansas City
Hugh FE. Greene
Bridgeport, Conn
L. H. Greene
Col Baldwin to be Honored at Community Dinner Tomorrow
Col Karl F. Baldwin, commandant of the University of Kansas ROTC, will be honored at a 6:30 p.m. dinner in the Crystal Room of the Hotel Eldridge. He has been ordered to duty at Fort Winfield Scott in San Francisco. The event also welcomes Col James S. Duserburry as his successor. Reservations via Chamber of Commerce at 485.
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Karl F. Baldwin
Eldridge
Baldwin
University of Kansas R.O.T.C
Ft. Winfield Sentt
San Francisco
James S. Duser
Bury
Chamber of Commerce
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Viipuri
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Leningrad
Barents Sea
VICHY
Soviet Republic
France
Marshal Petain
Sweden
Petain
A. E. Bogomolov
Bogomolov
Walter S. Jordan
Virginia Beach
George V. Clark
Newfield
Augustus J. Eden
New Brunswick
Cook A. G. Knox, Jr
Houston
Tex
Edward H. McAllister
Cleveland, C
William 0. Miller
Charlotte
N. C
John J. Skorich
Marble
Minn
Willis G. Smith
Orangeburg
Taurine A. Smith
Hudsonville
Mich
Frances A. Bacon
Farmington
Margaret F. Malloy
Chicago
M. Geraldine Shuttleworth
Milton
Mass
Mary Ann Sullivan
Martha L. Rels
Wooster
Ruth B. Breckenridge
Winston-Salem
Mildreds M. McGill
Tekama
Marine G. Mgoik
Mildred E. Doane
Dedham
Maxine C. Loomis
Putney
Marion C. Weimer
Detroit
Nancy M. Heberden
Lee Center
Susan F. Ralph
Jamaica
Long Island
N. Y
Lavenia N. Fulton
Amherst
Ruth M. Martin
Washington, D. C
Lillian Evans
Arlington
New York
Kaunas
Lithuania
Jakabpils
Jacobstadt
Riga
CPX
Roosevelt
Conference of Governors
Massachusetts
Journal-World
Government At
K. U
Journal- World
Stockton
Civic Leader II
Col. Baldwin
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