Ruth Mitchell Says Plane Bombing Beats Axis
Ruth Mitchell sister of Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell returned from Nazi Europe and declared that the way to beat Germany was bombing from airplanes. She described Chetniks fighting in Yugoslavia, German camps, and her own arrest by the Gestapo near Dubrovnik in 1941, noting harsh treatment but praising the relief from Red Cross parcels.
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Jersey City
N. J
Ruth Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
Europe
Germany
Gestapo
Drottningholm
Yugoslavia
United States
Miss Mitchell
Stanley Knowles
Spandau
Berlin
Dubrovnik
Liebenau
Roosevelt
Red .Cross
James F. D. Roosevelt
Lyons
France
Gloria Caruso
Jacqueline Ingraham
Cannes
Louis Nevin
Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Altho
Oil Stocks Decrease in Week Ended June 20
The Bureau of Mines reports domestic and foreign crude petroleum stocks at week end June 20 totaling 252,748,000 barrels, a decline of 638,000 from the prior week. Domestic oil stocks fell 749,000 barrels, foreign crude rose 111,000. weekly production averaged 3,721,000 barrels daily, up 21,000 from the previous week. Runs to stills averaged 3,434,000 barrels daily, up from 3,381,000.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
War Board Studies Limiting Bicycle Production
The War Production Board weighs drastic cuts or a full stoppage in bicycle output despite looming demand to replace automobiles. Rubber tire shortages and steel frame shortages are cited as governing factors in the current study.
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Washington
War Production Board
War Bond Quotas by States for July Publicized
Henry Morgenthau Jr announces official War Bond quotas by state for July, placing the nation on a billion-dollar-a-month pace to fund war costs. May sales by state are shown for quota comparison, with Alaska and Hawaii exceeding expectations.
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U. S. Treasury
District of Columbia
Henry Morgenthau Jr
the Treasury
Utah
Montana
Alaska
Hawaii
Treasury
U.S. Treasury Department
Rommel Closer To Alexandria In Egypt Front Update
Reports from the war desk detail a major push around Kursk and Kharkov as Soviet forces encircle German wedges and claim extensive tank losses. In Egypt, Allied air power and New Zealand reinforcements bolster weary British troops near Matruh while Churchill faces a political challenge. RAF raids hit Bremen and territory targets as German night raids strike England.
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Kharkov
Fedor von Bock
Moscow
Caucasus
Red Star
Egypt
New Zealand
Cairo
R.A.F
Matruh
Rommel
Churchill
House of Commons
Auchinleck
Roosevelt
Second Front
Europe
Eden
Mustapha Hadas Pasha
Anthony Eden
Germany
Bremen
British Air Ministry
Berlin
Educators Nominated for NEA Presidency in Regional Election
June 30 UPI reports educators Flo-Ya, S C Columbis superintendent, and John W Thalman, Waukegan high schools chief, nominated for NEA presidency to succeed Myrtle Hooper Dahl of Hoaneaporte. Election set for Thursday.
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UPI
A. C. Flo- Ya
Columbis
S. C
John W. Thalman
Waukegan, Il
National Education Association
Myrtle Hooper Dahl
Hoaneaporte
Thursay
Lawrence July Meeting Notice and Local Schedule
The Lawrence Board of Education will hold its regular July meeting on Monday evening July 6 at Lib erty Memorial High School. Local stores plan Friday evening hours until 9 and will close all day Saturday, with grocery stores following the schedule. Postmaster Roger Williams notes a rush for $5 federal stamps for automobiles and trucks today, to be purchased before July 1. Judge Hugh Means travels to Garnett tomorrow for a special sitting on a case.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Lawrence
Roger Williams
Hugh Means
Garnett
Naval Ammunition Depots Placed in Middle West
Rear Adm. W. H. Blandy announced construction of 40 million dollar naval ammunition depots inland in Hastings Nebraska McAlester Oklahoma and Burns City Indiana to serve coastal depots. The facilities will be feeder plants employing about 3000 men each and extend navy policy to locate away from coasts.
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Calif
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Indiana
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Bureau of Ordnance
Hastings
Neb
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Kla
Burns’ City
Ind
Spy pleads guilty in Brooklyn espionage case
Richard Frederick Freunot, 55, a member of the German spy ring Ting, pled guilty in Brooklyn federal court to espionage. Co-defendants Richard Ernest Weber and Peter Franz Erich Doney pleaded innocent and await bail hearings. The ring, accused of delivering military and commercial intelligence to Germany, saw 30 men jailed last January for a combined 279 years.
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New York
Richard Frederick Freunot
Ting
Brooklyn
Richard Ernest Weber
Peter Franz Erich Doney
International Ring
Germany
Fire at Fritz Co destroys two inner tubes
A small morning fire at Fritz Company on Highth and New Hampshire street damaged two inner tubes in the vulcanizing department. The blaze started when a container of rubber cement overturned near gas burners and caught fire. Employees extinguished it before the fire department arrived. Roger Allen, proprietor, will reimburse two customers with used tubes. Junior Chamber Luncheon set for tomorrow at Wiedemann's with speaker Fred Rumsey.
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Fritz Company
Highth
New Hampshire Street
Roger Allen
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Rosa H Servin
Mrs Rosa H Servin 51 wife of Maximiano Servin 831 New Jersey died Sunday evening at Norton Funeral services Thursday at 9 am at St John s Catholic church officiating Burial Mt Calvary cemetery Survived by husband two daughters Consuelo G Padilla Hysham Montana and Josephine G Fuentes of home a stepdaughter Mary s Ramiriz and eleven grandchildren
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Maximiano ~Servin
New Jersey Street
Norton
St. John’s Catholic Church
Victor
Mt Calvary Cemetery
Servin
Consuelo G. ‘Padilla
Hysham, Mont
Josephine G
Nazi Testifies in Detroit Treason Trial of Restaurant Owner
Nazi Air Force Lieutenant Hans Peter Krug testified in federal court that he escaped Bowmanville prison camp in April to return to duty and inform Germany of conditions. He linked the escape to meeting Max Stephan in Detroit and described a $20 payoff from Margaretta Bertelmann as they planned steps in the treason case.
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Hans Peter Krug
Bowmanville
Ont
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Max Stephan
John C. Lehr
Stephan
Ontario
Margaretta Bertelmann
Max
Lehr
United States
Doolittle Receives Guggenheim Medal For Aeronautics Achievements
Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle won the Daniel Guggenheim medal for notable aeronautics progress. The award cited multiple achievements including his instrument guided blind flight at Mitchel Field on September 29, 1929. The Tokyo bombing raid was not a factor in the decision.
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Washington
James H. Doolittle
Daniel Guggenheim
Tokyo
J. C. Hunsaker
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
General Doolittle
Pacific
General Doolittl
Mitchel Field
N.Y
Marriage Licenses Granted by Probate Judge Gray
Judge Frank Gray issues licenses to Rolland Purser of Lawrence and Mildred Center of Winslow Ark who were also married by him Alfred Dean Avery and Elsie Jane Smith both of Lawrence Walter S Hall of Lawrence and Gertrude E Raver of Johnstown Colo Alfred A Leeman and Elizabeth Miller both of Lawrence
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Frank Gray
Rolland Purser
Lawrence
Mildred Center
Winslow
Ark
Alfred Dean Avery
Elsie Jane Smith
Walter S. Hall
Gertrude E. Raver
Johnstown
Colo
Alfred A. Leeman
Elizabeth Miller
Rapp Fined In Traffic Case In Lane Court
Harley A. Rapp driver of a Santa Fe Trailways bus carrying workers to the SOW plant was found guilty in justice court of four counts. He was fined 25 dollars for reckless driving and 1 dollar on three other traffic violations. He paid fines and costs of 24.40 and was released after arrest June 24 on Highway 10 by Patrolman Clyde Pryor.
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Santa Fe Trailways
J. Lane
Justice Court
Rapp
Clyde Pryor
War price controls loom as senate debates OPA funding
As lawmakers rush to finish out the fiscal year the push to extend price controls faces a costly Obama era style relief estimate. An adviser cites a potential government cost of 300 to 400 million dollars while Cannon warns of a colossal sum as the House and Senate scramble to pass a 42.8 billion dollar war supply bill and a 1.81 billion omnibus including 75 million for the Office of Price Administration.
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Roosevelt
Representative Cannon
D-Mo
Office of Price Administration
House
May Buy Tires for Cars Hauling School Children
Rural students and pupils in rural schools may still ride on tires funded for school transportation. A county notice says any vehicle used for transporting students and teachers is eligible for new tires, with limits based on seating and licensing. H O Davis interprets that districts may authorize cars to transport pupils to and from school. The state education department urges consolidating schools to reduce closures next year.
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Ruel
H. O. Davis
Office of Price Administration
State Department of Education
Employment Increases to Record High in May
Washington reports that employment rose by 327000 from mid April to mid May reaching 41201000, a new peak surpassing December 1941 by 128000 and May 1941 by 2299000. agriculture and military services are excluded from the figures.
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Washington
Perkins
Two Men Shot and Killed in Lynchburg Law Building
In Lynchburg Virginia June 30 a salesman Warren Myers 51 was arrested and charged with murder after Daniel Virginia House delegate and T Gibson Hobbs Lynchburg city attorney were shot dead in the law building. Hobbs died at Virginia Baptist hospital and Daniel was killed in his office above.
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P.T. Franklin ‘Daniel
Virginia House of Delegates
T. Gibson Hobbs
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Warren Myers
Daniel
Hobbs
Virginia Baptist Hospital
Hobbs Law
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Sai
Illinois
Myers
Harriman Declares No Ship Shortage for Allies
London dispatch reports W Averell Harriman noting no lack of ships to meet Allied needs on all fronts. He said U S production is over the hump and confident improvements will arise from talks between Donald Nelson and Oliver Lyttleton after his return with Churchill.
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W. Averell Harriman
United States
Churchill
Harriman
Guilty Pleas Hit Two Manhattan Men on Liquor Charges
Leo B Balderson and Bill Wabnitz of Manhattan pleaded guilty in Justice O J Lane's court to liquor offenses. Arrested northeast of Lawrence on Highway 24 by Patrolman Claude Prior. Balderson fined 100 dollars plus 7 50 costs for DWI. Wabnitz fined 35 dollars plus 7 50 costs for drunkenness. Both failed to pay and were committed to the county jail.
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Bill Wabnitz
Manhattan
O. J. Lane
Lawrence
Claude Prior
Balderson
Wabnitz
Will Not Change Date of Rent Freezing in Parsons
Parsons Kansas June 30 The date for freezing of rents in the four county Parsons defense area must remain July 1 1941 L R Wyler director said today The regional office of price administration at Dallas Texas had decided the original date must remain despite protests of some property owners in the area The OPA held a hearing June 19 to review complaints that the July 1941 date was unfair because no defense work was underway and rents were at a low ebb.
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Parsons
Kan
Parsons Defense Area
L. R. Wyler
Wyler
Office of Price Administration
Dallas
Tex
OPA
War ren W. Kelly Appointed ODT Materials Director
War ren W. Kelly of Chicago former general purchasing agent for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad was named director of the materials and equipment section of the Office of Defense Transportation. He had been associate director since June 15 under Philip A. Hollar who leaves ODT to return to the Association of American Railroads and will continue as an ODT consultant.
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Washington
Warren W. Kelly
Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Office of Defense Transportation
Kelly
Philip A. Hollar
ODT
Association of American Railroads
Classifieds Page Popular With Subscribers
A reader note claims 76 percent of subscribers read the classified page every day, underscoring the page’s daily engagement and value to the audience.
Farm Bill Deadlock Halts Funding for New Year
Washington reports an 11th hour conferees meeting failed to resolve disputes on the annual farm appropriation bill. Senate and House negotiators did not agree on funds for the farm security administration, delaying immediate department funding as the new fiscal year approaches. Senator Russell noted House offers to boost AFS funds by 5 million dollars if the Senate concedes on other issues, a move he and Senator Nye called no real compromise.
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Washington
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Russell
D-Ga
Nye
R-N.d
Vacation Subscription Notice for Journal-World
A brief vacation subscription offer for the Journal-World invites readers to keep up with news from their old hometown at 40 cents per month, with contact by phone at 22.
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Journal-World
Journal World Classifieds Busy Marketplace in Town
The Journal World classifieds page bills itself as the town's busiest market place. It highlights listings across jobs, real estate, automobiles, and services for local readers seeking quick exchanges and ads.
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