U. S. Sets Record in War Spending
Washington reports the last fiscal year as the costliest in U S history with about 32.5 billion total expenditures including 26 billion for direct war costs surpassing the World War I figure. Future budgets jump to about 73.1 billion while deficits and debt soar as war finance expands across agencies and programs.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Harold D. Smith
Altho
Congress
George Washington
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
China
Wheat yield holds at 166 million bushels in Kansas mid June
Kansas and federal agriculture departments report winter wheat at 166,601,000 bushels as of mid June, unchanged from June 1. Moisture shortages persist in the west while eastern counties see lodging from heavy rains and some flood-related losses along valleys. Oats remain 45,624,000 bushels. barley likely down to 20,768,000.
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Topeka
Kansas
Agriculture Departments
World War II Notices and Allied Honors Across The Globe
AP reports urgent Nazi deportations of 50 hostages in occupied France and a threat for 50 more if suspects aren’t caught by July 7. In Pas de Calais sabotage and telegraph damage are cited. Reports also note German arrests for the Tours bombing and Gneisenau docked at Gydnia, with shells possibly out of service. Also covered are Flying Tigers dissolution, Turkish arrests of parachutists, MacArthur’s Medal of Honor, and U.S. Army absorption of Canadian volunteers in England.
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Associated Press
Vichy
France
Pas de Calais
Tours
Global War Updates From 1942 Dispatches
Reports from Madrid London and Melbourne describe punitive threats for aiding parachutists in occupied territories. Spain denies radio relays aided axis attackers. Britain notes record low infant mortality and rising birthrates. Hitler HQ announces Col Georg von Küchlen promoted to field marshal after Leningrad front command.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Georg von Kuechlen
Leningrad
Reappoints Billy Hutson to Hotel and Restaurant Board
Governor Ratner reappointed four state board members today. William G. Hutson of Lawrence will serve a two year term on the state hotel and restaurant board. Marvin Wallace of Kingman, F. L. Faris of Topeka, and Clarence V. Beck of Emporia were also named to terms on respective boards.
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Ratner
Marvin Wallace
Kingman
Abstractors’ Board of Examiners
F. L. Faris
William G. Hutson
Lawrence
State Hotel and Restaurant Board
Clarence V. Beck
Emporia
School Retirement Board
Friend Sees Labor Issue Not State Problem
Topeka June 30 Not a state issue says Republican candidate for governor Carl Friend. He rejects Senator Clyde Reed’s plan for a model state labor law to curb labor union racketeering in war plants and profiteering in war contracts. He urges federal action and questions foreign strategy influence.
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Topeka
Carl Friend
Clyde M. Reed
Altho
Friends
Kansas
Executive Department
Congress
England
America
Dentist's One Shot Hypodermic Syringe Aids Soldiers
Seattle dentist Dr. Ralph Huber unveils a cellulose wrapped automatic hypodermic syringe. The device is disposable like a paper cup and aims to prevent sterilization delays and infection. Samples were sent to Washington for army and navy chiefs review.
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Seattle
Ralph Huber
Army
Navy
Huber
Washington
Laborer Crushed to Death at Topeka Air Base
Ernest Clifford Smith forty four? 34, of Weir Kansas, a laborer at the Topeka air base, was crushed beneath a freight car today. It was the sixth fatality on or near the base since construction began. Ralph Wagner, PR officer, said Smith, a machinery oiler for Ross Construction, had climbed onto a freight car and was knocked to the tracks when other cars collided.
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Topeka
Ernest Clifford Smith
Weir
Kan
Topeka Air Base
Ralph Wagner
Smith
Ross Construction Company
Hail Losses Hit Ellis County Wheat Crop
Weekend hail in Ellis County damaged a bumper wheat crop, farmers said the losses totaled about 400000 bushels. Storm damage also reported, reflecting significant agricultural impact in the region.
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Ellis County
Hays
Revelation verse-by-verse study begins July 1 at S D A church
Beginning Wednesday night July 1 a verse by verse study of the book of Revelation will be made by a student of the prophecies at the S D A church at Tenth and New York streets. The meetings open at 8 o clock. All are invited and asked to bring their Bibles.
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Tenth
New Yo
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