Reds Advance Six Miles at Kharkov in 10 Day Battle
Soviet dispatches report the Red Army breached main German lines around Kharkov, capturing five villages and inflicting heavy losses as fierce fighting rages across the Crimea and Leningrad front. Guerrilla actions deepen the advance in White Russia.
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Kharkov
Red Army
White
Russia
Ukraine
Fedor von Bock
Kerch
Crimea
Adolf Hitler
Steel City
Pittsburgh
Hitler
Lake Ilmen
Leningrad
Bucharest
Belgorod
Churner
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Berlin
Germany
Revoke Mailing Privilege of Wichita Publication
Publicity a Wichita weekly newspaper accused of sedition lost its second class mailing privileges after missing a post office hearing. Editor Elmer J. Garner and his son James F. Garner were indicted by a federal grand jury in Kansas City under the espionage act.
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Washington
Wichita
Kan
Frank C. Walker
Elmer J. Garner
James F. Garner
Kansas City
Treasury Proposes 10 Percent Pay Deduction for Income Tax
Washington reports a Treasury plan to deduct 10 percent of taxable wages each pay period. The proposal, tied to broader pay as you go measures, would require employers to withhold taxes and reconcile with annual returns.
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Washington
Randolph Paul
Treasury Tax
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Paul
Congress
War demand tightens Midwest truck use and tire rationing
Kansas City reports officials warn six state carriers to pool facilities and use full loads to avert tire shortages. 5,000,000 trucks system must haul war and civilian goods, with 1.5 million on farms. Enforcement could remove 15 to 25 percent of trucks. services like special delivery are curtailed.
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Kansas City
Office of Defense Transportation
John L. Rogers
Division of
Motor Transport
Rogers
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Oklahoma
David C. Fenner
War Production Board
W. O. Behoteguy
The
Price Administration
Robert A. Hicks
Farm Carrier Department
ODT
Jones Would Have More Synthetic Rubber Made
Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones told a senate subcommittee that 1,000,000 tons per year of synthetic rubber should be produced, up from 800,000. He also proposed increasing government financed grain based plants to 200,000 tons from 80,000, and noted initial allocations of 650 million for WPB plans. He said no alcohol or plant building materials were available for rubber production.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Jones
Senate Agriculture
War Production Board
WPB
Victim of a mistake at Washington Cathedral death
A coroner's jury ruled that Very Rev. Zebarney T. Phillips, chaplain of the Senate and dean of the Washington cathedral, died May 10 from an overdose of narcotics in a prescription filled incorrectly through accident. The pharmacist testified he made an error. he was not found criminally responsible.
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Washington
Zebarney T. Phillips
Senate
Washington Cathedral
The Journal World Classified Page Reader Referral
Classified section notes reader referrals and recusal hints for ad placement and notices. The item hints at pages where readers submit notices and recommendations to avoid conflicts for listings.
Wichita area wheat crop faces smallest yield in years
Douglas county and surrounding area expect little trouble storing wheat this year though talk of using vacant garages and filling stations for surplus storage arises. Hessian fly ravages reduce a crop already down from poor fall seeding with 40 percent of normal acreage. Oats, alfalfa, and potatoes in the Kaw valley show promising growth amid cool, moist conditions.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Six
Kaw Valley
Ordnance Works Site Advances on Construction and Rail Spur
Work is progressing on the Sunflower Ordnance Works site with administration buildings under construction. More lumber is moved in daily and the DeSoto spur railroad project is on schedule with track laying equipment arriving for the rail line after the road bed is finished.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto
Witness hears Welsh say he wants to talk out truth
Kansas City May 21 A contractor testified he overheard George W Welsh Jr say he wanted to make a clean breast of it in a conference with his attorney after the slaying of his sister Leila Adele Welsh on March 9 1941 The fourth day of the preliminary hearing saw no explanation for his fingerprints on the bedroom window and evidence of blood stained gloves found nearby A lie detector test indicated Welsh told the truth about the slaying with additional evidence from yards showing severed flesh from the victim.
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Kansas City
George W. Welsh, Jr
Welsh
Leila Adele Welsh
Joseph B O’day
Lake City
August Behrendt
George Welsh
Behrendt
George Welsh, Jr
Leila
Stock Market Index Report Shows 34.3 Average
The average of 60 stocks stands at 34.3 points in today’s market session. Investors monitor shifts in major groups as prices move in narrow ranges amid cautious trading.
Battle fronts N ear Chekiang and Foochow concentrate Japanese push
Japanese forces 30 000 to 40 000 strong push toward Kinhwa Chekiang while heavy fighting rages along a 150 mile front. Foochow port near Fukien joins Japanese assault as Burma battles stall amid monsoon rains. MacArthur reports renewed airstrikes on Timor and Dili as Australia drafts 35000 more troops for a broader offensive.
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Foochow
Fukien
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Chekiang Province
Tokyo
Kinhwa
Burma
China
Yunnan
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Koepang
Dili
Timor
State payroll down as Kansas council trims costs
A Kansas legislative council special economy committee reported 220 state employees have been cut from the payroll since January 1 and urged further reductions where possible. The group, led by Senator E A Briles, plans additional hearings while noting some departments face rising costs and others have not fully faced wartime constraints as the council adjourns until September 16.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
E. A. Briles
Stafford
Briles
Alex Hotchkiss
Rationing Office Reports No New Sugar Rules
George Wetzel, chief clerk in the local rationing office, said this morning no official notice had been received to issue extra sugar for canning. Until such notice arrives, five pounds per person per family will be issued, and the office has been busy issuing canning sugar certificates in recent days.
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George Wetzel
Navy Seeks Ways to Cut Submarine Menace
Navy measures aim to reduce, not erase, submarine threat as Maritime Commission chair Emory Land testifies before a Senate subcommittee. He says complete elimination is unlikely, and inland waterway barge development should be handled by other agencies like RFC and the Office of Defense Transportation.
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Washington
Emory
Land
The
Maritime Commission
Senate Commerce
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Office of Defense Transportation
Delayed Douglas County minutes fuel pay raise rumors
Journal-World reporters learn the Douglas County commissioners have not filed minutes since December 3, 1941. Chairman L H Griffith refuses to confirm or deny salary increases, citing ignorance. Welfare director Mildred D Watson says raises discussed but not completed as staff depart.
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Douglas County Commissioners
Journal World
L. H. Griffith
Board of Commissioners
Journal-World
Court House
Mildred D. Watson
Lan don Letter Urges Efficient Use To Relieve Gas Shortage
Senator Brewster released Alf M. Landon’s 1936 presidential letter noting support for reducing the gasoline shortage on the eastern seaboard through better use of transportation facilities.
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Landon
Washington
Brewster
Alf M. Landon
Douglas county health unit to retain Lawrence staff
The Douglas county health unit governing board decided to keep all Lawrence health department employees. New positions will be filled from applicants, with four nurse applicants and several for stenographer and sanitarian posts. Two vacancies remain, health unit is named and Dr. Chambers named director, meetings set monthly and public notified through newspapers.
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Lawrence Health Department
Douglas County Health
Howard Weindel
Elizabeth P. Bradley
Miss Lane
Judith Lane
Rheva M. Reed
Eva Bourne
Red Cross
Red Cross Chapter
Miss Bourne
Douglas County
H. L. Chambers
Eudora
Help Wanted Classified Note
Short employment ad asks if extra help is needed at home or office and provides a phone number 22 for contact. The fragment implies hiring assistance or services. No further details or context are provided in the readable text.
Naval training school to open at University of Kansas
A 500 machinist mates program will begin at KU about July 1 with Lt Cmdr R A Brown announcing. The four month course will train 500 men yearly, with 125 graduates monthly, using Frank Stronghall and Memorial Union facilities for barracks and meals. Chancellor Malott emphasizes war effort and KU’s role in engineering education.
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Navy
Frank Strong
Union
University of Kansas
Cmdr
R. A. Brown
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Deane W. Malott
Frank Stronghall
Memorial Union
Engineersng
Fowler
K.U
Army
U.S. Office of Education
State Board of Regents
Marker Dedicated to Historic Kansas Site NE of Lawrence
The dedication service for a highway marker three miles northeast of Lawrence drew W C Simons as master of ceremonies with a Lawrence high school band led by Oliver Hobbs. Rev John E Bowers gave the invocation. Robert C Rankin HaggarT unveiled the marker after a reading by Prof J C Malin. Dr Edward Bumgardner spoke on Historic Lawrence as the band played and the Star Spangled Banner closed the program.
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Lawrence
W. C. Simons
Kansas State Historical Society
Lawrence High School
Oliver Hobbs
John E. Bowers
Trinity Episcopal Church
Robert C. Rankin Haggart
John K. Rankin
America
J. C. Malin
University of Kansas
Edward Bumgardner
Simons
Highway Department
D. J. Fair
W. K. Dinklage
R. C. Keeling
Harold K. Snider
Phil McKnight
Fair
Kansas
Kansas Highway Commission
Kansas Historical Society
Kirke Mechem
Topeka
State Chamber of Commerce
Fred Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
Moderate May warmth expected in Topeka area
In Topeka on May 21 the forecast called for moderately warm, pleasant weather after a lengthy cool period. Scattered thundershowers were possible in western sections tonight. Meteorologist S D Flora noted only five of the past twenty Topeka days have been normally warm with highs in the 65 to 72 degree range and night lows around 42 to 50. No precipitation was recorded.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Ellis
Phillipsburg
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Japan
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