U S Land and Air Units Battle in Egypt
Allied forces clash in Egypt as American land and air units join British in a major offensive against Axis. Rommel’s drive north of the Qattara Depression targets the Suez area with heavy fighting reported at El Alamein and new B 25 bombers in action aiding defense.
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U.S
Egypt
U. S
el] Alamein
Alexandria
Erwin Rommel
Reuters
Cairo
el- Alamein-Qattara
London
Rommel
Suez Canal
Green Valley
The
Nile
Russia
Middle East
Romine
Qattara
Death Valley
el Himeimat
United States
Sir Harold Alexander
el Alamein
Allied ships sunk off northern South American coast
The June sinking of a British and a Dutch merchant ship by enemy submarines raised wartime Allied and neutral losses in the western Atlantic to 451 as of today. The Dutch ship crew of 43 was all rescued but six were killed on the British vessel and its captain taken prisoner. 31 more were saved from the second attack.
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South America
Associated Press
Atlantic
Navy
Private William E. Davis Convicted in NI Knife Killing
A US military court in Northern Ireland found Private William E. Davis of Cleburne Texas guilty of manslaughter in the fatal knife attack on a British soldier during a dance hall brawl and sentenced him to eight years in prison.
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Yorke
United States Army
Ireland
United States
William E. Davis
Cleburne
Tex
United Nations Slowly Turning Tide as War Enters Fourth Year
The war enters its fourth year as Allied forces appear to gain strength. Soviet and London reports hail a growing anti-Hitler coalition while Germany shows strain. Fronts in Stalingrad Egypt the Southwest Pacific and China outline ongoing clashes and shifting leadership.
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United Nations
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Red Army
London
Britain
Africa
India
China
Pacific
Germany
Japan
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Heat and Hope on the Stalingrad Front Amid Tide of German Attacks
Soviet lines under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko repel three German assaults northwest of Stalingrad while acknowledging a southwest wedge toward the city. About 48 German tanks are reported destroyed and 2,000 Nazis killed as German reserves pour in. In the Caucasus, Anapa falls to Romanian troops near Kerch Strait. Soviet gunboats and planes press attacks on western Caucasus ports. Russian-Cossacks claim 200 German paratroopers wiped out south of Krasnodar as the defense tightens near the Grozny oil region.
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Associated Press
Semeon Timoshenko
Stalingrad
Volga
Fedor von Bock
Red Army
No-Man’s-Land
Caucasus
Black Sea
Anapa
Kerch
Crimea
Novorossisk
Red Fleet
Pravda
Wesern Caucasus
Krasnodar
Prokhladnenski
Grozny
Embassy audience recalls Doolittle raid from Tokyo ruin
An American held at the Tokyo embassy during the Pearl Harbor aftermath recounts watching Brig. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle’s daylight raid on Tokyo. He and others from the Gripsholm exchange ship observed six fires, anti-aircraft fire, and bombers diving, initially doubting it was real.
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Washington
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Jimmy Doolittle
Doolittle
Gripsholm
Will ration meat as wartime aims shift supply
Washington reports the USDA plans to ration meat to ensure fair civilian access as six to seven billion pounds are needed for the fighting forces and allies. A two week wartime order will curb civilian sales of beef veal pork lamb mutton and sausage while rationing machinery is installed.
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Washington
Wickard
War Production Board
Heat Persists As Topeka Sees Midsummer Draw
Weatherman S D Flora predicts sticky heat continues in Kansas with scattered western and central showers possible tonight. No rain in the past 24 hours while Topeka reached 93 degrees. Eastern Kansas lows 70s with western areas 65 to 70.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Flora
Mercury
Dodge City
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Shipyard Official Threatens Dismissals Over Absences
South Portland Maine official warns workers at the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation that repeated absences without sufficient cause will lead to dismissal and referral to draft boards.
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South Portland
South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation
Japanese reshuffle signals shift in war policy
Tokyo replaces Foreign Minister Shigenori Tojo with Hi dek i Tojo as premier tightens control of policy and hints at possible changes with Russia. British and Chinese dispatches note Japanese troop movements toward Siberia and renewed activity in New Guinea and Chekiang as UN forces press in the Pacific.
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Deki Tojo
Shigenori Togo
Russia
Germany
Togo
Japan
Tokyo
London
Siberia
Adolfitler
Manchukuo
Siberian
Hitler Calls on People To Make New Sacrifices
Adolf Hitler urged Germans to endure the highest sacrifices as World War II entered its fourth year. From his Berlin HQ, the broadcast said the German soldier faced immense strain while the appeal framed the European and Far East nations as allies against Bolshevik and capitalist threats.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Far East
Scheme to Attack UN Forces in Ireland Nipped by Police
Police in Belfast say a planned IRA attack on American and British troops was thwarted as a cache of arms and explosives was seized. Seventeen people detained as officers uncovered an arsenal near the city. one suspected IRA member was killed in a farm raid.
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Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
I.R.A
Lr.a
United States
Crown
Ulster
Ratner Defends Kansas Speed Campaign Amid Washington Report
Governor Ratner said Kansas agencies strive to keep speeds to 40 miles an hour after a federal survey listed Kansas among six states not cooperating. McCamment reported 72 percent of drivers under 40, with 7,204 cars checked across 23 locations. Traffic deaths in August fell to 16, eight under 1941, with eight percent over 50 mph. He urged caution at railroad crossings where 3 died last month and 32 this year, warning of danger to munitions trains and soldiers.on
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Topeka
Washington
Kansas
Ratner
Federal Works Agency
CPA
Wichita
C. R. McCamment
Highway Department
McCamment
Questionnaires Mailed On 20th Birthday For Drafted Youth
Douglas county draft board reports that a registrant turning 20 will receive a questionnaire by mail on the day of his 20th birthday. The notice says the questionnaire must be mailed immediately to the fifth registration and that no delay in classification is expected after the birthday.
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Douglas County
Stock Market Index Steady at 36.7 for 60 Stocks
The stock market index for 60 stocks remained unchanged at 36.7 as of yesterday. No movements were reported in major components or trading activity.
Two youths arrested in tire theft ring in Douglas County
Douglas County officers arrest Thomas J. Bivins 17 of Wellsville and Elvin Dean Ross 20 of Paola after signed confessions. They operated from a cabin near Hesper and admitted tire thefts beginning July 25, with six tires recovered plus eight inner tubes and tools. Tires and rims were dumped in Kaw river and Wakarusa creek. two tires traced to Benny Belt of Eudora.
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Douglas County
Thomas J. Bivins
Wellsville
Elvin Dean Ross
Paola
Hesper
Eudora
Blvins
Francis Skinner
Elmer Schiller
Ed Schlotman
Ross
Harvey Schmedemann
Clarence McKay
State Highway Patrol
Bivins
Santa Fe
DeSoto
Skinner
Schiller
Kaw River
Wakarusa Creek
Miami
Johnson and
Douglas
Benny Belt
Governor urges youths to stay in school amid wartime needs
Topeka reports Governor Ratner calls on young people to continue education to meet war demands and prepare for postwar reconstruction. Education officials foresee 15 to 20 percent fewer enrollments in Kansas state colleges, with some estimates as high as 30 percent. Uncertain factors include possible 18 and 19 year olds entering selective service and shifting schedules.
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Topeka
Ratner
Kansas
Hubert Brighton
State Board of Regents
Soft Coal Prices Rise After October First
The bituminous mining industry ordered higher minimum prices effective October 1, with increases from 3 to 5 cents per ton across regions and an average rise of 15.58 cents per ton for the nation. Wheeler approved the plan with modifications, following July recommendations by Examiner Floyd McGown. The increase adds 10 cents in Arkansas and much of Missouri including St. Louis, plus Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Washington
Wheeler
Floyd McGown
Arkansas
Missouri
St. Louis
Kansas
Oklahoma
Two 18-Year-Olds Held in Car Theft Case
Two Kansas City youths, both 18, were charged with stealing a 1940 Pontiac coach from Eudora Saturday night and were returned from Burlington to juvenile court. The car was driven hard, ruining the motor. The owner is J. M. Powell, a Texan worker at the SOW.
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Kansas City
Eudora
Burlington
J. M. Powell
SOW
Staple Prices Soar Worldwide After Three Years of War
Chicago report traces rise in key commodities since Hitler's 1939 invasion. Prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, cotton, hogs, cattle, lamb, butter and eggs show dramatic increases from 1939 to 1942 with futures for wheat near 1 195 a bushel and hogs climbing to 14 75.
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Chicago
Hitler
Poland
Cotter
Taxes to Be Less for Lawrence Property Owners in 1942
Lawrence property owners face a tax cut of 1.65 per thousand if state valuations hold. The state approves a 1.99 mill levy versus 2.22 last year, with total Lawrence levies around 35.8983 mills, down from 37.544 in 1941. Savings come from county and school districts, offset by a city levy rise. Governor Ratner cites federal tax growth and higher income tax receipts as factors in lowering the state levy.
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Lawrence
State
Tax Commission
Payne Ratner
Funds Available for Fall Wheat Seeding Loans
Funds for seeding fall wheat are available through the Emergency Crop Loan section of the Farm Credit Administration in Wichita. Eligible farmers lacking regular financing may borrow 4 percent to cover seed wheat gas oil feed workstock fertilizer and repairs, with a July 31, 1943 due date.
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Farm Credit Administration of
Wichita
C. V. Newman
Lawrence
Farm Bureau
Sixty Teachers Enrolled in Douglas County Institute
Sixty teachers enrolled in the Douglas county normal institute in session this week at Liberty Memorial high school. Lewis A. Martin and Miss Eva Bourne were the instructors today. Miss Maud Ellsworth, president of the Kansas State Teachers association, was a guest speaker. A picnic dinner at noon in South park is planned for tomorrow.
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Douglas County Normal Institute
Liberty Memorial High School
Lewis A. Martin
Eva Bourne
Maud Ellsworth
Kansas State Teachers Association
South Park
Dove Season Opens in Kansas With New Limits
A slight rise in hunting license demand accompanied the start of Kansas dove season. The daily bag limit is 10 birds and the season limit is 25 birds. The season runs until October 12.
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Kansas
City council debates trailer housing and ordinances
At a monthly meeting in Lawrence the council weighed trailer living accommodations and enforcement of existing ordinances. Debates over meter collections and sidewalk projects included disputes with state and federal agencies and concerns over assessed property values.
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Harvey Jetmore
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Weather Outlook Kansas Scattered Showers West and North
Kansas forecasts scattered showers and thunderstorms in the west and north central tonight and Wednesday forenoon. Temperature expected to change little with breezy conditions across the region.
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Kansas
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