Axis Leaders Meet at Brenner Pass in Accord
Berlin reports Hitler and Mussolini held a five hour Brennero conference with Keitel Cavallero and officials to discuss the political Mediterranean push. Ribbentrop and Ciano attended as the axis sides with no advance details given. The talks followed prior meetings and stressed unity amid wartime plans.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Hitler
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Balkan
Crete
Wilhelm Keitel
Ugo Cavallero
Red Sea
Middle Eastern
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Brennero
DNB
Ciiilign
Speculation on Meeting Topics Between Hitler and Mussolini
A Berlin broadcast said Hitler and Mussolini conferred on the political situation. Reported topics include a potential ultimatum to Turkey for axis troop passage into the Middle East, a possible peace offer to Britain after Crete's fall, and plans for a major axis offensive to seize the Suez Canal by invading Egypt.
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Berlin
Hitler
Mussolini
Turkey
Middle East
Britain
Crete
Egypt
Suez Canal
Engineer Killed As Train Hits Washout In Jennings
Eastbound Rock Island passenger train derailed after hitting a track washout at 4:50 a m near Jennings Kansas. Engineer Henry Nichols of Goodland drowned after being hurled into floodwater. firemen and passengers escaped unharmed as torrential rain flooded the area and washed out the road bed. A second train passed the spot an hour earlier without incident.
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Jennings
Kan
Rock Island
Henry Nichols
Goodland
No. 6
Major Frazee Ordered to Kansas City in Army Move
Major Harry W. Frazee of Lawrence has been ordered from Camp J. T. Robinson to the quartermasters corps in Kansas City Missouri. He previously served as assistant plans and training officer on the general staff at a camp in Arkansas. Two men held up a Manor Bakery company bank messenger in Kansas City today, escaping with cash and a check totaling nine thousand dollars.
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Harry W. Frazee
Lawrence
Camp
J. T. Robinson
Quartermasters Corps
Kansas City
Frazee
Arkansas Camp
Bakery Messenger
Manor Bakery Company Bank Messenger
Crete Falls to Germans After 12 Day Battle
The Luftwaffe sealed victory over Crete as British and Greek forces were evacuated or captured. German assault on Manchester intensified with heavy bombs. British gains in the Middle East paused while Ireland protested Berlin bomber raids.
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Associated Press
Germany
Luftwaffe
Crete
North Africa
Manchester
Long
Island
Hitler
Egypt
Suez Canal
Middle East
Iraq
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Garden of Eden
Mosul
Haifa
Palestine
Feisal II
Goering touts Crete victory as proving invincible islands
Berlin reports Reichsmarshal Goering declares Crete proved there are no unconquerable islands and lauds the parachute forces for an unprecedented, heroic campaign. He notes the operation showcased their offensive spirit and self-reliance. Douglas county votes reject marketing quotas by 324 to 332 with mixed township results.
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Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Crete
Fuehrer
England
Cyprus
Luftwaffe
Goering
Douglas County
Willow Springs
Palmyra Township
Nazis Land Motorized Infantry at Latakia Syria
Ankara reports German motorized infantry landed at the Syrian port of Latakia May 29 aboard coastal freighters. First detachments to reach northern Syria by ship were equipped with lorries armored cars and mobile field runs. Transports reportedly hugged the coast from the Dodecanese to evade British ships near Cyprus.
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Ankara
Turkey
Latakia
Syria
Dodecanese Islands
Cyprus
Sabotage suspected as bomber crashes into San Diego Bay
Four airmen feared dead after a $250000 four motor Consolidated bomber crashed into San Diego Bay. An official said there were evidences of sabotage and the craft had been barely tested. The pilot Wheatley and three others were unaccounted for as the plane rose steeply then stalled and plunged into the water. Navy and fishing boats aided in the rescue.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego Bay
Consolidated
William Wheatley
Chester
N. Y
Allen T. Austin
Kansas City
Bruce K. Craig
Chicago
W William H. Rieser
Cambridge
Alass
Lewis M. McCannon
Woodstock
Wheatley
Craig
Austin
Stock Market Index Holds at 39.7 In Latest Reading
The average of 60 stocks stood at 39.7 with a noted Saturday reading of 39.6. The report tracks overall market performance, highlighting small fluctuations between sessions.
Memorial holiday sees no fatalities in Kansas
Topeka reports a three day Memorial weekend with no drownings or highway deaths. State safety engineer Claud McCamment notes 11 injuries from car incidents but none serious. results are provisional and may change. Last year there were five fatalities over a four day period. Weather and warnings contributed to fewer accidents.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Safety Council
Claud McCamment
McCamment
First Meeting of Auto Mechanics Class Tonight
The new auto mechanics class at Liberty Memorial high school holds its first meeting at 7 30 pm in the auto department. Harold Sawyer of Winter Chevrolet is the instructor for a 10 week course open to boys aged 17 to 25. Enroll tonight.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Harold “Tom” ‘Sawyer
Winter Chevrolet Company
Army maneuvers begin with trial run in Tennessee
Officers of units in the Tennessee war games conducted a command post exercise on the Cumberland plateau. Three divisions of the seventh army corps carried out troop movement details without deploying actual divisions, opening four weeks of defense maneuvers across the central state.
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Tennessee
Cumberland Plateau
Seventh Army Corps
Burlington Flood Threat Escalates Across Eastern Kansas
Heavy weekend rains pushed the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers toward flood levels in eastern Kansas. Burlington saw a record 12.69 inches and a 26.4 foot Neosho crest, with $109,000 in damage from the Plaza theater to a collapsed auto shop floor. Forecasts warned of rising water downstream, while communities from Chanute to Iola braced for higher crests as more rain loomed.
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Kansas
Neosho River
Burlington
Neosho
S. D. Flora
Topeka
Plaza
Chanute
Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Coffeyville
Emproria
U.S. 50 S
Parsons
Iola
Burlington Crest
Showers in North Topeka forecast with floods elsewhere
Northern Kansas expected showers with clouds elsewhere as a moisture surge fuels flooding in the southeast Neosho river basin. Burlington recorded a single day rainfall of 12.69 inches, while Syracuse saw 2.59 inches in the bumper wheat region.
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Topeka
Kansas
Neosho River
S. D. Flora
Burlington
Syracuse
Toneka
Horton
Tunction City
Manhattan
Lecompton
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Council Grove
Reading
Emporia
Elmdale
Lebo
Lyndon and
Osage City
Onenemo
Ottawa
LaCrene
Leroy
Iola
Fort Scott
Fureka
Chanute
Walnut
Independence
Coffeyville
Oswero
Columbus
Hanover
Concordia
Ellis
Russell
Salina
Herington
Larned
Geneseo
McPherson
Florence
Hutchinson
Pratt
Wichita
Anthony
Winfield
St. Francis
Goodland
Quinter
Tribune
Scott City
Ness City
Garden City
Dodge City
Sublette
Elkhart
Liberal
Ashland
Dictators Plan Talks On U S Moves At Brenner Pass
Rome reports that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini discussed anticipated U S actions in the western hemisphere. Axis leaders likely focused on Roosevelt's navy defense program affecting French West Africa and the Azores while stressing they were united on the political situation.
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Rome
United States
Adolf Hitler
Bénito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Roosevelt
French West Africa
Azores
Atlantic Islands
Hitler
Mussolini
Fishing At Lone Star Lake Attracts Large Crowds
Memorial Day weekend brought heavy boat activity and strong fishing at Lone Star lake. Al Eliot reports near full rental of boats while anglers dominated crappie and bass catches. channel catfish season closed for the rest of May. County permit sales topped four thousand with buyers from several counties.
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Lone Star Lake
al Eliot
Journal-World
Senators seek Hoover food aid plan for Europe
Washington reports backers of Herbert Hoover’s plan to ship American food to invaded Europe push for swift Senate approval. About 40 senators promised support and 38 have signed a resolution urging the State Department to devise a nonmilitary aid method for Belgium Norway and Holland amid administration opposition.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Senate
State Department
Belgium
Norway
Holland
Raymond S. Richmond
Hoover
National Committee On Food For the Small Democracies
Farm State
Too Late Now to Freeze Axis Funds in the U S
Washington June 2 Treasury Secretary Morgenthau said it was too late to prevent axis funds from leaving the United States by a freezing order. He noted that the axis had already moved five hundred thousand dollars in anticipation of such an order and that the barn is empty.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
First Wheat Arrives Early in 1941 Southwest Crop
The first car of the 1941 winter wheat crop arrived in Kansas City from Walters Oklahoma. It set a new earliest arrival record, beating the previous mark of June 4, set in 1934 and tied in 1937.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Walters
Oklo
Stage Up For Coronado Entrada Rehearsal At KU Stadium
A stadium construction scene for Coronado Entrada unfolds at KU Memorial Stadium with 485 actors rehearsing tonight at 7 30 under 5 000 watt floodlights. Haskell Indians and KU students help assemble a 35 foot high steel framework and west facing set.
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K. U. Memorial Stadium
Lyons
Haskell
West
West Stadium
John W. Judd
Reds and Phillies Win as Dodgers End Streak
Baseball roundup from June 2 shows the Reds defeating the Giants 4 to 3 behind Eddie Joost and Ernie Lombardi, while the Phillies beat the Cubs 3 to 2 fueled by Danny Litwhiler two homers. Also, Dick Errickson notches a 2-0 win for the Braves over the Pirates and St Louis tops Brooklyn 5-4 to seize first. Oil firms fined 20 000 for price fixing.
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New York
Eddie Joost
Ernie Lombardi
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Harry Danning
Giants
Cincinnati
E. Riddle
Beggs
Lombardi
McGee
Melton
Adams
Danning
Philadelphia
Danny Litwhiler
Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Johnny Podfajny
Cub
Larry French
Chicago
French
McCullough
Podgajny
Livingston
Boston
Johnny Mopp
Jimmy Brown
Dodgers
St. Louis
Brooklyn
White
Krist
Shoun
Mancuso
Eee M. Brown
Swift
Davis
Wen
School Board Meeting At Liberty Memorial High
The board of education holds its regular monthly meeting tonight at 7 30 at Liberty Memorial High School.
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Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High School
Quarter of a Billion Wasted in Army Camps
Rep Engel reports a one man probe found at least 250 million dollars of the 800 million appropriated for cantonments wasted due to cost plus fixed fee contracts. He cites Camp Dix New Jersey versus Camp Edwards Massachusetts Camp Meade Maryland and Camp Devens Massachusetts for a 63 man barrack showing higher costs at the latter camps.
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Washington
Engel
R-Mich
House
Camp Dix
N.J
Edwards
Mass
Mede
Mrn
Devens
Camp Devens
Camp Meade
Lawrence booster caravan to tour 13 cities for KU anniversary
The Coronado Entrada and University of Kansas 75th anniversary program drive a 13 city tour tomorrow morning. Chamber of Commerce hosts a 7:15 gathering with departure at 7:30 escorted by Fritz tire service and two state patrol cars. Men women and girls in costume may join. many local leaders and car owners listed in itinerary.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Fritz Company
M. S. Winter
Chamber
Winter
C. B. Russell
Stan Schwahn
Jude Anderson
Harold K. Snider
John Carmody
L. B. Read, Jr
Charles Radcliffe Vie Hart Dolph Simons Fritz Elvig
M.S. Winter
Art Fritzel
Oliver Hobbs
Karl Kreider
Tom Parker
Jimmvy Moore
Fritz Meyn
Bill Underwood
Buddy Gallagher
Walter Varnum
Art Weaver Williams-Roberts
Glenn Charlton Motor Co
Dick Jackman
Fred Ellsworth
Blackie Sanders
Bob Hageart
Sen. R.C. Rankin
Roger Allen
Slim Ransdell
Harry Green
C. G. Hesse
Roger Williams
Jackman Plans 300 Head Hereford Dispersal Sale
The Jenny Wren herd on the Jackman farm will auction about 300 Hereford cattle on Monday June 16 starting at 10 oclock. The sale features 90 to 100 cows with calves plus Prince Domino Mixer bloodline animals including five herd bulls and 19 Domino animals among 19 bulls offered. Auctioneers are Art Thompson and Earl Gartin with fieldmen and observers from Hereford Journal The Cattlemen and Cornbelt Dailies. 1500 people expected attend.
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Kansas
Jenny Wren
Jackmans
F. W. Darley
The
Hereford Journal
Prince Domino Mixer
Prince Mixer
Hereford
Prince Domino
Jackman
Ambrose Domino
Royal Domino
Ivan Domino
Lester Domino
Real Blanchard
Domino
Royal Domino A
R. C. Jackman
Richard
Franklin
Ken Caryl
Littleton
Colo
Illinois
Art Thompson
Lincoln
Neb
Earl Gartin
Greensburg
Ind
F. W. Farley
O. R. Peterson
Cattlemen
Fort Worth
Tex
Don Crittenden
Charles Corker
Cornbelt
Larry Domino
J. S. Bridwell
Wichita Falls
Orville Domino
Cook and Hale
Como
Miss
Jayhawker Domino
J. O. Culbertson
Dalhart
Coronado Entrada ticket sales surge ahead
About 1,800 advance sale tickets were sold for the Coronado Entrada as Art Weaver notes nearing showtime. Lawrence high school band and county 4-H members are selling tickets, with business leaders buying blocks for out of town friends. Two thousand reserved seats will be set aside nightly and tickets are available at Round Garner drug store with exchange of a general admission ticket plus 25 cents. Pitch for block bookings through the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Art Weaver
Lawrence High School
Frank Strong
University
Garner Drug Store
Chamber of Commerce
Weaver
Weather Summary for Kansas With Showers and Cooler Night
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with showers in the north this afternoon. Cooler tonight in most areas. Temperatures will rise Tuesday in the extreme northwest. Gas Office reports show Saturday highs near 76 and Sunday 82 with lows around 68 and 66. Year ago today had highs of 88 and lows of 67. Rainfall since Saturday noon is light.
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Kansas
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