Japs Omit Bombs On Second Flight
Navy reports at Dutch Harbor Alaska say the second Japanese wave dropped no bombs and likely conducted reconnaissance. The Cythera patrol yacht was lost in the Atlantic with 28 aboard. kin were notified. North American defenses stayed alert as war officials warned more raids may come.
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Washington
Navy
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
North Pacific
Yesay
Atlantic
U. S. S. Cythera
Cythera
Stimson
War Department
North America
Aleutians
Panama
North American
Canada
United States
R A F Bombers and Commandos Hit European Coastfront
British bombers struck Bremen Germany including shipyards and factories in a night raid linked to Dieppe operations. Royal commandos conducted a Boulogne Le Touquet coast reconnaissance raid, returning with slight casualties and supported by navy ships and RAF fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
French Coast
London
Germany
Boulogne-Le Touquet
Adolf Hitler
Dieppe
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Cologne
Essen
Hamburg
Dover Strait
Boulogne
Dover
le Touquet
Airman Ed wards named assistant chief of staff for organization
Washington June 4 The War Department announced new recognition for air power naming Brigadier General Idwal H Edwards 47 year old command pilot as assistant chief of staff in charge of organization and training for the entire army Secretary Stimson said the shake up also recalls Maj Gen George W Strong to head military intelligence division and appoints R W Ireland to lead a new air division of the army transportation service Edwards has been a flier since 1918 and recently commanded Randolph Field Texas Strong headed the war plans division before moving to field service and succeeds Brig Gen Raymond E Lee while Harold R Bull moves to ground forces command in Birmingham Hodges new assignment was not disclosed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Air Power
Idwal H. Edwards
Stimson
George W. Strong
Military Intelligence Division
General Staff
George C. Marshall
R. W. Ireland
Chicago
United Air Lines
Army
Transportation Service
Edwards
Randolph Field
Tex
West Point
Harold R. Bull
Army Ground Forces
Birmingham
Ala
Courtney H. Hodges
Strong
Eighth Army Corps
Camp Bowie
Raymond E. Lee
Local rationing office to close for canning sugar certificates
The local rationing office will close the canning sugar certificate office at the junior high school until new blanks arrive. Chief clerk George Wetzel said the state office has no blanks yet but a shipment is expected soon. Twelve volunteers assisted in issuing certificates today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wetzel
Wetzel
State Office
Wisconsin Senator withholds vote on armed services pay raise
Senator La Follette said he would withhold a motion to force a senate vote until Monday on increasing armed services pay to 50 dollars a month. He claimed a strong majority favors the WH house approved rate over the senate 42 dollar base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LaVollette
Wis
Senate
LaFollette
House
Independence Air School land seizure near Independence
Judge Richard J. Hopkins signed a federal court order giving the government immediate possession of 1,433 acres in Montgomery County for a basic flying school near Independence. Army will use the land for aviation training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence Air School
Kansas City
Richard J. Hopkins
Montgomery County
Army
Independence
Jack Lees Enlists in U S Army After Fort Leavenworth Reception
Jack Lees was inducted into the United States Army at Fort Leavenworth reception center yesterday. He will depart for Fort Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lees
Army
Army of the United States
Fort Leavenworth
Lawrence
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Ind
Congress Declares War on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania
Washington reports Congress formally votes war against Bulgaria Hungary and Romania with the senate approving resolutions 67 0 0 71 0 and 73 0 respectively. The action follows a Roosevelt plan to use all U S forces and resources against the Axis satellites as Romania Hungary and Bulgaria joined Germany Japan and Italy in the conflict.
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Washington
Congress
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Senate
House
Germany
Japan
Italy
United States
Romania
Roosevelt
United Nations
Barkley
Kentucky
Lafollette
Lawmakers oppose nationwide gasoline rationing plan
Washington reports a Kansas representative announced a meeting of congress members to oppose any nationwide gasoline rationing. Senator Capper protested rationing amid surpluses, citing a Kansas governor telegram and Midwest objections to extending rationing, with lawmakers outlining their stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Houston
Kansas
Senate
Capper
R-Kan
Ratner
Roosevelt
Mid-Continent
Middlewest
Oklahoma Attorney Dead In Tulsa At 60
J C Denton vice president and general counsel of Mid-Continent Petroleum died at his Tulsa home after months of illness. He joined Cosden in 1916 and helped build Mid-Continent Oil and Gas. Denton led the Oklahoma-Kansas division of the Mid-Continent Association and served as Oklahoma vice president of the American Bar Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Pi—J. C. Denton
Mid-continent Petroleum Corporation
Denton
Cosden and Company
Oklahoma-Kansas
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Oklahoma
American Bar Association
Journal-World Mail to Summer Address Reminder
When leaving town remember to call 22 to order the Journal-World mailed to your summer address. The notice urges readers to ensure uninterrupted home delivery during travel season.
Warning of Inland Jap air raids issued by defense region
Omaha June 4 An official warning from the seventh defense region headquarters urges midwest states to expect token raids soon. Joseph D Schultz regional director warns Dutch Harbor attacks signal imminent danger to major cities like Minneapolis St Paul Omaha Des Moines Wichita Topeka Kansas City St Louis Denver and calls for rapid civilian defense organization and blackout practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Seventh Defense Region
Midwest
Joseph D. Schultz
Dutch Harbor
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Des Moines
Wichita
Topeka
Kansas City
St. Louis
Denver
Scholtz
Axis ships sink in Russian air raid assault
Moscow reports two axis torpedo cutters sunk and two transports damaged by air attacks. Red flyers claimed several tanks and 40 trucks destroyed along with nine field and anti aircraft guns and an ammunition dump. Local battles continued behind enemy lines with German claims of Soviet losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Fliers
Information Bureau
1 000 Quit War Plant Work in Labor Quarrel
Muskegon Michigan June 4 About 1 000 employees of the Sealed Power corporation halted production of pistons and piston rings for two score war engine builders for the army and navy air corps. They stayed inside the plant but refused to work until a woman cost and production checker was removed from the aluminum piston line. Union affiliation had shifted from AFL to U A W I O. An NLRB hearing was set today to arrange an election on the question. Roy Petit said this is not a strike and that union members are ready to work but management will not let them until the new checking system is adopted. Neil A Moore said the checker was for production cost control not speed-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
Mich
Sealed Power’ Corporation
Army
Navy Air Corps
Sealed Power
United Automobile Workers
AFL
U.A.W
NLRB
Roy Petit
Petit
Neil A. Moore
Committee to Organize Fair Rent Group Tonight
The fair rents committee named by Mayor C. B. Russell will meet at City Hall tonight to organize. A chairman and secretary will be chosen from the group comprising C. B. Hosford, Mrs R. C. Manley, Albert Martin, George M. Beal and J. J. Simmonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Rents Committee
C. B. Russell
City Hall
C. B. Hosford
Reed Returns to Capital From Kansas Vacation
Sen Clyde Reed was en route to Washington from Parsons Kansas after a two percent week vacation in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Parsons
Kan
Clyde Reed
Washington
Kansas
Roosevelt Holds Key On Extension of Gasoline Rationing
Washington June 4 President Roosevelt tested a possible nationwide extension of gasoline rationing as a tire conservation measure. A cabinet meeting was expected to discuss the issue amid congressional controversy. The plan would set a basic fuel allotment near three to four gallons weekly, with driving limits potentially totaling about 2,880 miles yearly at 15 miles to the gallon. Representative Beiter cited Ickes on July 15 as a possible nationwide rollout. Donald M. Nelson said no final decision was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Friay
Office of Price Administration
Eastern Seaboard
Beiter
DN. Y
Hearing Set On Allocation Of Salts Tax To Social Welfare
A hearing will be held at 11 a m on Saturday June 27 in the commissioners room to resolve the county’s distribution of 27655 11 from the residue sales tax to the social welfare department. The April Douglas county estimate was 93337 36 with a June 2 Topeka notice pending. The remittance arrives June 15 and, assuming the April figure, the tax units receive 65682 25 after the social welfare share is deducted in proportion to each unit’s general tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Welfare Department
Douglas County
Topeka
Powell discusses Mexico and US relations at Kiwanis meeting
Dr. Lyle S. Powell spoke on Mexico and the strategic ties with the United States at the Kiwanis Club weekly gathering. He urged travelers to view the country as locals do to gain insight and noted limited friendship abroad, outlining shared defense interests and focusing on the Mexican west coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle S. Powell
Mexico
United States
Kiwanis Club
Powell
Dr. Powell
Navy reports two ship sinkings in Caribbean waters
Survivors from one vessel said axis submarine machine gunners fired on crew abandoning ship. Three officers were killed and a seaman vanished after diving. Seventeen crew spent four days in a lifeboat and were towed to Bon Air near Curacao. six survivors including Second Assistant Engineer Charles Parrish described the ordeal. The other sinking's 35 crew escaped unharmed and spent 88 hours in lifeboats before rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Navy
United States
Caribbean Sea
Bon Air
Caribbean
Curaco
Charles Parrish
Washington
Parrish
Leaving town this summer Journal-World vacation ad dress
Read as a brief note inviting readers to have the Journal-World mailed to a vacation address this summer, with a contact phone number. The fragment provides a service instruction but no clear event or person.
Quality service call for M F Hudson Co Adv
The line promotes M F Hudson Co Adv as a source of quality service and advertising support. It highlights dependable branding and professional assistance for business needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Hudson Co
Adv
Full Program of Musical Numbers at University Summer Session
University of Kansas sets eight week summer schedule of outdoor theater events led by Dean D M Swarthout. Concerts by Mid Western Music Camp ensembles and school of fine arts recitals occur at Hoch Auditorium and K U Outdoor Theater with notes on shell seating future upgrades.
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D. M. Swarthout
K. U
Wakarusa Valley
Haworth Hall
Hoch Auditorium
Mid Western Music Camp
School of Fine Arts
E. Thayer Gaston
K. U. Outdoor Theater
Mid-Western Music Camp Orchestra
David Lawson
Topeka
Mid-Western Music Camp Band
Russell L. Wiley
Lawrence
University of Kansas String
Hoch
Pr. m
Mid-Western Music Cam
Oliver Hobbs
Dravid Lawson
School of Fine Arta
M. Aie
Mid-Western
Bruce Jones
Little Rock
Ark
Mid-Western Music Camp
Vincent Bach
New York City
Percy Grainger
Mid- Western Music Camp
No Relief Seen as Kansas Heat Reaches New High
Topeka recorded 97 degrees tying the national high east of the blackout district as a severe heat wave continued. Forecasters warned no relief in sight with scattered thundershowers expected in western and central areas. Wheat in western Kansas needed rain as it reached the dough stage and began to shrivel. statewide temps were 90 plus with lows 65 to 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Laredo
Tex
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Stolen Reflecting House Marker Recovered Near Campus
A reflecting house number marker from Dean D. M. Swarthout at 1605 Chicane road was found smashed near Pioneer cemetery southeast of the University campus. The heavy concrete marker had been carried away last night or the night before, and an earlier attempt last summer failed due to its weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Chicane Road
Pioneer Cemetery
University
Dean Swarthout
Senate approves Nelson authority to bypass antitrust rules
The senate completes action on a bill granting War Production Chief Donald Nelson power to approve war production programs without regard to antitrust and Federal Trade Commission laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Washington
Senate
Donald Nelson
Allied Sub Sinks 6000-Ton Transport in Southwest Pacific
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters announced an allied submarine sank a 6,000 ton armed transport with the probable loss of 12,000 Japanese troops in the Southwest Pacific. Four Japanese midget submarines were sunk in the Sydney raid. The communique said two Japanese supply ships were sunk and a third damaged. Japanese subs near Australia attacked three allied cargo ships, sinking one, signaling a possible Allied blockade effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Sydney Harbor
United Nations
Australia
Choir Will Meet for Summer A Cappella Session
The summer session choir directed by Dean D. M. Swarthout will meet next Tuesday for organization and first rehearsal in Frank Strong hall room 131. Open to townspeople and students with basic sight and part singing ability, no entrance trials, no charge, rehearsals twice weekly at 4 30 p m for eight weeks, with fourteen or fifteen selected choral numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Swarthout
Dean Swarthout
Bell
Frank Strong
Hoch
Franks Keeps Busy With Summer Work Placements
Liberty Memorial high school teacher Kenneth Franks coordinates summer vocational work for high school pupils. Demand for workers exceeds student enrollment as seniors prepare for part time or steady summer jobs, with some positions possibly extending into next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Franks
Liberty Memorial High School
K U Picnic On Campus Monday Evening
A family picnic supper will be served on the K U campus next Monday evening for faculty students and townfolks. The supper is under Miss Hermina Zipple and begins at 6 30 in the Quadrangle north of Fowler shops. Community recreation follows with singing dancing and entertainment under Dr F C Allen. All summer session attendees and Lawrence friends and alumni are urged to attend. Tickets cost 40 cents and reservations are due by Saturday morning via K U 83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.U
Hermina Zipple
Fowler Shops
F. C. Allen
Lawrence
K.U. 83
Missing Army Air Corps private from local family
Mrs. C. H. Plummer of 1134 Kentucky street has word from the adjutant general that her son Pvt. 1st Class James E. Plummer is listed as missing. He served at Clark Field near Manila in the Philippines during the surrender. Plummer is 20 and a Lawrence high school graduate.
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C. H. Plummer
Kentucky Street
Adjutant General of the Army
James E. Plummer
Army Air Corps
Clark Field
Manila
Philippines
Young Plummer
Lawrence High School
Kansas University summer enrollment tops eighteen hundred
Enrollment in the University of Kansas summer session exceeds 1 800 with Dean George B. Smith noting late registrations may raise the total. The first convocation featured Chancellor Deane W. Malott who urged service toward wartime goals and tolerance for diverse views. Dean Frank T. Stockton will speak Thursday on problems of the American war economy. About 250 bankers and staff joined the Kansas Bankers Clinic, with speakers from Kansas and nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
George B. Smith
Hoch Auditorium
Dean Smith
Deane W. Malott
Malott
Dean Stockton
Frank T. Stockton
School of Business
Haworth Hall
Kansas Bankers’ Clinic
Bank Management Commission
Kansas Bankers’ Association
Kansas Banking Department
University
Kansas
Parsons to Build Dormitories for 1280 Workers
Lt. Col. Ira A. Crump announced a construction program in Parsons Kansas for eight dormitories housing 160 people each and 20 staff residences for military and civilian personnel. The Kiewit Condon Paschen Co. will build the dormitories with contracts for staff housing to follow. Workers will pay for quarters from their funds at a government fixed rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Kan
Ira A. Crump
Parsona Ordnance Area
Francis E.oane
Kiewit, Condon, Paschen Company
Parsons Ordnance Plant
Crump
Ottawa Reports Third Raid On Dutch Harbor
Defense Minister J L Ralston told the house of commons a third raid on the U S naval base at Dutch Harbor Alaska was reported last night with no further details. He noted the raids were not unexpected on the west coast and a joint Canadian U S plan of action is in operation.
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Ottawa
Defense
J. L. Ralston
House of Commons
United States
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Washington
Ralston
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