Red Cross Seeks 360 Comfort Kits for Soldiers
The Lawrence Red Cross sewing room under Mrs. Helmer Klock will assemble 360 khaki comfort kits for troops overseas. Local funds supply 100 kits with book donations encouraged. Art students contribute greeting cards from the Douglas County chapter. The sewing and knitting rooms adopt a Tuesday Thursday schedule next week with extended hours to 4 30 p m and need volunteers for sweaters.
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Red Cross
Helmer Klock
War Department
Lawrence
Douglas County
American Red Cross
Laval gains control of national gendarmerie in France
World briefs report Laval now direct head of the gendarmerie after a decree moving it from the war department. He already led interior forces replacing municipal police since the armistice. Other items note Mussolini talks in Rome, Churchill criticism, Mexico pledges unity and production, Japan Indo China rice talks, a new British fuel and power ministry, the Paraguayan exiled president Ayala dies, Canadian coupon rationing eyed, and Brabazon proposes postwar world policing alliance.
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Associated Press
Vichy
War Department
Pierre Laval
Laval
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eusebio Ayala
Paraguay
Bolivia
United States
Mexico
Cuba
Rafael Franco
Braba zon attacks postwar planning delay in Lords
Braba zon condemned as mischievous doctrine a theory that postwar planning should wait for hostilities to end. London-United States army HQ announced American troops in the British Isles can now send airgraph letters home. Letters on special blanks are filmed, sent to Washington, and microfilmed for delivery, saving hundreds of tons of air mail.
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House of Lords
Brabazon
London
United States Army
Washington
War Department
Harvest to Start Soon in Kansas Wheat Belt
Kansas wheat harvest ready to begin in the south central region by the end of next week. Federal statistician H. L. Collins notes hot weather accelerated ripening across the state.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
South Central
H. L. Collins
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Phi Beta Kappa Officer Balances Beat and Honor
New York police patrolman Frederick Joseph Ludwig a 24 year old 6 foot 3 inch 200 pound member of Phi Beta Kappa took a break from the Bronx beat to accept a degree this week. He is the only Phi Beta Kappa member among 17 000 New York cops and can write tickets in Greek French Italian or Spanish.
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New York
Frederick Joseph Ludwig
Phi Beta Kappa
Ludwig
Bronx
Policeman Seeks Psychology PhD Citing Public Service
A Bronx night shift officer with a 1939 City College BA cum laude and 24 A graduate credits and three Bs in graduate work says he stays in law enforcement by choice. He aims to study psychology and a PhD, seeing criminology as a chance to render public service.
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City College
Bronx
Ludwig
Sales tax leftovers aid Kansas ad valorem levies
State Treasurer Walter Wilson announced nearly seven million dollars in sales tax leftovers will cut Kansas ad valorem tax levies or bolster aid to social welfare, state school funds, and unemployment compensation. The June 2 total reached $6,971,954, over two million above 1941. Washburn University regents named Harold E. Conrad to join July 1 as professor of political science.
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Topeka
Kansas
Walter Wilson
Washburn
Washburn University Regents
Harold E. Conrad
Ottawa University
McGill Files for Senate Nomination in Kansas
Former Senator George McGill 63 of Wichita filed for the Democratic nomination for senator in Topeka June 4. He earlier won the Kansas Senate vacancy in 1930 and reelected in 1982, becoming the first Democrat to succeed himself. He faces Randolph Carpenter in the Democratic race while Republicans Art Capper and John Allison pursue renomination.
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Topeka
George McGill
Wichita
McGill
Senate
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Sedgwick
Central Normal College
Great Bend
Jerry” Simpson
Randolph Carpenter
Arthur Capper
John Allison
McPherson
Kansans Help Federal Tax Payments Rise This Year
Wichita reports federal internal revenue receipts show higher tax payments than the previous year as residents contribute to war funding. This item notes broad participation across Kansas.
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Wichita
Kansas
Collections Rise Through May In First Half Of Year
Collections up to June 1 totaled 32 million 843 thousand 170 dollars, surpassing last year by 19 million. Receipts in May reached 1 million 746 thousand 210 dollars, about 1.746 million more than the previous May.
Governors Will Protest Midwest Gas Rationing
Topeka reports direct protests to President Roosevelt over Midwest gasoline rationing. Governors Coke Stevenson of Texas Dwig Griswold of Nebraska George A Wilson of Iowa Homer Adkins of Arkansas Sam Jones of Louisiana John Miles of New Mexico Ralph Carr of Colorado and Mayor John Gage of Kansas City promise action. Ratner says several are worked up and ready to act before it’s too late.
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Topeka
Ratner
Mid-Continent
Roosevelt
Midwest
Coke Stevenson
Texas
Dwig Griswold
Nebraska
George A Wilson
Iowa
Homer Adkins
Arkansas
Sam Jones
Louisiana
John Miles
New Mexico
Ralph Carr
Colorado
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Hanoi
Japan
Indo-China
Maj
Gwilym Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
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Ministry of Fuel, Light and Power
Ottawa
Canada
Donald Gordon
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
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Germany
Lord Brabazon
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Navy
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Natol
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Castile
Picofilm
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U.S
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Fritzel
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