Argentine Army Seizes Capital in Castillo Revolt
Argentina faced a rapid coup as troops led by Gen Pedro Ramirez entered Buenos Aires forcing President Ramon Castillo to transfer power to a provisional council. Gen Rodolfo Harquez replaced the ousted Minister of War, and Gen Arturo Rawson’s force moved toward key government sites amid clashes and casualties.
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Montevideo
Ramon Castillo
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Castillo
Tedro Ramirez
Rodolfo Harquez
Ramon &. Castillo
Ramon
Liberal
Ramirez
Noticias Graficas
Pedro Ramirez
Axis
Arturo Rawson
Campo de Mayo
Alfredo Palacios
Naval Mechanics
Rawson
Plaza Flores
la Plata
Lewis Will Recommend Return Of Miners To Work Monday
Washington June 4 John L Lewis announced he would recommend to the United Mine Workers policy committee that miners return to work on Monday June 7. He said he had no power to direct but would urge the return after a government letter from Secretary Ickes. The move follows a near national coal industry paralysis and Roosevelt’s order for a Monday return.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
U.M. W
Ickes
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Lewis
U.M.W
Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Kas
Kansas- Missouri
United Mine Workers
Joe Hromex
Henry Allai
Hromek
Kansas
Missouri
Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Hugh White
Illinois
West Virginia
Temperature drop chills Kansas towns this week
Kansas radios report temperatures plunged to the forties and fifties with a 36 degree reading at Goodland. Meteorologist S D Flora said another cooler night is ahead though no frost is forecast. Scattered showers affected the southeast and south central regions with Coffeyville and Kansas City recording light totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
S. D. Flora
Flora
Kansas Rivers
Coffeyville
Kansas City
Wichita
Compromise in Algeria Elevates Fighting French Leaders
Gen Charles de Gaulle and Gen Henri Giraud report a new accord that keeps Giraud as commander in chief in name but limits field duties and places empire war directing tasks with a national liberation committee. Key officers to be replaced by Fighting French generals includes Le Gentilhomme and Leclerc.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Giraud
Paul le Gentilhomme
Eduard Rene de Larminat
Marie Louis Koenig
Jacques Leclerc
de Gaulle
Robert Murphy
Fuel Shortage Curtails Production at Five Mills
Carnegie-Illinois Steel will materially curtail production at five large mills next Monday because of a fuel shortage. A state survey shows 18 coal producing states losing about two million tons daily, with widespread industrial impact expected to worsen by mid month.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Real estate sale dispute yields $212.50 commission
Charles B. Lutz won a commission claim against Mildred B. Hope before Justice O J Lane. Testimony shows verbal listing at 5500 and Hope later set asking 6500 while neighbors Elmer and Mrs Husted offered 5500 and remained ready. Attorney John J Riling said appeal to district court.
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Charles B. Lutz
Mildred B. Hope
Justice of the Peace
Lutz
Union Achieved, Giraud Declares in Algiers Broadcast
London reports General Henri Giraud announced from Algiers that the union the French have long awaited is now accomplished. The statement aired in a broadcast signaling a political or military alignment within France during wartime.
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London
Henri Giraud
Algiers
Army lists 36 688 war prisoners in 21 US camps
The army reports 36 688 enemy war prisoners held in 21 U S camps. Germans number 22 110 Italians 14 516 and Japanese 62. Most camps are permanent with a total capacity about 55 000 and additional camps under construction.
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Washington
United States
Cam McCoy
Wis
Crossville
Tenn
Camp Breckinridge
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Camp Gruber
Okla
Hereford
Tex
Huntsville
Roswell
N, AG
Stringtown
Angel Island
Calif
Camp Blanding
Fla
Fort Meade
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Camp Carson
Cola
Camp Clark
Florence, Ariz
Fort Leonard Wood
Ogden
Utah
Farmer Injured in Tractor Rollover Near Lone Star
Jess Markley about 40 was seriously hurt when his tractor overturned into a 25 foot ditch on his Lone Star area farm. He was rushed by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for X rays to assess chest injuries and determine the extent of his wounds.
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Jess Markley
Lone Star
Markley
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Stock Market Index Edges Up on 60 Stocks
The average of 60 stocks rose to 51.9 after yesterday’s 52.1 level. A note highlights a new shipment of chocolates from Wiedemann's.
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Wiedemann’s.—Adv
Strikers Face Return to Work Or Risk Army Duty
President Roosevelt orders 600000 coal miners to return by Monday. He says quitting essential war work makes a man liable for army service, applying to aliens and citizens alike. John L. Lewis contends the strike was not ordered, while locals react with defiance and uncertainty.
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Lewis
Roosevelt
Congress
Alabama
Tennessee
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Balkans Guerrillas Make New Gains As Axis Reels
In a Yugoslav government report Axis forces retreat toward Croatia and Slovenia after sustained guerrilla operations led by Gen Draja Mihailovic. The push comes as reports say Field Marshal List is reassigned to the Balkans to aid defensive preparations. Greek patriots seize Mouzaki on the Albanian Greek border, killing 300 Italians and taking 80 prisoners.
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London
Draja Mihailovic
Croatia
Slovenia
Hitler
Siegmund Wilhelm List
Balkans
Ankara
Mouzaki
Pindus Mountain
Gegrmalon
Greece
Tony
Union park services list summer ministers schedule
The Ministerial Alliance announces Sunday evening union park services at 8 p m in South park with Rev Duncan E McGregor as speaker for the opening service and Rev Alfred P Smith as chair and Rev Theodore H Astman reading the lesson. Music by Mr and Mrs John P Kliewer. If rain, services move to Trinity Lutheran church.
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Duncan E. McGregor
First Evangelical Church
Union
South Park
Alfred P. Smith
Friends Church
Theodore H. Astman
John P. Kliewer
Ministerial Alliance
Union Park
Trinity Lutheran Church
Union Church
Park
Park Service Committee
Allies Bombard Pantelleria as Italian Fleet Stays Hidden
Allied ships attack Pantelleria harbor and shore batteries for the fifth straight day while Eisenhower reports dawn bombardment. RAF bombers hit Naples and Mediterranean patrols press the Italians to emerge, but no warships sail from Italian bases.
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Eisenhower
Pantelleria
Sicilian
North Africa
Mediterranean
Naples
China
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Itu
Russia
Kursk
Caucasus
Poland
London
Warsaw Ghetto
Pacific
Solomon Islands
Burma
R.A.F
Arakan
Hitler
Points Down on Juice in New Ration Schedule
The OPA halved tomato juice ration points effective Sunday, with other blue coupon values held for a month. Tomato and vegetable juices with 70 percent or more tomato juice now cost two points per pound, three for a No. 2 can, and four for a 46 ounce can. Meat point values rise one to three points per pound on most beef cuts.
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Washington
OPA
Paul M. O'Leary
Representative U S Guyer Reported Near Death
Washington June 4 CP Rep U S Guyer Republican of the sec on Kansas district was reported near death today by his secretary RC Jones Guyer 74 has been confined to naval hospital for three months First elected to congress in 1924 to fill an unexpired term he now is serving his ninth regular term.
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Washington
U.S. Guyer
Secon Kansas
R. C. Jones
Guyer
Naval Hospital
Congress
Axis planes destroyed in war total and allied losses listed
The British magazine Aeroplane reports 13 744 axis planes destroyed since the war began, excluding the Russian front and Pacific. Allied losses stand at 9 358. American squadrons in the British Isles have destroyed 914 axis planes since the US entered the war.
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London
Pacific
Aeroplane
British Information Service
British Isles
United States
Nazi press control expands under Goebbels regime
Washington reported two thirds of German newspapers are published by Nazi party publishing houses. The Office of War Information cited an estimate from Das Reich, Goebbels's personal organ, noting a sharp intensification of press ownership and control since 1933.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Das Reich
Joseph Goebbels
OWI
All Members of Squadron At Midway Are Decorated
Washington announces that all members of the famous Torpedo Squadron from the U S S Hornet in the Battle of Midway were awarded honors. Every plane was shot down and only one member survived the attack. Ensign William W Abercrombie of Merriam Kansas received the Navy Cross.
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Midway
Washington
U. S. S. Hornet
Navy
William W. Abercrombie
Merriam
Kan
Crone Resigns at Vox KOP for Marine Operators Post
Crone and telegraph editor of the Coffeyville Journal resigns as editor of Vox KOP Kan sas Ordnance Plant to join Marine Operators Inc in Canada river navigation work. Emily Mumford succeeds him as assistant after moving from Coffeyville Journal.
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Crone
Parsons
Kan
B. W
Shorty) Crone
Sports and Telegraph
Coffeyville Journal
Vox Kop
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Marine Operators, Inc
Canada
Emily Mumford
Lianos Buys Partner Share in Green Lantern Cafe
John Lianos bought out Chris Williams's share in the Green Lantern cafe at 745 Massachusetts on the first of the month. Williams had partnered with Lianos for seven years. Lianos formed a new partnership with Lee Croy of 701 Michigan Street.
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John Lianos
Chris Williams
Green Lantern Cafe
Massachusetts
Williams
Lianos
Lee Croy
Michigan Street
Roosevelt Says Understanding With Stalin Is Excellent
President Roosevelt told reporters in Washington that the accord with Premier Joseph Stalin of Russia is excellent. He spoke at a press conference on the return of his special emissary to Moscow, Joseph E. Davies.
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Stalin
Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Moscow
Oseph E. Davies
Attu Blood Toll: U S Casualties Rise
Washington reports 1,535 U S army casualties on Attu in the Aleutians through Tuesday midnight. Of these 342 died and 1,185 wounded, with 58 missing, as Japanese losses total about 1,791 not counting air and naval action. Small Japanese groups continue harassing troops.
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Washington
Attu
Aleutians
United States
Navy
Fight against bindweed gets sodium chlorate shipments
County and Franklin and Anderson and Miami counties receive portions of a carload of sodium chlorate ordered from Niagara Falls New York to fight bindweed. Anderson and Asa Coleman oversee application with 56 acres now in treatment as work continues through August and into fall.
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Ottawa
Douglas County
Franklin County
Anderson
Miami
Ebon Anderson
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Asa Coleman
Coleman
Anti-Strike Measure Passes House in Washington
The House approved a bill to jail leaders and fine instigators of government plant strikes, with up to $5,000 fines and one year imprisonment. It requires worker votes before a strike, bars union funds for strike benefits, and extends corrupt practices rules to unions. A Senate conference will reconcile amendments.
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Washington
House
Senate
War Labor Board
Connally
Meeting at Emporia for VFW encampment with governor speaking
Emporia on June 4 hosts the 23rd annual VFW encampment with Governor Schoeppel scheduled to speak at memorial services Sunday morning. The VFW Auxiliary holds its 16th annual meeting with a joint dinner and dance tomorrow night and a business session and election Sunday afternoon.
Bradley Nominated for Lieutenant General Rank
President Roosevelt nominated Major General Omar Nelson Bradley to be a lieutenant general for his command in northern Tunisia that led to the fall of Bizerte. His permanent rank remains lieutenant colonel in the infantry.
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Washington
Qmar Nelson Bradley
Tunisia
Bizerte
Roosevelt
City to Begin Paving Patches After Material Arrives
Lawrence city engineers announce the first car of asphalt for patching will arrive soon, with 14 miles of asphalt treated streets due for repairs this year. Work will start on Massachusetts Street near the Kaw River bridge and move southward as crews patch worn areas.
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J. C. Harper
Lawrence
Harper
State Highway Department
Massachusetts Street
Kaw River Bridge
New Labor Commissioner Named in Topeka
John Morrison, 41, Burlingame, appointed state labor commissioner by Gov. Schoepnel to replace A. V. Lundgren. Morrison, ex United Mine Workers executive for district 14, plans fair dealing and honesty. native of Scotland who came to U S in 1911 and worked in Kansas coal mines since 1918. He was mine foreman at the state penitentiary from 1928 to 1930 and has led the unemployment compensation division since 1939. He also belongs to the American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL.
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Topeka
John Morrison
Burlingame
Andrew Schoepnel
A. V. Lundgren
Salina
Morrison
United Mine Workers’ Executive Board
District 14
Labor Department
Scotland
Kansas
State Penitentiary
U.M.W
American Federation of Government Employes
A.F.L. Union
Law curbs corsages at boys state ball in Wichita
June 4 report states the boys state legislature bans corsages for girls escorted by boys to the boys state ball. Gov Jack Kendree from Hutchinson signs the measure as Senate Bill No. 13 introduced by Bob Donnellan of Emporia. Donnellan calls it an economy measure for the times.
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Wichita
Jack Kendree
Hutchinson
Bob Donnellan
Emporia
Donnellan
Axis Forces Fortify Balkans Amid Greek Occupation Claims
Cairo reports that Gemian defenses in the Balkans are being strengthened and Greece has fallen under German control with coastal defenses and key cities seized. Sources say about 17 axis divisions in Greece, mostly Italian, and around 25 divisions in Yugoslavia, largely Italian infantry units.
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Cairo
Balkans
Greece
Peloponnesus
Yugoslavia
Georges Mandel Dies in German Prison Report
Bern reports Georges Mandel former French minister of the interior and ally of Clemenceau died in a German prison. The news comes via P NBEC announced today. Mandel had served prominently during World War I era and was a key figure in French politics.
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New York
P—Nbec
Bern
Switzerland
Georges Mandel
Georges Clemanceau
Weather: Showers and storms in southern region
The forecast calls for showers and thunder storms in the south tonight and into Saturday forenoon, cooler readings toward the south and east, with little temperature change in the northwest.
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Kansas
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Harold Barr
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R. O. Cooper
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Lawrence Deever
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Herbert Brockman
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Charles Thomas
First Methodist
Oscar Allison
Nazarene
C. E. Toliver
Salvation Army
Hugh Turner
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Gibraltar
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