Finish Fight On For Midway Island
American defenders repelled a heavy Japanese carrier based raid on Midway Island causing damage to a battleship and carrier while reporting minor material losses and no personnel casualties. Admiral Nimitz said attacks on the enemy are continuing.
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Honolulu
Midway Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Hawaii
Dutch Harbor
Midway
Wake Island
Nimitz
United States
Alaska
No Sugar Certificates Delays Reported by Rationing Office
The rationing office has no canning sugar certificates and no notice of when new certificates will arrive. The junior high school extension office remains closed. Readers planning summer travel are urged to have the Journal-World forwarded to their vacation address.
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Journal- World
Journal-World
House Fails to Vote Funds to Keep CCC Camps Open
Washington June 5 The house rejected 158 to 121 an amendment to add 75 818 000 for CCC to a 1 058 451 660 labor and social security bill The appropriations committee had recommended elimination of CCC funds Tarver argued for continuation citing executive order plans McCormack blamed Republican opposition and noted war effort unity The motion to liquidate CCC passed 500 000 to close the program and liquidate its camps
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Dasis
House
Tarver
D-Ga
CCC
Labor Department
Social Security Board
Appropriations Committee
National Youth Administration
McCor
Mick
D.mass
Roosevelt
Engel
R-Mich
Hoffman
Dirksen
R-Iil
Keefe
Tf T
Roosevelt Says Japan Uses Gas Against China
President Roosevelt disclosed authoritative reports that Japan has used poisonous gases in China and warned that continued gas warfare would provoke retaliation in kind. He outlined U S readiness to mete out full retribution against Japan and stressed responsibility would rest with Tokyo.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
China
United States
State Department
United Nation
United Nations
Mr. Roosevelt
Great Britain
Germany
Churchill
Reich
War
Navy
Current
Saturday Evening Post
Liberty Memorial High to Represent for Sunflower States
Liberty Memorial High School will send twelve students to Sunflower Boys State in Wichita June 7 to 14 and to Sunflower Girls State in Lawrence June 14 to 21. Coordinated by the American Legion and Auxiliary, the program trains youth in U S democratic government with mock legislatures and elected state officers.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Sunflower
Wichita
Lawrence
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Edwin Fritz
May Rowley
Harry Winters
Boys State
Bey
Bill Conboy
Kentucky Street
Bob Elbel
Mississippi
Bob Ellsworth
New Hampshire
Burris Lavery
Barker
Jimmie Murray
Louisiana
Stan Stockton
Indiana
Harry Stucker
West Campus
Betty Jo Campbell
Ohio
Patsy Creel
Barbara Ewing
North Third
Frances Lawrence
Elks
Kiwanis
Rotary
Co-Op
Phog Allen Wins First In Memorial Day Tourney
Memorial Day golf at Lawrence Country Club saw winners announced by F H Elvig. Top score 74 by Dr C Allen. tied 76 by George Casebier and Dutch Chapman. tied 84 by Jack Miller and Irwin Hartley. Al Bromersick 92. Fifty six players entered. prizes to be given at Men’s Night June 15. A putting contest, led by E W Penchard, and reservations by Mrs Anderson 404. Committee members listed.
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The
Lawrence Country Club
F. H. Elvig
Dr. C. Allen
George Casebier
Dutch Chapman
Jack Miller
Irwin Hartley
al Bromersick
E. W. Penchard
Anderson
Elvig
E. A. Bullock
Otto Barteldes
Charles Radcliffe
Stock Market Index Stands At 35.7
The index tracking 60 stocks holds at 35.7 points, matching yesterday's level. M. F. Hudson Co. advertises quality service.
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M. F. Hudson Co
Adv
Boston Triumphs? 3 to 2 in Ninth In Doubleheader
Cincinnati rallied to beat Boston 3 to 2 in the late inning, with two runs in the ninth giving the visitors a win in the opening game of a twin bill.
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Boston
Cincinnati
Roosevelt Aides Study Gas and Rubber Shortages
Congressmen oppose nationwide gasoline rationing as President Roosevelt and 11 officials meet at the White House to discuss gas and rubber crises. No decisions were made. a White House statement may come in days. A house committee plans a five member panel to assess steps to meet the fuel and rubber shortfalls.
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White House
Archibald MacLeish
Office of Facts and Figures
Roosevelt
Price
Leon Henderson
Ickes
Commerce Jones
Interior
Donald M. Nelson
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Robert B. Patterson
Harold Smith
Wayne Coy
Office of Emergency Management
Archibald, MacLeish
Arthur Newhall
Joel Dean
Senator Connally
Dtex
Connally
Congress
Rankin
D.-Miss
Harness
R.-Ind
Henderson
Kleberg
D.-Tex
Threat of Showers Across Kansas Forecasted
Topeka forecasts show continued heat with scattered thundershowers likely today. Summer like heat and high humidity benefit wheat and corn except in the west where rain is needed. Yesterday's showers were light. Topeka recorded a trace with no measurable precipitation. The capital hit 96 degrees for the third straight day while Goodland saw 58 the previous night.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
i-Goodland
Massive 1000-Plane Raid Destroys Central Cologne
A Stockholm report cites a Nazi censored dispatch stating Britain's first 1000-plane raid wiped out the central district of Cologne. Destruction spread to the suburbs, with all property of about 10 000 people destroyed as fires burned in schools churches hospitals and warehouses.
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Stockholm
Britain
Cologne
Dagens Nyheter
Koelnische
Burke Announces Democratic Candidacy for Kansas Governor
William H. Burke, Little River businessman and former Kansas internal revenue collector, filed to seek the Democratic nomination for governor. He vows a vigorous brief campaign, noting 1942's heavy Kansas issues and promising responsibility without red tape if chosen. Burke resigned as revenue collector effective May 31, earlier quitting in 1940 to run for governor.
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Little River
Kan
William H. Burke
Internal Revenue
Kansas
Burke
Roosevelt
U. S. Senate
Payne
Soviet Hold Thwarts German Breakthrough On Bryansk Front
Soviet headquarters report that Russian artillery repulsed a German attempt to wedge into Red Army lines on the Bryansk front, 210 miles southwest of Moscow, with 280 German dead. Front lines remained largely quiet as Hitler’s commanders claimed gains in Ukraine, Moscow, and Leningrad sectors. A Rome broadcast cited German quarters claiming a Russian sea assault near Taganrog, repelled by three motorized barges.
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Associated Press
Bryansk
Moscow
Hitler
Ukraine
Leningrad
Rome
Sea of Azov
Taganrog
Draftees Urged To Assign Car Powers Before Enlistment
Roy Flory county treasurer says every draftee who owns a car should give a parent or another person durable power of attorney to handle tags sales or other car matters before leaving for the army. Blank forms will be available at the treasurer's office within days. The issue was raised at the Northeast Kanzar County Officers Association meeting in Marysville.
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Roy Flory
Flory
Northeast
Raiders to France in steady RAF air raids today
London reports a continuous RAF formation crossing the Channel to strike the continental coast from Belgium to Brittany in France. Targets included Calais Dunkirk Le Havre Ostend and Brittany airfields. Both sides reportedly lost six fighters in the day's operations.
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London
R.A.F
Belgium
Britany
France
Calais-Dunkerque
le Havre
Ostend
Brittany
Kansas City Worker Injured by Steel While Operating Hammer
Emil Bohrer of Kansas City employed at the Sunflower Ordnance works suffered a hand injury when a piece of steel was driven into it while using a pneumatic hammer. The steel was removed by a physician in Eudora.
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Emil Bohrer
Kansas City
Sunflower Ordnance Arks
Eudora
Eudora Plant Under Rapid Construction In De Soto
The Sunflower Ordnance Works near De Soto shows rapid progress with a new detour road, overpass plans, and earth fills. About 1,800 workers are on site as unions coordinate trades through local offices and the U.S. employment service. Large rail and storage facilities are prepared for expanded Santa Fe shipping and track connections.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Santa Fe
DeSoto
Harold K. Snider
U.S. Engineers
William S. Lozier, Inc
Broderick and Gordon
Nineteenth
Grand Streets
Kansas City
Osborne Farm
Prairie Center Road
U.S. Employment Service
A. F. of S
Employment Service
Rommel Reinforces Axis as North Africa Battle Intensifies
British and Indian troops reportedly relieved the Free French at Bir el Hacheim after a second axis tank assault was repelled. Rommel moved stronger reinforcements into the 11 day old Libya battle as German planes and dive bombers attacked Allied positions, while Rome announced 26 RAF aircraft were shot down in the Libyan desert clashes.
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Associated Press
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Bir el Hacheim
Mediterranean Sea
Strongoly
Rommel
Egypt
Rome
Libyan
Compromise on Army Pay Reached in Washington
A senate house conference committee today compromised and agreed on a basic minimum pay of 46 dollars a month for men in the armed services.
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Washington
Senate-House
Yank Official Army Newspaper to Debut June 13
The Army announces a new daily titled Yank will debut on Saturday June 13. Staff correspondents, enlisted men with newsroom background, will cover front line fighting from China to Europe and publish for enlisted personnel. Managing editor Private William H Richardson, 23, from Raleigh NC, says rank will be forgotten and content will reflect what soldiers want to read.
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Yank
New York
China
Alaska
Australia
Iceland
Ireland
Panama
Europe
Stars and Stripes
Paris
William H. Richardson
Raleigh, N. C
Lawrence churches to unite for 1942 summer service in South Park
The Lawrence Ministerial Alliance and Lawrence Christian Men's Alliance sponsor a Sunday night service at 8 in South Park. Alfred P. Smith of the Friends church will preach on Can Parents Escape Their Responsibility, with the Friends choir and a men’s quartet performing.
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Lawrence
South Park
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
Alfred P. Smith
Friends Church
Friends Choir
Jesus
Alfred J. Beil
C. E. Allison
Duncan McGregor
Lawrence Christian Men’s Alliance
R. S. Fox
Hose
John Kliever
A. Terry Crall
Arthur Ward
Clyde Laessig
Summer Session Sing At Kansas Tonight On Campus
The University of Kansas outdoor theater will host the first Summer Session Sing at 8 o clock tonight directed by E Thayer Gaston. Students families and Lawrence residents are invited. A piano and small orchestra will accompany with possible move to Hoch auditorium if rain affects the event.
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University of Kansas
Wakarusa Valley
E. Thayer Gaston
Lawrence
Gaston
Winifred Hill
Wallace Kunkel
Clayton Krehbiel
Harold Mould
Keith Allen
Hoch Auditorium
Troops Ready to Go With A E F in Northern Ireland
Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell, U S Army supply chief, declared the U S can fully equip any troops sent abroad. He reported no delay in moving equipment to the British Isles and praised the command in Northern Ireland for vim and dash as it prepares for deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.E.F
Northern Ireland
Brehon Somervell
U. S. Army
British Isles
United States
Fire at Williams Home Sparks Chimney Blaze
Sparks from the chimney ignited the wood shingle roof of the Dick Williams home at 1607 Crescent road yesterday afternoon. Neighbors noticed the fire as it burned and the fire department arrived at 3:55 p.m. to extinguish the blaze. no damage estimate is yet available.
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Dick Williams
Crescent Road
Pleasant Valley Telephone Meet Set For June 6 Evening
Pleasant Valley telephone company schedules its annual meeting for tomorrow night June 6 at 9 o clock in the Pleasant Grove P A hall. All members are urged to attend.
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Pleasant Valley Telephone Company
Pleasant Grove
P. A. Hall
Air Raid Warden School Under Way in Kansas
Gov. Payne Ratner opened a three day training program for air raid warden instructors at the University of Kansas Memorial Union. He urged readiness across communities as midwest danger looms and noted Kansas housing key military and industrial sites. About 150 attendees plus instructors from the Seventh Army corps area and American Legion posts will distribute training to wardens statewide.
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Kansas
America
Payne Ratner
Memorial Union
University of Kansas
Ratner
United States
Hitler
Midwest
Joseph D. Schultz
Scott Berridge
Kansas Department of the American Legion
Dale A. Fisher
Kansas Council of
United States Army
H. G. Inegham
Dievision
Memorial Union Building
Carruth Hall
American Legion Department of Kansas
Defense Council
Blast at Elyrood Ordnance Plant Kills and Maims Many
Joliet Illinois June 5 Fifty seven persons were killed or missing today in a massive explosion at the Elwood ordnance plant south of here. Army officials report 21 known dead with four identified and 36 missing. about 60 injured. Identification by fingerprints described.
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Joliet
Til
Elwood Ordnance Plant
Here
David P. Tunstall
Army
War Declaration Signed as U S Enters Balkan Front
President Roosevelt signed a congressional resolution declaring war on Bulgaria Hungary and Rumania. The action follows passage by both houses yesterday officially bringing the United States into hostilities in the Balkans.
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Washington
United States
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Roosevelt
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Pacific
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Lawrence High
Phog” Allen
Keeler’s
Wm. H. Burke
Highway 10
Africa
Alfred Smith
K. U
U. S
England
Williams
Elyrood
Aesnaneseenears
M. Garanarne
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