Warplanes Again Fly Over France
Premier Edouard Daladier traveled toward the Franco Spanish frontier to inspect the site of yesterday’s bombing as alarms echoed along the border. Nine unmarked planes, possibly insurgent craft, crossed into France in two days of incursions prompting warnings and defensive measures.
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Edouard Daladier
Jules Decamp
Spain
Ax- Les-Thermes
Toulouse
Daladier
Puymorens
Bourg-Madame
Nahuja
Puigcerda
Georges Bonnet
Foreign Office
London
Berlin
Rome
France
Earl of Perth
Britain
Galeazzo Ciang
Italy
French Ambassador protests Japanese air raid on Canton hospital
French ambassador to Tokyo Charles Arsene Henry lodged a formal protest with Japan over the bombing of the Doumer hospital in Canton China. The attack killed two Chinese patients a French surgeon and many Chinese wounded when a direct hit damaged the building.
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Charles Arsene Henry
Canton
China
Doumer Hospital
Riding Burning Plane Down in California Flight Survives Crash
Pilot Carl V. Darnell and three companions escaped unharmed after a burning airplane wrecked in a plowed field near Ontario California. Engine backfires caused the blaze. Darnell shut off ignition and steered the craft to safety from 200 feet before it overturned. The plane was destroyed by fire. U S May Aid In Inquiry. State dept weighs Britain invite to join investigation of Spain bombings.
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Calif
Carl V. Darnell
Darnell
U. S
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Spain
Stock Market Index Shows Mixed Readings
Market summary notes an average of 60 stocks at 38.9 and Saturday at 38.4 with Washer repairing and reference to Green Bros and Advy.
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Green Bros
Insurgent planes set British ship ablaze at Alicante raid
In a fierce raid over Alicante on the eastern coast, insurgent planes set the British freighter St. Winifred afire, killing 21 including nine women and a child and wounding 100. The assault involved five Junkers. raids hit the harbor area and nearby buildings while Valencia and Sagunto also suffered air attacks.
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Madrid
Valencia
Mediterranean
St. Winifred
Junker
Barcelona
Sagunto
Lloyd’s of London
Jaja
Spain
Smoky Hill Flood Crest Shifts Toward Dickinson County
In Salina and surrounding areas the Smoky Hill river crest moved toward Dickinson county as rainfall totaled 0.28 inches. The flood forced evacuations, damaged wheat and bottom lands, and prompted Red Cross relief while nearby towns report rising levels and levee concerns.
Washington Weekly Congress Hopes Adjourning With Wage Hour Accord
Washington leaders and President Roosevelt weigh quick adjournment as wage hour bill talks near compromise. Senate and House plan bills including a $300 million deficiency measure while conferees seek broad enforcement authority or new exemptions.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
House
Garner
Bankhead
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Capitol
Thomas
D-Ut
Senate Labor Committee
Altho
Senate Judiciary Committee
FTC says IH and rivals dominate farm implement market
The Federal Trade Commission told Congress that International Harvester and seven other large manufacturers control most farm machine production. It criticized coercive practices by unidentified firms and suggested pricing policies may verge on illegality. A second report will cover profits prices and costs.
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Federal Trade Commission
Congress
International Harvester Company
Barnes Faces Liquor Possession Charges at Local Tavern
Ray Barnes operator of a tavern on Highway 59 near Lawrence faced a Justice of the Peace court charge for possession of intoxicating liquor. Undersheriff George Price and Deputy Henry Collins arrested him Saturday night at 9:30 PM after two pints of whiskey were found in the grass near his business.
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Milton Beach
Ray Barnes
Lawrence
Highway 59
Barnes
George Price
Henry Collins
Braxton Father Son Freed in Florida Kidnapping Case
M F Braxton and his son James, detained since Wednesday in the James Bailey Cash Jr kidnapping case, were released after their wives approached the FBI to seek their freedom. Federal agents had held them in Princeton Florida pending further investigation.
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Princeton
Fla
M. F. Braxton
James
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Premier Hodza Rejects Slovak Autonomy Claim
In Bratislava on June 6 Premier Milan Hodza denounced Father Andreas Hlinka and his Slovak autonomist followers seeking to speak for the Svakiare minority. The report notes a large crowd and the fighting speech as part of a broader World journal promo for vacationers.
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Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Milan Hodza
Andreas Hlinka
Formation of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833
The American Anti Slavery Society was formed in 1833, signaling a new organized push within abolitionist movements. The group united activists to advocate for emancipation and moral reform across the United States.
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American Anti-Slavery Society
Brethren Conference Opens At KU With 2000 to 5000 Delegates
The 152nd annual Church of the Brethren conference begins Wednesday in Kansas with 2000 to 5000 delegates and runs a week ending June 14. Sessions center at Hoch Auditorium on the University of Kansas campus. Noted church leaders from several states attend, including Dr. W. F. Schwalm and Dr. J. E. Miller.
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University of Kansas
Hoch
Pennsylvania
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Dunkers
United States
Altho
Germany
Hugenot
France
England
W. F. Schwahim
McPherson
Kan
J. E. Miller
Elgin
Ill
C. D. Bonsack
Elgin, Ill
Mission Board
H. H. Hillman
New Carlisle
C. Ernest Davis
la Verne College
LaVerne
Calif
Nevin W. Fisher
May Delay Spending Bill for Farm Benefit Payments
Washington June 6 GP A 212000000 senate addition for farm benefit payments threatened today to delay enactment of the spending bill Representative Woodrum of Virginia said full hearings would be needed for serious consideration. Senator Bankhead expressed hope the house would accept the appropriation and that conferees would agree.
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Senate
Representative Woodrum
Dva
House
Bankhead
Light Noon Vote in Iowa Primary Cites Weather and Farm Work
Des Moines Iowa June 6 A comparatively light vote had been cast at noon today in Iowa s primary election for the Democratic senatorial nomination. Threatening weather and the rush of farm work kept rural voters from the polls during the morning.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Governor Huxman Loses Neckwear at Hutchinson Picnic
Gov. Walter A. Huxman attended a Hutchinson picnic at C. L. Burt’s home on June 6. Burt, Burt's admonition followed by guests with shirts open, used a pair of scissors to cut the governor's necktie, illustrating the lighthearted breach of the host's request.
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Kan
Walter A. Huxman
C. L. Burt
Burt
Fire kills 20 in wedding party blaze in La Union
A lightning strike set two neighboring houses in Malameg village, La Union province, aflame during a wedding party killing more than twenty people. A survivor said the blaze spread rapidly, trapping guests inside.
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Manila
Malameg
la Union
Rainfall in Kansas May Nears State Record
Kansas saw heavier May rainfall than all but three months in 51 years of state reports, with eastern counties over 10 inches and extremes from 16.55 inches in Emporia to 2.41 inches in Hugoton. The May average by region ranged from 4.66 inches in the west to 9.75 inches in the east, totaling 7.56 inches for the state, about 3.70 inches above normal.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
East Central
Emporia
Hugoton
Flora
KU Alumni Plan 75th Anniversary Celebration for 1941
University of Kansas alumni committee led by Prof A G Mitchell announces a 1941 commencement centennial celebration with 1938 39 and 40 anniversary notes. Goals include honoring contributors to the university, promoting education, showing state service, reuniting alumni, and shaping a strong future with dramatizations exhibits and publications.
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University of Kansas
K.U. Alumni Association
A. G. Mitchell
Mitchell
Carney
Lawrence
State University
W.L. Burdick
Allen Crafton
Paul Dismoor
Fred Ellsworth
May Gardner
Harold Ingham
F. E. Melvin
J. W. Murray
Olin Templin
Professor Mitchell
Rain Predicted As Smoky Hill Flood Crest Expected
Weather forecast from federal meteorologist S. D. Flora notes thundershowers and cooler conditions for parts of the state today and tomorrow. Smoky Hill River expected to crest and overflow between Salina and Junction City within two days, with previous floods cited for 1927 and 1928 as context.
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S. D. Flora
Smoky Hill
Lindsborg
Salina
Junction City
Flora
Enterprise
Altho
Manhattan
Hanover
Concordia
Wichita
Kansas City
Burt Elected Alumni President Of Kansas Association
Clarence L. Burt the engineering graduate of 1909 was elected president by mail ballot at the University of Kansas alumni association annual meeting. Dudley Doolittle of Wichita ran close. Balfour Jeffry of Topeka was chosen vice president. Two directors named Frank Lee Carson and Dolph Simons. Chester Woodward retires as president. Burt previously worked in Mexico, was Manhattan city manager, and served as Hutchinson mayor.
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University of Kansas Alumni Association
Clarence L. Burt
Hutchinson
Dudley Doolittle
Wichita
Balfour Jeffry
Topeka
Frank Lee Carson
Dolph Simons
Lawrence
Journal-World
Chester Woodward
Mexico
Manhattan
West Virginia
Prince Rupert
Canada
Grant Trunk Pacific
Clarence L. Burt. Hutchinson
University of Kansas
K. U. Alumni Association
Fatal Auto Crash Alters KU Commencement Plans
Mrs Mabel Sicard 34 of Cheyenne Wyoming was fatally injured on highway 40 near Topeka while en route to attend the University of Kansas commencement where her sister Miss Ethel Newland would receive a degree. Her husband L N Sicard suffered a severe shock and a shoulder fracture and is hospitalized in Topeka. Funeral services set for La Junta Colorado.
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University of Kansas
Ethel Newland
Mabel Sicard
Highway 40
Topeka
L. N. Sicard
Sicards
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sicard
Mary Newland
Elizabeth Newland
Indiana Street
la Junta
Col
Sic
Showdown Near on Relief Crisis Now in Cleveland
Cleveland faces a growing direct relief crisis as 75,000 residents in the city and 12,000 in the county rely on aid. City officials report anger over distribution, with some children prioritized while others demand equal care for the elderly.
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Clark L. Mack
Mack
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Commencement Exercises at KU Feature Dykstra Address
Clarence Addison Dykstra of Wisconsin will speak at Kansas University’s sixty-sixth commencement, on Democracy and Education. About 1,200 graduates will receive degrees as officials read messages and present diplomas in Memorial Stadium this evening.
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University of Wisconsin
K.U
University of Kansas
Memorial Stadium
Dykstra
Strong Hall
Walter A. Haxman
Ralph T. O’neil
Topeka
State Board of Regents
Charles M. Harger
Abilene
Board of Regents
E. H. Lindley
Uarr
William Ward
Russell L. Wiley
Charles A. Puls
Trinity Tutheran Church
Democracy
Educa
Walter A. Knoxman
Ciribirdbin
Cece -Alford Univer
Butter Prices Fall to Three Year Low in Chicago
Butter prices dropped to 24 1/4 cents a pound for extras in Chicago as government agents bought nearly 100 000 pounds amid weak wholesale demand. New York purchases topped 100 000 pounds with the drop from a 39 cent December high. The government has bought about 138 million pounds for relief since February, while regional prices trace a historic decline. Hazing was abolished at West Point in 1901.
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Chicago
New York
Class Reunion in Every Room at KU Big Day for 1913 Group
Alumni events fill Kansas University with reunions during commencement week. The 1913 class held a 4 pm dinner in the Memorial Union ballroom, with 165 alumni and a memorial gift around 550 dollars presented to Chancellor Lindley.
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Memorial Union Building
Union Building
F. L. Carson
Wichita
E. H. Lindley
Lindley
K. U
Laws
Loleta McCune Troup
Kansas City
Beatrice Dalton Buecking
Orlin A. Weede
Law
Memorial Union
Evans Hearth
Eldridge
Bishop Waldorf Urges Each Keeps Place in the Sun
Ernest Lynn Waldorf, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, addressed about 5,000 at the University of Kansas baccalaureate in Memorial stadium. He defined a place in the sun as a favorable position for development and a rightful share, urging fair play for all and cooperative effort among church, university, and society.
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Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
University of Kansas
Memorial Stadium
Mt. Oread
Illinois
Bishop Waldorf
Church
Abraham Flexner
Disraeli
Weather forecast for Kansas with scattered thundershowers
The Kansas forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with isolated thundershowers in the east and south this afternoon or tonight. Cooler tonight. Tuesday should be generally fair and cooler in the east and south. Morning conditions vary: partly cloudy at Manhattan and Topeka, hazy at Salina, clear at Emporia, Arkansas City, Wichita and Pittsburg. Dirt roads are soft at Salina, elsewhere good.
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Wichita
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