Peace talk traced to Axis sources amid war claims
The Associated Press reports Hitler and Japan tied peace rumors to Axis aims as Britain cites raids by the RAF against Italy in Aleppo and Syria. German troop movements into Syria were claimed while London radio notes Axis efforts to bottle up the British Mediterranean fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
Japan
Roosevelt
Far East
Indies
Middle East
Aleppo
Syria
Germany
London
Britain
Great Rock
Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
Alexandria
London Radio
NBC
Ankara
Turkey
Damascus
Transjordan
Beirut
North
Palestine
Hitler
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Edinburgh
Scotland
Argentina
United States
Intercontinental
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Spain
Sidney Prentice Explores Poe In Fraser Theater Lecture
Sidney Prentice of the K. A. class of '96 delivered a talk on Edgar Allan Poe at Fraser theater. Sponsored by the Lawrence Art club, the lecture covered Poe's life, poems, and musical interpretations with colored slides and recitations. Prentice, a Carnegie museum scientific illustrator for 38 years, also works for the Smithsonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Prentice
K. A
Edgar Allen Poe
Fraser Theater
Lawrence Art Club
Bernard Shaw
Prentice
Carnegie Museum
Smithsonian Institute
Stock Market Index Mixed as 60-Stock Average Fluctuates
The 60 stock index opened at 40.2 with a slight rise to 40.3 later in the session. Traders watched minor shifts across sectors as the market pared early gains.
Property Seizure Bill Faces Major Revisions Ahead
Washington June 6 administration leaders agree the war department property seizure bill cannot pass in its present form. A new substitute measure is expected, with senators Byrnes Connally Norris backing alternatives to empower seizure in defense plant production disputes and strike deadlocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Reynolds
D-N.c
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Connally
Byrnes
Norris
Government panel denounces three West Coast strikes
The Office of Production Management through its labor policy advisory committee condemned strikes hindering the defense program. It cited the San Francisco bay shipyards, North American Aviation in Inglewood California, and Puget Sound lumber workers. The resolution labeled the Bay Area machinists and Steel Workers Organizing Committee actions as seriously retarding shipbuilding crucial to national defense. President Roosevelt considered new steps to curb stoppages but waited while the defense mediation board works. Local Union 688 officers of the UAW CIO were said to have instigated the aviation strike in disrepute of trade union practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.lo
A.F.L
Railway Labor Executives Association
Hillman
International Association of Machinists
A.F.S
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
C.I.O
San Francisco Bay Area
Roosevelt
Defense Mediation Board
O.P.M
United Automobile Workers
Defense
North American Aviation Corporation
International Woodworkers Union
Washington
Daniel J. Tobin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
C.I.0
United Mine Workers
Pacific Northwest
C.J.O
North American Aviation Corp
Inglewood
Calif
North American Aviation Company
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Teamsters Union
A. F.L
Detroit
National Fellowship of Indian Workers Meeting Nears
Rev. and Mrs. E Russell Carter depart for Farmington New Mexico to attend the National Fellowship of Indian Workers gathering at the Navajo Methodist mission. Vice president Carter and others will join about 150 attendees with government and church leaders discussing The Place of the American Indian in an Ongoing Christian Democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Russell Carter
National Fellowship of Indian Workers
Farmington
N. M
Carter
Association
A. Watermulder
G. E. E. Lindquist
Lindquist
Gus
Helen
E. D. Klug
Wilmington
Del
George Boyce
The
Indian Service
Lawrence
Roberta Moffet
Haskell Commercial Department
Local Farmer Plans 40000 Bushel Wheat Harvest
A Enlow of 1804 Massachusetts street declares an Edwards county wheat crop of about 40000 bushels from 1600 acres at an estimated 25 bushels per acre. He notes Haverty’s Super Early Blackhull as his favored variety, planted on a quarter of the land, maturing about three days earlier but with a tendency to shatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Enlow
Massachusetts Street
Edwards County
Enlow
Haverty
Governor Payne Ratner Declines Coronado Pittsburg Invite
Topeka June 6 Governor Payne Ratner was invited by a delegation to attend a Coronado celebration in Pittsburg June 11 13 but he declined. He agreed to write a letter to the President of Mexico. Two girls chosen during the celebration will carry the letter. Delegation members included John Fenimore A C Runyon George Weeks and Clint Rankin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Payne Ratner
Pittsburg
Mexico
John Fenimore
A. C. Runyon
George Weeks
Clint Rankin
Kansas June draft quotas by county and station
Kansas selective service announces county by county draft quotas totaling 991 men for June sixth note western counties face labor needs for wheat harvest. Johnson county tops local trainees with 35. Sedgwick No. three 34. Fort Leavenworth and Leavenworth counts list multiple induction dates and numbers across June 21 to June 30 with several counties contributing smaller lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
State Selective Service
R. F. Montgomery
Johnson County
Sedgwick Board No
Fort Leavenworth
Saline
Sedgwick
Marshall
Reno
Lyon
Wilson
Trego
Woodson
Leavenworth
Ford
Ellis
Doniphan
Hodgeman
Mitchell
Graham
Kiowa
Ellsworth
Finney
Miami
Nemaha
Cloud
Coma
Washington
Oberlin
Ay Crook
Jewell
Rawins
Fort Crook
Republic
Norton
Philps
Smith
Thomas
Voices to be Placed in K U Vault for 175th Anniversary
At the Kansas University commencement, 2041 alumni will hear sound recordings of notable figures including William Allen White Deane W. Malott and Harold D. Smith. The disks will be sealed in a cabinet in the alumni office with a history of the university and 75th anniversary materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.U
Smen
William Allen White
Deane W. Malott
Harold D. Smith
Fred Ellsworth
Kansan
Ellsworth
K. U
Kansas Postmasters Confirmed by Senate in June
The senate has confirmed Kansas postmaster nominations Edith Lawson Gray Alden Charles E Hanlon Caney Elnathan B Gray Jewell George W Ryan Lincoln and Vernon T Hill Logan. This confirms a slate of appointments across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Washington
Senate
Edith Lawson Gray
Alden
Charles E. Hanlon
Caney
Elnathan B. Gray
Jewell
George W. Ryan
Lincoln
Vernon T. Hill
Logan
Labor Strikes and Mediation Board Action Report
The defense mediation board pursues settlements in West Coast aircraft and lumber disputes as unions pledge support for the President. The war department tallies 52 800 defense workers on strike, amid moves toward a possible use of emergency powers to keep plants open.
A Roof Over Barbecue If It Comes on to Rain
Barbecue at the stadium to be served at 5 30 this afternoon rain or shine. In case of rain service moves to the east side of the stadium with the program. About 300 tickets will be available at the stadium at serving time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Garcia Lopez de Cardenas
Ed Dover
Coronado
Grand Canyon
Cibola
Hernando de Alvardo
Curtis Dalton
Mary Juan Padilla
L. R. Perry
Rio Grande
Tiguex
Sopete
Quivira
Texas
Kansas
Quivita
Insurance offices to close Saturdays at 1 p.m. starting June 7
A list of local insurance offices announces Saturday closing time at 1 p m beginning June 7. Manley Insurance Agency Frank E Banks John C Mick T G Fitch Holmes Investment Company Repasting Insurance Agency Iv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manley Insurance Agency
Frank E. Banks
John C. Mick T. G. Fitch
Thirty-Fifth Division Soldiers Execute First Blackout Exercises
More than 5,000 weary Thirty-Fifth Division troops rolled into Camp Robinson at dawn for the unit’s first overnight field exercises under blackout conditions. Two combat teams and motor transport units, including 134th Nebraska infantry and 138th Missouri infantry with attached field artillery, participated six miles north of the base with muffled vehicles and blue blackout lamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Robinson
35Th Division
134Th
Nebraska
180Th
Kansas) Field Artillery
138Th
Missouri
161St
110Th
Nebraska) Quartermasters
Relics on Display at Douglas County Historical Society
Visitors flocked to the 726 Massachusetts street headquarters during commencement week to view exhibits of old sewing machines, pictures, scrap books, Quantrill raid relics, clothing, and other artifacts. Indiana travelers bought glass ware. 25 percent of proceeds support the museum fund. The staff note strong interest in the exhibited reports and items loaned by Mrs. C. O. Bowman and John Akers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Historical Society
Massachusetts Street
Indiana
Lawrence
Quantrill
C. O. Bowman
J. H. Gleason
John Akers
J. Hunzicker
Weather sketch of Kansas shows rain south and east
Eastern counties face showery, cooler air while western areas stay partly cloudy. Rain fell across Kansas with varying totals, easing flood risks in Oswego and Chanute but maintaining higher levels on the Neosho and Solomon rivers. Temperatures dip to near 58 to 62 Fahrenheit tonight with 75 to 80 tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Neosho
Tola
Oklahoma
Chanute
Oswego
Flora
Republican
Smith Center
Alton
Canker City
Chapman
Enterprise
Wheaton
Hill City
KU Banquet Tickets Sell Out For 75th Anniversary Celebration
A capacity crowd is expected at the University of Kansas 75th anniversary dinner in Memorial Union ballroom. Reservations closed with 800+ tickets sold. Ben Hibbs of Country Gentleman will be principal speaker. Broadcast 7 to 7:30 p.m. over station WREN NBC blue network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Memorial Union
Ben Hibbs
Country Gentleman Magazine
WREN
NBC Blue
William Allen White
Mary Pickford to Attend 75th Anniversary Dinner at K U
Mrs Charles Buddy Rogers known as Mary Pickford will arrive in Lawrence tomorrow for the 75th anniversary dinner at Kansas University. She will be hosted by Mr and Mrs Dolph Simons and may speak briefly after speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles “Buddy” Rogers
Mary Pickford
K. U
Lawrence
Kansas City
Beverly Hills
Calif
Dolph Simons
Wayne Davidson
Rogers
Deane Malott
Malott
Hollywood
RKO
Mattern to Take Sabbatical Year at University
Prof Karl Mattern associate professor in the school of fine arts will leave for a sabbatical year after 16 years of service. He and Mrs Mattern will reside in New York City for painting and study. Donald Silks will take over Matterns painting courses and will also teach during the coming summer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Mattern
School of Fine Arts
Dread
Mattern
Mrs.attern
New York City
Will
Donald Silks
St. Joseph Junior College
St. Joseph
Silks
Roosevelt Signs Bill to Seize Idle Foreign Ships
President Roosevelt signed legislation allowing the government to take over and operate about 80 idle foreign ships in U S waters. The maritime commission was ordered to implement the act including purchase requisition charter or take over ships and to document vessels under U S or neutral law with just compensation to owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Maritime Commission
United States
Philippines
Canal Zone
Western Hemisphere
KU Budget Drops for 1941 42 Amid Enrollment Decline
University of Kansas sets 1941 42 budget at 2 919 008 dollars, down 28 000 from current year. The drop comes despite a 71 000 state appropriation increase as 20 percent enrollment decline erases much of the gain. Chancellor Malott says about 75 courses will be dropped and study leans toward national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Board of Regents
Deane W. Malott
K. U
Deadwood
Draft Registrants Need Not Pay Fee to Notaries
Bruce Cameron, chairman of the Douglas county selective service board, says registrants need not pay notaries for draft questionnaires. Some notaries were charging for notarization. government requests no notary fees. Signatures can be witnessed by designated men assisting draftees, as draft boards provide these services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Cameron
Douglas County Selective Service Board
Notary Public
Beeen
Cameron
Draft Board
AID TO PARALYTICS Free Toronto splints in epidemic areas
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis pledges free distribution of Toronto splints and Bradford frames to indigent persons in epidemic areas. Over 3,000 appliances have been used in two years with central supply in New York City ready for future requests. No charge for the appliances except expressage. obtainable through county chapter officers or responsible medical professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Bradford
National Foundation For
New York City
Oil Shortage May Ease If Foreign Ships Are Requisitioned
Prospects of partial easing of the oil shortage in the east were noted in informed quarters today as the forthcoming requisitioning of foreign ships in American ports is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
East
Pirates edge Giants in first of twin bill 5 4
Max Butcher earned a win for Pittsburgh as the Pirates beat New York 5 to 4 in the opener. Pinch hitter Frank Dema ree fouled out with tying and winning runs on base in the late moments. The lineup featured Butcher and McGee with Hartnett closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League
New York
Max Butcher
Pirates
Giants
Frank Demaree
Pittsburgh
Butcher
Lover
McGee
Adams
R. Bowman
Hartnett
Sewell
Danning
Boston
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Braves
Len Warneke
St. Louis
Warneke Bad Mancuso
Salvo
Sulivan
Masimee
Philadelphia
Washington
Detroit
Chase
Gisbel
Saashe
Tebbbetts
Coronado Entrada Draws 6 000 To 8 000 In Memorial Stadium
A large audience witnessed the Coronado Entrada opening night at K U Memorial Stadium with 6 000 to 8 000 spectators. Rain postponed tonight’s performance. another show is set for tomorrow at 8 30. The production featured colorful costumes, lighting, and a 485 cast, celebrating Coronado’s entry into Kansas and the university’s 75th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U. Memorial Stadium
Kansas
Weather summary for Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma forecast
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers mainly in eastern areas. Cooler temperatures expected in the east tonight with a mostly dry west. Extended period forecast shows near normal temperatures, light to moderate rainfall early in the region, and minimal rainfall otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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New Mexico
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Western Association of Railway
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Iola
Fort Scott
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Concordia and Russell
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Herington
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Cassaday
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Anthony
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St. Francis
Goodland
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Quinter
Scott City
Ness City
Syracuse
Garden City
Dodge City
Sublette
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Laeral
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Junction City
Journal- World
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Mount Dread
Payne H. Ratner
Alfred M. Landon
University
Alice Moncrieff
Fred M. Harris
Blue
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Watkins Memorial Hospital
Department of Design
Observatory
Clarence McClung
University of Pennsylvania
Elmer V. McCollum
Johns Hopkins University
Snowhall
Sachem
Strong Hall
Hoch Auditorium
Mortar Board
Pine Room
Memorial Union Building
Lawrence Country Club
Buddy Rogers
Memorial Stadium
Hodgson
Bulletin
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Lyons
Bill Hargiss
Compostela
Antonio de Mendoza
Theodore Chariton
Mexico City
Explorer
Pedro de Casteneda
R. C. Laessig
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