Roosevelt Pledges U S Aid To Allies In War Crisis
President Roosevelt, in a Charlottesville commencement address, pledges full material and moral support to France and England and warns that Europe’s war endangers U S democracy. He announces neutrality act measures against Italy and urges swift mobilization and preparedness.
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Rochester
N. Y
Leche Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison
Former Louisiana Governor Richard W. Leche was sentenced in Alexandria to ten years in federal prison for mail fraud connected to a state highway trucks purchase. Judge Ben C. Dawkins ordered two consecutive five year terms on two counts, with a suspended sentence on a third count.
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Alexandria
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Ben C. Dawkins
Leche
Commencement Sparks Pranks and Alumni Gatherings
At KU the 803 alumni reported back for graduation weekend as grads returned caps and gowns for diploma pickup. Engineers whistled The Prisoner's Song at the ceremony while a coed worried about a postgrad job at a distillery if her parents knew.
Pictured tennis star and other clues form a word puzzle
A crossword style grid lists various clues with numbered entries across and down including Pictured tennis star and Bird Apportioned structural unit striped cloth direct in action tolerate British playwright and more. The puzzle features multiple intersecting words across horizontal and vertical sections.
KU seniors plan Mexico trip amid reunion and delays
The class of 1940 held a reunion after commencement at Mil lear's barbecue north of Lawrence. Seniors spoke of leaving for Mexico with a salary check of eight dollars due July 10. Eugene Kuhn, a Junction City senior, works at KU and plans the trip with Orlando Epp Hillsboro Homan O Banion Elliott Merriam Russell Miller Leonardville. Mussolini was named as an uninvited speaker for ceremonies yesterday.
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Lawrence
K U
Mexico
Eugene
Fritz” Kuhn
Junction City
K. U
Orlando Epp
Hillsboro
Homan O’banion -Elliott
Merriam
Russell Miller
Leonardville
No Diploma for Willkie as History Credit Fails
Philip H. Willkie, son of a corporate executive, did not receive a diploma at Princeton University when he failed to meet history requirements. The announcement follows his peers voting him "most likely to succeed" earlier in the year.
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Princeton
N. J
Philip H. Willkie
History Department Declares Willkie Ineligible for Commencement
The history department announced that Willkie son of Utilities Executive Wendell L. Willkie failed to meet the department’s requirements for commencement.
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History Department
Willkie
Utilities
Wendell L. Willkie
Fever cattle movement in spring 26 percent smaller than last year
The spring movement of cattle into Kansas and Oklahoma blue stem and Osage pastures this year was 26 percent smaller than last year, with about 214 000 head received versus 280 000 previously. Cattle wintered over were not in as good condition, yet gains have been steady and Blue Stem pasture condition reached 92 percent on June 1.
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KFKU
Fred Ellsworth
McKinley Warren
Boston
Betty Wilkinson
Kansas City
C. H. Mullen
Topeka
Kansas and
Oklahoma
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas
Flint Hill
Blue Stem
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