Two British Ships Sent To The Bottom In Libyan Action
Alexandria, June 12. British gunboat Lady Bird and monitor Terror were destroyed by Stuka dive bombers off the Libyan coast. The Terror, with 15 inch guns, was sunk after near misses and a heavy bombardment. the Lady Bird went down at Tobruk harbor while firing back until her last gun. British warships rescued Terror officers and men. one man was seriously injured.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Britain
Italy
Libya
Libyan
Tobruk
Yangtze River
United States
Yangtze
Summer School Classes Begin at University of Kansas
Summer session at the University of Kansas started this morning across all departments. No attendance figures have been released yet. The nine week term offers two hour morning courses four times weekly, three hour courses six periods weekly, and five hour courses ten sessions total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Antonescu Leaves Munich After Talks With German Leaders
Premier Ton Antonescu of Romania departed Munich by plane after talks with German leaders including Adolf Hitler. Foreign Minister Ribbentrop reportedly attended the talks with the Fuehrer. The Romanian leader was said to plan a subsequent trip to Rome.
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Munich
Ton Antonescu
Rumania
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Fuehrer
Berlin
Rome
Populist Proposals on Money and Lessons After Civil War
The populist movement urged warehouse storage for nonperishable farm products with warehouse certificates usable for taxes and debts, plus free silver coinage. Causes of falling prices included rapid postwar expansion of transport and industry and gold’s slow rise, while gold’s value grew as Australia and California mined less and countries shifted from silver. Lessons call for gold as base money, separate fiscal and monetary functions, and an elastic currency supplied by banks to stabilize prices.
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Australia
California
Flood Crest Near Topeka as Rivers Recede
The Republican River crest near Topeka fell four feet nine inches below flood stage while lines along Union Pacific and Rock Island reopened west of Manhattan. Highway closures persisted, Fort Riley and Camp Funston dikes held, and neighboring Missouri river levels declined in Nebraska while Kansas City, Kansas faced rising but manageable rivers.
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Union Pacific
Rock Island
Manhattan
Fort Riley
Wamego
Alma
Junction City
Fort
Air Corps
Marshall Field
Post
Camp Funston
Caval Training Center
Nebraska
Missouri River
Nebraska City
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Kan
Chicago salesman warns Kiwanis on over optimism and worry
G W McSweeney sales manager of a Chicago check printing firm told Kiwanis at Wiedemann's that the sales outlook is too good risking a rocking chair mindset like 1929. He urged steady advertising, caution on world events, and notes bankers' low per-transaction earnings while delivering value. Kansas bankers attended and Ed Elbel received a dictionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann’s
G. W. McSweeney
McSweeney
Bankers’ Clinic
Kansas
Local Markets Today Grain and Livestock Prices
Grain values show wheat 85 and corn 64 with 63 for white and mixed. Butterfat markers No 135 and No 233. Poultry prices listed for hens under 4 pounds 12 and roosters 6 5. Eggs at 22 and hogs 9.50.
Partly blind Wells Mori earns degree from IIT Chicago
Wells Mori partially blind since birth graduates with a bachelor of science from Illinois Institute of Technology. He ranked fourth among 360 graduates with four B grades amid an otherwise stellar record. Mori, 28, endured optic nerve atrophy and long reading times, learning Braille and typing to succeed.
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Chicago
Wells Mori
Illinois Institute of Technology
Mori
Wells
Minnesota
Jacksonville
Ill
Reper Pry Cooking School Draws Large Kansas Crowd
About 800 people attended the second day of Esther L. Branch led cooking school sponsored by Kansas Public Service Co. at 2 pm tomorrow final session. Prizes included food, baking supplies, and a grand prize gas range. Ernest Pontius presided and read yesterday's winners across numerous names and addresses.
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Esther L. Branch
Kansas Public Service Company
Ernest Pontius
Bioff pleads innocent in heavy bail release
Theatrical union leader William Bioff, head of the AFL affiliated international alliance of theatrical stage employees, pleads innocent to federal anti racketeering charges and is released on $50 000 bail. Judge John C Knox warns witnesses must not be harassed or threatened. Bioff and George Browne are charged with obtaining $550 000 from major film producers under threat of a strike.
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New York
William Bioff
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
A.F.L
Bioff
John C. Knox
George Browne
Hospital auxiliary refuses refund for Roosevelt lecture fee
Mrs. W. T. Rees of the Mary Fletcher Hospital Women's Auxiliary said the group would not accept any part of the $1,000 fee paid to Franklin D. Roosevelt for a hospital benefit lecture last week. Roosevelt later offered to refund $500 after a Vermont congressman's remark.
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Burlington, Vt
W. T. Rees
Mary Fletcher Hospital Women’s Auxiliary
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Giants Blank Cubs Behind Hubbell’s Pinch Pitching
In New York, Carl Hubbell held Chicago to six hits as the Giants defeated the Cubs 2 to 0. Boston and Cincinnati also played, with Derringer tossing a four-hiter as Cincinnati shaded Boston 1 to 0. American League showdowns included Philadelphia vs Detroit and a postponed Washington at Cleveland game.
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New York
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Altho
Bruins
Bill Lee
Cubs
Chicago
Lea
McCullough
Hubbell
Danning
Boston
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Braves
Paul Derringer
Bostonians
Cincinnati
Derringer
West
Johnson
Berres
Mast
Philadelphia
Detroit
Beckman
Hayes
Gorsica
Sullivan
HipiemerciRo
Eming
Pytlak
R. Harris
Muncrief
Swift
Washington
Cleveland
Notable Justices and their Roosevelt Era Roles
The article profiles Harlan F. Stone and other Supreme Court figures, detailing Stone's shift from dissenter to majoritarian, and outlining Jackson Byrnes and Roberts’ roles from 1930s to 1940s governance. It notes Jackson and Byrnes as key Roosevelt allies and their influence on tax, anti trust, social security, and emergency measures.
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Stone
Holmes
Brandeis
Cardozo
Jackson
Washington
Roosevelt
Internal Revenue Bureau
Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon, Former Secretary of the Treasury
Utility Holding Company Act
SEC
Great Power Systems
Electric Bond
Supreme Court
Byrnes
South Carolina
Cotton Ed’ Smith
Smith
Marshall
Reunion picnic draws KS and KU alumni in Indiana
Lawrence reports a reunion picnic for Kansas State and University of Kansas alumni planned near Lafayette Indiana this Sunday. Local volunteers recorded a greetings phonograph with KU band numbers a Onward Kansas performance by Clayton Krehbiel and a talk by H B Hungerford. Kansas golfers began qualifying at Lawrence Country Club. An electric razor appears in use at a barber shop as WPA workers begin a new concrete sidewalk on South Park Massachusetts Street.
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Kansas State College
University of Kansas
Battleground
Ind
K. S
K. U
Lafayette
Kansas
Clayton Krehbiel
School of Fine Arts
H. B. Hungerford
WPA
Southpark
Massachusetts Street
Cattle Shipments Rise in Topeka Region This Spring
About 177 000 cattle were shipped into the Flint Hills blue stem area this spring, up from 166 000 in 1940. The 1930s average was 209 000. Pastures are well filled, winter carryover was large, cattle are in good flesh, and pasture moisture condition is the best in years at 96 percent versus 92 last year and an 85 percent 10 year average.
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Topeka
Flint Hills
Blue Stem
Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas University summer recreation center opens next week
Fowler Grove on the KU campus will host the annual summer recreation center starting early next week. Dr F C Allen notes expanded programs for SER school attendees and Lawrence residents with new amenities a drinking fountain and another monkey maze plus a full slate of games dances and picnics for 7 to 9 pm daily excluding weekends.
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Fowler Grove
University of Kansas
Department of Physical Education
SER School
Lawrence
F. C. Allen
Robinson Gymnasium
Allen
Delegates Return From Fort Scott VFW Encampment
Eight Alford-Clarke post 852 Auxiliary members returned from the VFW and Auxiliary department encampment in Fort Scott held June 8 to 10. Attending national auxiliary officers included Mrs Mabel Tanner and Mrs Grace H Davis with several others. Officers elected were Mrs Eva Insley as department president and Mrs Belva Jane Butters as department senior vice president.
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Alford-Clarke
Auxiliary of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W
Fort Scott
Albert Steinbring
Otto Grant
Bruce Clepper
J. H. Saunders
Homer King
Tracy Leis
W. T. Allen
C. E. Daniels
Daniels
V.F.W. Auxiliary
E. F. Austen
Richmond
Calif
Eva Insley
Chanute
Sadie Billings
Arkansas City
Belva Jane Butters
Toneka
Knudsen Dedicates Plant to Boost Aircraft Production
William Knudsen dedicated Wright Aeronautical’s $37,000,000 airplane motor plant in Cincinnati and told workers that every new motor puts another airplane in the air. He urged that the American way of living endure beyond the wartime effort as the plant rolls out the first of 1,000 motors expected monthly.
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Cincinnati
William Knudsen
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Office of Production Management
Judge Garvin in Satisfactory Condition After Gallstone Surgery
Judge Robert H. Garvin of St. John Kansas was reported in satisfactory condition today at St. Marys hospital after an operation yesterday for a gallstone. Garvin is the district judge at St. John. The notice also advertises Journal-World mail service for summer addresses.
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Garvin
Rochester
Minn
Robert H. Garvin
St. John
Kan
St. Marys Hospital
Gallstone
Deaths and Funerals in Kansas and Nearby States
George Cline age 51 of Lecompton dies at Memorial hospital. Funeral at Rumsey funeral home Saturday 10:30 AM. burial in Iola. Survived by wife Ella, four daughters, two sons, mother, one brother, four sisters, five grandchildren. Rev. A. T. Parker to conduct service. Amanda Catherine White dies in KU hospital. burial Beyer cemetery. sister Alicia McClintock survives. Service at Prairie Center Friends church Friday 2:30 PM. Rev. W. W. Garrison officiates.
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George Cline
Lecompton
Memorial Hospital
Rumsey
Iola
Ella Cline
Robert Delker
Cairo
Ill
Joe B. Adams
Lola
Ralph Smith
West Hollywood
Calif
Lola Jean Cline
Earl Cline
Emporia
Gerald Cline
Sarah FE. Cline
Kansas City
A. T. Parker
New York Street
St. Luke A.M.E
J. A. Hamlett
Kan
G. W. Reed
Amanda Catherine White
Lawrence
University of Kansas Hospital
Friends Church
Prairie Center
Rev
W. W. Garrison
Beyer Cemetery
Miss White
John White
Alicia McClintock
Hutchinson
Zinc search project launched in Tri-State area
The Kansas Geological Survey and Tri-State Zinc and Lead Producers association begin a geological and geophysical study to locate new zinc ore bodies. Led by J. J. Jakosky and Dr. R. C. Moore, field work starts with Dr. Dreyer in charge. The Tri-State district spans southeastern Kansas, southwestern Missouri, and northeastern Oklahoma and is the nation’s largest zinc producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Kansas Geological Survey
Tri-State Zinc and Lead Producers Association
Tri-State
J. J. Jakosky
University of Kansas School of Engineering
K.U
Dr. Dreyer
Salica Forte Bantam Title Fight Postponed to Monday
A 15 round world bantam weight title bout between Tommy Forte of Philadelphia and Lou Salica of Brooklyn scheduled for tonight at Shiber Park in Philadelphia has been postponed until Monday night because of bad weather conditions.
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Salica-Forte
Philadelphia
Tommy Forte
Lou Salica
Brooklyn
Shiber Park
Man Rescued From Kaw River Island Flood
Duke Dyke of Kins Island west of Indian Village was cut off by rising Kaw river water. At noon horses stood in 18 inches of water while Dyke, with two dogs and a shotgun, waited atop his house until a rescue party led by Sheriff Charles Banning retrieved him. The animal rescue and crop losses followed days of flooding after the river overflowed near his home.
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Kins Island
Charles Banning
Duke
Ernie Higgins
Hank Rhode
Hig
Gina
Vern King
Rhode
Higging Ig
Island
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Kaw
Duplication Survey Of State Schools Is Set
Dean W. W. Pierson of North Carolina University will survey duplication across Kansas five state institutions next October. The 10 year gap since the last survey by KU, KSC, Emporia Teachers, Pittsburg Teachers, and Fort Hays State College prompted the chosen outsider. Focus will be on graduate schools due to costly duplication amid small class sizes.
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Topeka
W. W. Pierson
North Carolina University
Kansas State
Board of Regents
University of Kansas
Kansas State College
Emporia Teachers College
Pittsburg Teachers College
Fort Hays’ State College
Pierson
Oil heating fears prove groundless says experts
Oil heating and defense concerns fade as experts assert no current or future oil shortage. Transportation limits affect the Atlantic coast, but next winter will bring ample supply with prices not to exceed present levels, according to opinions cited by L. T. Harris Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Kansas
L. T. Harris Co
Adv
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NeGhee
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Stratford Road
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Alabama
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Louisiana
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David A. Gano
New Hampshire
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Massachusetts
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Marcella Schopper
Eudora
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T. G. Fitch
Dorene Hartman
Elm
C. E. Decker
Tennessee
Violet Johnston
Delaware
Lois Turner
Jane ‘Griésa
Missouri
W. H. Smith
North Fifth
A. F. Lawson
H. G. van Neste
Minnie Bearman
Inois
A. R. Bailey
Oregon
Pee Charles L. DeWatteville
Ohio
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Awrence
Culver Academy
Lyle S. Powell, Jr
West Hills Terrace
Dick G. Williams
Crescent Road
Culver Military Academy
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Williams
Culver
K. U. Recreation
Ft. Scott
Knudsen
U.S
Journal-World
Mass
Bankers Securities Co., Inc
Olson Bros
Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Endascott
Mar
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Tel Ace Mals
Bob Crosby
Eddie Foy Jr
Marie Wilson
THE
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Busi
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