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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1941
Page
6
A survivor from the sunken U S freighter Robin Moor said armed German seamen boarded the vessel and seized its radio to prevent a SOS before a torpedo sent it to the bottom. The lifeboats endured 19 days at sea under sun and rain as rescue arrived.
Clarence G. Nevins WPA director assigns 10 workers to an emergency project to chlorinate wells and repair flood damaged highways in Topeka area. More workers will be added later as floods require. At present 75 workers are at work in Pot.
Topeka June 13. The state corporation commission orders an inquiry into Southwestern Bell Telephone Company's financial setup and state wide rates. The company must pay the investigation and hearing costs, which will take several months. Fire damaged several buildings in El Dorado Kan June 18.
Columbia reports 1 008 graduates as part of Missouri's 99 year tradition. The university conferred degrees on the largest class in its history, while other items note a downtown fire damaging a lodge hall and several nearby businesses, and Tom B Boyd's temporary release to visit his ill wife.
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