Hungry France Defiant After Two Years Under Germany
Editor Roy P Porter recalls France on the second anniversary of capitulation to Germany. He notes hunger, prisoners, and three pro Nazi governments at Vichy. Yet he highlights the French will to resist and eagerness for American invasion to open the second front. A returning American reports French resolve and desire for arms.
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Roy P. Porter
France
Germany
Paris
Associated Press
Vichy
United States
America
Pierre Laval
Petain
William D. Leahy
Japan
Indo-China
Leahy
Osages Dedicate Victory Dance to General Tinker
In Pawhuska Oklahoma on June 17 the Osage announce a historic first a victory dance dedicated to Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker reported missing after Midway. A memorial service will be held during the tribe’s program which normally honors tribal deities. Elder Osages recall Tinker as an eighthblood Osage who danced as a 2 boy.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Clarence L. Tinker
Midway
Tinker
Hawaiian Air Force
Fort Riley Show Features Ex Broadway Actor Playing Colonel
Pvt. Bigelow Sayre a former Broadway actor and writer plays a colonel in the Fort Riley musical comedy The Life of Riley. During intermission he stepped out for a smoke and, upon saluting a group of regular army officers, retreated after gulping at the unexpected salute.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Bigelow Sayre
Broad Way
Riley
Sayre
Magician A Flier Resigns Stage for Pilot Training Work
Clayton Hines, a 14 year professional magician billed as Mystifying Ardoni, known for performing with top orchestras, pivots from stage to aviation. He leaves performance to become a ground instructor for civilian pilot training.
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Topeka
Clayton Hines
Ardoni
Highway Patrol Transfer Announces Captain Amos Move
Topeka June 17 highway patrol announces Capt Don Amos transfers from Wichita to state headquarters succeeding Hugh F Edwards who has entered the army Paul Drescher promoted to captain at Wichita against Amos
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Highway Patrol
Topeka
R. R. Rutherford
The
Don Amos
Wichita
State
Hugh F. Edwards
Army
Paul Drescher
Suc- Amos
Earthbound Wall Construction Rises at Kansas University
At the University of Kansas a new stabilized earth wall for an engineering experiment station begins rising this week. Chancellor Deane W. Malott and dean J. J. Jakosky observe as Russell Sehon adds blocks molded from clay and cement, a formula by Prof. W. C. McNown. The lab will study industrial research methods using low defense materials and NYA labor.
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University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
J. J. Jakosky
School ‘of Engineering and Architecture
W. C. McNown
Russell Sehon
McNown
Kansas
Labora
Tory
Department of Civil Engineering
NYA
Dean Jakosky
School of Engineering
Willow Springs Township Nominating Petitions Filed
Republican nominations for Willow Springs township offices were filed at the county clerk’s office yesterday. The petitions list George Shuler trustee Otto Hack clerk EK Churchbaugh treasurer Faye Wible precinct committee woman Paul Ulrich precinct committeeman and 15 to 17 names on each petition. New filings include Zoe Glassmire Democratic precinct committee woman second precinct second ward George L Kapfer Democratic precinct committeeman second precinct third ward A L Tainter Republican justice of the peace Palmyra township and Charles H Wood Republican trustee of Grant township.
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Willow Springs
Altho
George Shuler
Otto Hack
EK. E. Churchbaugh
Faye Wible
Paul Ulrich
Zoe Glassmire
Tennessee
George L. Kapfer
Louisiana
A. L. Tainter
Palmyra
Charles H. Wood
Grant
Ainsley notes vandalism and local wartime updates in Lawrence
Long slits cut in awnings at Weaver's and Carl's on Massachusetts street are being repaired. The Homes Registrations office at WREN building seeks listed apartments. Col. Will Zurbucken spoke on state police. Rationing boards in session at Douglas county offices address tires and autos. J. W. Higgins moved to 608 Louisiana. Capt. Mark J. Alexander completed parachute training and returns to Fort Benning. Buddy Gallagher on furlough expands used car stock. Rapid Transit granted suspension of Lawrence to Sunflower Ordnance Works service. Santa Fe Trailways runs four daily round trips with about 90 fares.
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Mark J. Alexander
Ft. Benning
Airborne Command
E. E. Alexander
Buddy Gallagher
Lawrence
Uncle Sam
Massachusetts
Gallagher
Rapid Transit Company
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Kansas Corporation Commission
Santa Fe Trailways
Kreider Named New Treasurer of Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Karl Kreider was named treasurer at a Lawrence Chamber of Commerce board meeting at Wiedemann's, succeeding Tom Sweeney who resigned from all posts including budget and finance chair. Sweeney's replacement was Kreider. The Generad committee reported about 100 new Lawrence families since May 22 and business activity uptick. A Parsons conference on rent in defense areas was set with C B Hos ford attending. Multiple committee chairs were appointed including H M Chamney agriculture and Dr Penfield Jones aviation.
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Karl Kreider
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Tom Sweeney
Wiedemann’s
Sweeney
War Industries Fund
Kreider
Generad
Lawrence
Gerald Hesse
Chamber of Commerce
Clyde M. Reed
Parsons
C. B. Hosford
Hesse
German Sub Torpedo Struck Argentine Vessel Victoria
Buenos Aires says Germany admitted a torpedo attack on the 12,500 ton Argentine tanker Victoria off Cape Hatteras on April 17. The incident, blamed on a German error, followed an Argentine protest and involved the Victoria after being abandoned and later reboarded and brought to port.
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Buenos Aires
Germany
Argentina
United States
Cape Hatteras
Santa Fe Reports April Net Income Increase
The Santa Fe railroad posted April net income of 3,541,240 dollars, up from 1,223,085 in the same month last year. For the first four months of the year, net income stood at 12,306,113 dollars versus 3,000,000 plus in the prior similar period.
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Santa Fe
New York
Santa Fe Railroad
Ambulance Unit at Bir Hacheim Suffers Casualties
Sixteen members of the American field service ambulance unit at Bir Hacheim escaped as the desert outpost was abandoned. George C. Techenor was killed. Lt. Alan Stuyvesant is missing and feared POW. Stanley Kulak and Alexander McElwain also listed as captured. Stratton, Semple and Smith survived with injuries or return to base.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bir Hacheim
George C. Techenor
Maplewood
N. J
Alan Stuyvesant
New York
Stanley Kulak
Salem
Mass
Alexander McElwain
Stratton
Brunswick
Clair Smith
Alonzo Semple
World Briefs From Across the Globe
A collection of AP items reports Italian midget torpedo boats possibly airlifted to the Black Sea. Nehru says India's crisis grows intolerable and vows action beyond mere protest. Germany calls up men 21 to 29 for labor service in the Baltic states. 26 000 Macedonians conscripted for German labor service. A Japanese broadcast claims Maj Gen A Pesman captured in West Java. 1,500 Axis troops captured by Chetniks under General Mihailovic. Canada imposes job-change permits under national selective service. Peasants held as hostages in Liege province awaiting wheat, and 15 million German women in war work including 9.4 million in compulsory service.
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Bern
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Germany
Berlin
Athens
L’osservatore Romano
Vatican City
Morristown Jury Convicts 14 Year Old Wife in Slaying
In Morristown Tennessee a jury sentences Mattie Pearl Manning 14 and her father Frank Morgan 50 to 20 years each after convicting them of second degree murder in the pistol slaying of Damon Manning 35. Mattie testified she feared he would kill her saying I thought he was going to shoot me. Morgan’s attorneys said a new trial would be sought.
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Morristown
Tenn
Mattie Pearl Manning
Damon Manning
Frank Morgan
Morgan
Daugh
Reed Files for Governorship in Kansas Race
Topeka June 17 Senator Clyde M Reed formally entered the Republican gubernatorial race announcing a moderate labor policy. He pledged to resign if elected and to appoint his senate successor, while attacking labor union racketeering as extortion. He urged a state policy protecting nonunion workers and favored private-sector collective bargaining.
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Topeka
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
Washington
Senate
Labor Union
Reed
A.F. of L
Parsons
Salina
Eudora
Winfield
Arkansas City
Wichita
Coffeyville
Independence
A. F. of L
United States
Washington Briefs June 17 United States update
Ration book policy for sugar excess home canning approved. Navy authorization bill increases lighter-than-aircraft from 48 to 72. War Production Board to launch salvage drive for cooking fats in early July. Capitol restaurant activity near normal. two thirds of striking waiters back at work. Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejects Langer proposal for a senate inquiry into the inland or prairie route for the Alaska military road via Canada.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
The
War Production Board
Capitol
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Langer
R-N.d
Canada
Alaska
Connally Sees Value in Vichy Ties as War Worries Grow
Chairman Connally said maintaining relations with the Vichy French government is desirable for several reasons including potential French support if a second front opens. The treasury ordered a nationwide search and seizure of about 300000 dollars believed smuggled by the Axis for use by agents. Serial numbers were distributed to banks and financial institutions.
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Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Treasury
Axis
Price Ceiling Delayed for Transportation and Related Services
The universal price ceiling date for transportation stevedoring warehousing storage and similar services was postponed to July 1 by price administration. The general price order exempts rates charged by railroads buses and other common carriers serving the public.
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Price Administration
Quezon Joins Pacific War Council at White House
President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine commonwealth attended the Pacific War Council meeting at the White House and heard a report on events in the Aleutian islands.
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Manuel Quezon
Philippine Commonwealth
Pacific War Council
White House
Aleutian Islands
Funds To Pay Debts After Appeals Ruling
The Fourth Circuit reversed the U S Court for the Eastern District of West Virginia and remanded in the case of Edgar D Sims auditor of West Virginia against Fidelity Assurance Association of West Virginia The decision implies that 20056680 27 in securities deposited with 15 states will be used to satisfy 23475668 67 in company liabilities The firm mainly sold annuity contracts Circuit Justices Parker Soper and Dobie denied reorganization under the National Bankruptcy Act deeming the firm an insurance company and filing not in good faith Deposited securities in Kansas and other states along with undeposited securities and cash totals noted Rights of contract holders in the 15 states must be determined under local law The suit also names Dewey S Godfrey Missouri state court receiver.
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Asheville
N. C
UPR
Court of Appeals For
Fourth Circuit
U. S. Court
West Virginia
Edgar D. Sims
West Vaaginiss
Fidelity Assurance Association of
Fidelity
Circuit
John J. Parker Morris A. Soper
Armistead M. Dobie
Kansas
Seaeouel
Circuit Court
Sims
Dewey S
Godfrey
Missouri
Harvests First Barley by Otto Luckay Near Lawrence
Otto Luckay, a farmer six miles southwest of Lawrence, reports harvesting seven acres of barley this spring. He notes yields of 50 to 56 bushels per acre and says quality was good. Harvest occurred on Sunday due to threatening weather and to keep the field dry.
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Otto Luckay
Lawrence
Douglas County
Luckan
Detroit Restaurateur Indicted for Treason in Nazi Flight Case
Max Stephan a Detroit restaurant proprietor was indicted by a federal grand jury on treason for aiding the escape of a Nazi flyer from a Canadian concentration camp. This marks the first treason charge in the current war with a possible death sentence and a minimum five year term. Stephan will be arraigned Friday.
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Detroit
Max Stephan
Stephan
U. S
John C. Lehr
Jessie Bond is Dead
Jessie Bond, 89, one of the two remaining original Savoyards, died at her Worthing, Sussex home. She outlived Durward Lely, the last survivor of the original Gilbert and Sullivan company. Bond had faced air raids with defiance and played piano for wounded soldiers until recently.
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London
UPI
Jessia Bond
Worthing
Sussex
Durward Lely
Glasgow
Britain
Reed for Governor Club Forms in Salina Kansas
P C W Burch a Kansas attorney and brother of the late R A Burch former chief justice organized what is believed to be the first Reed for Governor club in the state at Salina on June 17. Senator Clyde M Reed announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor.
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Reed
Salina
Kan
P.C. W. Burch
Kansas
R. A. Burch
State Supreme Court
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas Streams Rising Amid Heavy Rains Near Wichita
Heavy rains push streams upward across the area with the Little Arkansas near Sedgwick and Wichita set to overflow lowlands while the Big Arkansas between Wichita and Great Bend climbs. A 1.12 inch morning downpour floods streets and slows traffic. two residences struck by lightning with no injuries reported.
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Wichita
Victor Phillips
Little Arkansas
Sedgwick
Arkansas
Great Bend
Kansan filings show cross party activity before deadline
In Topeka on June 17 candidates rushed to file before Saturday’s deadline. Republicans Andrew Schoeppel and W C Austin filed for governor and state printer respectively. Democrats A Lewis Oswald and Leland Overman filed for attorney general and congress. Prohibitionists submitted a nine person slate led by C Floyd Hester for senator and included Aubrey Davidson for state superintendent.
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Topeka
Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
Secretary of State
Andrew Schoeppel
W.C. Austin
A. Lewis Oswald
Hutchinson
Leland Overman
Oswego
Congress
C. Floyd Hester
Miltonvale
Miltonvale Wesleyan College
Aubrey E. Davidson
Miltonvale Wesleyan
David C. White
Kingsdown
J.D. M. Crockett
Kansas City
Love Joy Bennett
Robinson
J. M. Beecher
Concordia
Chester A. Roberts
Buck
Too Late to Classify column draws nightly readers
The columnist notes strong reader interest in the eve column and its habit of delivering eclectic, timely blurbs. Readers enjoy the mix of quirky items and quick takes as the page closes the day.
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WREN
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Graduate School of Engineering
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Lawrence National Bank
J. W. Higgins
U.S. Employment Service
Hershey
M. R. McLean
Atate Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
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T. J. Sweeney
C. of C
H. M. Chamney
Penfield Jones
A.B. Martin
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R. C. Rankin
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Bill Boardman
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World Briefs
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Leghorn
Black Sea
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India
Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress Party
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Netherlands East Indies Information Service
A. Pesman
West Java
Draja Mihailovic
Ottawa
Dominion
Elliott M. Little
National Selective Service
Liege
Belgium
Washington Briefs
Jessie Bond
English Opera Company
Lawrence National
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E Lawrence Memorial Co
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