Axis Terms To France As Petain Urges Continued Fight
Axis leaders Hitler and Mussolini agreed on harsh terms for a French armistice while Petain and Weygand urged French troops to keep up the battle. Britain pledged to mobilize resources for Britain's defense as French defenses near Chalons sur Saone held firm and German pressure intensified. The German press forecast stern terms and possible separate peace plans to curb British power in Europe.
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Hitler
Mussolini
France
Munich
Canada
Britain
Churchill
Marshal Petain
Maxime Weygand
Musolini
Berlin
Republic
Petain-Weygand
Rome
Europe
Fuehrer
Alexander the Great
Napolleon
Il Duce
London
Albert Nogues
Mittelhauser
Near East
Saone
Doubs
Chalons sur-Saone
Volkischer Bedbachter
Weygand
Carthare
Foch
Frances
Germany
Frank attacks Roosevelt policy at Republican convention
Dr Glenn Frank told the Republican resolutions committee that the Roosevelt administration mismanaged foreign affairs and urged non involvement in others wars. He supported a policy of aiding allies through trade while avoiding policing the world and injecting the US into ongoing wars. He urged policy not to politicize foreign affairs.
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Glenn Frank
Philadelphia
Resolutions Committee
Roosevelt
Dr. Frank
United States
Charlottesville
Italy
France
Europe
Asia
Frank
Churchill declares battle for Britain to avert world crisis
In a Commons address Winston Churchill warns that loss of the battle for Britain would plunge even the United States into a new dark age. He urges vigilance, says Britain will resist invasion with 1,250,000 under arms and contemplates continued French resistance to save civilization.
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U. S
London
Winston Churchill
Britain
United States
House of Commons
France
Churchill
Europe
Hitler
Altho
Tewever
University Expands Extra Class Day To Boost Space
A University plan adds Saturday classes across nearly all schools to reuse space and create five new faculty offices. Three hour courses will shift to Tue Thu and Sat with mornings preferred and business courses possibly in a single building. The move follows a space survey and new Fraser hall classrooms. Kansas City June 18.
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Law
Medicine
Engineering
School of Business
Svill
Fraser Hall
Frank Stronghall
K U Receives High Award For Pottery Exhibit
The University of Kansas earned a highly superior ranking for a pottery exhibit made from Kansas clay. The display, sponsored by the Kansas State Industrial Commission and the industrial committee of the Kansas State Teachers association, features sixteen participating schools with John Steuart Curry as judge. William Campbell received special mention for Man of Kafir. his piece set on elm with red clay and black glaze was named best in the college class.
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University of Kansas
Kansas
Pelletier
Topeka
Kansas State Industrial Commission
Industrial Committee
Kansas State Teachers Association
John Steuart Curry
William Campbell
Lawrence University of Kansas Fine Arts
Curry
Baseball scores and schedule from the National and American Leagues
The National League shows St Louis and Brooklyn games with partial box details and a night game lineup Chicago at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia. The American League lists New York Boston St Louis Philadelphia Detroit postponed rain and Washington at Cleveland night game with names Ostermueller Desautels Auker Swift Smith included.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
Bowman
Hutchinson
Cooper
Padgett
Hamlin
Casey
Phelps
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago Nonald
Tresh
Boston
Ostermueller
Desautels
Auker
Swift
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Army Doctors Camp Here Near Haskell Stadium
The 1st Medical regiment of the United States army under Lt. Col. R P Williams pitched camp near Haskell stadium for an overnight bivouac before continuing by land to Camp Ord California. The unit includes seven officers 180 men and about 85 trucks moving west from Carlisle Barracks.
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1St Medical Regiment
United States Army
R. P. Williams
Haskell Stadium
Camp Ord
Calif
Carlisle Barracks
Showers Forecast for Topeka and Southeastern Kansas Wheat
Rain and cooler breezes are forecast for ripening wheat fields in southeastern Kansas tonight and tomorrow. Moisture totals in the past 24 hours exceeded an inch in parts, with hail reported at Emporia and varied rainfall elsewhere. Weather outlook calls for clearing skies tomorrow and temperatures climbing to the 90s with some cooler nights in northern counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
Emporia
Columbus
Chanute
Fort Scout
Garnett
Wichita
Eureka
Independence
Coffeyville
S. D. Flora
Mercury
Phillipsburg
Ellis
War Bulletin Highlights Churchill Optimism and Balkan Shifts
Across world desks, Churchill says Britain's wartime risk is far from critical as new fronts emerge. Refugees report Ve soul fallen to German forces near the Vosges and Belfort. Britain reports an Italian general captured in Libya during a raid. Romanian cabinet resignation also noted.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Four Billion Dollar Navy Expansion Endorsed by Admiral Stark
Admiral Harold R. Stark urged Congress for a 4 billion dollar Navy expansion to create the greatest fleet the United States has ever seen. Testifying before the House Naval Committee, he stated the plan would add about 200 fighting ships and 1,250,000 tons of authorized combat tonnage. He called the expansion essential to national defense and to protect U S possessions and the Monroe Doctrine.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Congress
House Naval ‘Committee
Chief of Naval Options
Stark
Vinson
D-Ga
United States
Insular
Douglas County Receives 1939 Sales Tax Residue Funds
The Douglas County treasurer reports receipt of 63 360 99 from the 1939 sales tax residue, with 181 17 added from unqualified subdivisions, totaling 63 542 16. Douglas County and Lawrence lead recipients, with $16 577 60 and $14 684 71 respectively. county schools receive 25 296 32, and a list of divisions follows.
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Douglas County
Roy Flory
City of
Lawrence
Ersten
Baldwin Depew
Eudora City
Leecompton City
Clinton Township
Depen
Grant Township
Kanwaka
Lecampton
Wakarusa Township
Eudora Township
Marton
Palmyra
Willow Springs Township
Lisqecee
County Orders Third Judicial Tax Foreclosure Sale
The county commissioners authorize Milton P. Beach to proceed with a judicial tax foreclosure sale covering delinquent taxes from 1932 to 1935 on about 1000 to 1100 properties. Filing in district court may take months due to extensive abstracting work. Ernest Klooz previously handled work on the prior two sales. Redemption reduced final property sold to about 850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton P. Beach
Beach
Ernest Klooz
Klooz
Musicians Praised At Midwestern Music Camp Rehearsals
Officials praised opening rehearsals at the Midwestern music camp. Camp director Russell Wiley spoke of a promising band after 95 musicians practiced at 7 30 am. The orchestra may reach 85 to 90 players with strong string sections noted by David Lawson and Karl Euersteiner. About 50 students may join the camp choir as registration continues, with total enrollment around 175 for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell L. Wiley
David T. Lawson
Karl Euersteiner
Dickinson Seeks Second Term as Michigan Governor
Lansing June 18 Pi Loren D Dickinson Michigan’s 81 year old Republican governor announces bid for a second term. He repeats criticisms of what he calls high life drinking and vows continued opposition to excess.
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Dickinson
Lansing
Mich
Loren D. Dickinson
Michigan
Stock Averages and Local Ads From Yesterday
Average of 60 stocks is 41.1 with 40.9 earlier shows market shift. Investigate Philco Refrigerators for product focus. Miller Furniture Co. advertisement runs in the same page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philco
Miller Furniture Co
Kaw Valley potato tour opens with farm visits and talks
The Kaw Valley potato tour begins tomorrow, inviting potato growers and business people to a two day program. It visits rhubarb cabbage and strawberry sites, potato fields, variety plots and seed treatments from Turner to Topeka with lunch at Bonner Springs and a final stop near Lakeview.
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Kaw Valley
Turner
Kaw River
Muncie
Edwardsville
Herman Theden
Bonner Springs
Methodist
Wilder
Lenape
QO. O. Browning
Linwood
Topeka
Brune Brothers
Lakeview
Rabbs Cafe
Highway No.132
Kan
Charlie Speaker
Winegar's
Alden Miller
Flerman Theden
Methodist Church
W. F. Welgrube
Wilbur Frisble
L. J. Kindred
Leo Large
O. C. Browning
Tinwood
C M T C Opens Camp For Men 25 And 50
Omaha June 18 GPA Citizens Military Training Camp will accept business and professional men aged 25 to 50 for a 30 day program at Fort Leavenworth Kansas beginning July 2. Applicants pay meals and service charges with a 25.50 certified check. government provides uniforms. Applications due before noon June 24 to civilian aides to the secretary of war in the states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
GPA Citizens Military
P. P. Bishop
Seventh Corps Area
Gould Dietz
Secretary of War
Seventh Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Riga Riot Leaves Civilians and Policeman Killed
About a score of civilians and a policeman were killed or injured in a riot at the entrance to Riga Latvia as Soviet troops entered. Riga youths clashed with police during celebrations of the Russian troops arrival.
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Riga
Stockholm
CPI
Latvia
First Carload of Kansas Wheat Sells at Wichita Premium
The first 1940 Kansas wheat carload sold on the Wichita board of trade for 80.5 cents a bushel, a 7.25 cent premium over Kansas City July delivery. Grown in Harper county by Roe King of Kiowa, it graded No 1 hard with 64.2 lb per bushel and 12.7 percent moisture. John Beyer of Kansas City bought it for Standard Milling Company.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Wichita Board of Trade
Kansas City
Harper County
Roe King of
Kiowa
King
Standard Milling Company
John Beyer
Lawrence Junior Chamber Sets Tuesday Session in Lawrenc e
Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce officers schedule a Tuesday meeting for June 25 in the county court room. Bob Rowlands to chair a July 38 entertainment committee and Jack Vincent to survey members on meeting details. Regular biweekly meetings tentatively approved, with plans for wives and friends attendance and bonding the treasurer Herman Cohen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Barber
Herman Cohen
Suit Contests Annie L Monroe Will In District Court
Frank C Monroe files to contest the 1939 will saying Annie L Monroe lacked mental capacity. He seeks $5 for himself while other legatees include Roy Monroe $1,000 and Mary E Brodhead and Elizabeth Pillar Cochran and Mamie Tuttle and Alice Lee Monroe each $1,000. Sister Mary E Brodhead inherits the home at 615 Louisiana street. Residue goes to Burleigh Brodhead Road with a $3,000 trust for Ross Brodhead Rood.
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Annie L. Monroe
Frank C. Monroe
Los Angeles
Calif
Lawrence National Bank
Roy Monroe
Fredonia
Mary E. Brodhead
Elizabeth Pillar Cochran
Mamie Tuttle
Burleigh Brodhead
Alice Lee Monroe
Spending Passes Nine Billion in Federal Expenditures
Washington reports federal expenditures for the fiscal year ending this month topped 9.1 billion dollars. With 1134 months completed expenditures reached 9,087,924,524 while revenues stood at 5,463,307,276 creating a deficit of 3,624,617,248, compared with a 3,392,839,215 deficit in the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Collapse of Last French Resistance Near, Say Germans
Berlin reports high command predicts the imminent collapse of French resistance as Hitler and Mussolini discuss terms in Munich. German claims include crossings of the Orne and advances toward the Loire and Nevers, with forts at Belfort Dijon and Metz reportedly captured or surrendered. Allied shipping losses exceed 170,000 tons, with other sources citing up to 880,000 tons hit.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Munich
Orne River
Loire
Orleans
Nevers
le Cruzot
Belfort
Dijon
Metz
Maginot Line
Loire Estuary
Nantes
St. Nazaire
Improvements in Schools Topic at Kansas Conference
Dr Walter E Myer of Washington DC urged tougher citizenship training in Kansas schools proposing daily hour projects in communities to build democracy. He urged five curriculum improvements including character health personality and consumer education while favoring experimentation and cross school learning for methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Walter E. Myer
Washington, D.C
Myer
Kansas
Pittsburgh
Tharely
American Observer
Winfield
Emporia Teachers College
House Approves Border Patrol Increase to Double Patrols
The House passed and sent to the Senate a measure granting 1 600 000 dollars to double Canadian and Mexican border patrols and tighten enforcement of laws governing alien seamen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thea House
Senate
Weather Outlook for Kansas
Partly cloudy conditions in the west with local thundershowers in the northeast this afternoon or tonight. The southeast will see showers this afternoon tonight and Wednesday morning. Skies clear and the weather turns fair by Wednesday with cooler temperatures in the west and north tonight and on Wednesday.
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Kansas
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
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Journal- World
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Turner Area
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Norman
Joe Meier
Scott Kelsey
Arter Street
Noah
Garrett Trent's
Perry
Lawsrence
Junior C. of C
Contest Monroe
Fraser Theater
East
Paul B. Lawson
Deane W. Malott
Richard B. Stevens
Walter Keeler
J. J. Kistler
Deal Six
George Docking
J. W. Murray
H. J. Chambers
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