Canadian Soldiers Escape German Trap in England France
The first Canadian infantry brigade and the 48th Highlanders barely escaped a German ring while en route to France. Under Maj. Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton the advance guard reached Sable near Tours before orders halted the move. They turned back to England after a dramatic delay and a chaotic port evacuation aboard a cross-channel ferry.
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England
Canada
France
48Th Highlanders
A. G. L. McNaughton
Sable
Tours
A. A. Smith
E. W.haldenby
Anglo Saxon Struggle Framed by Mussolini's Mouthpiece
Virginio Gayda declared that France has collapsed and Britain fights with American aid, making the war a purely Anglo Saxon struggle against much of the world. He noted Britain's isolation and questioned how long the conflict can endure.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
France
Britain
England
United States
Gayda i
Il Giornale D
Italia
Horizontal 1 Across and Vertical Puzzle Clues
A compact clue list detailing crossword entries with definitions for Across and Down. Includes explorers 1482 Genoese discovery, various word directions such as east route search and terms like owl cry console unoccupied mature and more, plus a wide set of related terms and names.
Communist electors blocked in Kansas petitions
Secretary of State Frank J. Ryan refused to file Communist independent presidential electors in Kansas citing a 3 218 signature total on nine candidates when 2 500 per elector is required. He recalled the 1924 La Follette case and said he would go to jail rather than file Communist candidates. Hel en Hester and others had submitted petitions listing nine electors seeking independent status but backing Browder and Ford.
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Topeka
Frank J. Ryan
Kansas
Ryan
Charles B. Griffith
Secretary of State
Helen Hester
Kansas City
Kan
Communist Party
Earl Browder
Kansan
James W. Ford
Hester
W. E. Wiggans
Arcadia
P. M. Duncan
Galena
Leo H. Blanken
Pittsburg
Delmar Dean
Dan Freer
Robert Johnson
Fort Scott
John E. Hester
William Burnley
Pearl Waters
Kangas
William C
Appropriations Panel Pushes $57.9 Million Emergency Bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $57,917,100 emergency measure to boost border patrols with Canada and Mexico and tighten alien seamen laws. It includes $2.2 million to maintain naturalization staff and raise border patrol from 856 to 1,625, plus $119,300 for 80 shipping commissioner office workers. Other items cover a $20 million increase in Federal Crop Insurance capital, $585,000 to repair Senate and House roofs, $1 million for 14,232 more veterans hospital beds, and $171,000 to return the Antarctic expedition.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Immigration Service
Labor
Justice Department
Naturalization
Border Patrol
Commerce Department
Shipping Commissioner’s Office
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Senate
House
Veterans’ Hospitals
United States
Ristgerges
Europe
New York
Fort Knox
Postal Service
Storm Hits Butler County Wheat and Oats Flattened
A heavy rain and windstorm swept southern Butler County overnight, flattening wheat and oats and leaving surface water in fields. Rainfall ranged from a trace at El Dorado to about 8 inches south of the area.
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Butler County
el Dorado
Kan
Here
Mona Keys Marries in Oklahoma City
Cupid claims his first victim among the Keys quadruplets as Mona Keys wed oil company accountant Robert W. Fowler on June 18. Identical twin Roberta served as maid of honor with Leota and Mary as bridesmaids. The quads, born June 4 1915, have lived in the public eye. Leota plans to counsel in Marshall Texas, while Mary and Roberta hope teaching jobs in Texas. They say not next week is the expected time for further marriages.
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Oklahoma City
Ap— Cupid
Mona
Robert W. Fowler
Oil Company
Leota Mary
Roberta
Leota
Mary
Marshall
Tex
Texas
Songwriter Revealed as Indicted in Fraudulent Passport Case
Hollywood songwriter Harry Revel and his brother William were indicted by a federal grand jury for entering the United States from England on fraudulently obtained passports. Each faces up to five years in prison and a $2000 fine if convicted. The report also notes cemetery bids and a chrome grass tour in Jefferson County with prize awards and phosphate supplies.
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New York
Harry Revel
Hollywood
William
United States
England
Revel
Gordon and
Frank Champion
Will Eberhard
Emma Eberhard
Charles Herschell
Lone Star
Richard Petrie
Jefferson County
G. R. Shultz
Valley Grove Visitors and Cemetery Meeting
Valley Grove notes show Mr and Mrs Robert Wilson and son Bobby of Lone Star and Mrs Lacey Frantz of Kansas City as recent guests of Mr and Mrs W O Flory. Other local families and children enjoyed a Saturday night outing at the state lake returning home Sunday. A meeting was held at the school to discuss hiring a caretaker for Hardy Oak cemetery this year.
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Robert Wilson
Bobby
Lone Star
Lacey Frantz
Kansas City
W. O. Flory
Charles Petrie
Will Nowak
van Franklin
State Lake
Hardy Oak
Schoo
Valley Chapel Lund School Picnic Rescheduled Inside
The Valley Chapel Lund school picnic moved indoors at the Te Votaw home due to rain. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Saw- participated with families and students in a sheltered gathering.
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Valley Chapel
Lund
Te Votaw
Elmer
Local families attend Lincoln picnic and social events
The report lists attendees from Lincoln Neb including Elza Bond, Howard Longanecker, Roy Puckett, and the Wotan, Markley, Dunn, and Sanders families. It notes visits with Nora Fleshman in Baldwin and Elizabeth Dunn at a K U alumni dinner, plus farm bureau activities and gatherings at Shawnee Mission and Merriam Kansas with various relatives and friends.
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Mary Martin
Sigel
Elizabeth Dunn
Merriam, Kan
Chester Mazza
Aarry Bowen
Bobby
Shawnee Mission
Raymond Godsey
Howard Longanecker
Farm Bureau
Wotan
Solon Markley
Murphy
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau
Charles Fowler
Berkeley
Calif
Orin Kennedy
Lawrence
Eva Kennedy
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