Close Italian Consulates in United States Ordered
The State Department ordered the closing of all Italian consulates in the United States by July 15, aligning with a prior German action. 105 Italians including 33 consular officers and 57 employees will be expelled, with 87 more awaiting final disposition for dual nationality status.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Rome
Germany
Irian
Welles
Ascanio Dei Principi Colonna
Intatiar
Colonna
Reich
Italy
Detroit
Newark
Berlin
Italian Tourist Information Office
Italian National Institute of Exchange
Itateable
Italian Library of Information
Italian Commission
Rome criticizes Roosevelt as driving US toward war with axis
P Virignio Garda editor of Tl Giornale dItalia accuses Washington of creating a wide split between the United States and the axis. He says Roosevelt’s speech to Congress on sinking the Robin Moor signals a move toward war and that arms shipments to Britain violate international rules. France plans and allies back the axis amid rising tensions.
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Rome
P—Virginio Garda
Washington
United States
Europe
Tl Giornale 'Italia
Gayda
Presdent
Roosevelt
S. S
Robin Moor
Britain
Ian
Germany
Italy
Stock Market Index Steady At 41.4 On Latest Day
The stock index based on 60 stocks stood at 41.4, matching the prior close. Market observers note the level reflects little change as trading continues.
War Department creates unified Army Air Force under one chief
Secretary Stimson announced a reorganization merging the army air forces, air corps, and air service into a single Army Air Force led by a high ranking officer reporting to the army chief of staff. He argued against an independent air force now, citing potential confusion and waste during a national emergency.
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Washington
Army
General Headquarters Air Force
Air Corps
Army Air Force
Stimson
Aban Wenn Dinalead
Oolottan
JN Slep
Ulsuivvatu 2
Scelel
Senate
House
Navy
Army Air Forces
G. H. Q. Air Force
Air Force
Nazi Germany
War Secretary
Henry H. Arnold
France
Air ministry cites heavy toll on German planes in RAF daylight offensive
London reports at least 24 German fighters shot down in two RAF sweeps over northern France. British loss includes one bomber and three fighters. The raid targeted invasion ports along the German-occupied French coast as observers call the actions a strong display of RAF strength.
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London
Air Ministry
France
Channel
S. Army
R.A.F
Europe
Luftwaffe
Boulogne
Kent
Strikes Rally Across Nation Prompt Immediate Action
Strikers defy union head as 1500 Curtis-Wright Columbus workers face possible walkout. About 5000 Chrysler body frame plant workers idle after a sit down amid insubordination. Sugar refinery strikes affect 1900 at McCahan and Franklin plants. Arbitration ends Bliss CIO dispute in Brooklyn. Ford workers prepare for mass meeting in Detroit to ratify a new CIO shop contract.
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A.F.L
San Francisco Bay Area
Harvey W. Brown
International
International Executive Council
Curtis-Wright
Columbus
A.P.S
Chrysler Corporation
Philadelphia
W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining and “Molasses Company
Franklin Sugar Refining Company
Army Bomber Crashes Near Baltimore Airport
A B 26 Martin medium bomber crashed and burned near the Glenn L. Martin airport today. Two men were killed in the accident.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Fall of Damascus Reported as British Forces Advance
Cairo reports Damascus fallen to British and Free French after French troops withdrew. Beirut dispatch notes 80 000 residents fled Beirut amid bombing. Vichy threat cites British ultimatum to French Somaliland amid broader allied advances.
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Cairo
Damascus
Syria
Beirut
Lebanon
Reuters
Vichy
Ultimatum to French Somaliland heightens wartime pressure
Vichy reports Britain and De Gaulle supporters demand that French Somaliland join the anti Axis alliance or face blockade. The ultimatum targets the coastal colony at Jibuti, linked by rail to Addis Ababa, amid broader British push in the Horn of Africa.
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Somaliland
de Gaulle
Vichy
France
de Gaullist
Gulf of Aden
Eritrea
British Somaliland
Ethiopia
Britain
Jibati
Addis Ababa
Madrid
Washington
Kansas student wins world affairs scholarship at Salisbury
Orville Wright, a Kansas University junior majoring in political science, receives a scholarship to attend the Institute of World Affairs in Salisbury Connecticut from June 27 to August 1. Sir Norman Angell, noted British authority on international relations, will direct the program themed Summer Study in a World at War.
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Orville Wright
Burlington
University of Kansas
Institute of World Affairs
Salisbury, Conn
Norman Angell
Finland orders vehicle owners to register with civic guards
War bulletin from Helsinki on June 21 reports the Finnish army requiring all automobile owners to register at their nearest civic guard headquarters. Switzerland notes telephone lines to Berlin cut with no explanation, elephants lines to Rome still functioning. London confirms no change in Britain's eight member war cabinet and denies Gen McNaughton joining it.
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Helsinki
Finland
Civic Guard
Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Rome
London
Britain
House of Commons
No. 10 Downing Street
Andrew McNaughton
Depth Too Great For Such Salvage
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said salvage of the sunken submarine O-9 at 440 feet is highly improbable and that all aboard are dead. Navy divers faced a dangerous dive as operations continued while officials weighed possible actions at the watery grave.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Falcon
Knox
George Crocker
North Atlantic
Crocker
Washington
Navy
Cool air to ease heat with scattered showers forecast
Northwest winds bring cooler air into the state with a chance of widely distributed showers mainly in eastern and northern counties. Flood waters recede at Junction City and Enterprise as harvest weather improves for wheat growers with highs near 95.
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Topeka
Markansas
S. D. Flora
Smoky Hill
Kansas
Junction City
Enterprise
Flora
Ellis
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Elkhart
Dedicating Kansas Historical Markers Abroad and At Home
Two more Kansas historical marker markers will be dedicated this week. At Waconda Springs on Sunday Baldwin Mitchell assistant attorney general will speak and a marker honoring the springs will be placed on U S 24 east of Canker City. Next Wednesday in Wichita State Senator William J Wertz will speak at the marker commemorating the Chisholm cattle trail from Abilene to Texas on U S 81 two miles north of Wichita.
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Topeka
Waconda Springs
Wichita
Baldwin Mitchell
U. S. 24
Canker City
Chisholm
Abilene
Texas
William J. Wertz
War Department Recommends Guard Be Kept On Duty
Washington reports the War Department urged President Roosevelt to ask Congress to extend the National Guard on active duty beyond the current one year. Demobilization without authority would affect about 290 000 guardsmen and reduce 18 of 33 divisions. Officials expect the President to act promptly on the recommendation.
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Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
Congress
National Guard
Department
Eighty named students admitted to University of Kansas Medical School
Dr. Q O Stoland announces eighty freshmen admitted to the KU School of Medicine in Lawrence. Five are women. Students study one and a half years on campus before rotating to KU hospitals in Kansas City for clinical training.
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School of Medicine
University of Kansas
QO. O. Stoland
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kan
Stoland
Senator Pat Harrison Reported Growing Weaker
Washington reporters said Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi grew weaker after a hospital emergency. Dr. Sterline Ruffin noted the senator had a high fever and could not take nourishment as Harrison, pro tempore and finance committee chair, remained in critical condition following Monday surgery for an intestinal obstruction.
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Washington
Pat Harrison
D-Miss
Sterline Ruffin
Harrison
Senate
Finance Committee
Legion's Hope Is for Full Defense at Girls State
Kansas Legion leader Max Wyman urged Girls' State delegates to back strong national defense and a large armed force. He noted Legion and Auxiliary reach, funding, and programs, including Boys' and Girls' State, Scouts, and youth camps, as proof of patriotism.
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Europe
America
Max Wyman
Kansas Department
American Legion
Legion
Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Wyman
Marine Corps
Belgium
France
United States
Hitler
Mussolini
Children Donate Aluminum for Special Show Admission
About 500 children contributed at least one piece of aluminum to gain entry to a special show at the Varsity theater. The metal was pooled near Salvation Army headquarters as the drive gains momentum, led locally by the B P O Elks.
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Varsity Theater
Salvation Army
B.P.O. Elks
Army School Graduates Class At Fort Leavenworth
Maj. Gen. Robert M. Danforth urged 260 officers at the command and general staff school to train for war readiness and stay long after. The graduates completed a two month course in maneuvers and tactics and were set to depart for various army posts nationwide.
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Army School
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Robert M. Danforth
Field Artillery Division
Command and General Staff School
Federal Board OKs Kansas Plan to End Relief Data Publishing
The Federal Security Board approved Kansas plan to stop publishing relief data. Ed McDonald said July federal funds remain available starting July 1 once Kansas meets secrecy rules. Attorney General Parker’s brief argues counties act as welfare boards, not county commissioners, allowing cessation of client name and payment detail disclosures. Counties will be notified to stop publishing such information.
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Topeka
Kansas
Social Security’ Board
Payne .Ratner
Ed McDonald
Jay Parker
Federal
Lawrence Guardsmen Seek Recruits As Rifle Units Grow
Officers of the Lawrence state guard unit report the 40 man enlistment quota nearing capacity. Interested recruits should contact Capt Harold Snider or Lieuts Clarence Bliesner and Will Johns Jr. Enfield rifles and side arms have been sent to newly formed state guard units in Garden City Troy Hutchinson Newton Horton and Sabetha with more to arrive for other authorized units. Hiawatha and Pleasanton are among the latest organized and will receive rifles immediately. Rifles from the war department and uniforms from the state support eight units totaling about 1400 guardsmen as authorized by the 1941 legislature.
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Lawrence
State Guard
Harold K. Snider
Clarence Bliesner
Will. Johns, Jr
Garden City
Troy
Hutchinson
Newton
Horton and
Sabetha
M. R. McClean
Topeka
Hiawatha
Pleasanton
War Department
Rock Island, Ti
National Guard
Capper Opposed to Hike in Federal Gasoline Tax
Senator Capper of Kansas opposes any federal gasoline tax increase. A resolution from the United Commercial Travelers opposing tax hikes was received and placed in the congressional record. The group says the tax rose 50 percent last July and gasoline should be treated as a necessity, not a luxury.
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Washington
Capper
Kan
United Commercial Travelers
Harold A. Pontius
Lawrence
First New Wheat Delivered to Local Market
Clyde B Hoover of Richland delivered the first new crop milling wheat to a Lawrence elevator this morning. The Kawvale variety yielded 25.18 bu per acre from a 2 1/2 acre plot, test 58 pounds per bushel, graded No 2 red, price 80 cents per bushel.
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Clyde B. Hoover
Richland
Route 2
Lawrence
Kawvale
Hoover
Ben Neis
Eudora
Topeka Pediatrician Named to State Nutrition Committee
Dr. Paul E. Belknap of Topeka was appointed by Gov. Payne Ratner as a pediatrician member of the state committee on nutrition in relation to national defense. Dean Margaret Justine of Kansas State College is chairman of the 20 member committee.
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Topeka
Paul E. Belknap
Payne Ratner
Margaret Justine
Kansas State College Home Economics Department
Journal- World Vacation Address Reminder
The notice urges readers to have the Journal- World mailed to their summer vacation address, providing contact at phone 22 for updates or changes.
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Journal- World
Reading Institute to Open at University of Kansas
The third annual Reading Institute will begin a five day conference at KU Monday with about 300 expected enrollees. The program targets reading problems across grades and includes lectures, discussions, panels, and demonstrations led by national educators and Kansas leaders. Fees vary by attendee status from 2 to 6 dollars.
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University of Kansas Institute
Reading Institute
University of Kansas
Kansas
Whirlaway Wins Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct
Whirlaway Warren Wright's triple crown winner easily captured the $10,000 Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct. Market Wise finished second and Robert Morris third among four three year olds. The winner clocked 2 03 2 5 for the mile and a quarter, earning $8,075 to push career winnings to $244,186.
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New York
Whirlaway
Warren Wright
Aqueduct
Mrs. Louise
Tufano
Market Wise
J. F. Byers
Robert Morris
William Woodward
Greville
Isolator
Kentucky Cannonball
Bargain Days Sales Draw Shoppers to Town
Bargain Days sales continued in Lawrence with increased business at most merchants. Some shops reported fewer crowds than previous years but overall activity stayed higher than typical Saturdays for the season. With cooler weather expected, downtown shoppers may surge to take advantage of last minute bargains.
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Lawrence
Zamzam Survivors Reach New York On Refugee Liner Arrival
Twenty six American missionaries survivors of the Zamzam sinking and 111 European refugee children, released from concentration camps, arrived today on the Portuguese liner Mouzinho in New York.
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New York
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Broughton
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Ward Benkelman
McDonald
Clyde L. Brower
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Robert S. Brown
Hoisington
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Charles B. Bartell
Mary F. Callaghan
Erland R. Carlsson
Lindsborg
Robert W. Collett
Wellington
Robert K. Cook
William R. Courant
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Coffeyville
Ernest W. Crow
George R. Davis
Studley
Albert T. Decker
Lynn Coxon
Formosa
Jack A. Dunagin
Henry H. Dunham
Stark
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Raymond G. Eliott
Clay Center
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Pittsburg
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Spearville
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Alexander J. Laham
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Delphia Louk
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Mathewson
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Perry D. Petterson
George H. Powers
McPherson
Wallace Puntenney
Robert J. Richardson
Fort Scott
Art W. Robinson
Philip W. Russell
William F. Sanders
Burlingame
Robert L. Satterlee
Macksville
Robert N. Shears
Glen R. Shepherd
William T. Shridge
O’ruth Sisk
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Conway Springs
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Pawnee Rock
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Legion Aids Youth
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Dorsey-Liberty Post
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Sears
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Colorado Springs
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Frank Salzer
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Crabb
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Miss Mauck
Alpha H. Kenna
Federal Security Board
Institute
Louise Farwell Davis
National College of Education
Evanston
Ill
Florence Hughes
Seading
My Weekly Reader
Frances H. Mitchell
Commerce High School
San Francisco
Nellie Ball Whitaker
Chicago
Mitchell
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