Willkie Gains Momentum at Republican Convention
The Republican convention moves past preliminaries in Philadelphia as Willkie’s candidacy gains depth with delegates and officials predicting a strong first ballot. Alf Landon and James are greeted with cheers while Taft’s Stassen is named temporary chairman. Willkie claims broad support, though three Southern states remain uncommitted.
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Philadelphia
Republican National Convention
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
James
Pennsylvania
Bridges
New Hampshire
Wendell Willkie
New York
Taft
Ohio
Samuel E. Boys
Plymouth
Ind
Willkie
C.S.T
Hamilton
Atarms
Landon Alf M. Landon
Oklahoma
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Daniel Q. Hastings
Delaware
Astrong
Platform Committee
Republican Party
Dewey
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Raymond E. Baldwin
Bombshell Promise in Nazi Activities Hearing
Dies committee members headed to Austin Texas to begin hearings on Nazi fifth column activities. Secretary Robert Stripling said the hearings would reveal interference with national defense, though he would not disclose details. Chairman Dies and Representative Dempsey were en route to Texas.
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Washington
Fix
Dies
Austin
Tex
Robert Stripling
D-Tex
Dempsey
R-N.m
Texas
Will Expand at Parsons Kansas Electric Program
The Kansas Electric Power Company will begin an expansion and improvement program at Parsons costing $60,000. Construction includes street light upgrades, a new steel substation, and improvements on several high voltage lines.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
Parsons
Stock Market Index Averages 41.6 on Saturday
The index showing 60 stocks averaged 41.6 points on Saturday with a slight drop to 41.2 in later trading. Investors watched changes across sectors, seeking direction amid mixed earnings and market volatility.
German Armies Press On Through France Ahead of Britain
Nazi forces push toward Grenoble and Chambery while seizing Gironde estuary posts near Bordeaux. Raeder inspects Dutch Belgian French coasts as U boats sink ships. Alsace Lorraine prisoners exceed half a million. Mutzig fort falls. Vosges mop up. Compiegne forest talks report French envoys accepted terms 40 minutes before deadline.
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Grenoble
Lyon
Chambery
United Kingdom
Gironde
Bordeaux
la Rochelle
Rochefort
Britain
DNB
Erich Raeder
England
Alsace-Lorraine
Mutzig
Strasbourg
Vosges
French
Compiegne Forest
France
Germany
Gold hoard in France and war booty eyed by Germany
New York reports estimate Germany may seize up to 1.85 billion dollars in French gold and war matériel. France reportedly held about 1.25 billion in Bank of France gold plus 600 million moved from Belgium, with vaults 80 feet underground. Germany also eyes 1,570 Allied aircraft and strategic iron ore mines in France.
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New York
Germany
France
Poland
Bank of France
Paris
Belgium
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
America
Great Britain
Polish Troops Land in England to Aid Free Poland
General Wladyslaw Sikorski announces in a broadcast that a large Polish army, returned from France, is landing in Britain to continue the fight with the British Empire for a free and independent Poland. He did not reveal force size.
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London
Wladyslaw Sikorski
France
Great Britain
Poland
Biddle Assigned to London to Resume Polish-Diplomacy Duties
Secretary Hull announced that Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, ambassador to Poland and the chief contact with the French government at Bordeaux, was directed to go to London to resume his duties as representative to the exiled Polish government.
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Biddle
London
Washington
Hull
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Poland
Bordeaux
Air Offensive Strengthens British Air Supremacy
London reports Harold Nicolson declaring the air will soon be under British command as resources and pilots are praised. The air ministry cites daylight attacks on railway junctions and airdromes in Holland and Germany, with three British aircraft missing and heavy damage claimed on targets in Mecklenberg the Ruhr and Rhineland.
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London
Harold Nicolson
Ministry of Information
Germany
British
Air Ministry
Holland
Mecklenburg
Rhur
Rhineland
Fight Will Go On
General Charles de Gaulle in London said all parts of the French empire will keep fighting and that the French fleet will not surrender. He announced the formation of the national committee to carry on the fight and suggested Reynaud would join. He added a government could be formed on French soil if colonial response aligns with expectations.
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Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Reynaud
France
National Committee
French Troops in Vosges Mountains Lay Down Arms
Berlin reports the surrender of French forces in the Vosges along the Donon river. German High Command says over 22,000 prisoners were captured including a corps commander, three division commanders, about 1,000 officers, and 12 artillery units.
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Donon
Vosges Mountains
High Command
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Vosges
Letters Urge US to Seize French Property for War Debt
Washington reports indicate hundreds of telegrams and letters urging the United States to take over French assets such as merchant marine or possessions to satisfy World War debt. Stephen Early said the communications surged after France’s collapse.
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U.S
Washington
White House
State Department
United States
Armistice Terms With Italy Signed Ends France Hostilities
Paris and Rome report that France has signed Italy's armistice terms. German high command ordered cessation of hostilities in France at 1:35 a.m. Tuesday, with fighting to end six hours after notification. Italy’s terms announced as Mussolini’s troops drive into France from Mont Blanc to the sea amid Alpine fortifications and earlier German‑French accords.
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Briancon
Isere
Thriere
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Africa
Tyrrhenian Sea
War Bulletins From Front Lines and Washington Roundup
Berlin declares victory over France with a proclamation and flags ordered for ten days. In Bordeaux a French high command note says slight German progress. French services to mark cessation of hostilities are ordered in Bordeaux. Roosevelt halts talks on selling swift boats to Britain pending legal opinion on 1917 act. German tanks advance toward Aix les Bains near the Alps. British forces claim destruction of an Italian submarine east of Suez. Windsor dukes reportedly set to return to England soon.
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Adolf Hitler
France
German Reich
Bordeaux
Geneva
Marshal Petain
Lebrun
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Robert H. Jackson
Civilians Put to Work Rapidly on Construction For Expanding U.S. Army
Washington reports rapid civilian mobilization for army expansion. Five hundred workers were gathered in two weeks for the Anchorage Alaska air base project. Civilians also moved to Camp Ripley Minnesota and Fort Benning Georgia. A roster of clerks and stenographers was handed to a midwestern post as 200 workers were ordered to duty. Total civilian staff already exceeds 120,000 with about 20,000 more jobs expected in coming months.
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War Department
Anchorage
Alaska
Camp Ripley
Minn
Fort Benning
Reading Institute Opens At University With 300 Attendees
The second annual Reading Institute at the University opens with 300 teachers and administrators enrolled and a goal of 350. Dr. Bert A. Nash outlines the six day program as four experts discuss reading trends, democracy, remedial work and readiness. Sessions run in the Union building with evening talks by Miss Louise Abney and a lantern slide presentation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
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Bert A. Nash
School of Education
K. U
Paul B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts
R. A. Schwegler
Union
Nash
Louise Farwell Davis
National College of Education
Evanston
Ill
Angela Broening
Baltimore
Francis H. Mitchell
Horace Mann School
New York City
Dorothy Horton
Scott- Foresman Company of
Chicago
Louise Abney
Kansas City
R. H. Wheeler
Self-inflicted wound ends theater robber’s chase
John Ulrich, 29, identified by Granada theater manager Ray Holmes as the May 5 robber, shot himself in Sydney Nebraska after escaping Sterling Colorado jail. He wounded Edward Dersham and forced a car ride to Sydney before police surrounded his refuge. Ulrich and sisters Helen and Cordelia Kelley of Omaha were arrested after the self-inflicted wound.
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Ray Holmes
Granada Theater
Sydney
Neb
Sterline
Colo
Ulrich
Sterling
Edward Dersham
Logan County
Helen ‘Ulrich
Cordelia Kelley
Omaha
Holmes
Charles Banning
Bolt strikes Dixon home but no fire reported
A bolt of lightning hit Frank Dixon's residence at 716 Alabama Street around 11 AM yesterday. Fire crews found no blaze, though the roof suffered a hole and wiring damage. A nearby resident was jolted off his chair by the detonation.
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Frank Dixon
Alabama Street
Dixons
Journal- World Subscription Push Before Summer Trip
Readers are urged to order a Journal- World subscription before leaving for summer vacation. The note emphasizes securing home delivery during travel and stresses timely renewal to continue news coverage.
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Journal- World
Claflin Case Heads for Jury Amid Confession Question
The trial of John M. Claflin charged with first degree arson nears jury retirement after the defense rested at noon. Judge Means instructed jurors to consider whether the confession was coerced while weighing evidence from related fires and testimony from Tau Nu Epsilon members and witnesses.
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John M. Claflin
K. A
Kansas City
Hugh Means
Veniremen
Beach
Claflin
Tau Nu Epsilon
Jay Sullivan
Lyon County
Phi Delta Theta
Latchem
John Claflin
Ed Rooney
Judge Means
Thefts Reported At Reusch Motor Co And Reisacker Home
Two thefts were reported to police with losses exceeding $100. Reusch Motor Company at 700 Vermont Street reported a greasy fun stolen between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. J. H. Reisacker of 812 Indiana Street said a radio, twelve cans of gasoline, wrenches, and dies valued at $50 were taken from his car last night.
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Reusch Motor Company
Vermont Street
J. H. Reisacker
Indiana Street
General Disarming of Mexican People Initiated
Mexico City reports an order for immediate disarmament by military authorities nationwide. Commanders will seize pistols even with licenses and hold them until July 15 ahead of the July 7 presidential election.
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Mexico City
CPA
Dawn Patrol Launches Summer Civilian Flying Program
Early start at Municipal airport opens the summer aviation program with four students taking 30 minutes of instruction before sunrise. Leonard Jella Elmo Maiden Delbert Richardson from Lawrence and E W C Cunningham of Pitman Ark join instructors for the dawn session. Each instructor leads a class of 15 students and a 60th student is sought as Oscar W Aderholdt of Lawrence withdrawn. Bill Ashcraft notes last year’s four unpassed private pilot test students will likely take exams this week.
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Municipal
Leonard Jella
Elmo Maiden
Delbert Richardson
Lawrence
E. W. C. Cunningham
Pitman
Ark
Earl D.hay
K. U
Oscar W. Aderholdt
Bill Ashcraft
Mexico to Institute Compulsory Military Training
President Cardenas announced Mexico will require compulsory military training as the army lacks reserves for new defense needs of the republic created by the world crisis. He stressed commitment to democratic principles and cooperation with other American republics to protect the western hemisphere in a late address at Torreon.
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Mex
Mexico
Cardenas
Western Hemisphere
Haskell Buys Cattle for Student Beef Program
Haskell Institute has purchased 26 head of heifers from a farm near Iola and a registered bull from Jenny Wren farms. Superintendent G Warren Spaulding said the cattle will provide beef for students and will graze on grains used at the Institute. The cattle arrive Friday. students and staff repair pens and install windmill and water tanks. This marks the first cattle at Haskell since the dairy ended six years ago.
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Haskell Institute
Iola
Jenny Wren Farms
G. Warren Spaulding
Haskell
Flying Medal Awarded to Young Wireless Operator
Acting Sergeant W. R. Williams, 20, born in Toneka Kansas, received the British Distinguished Flying Medal for his role as wireless operator and gunner in a bomber that shot down a German Heinkel and a Junkers and bombed an objective in the same mission.
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London
W. R. Williams
Toneka
Kan
Heinkel
Junkers
Darby Elected Kansas Republican National Committeeman
Harry Darby of Kansas City Kan was elected Kansas Republican national committeeman succeeding John D. M. Hamilton. Mrs Ralph Harris of Ottawa reelected national committee woman. Darby, 38, headed the Darby Corporation steel plant and has served as highway director in Alf Landons 1933 37 administration.
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Harry Darby
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
John D. M. Hamilton
Alf M. Landont
Resolutions Committee
Ralph Harris
Ottawa
Hamilton
Dallas Knapp
Coffeyville
Tom C. Johnson
Wichita
James Allen
Chanute
Darby
Arthur
Cappe
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Darby Corporation
Marked Education Change Foresees National Plan
L W Brooks of Wichita, East High principal, addressed Rotary predicting a rapid shift in U S education. He urged splitting the school day between general study and creating or manufacturing for national defense, warned of atheism in Russia and paganism in Germany, and urged a united American response against Hitler.
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America
L. W. Brooks
Wichita
Rotary
Brooks
East High School
Kansas University
United States
Russia
Germany
Hitler
Americ
Freshman Medics Named by University
The University of Kansas School of Medicine announced the freshman class for next year totaling 70 regular and 18 irregular students. Irregular entrants may miss some work, requiring summer sessions. Five Lawrence students are listed: Jack N. Martin, Harold G. Nelson, Sydney O. Schroeder, William A. Tanner, and Harry M. White, with additional names including Craig Jones, Baldwin, and James G. Lee of Bonner Springs.
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K.U. School of Medicine
University
Lawrence
Jack N. Martin
Harold G. Nelson
Sydney O. Schroeder
William A. Tanner
Wheat Fields Lodge After Rainstorm Report
County farm agent reports some wheat fields lodged badly though conditions not worse than before the rain. Stem rust noted but not alarming. Rainfall Saturday night and Sunday totaled .71 inch per Prof C J Posey, with 3.90 inches this month.
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C. J. Posey
Skyhawks Auctioned by AHA In St Paul Meeting
The Skyhawks from Pi-Wichita, who finished the season without a home rink, were put up for auction during the America Hockey Association meeting in St Paul. By Sunday nine of the players had become property of other teams.
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Skyhawks
St. Paul
Wichita
America Hockey Association
Weather Outlook For Kansas Tonight And Tuesday
The forecast shows fair skies in Kansas tonight and Tuesday with not so cool southwest and extreme west areas. Temperatures reach a high near 89 and a low around 72. Rainfall recorded to 7 am is 0.71 inch.
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West
Tuesay
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