Germans Drive Farther Into Russia in New Moscow Drive
The Kremlin report says German forces pushed deeper into Soviet territory with three main thrusts aimed at Vilna Baranowicze and Brody as R A F raids hit the invasion coast. Russians retreated to new positions in Lithuania and Poland’s buffer zone while claiming heavy German tank and anti tank air attacks. British experts and the ambassador Cripps arrived in Moscow to coordinate aid against a common foe.
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Riga
Minsk
Russia
Kremlin
Siau- Nai
Vilna
Lithuania
Baranowicze
Poland
Siauliai
R.A.F
Soviet Russia
White Russia
Old Russia
Moscow
English Channel
Sir Stafford Cripps
Adolf Hitler
Low Countries
France
Brody
Baranowiecze
Soviet Union
Bessarabian
Rumania
Sculeni
Corvettes and Flying Boats Dominate Battle of the Atlantic
London June 27 The up strengthened use of mass produced corvettes and American Catalina flying boats helps Britain curb Atlantic losses. Catalinas force U-boats below the surface and keep long range bombers away while corvettes patrol, escort, and engage submarines. Corvettes, built since 1940, resemble whalers but mount guns and depth charges and are produced rapidly, improving convoy protection.
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London
Britain
Atlantic Ocean
mid-Atlantic
Offi cials To Swap Inbound Axis Diplomats And Families
The United States plans a two way exchange of more than 500 German Italian consular officials and families with an American vessel sailing from New York to Lisbon before July. Some 300 plus Germans and Italians have been ordered to depart by July 10 and July 15 respectively. The voyage aims to fulfill international obligations and ensure smooth returns. New York transit strike threat looms as 32 000 workers may walk out if contracts lapse. Mayor LaGuardia warns a walkout would paralyze subways and buses, while civil service rules limit actions.
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Washington
United States
New York
Lisbon
State Department
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
Europe
F. H. LaGuardia
C.I.0
Transit Workers Union
City of
Weather Forecast Offers No Relief From Heat Across Kansas
No relief in sight as hot sultry conditions persist across Kansas with scattered thundershowers likely early next week. Dodge City reported 1.56 inches of rain harming ripened wheat while Topeka and Goodland hit 95 degrees.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. Flora
Jover
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Dodge City
Sublette
Ashland
Larned
Anthony
Coffeyville
Flora
Goodland
Vocal prize shares $1000 at national music contest
Miss Mary Louise Beltz of Kansas and Eula Beal of Los Angeles shared the $1000 vocal prize at the National Federation of Music Clubs convention in Los Angeles. Beltz received $500. Beal got the other half. Elizabeth Carroll Glenn of Chester South Carolina won the $1000 violin prize and a New York concert appearance.
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Mary Louise Beltz
University of Kansas
National Federation of Music Clubs
Los Angeles
Calif
Beltz
Eula Beal
K. A
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Hargiss Benefit Fund Reaches $1009 Total
The Bill Hargiss Benefit fund rose to $1009 as mailed donations arrived. An early out of town check came from two men in Kansas City Missouri. Donations may be mailed to the Chamber of Commerce office to cover Coach Hargisss medical expenses after a broken leg in the Coronado Entrada rehearsal.
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Bill Hargiss
Kansas City
Hargiss
Coronado
Stock Market Index Shows Slight Dip from Yesterday
The average of 60 stocks fell to 41.7 from 41.8 yesterday, reflecting a minor market retreat as trading closed. Investors watched movement in key sectors and awaited further corporate reports.
Army's Giant New Bomber Is Tested
The Army's 50-ton B-19 giant bomber completed its maiden test flight from Santa Monica to March Field with seven men aboard, 75 miles flight. It lifted in 17 seconds on a 8,800-foot runway and carried no guns with less than one fifth of its fuel capacity.
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March Field
Cal
Santa Monica
Calif
Army
Air Corps
Glover Field
Marchfield
Douglas
Stanley M. Umstead
Wright Field
Dayton
Howard G. Bunker
Wrightfield
Umstead
Army Air Corps
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco
Stanley M. Unstead
U. S. Army
Air Force
Two Students Sought for Kan sas Flight Training Unit
University of Kansas aviation program seeks two more students to complete the third unit of primary flight training. Earl D. Hay announces plans to begin this weekend with two units of advance training and three units of primary training. Government rules require 10 students per unit, delaying start until sufficient enrollments are met.
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University of Kansas Aeronautical
Earl D. Hay
CPT
Hay
Estimated Spring Pig Crop Report Shows Slight Rise
The agriculture department estimates the 1941 spring pig crop at 50,083,000 head, up from 50,066,000 in 1940. Kansas yields are pegged at 1,188,000 head, down from 1,201,000 the previous year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
British Protest Sweden over Nazi troop transit
Britain protests Sweden's decision to allow German troops to cross its territory from Norway to Finland. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden delivered the protest to Swedish Minister Bjorn Gustaf Pritz at the foreign office. Britain warns of worsening relations with Sweden and Finland amid German occupation aid and Finnish war stance.
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London
Britain
Sweden
Norway
Hanland
Tony
Anthony Eden
Bjorn Gustaf Pritz
Foreign Office
Stockholm
Finland
Germany
Reading Institute delegates dine at KU banquet
Delegates to the third annual Reading Institute held this week at the University of Kansas will attend a 6:30 p.m. banquet in the Memorial Union ballroom. The evening program features Beverly Jean Mott, Billie Sears, a cornets trio, and Maxine Lindley with many acts kept secret.
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Reading Institute
University of Kansas
Memorial Union Building
Beverly Jean Mott
Kansas City
Billie Sears
Robert Cater
Austin Mutz
Donald Diehl
Maxine
Lindley
Lawrence
Edwina Cowan
Wichita Guidance Center
Nellie Ball Whitaker
Evanston
Frances Mitchell
San Francisco
Miss Mitchell
Arthur E. Traxler
Educational Record Bureau
Columbia University
Traxler
Florence Hughes
Columbus
Davis
Bert A. Nash
Reading Laboratory
Axis ships torpedoed off Italian coast by British planes
War bulletins report Brit ish planes have sunk at least two 20 000 ton axis merchant ships off the Italian coast. The German radio claims 28 Russian warplanes were shot down in a fierce battle over the eastern front. British night raids toward Boulogne continue amid heavy losses on the Damascus front.
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Cairo
Egypt
R.A.F
Middle East
New York
London
Royal Air Force
Boulogne
Damascus
Vichy
Escaped Convicts Sought by Kansas Officers Near Silver Lake
Law enforcement from Lawrence and Douglas county joined a wide search for two escaped state penitentiary inmates centered about 16 miles north and east of Silver Lake. Bloodhounds from the Lansing prison aided as officers guarded roads and checked a stolen car linked to Frank Boomer of Garden City. The fugitives include George Hight and Floyd Sawin among others. last seen after robbing stores at Elkhart.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Topeka
Jude Anderson
Lilburn Dowers
Walter Palmateer
Lathrop B. Read, Jr
Wayne Owens
Allen Neidhardt
Read
Owens
Ottawa
Willard Morean
Lansing
Kansas
Silver Lake
State Penitentiary
Larsing
R. R. Rutherford
Earl Maudlin
Harvey Schmedemann
George Hight
Penitentiary
Floyd Lawin
Frank Wutherick
U. S. 24
U. S. 75
Frank P. Boomer
Garden City
Hight
Pratt County
Sawin
Marshall County
Watherick
Shawnee
John Eldridge
George Swift
Elkhart
Arrest Two Prisoners Near Lance Creek
Two escaped Kansas State penitentiary inmates, Morris Bradley and Eugene Leach, were arrested early today north of Lusk Wyoming by FBI agents, sheriffs officers, and state highway patrolmen after a stolen car tied to the Kansas prison led to the capture. Neither man resisted.
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Lusk
Wyo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lance Creek
Here
Morris Bradley
Eugene Leach
FBI
A. W. Wheeler
Kansas
Parsons land options for shell plant start next week
Ground for shell loading plant near Parsons Kansas will begin land option purchases next week. About 175 tracts totaling 16 000 acres will be offered at appraisal prices. If owners refuse to sell, condemnation proceedings may follow as appraisals finish in a little over a month. Army engineers plan to arrive soon to begin site work.
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Parsons
Kan
W. B. Wallace
Parsons Fora Shell
Wallace
Army
Son
Agents Gather for Fourth Annual District PR Meeting
More than a dozen county farm and home demonstration agents attended the fourth annual district meeting on public relations led by Ly. L. Longsdorf of Kansas State College. J. W. Scheel assisted as the program outlined best methods to convey extension work to the public via papers and other media. Attendees included Emma Freehling Péola Warren C Teel Oskaloosa Marion M Dickerson Leavenworth John W Decker Alma C T Hall Olathe Bernice Sloan Isaris Featheringill M C Axle tan Emporia Mrs Mary Tiegler Topeka Claude King Topeka Mary A Gulick Atchison Don Petaler Atchison Deal Six and era L Morgan Lawrence.
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Ly. L. Longsdorf
Kansas State College
J. W. Scheel
Pees
Emma Freehling
Péola
Warren C. Teel
Oskaloosa
Marion M. Dickerson
Leavenworth
John W. Decker
Alma
C. T. Hall
Olathe
Bernicce Sloan
Isaris Featheringill
M. C. Axeltan
Emporia
Mary Tiegler
Topeka
Claude King
Mary A. Gulick
Atchison
Don Petaler
Deal Six
Era L. Morgan
Lawrence
Health Board Konsiders Standard Meat Inspection Ordinance
Health Board weighs local meat inspection rules as state legislation tightens meat safety. Dr. P B Darlington reports the state board seeks municipalities to enact ordinances to protect citizens while discussing local measures at its meeting.
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Health Board
P. B. Darlington
State Board of Health
City
Nene
Methodists to Lead Union Park Service This Sunday
The First Methodist church will host the union park service at 7 45 pm with Dr Oscar E Allison delivering the sermon on Religion Is Power. W K Bruner leads the song service and Dorothy Enlow Miller plays piano. Meira Good soprano and Alfred Gallin baritone sing I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say. The union park services are under the auspices of the Ministerial Alliance.
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First Methodist Church
Union Park
Oscar E. Allison
Union Park Services
Ministerial Alliance
Decrease in University of Kansas Summer Enrollment Reported
Raymond Nichols announces a $23 drop in KU summer session enrollment to 1,012, with Kansas City attendance up and the law school as the sole department to rise. Officials say the trend mirrors broader declines in regular sessions and reflects job opportunities and draft effects.
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University of Kansas
Raymond Nichols
Deane W. Malott
Nichols
Kansas City
Law School
Tthe University
Afternoon Rain Adds 0.65 Inch in Two Hours
Between 1 30 and 3 30 PM a total of 0.65 inches of rain fell here, reported by volunteer weather observer C J Posey. The monthly total rises to 5.03 inches, 1.30 inches above normal for the period.
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J C. J. Posey
Spanish Legion Forms to Fight Soviets in Russia
Spanish legion to be 75 percent veterans and 25 percent proven nationalist supporters. Enlistments run through July 2 with stations set to recruit for the campaign against Russia. Anti Soviet demonstrations mount as Falange organizes recruits for combat.
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Madrid
Germany
Soviet Union
Russia
Spain
Falange
Weather Outlook Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Thunder Showers
Five day forecast through July 1 calls for scattered thundershowers across the district. Rainfall expected to be moderate to heavy with temperatures slightly above normal and brief local cooling during shower activity. Gas Office records show a 9 5 a.m. reading with a high of 94 and a low of 72 year ago today.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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