Fear deals to the southeast
Budapest reports rising tension as Thai? actually Hungarian aligned dispatches note Turkish and German troop concentrations near Balkan frontiers. Russian reinforcements near Ruthenia and alleged Allied moves to land at Salonika heighten unease amid talks of Bulgarian loans and corridors to the Aegean.
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Budapest
Europe
Slovakia
Yugoslav
Dodecanese Islands
Poland
Ruthenia
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Saloniki
Greece
Aegean Sea
Alexandria
France
Russia
Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Italy
Fiume
Bakar
United States
Germany
Britain
Karl Clodious
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
Turkey
Sofia
Clodius
Hughe
Bulgaria
Romania
Salonika
Struma
Moscow
Balkans
Gestapo
Kassa
Ungvdr
Munkacs
Berlin
Istvan Csaky
Hitler
Julia Aldridge Returns From Grandmother's Funeral
Julia Aldridge returned from Stanberry Missouri after attending the funeral of her grandmother Mrs Clara Frances Yount. Mrs Yount had resided in Gentry County for 80 years and was the mother of 11 children, with 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. She was the widow of Civil War veteran Joseph L Yount who served three years in the 33rd Indiana Volunteers and accompanied Sherman from Atlanta to the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Aldridge
Stanberry, Mo
Clara Frances Yount
Narvik and Norway conflict shift signals strategic withdrawal
Reports say Hitler may order retreat from Narvik and internment in Sweden if needed. German claims of naval and air actions in Narvik and Namsos accompany speculation on Britain's focus on oil and ore routes, with Mediterranean considered a possible flashpoint.
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Narvik
Hitler
Sweden
Germany
Namsos
England
Kiruna
Mediterranean
Norway
Death and Funeral Notice for James Carl Wright
James Carl Wright dies at 43 Saturday at his home 534 North Street. Funeral from Rumsey Funeral Home Tuesday at 3 30 PM with Rev. Clark Comstock officiating. Survived by wife Faye Wright three sons Donnell Darrell and Elden all at home three sisters Mrs Albert Hunsinger Mrs Harry Winters and Mrs Charles Winters all of Lawrence and two brothers Ted and Jess Wright of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carl Wright
North Street
Rumsey
Clark Comstock
Wright
Faye Wright
Donnell Wright
Darrell Wright
Elden Wright
Albert Hunsinger
Harry Winters
Charles Winters
Lawrence
Ted Wright
Jess Wright
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Viola E Sheldon in Eudora
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 o clock from the Eudora Methodist church for Mrs Viola Etta Sheldon 70 who died at Lawrence Memorial hospital Saturday evening Rev W C Watson will officiate Burial will be in the Eudora cemetery beside her husband The body will lie in state at the home from 9 o clock Tuesday morning until 1 30 in the afternoon and at the church before the services The casket will not be opened after the service She underwent a major operation last Wednesday Born February 6 1870 in Montezuma Ind she moved to Kansas as a child Married to Charles E Sheldon February 10 1886 they celebrated their golden wedding in 1936 Mr Sheldon died April 4 1936 She had lived in Eudora 25 years Survived by daughter Mrs J D Adams and sister Mrs Minnie Jones both of Eudora
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Eudora Methodist Church
Viola Etta’ Sheldon
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
W. C. Watson
Eudora Cemetery
Montezuma
Ind
Kansas
Charles E. Sheldon
Haddam
Kan
Sheldon
Eudora
J. D. Adams
Minnie Jones
Funeral Services for Louie Hadl in Eudora
Funeral services for 68 year old Louie Hadl were held Sunday at 2 30 p m at Schubert Funeral Home Eudora with Rev H Reifschneider officiating. Burial followed in Eudora Cemetery. Survivors include his wife six children two brothers and the home address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Hadl
Eudora
Schubert Funeral
H. Reifschneider
Hadl
Paul Hadl
Bertha Bernitz
Carl Kurtz
Helen Tornaden
Marguerite Hadl
Robert Hadl
Charles Hadl
Steve Hadl
Melvern, Kan
Mrs Mary Harris Valued 85 Dies in Kansas Home
Mrs Mary Harris aged 85 died yesterday at her daughter Mrs Charles Porter’s home in Nelson Kansas. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 30 PM at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atchison. She is survived by daughter Mrs Porter and brother John Jackson of Louisville Kentucky. She had visited here many times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Harris
Charles Porter
Aelson
Kan
Atchison
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Harris
Porter
John Jackson
Louisville
Supreme Court Holds Price Fixing Unlawful Under Sherman Act
Washington May 6 The Supreme Court ruled price fixing illegal under the Sherman Act 1890 in a 5 to 2 decision upholding a Madison Wisconsin case against 12 major oil companies and 5 individuals. Justice Douglas wrote that price fixing is per se unlawful and evidence showed a conspiracy to raise prices through coordinated gasoline purchases in 1935 and 1936 across midwestern and East Texas fields.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Douglas
Federal District Court
Mauison
Wis
Justice Department
Roberts
McReynolds
Hughes
Murphy
Mid-Continent
East Texas
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Roberts
Altho
Local Man in Grave Condition After Suicide Attempt
Joseph F. Cort, 47, of 1024 Kentucky Street, was found by his landlady in his room at 9:30 a.m. with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The bullet passed through the head between the temples. he remained in Memorial Hospital in grave condition. Cort had threatened self harm if his wife, recently seeking a divorce, proceeded. An unsigned letter to Mrs. Cort in California was found in his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Franklin
Cort
Kentucky Street
Memorial Hospital
Butter ration cut as Danish supplies stop
London reports Lord Woolton the food minister warned Britons to expect a drop in the butter ration from eight to four ounces per week due to the halt in Danish supplies. He also signaled a possible cut in the sugar ration from 12 ounces weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Woolton
School Board Set for Evening Meeting at Liberty Memorial High
The board of education will hold its monthly meeting this evening at 7 30 at Liberty Memorial High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High ‘School
Red Sox Win Pushes Them Back to AL Lead
Boston tops Cleveland 8 5 to move into first place as Jimmy Foxx hits a homer in the fourth and Ben Chapman adds his first of the season. Detroit slides past the Yankees 6 4 with Hank Greenberg driving in two in the ninth.
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Toledo
Kansas City
Wirkkala
Spindel
Bonham
DePhillips
Boston
Red Sox
Cleveland
Jimmy Foxx
Ben Chapman
Hudlin
Humphries
Jungels
Zuber
Hemsley
Dickman
Wilson
Peacock
Philadelphia
May
Sam Chapman
Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Chicago
Rigney
Ash
Potter
Hayes
New Yorks
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Billy Sullivan
Hank Greenberg
Detroit
New York
Bridges
Sears
Barnieman
Schultz
Cincinnati
Gumbert
Dean
Danning
Thompson and Lombardt
St Johnson
Higbe
Brown and Warren
Raffensberger
Todd
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Hamlin
Phelps
Davis and Padgett
Editors to Teach at University of Kansas Tomorrow
Six editors from Kansas papers join the University of Kansas journalism department tomorrow. W A Blair Carl Brown L B Dobbs Drew McLaughlin Far L Knaus and Ed F Abels will teach eleven morning classes dine with faculty at the Eldridge hotel and attend a 3 30 pm group meeting and the 6 30 pm Kansan board dinner with Robert Reed Kansas City Star as speaker Awards for best student stories and editing will be announced at the dinner Dr T Z Koo will address the luncheon on The Needs of China and support for Far Eastern Student Service. The annual Editors day was moved from fall to accommodate the Kansas State game and corn husking contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Department of Journalism
University of Kansas
W. A. Blair
Oswego Independent
Carl Brown
Atchison Globe
L. B. Dobbs
Williamsburg Enterprise
Drew McLaughlin
The
Paola Republican
Far L. Knaus
Garnett Review
Ed F. Abels
Douglas County Republican
Lawrence
Eldridge
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansan
Union Building
University Daily
Robert Reed
Kansas City Star
T. Z. Koo
World Student Christian Federation
China
Dr. Koo
Y.M.C.A
Hewspaper
Schwellenbach Named Federal Judge by Senate
The Senate confirmed Senator Lewis O. Schwellenbach of Washington to be a federal judge for the eastern district of Washington. The vacancy had lingered since September and followed months of reports about his selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Lewis O. Schwellenbach
D-Wash
Washington State
Home Garden Club Meets For Mayday Program
The Home Garden club gathered at Miss Lily Frye home for a Mayday talk by Mrs. Victoria Cloud with miniature greensword May poles and May baskets. The next meeting is set for May 15 with Mrs. Nellie Figgins hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Garden Club
Lily Frye
Victoria Cloud
Nellie Figgins
Pulitzer Awards List Highlights 1939 Winners and Honorees
The Wa terbury Republican and American won a 300 dollar Pulitzer for exposing municipal graft. Honorable mention went to the San Francisco Chronicle for waterfront strike coverage. Otto Tolischus and Lloyd Lehrbas received foreign and Washington correspondence honors. Other prizes included Bart Howard for editorial writing and S Burton Heath for investigative reporting. Steinbeck, Saravan, Sandburg, Baker, and Van Doren won in letters categories. Duffy's cartoon mocks Hitler with a bloodied outstretched hand and broken papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waterbury, Conn
Republican
American Today
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco
Washington
Otto D. Tolischus
New York Times
Berlin
Lloyd Lehrbas
Associated Press
Warsaw
Bucharest
Ankara
Bart Howard
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
S. Burton Heath
New York World-Telegram
Martin T. Manton
Edmund Duffy
Baltimore Sun
John Steinbeck
William Saravan
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
Mark van Doren
Duffy
Hitler
Gym Demonstration Week Continues At Gentral Old High
A seventh grade boys gym class demonstration opens the evening at 7 15 in the Gentral gym. At 8 20 home economics department demonstration in Old High auditorium followed by an art department exhibition in Old High corridors. The home economics girls perform a play with Julia Eschbaugh Alice Garrett Murial Rogers Patsy Ransted Shirley Acher. Music by Shirley Nan Hargiss and Lois Butler. Rosemary Gaines reads. Marjorie Coswers and Mary Frazee announce. Foods class ushers. Cordley sixth graders visited Junior high today. Mc Allaster sixth graders will go tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gentral
Old High
Julia Eschbaugh
Alice Garrett
Murial Rogers
Patsy Ransted
Shirley Acher
Shirley Nan Hargiss
Lois Butler
Rosemary Gaines
Marjorie Coswers
Mary Frazee
Cordley
McAllaster
Miss Orcutt Accompanist Joins Kansas City Concert
Miss Ruth Orcutt of the K A piano faculty accompanied Miss Irma Tholen Leavenworth violinist at the Kansas City Music Club annual breakfast in Mission Hills. Tholen studied violin at the University and belongs to the KU Mu Phi Epsilon chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Orcutt
K. A
Kansas City
Irma Tholen
Leavenworth
Mission Hills
Tholen
University
K. U
Mu Phi Epsilon
WPA Street Project to Cost Little Actual Cash
The WPA recon of Thirteenth Street from Rhode Island to Massachusetts is approved and will begin soon. City share is 2845 dollars, but engineer B M Babb says actual cash outlay will be negligible as brick is credited back and used. Regular street department labor and trucks funded by budget will cover expenses, with WPA costs estimated at 6521 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Thirteenth Street
Rhode Island Street
Massachusetts Street
B. M. Babb
City
Gardens and parades mark a lively Lawrence day
Belmont and Fairfax garden sights west of town draw attention as students enjoy a sunny parade grounds day near Haskell. City activities include a 7:30 pm softball meeting at city hall, census notes, iris interest, merchants bureau gathering, Kansas baseball ties with Rockhurst, and advertising shifts at Standard Oil Indiana. Yesterday’s 90 degree high sits near spring’s early peak, with 91 set on April 1.
California Man Admits Two Slayings and Receives Life
J Harold Friedman pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife Pauline 30 and daughter Marjorie 4 in January. He killed them then wounded himself in an apparent suicide attempt, saying fear of Jewish persecution in America under Nazi influence prompted the killings. The court sentenced him to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
J. Harold Friedman
Friedman
Pauline
Marjorie
America
President Roosevelt heads to Washington from Hyde Park
President Roosevelt left Hyde Park for Washington by special train after an uneventful weekend at his home in Hyde Park New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Retired banker found dead near Morrill after abduction
Ezra Lichty a 56 year old retired banker and victim in the February 1 abduction was found shot to death on a road near Morrill Kansas The coroner ruled death by his own action A note in his car said he could not stand the suspense Lichty who had been to be a witness in the Gossage kidnapping case was cashier of the Bank of Hamlin before retiring to Morrill His death follows an earlier abduction attempt in which Gossage forced him to drive to Hiawatha and foreclosure motives were cited in court filings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrill
Kan
Ezra Lichty
Oliver Moore
Lichty
Charles Roush
Gossage
Hiawatha
A. M. Baughman
Morrill News
Brown County
Bank of Hamlin
Roy Nelson
Nelson
Westminster A Cappella choir sings in Topeka concert
The Westminster A Cappella choir of seventy, directed by Dean D. M. Swarthout, performed a spring program at Westminster Presbyterian church in Topeka. Thirteen unaccompanied numbers spanned classical, Russian, Negro spirituals, modern and secular works. A post concert buffet followed with brief talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster A Cappella
D. M. Swarthout
Topeka
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Poulenc
Kodaly
Westminster Church
Leslie G. Whitcomb
Sidney Smith
Dean Swarthout
Guy Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Ottawa
Agreement With Sweden in Hitler Sweden Ties
Berlin reports that DNB says Adolf Hitler and King Gustav V of Sweden exchanged letters in late April confirming complete agreement on future political attitudes between Germany and Sweden. Swedish leaders pursue neutrality while Germany respects it, aligning public declarations from both governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
DNB
Adolf Hitler
Gustav V
Sweden
Germany
City Council to Meet in Regular Session Tonight
The city council will convene this evening in regular session at City Hall starting at 8 o clock. The meeting agenda includes routine approvals and community updates.
Kappa Sigma Mothers Club Elects Officers at Gamma Omicron
The Kappa Sigma Mothers club of Gamma Omicron held a Sunday meeting at the chapter house with members from multiple Kansas towns including Lawrence Topeka and Wichita. Elected officers are President Coila Morrison Vice President J K Rankin and Secretary-Treasurer Phyllis Buzick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Sigma Mothers’ Club
Gamma Omicron
J. J. France
M.F. Malinowsky
Hiawatha
S. 8S
Keeown
Albany
Charles Grab~ske
Independence
C. F. Baumgartner
C. F. Meyer
Salina
C. E. Alderdice
Coldwater
Smit
H. R. Hensley
Dodge City
I. W. Muffin
J. W. Harwood
Wichita
Beulah Engleman
John Floyd
Arkansas City
D. B. Tilson
Warren Rogers
E. T. Gibson
G. M. Bush
Kansas City
L. W. Brown
Eldorado
D. G. Erbert
Dighton
Brown
Kan
Hanson
Cheyenne
Wyo
L. H. Ballard
J. K. Rankin
Topeka
Redmond
McPheeters
Frank Godding
Colin Morrison
Phyllis Buzick
Lawrence
Coila Morrison
Phylis Buzick
Local visitors share day with area residents
Rev and Mrs Harry McCulloch of Lees Summit Missouri spent the day with Prof and Mrs C A Preyer. Mrs R W Moll visited her daughter Miss Irene Moll a Dodge City teacher and joined school activities. Mr and Mrs W C Ellis hosted guests Mr and Mrs F R Hook of St Joseph Missouri and Mr and Mrs H A Hook of Kansas City yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McCulloch
Lees Summit
C. A. Preyer
R. W. Moll
Irene Moll
Dodge City
W. C. Ellis
F. R. Hook
St. Joseph
H. A. Hook
Kansasity
Student pleads guilty in Kansas robbing case
Reuben Brown of Kansas City Missouri, a Negro University of Kansas student, pleaded guilty before Judge Hugh Means to receiving stolen property and was sentenced to an indeterminate term in the Hutchinson state reformatory. The case began with a February 18 robbery of Holyfield Music Co involving instruments valued at 383 dollars. An amended petition switched the charge to receiving the loot. A parole motion was under argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Brown
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Hugh Means
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Brown
Holyfield Music Company
Initiation Ceremony Adds 31 Indian Athletes at Brown's Grove
At Brown's Grove on Saturday night the Haskell Institute club initiated 31 Indian athletes and elected new officers led by President Joe Grayson and Vice President John Benge. Other officers include Jack King secretary treasurer and James Hamilton sergeant at arms with retiring president John Josola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Institute
Brown’s Grove
Joe Grayson
John Benge
Jack King
James Hamilton
John Josola
Supt
G. Warren Spaulding
John Carmody
Fred T. Renick
W. T. Allen
James Davis
Joseph Fowler
Clifford Bowen
Leonard Frazier
Robert Powless
David Shirk
George Washington
Kenneth Youngbear
George Lowry
John Eades
Russell Carter
Williams elected Junior High Student Council President
Odd Williams son of Mr and Mrs Dick Williams 1607 Crescent Road was elected president of the Junior High Student Council this morning His opponent was Clif ford McDonald Williams is an eighth grade student He will assume duties at the start of the 1941 school year Hugh Bayles is the present president of the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Williams
Dick Williams
Crescent Road
Clifford McDonald
Williams
Hugh Bayles
Perch Spawn Flaunts Lace Like Ribbons in Nature
The spawn of a perch is described as a beautiful natural object. The female drapes long lace-like ribbons over aquatic plants, reminiscent of lace in display windows.
Simple Home Remedy Claims Fast Rheumatic Pain Relief
A lemon juice mixture with Ru-Ex compound promises quick relief from rheumatic arthritis and neuritis. Mix Ru-Ex with a quart of water and the juice of four lemons, take two tablespoons twice daily, with a money back guarantee if no improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Corner Drug Company
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FEAR
Clara .Yount
Viola Etta Sheldon
Joseph F. Cort
Elverum
Swellenbach
Miss Orcutt
Town
Belmont and
Fairfax
Haskell
South Park League
J. W. Stone
Daniel W. Johanning
Willow Springs
Journal-World Office
Lizzie Sheldon
Journal-World Today
California
Lawrence Merchants Bureau
Wiedemann’s
Mike Getto
Rockhurst
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Fuchs
Agency
Masa
Holyfield
Schulz
McGrew-Peck Inv. Co
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