Chinese Guerrillas Fight Japanese Garrison at Nantunchow
Shanghai dispatch reports about three thousand Chinese guerrillas challenging the Japanese garrison of Nantunchow on the Yangtze north bank. The assault endangers a base supplying 10 000 Japanese troops in north Kiangsu as reinforcements rush from Shanghai. Port traffic at Shanghai halted as Chinese customs briefly ceased work before resuming under a new authority.
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Shanghai
Nantungchow
Yangtze River
Kiangsu
Lunghai Railway
Fawning
Yangtze
Nantunchow
Nanking
L. H. Lawford
Spud Center Here in Kaw Valley Potato Acreage Report
Lawrence area accounts for about eight percent of Kaw valley potato acreage lying north of the river. C. G. Weedin of Union Pacific reports 4 959 acres planted this year with about 1 000 near Lawrence Buck Creek Midland Rex and Fall Leaf. Grant township along the Kaw bends is among the heaviest producers. Growers in the Lawrence area and their acreage are listed.
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Lawrence
Kaw Valley
C.¢. Weedin
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific
Buck Creek
Midland
Rex
Fall Leaf
Grant Township
Kaw River
Hopkins Tells Congress Relief Cost May Reach 3 Billion
WPA chief Harry L. Hopkins told a House subcommittee that the relief program could total about 3.9 billion for the 1938 39 fiscal year, with 2.25 billion for direct work and 0.75 billion for related agencies. He warned the winter peak might rise to 3.1 million clients and urged federal administration of funds.
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Hopkins
Congress
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Budget Bureau
House
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Nations Caution Rain on the Derby Matches in Europe and Race Day
CPI-French and British diplomats issue notes warning Germany and Czechoslovakia against violence over German minorities as London talks seek appeasement of Italy and Ethiopia. In Louisville the Derby opens under rain with 60,000 spectators awaiting the 64th running of the $50,000 race amid showers and umbrellas.
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Paris
CPI
London
Europe
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Czecho-Slovakia
Neville Trenderson
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Italy
Fuhrer
Hitler
Chamberlain
Daladier
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
China
Russia
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Pictureque
Derby Field
Kentucky
Indiana
Rock Garden
Unprecedented May Snow Hits Goodland Kansas
Goodland western Kansas reports five inches of May snow as frost or freezing is forecast for western Kansas tonight. Meteorologist D Flora warns light frost elsewhere, while most state sees more moisture. Rain totals climb from light showers to nearly three inches. Cottonwood river near Emporia may flood. northeast may stay warmer.
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Topeka
Cl—Goodland
Kansas
Flora
Fedors
Cottonwood
Emporia
Neosha
Coffeyville
Kan
Pittsburg
Temperature Drops 23 Degrees in Two Hours
Cold northwest winds caused Lawrence thermometers to fall 23 degrees in two hours this afternoon. The day’s high reached 69 degrees early in the afternoon, then by 4 p.m. the thermometer stood at 46 degrees.
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Lawrence
Baseball Scores and Standings From May Baseball Slate
AP report summarizes key results from American Association and American League games on May 7 to 9. Boston lefty Grove pitched a four hit 7 2 win over St Louis. Foxx hit his fifth homer in the seventh with two on. Cleveland beat Philadelphia 4 1 as Trosky and Pytlak delivered timely singles. Yankees crushed Detroit 12 2 as Gomez struggled. Giants rallied to top Pirates 6 5 with More delivering two triples. Cubs edged Bees 6 4 in 10 innings. Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 7 4 as Craft homered for Reds. Philadelphia at St Louis postponed due to rain.
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Louisville
Kansas City
Willis and Holbrook
Gay and
Martie
Boston
Lefty Grove
Sox
St. Louis Browns
Grove
Browns
Jimmy Foxx
St. Louis
Cooo
Sullivan
Desartels
Philidepitas May
Trosky
Pytlak
Osenpr
Cleveland
Indians
Whiladelphia Athletics Today
Philadelphia
Nudtin
Nudtin and Pytnik
Ross, Smith, Potter and Hayes
Chicago
Washington
Lyons Ait Sewell
Deshong
Kelley Sind Wy Ferrer
New York
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Tigers
York
Auker
Wade
Davis
Renton
Poffenberger
Gomez
Hadley
Murphy
Dickey
Pittsburgh
New York Ciants
Pirates
Jojo More
Schumacher
Coffman
Guinbert
W. Brown
Durning
Tobin
Bowman
Brandt
Berres
Todd
Addy
Chicago Cubs
Oxton Bees
Bees
Turner
Lopez
Beyant
Carleton
Odella
Hartnett
Cincinnati
Brooklyn Badgers
Ted
Reds
Harry Craft
Brooklyn
Joe
Butchers
Hencer
Derringer
Schott
Benge
Castarella
V. Davis
Hershberger
Seven Homers in Two Days Hit by Leeds in IL Game
Bob Leeds veteran Newark outfielder extended his hot streak with three more home runs in six innings after four straight yesterday. The Newark Bears faced Buffalo in an International League game.
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Buffalo
Bob Leeds
Newark
Schumacher Injured in Giants Pirates Game
Hal Schumacher, top right handed pitcher for the New York Giants, was injured in the sixth inning when a line drive struck him in the stomach during the Giants Pirates game in Pittsburgh.
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Schumacher
Pittsburgh
Hal Schumacher
New York Giants
Giants
Pirates
Wage hour bill battle stirs as petition pressure grows
Washington May 7. House supporters press to fast track the wage hour bill after 218 members signed a petition to bypass the rules committee. The measure would set a 25 cent minimum wage rising to 40 cents in three years and 44 hour weeks sliding to 40 in two years. Southern lawmakers seek regional differentials. AFL opposition cautions against national standards.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Mead
D-N.y
Senate
Representative Cox
D-Ga
Rayburn
Texas
South
American Federation of Labor
Hotel Eldridge Mystery Aids Police Charge
A hotel room key led Sheriff Vogler to Falls City Nebraska to return S K Challman Jr Wichita Kansas to face a charge of beating an 11 bill at the Hotel Eldridge in Falls City Justice Court. Challman stayed April 25 to 28 claiming a group of salesmen would arrive. he left with only a coat and no carload of workers.
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Eldridge
Fred Vogler
Falls City
Neb
S. K. Challman, Jr
Justice Court
Don Hults
Willard Priestly
S. K
Challman
Priestly
Nebr
Nebraska
Vogler
Stock Market Index Shows 60-Stock Average at 40.8
The index for 60 stocks stands at 40.8 with yesterday's figure also 40.8. Ford Service activity linked to Hamilton at 702 Vermont Avenue is noted in advance.
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Ford
Hamilton
Emergency appropriations may raise July deficit to 3.72 billion
Acting Budget Director Bell told a House subcommittee that emergency spending could push the year starting July 1 deficit to 3.7229 billion, with potential reductions if the Public Works Administration draws less than 1 billion. He noted uncertain revenue impact from a pending tax revision and estimated the current year deficit at 1.25 billion.
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Washington
Daniel W. Bell
House
Public Works Administration
Treasury
Bell
Lawrence High Dominates Midwestern Music Festival Results
Three days of solo ensemble band orchestra and chorus competitions end with Lawrence High School leading in Class A divisions. Lawrence joins Topeka and Westport High in first division for Class A orchestra and band. Lawrence a cappella choir and girls glee club also top in Class A groups. fourth straight year Lawrence band in first division. Oliver Hobbs directs band and orchestra. Additional Class B C D and mixed chorus and girls and boys divisions listed with multiple school names.
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Lawrence High
Lawrence High School
Topeka High
Westport High
Kansas City
Lawrence
Westport
Topeka
Oliver Hobbs
EtColn
Kan
Atehison
Harrisonville
Wellsville
Morrisonville
Atchison
Lotna
Bills
North Kansasitv
Ky Center
Crrnett
Joe M. Williams
Liberty Memorial
K. U
Hobbs
Williams
Loss cost figures set for wheat crop insurance rates
Roy M. Green announced loss cost figures for wheat crop insurance in Kansas at an administrators school. The figures will guide premium rates and await official approval with minimum premiums of one half bushel per acre for 75 percent coverage and .08 bushel per acre for 50 percent coverage. County averages for Douglas and surrounding counties are listed with different loss rates and coverage levels.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Roy M. Green
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Douglas
Douglas Jefferson
Leavenworth
Franklin v
Osage
Shawnee
Cutworms Do Major Garden Damage in Lawrence Area
Prof Laurence Woodruff of the University of Kansas reports cutworms are the worst in years in Lawrence, attacking leaves and stems at night. He recommends poison bran mash as the best control, detailing ingredients and methods for night application around plant bases.
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Lawrence
Laurence Woodruff
University of Kansas Department of Entomology
Woodruff
Mildred D. Watson
Deal Six
Insurgents Push on Spanish Front Near Valencia
Insurgents advance along the coast toward Castellon de la Plana inflict heavy losses on government forces. In Hendaye Galician and Italian troops breach defenses at a dozen points along the Teruel to Mediterranean line as Gen. Miguel Aranda orders a general offensive “fight rain or no rain.”
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San Sebastian
Spain
Castellon de la Plana
Hendaye
France
Teruel
Mediterranean
Miguel Aranda
Valencia
Track star's mother dies at Research hospital
Mrs. M. C. Foy of Hutchinson mother of Lyle and Glenn Foy, both KU engineering students, died after an operation in Kansas City. Survived by husband, daughter Mabel, four sons Earl Lloyd Lyle and Glenn, sister Mabel Cook, brother Will Rosenberger. Lyle Foy, KK U track star, missed the Bi Six triangular meet.
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M. C. Foy
K. U
Hutchinson
Lyle Foy
Glenn Foy
Research
Kansas City
Mabel Cook
Will Rosenberger
Greensburg
KK. U
X Ray Treatments Planned for Colan Baby to Save Sight
Chicago reports five week old Helaine Colan to receive X ray therapy aimed at saving her sight and life from glioma. Mercy Hospital official Dr. Herbert E. Schmitz notes treatments begin Monday and run indefinitely, with two prior similar cases in 18 months and outcomes to be known in five years.
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Chicago
Helaine Colan
Herbert E. Schmitz
Mercy Hospital Institute For Radiation Therapy
Morris Hershman
Schmitz
Herman Colan
K State Leads in Big Six Track Meet with Nebraska and Kansas
Kansas State leads after 12 of 15 events in a cloudy Memorial Stadium triangular meet as Nebraska trails and Kansas fights for spots. Notable results include Hackney KC State winning shot put and Andrews Neb in mile, with multiple marks across sprints and hurdles. Kansas l bears loss of dash man Lyle Foy following his mother’s death.
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Nebraska
University of Kansas
Kansas State College
Kansas University
Kansas
Memorial Stadium
Lyle Foy
Cora May Foy
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Bird
Neumann
Ebright
Harness
Kansas State
Heteht
Wondy Durand
Frank
McCurchen
Howerman
Womon
Hardacre
Pagler
Dawson
Wiles
Gish
Hotchkiss
D. Toodge
Baxter
Cox and Bird
Mehaftay
Hackney
Mills
Friedland
Vanderbilt
Andrews
Jesson
Wondy Hardacre
Fagier
Nees
Milles-Kansas Staite
Buckminster
Heckhorn
Twe
Germany slams Woodring speech on aggression and colonialism
Berlin editorials attack the Washington speech by War Secretary Woodring, arguing it misreads European democracy and colonial history. Vir gino Gayda in Il Giornale dItalia warns of reactions, while Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz and other papers mock U S policy and Hull.
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Berlin
Italy
Washington
Woodring
Giornale D'Italia
Virginio Gayda
Berliner Boersenzeitung
United States
Britain
Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz
Querlinger Yokal Anzeiger
Naner
Hull
Mass Concert to Climax Midwest Music Festival
A concert tonight at Hoch auditorium closes the fourth annual Midwest music festival. A 500 piece band and 250 piece orchestra under five conductors will perform works by Hanson, Kuersteiner, Wiley, Bachman, and Harding before about 1 000 attendees despite rain and parading cancellations.
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Hoch Auditorium
Howard Hanson
Rochester
N. Y
A. Austin Harding
University of
Lawrence
Westminster A Cappella
K. A
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Dr. Hanson
Machinery For Bindweed Fight Demonstration Draws Attention
Demonstration of machinery for the clean cultivation method to control bindweed will be held Monday at 2 pm at the George W Strahan farm four miles west on highway 40 and one mile south All types of recommended equipment will be shown and supplied by county dealers Farmers and land owners are urged to attend.
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George W. Strahan
Highway 40
Lindenberger Ranks High in Baton Twirling Contest
Lawrence High student Kenneth Lindenberger, son of Dr and Mrs H R Lindenberger, ranked in the first division of the baton twirling contest at Southpark. He tied with Karl Thurman and James Barnes as top finishers and had previously won first division honors last year.
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Kenneth Lindenberger
H. R. Lindenberger
Liberty Memorial High School
Southpark
Lindenberger
Karl Thurman
Brookfield
James Barnes
Hastings
Neb
Lawrence Twirler
Weather Outlook for Kansas with Clouds and Frost Risk
The forecast calls for much cloudiness tonight and Sunday with possible rain in the extreme northeast tonight. Cooler in the east tonight, warmer to the west on Sunday, frost or freezing in the west, light frost in the central area. Morning remains cloudy then clearing at Pittsburg. Dirt roads muddy in Coffeyville, Pittsburg, Wichita and Salina. soft in Arkansas City, Dodge City, Emporia and Ottawa. Temperature figures show 55 yesterday at 7 p.m., 57 today at noon. rainfall to 7 a.m. listed.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Wichita
Salina
Arkansas City
Dodge City
Emporia
Ottawa
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Rex R. W. McNamingra
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J. OW
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Javenhard & Son
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Stiner
Alfred Fleck
Phas
Charles Spray
Husted
Willian Shands
Wttinger
OW. McNumat
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Wiliam Pine
Pine
J. C. Beasely
Caleb Hulez
John San W. String
EW. Ousdahl
Emil W. Hecklia
Harvey Workman
Lis
Nations
Goodland
Bill
House Subcommittee
T—Lawrence
Westport Hieh
Wernsius
Dunerin
Atehisan
Jon Twt
Taren Hieh
Tivistog
T-tree Carter
Lola
Divicion T
Cyril Fox
National Museum of Wales
Society of Antiquaries
Deus Six
Franco
Track Star
K-State
Cornhuskers
Karl Kuersteiner
Kk. A
Russell L. Wiley
Kuersteiner
Mr. Hanson
Finlandia
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Mr. Wiley
Amparito- Roca
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Alford
Bachman
Texas Plains
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Cassady
Harding
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Moussorgsky
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