British Take Toll Of Night Raiders
British fighter pilots and anti aircraft gunners repelled a large German raid, shooting down numerous aircraft over England. Official tallies show 23 fighters downed plus a balloon barrage score, with further losses to night fighters and anti aircraft. The May raids inflicted heavy damage on waterfront areas including Liverpool as daylight battles across the English Channel continued.
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London
Britain
English Channel
New York
Luftwafffe
Liverpool
Plymouth
R.A.F
England
Northeast Showers to Pepper Kansas Farms Tomorrow
A federal meteorologist notes scattered showers in northeast Kansas as the main weather feature for tomorrow. He predicts fair conditions across the state today with northwest winds keeping highs under 80. Overnight lows dip to the 35 to 45 range in various regions.
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Topeka
Kansas
A.D. Robb
Oenute
Columbus
Reka
Garden City
Wichita
Ilebo
Robb
Goodland
Toneka
Merherson
M. Aridirrete
Perettoeys
Stock Market Index Changes Noted in Daily Report
The index average for 60 stocks rose to 39.8 yesterday, up from 33.9. Traders watched gains across sectors as tech and industrials led the advance amid mixed market signals.
Anti British Premier of Iraq Quits Baghdad
Premier Rashid Ali Al Gailani resigned after public demonstrations against his government. Tewfik Suweidi Bey left Baghdad to meet the deposed regent Emir Abdullah in Transjordan. British air raids hit Baghdad airport and other targets as raids expanded across Bengasi Derna and Berka. Reuters reported communications between Iraq and Syria cut since morning.
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Baghdad
Cairo
Egypt
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Tewfik Suweidi Bey
Rashid Ali
Amman
Transjordan
Abdullah
Palestine
Washash
Royal Airforce
Middle East
Habbaniyah
Basra
Hanaidi
Bengasi
Berka
Benina
Derna
R.A.F
Bengali
Reuters
London
Vichy
Syria
A. m
Government to_suspend Kansas relief data disclosure
Kansas governor and officials report federal social security board demands to end publication of recipient names under new secrecy act. Board warns no delay possible. Kansas must decide legal steps to maintain federal grants. Separate Chicago farm price rise signals higher 1941 farm income amid government purchases and market gains.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
A. J. Altmeyer
Federal Social Security Board
Kansas
Altmeyer
Washington
Ratner
Jay S. Parker
Robert S. Lemon
Pittsburg
Parker
Federal Board
Congress
Chicago
England
France
Cubs Top Phillies 6 1 To Sweep Series
Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 6 to 1 to sweep the two game set. Verne Olsen hit a three run homer in the fifth and Danny Litwhiler added a eighth inning homer to avoid a shutout.
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Philadelphia
May
Chicago Cubs
Phillies
Verne Olsen
British Shipping Losses In April Hit High
London reports April losses were almost as severe as the heaviest wartime month, about 460000 tons. Officials say the figures compare with 463000 tons in June 1940 and 426000 tons in September, detailing 85 ships totaling 155160 tons and broader Allied and neutral losses. Remember Mother at Wiedemann's. -Adv.
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London
United States Senate
Admiralty
Dunkerry
Britain
Russia Denies Troop Concentration on Western Border
Moscow reports via Tass that Soviet forces are not concentrating on the western border with Germany and have no plans to do so. Denials include claims of Far East or central Asia troop transfers westward and fleets being reinforced at the expense of the Baltic.
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Russia
Moscow
Germany
Tass
Irkutsk
Manchoukuo
Novosibirsk
Central Asia
Nicolai Kuznetzov
Teheran
Iran
Far East
Trans- Siberian Railway
Kiev
Caspian
Black Seas
Baltic
Disagreement Over Land Testimony on Naval Convoy Issue
Washington debates pressed on convoying British aid as Admiral Land faces scrutiny of his report. Satterfield urges immediate Navy and Air Force use to push supplies through. Bailey notes misinterpretation while Vandenberg and Pepper offer divergent views on sinking rates and aid delivery.
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Washington
Satterfield
D-Va
United States Navy
Air Force
House
Bailey
D-N.c
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
England
Commission
United States
Senate Commerce Committee
Land
Senaor Bailey
Vandenberg
R-Mich
RIPE FOR GUARDIANSHIP France warned by Italian paper
Rome May 8 Premier Mussolini's newspaper Panlio d Italia claimed France is ripe for guardianship. It accused France of hoping for a final British victory to attack the axis in Africa and to rely on gold and America while watching the war unfold.
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Rome
Musssolini
Panclo D’italia
France
Africa
America
Ardenzo Soffici
Syria
Mediterranean
Du Pont Files Suit Over Bethlehem Steel Accounting
Zara Du Pont, a minority Bethlehem Steel stockholder, files suit in federal court seeking more than $1,000,000 in restitution alleging funds were wasted through anti-labor activities including company unions and espionage at ten plants.
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New York
Zara du Pont
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Miss du Pont
Lammet
Irenee du Pont
Bolivian Air Force Officers Die in Washington Crash
Pi Captain Rafael Suarez Rivas died from burns and Captain Alberto Ta borca was seriously injured when their Bolivian air force aircraft crashed on takeoff at a Washington airport.
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Washington
Rafael Suarez Rivas
Alberto Taborca
Nazi Seaman Arrested in Randolph Kansas
A German seaman, one of 160 nationalities rounded up for passport overstays, was arrested today at Randolph Kansas. The roundup targets individuals over the country amid wartime controls.
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Kansas Kansas City
Randolph
Kan
Navy gets approval to acquire 58 auxiliary ships
Washington reports the House Naval Committee endorses a bill to authorize 58 additional fleet auxiliary vessels at about 350 million dollars. The action raises the total by 33 ships from the March request, with Rear Admiral Samuel Robinson saying 550 000 tons of auxiliaries may be needed rather than 200 000. He stressed the ships are for U.S. use and steel rationing may soon be required as projects proceed.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Samuel M. Robinson
Bureau of Ships
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Robinson
Co-Op District Convention Opened In Eldridge Hotel
Members from 12 Kansas and Missouri cities gathered for the thirteenth district convention at the Eldridge Hotel. By mid-afternoon 45 registered, with about twice that number expected for the banquet at 6:30. Visitors included Charles Ringsted of Denver and his wife, with Ringsted serving on the Cooperative International board. The day began with a noon luncheon led by Junius Underwood. The banquet will install new officers, with Ruben S. Fox of Lawrence retiring as district governor. Lawrence high school musicians provide the dinner program followed by a dance.
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Kansas
Missouri
Eldridge
Charles Ringsted
Denver
Colo
Ringsted
Co- Operative International
Armistice Terms Said to Be Modified in Paris Talks
A semi official source says the French German armistice convention will be modified after negotiations in Paris. Darlan returned this morning and a plan envisages a 100 million franc reduction in the 400 million francs France pays daily for the German army of occupation. The press notes the need for modification in a spirit of mutual understanding.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Jean Darlan
Darlan
No dynamite found in Hyde Park dynamite plot report
Hyde Park New York May 8 report of two men planting dynamite on President Roosevelt estate prompted FBI and state police inquiry. Captain Gaffney said investigators found no evidence and Secret Service chief Maloney called the tale silly with no arrests planned.
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Rhinebeck
N. Y
John Gaffney
State Police
Secret Service
President Roosevelt
Hyde Park
United States
New York District
Calchas Torpedo Sinking Survivors Reach Cape Town
Fifty six survivors from the 10,305 ton British passenger liner Calchas, torpedoed April 21 about 500 miles off the African coast, have arrived in the city. A lifeboat brought 21 and the Portuguese ship Vintecito carried 35 rescued from other lifeboats.
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Sao Vicente
Cape Verde Islands
Vintecito
Potential Bomb Hidden in Stolen Car in Osawatomie
Osawatomie Kansas May 8 a thief may not know it but he is sitting on a potential bomb. Glenn Seaborn a well driller reported to the sheriff that the car stolen from in front of his home was loaded with 20 quarts of nitro glycerine four sticks of dynamite four dynamite caps and 16 feet of fuse. He planned to use it to blast a well.
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Osawatomie
Kan
Glenn Eaborn
Home repair and remodeling loans offered by Lawrence Building and Loan
Advertisement for home repair and remodeling loans from the Lawrence Building and Loan Association. Encourages fast access to funds with monthly payment plans and provides contact at 800 Mass. St. in Lawrence.
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Lawrence Building and Loan Assoco
American Legion District Convention To Be Held May 18 19
The Dorsey-Liberty post hosts the second district American Legion convention with 30 posts from 12 counties attending. Local leaders C. T. Hough and Edwin A. Fritz organize events including a community meeting led by Rev. Harold G Barr and a church service at First Christian church. The event features state and district officers, a rehabilitation conference, a parade, and a closing ball at the Armory.
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Dorsey-Liberty
American Legion
C. T. Hough
Harold G. Barr
Armory
Alpha H. Kenna
First Methodist Church
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Legion
Max Wyman
Hutchinson
Beyat L. Cowger
Topeka
Legion Auxiliary
Helen Stonebreaker
Leavenworth
State Auxiliary
Mary Peterson
Kansas City
Kan
Auxiliary
National Defense Committee
Madeline Work
Humboldt
Nettie Morss
Moran
Department
Dorsey-Liberty Post
Edwin A. Fritz
W. H Pasewark
Ivan D. Rowe
George Melvin
First Christian Church
Legion Post Rooms
WREN
WIBW
Rehearsal Tonight For Coronado Entrada Cast
A rehearsal by part of the Coronado Entrada cast is set for tonight at the Armory. First call is 7 30 for the Mexican Villages with sailors Aztec merchants Aztec women slaves and warriors to follow at 8 15. Director Judd met today with George C. Dickens and Jerry Novak.
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Armory
John W. Judd
Judd
George C. Dickens
Jerry Novak
Jerome H. Carghill
Liners Pass Gibraltar Under Escort Toward Mediterranean
Two large British liners used as transports passed Gibraltar toward the Mediterranean with two cruisers as escorts. Warplanes from Gibraltar watched as two groups of French merchantmen also passed the fortress, one group heading to the Atlantic and the other to the Mediterranean.
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Algeciras
Spain
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Atlantic
French Coal Ship Paul De Rousiers Launched in Marseille
The first French vessel built in the unoccupied zone since the armistice, a 4 550 ton coal ship named Paul De Rousiers, was launched today in Marseille. This marks a key post armistice industrial milestone for France.
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Marseille
France
Paul de Rousiers
Extension of Roosevelt Monetary Powers and Stabilization Fund Urged
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau urged extending Roosevelt's monetary powers and the $2 billion stabilization fund as potent weapons of defense. He noted small nations were buying gold and storing it in the United States, and that 18 countries have bought $380 million from the fund since the war began. Foreign gold deposited in Fed banks totaled $1.917 billion as of April 30, with expiration set for June 30 unless Congress acts.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
United States
Treasury
House ‘Coinage Committee
Stabilization Fund
Committee Behind Closed Doors
England
Treasury Stabilization Fund
Federal Reserve Banks
Congress
AID FUND INCREASE AND Welfare Funds Venture
County commissioners plan to use state law allowing sales tax residue for welfare. In 1941 residues go to non school units. 1942 all residues. Total about 67000 dollars, with 33000 to schools and 34000 to welfare this year, 67000 next year. A 3 mill welfare levy is required to participate. Hearing at courthouse on May 28.
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Board of County Commissioners
County Welfare Board
Mildred LeSuer
Welfare Department
Court House
No Blame Found in Douglas County Bicycle Fatality
A coroner's jury ruled Carl Jones 17 of 1243 New Jersey street died in an avoidable accident when his bicycle was struck by Ed Holestine of Independence Kansas on Highway 59 near town at 2 30 am. Passenger Ross Howe 16 of 746 Rhode Island street rode with Jones at the time.
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Douglas County
Carl Jones
New Jersey Street
Ed Holestine
Independence
Kan
Helestine
Jones
Highway 59
Ross Howe
Rhode Island Street
Seven Applicants Seek Citizenship in Kansas Hearing
District Judge Hugh Means designated Douglas county court to handle naturalization in the fourth Kansas district. The order ends jurisdiction in Franklin and Anderson counties except for pending petitions. A group of seven applicants will be heard Saturday, detailing birthplaces in Russia, Canada, England, England, Canada, England, and Russia.
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Hugh Means
District Court
Douglas County
Fourth Judicial District of
Kansas
Franklin
Anderson
Judge Means
Fannie Hurwitz
Grodno
Russia
Lola Jean Reid
Verona
House Passes Bill Expanding Defense Material Priorities
The House approved a bill broadening government powers to set mandatory defense priorities and rework the priorities office. An amendment creates a director of priorities and industry advisory committees, with the aim to freeze Edward R. Stettinius Jr. in his post and pay him twelve thousand dollars annually. The measure also authorizes civilian material rationing during shortages tied to defense or lease-lend programs.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
House
Senate
OPM
Kane
Representative Cox
Edward RB. Stettinius
Lawrence High Musicians to Travel by Special Train
Lawrence high school will dispatch a special train to Topeka for a national regional music festival. A cappella choir leaves Friday at 6:30 am, glee club at 10:15 am, with band orchestra and soloists on Saturday at 6:00 am. Parents may ride. round trip fare applies. tickets from school officials.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Glee Club
Joe Williams
Electa Kindlesperger
Eleta Ernst
Santa Fe
Opel
Oliver Hobbs
Williams
Kindlesperger
Warren, Smith
E. J. Logsdon
Neal Wherry and
Sunt
Clifford Dean
Armin Woestemeyer
Walter Keeler
Howard Sutherland
E. T. Gardner
Wherry
Ninth region music festival opens in Topeka crowding venues
About 3000 high school students from Kansas Missouri Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma Illinois Colorado and Arkansas filled Topeka's auditorium for the opening of the ninth region national music competition festival. Nearly 10000 students from eight states will be judged before the festival ends Saturday with class B and C band orchestra choir and glee club contests. Nine marching bands and 70 baton twirlers perform at Washburn stadium tonight as schools in Kansas and nearby states compete.
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Topeka
Washburn College Stadium
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Illinois
Colorado
Arkansas
Charles H Browne Named Colonel of Kansas State Guard
Col Charles H Browne of Horton, longtime commander of the 137th infantry, was named colonel of the new Kansas state guard regiment by Governor Payne Ratner. Browne, publisher of the Horton Headlight, had gone to Camp Robinson with his unit in January but was relieved. He is the first staff officer chosen for the newly authorized state guard.
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Topeka
Charles H. Browne
Horton
137Th Infantry
Kansas National Guard
Kansas State Guard
Payne Ratner
Browne
Camp Robinson
University Club Meeting and Election Toss Up
The University club holds its annual meeting and election tomorrow night in the K U Memorial Union rooms. Polls open 7 to 8 pm and the business meeting plus results announcement follow at 8 pm.
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University Club
K. U. Memorial Union
Tobacco taxes cited as cost on one acre of crops
A Carolina tobacco farmer spokesman told Washington reporters that taxes on 16 330 packages of cigarettes already total 1061 dollars, while the farmer who grew the acre netted only 169 dollars.
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Washington
UPI
Carolina
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