Nazis May Have Passage Thru Syria. Iraq Air Force Destroyed
Berlin reports Vichy may allow German troop transit through French territories including Syria as price for occupation talks. Royal Air Force claims destruction of Iraq air force after raids on Kuba and Shannaban fields near Baghdad. Iraqi dissidents retreat to Ramadi and Falluja as British pursuit continues. Free Yugoslav air force joins British reconnaissance over the Mediterranean.
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London
Reuters
Berlin
Basler Nachrichten
Vichy
Syria
Germany
Cairo
Royal Air Force
Iraq Air Force
Kakuba
Shannaban
Baghdad
Iraq
Ramadi
Falluja
Basre
Persian Gulf
Middle East
R.A.F
Mediterranean
R A F Bores Deep Into German Fronts From Poland To Hamburg
London reports the largest R A F bombing armada for a single night struck Hamburg and Bremen with tens of thousands of incendiaries and hundreds of tons of high explosives. U S made Havocs joined patrols against German airfields in France and Belgium. Bombers crossed into German occupied Poland reaching Posen after a 550 mile flight, signaling growing British air power.
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London
R.A.F
Hamburg
Bremen
Air Ministry
France
Belgium
Berlin
Emden
Germany
St. Nazaire
Posen
Poland
Britain
United States
Baseball Scores Postponed By Weather Across Leagues
In the American League Cleveland at St Louis with Feiler Hemsley Kennedy and Grube on deck, postponed due to cold weather. Detroit at Chicago also postponed. In the National League Boston at New York and Brooklyn at New York postponed by rain. Only the day’s advertisement reads Remember Mother at Wiedemann's.
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Cleveland
Ste Louis
Feiler
Russia Rejects Yugoslavia Belgium and Norway as States
Moscow announces withdrawal of recognition from Yugoslavia Belgium and Norway as sovereign nations. The move followed reports of a new Soviet stance toward Germany and the Axis in the Balkans amid wartime diplomacy. Greece remains the sole German-occupied nation with a mission in Moscow.
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Russia
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Norway
Coarmanv
Joseph Stalin
Germany
Balkans
Suez Canal
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Churchill
Isia
Milan Gavrilovic
Molotov
Communist Party
Pravda
Belgrade
Proaxis
Friedrich Werner von der Schulenberg
Hitler
Greece
Britain
Federal roundup arrests German seamen and Italian aliens
Federal immigration agents detained 160 German seamen and conducted broad later raids arresting several Italians in midtown Manhattan hotels including six Ritz Carlton waiters. Warrants targeted aliens overstaying permits and suspected illegal presence while officials cited pre invasion fears.
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New York
Ritz-Carlton
Upper East Side
Jackson
Manfred Zapp
Guenther Town
Transocean
Kaw Valley Railroad Plan Confirmed By Federal Court
Federal Judge Richard J. Hopkins confirmed a modified reorganization plan for the Kansas City Kaw Valley and Western Railroad to exit receivership begun in 1933. The plan, already approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission, envisions a new corporation with 25000 dollars in capital.
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Kansas City
Kan
Japanese raid devastates Chungking for second time this week
A swarm of 60 to 80 Japanese aircraft attacked Chungking today causing new and widespread damage in the provisional Chinese capital.
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Chungkin _ Chungking
China
Co-Op Erttes Reelect Officers At Thirteenth District Convention
Fox Re elected governor Ruben S Fox and Lisle E Eby re elected secretary treasurer at the Co op eratives International convention in Lawrence. Howard Jones of Topeka and Fred Clark of Savannah were named lieutenant governors for Kansas and Missouri respectively. 191 attended the banquet at the Hotel Eldridge as officers were re installed. International officers Fred Kuehne and Mrs Kuehne attended with George Mason of Kansas City and Charles Ringsted of Denver. The Denver national convention is set for July 2023. Mayor Frank Warren of Topeka spoke, and a musical program by Lawrence high school students under Bruce Thomas followed.
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Co-Operative International Convention
Ruben S. Fox
Lawrence
Lisle E. Eby
Kansas
Howard Jones
Topeka
Misse
Fred Clark
Savanah
Crystal Room
Eldridge
Fred Kuehne
Lawrence High
Bruce Thomas
Vincent O'Flaherty
Kansas City
O’flaherty
Eligible Food Stamp Plan Meeting Set for County
All county residents eligible to use food stamps are urged to attend a meeting at the Armory next Thursday at 7 30 p m when the plan operation will be explained in detail. WPA workers old age grants dependent children crippled children and direct relief recipients are eligible. The plan may start May 20 and officials aim to explain it fully beforehand. A Lawrence chairman of the local food surplus committee will preside and speak on WREN Monday at 9 05 p m.
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A. Lawrence
Wren
Japan Bidding Boosts War Material Prices in Americas
Washington May 9 Spirited bidding by Japanese agents across 20 American republics is driving up prices for strategic war supplies sought by American defense buyers. Reports show increases of 30 to 40 percent for items like rubber tungsten and mercury, though overall deals remain limited outside cotton. Japan faces material shortages and fears canal disruption affecting Latin American access.
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Americas
Washington
Japan
South
Central America
Bolivia
Brazil
Exico
Plan to Avoid Special Session in Kansas Relief Funds
Kansas officials unveiled an 18 page brief proposing a method to conceal individual relief grants to comply with federal secrecy demands and retain $6 000 000 yearly in federal matching funds for old age assistance dependent children and aid to the blind If approved by federal social security board officials the plan avoids a special session and preserves public expenditure records while protecting recipients.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Jay S. Parker
Kansas
Federal
Social Security Board
Parker
U. S
State Social Welfare Board
Ratner
Washington
Federal Social Security Board
A. J Altmeyer
Congress
Altmeyer
Showers Bring Moisture Across Kansas Fields
Topeka reports light spring showers aiding crop growth as northern counties see rain and clouds. Weatherman S D Flora expects continued light rain in north central and northeastern Kansas with cooler nights and a 65 to 70 degree high tomorrow. Five day outlook suggests near normal temperatures with little rainfall. topsoil remains well soaked from prior storms.
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S. D. Flora
Flora
Nebraska
Centralia
Manhattan
Wamera
Phillipsburg
Concordia
Hanover
Ellis
Russell
Geneseo
Salina
Dresden
Hill City
Scott City
Elkhart
Mercury
TRYOUTS FOR CAST FOR CORONADO ENTRADA SELECTIONS
Tryouts decide 49 speaking parts for Coronado Entrada tonight with principal selections at 7 30 in the Armory basement directed by John W Judd and a committee led by Mrs Cornelia Bigelow and others. Verl Bratton will select narrators and Marina will be played by two girls one for 1540 and one for 1546 during the trial of the explorer.
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Francisco Vazanez de
Verl Bratton
Judd
Marina
Coronado
Portuguese Premier Assured U S Won’t Take Islands
Lisbon premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar said Portugal would defend Atlantic possessions and that the United States had assured respect for Portuguese sovereignty. He noted defenses for the Azores Madeira and Cape Verdes and dismissed fears of base seizures. In Washington Secretary Hull said Pepper’s suggestion did not reflect U.S. policy.
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Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Atlantic
United States
Azores
Madeira
Cape Verdes
U. S
Pepper
Washington
Hull
Fla
Cape Verde
Azore Islands
Haskell Plays Frenesi Tonight at 7:36 in Auditorium
Haskell students present Frenesi again tonight at 7:36 in the school auditorium. The production, based on campus life, benefits Willard Beatty of the Indian service who will be an overnight guest of the Institute.
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Haskell
Willard Beatty
Education For the Indian Service
University Music Week features Haskins and Kozuch concert
The University Concert Course presents a Young American Artist evening during Music Week at KU Lawrence. Virginia Haskins, 21, a coloratura soprano, and Thaddeus Kozuch, a rising Chicago pianist, headline performances after the Fine Arts Day banquet. Kozuch recently won state and district piano contests and studies under Gunn and Ganz.
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Music Week
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Virginia Haskins
Thaddeus Kozuch
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Altho
Swarthout
Dalliel Franz
Rosalyn Tureck
Los Angeles
Union Building
Liberty Memorial High School Choir Wins Second Division
The Liberty Memorial high school a cappella choir earned a second division rating at a national regional music festival in Topeka this morning and received judges' commendation. Westbrook of the University of Nebraska praised their timing and tone, Howard of North Dakota applauded the tone and song treatment, and L. L. Waters of Des Moines noted strong sight reading. Other divisions listed include first division Topeka and Westport, second division Lawrence Salina Winfield Jefferson City, and third division Emporia.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Topeka
Westbrook
University of Nebraska
Howard
North Dakota
L. L. Waters
Des Moines
Westport
Kansas City
Lawrence
Salina
Winfield
Jefferson City
Emporia
Roosevelt Seeks 149 Airports Expansion Total 61 Million
Washington May 9 President Roosevelt asked Congress for 61 477 750 dollars to build 149 new airports and enlarge 20 existing ones for army air corps tactical units and civilian use. He asked that this be added to 28 500 000 already approved, citing more air corps units and training schools in the 30 000 pilot program. No locations listed for the additional landing fields.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Army Air Corps
Senate
Nouges
Harold D. Smith
Air Corps
Army
Cadets Named for Kansas ROTC Summer Camps
Sixty nine University of Kansas ROTC cadets will report to Coast Artillery at Ft Sheridan Illinois from June 19 to July 30. A second group to infantry at Ft Leavenworth will train June 8 to July 19. Cadets hail from Lawrence Topeka Dodge City Salina and other Kansas cities with several out of state attendees.
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Colon
Karl F. Baldwin
University R.O.T.C
Coast Artillery Unit
Ft. Sheridan
Ill
Russel W. Baker
Larned
Willam J. Barnum
Lawrence Spencer Bayles
Lawrence James P. Brown
Lawrence Paul D. Courter
Lawrence Francis J. Domingo
Topeka
John H. Doolittle
Lawrence Jack E. Engel
Perry T. Fleagle
Kenneth E. Gardner
Coffeyville
Lloyd M. Greene
Lawrence Raymond A. Gulley
Lawrence Arle D. Harkleroad
Whitewater
Glenn B. Helmick
Salina
Jack Henry
Lecompton
Maurice G. Hill
Eureka
Herbert G. Hoover
Ottawa
Howard B. Kenton
Denver
Colo
Lawrence
Robert G. Paulette
Willford E. Roads
Tulsa
Okla
David D. Rosen
Sidney Salt
Revere
Mass
Ralph E. Shapley
Wichita
William D. Thompson, Jr
Kansas City
Arthur Wahl
Albert J. Wieland
Norton
Ft. Leavenworth
Students Present PE Demonstration At High School
More than 300 junior high students under Maurice Cannady will stage a 7 30 pm demonstration at the high school gym. The program summarizes this year’s class work. Admission is 15 cents.
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Maurice Cannady
Average of 60 stocks at 39.8 yesterday
The market average for a group of 60 stocks stood at 39.8 points yesterday reflecting no change from the prior close. Investors tracked overall momentum as prices held steady amid a cautious session.
Army Mum on Camp Site Plans North of Perry
The War Department will not release preliminary site information for munitions plants and camps until approved by the President. Three Kansas sites including an area north of Perry between Lawrence and Topeka were surveyed for a possible cantonment. A site near Parsons was examined for a shell loading plant as officials explore large munitions factories in southeastern Kansas to utilize regional coal and minerals.
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Army
Perry
Washington
War Department
Auk
Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas City Star
Parsons
Kansas
Haskell Campus Day Barbecue Draws Large Crowd
More than 1,000 people attended the Haskell barbecue supper part of Campus day. Students, faculty and townspeople helped, with seven school hogs butchered, 2700 buns, 9 gallons of sauce, 300 pounds of potatoes, and other refreshments used. Wanda Colley crowned campus queen after a parade from Winona hall to the stadium. Eight teams competed in relay games. Bell Heads won with 58 points. Haskell defeated Rockhurst 9 to 4 in baseball. Awards and certificates were given to chorus, band, orchestra, and various athletes and seniors.
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Haskell
Institute
Joseph E. Fowler
Winona Hall
Wanda Colley
Solon G. Avers
James Roberts
Steve Dawes
Rats
Fur Gang
Wild Men
Tigers
Rockhurst
Phil Cato
Vera Red Ow
Eliza Rona
Pocahontas Hall
Vivian Pease
Ethel Ocobo
Leona Dempsey
Winona
Margaret Sneelman
Jesse Picotte
Keokuk
Lawrence Aragon
Jerome Wise
John Carmody
Weather outlook for Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri
Five day forecast through May 14 calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with a warmer trend. Temperatures near normal in Kansas and Oklahoma, Missouri expected to be slightly below normal with little rainfall and light showers in northeastern Missouri early Saturday. Yesterday reached 89 and 59, vs 72 and 50 a year ago.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
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