Britain Ready to Resist Invasion
London reports a German blitzkrieg across Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg threatening England and France. Belgium and Holland mobilize defense while Britain and France pledge aid as air raids begin with civilian warnings and evacuation plans under way. Belgiums king commands 600000 troops and Holland relies on water defenses as the war expands across Europe.
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Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Poland
Switzerland
France
Leopold III
Holland
Paris
Maginot Line
Britain
Grand Duchy
Brussels
Bussels
Amsterdam
Chamberlain
Royal Air Force
England
War Cabinet
Nowning Street
Parliament
Subpoenas Issued in $500,000 General Tire Suit
Federal court orders subpoenas for General Tire & Rubber Co. officers including President William O'Neil and 13 others in a Lawrence Kansas dealers suit alleging breach of contract and price discrimination under the Robinson-Patman Act. Depositions set for May 14 in Akron Ohio before special master Frank H. Terrell.
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Cleveland
William O’neil
General Tire & Rubber Co
Lawrence
Kan
General
Akron
Frank H. Terrell
Topeka
Kaw
Fritz Meyn
Lee Schwinley
General Tire
Jerome Koehler
Goodyear
Goodrich
Firestone
Washington Finance Row Over Parity Bills In Senate
Washington dispatch reports U House approved 212 million for parity payments and 85 million for automatic appropriations plus 100 million for surplus crop disposal via the food stamp plan. The total 1941 agriculture bill nears 900 million with 90 million RFC loans. debt limit and tax plans loom as Roosevelt contemplates options amid adjourment.
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Washington
U—House
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
RFC
Rural Electrification Administration
Congress
Roosevelt
Altho
C.S.T
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Commerce Department
Garner
Treasury
High School Art Club Assembly Program Highlights
The high school art club led the morning assembly with talks by Fern Stranathan and performances including sketches by Katherine Bargh Vivian McBeth Norma Jean Rummel Jean Allen and Billie Froeliger. Dorothy L Wilson accompanied Valse Caprice and Age of Innocence portrait study.
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Fern Stranathan
Katherine Bargh
Vivian McBeth
Norma
Jean Rummel
Jean Allen
Billie Froeliger
Dorothy L. Wilson
Bob White
Marilyn Perry
Dorothy Wilson
Jerry Correa
Charles Fuller
Joe Bleakley
Betty June Craig
Norma Jean Rummel
Liberty Memorial art department hosts open house
Liberty Memorial high school art department will hold an open house tonight from 7 30 to 9 00 showing student work. The exhibit will stay open each evening next week. A prior report stated J Marc Jantzen of Oread was named assistant instructor at College of the Pacific Stockton Calif. the post should read assistant professor and Jantzen will direct the summer program beginning with the summer term.
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Liberty Memorial High School
A. Story
J. Marc Jantzen
Oread
College of the Pacific
Stockton
Calif
Jantzen
New Traffic Signals Go Into Service Downtown
Traffic lights at Eighth and Massachusetts streets began operating this afternoon and the unit at Tenth Street was expected to be active by tonight. The four signalized intersections complete the original downtown plan for Massachusetts Street.
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Eighth
Massachusetts Street
Tenth Street
Spain to Stay Neutral Despite Hitler’s Actions
Madrid officials said Spain would maintain neutrality amid Adolf Hitler’s latest moves, reaffirming policy in official quarters tonight.
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Spain
Madrid
Adolf Hitler
Banks Sound Must Seek New Fields
Wichita Kan May 10 Kan sas bankers were told their banks are sound but must develop new markets for credit to meet increasing competition driven by government programs. Cyril B Upham deputy comptroller urged alert to insured home loans personal loans consumer loans and installment plans while noting cooperation between state and federal examiners. E L Pearce Marquette banker said practical rules must adapt to today and tomorrow. W A McDonnell Little Rock banker criticized government competition and urged private banks to beat the government at the game.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Cyril B. Upham
Kansas Bankers’ Association
Upham
E.L. Pearce
Marquette
Mich
W. A. McDonnell
Little Rock, Ark
First Case of Whooping Cough Reported at KU
Joe VanSickle Ottawa junior in Wat kins Memorial hospital with pneumonia. Galen Fields Lawrence and Alexander Shifrin Kansas City with typhoid fever improving. William Monroe Fairview business senior home after hospital diagnosis of whooping cough, first such case in hospital in over 12 years.
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K. U
Joe VanSickle
Fine Arts
Ottawa
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Galen Fields
Lawrence
Alexander Shifrin
Kansas City
Student Health Service
William Monroe
Business School
Fairview
R. T. Canuteson
Phillies edge Athletics in eighth for 8 7 win
In Philadelphia Bob Johnson drove in two runs with a double in the eighth to rally the Athletics past Washington 8 to 7. Johnson also hit a homer in the fifth as Gee Walker homered for Washington in the same inning.
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Bob Johnson
Athletics
Washington
Johnson
Gee Walker
Krakauskas
Haynes
Masterson
Ferrell
Dean
Hayes
Brooklyn
Gumbert and
Danning
Wratt, Ferrell and
Franks
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Brown and
Davis
Lee, Root
Raffensberger
Todd
Kansas and Oklahoma Tie at End of First Inning
Kansas and Oklahoma were tied 1-1 at the end of the first inning in a Big Six baseball game. Kansas pitcher Knute Kresie withdrew with a back injury and likely cannot play tomorrow. Hank Horak started for Kansas with Monte Merkel catching, while Virgil Ward and LeRoy Deaton pitched for Oklahoma.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Knute Kresie
Hank Horak
Portsider
Monte Merkel
Sooners
Virgil Ward
LeRoy Deaton
Red Cross Announces Major War Relief Drive
Washington May 10 the American Red Cross announced a 10 000 000 war relief drive to aid Europe while Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg face expanded conflict Chairman Norman H Davis said the drive would meet the growing needs as relief funds are expanded by the Red Cross convention who authorized the drive earlier this week the piece notes a separate 1811 conscience fund in the U S treasury now totaling over 650 000 from anonymous givers
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Washington
American Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Red Cross
Madison
United States Treasury
Roof Girders Raised at Community Building Armory
Four heavy four ton steel roof girders are raised over the auditorium as construction advances. The 70 foot spans run east to west with I beams along the roof. Brickwork reaches the base of the girders and basement concrete pours near completion. Weather may allow enclosing the building this month says the contractor.
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National Guard Armory
Liberty Memorial drum major places in national music fest
Kenneth Lindenberger, drum major from Liberty Memorial High School, earned second division at the national music festival in Kansas City. About 85 students including Girls Glee Club, girls quartet, and a cappella choir traveled by bus for the contest, with sponsors and chaperones listed. Miss Julia White of Ottawa was selected harpist for tonight’s national school music program in Municipal Auditorium.
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Kenneth Lindenberger
Liberty Memorial High School
Kansas City
Girls Glee Club
Glee Club
Joe Williams
Electa Kindlesperger
Margaret Dart
W Essick
Wren
Julia White
Ottawa
Kan
Municipal Auditorium
Twelve year old Gail Slack suffers broken leg in tractor upset
The Journal World notes a 12 year old boy Gail Slack son of Mr and Mrs J G Slack route 4 received a broken leg this morning when a tractor overturned. The classified page condition is reported good and readership is encouraged.
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Gail Slack
J. G. Slack
Route 4
Journal World
Acacias Triumph After Pest Deaths At College
Acacias men claim vengeance over honey bees in pillar shafts at their fraternity house after a fatal eradication using cyanide in a vacuum cleaner. Nearby, K club cast members prep for Green theater show while a Manhattan baseball game prompts a special transport for several players. Will Osborne’s Slide Rhythm entertain, and a stag supper at 1819 Maine Street ends early due to reading. Beta wins softball on intra mural field, 11 to 9, after a late rally. A Dean receives a wig gift for tutoring Fiji freshmen. Engineering council elects Arbuckle president and Lee vice president. Alpha Tau Omega plans a banquet for Eugene Buchanan heading to Columbia. Library crowds grow as finals near with reunions planned for commencement week.
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K-club Force
Green Theater
Manhattan
Monte Merkle
John Burge
Ray Napier
Jack Hensley
Lawrence
Lawrence women called to campus meeting on many lists
Genys nine from Lawrence attend a campus meeting Tuesday with a long list of invitees including Mrs Edwin V Butler Miss Jennie Dimmock Harry West Miss Elizabeth Wilkinson and many others from Lawrence Kansas City and Topeka. Sunday class of 1914 committee members named include Charles Jolmes Don Joseph Ray Dunmire and more. Sigma Kappa plans a 10 year reunion with autobiographies drawn into a booklet. M Clavelle Holden notes five year reunion next week for ATO pledge class from 1935 with seven still on campus.
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Lawrence
Edwin V. Butler
Jennie Dimmock
Harry West
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Kansas City
Ruth Parry Smith
Alice Sherbon Bauman
Dorothy Enlow Miller
Dick Zimmerman
Elizabeth Rupp
Marie Miller
Kelvin Hoover
Justin D. Hill
Robert Higegart
Clifton Calvin
Charles Jolmes
Don Joseph
Whitewater
Ray Dunmire
Spring Fur
Raymond Edwards
Topeka
Hugo T. Wedell
Bruce Turd
Agnes Bringel
Ethel Ulrich Brownlee
Ruth Litchen
Willard Monahan
Leavenworth
Martha Rayhill
Clint
Kanaga
Sigma Kappa Sorority
M. Clavelle Holden
Cherryvale
Reynolds Trial Proceeds With Dairy Defense Witnesses
Fred Reynolds faces district court on state health regulations charges as defense wraps up jury selection and calls witnesses. A dairy division group from the state board of agriculture testified for the defense, with Milton P. Beach assisted by William E. Scott of Kansas City.
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Fred Reynolds
State Board of Health
Dairy Division
State Board of Agriculture
Milton P. Beach
William E.scott
Kansas City
Kan
Gypsy Patteran Held By Liberty Memorial High Girls
The Gypsy Patteran event hosted by Liberty Memorial high school Girl Reserves was held yesterday at Clinton Park starting 4:30 pm. About 50 attended as games and a picnic lunch followed. Ice cream bars were provided, and a chest with letters from past presidents was unearthed. Betty Leibbrand read the note from the incoming president while Junie Sutherland retired as president. Ida Frances Moyer led group singing and Arlene Flory served as social committee chair.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Clinton Park
Junie Sutherland
Betty Leibbrand
Ida Frances Moyer
Arlene Flory
Deaths and Funerals Oliver Hultz 65
Oliver Hultz aged 65 died yesterday morning at his home on 723 Ash street. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 30 PM from the First Baptist church of North Lawrence with Rev G N Jackson officiating. Burial will follow in Maple Grove cemetery.
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Oliver Hultz
Ash Street
First Baptist Church of
North Lawrence
Rev
G. N. Jackson
Maple Grove Cemetery
Market Slump on Germany Shock Hits Wall Street
New York May 10 Prices tumbled on Wall Street as traders weighed Germany's overnight strike on neutral Europe. Losses ranged from one to over five points with some early leaders rebounding into small gains. Transfers neared 2,000,000 shares as steel, aircraft, copper and sugar stocks rose briefly while rubber, rails, utilities and peacetime issues fell.
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New York
Wall Street
Germany
Europe
Aduthp
The
Stock Exchange
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