Japan insists on Indies status quo in World War II context
Tokyo announced it would maintain the status quo in the Netherlands East Indies despite European war involvement. Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita reaffirmed the position, stating Japan’s importance of the Indies in Asiatic affairs and economic ties, while Hull urged respect for the existing status quo.
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Tokyo
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Holland
Foreign Office
United States
Netherlands
East Indies
Hachiro Arita
London
Eelco N. van Kleffens
Netherlands’ Islands
Europe
Anita
Cordell Hull
Dutch East ‘Indies
Nichi Nichi
Great Britain
Germany
T. Kanoe
Dutch East Indies
Greenland
Dutch Pacific
Deaths and Funerals Franklin A Willis
Franklin A Willis, 76, died at home in Omaha May 10. A retired Union Pacific telegraph worker with 50 years service, he lived in Lawrence before moving to Omaha 15 years ago. Survived by daughter Mrs. Sherman Wiggins Ellsworth Kan and son George Willis Tulsa Okla. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Masonic Temple Lawrence.
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Franklin A. Willis
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Telegraph Department
Lawrence
Sherman Wiggins
Ellsworth
Kan
George Willis
Tulsa
Okla
Masonic Temple
Mary Elliott 86 dies. survived by five sons in multiple states
Mrs. Mary Elliott 86 formerly of Lawrence died yesterday at her son George Elliott’s home in Blackwell Okla She is survived by five sons Thomas G Elliott of Lawrence John Elliott of Baldwin Frank B Elliott of San Bernardino California and George Elliott and Charles Elliott both of Blackwell Okla
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Mary Elliott
Lawrence
George Elliott
Blackwell
Oklo
Thomas G. Elliott
John Elliott
Baldwin
Frank B. Elliott
San Bernardino
Cal
Charles Elliott
Blackwell, Okla
Utilities Manager J D Turner Named Kansas Gas and Electric Leader
J D Turner born in Lawrence and KU alumnus is chosen to replace W R Murrow as district manager of Kansas Gas and Electric in Independence. Murrow retires but remains in advisory role. Turner formerly lived in Lawrence and worked with Butler Sanderson Motor Co. In 1927 he served as Homecoming chairman and directed window displays spanning 40 University departments in downtown stores.
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J. D. Turner
Lawrence
University of Kansas
W. R. Murrow
Kansas Gas and Electric Company
Independence
Murrow
Turner
Butler- Sanderson Motor Company
University
Liberty Memorial doubles team qualifies for state meet
Liberty Memorial High School doubles team led by Frank Blue and Harry Wampler earned a runner-up finish at the regional in Topeka to reach the state meet in Emporia. They beat Manhattan 6 4 6 4 and Everest 6 3 6 2 before losing to Topeka 6 0 6 4. Singles players William Crum and Arthur Nelson were eliminated in their first matches. Coach Lowell Bailey of Lawrence guided the team.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Emporia
Topeka
Frank Blue
Harry Wampler
Manhattan
Everest
William Crum
Arthur Nelson
Crum
Nelson
Lowell Bailey
Lawrence
Plant in good shape after dairy law verdict
Fred H. Reynolds was found guilty by a court jury today of dairy law violations. The Kansas State Board of Agriculture dairy division report dated April 18, 1940, signed by deputy inspector P R Woodbury, notes good general conditions around the plant with clean pumps glassware and equipment in very good shape.
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Fred H. Reynolds
Journal- World
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
P. R. Woodbury
Bargains Highlighted on Journal World Classified Page
The Journal World highlights bargain listings on its classified page featuring affordable items, from household goods to everyday gadgets, inviting readers to browse and contact sellers for deals.
Liberty Memorial girls win second division at national music festival
Liberty Memorial High School earned a second division rating in the national music festival in Kansas City. Principal Neal Wherry reported the group’s results after returning to Lawrence. About 20 quartets competed. three first division, four second division, and thirteen third division.
A Play Friday Night What a Life at Liberty Memorial High
Liberty Memorial high school presents a Friday evening senior play What a Life a comedy about a misunderstood high school junior prone to expulsions. Maurice Abele leads opposite Elizabeth Crafton with a cast including Thornton McClanahan Stanley Miller Kenneth Lindenberger Ida Frances Moyer Iris Jenkins and others. Walter Russell directs Clifford Goldsmith wrote the piece which had a New York run in 1938.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Maurice Abele
Elizabeth Crafton
Thornton McClanahan
Stanley Miller
Kenneth Lindenberger
Ida Frances Moyer
Iris Jenkins
Helen Skinner
Louis Griffith
Reed Whetstone
Bill Hough
Betty Kopp
Harriet Dyer
Lawrence items note Carter's new Vega Airplant post
Heard in Lawrence George Carter son of Mr and Mrs Alva B Carter of 1000 Massachusetts Street is now employed at the Vega Airplane company in Burbank California. He is a graduate of the Boeing School of Aeronautics where he took the Airline Technician course. The Boeing school located at Oakland California is the training division of United Air Lines and was among the first government approved aviation schools in the United States. Will Johns special investigator for the attorney general's office returned to work Wednesday after several weeks illness. A talk by Sovereign Grand Commander John H Cowles on the dedication of the new Scottish Rite temple in Washington DC will be broadcast by NBC tomorrow from 1130 to 12 o'clock CST. Station WREN Lawrence does not have the schedule but may be heard over WDAF Kansas City. Lawrence high school golfers finished last in the interscholastic match at Leavenworth with Shawnee Mission taking first at 299. Leavenworth A 336 Argentine 348 Leavenworth B 388 and Lawrence 390. About 600 seniors juniors and staff will attend the Junior Senior prom at Haskell Institute this evening in Tecumseh Hall at 8 pm. Junie Sutherland who gave Postmaster James Farley a book by Prof E C Buehler when Farley passed Lawrence in April received a thank you letter from Jim Farley. The book is Make Yourself a Better Speaker.
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George Carter
Alva B. Carter
Massachusetts Street
Vega Airplane Company
Burbank
Calif
Carter
Boeing School of Aeronautics
Boeing School
Oakland
United Air Lines
John H. Cowles
Washington, D.C
NBC
WREN
Lawrence
WDAF
Kansas City
Junie Sutherland
James Farley
E. C. Buehler
Farley
Genial Jim
Second World Premiere Planned by K U Group
Extensive plans for the second world premiere showing of a moving picture in Lawrence this year include aerial bombs flood lights and Kaw Valley orchids. War Above the Golden Valley a KU life film will be shown at 8 o clock Wednesday night May 29 as a special premier.
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Lawrence
Golden Valley
University of Kansas
Mathes Sets Meet Record in 100 Yard Dash at Missouri-Kansas
Darrel Mathes of the University of Kansas broke the meet 100 yard dash record at the Missouri-Kansas dual in Columbia with a time of 9.7 seconds. The previous mark of 9.8 was shared by five men. John Munski of Missouri set a new mile record, winning in 4:11.6, surpassing the old 4:16.6 mark.
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Mathes
Missouri
Darrel Mathes
University of Kansas
Columbia
John Munski
Journal-World Classifieds: town’s busiest market hub
The Journal-World Classifieds page serves as the town's busiest marketplace. It carries advertisements, notices, and listings spanning jobs, housing, goods, and services for residents and businesses alike.
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Journal-World
Portrait of Actress Stolen From Frat Reappears in California
A Kansas University fraternity portrait of Minnie Dupree, a Stanford White photographic reproduction, was stolen from the Bowersock Opera House about 25 years ago and sold to a California alumnus. The tale echoes Arsene Lupin as students dragged away the picture in a horse drawn hire, and a $500 reward was once offered for its return.
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K. U
California
Minnie
Stanford White
Minnie Dupree
Arsene Luni
Warn
White
Sunlit Youths Stirring Brown Skin At Ball Game
A group of boys soaked up sun while watching yesterday’s ball game. Howard Engleman, a varsity basketball and tennis star who referees intramural baseball without a shirt, is described as very brown from the sun.
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Howard Engleman
Kansas winter wheat crop up to sixty five million bushels
The federal and state agriculture departments raised the estimated Kansas winter wheat crop to 65,079,000 bushels from 59,400,000. Abandoned acreage may reach 44 percent of 12,913,000 sowed last fall, with harvest likely on 7,231,000 acres and about nine bushels per acre. Weather largely influenced the outlook. April rainfall improved prospects while western counties stayed drier.
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Topeka
Kansas
Centenary Church Plans Sunday Services and Study
Centenary Methodist Church at Fourth and Elmstreets North Lawrence. J Knox pastor. Sunday school at 9 45. Morning sermon The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Is the Hand That Rules the World. Evening worship at 8 00 continuing The World's First Reconstruction Period with The Origin of Man Millions of Years or One Day. Text Gen 1 26-27. Epworth League Intermediate and Junior Leagues at 7 00. Bible study and prayer service Wednesday at 8 00 with choir rehearsal after.
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Centenary Methodist Church
Fourth
Elmstrets
North Lawrence
J. Knox
Epworth
Mother’s Day Program at Free Methodist Church
The Free Methodist Church at Twelfth and Connecticut presents a Mother’s Day program directed by Miss Louise Sommer as closing exercises for Sunday school. Sunday school at 10:00, morning worship at 11:00, Sunday evening service at 7:45 led by Miss Helen Grant, midweek class meeting led by Mrs. E. Robinson on Wednesday at 7:45.
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Free Methodist Church
Connecticut
Joseph H. Reid
Louise Sommer
Helen Grant
E. Robinson
Journal World Classifieds Readers and Sets Results
Local classified page reports readers and sets results from recent events. Details include prize counts and participating teams with notable performances across categories.
Birth of Alicia Dee and community events in McLouth
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Meyers announce the birth of a baby girl Alicia Dee. A United Brethren leap year party at the church featured dates, games, and hot chocolate. The U B Missionary Society hosted a mother and daughter luncheon with songs, readings, and a play. Various residents visited, performed, or attended church events, including a violin recital by Professor Geltch and gatherings of local clubs.
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Lester Meyers
Alicia Dee
United Brethren Christian Endeavor
U. B. Missionary Society
U. B
Aanon Peat
Clomagene Taylor
Mary Louis Watson
Margaret Steeper
Ednamae Dick
Arleene Nickels
Esther Bell
Sims
Hutchinson
Aarons
Oskaloosa
Brammel
McPherson
Kan
Professor Geltch
Kansas University
Methodist Church
Miss Conger
University
Tom Smith
Phyllis Pratt
Leavenworth
Evelyn Burnau
Lee Millers
Valley Falls
Jess Pyles
Ella Welford
McCamey
Tex
Marcella Ivy
Ivan
J. W. Thompson
Fred Pyle
Andy Stumbaugh
Arthur Scotts
West Side Club
Murray
Ruth McHenry
Ruth McHary
Lawrence Lodge to Meet for Funeral of Franklin A. Willis
Lawrence lodge No. 6 AF and AM will hold a special communication on Monday May 13 at 1 30 p m for the funeral of late brother Franklin A. Willis. Signed H Herbert Tuller WM W H Quakenbush Secy
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Lawrence Lodge No
A. F
A.M
Franklin A. Willis
H. Herbert
Tuller
W. H. Quakenbush
Secy
Holland Troops Hold The Lines In War Front Push
Dutch and Allied forces struggle to hold ground as German paratroops and forces advance in the Netherlands and Belgium. Britain and France rush troops and planes to the area while political shifts unfold at home. Churchill becomes prime minister as Chamberlain resigns.
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Germany
France
Britain
London
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Norway
Paris
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Flanders
Leopold
Dam
Air Ministry
Berlin
Freiburg
Roosevelt
Belgium
London Times
Fellowship of Nations
Linwood Glenn Sloop Leads Team at Leavenworth Meet
Linwood Glenn Sloop took his boys to the Leavenworth county grade school track meet in Tonganoxie on Saturday and made a good showing. Separate visits describe Mrs. E. E. Bales and Leonard Bales of Manhattan visiting relatives and attending a music festival with Mrs. Quinlan and Orville Lamb in Basehor. The account notes the regal lily’s 1910 discovery in Hupeh western China and its bulbs shipped to America.
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Glenn ‘Sloop
Tonganoxie
Leavenworth
Linwood
E. E. Bales
Leonard, Bales
Manhattan
W. P. Quinlan
Ernest Wilson
Hupeh
China
America
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Read
Neal Wherry
Glee Club
Wherry
Joe Williams
Toneka
Will Johns
Attorney General’s Office
Lawrence High School
Shawnee Mission
Haskell Institute
Tecumseh Hall
K.U
Maas
Osborne
Payne Ratner
League of Women Voters
Union Building
Will Osborne
Union Ballroom
Fred Littooy
Altho
Shorne
Dick Rogers
Elaine Howard
Rudy Vallee
Journal World
Arnhem
Ernie
Groningen
van Kleffens
Rotterdam
Hague
Royal Dutch Navy
Dordrecht
Nieuwe Maas
Gennet
Rhine
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Grand Duchy
Charlotte of
Malmedy
Maastricht
Liege
Low Countries
Switzerland
Italy
Henri Guisan
Pius XII
George VI
Chamberlain
Churchill
House of Commons
Arthur Greenwood
Clement Attlee
Labor
Archibald Sinclair
Anthony Eden
Alfred Duff Cooner
A. V. Alexander
Herbert Morrison
David Lloyd George
Buckingham Palace
Commons
No. 10
Downing Street
Hitler
Munich
Waalhaven
Rotter
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Schulz A
Wall Street Journal
Broad ST
New York, N. Y
Granada
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peoples State Bank
Std
Massachusetts
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