Wickard to Testify on Farmers versus Consumers Dilemma
Washington reports Chairman Fulmer will summon Secretary Wickard and aides before the House Agriculture Committee to declare whether policies favor farmers or consumers. A conference panel approved price pegging loans at 85 percent of parity for major crops, signaling higher consumer prices and shifts in parity payments.
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Washington
Fulmer
D-S.c
Wickard
House Agriculture Committee
Department
Senate House
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
Bankhead
Bremen Is Attacked by Royal Air Force Bombers
Berlin reports RAF bombers hit Bremen and other western German targets last night destroying a school and damaging another, a hospital and a museum. Minor British damages were also claimed at Great Yarmouth Plymouth and Malta hitting runways and ships in Valetta harbor.
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Berlin
Royal Air Force
Bremen
Germany
Luftwaffe
R.A.F
Great Yarmouth
Plymouth
Mediterranean
Malta
Luca
Valetta
British Squadron Hurls Shells Into Bengasi Port
A British cruiser destroyer squadron led by Ajax swept Bengasi harbor Libya with about 100 tons of high explosive shells. Four destroyers attacked ships at the Bengali mole as starshells lit the targets. Direct hits set two merchantmen ablaze and pounded the harbor area.
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Bengasi
Libya
Jlines
Cirenaica
Ajax
Graf Spee
War on Way Harrison Parkman Predicts American Involvement
Harrison Parkman, Washington post office purchasing agent, warned Kansas postmasters at a Wichita convention dinner that if Hitler seizes Dakar the United States faces invasion. He said war is coming and urged active American participation with taxes and armed forces without limits.
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Wichita
Kan
Hitler
Dakar
United States
Harrison Parkman
Washington
Post Office
Kansas
Hess peace mission collapse described by Nazi communique
A Berlin Nazi communiqué reports Rudolf Hess lived under the illusion he could broker peace with Britain through personal action. It says Hess crashed in Scotland after bailing from a plane, was found injured, and suffered serious physical decline aided by mystics. The document questions blame for his mental state and asserts Britain will continue the war until surrender or peace.
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Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Germany
England
London
Scotland
Hess
Fuehrer
National Socialist Party
Britain seeks U S production boost to balance war power
Kansas City May 13 Lord Halifax British ambassador to the United States told a midwestern audience that gradual building up of British air power with aid from American factories will tilt the war balance in Britain’s favor. He urged full American help in production and in strengthening the supply life line from U S factories to Britain’s war effort.
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Kansas City
Britain
Lord Halifax
United States
Marines Called Out After Bubbling Well Road Gun Battle
Shanghai reports U S Marines called to restore order after a dramatic gun battle near the barracks wounded at least ten, including American police sergeant Set A Wickdall. A Chinese laborer died. Madame Ho Sze Tao and two guards were among wounded. Ho’s car was halted at barricades causing exchanges.
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Shanghai
Bubbling Well Road
A. Wickdall
International Settlement
Wickdall
Kennydale
Wash
County Pharmacists Meet at the Colonial in Douglas County
The Douglas county unit of the Kansas Pharmaceutical association held its annual meeting at the Colonial last night with broad representation from Lawrence druggists. State officers Mrs. Clara B. Miller Roy Jaquith and Mrs Jaquith attended Topeka. Milton J. Patterson elected county captain and George Lowman named to the membership committee. University faculty Dean J. Allen Reese L L Boughton and D H Spencer were present along with McKesson Faxon Kansas City reps S O Davidson W A Rankin and Jess Swayze.
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Douglas County
Kansas Pharmaceutical Association
Lawrence
Topeka
Clara B. Miller
State Association
Roy Jaquith
Jaquith
Milton J. Patterson
George Lowman
Dean J. Allen Reese
L. L. Boughton
D. H. Spencer
University School of Pharmacy
McKesson-Faxon Drug Company of
Kansas City
S. 0. Davidson
W. A. Rankin
Jess Swayze
Auditorium Celebration Marks Topeka Centre Centenary
Topeka's city auditorium marks its first birthday celebrating a busy May with 15 000 attendees. Since opening in 1940 it has hosted events from safety council sessions to a eight state music festival drawing 11 000 students and the State Bar association with about 1 000 lawyers and 500 assistants. Next week the Kansas Building and Loan league brings 560 people while the funeral directors and medical associations also hold sessions with hundreds in attendance.
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Topeka
City
State Safety Council
Kansas Funeral Directors
State Medical Association
Kansas Building and Loan League
State Bar Association
Carnations Sale Raises Funds for Veterans Benefit
Lawrence chapter of American War Mothers thanks donors for carnations sale last Saturday. Total proceeds amounted to 88 dollars for disabled veterans. Sale managed by Mrs. Will Johns with assistance from Mary Green Mildred Carpenter Patsy Creel Frances Lawrence Muriel Rodgis Betty Biggs Lila Reed Jerre Foresman Rachel Johnston.
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Lawrence
American War Mothers
Will Johns
Mary Green
Mildred Carpenter
Patsy Creel
Frances Lawrence
Muriel Rodgis
Betty Biggs
Lila Reed
Jerre Foresman
Rachel Johnston
Olin Downes Lecture and Hamlet Essays Hit Local Shelves
Music critic Olin Downes spoke at the university convocation urging readers to judge music by taste and not fear. Shakespearean scholar John E Hankins offers Hamlet character studies and essays in The Character of Hamlet and Other Essays, favorably reviewed for its readable style. The students plan their annual installation banquet.
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Olin Downes
John Hawkins
Lo Ykshelves
MSC
New York Times
Hamlet
John E. Hankins
Hankins
K. U
University of North Carolina Press
Shakespeare
Memorial Union Banquet Evening Speaker Henry Werner
A banquet is planned for 6 o clock Thursday evening in the English room of Memorial Union building. Henry Werner, adviser of men and friend of the council, will be the principal speaker. Fine Arts day began with a morning program that was well received by students.
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Memorial Union Building
Henry Werner
McPherson All-Schools Day Coronado Parade Boosts Visitor Count
In McPherson Kansas on May 13 a five mile parade will open a three day Coronado celebration expected to draw about 30 000 visitors. The event coincides with a Fine Arts day banquet at Memorial Union where Olin Downes and Earl E Harper will speak on arts and the present crisis.
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Memorial Union Ballroom
Olin Downes
Earl E. Harper
School of Fine Arts
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Harper
McPherson
Kan
Coronado
Hitler and Darlan Meet in Berlin in Silent Talks
Paris reports a May 13 Berlin meeting between Adolf Hitler and French Vice Premier Admiral Darian. Official word gave no location or topics, with German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop present. Darlan is en route to Paris from Vichy as Petain awaits news on talks with German leaders. Observers see the encounter as possibly signaling concessions to the Nazis.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Darian
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Vichy
Riviera
Darlan
Hitler
Kansas Dean to Visit San Antonio for AAU Talks
E. B. Stouffer dean of the graduate school University of Kansas will travel to San Antonio Texas tomorrow to discuss possible collaboration with two colleges for the Association of American Universities.
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E. B. Stouffer
University of Kansas
San Antonio
Tex
Association of American Universities
Knights Templar Conclave Opens in Newton Kansas
The 72nd annual conclave of the grand commandery of the Knights Templar of Kansas convened today in Newton on May 13.
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Knights Templar
Newton Newton
Kan
Knights Templar of
Kansas
Believe Battleship Sunk. Vittorio Veneto Searched Aground
British aerial reconnaissance over Italian ports after the Matapan engagement finds no trace of the Vittorio Veneto. The absence of radio reports of a port return reinforces belief the 35,000 ton battleship may be sunk. Dawes endorses Hoover on warship convoys. A marriage license issued to Frank Blankenbaker and Lillian Towers in Olathe.
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Vittorio Veneto
Mediterranean
Italy
Matapan
Dawes
Hoover
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Frank. R. Gray
Frank Blankenbaker
Lillian Towers
Olathe
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Chapman
Jet. City
Fort Riley
Manhattan
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Union Pacific
Paris
Philippe Petain
Dean Stouffer
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Standard Oil Company
Indiana
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Tae
Atlas Tires
Atlas Batteries
Carlson
Lawrence Iron Works
J. I. Case Co., and
Oliver Farm Machinery
Delaval Milkers and Separators
N. H
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Mount Hope
Allison-Armstrong
Learnard Ave
Travel Service
Union Bus Depot
Mass
Sv. Law
Ar. K.C
Southwestern Greyhound Lines
Union Pacific Stages
Santa FE Trailways
Satig
Alee
Lawrence Roofing Company
Clark O. Morton
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