Germans Begin Active War in Iraq and North Africa
The report notes a Nazi raid on Lake Habbaniyah and RAF attacks on Mosul and Amara. British claims of success against German aircraft and ongoing battles near Basra and Tobruk are dated with Italian and Turkish movements, plus Ethiopian advances against Italians. █
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iraq
Lake Habbaniyah
Mosul
Amara
Basra
Cairo
Habbaniyah
Messerschmitts
Egypt
Canal Zone
Suez Canal
Cineldebane
Persian Gulf
Syria
R.A.F
Turkey
Middle East
Soviet
Russia
DNB
Libya
Tobruk
North Africa
German Infantry Troops Moved Through Bosporus to Middle East
New York May 17 British radio reported a Romanian broadcast stating Germany began transporting infantry troops through the Bosporus toward Syria and Iraq. The force, under Colonel Scholz, bid farewell to Ion Antonescu. A London broadcast cited German officers leading Iraqi troops fighting the British.
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Bosporus
Middle East
New York
Germany
Syria
Iraq
Black Sea
Scholz
Ion Antonescu
London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Captain Mott Assigned to 110th Medical Regiment
Captain J M Mott of Lawrence now with the medical detachment at Camp Robinson Ark has been assigned to the 110th medical regiment for the second army maneuvers to be held this summer at Camp Forrest Tenn His headquarters will be at Manchester Tenn where he will supervise the dispensary at army headquarters He arrived in Lawrence for a weekend furlough with 2nd Lt Hiverett McPheeters Staff Sgt Burke Lienard Sgt John Mettner and Pvt Joe Drake all on five day furlough. Mott will return Monday to Camp Robinson for convoy to Camp Forrest.
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J. M. Mott
Lawrence
127Th Field Artillery
Camp Robinson
Ark
110Th
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Mott
Manchester
Army Headquarters
Hiverett McPheeters
Burke Lienard
John Mettner
Joe Drake
McPheeters
Training British Pilots in United States Approved
A high war department official announced final plans to train several thousand British pilots annually in the United States. The first group begins next month in civilian schools under army contract and advanced U S army centers. Britain will also run civilian schools here with U S planes and equipment. Pilots will arrive as civilians to avoid neutral country issues. Six schools are planned in California Florida Texas Oklahoma and Georgia with exact locations undisclosed.
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Washington
War Department
United States
United States Army
Britain
Royal Air Force
California
Florida
Texas
Oklahoma
Georgia
Giants rout Cubs as Melton wins in five hit game
New York Giants pound four Chicago pitchers for a 9-0 victory behind Cliff Melton five hitters. Mel Ott drives in three with two doubles while Joe Orengo and Babe Young add two singles each. Other major results include Podgajny beating Wal ters to lift Phillies over Reds 2-1 and Rigney guiding White Sox past Yankees 3-2.
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Chicago
New York Giants
Cliff Melton
Cub
Mel Ott
Joe Orengo
Babe Young
New York
Melton
Olsen
Mooty
Pressnell
Erickson
McCullough
George
Cincinnati
John Podgaéjny
Bucky Walters
Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia
Podgajny and
Warren
Walters
Lombardi
Boston
Javery
Berres
Warneke
Mancuso
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
John Duncan Rigney
Yankees
Chicago White Sox
New Yorkers
Myril Hoag
Sox
Rigney
Esh
Chandler
Dickey
Detroit Tigers
Athletics
A's
Detroit
Bridges
Tebbetts
Knott
Potter and Hayes
St. Louis
Washington
Arlen
Grace
Hudson
Zuber
Masterson
Early
Cleveland
Boston .Co
Feller
Brown and DeSautels
Wagner
Wilson, Fleming
Dickman
Ryba
Pytlak
Home mortgage plan tops rivals in ten years since 1930
The Lawrence Building and Loan Association claims its home loan plan has been preferred by Americans two to one over the next most popular option in a decade of private lending volume. Classified ad invites buyers and sellers to contact the Journal-World Ad-Taker at 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Mass
Journal-World
Knox to Desoto. Vinland principal to move next fall
William F. Knox will leave Vinland rural high school after three years as principal to take similar duties at DeSoto high school next fall. Basil R. Covey will succeed him at Vinland. Knox, son of C J Knox, is KU graduate 1937 and will complete a master’s in education at KU this summer. Covey, KU 1938, came to Vinland as coach and math teacher and will also teach social science and coach at DeSoto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Knox
Vinland Rural High School
DeSoto High School
Vinland
Basil R. Covey
Knox
C. J. Knox
R.F.D
Covey
James H. Covey
Rhode Island
University of Kansas
K. U
DeSoto High
Forrest Coop
Albert Wiley
Margaret Christner
Edna Andrick
Covey Willl
Fredie Cowles
R. Foster Perkins
Ater
Missouri Tigers Take Track Meet From Kansas Jayhawkers
The Missouri Tigers beat the Kansas Jayhawkers 81 to 51 at Memorial Stadium in a dual track meet. Gordon Crosby set a 440 yard dash record in 49.8 seconds, breaking the 1936 Kansas mark.
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Missouri Tigers
Kansas Jayhawkers
Memorial Stadium
Gordon Crosby
Tiger
Wade Green
Kansas
Bob Stoland
Jayhawkers
Ralph Schaake
Edwards
Kan
Rayl
Poznik
Crosby
Tracy
Hamilton
Green
Aussieker
Schaake
Steuber
Walters
Mathis
Johnson
Stoland
Higgins
Michener
Cordell
Lanneman
Hilton
Reeves
Nicholds
Baker
Mathes
Blumberg
Jack
Brents
Miller
Schumitzky
Stannard Takes Second in State High Hurdles at Wichita
Frank Stannard of Liberty Memorial High School placed second in the class A 120 yard high hurdles at the state meet in Wichita. The winning time was 15.1 seconds, while Stannard posted the best qualifying mark of 15.0 seconds yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stannard
Liberty Memorial High School
Wichita
Stannard
Plan to Control French Colonies Plan to Control French Colonies
Washington reports 21 American republics prepared to establish provisional administration over French colonies in the Americas if the need arises to counter a potential Nazi‑French collaboration. Havana conference backs inter‑American committee to set up temporary rule for European possessions in the Western Hemisphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Americas
Germany
France
Europe
United States
Atlantic
Havana
Seven Fliers Killed in Ohio Air Crashes
At least seven Army airmen died in two crashes near Nelsonville and Wilmington Ohio during a cyclonic storm. Five aboard a twin engine Beechcraft from Barksdale Field perished near Nelsonville while two others died near Wilmington. Victims named include Lieutenants Sonnenfield Wiandt Brown Criswell and Sgt Davis. Captains VanDeran and Stanley identified in the Wilmington crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Patterson Field
Dayton
Barksdale Field
Nelsonville
Here
Wilmington
Robert Sonnenfield
William J. Wiandt
Robert L. Brown
James Criswell
John H. Davis
Davis
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Air Corps
Millwork firms fined in anti trust price fixing case
Fines totaling 31 450 were levied against 39 millwork companies and executives by Federal Judge Merrill E Otis for violation of the anti trust law through price fixing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Merrill E. Otis
Russia Shifts Best Generals to Western Fronts
Soviet Russia moves some of its top generals from the Far East to Western frontiers, reassigning experienced commanders in a strategic redeployment as of May 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Far East
Western
Ship Building Program In U S Well Ahead Of Schedule
The maritime commission reports the emergency ship construction plan is well ahead of schedule with ships due to go down the ways in November, a full month before contract dates. The program targets about 412 vessels, many built in new yards, with possible near-term tonnage increases for the United States and Great Britain. Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland has moved its first keel laying to May 19 from June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maritime Commission
Commission
Great Britain
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Portland
Ore
Fenner TQ Speaks at Haskell Baccalaureate Service
The Rt Rev Goodrich Fenner bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Kansas will address Haskell Institute students faculty and friends at the baccalaureate service tomorrow night at 7 in the auditorium. Rolland B Harris will be toastmaster and the program includes invocation music vocal solos and guest introductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodrich R. Fenner
Episcopal Diocese of
Kansas
Haskell
Institute
Rolland B. Harris
Pleasant Weekend Forecast for Topeka Region
Pleasant weather will hold across Kansas this weekend with warm but not hot conditions. Southerly winds will moderate temperatures as rainfall of the past 24 hours favored southeastern Kansas, with amounts varying by location. Expect highs near 85 to 90 and lows around 55 to 65 in most areas, aiding crop soil moisture.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Columbus
Fort Scott
Chanute
Coffeyville
McPherson
Dinner Honoring Dean Schwegler Set for May Twenty Sixth
Chancellor Malott L W Brooks principal East High Wichita and Dr Forrest C Allen KU will speak at a faculty sponsored dinner in honor of Dean Raymond E Schwegler School of Education as he retires to become a departmental instructor at year end Friends are invited to attend with programs featuring The Chancellor and the Dean The Student and the Dean The Faculty and the Dean and The Dean Himself
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane W. Malott
L. W. Brooks
East High School
Wichita
Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Raymond E. Schwegler
He School of Education
School of Education
Dean Schwegler
Malott
Brooks
Dr. Allen
Dr. Schweegler
Patterson Pleads Guilty in Lecompton Burglary Case
Edward Patterson of Lecompton pleaded guilty to third degree burglary and grand larceny before Judge Hugh Means. He received five year sentences on each count to run concurrently. The elder Patterson had charges dismissed in connection with the cabin break in near Lecompton owned by Mrs. Kathryn Zimmerman of Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Patterson
Lecompton
Hugh Means
Patterson
Jim Patterson
Kathryn Zimmerman
Topeka
Graduate student appointed to Pillsbury research lab
Howard Lincoln of Lindsburg has been named to a position at the Pillsbury flour mills research laboratory in Minneapolis. He will report to work after his June graduation from the University of Kansas where he will receive his M.A. degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Lincoln
Lindsburg
University of Kansas
Pillsbury Flour Mills
Minneapolis
Minn
Hard coal miners ordered off jobs
The United Mine Workers of America ordered 100 000 hard coal miners to leave their jobs due to failure to reach a new contract with anthracite operators in Pennsylvania. Negotiations to continue for a two year agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United Mine Workers of America
KU Horse Show Delights Lawrence Crowd With Daring Gaits
Several hundred attendees watched K U students and Lawrence youth display gaits trick riding and three foot six inch jumps. The first public Goal Hi horseback game delighted spectators as Gayle Mott praised his students while E B DeGroot announced the event and kept it moving. No injuries occurred among participants ages six to junior high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.U
Lawrence
Gayle Mott
E. B. DeGroot
School Art Exhibition Ends Tonight at Nine
The community building art show concludes this evening at 9. Last night featured living pictures directed by Olivia Cole with Barbara McBeth and Alberta White announcing. The senior girls glee club led by Joe Williams performed amid demonstrations by students across Cordley Pinckney Pineknot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivia Cole
Barbara McBeth
Alberta White
Joe Williams
Paul Coker
Cordley
Patty Ann Ashcraft
Ann Stevens
Pinckney
Richard Clarkson
Nine Violators Held In Bicycle Law Enforcement
Nine violators of the new bicycle ordinance were taken to the police station as part of a drive to enforce the law. Bicycles were held until forenoon and owners must buy rights. other violations included riding double and no license. A second pickup may extend hold time and a third offense can cost at least six months license loss, said Chief Jude Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jude Anderson
Anderson
Too Late to Classify Column Teases Nightly Reads
The line suggests readers enjoy the nightly Too Late to Classify column and its breadth of quirky notes. The item highlights the column as a staple for late readers seeking light, offbeat trivia in the newspaper.
Federal Board delays ruling on secrecy case in Kansas
The Federal Social Security Board will withhold action on Kansas plan to meet a secrecy rule pending a test case in state courts. Kansas faces potential loss of federal funds if counties keep publishing relief recipients. Judge Nesmith has barred the county welfare board from names of relief clients in a case filed by Representative Harold Malone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal
Social Security Board
Kansas
Gow
Payne Ratner
Robert Nesmith
Sedgwick County Court
County Welfare Board
Harold Malone
Regional music contest winners from Kansas City identically noted
Miss Lucille Wagner of Iola won first in the McKanArk Regional Contest while Miss Verna Davis of Lawrence took first in student voice, marking her second such honor. Wagner, a 1939 piano graduate, studies with Prof. Carl Preyer and teaches at Judson College. Both advance to the national contest in Los Angeles, joined by pianist Thaddeus Kozuch in the national event. Judges from Stephens College and Christian College lauded the performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Wagner
Iola
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
National Federation of Music Clubs
Kansas City
Minerva Davis
Lawrence
School of Fine Arts
Joseph Wilkins
Miss Davis
Wagner
Carl Preyer
Preyer
Judson College
Marion
Ala
Los Angeles
Calif
Thaddeus Kozuch
Basil Gauntlett
Walter Shrke
Stephens College
Columbia
Franklin B. Launer
Christian College
Robert Glotzbach
Wamego
D. M. Swarthout
Goltzbach
Rachmaninoff
Paganini
Mrs.Cook
Margaret Colby
Columbia, Mo
Poppy Day Observed in Lawrence on May 24
Poppy Day will be observed in Lawrence on May 24 with Mrs. Everett G. Stith of the American Legion auxiliary leading this year’s drive. Liberty Memorial High School Girl Reserves will sell the poppies on the street, listing 30 plus names of participating students. Disabled veterans and auxiliaries produce over 12 million poppies annually, funding local welfare work for veterans and families, as community funds remain mainly in local units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Everett G. Stith
American Legion Auxiliary
Liberty Memorial High School
Legion
Doris Dunkley
Jean Murray
Mabel Richardson
Virginia Gregg
Wanda Schumann
Lucille Reazin
Martha Harrison
Freida Wray
Roberta Kackley
Margaret Turner
Barbara McBeth
Ruth Yeaton
Helen Collins
Soweta Grover
Legion and
Altho
Average of 60 stocks shows 39.6 percent
The report records an average of 39.6 for sixty stocks. Yesterday the figure stood at 39.5, indicating a marginal rise in overall stock performance.
Legion Convention Opens in Lawrence With Parades and Talk
More than 300 American Legion and Auxiliary members arrive in Lawrence for the Second District convention. Activities include an all community meeting, a 10:15 radio broadcast, a Monday parade featuring school bands and ROTC units, and a speech by Dr Alpha Hunter Kenna. The event ends with a public dance at the Armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Legion Auxiliay
Lawrence
The
Legion
Armory
Legion Rooms
Eighth
Vermont Streets
WREN
WIBW
R. C. Laessiz
Legion Post
Junior Legion
Atchison
Iola
Miami Post Catfish
Paola
Kansas City
Kan
R.O.T.C
University
Liberty Memorial High School
University of Kansas
Alpha Hunter Kenna
Kansas American Legion
First Methodist Church
Pittsburg
Kenna
Labor Must Serve Sayings by Woodring at Lecompton
Former secretary of war Harry H. Woodring urged labor and industry to accept sacrifices in profits and wages for national service. He warned against profiteering and called for a two ocean navy, a strong air force, and an enlarged army to defend the western hemisphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War and Navy Departments
West Coast
John Frey
A.F.L. Metal Craft Union
James Forrestal
New York
C.I.O. National Maritime Union
Lecompton
Harry H. Woodring
America
Middle West
Woodring
Western Hemisphere
Hemisphere
Losses in Royal Navy Reach Over Eleven Thousand
The admiralty announced last night that the Royal Navy has lost 11,204 officers and men killed and missing since the war began. Four thousand two hundred sixty were killed in action and six thousand nine hundred forty four are missing. Eighty one died outside of combat. Additionally 3,352 were wounded and 513 taken prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Navy
Admiralty
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