Nazis May Try to Get French Subs
Washington reports a powerful French fleet including submarines and destroyers could join Germany if France falls under Vichy or falls under Axis control. Experts note ships like the Bearn and Emile Bertin may stay in the Western Hemisphere defense zone, hindering Axis plans.
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Lynch to Present Organ Recital at KU Hoch Auditorium
Topeka native W Arnold Lynch will perform a graduate organ recital at 4 pm tomorrow in Hoch Auditorium on the University of Kansas campus. A KU bachelor of music and student of Laurel Everett Anderson, Lynch will play works by Edmundson Sowerby Sessions Jonber Brahms Schumann Franck and Bach including Fantasie and Passacaglia.
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W. Arnold Lynch
Topeka
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
Hoch
Lynch
University of Kansas
Laurel Everette Anderson
Garth Edmundson
Voo Sowerby
Roger Sessions
Ben Ritmato
Joseph Jonber
Johannes Brahms
Robert Schumann
Cesar Franck
Johann Sebastian Bach
School of Fine Arts
Hoch Auditorium
L. E. Anderson
Joseph Wilkins
Jan Chiapasso
Raymond Stahl
Alice Moncrieff
Ruth Orcutt
Meribah Moore
Karl Kuersteiner
G. Criss Simpson
Waldemar Gelich
D. M. Swarthout
The First and Second U S Banks and Their Impact
The first bank closed in 1811 leading to bank growth and risky lending as state and private banks pursued deposits and notes. The second bank created by Congress aimed at stabilizing finances, with government influence and a larger capital. It curbed unsecured notes, but faced criticism for centralized monopoly power.
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Scholarships Awarded to Kansas Girls from High Schools
Dr. J H Nelson announces University of Kansas honor scholarships for Kansas high school girls. Recipients include Bertha Cummins Holyrood Sadie A Lawson award and six Donnelly Honor Scholarships awarded to Frances Crittenden Wichita Florence Eggert Lawrence Evelyn Railsback Langdon Persis Snook Wichita Fannie Rosen Wichita Helen Stormont Dighton.
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J. H. Nelson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kansas
Bertha E. Cummins
Holyrood
Sadie A. Lawson
Mary Margaret Felt
Wellington
Otto Springer
Doris Niewer
Leavenworth
U. G. Mitchell
Harriet Rouse
Hays
Donnelly
Frances Crittenden
Wichita
Florence Eggert
Lawrence
Evelyn Railsback
Langdon
Persis Snook
Fannie Rosen
Helen Stormont
Dighton
George R. King Honored for 50 Years in KU Chemistry
George R. King storeroom keeper in the University of Kansas chemistry department was celebrated by 125 colleagues and friends on Thursday marking 50 years of service. He joined in 1891 under Prof. E H S Bailey, who built the storeroom role, and King’s career included handing out supplies to students in the evolving department.
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George R. King
Department of Chemistry
University of Kansas
King
E. H S. Bailey
Bailey
Joseph Savage
George King
Fraser Hall
E.H.S. Bailey Laboratories
F. B. Davis
A. A. Hill
A. W. Davidson
Chemistry
H. P. Cady
Camp Robinson Soldiers Injured in a Collision
Five Camp Robinson soldiers en route to Topeka Kansas for furloughs were injured in a midnight collision near Rogers Arkansas. Joe Reed the apparently most seriously injured was taken to the Veterans hospital at Fayetteville for further care. The other injured are Ballard Rolland Chenoweth Ivan Linquist Clyde Scripps and Richard Johan all with various wounds. Occupants of the other car were treated locally and suffered no serious injuries.
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Clyde Scripps
Richard Johan
127Th Field Artillery
Three Youths Charged in Kay Valley Station Burglary
County Attorney Milton P. Beach filed burglary and grand larceny charges late yesterday against Robert W. Berry Wellington Charles R. Sample Pittsburg and Richard Daniels Kansas City Kan for breaking into the Kay Valley filling station at Seventh and Arkansas on the night of May 5 and stealing merchandise valued at 75.90. Berry and Sample are jailed while Daniels was released. Beach said Daniels would be indicted. The youths were residents at the time and were arrested locally and in Sumner County.
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Robert W. Berry
Wellington
Charles R. Sample
Pittsburg
Richard Daniels
Kansas City
Kan
Kay Valley
Seventh and
Arkansas Street
Berry
Sample
Daniels
Beach
Sieminsad
Sumner County
Church Money Stolen. Youth Foiled Try At Bank
A First Presbyterian church was entered last night with about 1 in cash stolen after a window was forced. The same suspect then went to the First National Bank and attempted to cash a 24 check forged with the pastor Rev. T. H. Astman s name. Bank staff investigated, the youth fled and eluded police.
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Editors Need Set of Prejudices, Henry J. Allen Says
Henry J. Allen and William Allen White praised distinct editorials at the Kansan Board banquet at the Colonial. Allen urged editors to cultivate a definite set of prejudices and warned that neutral papers lose virility, noting journalism began as a cause in Kansas and praising modern schools. He highlighted two graduates and spoke on education, tariff views, and radio’s potential independence.
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William Allen White
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Topeka
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Wichita
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Overland Park
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Lawrence
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K. U
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Leavenworth
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Hutchinson
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Pittsburgh
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Lawrence man receives research fellowship at Code Company
Has Research Fellowship Thomas H. Hayes of Lawrence will earn a PhD in bacteriology from the University of Kansas this June. He has been appointed a research fellow with the Code Company of Kalamazoo Michigan, announced by D N P Sherwood today. The fellowship becomes effective July 1.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Code Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
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Hayes
Bishop Mead Dies After Heart Attack at 72
Kansas City May 17 Bishop Charles L Mead 72 died in his sleep at home after a heart attack He preached twice daily this week in Kawe City Okla and served 47 years in ministry including 21 years as bishop He hosted the united conference of 1939 and was born in Vienna New Jersey He married 45 years ago and survived by his widow three daughters and two sons Funeral services will be held here Tuesday with burial in Los Angeles.
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Des Moines
Everett R. Clinchy
Madison
N. J
H. H. Frantz
San Francisco
R. Kenneth Miller
Los Angeles
Charles L. Mead, Jr
Dover
Robert S. Mead
University of Southern California
Benefit Bridge for Bundles for Britain in Lawrence
A benefit bridge party will be held in the Lawrence community building on Tuesday May 27 at 8 o clock to raise funds for the hospital fund. Mrs Henry Werner chairs the local branch and has received a request from New York headquarters for rapid remittance. Subcommittee chairs include Mrs Henry Asher ticket sales Mrs Paul Haney tables and chairs Mrs A B Mitchell table prizes Mrs L N Lewis draw prizes and Mrs H M Stucker refreshments. Tickets will be sold at Bundles for Britain headquarters in Bell s Music store and other designated places.
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New York
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Bell
Party for Sixth Graders by New York P T A
Children of the New York sixth grade and their mothers were guests of honor at a party hosted by the New York P T A on Thursday afternoon May 15. The event featured orchid and white table decor, autograph-book favors made by the fifth grade, and a program led by Richard Perkins with songs, solos, a dance, and class prophecies.
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New York P.T. A
Richard Perkins
Farmers Promote Barnsdall’s New Fuel Price
Farmers advertise Barnsdall fuel option at 6.9 cents a gallon. Contact G Ph 2070 or 86 AI for details.
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Messerschmitt Linked to Hess Case in Radio Sparks
London reports the government radio linked Willi Messerschmitt to Rudolf Hess in German broadcasts noting rumors he aided Hess and that Hess used a new reconnaissance plane not yet in Luftwaffe service. The piece mentions a plan to exhibit the plane at Trafalgar Square was dropped.
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Willi Messerschmitt
Messerschmitt
Hess
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Arthur Greenwood
Germany
German Reich
Greenwood
Henry J Allen shaped KU ROTC and Lindley ties
Henry J Allen a former Kansas governor and prominent aid-to-Britain figure spoke at the Kansas Board banquet and described his role in establishing KU ROTC construction and the Lindley Memorial Lectureship. He recalled 1919 coal mine strikes that drew 2,000 college boys and KU volunteers, and noted later legal shifts around the Kansas Industrial Court act.
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Kansas Board
University of Kansas
R.O. T.C
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Lyle Armel
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Kansas
Supreme Court
Crawford County
Kansas College
K. U
Baker
K-State
Recital of Organ Music by W A Lynch in Hoch Auditorium
Topeka organist W A Lynch will give a Sunday 4 pm recital in Hoch Auditorium as part of his Master of Music degree work. A pupil of Laurel E Anderson, he studies at K U since 1988 and serves as organist at First Presbyterian Church Topeka. He plans works by Jongen Sowerby Sessions Edmundson.
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Hoch
Lynch
Laurel E. Anderson
K. U
Philadelphia
First Presbyterian Church of
Pioneer Kansan Is Dead
Mrs. Annie E. Miller 85 mother of Postmaster Martin Miller died today in Fort Scott Kansas. She arrived from Illinois in the 1860s and leaves another son Harry and sister Mrs. Matilda Mackey of Pittsburg. Funeral services are set for Sunday. Woodrow Miller and wife of 508 Louisiana Street were summoned to Fort Scott by the death of Woodrow Miller’s grandmother.
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Martin Miller
Illinois
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Matilda Mackey
Pittsburg
Woodrow Miller
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Soviet Iraq Agreement Reported Signed in Ankara
A Moscow radio broadcast quoted by a British outlet said a Soviet Iraq diplomatic and commercial accord was signed today in Ankara Turkey. The broadcast was heard in New York and described as a significant development in Soviet Iraqi relations.
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Moscow Radio Tonight
Ankara
Turkey
Marriage License Issued to Martin and Chappel
A marriage license was issued by Probate Judge Frank R. Gray to Oscar Jeff Martin of Kansas City Missouri and Ruth Irene Chappel of Topeka.
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Frank R. Gray
Oscar Jeff Martin
Kansas City
Ruth Irene Chappel
Topeka
Dance in the Square Opens Coronado Entrada Cast
Lawrence dance duo Jeanette and Jerry Correa appear in the opening number of the Coronado Entrada in Compostela. Lee Robbins joins as Sanchez replacing Donald Dicker. rehearsals resume Monday night. Dancers trained in Kansas City have performed in Lawrence and nearby towns.
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Maxine Lindley
Lawrence
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Compostela
Kansas City
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Robbins
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Donald Dicker
Coronado
Veto on Farm Bill Would Be Over-Ridden
Kansas City May 17 Rep Clifford Hope predicts Congress would override a presidential veto of the new farm commodity loan bill granting wheat loans at 85 percent of parity. He notes only two senators and 63 House members voted against it and says a two-thirds majority is attainable.
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Clifford Hope
Kan
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House
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Kansas Farm Loan Rates Tied to Parity by Agriculture Dept
A Kansas official noted current law sets farm loan rates at 52 to 75 percent of parity, with the exact figure determined by the agriculture department. The discussion centers on tying loan terms to parity to support farmers this year.
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Kansas
Market News and Stocks Note No Quotations
Government bonds show no quotations today and New York stocks update is absent. The page asks readers if 76 percent of subscribers read the page every day, signaling engagement emphasis.
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