Germans Enlarge Pocket in France as Paris Draws Near
Berlin sources report German forces driving toward Paris after breaking a 65 mile hole in northern France. The left wing neared Paris while the right wing pushed through Zeeland and northern Holland, with Antwerp to be seized to threaten England. Luftwaffe strikes hit retreating Allied columns as civilian casualties rise in Hamburg.
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Germany
Antwerp
Paris
Holland
Zeeland
France
Maubeuge-Montmedy
Netherlands
England
Yankees Blank White Sox Behind Pearson Shutout
Monte Pearson pitched the New York Yankees to a 3-0 shutout of the Chicago White Sox, limiting them to two hits. Tommy Henrich homered as New York moved to a straight victory, while Thornton Lee took the loss.
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Monte Pearson
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Tommy Henrich
Yankees
Thornton Lee
New York
Pearson
Rosar
Lee
Tresh
Boston
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
Chase
Ferrell
Allen
Hemsey
Philadelphia
Detroit
Babich
Caster
Hayes
Brucker
Newsom
Sullivan
Paul Derringer
Cincinnati
Phillies
Reds
Mulcahy
Derringer
Moore
Hershberger
Atwood
Max
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Olsen
Root
Raffensberger
Mootz
Todd
Gumberi
Brown
Danning
Brooklyn
Terry Moore
Johnny 3Ize
Ducky Medwick
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Luke
Hot
Potato
Tamulis
Doyle and
Phelns
Pittsburgh
I Butcher
Klinger
Heintzelman
Tawers
Lanning
Schultz
Posevel
Pichota
Lopez
American Association
Minneapolis
Kansas City
German Bombers Driven Off by Paris Defense
German bombers attacked near Paris and across northern France as German armored forces push toward Vervins and Guise. Four bombers were shot down during the Paris air raid defense and the pocket near the Aisne river remained a focal point of the fighting today.
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Paris
France
Vervins
Vise River
Guise
Oise
Aisne
Rethel
Training Change For Guardsmen At Camp Ripley
Lawrence National Guardsmen will shift from Camp Whitside and Fort Riley to three weeks of drills at Camp Ripley Minnesota if plans proceed. The maneuvers, costing about 45 000 troops, occur August 4 through 24 with 1509 field artillery guardsmen traveling by motorized equipment and others by train.
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McLean
Congress
Fourth Army
Fort Frances FE
Warren
Wyoming
Cavalry
National Guard
Guard
Kansas’ Field Artillery Guard
Crain
Settlement talks on Douglas County railroad rent dispute
A Cham ber of Commerce industrial committee rep met with the Douglas County Commissioners to press for more unpaid rent for the Kaw River bridge. The board favors a tax plan settlement offering current taxes plus 100 dollars to cancel one year of delinquent tax. In Topeka, Southwestern Bell seeks higher rates, arguing current charges yield inadequate returns. the firm operates 149 exchanges in Kansas.
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Board of Douglas County Commissioners
Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railroad
Industrial Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Kaw River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Topoka
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
State Corporation Commission
Kansas
Roosevelt Near Majority In Oregon Primary Delegates Race
Washington May 18 Roosevelt closes on renomination in Oregon after winning the preference primary over Garner and gaining 10 delegates plus 26 from North Carolina. His total 5032 of 548 needed, with 1,094 Democratic votes ahead, as New Jersey next Tuesday could push him over the line. Republican field lists Dewey Taft Vandenburg McNider Capper with 530 delegates overall. 13 Alabama names and 92 New York uncommitted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oregon
Garner
North Carolina
New Jersey
McNary
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Taft
Ohio
Vandenburg
Michigan
Hanford McNider
Town
Capper
Kansas
Alabama
Arizona
Georgia
Maryland
Utah
Virginia
District of Columbia
Senator Reed to Open Hearings in Topeka Monday
U S Senator Clyde M Reed and Clyde Parsons arrived in Topeka to finalize plans for hearings into alleged patronage influencing Kansas delegates to the Republican national convention. The first session is scheduled for 10 a m Monday at the Hotel Jayhawk with three days of hearings anticipated in Topeka.
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Topeka
U. S
Clyde
M. Reed
Parsons
Kansas
Jayhawk
Reed
Haskell Furniture Display Shown at Starling Store
Furniture made from boxes and barrels by Haskell under Mrs. Irene Parsons Haun’s direction for home economics students is on display in a Starling furniture store window. The group includes a double deck bed, a dressing table, chairs, and wastepaper baskets. the display runs through Wednesday.
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Haskell Give Home Economic
Irene Parsons Haun
Starling Furniture Store
Bimelech Loses to Corydon in Withers Mile at Belmont
Bimelech the Preakness winner and Derby runner-up was defeated by Mrs. Payne Whitney's Corydon in the Withers mile at Belmont Park. Roman, owned by J. E. Widener, finished third in a photo finish for runner-up honors.
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Bimelech
Belmont New York
Pi—E. R. Bradley
Mrs. Payne Whitney
Corydon
Belmont Park
J. E. Widener
Roman
British Fliers Hit Oil Tanks in Hamburg and Bremen
London reports night raids by British fliers targeted oil storage tanks in Hamburg and Bremen with tanks destroyed or heavily damaged. Also bombed German air storage at Bergen Norway and claimed air battles over France with nine Hurricanes downing ten Junker bombers.
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Bremen
London
Air Ministry
Germany
Bergen
Norway
France
Germans Push Into Northern France As Allied Forces Fight Back
German forces employ 2500 to 3000 tanks in the northern pocket, clashing with French tanks and artillery near Vervins and Avesnes. Allied air power pounds German lines while bombs hit supply routes. French ministry notes heavy casualties and a grave, ongoing battle described as the most gigantic of all times.
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Paris
France
Vervins
Avesnes
Oise
Sambre
French War Ministry
Germany
War Ministry
Armament plants to run 24 hours under ministry orders
War bulletin notes all factories on ministry orders to operate around the clock including aviation plants already continuous. Other armaments plants to extend hours as needed. London reports British air attacks on lines west of Namur as Germans advance. Berlin cites casualties from British raid on Bremen. American citizens urged to leave Turkey. London guards British offices and BBC HQ against sabotage. Residents confront a landed plane in Hampshire. passenger Ralph Richardson identified. Namur defenders urged to resist for the fatherland.
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Paris
Ministry of Armaments
Hitler Gambles All on Present Battle Duff Cooper Broadcast
Duff Cooper told Britons that Germany's stakes are high in the current western front battle and that a loss in this fight could determine the war. He described Germany as a gambler risking all on red and warned that a defeat would doom the war. He said the enemy has mobilized vast forces built over years.
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Hitler
Duff Cooper
London
Alfred Duff Cooper
Britain
Germany
General Rains Sweep Kansas Boosting Crops and Waterways
Widespread rainfall across Kansas raises reservoir levels and soil moisture aiding wheat and crops. El Dorado and Chanute report heavy downpours with scattered flooding and rising streams, while Topeka records 2.42 inches in two days. Forecasters predict easing showers tonight with a generally fair week ahead and cooler start warming later.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Wichita
el Dorado
Elkhart
Chanute
S. D. Flora
Neosho
Marais Des Cygnes
Centralia
Hortay
Manhattan
Wamego
Valley Falls
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Worden
Carbondale
Junctionite
Reading
Elmdale
Quenesing
Pomona
Emperia
Fort Scott
Parsons
Coffeyville
Independence
Columbus
Cherryvale
Phillipsboro
Stockton
Cawker City
Concordia
Ellis
Russell
Salina
Herington
Gene- al
Larned
McPherson
Marion
Florence Li
Great Bend
Hutchinson
Pratt
Anthony
Arkan Hy
Winfield
St. Francis
Newton
Dresden
Goacwsland
Hill City
Quinter
Lola
Tribune
Scott City
Ness Oli
Dodge City
Sublette
Ashland
Alton
Surtington
Munski Wins Mile in Big Six Finals
Pi John Munski of Missouri romped to a 4 24.7 mile victory in the Big Six finals at Lincoln Nebraska. Harold Brooks of Nebraska edged Paul Clingman of Kansas State for second as the windy sprinkles hampered times.
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Lincoln
Neb
John Munski
Missouri
Munski
Harold Brooks
Nebraska
Paul Clingman
Kansas State
Brooks
Clingman
Minski
Edward
Kansas
Cook
Dam break floods roads at Sportsmen's Lake near Lawrence
Torrential rain caused a break in the dam at the Jackman farm Sportsmen's lake west of Lawrence on highway 40. The seven acre lake and two others spilled water into the Wakarusa, with fish loss reported and shale slides on Willard cut highway 40. Multiple highways flooded, basements seeped, and river stages rose across the county as rainfall totals mounted.
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Douglas County
Jackman Farm
Lawrence
Highway 40
Willard Cut
Kaw
Jackman
Sportsmen’s Club
Fred Kahn
Kahn
Highway 2
Mud Creek
Highway Department
Here
Toncanoxie
Banning
West Twenty-third Street
Albert Graeber
Ed Garrett
Douglas-Franklin County
Willard
Walter Schiwarz
Worden
Kansas Electric Power Plant
Editors Banquet Welcomes Chancellor Malott in Kansas Room
The Kansas room of the Union hosts editors from Kansas and Missouri at 6 30 tonight in the KU journalism banquet honoring Chancellor Deane W Malott. Typewriters paste pots and paper clutter the tables to create a homey atmosphere for the informal program.
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Kansas
Union
Missouri
K.U. Department of Journalism
Deane W. Malott
Grain Futures Markets Asked to Stop Trading Below Today's Prices
Washington May 18 Pi Secre tary Wallace asked the nations grain futures markets to prohibit trading below today’s closing prices until further notice. He noted the drop followed prices down over 25 cents a bushel this week and suggested a temporary halt might clarify factors behind the decline. European war uncertainty cited. 1939 loan program expiry also mentioned.
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Washington
Wallace
Agriculture Department
One Day Red Cross War Relief Drive Announced
A. B. Weaver, chairman, announces a one day Red Cross war relief drive to be held next Wednesday. The list of workers mirrors the 1939 Roll Call with volunteers across banks, newspapers, schools, churches, and rural districts coordinated by local officials and department heads. Optional donations accepted from all residents with radio addresses by Weaver on KFRU and WREN to promote contributions.
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Red Cross
A. B. Weaver
Weaver
KFRU
Wren
George Docking
First National Bank
Warren Decker
Lawrence National Bank
Ivan Rowe
Fischer's Shoe Store
Frank Willey
City Water Department
A. E. Strode
G. Warren
Spaulding
Haskell
Louise A. Blackwell
Clifford Bowen
E. C. Buehler
Bert Nash
M. V
McBeth Aml
Charles Fox
Clifford D. Dean
Will Gorrill
Norman Davis
Harold Fisher
Douglas County
Leo Smith
Baldwin
Ray Ogden
Eudora
Marguerite Cottrell
Lecompton
Charles Radcliffe
American Nations Decry Germany Invasion as Cruel
In Panama City on May 18 21 American republics issued a joint declaration denouncing Germanys invasion of Belgium Holland and Luxembourg as unjustifiable and cruel. The Panamanian president published the text stating the nations protest and urge reestablishment of law and justice in international relations.
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Panama
United States
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Low Countries
Augusto&. Boyd
Ware
Brewster to Lead Kansas University Chemistry Department
The Kansas board of regents affirmed Dr. Ray Q. Brewster as head of the chemistry department at Kansas University effective July 1, succeeding Dr. Hamilton P. Cady. Brewster has taught at KU since 1919 and will chair the department after Cady resigns due to ill health. The regents also named Kenneth W. Davidson director of information, a new bureau, and James Hitt as assistant registrar, reflecting changes across the KU administration.
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Ray Q. Brewster
Hamiltan F. Cady
State Board of Regents
Topeka
Kenneth W. Davidson
Emporia Gazette
James Hitt
Wichita University
K. U
Brewster
Hamilton P. Cady
Cady
University of Chicago
Sedan
Kan
Ottawa University
Public Health Service
Sirma Xi
Davidson
Ray Heady
Heady
St. John
College of Emporia
Columbia University
United News
United Pess
Hitt
University of Kansas
Summerfield
Bernadine Berkeley
Haskell Kansas commencement events and activities listed
The notice outlines commencement week at Haskell with events including the senior class play tonight, baccalaureate by Dean Paul B Lawson of the University of Kansas tomorrow, diplomas Monday, and various campus activities such as dances, receptions, and sports. Speakers include Dean Lawson and others. venues include the men’s gymnasium, Pochahontas yard, and Sacajawea gym.
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Ty Arethur
Harrison
Aurritorium
Tiit
Oserviere
Paul B. Lawson
University of Wican- Sas
Pochahontas Yard
Arts Aml Crafts
Wibir
Sacajawea Ui
Anumni
Pantheon
Haskell
Rockhurst
Sarot
Gabe BL Parker
Winnnelaga Agenes
Nebraska
Amni
Ifors
Nurses pledge aid to Roosevelt in time of crisis
Ten thousand American nurses pledged their professional aid to President Roosevelt at the national biennial nursing convention. Delegates resolved they would offer strength and support in any nursing activity in this period of unusual anxiety.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
United States
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Across Regions
Kansas forecast shows fair skies in the west and rain in the east with cooler air, turning cloudy in the northeast tonight. Sunday brings increasing sun west and fair conditions east, with temperatures rising slowly after a cloudy start. Rainfall data notes 2.73 inches since yesterday noon.
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Kansas
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