Confused Battle Rages In France As Front Holds
Paris reports withdrawal from Laon and a German push toward the English Channel met with fierce Allied resistance. Berlin claims Abbeville Amiens and Arras fall. British and French air forces bomb deep into the Rhineland as both sides suffer heavy losses.
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Paris
Laon
France
English Channel
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Abbeville
Amiens
Arras
War Ministry
Aisne
Picardy
Channel
St. Quen
Tin
Peronne-to-Cambrai
Betis
Chanel
Netherlands
Rhineland
Somme
Rethel
Montmedy
Belgium
WPA Dinners Draw 300+ Attendees In Community Week
More than 300 people attended WPA sponsored dinners last evening at Trinity Lutheran and St Luke s A M E churches forming the kickoff of a week highlighting agency projects. Speakers included David Whitney head of the museum and fine arts project in Topeka and county official James Brass with broadcasts from Washington by WPA director Col Harrington.
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WPA
Trinity Lutheran Church
St. Luke’s A. M. E
Georgette White
David Whitney
Lawrence
Museum and Fine
J. N. Goddard
Ollie Gibson
Lincoln School
Woodlawn
Rhode Island
Clinton School
Commencement Address Set at Kansas State Teachers College
Chancellor Deane Malott will deliver the commencement address at Kansas State Teachers College Pittsburg on Wednesday May 9. Three hundred seventeen degrees will be granted, 34 more than last spring. John Sidney Emmett of Lawrence will receive a bachelor’s degree.
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Malott
Deane Malott
Kansas State Teachers College
Pittsburg
John Sidney Emmett
Lawrence
Roosevelt vetoes river and harbor bill for 109 million
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill authorizing 109 985 450 dollars for river and harbor improvements and surveys. He said existing authorized projects created a sufficient backlog and non military War Department activities should yield to military preparedness.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
War Department
Clash at Hearing In Topeka Over Party Delegates
Heated exchanges at a U S senate subcommittee hearing centered on patronage and the 1940 Republican national convention delegate fights. Chairman John McCuish clashed with Arthur Walker while denying improper influence in hiring and proxy votes in Shawnee County, with investigation into payments to Jay Kyle and related figures.
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Topeka
John McCuish
The
Revenue and Taxation Commission
Jay S. Parker
U. S. Senate
McCuish
Arthur Walker
Arkansas City
Kirby Miller
Shawnee County
Jay Kyle
Harry Colmery
Kyle
Reed
Washington
Miller
Carl Rott
Highway Commission
Colmery
Rott
Clyde M. Reed
Parker
Attorney General’s Office For Special Services
George Robb
Shawnee
Senate
United States
Washburn College
Robb
A. Harry Crane
Highway Department
Frank E. Milligan
State Social Welfare Board
Benjamin Hill
Milligan
Hill
Roosevelt urges lifting WPA cost limits in defense push
President Roosevelt asked Congress to remove the $50,000 cost cap on federal projects under the Works Progress Administration, arguing the limit harms large construction and defense efforts. He cited WPA labor share and warned supporters risk boondoggling charges if limits remain.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Representative Cannon
D-Mo
Commissioner of Works Projects
Work Projects Administration
House
Boondoggling
Mr. Roosevelt
Rainy Kansas moistened soil across eastern counties
Last night topeka and eastern Kansas received varying rainfall as the state logs more than two inches in some areas. Meteorologist S D Flora notes the moisture should soak in with no major river overflows and forecasts fair weather to end the week. Osage City and Enterprise reported high totals while western areas were lighter.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Osage City
Smith Center
Enterprise
Marais Des Cygne
Ottawa
Montana
Centralia
Holton
Emmett
Manhattan
Wamego
Eskridge
Junction City
Kansas City
Carbondale
Worden
Emporia
Lyndon
Quenemo
Pomona
Garnett
Eureka
Chanute
Fort Scott
Independence
Columbus
Phillipsburge
Hanover
Concordia Trace
Chapman
Herrington
Salina
Tellsworth
Geneseo
McPherson
Florence
Wichita
Winfield
St. Francis
Goodland
Dresden
Quinter
Tribune
Arras Recalled as Dead and Buried by German Onslaught
London war correspondents report Arras, birthplace of Robespierre, is dead and buried under the German assault in northern France. British officers say the city’s buildings are demolished and its people either fled or perished. A flying officer notes the cathedral has been shelled and bombed before German entry, though full damage remains uncertain.
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London
Arras
Robespierre
France
Taft Opposes Coalition Cabinet Plan in Mid May
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio said he opposed a coalition cabinet at this time arguing it would forfeit Republican party responsibility. He spoke from Indianapolis on May 21 noting the stance in relation to the ongoing political discussions.
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Taft
Indianapolis
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Young Democrats to Meet Tomorrow Night at Court House
A meeting of the Young Democrats club has been called for tomorrow night at o clock in the court house. Members are asked to come and bring a friend.
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Young Democrats
Young Democrats Club
Court House
Co- Operative Club
Ozarks
White River
Arkansas
Junius’ Underwood
Community Notes From Johnstown and Lawrence Area
Tornado victim found with hymn book open to God Be With You Until We Meet Again. Joe Howard's old song Wander Who's Kissing Her Now sung on Lanny Ross program. Howard, 72, plans to sing at the New York World's Fair this summer. Haskell faculty and staff raise 40.80 for Red Cross War Relief. R.O.T.C. bean banquet headed by Al Green ill at home. Haskell officers set the banquet beans at 999,999. Green sent the one millionth bean today.
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Johnstown
Young
Lawrence
Joe Howard
Lanny Ross
Howard
Monk Brothers
Red Cross
Haskell
Warren Spaulding
Louise Blackwell
Clifford Bowen
Department of Military Science
al Green
R.O.T.C
Department
Green
Tonganoxie Congregational Ladies and Commencement News
The Congregational Ladies association met at Mrs. D A Pearson's home with hostess Mrs Leila Meyers. School commencements for Tonganoxie and nearby districts are slated for May 22 at the high school auditorium with Rev Archie Toothaker as speaker. Multiple local visits, club meetings, graduates listed, and community notes from May include farm bureau and Eastern Star activities.
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The
Congregational Ladies Association
D. A. Pearson
Leila Meyers
Ray Herrmann
Roger
Kansas City
David Parker
Parker
Foster Cook
Gladys Niebaum
Edith Carpenter
Fred Angell
J. E. Campbell
Ella Voorhees
C. L. DeHoff
Harry White
Mary Ann White
W. F. Young
G. A. Emerson
Atchison Rebekah Lodge
Tonganoxie
Biral
Elmwood
Smith
Stanwood
Pony Creek
Cafer
Reno
Mound
Friendship Valley
Hazel Ridge
Honey Valley
Edminister
Coal Ridge
May Ginnis
Archie Toothaker
Congregational Church
R. L. Welton
Billy Welton
Bell Memorial Hospital
Billy
William Welton
McPherson
Tonganoxie Farm Bureau
Chris Poulsen
Audrey Olman
Platte City
Neb
al Meyer
Darlene
Frances Duncanson
George Lawrence
Jessie Himpel
W. C. Allan
James Farrell
Eastern Star
Ottawaikan
Ferne Enoch
State Teachers College of Emporia
Chi Phi
Bert Grems
Dessery
Fourth Street
Toneanoxie
Ruth Fowler
C. L. Battin
Henry F. Geib
Carl Seymour
Roscoe Bedell
Tom McEnulty
Topeka
Time favors the Allies in European war says Soviet press
Moscow reports that the European war's length would benefit the Allies due to their vast resources and US economic support. Trud notes American steel output is twice Germany's, arguing a prolonged conflict benefits the Allies, a shift from earlier Soviet press praise of German progress.
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Moscow
United States
Trud
Germany
Classified livestock and farm ad sales in Journal-World monthly
Every month farmers sell thousands of dollars worth of livestock and farm products through Journal-World classified advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Women and Children Leave Gibraltar for French Morocco
On May 21, women and children of Gibraltar began moving under a compulsory transfer scheme to French Morocco. The action aims to relocate residents as part of a controlled evacuation and reinforces broader wartime refugee movements.
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Gibraltar
French
Morocco
Relief Fund Increase Defeated in House Vote
Washington May 21. The house defeated an effort to raise next year's relief fund from 975 million to 2.232 billion. The vote ends attempts to expand federal aid for relief programs this session.
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Washington
House
Bass tops 544 pounds in local fishing outing
Lawrence reporter notes Leo Rose, Union Cab driver, lands a 544 pound bigmouth bass at Ton Ganoxie Lake after three hours of casting with six other undersized fish. Mrs Rose rows him in, lure was a Heddon River Runt.
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Leo Rose
Union Cab
Tonganoxie Lake
More Americans Missing Three Drivers and Inspector
Paris on May 21 the American volunteer ambulance corps reported three drivers and an inspector missing bringing the total to five since the German drive began. The identities were not released and the corps said they were either killed or captured.
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Paris
Appropriation for Marshall Field Washington Named
The senate tentatively approved in the army appropriation bill funding for military posts. Marshall Field Kansas is listed with a $249 400 allocation as part of the May 21 action.
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Marshall Field
Washington
Senate
Army
Kansas
Teachers and students take end of year trip to Kansas City
Miss Ruth Fowler Miss Gwendolyn Mounkes Miss Izola Farrell and others form an eighth grade group from Tonganoxie with Allan Isaac and several mothers and chaperones. They toured Kansas City last Wednesday enjoying a picnic at Swope Park and a visit to Fairyland Park.
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Teachers College of
Kitty Lou Coburn
Dorothy Jones
Edna Jones
Ruby Jean Kramer
Ransley McEnulty
Mary Louise Miller
Bobby Needham
Bobby Overbaugh
Bobby Rawlings
Willard Thielman
Marjorie Weeks
Betty McAlexander
Allan Isaac
Fred Needham
Tom McEnaltiy
Roscoe Bedell
C. E. Miller
Herbert Rawlings
Kansas City
Swope Park
Fairyland Park
State Lake
Hersch
Leila Meyers
Mila Jean Vance
Mountain View
Jean McKone
Robby
John
Toneanoxie
Tonganoxie
Bobby Dean Bedell
Jean Botts
Marie Casteel
Willard Theilman
Claude Bowman
Bethany Hospital
Leonard Deaton
Lawrence
Graduation Gift Idea: Law rence Business College Scholarship
Suggestion for a graduation present a scholarship in the Law rence Business College. Special rate is purchased before June 1 Adv. A thrifty habit reading the classified page every day.
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Lawrence Business College
Brookings farm sale reported to Karl Martin
Local notice reports the Brookings farm near Kanwaka sold recently to Karl Martin of Barber. May 7 party at Douglas County Farm Bureau honors birthdays of the director, Mrs. Colman, and pianist Mrs. May Seetin with gifts and refreshments.
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Brookings Farm
Karl Martin
Barber
Ralph Colman
Douglas County Farm Bureau Women’s Chorus
David Perkins
May Seetin
Leona Tibbetts
Harold Davies
Kansas City
Kan
Otto Grant
C. E. Gerstenberger
Homer Hird
Esther Hird
Perry School
Lawrence
Fred A. Richardson
Mark Pierson
Richardson
Mission Road
69Th Street
Guy Bigsby
Ernest Bigsby
Mission
Card of Thanks for Passed Husband and Father
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude from Mrs. Louis Had and family to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown after the death of their husband and father.
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Louis
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University of Iansas
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Ponca City
Okla
Evangelical Church
First Evangelical Church
Journal-World Office
Williamstown
Louvain
Belgia
Schulz A.ctenin
M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
Carpentier
Georges Carpentier
Kronprinz
Kanwaka
Allison Aircraft Trade School
Ath and
Perry Sts
U. P. Depot
F.S
Mass
Hemphill
Rumsey Funeral Home
Indiana
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