Germans Battle for Crete Continues Amid Invasion Push
British sources report a German attempt to land troops on Crete using speed boats and gliders has been defeated. Churchill warned the battle would grow in severity as air borne Nazi troops continue to pour into the island. Estimates place German forces involved around 4,500 with further landings reported near Suda Bay and Canea as fighting persists.
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London
Crete
Churchill
House of Commons
Suda Bay
Canea
George II
Heraclion
Candia
Retimo
Gairo
Middle East
New Zealand
New York
Tetals
Labor unrest and wage talks ripple across U S industry
Senate defense panel probes a 500 million shipbuilding tie up in California as 2 000 CIO and AFL machinists strike stalls at 11 yards. Bendix Plant 8 000 UAW workers set May 29 walkout deadline. Bethlehem yard refuses closed shop. Lorain plant ends strike with wage hikes. Dewey reports Hudson car strike settlement. IL A and GL shipping dispute fails. Coal miners and operators press two year wage pact at seven dollars. Ravenna 5 000 to 7 000 AFL walkout halts shell plant. Ford River Rouge Lincoln plant ballot marks largest NLRB election to date.
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Senate Defense
San Francisco
A.F.L
Olson
California
South Bend
Ind
United Automobile Workers
C.A.O
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Yard
Bethlehem
Lorain
American Shipbuilding Company
James F. Dewey
Detroit
C.I.0
Hudson Motor Company
A.F.L. International Longshoremen’s Association
Great Lakes
Buffalo
N. Y
C.I.C. United Mine Workers
New York
Chicago
Ravenna
National Labor Relations ‘Board
River Rouge
Lincoln
Ford Motor Company
R A F Smashes at German Bases in Greece and Crete Losses
Cairo reports heavy RAF bombing of German bases on the Greek mainland during the Crete invasion. London says Germans suffered at least 1,000 parachute casualties in Crete. Turkish reserve officers ordered to duty June 1 and 20 in a CBS broadcast.
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Cairo
Egypt
Crete
R.A.F
Greece
Buti
Middle East
New York
CBS
Rainy stretch continues across Kansas crops
Unsettled weather brings crop growing rains to Kansas with ground soaking totals above an inch in eastern sections. Showers and thunderstorms are forecast for the south and extreme west tonight and tomorrow, with highs near 75 to 80 and cooler nights across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D
Flora
Oketo
Blue Rapids
Centralia
Fort Riley
Manhattan
Wamego
Lecompton
Kansas City
Emporia
Lebo
Garnett
Eureka
Chanute
Fort Scott
Independence
Coffeyville
Columbus
Hanover
Herington
Geneseo
Larned
Pratt
Anthony
Hutchinson
McPherson
Wichita
Cassidy
Winfield
St. Francis
Goodland
Hill City
Quinter
Tribune
Scott City
Ness City
Syracuse
Garden City
Dodge City
Sublette
Elkhart
Liberal
Ashland
Cherryvale
Te Topeka
Nam
Ford to Build Four-Motor Bombers at Ypsilanti Plant
Washington May 21 1941 Williams S Knudsen said the office of production management was negotiating a contract with Ford Motor company to manufacture four motor bombers at the new Ford plant in Ypsilanti Michigan.
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Ford
Washington
Williams S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Ford Motor Company
Ypsilanti
Mich
Organization of 1941 42 legislative council completed
Topeka May 21 The first session named 15 committees chaired by Lieut Gov Carl E Friend. Members include Rep Frank Kessler Rep James Sweeny Sen Rolla Coleman Sen F H Crow Sen Albert M Cole Rep F K Hagaman Sen Alex Hotchkiss Rep Riley Robbins Sen Robert Lemon Sen Harry Warren Sen E A Briles Rep Blake Williamson Rep Clay Co Carper. Committees exceed prior size and members serve on about four panels.
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Topeka
Legislative Council
Carl E. Friend
Frank Kessler
Sedgwick
James I. Sweeny
Pawnee
Rolla Coleman
Mission
F. H. Crow
D-Ei] Dorado
Albert M. Cole
Holton
Franklin Carrick
F. K. Hagaman
Johnson
Alex Hotchkiss
Lyndon
Riley Robbins
Chautauqua
Robert Lemon
Pittsburg
Harry Warren
Fort Scott
E. A. Briles
Stafford
Blake A. Williamson
Wyandotte
Clay Co. Carper
Greenwood
Malott to Speak Tonight at Dodge City Junior College
Chancellor Deane W. Malott will deliver a commencement address tonight at Dodge City Junior College. Other University of Kansas speakers include Guy Keeler at Rantoul and F C Allen at Burdick with J W Twente at Fredonia.
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Deane W. Malott
Dodge City
University of Kansas
Guy Keeler
Rantoul
F. C. Allen
Burdick
J. W. Twente
Fredonia
H. E. Chandler
Vernon
John Ise
Piper
Twente
Richmond
Allen
Burns
E. C. Buehler
Greenleaf
Keeler
Basehor
Buehler
Anthony
Malott
Russell
Severance
Ise
Halstead
Wamego
Salina
Approved dairies selling milk in Lawrence list
Department of Health lists Grade A Raw Dairies Cedar View Chamney Ford Forrester Gold Seal Golden Star Lawrence Guernsey Lawrendale Vannoy Miller Oatman Paschel. Grade A Pasteurizing Plants Fritzel Hinsen Jayhawk Lawrence Sanitary Milk Co. Francis Hall Milk Sanitarian Adv. Stock index shows 60 stocks at 40.2 yesterday 40.1.
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Department of Health
Lawrence
Cedar View Dairy
Chamney
Ford Dairy
Forrester Dairy
Gold Seal Dairy
Golden Star Dairy
Lawrence Guernsey Dairy
Lawrendale Dairy ‘ ‘Vannoy Miller Dairy
Oatman Dairy
Paschel
Fritzel Creamery
Hinsen Farm
Jayhawk Creamery
Lawrence Sanitary Milk Co
Francis Hall Milk Sanitarian
McDaniel Ends Fight for Missouri Governorship
Jefferson City May 21. Democrat Lawrence McDaniel abandons his bid to overturn Gov. Forrest C. Donnell’s 8,613 vote lead after recounts show Donnell gains in St. Louis County and Kansas City. A joint session will end the contest as McDaniel concedes the race and thanks supporters.
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Jefferson City
Lawrence ‘McDanie
Forrest C. Donnell
St. Louisan
Donnell
Assembly
McDaniel
St. Louis
Kansas City
General Assembly
Joint Assembly
C. M. Hulen
Moberly
Mcniel
Hulen
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Missouri
Robbery of elderly man at 440 Indiana Street
John F. Smith about 73 was robbed of 22 to 25 dollars by two unidentified men who entered by cutting a screen. He was struck on the back of the head as he tried to hand over his money after they demanded it. Police received the call at 11 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Smith
Indiana Street
Smith
Dr Andre Baude to Join Norton Sanatorium Staff
French refugee physician Dr Andre Baude completed a 13 week KU speaking tour. In the last week he delivered commencement addresses and spoke of Europe experiences. He will become a staff member at Norton Sanatorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baude
Andre Baude
University of Kansas
Europe
Norton
Nations Must Withdraw Representatives From Paris Say the Nazis
Vichy France May 31. The United States and other foreign missions in Berlin were told they must withdraw their Paris representation by June 10. The Wilhelmstrasse order, delivered to Berlin ambassadors, follows Germany treating Paris as an extended war zone prompting the withdrawal request. The State Department said it would determine which staff were in Paris at once.
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Vichy
France
United States
Berlin
Paris
Wilhelmstrasse
Benin
Washington
State Department
Department
Jones
Krupp
Germany
Skoda
Czecho-Slovakia
Vickers
England
Santa Fe to build new freight house east of depot
Workmen began constructing a 100 by 25 foot frame freight house to the east of the depot. The old building at East Ninth Street is leased to Kansas Color Press for warehousing with 9 280 square feet for newsprint storage and a 900 square foot adjacent storage area. The project consolidates Santa Fe business and improves access while Kansas Color Press adds a sheet iron building on the dock and strengthens the dock floor. the press firm recently added a 30 by 60 foot extension at 60034 Massachusetts Street for a four page unit.
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Santa Fe Railroad
East Ninth Street
Kansas Color Press
E. P. Addy
Santa Fe
Warren Zimmerman
The
Massachusetts Street
Halt Draft Mailings Delayed by Paper Shortage
Topeka reports a temporary halt in mailing draft questionnaires to Kansas 196 000 selective service registrants due to a shortage of forms. About 70 000 more questionnaires are needed to finish, with requisitions sent to Washington and a week to 10 days wait for delivery.
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Topeka
Kansas
Selective Service
R. F. Montgomery
Nance Selective Service
Washington
Montgomery
LaGuardia May Plan London Defense Inspection Trip
New York reports say Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia soon leads a six member delegation from the United States Conference of Mayors to London to study the home defense system. City Hall notes the delegation could be formed as the conference president coordinates civilian defense efforts.
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New_York
F. H. LaGuardia
Office of
Civilian Defense
London
City Hall
United States Conference of Mayors
New York
F. H. la Guardia
Liondon
Nazi Military Equipment Route Through Turkey to Iraq
Diplomatic sources report German military equipment moving by rail across Turkey into Iraq. Istanbul passenger traffic to Iraq had been halted. Turkish demands for French Syrid concessions were denied by the Turkish embassy.
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Vichy
Turkey
Iraq
Istanbul
Syrid
France
Calls for speed in defense work
Morton Jones president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce urged rapid building of American defense industry at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. He warned against concentrating industry in urban hubs and urged decentralization to avoid congestion while underscoring diversification of agriculture and industry as essential for a balanced economy.
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Morton Jones
Kansas City, Mo
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge Hotel
France
Reich
Europe
Germany
Italy
Kansas City Girl Refuses Derby‑Era Lochinvar Match
Mary Helen Linger of Kansas City, daughter of real estate board president John M. Linger, will wed John West a former Stanford heavyweight champion after meeting Earl Lee Archer during the Kentucky Derby chase. Archer, Arkansas Lochinvar, rode a motorcycle home and spent a night in jail seeking a word with her, but the engagement plan remains with West.
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Kansas City
Mary Helen Linger
John M. Linger
Real
John West
Stanford University
West
San Francisco
Earl Lee Archer
University of Arkansas
Mary Helen
Archer
Fayetteville
Mrs Henry Werner Speaks on Bundles of Britain Relief
Mrs Henry Werner will speak on relief work at the Bundles of Britain program over station WREN. The talk is scheduled for Thursday morning at 11:50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Werner
Britain
Wren
Water drought threatens power and farming nationwide
A Special News Service report warns lack of rainfall may soon cut electric power production and strain drinking water and industrial supplies across the nation. Hardest hit are the region east of the Mississippi including the Tennessee Valley, New England, and PA Ohio Indiana Illinois, with authorities ready to slow TVA output if rain does not come within a week.
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York
The
Special News Service
Mississippi
Tennessee Valley
New England
Assour Valley
Pacific Northwest
Sherman M. Woodward
Tennessee Valley Authority
Storage space sought for wheat as harvest nears
In Chicago on May 21 federal officials convened grain industry representatives to address storage needs for possibly a billion bushels of wheat this year. Officials warned of a looming shortage as 400 million bushels from prior crops remain by October 1, with only about 1,150 box cars available for temporary grain storage.
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Chicago
Boards of Trade
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Missouri House Cuts 18 Million State Appropriation Bill
In Jefferson City on May 21 the Missouri House killed an 18.4 million dollar state appropriations bill after Republican leaders and several Democrats labeled it wasteful. The measure would have raised department funding by about 7.27 million above estimates, failing by six votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
House
State Department
DeRobertis Composer to Premiere Garden of the Gods
The Kansas City based composer DeRobertis selects the high school band for the first performance of The Garden of the Gods at the spring concert. He will direct rehearsals and two additional pieces The Chancellor and A Prayer. Local student Charles Kassinger will lead Pigskin Parade.
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N. DeRubertis
Kansas City
de Robertis
Lawrence
DeRobertis
Charles Kassinger
Bennett
Oliver Hobbs
Tibbett in Kansas City Ready for Concert Here
Baritone Tito Tibbett will perform tonight at 8 30 in Hoch auditorium aided by accompanist Stewart Willis. Manager confirmed travel from Kansas City and notes limited remaining seats at the box office as a large crowd is anticipated.
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Tibbett
Lawrence
Dean
Wribbett
Kansas City
Hoch Auditorium
Stewart Willi
Wills
Gladys Swarthout
Free French Force Enter Syria Yet Dubbed Unconfirmed
A radio report from Brazzaville said Free French troops entered Syria to fight axis forces aiding Iraq and a French regiment joined De Gaulle forces. Vichy sources denied any penetration. CBS in New York broadcast the recording.
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New York
Radio
British Cruiser Bombed Near Crete News Flash
A British naval unit west of Crete came under air attack this morning as German warplanes scored a direct hit with the heaviest caliber bomb on a cruiser, according to DNB the German official news agency reported tonight.
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Berlin
Crete
D.N.B
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Kansas State High School Activities Association
Council
K. U
Daniel
U.S
Paris Area
Bruce Cameron
LaGuardia
Lake City
Kan
Liberty Memorial High School
Harry Winters
Jimmie Holyfield
Bob Ware
Stan Stockton
Dick Thompson
Jack Mercer
Ralph Pine
David Jones
Calvin Dresser
Ralph Ward
Round Corner
Moscow
Comsomol Pravda
Young Communist League
Clifford Dean
DE Rubertis
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