Germans Gain Ground in Crete Air Invasion
British report two footholds seized by German troops on Crete amid mass aerial assault. Churchill notes heavy German casualties and that air and sea landings face strong resistance while R A F planes are withdrawn from the island.
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London
Crete
New Zealand
R.A.F
Candia
Churchill
House of Commons
Middle East
Cairo
Malemi
Canea
Cairo War Bulletin
Royal Navy
Parliament
Mediterranean
George II
Athens
Eden Warns Vichy. Britain Sees Possible Undeclared War
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden warned the Vichy government Britain would strike the enemy wherever found. Some sources dubbed it an undeclared war against France as Eden urged France to abandon collaboration. Signs pointed to possible hostilities including De Gaulle forces in Syria, Paris reports of Caribbean defenses, and a French tanker seized with US oil bound for North Africa.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
France
Eden
House of Commons
Washington
Hull
Martinique
United States
Europe
Caribbean
Beaty
Emile Bertin
Germany
Paris
United
Vichy
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Atlantic
New World
Gaston Henry Haye
England
Britain Ships Hit in Eastern Mediterranean Attacks
Berlin reported German Stukas and Italian torpedo planes sank or damaged a battleship six cruisers and a destroyer in heavy Mediterranean strikes on British naval units yesterday. An enemy submarine and a merchant ship were also hit. Crete invasion plans were described as not a dress rehearsal.
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Berlin
Mediterranean
High Command
DNB
Crete
England
Channel J
Allied naval chief warns Allies losing battle of the Atlantic
Vice Admiral William Glassford, commander of the Yangtze patrol, told Chinese and American business leaders that the Atlantic war effort is being lost for the Allies. He urged urgent action to stop sinking ships and build a colossal merchant marine, noting convoys as the real, effective solution though safe passage remains uncertain.
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Shanghai
William Glassford
United States
England
Glassford
Atlantic
Nazis claim sinking of British warships in Mediterranean
Berlin reports the German high command says four British cruisers and several destroyers were sunk by the Luftwaffe in the eastern Mediterranean today. It also states one battleship and two destroyers were seriously damaged.
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Berlin
High Command
Mediterranean
Local Standard Oil Sees Possible Half Cent Gasoline Rise
H. L Chaffin, local Standard Oil representative, said no official word on a proposed half cent per gallon price increase yet. The AP reported from Chicago that Standard Oil planned the rise on motor gasoline aviation gasoline kerosene and other refined products effective May 26.
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H. L Chaffin
Standard Oil Company
Associated Press
Chicago
Standard
Civil Service Exams Open in Washington D C for Junior Stenographer
The civil service commission invites applicants for junior stenographer and junior typist exams with annual salaries of 1440 and 1260 dollars respectively. Open to men and women in Washington D C only. Apply by June 9 1941 and information is available at the post office.
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Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Ambulance at Scene After Kansas City Crash
An ambulance from Ness City arrived after Dr. George Allen and his wife were injured when their car overturned on highway 40 near Basehor. They were driven to Topeka for treatment, a motorist had misreported fatalities.
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Kansas City
Kan
George Allen
Topeka
Allen
Highway 40
Basehor
Ness City Ambulance Company
U.S. Promises More and Faster Ships for Freedom
President Roosevelt stated in a maritime day address that the United States will build more and faster ships to keep seas open and defeat threats to free peoples. He urged shipyards nationwide to press a massive building program as the nation marks maritime day and the Savannah voyage anniversary.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Seven Seas
Emory S. Land
The
Maritime Commission
Washington Navy Yard
Savannah
Sceherazade tanker intercepted amid oil for French North Africa
The 13,467 ton French tanker Sceherazade, sailing from Houston to Casablanca with US oil, was intercepted by British naval patrols with Washington's consent. British US talks relaxed oil limits to French North Africa for crops. authorities worry fuel may fall to axis or be diverted after Syria actions by the Vichy government. The vessel, rebuilt in 1985, had been repaired in New Orleans after France fell.
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London
French North Africa
United States
Washington
Atlantic
Casablanca
French Morocco
Algiers
Britain
Syria
Houston
Tex
New Orleans
France
More Italians Taken In Ethiopian Campaign
Cairo reports the British Middle East command says 5 000 Italian troops 42 guns and 19 tanks captured in southern Ethiopia with 300 more seized in Gondar. They attacked defenses west of Sciasciamanna repulsing an Italian counter attack. Italians suffered 100 dead and 600 prisoners, with a rear guard brigade headquarters and three colonial battalions overrun and 4 400 prisoners taken.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Middle East Command
Gondar
Sciasciamanna
Bank Robbery Strikes First National Level land
A two gun bandit robbed the First National Bank of Level land this morning causing $20 933 77 in losses. He forced an employee to open a large safe and locked 10 staffers in the vault who were freed 15 minutes later after they shouted the combination to Paul H Godwin tax official and C D Bass Hodgley county clerk
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Levelland
Tex
First National Bank of
Paul H. Godwin
C. D. Bass
Hockley County
Neutrality Act Attacked as Violation of Sacred Tradition
Washington May 22 Secretary Stimson criticized the Neutrality Act calling it a violation of the sacred tradition of freedom of the seas. He spoke as an individual, noting the clash with supplying arms to Britain may require careful consideration and questioned urgent repeal.
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Stimson
U.S
Washington
Great Britain
Inquirer
U S C Plans Permanent County Committee Meeting
A meeting at 9 30 tomorrow at the Chamber of Commerce will form a permanent county U S C committee. A Topeka state officer will address the group and a preliminary session was held yesterday with local members and invited participants. The drive aims to raise 10 765 000 to operate 340 government camps near soldiers posts for one year.
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United Service Organization
Chamber of Commerce
Topeka
George Lowman
Rev. M. Hoffman
Robert Wood
George Hedrick
Capt
Olin Brigman
Chamber
Dean Paul Lawson
Ralph Wolfson
Simon Hurwitz
T. D.funk
Charles Russell
John Riling
Ed Abels
Verl Bratton
J. J. Lavery
F. C. Leinaker
Baldwin
George Lothholz
Eudora
U.S.C
Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
National Catholic Community Service
The
Salvation Army
Jewish Welfare Board
National Traveler's Aid Association
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Fair Skies Tomorrow in Topeka After Week of Showers
Topeka and eastern Kansas expect clearing skies and cooler temperatures after a week of showers. Federal Meteorologist S D Flora forecasts light rains in southern areas today, with highs near 75 to 80 tomorrow. Numerous towns report varying rainfall amounts from the past 24 hours.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Flora
Kansas
Tribune
el Dorado
Horton
Leavenworth
Garnett
Eureka
Chanute
Independence
Cherryvale
Coffeyville
Columbus
Fort Seott
Phillipsburg
Concordia
Russell
Salina
Larned
Hutchinson
McPherson
Wichita
Winfield
Labor shortage reports prompt harvest relief talks in Kansas
Washington on May 22 reports a U S employment service rep will assess claims of a coming Kansas wheat harvest labor shortage. Edwards County officials urged harvest furloughs for CCC and Army camp men and possible delaying placements until after harvest. Rep Clifford Hope doubted any releases from Army camps and stressed CCC help if needed while draft boards decide on harvester delays. The employment service pledged to do all possible.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Kansas
Clifford Hope
Edwards County
CCC
Hope
Ope
Employment Service
Dr F C Allen to Speak at Severance High School
Dr F C Allen will deliver a commencement address this evening at Severance Kansas high school. The address is part of the graduation program at the Severance High School auditorium.
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Severance
F. C. Allen
Severance, Kan., High School
Navy moves fleet to coastal strike yards in San Francisco
Navy with bluejackets and Marines transported workmen to two of the 11 strikebound San Francisco Bay shipyards. About 600 AFL metal trades workers returned to duty, while a Senate defense panel prepared to assess the West Coast tie up.
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Navy
San Francisco Bay
A.F.L
C.I.O
Bay Area
John Prey
A.F.L. Metal Trades Union
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Washington
Truman
D.-Mo
National Mediation Board
Buffalo
N.Y
Ravena
Los Angeles
North American Aviation Corporation
United States
Great Britain
Specimens Cleaned for Dyche Museum Showing
The first floor specimens at the Dyche Museum of Natural History at the University of Kansas have been cleaned remounted and set to resemble animals in their natural habitats for student viewing before summer. About 2 000 students visited this week while basement displays await completion for the Diamond Jubilee reopening. Sam T Dickenson painted the first floor panorama background transforming it into the world’s largest mounted animal group scene with distance illusion and authentic environments.
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Dyche Museum of Natural History
University of Kansas
Sam T. Dickenson
One American Injured in Zamzam Sinking Report
U S Consul at Bordeaux says one American was injured in the Zamzam sinking. Authorities there care for that survivor and about 100 Egyptian survivors. No names given. The report notes the incident occurred off Vichy in unoccupied France.
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Bordeaux
Vichy
France
United States
Henry Waterman
Norman Thomas to Speak at K U Union Ballroom
Socialist leader Norman Thomas will speak Monday evening at 8 p m in the Union ballroom at K U on Foreign Policy for America. The public is invited and admission is free.
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NormanThomas
Norman Thomas
Union
K. U
America
Coronado regalia goes on sale in Lawrence shops
Merchants in Lawrence offer Coronado official attire including red or yellow neckties bearing the Coronado seal at 50 cents. Bright red shirts with red white trim, light tan sombreros at $2, are marketed as part of a fashion campaign drawing interest from city workers and University of Kansas students.
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Coronado
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Will Open KU Courses For Defense Industry Training
The University of Kansas will begin 16 week courses in Kansas City next Tuesday night to train men for employment in national defense industries. Programs are led by Chancellor Deane W. Malott, Dean J. J. Jakosky, and Guy Keeler with federal sponsorship. Courses cover time and motion studies, cost accounting, drafting, mathematics, stress analysis, electrical wiring, and more, with some classes meeting two or three nights weekly. Similar classes may launch in St Joseph Wichita Atchison Hutchinson and Pittsburg.
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University of Kansas School of Engineering
Kansas City
Deane W. Malott
J. J. Jakosky
School of Engineering and Architecture
Guy Keeler
K. U
St. Joseph
Wichita
Atchison
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
Lieut Col Jack Gage Assigned to ROTC in Lawrence
Army orders released in Washington assign Lieut Col Jack Gage of infantry to Lawrence to join the University of Kansas military department staff. Gage previously served in Lawrence years ago as regular army instructor for the National Guard, then held duty in Buffalo New York.
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Washington
Jack Gage
Infantry
Lawrence
Military Department
University of Kansas
Gage
Buffalo N. Y
Memorial Service Attendance by Legion Auxiliary
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary are asked to meet at the north entrance of Trinity Lutheran Church at 13th and New Hampshire streets Sunday at 10 45 AM to attend the church memorial service in a body. The notice blends event details with a loan advertisement for the Lawrence Building and Loan Association offering monthly repayment loans with principal and interest.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Trinity Lutheran
The
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Adv
Ministers Lease CCC Camp Building at Lone Star Lake
The Lawrence Ministerial Alliance has leased the CCC camp mess hall at Lone Star Lake for non profit and character building use. Committees include Rev. John E. Bowers chair and R A Haggart treasurer with plans for advisory and grounds improvement. County to paint three large camp buildings for apartments and rent cabins at $20 weekly with beds and cooking facilities.
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Alliance
Lone Star Lake
The
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
CCC
John E. Bowers
Russell Carter
Alfred J. Beil
R. A. Haggart
Trinity Lutheran Church
County Farm Bureau
Girl Scouts
Enen
Graduation Exercises Mark 50th Rural County Program
Arrangements are complete for the 50th annual rural school graduation in the county to be held Saturday afternoon at Liberty Memorial high school. Rev. Alfred J. Boil of Trinity Lutheran will speak, with other parts by the graduating class. Guests include the class of 1892 members, with 19 names and addresses listed by County Superintendent Harold Fisher.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Harold Fisher
Alfred J. Boil
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fisher
Charles Ulrich
Lizzie Postma
Charles Whedon
J. Lane
Orry Owen
L. H.griffith
Albert R. Kennedy
Mollie Kennedy Halderman
Lawrence
Fitza Ulrich Shank
Fresno
Cal
Mary Jenkins Wright
Michigan Valley
Alice Wright Dodds
Overbrook
Grace Roe Stevens
Helen Gill
Baldwin
Effie Martin Metzker
Klamath Falls
George Veenker Resigns As Big Six Secretary
Ames Iowa May 22 UPI George F. Veenker Iowa State college athletic director announced his retirement as secretary treasurer of the Big Six conference after five years in the role He said he should be relieved of the added responsibility and he will help appoint officers for the coming year as conference directors meet this week
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Ames
UPI
George F. Veenker
Iowa State College
Veenker
Stock Market Index Dips After Day of Mixed Trading
The stock index averaging 60 stocks fell to 39.8 from 40.2 yesterday as markets closed with mixed results. Investors watched notable shifts in several sectors amid cautious trading.
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Charles de Gaulle
Palestine
Sceherazade
U. S
Journal-World
Africa
Texas
Secretary of War
NEA
H. W
Bill) Hargiss
Nancy Kerber
Peggy Patt Hynnessy
Hargiss
Fritz Meyn
Dyche
K. U. Engineering School
R.O.T.C
George Veenker
Big Six
Gas Office
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