German Reserves Thrown at Russia In Kharkov Battle
German reserves surged after failed Nazi tank assaults and reportedly halted Soviet offensives in the 11 day Kharkov battle. Red Star quoted partial Soviet successes while asserting the initiative remained with German forces.
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Russia
Sia
Kharkov
Althe
Red
Hitler
Red Star
London
Lake Ilmen
Leningrad
Staraya Russa
Semeon Timoshenko
Adolf Hitler
Izyum-Barvenkova
Italian claim of Maryland sinking questioned by Rome reports
Rome and Brazilian-US sources dismissed as unconfirmed an Italian communique claiming the Maryland class battleship Maryland was sunk off Brazil by submarine Barbarigo with two torpedoes. No independent verification exists. details described by Italian broadcasts.
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Maryland
Rome
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Brazil
Py Ahecret
Barbarigo
Fernando Noronha
Colorado
West Virginia
Stefani
Enzo Grossi
Allied subs sink 7100 ton cruiser and ships in SW Pacific
Allied submarines credited with sinking a 7100 ton Japanese cruiser and two merchant ships totaling 15000 tons in the Southwest Pacific. MacArthur HQ identifies the cruiser as a Kako class vessel with six 8 inch guns and a 604 man crew.
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Southwest Pacific
United Nations
New Guinea
Timor
Douglas MacArthur
Kinhwa
Japan
Chekiang Province
China
Chekiang
Shanghai
China East Coast
Tokyo
Sheiang-Kiangsi
Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
Hill
Alaska
Russia
Sunday maneuver call by Lawrence Civil Air Patrol
The Lawrence Civil Air Patrol squadron is ordered to participate in an observation mission on Sunday May 24. Members will meet at 8 30 am at the Insurance building and fly from Lawrence Municipal Airport for a 30 minute practice in the Lawrence area. Enlistments and information are available Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Insurance building.
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Lawrence
Civil Air Patrol
Insurance
Delbert C. Richardson
Grace L. Hess
Shafroth Named Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Southeast Pacific
Rear Admiral John F. Shafroth 55 of Colorado has been appointed commander of U S naval forces in the Southeast Pacific. The assignment appears to place him chiefly in charge of protecting waters from the western coast to South America. He formerly was assistant chief of the bureau of navigation and was assigned to sea duty last January.
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Washington
John F. Shafroth
U.S
Southeast Pacific
South America
Shafroth
Colorado
Bureau of Navigation
Ford Plant Is Turning Out Tanks for the Army
Detroit May 22 The Great River Rouge plant of Ford Motor company, once a 90 000 worker auto complex, has been converted to produce 30 ton tanks powered by a Ford V-8 variation. River Rouge will continue producing Pratt & Whitney motors for bombing planes and will also build jeeps, trucks, tires, and army automobiles.
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Detroit
Great River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Ford
Pratt & Whitney Motors
Kansas peace officers pick Hutchinson for fall meeting
Chanute Kan May 22. Kansas peace officers closed their spring convention with a gun range finale. Only business was selecting Hutchinson for the fall meeting and dates for the gathering to be set later. Officers will be elected next fall.
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Chanute
Kan
Kansas
Hutchinson
Tire quotas cut as June allocations fall from May
Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced June quotas to conserve rubber. New tire allocations drop from May for passenger vehicles while truck tire figures rise modestly, with reductions in recapped tires and tubes across categories. Regional adjustments replace state-only methods for emergencies. Kansas quotas listed for passenger and truck categories.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
OPA
Roosevelt warns against overstating war status
President Roosevelt cautioned against over optimism or pessimism about the war pace. He said public opinion and news swing with big moments and urged the press to help avoid sensationalism while censorship should only withhold news that could impede military operations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Manhattan to Face Citywide Blackout Tonight
New York May 22 Manhattan Island spanning 22 square miles from Battery to Bronx and East River to Hudson will be blacked out tonight from 9 30 to 9 50 EWT. This marks Manhattan's first borough wide blackout following practice outages in Broadway Times Square and nearby neighborhoods.
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New York
Manhattan Island
the Battery
Bronx
East River
Hudson
E.W.T
Broadway
Times Square
Manhattan
Topeka Air Base Named Official Title
Maj. Charles Kennedy disclosed the base south of Topeka should be called the Topeka base not Pauline base, marking the naming of the air installation.
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Topeka Air Base
Topeka
Charles Kennedy
Pauline
Mexico Readies War Move Against Axis Threats
Mexico City reports government sources say President Avila Camacho plans to ask Congress to declare war on the Axis or state of national emergency as Axis attacks escalate. Berlin rejected protest over tanker sinkings, prompting fears of broader conflict across Latin America.
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Congress
Miami
Fla
Salvador Aguayo
Cuba
Key West
Mexico
Axis
Miami Beach
Germany
Manuel Avila Camacho
Berlin
Foreign Office
Japan
Italy
Pearl Harbor
United States
WPB Allows Lumber Deliveries for Vital Defense Housing
The War Production Board announced a modification of its order freezing construction lumber sales. Deliveries will be permitted to defense housing projects deemed vitally needed, with relief decisions made by WPB and relevant housing agencies.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Japanese Driven Back at Chungking Coastal Landing
Chinese command announces Japanese landing at Chuan shih island near Foocho in Fu kien province was repelled with many dead. Japanese troops retreat to their ships.
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Chungking
Chuanshih
Min River
Foocho
Fukien
Stock Market Index Sees Narrow Drop Across 60 Stocks
The stock market index for 60 stocks stood at 34.2, down from yesterday's 34.3 as traders weighed minor gains against cautious outlooks across major sectors.
U. S. May Requisition Private Cars to Convey War Workers to Plants
Washington reports that the government may requisition private automobiles to transport workers to war plants if tire resources are wasted. Arthur B. Newhall says no need for tire requisition in 1942 or 1943, and tires would not be reclaimed scrap. A joint statement signed by Newhall Nelson Eastman and Henderson warns of a grim rubber situation and appeals for voluntary civilian sacrifice if necessary.
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Washington
Arthur B. Newhall
Newhall
War Agency
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Leon Henderson
Diary Into Court Details Welsh Murder Case
Leila Adele Welsh's diary was produced in a fifth day preliminary hearing in Kansas City. Prosecutors bolster links to George Welsh Jr as police test confirm blood traces on trousers linked to the suspect. A hardware clerk testified he sold gloves to Welsh Jr days before the crime. The hearing recessed until Monday morning.
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Kansas City
Leila Adele Welsh
George Welsh
Welsh
van C. Thurlo
Ralph Turner
Thurlo
Turner
FBI
Kansas City University
George Grover Ehrnman
Ehrnman
J. J. Daugherty
Rains To Continue Cooling Kansas Weather
Topeka reports unsettled conditions with more rain and unseasonably cool weather expected across Kansas. Moisture soaked fields, aiding drought averted in some areas while streams remain within banks and ground holds extra moisture. Rain totals include Topeka .31, Kansas City .53, Concordia .19, Wichita .15, Geneseo .30, Dodge City .19.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Kansas City
Concordia
Wichita
Geneseo
Dodge City
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Government Bus Control in Northeast Route Pooled Services
Government control established over four bus lines between Washington and New York City by pooling services staggering schedules allowing ticket interchange and eliminating duplicating operations. The World Company rubber stamps advertisement notes telephone number 22.
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Government Bus
Washington
Government Control
New York City
Lawrence City Council Votes to Accept Parking Meters Deal
Lawrence voters heard a heated special session over 321 meters from Dual Parking Meter Co. Okla City. The council rejected canceling the contract 8 to 4 after petitions and protests from merchants and residents.
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Lawrence
Dual Parking Meter Company
Oklahoma City
Paul Harnar
Harnar
Massachusetts Street
Roosevelt Sets June 30 as Young Men 18 to 20 Register
President Roosevelt announces June 30 as registration day for men ages 18 and 19 and for those turning 20 by June 30. The plan completes four prior registrations and covers men 20 to 45 for possible service. About 40 million aged 20 to 65 have already registered in earlier drafts.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Buses To Plant Shuttle Service Planned For Law rence
Regular bus service between Lawrence and the Sunflower Ordnance Works starts Monday morning with over a hundred workers on site. Rapid Transit manager Joe Wilson outlines morning and afternoon round trips with stops on Massachusetts Street to align with plant shifts and a late return for night workers. Fares are 25 cents one way and 45 cents round trip with possible commuter tickets later.
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Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Joe Wilson
Rapid Transit Company
Wilson
Rapid Transit
Massachusetts
Fourteenth
Euadra
Massachusetts Street
Local Judge Frank Gray Elected President of Probate Judges
Douglas county probate judge Frank Gray was elected president of the Kansas Probate Judges Association at its Wichita meeting. The group adopted resolutions urging juvenile court law revisions with a receiving home concept, reform of probate fees, and uniformity in executor and attorney allowances. Gray succeeds Robert Cobean. Elmer Alderson and Sam Parisa were named vice president and secretary-treasurer.
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Frank Gray
Douglas County
Kansas Probate Judges Association
Wichita
Gray
Ratner
Bert Nash
University of Kansas
Robert Cobean
Wellington
Elmer Alderson
Clay Center
Sam Parisa
Leavenworth
Farmer Killed by Lightning Near Haviland Kansas
Ira J. Crawford, 27, was killed by lightning Thursday afternoon while operating a tractor at his farm near Haviland in Pratt County Kansas. Authorities report the incident occurred May 22 and identify Crawford as the deceased.
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Pratt
Kan
Ira J. Crawford
Haviland
Twelve Colored Draftees Sent to Leavenworth June First
The Selective Service board announced twelve colored draftees scheduled for induction at Fort Leavenworth on June 1. Names, partial addresses, and draft orders include Charles Audrey Pennell, Freeman Braxton Jordan, Adam Carter, Herbert Charles Barker, William Harvey Bryant, William Rolland Walker, Gerald Willis Russell, Archie Rolland Georgia, Rhuben Sherril Lewis, Donald H. Porter, Paul Alfred Falls, and Franklin Rothwell Taylor.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Army
I Selective Service Board
Charles Audrey Pennell
New Jersey
Freeman Braxton Jordan
Pennsylvania
Adam Carter
Eloy
Ariz
Douglas County
Herbert Charles Barker
Connecticut
William Harvey Bryant
Kentucky
William Rolland Walker
Los Angeles
Calif
Ohio
Gerald Willis Russell
Eudora
Archie Rolland
Georgia
Lawrence
Rhuben Sherril Lewis
Mississippi
Donald H. Porter
Kansas City
Delaware
Paul Alfred Falls
Junction City
North Seventh
Franklin Rothwell Taylor
Diplomas for 116 Rural graduates tomorrow
The 51st annual graduating exercises will award diplomas to 116 Douglas County rural schools graduates. The ceremony starts at 2 p.m. at Liberty Memorial High School auditorium with Rev. O. E. Allison of First Methodist Church in Lawrence delivering the speech.
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Douglas County
Liberty Memorial High School
O. E., Allison
First Methodist Church
Lawrence
Navy to convert Frank Strong hall for machinists mates training
University officials plan to use the third floor and west wing of Frank Strong hall to house sailors for a machinist's mates school to be set up this summer. Work will begin after a government priorities certificate for plumbing and related supplies is received. Raymond Nichols said offices will be relocated first and class space reallocated as needed.
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Frank Strong
Raymond Nichols
Deane W. Malott
Navy
Nichols
Naval
Graduation Sermon to Be Delivered for Liberty Memorial Seniors
The senior class of Liberty Memorial High School will hear a graduation sermon by Rev. John E. Bowers of Trinity Episcopal Church on Sunday night May 24 at 8 o clock in the school auditorium. The program includes processional and grand march by the L M S orchestra, invocations, scripture, harp solo, two choral numbers, a benediction, and presiding by Rev Alfred P Smith.
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Liberty Memorial High School
John E. Bowers
Trinity Episcopal Church
Alfred P. Smith
The
Friends Church
L. M. S. Orchestra
Edwin F. Price
Wesley Foundation
University of Kansas
Anabel Keeler
Arthur Ward
United Brethren Church
L.M.H.S
Israel
Hope In the Lord
America
Harold O. Barr
First Christian Church
Kansas Bible College
Poppy Sales Tomorrow By Veterans Auxiliaries
Poppies will bloom on the streets of Lawrence tomorrow as the Auxiliaries of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars conduct their annual poppy sales for the relief of disabled veterans and their families of the first world war and the present conflict. Walter Rigdon of the VFW and Mrs. Everett Stith of the American Legion Auxiliary urge wearing a Buddy Poppy as a pledge to honor the dead by helping the living.
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Lawrence
American Legion
Walter Rigdon
V.F.W
America
Everett Stith
American Legion Auxiliary
Thieves Swipe Cash As 180 Officers Attend Convention
In Chanute on May 22, two thieves stole $100 from a feed store using a bogus call to lure the clerk away while one distracted manager H. H. Steinwalt. Police Chief Lee Knapp did not interrupt the officers’ spring convention.
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Chanute
Kansas
H. H. Steinwalt
Lee Knapp
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U. S
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the World Company
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Berger
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