Morgenthau pushes spread of standardized war plane production
Secretary Morgenthau announced plans to spread favored aircraft types and engines across many plants to standardize production. He will hire experts to choose the best models after consulting military and aviation authorities, with some selections due next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Treasury
Army
Navy
Civil Aeronautics Authority
National Advisory Council For Aviation
George Jackson Mead
N.A.C.A
Mead
Dean outlines 1941 Kiwanis talk on school laws
Supt. Clifford Dean spoke at Wiedemann's Kiwanis meeting on 1941 legislative school issues. He cited three measures sent to study: codifying state school laws, teacher retirement, and free textbooks. He noted pension funding questions and concerns over abuse of free textbook provisions. Memorial Day and next Kiwanis meeting date were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
Clifford Dean
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann
Legislative Council
Power Hanger Wins Fight With Grid Stars
Creighton football captain-elect John Knolla and tackle John Powers faced police court dates after a street fight. Powers suffered fractures and concussion, Knolla bruises. both hospitalized at St Joseph's. Clyde O'Brien, a 160 pound decorator, stopped the melee with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Creighton
John Knolla
John Powers
Powers
Knolla
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Joseph P. Zuercher
Clyde O’brien
Sewage pact dispute pits Newton and North Newton
In Kansas a supreme court suit tests a contract allowing North Newton to tap Newton sewer lines. North Newton seeks mayor J E Reiger's approval to finalize the agreement. Also note a spring cleanup ad urging sale of unwanted items through the Journal World classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Topeka
Supreme Court
North Newton
J. E. Reiger
French and Germans clash near Cambrai in heavy fighting
French forces push toward the northwestern outskirts of Cambrai as Allied leaders describe the battle as the opening of a broader fight to shield Paris and link up with Belgium. German reports claim a widening wedge toward Boulogne while naval losses and troop movements unfold along the Scheldt front.
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Cambrai
Flanders
Maxime Weygand
St. Quentin
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Belgium
France
Boulogne
Scheldt
Escaut
Audenarde
Brussels
Admiralty
Lawrence Officials Attend State Bar Meeting in Wichita
Judge Hugh Means County Attorney Milton P Beach and Probate Judge Frank R Gray traveled to Wichita for the state bar association meeting They will also attend sessions of other state professional groups J H Hastings 2 years old donated to Red Cross war relief fund Robert E Gabriel engineer at Lawrence Memorial Hospital improved after yesterday heart attack at his Maine Street home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Means
Milton P. Beach
Frank R. Gray
Wichita
State Bar Association
J. H. Hastings
Journal-World Office
Red Cross War Relief Fund
Robert E. Gabriel
Maine Street
Gabriel
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Britain Arrests Mosley and British Union Leaders in Fifth Column Sweep
Britain’s wartime Scotland Yard raided offices and homes of Sir Oswald Mosley and other British Union leaders in a broad purge to stamp out fifth column activity. The arrests followed Parliament granting sweeping powers to Churchill’s government as Ramsay and others were imprisoned on suspicion of action prejudicial to state security. Lord Haw Haw linked to Mosley. Mosley criticized as isolationist in a damaging wartime backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Scotland Yard
Oswald Mosley
Mosley
British Union
United Kingdom
Sid Oswald
Apartmnt
New Scotland
Ulster
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Union
Ramsay
Right Club
Home Office
John Beckett
Labor
Beckett
British Peoples Party
Lord Haw Haw
Germany
Pumping Preparations Start at No 2 Mc Laughlin Well
Workmen begin installing pipe at the No 2 Mc Laughlin well near McLouth as 1161 feet of oil sits in the well. Two storage tanks are being set while pumping rods go in and operation is expected tomorrow. Oil with a 24 specific gravity will be trucked to a Kansas City refinery. Dan McLaughlin of Des Moines plans another nearby well east of No 1 which already produces gas.
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McLouth
McLaughlin
Iit
Kansas City
Dan McLaughlin
Des Moines
Infant Learns to Whistle in California Home
Mrs. Helen Beaudette says her one year old daughter Suzanne began whistling four months ago and now keeps so happily at the pas time she rarely cries. She improvises like a canary bird, bringing a cheerful note to daily life in Long Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Helen Beaudette
Suzanne
Swarthout Returns From Oklahoma City Tulsa Visit
Dean D M Swarthout of the schools of fine arts returned today from Tulsa and Oklahoma City where he served as examiner of music work for the National Association of School of Music. He left Monday for Oklahoma and was at the schools Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swarthout
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Schools of Fine Arts
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Okla
National Association of School of Music
Dean Swarthout
Oklahoma
Wheat Harvest Near in Douglas County With Budding Yields
Wheat crops show heavy growth in Douglas County and a binder may be in fields within two weeks. Corn planting delayed by rains. early corn looks good. Ponds and wells plentiful for livestock, pastures growing rapidly, and alfalfa showing swift growth. Guy Shultz near Midland sets crop harvest record cutting rye and selling straw for archery targets and horse collars.
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Douglas County
Guy Shultz
Midland
Shultz
Independence
Await Order to Invade England Foretold on Western Front
For May 23 dispatch Louis P. Lochner reports German forces in Belgium poised to invade England with U boats and speedboats ready. Soldiers sing the Engelland song while civilians adapt to occupation life as German marks trade at ten francs to one mark and Belgian currency fluctuates.
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CPI
English Channel
Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Belgium
Channel
England
France
Adolf Hitler
Saxony
Mecklenburg
London
Society Delegates Attend State PEO Convention in Topeka
Delegates from three Lawrence PEO chapters attend a three day state convention opening in Topeka. The listed members include Mrs. Roy R. Moore Pauline Gill Mrs. Ed Klein Mrs. William Kapp Mrs. Earnest once and Mrs. A. I. Decker plus numerous guests. Local social events include Mrs. John Stutz hosting a contract club and Mrs. Dick Williams entertaining the Bridgettes for luncheon and cards.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Roy R. Moore
Pauline Gill
Ed Klein
Wiliam Kapp
Earnest Once
A. I. Decker
Pictured French statesman and related crossword clues
Crossword clues list includes entries for IRENE ORI and VOMIDIARI JE JIN TAN JED T as well as references to a French leader who succeeded Daladier and topics on government power and economic plans. multiple numbers indicate a puzzle page with word fits and thematic answers.
Field Day at Lincoln School Planned by Local Heads
A closing assembly and field day with an art exhibit and a picnic dinner are slated for tomorrow afternoon at Lincoln school under Flossie Newman-McGaugh and Lillian M Webster. The event features a Roberta A. Smith directed art exhibit with performances by students across grades and a public field meet in the afternoon followed by a family dinner.
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Lincoln School
Flossie Newman-McGaugh
Lillian M. Webster
Roberta A. Smith
K. A
America
James Barnes, Jr
Daisy
Sones
Darrell Holt, Jr
W. Otto Miessner
Rebecca Foresman
Mozart
Werner Newman
Lightly
Rogers Ingard
Harold Carter Shepard
Carrell Cline
Paul Ambrose
Nathan Dale
Darrell Scott
Dudley Quinton
Ethele Lou Moore
Beatrice White
Konitz
Franklin Taylor
Robin
Lionel Taylor
Vereecken
Carolyn Sue Holt
Minnie Jane Coleman
Runaway Brook
Mexico
Janice Scott
Darrell Holt
John Wesley Shepard
Helen Newman
Everett Hultz
Herbert Nelson
Wilford Brown
Barbara Floward
Daisy Tucker
W. A
Mabel Barnhart
Flossie McGaugh
William Leech
Chester Hynes
IX. U
Nixie Polka
Swastika handbills found in Chicago mailboxes and cars
The FBI disclosed that complaints reported Heil Hitler swastika handbills addressed to German-Americans were found in Chicago mailboxes and plastered on automobiles across the city. The leaflets warned about Roosevelt and Britain and urged remembrance of 1917.
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Chicago
UPI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Heil Hitler
Hitler
Roosevelt
Market News Chicago May 23 Wheat and livestock mixed
Wheat traded on uncertain European war signals with prices fluctuating, closing down modestly from the prior day. Futures volume reached 18.6 million bushels with overall weak demand and cattle and hog markets showing mixed results, with steers steady to lower and feeders in shorter supply.
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Chicago
Europe
United States
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Los
Fed
Arizona
Kansas City Produce Prices and Livestock Summary
Kansas City market data shows eggs and poultry figures with butterfat and roosters. Hens and broilers listed with percent figures. others include butterfat and spring poultry values.
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Kansas City
Buty Greateary
Springs
Local Market Prices for Grains Butterfat Hogs and Poultry
Grain prices show wheat 72 yellow corn 60 mixed and white corn 66 kaffir 1.10. Butterfat lists No 124 No 221. Poultry reports hens under 4 pounds and over 4 pounds at 11 roosters and stags 4 5. Hogs priced at 5.25.
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Kansas City
Sila
Government bonds closing figures in New York market
AP brief notes the New York bond close with Treasury 8s at 102.31 and 3s around 108.6, along with 4 1/4s and 2 1/2s quoted. Minor variations listed for other Treasuries reflect the day’s pricing.
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New York
Treasury
Final Settlement in Estate of Daniel Ellis Bond
In Douglas County Kansas Probate Court No 6018 lily M. Puckett administratrix de bonis non seeks final account approval and discharge of sureties. Heirs and interested parties must file defenses by June 17, 1940 at 2 PM. Witness Lille M. Puckett May 28 1940. Frank R. Gray Probate Judge.
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Daniel Ellis Bond
State of Kansas
Celia A. Bond
Lillie M. Puckett
Alvin Bond
Ruth N. Puckett
Marvin Bond
George Mohler
Irene Griffin
Lilie M. Puckett
de Bonis
Lawrence
Lille M. Puckett
Frank R. Gray
Seal
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C. D. Dean
Journal- World
Great Britain
Fuehrer
Ireland
British Isles
Switzerland
House
WPA
Greenland
Australia
Louis P. Lochner
John Stutz
Dick Williams
Irene
Ori
Daladier
Jolica Curie
Lincoln
Colorado
Hay Market
Hay
Prairie
Ap-Usda
U. S
California
Bliss
Alabama
Wall Street
U. S. Steal
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Douglas Aircraft
United Aircraft
Glenn Martin
Lockheed
J. I. Case
U. S. Rubber
Westinghouse
Union Carbide
Allied Chemical
Loft
Eastman Kodak
American Telephone
International Telephone
du Pont
Pennsylvania
General Electric P
General
Ancean
el Mig
Vtee
Lawrence Transfer & Storage Co
N. H
Imu
ENYD
Schulz
al Chem & Ds
Tel
Atech T.& SF
Beth Steel
Cerro de Pasco
Hrysler Corp
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
State of
Kansas
County of
Douglas
Lane Cedar Chest
Winter Woolens
Lane
Ana
Miller’s
Armstrong’s
Pabco
Agaleen
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