Crete Battle Rages as British Halt Sea Reinforcements
British reports say at least 16 Junkers troop transports were downed in three days of Crete invasion. Candia Retimo and Malemi Airport sees fierce house-to-house fighting with German airborne troops reinforced. Navy and air power clash as Axis convoys press from the sea while British defenses resist sea landings.
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Cairo
Egypt
Junkers
Crete
London
Can- Sia
Retimo
Britain
Candia
Malemi
Suda Bay
Herakleion
Altho
Germans Claim Heavy Damage to British Fleet Off Crete
Berlin quotes DNB stating three British destroyers sunk and two damaged by German dive bombers in the eastern Mediterranean. Five of six British speed boats entering an eastern base were destroyed, with two British cruisers aflame after further attacks. High command claims Luftwaffe dominance in the seapower battle with Crete region implied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mediterranean
DNB
Britain
High Command
Luftwaffe
Altho
Crete
Strike Ends at Allis-Chalmers Laporte Plant
The Allis-Chalmers Laporte Indiana plant resumed work after a CIO ratified return-to-work with an impartial referee to hear grievances. The prior walkout followed the discharge of three stewards. Labor tensions spread to Radford Virginia and Buffalo New York amid broader industry disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Laporte, Ind
C.I.O
C.I.0
United Mine Workers
Radford
A.F.L. Electrical
Fedders Manufacturing Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Ravenna
A. F.L
Passengers on Liner Zamzam Shelled by Nazi Raider
American survivors report the Zamzam was shelled by the German raider Tamizeses near 27 41 south 8 08 west on April 17. Six Americans including Ned Laughinghouse and Frank Vicovari were wounded and hospitalized in France. Over 300 passengers and crew were taken aboard the raider before the ship was sunk by an explosive charge. Survivors later reached St Jean de Luz in German occupied France on May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Bordeaux
Ned Laughinghouse
Wilson
N. C
Frank Vicovari
New York
Tamieses
Dresden
St. Jean de Luz
Uniform check in for KU ROTC students next week
ROTC students at the University of Kansas must return all uniforms to the office from Monday to Thursday next week. Col. Karl Baldwin, commanding officer, announced the plan this morning. Seniors will keep uniforms for commencement and return them the day after they march down the Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.O.T.C
University of Kansas
Karl Baldwin
Vichy Says Hitler Not Asked for France Fleet
Vice-Premier Admiral Jean Darian told the French people that Hitler had not asked for France’s fleet in current negotiations and declared he would never hand it over. He also said Hitler had not sought colonial concessions.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darian
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Memorial Service At Trinity Lutheran With Patriotic Groups
Memorial service at Trinity Lutheran church Sunday at 11 includes patriotic groups from Lawren ce assembling in the park in front of the church at 10 30 to 10 45 for a procession. Music features Abt Ave Verum Homer Requiem Gounod Unfold Ye Satie and Beil speech Reassurance For Our Times. John Urich sings final piece Freedom Will Never Die. Legion commander Cecil Hough invites Legionnaires to gather at 10 45 in the adjacent park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawternce
Trinity Lutheran Church
Gounod
E. Thayer Gaston
Clayton Krehbiel
Homer
Alfred J. Beil
John Urich
John and
Carol Urich
Cecil Hough
American Legion
Red Cross expands Douglas county production staff
Mrs. H B Chubb announces new roles for improving the Red Cross production program. Mrs. J M Sanderson becomes liaison to county groups outside Lawrence while Mrs. J W Ashton and Mrs. Orrin Kennedy take lead positions in knitting and sewing. A junior production room starts June 10 with meetings for junior and high school girls in the Junior High sewing room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
H. B. Chubb
Douglas County
Sanderson
Alfred Seelye
Chubb
J. W. Holmes
Entrada to Feature Authentic Indian Sign Language
Director John W. Indd announces a unique Lawrence show on June 5 and 6 in K U Memorial stadium with Haskell Institute students using authentic Indian sign language. Indian school principals joined the cast last night and G G Dickens of the Coronado Commission praised the production for ahead of schedule progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado
Poppy Sale by Legion Held Across Nation Tomorrow
Legion posts conduct annual poppy sale with headquarters at the gas company office in Lawrence. Mrs A M Ockerhlad Mrs L B Read and Mrs C H Ziesenis head the poppy day headquarters. The Girls Reserve volunteers assist in street sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Posts
Lawrence
Gas Company
A. M. Ockerhlad
L. B. ‘Read
C. H. Ziesenis
Girls’ Reserve
Ford election marks red victory at Ford plants
Detroit on May 28 the U A W C IO won bargaining rights in a high turnout election at Ford Motor company plants. Company officials criticized the Wagner act as a danger to American industry while the union prepared to begin negotiations with Ford. Final counts showed about 70 percent support at the Rouge plant and over 73 percent at the Lincoln plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Gp—I
Ford Motor Company
Automotive
U.A.W.C.I
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Washington
Frank H. Bowen
Michael F. Widman, Jr
Ford
Ford Workers
A.F.L
C.I
Union
Rouge Plant
Lincoln Plant
Sermon for Seniors at Liberty Memorial High School
Libe rty Memorial high school seniors will hear a graduation sermon by Dean Paul B Lawson in the high school auditorium Sunday at 8 o clock. Rev E Russell Carter will preside with a processional and musical selections by an instrumental ensemble and an a capella choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Memorial High School
Paul B. Lawson
E. Russell Carter
Haskell Institute
N. DeRobertis
Alfred J. Beil
Trinity Lutheran Church
Brahms
Helen Pierson
Harold G. Barr
First Christian Church
Christiansen
Martha Dooley
Gretchaninoff
Dean Paul B. Lawson
C. E. Allison
First
Methodist Church
Lyda and Littler Lead In 440 Preliminaries
In Lincoln Nebraska on May 23 the 440 preliminaries opened the Big Six track meet with Bill Lyda of Oklahoma and Eugene Littler of Nebraska tying in 49.9 seconds for the two heats. Other qualifiers include Tracy and Crosby from Missouri Upham and Johnson from Kansas State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Bill Lyda
Oklahoma
Eugene Littler
Nebraska
Lyda
Littler
Tracy
Old Ted Lyons Dominates Tigers as White Sox Win
In Detroit May 23, Old Ted Lyons beat the Tigers 7 to 1 in the opener of a doubleheader. Tommy Bruges lasted under an inning for Detroit while Lyons aided by Tresh Bridges Thomas and Tebbetts sparked Chicago’s victory.
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Detroit
Ted Lyons
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Tommy Bruges
Chicago
Lyons
Tresh
Bridges
Thomas
Tebbetts
Dietrich
Tresbetts
Boston
New York
Dobson
Harris
Dickman
Newsome
Peacock
Chandler
Stanceau
Breuer
Dickey
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Stock Market Index Holds at 39.8 Point Level
The stock market index averaging 60 stocks rests at 39.8 points as of yesterday paralleled by steady prices. Traders watched minor shifts across sectors with no major changes in overall sentiment.
Use of U S Forces to Break Up a Machinists Strike
Washington May 23 Chairman Emory S Land of the maritime commission urged the use of United States forces to break a machinists strike that halted work at 11 shipbuilding plants in the San Francisco area. He testified the government should use any forces to maintain ship production, describing it as a dire need and justifying action up to deploying city, state or national troops to break the picket line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Upp
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
United States
San Francisco
Land
Bankers to Meet at University of Kansas Clinic
Professors Philip Cabot of Harvard and William Myers of Cornell will headline the annual bankers clinic at KU June 11 12 and 13 sponsored by the Kansas Bankers Association and the University. Other speakers include Claude Pack Chan cellor Deane W Malott and several bank leaders. Cabot's talk is The Parting of the Ways and Myers will discuss Government Lending Agencies. Cabot long served as organizer of the Business Executives Weekend at Harvard. Officers of the Kansas Bankers Association are Claude F Pack president and F M Bowman secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Cabot
Harvard
William Irving Myers
Cornell University
Bankers
University of Kansas
Kansas Bnkers’ Association
University
Claude Pack
Kansas City
Kan
Een
The
Bankers’ Association
Deane W. Malott
Maurice L. Breidenthal
Bank Management Commission
Kansas Bankers’ Association
Ben Welch
Topeka
Kenton R. Cravens
American Bankers’ Association
Consumer Credit Council
Cleveland
M. F. Brooks
City National
Atchison
W. W. Hetherington
Exchange National
Carl Floersch
Union National Bank
Manhattan
Walter Lichtenstein
First National Bank
Chicago
C. W. Starr
Citizens’ State Bank
Hiawatha
Frank T. Stockton
School
University of Kansasi
W. Laird
Merchants’ National
Cabot
Myers
Claude F. Pack
F. M. Bowman
Widespread Kansas Rain Boosts Crops Ahead of Weekend Cool
Wide soaking rains across Kansas improved moisture for crops with Ashland reporting 3.63 inches and Minneapolis 3.56 inches. Eastern areas had lighter totals while Topeka and other towns logged scattered amounts. Forecasters expect fair, cool weather this weekend with highs near 75 to 80 and lows around 45 to 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Ashland
Minneapolis
Lincoln
Ellsworth
Salina
Enterprise
Kansas University school of business joins Missouri Valley planning group
At a planning meeting the Kansas University school of business represents the state at a Missouri Valley Planning Commission session in Omaha. The body will design a six year program of public improvements after the defense emergency ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Stockton
School of Business
K.U
Missouri Valley Planning Commission
Omaha
Honors Assembly at LM High School Highlights Year
The Liberty Memorial High School honors assembly praised the year’s music contests dramatics and sports. Students led by class and activity counts were named with eleven seniors due to a tie and a small freshman class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Memorial High School
Neal Wherry
Doris Brewster
Catherine Brown
Billy Joe Dill
Martha Dooley
Gloria Goff
Curtis Hinshaw
Carl Hird
Margaret Kreider
Betty Leibbrand
Mary Lou Nelson
Howard Sutherland
Defense Bond Campaign Steps Up With Government Combat Comedy
The treasury defense savings bond drive intensifies with a mixed comedy sales film shown in 15,000 theaters nationwide. Officials announce a one-hour radio program and other stunts, noting sales of over 250 million dollars in 17 days as favorable praise from Secretary Morgenthau countered criticism by Representative Crawford Rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Crawford Rich
U S C Head Henry Brinkman Named Campaign Chair
Henry Brinkman was named chairman of a permanent committee for the United Service Organization. Ralph Wolfson treasurer George Hedrick secretary and George Lowman publicity chairman will direct a Lawrence Douglas county drive near 2500 dollars with a national goal of 10675000. The six unified groups include Y M C A Y W C A Jewish Welfare Fund National Catholic Community Service Salvation Army and National Travelers Aid. Brinkman leads an executive panel to pick a campaign chair.
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Henry Brinkman
United Service Organization
Ralph Wolfson
George Hedrick
George Lowman
Lawrence
Douglas County
E. U
Coronado
Boltz
James Naismith
Washington
Thomas
Dewey
Charles Taft
Clarence Malone
Topeka
Kansas
Jewish Welfare Fund
National Catholic Community Service
Salvation Army
National Travelers’ Aid Association
Brinkman
New Test Well Planned in Community
Agreements completed to drill another oil test well on the Charles Howard farm a mile south of the Dutton bridge on highway 59. The well will reach Mississippi lime formation to 125 feet and total depth not exceeding 1 350 feet. J B Aperson of Dallas arranged the drilling with S R McKinney of Paola the driller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Howard
Dutton Bridge
Highway 59
Mississippi
J. B. Apperson
Dallas
Paola
Military students to be sworn in June 5 at KU
At the University of Kansas the commissioning ceremony will take place June 5 at 10:30 AM for students receiving commissions. Absent graduates will also be sworn in then. Seniors chosen as second lieutenants in the Reserve Corps must report by 4 PM Monday for fingerprinting with Colonel Karl Baldwin coordinating at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Bates
Bill Conboy
Gloria Goff
Alice Jean Lemon
Max Kennedy
Alvin Roper
Bill Stowits
Lob Treece
University of Kansas
Karl Baldwin
Sheriff’s Office
Baer Weighs 36 Pounds More Than Louis for Title Bout
Buddy Baer held a 35 to 36 pound weight edge over Joe Louis at the Griffith Stadium weigh in. Baer weighed 237 pounds while Louis tipped the scale at 201 pounds for the heavyweight title fight tonight.
Kangaroo Court Set To Opera te Monday
A juvenile Jaycee led kangaroo court targets Coronado Entrada hats clothes and neckties with fines of water tubs or two Entrada tickets. Judge Steve Hinshaw uses an 1860 wagon as courtroom while Set. William Kollender is defendant in a test case. Hat sale brisk with stores restocking quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Gerhart
Jaycee Committee
Coronado
Steve Hinshaw
Gildersleeve
Massachusetts Street
Gerhart
William Kollender
University of Kansas Military Science Department
Hinshaw
Journal-World
Fritz Meyn
Entrada
Lester Scott
Paul Rogers
Jaycee
Yiold
Kollender
Roosevelt names new army chiefs and promotes Arnold
President Roosevelt appoints new leaders for the air corps infantry and chemical warfare service. H. H. Arnold is advanced two ranks to major general and will remain deputy chief of staff. George H. Brett named air corps chief, Courtney Hodges chief of infantry, William N. Porter chief of chemical warfare, with other promotions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
America
Air Corps
Infantry
Chemical Warfare Service
H. H. Arnold
Arnold
Britain
Senate
George H. Brett
Brett
Courtney Hodges
George A. Lynch
William N. Porter
Walter C. Baker
William Bryden
Rainfall Report From Worden Observer
Walter Schwarz, a cooperative weather observer near Worden, reported yesterday rainfall of 2 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worden
Walter Schwarz
Cooperative Weather Observer
Weather Outlook for Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma
The forecast notes fair conditions with partial cloud cover and cooler air in the southeast tonight. Saturday brings generally fair skies and warmer readings in the west. The five day outlook from May 23 to May 28 calls for near normal temperatures, a gradual rise mid period, little or no rainfall with scattered showers possible in the Panhandle and southern Oklahoma.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Panhandle
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Churchill
House of Commons
Ttak
Navy
Allis-Chalmers
LaPorte
Ind
Associated Press
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Zamzam
Darian
Legion
Dean Lawson
U. S
State Association
K. U
Centralia
Horton
Fort Riley
Wamego
Lecompton
Leavenworth
Emporia
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Garnett
Eureka
Fort Scott
Independence
Columbus
Phillipsburg
Hanover
Concordia
Chapman
Herington
Russell
Ellis
Geneseo
McPherson
Florence
Larned
Hutchinson
Cassidy
Pratt
Wichita
Anthony
Winfield
St. Francis
Goodland
Hill City
Quinter
Tribune
Scott City
Ness City
Syracuse
Garden City
Dodge City
Sublette
Elkhart
Texas Panhandle
Dean Stockton
LM. Hls
Mabel Baker
Calvin Dresser
Max Falkenstien
Vera Margaret Hurt
Don Jones
Keith Mann
Marilyn Maloney
Stanley Nelson
Kenneth Sperry
Bob White
Hugh Bayles
Annette Bigelow
Helen Dean Collins
Patsy Creel
Bob Ellsworth
Barbara Ewing
Martha Frances Lawrence
Sue Logsdon
Stan Stockton
Delbert Anderson
Joan Clough
Theda Flory
Martha Jewett
Joann Russe
Bob Bayles
Joan Sisson
Mildred Carpenter
Thespians
National Thespians
the Dramatics Society
Mary Alice Martin
Barbara Roper
Beverly Essick
Virginia Stephenson
Bonnie Jean Barnes
Richard Thompson
Eugenia Green
Wherry
Jack Payne
Florence Jean Eggert
Dean Gibson
John Jakosky
Harry Wampler
Odd Williams
Howard Fox
Larry Johnson
Glenn Kappelman
Junius Penny
Frank Stannard
Charles Black
Jimmie Anderson
Jack Blevins
Alvin Brubaker
Edwin Burgess
Bob Dubois
George Hildebrand
Elmer Lindell
Jerry Lindenberger
Glenn O’connor
Jone Traynor
George Ard
Girls’ Athletic Association
Violet Carr
Roberta Hartman
Helen House
Margaret Moorman
Helen Slagle
June Dodson
Vera Spence
Esther Spitzer
Dorothy Sumner
Mary Whitcomb
Jean Boardman
Opal Dietz
Elfreda Guntert
Pauline Hayden
Geraldine Houk
Doris Worland
Charles Radcliffe
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