Germans encircle Allied forces in Flanders and Calais
Reports from Berlin describe a solid ring around the Belgian army the main body of the British expeditionary force and portions of France's first seventh and ninth armies. German High Command says 500000 to 1000000 allied troops trapped. Stuka bombers hit Dieppe Dunkerque Ostend Blankenberghe as Calais is made unusable for British landings.
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Berlin
Calais
England
Adolf Hitler
Channel
Flanders
France
Dieppe
Dunkerque
Ostend
Blankenberghe
Belgium
War Bulletins From Paris May 25 Report Allied Setbacks
Paris reports Mrs Plimpser wife of Salvation Army recreation director with the British expeditionary force was killed in a German air raid near Arras. Tens of thousands of allied prisoners captured by German columns thrusting at Calais and tightening around Belgium and northern France, officials say. British air ministry claims D and F aircraft losses. Britain calls for volunteers to strengthen defense against invasion. French premier Reynaud warns against false orders and German propaganda designed to sow discord between France and Britain.
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Paris
Ress
Berlin
Calais
English Channel
Belgium
France
Idon
Britar
Germany
Reynaud
Britain
Allied Air Force conducts large scale raids over war zone
London reports Royal Air Force bombings hit German transport columns, troop concentrations, rail junctions and bridges in northeastern France, southern Belgium and Germany. Twelve German planes were shot down in patrols, while German communications were disrupted and fires started. RAF fighters maintained continuous patrols and claimed twelve enemy aircraft down with one Hurricane loss.
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Allied Air Force
London
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Andranapea
Boulogne
Rotterdam
France
Belgium
Germany
R.A.F
RAF
Rural Douglas graduates receive diplomas at Liberty Memorial High
151 graduates from Douglas County rural schools earned diplomas in an afternoon ceremony at Liberty Memorial High School. Dr. F. C. Allen gave the address, Clifford D. Dean delivered the invocation, and Harold C. Fisher presented the diplomas. A rural band and several soloists performed, with Joann Clough and Richard Cory cited for top rankings in eight and nine month programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Liberty Memorial High School
F. C. Allen
University of Kansas
Clifford D. Dean
Lawrence
Harold C. Fisher
Arthur Harris
K.A
Arthur Oatman
Franklin School
Ludwig Heine
Old Belvoir
Margaret Fisher
Wilma Faye Jones
India
Ruth Ott
Farmland
Charline Edelbrock
Eudora
Joann Clough
Richard Corey
Billy Lothholz
Billy Miller
Billy Durr
Lima Again Terrorized By Slight Earthquakes
Two minor tremors shook Lima and Callao at 12 35 am and 3 am adding to the disaster toll from yesterday's quake. Authorities mobilized food clothing burial services and public order measures as thousands remain homeless and refugees seek shelter.
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Lima
Peru
Callao
Clinton Memorial Service Planned at Local Cemetery
The Clinton cemetery Flower Fund sponsors a Memorial Day service next Thursday at 2:30 PM. George Melvin will deliver the address. All residents are invited to attend.
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Clinton
Clinton Cemetery Flower Fund
George Melvin
Statewide drive targets marihuana plants in 86 Kansas counties
Joint effort by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to eradicate cannabis plants across 86 counties including Douglas on June 6. Herbert Henderson reports cooperation from the state highway commission highway patrol and NYA. Farmers urged to report weed locations and county to supply transport and tools for NYA workers. 25 youths have been convicted of marijuana offenses since last July.
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Kansas
Douglas
Herbert Henderson
KBI
Charles Banning
Henderson
State Highway Commission
Highway Patrol
National Youth Administration
NYA
Wheat supply in 1940 41 expected near 963 million bushels
The agriculture department estimates the 1940 41 U S wheat total at about 963 million bushels. It includes 675 million from the 1940 crop and 288 million carryover, with consumption near 665 million and exports and reserves around 295 million. World crop prospects remain below normal due to labor and invasion area damage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Europe
Stock Market Index Retreats to 38.1 Point Level
The average of 60 stocks rose to 38.1 points, down from 37.8 in the previous day’s trading. Traders watched modest gains and losses across the board as market activity cooled.
Roosevelt plans national defense emergency group
The White House said President Roosevelt will name a national defense emergency coordination group blending government officials and outside experts from industry finance agriculture transportation and labor. The plan is in preparedness stage and names or titles have not been decided.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
National Defense Emergency Coordination
Stephen Early
Early
Council of National Defense
World War Board
Administration
Defense Council
Senate
Navy
Vimy Ridge Falls to German Forces in Northwest France
Paris May 25 A war ministry spokesman said German troops pushed through the northern France corridor to the sea reaching Vimy Ridge northwest of Arras. French hold Calais as Germans strike in Boulogne and St Omer sectors with armored units and tanks observed along the channel coast.
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Vimy Ridge
Boulogne Aml
Paris
War Ministry
France
Arras
Belgium
Bologne
C. S
Calaté
St. Omer
Somme River
Channel
le Temps
Peronne-Bapaume
Boulogne
KU Professor W A Griffith Dies in California
W A Griffith longtime University of Kansas drawing and painting professor died at his Laguna Beach home after a stroke. He taught at KU from 1899 headed the department then resigned in 1921 to devote himself to painting. Survived by wife and five children including Mrs R B Stevens of Lawrence and several other relatives.
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W. A. Griffith
University of Kansas
Laguna Beach
Calif
Richard B. Stevens
Lawrence
Griffith
K. A
Washburn
Washington, University
Spooner-Thayer Museum
R. B. Stevens
Ida Griffith
Los Angeles
Lucinda Griffith Burrows
Leguna Beach
Nelson Griffith
George Griffith
Seattle, Wash
Roosevelt Fireside Chat To Air On WREN
President Franklin Roosevelt will address listeners tomorrow night over station WREN starting at 8 30. The fireside chat will be broadcast in the territory.
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Roosevelt
WREN
Franklin Roosevelt
Mexican Police Seek Killers of Trotsky After Attack
Mexican police under President Cardenas direct orders search for the assailants who attacked Leon Trotsky in Mexico City. Critics call the incident a sign of a Nazi Communist fifth column and fear a reign of terror. Trotsky escaped by faking death as gunfire shattered his room.
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Mexico City
Cardenas
Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Senate approves anti subversion registration plan
Washington May 25 senators backed a bill to register and fingerprint all aliens in the United States adding this to a house approved defense measure. The measure would impose ten years in prison and ten thousand dollars fine for subversive acts against the armed forces and tighten deportation rules.
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Washington
United States
Senate Judiciary
Connally
D-Tex
House
Danaher
R-Conn
Americas
Senate
Judiciary
Immigration Committee
Reynolds
D-N.c
Stewart
D-Tenn
Permanent
Alien Registration Commission
Sheppard
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Pro German Handbills Scattered in New York
New York May 25 German victory handbills were scattered in several subway trains reading On to Paris On to London Siege Heil Heil Hitler The Daily News reports hundreds of German Americans have received from the League for the Cultivation of Personal Friendship with Foreigners in Berlin the first letters for a pro German chain letter campaign Simultaneously the Daily News notes the arrival of the first copies of the four page one ounce India paper edition of the Frankfurter Zeitung the Nazi revival newspaper
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New York
Paris
London
Daily News
League For
Berlin
India
Frankfurter Zeitung
Explosive Test Fails To Harm Herd Of Goats
Aberdeen Maryland May 25 inspector reports Lester P Barrows liquid oxygen carbon super explosive failed in a live goat test. A 1000 pound charge set off at Aberdeen proving grounds did not kill any of 98 goats tethered 200 to 1000 feet away. Observers reported no fatalities and Barrow admitted the experiment flopped saying he had to try it to find out.
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Aberdeen
Lester P. Barlow
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Barlow
Kansas State Trapshooting Class Titles Determined
At the Kansas State Trapshooting tournament 55 contestants competed this morning. William Cassell of Emporia won class A with 98 hits, J W Griffith of Salina won class B with 98, while class C ended in a three way tie among Bill Bowman Ozawkie Bert Metzger and J J Grueninger with Grueninger winning the shootoff. Mrs Lassen of Goddard took class D with 84. Non residents Rudy Etchen and Dave Henry posted 99 but were ineligible. Joe Davison of Kansas City prof led the open with 98, and others posted 97 or 94 as noted. Eleven squads pursued the handicap title and singles events scheduled for tomorrow.
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William Cassell
Emporia
J. W. Griffith
Salina
Bill Bowman
Topeka
Bert Metzger
Ozawkie
J. J. Grueninger
Kansas City
Grueninger
Hudson
H. H. Stecher
Haven
Fred King
Wichita Falls
Tex
Tom Palmer
Harold K. Snider
Lawrence
Ewing Herbert
Hiawatha
Kansas
Tigers Cruise White Sox in Rain-Shortened 10-4 Victory
Detroit exploded for 17 hits and a 10-4 win over Chicago before a rain cut the game short in the ninth inning. Trout, Benton, Tebbetts powered the Tigers while Knott, Appleton and Tresh led the White Sox.
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Kansas City St. Paul
Moran
DePhillips
Himsl
Fisher
Frasier
Clifford
Chicago
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Detroit
Trout
Benton
Tebbetts
Knott
Appleton
Brown
Tresh
Washington
Dutch Leonard
Washington Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia
Dean
Hayes
Leonard
Ferrell
New York
Boston
Cleveland
St. Louis
Seniors to Hear Sermon at High School Auditorium
Graduating seniors will hear a sermon by Rev. John E. Bowers of Trinity Episcopal Church tomorrow at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. Rev. Theodore Astman of First Presbyterian will preside and other ministers will deliver invocation scripture and benediction.
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John E. Bowers
Trinity Episcopal Church
Theodore Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Joseph F. King
Edwin F. Price
Harold G. Barr
Belgian Refugees Trek Through Paris Toward Shelter
About 200000 Belgian refugees have passed through Paris en route to designated shelters across France. More refugees are expected as Belgian authorities report Le Temps urging work for refugees on farms and in factories to ease manpower shortages caused by conscription.
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Paris
France
le Temps
Arkansas Officials Charged in Liquor Running Indictment
Fort Smith Arkansas May 25 Z M McCarroll state revenue commissioner and nine others named in a 19 count indictment by a grand jury probe into illicit liquor running between Arkansas and dry Oklahoma and Kansas Butler B Toland chief deputy revenue commissioner and David S Sherman Little Rock manager for Southwestern Distilled Products were among those charged The indictment accuses them of conspiring with Southwestern to sell liquor to Oklahoma and Kansas bootleggers Southwestern Distilled Products Inc was named as a defendant.
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Fort ‘Smith
Ark
Z. M. McCarroll
Arkansas
Aero Grand Jury
Oklahoma
Kansas
Butler B. Toland
David S. Sherman
Little Rock
State Revenue Commissioner
Southwestern Distilled Products, Inc
West Memphis
Sulphur Springs
Southwestern Corporation
Youth Drowns In Kaw River Tragedy Near Dam
Donald McDonald 16 son of Mr and Mrs Frank McDonald of 733 Rhone Island street drowned while seining minnows in the Kaw River below the dam. He slipped on a rock ledge and was swept into deep water. rescuers recovered his body within minutes. He was a Liberty Memorial High School sophomore and member of football basketball and track squads. Funeral services planned at First Methodist Church with athletic teammates as pallbearers.
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Donald McDonald
Frank McDonald
Rhone Island Street
Kaw
Young McDonald
Liberty Memorial High School
Max Kennedy
Louisiana Street
Harry Cox
New Hampshire Street
McDonald
Bowersock Mill and Power Company
Everett Taylor
Clarence Erickson
Erickson
Taylor
Fred Broeker
Tsea
Clifford Mc Donald
Freshman Golf Trials At Country Club Reported
Eleven Kansas University freshmen played 36 holes at the Country Club to provide a basis for awarding four or five freshman numerals by Coach Bill Shan non. Scores were as follows.
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Bill Shannon
Fifteen French Generals Relieved of Posts After Break
Paris May 25 The French war ministry announced a shakeup of the high command following the German breakthrough on the Meuse front. Fifteen generals were relieved of command including army and corps leaders. General Weygand has replaced General Gamelin as commander in chief of all theaters.
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Paris
French War Ministry
Meuse
France
English Channel
Maxime Weygand
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
War Ministry
Weygand
University sets 75th anniversary events with new operating committee
An operating committee led by Prof. T. H. Marshall was formed by Chancellor Malott to plan the 1941 University celebration. The program includes Dyche museum reopening, university exhibits and performances, and a four volume history project, marking 75 years since opening.
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T. H. Marshall
Department of Chemical Engineering
Malott
A. G. Mitchell
D. M. Swarthout
School of Fine Arts
Bert Nash
School of Education
Leonard Axe
School of Business
Fred S. Montgomery
Visual Education Bureau
Ray T. Wright
Lawrence
Fred Ellsworth
Dyche Museum
Marshall
Fred Montgomery
Red Cross War Relief Drive Surpasses County Goal
Red Cross war relief fund in Douglas County exceeds 2100 dollars and nears 2200 with A B Weaver reporting. The county quota stood at 1220 dollars as KU drive added 225 dollars under Prof E C Buehler with Dr Bert Nash aiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross War Relief Fund
A. B. Weaver
University of Kansas
E. C. Buehler
Bert Nash
K. U
Weaver
Red Cross
Douglas County
Weather outlook for Kansas Missouri Oklahoma region
Fair with showers likely in western districts Monday and eastern areas Tuesday or Wednesday. Warmer start to week, cooler midweek, then warmer late in the week. Temperature readings show 24 hour maximum 67 and minimum 54. Information appears from a weekly forecast and local time series.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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Rucky Walters
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Wershberger
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Page
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Collins
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Bud Morris
Jack Hall
Jack Wilson
Bob Kirk
Fort Olson
Henn Dunne
Fred Gade
Hob Weaver
Dan McKay
Scott Hopkins
Howard Babcock
K. U. Festival
RED Cross Fund
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