Britain bans details of fighting in France as war intensifies
London reports Britain imposes a ban on publishing details of the fighting in France as the British expeditionary force battles in a grave and confused situation. Churchill urges labor unions to support war demands while RAF and fleet air arms attack near the channel coast and bomb Germany.
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London
Britain
France
Churchill
Royal Air Force
Fleet
English Channel
RAF
Rotterdam
England
North Riding
Yorkshire
Essex
East Anglia
Channel
Norway
Air Ministry
Northern Ireland
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
Trades Union Executive Council
Jean Crawford Wins $50 in Essay Contest
Jean Crawford of Lawrence daughter of Dean and Mrs Ivan C Crawford won third prize of 50 in the annual Hattie Elizabeth Lewis essay competition. First prize went to Freeman Meyer a college sophomore from Wathena with Donald W Taylor a graduate student from Topeka in second place. Raymond Kirk Faris a Kansas City Missouri senior received honorable mention.
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Jean Crawford
Lawrence
Ivan C. Crawford
Hattie Elizabeth Lewis
Freeman Meyer
Wathena
Donald W. Taylor
Topeka
Raymond Kirk Faris
Kansas City
Vinland Memorial Service at Vinland Cemetery
The Vinland Cemetery Improvement Club sponsors a memorial service at Vinland cemetery on Sunday at 2 30 oclock. All interested are invited to join the club and attend the service.
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Vinland
Vinland Cemetery
State Register of Deeds Official Attends Topeka Meeting
Harold Beck county register of deeds traveled to Topeka yesterday afternoon for a legislative committee session of the state register of deeds association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Beck
County Register of Feeds
Topeka
The
State Register of Deeds Association
Classified Ad Prompts Owner to Return by 6 PM
The owner closed his bill fold by 6 p m due to the classified advertisement. The item mentions the Journal-World and provides the phone number 22.
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Journal-World
Roosevelt in 3rd term chatter dominates Democratic outlook
Washington reports that a majority of Democratic convention delegates are pledged to Roosevelt and Senator Norris says the president likely must seek a third nomination. Willkie counters the idea. Rhode Island and other states add delegates as parties weigh the 1940 race. Dewey leads among Republicans with 150 pledged and semi pledged delegates. The fireside chat and vice presidential speculation swirl amid wartime urgency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norris
Germany
English Channel
White House
Byrnes
South Carolina
Wheeler
Montana
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Kansas City
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Republican Party
America
Rhode Island
Indiana
Vermont
Nevada
Washington State
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Contines
Students Find Jobs After Haskell Institute Graduation
Welders from Haskell Institute last Monday moved to work on Tuesday. W. D. Evans reports five diploma recipients, two with two year certificates, three with one year certificates. Nine joined Columbia Steel Tank in Kansas City Missouri and one joined Fruhalf Trailer in Kansas City Kansas. Graduates from auto mechanics, electrical engineering and upholstery also found placements. A check shows 27 of the dollar welders in four years are employed earning over 2700 dollars per month.
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Haskell Institute
W. D. Evans
Columbia Steel Tank Company
Kansas City
Fruhalf Trailer Company
Kan
Illness Strikes Banquet Guests in Los Angeles
A sudden illness at a Los Angeles schoolmasters banquet infected between 150 and 200 men. Eight criti cally ill, about thirty hospitalized. Health department quarantined dinner waste for analysis. Detective Lt. Fred Trosper said food poisoning is the likely cause.
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Los Angeles
City Health Department
Fred Trosper
Four K U Fraternities Enter Annual Inter Fraternity Sing
Four Kansas University fraternities Phi Delta Theta Sigma Chi Delta Upsilon Delta Tau Delta and Beta Theta Pi compete Sunday afternoon at HocI auditorium for the seventh straight vocal title in the annual inter fratern ity sing. Prof. Allen Crafton leads as master of ceremonies with judges Oliver Hobbs Louis Maser and E Thayer Gaston.
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K. U
Hoci
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Delts
Phi Mu Alpha
Music Fraternity
Sigma Chi
Delta Upsilon
Delta Tau Delta
Beta Theta Pi
Allen Crafton
Oliver Hobbs
Liberty Memorial High School
Louis Maser
Pleasant Hill
E. Thayer Gaston
Lawrence District Census Sets Tuesday Finish Date
The district census office at Ola reports all Douglas county reports are in and tabulations should be completed Tuesday. Local sports and aviation notes are included with student pilot licenses earned by 17 of 50, plus city notices and a mix of local incidents.
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Olathe
Douglas County
K.U
Robert S. Haynes
Lawrence
Bill ‘Southern
Ellinwood
Herman Schmidt
Canton
James G. Lee
Bonner Springs
Italy Enters War Readiness Under Civil Mobilization Decree
Rome May 25 Italy geared for conflict as Mussolini readies to press for war ally of Germany. A new civil mobilization law powers mobilization of all citizens over 14 and requisition of private industry and transport. Postponed sailings of the Rex Augustus and Neptune heighten foreign concern amid intensified blackout drills and anti allied demonstrations.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Germany
NI Duce
Senate
French
Morocco
Rex
Augustus
Kansas lawyers elect Wichita leader to head State Bar
Kansas lawyers chose W. E. Stanley of Wichita to lead the State Bar association for the coming year, succeeding Ralph T. O'Neil of Topeka. Bernard L. Sheridan of Paola was named president-elect. other officers include Chester A. Wells of Coffeyville, Robert Clark of Topeka, Thomas Lee of Topeka, J. G. Somers of Newton, Warren H. White of Hutchinson, and Albert Falconer of Arkansas City as ABA representative.
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Wichita
Kansas
W. E. Stanley
State Bar, Association
Ralph T. O'Neil
Topeka
Bernard L. Sheridan
Paola
Chester A. Wells
Coffeyville
Robert Clark
Thomas Lee
J. G. Somers
Newton
Warren H. White
Hutchinson
Albert Falconer
Arkansas’ City
American Bar Association
Finnish Trade Mission Sails to Moscow to Seek Treaty
A three member Finnish mission departs Helsinki for Moscow to resume negotiations for a trade treaty with Russia. Finnish Russian trade has been at a virtual standstill since 1918 despite repeated negotiation attempts.
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Russia
Helsinki
Moscow
Ratner to Legion Meeting Topeka May 25
Governor Payne Ratner will travel to Sedan tomorrow to address the Third Congressional District American Legion convention in Topeka on May 25. He will speak at the Legion gathering and discuss regional party and community matters.
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Ratner
Legion
Topeka
Payne Ratner
Sedan
American Legion
Journalists attend Kansas Press meeting in Garnett
Two Kansas University journalism professors and several Lawrence newspaper men joined the second district Kansas Press association meeting hosted by Anderson Countian and the Garnett Review. Attendees included J. J. Kistler Ray Heady Ed Abels and Dolph Simons who spoke at the event.
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K. U
Department of Journalism
Lawrence
Garnett
Kansas Press Association
Anderson Countian
Garnett Review
J. J. Kistler
Journalism Press
Ray Heady
Ed Abels
Douglas County Republican
Dolph Simons
Journal-World
Ice box accident injures Albert Deister near Stull
Albert Deister, a store employee at Stull, suffered a fracture of the right leg below the knee yesterday afternoon when an ice box fell on him while delivering to the home of Leslie Demeritt southwest of Clinton. He was taken to Memorial hospital and his condition was listed as good today.
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Albert Deister
Stull
Deister
Leslie Demeritt
Clinto
Memorial Hospital
Deaths and Funerals W S Surface 95 Texas Burial
W S Surface 95 formerly of Douglas county east of Lawrence buried May 7 in Brazoria Texas. Civil War Union veteran who moved from Ohio to Kansas in 1869 and to Texas in 1910. Survived by widow a daughter Mrs Ida Runnells of Brazoria and two sons J W Surface Lyndon and C A Surface Waurika Oklahoma.
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W. S. Surface
Surface
Falfurrias
Tex
Douglas County
Lawrence
Brazoria
Texas
Kansas
Ohio
Ida Runnells
J. W. Surface
Lyndon
Sunday Skies Clear Over Kansas as Warm Weekend Forecast
Sunday will bring clear skies and pleasant warmth across Kansas with cool northern breezes after overnight showers. No rain is expected tonight or tomorrow, and next week should stay generally fair with possible showers and rising temperatures later in the week. Strongly better crop weather is anticipated as soils stay moist from recent light rains across many counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mercury
S. D. Flora
Horton
Leavenworth
Manhattan
Kansas City
Emporia
Garnett
Eureka
Fort Scott
Independence
Columbus
Russell
Herington
McPherson
Florence
Wichita
Hill City
Ness City
Ashland
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Flora
Gondee
National defense corps proposed and war purge bill passes
The House passed a bill authorizing the secretary of war to purge civilian personnel of suspected fifth columnists, sending the measure to the Senate. The Un American Activities Committee sought another 100000 to pursue leads. Dies cited reports of German directed camouflage air bases near the Rio Grande, while observers in Mexico City doubted their existence. He also warned of communists and Nazis crossing into Mexico to set up propaganda bases.
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National ‘Industrial Defense Corps
House
Secretary of War
Army
Senate
Committee On un-American Activities
Dies
D-Tex
Rio Grande
Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Classified page choices guide for housing searches
The fastest way to locate a new home or a rental room is to follow the options listed on the classified page. The listings offer various housing possibilities and contact details for prospective renters.
John S Gardner, 78, Dies at Herearch Hospital in Kansas City
John S Gardner aged 78 of 1918 Vermont street died yesterday evening at Herearch hospital Kansas City MO. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 PM from Rumsey funeral home with Rev Arthur Ward officiating. Burial in McLouth cemetery. He is survived by his wife Elfie L Gardner and a sister Nora Elsie Wrigley of Washtucna WA.
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John S. Gardner
Vermont Street
Herearch Hospital
Kansas City
Rumsey Funeral Home
Arthur Ward
McLouth Cemetery
Gardner
Elfie L. Gardner
Nora Elsie Wrigley
Washtucna
Wash
McPherson Hospital Death Of Oskaloosa Student Glenn Champion
Glenn Champion aged 22 of Oskaloosa died after a major operation at McPherson hospital. Funeral services and burial will be at McLouth. time not yet set. He was a student at McPherson College.
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Glenn Champion
Oskaloosa
McPherson
McLouth
McPherson College
Germans claim strong push to English shores near Calais
German reports say Allied lines near Calais remain at risk as the Nazis press threats to Dover and Folkestone, with bombardment across Belgium and northern France destroying ships and disrupting ports while seven planes are reported missing. Narvik actions also noted with ships sunk and reinforcements, including mountain troops, landed into German positions.
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Calais
England
Folkestone
Dover
Belgium
France
French
Narvik
Norway
Urichs to Tour Kansas Theaters with Seeing-Eye Dog
Mr and Mrs John Urich and their seeing eye dog Dutch leave Saturday for Great Bend for a Plaza theater engagement and a Lions club state convention appearance. They perform two days at Herrington then plan a summer tour of theaters while keeping their Lawrence home. Contrary to belief all trout have scales, though small in some species.
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John Urich
Dutch
Great Bend
Plaza Theater
Lion’s Club
Herrington
Lawrence
Alberta Province Area and Population Figures
The text states Alberta in Canada covers 255,285 square miles and has a population of 780,000,000. These figures appear exaggerated for historical context, with an implausible population count likely a typographical error.
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Province of
Alberta
Canada
Frontenac Bank Robber Captured Near Mt Vernon
Pittsburg police learned a man suspected of robbing the Miners State bank at Frontenac Kansas noon today was captured by Missouri highway patrol near Mt Vernon Missouri. He was jailed and questioned. he reportedly admitted the Kansas robbery. Bank cashier G. R Martin raised the alarm by phone from the vault.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Miners State
Frontenac
Mt. Vernon
Kansas
G. R Martin
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Lone Star
Carl Rutter
Rusty
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Don
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Aeronea
Art Wolf
Bill
George Knight
Douglass
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British Royal Engineers
India
Chester Ward
Linwood
Will Green
Eueinon
Lawrence Group
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Urichs
Donald Coster
Princeton
Montreal
Amiens
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Explo
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Wall Street Journal
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peoples State Bank
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