Kharkov Front Battles Expand As Reds Push Forward
Russia's Kharkov offensive advances amid claims of German encirclement losses. American planes aid Red air power while Britain reports daylight raids on occupied France. Mexico moves toward war. Tokyo cites US fleet damage amid broader world conflict.
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Russia
Taganrog
Caucasus
Associated Press
Henry C. Cassidy
Red Air Force
Bell Airacobra
Cassidy
Roy P. Porter
Buffalo
N. Y
Airacobras
Lawrence D. Bell
Britain
France
R.A.F
England
United States
Churchill
Pierre Laval
Mexico Near War As Camacho Pushes Extraordinary Session
President Manuel Avila Camacho asks Congress to declare war on Germany Italy and Japan and approve emergency measures. Sailors marines and civilians rally in Mexico City amid anti Axis demonstrations while a war session is planned and the nation braces for mobilization.
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Manuel Avila Camacho
Congress
Mexico
Germany
Italy
Japan
Congressional Commission
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Gulf
Pacific
United Nations
Axis
Roosevelt
Sibler
Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito
Confirmation Lacking of Italy Claim on U S Battleship Sunk
Rome pressed claims that an Italian submarine sank a Maryland class battleship off the Brazilian coast. Argentina's Rio Iguazu rescued 56 survivors, but Rear Admiral Fincati said he could not confirm the Rome report. The battle last week saw 19 Allied ships sunk by axis submarines, with the Atlantic toll rising.
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Tokyo
Imperial
Coral Sea
Italy
U.S
Associated Press
Rome
United States
Buenos Aires
Mario Fincati
Navy
United States Navy
Berlin
London
Thunderstorms Return to Topeka Weather Clears
Thunder showers returned to Kansas with scattered rain expected in central and eastern sectors this afternoon and tonight. Topeka had rain in the morning and saw a high of 75 and a low of 55. Farmers could resume alfalfa cutting and cultivation as drier weather and sun returned. Weather official S D Flora warned the month may stay cool and wet if rains persist.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Ss M Twtfss
FS SK. Twtes Ls Mm
Laval’s Position Questioned as Axis Grows Frustrated
Laval, head of Vichy France, met in Paris with German leaders who reportedly fault his failure to make France a German war partner. Axis sources hint he may depart. Vichy rumors speak of Doriot replacing him or forming a separate collaborationist regime in Paris.
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Pierre Laval
Vichy
Germany
Paris
Bern
France
Laval
Jacques Doriot
Patis
Ways and Means Defers Morgenthau Tax Proposal
The House Ways and Means Committee deferred action on Secretary Morgenthau's request to withhold ten percent of an individual's income tax at the source. Chairman Doughton said the policy would be deferred for further consideration while immediate discussion on inheritance tax rates would begin. He stressed that the pay-as-you-go policy is not closed.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
Doughton
D.-N.c
Ben
Pennsylvanians Dig Out After Devastating Floods
In Honesdale and surrounding Wayne County towns, floodwaters from weekend deluges left 7 dead locally and 26 killed across eastern Pennsylvania with 10 missing. Debris removal by all able bodied residents began as property damage ran into millions in the Lackawaxen Lehigh Schuylkill and Delaware basins. Red Cross fed and cared for more than 30 homeless families in the resort town of 5,687 as recovery efforts started.
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Honesdale
Pennsylvania
Lackawaxen
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Delaware
Red Cross
Wayne County
Hawley
White Mills
Stassen Orders 40 MPH Speed Limit for Minnesota
Gov Harold Stassen issued an executive order mandating a 40 mile per hour speed limit for Minnesota motorists in St Paul on May 25. The action aims to curb unsafe driving and reduce traffic incidents statewide.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Japs Press Two China Fronts In Burma and Chekiang
Chinese and Japanese reports mark major offensives across two fronts. In Chekiang near Kinhwa Japanese forces push toward the provincial capital while Chinese defenses claim repulsed columns with heavy casualties. In Yunnan the Salween front sees continued Japanese advances as China fights to slow the Burma road threat.
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Kinhwa
Seaboard
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Yunnan
Salween River
Tengyueh
Burma
Paoshan
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China
Kunming
Burma Road
Tokyo
Fuchun
Pukiang
Yiwu
Tungyang
Youths 18 and 19 May Face Combat Duty
Maj. Gen. Hershey said youths aged 18 and 19 could be drafted for combat if the war continues. A national selective service director noted no formal request to Congress to lower the draft age has been made. Under current law these youths must register but are not yet draftable.
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Boston
Lewis
B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Congress
Airacobras Accelerate U S War Effort On Fronts
Buffalo May 24 The Bell Airacobra fighter, praised by President Bell for speed armor and range, is being flown to frontline stations worldwide. Bell says the single engine aircraft with a cannon and machine guns is designed to outfight any pursuit plane and serve as a compact deadly weapon.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Uncle Sam
Bell Aircraft Airacobras
Lawrence D. Bell
Bell
National Association of Manufacturers
Airacobra
Lawrence Industry checks for war material readiness
Edward Skillman production engineer from War Production will inspect Lawrence Industries tomorrow to assess suitability for war material output. Steven E. Shoup priorities expert from the War Production Board will join, address a Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Hotel Eldridge, and broadcast on WREN.
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Lawrence Industries
Edward Skillman
Steven E. Shoup
War Production Board
Shoup
Priorities Field Service
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
WREN
Lawrence
John Harvey
Topeka
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
KU cadets to enter naval reserve training at 70th commencement
The Flying Jay Hawks group of 33 University of Kansas men will be sworn into naval service by Gov. Payne Ratner during the 70th commencement exercises next Monday evening. Lt. G G Price will present the squadron, and five or six naval officers will march in the graduation procession.
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Naval Reserve
Naval Service
Payne Ratner
University
G. G. Price
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Kansas City
Army
Edgerton Stockman Martin J. Coughlin Dies
Edgerton Kan May 25 Martin John Coughlin 69 a farmer and stockman died at home three miles south of Edgerton Survivors include four brothers.
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Edgerton
Edgerton, Kan
Martin John Coughlin
Two Shifts Busy at Eudora Plant Expansion
The Sunflower Ordnance Works near Eudora runs two shifts daily with plans to add a third. About 1,500 workers are on site, buildings rise, a 1,800 foot rail spur along the Santa Fe line nears completion, and a new rail yard is prepared. Bus service to the site has begun from Lawrence.
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Eudora
DeSoto
S. P. Davalos
W. C. Strecker
Santa Fe Railroad
WPB
Santa Fe
Highway 10
Davalos
Lawrence
Kansas City
Zephyr Ranch
Lee Colman
Col. H. D. Thomas
Walk-out at Kansas University disrupts power plant
A partial walkout by University of Kansas buildings and grounds workers occurred shortly before 4 pm. Switches were pulled in the power plant and some buildings lost lights. A wage increase petition prompted a meeting with Chancellor Deane W. Malott, while some strikers controlled the power plant but agreed to safeguard hospital service and avoid property damage.
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Deane W. Malott
C. G. Bayles
Stores to Sell Bonds Nationwide July 1
Retail stores across the United States will suspend normal sales on July 1 to sell war bonds and stamps exclusively. Benjamin N. Namm of Brooklyn, head of the treasury retailers advisory committee, announced the plan and presented telegram pledges from merchants supporting the effort to reach a 1 billion dollar war bond goal in July.
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Washington
America
Benjamin N. Namm
Brooklyn
Retailers Advisory Committee of the Treasury
Treasury
Ratner Leads Protest Against Mid-Continent Gasoline Rationing
Topeka and Austin reports show Governor Ratner and Texas Governor Stevenson opposing proposed gasoline rationing. Ratner calls for a governors conference to study restrictions before enactment. Senator Lee urges a broader conference of oil states and producers as Ickes notes record tank car shipments.
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Ratner
Mid-Continent
Washington
National Capital
Kansas
Austin
Tex
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Coke R. Stevenson
UPI
Lee
Douglas county drafts exceed initial call for June
Douglas county faces a dramatic rise in draft obligations, with 837 men due on June 6 and 35 on June 11, far beyond the 35 men initially projected for the first half of June. An additional 10 colored men were ordered for induction on June 1, and J. W. Stone of Lawrence, city clerk, gains approval to enter an officers school at Ft Leavenworth, joining the Volunteer Officers Corps applicant pool.
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Douglas County
Selective Service Board
Omaha
J. W. Stone
Lawrence
Ft. Leavenworth
Cornerstone laid for Lindley Hall at State University
A June 1 ceremony will gather Governor Payne Ratner E A Briles F M Harris John B Allison and Kenneth A Spencer for the Lindley hall cornerstone. Kansas officials and university leaders attend as Lindley hall rises with a 400000 grant to house engineering geology and the state survey for wartime testing and research.
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University
Mineral Industries
Payne Ratner
E. A. Briles
Stafford
Kansas Senate
Ways and Means Committee
F. M. Harris
Ottawa
State Board of Regents
John B. Allison
McPherson
Kansas Mineral Industries Council
Kenneth A. Spencer
Jayhawk Ordnance
United States
Chinese Missionary Speaks at Rotary Meeting Today
Rev. Perry O. Hanson a forty year China missionary addressed Rotary. He praised Chinese virtues and predicted Japan’s colonial ambitions will fail, retreatting to its island. Hanson foresaw postwar peace with China dominating Asia and the United States aiding global liberty and peace.
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Perry O. Hanson
China
Rotary
Japan
Hansgon
Asia
United States
Blackout Sentences Man 60 Days In Detroit House Of Correction
Dominic Lafrose, 21, was sentenced by Recorder's Judge George Murphy to 60 days in the Detroit house of correction for smoking a cigarette during Sunday night's blackout. The remark on subscriber habits appears in the margins.
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Detroit
Dominic Lafrose
George Murphy
House of Correction
Stop Signs Along Life's Speedway at High School Service
A large audience attended Liberty Memorial High School for an annual address titled The Time to Stop by Rev. John E. Bowers. He urged stopping to consider dangers of modern life and the need for prayer in spiritual living.
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Auditore of Liberty Memorial High School
John E. Bowers
Trinity Episcopal Church
God
Jesus
Edwin F. Price
Wesley Foundation
University of Kansas
Annabel Keeler
Felix Godefroid
Arthur Ward
Lawrence United Brethren Church
Israel
America
Lawrence Memorial High School
Joe Williams
Harold G. Barr
First Christian Chure
Alfred P. Smith
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Lawrence City Council to Hold Regular Meeting Tonight
The Lawrence city council will hold its regular monthly meeting at 8 o clock this evening.
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Lawrence City Council
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