Furious Battle for Channel Ports
Paris reports French efforts to cut off the German corridor to the English channel with few gains as German forces push toward Ostend and Zeebrugge. The battle widens with heavy losses, ongoing withdrawals, and threatened channel ports including Boulogne Calais and Ghent in flux.
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Paris
English
Somme
War Ministry
Flanders
Lys
Calais
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Ghent
Courtrai
France
Valenciennes
Verdun
Escaut
Scheldt
Menin
Banaume
Peronne
Boulogne
Berlin
Cambrai
British Tighten Home Defenses Amid Dover Gunfire
Britain moves to strengthen coastal defenses as Dover fights in the channel area. Naval bombardment targets Nazi advances while police round up suspected fifth columnists as Oswald Mosley and others are jailed. Ireland prepares for possible invasion, and army commands shift to Gen Sir Edmund Ironside and Lieut Gen Sir John Greer Dill.
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Dover
Royal Air Force
Isle of Man
Eire
Ireland
England
Great Britain
Edmund Ironside
John Greer Dill
Empire
Imperial General Staff
Army
Britain
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Scotland Yard
Oswald Mosley
Brixton
German ex change student speaks at Rotary luncheon
Bill Kandt, KU law student and 1937 Phi Kappa Psi exchange student, lectured at Rotary. He argued foreign perspectives differ in government, critiquing German authority culture and Nazi influence, and endorsed US- run foreign service schools. Guests included Emil Liston, Art Johnson, E. A. Warren, Ray C. Hill, and Justice Walter G. Thiele.
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Bill Kandt
Kansas University School of Law
Rotary
Germany
Fuehrer
England
France
Kandt
United States
Emil Liston
Baldwin
Art Johnson
Leavenworth
E. A. Warren
Neodesha
Ray C. Hill
Santa Barbara
Cal
Justice Walter G. Thiele
Topeka
Premier Pierlot affirms Belgium will stay with Allies
Premier Hubert Pierlot announced after a meeting with his refugee cabinet that Belgium would continue in the war on the side of the Allies. He said Belgium would triumph and remain true to its cause, seeking independence and respect for the country’s rights.
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Paris
Hubert Pierlot
Belgium
Memorial Day Store Closures in Lawrence Announced
The Merchants Bureau says Lawrence stores will close all day on Memorial Day May 30 except for a few grocery stores that will stay open until noon.
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Lawrence
Merchants Bureau
Supreme Court shields unions from anti trust action in sit down case
In a 6 to 3 ruling Justice Stone held that labor unions are not subject to Sherman act damages for sit down strikes unless they restrain interstate commerce in a substantial way. The Apex Hosiery Co case involved a seven week 1937 strike by AF of L local 9 Hosiery Workers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Stone
Philadelphia
Althe
Justice Department
Hughes
McReynolds
Roberts
Apex Hosiery Company
American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers
Stone
Federal Circuit Court
Circuit Court
Federal District Court
British Labor MP Sir Stafford Cripps Heads to Moscow
London May 27 Sir Stafford Cripps a British Labor MP and former visitor to Moscow is en route to the Soviet capital on an economic mission. The Soviet Union welcomed the proposal and Russian circles say chances for improved relations now seem quite favorable. Cripps has begun the first leg of his journey ahead of formal foreign office protocol.
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London
Sir Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Soviet Union
Stafford
Foreign Office
United States Needs More Tanks and Men Says Senator Lodge
Senator Lodge warned the Senate that the United States army suffers two grave deficiencies a lack of mechanized equipment and insufficient manpower He noted the nation has only 400 tanks based on army maneuvers in Louisiana He warned that such a number could be wiped out in two days of a European war A home defense bill to prohibit private armies and to create an industrial defense corps in the militia was proposed by the Senate military committee with plans to consolidate bills into one Heppard said states are already organizing local defenses and federal coordination is needed
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Mass
Senate
United States
Lodge
Army
Louisiana
Senate Military Committee
Sheppard
D-Tex
Justice Department
Nazis Ready For A Knockout Blow
Berlin reports swarms of war planes and fast torpedo boats pressuring the English Channel as German aims to split and trap Allied forces in Flanders and Artois. High command claims sinkings of a British destroyer and an Allied submarine, with raids reaching Boulogne Dunkirk and Ostend as الحرب continues.
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Berlin
Surden
English Channel
Flanders
Ypres
Belgium
France
High Command
Dunkerque
Channel
Ostend Harbor
Helder
England
Flanders and
Artois
Boulogne
T Omer
Courtrai
Canada to Expand Air and Military Forces
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced in parliament that Canada will expand its air and military forces immediately to meet the European war crisis. Rifle battalions for a fourth division will recruit in addition to the third division, with about 5,000 Royal Canadian Air Force applicants called to active duty plus reserves for the veterans home guard. The total force size is not yet fixed.
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Ottawa
Ont
MacKenzie King
Commons
Canada
Canadian Active Service Force
Royal Canada Air Force
Veterans’ Home Guard
Stock Market Index Shows Mixed Weekend Read
The average of 60 stocks stood at 38.8 as of Satur day, slipping to 38.1 in late trading amid uneven gains and losses across sectors.
Philadelphia Navy Yard Booms With Activity
Philadelphia's League Island yard buzzes with defense work as 15 000 civilian shipbuilders produce war ships. Officials project 3 000 more hires and cite a 35 000 ton battleship Washington to be launched Saturday and a sister ship North Carolina to follow June 13 at Brooklyn.
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UPX
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Atlantic
League Island
Navy Yard
Washington
Navy
North Carolina
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Death of Ralph T. O'Neil a Topeka attorney and Legion leader
Ralph T. O'Neil known as Dyke O'Neil, prominent Topeka attorney and 1930 31 national commander of the American Legion, died after a stroke in Wichita. He had just relinquished the Kansas Bar Association presidency to W. E. Stanley and is survived by his widow and two sons. Funeral services are planned in Topeka at the First Presbyterian Church.
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Topeka
Ralph T. O’neil
O'Neil
American Legion
Wichita
Kansas
Aspen
W. E. Stanley
Douglas Hudson
Fort Scott
James A. Allen
Chanute
First Presbyterian Church
Roy W. Zimmer
O’neil
National Legion
Legion
Paris
San Antonio
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Osage
Kan
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Clay Center
Harvard Law School
Board of Regents
Alf M. Landon
Huxman
State Bar Executive Council
Association
Stanley
United States
U. S
Toul
Vosge
Argonne
Margaret O'Neil
Robert
Kansas University
Ralph T. O'Neil
Ralph T. O'Neil, Jr
John Hamilton
May drilling planned for new wells near Lawrence Kansas
A Douglas county test well is being plugged while another may start this week east of Lawrence on the Charles Wise farm. The Kerlyn Oil Co plans further actions. the Wise well produced no oil. The Northeast Kansas Oil Explorations Co announces an Arbuckle lime test on the Carl Altenbernd farm about 3.25 miles east on the old Eudora road. A Topeka pneumatic spudder arrived for use, with a new drill method claimed to speed up drilling to three days per well. The Altenbernd lease covers about 2000 acres, located at the SW corner of SE ¼ NW ¼ 35-12-20.
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Douglas County
Charles Wise
Lawrence
Hutton
Kerlyn Oil Company
Oklahoma City
Wise
Northeast Kansas Oil Explorations Company
Carl Altenbernd
Eudora Road
S. W. Forrester
Topeka
Northeast Kansas Company
Altenbernd
British and German Actions Reported in War Bulletins
May 27 war bulletins from London and New York describe German offensives on the flanks of the British expeditionary force with successful British counter-attacks. Curfew imposed at Malta from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. to deter parachute invasion. British warships shelling Boulogne inflicting German losses. 28 German aircraft destroyed by RAF. Ostend hotels bombed as hospitals. cotton imports restricted to conserve dollars and shipping. Telegraph service to the British expeditionary force canceled due to heavy traffic.
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Lens
Boulogne
High Command
Paris
Reims
Narvik
Norway
London
Malta
New York
British Broadcasting Company
NBC
Ostend
Belgium
British Board of Trade
United States
War Office
France
Lawrence lawyers attend State Bar meetings in Wichita
A group of Lawrence attorneys and KU law faculty returned from the State Bar association meetings in Wichita held Thursday through Saturday. Attendees include Raymond Rice John Brand George K Melvin Judge Hugh Means Milton Beach Probate Judge Frank R Gray Richard A Barber Charles C Rankin Henry H Asher Dean F J Moreau Prof P W Wiesselman and Prof L T Tupy. Judge Gray spoke to the Probate law section and Asher spoke on taxation.
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Lawrence
K. U. Law
State Bar Association
Wichita
Raymond Rice
John Brand
George K. Melvin
Hugh Means
Milton Beach
Frank R. Gray
Richard A. Barber
Charles C. Rankin
Henry H. Asher
Dean F. J. Moreau
P. W. Wiesselman
L. T. Tupy
Gray
Sound Recordings Made for Bar Above the Golden Valley
Director Allen Crafton completed sound recordings for Bar Above the Golden Valley a new U. S. movie. The premiere is set for 8 p m Wednesday in Fraser hall with cast members and a few guests admitted. A public showing follows June 9 in Hoch auditorium during commencement at the University.
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Allen Crafton
Golden Valley
U. Movie
Fraser Hall
Fraser
Hoch Auditorium
Univeristy
Police note bicycle theft at 832 Maine Street
Harry Foster reported to police this morning that two bicycles were stolen from his home last night. The incident occurred at his residence on Maine Street, with no injuries reported.
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Harry Foster
Maine Street
Machine Tools Industry Promises Cooperation in Defense Program
Washington leaders of the machine tool sector pledged to give the government first call on essential tools for defense mobilization. Clayton R. Burt of Hartford said the group would meet government officials and press to meet requirements. General Marshall cautioned that vast projects cannot rely on enthusiasm alone and urged careful promises of achievable defense improvements.
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U.S. Defense
Washington
Roosevelt
Clayton R. Burt
Hartford
Conn
Treasury, War, Navy and Commerce Department
Burt
National Aviation Forum
George C. Marshall
Army
House votes to transfer immigration service to justice department
The House adopted a voice vote on a resolution to implement President Roosevelt's plan to move the immigration service to the Justice Department. If the Senate concurs, the transfer could take effect in ten days, aiming for more efficient management of aliens. Some members criticized current leadership and urged change.
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House
Roosevelt
Immigration Service
Justice Department
Senate
Congress
Representative Taber
R-N.y
Perkins
Jackson
James L. Houghteling
Cochran
D.-Mo
Mason
Madam Perkins
Bureau of Immigration
Showers Boost Kansas Wheat Crops Statewide Weather Update
A Kansas weather summary notes unsettled conditions moving eastward with light rainfall across western and central counties. The Topeka area reports cooler, breezy days with highs near 80 and nightly lows around 55 to 60 in the east. Readings across the state show scattered rainfall over the past 48 hours aiding crops, pastures, and gardens.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Tribune
Westcentral
Hays
Elkhart
Goodland
Mercury
Flora
City Council to Meet in Regular Session Tonight
The city council will convene in a regular session at 8 o'clock tonight at the city hall to discuss ongoing municipal matters.
Last Call for Lawrence Census Count
Census officials issue a final call for names of residents missed by enumerators in Lawrence. If you were not counted or know others who were not, call 485 tonight. Chamber of Commerce office open until 9 p.m. and must report by noon tomorrow to census headquarters at Olathe.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Olathe
Place of Religion in Youthful Lives at Liberty Memorial High
Liberty Memorial high school seniors heard Rev. John E. Bowers of Trinity Episcopal church present the case for Christianity in a talk titled Major Premises. He urged students to decide life values with Christianity as a major premise and to apply faith actively in the world. Other clergy and a student choir participated in the service with Scripture read and hymns.
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Liberty Memorial High School
John E. Bowers
Trinity Episcopal Church
Mr. Bowers
Europe
Theodore Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Joseph F. King
Plymouth, Congregational Church
Hazel Lanier
Martha Dooley
Kathleen Robson
Ruth Hill
Anabel Keeler
Shrine
Deems Taylor
Edwin F. Price
Wesley Foundation
Harker
Raymond Eberhart
Gethsemane
T. T. Noble
Harold G. Barr
The
First Christian Church
Game By Short Wave Bridge Teaches KU Wisconsin Contest
KU students and Wisconsin University peers compete via short wave radio links spanning nearly 600 miles. Opening hands at 7 pm are transmitted from KU Union Building to Edwin Price Jr in Tennessee Street and relayed to Madison station W9GOC.
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K.U
Culbertson
Wisconsin University
Altho
Union
Edwin F. Price, Jr
Tennessee Street
Madison
Donald Nigg
Whitewater
Union Building
Gene Roads
Junio
Tulsa
Price
Lawrence
Weather Summary For Kansas Region
Partly cloudy tonight with showers in the southeast and cooler conditions in the far west. Daytime highs reached 73 with a 47 degree low, a 24 hour maximum 78 at 2:30, and a minimum 57. Year ago today the high was 60 and the low 63.
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Kansas
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