Bismarck Sunk After Air Torpedo Attack by British Fleet
The German battleship Bismarck was sunk in the Atlantic after a pursuit by British forces including the Ark Royal and Prince of Wales. Torpedo planes and destroyers contributed to her destruction, with 1,300 men lost. The Hood’s destruction three days earlier and Crete battles were also noted alongside Allied losses.
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Germany
Bismarck
Hood
Atlantic
Guenther Luetjens
Bismarcly
Admiralty
Fleet Air Arm
Ark Royal
Winston Churchill
A. V. Alexander
Gloucester
Fiji
Mediterranean
Crete
Iceland
Greenland
Royal Navy
Prince of Wales
Brest
St. Nazaire
Prince Eugen
Eugen
Alexander
George Vv
Hici
Snider to Recruit a Guard Company in Lawrence
Adjutant General M. R. McLean and Capt. Harold K. Snider direct formation of a Kansas State Guard rifle company in Lawrence with three officers and 40 enlisted men. Snider to command. uniforms supplied by state, rifles by federal government. Volunteers aged 21 to 51 may enlist. drill voluntary with pay only if called for duty. Recruits to report at Armory after June 1. contact Journal-World with name and phone numbers.
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Kansas State Guard
Lawrence
M. R. McLean
Harold K. Snider
Snider
Adjutant General
State Guard
State Regiment
Charles H. Browne
Horton
Journal-World Office
Roosevelt to State U. S. Policy, Asks Billions for More Planes
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 3.319 billion dollars for more airplanes, with 2.507 billion for the army to acquire about 18,000 warplanes and 529 million for the navy. Stephen Early said the fireside chat would run longer and be broadcast nationwide and internationally.
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Roosevelt
U. S
Washington
Congress
Stephen Early
Capitol Hill
Sneakes “Vayhr
Army
Navy
Commencement at Liberty Memorial High School Expected Record Class
A record class of 225 seniors will graduate at Liberty Memorial High School in a ceremony Thursday at Hoch Auditorium Kansas. James E Gheen of New York City will deliver the address with Neal Wharry presenting diplomas and Joseph F Wilking singing the national anthem. Exams conclude today. promotion and report days follow with class dinner Wednesday evening and a Thursday 11 am return to receive grades.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Hoch Auditorium
University of Kansas
Clifford D. Dean
James E. Gheen
New York
Seredy
L. M. H. S. Orchestra
Ridgeway
L. M. H. S. String Orchestra
Theodore Astman
Wilson
James H. Gheen
New York City
Neal Wherry
Lloyd Purcell
Board of Education
Baie Graber
Joseph F. Wilking
L.M. H. S. Orchestra
Five Kansas inmates escape prison by tunnel
Five long term convicts escaped from the Kansas state penitentiary at Lansing by crawling through a tunnel and a 15 inch drain pipe to freedom outside the walls. Names include Eldridge Hight Lawin Swift and Wetherick with sentences ranging from 10 years to life. One wore and took the guard’s uniform and car keys. Police found two cars possibly used by the escapees near St George.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
John Eldridge
Chautauqua County
George Hight
Pratt County
Lloyd Lawin
Marshall County
George Swift
Rice County
Frank Wetherick
Shawnee County
Fred Lashmet
Pittsburg
Lashmet
Kansas
Topeka
E. Mooman
St. George
Manhattan
H. W. Huffman
Moomaupeport Re
Surprise Attack Pushes British Back in Libya Front
German troops with armored units carried out a surprise attack near Salam on the Egyptian frontier, inflicting heavy losses on a British reconnaissance force. Axis columns crossed the frontier and advanced several miles east, compelling British forces to retreat.
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Berlin
Salam
DNB
Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Plan Mechanics Course for Local Boys by Auto Dealers
The local Automobile Dealers association considers a free mechanics course for boys 17 to 25 to train for expected fall vacancies in the defense program. State board of vocational education would defray expenses. Classes may meet five evenings weekly from 7 to 11 p.m. Contact Ed Wood, secretary of the advisory committee.
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Automobile Dealers Association
State Board of Vocational Education
Ed Wood
Auto Mechanics Vocational Advisory Committee
Dodgers blank Phillies as Casey shines in 6–0 win
Brooklyn pitcher Hugh Casey scattered seven hits over as many innings to give the Dodgers a 6 to 0 victory over Philadelphia. Brooklyn collected eight hits with four doubles and a triple, moving to four straight over the Phillies.
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Hugh Casey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Phillies
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Hicsicks
Casey
Phelps
Podgajny
Grissom
Warren
Livingston
Boston
New York
Chicago
Hadley
Hayes
Wagener
Pytlak
Bostor Ook
Marchildon and
Newsome
Judd and Peacock
Washington
Ruffing and Rosar
Early
Detroit
Cleveland
Rowe
Gorsia
Tebbetts
Milnar
Brown
Hemsley
St.Louis
Muncrief
Ferrell
Rigney
Hallett
Tresh
Douglas county to vote on wheat marketing quotas May 31
Wheat growers in Douglas County will vote Saturday May 31 at nine townships to decide if the 1941 crop should be placed under marketing quotas or sold directly. Eligibility requires owning or leasing over 15 acres with yield over 200 bushels. County committees will meet Friday for election instructions.
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Douglas County
AGP
Clinton Township
Lesle Demeritt
Alvin McKinney
William Johnson
Eudora Township
Will Saunders
Otto Rosenau
L. L. Kindred
Eudora
Grantownship
Edwin Schowengerdt
Charles Spray
Elmer Ousdahl
White School
Kanwaka Township
George Strahan
A. E. Ulrich
Elmer Bahnmaier
Lecompton Township
Pete Bahnmaier
George Miller
William “Richards
Lecompton
Roy FE
Merchant
H.¢N
Hoskinson
Henry Bell
Legion Hall
Baldwin
Wakarusa
Owen Mitchell
H. J. Peterson
Lewis Howell
Willow _ Springs
Harry Hobson
Wesley Flory
Orvil Elm
Willow Springs
Col Baldwin to transfer to Coast Artillery corps duties
Col Karl F. Baldwin, KU ROTC commander since 1936, will be transferred to the Coast Artillery corps at Fort Winfield Scott in San Francisco. Army orders via AP do not specify the effective date, but it may be about June 30. Col James S. Dusenbury, recently retired from Conway, S.C., is ordered to KU as his successor.
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Karl F. Baldwin
University of Kansas R. O. T. C
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Winfield Scott
San Francisco
Cal
Associated Press
Washington
James S. Dusenbury
Conway S.C
K. U
Baldwin
Survivors Rescued After Marconi Sinking In Atlantic
The coast guard and navy report 39 survivors of the 7400 ton British steamer Marconi were saved by the cutter General Greene about 270 miles southeast of Greenland. About 40 to 60 crew remain unaccounted in two lifeboats amid heavy fog as search continues.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Navy
Greenland
E.S.T
Concert Tonight by Lawrence High Band and Orchestra
Lawrence High School presents a joint concert at 8 PM in the school auditorium featuring N De Rubertis The Garden of the Gods in its first presentation directed by N De Rubertis. The program also includes The Gypsy Baron Strass directed by Oliver Hobbs and The Star Spangled Banner with M DeRuth. Ambassador Winant to Return to Washington this weekend, state department says.
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Lawrence High School
N. de Rubertis
Garden of the Gods
de Rubertis
Gypsy Baron
Johann Strauss
Oliver Hobbs
DeRubertis Stradella
N. DeRubertis
Bennett
Charles Kassinger
Charrossin
Jean Murray
Key
M. DeRuth
Local Shower Hits City Leaves .07 Inch of Rain
A brief shower with cloudburst tendencies struck Lawrence just before 12 30 pm, dropping .07 inch of rain at Prof. C. J. Posey’s home. Some areas saw no rain, while Massachusetts street displayed a striking moving sheet of rain between Seventh Street intersections.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
New Hampshire Street
West Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Seventh Street
Coronado Entrada Caravan Tour to Publicize Event
A caravan tour of neighboring towns to publicize the Coronado Entrada will be led by M S Winter with George Hedrick guiding the Chamber of Commerce. Local merchants are invited to join in dressed in shirts yellow neckties and Spanish hats. A sound track and entertainment will accompany the cars and a patrol may lead the procession.
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M. S. Winter
Winter
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
France Pledges Fleet and Colonies Not to Surrender
The French government issued renewed assurances in writing to the United States that the French fleet and colonies would not be surrendered to Germany or any other power.
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France
Washington
United States
Germany
Warm Weekend Forecast From Topeka With Rain Lows
The Kansas forecast shows muggy, showered weather with little temp change. S. D. Flora notes warm moist winds aid growing conditions while residents may feel uncomfortable. Rain totals across towns vary from trace to over an inch with widespread showers in neighboring states. highs around 85 to 88 and lows near 62 to 68 east and 55 to 62 west.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Russell
Ness City
St. Francis
Lébo
Garnett
Eureka
Coffeyville
Ellis
Salina
McPherson
Geneseo
Larned
Hutchinson
Pratt
Anthony
Goodland
Dresden
Hill City
Quinter
Tribune
Dodge City
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Missouri
Perton
Stock Market Index and Home Ownership Ad
Stock market index shows 39.6 for 60 stocks yesterday 39.5. An advertisement from The Lawrence Building and Loan Association offers debt free home ownership through small regular monthly payments. Phone 55 800 Mass St. Adv.
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The
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Mass
Adv
Weather outlook for Kansas Missouri Oklahoma unsettled periods
Partly cloudy and unsettled conditions with widely scattered thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures will average slightly above normal with a warm start and a mid period shift. Moderate to heavy rainfall expected in Kansas and western Oklahoma. lighter amounts elsewhere during May 27 to May 31.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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