Reds Hold Back German Offensive in Kharkov Sector
Soviet front line dispatches say Marshal Timoshenko’s forces halted part of the German push 80 miles south of Kharkov as Moscow reports claim the offensive has been broken in the Izyum Barvenkova area. Red Star described tank led attacks driving toward a village gate while Germans suffer heavy losses. London notes Axis plans for a major Mediterranean strike, with Rommel moving in North Africa and Crete reinforcing ready for a trans Med thrust.
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Izyum- Barvenkova
Kharkov
Red Star
Moscow
Stockholm
Hitler
London
Mediterranean
Adolf Hitler
Middle East
Crimea
Rostov- on-Don
Caucasus
North Africa
Egypt
Crete
Greece
Dodecanese Islands
Erwin Rommel
Libyan Desert
Sub Sinks First New England Fishing Boat
Survivors describe the first New England fishing boat sunk since the war began after shellfire from an enemy submarine. Captain Daniel J. Maher, 59, and 20 crew members survived after about 60 to 70 shells were fired, with about 30 hitting the 22 ton steam trawler on May 17 as it steamed toward the western banks. One crew member was killed.
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Boston
New England
Atlantic
Daniel J. Maher
Maher
Italy Claims Submarine Sinks U S Cruiser
Rome says an Italian submarine attacked a United States cruiser in the Atlantic at dawn Saturday. The communique identified the cruiser as a 9,100 ton Pensacola class warship acting as a convoy escort.
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Rome
High Command
United States
Atlantic
Three U Boats Sunk Off Brazil Reported Surrender of Fourth
Reports from Fortaleza and Recife claim the United States destroyed three Axis submarines off Brazil in nine days and that a fourth surrendered. The Pamplona, an Italian submarine, was said to have surrendered, though its existence is not listed in naval directories. A US ship pursued another sub off Recife after a May 18 distress call from the freighter Commandante Lyra. Brazilian press urged stronger defense as the government kept silent on the sinkings.
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Rio de Janeiro
United States
Brazil
Fortaleza
Pamplona
Recife
Fernando Noroha
Severino Sotero
Fense
T de Diaro Carioca
Fernando Noronha
Jap Scouts Probe At India Defense Boast Of Invasion Threat
Japanese scouting parties were reported moving from west Burma toward Chittagong as Premier Tojo threatened invasion of India and Australia. British commander Beresford-Peirse said enemy scouts tested India's northeast defenses while Tojo claimed naval forces defending Australia had disappeared.
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West
Burma
India
Chit
Noel Beresford- Peirse
Ganges (India
Chittangong
Calcutta
Kinhwa
China
Chekiang
Tokyo
Tojo
Australia
Japan
Coral Sea
Germany
Italy
Hirohito
Russia
Shigenori Togo
Soviet Union
Greater East Asia
Defense Rests Case in Welsh Slaying Hearing
Defense lawyers for George W. Welsh Jr. rested after four witnesses at the preliminary hearing for the March 9 1941 killing of sister Leila Adele Welsh. Testimony tied a hammer and knife to a possible buyer, while a second hand dealer and a clerk offered alibis. Turkey production in Douglas County is expected to match 1941 levels with government purchases likely aiding growers.
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Kansas City
George W. Welsh, Jr
Leila Adele Welsh
Joseph Louis Alport
Welsh
Alport
Ray McKittrick
Wayne Gibson
McKittrick
Gibson
John T. Barker
Trevor
Douglas County
Lawrence
R. C. Jackman
Harry Broers
Eugene McCabrin
Eudora
C. H. Graeber
West Twenty-third Street
Harry Woodring
Lecompton
Mra. Baldwin
Stull
Sam Roberts
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Albert Schmidt
Brinkley Rites Today for Noted Surgeon and Radio Figure
Dr John R Brinkley gland transplantation surgeon and radio orator died yesterday in San Antonio Funeral services were set for 3 pm today at the First Methodist church He will be buried in Memphis in a copper casket marked by a Winged Victory statue bought in Naples and once in his yard The body lay in state in his walnut paneled music room beside a pipe organ and crystal chandeliers Brinkley had been a Kansas political figure and sought medical treatment from a heart specialist in recent weeks
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Kansas
Czechoslovakia
First Methodist Church
Brinkley
San Antonio
Roosevelt nominates Brodrick for internal revenue post
President Roosevelt named Lynn P. Brodrick of Marysville Kansas as internal revenue collector for the Kansas district and Harry P Hornsby of Uvalde Texas for a second term as customs collector for collection district 23 based at Laredo Texas Burke resigns as internal revenue collector effective May 31 Brodrick expects senate confirmation and possible resignation as party council committeeman in August Other party leaders weigh successors and Woodring’s potential bid for governor and party chairmanship
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lynn P. Brodrick
Marysville
Kan
Internal Revenue
Kansas
Harry P.hornsby
Uvalde, Tex
Laredo
Tex
Brodrick
W. H. Burke
Little River
Burke
Internal Revenue Collector
Senate
Harry H. Woodring
Woodring
Joint Airport Expansion Grants Arkansas City and Winfield New Land
District Judge Stewart S. Bloss signed an order giving Arkansas City and Winfield title to a 900 acre addition to their joint airport. The addition brings total airport acreage to 1 440 acres. The cities paid 142 862 dollars into court on a fifty fifty basis to cover land taken in condemnation.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Stewart S. Bloss
Winfield
Nelson opposes Memorial Day holiday in war plants
WPB Chairman Donald M Nelson urged cancelling next Saturdays scheduled holidays in war plants to avoid production lag. He said honoring heroic dead means staying steady in defense of the country, not taking a holiday. Rubber Stamps The World Company.
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Nelson
Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt seeks 600 million more for war housing
President Roosevelt urged Congress to appropriate an extra 600 million dollars for war housing to shelter the 1.6 million workers moving to war centers. Congress had already approved over 1 billion for wartime living quarters, and the President stressed the need for rapid action to reduce the time lag between funding and completion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Thirty-nine Men to Enter Induction June Sixth from Douglas County
Selective Service announces a June sixth departure for thirty-nine Lawrence Douglas County men to an army induction center. Among them 26 registered in February, as the second June group from the county following a first group of colored men departing June 1. The list includes Marquis Theodore Ewing of Kansas City Kansas and many others with associated addresses and order numbers.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Selective Service Board
Marquis Theodore Ewing
Kansas City
Kan
Missouri
Charles Wesley Ingle
Baldwin
John W. Lee
Massachusetts
Clarence Wayne Gibson
St. Louis
New Hampshire
Winnal William Putnam
Louislana
Edward Jesse Harmon
Moscow
George Washington Rothwell
Lecompton
George Edward Barnes
North First
George Dewey Wilson
Maple
Billy Clarence Hodson
Eldon Eugene Wood
Connecticut
Jesse Ervin Aungerer
Milton James Smith
Maine
Aunt Francis Roe
Eudora
John Clark Allen
Vermont
Carl Spitzer
Lincoln
Wilburn
John Edward Holladay
Ash
Jesse Greenberry Sweezer
James Edwin Griffith
Ebert_Henry Kanive
Wisconsin
Clarence Kenneth Powless
Appleton
Wis
Armed Services
Senate
Money comes in as United China Relief fund grows
The local United China Relief drive raises the total to 687.50 with recent contributions. Dr O E Allison of First Methodist Church chairs the campaign. Additional notes mention Fort Riley Camp Funston Kansas and a military transfer: Maj Gen John J Millikin to a new assignment, Brig Gen John B Coulter to succeed him.
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China Relief Fund
United China Relief Fund
O. E. Allison
First Methodist Church
Fort Riley
Camp Funston
Kan
John J. Millikin
Second Cavalry Division
John B. Coulter
House Holds Fast on $50 Monthly Pay for Soldiers
Washington reports the House of Representatives reaffirmed a $50 monthly pay minimum for privates and apprentices and urged a compromise of $42 for other ranks. The bill returns to a conference committee as Senate higher figures face resistance amid timing concerns for July effects.
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Washington
House
Senate-House
Rankin
D-Miss
Senate
House Military Committee
Weather drifts toward warm summer across Kansas
Topeka reports continued warm weather with winds 20 to 30 mph easing heat. forecasters predict cooler conditions in west and central Kansas by tomorrow morning with possible scattered thundershowers mainly in the northwest. No significant rainfall reported, highs near 96 at Goodland and cool 54 on the previous night.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Mercury
Goodland
Flora
Kansas Delegation to Meet Henderson Over Gasoline Rationing
Senator Capper and Representatives Hope and Carlson plan to meet Leon Henderson price administrator to outline Kansas protests about gasoline rationing. Capper says Kansas has ample fuel and puzzles over the need for rationing. Summer school begins June 1 at Lawrence Business College.
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Washington
Kansas
Leon Henderson
Capper
Henderson
Hope
Carlson
Lawrence Business College
Leaders Drop Subsidy Plans in Price Control Bill
Washington May 27 Leaders abandoned efforts to pass legislation authorizing subsidy payments for the price control program. A banking committee amendment granting authority to the RFC and CCC was rejected in a voice vote, and the bill was sent back for further study amid opposition. The subsidy authority had been urged by Leon Henderson and Jesse Jones with presidential approval.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Chamber
Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
White House
Leon Henderson
Jesse Jones
Commerce
Roosevelt
Ratner to Speak at Liberty Memorial High School Commencement
The 1942 Liberty Memorial High School senior class will hold their commencement at Hoch Auditorium on the KU campus tomorrow at 8 PM. Governor Payne Ratner will deliver the address “Your Biggest Job” with Supt. Clifford D. Dean presiding.
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Hoch Auditorium
University of Kansas
Clifford D. Dean
Payne Ratner
Kansas
M. H. S. Orchestra
Spp
Eapteirthnets
Payne H. Ratner
Aparo
Lloyd
Purcell
Board of Education
Ralph E. Graber
Sdyevetes Peibe Bas Radssedorre
Renesas Francis Scott Key
Joseph F. Wilkins
Carmen
Bradshaw elected Lawrence civilian defense director
G. W. Bradshaw, associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Kansas, was elected director of Lawrence Civilian Defense at a city hall meeting. He succeeds Dick Williams, who resigned due to summer business demands after expanding volunteer enrollment and addressing civilian defense concerns.
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Lawrence
Civilian Defense Council
G. W. Bradshaw
Dick Williams
Bradshaw
University of Kansas
East
Kansas City
Defense Council
Summer ROTC Work at University of Kansas
The University of Kansas military science department will run a full summer ROTC session alongside the regular term. Both basic and advanced courses will be offered with morning instruction and a full semester’s curriculum. Col. James S. Dusenbury states the department will remain open through summer for business as usual.
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Department of Military Science
University of Kansas
R.O.T.C
University
Tuli
James S. Dusenbury
Military Department
Lawrence Druggist Walter Varnum Named to State Board
Walter Varnum of Round Corner drug store is appointed to the state board of pharmacy succeeding Kelsey Petro of Topeka. Wilbur Anderson of Wichita will become secretary, succeeding Gene Cook of Iola.
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Lawrence
State Board of Pharmacy
Walter Varnum
Round Corner Drug Store
Kelsey Petro
Topeka
Wilbur Anderson
Wichita
Gene Cook
Iola
Labor trouble on hill quiets down on Mount Oread
Labor on Mount Oread largely returns to work as the buildings and grounds staff resumes duties. Lindley hall and the new mineral industries building proceed with a new crew after 25 workers walked out for higher wages yesterday. The wage rate remains 40 cents an hour.
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Mount Oread
Lindley Hall
Mineral Industries
C. G. Bayles
Ener Bien den
Nurses in the Present Emergency Call Urges Citizen Help
The United States government and Red Cross urge all women to train as nurses as thousands will be drafted into military service within six months. Nurses are needed in industry towns and small towns converting to war production, with home care basics taught to housewives. A Kansas radio program from KFKU will feature Electa Kindlesperger Mary Dundin and Joseph Murray outlining needs and qualifications.
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United States
Adminster
Red Cross
Electa Kindlesperger
Lawrence
Mary Dundin
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Joseph Murray
University of Kansas
KFKU
Library to Close Saturday for Memorial Day
The Lawrence free public library will be closed all day Saturday in observance of Memorial Day. A note to patrons says not to return books until Monday and to use digital resources in the interim.
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Lawrence Free Public Library
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