Federal rents to be cut in 20 areas June first
Federal regulation of rents will take effect June 1 in 20 war congested areas the office of price administration announced. Areas failed to act within 60 days as ordered by Price Administrator Henderson will see automatic reductions with no landlord approval needed. Tenants must pay rents based on the maximum rent date for their area, with some exceptions for improvements furnished status or personal relationships.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Defense
Leon Henderson
OPA
Henderson
Detroit
Ee Bridgeport
Conn
Akron
Birmingham
Ala
Canton
Wichita
Kan
Margie Charles
York Rite
Memorial Day Closures Reported In Lawrence Area
Lawrence rationing office and courthouse will be closed all day Saturday in observance of Memorial Day. Draft examinations held at the Community building covered 86 registrants. County officials note farm women are filling essential labor as manpower dips for military calls.
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Lawrence
George Wetzel
Fred Kahn
Snead Dominates Byrd In First Round Pga Match
Sammy Snead produced superb golf to beat Sammy Byrd seven and six in the first round of the Professional Golfers Association championship at Sea View club Atlantic City with other results including Leland Gibson defeating Jimmy Gauntt ten and nine and Jimmy Demaret beating Vic Ghezzi four and three.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Sammy Snead
Sammy Byrd
Sea View Club
Leland Gibson
Kansas City
Jimmy Gauntt
Longview
Tex
Jimmy Demaret
Detroit
Vic Ghezzi
Fort Monmouth
Fire causes basement smoke at Fairbanks home
A short in the basement wiring at 1212 New York Street, the residence of L. H. Fairbanks, created smoke this morning. The fire department responded to the scene to handle the small damage.
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L. H. Fairbanks
New York Street
Man Dies After Fatal Collision Victims Named
Warren Bowlby 64 died in a Winfield hospital after a car truck crash that killed his wife and injured others. Russell Ramey 20, Arkansas City, married last Sunday to Betty Louise Eagan, remained in critical condition.
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Winfield
Warren Bowlby
Russell Ramey
Arkansas
City
Betty Louise Eagan
Deaths and Funerals Charles Griffeth 78
Charles Lee Griffeth aged 78 of 1035 New Jersey street died yesterday evening at Lawrence Memorial hospital. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 from Rumsey funeral home with Rev. Alfred J Beil in charge. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by wife Ida Griffeth two daughters Grace Vaughn Osawatomie and Cecil Beguelin Lawrence three sons Clarence Lee Albany NY Forrest and Ray Lawrence two brothers Jim and Will Pleasanton six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Charles Lee Griffeth
New Jersey Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
Alfred J. Beil
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ida
Griffeth
Grace Vaughn
Osawatomie
Cecil Beguelin
Lawrence
Clarence Lee
Albany
N.Y
Forrest
Ray
Jim
Will
Pleasanton
James Franklin Pardee dies at 75 in Lawrence Memorial Hospital
James Franklin Pardee age 75 of 734 Ar kansas died last night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 PM Friday at Rumsey funeral home with Dr. O E Allison officiating. Burial follows. Surviving: wife Alice Pardee two sons Albert Pardee Detroit Michigan Glenn Pardee Cincinnati Ohio four grandchildren one great grandchild.
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James Franklin Pardee
Arkansas
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
O. E. Allison
Oak Hill Cemetery
Alice Pardee
Albert Pardee
Detroit
Mich
Glenn Pardee
Cincinnati
Mary Rose Prim 3 Dies in Kansas City Hospital
Mary Rose Prim aged three, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Prim of Overbrook, died after a two month illness at Kansas University Hospital Kansas City. Funeral services will be Friday at 10 AM at the Catholic church Baldwin with burial in Baldwin cemetery. She leaves her parents and a grandmother Mrs Prim of Overbrook.
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Mary Rose Prim
Ernest Prim
Overbrook
Kansas University Hospital
Kansas City
Baldwin
Prim
Mrs Mary Ann Wetzel Dies At 81 In Butler Area
Mrs. Mary Ann Wetzel aged 81 died this afternoon at her daughter’s home at 1141 Connecticut street. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 PM from Culver funeral home in Butler Missouri with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. She is survived by two sons J F Ball of Saugatuck Michigan and William Ball of Kansas City Missouri. three daughters Nellie Brewster Norton Ida Funk and Ridgeway. and a sister Nettie Bennett.
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Mary Ann Wetzel
Betty Ridgeway
Connecticut Street
Culver Funeral Home
Butler
Oak Hill Cemetery
J. F. Ball
Saugatauk
Mich
William Ball
Kansas City
Nellie Brewster
Norton
Ida Funk
Wichita
Ridgeway
Lawrence
Nettie Bennett
Temple Elephant Sale Off After Ear-Tweak Incident
Temple the elephant at Swope Park Zoo refused transport after Dores Miller of Miller Brothers circus tweaked her ear with a bull hook. Keeper Jesse Pettigrew backed by William T A Cully halted the deal saying the risk was too high. Miller left for Russell to rejoin the circus, with $500 offered, once valued at $2,500 by a New York keeper.
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Kansas City
P—Temple
Swope Park Zoo
Dores Miller
Miller Brothers Circus
Miller
Temple
Jesse Pettigrew
William T. A. Cully
Zoo
Pettigrew
Bribery Trial in Hedrick Case Focuses on Hotel Notes
In Olathe Kansas on May 27 state and defense lawyers debated the authenticity of stenographic notes derived from a hotel room recording. The notes by Emily Miles are used by the state to support that Hedrick received money.
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Olathe
Kan
Frank D. Hedrick, Jr
Emily Miles
Hedrick
Guyer Seeks Reelection in Second Kansas District
U S Guyer congressman from the Second Kansas district announces candidacy for reelection. He will seek the Republican nomination in August primaries and pledges wartime unity, opposition to partisan misuse of war, and firm defense of individual rights and private enterprise.
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U. S
OPA Office to Open in Wichita Kansas
H O Davis of Wichita named state rationing administrator and Kansas director for the OPA said the organization would open headquarters probably next week in Wichita. He and L S Reid of Dallas conferred with Jeff Robertson who resigned as rationing administrator to join the corporation commission. Davis noted a rent control office would be set up with the Kansas OPA to supervise defense area rent ceilings. He did not know his principal assistants or total Kansas personnel yet.
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Topeka
H. O. Davis
Wichita
Kansas
OPA
L. S. Reid
Dallas
Tex
Jeff A. Robertson
Corporation Commission
Davis
Kansas Opa
Air School for Independence Kansas Authorized
Senator Capper announced that the war department has approved an air force training school at Independence Kansas. The project, under the army engineers Tulsa Oklahoma office, would cost more than 3 million dollars and begin construction soon.
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Air School For
Independence
Washington
Capper
Government to buy scrap rubber under RFC plan
Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones told the House interstate commerce committee that the RFC would purchase and reclaim scrap rubber and that a government program including a price for scrap would be announced in a few days.
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Washington
UPI
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
House’ Interstate ‘Commerce Committee
RFC
Reds Put Stop to German Offensive
Allied leaders counter Axis maneuvers with plans for a major aerial assault on the German coastal invasion front. U S Gen Somervell arrives in London to coordinate support as British and American staffs align on logistics for a possible expedition. German raids strike Southampton while RAF targets Messina sl including cathedral and university. Italian communique reports casualties and damage in Messina as Fascist submarine claims two torpedo hits on a United States cruiser.
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London
Brehon B. Somervell
U. S. Army
United States
Somervell
Southampton
R.A.F
Messina
Sicily
Royal University
Atlantic
Trial recounts hammer sale and glove evidence in Welsh murder case
In a Kansas courtroom a witness disputes a man's hammer identity and dates of a March 1 sale. A store employee testifies about gloves sold to a sandy haired man days before the crime. Police later find similar gloves near the victim's home as the case unfolds.
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Trevor
Barker
Welsh
John V. Hill
Hill
Sophie Chairman
George Grover Ehrnman
University of Kansas City
Heydrich wounded in Prague murder attempt shocks Nazi grip
London reports the German radio says Reinhard Heydrich was wounded in an attack in Prague. A state of emergency is declared across the Nazi controlled Czech territories. An official threat warns of mass executions for aiding suspects. Prague officials fear renewed racial reprisals as Heydrich signals administrative reorganization.
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London
Prague
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia and Moravia
Czecho-Slovakia
Heydrich
Gestapo
Flagstaff Businessmen Stage a Protest Strike
Flagstaff, Ariz. May 27. Operators of Flagstaff business establishments vow to stay closed as AFL organizers target the city’s restaurants and buffets. Cc. P. Flynn says union organizers from the International Union of Culinary Workers and Bartenders are in the field. A merchants' association led by Joseph C. Dolan forms amid the drive. Only two restaurants and one bar stay open. six restaurants are unionized, others lack supplies.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
American Federation of Labor
Cc. P. Flynn
State Federation of Labor
International Union of Cullinary
Merchants’ Association
Joseph C. Dolan
Arizona Lumber and Timber Company
Flynn
Union
Illinois woman to receive bachelor degree at 71st commencement
Helen Welch of 1208 Delaware, Illinois, will receive her bachelor of science in library science at the University of Illinois 71st annual commencement on June 1. The university will confer 2,800 degrees at the exercises.
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Illinois
Helen Welch
Delaware
University of Illinois
Axis Forces Advance In Libyan No Man's Land
Cairo reports a strong axis armored thrust around Bir Hackeim near Ain el Gazala as British positions come under renewed pressure. The British communique notes tanks in strength but says axis columns have yet to reach main British lines during the daylight advance.
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Cairo
No Man’s Land
Bir Hackeim
Ain el Gazala
Plane Crashes at Jacksonville Municipal Airport
An Army plane crashed at Jacksonville's municipal airport this afternoon. An official spokesman said no fatalities occurred and no further details were available at once.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Army
Pleasant Valley Rural Graduation Day Gatherings
Mrs C N Janeway and children had dinner with Mrs Milton Hall and family then attended rural graduation at L M H S. The Hall and Nemic families visited the Woodards and Vitus Hadl home in Clinton. Ward Landis family dined with Lena Jones of Lawrence and attended rural graduation. Vernon Garratt and W E Garratt visited from Roger City Michigan.
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C. N. Janeway
Milton Hall
L.M.H.S
Gus Hall
Familly
Charlie Nemic
Woodards
Vitus Hadl
Clinton
Ward Landis
Lena Jones
Lawrence
Market News Markets at a Glance
New York trading shows stocks firm and motors leading a rally with bonds steady. Cotton improves while Chicago Wheat rises on late short covering. Hogs mostly 10 lower. cattle and calves vary with large supplies and mixed gains. Kansas City reports slow cattle and hog activity, with prices quoted across steers cows and stockers.
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New York
Motors
Chicago
Hogs and cattle market report with slower week
Livestock traders report hogs closing slow with prices mostly 10 to 15 lower than Tuesday, late sales good to fair for cattle 190 pounds and up. Fed steers and yearlings form the balance of the market with uncertain demand and lighter volume.
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Kansas City
USDA
Livestock Prices Edge Down Across Classes at Market
Receipts show 2000 cattle 300 calves 2500 hogs and 500 sheep. Vealers hold firm to 50 higher with good to choice grades improving. Steers and sheep show broad declines with top native lambs near 15.00 and clipped lambs 12.75 to 13.10. Odd slaughter ewes ease from 6.50.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Aroun
Kansas City Market Listings Wheat and Corn Prices May 27
Kansas City markets report mixed grain pricing with wheat mostly steady to higher and corn with slight declines. No. 2 dark hard wheat around 1.11 to 1.15, No. 2 white corn near 92 to 94 cents, and oats around 51 to 54 cents. Produce also shows varied egg, butter, and poultry quotes from the same day.
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Kansas City
Springs
Wheat prices rally after losses in Chicago trade
Chicago grains ended the day with small gains as July wheat rose to a new low near 1.19 dollars per bushel after early losses. Weather and crop reports supported buying while traders cited anticipated bans on government milling wheat sales at below parity as a factor. Corn purchases arrived from country points in the southwest amid improving demand.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Wheat and grain futures edge higher amid hedging sales
Wheat futures edged up but mixed signals framed by hedging sales in the futures pit. July prices at 1 207, Sept at 1 23 per unit, soybeans up 15 percent, oats and rye also higher. Open interest and weekly totals noted, with potatoes arrivals and shipments cited alongside U S No 1 prices for Bliss Triumphs Louisiana and Idaho Russet Burbanks.
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Chicago
USDA
Motors Spark Modest Wall Street Revival May 27
The motor stocks led a modest buying revival as many leaders rose about two points. Gains appeared in steels rubbers aircrafts coppers and industrials while rail action lagged. Volume rose after a sluggish morning with about 400000 shares traded in five hours.
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Wall Street
New York
Motors
Altho
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