Churchill declares Belgium capitulation ignored by Allies
London reports Prime Minister Churchill tells Parliament that Britain and France will ignore King Leopold's capitulation order and continue the fight. He notes Belgian ministers claim legal government and vow to keep waging war despite the king, while warning of hard news ahead.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Leopold
Belgium
Britain
France
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Flanders
Althe
Belhed
Jewish Refugees to Settle in Lawrence During War
Two young Jewish refugees, a married couple fluent in English, will move to Lawrence within weeks. A Kansas City representative of a New York refugee committee arranged their residence, aiming to decentralize Eastern immigration. The committee covers travel and two weeks’ living expenses, while local donors fund a month of room and board in hopes of finding empleo.
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Europe
Lawrence
Kansas City
New York
East
Willkie for President Club Forms in Coffeyville
Fifteen Coffeyville high school students, once taught history by Wendell Willkie, organized a Willkie for President club last night. Carl E. Ziegler, attorney and former state representative, serves as chairman.
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Coffeyville
Wendell Willkie
New York
Willkie
Carl E. Ziegler
Softball Season Opens Under Lights In Eudora
The Eudora softball season begins Friday night with a night game. League officers for the coming year are President Ray Ogden Secretary Gene Daugherty Treasurer Bert Seiwald and Manager Herbert Knipp.
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Eudora
Ray Ogden
Gene Daugherty
Bert Seiwald
Herbert Knipp
Concussion Hit For Virgil Ireland At Rock Crusher
Virgil Ireland, 513 North Third Street, WPA rock crusher worker on East Thirteenth street, suffered a slight concussion when struck by a stone piece. He was taken to Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. Sedgwick County Democratic central committee urged renomination of President Roosevelt for a third term and named delegates for the state convention.
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Virgil Ireland
North Third Street
WPA Rock Rrusher
East Thirteenth Street
Memorial Hosital
Roosevelt
Wichita
CPI
Sedgwick ‘County
Democratic Central Committee
Thaling
C. M. Fitzwilliam
Helen Houston
Student music program showcases diverse student composers
The annual School of Fine Arts program last evening featured eleven student original compositions for chorus, piano, voice, strings, woodwind ensemble, and more. Notable names from professors Skilton and Anderson classes participated, with a public recital including vocalists and instrumentalists. the season closes with the Friday June 7 commencement recital in Hoch Auditorium marking the start of commencement activities at the University.
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School of Fine Arts
Charles S. Skilton
Eileen Maltby
Ida Tinker
W. Arnold Lynch
Oscar Butler
Curtis Allen
Margaret Hayes
Laurel E. Anderson
William Ward
Vincent Bleecker
Loren Withers
Elihu Moore
Olga Eitner
Rosalvs McCrerey
Dorothy Mae Nelson
June Cochran
Agnes de Forme Simpson
Dorothy Allen
Edgar Haage
Donna Hughes
J. D. Ramsey
Lorenzo Fuller
Virginia ‘Gsell
Alice Russell
Winifred Hill
Ruth Orcutt
Eugene Nininger
Lorraine McIntyre
Lola Higley
Sarai Mohler
Jean Klussman
Wendell Plank
Robert Forman
Edward Allsup
Jeanne Moyer
Hoch
Japanese Bomb Chungking Hits Foreign Quarter
The first aerial attack on Chungking city since 1939 struck the foreign quarter, killing 41 civilians and wounding about 200. More than 150 bombs fell, fifty houses were destroyed, as 27 planes led waves of 86 planes in two follow ups.
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Chungking
University announces 118 Cooper House scholarships
Olin Templin announces 118 men selected for cooperative house scholarships at the University. Thirty six are current students with most chosen as freshmen for leadership value. Each scholarship worth 100 dollars. residents will do most work at three new dorms opening in September. Alumni Place and Battenfeld House are designated for occupancy with minor redecorating planned.
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Olin Templin
Endowment Association
Altho
Alumni
University
John Battenfeld
J. R. Battenfeld
Kansas City
Louisiana Street
Alumni Place
Speeders Trapped After Warning Sign Tear Down
Kansas City police on motorcycle squad waited for speeders. A motorist sent them to a north block where they found a crude crayon sign reading Warning Speed Trap Ahead. They tore it down and within half an hour caught four speeders.
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Kansas City
William Burch
Lonny Simcoe
Hopewell and Independence Club Meeting Notes
Hopewell Country club met at Mrs. George Reynolds home with eighteen members present. Visitors were Mrs. Delbert Griffin and Doris Winters. Program included Youth and Alcohol by Mrs. Henry Bailey Have You Lost Your Pocketbook by Mrs. W H Lucas and Ma Dunneway and the Torch Singer by Mrs. Carrie Williams. Refreshments served. Next meeting June 6 at Mrs Reynolds home. Mrs Charlie Gale Charlene and Dorothy Jean visited Kansas City with her mother.
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Hopewell Country Club
George Reynolds
Delbert Griffin
Doris Winters
Henry Bailey
W. H.lucas
Ma Dunneway
Carrie Williams
Reynolds
Charlie Gale
Charlene
Dorothy Jean
Kansas City
Local families host visiting relatives and friends
A long listing of dinner and hosting events across Baldwin and nearby towns. George Marquardt and Karlton Marquardt hosted. Mr. and Mrs. Hunsinger shared Fairview dining. several households welcomed guests from Baldwin, Lawrence, Stull and Kansas City. Social visits spanned last week with multiple overnight and day visits among neighbors.
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George Marquardt
Karlton Marquardt
Henry Seels
George Hunsinger
Fairview
Lola Dyér
Baldwin
M. J. Jardon
Bonnie Jean Adriance
A. A. LeMaster
Edith
Charles Vaughn
W. R.‘ Jeffries
Lawrence
Will Vaughn
Maurice
Donald
Herschell Merchant
Eroporia
Baldwin High School
Jimmie Hobson
Carol Wilson and Son
Carrolton
Esther Brockway
William Adriance
Mabel Gilliland
Earl Lederer
Glenn Kellar
Ray Reynolds
Ralph Ice
Stull
Carrie Wiliams
James Dyer
Worden Parsonage
E. E. Reep
Eunice
Carrie Williams
John
George Newman
Donald Vaughn
Leonard Whitted
Ray Price
Emery
M. J. Jorden
Hattie
Clara Schwartz
Isorden
Purvis 50th wedding anniversary celebrated with family
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Purvis observed their gold 50th anniversary with a dinner for children and grandchildren. Relatives and friends attended a prior Sunday gathering. The couple, longtime Kansas residents, married in Lexington in 1890 and live on a Baldwin area farm. Mrs. Purvis preserves a history of weaving and crafts in the household.
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T. B
O. J. Lane
Lawrence
Frank White
Ray Reynolds
Ottawa
Buddy
E. H. Purvis
Silas Harmon
Edward
Jimmie
Kenneth Edmonds
Fred Purvis
Maria_Lee
Calvin
Arlie Lederer
Howard Purvis
O. M. Hindman
Fred Hollum
Wayne Gray
William Adriance
James Johnson, Jr
John Craig
Purvis
Kansas
Kentucky
D. N. White
Johnson County
Hopewell
Brackett M. V. McBeth in town for oil firm business
Brackett M. V. McBeth of Continental Oil was seen in town Friday on company business. Mrs Anna Hildebrand of Kansas was mentioned in the report.
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M. V. McBeth
Continental Oil Company
Anna Hildebrand
Kansas
Pleasant Hour club meets at Mrs Hobbs home
Mrs. Oliver Hobbs hosts Pleasant Hour club with twenty members. memorial services planned and next meeting scheduled. E E Hazlett led recreation, refreshments by Mrs Eugene Kiefer. Guests included Alice Kasold, Herbie Kasold, Julia Hobbs, Pat Hobbs, Edwin Stimpson.
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City,s
B. Hildebrand
Oliver Hobbs
Ernest Kasold
Pleasant Hour Club
Hobbs
E. E. Hazlett
Eugene Kiefer
Alice
Herbie Kasold
Julia
Pat Hobbs
Edwin Stimpson
Delbert Green
George Walter
Rantoul
G. A. Middleton
Mather Sprague Br. Lawrence
J. R. Catlett
Lester Stillinger
Lawrence
Henry Hack
Esther Ruth
Norman Hack
Norman
Esther Ruth Hack
George Robert Hildebrand
Billy Lonnecker
Emerson Hazlett
Edmond Johnson
Ross Fisher
Ernest Willman
Donald Tobler
Wayne
Arthur Cattlet
Brackett
Farm Bureau Chorus
May Seetin
Ingrid Frestadius
Kul
Lutheran Church
Sweden
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