British i in Plans To Continue War MOVE TO THE CHANNEL
British forces push from Flanders toward the English channel amid a German trap. Allied efforts gain Narvik success in Norway as Belgium capitulates, raising alarms over Dunkerque and Westminsters security. Morrison forms a tank production board while authorities tighten wartime security and tax measures. Leopold's surrender sparks mixed reaction and calls to suspend judgment as press vilifies the Belgian king.
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Norway
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Dunkeraue
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Forsneset
Herbert Morrison
Britain
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Ministry of Munitions
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Palace of Westminster
Houses of Parliament
Metropolitan Police
Special ‘War Constabulary
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Alfred Duff Cooper
Leopold
B.F
Gallipoli
Black Sea
Churchill
Roger Keyes
Mirror
King
Daily Express
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Hitler
Jayhawk Plunge Opens Under New Regulation at Pool
With warm weather the Jayhawk plunge on Seventh and Michigan street opened for the season under manager John Settle. A new three meter diving board was installed and lifeguards Junius Penny and Virgil Wise will supervise the facility.
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Jayhawk
Michigan Street
John Settle
Junius “Penny
Virgil Wise Lire
Defense Taxes Washington May 29 Plan to Finance Defense
Ten tentative plans propose funding national defense with an annual 10 percent income tax rise for five years plus new levies on gasoline beer liquor cigarettes tires and more. The plan would raise 683 million yearly and raise the debt limit by 3 billion for five years to be repaid from the new taxes.
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House
Senate
Marcantonio
A.L.N.Y
Congress
Desperate Allied Stand Behind German Lines Near Dunkerque
Reports describe ad mirable courage as Dunkerque remains not directly menaced while Calais stays in French hands. Belgian King Leopold III’s fate remains unclear with Spaak stating sovereignty is lost and any peace with Germany would be invalid. French and British air forces hit Bremen Hamburg fuel depots and centers behind German lines as fighting along the Lys and Rhine rivers intensifies.
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Calais
Leopold
Paul Henri Spaak
Leopold III
Spaak
Bremen
Hamburg
War Ministry
Lys
Rhine
Deaths and Funerals Charles W Sehon
Charles W. Sehon, 76, died yesterday at his home south of Lecompton. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at the United Brethren church in Lecompton with Rev. A. O. Kellogg officiating. Burial will be in Lecompton cemetery. Pallbearers are Clarence Welcher, Mr. Leslie, Harvey Glenn, George Bahnmaier, John Taylor, and Bred Neis. honorary pallbearers are W. C. Hill and Mack McRae.
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Lecompton
United Brethren Church
A. O. Kellogg
Clarence Welcher
Mr. Leslie
Harvey Glenn
George Bahnmaier
John Taylor
Bred Neis
W. C. Hill
Mack McRae
Benjamin R Evans dies at 81 with family survivors
Benjamin R Evans aged 81 of 1208 New Jersey Street died yesterday afternoon. Funeral services will be at Rumsey funeral home Friday at 10 am officiated by Rev. Harold G Barr. Burial Friday afternoon at Mt. Washington Cemetery Kansas City Missouri. He is survived by his daughter Agnes Evans and three sisters Mrs T K Griffin Mrs John Marshall of Kansas City Kansas and Mrs D C Middleton of Eldon Missouri.
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New Jersey Street
Rumsey
Harold G. Barr
Mt. Washsein Cemetery
Kansas City
Evans
Agnes Evans
T. K.griffin
John Marshall
Kan
D. C. Middleton
Eldon, Mo
Bebout Rites Held for Joseph V. Bebout at Rumsey
Funeral services for Joseph V. Bebout 87 were conducted at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev. E E Kardatzke leading. Burial followed in Oak Hill Cemetery. Surviving are wife Alice Bebout three daughters Nannie Lefford Marysville Cal Tracy Penn and Elsie Nelson five sons Roy and Clarence Bebout two others a sister Belle Dickenson eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Rumsey
E. E. Kardatzke
Oak Hill Cemetery
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Alice Bebout
Nannie Lefford
Lawrence
Tracy Penn
Marysville
Cal
Elsie Nelson
Los Angeles
Roy Bebout
Clarence Bebout
Washington
Belle Dickenson
Tonganoxie
Church Plans a Picnic at Brown's Grove
Church of God members will hold an all church picnic at Brown's Grove tomorrow. Transportation meets at 10 a m at the church. Lunch served 12 to 1 p m. A baseball game between married and single men is featured. The monthly men’s meeting follows at 7 45 p m with Rev Roy A Gibson speaking and Ben Underwood singing. Members aged 10 and up invited.
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Brown’s Grove
Roy A. Gibson
Ben Underwood
Roosevelt
Dorothy Thompson
France
Count de Saint-Quentin
Jackson
White House
Rehearing Sought in Jack Russell Case
The government will seek a rehearing in the U S circuit court of appeals on Jack Russell Oklahoma convict who was granted a new trial for murder and kidnapping. A new trial was ordered due to possible improper evidence from a 1937 Missouri arrest record. Russell escaped McAlester prison July 11 and forced a driver to help him reach Illinois. He contends the victim died accidentally during a pistol struggle and remains on death row under the Lindbergh kidnapping act.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Oklahoma
Martin Ward
United States
Russell
Missouri
William Scott Hamilton
Arkansas City
Kan
Ringwood
Ill
McAlester
Robert E. Brown
Pittsburg
Han
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Illinois
Cass
Ark
Wisconsin
Mary
Dewey Attacks Roosevelt Defense Plans in Alabama Speech
Thomas E. Dewey accused the Roosevelt administration of staggering defense costs and mismanagement after seven years. He warned of an “artificial economic anemia” and questioned the new defense program, blaming Ickes Wallace Hopkins and Perkins for a “blitzkrieg upon the treasury” and alleging communists within the administration.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Dewey
Congress
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Hopkins
Perkins
Treasury
Topeka Minister Plans Special Golfers Service
In Topeka on May 29 the Rev. W. Ernest Collins announced an early 7:45 a.m. service at Central Congregational Church to accommodate Sunday golfers. The sermon will repeat the 11 a.m. presentation and include ample parking and bag storage so players can reach the golf courses by 8:30. The plan runs through June and may continue through summer if attendance warrants.
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Topeka
W. Ernest Collins
Central Congregational Church
V F W to Present Flag at Memorial Park Cemetery
The Alford Clarke post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will present a large American flag at Memorial Park cemetery tomorrow at 10 30 in the morning. Ellis T Johnston, cemetery superintendent, will accept the gift. The flag will fly at half mast until noon from the flagstaff in the veterans burial plot.
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Alford-Clarke
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Memorial Park Cemetery
Ellis T. Johnston
Breech forecasts rapid growth in American aircraft output
Ernest R. Breech, vice president of General Motors, told the national aviation forum that American private airplane production could reach 100,000 units annually within coming years and domestic sales may hit 509,000 planes per year within two decades.
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Washington
National Aviation Forum
Ernest R. Breech
General Motors Corporation
Debates on Defense Finances Spark Congressional Clash
The President's seven member general staff will study defense finances as Congress pushes bills to speed shipbuilding and expand navy air bases. A twofold plan seeks to raise the debt limit to 48 billion and fund national defense with taxes, though opinions vary among senators.
Belgian royal children taken to Lisbon for rest of war
The Soir reports the Belgian royal children Princess Josephine Charlotte Crown Prince Baudouin and Prince Albert have arrived in Lisbon and will stay there for the war. They left Cahors France by car last Sunday while their father King Leopold remained with the Belgian army. their mother Queen Astrid died in 1935.
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Soir
Lisbon
Cahors
France
Josephine Charlotte
Prince Baudouin
Prince Albert
Leopold
Astrid
Switzerland
Whereabouts of King Leopold Kept Secret
Berlin reports that the location of King Leopold of the Belgians is being kept secret by authorized German sources. The secrecy follows bitter allied attacks and the belief the allies might bomb his castle if his exact location were known. French Premier Reynaud and Belgian Premier Pierlot’s strictures are cited to justify the measure.
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Berlin
Leopold
Paul Reynaud
Hubert Pierlot
Memorial Day Observances and Local Highlights In Lawrence
Poppy sales by Heard in Lawrence Alford Clarke post 852 raise over 2200 for VFW. Don Baker to give Memorial Day address in Larned at American Legion meeting. Wiedemann rose garden near Mass and 17th streets is worth a visit. Post office holiday schedule in effect with no rural deliveries. Public Health Pro-Motor display set for 1 30 tomorrow near city hall hosted by American United Life Insurance. Old High bell marks end of school with joyful noise from junior high students. Ed Anderson honored for 50 years with Lawrence lodge 4 I O CF. Flag Tournament at Lawrence Country Club tomorrow with handicap strokes. Public thanked for traffic guidance by police and firemen. Rose garden in South Park in full bloom. School year ends. mothers reflect on teachers’ help. East Thirteenth Street crowded to cemetery on Memorial Day. Question over road repairs on Memorial Day. Jack Marshall wins $1 prize for summer vacation writing.
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Public Health
City Hall
Massachusetts Street
American United Life Insurance Company
Morgenthau Summoned by Ways and Means on Defense Tax
Secretary Morgenthau was summoned by the House Ways and Means Committee to testify Friday in support of the administration defense tax bill. The hearing aligns with a schedule aimed at speeding congressional action. Summer business courses advertised at Lawrence Business College include shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping, and comptometry.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Lawrence Business College
Yankees Win Streak Reaches Five With 2 1 Victory
In a May 29 MLB recap, the New York Yankees beat the Washington Senators 2 to 1 behind home runs by Charley Keller Bill Dickey and Atley Donalds four hit pitching. Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 8 to 3 as rookie Wilburn Butland. Buck Walters shuts out Pittsburgh 4 0 for his eighth win in Cincinnati. Bees top Phillies 3 to 1 on Dick Erricksons 2nd win.
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New York Yankees
Washington Senators
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Bill Dickey
Atley Donald
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Cox
Leonard
Ferrell
Donald
Dickey
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Wilburn Butland
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Gearhauser
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Buck Walters
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Pirates
Reds
Joe Bowman
Walters
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Lombardi
Bowman
Davis
Mast
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Owen
French
Dean
Todd
Collins
Architect Glen A. Schafer killed in Wichita highway crash
Wichita architect Glenn A. Schafer, 39, died when a car with him veered into a ditch to avoid a car entering the highway near Garden Plain. Driver Marshall Swan was slightly injured. Schafer is survived by his wife and two young children.
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Kan
Glenn A. Schafer
Garden Plain
Marshall Swan
Schafer
Swan
Local Market Prices Report Grain and Poultry Notes
Grain prices show wheat 73 yellow corn 68 mixed and white corn 66 kaffir 1.20. Butterfat values No 124 No 22b. Poultry rates list hens under 4 pounds and over pounds 11 roosters and stags 4 1. Rees straight runs 11 logs 5.00.
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Rees
Wheat and corn price quotes from Kansas City market report
AP dispatch from Kansas City lists May prices for wheat corn oats and rye with grades and close values. It notes No 2 dark hard wheat No 2 red winter and No 2 white corn quotes and July September futures, plus oat and barley figures and general price spreads.
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Kansas City
Osty
Market Close Chicago May 29 Wheat and Grain Prices
AP reports Chicago commodities close with May 29 values for wheat soybeans rye and corn futures. July wheat around 5.30 to 5.34. December near 4.40. soybeans July 9.14. rye July 4.64. lard and bellies futures cited with mid spring delivery months and fluctuating parities.
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Chicago
Government Bonds Closing in New York on March 29
Closing government bond prices in New York show Treasury 34 45-40 June at 100.19, Treasury 35 8 43-41 March at 142.27, and Treasury 4s 54-44 at 191.25.
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Government Bonds
New York
Mar
Treasury
Wall Street steadies as steel and war stocks rise
In New York the stock market edged higher with limited volume ahead of Memorial Day trading. Steel and war-related shares led gains as traders covered shorts and bought favorites like General Motors, Chrysler, U S Rubber, Caterpillar, and Allied Chemical amid a firmer tone and a Belgian surrender backdrop.
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New York
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Chrysler
U.S. Rubber
Caterpillar
Sperry
Eastman
Allied Chemical
Johns-Manville
Dun Pont
American Can
Kennecott
Phelps-Dodge
American Telephone
Western Union
Great Northern Preferred
Lemon Juice Recipe Relieves Rheumatic Pain Fast
A home remedy using Ru-Ex Compound mixed with a quart of water and the juice of four lemons is claimed to ease rheumatic or neuritis pain within 48 hours or overnight. If pain persists, Ru-Ex is offered at no cost to try, sold by Round Corner Drug Co and other drug stores.
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Round Corner Drug Co
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