Unique Career On Stage Of America
The death of Mary Anderson de Navarro in England recalls a career unique in American theatre. Born Sacramento 1859, she debuted in Louisville 1875 and rose to fame in New York by 1877, later achieving European success and a lasting influence on stage.
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Mary Anderson de Navarro
England
Mary Anderson
Atlantic
Europe
Sacramento
Calif
Louisville
Richard
Richelieu
Rachel
Pauline
Schiller
Joan of Arc
Henry Woods
Charlot Cushman
New York
George Vandenhoff
Ben .de Bar
St. Louis
de Bar
Renis
St. Charles Theater
New Orleans
Meg Merriles
Evadne
Bianca
Fazio
Julia
the Hunchback
John McCullough
San Francisco
Miss Anderson
United States
Galatea
Troy
N. Y
Lyceum Theater
London
Parthenia
America
Palmer's Theater
Washington
Harrison
Perdita
Antonio F. de Navarro
Worcestershire
Juliet
Miss. Anderson
Robert S. Hichens
Final Allied Assaults and German Press Fears in War News
Reports describe mud flat battlegrounds as two German air corps hit ships in the channel with Stukas. Von Richthofen kinship noted. French surrender amid bombardment alleged. Berlin denies peace with France while anger at France grows. Allied air raids target Germany. German press laments English opposition and threatens Paris if France resists.
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von Richthofen
Grauert
Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Flanders-Artois
Germany
England
France
British Isles
Berlin
DNB
Gelsenkirchenbuer
Paris
CBS
Man Charged With Second Degree Murder in Wichita Case
Floyd Dobbs, 44, is charged with second degree murder in Wichita after Lavona Smith, 8, testified at a coroner's inquest about a family quarrel. The girl said Dobbs struck her stepmother, whose death had been considered natural before the accusation.
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Wichita
Floyd Dobbs
Lavona Smith
Four Square Revival Plots The Way Home Tonight
At Foursquare Revival the topic Man's Search for Happiness will be discussed at the Four square Tent located at Seventh and Missouri streets this evening. Special singing and music are presented each evening. Tomorrow night's topic is The Way Home.
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Seventh
Missouri Streets
Brinkman Bakery Marks 25th Anniversary in Lawrence
Henry Brinkman and the Brinkman bakery celebrate 25 years at 816 Massachusetts street with open house and souvenirs. The business began June 1 1915 after moving from 933 Massachusetts and expanded from horse drawn delivery to three modern trucks serving Lawrence and surrounding towns.
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Henry Brinkman
Brinkman
Massachusetts Street
Tonganoxie
Ford
Lawrence Grocers
U S Treasury Reports Douglas County Tax Returns 1939
Lawrence and Baldwin residents filed 902 individual income tax returns in 1939 with 821 from Lawrence and 46 from Baldwin. Journalism students used a holiday to play a varsity softball game labeled eligibles versus ineligibles. A Chevy hub cap theft was reported at 720 Ohio Street.
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U. S. Treasury Department
Douglas
J.M. Willey
Ohio Street
Parachute Guard Women Target Parachutists in Star College
San Jose California May 30 The San Jose Star reports coeds at Lawrence Business College have organized a farcha shoot club to defend paras troops. Peggy Kidd Frances Grunswald and Helen Settegran say they will puncture parachutes and watch attackers fall necks broken.
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San’ Jose
England Awaits Hitler Assault Across Channel
London reports warn of a German northern thrust aimed at France and Britain as the Flanders disaster tests Allied unity. Wounded Tommies arrive home while officials fear a propaganda drive to split the Allies and weaken resolve.
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Ostend
Lille
France
Flanders
Home Secretary
Tommies
English
Warn
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Hitler
Britain
Channel
B.E.F
the Express
Mrs Burleson Sentenced in Galveston Slavery Case
Judge G Duncan Bellinger sentenced Mrs May Walker Burleson of Galveston Texas to 12 years in the state penitentiary for manslaughter connected with the slaving of the second wife of her divorced husband Colonel Richard C Burleson of the U S Army as the trial concluded in Columbia South Carolina May 30.
Defense program mapped by seven
Chairman Doughton announced a measure to raise 656 million dollars by tax, lift the debt limit to 48 billion, and issue five year defense bonds for a 3 billion increase. New taxes would fund the bonds and include higher rates on stock transfers and theater tickets, with broader excises on incomes gasoline liquor cigarettes beer autos tires and radios. The report cites scientists on new explosive and fuel advances and urges Army and Navy security services to study them. Army offers 2 000 air corps reserve officers active duty while Navy plans sea training for reserve enlisted men from July 1.
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Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
O. Sweek
Arizona
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Co-Op Club Fishing Trip Set With Eight Members
The Co-Operative club plans a weekend fishing trek starting Saturday with eight fishermen in two cars bound for Flippin Ark. They will float the White River for two days and visit swift Ozark streams, chasing records held by Clyde Frank. Non member William Lemon joins as the only outsider.
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Co-Operative Club
Ark
White River
Ozark Hills
Clyde Frank
Junius Underwood
George Pickens
Forrest Jackson
Homer Allison
Glenn Moody
Nick Thome
William Lemon
Flippin
W. T. Johnson
Haskell
Ardmore
Okla
Lunch bag and lunch rescued after car theft chase
Peter Malm of Malden lost his lunch when a passing car snatched his bag. Police traced the car to William E Parker of New Bedford, about 50 miles away, and recovered the basket with a license check.
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New Bedford
Mass
Peter Malm
Malden
William E. Parker
Help Wanted Classified Notice
Job ad fragment asks if extra help is needed at home or office. Includes brief contact cue Phone 22 and lacks full details.
Memorial Day Observances Across Nation Amid War News
Veterans cemeteries in Flanders receive wreaths as Americans honor the unknown soldier. President Roosevelt consults his commission on defense while Congress debates measures. Eleanor Roosevelt speaks on peace. parades, sports events, and baseball doubleheaders fill the day.
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Flanders Field
Roosevelt
National Defense Commission
Congress
Horace B. Smith
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Smith
France
Roy
Arlington
Paul V. McNutt
American Legion
Joseph Bentonelli
Metropolitan Opera Company
Detroit
Philadelphia
Herbert Busse
Fort Hill
Fort Washington
New York City
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ferncliffe Cemetery
Ardsley
N. Y
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Battlefield
Julius F. Howell
Bristol
United
Frederick James McWade
Holmesburg
Indianapolis Speedway
Fire in brooder house destroys twenty five chickens
A fire from a faulty oil stove gutted a small brooder house at O. L. Adams residence 635 Elm street last night. Twenty five young chickens were killed and the interior of the building was damaged.
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O. L. Adams
Elm Street
Paul Ingels
Shorthand and Bookkeeping Advertised for Summer Courses
A brief notice promotes shorthand typing bookkeeping and comptometry courses in summer sessions. An adv suggests thrifty habits and reading the classified page daily for opportunities.
End of the world mood grips Dunkerque and Flanders battle
Dewitt Mackenzie surveys the Dunkirk crisis and the battle of Flanders, noting a major German victory and the clash between air and sea forces. He argues the Allied stand preserves a northern French line to Paris, shaping future options as Hitler seeks possible invasions of England or a drive toward Paris.
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Dunkerque
English Channel
Channel
Dover
Flanders
Hitler
France
Abbeville
Somme
Maginot
Paris
England
Britain
Switzerland
Portugal
Unclear Nazi plans leave Swiss invasion speculation
The article ponders if the Fuehrer plans to seize Switzerland to strike at France and possibly attack England, but notes there is no present indication of his exact objectives or timetable.
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Switzerland
France
Community Notices from Lawrence and Nearby Areas
Mackey and relatives visit Bonner Springs with multiple families joining from Lawrence and Topeka. Maurice Sulter sought news of his son Ernest who has disappeared after years of hard work and illness. Local graduation and church events are noted along with a Sunday school gathering and a Memorial High School address.
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J. J. Wilson
Dorothy Wilson
Bonner Springs
John Hogge
Topeka
Henry Selwald
Lawrence
Maurice Sulter
J. S.paxton
Prairie Center
Kate Jewett
Raymond Gardner
Meridith Smith
Nannie Charlton
Gardner Lake
Roy Allison
Joe McMullin
Kline Baird
Charles Cline
Linwood
Earl Allison
R. C. Welborn
M. E. Church of Lawrance
Robb
John North
Gertrude Mohler
Memorial High School
F. W. Bereiter
Osborne
Ife
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J. Ashcraft
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Lawrence Business College
United Kingdom
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Zeeland
Norway
Austria
London Telegraph
Massachusetts
Ilanders Con
President
The
Associated Press
Lawrence Book
Dewitt MacKenzie
California
Alaska
Hawaii
Canada
New England
Downs Travel Agency
Alabama St
Mackey
Schulz
Mayflower Vansy Coast
Lawrence Transfer & Storage Co
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W.H. Quakenbush
E.S. Weatherby
Edmund Gweny Mar Y
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