Conquest of Crete Nearly Completed Amid Axis Pressure
British defenders on Crete are described as in full flight amid German air raids and reinforcements. Gen Freyberg reported killed. Retimo fallen. Italian and German claims of victory. British efforts in the Middle East escalate to protect Iraq as Baghdad nears. Mussolini and Axis forces claim gains. island evacuation uncertain. In Alabama, Southern girls shower Irish confetti on the 15th Infantry during maneuvers.
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Crete
Adolf Hitler
Cairo
B. C. Freyberg
Egypt
Hitler
Middle East
Flanders
England
Dunkerque
DNB
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Syracuse
Sicily
High Command
Hereward
Retimo
Candia
Canea
Sky
Iraq
Baghdad
Abdul Ilah
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Atrish
Trimmines
Huntsville
Ala
Fighting Irish Regiment
15Th Infantry
New York
Manuevers
Tennessee
Fire at Speedway—Indianapolis 500 heat delayed by garage blaze
A blaze in the south garage at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway destroyed three race cars and 30 garages three hours before the 500 mile race. Three workers were lightly burned, damage estimated at $100,000. Barringer’s car was wrecked, reducing the field to 31. Jose Chitwood, Cherokee Indian and former Haskell football lineman, qualified at 120.329 mph.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway
C.S.T
Jim Pherice
Kelly Petillo
Los Angeles
James Lynch
Chicago
Speedway Technical Committee
Lloyd Barnes
Speedway Grounds
Mauri Rose
Rex Mays
Wilbur Shaw
George Barringer
Houston
Tex
Barringer
Eddie Offutt
Offutt
Sam Hanks
Alhambra
Calif
Hanks
Jose
Chitwood
Haskell Institute
U S Creation of Transportation Office Ends Defense Commission
President Roosevelt ordered the creation of the office of transportation to supervise and coordinate railroad bus truck pipeline ship airline and barge transport while terminating the national defense advisory commission a year after its first meeting. Ralph Budd of Burlington expected to head the railroad division.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Transportation
National Defense Advisory Commission
Commission
Office For Emergency Management
Office For Production Management
Ralph Budd
Burlington Railroad and Transportation
Defense Commission
Experi
Ence
Driving Show Today by Joe Morris and the Devil Drivers
Joe Morris and his Devil Drivers bring two performances at Haskell stadium at 2:30 and 8:30 this afternoon and evening. Sponsored by Douglas county peace officers to raise funds for radio equipment for patrol cars, the event features head-on crashes, cars through fire walls, car jumps, and other thrill acts. Sheriff Charles Banning announced the drive and organizers expect up to 10 000 attendees with free parking available.
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Joe Morris
Haskell Stadium
Douglas County
Morris
Possible Identification of Driver in Missouri River Tragedy
Coroner W. E. Martin of Lafayette County says a body recovered from the Missouri River near Wellington could be William Maas, a Dodge City truck driver. Maas was last seen after his heavily loaded transport truck veered from Broadway street and plunged into the river on May 18.
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Kansas City
W. E. Martin
Lafayette County
Missouri
Wellington
William Maas
Dodge City
Oil Shortage Fears Prompt Talk of Gasless Sundays
Washington reports rising concern over an oil shortage in the east the hub of defense production. Interior Secretary Ickes suggests gasless Sundays to conserve fuel while the President weighs steps to curb nonessential use and facilitate oil pipeline rights of way. Prices rise and stocks fall as demand grows.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
Congress
Deep South
America
Oil Office
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
Newton McClain, longtime city water worker, dies at 83
Newton W. McClain 83, longtime Lawrence water dept employee, died this morning at 227 Mississippi. Funeral at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Funk chapel officiated by Rev. Harold G. Barr. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by wife Ada, two sons Wilfred K. and Walter A. of Lawrence, grandson Wilfred McClain Jr. of Cleveland, sister Mrs. Charles Delzell of Damascus Ohio. Born Alliance Ohio October 31 1857. Married Ada Holman in Topeka September 3 1885. He served from 1893 until retiring four years ago.
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Newton W. McClain
Water Department
Mississippi Street
Funk Chapel
Harold G. Barr
Oak Hill Cemetery
Wilfred K. McClain
Walter A. McClain
Lawrence
Wilfred McClain
Cleveland
Charles Delzell
Damascus
Alliance, O
Ada Holman
Topeka
Lawrence Water Company
City Water Department
Memorial Day Weather Boosts Local Activities
Ideal conditions favored Lawrence on Memorial Day with warm afternoon temperatures and many offices closed. Residents planned picnics and cemetery visits while baseball fans anticipated a doubleheader between the Blues and Brewers in Kansas City. Lakes Lone Star and Tonganoxie were expected to attract picnickers and anglers.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Blues
Milwaukee Brewers
Lone Star
Tonganoxie Lakes
Gheen Inspires Seniors With Thoughtful Commencement Talk
James E. Gheen, New York public relations counselor, entertains and instructs Liber ty Memorial high school seniors and families at the sixty seventh commencement in Hoch auditorium. He urges lifelong learning, outlines steps to reach goals, and quotes William Lyon Phelps on the happiness of thinking. The program includes a grand march, string intermezzos, and diplomas presented by Superintendent Dean.
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James E. Gheen
New York City
Liberty Memorial High School
Hoch Auditorium
William Lyon Phelps
Kansas
Lawrence
Gheen
Sunt
Clifford D. Dean
Seredy
Ridgeway
Oliver Hobbs
Theodore H. Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Wilson
Joe Williams
Neal M. Wherry
Lloyd S. Purcell
Board of Education
Purcell
Ralph Graber
Joseph Wilkins
K. U
Wilkins
Bonnie Jean Barnes
Doris Brewster
Virginia Carter
Doris Dunkley
Florence Eggert
Mary Lou Elliott
Katherine Gorrill
Mary Hanna
LaVerna Ice
Mildred Johanning
Margaret Kreider
Delmar Lefmann
Betty Leibbrand
Jean Murray
Dan Ragle
Pauline Rankin
Billy Stanton
Virginia Stephenson
Fern Stranathan
Marie Stroda
Betty Svoboda
Susie Wilkerson
Fish Jump Start Marks Kickoff of Fishathon Derby
In Miami Oklahoma on May 30 the Fishathon fresh water angling derby began at Lake o Cherokee. At 12 01 am three aerial bombs signaled the start and a bass weighing one and a half pounds reportedly leapt into J H Giffin police commissioner’s boat at the launch site.
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Miami
Okla
J. H. Giffin
Fishathon
Fire destroys Baldwin area home injuring Schwalm family
Mr and Mrs Roy Schwalm and son Irwin were hospitalized with burns after a fire last night that destroyed their residence five miles west and a quarter mile south of Baldwin. Irwin seven suffered the most serious burns while Mrs Schwalm and Mr Schwalm sustained facial and hand burns. Edgar two was uninjured. The family fled downstairs as flames overwhelmed the staircase. outbuildings survived. Cause undetermined.
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Roy Schwalm
Irwin
Memorial Hospital
Baldwin
Irvin
Schwalm
Edgar
Schwalms
Trial ends in hung jury in Davis Kaufman case
In Philadelphia on May 30 a deadlocked jury after nearly seven hours deliberated over ten days on criminal charges accusing retired U S Circuit Judge J Warren Davis and former bankruptcy referee Morgan S Kaufman of selling justice in Davis bankruptcy rulings affecting William Fox. A second trial is required.
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Philadelphia
U. S
J. Warren Davis
Morgan S. Kaufman
Davis
William Fox
KU Graduate Barnhill Dies in Michigan
John F. Barnhill a 1910 University of Kansas graduate died in Ypsilanti Michigan on May 19. Funeral services were held in Paola on May 25. He was a leading educator who taught mathematics in Michigan and was known as a friend of youth. Time notes the value of local home loans offered by the Lawrence Building and Loan Association with direct local service.
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John F. Barnhill
University of Kansas
Ypsilanti
Mich
Paola
Barnhill
Michigan
Lawrence
Mass
New Indication on Location of Plant Near Eudora
Government plans to build a high explosive plant near Eudora surfaced with D. J. Fair stating a proposed eight mile relocated highway cost of 300000. The site could employ 1800 workers at start rising to 5600, with rail and land acquisitions by Santa Fe and Army officers guiding a vast multi county project.
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Eudora
D. J. Fair
U. S
DeSoto
Fair
Washington
Santa Fe
Olathe
Prairie Center
Douglas
Johnson Counties
Santa Fe Railroad
Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas City
Ottawa
Auto mechanics course planned for local boys this summer
Plans are under way for a ten week auto mechanics course for local boys this summer. The program, overseen by the Automobile Dealers Association with the board of education supervision, will use Liberty Memorial high school's auto mechanics department. E. J. Logsdon will supervise and a local mechanic will teach. Fifteen boys have inquired. contact Logsdon or Edd Wood immediately.
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Automobile Dealers Association
Board of Education
Auto Mechanics Department
Liberty Memorial High School
E. J. Logsdon
Logsdon
Edd Wood
Auto Dealers Committee
Downtown antique show to run June 4 10
Eighty exhibitors have pledged displays for the downtown antique and hobby show opening June 4. Twenty cash prizes will be awarded. a new antique store at 726 Massachusetts Street will operate with 25 percent of sales funding a county historical museum.
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Massachusetts ‘Street
Douglas County Historical Society
Mary Amidon
Lawrence
Quantrill
Memorial Day Pause Slows U S War Efforts
Memorial Day halted most defense work as wreath layings and parades filled the day. A Greenfield Massachusetts munitions plant opened to bolster output, while navy shipyards and aircraft plants paused except for essential maintenance and cargo vessel work related to Atlantic battles.
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Washington
Greenfield
Mass
War Department
Navy
Douglas County Soils and Crops Tour Scheduled for June 11
The annual Douglas County Soils and Crops tour is set for Wednesday June 11 with stops across the county. Co C Cunningham Kansas State College agronomist and state agriculture board president will join to discuss soil conservation practices such as grass stands terraces and contour farming.
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Douglas County
Deal Six
Co. C. Cunningham
Kansas State College
State Board of Agriculture
Memorial Day Services to Honor Veterans in South Park
Memorial Day services in South Park feature Robert McNair Davis professor of law at the University of Kansas speaking on Democracy and World Organization. The program includes Lawrence Memorial high school string trio readings of the Gettysburg Address by Arch Oliver and taps by Iden and John Long.
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Robert McNair Davis
University of Kansas
Everange
South Park
Lawrence Memorial High School
Arch Oliver
American Legion
Iden Long
John Long
A. S. Cricker
Harold G. Barr
John F. Bowers
Episcopal Church
Cast of Entrada Rehearsal Set for Memorial Hall Stage
The Goronada Entrada cast gathers at Eriksen hall for a 7 30 rehearsal tonight. They will mount the first full drill on the Memorial stadium stage Monday night.
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Goronada Entrada
Eriksen Hall
Memorial Stadium
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Will
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