French Forces Fight Through Flanders to Dunkerque Exit
Allied troops escape Nazi siege in a large scale withdrawal from Flanders. Prioux’s two divisions fought to reach the Dunkerque channel exit as German assaults pressed from the south and west. Warships evacuate fighters while supplies arrive for those still in the pocket. The line of mounts frontier hills and Mount Cassel remain flashpoints as the besieged regroup amid grave but not desperate conditions.
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Paris
War Ministry
Dunkerque
Abbeville
Flanders
Ministry of Information
Germany
Caesar
Rene Jacques Adolphe Prioux
Ministre of Information
Prioux
Mount
Cassel
Mount Des Cats
Codewaersvelde
Flanders Plain
Main Army in Flanders Dispersed or Taken Say Nazis
Berlin reports the main French forces in the Flanders pocket have been dispersed or captured. The German high command says remnants of allied troops along the coast remain in pockets and that much of the Nazi divisions are released for new tasks.
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Flanders
Berlin
Furnes-Bergues
Dunkerque
Rev. Alfred Beil and family injured in auto crash near Shawnee line
The Rev. Alfred J. Beil new Trinity Lutheran minister and his family escaped serious harm when their 1939 Ford was side swiped near the Shawnee county line as a passing car forced it into a ditch. Beil suffered a black eye and Mrs Beil a head injury while children were unharmed. The car was towed to Topeka and the family taken to Lawrence by passing motorists.
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Alfred J. Beil
Lawrence
Mr. Beil
Trinity Lutheran Church
Shawnee
Strike Hits Federal Shipyard Amid Warship Cutbacks
Six thousand shipyard workers at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock in Kearny strike for a ten cent hourly raise and a paid vacation, halting work on six warships including a cruiser and two destroyers. Union president John Dempsey says management will meet with delegates. navy officials expect a quick settlement. The strike also affects three cargo vessels and two tankers. pay scales range from 62 12 cents to $1 per hour. The strike prompts federal mediation and a promised rapid report from authorities.
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Kearny
N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Local 16
Industrial Union of Maritime and Shipworkers of America
C.I.0
John Dempsey
Dempsey
Washington
Edison
Navy
White House
Perkins
Air force to quadruple as Indian Army expands
Gen Sir Robert Cassels, British commander in chief in India, announced 100000 additional men would be enrolled in the Indian army and that the Indian air force would be quadrupled. He warned France's fight could widen, threatening India’s immunity from enemy action.
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Simla
India
Robert Cassels
Cassels
France
Thurston Visits Kremlin in Moscow for Unannounced Talks
American charge d affaires Walter Thurston visited the Kremlin in Moscow on May 31 for an unannounced purpose. It was believed he met Premier Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov during the visit.
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Thurston
Kremlin
Moscow
Walter Thurston
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Milwaukee at Kansas City Night Game In American Association
In the American Association Milwaukee hosts Kansas City for a night game. In the American League Boston versus New York was postponed due to rain and Washington will play Philadelphia at a later date. No National League games scheduled.
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Milwaukee
Kansas City
Boston
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Kennedy daughter to sail home on clipper Yankee
Rosemary Kennedy, daughter of the U S ambassador to London, and several other American children will depart May 31 from Hamilton Bermuda aboard the west bound Pan American Yankee clipper. The voyage has been delayed by bad weather and Belgian royal children are not onboard. Reports from Paris say the royal children are in a French chateau in the department of Jo t.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Rosemary Kennedy
U. S. Ambasador
London
United States
Paris
Department of Jot
Judge Hugh Means Files Candidacy for Reelect District Judge
Judge Hugh Means filed for the Republican nomination for reelection as district judge in the fourth district comprising Douglas Franklin and Anderson counties. He currently presides in Lawrence and is holding court here at this time.
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Judge Means
Hugh Means
Douglas
Franklin
Anderson
Lawrence
Evacuation of Flanders Force Under Heavy Bombardment
British forces evacuating from Flanders arrived at a Southeast Coast port on May 31 amid raids by German bombers. Soldiers described a blizzard of bombs and machine gun fire, with attacks continuing every 10 to 15 minutes as ships pressed toward the harbor. A naval lieutenant-commander warned supplies were nearly exhausted while vowing no man would be left behind. A French soldier recalled near-constant machine gunning during the withdrawal.
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England
Flanders
Jerry
Royal Air Force
Roosevelt Seeks Quick Expansion of U S Defense
President Roosevelt told Congress that an emergency defense buildup must be accelerated by about 1.3 billion with total defense nearing 4.5 billion dollars. He urged authority to call up the National Guard and reserve forces to active service to maintain neutrality and defend the nation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Europe
Senate
Navy
Defese Forces
War and Navy Departments
Rains Across Western Kansas Boost Crops
Western and central Kansas counties saw soaking rains in the past 24 hours, with totals ranging up to 1.36 inches in Norton and widespread light showers elsewhere. Forecasters expect fair conditions tonight and Saturday as topsoil dries in the east. temperatures will reach eighties with lows around 55 to 60.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Horton
Norton
Stockton
Dodge City
Ashland
Larned
Scott City
Quinter
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
Goodland
Phillipsboro
Tribune
King Leopold Deprived of Belgian Throne as Prisoner of War
An authorized German source says Bold III of Belgium is a prisoner of war and unlikely to name a new government. The refugee Belgian government in France approved an order depriving Leopold of the throne in the name of the Belgian people dated May 28. The Belgian army, once estimated at 300000, may gain freedom soon and return home. soldiers have not been assigned to prisons.
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Bold III
Belgium
Leopold
France
Berlin
Urgent Red Cross appeal doubles Douglas County drive
Norman H. Davis urgent telegram to Judge Frank Gray urges the Douglas County Red Cross to double its quota of 1220 dollars. The county chapter has raised 2280 dollars, needing 160 more to reach double the quota. Funds may be sent to local banks newspaper offices or the Red Cross office in the courthouse.
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Frank Gray
Douglas County Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
Red Cross
A. B. Weaver
Gray
American Red Cross
France
Judge Gray
National Red Cross
Dunkirk air defenses halt German planes under naval and RAF gunfire
Paris reports say the air above Dunkerque, a key port for Allied forces from Flanders, was blocked by naval anti-aircraft fire and British pursuit squadrons from England. London notes British French and Belgian troops in Flanders total about half of the original BEF strength. Berlin confirms Hitler met Italy's new ambassador with Ribbenstreit present. Paris says Italian journalists are leaving as talks of Italy entering the war persist. General Gaston Billotte, ex-governor of Paris, was killed in a motor accident while commanding armies.
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Paris
Dunkerque
Flanders
England
London
Gaston Billotte
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Italy
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Hitler
America
United States
Allied troops parade with captured German arms in London
Returning Allied soldiers from Flanders sing as they display captured German weapons including a German officer sword an enemy bayonet a Nazi revolver and Bren guns of Czecho Slovak manufacture in London May 81.
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London
Flanders
Stock Market Index Rises to 38.6 on Wednesday
The average of 60 stocks advanced to 38.6 on Wednesday, up from 38.4, signaling a modest market uptick amid trading. Investors watched key sectors as gains appeared across several blue chips and mid-cap issues.
Morgenthau Seeks Taxes and Debt Increase for Defense
Secretary Morgenthau told the House Ways and Means Committee that expanded national defense requires new taxes and a higher debt limit. He urged a $656 million defense tax bill and a $3 billion rise in the federal debt limit to $48 trillion, warning treasury borrowing and balances would be exhausted or depleted without action. He noted reductions in expenditures were not considered and cited a projected 1941 deficit of about $3.703 billion.
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Morgenthau
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Treadway
R.-Mass
Congressional
Treadway
United States
McCormack
D. Mass
Roosevelt
Doughton
Ketchum
Germany
Russia
America
Tommies Return to London Demand More Airplanes
British soldiers passing through London after Flanders reported five German casualties for one British while pleading for more aircraft. They praised Allied air superiority and noted accompanying auxiliary territorial service girls among the returning troops.
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London
Flanders
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Installation of Rev Beil at Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran church prepares for 11 o clock Sunday service to install Rev Alfred J Beil as fourteenth pastor. Former pastor Rev IE Stauffer of St Pauls Wichita leads the installation, recounting sixteen years of progress at Lawrence church. Beil brings seventeen years in ministry from Topeka with Midland College and Fremont seminary ties. active in Luther League and Midland College boards.
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Alfred J. Beil
Topeka
Lawrence Trinity Lutheran Church
Mr. Beil
Trinity Lutheran Church
Synod of Kansas
IE. E. Stauffer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Wichita
Stauffer
Lawrence
Trinity Church
First Lutheran Church
Midland College
Western Theological Seminary
Fremont
Neb
University of Illinois
Luther League of America
Junction City
Kan
University of Kansas Offers City School Summer Recreation
KU under Dr F C Allen offers university tennis and golf facilities for city school summer program. Morning use in June with regular instruction and a high school boys and girls tournament. First meeting Monday at 2 pm for details and program start. archery club led by IL R Perry holds first meeting Wednesday at 1 30 pm at the high school.
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University of Kansas
F. C. Allen
K.U
Jose Stanleton
IL. R. Perry
Italian Liner Passes Gibraltar Under British Radar
The Italian liner Conte di Savoia bound for Italy passed Gibraltar today May 31 without being halted by the British contraband control. The ship cleared the strait and continued on its voyage as authorities did not intercept.
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Gibraltar
S. S. Conte di Savoia
Italy
Italy to Try Blitzkrieg Strike Sudden War Entry
Rome reports indicate Italy plans a sudden entry into the European war after initial moves by Italian forces. Mussolini calls cabinet meeting to discuss important matters as Fascists monitor British and French actions in Greece and assess potential Balkan invasion triggers.
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Italy
Rome
Thales
Mussolini
Greece
Balkans
Salonika
Unity stressed as best defense in Memorial Day talk
Omar Ketchum urged unity as the best defense against foreign aggression during Memorial Day services in South Park attended by hundreds. He warned of covert agents from Communism, Fascism, and Nazism seeking to undermine American rights and urged pride in American ideals and unity as essential to national security.
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Omar Ketchum
South Park
America
Ketchum
United States of America
Diplomas on Hand for 1940 University Graduates
University officials announced sufficient diploma blanks are on hand to be delivered at commencement June 10. England supplied sheepskins once used for diplomas but war demands limited supplies, now resolved as FE A Wright & Co Philadelphia engravers prepare the diplomas.
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England
K. U
FE. A. Wright and Company
Philadelphia
Weather Forecast For Kansas City Region
Fair tonight and Saturday with slightly cooler conditions around Topeka. Temperature readings show a high near 74 and a 24 hour low around 65, with a year ago today high near 74 and low near 65.
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Kansas
Topeka
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