Crete Air War Shifts Power In Eastern Mediterranean
German air forces gain control of Crete driving British fighters away and landing troops at Candia and Malemi Airdrome. British navy blocks sea routes while Cunningham’s fleet defeats German attempts to reinforce. Berlin and Rome report Axis air attacks and Malta strikes as Turkey and Middle East respond to the unfolding confrontation.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Great Britain
Germany
Mediterranean
Crete
Candia
Malemi
Suda Bay
Canea
Cretan
Royal Air Force
Egypt
Britain
Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham
Dardanelles
Mosul
Iraq
Rutba
Royal Navy
Berlin
Cairo
Martinique Ordered To Prepare For American Attack
French Caribbean island Martinique is reported by Le Matin to brace for an American assault. Defenses focus on the fortress guarding gold reserves of the Bank of France, with orders to destroy the stronghold if needed. Fort De France and naval units Beam and Emile Bertin remain in the Antilles as patrols suspected.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Martinique
le Matin
Bank of France
Dvices
Fort de France
Caribbean
Beam
Emile Bertin
Antilles
Corinth
Greece
Wheat Acreage Cut to 55 Million for 1942 Crop
Secretary Wickard sets a national wheat planting allotment of 55,000,000 acres for 1942, down 7,000,000 from 1941, citing surplus and lost export markets. Allocation will be by farm waiver under corn control law, with a May 31 refernum for marketing quotas requiring two thirds approval.
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Washington
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Youth paints warning signs on clothes before induction
An Ellwood City youth headed to the induction station and attached signs to all his clothing. The notes read for the benefit of his two younger brothers that he was going away for a year.
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Ellwood City, Pa
Ellwood City
Petition Conflict Casts Humphreys Highlands Vote
Residents of Humphreys Highlands face a split petition drive over city versus county inclusion as neighbors debate Amarillo annexation and local independence.
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Humphreys Highlands
Amarillo
Hess Jumped After Chase By RAF Ship
London May 22 Rudolf Hess the runaway deputy fuehrer bailed out of his Messerschmitt May 10 after hot pursuit by an RAF Defiant fighter Air Secretary Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons Hess was chased in darkness when he jumped Sinclair said the Defiant may have fired but he did not confirm. The Duke of Hamilton was said to have been asked by Hess for help but Hamilton did not recognize the prisoner on meeting him after the rescue. The statements add to mystery surrounding Hess while reports say he hoped to reach Hamilton to push a peace plan.
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London
Rudolf Hess
Fuehrer
Nazi Germany
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Sinclair
Hess
Duke of Hamilton
Hamilton
Raf
Germany
Syria
Washington
Houston
Texas
New Orleans
France
Sells Antiques Worth 3000 for Only 20 Dollars
Kansas City report tells of Guy M. Babst buying antique ruby earrings for 20 dollars from a gray haired woman who claimed heirloom status. An expert later valued the pair at about 3000 dollars, while another dealer valued them lower. Babst refuses to sell until the original woman is found to share any profit.
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Kansas City
Guy M. Babst
Babst
Bankers Elect Hamill President and Pick San Antonio Site
P R Hamill of Bay City elected President of the Texas Bankers Association as San Antonio chosen to host the 1942 convention, closing a three day annual meeting in Houston May 22.
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Houston
U.P
P. R. Hamill
Bay City
San Antonio
Texas Bankers Association
Eden Warns Vichy France Inviting Undeclared War
Foreign Secretary Eden accuses the Vichy government of pursuing collaboration that would yield France’s resources to Germany. He warns British strikes will target occupied and unoccupied territory alike if policy continues. The tanker Sheherazade, with US oil, was intercepted en route to Casablanca with Washington’s consent noted.
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France
Germany
Eden
Sheherazade
French North Africa
United States
Washington
Atlantic
Casablanca
French Morocco
Carlsbad Flooded as Storm Leaves 600 Homeless
Yellow flood waters covered farms and highways around Carlsbad New Mexico. Slides blocked transportation facilities and wreckage littered wide areas. About 600 persons were left homeless after the May 22 storm according to reports.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Secret pact sets Italy to gain in Jugoslavia talks
London reports Germany and Italy reached a covert agreement granting Italy the major share of Jugoslavia in exchange for shelving claims to Tunisia Corsica and Nice. Meanwhile an unrelated ad column mocks a radio Globe-News Want Ad winner and lists a rental duplex for four rooms at 904 A Lincoln with contact number 6262.
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London
U.P
Germany
Italy
Jugoslavia
Tunisia
Corsica
Nice
Willie
Globe-News Want
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and cooler with scattered showers tonight and Friday. West Texas and Panhandle expect showers and thunder storms this afternoon through Friday with cooler conditions. New Mexico remains partly cloudy to Friday with continued cool. Extremes 57 to 63, rainfall .30 inch between 6 30 A M and 12 30 P M.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Robbery at First National Bank of Levelland
A two gun bandit robbed the First National Bank of Levelland taking 20533 dollars and 77 cents. He locked 10 employees in the vault for about 15 minutes before releasing them as officers across the South Plains and eastern New Mexico closed in. The thief entered through a back window after drilling through the frame.
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Levelland
First National Bank of
South Plains
Texas
New Mexico
Lloyd Luna
Nadyne Dewees
W. H. Gaskin, Jr
Fred Barker
J. L. Black
William R. Sewell
Woodrow Cobb
Nathan Alexander
Paul H. Godwin
C. D. Bass
Hockley
Barker
Aged Negro Hitches Mule to Parking Meter in Jackson
An aged African American farmer hitched his mule and wagon to a parking meter on Jacksons main street. In city court Judge Leon Hendricks suspended the fine after the man pleaded ignorance of the new traffic device. John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Jackson, Miss
Leon Hendricks
Rainy May Continues With 13th Wet Day Forecast
Weather summary notes a 13th wet day in May with additional showers likely through Saturday. Totals varied with Amarillo heavy rain and readings including Dalhart 0.83, Clovis 2.04, Roswell 2.25, Plainview 0.80, Spearman 1.0, and a 0.26 inch airport tally. Local ditches ran full and streets became treacherous in San Jacinto while forecasts call for cooler, partly cloudy conditions and scattered showers tonight and tomorrow.
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San Jacinto
Collman
Amarillo
Claude
Crosbyton
Dimmitt
Lubbock
Memphis
Miami
Dumas
Pampa
Panhandle
Plainview
Shamrock
Spearman
Boise City
Gage
Your Ideas Editor Seeks War Strategy Thoughts
The Globe News invites readers to submit ideas on how the Allies should meet Hitler on ground to defeat the Nazi war machine. The contest pays one dollar daily for the best idea, with over 150 dollars awarded so far.
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United States
Hitler
Globe News
Siegfeld Beauty Jumps to Death
Frances Stutz a famed Ziegfeld showgirl of the 1920s died after leaping from a fifth floor penthouse in New York She reportedly said Goodbye John to her husband John M Huffman before the jump The note references a telephone list finders and Russell Stationery Company
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New York
Frances Stutz
John
John M. Huffman
Russell Stationery Company
Enforced removal of British subjects from La Linea begins
At La Linea Spain facing Gibraltar on May 22 about 800 people boarded a liner and were escorted away by a cruiser two destroyers and two submarines as part of Britain's clearing of Gibraltar decks ongoing this afternoon.
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LA Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Britain
Paratrooper report links to Gulf theater and Morocco
British dispatches describe continued combat in Iraq with capture of a key post H-2 on the pipeline 25 miles northeast of Rutba and possible German arrivals in the Mo sul fields. London says a large number of Germans may be in Morocco awaiting terms as France contemplates aid.
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Iraq
Rutba
Transjordania
Mosul
London
Morocco
France
Germany
Egyptian consul urges Syria Lebanon residents to return home
The Cairo dispatch reports the Egyptian consul at Beirut advised all Egyptian residents in Syria and Lebanon to return to Egypt as quickly as possible.
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Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
O'Daniel seeks ban on liquor near army training centers
Texas Governor W Lee O Daniel asks legislature to prohibit intoxicating beverages within 10 miles of army training centers and government contract sites for ships planes or military equipment. Penalties include two to five years in prison. Senate adjourns regular session sine die June 3 amid House recess plans.
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Austin
Texas
W. Lee O'Daniel
Senate
House
H. F. Howington
Comanche
Omar Burkett
Cisco
Says Children Learn How To Be Lazy
COLLEGE STATION May 22. Children aren’t born lazy they learn to be says Dosca Hale extension service specialist in family relations She explains young children are energetic and eager to explore the world but may become lazy if adults give them too much supervision.
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College Station
Dosca Hale
Extension Service
German Tourists to North Africa Visa Controversy
A report states that German tourists were to be allowed to travel to North Africa in numbers matching other foreigners in French colonies. Fernande Brinon signed and issued many visas for Nazi entry into North Africa. The British alleged Germany pressed Italy to cede parts of Yugoslavia in exchange for dropping claims on Tunisia Corsica and Nice as part of a German insurance scheme.
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North Africa
Fernande Brinon
Vichy
Paris
Germany
Italy
Tunisia
Corsica
Nice
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes
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