Pepper Urges U S to Get Tough on Global Threats
Sen. Pepper calls for bold U S action with Britain to seize strategic islands and pressure Japan. He advocates openly joining in the Pacific, deploying long range bombers to China, and using volunteer pilots to force Tokyo into submission. He promises decisive leadership to deter tyranny worldwide.
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Sen. Pepper
U.S
Washington
United States
Pepper
D-Fla
Great Britain
Greenland
Iceland
Azores
Cape Verde
Canary Islands
Singapore
Dakar
West Africa
Florida
Congress
America
U. S
Pacific
China
Tokyo
Britain
Senate
Hitler
Japan
Tokio
Arctic Expedition Crew Returns as Draft Eligibility Noted
An advance party from the United States Arctic expedition docked today with officials stating 12 crew members may be eligible to register for selective service. The unseen observer noted bolstering the service roster as the main outcome of the visit.
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OSTON
Sam
Aviation History to Adorn Capitol Dome Frieze
A resolution offered by Thomas A. Jenkins proposes adding aviation history to the Capitol Dome frieze, highlighting feats of the Wright Brothers and other aviation pioneers as part of the nation’s historic display. The plan seeks congressional authorization for the project.
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Capitol Dome
House
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Hblican
Fire Damages Roof at Girls Industrial School
School officials say a defective flue caused a fast spreading fire that damaged the roof and interior of a large building on the Girls Industrial School grounds.
Green Pledges AFL Support For Defense
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor pledges full cooperation from the AFL in the national defense program. He also states the AFL will demand more adequate representation in defense administration, countering John L. Lewis who warned against too much labor cooperation. Green, speaking at the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor convention, affirms five million AFL members disavow Lewis’s statement.
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Harrisburg
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Green
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Labor
John L. Lewis
Exempt Men Over 30 Draft Change Aims At Age Classes
National selective service director urges revising U S draft rules to exempt men over 30 by age classes. General Hershey says older men are settled and past their peak, while young men better meet physical coordination needs for tanks planes and mechanized warfare. He cites learning capacity and training demand as reasons for action to Congress.
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Philadelphia
Director of Selective Service
U. S
Lewis S. Hershey
Congressional
Plows Field Three Times to Find $97
Shelbyville Indiana farmer Warren Carpenter lost a billfold containing 97 dollars while plowing a field. He retraced with a tractor and two successive passes using a cultivator, lining his family to watch, and recovered the money on the third pass.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Warren Carpenter
Haile Selassie Returns to Addis Ababa in Triumph
Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia and Lion of Judah, returned to Addis Ababa after five years in exile as Italian forces controlled the country. The city buzzed with excitement as the emperor rode in triumph to reclaim his throne while remaining Italians sheltered indoors.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Lion of Judah
Roosevelt Orders Surge in Heavy Bomber Production
President Roosevelt convened cabinet and military leaders to boost heavy bomber output to 500 long‑range four‑motor planes per month. Major Gen. James H. Burns named assistant to Harry Hopkins. agriculture division reorganized. Arnold reports to Hopkins. Stimson, Hull, Morgenthau, Knox, Marshall, Stark and others attend.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
James H. Burns
Harry L. Hopkins
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural
Defense Commission
Stimson
White House
Arnold
Women Uninjured But Explosion Ruins Cake at Hotel Gibson
A cold water pressure tank in the Hotel Gibson basement exploded Monday wrecking the kitchen above. Manager Mrs. E. E. Perry and assistant Mrs. George Gilbert were in the room. Perry had slight injuries, Gilbert was unhurt. A freshly baked cake on the table remained near the 12 foot ceiling.
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Coolville
Hotel Gibson
E. E. Perry
George Gilbert
New Draft System Sets May 26 Call For Rejections
Ohio's 15th draft call on May 26 uses a new system to call more men to cover possible rejections for physical disability education or failure to report. Two thousand white men are slated for May 26 and 140 Negroes in the 16th call on June 2. Only 1 785 of those named are expected to be inducted, state selective service officials said.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ministers, Soldier Injured as Car Hits Horse in Downpour
In Brownwood Texas a car carrying two Baptist ministers and a soldier struck a horse during a heavy rain. The horse was thrown into the air and crashed through the car’s roof into the back seat. Rev. O B Yancey suffered a slight head injury.
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Brownwood
Texas
O. B. Yancey
Wheat Farmers Face Shipping Difficulties
Kansas City talk among railroad elevator officials bankers and government officials warned that defense loads could tie up box cars as a heavy wheat harvest nears. Good spring rains point to a large crop this summer while rail facilities may slow movement to market.
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Kansas City
Defense Board Tries Again To Avert Strikes
The defense mediation board renewed efforts to avert strikes against General Motors plants and the Minneapolis plant with army artilery orders worth 2 million dollars. Labor Department conciliators sought to settle a 1,400 worker strike at Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines. CIO miners in Arkansas and Oklahoma demanded a $1 daily wage rise matching increases in the East.
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Associated Press
Washington
Defense Mediation Board Today
General Motors Corporation
Minneapolis-Honeywell Company
Labor Department
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines
Minneapolis
General Motors
National Defense
CIO
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
I Pittsburgh
Mediat Board
Appalachian
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Fail To Force Convoy Vote In House Debate
Washington Republicans pressed for an immediate vote on convoying supplies to Great Britain but failed to compel action. During the debate Rep Fish attributed to the President the claim that convoys would bring shooting and war. Rep Cox urged immediate convoys while Chairman Vinson urged action if needed. Rep Patrick supported starting convoys now.
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Washington
House
United States
Great Britain
Fish
N. Y
Cox
Vinson
Naval Committee
Patrick
Ala
Lima Locomotive Works to Build Tanks For British Order
A British government contract valued at 16 million dollars requires Lima Locomotive Works to run 24 hour production schedules to fulfill the order for tanks. The move underscores intensified wartime equipment manufacturing in the United States during the period.
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LIMA
Lima Locomotive Works
Substitute Insurance Bill Sought in Columbus
Proponents of unemployment insurance bill draft concessions to win labor support as Senate Commerce and Labor Committee starts a second redraft. Labor demanded killing the bill, but leaders on both sides hope for compromise while employer groups and labor discuss changes. Also moved toward enactment were bills to reduce mine hazard by installing machinery, expand highway patrol powers, and grant Wilberforce University college status along with an Ohio Egg Advisory Commission regulating egg sizes.
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Columbus
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Senate
Ohio
House
H. H. Hannah
Brown
Wilberforce University
Ohio Egg Advisory Commission
Boy Killed On Way To Buy Penny Candy
Four year old Roney Bedford was struck by a car in Cincinnati while walking to a store for a penny worth of candy. A penny was found beside the child’s body, and investigators probed the crash for details.
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Cincinnati
Roney Bedford
What line would Allies take to defeat Hitler in Europe
The piece argues that an Anglo American alliance would seek sea control and air supremacy to starve Germany of supplies and bomb key centers, followed by Allied invasions of the European continent once Germany’s defenses are weakened. It notes Roosevelt's push for heavier bomber output and aims to curb Nazi production and occupation.
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Herr Hitler
Europe
Hitler
United States Navy
Roosevelt
Germany
Reich
Greek Navy wiped out by Nazi bombs at Crete
The Greek government said over 30 auxiliary vessels were savagely bombed and sunk with crews as German forces drove through Greece. Submarines reportedly reached Alexandria to join the British fleet, while several hospital ships were sunk despite bearing Red Cross signals. Survivors in the sea were machine-gunned. only six freighters away from ports were saved.
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Canea. Crete
Greece
Alexandria
Egypt
Hesperos
Policos
Attiki
Cocrates
Helenis
International Red Cross
Heidelberg
Mannheim
Boulogne
Cherbourg
Germany
Hitler
Luftwaffe
British Isles
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Clyde River
Glasgow
Liverpool
Merseyside
Messerschmitts
Dover
Balkans
Lesbos
Chios
Aegean Sea
Kykladon
Cyclades
Italy
Dodecanese
Aegean
Anaphelos
Thera
Naxos
Amorgos
Paros
Mussolini
Tobruk
Libya
Middle East
Salam Front
Near East
Habbaniyah
Berlin
Baghdad
Iraq
London
Daily Herald
Laborite
Higher Loans May Be Asked For Farmers
Washington lawmakers weigh expanding government crop loans to basic staples like wheat cotton corn tobacco and rice to stabilize income. They aim for loans stored rather than sold to guarantee about 85 percent parity with 1909-14 purchasing power, with the House already approving 75 percent loans.
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Washington
Federal
House
Bankhead
Ala
U S Exports to Russia Stopped
The United States halted all exports to Russia of machinery equipment usable in defense production. The policy, adopted despite Soviet diplomatic efforts to obtain permits, affects machines Russia had ordered and paid for months ago. Earlier months saw licenses for some machine tools and other manufacturing gear.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Third Welfare Meeting To Be Held in Lima
The third in a series of welfare meetings led by Ohio Relief Director Charles L. Sherwood opens tomorrow in Lima to better understand the state's changing relief problems. Prior sessions were in Canton and Athens, with a forthcoming big city meeting of eight metropolitan centers planned for Columbus.
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Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Ohio
Lima
Canton
Athens
County Pupils Cost $90 in 1939 40 Ohio Schools
Dr. Thomas C. Holy of Ohio State University Bureau of Educational Research reports that Ohio’s 88 county school systems spent an average of $90 per pupil for current expenses in the 1939 40 school year. County costs ranged from $125 in Crawford to $71 in Jackson, while city schools averaged $105.79.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas C. Holy
Ohio State University Bureau of Educational Research
Holy
Crawford County
Jackson County
Colonel Bird To Receive State Army Appointment
Columbus reports a release from the Army indicates Col. Whittier S. Bird chief of staff of the 37th Division Ohio National Guard will be appointed by Gov. John W. Bricker as adjutant general of Ohio. He will form a new State Guard and State Naval Militia under recent legislation and work with a yet unnamed guard commander on organizational details.
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Columbus
Whittier S. Bird
Ohio National Guard
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Showers Bring Smiles To Sandusky Farmers
Intermittent showers and overcast skies brought much needed rainfall to Sandusky County and nearby areas easing drought concerns. Farmers said the first rain in nearly a month should avert serious wheat damage, though another week without moisture would have been costly.
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Fremont
Sandusky County
Victor Lee Emerson Dies Noted Inventor and Yachtsman
Victor Lee Emerson age 78 prominent inventor and yachtsman died today in Philadelphia. He held patents on hundreds of automotive inventions including the universal joint bevel gear drive unit power plant and forced feed lubrication networks.
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Philadelphia
Victor Lee Emerson
Berlin says RAF raids target Rhine industrial centers
Berlin announced RAF bombers attacked Frankfurt am Main and Mannheim among other Rhine industrial centers. The raids also struck Heidelberg University town, hitting academic and hospital buildings, while asserting raids on the Nazi-held French coast.
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Germany
Rhineland
Frankfurt-Am-Main
Mannheim
Rhine
Berlin
Heidelberg
Eden urges US war material flow to Asia Africa Europe
In Commons Anthony Eden pressed that faster delivery of American war materiel will shorten the war. He urged Turkey to back Britain, warned Arab peoples including Iraqis against Axis victory, and noted heavy bombing of Mannheim Boulogne Cherbourg while Axis raids hit Belfast Clyde River yards and Dover.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
United States
Asia
Africa
Europe
Turkey
Britain
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