British and Nazis Clash in Air Battles Over English Channel
Adolf Hitler's Luftwaffe attacked British coastal defenses and clashed with RAF fighters over the English Channel in a night of heavy bombing. London dispatches noted 300 German bombers over Britain and 10 000 American citizens serving with Allied forces.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Dover
London
Britain
Robert Hutchinson
American Eagle Club
United States
Berlin
Charlottenburg
RAF
North African
Mussolini
Tobruk
Libya
London Air Ministry
Brest
St. Nazaire
Bremen
Loir River
France
Bergen
Norway
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Air Ministry
Flogged at Principals in Missouri Whipping Case
A Missouri case reports a principal flogging incident involving a pupil. The event drew attention to discipline practices in schools and sparked debate on authority and safety in education.
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Missouri
New Tax Plan Debated by House Committee
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee studying a defense revenue plan aimed at widening the number of taxpayers in the better paid bracket. Chairman Marriner S Eccles proposes lower exemptions for married couples to 1500 and dependents to 300 while supporting high income surcharges, though Eccles and Leon Henderson disagree on Treasury specifics.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Treas
Federal Warning Halts Commodity Price Rise
New York reports a seven day rise in commodity futures prices nationwide paused after a Department of Agriculture warning that it would act promptly to curb excessive speculation.
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New York
Department of Agriculture
Slot Machine Operator Fined for Removed Machines
Fremont judge orders Melvin Schwartz known as Bubbles to pay a 3300 dollar fine after pleading guilty as owner of slot and pinball machines taken from a dozen endusky County business locations.
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Fremont
A. V
Aumann
Melvin (Bubbles) Schwartz
Endusky County
Price Increase Guaranteed Income Hike for Farmers
AP reports farm price rises lift rural income toward the highest general level since 1937. Government price supports, war demand, and buyback programs boost livestock and dairy markets, with wheat near $1 a bushel, corn above 70 cents, hogs about 9 per cwt, butter rising to 34 cents, and eggs around 22 cents a dozen as of May.
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Chicago
Magianagana
Six Hundred Air Corps Soldiers Search for Lost Child
In Louisville Kentucky six hundred Bowman Field Air Corps soldiers were awakened early to scour Locust Grove hills and ravines for four year old James Thomas Proctor son of an army artilleryman who vanished yesterday while playing along a trail.
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Louisville
Bowman Field Air Corps
Locust Grove
Here
James Thomas Proctor
U S Arrests Nazis Berlin Silent Report Awaited
Berlin officials said they would await a report from the German Embassy in Washington before deciding on any diplomatic steps over the arrests of German sailors and newspapermen in the United States. A spokesman refused further comment while authorized sources criticized anti Germany speeches as inciting American opinion but ineffective against German aims.
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Berlin
Washington
United States
Germany
Auto overturns on State Route 7 injures three
A wet road yesterday afternoon sent an auto skidding and overturning several times near Hobson on State Route 7. Driver O. P. Napier and passengers Bass Allen and Lorraine Lloyd of Wayne County W Va escaped serious injuries. Miss Lloyd suffered leg lacerations.
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Pomeroy
Hobson
O. P. Napier
Bass Allen
Lorraine Lloyd
Wayne County
W. Va
Miss Lloyd
Why Belfast is a key war base in Mackenzie analysis
The Belfast bombings are explained as strategic by Dewitt Mackenzie. Belfast hosts major shipyards and bases protecting Atlantic aid and war ships, with Londonderry as another ship center. The piece argues Britain targets Leuna oil plants and German centers to cripple the war effort rather than Berlin.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Special News Service
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster
British Isles
Southern Ireland
Eire
Londonderry
Ister
Britain
Irish Sea
England
Berlin
Dalton
Germany
Hitler
Leuna
Royal Air Force
WPA Truck Accident Injures Six Workers
Six WPA workers were injured when their truck crashed with an automobile on Route 143 near Wolfpen in Pomeroy Harrisonville. The truck owner and driver Roderick Grimm and car driver Roy Seifried were involved. seven named occupants in the truck included Boris Grady Ray Heiney George Lawson Morgan Powell and Wilbur Roush. The two vehicles sustained heavy damage.
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W.P.A
Wolfpen
Harrisonville Road
Roderick Grimm
Roy Seifried
Boris Grady
Racine
Ray Heiney
George D. Lawson
Letart Falls
Morgan Powell
Antiquity
Wilbur Roush
Plow-Driven Wife Slays Husband Faces Murder Trial
Goldie Pauly thirty contends she was forced to haul logs and pull a plow leading to the January 21 fatal slaying of her husband Lee Pauly. The thirty-year-old mother of five is scheduled for a June 30 first degree murder trial in Portsmouth. Judge B F Kimble set the date.
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Portsmouth
Goldie Pauly
Lee
Common Pleas
B. F. Kimble
German news agency reps held on deportation charges
Manfred Zapp and Guenther Town of a German news service are detained at Ellis Island without bail on deportation matters. They face indictments for failure to register as agents.
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Washington
Manfred Zapp
Guenther Town
Ellis Island
Nye and Willkie Clash Over Convoys in Senate Fight
Congress faces a sharp convoy confrontation as Senator Nye accuses administration of blitzing for convoys while Willkie demands immediate armed protection for aid ships. Maritime Commission data show British aid ships in early 1941 suffer few sinkings, fueling the debate ahead of the foreign ship acquisition bill vote.
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Washington
Nye
R-Nd
Wendell L. Willkie
Maritime Commission
Britain
Congress
Senate
House
America
Europe
Willkie
Freedom
New York
Knox
Viscount Halifax
Hitler
May Modify Armistice With Germany After Paris Talks
A semi official source says the French German armistice may be changed after negotiations in Paris. Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan, who returned this morning, discussed a plan envisaging a 100 million franc cut from the 400 million franc daily charge France pays for the German army of occupation.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Jean Darlan
Darlan
Frances
West Virginia Robbery Suspects Named in Cheshire Post Office Heist
Gallipolis reporters say two brothers Dwight Beckett 28 and Russell Beckett 30 and married couple Mr and Mrs Cecil Glover nearby East Gallipolis were arrested for Tuesday night robbery of Cheshire Post Office. They will be arraigned before the federal commissioner in Ironton. A small amount of loot was taken.
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Gallipolis
East Gallipolis
Cheshire
Dwight Beckett
Russell Beckett
Cecil Glover
Ironton
London prisoner escapes from farm after sentencing
Burton Flack, 46, serving a Lucas County rape with consent sentence, walked away from a London prison farm last night according to estate highway patrol.
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London
Burton Flack
Lucas County
Highway Patrol
Liberal Ohio unemployment bill clears Senate action
The Ohio Senate approved a broad liberalization of the unemployment insurance act with unanimous support and headed for House passage. Labor backs the measure though seeks more, while employers resist a two week benefit boost. A dispute over county vacancies and political appointments spurs a conference committee if Senate stands firm on amendments.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Fred Reiners
Hamilton
United States
Senate
House
Dynamite Plot Against FDR Is Investigated
State Police and Secret Service probed a report that two men planted dynamite on President Roosevelt’s Hyde Park estate to trigger an attack if the U.S. went to war. A workman sparked the claim. authorities found no dynamite and regarded the plot as likely unfounded.
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Secret Service
New York
NLRB Sets May 21 For Ford Plant Election
The National Labor Relations Board will hold an employee election on May 21 to determine the bargaining representative for Ford Motor Co workers. About 90,000 employees at the Ford Lincoln and Rouge plants will vote in what will be the largest NLRB election of its kind.
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NLRB
Ford
Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Co
Ford Lincoln
Rouge
Dollar Wheat Quotation First Since Last May
A miller paid $1 a bushel for a load of No 1 hard wheat in Chicago yesterday marking the first dollar wheat quotation here since May. Wheat futures for delivery this month traded above 98 cents a bushel, up 2 cents at times, with May wheat up 15 cents since March 1 and 28 cents above last summer's low.
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Chicago
America's Highest Paid Executives Listed for 1939
Louis B. Mayer topped the 1939 earnings chart with 697 048 as Loew s Inc. managing director. Eugene G. Grace and George W Hill followed. The report notes many wealthy investors earned large sums beyond salaries.
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Washington
Louis B. Mayer
America
Loew's, Inc
Motion
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
George W. Hill
American Tobacco Company
The
Treasury
Hunt
Date Set for July 1 Registration of 21 Year Olds
Army and selective service officials announce July 1 as the registration date for about 1,000,000 men who have turned 21 since last October. Registration occurs at 6,500 local draft boards, with many expected to be called for training soon. Debate continues over age limits, with some officials favoring 30 as the top age to preserve defense industry manpower.
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Washington
Selective Service
Roosevelt
War Department
Selective Service Headquarters
Army
Office of Production Management
Ask 58 New Navy Vessels
The House Naval Committee approved legislation to authorize 58 additional fleet auxiliary vessels at about 350 million dollars. The bill includes 33 more ships than the navy initially requested in March. Rear Admiral Samuel M. Robinson testified he was told by Admiral Harold R. Stark to seek authorization for 550 thousand tons of extra auxiliaries instead of 200 thousand.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Samuel M. Robinson
Bureau of Ships
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Robinson
Sales Tax Income Up In Columbus
State Treasurer Don H. Ebright reports sales tax receipts of 15,168,082 through May 3, rising more than 3,170,000 from the same date last year.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Alarm Clock for Dogs Quietly Calms Puppy Yowls
Penn Yan veterinarian Dr Lyndon Potter suggests a clock in the puppy's box to ease nocturnal yowling. The ticking makes the dog feel not alone and settles him to sleep.
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Penn Yan
N. Y
Lyndon Potter
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