Crete Battle Rages as German Push Encounters Allied Defense
In Crete German forces aided by airborne tanks breach British positions around Malemi airport near Canea as New Zealanders counterattack. A Middle East communique notes heavy German casualties while Germans claim naval and air success. Allied optimism centers on reduced parachute reinforcements and potential hold of Crete.
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Cairo
Egypt
Crete
Malemi
Canea
Middle East
Suda Bay
Candia
Retimo
RAF
T. B. Heywood
George II
Greece
Heywood
De Valera Denounces British Draft Plan in Eire
Prime Minister Eamon De Valera denounced Britain’s conscription proposal for Northern Ireland as a grievous attack on a fundamental human right. The Dail Eireann met in a special session as he reaffirmed protests made before the war and urged firm opposition to forced military service for individuals who object to belonging.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Northern Ireland
Dail Eireann
WPA District Manager Denies Senate Charge
Cleveland WPA district manager Frank T. Miskell rejects a state Senate committee probe into WPA activities as hysterical distortions and lies. He says staff reductions matched worker rolls, promotions were merit based, the Cleveland office payroll stays within legal limits, and stop-orders prevented reassigning jobs to keep supervisors beyond eighteen months.
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Cleveland
State Senate
WPA
Cuyahoga
Frank T. Miskell
Miskell
Ambergris Catch Could Worth Millions Aboard Siboney
The Siboney arrived from Lisbon on the verge of being repurposed as a U S transport with a possible fortune afloat. Captain Habel estimated a three ton white mass floating 300 miles east of Bermuda as ambergris potentially worth about 2.4 million dollars if assays confirm the material.
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Jersey City
N. J
Siboney
United States Army
Lisbon
Wenzel Habel
Bermuda
Safer mining forecast tied to new federal bill in Ohio
Ohio industrial relations head George A. Strain said new federal rules requiring annual mine inspections by the U S Bureau of Mines would spur safer operations. He said federal presence would keep state inspectors vigilant and that cooperation between state and federal agencies would ensure defects are corrected. Strain noted no indication when inspectors would be sent to probe charges of mine dangers raised by Thomas J. Price of Midvale, a CIO union official.
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Columbus
George A. Strain
Ohio
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Strain
R. R. Sayre
Washington
Sayre
Thomas J. Price
Midvale
United Mine Workers of America, Cio
Roosevelt signs farm loan bill with 85 percent parity
President Roosevelt signed legislation for mandatory loans on cotton, corn, wheat, rice, and tobacco set at 85 percent parity with a ceiling to keep prices from rising above parity. The act aims to aid farmers over eight years and allows cash parity and soil conservation payments alongside loans for cooperating farmers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Officials Call Newark Blackout Satisfactory
Newark in a practice blackout against aerial attack left the city nearly dark except for scattered lights. Army and civilian observers noted the city’s heart of the New Jersey metropolitan area disappeared into darkness, with overall satisfaction reported.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
FSA to Provide Trailer Homes at Ravenna Arm Plant
The Farm Security Administration will supply 100 trailer units for key Ravenna ordnance workers until regular homes are ready. Rentals are expected between $6 and $8 weekly, including light water and access to a central bathing and laundry building.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
Ravenna Ordnance Works
Roosevelt
Native of Glouster Dies of Heart Attack
Beverly Hills Calif a heart attack proved fatal Saturday night to Wilson Collison 47 a movie scenario writer who began writing plays in his fathers drug store in Columbus O He was a native of Glouster O and wrote the Broadway stage hit Up in Mabels Room and the Maisie movie series starring Ann Sothern
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Wilson Collison
Columbus
Glouster, O
Maisie
Ann Sothern
Strike Ends At Ravenna Arsenal Plant
Construction resumed at the Ravenna arsenal after a three day shutdown sparked by an unauthorized strike. About 10 400 workers returned to work as AFL agents guarded gates and 25 cent wage demands for 5 000 laborers were to be discussed.
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Ravenna Arsenal
American Federation of Labor
Kenneth Statler
Hod Carriers Union
Arsenal
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
New Lexington
Ludowici-Celdon Co
Philip G. Phillips
National Labor Relations Board
Cincinnati
Gas Division
United Mine Workers (Cio
Albert Griffin
UMW
Hugh D. Friel
Columbus
AFL
Friel
Ohio
AFL United Brick and Clay Workers of America
Canton
Tuscarawas County
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Frank Kasten
Chicago
Cleveland
Fire Destroys House at Logan
A morning attic fire destroyed a two story frame home on Mineral Ave in Logan. Mr and Mrs Clyde Wilson and five children escaped uninjured though a five weeks old baby was among them. The house owned by Frank Ewing of Gore was a total loss with adjacent property briefly threatened.
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LOGAN
Clyde Wilson
Mineral Ave
John Wilson
Seek 2 for Questioning In Woman's Death Leap
Indianapolis police seek two men for questioning after Mrs. Gertrude Hatch 21 died leaping from a seventh floor apartment. Homicide Sgt. Fay C. Davis said 14 of 16 guests, mostly Marines, had been questioned and released. one man reportedly fled a bedroom shouting she had fallen out the window.
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Indianapolis
Gertrude Hatch
Fay C. Davis
Homicide Squad
Davis
Hatch
Queen Mother Mary Celebrates 74th Birthday in West Country
The Queen Mother Mary marked her 74th birthday today while residing in the West Country since the war began.
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London
Mary
West Country
British Comb Atlantic for Nazi Ships That Sank Hood
British Swordfish flyers and fast destroyers hunted the German squadron in the North Atlantic after the 35000 ton Bismarck sank the 42100 ton Hood. The fight left the Bismarck damaged and sparked hope for overtaking the German force.
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Hood
London
North Atlantic
Germany
Admiralty
Iceland
Greenland
Britain
Bismarck
United States
Men in 604 Jobs Exempt From Service
Columbus state selective service director C W Goble said local draft boards should grant deferments to workers in 604 occupations essential to defense production. The action builds on an Office of Production Management list of about 400 jobs. He noted a farm labor shortage but said only essential farm workers are deferred and boards should use their best judgment.
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Columbus
Selective Service
C. W.goble
Office of Production Management
Goble
Dickinson Suit Is Dismissed
COLUMBUS Judge John R. King dismissed a $750,000 damage suit filed by Agnes B Dickinson against Probate Judge C P McClelland. The court ruled a jurist cannot be sued for rulings over a fiduciary under his jurisdiction. Dickinson, a disbarred attorney, was convicted of embezzling from Mrs Annie Burgy’s guardianship estate.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
John R. King
C. P. McClelland
Agnes B. Dickinson
King
Dickinson
Guarianship
Annie Burgy
Martha Lang and Ann Sheridan Return to Film Work
Martha Lang and Ann Sheridan returned to a movie set with Neal Lang watching as Martha Raye, the bride, and her mother Mrs. Peter Balma accompanied by Neal Lang flew to Las Vegas for a ranch wedding near the city Saturday night.
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Hollywood
Martha Raye
Ann Sheridan
Neal Lang
Martha
Peter Balma
Las Vegas
Nev
Car crushes youth in Mt. Vernon death
Francis Boeshart, 17, of Danville, died from injuries after an automobile slipped from a jack and fell on him in Mt. Vernon. The accident occurred today with local authorities investigating the incident.
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MT. Vernon
Francis Boeshart
Danville
Woman Claims Lover Died In Death By Own Action Pact
Boston jurors heard defense attorney Edward Flynn argue that Ruth Steadman and her married lover Robert Emery died by their own hand in a plot to protect a $10,000 life insurance policy. He planned to call Emery’s secretary to testify they took sleeping tablets and she was unaware of being removed from her apartment where his body was found January 21.
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Boston
Ruth Steadman
Edward F. Flynn
Robert Emery
Flynn
Harvard Business School
Emery
Sandusky Faces Housing Shortage From Plum Brook Plant
Sandusky fears a housing shortage as the $11,000,000 Plum Brook ordnance plant accelerates nearby work. The TNT plant's 7,000 acre tract has emptied many residents, while hundreds seek homes in the city awaiting jobs for up to 5,000 workers.
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Sandusky
Plum Brook
TNT
Eight Killed in Ohio Grade Crossing Crash
A Trail Blazer freight train struck a Michigan bound car at Upper Sandusky Ohio, killing eight people. Victims include Billy Eliseck 21 and his wife Stella and their three children Patricia Ann William and Ronald all from Saginaw Michigan. Helen Okraska Virginia Jurczak Edmund Jurczak also named. Initial reports cited nine bodies but later corrected to eight with miscounted wreckage.
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Associated Press
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dan Shepler
Billy Eliseck
Stella
Patricia Ann
William
Ronald
Saginaw
Mich
Helen Okraska
Virginia
Edmund Jurczak
Hamtramck
Nab Suspect In Jail Break
Youngstown report says Owen Pickel one of two Coshocton County youths charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Mrs Alphonsus Foley was captured after attempting to saw his way out of Mahoning County Jail using smuggled tools. Harold Cox not involved in the escape attempt. Foley was shot March 10 when she resisted a purse snatching.
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Youngstown
Owen Pickel
Coshocton County
Alphonsus Foley
Mahoning County
Ralph Elser
Bickel
Harold Cox
Plan for removal of Zamzam passengers reaches Lisbon
IRM Spain reports Duwayne Clark and George W. Poland Jr US embassy representatives crossed into France to discuss removing 140 American passengers from the Egyptian steamer Zamzam sunk by Germans. Arrangements with Spanish and Portuguese railways set a 24 hour trip to Lisbon from the frontier. Formalities for visas may be completed by Wednesday.
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IRM
Spain
Duwayne Clark
George W. Poland, Jr
United States
France
Zamzam
South Atlantic
Lisbon
Miner and wife welcome second child in Uniontown
Uniontown report says Roy Hostetter a 46 year old miner and his wife 42 welcomed their second child today.
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Uniontown
Roy Hostetter
Raeder warns convoys could trigger open war with U.S.
Berlin reports Raeder says American convoy system would be an act of war and that German navy would respond with force if necessary to protect contraband shipments to England. Washington notes Roosevelt fireside talk looming and Berlin timing may influence public mood.
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Berlin
Erich Raeder
England
Germany
Domei
DNB
Fuehrer
Wilhelmstrasse
Raeder
Admiral Raeder
Britain
Hood
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Washington
Stephen Early
United States
Early
Japan
Robert Sherwood
Samuel I. Rosenman
New York Supreme Court
Congress
Great Britain
Indo-China
Grecian King Eludes Nazis As He Flees Crete
King George II of Greece escaped Nazi parachutists and found temporary safety in Egypt while en route to British lands to reestablish his government. He praised Greece’s resolve to continue the fight and hinted at a new capital after moving from Crete.
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Cairo
Crete
George II
Greece
Egypt
Canea
Athens
Panzer
Correction of Defects Urged for Registrants
Columbus report notes Lieut Col Howard E Boucher urges correction of minor ailments that could class registrants as 1 B rather than 1 A. He says treating these defects will improve lives and overall health for the selective service program.
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Columbus
Howard E. Boucher
State
Selective Service Headquarters
Ohio Job Applicants Fall From Last Year
The Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports 167 605 men and 66 073 women filed job applications at state employment service centers on April 26. The total is 40 135 fewer than April 1, 1940 and includes 36 937 Negro applicants, about 12 percent of the state's Negro population.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Police Seek Negro Who Attacked Co-Ed Near OSU
Police chased a 35 year old Negro gunman who menaced a 19 year old OSU co-ed and her 19 year old companion in a car near the university experimental farms. The pair were treated at University Hospital for injuries after the assault and assault by revolver.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
University Hospital
Dayton Woman Dies In Fall At Neil House Dance
In Columbus a Dayton woman Thelma Steele aged 35 died after a fall down stairs in the Neil House lobby. She and her husband Charles were attending a dance when the accident occurred.
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Dayton
Columbus
Neil House
Thelma Steele
Charles
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