Allied Resistance in Crete Smashed by German High Command
German high command claimed Allied resistance on Crete collapsed as Canea was seized and British and Greek troops withdrew. Luftwaffe dive bombers thwarted a sea retreat, while Axis forces pressed a broader campaign including Egypt and Syria. Rome reported Italian convoys reached Crete with Axis troops.
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Sky
Canea
Crete
Bea
Middle East
Halfaya
Egypt
Suez Canal
Britain
France
RAF
Syria
Germany
Italy
Philippe Petain
Hitler
Suda Bay
Iraq
Beirut
Neirab
London
Rome
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Auto Ride Tragedy Kills Two Newark Teens
In Zanesville George Smothers 21 died from a skull fracture after a new car crash with a truck on the national highway. Harry Glover 18 was killed in the same incident. Glover's brother 19 was seriously injured and Robert White Ford 19 suffered a minor injury.
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Zanesville
George Smothers
Newark
Harry Glover
Smothers
Glover
Robert Whiteford
Ohio Receives Navy Material Orders in May
Washington reports Ohio received $32,567,547 in defense orders in the first two weeks of May. The orders, mainly for the Navy building program, raise armament expenditures to $543,229,449 since July 4, according to the office.
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Washington
Ohio
Office of Government Reports
Navy
Middleport father of eight kills wife and wounds son
Harry Hill 45 unemployed father of eight shot his wife at their home then turned the gun on himself as officers surrounded the residence in Athens and Meigs counties. Son Carl, 17, was wounded as he fled. another child, Raymond, 4, suffered from tear gas exposure.
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Middleport
Harry Hill
Athens
Meigs
Hill
Carl
Rutland St
Holzer Hospital
George Beards
Rolland Grindley
Robert Allensworth
Pomeroy
Charles Evans
Athens County
Evans
Kenneth Duling
WPA
NYA
Mrs Steadman Pleads Guilty in Lovers Death
Boston reports Mrs Ruth Steadman aged 26 pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of her married lover Robert Emery aged 26. Judge Vincent Brogna sentenced her to 15 years in the Sherborn Woman's Reform School after she had earlier faced a murder charge.
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Boston
Ruth Steadman
Robert Emery
Vincent Brogna
Sherborn
Pittsburgh
Emery
Edward F. Lynn
Early Signing Of Budget Bill In Ohio Predicted
COLUMBUS Speedy signing of the $352,000,000 biennial appropriation bill the largest in state history was expected today by Gov. John W. Bricker. The money bill was among 87 sent to the governor as the 94th General Assembly adjourned. Bricker has 10 days to veto measures. The governor vetoed bills transferring boiler inspection duties and to repeal statutes requiring county clerks to inform the secretary of state about criminal cases. An attempt by Democrats to override one veto failed 14 to 11. The vetoed measure would have shifted sale of property on court order to pay assessments.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
94Th General Assembly
Department of Industrial Relations
State Industrial Commission
Secretary of State
Senate
Bricker
Ambergris Fortune Turns to Blubber for Perfume
In Jersey City, tests on 14 barrels of ambergris from the liner Siboney found no perfumery value. John Kiehl and Maurice Meunier reported the whitish mass lacked the $20 an ounce whale secretion and could not determine its exact identity.
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Jersey City
N. J
Ambergris
Siboney
John Kiehl
Maurice Meunier
Burton Sentenced To State Reformatory
Juvenile William Burton age 17 formerly of Albany was sentenced to the Ohio State Reformatory for one to five years after conviction for stealing a Williams Transfer truck on May 20. He later wrecked the truck on Route 680 and was arrested at the scene. trial testimony was provided to state patrol.
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Francis White
William Burton
Albany
Ohio State Reformatory
Burton
Williams
State Highway Patrol
Ancoe
W. Union Street
Route 680
Standard Oil Hikes Wholesale Gas Price
Standard Oil Co of Ohio boosts wholesale gasoline by half a cent per gallon for tank wagon and service delivery in Ohio. The rise takes effect tomorrow following an uptick in crude oil prices.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Standard Oil Co. of
Wife of Logan Judge Is Dead
Nora Sisson Ewing, 62, wife of Probate Judge E L Ewing, died at home. She had been ill for years and was active in First Presbyterian Church and Order of Eastern Star. She leaves two children Alec MacMillan and Mrs George Rainer, plus a sister and two brothers. Funeral at 1:30 p m Saturday at home with Rev C H Jones officiating. burial near Vinton Ohio.
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T. A. Riley
Middleport
William Sisson
Colorado
Loyal Sisson
California
C. H. Jones
Vinton, O
Truck Fire Near Athens Damages Four Autos
A transport truck carrying four new automobiles caught fire on Route 50 about eight miles west of Athens around 11 this morning. The driver, 31-year-old Clarence Pierce of Cincinnati, drove toward Athens to avert the blaze and seek help. Athens firemen extinguished the flames at a State Highway Patrol sub-station.
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Route 50
Athens
Clarence Pierce
Cincinnati
Complete Transport Co
State Highway Patrol
Tragic Bus Stop Death Claims 10 Year Old Near Reynoldsburg
A ten year old girl, Shirley Detwiler, was struck and killed while alighting from a school bus near Reynoldsburg. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Detwiler.
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Columbus
Shirley Detwiler
John Detwiler
Reyoldsburg
FDR Speech Sparks Mixed Global Responses Across Capitals
Overseas reactions to Roosevelt fireside address create a spectrum from praise to alarm. London praises an iron pact, Rome calls it a step toward war, Berlin cites Raeder, Tokyo signals no trade disruption, Canberra predicts courage, Mexico greets it as combat looming, Ottawa notes consequences for aid to Britain.
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Velt
Erich Raeder
Tokyo
Canberra
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Mexico City
Avila Camacho
Padilla
Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Germany
America
Britain
Chutists Are Tortured Say Chutists Are Tortured
Berlin reports formal charges of torturing German parachutists in Crete by a military spokesman at today’s press briefing. He says the high command will issue a public statement soon. Churchill accuses Germans of disguising parachutists as New Zealand troops defending Crete. Berlin denies it as it announces an aerial invasion of Crete.
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Berlin
Crete
High Command
Churchill
New Zealand
Appoint William Bean To Nelsonville Board
Ohio selective headquarters announced William Bean was recommended for appointment to Athens County Nelsonville Board 2 draft board replacing Baird Stewart who declined.
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William Bean
Nelsonville
Columbus
Ohio
Athens County
Baird Stewart
Legion Chief Defends Roosevelt Policy
Milo J. Warner national commander of the American Legion from Toledo Ohio said last night that President Roosevelts foreign policy conforms with everything in which the American Legion believes.
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Provo
Utah
Milo J. Warner
Toledo
Ohio
American Legion
Roosevelt
Quintuplets Celebrate Seventh Birthday in Canada
In Callander Ontario the Dionne quintuplets Yvonne Annette Cecile Emile and Marie marked their seventh birthday with a noon family party. Highlights included a pontifical mass by Bishop Leo Nessigan Pembroke presenting a $17 500 ambulance to the Ontario Red Cross Society and a broadcast before bedtime.
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Callander
Canada
Dionne
Yvonne
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
Marie
Leo Nelligan
Pembroke
Ontario Red Cross Society
British Subs Sink Axis Liner and French Tanker
The Admiralty reported heavy British submarine losses in the Mediterranean with a French tanker of about 5,000 tons sunk en route to Tripoli and an estimated 18,000-ton Axis liner believed to carry around 3,000 troops bound for Libya.
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London
Libya
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Pittsburgh man dies in Ohio River bridge crash
Harold Forrester, 35, of Pittsburgh, was killed when his car struck a bridge abutment near Sardis in Monroe County.
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Woodsfield
Sardis
Monroe County
Harold Forrester
Pittsburgh
Farmers Vote Saturday on Wheat Acreage
Ohio farmers face a Saturday ballot on a federal wheat production control plan. The program links parity payments and guaranteed basic returns to acreage limits, with eligibility rising to 300 bushels from 200 and a baseline of more than 15 acres. Elmer K. Kruse notes strong statewide interest and high local support in many counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
Elmer K. Kruse
Agricultural Adjustment Committee
Winant Leaves Britain for Washington Visit
United States Ambassador John G. Winant departed England for Washington to see President Roosevelt and other officials. He plans to return to England within two weeks, accompanied by economic adviser Benjamin Cohen.
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London
United States
John G. Winant
England
Washington
Roosevelt
Winant
Benjamin Cohen
Grand Jury Probes Illicit Insurance Racket in Cleveland
A Cleveland grand jury opens a probe into an insurance speculation racket that allegedly netted thousands for illegal policy holders over a decade. Prosecutor Frank T. Cullitan says police expect about 80 witnesses to reveal how 10 plus racketeers profited from the deaths of more than 500 derelicts.
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Cleveland
Frank T. Cullitan
Motorcyclist Dies After Midnight Crash Near Shore
A Newark man Paul W Hottinger 37 was killed when his motorcycle left the highway on a sharp curve two miles north of Shore around midnight. Investigating officers reported the accident occurring on the Marietta road.
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Marietta
Paul W. Hottinger
Newark
Shore
Roosevelt Pledges Active U S Resistance to Nazi Sea Campaign
President Roosevelt in a historic address declared the United States will actively resist all German efforts to control the seas. He announced a state of unlimited emergency, warned of Axis occupation dangers, and ordered the defense strengthened to protect hemisphere security and ensure production remains uninterrupted. He urged national unity and readiness across government, labor, and industry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Berlin
Britain
Dakar
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Americas
Hemisphere
Roosevelt Warns on Nazi Threat to Western Hemisphere
President Roosevelt contends Hitler seeks global domination, outlining a plan where Europe conquest paves the way for naval and air dominance across the Atlantic and Pacific. He warns Nazi control of Atlantic islands would threaten North and South America and U S security.
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Adolf Hitler
Europe
Western
Germany
Hitler
Mr. Roosevelt
New World
Atlantic
Pacific
Balkans
United States of America
Canada
Roosevelt
Spain
Portugal
Dakar
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Western Hemisphere
North
South America
United States
Freedom of the seas oath signals wartime policy
The President restates the United States commitment to freedom of the seas and to aiding Britain in resisting Hitler. He pledges active defense against Nazi expansion and supplies Britain with essential aid, signaling a move toward broader emergency powers. Congressional opinion splits between war preparedness and antiwar sentiment, while legal observers note existing authority under a prior emergency.
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United States
Hitler
Americas
Britain
Washington
Buddy Baer Protest Fails Denied by DC Boxing Commission
The District of Columbia boxing commission rejected Buddy Baer's claim that he was fouled by champion Joe Louis in their bout last Friday. Referee Arthur Donovan's disqualification ruling stands. Promoter Mike Jacobs plans a rematch in early October.
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Washington
Buddy Baer
Joe Louis
District of Columbia Boxing Commission
Arthur Donovan
Baer
Donovan
New York
Claude Owen
Mike Jacobs
Louis
Army Plans Survey of Ohio River Basin
Army engineers have 172 million dollars to spend on navigation flood control and power plants in the 1942 fiscal year starting July 1. Flood control works include Ohio River basin surveys valued at 36 thousand dollars Muskingum Valley reservoirs in Ohio 1.223 million dollars and Parkersburg West Virginia 1.26 million dollars.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Ohio River
Muskingum Valley
Ohio
Parkersburg
W. Va
Hobo Stabs Veteran During Lunch Squabble
Ben F. Fix 48 a Canton war veteran was in Seneca Infirmary with a knife wound in his back after a dispute over lunch with a hobo at Camp Sycamore. Fix told Sheriff George Steinmetz he refused to share his meal and was stabbed.
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Tiffin
Ben F. Fix
Canton
Seneca
Fix
George Steinmetz
Camp Sycamore
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