Winant Trip Tied to Britain Aid Plans Under Lockstep
Ambassador John G. Winant returns to London with secret information on U S aid to Britain. President Roosevelt described measures to deliver American munitions despite U boat and air threats. The moves are linked to discussions of the Atlantic battle and convoy strategy.
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Roosevelt
Britain
Washington
John G. Winant
London
England
Adolf Ter
Eeather
New York
United States
Byrd Criticizes War Aid Shipments and Production Delays
Senator Byrd charged that little lease lend equipment has left the United States since the $7.0 billion aid bill, citing a letter from Maj. Gen. Burns. He warned of production bottlenecks and urged leadership to speed up shipments and resolve strikes hampering essential weapons, including heavy tanks and 90 mm anti aircraft guns.
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Washington
Byrd
Britain
Congress
Virginia
J. H. Burns
Harry Hopkins
Burns
High Seas
Division of Defense Aid
Newhall Man Injured Seriously in Hit‑and‑Run
A man carrying a registration card bearing the name Sam Martin of Newhall Virginia was found on the road near the Divides in Tazewell. He was taken to Bluefield sanitarium after 11 pm by ambulance summoned by motorists. Condition is critical and little information could be obtained. Relatives had not been contacted by late last night.
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Sam Martin
Newhall
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bishop
Ice
Divides
Tazewell
Spectacular Fire Destroys Jersey City Railroad Yards
A massive blaze in Jersey City Erie railroad yards destroyed two grain elevators, rail equipment, and cattle facilities, with damage officially estimated above 3.5 million dollars. The fire was controlled by 9:20 p m local time after more than four hours of flames and smoke.
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Jersey City
N. J
Erie
U. S. Coast Guard
New York
Arthur Madin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Coast Guard
mid-Hudson
J. S. Bayliss
Hoboken
President Line
Hudson
Walter Cieciuch
Petroleum Czar Ickes to coordinate defense oil moves
Secretary Ickes gains veto power over anti trust suits against twenty two major oil companies to align actions with national defense. Attorney General Jackson says talks continue with oil firms as Ickes is named petroleum coordinator. White House notes Ickes will propose actions on oil reserves transport refining and drilling.
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Ickes
Washington
Justice Department
Jackson
Secretary of Interior
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Aldes
Office of Production Management
Office of Price Administration
White House
First U S Lease Lend Food Ship Reaches English Port
The first U S food ship under lend lease arrives in England with 120000 ds cheese 1000 tons flour and 4000000 eggs. Lord Woolton and Henry Harriman receive the cargo praising American aid while dockworkers enjoy cheese and eggs from America. Additional U S cargo includes machine tools and evaporated milk.
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U. S
English Port
London
Lord Woolton
Henry I. Harriman
Woolton
England
United States
Seevenen
Agriculture
Britain
America
Ministery of Supply and Ordnance
Jones
Cincinnati
May production hits high mark in West Virginia coal output
Charleston reports May production near 13.6 million tons as defense orders and a post shutdown rebound push output to its highest since 1927. H. G. Houtz notes preliminary figures may rise, with four months of 1941 remaining and last year’s May output at 11.1 million tons.
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Charleston
W. Va
Defense
Apri
Inta
Department of Mines
Department
H. G. Houtz
Houtz
U.S. Ad T
Ree
West Virginia
Mine Inspectors Institute Convention Opens In Bluefield
Delegates from across the nation arrive for the thirty second Mine Inspectors Institute of America convention in Bluefield. The three day event covers sessions on mine safety including recent explosions and features a banquet dance and an election for president Thomas Moses of Pittsburgh Toledo?
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Mine Inspectors’ Institute of America
N. P. Rhinehart
West Virginia Department of Mines
Rhinehart
Bluefield
Claystor Dam
Bland and
Wytheville
Dublin
Pearlsburg
Executives’ Club
Jimmy Gheen
New York
Concord Commanders
Employees Country Club
Gary
Bluefield Country Club
Try Houtz
Pocahontas Ators Association
Efield Chamber of Commerce
Institute
James McSherry
Springfield
Til
Editor of Railroad Publication Passes
Luther M. Fitzgerald 49 editor of the Railway Employer Review died in Charleston hospital an hour after a paralytic stroke. native of Junior Barbour county born May 8 1892 survived by widow one son and two daughters.
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Charleston
W. Va
Luther M. Fitzgerald
West Virginia
Two Nazi Planes Reported Downed
London reports that at least two German airplanes were destroyed overnight in the air war. The source did not specify whether these were shot down by RAF defenses over England or by other German forays.
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London
English Channel
England
Crete War Winds Toward Final Push as Luftwaffe Strikes
Berlin reports Nazi air and ground forces tightening the Crete campaign. British and Greek troops retreat toward the southern shore under heavy bombardment. German strategists eye Tobruk, Alexandria, and Suez as the eastern Mediterranean position solidifies with Crete under firm Luftwaffe control.
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Cretan
Germany
Mediterranean
Axis
Tobruk
North Africa
Alexandria
Britain
Cyprus
Suez
Crete
Liverpool
U T U Apparently Bars A F L Link
Woodruff, secretary of the International Typographical Union, said members apparently rejected returning to the A F L. An official canvass to begin Monday will publish results before next weekend. Unofficial returns from 149 of 850 locals show 16,840 for and 21,957 against reaffiliation, about three quarters of the expected 55,000 votes. The TIU was suspended by the A F L in 1939 over a wartime fund issue.
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Indianapolis
Woodruff
International Typographical Union
American Federation of Labor
International Headquarters
Randolph
TI. T. U
Printers’ Union
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Mediation Board Demands Action in Puget Sound Strike
The defense mediation board rejects compromise and cites President Roosevelt's national emergency to push its recommendations. A telegram signed by CIO president Philip Murray and board chair A Dykstra summons Puget Sound lumber workers leaders to a Washington conference Tuesday. Ralph Seward says the board will not yield and asks CIO International Woodworkers of America to accept the recommendations and return to work. O M Orton replies that the recommendations have been rejected.
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Associated Press
Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Philip Murray
CIO
A. Dykstra
Puget Sound
Washington
Ralph T. Seward
Seward
Internationl Woodworkers of America
M. Orton
Aie
The
Union
Ring
Jail hauled away on Chanute main street
A wired enclosure nicknamed the jail used to incarcerate men without facial hair for a frontier celebration was seen being moved on a flatbed truck westbound. Carl Hughes, a theater employee, reported seeing seven or eight men onboard.
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Chanute
Kas
Carl Hughes
Crete Defense Mars Nazi Plans
London reports the British Greek defense of Crete, though weakened, could be Britain's Middle East salvation. German gains threaten Mediterranean shipping, North Africa supply routes, and potential German footholds from Malta to Cyprus and Alexandria. Critics say Crete’s captured airfield allowed enemy operations that should have been prevented.
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London
Britain
Middle East
Crete
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Iraq
Hitler
Rashid Ali
Mediterranean
North Africa
Syria
Libya
Suda Bay
Gibraletar
Malta
Cyprus
Alexandria
Sicily
Rhodes
AAF Turns Back Big Nazi Flight Over Eastern Mediterranean
Cairo May 31 Britain’s air force fights for Crete as RAF planes clash with German formations high over the Mediterranean. British bombers strike Scarpanto and Rhodes while reports say Major General Freyberg remains alive with his Crete garrison.
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AAF
Cairo
Egypt
Crete
Britain
Mediterranean
Middle East
RAF
Malemi
Scarpanto
Rhodes
High Command
Luftwaffe
Gavdos
War Office
London
B. C. Freyberg
Case
Axe Slayer to Die on Gallows in July
Lawrence Benton Moss, 27, confessed slayer of his grandmother Emma Jordan, was sentenced to death today by Judge Jac Savage of the intermediate court. The date for execution is set for July 11 at Kanawha County farm home murder in December. The judge, noting no prior death sentences, said he could not afford mistakes in such cases.
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Charleston
W. Va
Lawrence Benton Moss
Intermediate Court
Jac Savage
Moss
Emma Jordan
Poca
Kanawha
Savage
Savage Moss
German airmen flee as Iraqi resistance collapses
British imperial forces advance into Baghdad as Iraqi troops and a citizen group press for an armistice. Negotiations on terms for the country proceed with General Mourad Mahmoud and Baghdad mayor Arshad El Omari overseeing the move to restore order and a constitutional government under Emir Abdullah.
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London
Iraq
Britain
Coun
Mourad Mahmoud
Baghdad
Arshad el Omari
Abdullah
Ies
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