Western Hemisphere Watches French Nazi Ties Tight
Washington officials say assurances from Vichy and Martinique will keep French collaboration with Germany out of the western hemisphere, with no shipments to France or North Africa unless further guarantees are given. The United States will monitor Franco German ties and act if hemisphere interests are at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Letpbas
Washington
France
Germany
Africa
Near East
United States
Vichy
Martinique
Stellas
Atlantic
Fyabee
Iraq
Dakar
Morocco
Algiers
Tunisia
CIOs Win Ford Vote Triggering Pay Increase Talks
The Ford Motor Company vote by the Auto Workers union in Detroit marks a historic victory. UAW leaders say the union will push for recognition and a 10 cent hourly wage boost, plus a seniority system, paid vacations, and rehiring protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assoerten Ress Detroi
Ford Bee Company
Nchme
Waw-Gio
NERB
Washington
Frank H. Bowen
Nlrb Ee Girector
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Oio Invesmient
French Desert From Syria and Frontiers Fight Shocks Palestine
Damascus May 23 officials announced that a French commander and about 200 volunteers defected to the British in Palestine and Trans-Jordan after a clash with frontier guards in which several were killed or wounded on both sides. Authorities denied that DeGaullist loans or regular French troops in Syria were involved or retiring.
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Assouatea
Damascus
Syria
Palestine
Trans- Jordan
Frontier Guards
Aulhorities
Genera
Henri Dentz
Equatorial Africa
Crete Battle Tilt Benefits British Says Cairo
Cairo reports British gains in Crete as they repel German sea landings and heavy aerial assaults. Military sources claim British naval power, air defense, and Allied counterattacks keep the island from falling while German efforts falter amid ongoing fighters and bombardment.
City Council Passes Sewer and Street Measures
City Council convened in a special session and on third and final reading adopted Bill No. 683 approving a sanitary sewer on Bile Street from North Center Street to near the Pennsylvania Railroad. They set June date for the court of appeal on the Weight Street sewer assessment and approved a contract between Fred Williams and the city for dump salvage and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciy Council
North Center Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Donald D
Siams
Wright Street
Tie Sekerak
Kundracile Farms
Walter
Scaté
Pennsylvania boards ordered 545 men for induction
Harrisburg reports Governor James directed 15 selective service boards to send 545 men to reception centers for induction. Nearest counties involved include Bucks Adams Berks Cumberland Bedford Blair and Allegheny plus the city of Altoona. All men passed final physicals and are approved for general service.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Arthur H James
Pennsylvania
Selective Service Boards
Bucks
Adams
Berks
Cumberind
Bedford
Blair
Allegheny
Altaetia
Forger Clarénes Schram Sentenced in Erie County Case
Federal Judge FP Schookmaker sentenced Clarénes Schram alias Clarence Foley to a year and a day in prison after pleading guilty to forging and passing a government check for 44 dollars on August 10 at Weeleyville Erie County.
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Pittsburgh
FP. Schookmaker
Clarénes Schram
Clarence Foley
Weeleyville
Erie County
Buddy Poppy Sale Planned in Corry
Arrangements for the Buddy Poppy sale in Corry are set for tomorrow, May 24, by the Ladies Auxiliary of Lieut Archie W Thompson Post No 264 VFW. Proceeds support relief efforts and fund the VFW National Home for widows and orphans in Michigan. one cent from each poppy goes to home maintenance and expansion. The home sits on a 640 acre site and has funded new buildings and housing for mothers and children in recent years.
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Corry
Archie W. Thompson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.fw National Home For
Raton Rapids
Michigan
Mercer County Guardsmen Die in Truck Crash
Two Pennsylvania soldiers from Indiantown Gap died when a civilian car forced their army truck off the highway near Gettysburg. Six others were injured as the vehicle struck a stone wall and fenc e. a board of inquiry was formed at Indiantown Gap to investigate.
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Axwueusted
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
T Ie
Indiantown Gap
Clarence Trobridge
Grove City
John W. Large
Mercer
R. D
Clyde J., Gill
Grove Ity
John P. Bollinger
Donald H. Wadsworth
Colin A. Nurse
Sharon
Brank Krafcheck
Pardoe
Mercer County
Garoner
G. Grist
Nurse
Frederick L. Pond
Bernord M. Wood
John José
Medical Corps
Seventeen Miners Escape After Fatal Panhandle Mine Blast
In Bicknell Indiana on May 23 14 miners died in an explosion at a Panhandle mine. Seventeen others on the same level escaped via a circuitous three mile route aided by oxygen masks. Rescue crews recovered bodies including Charles W Narrington and James M Smith among the dead.
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Pyne Bicknell
Ind
Panhandler
Here
Titade
Charles W. Narrington
Near Bickselly
B. Ry Cole
Vincennes
James M. Smith
Near Bicknell
Richard Smith
Dewey Stinett
Maurice Taburiaus
Floyd Hare Pet
Charles Osborn
Charles Wright
Wilbert Redmond
Charles B. May
F. M. Vincent
Arthur Gourdower
Bicknell
Jack Ogilvie
Milne
I Tevel
Wright
James Smith
Rumor of Nazi Turkey Pact via Berlin Talks
A Berlin dispatch in the Gazette de Lausanne cites a trusted source stating Germany and Turkey may reach a final agreement after Greece's capitulation. The claim says Turkish gains could include eastern Thrace and Greek islands off the Turkish coast and possible access to Turkish frontier oil resources.
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Wey
Frew
Bern
Switzerland
Theerlin
Gazette de Lausanne
Berlin
Greece
Met Thonu
Turkey
Beriin
Thrace
Pias
Crete battle rages as British claim progress amid air and sea combat
Allied dispatches report fierce fighting on Crete with airborne detachments in Candia and Retimo accounted for. British counter-attacks aim to blunt German advances near Maleme as navies exchange blows and Axis claims of naval damage surface amid heavy bombardments and renewed clashes around Tobruk, Tobruk siege tightening and reinforcements moving.
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Tresn
Adolf Hitler
Crete
London
Dac
Malem
Canen
Sailefactory
Cairo
Winwatte
Taran
Alithovilstive Gunders
Islana
Tanidoh
Csndis
Berlin
Hermann Goerme
Britain
Tobruk
Middle Tash
Pullin
Baghdad
Steps outlined to form statewide defense unit in Corry unrest
Vague discussion suggests creation of a state guard in western Pennsylvania with Lt. Robert E Brown relinquishing his Army post. The plan involves former company members and local leaders to organize a defense force pending authorization and funding.
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Ben ‘Dovnla
Gome
Brown
Howeye
Dane Lowey
Company
A. Hove
Governor James threatens further hospital funding cuts
An Associated Press dispatch notes Governor James warns he will reduce hospital appropriations to balance the state budget amid revenue shortfalls. He says the Senate may remove Democratic tax-cut amendments, complicating efforts to avert tax relief. The story cites a projected property tax burden and a total of 7,650,000 in state bank shares and mills.
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James
Corry
Huitishi
Associated Press
Tey
James Aid
Mossiulity
QOP
Senate
Jamey A. Gelte
Teeheny
Bank Stare Ame
Axis Transport and Tanker Sunk Near Libya
British naval communique reports the sinking of a 9000 ton transport and a 7000 ton tanker attempting to reach Axis forces in Libya. An Italian destroyer was likely sunk, and several seapower craft were hit by shells, with Axis convoys attacked in the area.
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Seaponien
London
Beirisy Enbmarines Hive Arpedoey
Libya
Admiralty
Seit
Sunt and
Esmaliér
Fire destroys Little Hope General Store in Greenfield Township
Fire, driven by a brisk wind, razed the Johnson general store at Little Hope Greenfield township about miles south of here off Route 89. Captain G H Neeli of Fuller Hose Company said firefighters arrived after the blaze had already overwhelmed the frame structure and spread to a nearby sawmill. The cause is unknown and only a small portion of the interior was saved.
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Little Hope
Johnson General Store
Greenfield Township
G H. Neeli
Fuller Hose Company
Tgs
Neel
Neutrality Repeal Will Be Fought
Senator Nye and allies in Washington push to repeal the neutrality act. Stimson and Freon warn the move threatens safety and freedom, arguing the administration faces a crucial test on war policy and congressional action.
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Assoclinem
Freon
Washington
Seersiados Stimson
Fenos
Senate
Aftair
Nye Randy
Bes
Stimson
Tkeart
Bor
Frey
Senate Fight to Kill Democratic Workmen's Insurance Plan
May 25 in Harrisburg the Senate and House debated plans to raise benefits for injured workers and to replace private insurers with a state workers' insurance system. Democrats touted the proposals, but Republicans signaled the measures would die in the Senate.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
House
Senate
Harry Stapiro
Ub T
Shapiro
Ohio
Len A. Achlerman
Fire Police To Check Speeding and Jams at Fires
Officials in the West End plan an early meeting of fire police led by Charles Kin Jey to enforce high violation laws. Fire department officials argue for fines and temporary road restrictions to curb speeding and traffic jams at fire scenes.
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Y Yyepa
West End
Stanford Hox Company
Tres
Charles A. Pain
Charles Kin Jey
Aves
Herrespalice
Bre
Umicks
Livre
van Np Tonger
Westeres
Ares
Government urged to use forces to end shipyard strike
Chairman Ettwin Lane of the Maritions Commission urged the use of United States forces to break up a two made union machinists strike tied to 11 shipbuilding plants in the San Francisco area. He testified before the Senate Defense Investigative Committee proposing steps to reopen closed coast shipyards. He said the government should use all available forces to end the picket line and allow workers to resume production.
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Maritime Head
Associated Press
Washington
Chairan Ettwin
Land of the
Maritions Commission
Semiate Defense Investigative Committee
United States
Tae
San Franciso
Lane
Darlan Denies Hitler Asks French Fleet And Colonies
Vice Premier Jean Darlan told the French people that Adolf Hitler did not ask France for its fleet or colonies. He emphasized France would never surrender sovereignty or hand over arms, insisting negotiations shape the country’s future and that France freely chooses its path.
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Darlan
Hitler
Associated Ress
Vichy
France
Amita
Jean Darlan
Adolf Hitler
Daren
Dariansma
Neetty
Berchtesgarden
Pratce
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