Senate group seeks data on national defense strikes
A Senate special committee examining defense readiness asked for complete data on strikes delaying key work in San Francisco and the Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit. The panel plans to use conciliation and mediation but will push for rapid negotiation to resume important defense production.
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Washington
Eee
Truman
D. Mo
Senate
San Francisco
Trost
Chrysler Tank Arsenal
Detroit
Maritime Commission
Navy
Labor Departments
A.T Winn
Bay City Metal Trades Council
Ed Phal
Ems
West Coast shipyard strike disrupts defense output
About 1,700 AFL and CIO machinists walked out across 11 San Francisco Bay yards as wage disputes and overtime pay surged. East Coast vessels tied up as crews demanded higher pay. New York lines faced delays over war risk bonuses. UPS and other unions nudged talks with the Maritime Commission and General Motors without immediate agreements.
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Associated Press
Navy Department
Marition Commission
AFL
CIO
West Coast
San Francisco Bay
Ccase
Frey
John P. Frey
AFL Metal Trades
Knox
Land
The
Maritime Commission
A. T. Wynn
Bay City Metal Trades Council
Wynn
Metal Trades
Nalional
New York
Ion
Far East
Australia
Lichenbach
American Pioneer Lines
National Maritime Union
National Mediation Board
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
CTO
Hed
Eee
His Present To Mother Found Beside His Body
OSKALOOSA Iowa May 10 Don Shaw 23 of Pella was killed in a likely hit and run. A parcel addressed to Mother found beside his crushed motorcycle near Highway 4 while he was en route to visit his parents Mr and Mrs E L Shaw. Police theorize a hit and run driver caused the fatal crash.
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Oskaloosa
Don Shaw
Pella
Don
Rock Island, Jr
E. L. Shaw
Falkville High School Holds 1940-41 Graduation
Falkville High School closed the 1940 41 term with a capacity audience as 22 seniors received diplomas from Prof Irwin J Quinn county superintendent of education. Dr LeRoy Priest Judson College president spoke on faith and service to others. Strickland named most outstanding senior.
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Falkvile High School
Irwin J. Quinn
LeRoy Priest
Judson College
Strickland
Frances Summerford
S. R. Long
Falkville School
Jeff Rowe
Wesley Patterson
Durward Sivley
C. O Clark
County Education Board
Roy Shelton
Pan American Clipper Extends U S Link to Singapore
The California Clipper arrived in Singapore from Manila inaugurating a biweekly trans Atlantic service toward the far west. RAF Brewster Buffalo fighters greeted the aircraft over the British naval base harbor. The inaugural flight carried 570 pounds of mail and 13 800 first day covers for American stamp collectors. no regular passengers.
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Singaport
Pan-American Airways
Singapore
Manila
trans-Atlantic Air Service
United States
British Malaya
RAF
Philippines
Bankhead Says He Has Votes to Break Farm Loan Impasse
Washington May 10 A Senate House clash over farm price supports faces a possible early week end as Senator Bankhead asserts enough votes exist to push mandatory loans at 85 percent of parity for cotton wheat corn tobacco and rice while House members push a 75 percent parity level. The dispute centers on conference rules and the authority to set loan rates with potential multi million dollar effects on farmer income and related parity payments.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bankhead
D. Ala
Senate House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Garner
Roosevelt to address foreign policy before convoy vote
Washington May 10 Administration leaders expect President Roosevelt to issue a decisive foreign policy statement before a Senate vote on convoys. Tobey's plan to ban convoys is paused pending the president's remarks as lawmakers weigh a broader shipping-shipholding measure. Senator Pepper expects a firm presidential stance that will lead to overwhelming opposition to Tobey's proposal. Senator George of Georgia notes Roosevelt will seek congressional approval before guiding navy escort of war shipments. Nye cites pressure tactics and a telegram urging action on convoys.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Tobey
R-Nh
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
Ciie
Tobe
George
D-Ga
Edison Marshall
Augusta
Marshall
Alcohol Board Punishes 16 Licensees Across Alabama
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board announced actions against sixteen liquor and beer licensees to enforce strict compliance. Licenses placed on probation include Montgomery venues such as Cloverdale Tavern and Town Tavern Cafe, with several suspended or temporarily suspended in counties including Jefferson and Escambia.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
M. Super
Cloverdale Tavern
Eli Capouya
Montgomery Delicatessen
Isaac Franco
Tavern Inn Cafe
L. Turk
Turk’s Cafe
Chris Katechis
Chris’ Place
P. N. Stratos
Town Tavern
W. C. Sharp
Sharp’s Place
Jefferson County
Bessie Smith
Southside Grill
Birmingham
Escambia County
M. Morris
Sunrise
Brewton
Herman Crosby
Herman's Place
Castleberry
Truman O. Findley
First Chance
C. E. Franklin
Franklin
McCalla
Colbert County
R.D. Hyde
Russellville
Dave Capelate
David's Place
J.wilkins
Glory
Citronelle
Covington
Bob Lindsey
Paradise Inn
Andalusia
Charles K E Malone Sr. Very Ill in Birmingham Hospital
Charles K E Malone Sr. remained very ill in a Birmingham Baptist hospital with no improvement reported today.
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Charles KE. Malone, Sr
Baptist Hospital
Birmingham
Honor Paid to Strawberry Festival at Cullman
North Alabama residents and guests will attend Cullman County s third annual strawberry festival on May 15. Events include a flower show, children s parade, a noon barbecue, a giant parade, prize strawberry auctions, a Battle of Music contest, float prizes, a street dance, and a grand festival ball with Francis Craig and his orchestra.
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North Alabama
Cullman
Cullman’ County
Hown
Bland Motor Company
Alabama Extension Service
Fourth Street
Court House Reviewing Stand
Flrst Avenua
Cullman Drug. Company
Second Street
Stiefelmeyer's
First Avenue
Peoples Drug Corner
Second Avenue
Catholic Church
Court House
Francis Craig
Milk payroll at High Mark reaches record April total
Alabama Dairy Products plant paid out 9 330.76 for April milk deliveries, the highest payroll since operations began May 1 1940. May 15 issued checks for April milk. First year payroll to farming families totals 68 069.83. Plant produced 25 tons of cheese 50 000 pounds.
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Alabama Dairy Products
Car Overturns on Highway. Family Escapes Injury
Cecil Ryan and his two children Betty Jean and Billy Joe were unharmed when their car ran off the Joe Wheeler Highway four miles west of Decatur and overturned at 10 40 p m. The occupants said the vehicle turned over after a night of lighting a person.
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Cecil Ryan
Betty Jean
Billy Joe
Joe Wheeler
Decatur
M. S. Chambers
Julius Hale
Aes Way
Patra
Roosevelt Improves But Remains Largely Secluded
President Roosevelt, after five days with a stomach disorder, is reported improved with normal temperature. Dr. Ross T. McIntyre orders him to stay in his bedroom as callers are still barred. The president continues routine duties by telephone.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntyre
Cullman Man Is Sentenced for Wife's Death
Circuit Judge A. A. Griffith today sentenced Felix McClendon, a Cullman county farmer, to life imprisonment after a Cullman Circuit Court jury convicted him of first degree murder in the death of his wife. The 60 year old proclaimed his innocence. A new trial motion was filed and set for 10 a.m. Saturday May 17. McClendon allegedly poisoned his wife by arsenic in flour at their Cold Springs home. Defense attorneys were Roderick Beddow and John Chapman. Prosecution was Melvin Hutson and F. E. St. John Jr. Hutson, ill, and Beddow were absent during sentencing.
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Cirrcuit
A. A. Griffith
Felix McClendon
Cullman
Defense Council
McClendon
Cold Springs
Roderick Beddow
Birmingham
John Chapman
Melvin Hutson
Decatur
F. E. St. John, Jr
Hutson
Sladdow
Griffith
Italian aliens rounded up at New York World's Fair pavilion
Immigration agents and police arrested 54 more workers at the New York World's Fair Italian pavilion for staying beyond visa limits. They join 62 previously rounded up and many others taken to Ellis Island as authorities decide whether internment camps in the West are needed. Most detainees worked in hotel dining rooms and restaurants.
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New York
Ellis Island
Jackson
Scout Injured at Campooree in Delano Park
Gene Ratliff 12 son of Mr and Mrs Tom Ratliff 515 Sixth Ave West suffered a severe gash on the right leg at the Campooree in Delano Park at 10 this morning. The injury occurred during wood cutting when an axe slipped He was treated at the Decatur Clinic and later sent home.
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Gene Ratliff
Tom Ratliff
Sixth Avenue
West
Delano Park
Young Ratliff
Decatur
Petain Health Rumor Stirs Allied Anxiety in Britain
War dispatch notes Britain anxious over a possible kidney ailment of Marshal Petain chief of state. The report, denied by Berlin radio, questions whether the 85 year old Verdun hero can endure the strain of office and continue to shield Allied concessions.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Marshal Petain
Berlin
Teo
Petain
Verdun
Petain’s Health and Laval Crisis Shake Vichy Regime
The article notes Petain’s health as crucial to France’s wartime posture and details his struggle against Laval in his cabinet. It describes Laval’s removal and Hitler’s push for Laval’s return, implying that Germany would gain influence if Laval returned.
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Laval
Hitler
Germany
Britain says no British ships hit in Mediterranean raids
The British Admiralty announced that no British ships suffered damage in Axis air attacks off the Straits of Sicily. Italy claimed hits on six warships and as many merchantmen. The communique reported four Axis planes destroyed by anti aircraft fire and three shot down by naval fighters. Two naval aircraft were missing.
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Britain
Germany
Hamburg
Bremen
Emden
Berlin
Posen
Poland
Hull
London
British Admiralty
Mediterranean
Straits of
Sicily
Admiralty
Air war escalates as raids clash over Europe
British and German airmen engage in night dogfights over Dover on the anniversary of Germany’s invasion of the Low Countries. RAF bombers struck Mannheim Ludwigshafen and Berlin center while the Luftwaffe raided England on a reduced scale, with several bombers shot down and civilians killed. Dutch and U S planes joined a first raid on Nazi occupied Norway targeting airports.
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Associated Press
Dover
Germany
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Berlin
Luftwaffe
England
British
Air Ministry
RAF
U. S
Norway
Berlin Sees U S War Entry as Possible Threat
Berlin ponders the risk of American entry into the war as German leaders and presses weigh war agitators gains and the idea of a united Europe against the Anglo Saxon world. France is discussed as part of European unity while anti interventionist tones persist.
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Berlin
United States
Europe
France
Admiralty Reports British Allied Losses Hit 1 008 Ships
New admiralty statistics show Britain, allies and neutrals lost 1 008 ships totaling 4 734 407 tons in the year since the Nazi invasion of the Low Countries, with 488 124 tons lost last month. Across the war to April, aggregate losses approached 6 000 000 tons. In Hungary rail traffic is sharply curtailed amid talk of a new southeastward German thrust. Berlin declines to discuss Turkish policy reports. Northern Africa sees no major change while Ethiopian front lines shift as South African troops defend against Italians. Page Two continues.
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Admiralty
Britain
Low Countries
Hungary
Berlin
Cockenpen
Turkey
Africa
Ethiopia
Tennessee River Gauge Drops as Temperatures Rise
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 20.85 feet on Saturday and fell. Temperatures reached a maximum of 81 and a minimum of 81 in the past 24 hours with no rainfall reported. Alabama shows fair weather with a cooler trend tonight. Northeast winds prevail, with fair and cool conditions expected in Tennessee.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Pat Godwig
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E. E. Speer
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