Nerve Gas Seen as Possible New Nazi Weapon
Howard Blakeslee reports that German gas masks and a feared incapacitating gas could pose a threat to Belgian defenses at Fort Eben Emael. Experts say the gas would be hard to detect, smell faintly like geraniums, and render troops unable to resist, potentially targeting entire garrisons.
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Portmben
Germany
Howard Blakeslee
Associated Press
American Chemical Society
Blakeslee
Fort Eben Emael
Britain Forms War Cabinet as Churchill Promises Resolve
Crown Princess Juliana and her daughters arrive in London seeking a haven for the Netherlands. A 43,000 enemy alien roundup is reported as air raids strike near Rotterdam and eastern Belgium. Churchill announces a five member war cabinet, vows unity, and pledges a vigorous war effort with a forthcoming ministerial list to the king.
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Juliana
The
Netherlands
London
Prince Berrinard
Wilhelmina
Air Ministry
Waalhaven
Rotterdam
Germany
Rhine
Belgium
Churchill
Neville Chamber
Council
House of Commons
War Cabinet
George VI
Anthony Eden
Britain
Nyania
War Road Trip Reveals Total War Footprint
Reporter travels about 300 miles through a nation smaller than Maryland. He notes two way traffic on roads as British troops and materiel move toward the distant guns, while civilians and supplies stream away from danger in a grim wartime scene.
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Maryland
Wall Street declines mute market amid war fears and heavy turnover
New York led market losses as major stocks including U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler GM and American Telephone tumbled 2 to over 7 points. Volume reached about 2 500 000 shares the largest in eight months with few recovery moves and closing near session lows. Cotton futures in New Orleans showed erratic trading with prices steady and little change across May July Oct Dec Jan and March contracts.
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U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Douglas Aircraft
American Airlines
American Telephone
American Smelting
Allied Chemical
American Can
Dow Chemical
American Tobacco
B.” Loft
International Paper Preferred
Westinghouse
Great Northern
N. C
New Orleans
Markets in New York and Chicago Cited With Mixed Moves
New York stocks weaker as war news unsettles leaders while bonds and foreign exchange show pressure. Cotton softens on global liquidation. sugar and metals buoyed by buying. Copper rises. wood trades higher in Boston. Chicago wheat down 3 cents. corn down. cattle rise up to 25 cents. hogs up 15 to 25 cents to a top at 6.26.
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New York
Metils
Boston
Chicago
New York May Trading Rally as Offerings Dwindle
Markets surged in final minutes as demand softened and offerings fell short. Old and new contracts showed small gains with May July and Oct prices noted. Middling spot at 10.48. Poultry prices in Chicago eased with hens and broilers quoted across weight categories and colors.
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New York
Pyen
The Refugees’ Flight From War Tides
A narrator recalls the mass exodus as refugees trek through dust toward potential safety behind lines. Rich ride in cars while the poor travel by trucks bicycles or on foot. A child is killed by an explosion as windows shatter and fear rises. The speaker condemns German occupation after four years of war and proclaims that no one can stop them.
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Eans
Cottonseed Meal Futures Close Easier in Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures eased in Memphis with May at 29.40, July 27.30, Sept 25.00, Oct 23.75, and Dec 23.40 per ton. Sales totaling 4,100 were recorded.
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Memphis
Tenn
Grain prices fall on wave of selling in Chicago wheat pit
A late trading selloff in Chicago wheat pushed prices down about three cents per bushel. Other grains eased as war jitters and weaker securities weighed on sentiment. Prospects of better crop conditions and incoming showers also influenced the market. Wheat closed 23 to 43 cents lower. May bids at 1.057 8, July 1.053 4, corn down about 1 to 1 7/8, oats down 0.8 to 1 cent.
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Chicago
Commodity quotes from Chicago grain market report
Chicago May 13 grain prices show no cash wheat sales the report lists corn futures with No 1 mixed 78 and No 2 78 with yellow values around 6 1 4 to 1 4 and oats and soybeans prices across several grades including No 2 yellow soy beans at 107 3 4 and No 4 at 1 04 1 2.
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Chicago
Chicago Dairy and Produce Prices Reported
In Chicago on May 13 butter prices steady at 539 510 with Creamery at 93 score 27 1 2 and other bids 92 27 91 263 4 90 263 4 89 26 1 2 88 253 4 90 central carrots and eggs listing receipts 8 316 steady with fresh graded extra firsts local 17 cars 17 1 2 firsts local 16 1 4 cars 16 3 4 current receipts 15 1 4 storage packed extras 11 1 4 firsts 18 dir tes 14 1 2 checks 14.
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Nashville Livestock Prices Reported May 13
Salable cattle 650 calves 250. Active slaughter cattle trade fully steady. 690 lb heifers 10.15, yearlings 10.25, cows 6.00-6.75. Hogs 400 salable, 15 higher, top 11.00 for 180-240 lb. Sows 4.00. Sheep 600, lambs 12.00-13.00 for good, welled to 9.00 for old crop ewes.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Invasion Escalates as Germany Presses Low Countries
German forces drop parachutists behind fronts in Holland and Belgium while Dutch claim mastery of Rotterdam and heavy fighting swirls through streets. Britain announces Churchill's expanded war cabinet with Labour leaders Morrison and others to boost armaments and curb fifth column activity.
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Royal House of the Netherlands
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London
Mrs Puckett Illness Victim Dies At Benevolent Society Hospital
Mrs Tennie Pucket 28 of Danville route 3 died at 12 10 Monday at Benevolent Society Hospital after treatment begun Sunday. Funeral at 29 m Tuesday at Johnson Chapel with Rev R N Moore and McAfee in charge. Survivors include husband J P Puckett a son George three daughters Martha Lee Doris Jeay Bobby Fay mother Mrs W W Layton three brothers Claret Henry Layton five sisters Mrs L G Sparkman Mrs M T V Holt Mrs Marjorie Bryant Mrs Pat Bryant Mrs Elmer Johnson. Be buried at local cemetery. pallbearers are brothers-in-law.
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Young
J P. Puckett
George
Martha Lee
Doris Jeay
Bobby Fay
W. W. Layton
Claret
Henry Layton
L. G. Sparkman
M’s. T. V. Holt
Marjorie Bryant
Pat Bryant
Elmer Johnson
Decatur Notes Highlight Local Visitors and Accidents
Dan Walden of Louisville visited his family in Austinville. Numerous residents, including Claude Landers of Forbes Piano Co. in Birmingham, faced accidents and hospital transfers. Daylight saving debates mingle with social visits and community updates across Decatur and nearby towns.
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Louisville
Austinville
Claude Landers
Forbes Piano Company
Birmingham
Drinkard
South Highlands Infirmary
Twelfth Avenue East
John Brown
Decatur
New England Reports Frost and Warmer Southeast
Light showers dampened a broad swath from Michigan to Montana as frost whitened parts of New England. Nationwide, fair weather prevailed with highs to 89 in the north central, 103 in Phoenix, and cool overnights from Atlanta to Seattle, with Boston at 43 and Denver at 3 above freezing.
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Ariz
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Washington
Germans Advancing as Allied Lines Hold In France Belgium and Luxembourg
German high command reports progress near Zweibrucken and along the Siegfried line while French spokesmen say major German advances were halted and include the Eben Emael fortress surrender. Belgian and Luxembourg fronts show retreats and scattered actions with Allied air operations constraining Nazi columns.
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Maastricht
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France
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French War Office
Moselle
President weighs defense funding and neutrality policy
Reports quote Early saying Roosevelt has no fixed defense budget figure or division plan yet. Barry notes no current talk of changing neutrality law on credits. Some lawmakers urge a special committee to audit billions spent on army and navy, while the president extends neutrality provisions to Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg.
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Barry
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Construction strike halts Chattanooga project workers protest non union labor
Nearly all construction work in Chattanooga was halted as about 3000 building trades unions walked out to protest the city project employing non-union labor.
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Chatanooga
Benn
Chattanooga
Building Trades Unions
Local visitors and residents spend time with friends
And sons of Benton Kentucky are spending several weeks here with friends and relatives. James Ryan of Somerville was a visitor here Monday. Miss Beatrice Turner has just returned from a several months visit to Middletown Ohio.
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United States Marine Corps
China
United States
Benton, Ky
James Ryan
Somerville
Beatrice Turner
Middletown
Ohio
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