U.S. Sends Oil to French North Africa Amid Caution
The United States has shipped two tankers of oil to Casablanca in French North Africa while delaying further deliveries as officials weigh France's potential collaboration with Germany. If Germany gains control of the colonies, further shipments may be halted. Nazis seek dominance of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia and use Oran and Bizerte to control the Mediterranean.
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Lloyd Lehreas
Washington
United States
French North Africa
France
Germany
Casablanca
Atlantic
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Oran
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Widow Nellie Stratton Sweetland Dies at Pinecrest
Nellie Stratton Sweetland, 39, former beauty parlor operator and self styled widow of West Virginia oil and gas magnate Louis R. Sweetland, died at Pinecrest Tuberculosis sanitarium. She had spent years trying to prove a legal marriage to the Hamlin financier, whose estate was disputed by his sisters and heirs after his death in 1934.
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Beckley
Nellie Stratton Sweetland
West Virginia
Pinecrest
Sweetland
Louis R. Sweetland
Hamlin
Lincoln County
Ashville
N. C
Sallie Oxley
GM Strike Averts 24 Hour Walkout Amid Mediation
National Defense Mediation Board halted a CIO strike at six GM plants for 24 hours. About 12,300 workers at Flint Chevrolet and a Fisher Body plant were affected. Key issues include wage increases and a union shop. Board decisions depend on GM acceptance or rejection, with possible public opinion pressure if rejected.
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Washington
National Defense Mediation Board
CIO
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Chevrolet
Flint
Mich
Fisher
Defense Mediation Board
William 8. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Bevin wary of German peace talk and Hess claim
The speaker dismisses fantasies about England and agrees with German propagandists that Hess seeks peace for Germany. He questions whether Hess’s concern is for the German people rather than for others and notes skepticism about Goebbels’ influence.
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Goebbels
Kiel
Hamburg
Prien
Retschmer
Schepke
America
Hess
Dr . Goebbels
England
Dr. Goebbels
Ship Seizure Bill May Pass Senate Tonight
Washington May 15 The administration ship seizure bill to acquire idle foreign ships in American ports appears headed for Senate approval by nightfall after Senator Tobey postponed anti convoy rider action. The House already passed the measure two to one and debate focuses on a proposed transfer ban for requisitioned vessels amid expected swift action.
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Washington
Senate
Administration
Tobey
House
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Clark
D.-Mo
Barkley
D.-Ky
United States
Britain
Coast Guard
Backache Cause Touted by Old Treatment
Sufferers find relief by addressing kidney function says a traditional remedy. The ad promotes Doan's Pills as a longtime solution used by millions to flush waste from the blood and ease backache, urging readers to ask their druggist for the product.
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Blake
Dean
Roosevelt Fire side chat May shift on war stance
The discussion notes that public sentiment is turning against involvement in the war and convoys. Wheeler argues no new lease lend equipment is piling up, no lease lend supplies sunk, and that Britain is receiving bombers flown over, suggesting policy support would come after Roosevelt's speech.
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Roosevelt
Wheeler
Britain
Washington battleship commissioned early to boost two ocean fleet
Philadelphia May 15 The battleship Washington is commissioned six months ahead of schedule at a cost of 70 million dollars. The 35,000 ton dreadnought joins 17 battleships in the fleet, with sea trials to come and major ceremonies led by Secretary Knox and Admiral King in Washington. The ship, manned by 1275 crew, features nine 16 inch guns, 27 knots speed, and modern amenities including a soda fountain.
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Philadelphia
Washington
America
U.S
Knox
Timely Haircut by Seattle Fire Department
Seattle Fire Lieutenant Floyd Wylie helped a resident after hair became tangled in a washing machine wringer. He used shears to clip the tresses, a safety act amid broader wartime news. Reports from London and Edinburgh touched on Rudolf Hess’s parachute appearance, Churchill delaying a detailed statement, and Hess nursing an ankle fracture in a military hospital.
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Seattle
Wilhelmetta Butterworth
Floyd Wylie
Hess flight to Scot land aims at peace with Duke of Hamilton
German claims Hess is under a Messiah complex and seeks peace with Britain through the Duke of Hamilton. British officials decline to comment while an informant doubts Hess will reveal military secrets. An old German acquaintance calls Hess imaginatively intelligent and loyal to Germany, insisting he would not plot against Hitler.
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Hess
Scotland
Duke of Hamilton
England
Hitler
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