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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1941

Page

5

Women Club Leaders to Honor Pioneers at Atlantic City

Atlantic City hosts the General Federation of Women’s Clubs Golden Jubilee opening session. Pioneer clubwomen are set for special medals recognizing long membership and notable service. Sadie Orr Dunbar will announce selections. Detroit’s Emma A. Fox, 94, may be the top pioneer by experience and influence.

Atlantic City N. Y General Federation of Women's Clubs Auch State District of Columbia Sadie Orr Dunbar Portland Ore Emma A. Fox Detroit

Red Bosses See Soviet Might on May Day

Georgette deVil a script writer from Westport and several young Americans were awarded the croix de Guerre while serving with the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps in France last summer. Names include Cae A. McCarthy 29 Weston Massachusetts John Morris 28 New York Arthur Mueller 32 Butte Montana Charles Langdon Harriss 20 New York.

Georgette deVil Westport

Hull Sees Peace Path in Roosevelt Talk May Twenty Seven

Hull urged a European federation and open trade to secure lasting peace while warning against Hitlerite ambitions. He contrasted a democratic United States of Europe with a peace written by rulers, urging restraint on nationalist trade barriers and fair access to raw materials and finance.

Conun Administration Roosevelt Hess Hitler Wheeler Scotland England Europe United States of Europe Hull NEC Interna

Italian Army and Allied Holds in Africa Update

Italian high command reports Amba Alagi fortress capitulation to the British, with 9,000-foot elevation surrender due to depleted supplies. Elsewhere Ethiopian resistance persists in Jimma and Gondar as Italian losses pile up and thousands of prisoners are anticipated.

Amba Alaji Ethiopia Jimma Gondar High Command Addis Ababa Rome Duke of Aosta

LIBYA BORDER Showdown Shifts Near Tobruk Front

Salum lies in no-man's land as Hell Fire pass and surrounding heights stay under British eyes. Eighty miles west, Tobruk garrison presses the initiative with sorties against Axis flanks. Axis forces move leading equipment away from Capuzzo after failed attempts to retake Tobruk. RAF hits long supply lines sustaining Axis forces.

Libya RAF Cairo Iraq Greece Crete Suez Canal Africa Salum No-Man's Land Hell Fire Pass Tobruk Capuzzo

Mystery Continues on Page One Vessel History Mentioned

Captured fragmentary report notes the Zamzam, a 14 knot troop transport in World War I, later renamed the British Exhibitor. The ship operated between England and Burma before Egyptian interests took control, described as a twin screw motorship.

England Burma

Hemisphere ships seized and policy debate continues

Pan American coverage notes no uniform action yet on idle ships from Italy, France, and Germany as Thursday's meeting may set a hemisphere policy. The U S has taken 44 ships into protective custody and plans to buy 39 Danish vessels. Several nations, including Mexico and Chile, seize Axis ships while Denmark vessels are taken by Chile and others. An unofficial tally lists German and Italian vessels in regional ports, with Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and others holding counts.

Teady United States Philippine Chile Mexico Venezuela Peru Costa Rica Ecuador Cuba South Central American Brazil Argentina Uruguay Colombia Panama TRY & Sentinel

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