Roosevelt urges 24hour work week to aid defense
President Roosevelt pressed for defense production to run machines 24 hours a day seven days a week with overhaul only when needed. He asked PM for expanded tool supply and said current machines could run longer without raising individual hours. He proposed pooling tools from large and small plants and shifting workers to tool operation to boost munitions output.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Presient
Hether
Dee
Ress
William Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Eh United States
Actu
Husband sues wife over paid loan claimed for biens
Samuel Brummell a 56 year old insurance salesman seeks divorce and half of 19 000 arguing his wife Lillian Brummell rented him to another woman for a year and kept the fee. Norma Peppin admitted paying the sum but would not explain its purpose. Brummell testified the money came from a business deal and that his wife loaned him out for 10 000.
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Los Angeles
Samuel Brummel
Brummel
Illian Patton Brummell
San Francisco
Rummel
Norma Peppin
Lillian Brummell
Business Gear's To Meet Needs
Washington May 2 government pledges big and small business to gear the nation's productive capacity for defense. The United States Chamber of Commerce calls for defense production to have the right of way and to meet the challenge. The National Association of Manufacturers reports 18,002 small and medium plants ready for defense orders, with more offers from small producers.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Office of Production Management
Walter D. Fuller
Menzies pleads for US aid on a great scale
London May 2 Prime Minister Robert G Menzies appealed to the United States for war help on a great scale saying we cannot fight this war in an amateur manner American aid, if it shortens the war effectively, must be on a great scale He added that Australia looks to material help from the United States not aid to a weak people but support to a strong people needing extra strength to avoid a prolonged conflict.
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London
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
United States
Menzies
Farlow gets 28 to 30 years for wife murder
Oliver S. Farlow, 43, a High Point textile worker, was sentenced to 28 to 30 years in state prison for the murder of his estranged wife Jessie Cox Farlow in her High Point apartment on January 12. Judge J. Will Pless Jr. labeled the murder cold blooded and said the jury showed charity in convicting him of second degree murder. Also sentenced were Al Newton and Theodore Thomas of High Point for embezzlement from Tomlinson Chair Co. Thomas received one year, Newton two years suspended on probation.
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Oliver S. Farlow
High Point
Jessie Cox Farlow
J. Will Pless, Jr
Marion
Farlow
Lucky” Farlow
Guilford Court
Press
Pless
al Newton
Theodore Thomas
Tomlinson Chair
Thomas
Newton
Tomlinson
Senate and House push to let Roosevelt decide on war step
Leaders in both chambers pressed to avoid congressional wrangling over convoying British ships. They urged Roosevelt to take final war decision without formal declaration, trusting congressional backing if ships are sunk. Advisers push for congressional authority before entering war. Dies claims foreign‑root strikes affect defense jobs.
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House
Roosevelt
United States
Administration
White House
Congress
F. D
Capitol Hill
Defense Work Speeding Up Across U S Economy
Washington May 2 Defense production is rising rapidly officials forecast monthly federal outlays will hit 2 billion next July 1 as compared with last month 1 3 billion. The figure 24 billion yearly spending exceeds Morgenthau's tax plan and Roosevelt budget. Expenditures depend on factory output for airplanes and defense materials. House committee reviews 170 economist tax proposals to curb inflation. Felix J Alley Jr promoted assistant collector of internal revenue at Greensboro succeeding Mrs Palmer Jerman.
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Washington
Stacy May
Office of Production Management
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Marr
Budget Bureau
Harold D. Smith
May
House
Ways and Means Committee
Felixn Alley
Greensboro
Phelix J. Alley, Jr
Waynesville
Internal Revenue
Sue
Palmer Jerman
Beaverbrook Elevated by Churchill in Wartime Cabinet Reshuffle
London May 2 Prime Minister Winston Churchill reshapes his wartime cabinet elevating Lord Beaverbrook to minister of state with near dictatorial control of war industry. Frederick Leathers becomes minister of wartime communications and Baron. J T C Moore-Brabazon moves to aircraft production as Beaverbrook’s successor. Ronald H Cross shifts to Australia as high commissioner. The changes aim to speed up production and coordination between land and sea lines of supply ahead of a parliamentary debate on Greece and North Africa.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Churchill
Frederick Thomas Leathers
Baron. Cross
Australia
J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon
Beaverbrook
Ronald H. Cross
Greece
Noth Africa
Court Refuses Relief To GMC
The U S circuit court of appeals today refused to set aside convictions of General Motors and three subsidiaries for conspiring to restrain auto trade. GM, its sales arm, and two financing units were each fined $5,000 by Judge Lindley in 1939. The court noted about 15,000 dealers are allowed to operate under the GM Acceptance Corporation finance service.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Sales Corporation
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
General Motors Acceptance Corporation of Indiana, Inc
Walter C. Lindley
South Bend
Ind
General Motors Acceptance Corporation Finance Service
Man Confesses Dynamite Killing of Two in Scranton
Dwight O Thorne 32 walked into the Louisa Kentucky sheriff office and signed a confession stating he placed four sticks of dynamite in an auto that exploded in Scranton Pennsylvania last November killing William Rebhorn 19 and Lois Reb horn 17, children of Dr E H Rebhorn. He said he could not sleep for three months.
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Auto County
M. J. Lee
Dwight
O. Thorne
Louisa
William Rebhorn
Lois Rebhorn
E. H. Rebhorn
Scranton
See
Thorne
Crete Defenses To Fight Axis
Allied command says Crete will be defended against invasion by British and Greek forces who escaped from Greece. King George II’s government is established on the island. Crete’s rugged terrain and Suda Bay anchored as a British naval base support a drawn out defense. Greek troops, evacuated from Greece, remain resolute, with many choosing to stay on Crete.
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Edward Kennedy
Cairo
Greece
Crete
George II
Sud
Egypt
German Forces Complete Peloponnesus Occupation
Berlin reports German forces have completed occupation of the Peloponnesus and eliminated all fighting British on the Greek mainland. Armored cars sank an enemy transport and forced another to surrender under heavy fire near the Gulf of Corinth on April 30.
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Peloponnesus
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Gulf of Corinth
Natives Fire On Airdrome With Cannons In Iraq War
The Associated Press reports an opened theatre of war in Iraq as native forces attack the British air base at Habbaniyah, 60 miles west of Baghdad. British women and children flee, while Berlin and Syrian radios cite mobilization and calls for jihad. British and German reports conflict over oil fields and plans.
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Baghdad
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Berlin
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Iraq Armed Forces
Britain
Kaiser Wilhelm
Suez Canal
Iran
Persia
Tobruk
North Africa
Middle East
Reich Envoy To Turks Back Reich Envoy To Turks Back
Berlin May 2 German ambassador Franz von Papen has returned to Turkey with no announced new instructions. Officials noted Russian troop reports in Finland and Finnish denials, while Moscow claimed 12,000 German troops with tanks were in Finland. Helsinki said only 1,300 troops were passing through en route to Norway. No official comment on Soviet transit restrictions was given.
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Berlin
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Finland
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Helsinki
Norway
Russia
Soviet Union
Nazis Claim British Lost 40,000 Men
Berlin reports two thirds of Britain’s Greece expeditionary force, about 40 000 men, may be lost or captured. German figures claim 8 200 prisoners in Southern Greece, while British tallies vary from 45 000 saved to 48 000 escaped. Equipment losses include hundreds of tanks and heavy guns. shipping losses around 300 000 tons. Balkan campaign deemed ended, with Crete as a potential next strike point.
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Berlin
Britain
Greece
Balkan
DNE
Churchill
Middle East
B.E.F
Adolf Hitler
Crete
George Tit
Athens
Highway Commission Elevates Pitts and Retains Ross
RALEIGH May 2 The new Highway and Public Works Commission elevates Penal Superintendent Oscar Pitts to prison director and retains Charles Ross as general counsel. Governor Broughton names R. F. E. Powell director of public relations to succeed William M. Jones, with Hugh Wilson to head prison industries and Ralph McLean as warden.
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Raleigh
Highway and Public Works Commission
Oscar Pitts
Broughton
Charles Ross
Highway Department
R. F E. Powell
William M. Jones
Charlotte
Hugh Wilson
Central Prison Wold
Central Prison Wold Become Director of Prison Industries
Ralph McLean
Pitts
Robert Grady
Opposition To Ship Transfers Rises In Senate Debate
In Washington a strong Senate move seeks to curb the presidents power to transfer seized axis ships to Great Britain. The proposal ties to requisitioning about 50 foreign flag vessels in U S ports with opposition in the Commerce Committee over whether such transfers are acts of war. Some members favor limiting use to American coastal trade while others foresee bipartisan compromise.
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Emory 5S
Land of
Maritime Commission
Clark
D-Mo
Johnson
R.-Cal
Bailey
D-Nc
Coast Guard
George D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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