Bergen Battle Report From Crew Of Flying Fish
New York May 3 Two American freighters were swept by machine gun fire as Allied planes fled German attack on Bergen Norway The Flying Fish Moore McCormack freighter gave a vivid account of bomb mines and bullets during the assault One crew member later faced questions about the Charles McCormack inquiry continues in New York harbor with British reports confirming machine gun fire on the King Fish and the McCormack mast stays shot away
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John A. Moroso
New York
Bergen
Norway
New York Harbor
British
London
King Fish
Bern
Charles R. McCormicks
Nazis Press Norways Fight Amid Allied Withdrawals
Berlin reports rapid Nazi gains in Norway with Narvik under pressure as German high command touts sea and air successes. British and French forces reportedly withdraw from Namsos and Andalsnes as Churchill and Chamberlain faces strategic pressure.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Foreign Office
Sanesett
Chamberlain
Cotion
Mediterranean
Germany
Norway
Narvik
DNB
Steinkjer
Trondheim
Namsos
Stockholm
Bisa
High Command
Skagerrak
Rumania
Greece
Yugoslavia
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Britain
Admiralty
Italy
Weygand
Maxime Weygand
Near East
London
Alexandria
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Denmark
Andalsnes
Strikjer-Namsos
Dempsey Pushes Hatch Clean Politics Bill Action
Representative Dempsey of Minnesota filed a petition in the House to combine with the Judiciary Committee action on the Hatch clean politics bill. A secret ballot tabling vote was reported 14 to 4, with Dempsey claiming 14 bribers said they would not table. He planned to seek a motion to reconsider at the next committee meeting and hoped to gain rules committee support to force floor consideration. The Senate already approved the measure to extend the prohibition on political activities by certain federal employees to state employees paid partly from federal funds.
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Ashington
P. Dempsey
D-Minn
House
House Judiciary
Psey
House Sciary Committee
Dempsey
Ion
Recnor
Mark
Utah
Senate
Norway Deserted By Anglo French Troops
Northern Norway May 3. British and French troops landed north of Trondheim and then sailed from Namsos harbor overnight. German troops are expected to enter the sector within 24 hours. The Steinkjer fighting, including an April 21 engagement where a British battalion was cut up, is described as disastrous.
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Gunnar Knutsson
Steinkjer
Norway
Trondheim
Namsos
Andalsnes
Three More Deaths Blamed on Mad Butcher
In Pittsburgh a coroner linked the famed Mad Butcher to three additional killings. Bodies were found dismembered in railroad yard cars near Stowe Township and Struthers with missing heads. Authorities noted surgical knowledge and possible fingerprints, while tracing shipments from Struthers to Cleveland and beyond.
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Ittsburgh
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Eerie
Near- Stowe Township
Anthony Sappo
Boxcara
Struth- 60
Yeland
New Je
B. R. Helmbold
Sappo
Struthers
Struthers Yard
Navy Air Arm Inflicts Loss in Norway Operations
Royal Navy communique reports the fleet air arm inflicting severe losses on German aircraft and striking at bases, transports, and ships in Norway. It notes at least 10 enemy planes destroyed and multiple hangars and depots damaged during operations from April 24 to 28, including Trondheim area and Varnes.
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London
Admiralty
Norway
Fleet Air Arm
Trondheim
Varnes
Thanshaya
Rome Sees Allied Naval Move as Pressure on Italy
Allied naval reinforcement in the Mediterranean is viewed as pressuring Italy over its non belligerent status. British French fleets reportedly in the eastern Mediterranean. Italian reactions mix indifference and cautious scrutiny as war talk deepens.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Italy
Chamberlain
Mussolini
Rex
New York
High Seas
Genoa
England
Suez Canal
Cabin Built in One Day for Boy Scout Project
Smithfield May 3. Workers to join May 15 for a free one day construction of a $17,400 Boy Scout cabin. Except for the foundation the entire structure will be built by volunteers at no cost.
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Smithfield
Morgenthau Calls Gold Stock Bedrock of World Finance
Secretary Morgenthau urged using the United States gold stock worth 18 billion to aid postwar reconstruction and to settle trade imbalances. He defended gold purchases, argued the dollar remains the soundest global unit, and warned about foreign debt collection.
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Washington
Morgenthau
America
Institute of Government
United States
Doctor W C Jackson elected Rotary Club president
Greensboro May 3 Dr W C Jackson dean of administration at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina has been chosen president of the Rotary Club in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
W. C. Jackson
Woman's College
The
University of North Carolina
Rotary Club
New Italian German Activities Reported in Southeastern Europe
Athens reports Italian warships planes and troops concentrating in the Dodecanese islands led by Rhodes as British and French fleets gather in the Aegean. Bucharest notes Goering kin visit Romania’s capital as Germany readies for a possible shift in the European war while Britain eyes Greece Romania or Yugoslavia as the next front.
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Athens
Greece
Dodecanese Islands
Mediterranean
Aegean
Turkey
Alexandria
Rhodes
Berlin
Europe
Bucharest
Herbert Goering
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Carol
Germany
Foreign Office
Britain
Norway
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Norsemen Left Holding Bay By Allied Retreat
Informants say Allied forces withdrew from central Norway above Trondheim and from Namsos Steinkjer, leaving small Norwegian units to resist German forces. German troops push toward Narvik and consolidate control of Norway except the far north as British government maintains stance.
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Elmer W. Peterson
Stockholm
Norway
Trondheim
Germany
Arctic
Narvik
Aftenbladet
Andalsnes
Namsos-Steinkjer
Namsos- Steinkjer
Iin
London
Britain
Namsos
Court Rules Raids Illegal
Federal Judge George A. Welsh ruled that raids on Communist party and International Workers Order offices by Dies committee agents were illegal. The decision voided the complaint and questioned the warrants issued April 2, while returning the confiscated papers to police guard in Philadelphia. He called the Hurley affidavit defective and noted federal jurisdiction despite sedition charges. Continued on Page two.
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Philadelphia
George A. Welsh
Communist Party
International Workers Order
Dies Committee
Dies
Jacob Dogole
Carl Reeve
U. S. Senate
Frank Hellman
International
Welsh
George F. Hurley
Pennsylvania
Washington
House Committee
Communist Party and
New Weapons Being Studied
President Roosevelt said the nation is studying all possible technical improvements in offensive and defensive weapons. He did not take a position on Edison’s proposal to redesign warships for better protection against air bombing, noting parallels in history and cautioning against rash conclusions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Edison
Monitor
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Hawaiian Islands labeled fascist controlled by Big Five
A House committee record cites Elwin J. Eagen alleging fascist conditions in Hawaii three years ago. He claims the Big Five American factors dominated business and politics, with interlocking boards and coerced convictions. The Massie case is mentioned as part of the testimony.
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Washington
Labor Board
Hawaiian Islands
House
Elwin J. Eagen
Seattle
Wash
Islands
Eagen
American Factors
C. Brewer & Company, Ltd
Alexander Baldwin, Casile & Cook, Ltd
T. H. Davies & Company, Ltd
Big Five
Congress
Xia
Massey
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