Japanese Bidding Drives Up Latin American Raw Material Prices
Spirited bids by Japanese agents across 20 American republics have boosted prices for strategic materials including tungsten in Bolivia rubber in Brazil and mercury in Mexico by 30 to 40 percent. Despite high offers in dollars to defend production needs, reports from South and Central America say the campaign has largely failed to secure large quantities. Factors cited include Japan's domestic shortage wartime closures of supply sources and fears of Panama Canal closure affecting access to Latin American resources. Japanese activity noted in Peru for cotton and in Bolivia for tungsten, with the United States and Britain controlling most tin, while Japan presses for tungsten in Bolivia.
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Washington
Japan
South
Central America
Panama Canal
Bolivia
Brazil
Mexico
Peru
United States
Great Britain
Duke golfers chase seventh straight Southern crown at Cascades
At Hot Springs Virginia on May 10 Duke University golfers led by Bobby Brownell the Southern Intercollegiate champion begin their bid for a seventh consecutive Southern Conference title at the Cascades course. Also noted, six Durham municipal workers share the nickname Hi Louise.
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Hot Springs
Bobby Brownell
Duke University
Cascades
Fragmented Clue List Honors Mormon Leader and Related Terms
A dense shuffled puzzle list references a prominent Mormon figure and numerous 19th and 20th century terms. It interleaves biographical hints with linguistic clues for a crossword style fill in.
British Money Expert In U S Keynes Arrives To Advise War Finance
Washington reports Keynes, the British economist, arrived in New York by clipper on an official trip to discuss crisis timing and lend-lease matters. Officials expect informal guidance on postwar spending and Britain's forced savings plan as a model for financing the U S defense program.
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Washington
John Maynard Keynes
United States
Keynes
New York
Clipper
Ergand
America
Britain
Chair Plant Burns Troy
The Circle Chair Company plant in Troy was destroyed by fire yesterday causing estimated losses around $60,000. The blaze heavily damaged the main manufacturing facility and equipment, with firefighters battling the flames for several hours before bringing it under control.
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Troy
Circle Chair Company
Nazi raids dimly press England as seven die in south coast
Swiss-style casualty tolls emerge from early morning bombardment as German raiders strike a south coast town, seven killed and ten hospitalized. Berlin and French coast targets face lighter opposition while Dutch and American built Hudsons join British action in Norway on the eve of the invasion anniversary. The Netherlands and Belgium vow to persist with allied war effort and rally around leadership amid memorials in London.
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England
British Press Association
Berlin
Bremen
Hamburg
Calais
Royal Dutch
Norway
Air Ministry
Kristiansand
Mandal
Netherlands
Belgium
Britain
Paul Henri Spaak
Leopold
United States
British Empire
Austin Friars
London
Churchill
Hitler
Great Britain
Europe
Africa
Middle East
Nonconformist buys used car after bus plan fails
In Charlotte on May 10 a quirky note from the Carolinas Screwy News Gazette tells of a Goldsboro youth invited to a Kinston party who finds the bus schedule unsuitable. He purchases a used automobile for 90 dollars to alter his route and attend.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
News Gazette
Goldsboro
Kinston
Soldier from Camp Croft Listens To Pronounced Words
A Spartanburg store salesgirl reports a soldier from Camp Croft standing near her counter for about an hour and asking to listen to her speak because he likes the way she pronounces words. The moment highlights wartime cross-cultural encounters and distant origins in a local five and ten.
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Spartanburg
Camp Croft
Great Chums Among Pets Of Bill Jenkins In Charlotte
Three notable non-conformists a German shepherd dog a possum named Billy O Possum and a chicken are pets of Bill Jenkins of Charlotte They are friends Billy sits in a chair and eats his supper Roxie the dog waits nearby while the chicken approaches.
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Billy O
Bill Jenkins
Charlotte
Billy
Roxie
FOOLED HIM AT CHARLESTON VISIT BY LATIN ADMIRALS
When Latin American naval officers visited Charleston the Citadel publicity officer ran his color motion picture machine hoping for dramatic film. Not a single decorated uniform appeared as the admirals wore civilian clothes.
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Charleston
Citadel
Two in One Eggs Reported At Four Oaks Yard
A hen owned by Mrs Emory Strickland in Four Oaks laid eggs that appear to contain two complete smaller eggs inside each large shell. The eggs were described as perfectly formed with hard shells and resemble miniature duplets.
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Emory Strickland
Four Oaks
Waiting at the station passengers misroute on new streamline
David Pack and Guy Vaughan of Spartanburg boarded Southern Railway's new diesel streamline and rode several miles north before realizing the mistake. They alighted at Gastonia, N C, and returned. Mrs Peck waited on the platform with her husband’s keys to their car and house.
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David Pack
Guy Vaughan
Spartanburg
Southern Railway
Gastonia
N. C
Bunt
Mrs. Peck
Clover hunt on campus yields luck and lore
Officials who planted clover on the University of South Carolina campus kept students busy gathering four leaf clover. With exams near, three co-eds found 33 and Wallace Coleman has 15 tucked away in his billfold, an exhibit of luck.
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University of South Carolina
Wallace Coleman
Churchill Letter Honors Luxembourg in World War II Memory
Churchill sent a message to Luxembourg's foreign minister expressing sympathy and admiration for the peaceful people subjected to tyranny after Nazi invasion. The article recalls a year since parachute troops landed and tanks crossed borders in a swift German offensive.
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Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Churchill
Grand Duchy
Allout
Babson Urges Immediate Effort to Work and Sacrifice
Babson Park Massachusetts May 10 1940 Roger W Babson urges readers to act now in business farming and retail to strengthen the economy. He warns of future lows but says progress depends on debt reduction faith and industry and contrasts German discipline with American resolve. He criticizes isolationists and stresses waking up to defend Britain and support Allied efforts.
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Babson Park
Mass
la Follette
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Iowa
Middle- West
Hitler
Washington
Britain
Congress
Norway
Canada
Greatest Pass Costs Foxy Bidder 1000-Point Game
In a Southeast event in Florida this year Bowie's bold bid moved to six spades after South and Gill pressured with higher bids. He evaluated the play and aimed to secure 11 or 12 tricks, earning 1000 points while opponents feared a sacrifice. The commentator hails this as one of the greatest passes in bridge.
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Southeastern
Florida
A. M. Sobe
Robert J. Gill
American Contract Bridge League
Clagett Bowie
Baltimore
Bowie
Colonel Gill
South
Gill
West
North
Gasoline tax revenue exceeded payrolls of auto factories
In 1940 gasoline tax revenue for the states surpassed the total payroll for all automobile, body and parts factories in the United States for that year.
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United States
Franklin Brower Named Editor of Students Pen 1941-42
Franklin Brower, a Franklin Brower sophomore, was chosen editor in chief of the William Penn High School paper the Students Pen for 1941 42 at a staff meeting. Brower, son of Mr and Mrs T 4 Brower of Under hill Avenue, follows his brother Willie A Brower who was a prior editor and carrier for The Enterprise. Brower plans to study journalism after graduation and will replace Harry Lee as editor when he graduates in June. Other officers named include associate editor Thelma Hartis news editor Mary Beloe feature editor Philip Moore sports editor James Kinzer business manager Curtis Quick advertising manager Lee Moley circulation manager James Byrd secretary Sadie Greenwood.
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Franklin Brower
William Penn High School
Young Brower
T. 4. Brower
Underhill Avenue
Willie A. Brower
Enterprise
Pen
Franklin
Wilberforce University
Harry Lee
Thelma Hartis
Mary Beloe
Philip Moore
James Kinzer
Curtis Quick
Lee Moley
James Byrd
Sadie Greenwood
Mrs J J Scarlett to Speak at St Mark Church
Mrs J J Scarlett principal of Washington Street Primary School Greensboro will be Mothers Day speaker at St Mark Methodist Church Sunday morning at 11 o clock. Women of the church oversee services with Mrs Ophelia Griffin as mistress of ceremony and Mrs Gertrude Kendall assisting in the evening service.
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J. J. Scarlett
Washington Street
Greensboro
St. Mark Methodist Church
Women of the Church
Ophelia Griffin
Gertrude Kendall
Scarlett
Japanese Spokesman Says Japan Can't Catch China
Shangha i May 9 Lieu tenant Colonel Kunio Akiyama official spokesman for Japan's military forces in China asserted the Japanese army cant catch the Chinese He said this continental arena is too large It is difficult for pus to run around it He spoke as a comment on an editorial in the Japan Times and Advertiser Tokyo newspaper controlled by the Japanese foreign office which said Japan was unable to conquer China by force and should seek peace
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Shanghai
Kunio Akiyama
Japan
China
Japan Times and Advertiser
Tokyo
Japanese Foreign Office
Local Weather Forecast North and South Carolina
Fair with little change in temperature tonight and Sunday. Moderate northeast winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville. Scattered clouds tonight and Sunday. From Block Island to Hatteras, northwest winds strengthen at times, diminishing tonight and Sunday. Clear conditions overall.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonvile
Block Island
U S Warplanes Production Amid Britain Support
Military plane output rose in spring with 1 216 total aircraft in March for commercial and military builds and 1 427 military planes in the prior month. Experts note more than half the combat craft go to Britain, with 414 planes exported in March.
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Britain
France
Atlantic
Lord Beaverbrook
R.A.F
British Merchant Losses Show Dip In April War Losses
London reports April merchant losses were lower than most months in the year, with Greek ships bearing much of the damage. For 12 months British ships lost 719, British tonnage 3,144,301, Allied and neutral tonnage 4,590,106, and gross ships 28,196. Axis losses total 2,912,000 tons since the war began, 600,000 in the last six weeks.
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Britain
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Axis
Maritime strikes loom as unions clash with shipowners
In Detroit the Maritime Commission and Bay City Metal Trades Council urged avert a strike, while Wynn warned other metal trades would ignore picket lines to start Monday. In New York three ships tied up as owners resisted wage demands for higher wet risk bonuses for Far East and Australia trips. CIO National Maritime Union and line officials meet, and the National Mediation Board declined to handle the dispute, saying it was inter union rather than employer employee.
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Maritime Commission
A. T. Wynn
Bay City Metal Trades Council
Wynn
Knox and Land
New York
Far East
Australia
Luchenbach
American Pioneer Lines
CIO
National Maritime Union
National Mediation Board
Perkins
Army vehicle expansion from 1917 to 1918
In April 1917 the army had 3039 trucks and 437 automobiles. About a year and a half later the fleet totaled 85,000 trucks along with many cars and ambulances, reflecting rapid mobilization and scale-up.
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