Iraq Bites An Empire
In a wartime update, IRAQ struggles against British forces as Rashid Ali Al Gailani’s pro-German government seeks backing from England’s enemies over oil. Fighting centers around Habanniya and Basra while oil flows are disrupted and restored. Churchill faces questions in Parliament as Britain reshuffles its cabinet to speed war production. German and British air actions intensify with raids on Liverpool and Belfast as Stalin consolidates control in the Soviet leadership. France eyes armistice adjustments as occupation costs loom.
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Raq
England
Iraq
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Middle East
Iran
Persia
Habbaniyah
Basra
Churchill
Commons
Nile Valley
Suez
Malta
Britain
Beaverbrook
Liverpool
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Dublin
RAF
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Brest
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vichy
France
World This Week Summaries Axis Trade and U S Policy Shifts
The United States limited oil export licenses to Japan while allowing some shipments. November contracts boosted Japan oil imports from the Dutch East Indies and U S relations with Russia are tightened. U S tax policy debates and farm loan parity changes loom as NBC faces FCC pressure in a sweeping anti monopoly order affecting network exclusivity.
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U.S
U. S
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Rep. Coffee
Senator Gillette
Gillette
Russia
War Production Plans and Measures Under President Roosevelt
The article outlines wartime production boosts for heavy bombers aiming for about 500 monthly output, a 2,000,000 ton shipping pool with 25 tankers secured and 25 more to come, and efforts to repair Axis saboaged ships. It notes pushes to accelerate machine tool output, considers a 24 hour T day week for defense industries, and bonuses for workers who skip vacations. Draft rules face possible revision to exempt men over 30, while 30 to 35 year olds are being drafted. A government owned air line proposal is mentioned as a defense measure.
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Britain
Maritime Commission
U. S
OPM
Defense
National Association of Manufacturers
Knudsen and
Hillman
Lewis S. Hershey
Congress
Americas
Two World Leaders Speak At Midday In War Forecasts
Telegraph editors publish contrasting takes on Adolf Hitler and Franklin D. Roosevelt as both leaders deliver wartime forecasts. Hitler claims the Reich will endure and dominate, while Roosevelt emphasizes spiritual values and warns against relying on force, framing the conflict in moral terms.
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Telegraph
Oaces
Adolf Hitler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Short Short Stories Left For Cuba and War News Mix
Cuba relations and Romania’s former King Carol feature alongside Derby record pace for Whirlaway and Twenty Grand. Emil Schram named NYSE president to boost big board federal cooperation. About 160 German seamen questioned. Menzies visits Americas. AP editor Kent Cooper urges press freedom in peace talks. Milk price fixing indictments in New York. Psychiatrists warn of blitzkrieg neuroses as war intensifies. calls for treatment and calm.
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Romania
Carol
Ime
Lupescu
Portugal
Whirlaway
Emil Schram
REC
New York Stock Exchange
Department of Justice
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Robert Gordon Menzies
Australia
Americas
Canada
Washington
Kent Cooper
Borden and
Sheffield
New York
Chester Davis
Defense Commission
Federal Reserve Bank At
St. Louis
Department of Agriculture
Argentines Boo Universal Comedy Argentine Nights in Buenos Aires
Home Hollywood faced a Latin American backlash as Universal's Argentine Nights with the Ritz brothers opened in a major Buenos Aires theatre and was booed. Police were called as locals criticized the tropical setting misaligned with Argentina's climate. The Hays Office then hired Alison Durland to screen Latin American scripts.
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Universal
Buenos Aires
Tropics
Memphis
Argentina
Hays Control Board
Alison Durland
May days and events at a glance from the era
May 11 marks Mother's Day with Sunday observances. May 14 features a Southern Baptist convention in Birmingham Alabama. The NLRB will hold a vote at Bethlehem Steel’s Lackawanna plant to decide if workers want Steel Workers Organizing Committee representation. FDR to address Pan American Union board. May 15 sees the battleship Washington commissioned and the first conscientious objector work camps opening.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Birmingham
Ala
NLRB
Bethlehem Steel
Lackawanna, N
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
FDR
Pan American Union
Washington
Stimson Urges Navy Use To Turn Tide Of Darkness
US policy debate heats up as Stimson calls for immediate naval action to aid Britain in convoying merchant ships. Reports of American ships in convoy circulate amid White House and Senate discussions, with Willkie and Pepper backing stronger intervention and FDR pressing for a naval belligerent stance.
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Suez
U. S. Navy Department
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U.S. Navy
Atlantic
White House
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Virginio Gayda
Japan
Lloyd George
America
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Nye
Willkie
Pepper
Wheeler
Congress
Vandenberg
Maritime Commissioner
Land
England
House
Great Britain
Empire Allies Rally To Britain's War Effort In 1940s Report
The piece details imperial partners aiding Britain as World War II looms. Canada spends about 3 million daily, trains 30,000 airmen yearly, and sends 40,000 flyers and 60,000 soldiers. Australia commits 2.335 million daily, builds an armaments industry, and furnishes 120,000 soldiers. New Zealand ships 40,000 troops, fields 1,465 in NZAF, and 900 in RAF, while South Africa spends 548,000 daily and pounds out arms, food, and wool. India funds arms factories, aids air squadrons, and mobilizes native troops, with Jamaica and Tanganyika contributing conscripts and cash.
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Britain
Palestine
Egypt
Libya
RAF
South Africa
Africa
India
Jamaica
Tanganyika
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