Maynard Leads Piedmont Batting Races in Richmond Report
In the Piedmont League update from Richmond dated May 18, Bill Prout of Richmond hit five homers a triple and six singles to lead in RBIs and homers, while J W Maynard still tops the batting average. Cyril Pfeiffer of Durham rises to .386 for second, with Hank Schluter of Portsmouth leading in hits with 42 and bases, and Sam Gentile and Amil Brinsky tied for doubles at 10. Dave Smith of Richmond dominates pitchers with six wins and no losses.
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Richmond
J. W. Maynard
Bill Prout
Prout
Cyril Pfeiffer
Durham
Howe
Hank Schluter
Portsmouth
Natisin
Asheville
Sanford
Charlotte
Schluter
Sam Gentile
Rocky Mount
Amil Brinsky
Wington-Salem
Dave Smith
French War Crisis Deepens as German Forces Advance
French officials report a very serious northern France situation with German pushes from the Sambre to Rethel and into Brussels. Paris alerts say Berlin near Paris at 60 miles, while Reynaud and Daladier meet cabinet as Petain joins talks and the defense ministry notes renewed mass tank and air attacks.
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French War Ministry
Dunkerque
France
Reynaud
Daladier
Elysee Palace
Albert Lebrun
Philippe Petain
Spain
War Ministry
Sambre River
Rethel
Brussels
Louvain
Malines
Vervins
Avesnes
Belgium
Brusgels
Antwerp
Paris
Inner War Cabinet
Prcemier Reynaud
Germany
Montmedy
Roosevelt push to broaden emergency powers for navy contracts
Amid hearings on bottlenecks and delays, President Roosevelt seeks expanded emergency powers to finance naval contracts, ease bidding rules, suspend wage and profit limits, expand plant expansion costs, and extend work hours. Congress moves toward a $1.18 billion defense package with bipartisan talks and upcoming meetings to boost aircraft production.
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Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Treasury Department
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Alfred M. Landon
Landon
White House
Frank Knox
Plattsburgs
Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee
German blitz drives push toward Paris and Antwerp
German sources report rapid advances in Belgium and northern France with Antwerp entering German control and new pressure toward Paris. Air and ground offensives claim heavy Allied losses while Dutch, Belgian, and French positions crumble, as observers debate a Schlieffen like short cut toward the French capital.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Zeeland
Netherlands
England
Paris
France
High Command
Germany
Hamburg
Bremen
DNB
Reims
St. Quentin
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Charleville
Sedan
Louvain
Mechem
Malines
Brussels
Holland
Schouwen
Beveland
Fuehrer
Hitler
Graf von Schlieffen
Germany advances in Belgium and France amid stalled Allied defense
German forces push toward Antwerp after taking Louvain and Mechelen as Brussels falls under pressure. Allied lines retreat westward while Italian entry into the war looms and talks of a new stand along Lille Antwerp emerge. Subversive fears rise as Panama checks foreigners and neutrality talks continue among American republics.
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England
Hitler
British Isles
Italy
Karl Megerle
Germany
Virginio Gayda
Boersen Zeitung
Mussolini
Megerle
Lille
Antwerp
France
Belgium
Louvain
Mechlen
Malines
Brussels
Netherlands
Maginot
Maubege
Carrignan
Sedan
Canal Builder Dies in Paris at 68
Philippe Bunau-Varilla, who at 26 led a French company that agreed to dig a Panama Canal, died today in Paris. The engineer's death ends a pivotal chapter in the canal project and French involvement in the endeavor.
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Paris
Phiippe Bunau-Varilla
Panama
Dutch and French Lines Retreat Amid German Onslaught
Beveland and Walcheren evacuated after heavy German bombardment as British and Belgian defenses fall back west of Brussels. The press warns of grave peril while Britain urges calm and resilience, noting the withdrawal aims to thwart a German pincer and encircle the northern Belgian front.
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London
Netherlands
Beveland
Walcheren
Zeeland
Belgium
Britain
War Office
Brussels
Charleroi
Music Project Plans Recitals During Community Week in High Point
The WPA Music Project in High Point announces a series of programs next week for Community Week. Recitals start Monday May 20 at 2 30 PM at the YWCA North Main Street. May 21 22 visitors view class work at 1001 Lindsay Street. May 23 8 PM Blair Park Club Room South Main Center. Friday 8 PM Central Friends Church Annex South Main Street sponsored by Rev Cecil Haworth. Children under five not admitted.
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Music Project
WPA
High Point
North Main Street
Lindsay Street
Blair Park Club Room
South Main Community Center
W. F. Bailey
Carolina Music Company
Central Friends Church
South Main Street
Cecil Haworth
Glee Club
Laura Elsie Gates
Surviving the Flight Through War Tides Near Paris
A writer recounts a perilous escape with refugees after bombs destroy his hotel as Nazi planes attack. He loses a trench helmet and typewriter, aids a frightened boy to repair a bicycle, and travels toward Paris by bicycle and car while towns burn and civilians flee.
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Philip
Paris
Balkan Entente Talks Prompt Turkish Italian Involvement
A Stockholm Tidningen report from a Moscow dateline describes rumors of Soviet pressure on Berlin to preserve Yugoslav neutrality. It cites a Yugoslav diplomat visit to the Moscow foreign commissariat and says the Kremlin sent a note to Berlin, with rumors of a second note to Germany and unclear content.
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Slavia
Turkey
Balkan
Stockholm
The
Tidningen
Moscow
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Admiral Yarrell Urges Keeping Out of War Until Assurances
Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell retired told Naval War College graduates America should refrain from entering any war until men and money are guaranteed to be used for a far better end than in 1918. He urged no participation until a fair peace treaty is pledged and war as policy is discouraged.
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Newport
R. L
Harry E. Yarnell
America
Naval War College
Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker
Goebbels' Suez Canal Stock Seized by French Tribunal
Paris May 18 A civil tribunal attached 100 shares of Suez Canal stock tied to German Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels. Court says shares mainly French and British held with coupons cashed and funds deposited to his Luxembourg bank account.
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Paris
Suez Canal
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Suez Canal Company
Goebbels
Luxembourg
Raleigh News and Observer publishes 240 page edition
The Raleigh News and Observer released a 240 page issue in Raleigh on May 18 marking its 75th anniversary. Publisher Josephus Daniels United States ambassador to Mexico attended the event and the state Democratic convention.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Raleigh News & Observer Todday
Josephus Daniels
United States
Mexico
Ickes backs Roosevelt as national unity in crisis
Secretary Ickes told the Amalgamated Clothing Workers at the World's Fair 25th anniversary that continued Roosevelt leadership is essential to keep the New Deal social and economic justice as an accepted part of American life. He said the people, not politicians, drive the movement to keep the president at the helm.
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New York
Ickes
Roosevelt
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
German Navy Mines South African Ports
Berlin May 18. German naval units have mined South African ports, the high command announced. The terse communique said units of the German navy laid mines before South African ports serving as bases for enemy naval units.
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Berlin
High Command
Kernersville High School selects 1940 mascots
Jeanette Cook and James T. Justice III are named mascots for Kernersville High School's 1940 graduating class, hailed by their families as representative figures for the ceremony.
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Kernersville
Jeanette Cook
Ralph Cook
James T. Justice, III
James Justice
Kernersville High School
Cotton Week Observance Urged Across North Carolina
Governor Hoey urged North Carolinians to join National Cotton Week saying the South relies on cotton for livelihoods and that cotton prices are linked to consumption. He noted a domestic surplus and world market threats while calling merchants to boost cotton product sales during the observance.
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Raleigh
South
Hoey
North Carolina
North
Churchill's Regime Seeks Soviet Favor Shift in policy with Soviet Russia
London May 18 A reliable source says Churchill's wartime government aims for a new friendlier approach to USSR relations. The inclusion of Labour and Liberal ministers reportedly ends the stiffnecked stance associated with Chamberlain's regime and softens press hostility toward the Soviet Union as Russian Ambassador Maksky meets Lord Halifax.
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London
Winston Churchill
Soviet Russia
Chamberlain
Ivan Maisky
Lord Halifax
Lumber Company Sues Clerk of Court Over Unpaid Debt
Snow Lumber Company files suit with Municipal Court Clerk against R B Jordan Jr of Mt. Gilead claiming 215 48 owed plus interest from June 29 1939 and costs.
Durham Policeman’s Body Recovered From Neuse River
The body of Durham policeman T. H. Holloway was recovered from the Neuse River, 18 miles below New Bern, and will be shipped to Durham for burial. Search continues for companions W. Croom and Bus Maline, who drowned during a fishing trip with Holloway.
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New Bern
T. H. Holloway
Durham
Neuse River
Belo
Holloway
W. Croom
Directo
Bus Maline
Heved
Ashe
Cher Point
French air industry ordered to 12 hour day
Paris. May 18. A French government decree by the air ministry orders all aviation industries to work 12 hours daily including Sundays and holidays, effective immediately. The move aims to match German air power on the western battlefront, as some aviation workers had been on a 10 hour six day week.
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Paris
Germany
Weste Battlefront
Air Minist
Sta
Belgian Forces Hold Namur Against German Attack
Paris May 18 The Belgian forces at Namur are holding out against the German siege. King Leopold reportedly sent a message urging defenders to stand to the end for the Fatherland as French Havas noted in a patch from somewhere in Europe.
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Paris
Namur
Havas
Giam
Leopold
British contraba control delays shipping discussed Thursday
A secretary noted Thursday that discussions covered problems raised by British contraba control chiefly shipping delays and methods to shorten them.
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