France ready to fight for lost colonies
VICHY May 20 France says it will reclaim its African colonies seized by de Gaulle’s Free French with British aid. Vice Premier Admiral Darlan travels to Paris to pursue collaboration talks with Germany as London and Vichy discuss terms. The government asserts full sovereignty over the lost territories and warns against foreign interference.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
Jean Darlan
Paris
Official
French Information Office
Information Office
Vichy
London
Witness Tells Of Plane Crash Near Rains Schoolhouse
A formation of five light army bombers from Savannah to Langley Field collided near a rural South Carolina school yesterday. Four officers and enlisted men died, including Second Lieut. Frank B. Ralston and Second Lieut. Allen J. Moore. A parachute jumper, Moore, survived briefly before death. The crash left one survivor burned and two wrecked planes, with flames consuming one fuselage and the tenant house nearby. The incident occurred eight miles from Mullins.
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Rains
S. C
Miullins
Frank B. Ralston
Pittsburgh
David L. Boyd
Frost
Texas
Herbert O. Pruitt
Collinsvile
Miss
Allen J. Moore
Benn
Nev
Neil McCracken
Moore
Savannah
Langley Field
Syrian Airports Get Daily Raids
DAMASCUS May 20 There is almost daily bombardment of Syrian airports and military targets by the British in the French mandate. Pamphlet raids accompany the attacks, causing little damage or casualties. London charged that Syrian airstrips were used by German planes en route to Iraq. France replies with pursuit planes and anti aircraft fire. Syria faces a food shortage with wheat stocks depleting, maize and barley mixed in, harvest near and crop abundant.
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Damascus
Syria
London
Syriin
Iraq
Mandate
U S Airplanes Strike First Blow in Africa War
In Cairo on May 20, U S built bombers aided by British forces helped repel a German mechanized push from Fort Capuzzo toward Halfaya Pass on May 18. The clash left eight German tanks knocked out at the frontier and another air assault damaged additional tanks, driving the survivors back to the border.
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Fort Capuzzo
Cairo
Egypt
North Africa
Halfaya
Hell Fire) Pass
Shipyards May Resume Work
A west coast shipyard strike nears a showdown as 2 of 11 Bay area yards may reopen today and 9 more tomorrow while CIO and AFL machinists walk out in an unauthorized action. Lorain Ohio Navy minesweepers and six net tenders orders tied to a $7 million plant face delays.
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West Coast
Lorain
Ohio
John Frey
AFL Metal Trades Department
San Francisco Bay Area
CIO
AFL
Bay Cities Metal Trades Council
American Shipbuilding Company
Navy
Apollo Steel Company
Apollo
Chicago
Dunkirk
N. C
American Locomotive Company
Roosevelt fears labor subversion in war plants
President Roosevelt shifts stance as White House grows convinced labor strikes in defense factories are led by men with Communistic ties. Memo shows strike leaders linked to Moscow and Maurice Sugar noted for GM strike counsel role. Office of Emergency Management issues weekly contract pamphlets drawing protest from Army Navy officials who warn such releases aid Axis. (Continued on Page Five)
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Roosevelt
White House
Maurice Sugar
Maurice Early
General Motors
Automobile Workers’ Union
Supreme Court
Dies Committee
Perkins
A.fl of L
GC. I. O
Moscow
Congress
Office of Emergency Management
National Defense Holding Company
D. of J
La Guardia to Lead New Civilian Defense Office
President Roosevelt created an executive ordered office of civilian defense to be headed by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. The agency will have two divisions: a protection board with La Guardia as chairman and a volunteer participation committee. La Guardia will not be paid and will remain mayor as he travels to Washington to organize the defense effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fiorello la Guardia
New York
Board of Civilian Protection
la Guardia
War, Navy and Justice Departments
Federal Security Administration
Council of State Governments
American Municipal Association
United States Council of Mayors
Fife
New York City
FDR Reverts Thanksgiving Date After Turkey Day Experiment
President Roosevelt announced that moving Thanksgiving up a week to boost retail sales did not work. Next year will return to the traditional last Thursday in November, though this year falls on the next to last Thursday by proclamation. He cited retailers and calendar makers’ commitments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Prime Minister Silent on Hess Flight Mystery
London May 20 Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons he could not yet state the Hess case details and was unsure when he would disclose them The press and MPs are left guessing about Rudolf Hess the German Nazi leader's May 10 flight to Scotland and possible government connivance or a staged incident James Maxton Labour MP accused ministers of detailing Hess’s presence over the weekend with explanations on the page two continuation 3
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Hess
Scotland
Rudolf Hess
Vyvyan Adams
James Maxton
Britain
Flo
Germans Say No One Lost In Sinking
The 8229 ton Egyptian liner Zamzam was sunk by German navy. German authorities report 322 passengers and crew, including 138 Americans, are safe in German occupied territory. Details on timing and exact location were not provided.
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Associated Press
Berlin
South Atlantic
U.S. Seeks Details On Zamzam Rescue In Berlin
Washington reports asking Germany for full details on 138 Americans said to be saved from the Egyptian liner Zamzam. State Department cables Berlin embassy as it seeks information on the ship's sinking and aims to ensure welfare and return of the U.S. nationals involved.
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Washington
United States
Berlin
State Department
Sinking of Zamzam Shown as War on Sea Trade
The Zamzam sailed from New York March 20 and left Recife April 9 for Capetown, with 1388 aboard including 24 American ambulance drivers and 20 ambulances. Germany said the ship carried contraband and was destroyed under international law, while American and British reports called it Nazi barbarism amid unrestricted sea warfare.
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Recife
Brazil
Capetown
Union of South Africa
New York
France
Uits
Alexandria
Africa
NAZE
French Ambassador Protests Seizure of Vessels in US Ports
The French ambassador Gaston Henry-Haye protested to Secretary Hall, calling the US action an unfriendly seizure for placing French ships in American ports under protective surveillance. Reports from Beirut cite British ground setbacks and the destruction of 30 armored cars in Basra and western Iraq. London sources claim British forces advanced 14 miles toward Baghdad from Habbaniyah, crossing the Euphrates and taking Fallujah after a largely actions-led assault with aerial support.
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Washington
Gaston Henry - Haye
Hall
United States
Beirut
Lebanon
Basra
Wester Iraq
Iraq
Baghdad
Iraq Army Command
London
Habbaniyah
Euphrates River
Fallujah
Consulates Closed Amid RAF Bombardment Retaliation
Authorities order British consulates in Syria and Lebanon closed and personnel removed before week end as reprisal for RAF bombardments of Syrian air bases.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syrian
Vanguardists Putsch Plotter Found In Chile
Santiago Chile May 20 police investigation department announced evidence that Vanguardists formerly Nazis planned a putsch against the Chilean government An attempted break into a radical party convention last Friday night led to the death of one and wounding of four radicals as part of the alleged Vanguardist plan Light air raids over Britain continued with limited German activity and some casualties amid bad weather.
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Santiago
Chile
Police Investigation Department
Vanguardists
Oplain
London
Britain
East Midlands
Barkley Says British Aid Reaching Britain, No New Steps
Senator Barkley of Kentucky said lease lead war equipment seems to reach Great Britain satisfactorily. He added no new affirmative steps are likely, while noting conditions could change over a weekend. He discussed Franco German collaboration and potential U S action if Germany moves on Caribbean possessions.
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W. B. Ardery
Washington
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Great Britain
Barkley
Roosevelt
Germany
Martinique
Orig
France
Bark-ley
United States
Congress
Middle East
Germanparatroop Invasion Of Crete Shocks Britain
London May 20 German airborne army including 1 500 troops in Anzac dress invaded Crete by paratroop plane glider and parachute Churchill announced British Imperial and Greek forces fought back defending Suda Bay and Malemi airfield The invasion is seen as a potential step for access to the Near East and a rehearsal for possible attacks on Cyprus or Britain.
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Associatedress
London
Crete
Churchill
House of Commons
Canea-Majemi
New Zealand
New
Canea-Malemi
Malemi
Tempt
Near East
British Isles
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Syria
Turkey
United States Offers Ships to Ireland and Food Aid
President Roosevelt disclosed that the United States offered to sell or charter two ships to Ireland and provide 3.5 million dollars worth of food for Irish civilians. The vessels would be under the Irish flag, likely carrying more than 500 thousand in food, with Ireland planning further purchases. No military equipment supply was discussed. Irish officials seek maritime commission approval to buy ships for transporting supplies, with plans for about a dozen vessels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Ireland
Trish
Eire
Maritime Commission
Robert Brennan
Frank Aiken
Brennan
Aiken
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Duke of
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