Maritime chairman calls US forces to break strike at shipyards
Emory S. Land of the Maritime Commission urged use of United States forces to end a two week strike by CIO and AFL machinists at 11 San Francisco Bay shipyards. He testified before a Senate Defense Investigating Committee as the Wage dispute with southern coal operators and United Mine Workers remained unsettled. Navy trucks returned workers to two yards amid picket lines as labor and management clashed over pay.
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San Francisco
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Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
United States
Senate Defense
Washington
Defense Mediation Board
Southern Soft Coal
United Mine Workers Union
Truman
D-Mo
San Francisco Bay Area
CIO
AFL
JapanPress Campaign Signals Strain in NL Indies Talks
In Batavia May 23 a Tokyo backed press campaign threatens and claims hard earnings will not bend the Netherlands East Indies from its firm stance in commercial talks with Japan. Informants say Japan’s program, cited by Tokyo press, is largely unacceptable to NL Indies authorities. Four months of negotiations reach a critical phase with memoranda changes. The main hurdle is NL Indies reluctance to sell large volumes of vital goods to Japan for fear they reach Germany. The campaign could prep the Japanese public for a break in talks.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Ndies
Nethrlands East Indies
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Germany
Ource
Iraq forces launch counter attack on Fallujah
An authoritative source reports Iraqi troops counterattacked the British held town of Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, Wednesday night and penetrated the town as British forces countered and mopped up inside. Flooding on the Euphrates and Tigris hampers troop movements. German planes reportedly attacked Jabbaniyah airfield with light damage as Basra remains quiet with some civilian employees returning to work.
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London
Jabbaniyah
Basra
Persian Gulf
Axis Tightens Tobruk Siege
Axis forces tightened the ring around the British held Libyan port of Tobruk, with German troops nearing British positions and penetrating outer fortifications. Artillery crushed shock-troop operations, destroyed a tank, and damaged British munition dumps as barbed wire entanglements were breached and mine fields opened. Salam outpost on the Egyptian frontier remained in German hands.
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Tobruk
Salam
Bottleneck At Parking Lot As Toddlers Gather Keys
In Wilkes Barre two four year olds created a minor bottleneck by collecting 15 car keys from automobile parking lots. Police discovered them after an hour of confusion as the children refused to reveal how they obtained the keys.
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Wilkes-Barre
Government to widen roundup of aliens amid defense dangers
Washington reports the roundup of aliens will begin under Justice Department authority to detain those who cannot be deported or may have information on Axis sabotage. The push follows fears of fires and accidents at defense jobs and the prospect of U.S. entry into war. Excerpt notes past enforcement and links to aluminum trust busting under New Dealers.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
United States
Justice Department
Jackson
Congress
von Papen
von Bernstorff
Germany
Benett
Aluminum Company of America
Trust
Roosevelt
Henry J. Kaiser
R. 5. Reynolds Metals Company
Walter Rice
Thurman
Reynolds
Three British Warships Sunk By Nazi Planes
Berlin reports three British destroyers sunk and two damaged in the Mediterranean by German dive bombers. German crews also claimed several cruisers aflame and two more destroyers damaged. The high command touted a sweeping Luftwaffe victory over Britain’s seapower in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Mediterranean
DNB
Britain
High Command
Luftwaffe
Neutrality Act Fight Looming
Senate opponents warn of a vigorous, last-ditch fight against any move to repeal the Neutrality Act as Nye and others condemn Stimson and Knox for their sharp criticism. They argue the act was a security measure guiding the nation away from war despite administration push.
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Stimson
Knox
Senate
Sen. Nye
Nye
Roosevelt
Knoxes
Stimsons
Belated thanks from Dyersville saved life years ago
W B Cannon of Chicago saved a man named Leo J Thill of Cedar Rapids 27 years ago by taking him after a motorcycle crash to a doctor. Thill, unconscious at the time, only learned the savior’s name recently when a witness to the 1914 accident introduced them.
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Dyersville
W. B. Cannon
Chicago
Cannon
Leo J. Thill
Cedar Rapids
Thill
French Helped Nazis Moving Through Syria
A French colonel crossing into Palestine from Syria claimed French mandate authorities supplied munitions to Nazis in Iroq. Colonel Collet led French officers to Britain’s side urging others in Syria to join under a flag promising rescue from planned slavery. He was involved in Hatay negotiations with Turkey in 1935.
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Palestine
Syria
Britain
Iroq
Collet
Turkey
Philibert Col- Tet
Hatay
Alexandretta
Discassian
Plans Propose Marine Air Base On Neuse River NC
The Marine Corps disclosed a proposed 15 million dollar Marine air station on the Neuse River in North Carolina. Testifying before the House Naval Affairs Committee on HR 4839, Col R J Mitchell said the air station would be the central home of the Marine Air Corps and linked to a nearby 15 million dollar base on the New River for combat training of a 24 500 man Marine division.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Neuse River
North Carolina
House
Naval Affairs Committee
R. J. Mitchell
Marines Corps Aviation
Marine Air Corps
New River
Mitchell
Law to Take Idle Foreign Ships Gains Pact
A joint Senate House conference committee agreed on legislation to seize about 800 idle foreign ships in American harbors. Final approval by both chambers is needed before sending the bill to the White House. Ships may be acquired only by purchase or charter if they were owned by foreign governments at the outbreak of war. Any funds paid would stay in the treasury for debt repayment. Senator Bailey noted examples include an Italian tanker and a Danish training ship.
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Senate House
Senate
House
White House
Maritime Commission
Treasury
United States
Bailey
D-Nc
Wea
Siid
Governec
Union Leaders Are Indicted In Extortion Plot
NEW YORK May 23 CT William Bioff leader of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and George E Browne union president were indicted under federal anti racketeering laws and accused of extorting 350000 dollars from four leading movie producers and distributors by threats of a strike. The indictment from a federal grand jury after a long probe by U S Attorney Matthias Correa and Assistants Edward J Ennis and Boris Kostelanetz charges Bioff and Browne with counts of extortion and conspiracy and says they used their union positions to obtain half a million dollars for themselves and threatened to shut the industry by mobilizing about 35000 workers.
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New York
William Bioff
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Emploees
George E. Browne
U. S
Matthias Correa
Edward J. Ennis
Boris Kostelanetz
Two Footholds Retaken After Bitter Fight
Candia and Retimo on Crete have been recaptured after fierce hand to hand fighting, British officials said, as the battle on the Greek island tilts toward Britain. The British fleet thwarted German sea reinforcements while air-borne Nazi troops continued to arrive near Malemi, with counter-attacks limited but ongoing. Greek troops under Greek command also showed gallantry in Candia. The situation remains tense with heavy fighting reported and continued Allied defense against sea invasion.
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London
Candia
Retimo
Crete
Britain
Middle East
Malemi
Suda Bay
Herakleion
Fourteen Miners Die in Panhandle Mine Explosion Indiana
In Bicknell Indiana fourteen miners were killed when a gas dust explosion hit the Panhandle mine last night. Seventeen other men escaped via a circuitous route to the surface. many bodies were badly burned. Jack Ogilvie led the rescue with oxygen masks as debris hampered efforts.
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Ind
Panhandle
Charles W. Harrington
Near Bicknell
Ke. R. Cole
Vincennes
James M. Smith
Virgil Sager
Freelandville
Richard Smith
Dewey Stmmit
Maurice Taburiaux
Floyd Harper
Charles Osborn
Charles Wright
Wilbert Redmond
Charles B. May
FL. M. Vincent
Arthur
Gourdouze
St.alk
Jack Ogilvie
Wright
James Smith
Charles Messe
Benny Hughes
Surrender Of Fleet Denied By Darlan
Vichy France on May 23 quoted Vice-Premier Admiral Jean Darlan denying Adolf Hitler asked for France s fleet. Darlan said France would never hand over its fleet or declare war on England, and that negotiations in May 1941 influence France s future. He urged loyalty to Ptain and national restoration.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Darlan
England
Germany
Berchhes
Aden
Fuehrers
Petain
Dartan
French officers killed near Syrian frontier
Vichy dispatches report two French officers slain by native cavalry attempting to cross the Syrian frontier into Trans-SJordan to join the Free French. Beirut and London reports say British submarines torpedoed and sank a 9,000-ton troop ship and a 7,000-ton tanker bound for axis forces in Libya, likely sinking an Italian destroyer, and hitting axis ammunition schooners.
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France
Trans-Sordan
Beirut
London
Libya
Admiralty
Crete Invasion Losses Reported By British
British sources say at least 16 Junkers troop transports were shot down by anti aircraft gunners in the first three days of the Crete invasion. The operation is four days old.
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Egypt
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Crete
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