Unusually Low Interest in Statewide Vote at High Point
Reports at noon show sparse political activity in High Point with no crowds at polling places. Observers expect turnout to rise later, peaking around 4 to 7 pm as polls close at 7. Precincts list votes cast by noon, including Elm Street site 226, Parkway 206, National Guard Armory 300 registered, and various other locations with smaller counts. Political focus centered mainly on gubernatorial and legislative races.
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German forces press flank as Allied line tightens in Flanders
German high command reports the western front narrowing the Flanders bottleneck, claiming two thirds of the encircled Allied force area reduced in 48 hours and predicting a wipeout within a week. Paris says Allied gaps along the Somme are still widening despite French countermeasures and localized clashes in Boulogne Abbeville Calais and St Omer areas.
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Carolina GOP and Dem gubernatorial race nears primary
A lukewarm campaign frames North Carolina's governor contest with seven Democrats and three Republicans seeking the nomination. Republicans focus on governor and lieutenant governor races while Democrats aim for statewide posts and state legislature. The state executive race features claims of machine politics and calls to return power to the people. The primary opens at 7 am and closes at 5 pm with roughly 450000 expected voters.
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Horton
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Hoey
Ralph W. Nald
Ublican
Robert H. McNeill
File
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Primary results announced with public address system
Reported tonight by the paper, results from today’s primary are shared in a parking lot outside the building. A public address is installed and will relay updates periodically until completion.
Roosevelt to name national defense emergency group
President Roosevelt plans a national defense emergency coordination group consisting of current government officials and outside experts. The group will include private individuals from industry finance agriculture transportation and labor and will cooperate with existing officials without superseding them.
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Weiss and four others ordered to federal prison in mail fraud case
In New Orleans on May 25 the Fifth Circuit upheld convictions of Seymour Weiss and four associates for mail fraud. They were found guilty of duplicative sale of the same hotel furnishings to a university, triggering prison terms.
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Huey P. Long
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London Tightens War News Ban Amid Grim French Front
Britain restricts details of fighting in France while Churchill urges labor unity for war effort as RAF and fleet strike at German forces near the English Channel. Night raids hit England injuring several, with authorities warning news bans likely to endure as mobilization proceeds.
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Corsican Irredentist Leader Promises Redemption
On May 25 P P Etu Giovacchini head of Corsica Irredentists issued a manifesto to Corsican residents under oppression in the French island showing the call for redemption. In Washington lawmakers approved a bill requiring registration and fingerprinting of all aliens. In London the War Office issued a call for 18-year-old volunteers to bolster home defense against a possible German invasion.
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Berlin War News From Calais and French Harbors
German and Allied troops battled in Calais as Stuka bombers hit Dieppe Dunkerque Ostend and Mankenberghe while Britain ships attempt to reinforce and break the Allied trap in Flanders. The Belgian port town Mankenberghe is noted as a famed sea resort.
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High Command Claims Vimy Ridge Loss and Boulogne Capture
The report describes a major German advance engulfing hundreds of thousands of Allied prisoners, crossing the Lys and reaching Ghent and Courtin. Boulogne is said seized by land and sea forces, Calais encircled, with Vimy Ridge now in German hands between Lillers and St. Omer toward Gravelines.
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French High Command Reorganized by War Ministry
Paris May 25 The French War Ministry announced a shakeup of the High Command with fifteen generals relieved of their posts in a surprise overhaul.
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Allied prisoners captured as German thrusts tighten ring
German commentators claimed tens of thousands of Allied prisoners are taken as German columns strike toward Calais on the English Channel coast and tighten the noose around forces in Belgium and northern France.
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Nazis Suffer Heavy Losses
A German short wave broadcast reported from Paris that at least half a million German soldiers were lost in the last ten days. The claim cited in London and heard by NBC said the Frankton on the Oder division, active on the Aisne, was repulsed with about half its men lost.
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Churchill Urges Unity to Meet War Demands
Prime Minister Churchill writes to the Trades Union Executive Council that the gravity of the situation deepens hour by hour and calls for a new national unity. He says the nation must marshal industrial resources and workers’ sacrifice to defend liberty and win the war.
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Italy Marches Toward War As Mussolini Gears Up
Rome reports show Italy fully mobilized under a new civil decree as Premier Mussolini signals potential alliance with Germany. Indications include expanded army and naval reserves, delayed liner sailings, intensified blackout drills, and anti Allied street demonstrations.
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Fifth Column Laws Pushed Amid Anti Subversion Debate
Washington May 25 reports claim congressmen push anti subversion bills as rumors of Fifth Columns spread. Senate hearings begin on House backed measures to curb tampering with military discipline deportation of illegal entrants and mandatory fingerprinting of all arriving aliens.
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German bombing raids strike French airports in Northern France
German bombing squadrons in massed groups of 30 to 40 planes pounded several French air ports in North Central France today. The raids aimed to blunt the French pilots and their campaign to reduce Germany's air superiority as land battles raged nearby.
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Inactivity Of Allied Planes Amazes Nazis
Louis P. Lochner reports from Aachen near the front that six days with German troops showed massive massing and almost no Allied air activity until late. He notes British claims of 1,500 German planes destroyed in two weeks and questions where Allied air cooperation is. Lochner details travel across 1,200 miles and heavily jammed roads as observers seek answers.
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Peru Earthquake Claims 249 Dead
In Lima and Callao and nearby areas rescue workers dug through debris for more victims after an earthquake rocked Peru yesterday. Caseload listed at 249 dead and more than 3,000 injured with thousands homeless as the army set up tents and residents slept outdoors. The Callao toll reached about 150 and Chorillos suffered extensive damage. In Lima at least 70 dead were counted as 700 men cleared debris, with no Americans among the victims.
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German Handbills Spur Chain Letter Campaign
In New York on May 25 subway cars carried Nazi slogans urging pursuit of Paris and London. The Daily News reports hundreds of German Americans received from a Berlin league a pro German chain letter campaign.
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