Fighters Fly From Egypt To Meet Germans
In Crete the RAF and bombers strike German parachutists on Malemi and other fronts as the battle rages into a sixth day. Long-range fighters from Egypt and bombers reinforce Britain, while Candia Retimo recapture allows empire reinforcements. Germans press a foothold at Malemi amid heavy losses and ongoing German air ferry service from the mainland continues.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Crete
RAF
Malemi
New Zealand
Candia
Retimo
Empire
Power Conservation Urged Amid Southeast Power Shortage
Defense agencies urged strict voluntary electricity saving across the southeast to avert a critical shortage threatening defense production. A gigantic power pool was created through cooperation of public and private systems in the region and adjacent areas. The effort was led by the War Department and Federal Power Commission, described as the greatest coordinated power effort, aimed at keeping aluminum plants running at Alcoa Tennessee and Badin North Carolina.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Southeast
War Department
Defense
The
Power Commission
Leland Olds
Alcoa
Tenn
Badin
N. C
Olds
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Board Studies Coal Dispute Amid Strike Threat
The Defense Mediation Board began formulating settlement recommendations for the soft coal operators and United Mine Workers dispute after failing to secure agreement in talks between northern and southern operators and the union. John L. Lewis agreed to maintain the status quo until the board releases its recommendations, expected by Monday at the earliest. The board also urged the CIO United Auto Workers to defer a strike against North American Aviation in Inglewood, while Michigan officials prepare to possibly delay any Pontiac plant action at General Motors to avoid disruption.
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Associated Press
Defense Mediation Board
United Mine Workers
W. H. Davis
John L. Lewis
Davis
Defense Board
CIO
United Automobile Workers
North American Aviation, Inc
Inglewood
Calif
North American
United States
Pontiac, Mich
General Motors Corporation
Michigan Labor Board
Michigan Board
Secretary Stimson bans army polls to keep cohesion
Washington on May 24 Secretary Stimson announced the ban on polls within the army to maintain unity and clear purpose. He said anonymous opinions, whether favorable or critical, undermine the military’s shared responsibility and effectiveness.
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Washington
Stimson
Union Officials Call Workers Back To Bay Area Shipyards
San Francisco May 24 Officials of local unions except machinists urged AFL and CIO members to return to work Monday at strike bound bay area shipyards to honor contracts and restore faith with employers and the federal government. Three machinist union leaders head to Washington to testify before a Senate defense panel. Navy trucks carried some 1,000 workers back to jobs, with many expected to walk in Monday. Bethlehem Shipyard did not sign the master stabilization pact over closed shop issues, leaving machinists out of work.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
AFL
Oakland
Bay
CIO
Machinists
Washington
Senate
Ed F. Dillon
Harry Hook
James Smith
CIO Machinists’ Union
Bethlehem Company
Pacific Coast
Bethlehem
Mead urges friendly talks with Vichy on Martinique bases
Senator Mead of New York pressed Secretary Hull to begin friendly negotiations with the Vichy government for American defense bases on Martinique and other French possessions in the hemisphere. He warned that if negotiations fail, forceful seizure might follow to protect regional interests.
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Washington
Mead
D-N.y
Hull
Martinique
Clark
D-Mo
Reynolds
D-Nc
Pepper
D-Fla
United States
French Islands
Vichy
Truil
New York
Irish Oppose Conscription Moves in Northern Ireland
Dublin reports Prime Minister Eamon de Valera called the Dail into a Special session to discuss the Northern Ireland conscription issue. Northern Ireland leader John Miller Andrews travelled to London with cabinet ministers to meet Churchill as Britain plans a Commons reply. Observers note anti conscription sentiment rising in Belfast with unification talks gaining steam.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Northern Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Dail Eireann
Britain
John Miller Andrews
London
Churchill
House of Commons
de Valera
Eire
Belfast
Italians claim British attacks halted at Tobruk
Stefani reported British forces were bloodily suppressed in North Africa with Italian claims of four British cruisers destroyed. Tobruk defense, Salum sector, and German positions faced continued Italian air and ground pressure. Italian surface ships torpedoed two British cruisers around Crete, sinking one Did class and one Leander class vessel including Achilles and Ajax.
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Associated Press
Rome
North Africa
Stefani
Mediterranean
Brescia
Tobruk
Salum
Axis Bomers
Crete
German Claim Sea Victory as Hood Sunk by Bismarck
Berlin reports a Nazi assault on Crete and the destruction of the British battle cruiser Hood by the battleship Bismarck. The report notes the encounter off Iceland as the decisive moment, with German press praising the victory and warning the fight will continue in the Atlantic.
Boss And Help Get Together Boss And Help Get Together
Butler New Jersey May 24 4000 employees of the American Hard Rubber Company plant here vow to forgo annual vacations to maintain peak production on national defense orders A joint statement by William Wanklin president of local 36 United Rubber Workers CIO and Harry A Cozzens Jr plant superintendent notes Akron Ohio plant workers made a similar pledge July 2 employees due one week vacation will receive two percent of annual income while those due two weeks get four percent in addition to regular fares Elimination of vacations will save 31000 man hours of production
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Butler
N. J
American Hard Rubber Company
William Wanklin
United Rubber Worker of America
CIO
Harry A. Cozzens
Cozzens
Akron
Hood Admr Horace Hood Shared Fate With Ship Hood
The Hood battle cruiser was destroyed the same way as Vice Admiral Horace Hood died at Jutland on May 31, 1916. A German shell hit the magazines of the Vincible, sinking the ship and costing over 1,000 lives. The Hood name honors Sir Samuel Hood, with Horace Hood a direct descendant.
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Hood
Horne Hood
Jutland
Deritlinger
Vincible
Samuel Hood
Horace Hood
Farm For Home Recommended
Gastonia May 24. A shift in North Carolina farming from cotton and tobacco to livestock fruits and truck crops for home use and sale was urged by the state land use planning committee at a conference closing today. The unified program aims to meet wartime impacts and cover forestry farming credit public services education and administration with a regional Asheville conference planned for June 16 and a later national program. Dean I Q Schaub presided and subcommittee reports were given by D S Rhyne R Hunter Pope D P Troutman George Neal and A C Edwards, all farmers.
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Gastonia
North Carolina
Atlantic Seaboard
Asheville
Dean I. QO. Schaub
State College
D. S. Rhyne
R. Hunter Pope
Enfield
D. P. Troutman
Aberdeen
George Neal
Ruffin
A. C. Edwards
Hookerton
Rioting in India Leaves 13 Dead, 120 Hurt
A Reuters dispatch reports 13 people killed and 120 injured in clashes between Muslims and Hindus in India. Police fired into crowds at three locations as the violence continued.
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London
Reuters
Dispatch
India
North Carolina industry sees April employment up 1.9 percent
The department of labor reports 1,520 industrial firms in North Carolina raised employment by 1.9 percent in April from March. Weekly payrolls reached 3,617,896 dollars for 211,660 workers, a 4.9 percent rise. The average weekly wage climbed to 17.07 dollars, up 2.8 percent.
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Raleigh
Department of Labor
North Carolina
Mighty Hood Destroyed By Bismarck In Atlantic Battle
London May 24 The 42 100 ton battle cruiser Hood the world’s largest warship was blown up in waters between Greenland and Iceland by the German battleship Bismarck during a pivotal clash of British and German fleets. The Hood loss is the British navy’s heaviest since the war began with feared loss of over 1 500 men. The Bismarck pursued by remaining British ships sustained damage and fled. The battle raised questions about Tirpitz and possible German raiders near American shores as submarines claimed nine British ships near Greenland.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Crete
Hood
Vital
Bismarck
Iceland
Graf Spee
National Zeitung
Essen
London
Greenland
Admiraltar
Anna Minn
AED Cumab
Atlantic
United States
Denmark
Empire
Victoria
H. M.S
R. Kerr
L. E. Holland
H. M. S. Hood
Tirpitz
Greenland-Iceland
Jutland
One-Year Old Defense Sees Plane Production Boosted 400 Per Cent
On its first anniversary the U S defense drive shows major gains as production surges 400 percent, 1625 new projects start, and orders total $135.2 billion. Knudsen notes mass production of planes tanks and guns while Roosevelt hints at new directions in a forthcoming fireside chat. New efforts include a national nutrition conference led by Paul V McNutt and the creation of the Office of Home Defense under Mayor La Guardia to train civilians for civil defense and morale.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
America
Willliam S. Knudsen
Roosevelt
Knox
Stinson
Defense
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Britain
Office of Home Defense
Fioretto H. la Guardia
New York City
Gillette
Allies Shoot Crete Foes Out Of Trees
An Allied fighter pilot recounts German parachutists being shot from tree branches by British and Greek defenders during the Crete invasion. He and other pilots now fight from western desert airfields in Egypt after Crete’s air bases were bombed. The NZ forces and Crete fighters held the line as the pilot escaped with a damaged plane and limited fuel, observing German casualties and NZ control on the field.
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North Africa
Crete
Egypt
RAF
Presbyterians Keep Working
In Montreat on May 24 the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States reported its foreign work. A mission force of 369 stayed abroad in Africa Brazil China Japan Korea and Mexico. Communicants reached 70 899 an increase of 5 193 with 22 medical staff and 10 hospitals aiding 14 301 operations. The assembly referred changes in faith confessions and catechisms to presbyteries per Dr Ben Lacy Jr of Richmond.
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Japan
Korea
Ben & Lacy, Jr
Richmond
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