FDR Talks Of Pirates and Red Sea Fight Rafted History
President Roosevelt recalls Barbary pirates tale as reporters query modern threats. The Zamzam liner scare and American volunteers bound for Africa frame wartime shipping debates. Hull pledges routes to Britain while Franco-German tensions rise and LaGuardia takes charge of civil defense tasks.
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America
Jefferson
Commodore Preble
Preble
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Germany
London
Recife
Brazil
Capetown
South Africa
General de Gaulle
Africa
Berlin
St. Jean de Luz
France
U. S. Maritime Commission
Atlantic
Atlantic Coast
Hull
Britain
Wheeler
Fdr
Labor unrest and wage rises ripple through auto and defense sectors
General Motors granted a 10 cent hourly wage rise to about 35 000 workers after CIO leaders dropped demand for a closed shop while Ford plant workers vote on CIO UAW or AFL Federal Union representation and Ford reports 13 682 432 in pay increases this year. AFL CIO shipyard tensions persist as Navy orders valued at 500 000 500 dollars face disruptions. John L. Lewis warns southern coal operators to accept seven dollars a day or close mines.
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General Motors
CIO
Ford
Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
AFL
San Francisco
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Soft
Defense Mediation Board
Northern
May events preview at national nutrition conference and more
A sequence of events includes the National Nutrition Conference opening in Washington on Monday May 26, a fireside chat by President Roosevelt on Tuesday May 27, Dionne Quintuplets turning 7 on Wednesday May 28, Memorial Day on Friday May 30, and a referendum among growers on AAA marketing quotas scheduled for Saturday May 32.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Broadcast figures clash over anti monopoly order at NAB
At the NAB convention FCC Chairman Fly faced sharp criticism as NAB directors called the agency rulings punitive and biased. Fly warned the industry while a mockery was made of the agency. Separately Rep Crawford questioned the speed of the national bond drive, suggesting coercive measures may be needed.
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National Association of Broadcasters
FCC
Fly
NAB
Uncle Sam
White House
Crawford
Rmich
House Banking Committee
Trea
Britain
Pending congressional action on major postwar proposals
Senate leans toward action on taxes totaling 3.5 billion and expanded powers for RFC to speed national defense. House and Senate differ on arms order prioritization, ship seizures, dollar devaluation, and Stabilization funds. Reforms to Selective Service and a large farm appropriation await joint committee agreement. A Great Lakes St Lawrence deep waterway bill seeks 250 million for construction.
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RFC
Senate
OPM
House
Senate House Committee
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Short Short Stories Ordered in Paris and U.S. Echoes
A jumble of diplomatic notes and social observations covers a June 10 Paris withdrawal, I Am An American Day across 3,500 U.S. cities, vitamin A study by UCLA researchers, a fatal midair bomber collision near Marion South Carolina, the parole of Princess Stephanie Hohenlohe, Iceland’s union dissolution under German occupation, and the White House confirmation that Thanksgiving will revert to its normal date in 1942.
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Paris
University of California At Los Angeles
Marion
S. C
Stephanie Hohenlohe
Fritz Weidemann
San Francisco
U. S
Iceland
Denmark
France's Colonial Empire in World War II Context
Seven months after France admitted to Nazi control, the empire remains vast and contested. Africa includes Tunisia, Algeria, and French West Africa under Weyand, while Dakar and Casablanca offer strategic bases. In Asia, Indo-China hosts Japanese bases. in the Americas Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana sit near the Caribbean and Amazon. Proposals circulated for Free French and democratic powers to guard or seize colonies if collaboration deepens.
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France
Adolf Hitler
United States
Petaine
Vichy
Equatorial Africa
Free French
New York
Martinique
North Africa
Dakar
Indo-China
Africa
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
French West Africa
Maxime Weyland
Self
Mediterranean
Sicily
Casablanca
South Atlantic
South America
Natal
Brazil
Jibati
Gulf of Aden
Red Sea
Syria
League of Nations
League
Iraq
Guadeloupe
Panama Canal
Fort-de-France
Caribbean
Bearn
Guadaloupe
Jean D'Arc
French Guiana
Amazon
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Newfoundland
Americas
Havana
Glider Invaders and Axis Moves Across Crete and Middle East
Readers learn how German gliding evolved amid treaty bans, with Crete’s invasion showing gliders and paratroops in action. The report notes British concerns, Cyprus and Turkey tensions, and German strikes on Habbaniyah as Iraq grows tense. Also covered are Croatia’s Italy-linked crown, Pavelic, and Italian-Ethiopian notes amid North Africa campaigns.
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British Isles
Crete
England
Gallipoli
Somme
B. C. Freyberg
New Zealand
Churchill
Berlin
Germany
Turkey
Britain
Syria
Iraq
Suez
Cyprus
London
Isles
Palestine
Egypt
Spoleto
Croatia
Duke
Aasta
Ethiopia
Alaji
Addis Ababa
Asmara
North Africa
Jimma
Gondar
Hess Escape Myth Sparks British Debate Across Cabinet
The Hess incident provoked diverse views in Britain with Ernest Bevin doubting a plot, Nevile Henderson disputing Hess freeing other leaders, and Herbert Morrison stressing prize is containment. Churchill granted broad approval to the differing lines as British radio mocked Nazi claims and German media countered the broadcasts.
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Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Hess
Herbert Morrison
British Radio
Professor Haushofer
Brain Truster
Willi Messerschmitt
Quotes from Weatherred and Wallace on war and German Americans
Brig Gen Preston Weatherred warns against claims we will not send troops abroad if war erupts. Vice President Wallace states Americans can accept German Americans as long as they embrace the American ideal and reject Hitler's racial supremacy.
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Preston Weatherred
National Guard
Texas
Wallace
America
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Labor
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Batleskeld
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Laxisville
Loring Wi
Sulletin
Bond
Sam
ABC
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Singapore
St.pierre and Miqueloni
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Terguiana
Pepper
West Africa
Fr.somal
Jarea
Madagascar
Oceania
Lebanon
Henri Dentz
Deniz
Lake Habbaniyah
Baghdad
Mosul
Habbaniyah
King Aimone
Axis
Yugoslavia
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Fuehrer
Rome
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House of Savoy
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