Germans Seek Quick Knockout In Channel Battle
German forces press a two pronged push along the English Channel, aiming to split Allied lines in Belgium and Northern France. Rail and air forces bombard Dunkerque and Boulogne as tanks set fires and submarines are claimed sunk. The French and Allied commands report heavy losses and a desperate defense to trap remnants along the coast.
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Pressermans
Valenciennes
Flanders
France
Belgium
Berlin
English Channel
Ypres
High Command
Dunkerque
Channel
Ostend
Helder
England
Artois
Boulogne
St. Omer
Courtrai
Calais
Gravelines
Menin
Escaut
Scheldt
Enalisa Channel
Bapaume
Peronne
Cambrai
Allies Fight To Save Port From Nazis
London led a multinational defense as Britains forces and Allied troops battled near Calais to halt Nazi advances and protect the channel port, while RAF strikes targeted German airfields. Internment rounds were raised at home with thousands of German and Austrian women detained, and Ireland readied for possible invasion.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Calais
Channel
Dover
Royal Air Force
Isle of Man
Irish Republican Army
Eire
Ireland
England
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Italy Hardens War Stance as Mussolini Expands Production
May 27 dispatch from Malta says Italy backs a contraband pact yet signals no immediate mobilization. Mussolini heads army chiefs to boost arms output while conserving gasoline. Bannered crowds cry War while 10 000 fascist youths watch a gymnastic display.
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Fish
Italy
Raiar
Suez Canal
Malta
Sicily
Mussolini
Duce
Emier
Ini
Count Galejano
Wilfred Greene
Fie
Rome
Supreme Court rules unions not subject to Sherman Act
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 decision, held labor unions are not subject to the Sherman Antitrust Act unless their actions substantially restrain interstate commerce. Justice Stone wrote the majority ruling regarding a Philadelphia sit-down strike at Apex Hosiery, affirming no antitrust damages could be collected.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Stone
Philadelphia
Justice Department
Hughes
McReynolds
Roberts
Stone
Apex Hosiery Company
American Federation of Full Fashioned
Federal Circuit Court
Circuit Court
Federal District Court
Beffact Stone
Perkins Criticized as House Debates Immigration Transfer
HINGTON May 27. A New York representative described Lee Perkins as a notorious critic during a debate on transferring control over immigration to the Labor Department and Justice. Cochran urged the measure to streamline administration and naturalization amid calls for a stronger immigration policy. Roosevelt aides weighed the proposal as expert witnesses projected employment and layoff concerns in the broader rearmament context.
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Hington
Her
Lee Perkins
House
Justice Department
Labor Department
Jackson
L. Houghteling
Tor
Cochran
D-Mo
Press- Roosevelt
High Command Claims Air Force Actions Hit Warships
May 27 report states the high command claims its air force damaged a merchant ship of tons and bombed a large war cruiser and a transport, with details unclear due to damaged text.
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Laimed
High Command
Air Force
Berlin Accuses Allies of Plot to Sink U S Liner
Berlin claims warned by the Foreign Office that the Allies planned or had carried out a criminal attempt on the American liner President Roosevelt. The U S ship was en route to Ireland to bring Americans home, per authorized sources.
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Berlin
United States
Roosevelt
Ireland
Totals From North Carolina Democratic Primary Revealed
Returns from most precincts show Governor candidates with Broughton leading, followed by Graveley and Horton. Other races list Lieutenant Governor, Congress districts, and state offices with incumbents Polls show Republicans strong for governor and lieutenant governor while Democrats dominate several statewide posts.
Foreign office dismisses US Berlin warning on President Roosevelt
A London source says no sane man could accept the Berlin charge d affaires warning that the Allies planned or had carried out a criminal attack on the liner President Roosevelt. German policy is to accuse others of actions it contemplates. Raeder’s warning, and claims of refugee ship manipulation, are cited as likely pretexts to draw the US into war.
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London
Foreign Office
United States
Berlin
Roosevelt
Athenia
Raeder
Erich Raeder
Alexander C. Kirk
House Approves Quick Transfer of Immigration Service
The House adopted a resolution to give swift effect to President Roosevelt's move of the immigration service to the justice department in order to gain more effective control over the agency and its operations.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Immigration Service
Justice Department
Broughton and Horton Launch Second Primary Drives
Raleigh attorney Melville Broughton and Lt. Gov. Wilkins Horton launched active campaigns for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination on June 22. Campaigns center on party leaders, with Maxwell supporters split and Gravely planning a statement. Historic notes show no prior lieutenant governor runner has moved directly to governor, and past second primaries show mixed vote transfer.
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Raleigh
Melville Broughton
Wilkins P. Horton
Pittsboro
Horton
Broughton
E. B. Denny
A. J. Maxwell
Maxwell
L. Lee Gravely
Rocky Mount
W. Erskine Smith
Albemarle
R. L. Harris
Roxboro
Smith
Harris
Paul DB. Grady
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
R. T. Fountain
Ehringhaus
Fountain
Hoey
Ralph McDonald
A. H. Graham
John A. McRae
Graham
McRae
Curfew Ordered at Malta as Defense Precaution
The governor of the British naval base ordered a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. effective tonight to deter parachute invasion. Violators faced shooting and death penalty for treachery as warned to the public.
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Malta
Soviet OKs Trade Pact With Yugoslavia
The Supreme Soviet ratified a Russia Yugoslavia trade and navigation agreement today with a protocol signed in Moscow on May 11. In Paris a German advance across the Lys River bogs down as information officials report crossings at several points during a Belgi an drive.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Yugoslavia
Paris
Belgium
Lys
Ministry of Information
Weygand Tours Allied Supply Corridor in France
General Maxime Weygand inspected Allied troops in the north as reports say supplies move along a coastal strip between Zeebrugge and Boulogne. German forces north of the Somme allegedly block southern supply routes.
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Paris
Maxime Weygand
Zeebrugge
Boulogne
Somme
Defense Rests In Killing Trial
In Columbia Missouri May 27 the defense for May Walker Burleson rested amid a state rebuttal. Nurse I Parnell testified Burleson was not insane and described her statements after killing the second wife of U S Army Colonel Richard G Burleson. The judge indicated the case could go to the jury tomorrow.
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Columbia
8. C
May Walker Burleson
Claud N. Sapp
Galveston
Texas
U. S. Army
Richard G. Burleson
I. Parnell
State Hospital
Burleson
Southern Furniture Men Meet Tomorrow
Between 175 and 200 furniture manufacturers salesmen and dealers from Virginia and the Carolinas attend a two day convention of the Southern Retail Furniture Association at the Sheraton Hotel. A. H. Holton will chair the opening session with invocation by Dr. Embree H. Blackard and welcome from Mayor O. Arthur Kirkman.
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Virginia
Carolinas
Southern Retail Furniture Association
Sheraton Hotel
A. H. Holton
Embree H. Blackard
O. Arthur Kirkman
J. Hudson Huffard
Bluefield
Lawrence Whiting
American Furniture Market
Chicago
William J. Cheyney
National Retail Furniture Association
New York
Fast Company
Shaughnessy
R. H. Macy & Company
Senate approves fingerprinting of aliens and strict penalties
The Senate Judiciary Committee backed a bill to fingerprint about 4,000,000 aliens and to impose up to 10 years in prison and fines up to 10,000 dollars for subverting military forces through un American literature or other means. Connally said four months would be given for reporting to postmasters for registration and aliens must report address changes.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Conally
D-Tex
House
United States
Connally
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