Bismarck Sunk After Air and Sea Pursuit by Royal Navy
British reports detail how the Bismarck and the cruiser Eugen were tracked from Bergen. Catalina aircraft and Ark Royal torpedo planes played key roles in slowing, then helping the final destruction by gunfire. The catapult of American built planes aided recon and pursuit, with the sinking marked as a historic air powered naval kill.
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Germany
Alexander
Bismarck
Catalina
Prince of Wales
Bergen
Norway
Royal Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Defense Manufacturing May Be Started Here
Edward M. Chalikion of Philadelphia from the Army ordnance department visited High Point to assess local plants and machinery for a potential defense manufacturing project. He spoke with the Chamber of Commerce and secretary F. J. Sizemore about capacity, facilities, and available equipment that could support materials for national defense.
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High Point
Edward M. Chalikion
Philadelphia
Army
Ordnance Department
Chalikion
Bismarck Sunk After Battle With Royal Navy Forces
The German battleship Bismarck was sunk following pursuit by British forces after Hood was destroyed off the Denmark Strait. Admiral Luetjens led the German units while Vice Admiral Holland commanded the British fleet. British losses included the Hood. remaining King George V and Prince of Wales, along with other ships, strengthened by new vessels. The battle shifted strategic balance as Germany’s capital ships faced relentless Atlantic air and naval pressure.
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United States
Royal
Strait of
Denmark
Greenland
Iceland
Hood
Prince of Wales
Bismarck
Eugen
Brest
St. Nazaire
Admiralty
Jutland
Fleet Air Arms
Strait of Denmark
Royal Navy
Germany
Luetjens
Guenther Luetjens
Atlantic
L. E. Holland
Britain
Royal Oak
Scapa Flow
Admiral Graf Spee
Montevideo
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
France
Warships Lost in Crete Raid and RAF Claims
Britain reports the cruiser Gloucester and Fiji and destroyers Junio Kelley Kashmir and Greyhound lost to ants planes as part of seven destroyers down since the war began. RAF says five Nazi transport planes were shot down at Malemia airfield with other aircraft destroyed. German high command counters by claiming British losses include 11 cruisers eight destroyers five torpedo boats and one submarine in the Crete battle.
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Gloucester
Fiji
Junio
Kelley
Kashmir
Greyhound
Britain
RAF
Malemi
Crete
Suits Totaling $70 000 Filed As Wreck Aftermath
Three lawsuits totaling 70 000 were filed in Guilford Superior Court by William Grady Martin of Greensboro against Greensboro Distributing Company. He seeks 50 000 for his wife Ruth Jane Phillips Martin and 10 000 for each of their two children, Donald Gray and Patty Dean Martin, who died in a three-vehicle crash near High Point on May 2. The suit alleges the beer truck, over 60 mph, caused the fatal collision three miles from Greensboro on the Greensboro High Point road.
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Greensboro
Guilford Superior Court
William Grady Martin
Greensboro Distributing Company
High Point
Martin
Ruth Jane Phillips Martin
Distributing Company
Donald Gray
Patty Dean Martin
Greensboro High Point Highway
Guilford County
Furniture Workers Strike Over Pay Increase
About 75 to 100 upholsterers at Tomlinson’s High Point plant walk out after management again cannot meet wage demands. A flat 6 percent raise was reportedly requested. production halted due to the strike clustered in one division. Thomasville Chair and Marsh Furniture denied any strikes or labor trouble.
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Tomlinson
High Point
S. H. Tomlinson
Concern
Thomasville Chair Company
Thomasville
Marsh Furniture Company
Churchill Announces Bismarck Sinking in War Update
Wartime dispatch reports heavy Allied losses and fierce fighting in Crete as British forces repel Luftwaffe assaults. Churchill interrupted House of Commons to declare the Bismarck sunk after pursuit and interception efforts.
Local Noon Weather Outlook for Carolinas and Islands
Noon today forecasts cloudy conditions with a fair to unsettled pattern across North and South Carolina. Winds from Block Island to Hatters will shift to northeast in extreme northern areas tonight and Wednesday, with possible squalls and showers in the far north. Hatteras to Jacksonville shows southwest and west winds, with southeast to south winds in the far south, partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday.
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South Carolina
Block Island
Hatteras
Jacksonville
British ships harry Nazis amid epic Crete air blitz
An Egyptian base report recalls May 22 as one of history’s heaviest air assaults. Nazi bombers over Crete pounded ships from 1:30 pm to 6 pm, with hundreds of planes, while British naval teams fought off dive and level bombing. A battleship endured near misses, its bow lifted by a near hit.
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Greece
Crete
Judge Puts Three On Probation In Cotton Theft Case
In Guilford Superior Court Judge W H S Burgwyn placed three High Point defendants on probation after guilty pleas in a case involving baled cotton valued at more than 300 dollars. Jay Williard received a two to five year sentence suspended during a five year probation with costs paid. Co-defendants Goins and Wray faced shorter sentences suspended on probation and costs. The scheme involved twenty odd bales shipped to Southern Furniture Company and sold at about half market value.
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Greensboro
Jay Williard
High Point
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Guilford Superior Court
Williard
Wray
Goins
Southern Furniture Company
Conover
High Point Cotton Batting Company
Bismarck sunk after clash with Hood and British force
German high command reported the battleship Bismarck was crippled after engaging the British squadron including the Hood and King George V. Despite efforts to reach Brest, Luetjens and Lindemann were killed. The ship succumbed to superior enemy forces as details and timing circulated in newspapers.
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Hood
High Command
Guenther Luetjens
Lindemann
Bismarck
Brest
Luetjens
DNB
FDR to Speak Tonight on Radio Across Nation Worldwide
Reports indicate a major fireside address by President Roosevelt with network and shortwave broadcasts reaching global audiences. Translations will be provided in multiple languages while officials debate potential foreign and domestic policy signals and calls for action against Axis threats. A wave of Congress critics coordinated a letter urging no war move without Congressional approval, with Senator Wheeler leading a subcommittee for transmission.
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Roosevelt
White House
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Congress
Wheeler
D-Mont
Female sailors serve aboard river and sea vessels
The report notes 21,974 women serve on river craft and 8,805 on seagoing ships in the fleets. It states that women have held captaincies on several national ships, signaling expanding roles for female maritime personnel.
Conspiracy charges dropped after guilty pleas entered
Statement notes that the men were charged with receiving stolen cotton but conspiracy charges were not pursued once guilty pleas were entered. It also mentions a fact about sound traveling faster in warm water than in cold and a description of Damascus as a tennis racket shaped city in the Holy Land.
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Damascus
Holy Land
Catholic Men's Club Fetes Local Pastor on Anniversary
The Catholic Men's Club of St. Edward's parish surprised Father Herbert A. Harkins with a supper at Father Bernadine's home on the seventh anniversary of his ordination. Organizers included Feeney De Santon Hynes Ryan Sullivan Halker McHugh Sciteck, who presented a spiritual gift after the dinner.
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Catholic Men’s Club
St. Edward's Parish
Herbert A. Harkins
Father Bernadine
Sunset Drive
Messrs. Feeney
de Santon
Hynes
Ryan
Sullivan
Halker
McHugh
Sciteck
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the Great
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Strawberry Blonde
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Tobias James Gleason
Hatwe Mdamiel
Jerome
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National Refugee Service
Joint Distribution Committee
United Palestine Appeal
United Jewish Appeal
Overseas Needs
Palestine
Mn Music
Allan Jones
Susanna Foster
Margaret Lindsay
Lynne Overman
Greensboro Man 'S
Greensboro Distributing Co
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Neville Chamberlain
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Fuehrer
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Battleground Ave
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