Nazis Break Through at Thermopylae in Greece Drive to Athens
German forces breach the Pass at Thermopylae as Hitler’s army advances toward Athens less than 100 miles away. British and Greek units retreat under heavy German pressure while island garrisons on Lemnos and Samothrace fall to German forces.
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Adolf Hitler
Athens
Hitler
Berlin
Lemnos
Dardanelles
Samothrace
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Italy Threatens Attack If U S Starts Convoys
Il Popolo di Roma warns Italy and Germany would attack U S Britain-bound convoys if Washington extends aid and naval patrols across the Atlantic. The piece mocks Roosevelt as an astute fox and cites war cabinet pressure and mid ocean patrols as dangerous extensions. Stefani cites Senator Wheeler facing threats as part of a gangster image.
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Rome
Il Popolo di Roma
United States
Britain
Washington
Atlantic
Mid- Atlantic
Roosevelt
Ocean
Ti Popolo di Roma
Stefani
Wheeler
Roosevelt hints axis may hold Greenland and expands patrols
President Roosevelt disclosed that Axis forces may partly occupy Greenland, while America extends its neutrality patrol into distant waters to deter aggression. He clarified patrols are reconnaissance, not convoys, and warned against complacent belief in Axis victory.
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Washington
Greenland
Roosevelt
United States
Neutrality Patrol
Seven Seas
Western Hemisphere
America
Arctic
Canada
England
Atlantic
Germany Claims U.S. Leaders Face Public Opposition
Berlin asserts that U.S. leaders and public are at odds with Germany over wartime policy. Knox and Hull speeches prompt German radio to warn Britain’s war zone risks. Roosevelt defense remarks cited as shifting Atlantic protection, with references to Greenland Newfoundland Bermuda and British West Indies bases.
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U. S
Adolf Hitler
British
Britain
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Greenland
Trinidad
United States
Bahamas
Antigua
British West Indies
British Guiana
British Bomb Nazi Shipyards and Coasts Targeted
The air ministry said RAF bombed Kiel and Wilhelmshaven shipyards docks and other objectives in Germany and targets along Norway Holland Belgium and France coasts last night. Fires started at Kiel and a large number of high explosive bombs added to prior damage while Britain saw limited night activity with low damage and few casualties.
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Air Ministry
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Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Norway
Holland
Belgium
France
Britain
England
Car Hops' Tips Better Than Wages Debate
In California car hops at drive-ins face a wage clash as customers tip generously yet state law pins a $16 weekly minimum. A proprietor testified paying $1 daily but observed actual weekly earnings up to 70 dollars.
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Los Angeles
California
Congress Divided Over Taxes and Methods of Raising Revenue
Congress debated the $3.5 billion tax plan as Treasury officials and lawmakers largely agreed on the goal but clashed over tactics. Rep Crowther warned against sweeping surtaxes on all taxable income, while Rep Knutson urged more imaginative measures including higher income taxes and estate levies. Rep Cooley criticized a proposed higher cigarette tax as unjustified, noting potential effects on growers and revenue. The current cigarette tax is 6.4 cents per pack with about $500 million yearly from sales. Treasury proposes 8 cents.
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Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Knutson
Minn
Cooley
N. C
Tobacco Belt
The
Byrd Demands Perkins Resign in Senate Call
Senator Byrd of Virginia urged Fran ces Perkins to resign as Secretary of Labor saying a determined leader is needed to tighten discipline in defense industry strikes. He criticized her performance as an obstacle in the defense program and accused her of ineptness and weakness in labor settlement duties.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Frances Perkins
Senate
New War Cabinet Considered for Britain
The Canadian Press reports Britain weighs a supreme war cabinet of empire leaders with unchecked power. Edgar Granville National Liberal signals a Commons inquiry on forming an empire cabinet. Expected members may include Dominion statesmen like Australia’s Prime Minister Menzies.
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London
America
Britain
Edgar Granville
National Liberal
House of Commons
Granville
Dominion
Mr. Menzies
Australia
Nazis Use Six Inch Guns At Thermopylae Defence
Germans deploy six inch heavy artillery against British and Greek defenders at Thermopylae as German infantry push toward Athens. Cairo announces withdrawal toward Athens while Luftwaffe focuses on ports near Athens including Piraeus where the passenger ship Hellas is bombed and set ablaze with refugees aboard.
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Athens
Thermopylae
Middle East
Cairo
Egypt
Greece
Pireaus
Eleusis
Megara
Corinth
Aigina
Mediation Panel Eyes Immediate Mine Opening Amid Strike Action
A three member defense mediation board sat in Washington to push for quick reopening of coal mines after a wage dispute halted production of about 30 million tons since April 1. The CIO United Mine Workers seek seven dollars a day, while northern operators already agreed and southern producers pulled out. Meanwhile CIO plans to picket Glenn L. Martin in Baltimore after a 10 cent wage demand was rejected, endangering bomber plane orders.
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Washington
National Defense Industries
Roosevelt
CIO
Baltimore
General Motors Corporation
National Defense Mediation Board
William H. Davis
Walter Teagle
Standard Oil
Clinton Golden
Appalachian
Perkins
CIO United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
War Department
Bureau of Mines
Glenn L. Martin
Martin
United States
Great Britain
Coal price hike under temporary order for Smokeless coal
The Bituminous Coal Division issued a temporary order effective May 2 raising minimum mine prices for southern low volatile smokeless coals shipped via the Great Lakes to the Detroit area. Increases are 50 cents per ton for domestic size group one and 25 cents for domestic sizes four to six, with seasonal discounts from April to August. Applies to Districts 7 and 8 Virginia and West Virginia coal sent to Lake Erie, Lake St Clair, or Detroit River routes, between Monroe and Mt. Clemens. The order follows a request from the Bituminous Coal Producers Board District 7 to provide relief while a final permanent decision is pending.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Detroit
Virginia
West Virginia
United States
Lake Erie
Lake St. Claire
Detroit River
Monroe
Mich
Mt. Clemens
Draftees Await Date Notification
Four men volunteered this week for a year of selective service training and others listed as eligible await the exact shipping date between May 13 and 20. Draft board No 1 has 11 men to send in that period. Clerk J W Harrison has not yet received the precise date. Three volunteers signed Thursday.
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Draft Board No. 1
Cooper
Nashville
J. W. Harrison
Robert Junior Skeen
Rt. 5
William Paul Devault
Boone Street
Wrightly Raymond Gilliam
Cherry Street
James B. Harrison
Rt. 2
Fordtown
Speeders Targeted by New Camera Gadget in San Diego
In San Diego a Junior Chamber of Commerce trial uses an official car trailing speeding motorists. A special camera captures the car and its license plate along with a prominent speedometer on the pursuing vehicle. The chief of police mails the photo with a polite plea to slow down.
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San Diego
Calif
Junior
Chamber of Commerce
Yugoslav Troops Reach Middle East to Aid British Forces
Reuters dispatch from Cairo reports Yugoslav troops and planes have reached the Middle East to join British forces against axis powers. The arrival is greeted warmly by local populations and imperial troops.
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London
Reuters
Cairo
Middle East
Government seeks withdrawal of seven subpoena items
Government attorneys moved to withdraw seven subpoena items to speed the Lexington case. The items would have required tobacco companies to produce voluminous records at their upcoming trial on criminal monopoly and price fixing charges.
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Lexington
Ways and Means Proposes $3.5 Billion Revenue Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee reported that tax experts recommended excise taxes on foods, cars, airplanes, and insurance premiums to raise 3.5 billion dollars in new revenue.
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Washington —.P
House
Ways and Means
Eleven men charged with murder ordered returned to Tennessee
Eleven men charged with murder after the April 15 clash at the Fork Ridge Coal and Coke Company mine near the Kentucky Tennessee border were ordered returned to Tennessee by Governor Keen Johnson.
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Frankfort
Fork Ridge
Rail Schedules in Nashville May Be Abandoned
The Tennessee Utilities Commission received notice from A. W. Akers counsel for Southern Railway that if a coal strike settlement is not reached, some schedules may be abandoned within ten days due to fuel shortage.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Utilities Commission
A. W. Akers
The
Southern Railway
Lauderback Rites Held In Rogersville
Charles F. Bud Lauderback 70 longtime Hawkins county official died after brief illness. He chaired the county court for 12 years and was active in politics and civic affairs. Funeral held at 2 p.m. in the Baptist church with Rev. J. R. Chiles officiating. Survived by brothers Bob and Jim of Persia and sisters Mrs. Houston King of Persia and Mrs. Alice Shropshire of Mooresburg.
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Rogersville
Charles F
Bud” Lauderback
Hawkins County
Lauderback
Baptist Church
J. R. Chiles
Bob
Jim
Persia
Houston King
Alice Shropshire
Mooresburg
Roosevelt Labels Lindbergh a Civil War Copperhead
President Roosevelt likened Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh to copperheads of the Civil War during a press briefing. He explained that both sides housed liberty-minded foreigners and noted Vallandigham as an appeaser who urged peace in 1863.
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Lindbergh
Washington
Ates
Vallandighams
Vallandigham
Schenck Sentenced To Three Year Tax Evasion Term
New York film executive Joseph M. Schenck, a multi millionair e figure in the industry, is sentenced in federal court to three years in prison and a 20000 dollar fine for income tax evasion.
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New York
Joseph M. Schenck
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