Willkie and La Guardia Demand Safe Delivery to Britain
In New York a rally with 18,500 attendees urged immediate delivery of American factory products to Britain to prevent them from rotting at sea. Wendell Willkie and Mayor La Guardia pressed for action, backing a telegram to President Roosevelt demanding safe shipments, as they framed aid as essential to freedom and U.S. self interest. The event, part of a Committee to Defend America by Aiding Britain effort, was held at Madison Square Garden.
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H. M. PETERS
NEW YORK
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Wendell Willkie
La Guardian
United States
Briain
Atlantic
Wise
America
Guardia
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Committee to Defend
Sporadic Sniping Continues at Habbaniyah Airbase
Sporadic fighting persists at Habbaniyah Airbase with reports of ongoing sniper activity as Allied air defenses battle incoming enemy aircraft. The day’s brief tally notes RAF engagements, shared by the joint ministries, detailing aircraft losses and local bombardment reports amid the Britain air war context.
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RAF
Kent
Arrest Two Nazi Propagandists In United States
Attorney General Robert Jackson announced that Manfred Zapp and Guenther Town, German citizens, were arrested under indictment for failure to register as foreign agents in connection with the Nazi Trancocean News Agency and are held without bail on deportation charges.
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WASHINGTON
Attormey
Robert Jackson
Manfred Zapp
Guenther
Narrow snake scare in Olver store ends with big catch
In Olver, a rancher caught three rattlesnakes placed in a box with a screen front exhibited in a store window. Waldeck, a boot and harness merchant, found the largest snake alive behind the desk after a20 minute absence. The 39 inch specimen was killed with a board and iron chisel.
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IHHY WALDECER
Olver
Weldeck
Direct Hits on Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Brest
Direct hits from armor piercing bombs in 10,000 foot dives struck the 26,600 ton German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Brest in a Royal Air Force raid. One bomb burst on Scharnhorst forepart and another hit Gneisenau forward from her funnel. The air ministry news service said the attack was part of two raids targeting St Nazaire, Bremen docks, Bergen shipping, and Loire river refineries. Weather allowed effective damage and the report claimed the Brest raids yielded more destruction than prior attacks on the Atlantic raiders. Two planes missing. continued coverage on page three.
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Brest
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Bremen
Bergen
Norway
Loire river
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Indians Trained in British Armaments Program
London March 6 02. Cable Bevin says 50 young Indians arrived in Briain to train in armaments and munitions industries. After completion they return to India to aid war industry development.
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LONDON
Baho- Minster Ernes
Briain
Inéa
aig
Bevin
Suspicious Vichy Moves Draw London and Washington Spotlight
The BBC reports London observers view a Vichy plan to cut German army support costs by 25 percent as likely a prelude to bigger German demands. In Washington, officials see Germany’s offer to ease armistice terms as an effort to soften France and gain collaboration, including possible naval handovers. The piece notes sustained German pressure on Vichy for full cooperation with a proposed European new order.
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C.P
Vichy
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
U.S
WASHINGTON
Germany
Two Large Liners Pass Gibraltar Under Escort
Two large British liners used as transports passed Gibraltar toward the Mediterranean under escort of two cruisers and two destroyers. Aircraft from Gibraltar kept watch as two groups of French merchantmen moved toward different seas, one into the Atlantic and the other into the Mediterranean.
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ALGECIRAS
Spain
Marc
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
warcn
Atlantic
Former Hat Man Dies in Vancouver
Charles Henry Hubbledell 80, long tied to Medicine Hat and Edmonton hardware trade, later Vancouver real estate broker, will have services Saturday. He moved to Vancouver in 1910 after years in general store and hardware business.
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ANCOUVER, May
Charles Henry Hubbledell
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Vancouver
RAF Bombs Hit Baghdad Airport and Basra Areas
Cairo dispatch reports British planes bombed Baghdad airport and hit a magazine at Washash near the Iraqi capital. Since the siege of Tabbaniyah ended two days ago, the Iraq situation at Habbaniyah and the Port of Basra remains quiet with sporadic fighting at Habbaniyah and other targets including Benghazi and Der a.
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Baghdad
Washash
Iraq
Royal Air Force
Middle East
Sub Attacks G B Convoy Near Greenland
New York report details a Nazi submarine attack on a British convoy 750 miles east of the southern tip to Greenland. The 10263 ton British passenger ship Ixion and the 5658 ton Norwegian freighter Eastern Star were torpedoed while ferrying United States supplies to Britain. The Union, operated by China Mutual, ferried between the Pacific coast, China, and Japan before the war, recently sailing Liverpool to the Pacific Coast and Liverpool to New York.
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NEW YORK
Mar
Ixion
Eastern Star
Greenland
United States
Britain
Union
China Mutual Steam Navigation Company
Pacific coast
China
Japan
Liverpool
hedins
Hampton Roads
Philadelphia
Lloyd George Abstained as Government Wins Confluence Test
London March 8 Lloyd George the government’s sharpest critic in the House of Commons war debate abstained from voting on the confluence test which the government won. Another critic Leslie Hore-Belisha supported the government. The three no votes came from Communist William Gallacher Socialist Denis Prit and Labour’s Dr Alfred Saker.
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LONDON
Lioyd George
House of Commons
Gtbate
Telegraph links Iraq to Syria cut since 9 a.m.
A Reuters dispatch from Vichy reports all telegraphic communications between Iraq and the French mandated territory of Syria have been cut since 9 a.m. The disruption strains regional communications and may affect diplomatic and commercial traffic in the area.
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LONDON
May
Reuters
Vichy
Iraq
Syria
Nerissa Sunk Off Irish Coast With 122 Lives Lost
The Nerissa, a Furness liner once hailed as a “charmed ship,” was sunk off the Irish coast after a submarine attack. About 122 lives were lost, including 72 Americans and 3 crew members. 33 were saved and 22 were wounded. The ship had left Halifax on April 19 and was reported sunk roughly 10 hours after departure.
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George Waitson
isles
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Halifax
Furness
New York
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Boston
Liverpool
Washington May 8 Seeks Unity Amid War Debate
In a Saturday broadcast President Gerald Necedareglas urged Americans to rally behind official Washington. He referenced the Wandells, the Thompsons, the Scimsons, the Pempers and the Wik briefing the public into war, insisting those named did not reflect popular faith and popular beliefs.
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Thompsons
Scimsons
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Wik
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Quebec MP Sparks War Speech Debates in Commons
Inside the Ottawa parliamentary briefings on May 8 Justice Lapointe condemned Gay Raymond’s Quebec remarks as unrepresentative of the province. He warned the speech would aid the enemy and stressed Quebec’s opposition to conscription and a union government. The debate touched on Canada’s wartime unity and the danger of inflaming anti-Quebec sentiment.
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Manistér Lapointe
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Maxime Raymond
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England
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Canada
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May Vote On Budget Today In Parliament
May 8 Ottawa Canadian Press report that a brief debate is expected in the House of Commons on the budget. Prime Minister Menzies of Australia drew a reception that interrupted yesterday’s speech making as Canada’s Parliament faces a pivotal tax plan amid imperial unity rhetoric. The vote on the budget is anticipated tonight after limited debate and a world tour backdrop by Menzies in Britain, Northern Africa, and the Indian Ocean regions.
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FRANK FLAHERIS
Sia
OTTAWA
mer
house of commons
Rover Menzies
Australia
Great Britek
Norther Africa
MENZIES
Le SPae
Changeing Report Highlights Pepper Speech and Wartime Aid
In CHANGEING on March 8 the local journal cites Senator Claude Pepper's urging to resist aggression and War Secretary Stump's call for naval protection ofBritain bound supplies. An army organ quotes Pepper as saying the Japanese understand only force.
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Claude Pepper
Stumpson
Britain
Pepper
Too Hot for Nazis After Big Balloons Dover Battle
The German Messerschmitt planes attacked the Dover balloon barrage on a March day. The fighters veered off course and failed to damage the defensive balloons, disrupting the planned operation.
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DOVER
Exciant
Messerschmitt
Nazi Tyranny In Norway Is Revealed
London reports secret German documents seized in the March 4 raid on the Lofoten Islands show calculated tyranny and evidence of Norwegian opposition to German rule. The translation of a German military communication notes Nazi dominance, with only the National Samiing party and pro-Nazi groups allowed local authority ties.
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U S Faces Fearful Danger Says Knox
Washington May 8 Navy Secretary Knox warned of fearful danger to the United States saying the only safety is to supplement Britain. He told a banquet that a Nazi victory would spell the curtain of civilization and that destruction of the British navy would leave the U S facing a seapower hub with Germany Italy France and Japan.
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Navy Secretarienk Hmnox
asseruim
Britain
Americansellers Association
Knox
Germany
Iair
France
Japan
German Planes Destroyed In Britain Today
News brief reports 13 German planes shot down during today’s fighting over Britain. British fighters claimed a bomber was brought down with no further details.
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LONDON
C_P
Britain
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