Immediate hostilities feared as southeastern Europe under threat
May 6 report from Budapest notes war extending toward southeastern Europe with Turkish and German troop movements near frontiers, Russian reinforcements, naval activity in the Aegean, and a new Hungarian spy scare. London reports no truth to Greek troop march plans.
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Europe
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Yugosla
Dodecanese Islands
Poland
Ruthenia
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Salonika
Greece
London
Aegean Sea
Alexandria
France
Russia
Germans Repulsed in West Front Saar Clash
Paris May 6 German forces attacked three French outposts in the Saar region with heavy artillery and night counter fire. French units held, inflicting heavy losses on two German companies while drivers and scouts reported abandoned arms and bloodied uniforms.
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Paris
Saar
War Ministry
Bliis
Maginot
Supreme Court Rules Price Fixing Unlawful Under Sherman Act
The United States Supreme Court ruled price fixing unlawful under the Sherman Act. Justice Douglas delivered a 5-2 opinion sustaining a Madison Wisconsin district court ruling that 12 major oil companies and five individuals conspired to control gasoline prices across 10 Midwestern states. Government attorneys called it a major victory for anti monopoly efforts.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Douglas
Federal District Court
Madison
Wis
Justice Department
German claim of Allied withdrawals and Norwegian gains in Norway
Berlin reports British and French detachments being moved north from Namsons in a suspected southern attack. It claims German forces push north to Namsos and Grong, report Norwegian surrender, and hail sinking of British battleship and heavy cruiser by air, with overall Allied losses around 2.3 million tons.
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Namsons
Norway
Namsos
Grong
Trondheim
High Command
Narvik
Itso
Steinkjer
Namsog
Trosil
Lillehammer
Rovros
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Progressive medicine hat and the art of pottery making
The article describes clay processing from raw sludge to plastic mass, pugging to remove air pockets, rolling for shaping, and the potter's wheel aided by a jigging man and plaster molds. It covers drying in an electric dryer for four to twelve hours before final finishing.
Medicine Hat Potteries Grow Canadian Clay Industry
The article describes pottery making in Canada led by Medicine Hat Potteries. Canadian clays from southern Saskatchewan are processed at a modern Medicine Hat plant with electricity driven wheels and natural gas kilns. It outlines distribution across Canada to Halifax and Vancouver and notes regional branches and sales reps.
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Man
Canada
Dominion
Medicine Hat
Halifax
Vancouver
Toront
Hillsborough
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Palmer Convicted in Forged Check Case
Frederick Borden Palmer was found guilty at the city police court this morning of uttering a forged check and sentenced to six months imprisonment in Lethbridge jail. He and an unnamed man cashed a $42.50 check on April 27 at a local pool room said to be signed by Eugene Buron.
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Frederick Borden Palmer
Lethbridge
Palmer
Eugene Buron
Last Minute Flashes From The War Fronts In Europe
The Polish destroyer Grom was sunk by a bomb while operating near Norway. British and French troops besiege a German force at Narvik, with no new reports. Two British Sunderland flying boats were damaged off Norway. German claims of downing Blenheim bombers were denied. Royal Air Force fighters repelled two German raids near southeast England.
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London
Grom
Norway
Afrida
Bison
War Office
Narvik
Air Ministry
England
Royal Air Force
Calgary Sees About 120 Men Hired for Farm Jobs
In the past week Calgary reported roughly 120 men were employed in farm labor. Local officials note seasonal hiring trends as growers seek seasonal help and workers move between farms.
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Calgary
National War Savings Committee names joint chairmen
Ottawa May 6 Hon J L Ralston announces W H Somerville of Waterloo and de Gaspe Beaubien of Montreal named joint chairmen of the National War Savings Committee to launch sale of war savings certificates. Top figure and certificate dates to be decided as organization progresses. Fortified by past loan oversubscription, the drive seeks mobilized Canadian savings through certificates in multiples of five. Somerville is general manager and director of Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada.
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Ottawa
J. L. Ralston
W. H. Somerville
Waterloo
Ont
de Gaspe Beaubien
Montreal
National War Savings Committee
Col. Ralston
Somerville
Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada
Institute of Actuaries of
Norway Leaders Meet Britain As German Sinking Claim Is Denied
Two Norwegian leaders arrived in Britain for talks on Scandinavia war efforts while the admiralty dismissed German claims of sinking a British battleship and a York-class cruiser as untrue. Haakon VII’s government in exile received pledges of Allied support as RAF activities in Scandinavia continued.
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Norway
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Germany
Scandinavia
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Nam¢os
Haidvein Woht
Pr. Koht
Birger Ljungberg
Wohl
Paris
Narwar
Haakon VII
Theing
Cecil Dormer
Oslo
Royal Air Force
War Office
Narvik
Austro German Drive in Dukla Pass Pressed by Russians
In the Carpathians near Dukla Pass the Austro German army continued hammering Russian positions. French estimates put German losses at about 35 000 over two weeks of fighting across Meuse Woevre and Vosges sectors. The Second Battle of Krithia at Gallipoli opened its new phase.
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Ganadian Prosa
Carpathian Mountains
Dukla Pass
Meuse
Woevre
Vosges
Krithia
Gallipoli
Egypt Ready To Repel Attacks From Any Quarter
Alexandria reports Egypt ready to fight any attack as Allied forces mass in the Mediterranean. The defense ministry orders a week long blackout, with 60,000 British troops in Egypt and 56,000 Italian troops in the Dodecanese. Foreign observers cite Near East totals of 570,000 Allied troops and 600,000 Turkish troops under arms. Egypt bound by 1936 treaty to assist Britain in wartime.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Mediterranean
Dodecanese Islands
Mediterranéan
Italy
Egyptian National Defence Ministry
Mohamed Saleh Harb Pasha
Near East
Turkey
Balkans
Britain
Baseball Box Score Summary of Cleveland Boston Philadelphia and New York games
Cleveland ousted Boston 4 to 8 after a late rally as Hudlin and Hemsley held the mound for the Indians. Dickman and Peacock worked for Chicago in a 9 to 29 defeat. JY Rigney led Philadelphia with key hits as Potter and Hayes drove in runs. New York defeated Cincinnati 15 to 9 with strong pitching from Jambert and Danning backed by Thompson and Lombardi.
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Cleveland
Boston
Hudlin
Hemssey
Dickman and Peacock
Chicago
Philadelphia
JY Rigney
Tresh
Potter
Hayes
New York
Cincinnati
Jambert
Danning
Thompson
Lombardi
Roosevelt backs pact to protect noncombatants in war
President Roosevelt pledged support for any international agreement upholding the principle of protecting noncombatants in wartime after appealing to warring nations to refrain from bombing civilians.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Turkey Prepares For Emergency On Frontier
Sofia reports massed Turkish troops near the frontier with Greece with estimates of at least 50 000 soldiers. Bulgarias officials fear a breach of an agreement not to mass troops and discuss British plans for a Aegean corridor and a Bulgarian loan. Aimed at a Bulgaria Greece Turkey pact to open a land route for troops to Romania if needed.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Mediterranean
D.N.B
Turkey
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Karl Clodius
Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
Clodius
Hughe
Aegean Sea
Greece
Aegean
Romania
Political Crisis Nears For Neville Chamberlain
London May 6 The demand for a stronger war push rises as Chamberlain prepares to state in the House of Commons the Allied withdrawal from Central Norway. Critics demand government changes while sources note possible reforms including a small war cabinet Labor and Liberal inclusion and boosted aviation output amid a looming general war debate.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Norway
Yorkshire Post
Churchill
Commons
Times
Great Britain
Mediterranean
David Lloyd George
Labor
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