German Glider Troops Invade Crete In Major Assault
German glider borne parachutists and air landings struck Crete, the government seat of King George II. Britain and London sources described the operation as the largest its kind in history with about 1500 Nazis reportedly in Anzac uniforms. Churchill told Commons Germany attacked Crete in great strength.
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Adolf Hitler
Crete
London
New Zealand
George II
Athens
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Associated Press
Grecian
Retail sales rise 15 to 22 percent above last year
In a May report, general merchandise store sales run 15 to 22 percent higher than a year ago with questions about how much current buying uses next year’s income. Auto demand shows shoppers trading in cars early, while defense spending and housing demand spur long lead times and future purchases.
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Paul Gesner
John Beckley
New York
News-Star Special News Service
Next Ll’s
J. C. Nichols
OPM
West Coast Shipyard Strike Expands Amid Wage Demands
A Chevron of walkouts shuts 11 shipyards in San Francisco Bay and Lorain Ohio with 900 CIO and AFL clout. Shipyards seek 12 cent hourly raise and overtime pay, halting $500 million in defense work at Lorain and Apollo Steel.
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Associated Press
West Coast
Fie
Lorain
Joln Frey
A. F. of Metal Trades Department
San Francisco Bay Area
Torrow
A. F
Kers
Bay Cities Metal Trades Council
Ohio
Lorain Yards
American Ipbuilding Company
E Lorain
C. S O
Apollo Steel Company
Apolla
Biloxi Air School to Train 24 000 Defense Personnel
Biloxi Miss May 20 194? Con solidated plan assigns 24000 personnel to a Biloxi air school complex serving 16000 students and an 8000 replacement pool. Construction to start June with initial staff of 20 officers enlistees. Site from L R railroad to Back Bay includes Biloxi country club area will feature hangars classrooms dining and 400 housing units. Government funds target about 12 million dollars with potential increase.
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Iloxi
Miss
Biloxi
Biloxi Country Club
Defense Housing
Iceland to become republic after union with Denmark ends
Iceland’s parliament votes to dissolve the 1918 union with Denmark and establish a temporary head of state. The king’s role ends as British troops remain in Iceland following the German occupation. Wilhelm Finsen notes continued loyalty to the Danish royal house.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Reykjavik
Iceland
Denmark
Christian
Wilhelm Finsen
Low Countries
U S Offers Two Ships to Ireland in Food Aid Plan
President Roosevelt announced the United States would sell or charter two ships to Ireland and provide 500000 dollars in food for the Irish civilian population. He said ships could fly the Irish flag and would likely carry more than the food sum, with Ireland planning additional purchases. No military equipment discussion has occurred. Ireland seeks transit ships from the United States with maritime commission approval pending.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Ireland
Eire
Maritime Commission
LaGuardia Heads Civilian Defense Agency Created
President Roosevelt set up an Office of Civilian Defense by executive order with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York to lead. The agency forms two divisions a protection board with federal and municipal representatives and a volunteer participation committee limited to twenty members from across regions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fiorelo LaGuardia
New York
Civilian Defense Agency
Board of Civilian Protection
LaGuardia
War, Navy and Justice Departments
Federal Security Administration
Council of State Governments
American Municipal Association
United States Council of Mayors
Green Named State Housing Rural Coordinator in Louisiana
Governor Sam Jones appoints Chester Green of the Public Works Department as state rural housing coordinator. Green cites assurances of more than 1 million dollars in grants to be distributed May 28 among regional housing authorities for multiple parishes, with rents projected at 4 to 5 dollars a month. He succeeds acting coordinator G. T. Owen.
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Green
G. T. Owen
Defiant Papago Chief Arrested After Air Guided Assault
In Tucson on May 20 a gun-toting posse guided from the air by United States Marshal Ben J. McKinney arrested Pia Machita, 90, and ten followers on the Papago reservation for assaulting a deputy marshal during an October arrest attempt. The capture aimed to quell resistance to selective service.
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Tucson
Ariz
United States
Pia Machita
Arizona
Papago
Ali-man_ posse
Ben J. McKinney
McKinney
Appointments by Jones Announced in Louisiana
Governor Sam Jones issued appointments including Paul Romero as police juror for Ward nine Lafayette parish to replace the late Eugene Landry. Also named were R Foster Kincaid and Frank lin parish school board members, Dan Broussard and Horace Comeaux drainage district commissioners, Eloi Girard and Joe Melancon drainage district No HU Lafayette parish, Louis Breaux and Dr Koussouth Comeaux Youngsville drainage district, and William McCollam reappointed for Lafourche Terrebonne drainage district.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Paul Romero
Lafayette Parish
Eugene Landry
R. Foster Kincaid
Franklin Parish
G. C. Hicks
Union Parish
C. C. Colvin
Dan Broussard
Horace Comeaux
Lafayett Parish
Eloi Girard
Joe Melancon
Louis Breaux
Koussuth Comeaux
Youngsville
William McCollam
Lafourche-Terrebonne
France ready to battle for lost colonies
In Vichy France authorities declared readiness to reclaim Africa's colonies seized by de Gaulle's Free French with British aid. Admiral Darlan travels to Paris to pursue collaboration talks with Germany while France vows to settle the rebellion with rebels alone and asserts full sovereignty over the lost territories. UK observers note potential German pressure and possible cessions of Togoland and the Cameroons.
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Vichy
France
Charles de Gaulle
Jean Darlan
Paris
French Information Office
Syria
Information Office
London
Germany
Togoland
Cameroons
Sahara
Roosevelt reverts Thanksgiving date to traditional Thursday
President Roosevelt announced that moving Thanksgiving up a week to boost retail business did not work and that next year the holiday would fall on the traditional last Thursday in November by proclamation. He noted last two years had seen the date advanced while many states kept the old schedule.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sanitary Barber Campaign Planned in Louisiana
Baton Rouge Louisiana May 20 L Barnhill secretary of the state board of barber examiners said an educational crusade would be launched to improve sanitary conditions in Louisiana barber shops. He noted deplorable conditions are not always the barbers fault due to lack of proper enforcement and deterioration over years.
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Baton Rouge, la
L. Barnhill
State Board of Barber Examiners
Louisiana
Barnhill
Invasion of Crete and World War II Actions
The report describes a German glider and airborne invasion of Crete with paratroopers landing behind Greek lines. It notes large Nazi contingents in New Zealand battle dress hitting key targets, British and French actions in the Middle East, and shifts in supply and strategic positions affecting Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. It mentions S. Zam Zam sunk with all aboard, including 138 Americans, deemed safe by German authorities.
Renewed Fight On Tax Method Is Anticipated
Washington reports that the house ways and means committee expects renewed dispute over the excess profits tax. The administration proposes to overhaul the tax method, targeting defense program profits and abandoning the 95 percent of average earnings base.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
John L. Sullivan
Treasury
Sullivan
Congress
Churchill silent on Hess flight questions in Commons
In London on May 20 Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons he could not discuss the Hess case and would not commit to a date for a statement. Vyvyan Adams pressed whether Hess’s departure to Scotland on May 10 was government sanctioned or part of a broader German government plan.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Hess
Scotland
Rudolf Hess
Vyvyan Adams
Captain Safe Smith Aboard Zamzam After Sinking Report
Captain William Gray Smith master of the Zamzam was reported safe along with all crew and passengers after the Egyptian motorship sunk en route from New York to Alexandria. The image shows him in Jersey City, N J aboard the Zamzam on February 24.
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William Gray Smith
New York
Alexandria
Egypt
Jersey City
N. J
Oil shortage may blunt Axis at war’s long haul
A government petroleum expert said Axis oil supply is so low England could win by bombing Germany’s synthetic plants and transport lines. Dr Robert E Wilson, head of the Office of Production Management, warned Germany’s war effort runs on about 5 percent of U S crude output and noted shortages hinder industrial agricultural and military production while diverting attention to secure more fuel.
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Chicago
England
Europe
Germany
Robert E. Wilson
Office of Production Management
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Washington
Reich
Italy
Hitler
Iraq
Mediterranean
Mediterranean Sea
Younger Settles Fraud Suit With State for 10000
George B Younger a local truck dealer settled for 10000 in a civil suit seeking 113370.56 against him and others including former Governor Richard W Leche. The judge dismissed Younger and his companies from the case though Leche Abernathy Thomas remain in suit. Remaining balance 87120.56 plus interest lingered against Leche and Abernathy.
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Alexandria
George B. Younger
Richard W Leche
R. C. Culpepper
Younger
Younger Motor Truck Company, Inc
Younger Motor Truck Company
Moton
James J. Smith
State Crime Comission
Leche
L P Abernathy
Monroe
State Highway Commission
James Thomas
Baton Rouge
Thomas and Younger
Leche and
Abernathy
138 Americans Among 322 Who Escaped Death
The United States sought full details from Germany on the 138 Americans reported saved from the Zamzam. Berlin officials said the liner was sunk with no loss of life, while stating 300 passengers and crew were safe in German occupied territory as officials noted the ship’s 26 days overdue.
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Washington
United States
Berlin
State Department
Associated Press
Zamzam
Africa
Egyptian liner Zamzam sunk by German raider in Atlantic
The 8229 ton Zamzam with 322 aboard including 138 Americans was sunk by a German surface raider. Passengers and crew are in German occupied territory. The ship had left Recife on April 9 for Capetown after leaving New York March 20. France is sighted as the likely landing area for survivors.
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Berlin
South Atlantic
Recife
Brazil
Capetown
Union of South Africa
New York
France
Vanguardists planned Chilean government putsch, police say
Chilean police announced evidence that Vanguardists, formerly Nazis, plotted a government overthrow. An attempted break into a Radical party convention last Friday night left one dead and four wounded, described as part of the alleged plan.
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Antiago
Chile
Police Investigation Department
Vanguardists
1941 Safety Record Reflects Yearly Accidents and Injuries
The record shows accidents to date this year 207 versus 178 last year. Personal injuries amount to 27 this year, 3 last year. Deaths are 0 this year compared with 4 last year. A traffic rule of the day prohibits stopping a vehicle except in emergencies on the same side as private entrances within police designated limits.
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