King George flees Crete to Egypt en route to Jerusalem
In Crete Nazi parachutists overran areas near the royal residence as King George II and his Greek government flee to Egypt aboard a British destroyer. The king described dodging fire and ditches during a 72 hour escape across Crete before reaching safety with Emmanuel Tsouderos and other officials. Plans reportedly include establishing a government seat in Jerusalem.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Cairo
Crete
George
Greece
Egypt
Canea
Athens
Panzer
Ankara
Turkey
Jerusalem
Palestine
Royal Party
Emmanuel Tsouderos
Michael Pelairet
Wufe
Legation
King George
Roosevelt and the United States at war and congress
The speaker defends Franklin D Roosevelt as rightful president elected by the people. He argues opposition to the war policy should be voiced but not derail the mobilization effort, warning that defeat would harm the nation. He accuses critics of ignoring Hitler’s aggression and the need to support the government.
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Frankling
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Supreme Court
Inself
Tler
Hitler
British Seek Revenge For Ship Sinkings In Atlantic Chase
British air and destroyer forces comb the foggy North Atlantic seeking to reengage German forces after the sinking of the Hood and damage to the Bismarck. Admiralty offered no comment on German claims of damage to a King George V class battleship. The fight followed a sea clash between Britain and Germany near Greenland, with German press touting naval superiority.
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Ondon
Germany
Admiralty
Pland
Greenland
Britain
Governor Warns of Looming War Over Legislature Strife
Governor Sam Jones, speaking at a memorial for John McNeese near Charles, warned that a year from now the state may face renewed conflict with entrenched Democrats amid civic decay. He cited democracy’s near collapse and urged lawful progress, honesty, hard work, and citizenry as revival signs echoed by Emma McNeese Squires and 50 members of McNeese College’s graduating class.
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Overnor Sam Jones
John McNeese
Louisiana
Emma McNeese Squires
Dior College
College
W. B.tcher
Charles
Radio relay league delegates hold Monroe banquet finale
About 300 members of the Delta division attended the American Radio Relay League banquet at Hotel Frances in Monroe. Charles Kelly chaired the convention wrap up as May or H. M. Williams Jr spoke, with John Huntcon and Dr. T. Parkinson among presenters. Frequency modulations and legislative oversight topics were noted, and next convention site to be decided.
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Delta Division
American Radio Relay League
Hotel Frances
Monroe
Charles Kelly
Hodge
H. M. Williams, Jr
West Monroe
John Huntcon
West Hartford
Conn
Washington, D. C
T. Parkinson
Department of Electrical Engineering
Louisiana State University
Allan Chapman
Dallas
Tex
Lewis Slater
Northeast Junior College
Mr. Huntoon
Rankin urges prewar agreement to save British empire
Representative John E Rankin of Mississippi spoke at Mississippi day in Valley Forge National Park and urged an agreement with Britain to preserve the empire and fleet without war. He said Britain’s collapse would be a world disaster and a deal now would be better than an unknown war impact.
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Valley Forge
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
Valley Forge National Park
Jones brands appeasers traitorous at Reserve Officers rally
New Orleans governor Sam Jones opened the Reserve Officers association convention with a stiff warning against appeasers. He warned of Axis penetration into South America and urged industrial and regional defense cohesion, praising Louisiana despite defense industry concentration outside the south.
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New Orleans
Sam Jones
Reserve Officers Association
South America
Europe
Norway
Denmark
Jones
Western Hemisphere
South
Louisiana
Screwy News By Gladwin Hill Bright doings of clever-children edition
A playful roundup of young mischief from across the nation. Five and seven year old brothers steal a family car for a 65 mile per hour spin in Des Plaines Illinois. A Cincinnati boy phones police about his sister's punch to him. A Savannah boy has a penny removed from his throat while his cousin swallows one to ride along. A Readsboro Vermont girl gains town fame and prompts candy abstinence requests from parents. A Columbus Georgia train jumps the track then resumes. Salmon Idaho residents find a dam ordered to be built already complete.
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Gladwin Hill
New York
News-Star Special News Service
Des Plaines
Ill
Cincinnati
Savannah
Readsboro
Jones says police under long Gestapo in Louisiana
Governor Sam Jones denounced the prior state police as a harum scarum Gestapo and cited gains under his term. He noted 473 stolen cars recovered and 129 thieves caught in the past year, versus 82 and 42 previously, with fines and licenses rising from 153 045.25 to 930 812.69.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Youth Diver Breaks Back In Boeuf River Incident
John Hedricks 19, son of Mrs Annie Hedricks, broke his back while diving from a tree into the Boeuf river about ten miles from Oak Grove Louisiana. He was rushed for first aid then sent to New Orleans for hospital care on a Missouri Pacific train after companions rescued him.
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Angel Hernandes
Charles Neis
Brooklyn Tower
Manhattan Bridge
New York
Hernandes
East River
Oak Grove
John Hedricks
Annie Hedricks
Boeuf River
New Orleans
Missouri Pacific
Eight Die in Train Auto Crash at Grade Crossing
At Upper Sandusky Ohio eight Michigan residents die when a Pennsylvania Railroad Trail Blazer rear ends their car at 70 mph. Victims include Billy Eliseck and Stella Eliseck of Saginaw with three children, Virginia Okraska, Edmund Jurczak of Hamtramck, and Helen Okraska. The group had been visiting in Richwood Ohio.
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Upper Sandusky
Michigan
Billy Eliseck
Saginaw
Stella
Patricia Ann
William
Ronald
Helen Okraska
Virginia
Edmund Jurczak
Hamtramck
Pennsylvania Railroad
First Aid Class For Housewives At Central Grammar School
A Red Cross sponsored first aid course for housewives will run at the Central Grammar school auditorium starting next Monday at 9 30 a.m. Mrs R M Troy will instruct. Interested persons should call 1357 at the Monroe chapter office to enroll.
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Red Cross
Central Grammar School
R. M. Troy
Red Cross Chapter
Monroe
Sharp German Warning Moves US Toward Self Defense
Washington reports Secretary Hull accused Germany of using threats to stop real US defense. Raeder warned naval operations would mean shooting, tying to world conquest by force. Amid Japanese seizure of 10 million dollars in goods, Congress eyed Roosevelt’s fire side chat and possible neutrality act shifts.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
United States
Erich Raeder
Stephen Early
Berlin
Roosevelt
Early
Raeder
Hitler
Europe
Congress
Roosvelt
Manufacturers Urge Curbs on Installment Buying
Chicago May 26 Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers urged curtailment of installment buying saying it creates extra buying power that bids up prices and fuels inflation. A resolution called for larger down payments and shortened loan terms by lenders and for consistent policies across public and private credit providers.
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Chicago
National Association of Manufacturers
Wealthy Woman of Mystery McCormick Dies at 80
Mary Virginia McCormick 80, recluse heiress and daughter of Cyrus Hall McCormick, died after a three month illness at her Huntington Palisades home Quelinda in Santa Monica. Funeral services will be held at the mansion. She left a sister Anita McCormick Blaine and brothers Harold Fowler McCormick and Stanley H. McCormick.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Mary Virginia McCormick
McCormick
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Huntington Palisades
Quelinda
Pasadena
Iraq government under stress amid Basra riots and Crete war moves
Reports from Ankara say the two month old Iraqi government of Premier Rashid Ali Al Gailani may be breaking up after three weeks of fighting with British forces. Simultaneously 10,000 Arabs rioted in Basra endangering $2,000,000 in American farm machinery bound for Turkish cooperatives.
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Ankara
Turkey
Iraq
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Turkish Agricultural Bank
Basra
London
Madji Shefket
Associated Press
Crete
Hitler
High Command
George II
Egypt
Erich Raeder
United States
Britain
Roosevelt
Bismarck
President Roosevelt signs farm parity loans plan
Washington May 26 Roosevelt signs legislation providing mandatory 85 percent parity loans for cotton corn wheat rice and tobacco with cash parity and soil conservation payments to supplement when needed. He warns total aid must not exceed parity and sets loan rates for each major crop.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mrs Annie Henry Granted Second New Trial
The Louisiana supreme court granted Mrs Annie Beatrice Henry a second new trial on May 26 for alleged improper juror questions by prosecutors in her murder case tied to the St Valentine’s Day killing near Lake Charles. Burks’ conviction was affirmed.
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New Orleans
Annie Beatrice Henry
Lake Charles
Louisiana Supreme Court
Henry
Finnan Burks
Joseph P. Calloway
Houston
Tex
Calloway
Supreme Court
Burks
De Valera Denounces Conscription in Northern Ireland
In Dublin on May 26 Prime Minister Eamon de Valera denounced Britain's plan to apply conscription to Northern Ireland calling it a grievous attack on a fundamental human right. The Dail Éireann filled as he protested.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Northern Ireland
Dail Éireann
Niagara Falls Carborundum Strike Begins
A C I O strike at the Carborundum plant in Niagara Falls began this morning, with leaders predicting 100 percent effectiveness and potential disruption to grinding wheels and abrasives used in defense work. Company spokesmen expect little production curtailment, while 3,200 workers reportedly many remain on duty.
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Associated Press
Niagara Falls
Ravenna
Police Mobilization Meetings Planned Across Six Louisiana Cities
H B Fletcher of the FBI announces a series of meetings on police mobilization for national defense in six Louisiana cities during June. The sessions aim to unite law enforcement with the FBI in the fight against efforts to undermine national defense. Cities include Shreveport Monroe Alexandria Lake Charles New Orleans and Baton Rouge with dates June 3 4 5 6 12 and 15.
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New Orleans
H. B. Fletcher
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Louisiana
Shreveport
Monroe
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Baton Rouge
Crete under heavy assault as German forces breach lines
Allied reports say Adolf Hitler's air and sea–borne forces breached British lines west of Canea Crete and that New Zealand troops counter attacked amid heavy fighting. German command claimed reinforcements arriving from the Greek mainland and Berlin warned of continued bombardment while British hopes to hold Crete persisted.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Crete
Canea
Middle East
New Zealand
Candia
Retimo
Malemi
London
Mediterranean
T. B. Heywood
Rome
G R Futrell Dies After Sudden Heart Attack
Grayson Ray Futrell aged 23 dies from a heart seizure while shaving in a Rio Vista apartment bathroom at 224 1-2 South Grand Street. He had worked a bus route between Alexandria and Monroe, was staying with a friend, and his funeral was held at Pleasant Grove cemetery near Choudrant with Rev. E. L. Tanner officiating. He leaves a wife Verda Lou Futrell, mother Irma Hancock, father Tim Futrell, and brother Roy Futrell.
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Grayson Ray Futrell
Rio Vista
South Grand Street
Alexandria
Monroe
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Choudrant
1941 Safety Record Highlights Local Traffic Incidents
Accidents to date this year 215 versus 185 last year. Personal injuries to date this year 27 versus 31 last year. Deaths to date this year 6 versus 4 last year. Traffic rule of the day cites Section 59 (k) prohibition on stopping on sidewalks or cross walks except in emergencies or as ordinance requires, even momentary stops.
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Fuehrer
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Arsenal
National Defense Mediation Board
United Mine Workers
Southern Soft Coal Mines
John L. Lewis
G. R. Futrell
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