Senate approves 1.47 billion naval funds bill
The Senate passed the 1,473,756,728 navy appropriations bill with a 78 to 0 vote. It expands aircraft and shipbuilding, including 2,970 airplanes and 2,500 training ships, plus shore facilities and armor. Emergency funds total 472,276,000, supporting personnel growth and modernization of battleships New York Texas and Arkansas. The measure moves to the House alongside the army appropriation.
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Senate
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
New York
Texas
Arkansas
Navy
Marine Corps
House
King George to Broadcast Empire Day Message Friday
Buckingham Palace announced the Empire Day broadcast by King George at 9 p.m. local time on Friday, 2 p.m. Central Standard Time, to be relayed across the empire. NBC CBS and MBS will relay the broadcast from New York at 2 p.m. CST.
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London
King George
Buckingham Palace
Empire
Sandringham
New York
NBC
CBS
MBS
King George of
Great Britain
Youth Dies as Motorcycle Plunges Into Ditch Near Neenah
Ewald Hansen 19 of Neenah was killed when his motorcycle ran off Highway 125 near Neenah and fell into a deep ditch after hitting gravel and a wooden post. Randall Runge and Richard Hanselman followed. Hansen died at Theda Clark hospital. Coroner Dr. G A Steele said no inquest. He is survived by his parents, three brothers, a sister, and a grandmother. Funeral at Lawler's English Lutheran Church Saturday at 2. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Neenah
Ewald Hansen
Harvey Hansen
Union Street
Hansen
Randall Runge
Richard Hanselman
Runge
Hanselman
Theda Clark Hospital
G. A. Steele
F Evald Hansen
Keenah
Neenah High School
Hardwood Products Company
Robert
Harvey Jr
Richard
Virginia
Christine Gibson
Jefferson Avenue
Oshkosh
Our Lawmer
English Lutheran Church
Armold HK. Andersen
Buria
Oak Hill Cemetery
Churchill reaffirms no separate peace with Nazis
London seventh prime minister Churchill reiterates Neville Chamberlain's pledge that Britain will not seek a separate peace with Germany. In a world reply to a question on renewing the pledge to end all peace terms only with France, Churchill stated no deviation.
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Britain
Churchill
London
Neville Chamberlain
Briain
Germany
France
Sanction Seen for Change in Alien Control
A special house committee unanimously adopted a resolution for quick congressional approval of President Roosevelt’s plan to transfer the immigration service from the labor department to the justice department. The move, urged after Roosevelt sent the order, seeks faster handling of undesirable aliens and aims to take effect ten days after final passage and presidential signature.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Immigration Service
Labor Department
Justice Department
Congress
Senate
Warren
North Carolina
House Committee
Bombers Flown Over the Ocean In Air Ferry Plan
Allied air forces prepare to fly four engine bombers from the United States to Europe using an ocean crossing route abandoned by Clipper ships at war. British and Canadian pilots have bases in Canada awaiting arrival as Arthur Purvis confirms that a few bombers are already across and more will follow as fast as U.S. factories finish them.
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Washington
Europe
Canada
United States
Atlantic
Arthur B. Purvis
Anglo-French Purchasing Board
British censor seizes mail from Atlantic Clipper
Bermuda censors remove 22 bags of mail from the Pan American Atlantic Clipper which was forced back from the Azores by high seas. Mail to Britain and France remains. ship to depart for the Azores later today with censored items likely to be redistributed to the next carrierbound for New York.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Azores
New York
Briain
France
French Fight Furiously to Halt Invader
Paris battle lines shift as French armies reorganize to close the gap between northern and central forces. The central army with tanks planes and artillery clashes with German spearheads between Cambrai and Valenciennes, while British and Belgian units brace the Flanders pocket. London reports an extremely grave crisis on the western front as Germany claims Dover and Dunkerque bombardments.
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Cambrai
Valenciennes
Roy P. Porter
Paris
France
Abbeville
Flanders
London
Belgium
Berlin
Dover
England
Dunkerque
Appleton Child Fatally Hurt in Fall From Auto
Neenah special report recalls Beverly Crossart a four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Crossart of Appleton who fell from a moving car driven by her father on East Wisconsin avenue near Shattuck park. She struck the pavement suffered a skull fracture and died at Theda Clark hospital. Doctor G A Steele coroner said no inquest will be held. The father labored to save her as the coat tore away.
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Neenah
Beverly
Ray Crossart
South Memorial, Drive
Appleton
Wisconsin Avenue
Theda Clark Hospital
G. A. Steele
Oshkosh
Winnebago
Shattuck Park
Bridges Cancelled Speech At Wisconsin Young Republicans Meeting
Aides relay that Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire canceled his keynote at the Wisconsin Young Republicans convention in Eau Claire. The event drew over 800 delegates with Governor Hel and Robert Meckin named as possible attendees, while state GOP leaders F. L Gaulickson and Cleo Herrick remained on the program seeking a nationally known replacement speaker.
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Washington
Sixles Bridges
Republican
New Hampshire
Wisconsin Young Republican Clubs
Eau Claire
Wis
Hel and Robert Are
Jefferson
Tals
F. L Gaulickson
West Iselem
Cleo Herrick
Sea Styles Bridges
New Hampsture
Green Lake Hotel Burns Destroyed in Fire at Ripon
Flames swept the Green Lake Sherwood Forest hotel in Ripon early this morning causing an estimated 45000 dollars in losses. No injuries were reported as the Green Lake fire department confined the blaze to the main frame building. Fire started on the second floor near an electrical switch box at 545. The fire spread before crews could halt it though five hoses helped prevent spread to cottages on the estate. Furniture was saved from the lawn. The 1914 hotel had housed Camp Robin Hood preparations and managers expect to restart the juvenile program in cottages on site while construction details for a new building are arranged.
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Ripon
Sherwood Forest
Green Lake
Camp Robin Hood
Ralph Mapps
Kenny Chosen Keynote Speaker for GOP Meet at Green Bay
Kenny D. J. Kenny of West Bend named keynote speaker for the Republican state convention to be held in Green Bay from May 31 to June 1. Robert Bassett, convention general chairman, announced temporary officers including F. P. Cornelison as chairman and Mrs. G. G. Towne as secretary. Wendell Willkie, mentioned as a possible GOP presidential nominee, slated to address a rally May 31 with a preview May 20.
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Green Bay
Wis
D. J. Kenny
West Bend
American Legion
Robert Bassett
Bassett
Othrs
F. P. Cornelison
G. G. Towne
Waukesha
Maurce Coa
Former Outagamie Sheriff Louis Wurl Dies at 80 in Appleton
Louis Wurl, 80, longtime Outagamie County sheriff and former county board chair, died yesterday in Appleton. He had lived in the county his entire life and was a prominent local figure.
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Outagamie
Appleton
Wis
Louis Wurl
Iman
German Troops Close on Calais in English Channel War
Berlin reports German forces push toward Calais as Allied lines in northern France and Belgium bend under heavy losses. DNB notes strongest Allied force near Valenciennes and that attempts to break the ring between Cambrai and Valenciennes show limited gains. High command cites bombing of an English port and says a vast Allied army held in north France and Belgium resists fiercely.
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Joseph W. Grigg Jr
United Press Staff
Berlin
Calais
England
DNB
Boulogne
Winston Churchill
France
Belgium
Valenciennes
Cambrai
High Command
Adolf Hitler
American liner heads to war zone to bring home Americans
The S S President Roosevelt sails from New York tonight for the combat zone around northern Europe. It carries no cargo and will enter the prohibited area with state department approval and heightened safeguards. The ship is to reach Galway, Ireland, by May 20 and will be marked to avoid misidentification while diplomats inform belligerent capitals of its voyage.
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Washington
New York
Europe
S. S
Roosevelt
United States Lines
Galway
Ireland
State Departments
State Department
United States
Nazis Hold Many Farms in France
Washington reports the German army controls northern France including five of the 90 provinces. The occupied areas form a major agricultural region, comprising France’s largest sugar, wheat, and flax producing zones.
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France
Washington
Agriculture Department
War bulletins from Paris and London report new German push
The German army attacked the Attigny sector on the Aisne river late today, southeastern in force. British Blenheim bombers dropped nearly 100 heavy bombs on a German armored division headquarters, with six hours of raids reported as damaging and causing confusion over a wide area. German sources claim British troops are retreating toward the English Channel while RAF fighters score many kills over France and Belgium. Ireland’s deputy prime minister warns no one will enter Eire.
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Paris
Attigny
Aisne
France
Rethel
War Office
London
English Channel
Air Ministry
Ministry
Royal Air Force
Belgium
British Open Drive On Fifth Columns
Washington reports relief bill changes with House voting 124 to 107 to remove caps on federal project costs and allowances. London notes Scotland Yard’s blitz against Mosley and fifth column leaders, plus mass expulsion of 167 Irish Republican Army members as wartime security tightens.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Johnson
Oklahoma
London
Britain
Scotland Yard
Oswald Mosley
Mosley
British Union
United Kingdom
Archibald H. M. Ramsay
Home Office
Winston Churchill
Irish Republican Army
Ramsay
John Anderson
England
Germany and France Withdraw Troops Along Swiss Border
Germany and France pulled back most motorized divisions from the Swiss frontier. Border villages on both sides, crowded last weekend, stood empty as troops retreated toward Switzerland. Indications also said Nazi and allied forces reduced protection along the western lines.
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Germany
France
Switzerland
galleMagingt
Reward Offered in Slayings at Freedom
A $1,000 reward was posted by Sheriff John Lappen for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the double slaying of Mrs Anne Van Camp and her son William at their Freedom home. They were found dead May 41 from shotgun blasts at close range. An investigator said a 25-year-old Indian is wanted for questioning.
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Appleton
Outagare
Anne van Camp
William
John Lappen
Freedom
Raymond P. Dohr
Cromwell resignation accepted by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of James H. Cromwell as minister to Canada. Cromwell had been nominated by New Jersey Democrats as a strong candidate for United States senator.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James H. BR. Cromwell
Canada
Cromwell
New Jersey
United States
Weather summary from Wisconsin area records
The report notes fair conditions overnight and on Wednesday in Wisconsin with moderate temps. Milwaukee highs and lows from official stations include 73 and 45 degrees, with a trace precipitation of 0.02 inches. Northwest winds and a barometer near 29.60 inches accompany the readings.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Fair Tonight
Fnday
Northwestern
Fair
Milwaukee
Jacksonville
Sault Sie
Mane
Backstaff Obervatory
Boulogne Threatens Allied Line In Channel Port Fight
Prime Minister Churchill told the House that German forces have reached Boulogne, a key French channel port near England, with heavy fighting around the city. Fall of Boulogne would threaten Calais and any evacuation of Allied forces. German sources said a fall was possible or probable, but not confirmed. Churchill noted German advance behind Allied lines in Belgium and disrupted communications, with an outcome still uncertain.
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Wallace Carroll
United Press
London
Winston Churchill
Commons
Boulogne
Calais
England
Dover
France
Churchill
Belgium
French Channel
Abbeville
Plastic bodies to revolutionize the airplane industry
Van Nuys California reports army aviation expert Joseph L. Stromme predicted plastic aircraft could enable mass production of fighting craft. He witnessed testing of an all plastic airplane and said molds could replace individual production, signaling a new era of rapid, low cost aircraft output for military and commercial use.
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van Nuys
Calif
Army
Fighting Craft Co
Joseph L. Stromme
Army Air Corps Planning Division
Opinion In U S Rising Declares Buff Cooper
London reports Alfred Duff Cooper says opinion in the United States is nice and that recent weeks helped the Allies more than eight months of propaganda. He spoke at an English Speaking Union luncheon after a U S lecture tour.
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London
United States
Alfred Duff Cooper
Workers Strike Hits Lancashire Coal Mines
London reports a strike by underground and surface workers at three collieries in the Manchester district of Lancashire keeping about four thousand men idle. Unspecified number of workers demand higher wages.
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London
Manchester
Lancashire
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