Pepper pushes vote of confidence for President amid Senate opposition
Senator Pepper of Florida urged the Senate to vote confidence in President Roosevelt over foreign policy, but both parties pledged to block action. Pepper called the address forthright and said the public has a right to know where representatives stand. Colleagues labeled the move a disservice and warned it would delay unity and debate.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Wayne
Senate
Roosevelt
Florida
Germany
Italy
Congress
Rts
McNary
George D-Gai
Foreign Relations Committee
Ellender
Johnson
D-Cole
McCarran
New
George
New Niagara Falls Span to Be Among World’s Longest
The 950 arch span of the new bridge at Niagara Falls will upon completion rank among the longest arches of its kind worldwide. Builders note the structure will showcase advanced engineering and serve as a landmark crossing at the falls.
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Niagara Falls
Britannia Still Rules The Waves Despite Hood Loss
Report notes the British navy's striking power remains strong after the Hood battle ship loss. Axis claims of 25 plus ships sunk at Crete are disputed by charted sinkings versus Britain's total vessels on duty in Atlantic, Mediterranean and beyond.
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Hood
Axis
Crete
Britain
Atlantic
Mediterranean
No. One Nazi in America Arrested in New York
U S authorities hold Kurt Heinrich Reith at Ellis Island on deportation charges after officials said he lied about his visit to the United States. The former German minister to Austria, dubbed No 1 Nazi in America, was arrested at the Waldorf Astoria and removed following his role surrounding Chancellor Dollfuss's 1934 murder.
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New York
Dollfuss
Ellis Island
United States
Kurt Heinrich Reith
Austria
Waldorf-Astoria
Department of Justice
Rieth
Germany
Rileth
Adolf Hitler
Oil Shortage Grows Acute
Washington May 30 A threatened oil shortage in the east, hub of defense production, prompts government concern. Interior Secretary Ickes proposes gasless Sundays to conserve fuel. Roosevelt may urge voluntary curtailment of gasol ine use and expedite oil pipeline rights of way by eminent domain. Eastern supply strained by tanker transfers to Britain, affecting power plants and home heating as millions rely on oil.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
Congress
Deep South
America
Carol Finds Cuban Haven After Exile
In Havana on May 30 the former King Carol of Romania and Madame Elena Lupescu arrive with Chamberlain Ernest Urdareanu aboard the America. They endured escapes from the Iron Guard Nazis and a later Spain flight, now settling in a renovated five-room suite at the Hotel Nacional costing 540 dollars a month.
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Havana
Carol of
Romania
Elena Lupescu
Bucharest
Ernest Urdareanu
U. S
America
Iron Guard
Spain
Nacional
Strikes See Early Ends Say Leaders
Defense production chiefs welcomed rapid moves to curb labor strife on Memorial Day with several plant actions. Packard Detroit and Monsanto East St Louis saw wage boosts and immediate raises, while McKees Rocks paused shell output for an eight hour day. San Francisco bay shipyards faced a protracted 2000 machinists strike, with partial resumption and ongoing disputes over pay scales.
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Associated Press
Packard Motor Car
Detroit
Illinois Chemical Works
Pennsylvania Shell
Nashville
Packard
AFL
Monsanto Chemical Company
East St. Louis
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
CIO
San Francisco Bay
Noted Educator Dies at 82 in Washington
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Henry Hy vernal, aged 82, professor of oriental languages and archeology and head of Semitic and Egyptian Literature at the Catholic University of America, died here last night. He was the last survivor of the original faculty of the university, founded in 1889.
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Washington
Msgr
Henry Hyvernal
Catholic University of America
London Has Quiet Nights Amid Bombing War Noises
London records its 19th straight quiet night with no bombing since last autumn. Londoners carry on, alarms rare, and citizens comment on enemy activity, moon phases, and continued vigilance. Fire watchers stay at posts, home guards patrol with bayonets, and civilians endure the blitz with little comment.
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London
Jerry
Crete
Hitler
RAF
Fire Safety Features New Model Home
The All-Weather Comfort Guildway home at 321 Palo Alto Avenue by Sherman Lumber Co promises high fire safety using Johns Manville materials. Asbestos exterior walls and J-M insulation provide fire resistance and low maintenance while reducing heating and cooling costs.
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Palo Alto Avenue
Sherman Lumber Company
W. C. Sherman
Johns-Manville
Panama City
Johns- Manville
Childs Drug Company Expands with Modernized Store
Childs Cut-Rate Drug Company expands and redecorates to offer “real service” in Northwest Florida. Owners W T Childs and P B Childs announce a 100 percent air conditioned, large store with new fixtures and modern furnishings. They promise low price, constant new merchandise, superb buying power, and guaranteed quality and purity of prescription drugs.
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Childs
Cut-Rate Drug Company
W. T. Childs
P. B. Childs
Florida
Panama City
Drug Company
Soap Carvings Exhibit At Library In Panama City
Amateur American sculptors showcased through a National Soap Sculpture Committee exhibit at 416% Harrison Avenue. Entries from across the United States were selected from the 1940 41 contest, with top prizes totaling 200 150 100 and a group prize of 100. The show, arranged by Miss Bessie Norton, invites public view and details for a new 2200 prize contest ending May 15 1941 are available by mail or at the library.
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Harrison Avenue
United States
National
Bert Sharkey
Lincoln Terrace
Yonkers
N. Y
Vincent de Palma
Dennis Street
Roxbury
Mass
L. Claire Koch
Summit Avenue
River Rage
N. J
Sacred Heart School
Alva
Oklahoma
Poultry Market Prices in Jacksonville Florida May 30
AP dispatch lists live and shipped poultry prices for Jacksonville. Florida grade A whites and browns show varied per dozen and per pound rates, with ranges for shipped whites, mixed colors, and fryers. Leghorns and light breeds cited with general price bands, and rounders noted with small figures.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Camp Life GIs Create Army Lingo At Fort Knox and Camp Claiborne
Fort Knox Kentucky soldiers of the first armored division develop slang terms such as Gasoline Cowboy Barker and G. I War to describe gear people and maneuvers. At Camp Claiborne Louisiana the 34th division contributes its share of army argot in this vivid slang roundup.
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Fort Knox
First Armored Division
Big John
Shack
Camp Claiborne
Veterans decline mark end of Civil War veterans era
Washington reports that the Union and Confederate veterans are dwindling rapidly. Veterans administration records show fewer than 2,500 surviving from the 3,000,000 who fought from Bull Run to Appomattox as a pension system tracks about three deaths daily. The pension rolls list 1,673 Union soldiers and 44,428 dependents, while southern state records show 828 soldiers and 16,668 widows on April 1. The federal system runs 11 homes for Union veterans and the South maintains one home at Atlanta with six gray-clad residents. Richmond closed its home two months earlier when the last veteran died.
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Washington
Bull Run
Appomatox
Veterans Administration
Grand Army of the Republic
Veterans Bureau
Richmond
South
Atlanta
Lingo Embraces List of Curious Product Names
A quirky catalog of odd phrasing includes Armored Cow and Motorized Dandruff among items like canned milk, Army Strawberries, prunes, North Dakota Rice, hot cereal, and Chicago Atomizer. The collection blends playful product names with brief notes such as a Behavior Report and Sugar Report, plus letters to a girlfriend.
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North Dakota
Chicago
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