FDR names Ickes oil gas czar in war drive
President Roosevelt designates Interior Secretary Ickes as national defense petroleum coordinator amid a broad war mobilization. The move signals possible gas and oil rationing, with Ickes coordinating industry priorities and production while plans for tighter controls unfold. Roosevelt also discussed Britain needs with Ambassador Winant ahead of his return to Washington.
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Ayde Park
Insi
Roosevelt
Bis Prozogain
Britain
Germany
Derald L. Ickes
John G. ‘Winant
U. S
William D
Hassett
Ickes
Ational
Washington
Hitler Aims At Azores In British Dispatch Report
London dispatch cites claims Hitler plans occupation of Spain and Portugal including the Azores to cut lines to America. Amid weather notes, a German naval crewman killed and six injured in a Canary Islands area payroll crash near Vigo as Naz provisional strategy outlined for a strategic triangle involving the Azores and Spanish ports.
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London
San Antoniqas
America
Billant
Fétler
Veel
Spain
Portugal
Azores Islands
Henry Dunbar
Bunday Dispatch
Aibler
Marseilles
Cavedona
Ise
Islands
Vatencia
Cartagena
Tana
Alcr
Spanish Morocco
Dispatch
EL Paso
INS
Sunday Dispatch
Yate Oyrit Danke
Gary
Ind
Azores
Vigo
French Warn Vichy on British War of Piracy Warning
Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan warned Britain against piracy and threats to seize French ports. He vowed France would defend its rights to use Ceely ports and resist attacks, amid reports of British air strikes and U S interdictions on French ships including the Normandie.
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Vichy
INS
Britain
Jean Darlan
Umea
Blix
Pranep
France
Lisel Fraves
Panky
Darlan
Paris
Admvttal
United States
Report on daylight saving to save wartime power
Washington May 31 Congress awaits a report from the offices of production and management on the advisability of nationwide daylight saving time to save power for defense needs. The House Interstate Commerce Committee, urged by a Interior Department security note, will decide whether pending bills merit immediate action.
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Washington
INS
Congress
House
Interstate Comuverse
OPM
Len
Calif
Ikla
Armistice Ends Iraqi War as British Enter Baghdad
British forces clinched a 29 day war with Iraq by pressing into Baghdad and securing an armistice. The Baghdad government agreed to British terms allowing the Near East legions to repel Axis influence while sovereignty remained nominal. Prince Abdul Illah was invited to return and help shape a new constitutional government aligned with Britain.
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London
INS
Britai
Iraq
al Baghdad
Scials
Nadsted
Iran
Kionaved
Bales
Near East
Une
Baghdad Security — Commission
Eing
Abdul Ileh
Baghdad
Britain
Abdul Ala
Raghid Ali
Themai
Rasud Ali
Cairo
Leh
Traqialt
Mosul
Rashid Ali
Three Children Die in Waynesburg Crash
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania a truck carrying families to a holiday picnic overturned at a 30 foot embankment. Three children Elizabeth Belford four years old Veranna Dunn thirty and Ruth Daugherty nine were killed. Three other people were injured in the wreck.
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Waynesburg
Eliabeth Eleanor Belford
Vexanna Dunn
Ruth Daugherty
Britain Rations Clothes as U S Aid Arrives
Britain imposes sweeping wartime rationing as American lend lease supplies reach the nation. Each person receives 68 clothing coupons annually, with strict surrender rules and a formal warning against coupon manipulation. The Egyptian Prince brings U S food shipments including 4 million gallons of storage fuel, 1000 tons of hour, and ambulances, signaling intensified wartime support.
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Britain
U.S
Tondon
Eny
Board of Trade
Wisconsin
Uae
Mass Air Battle Reported in Cairo
Cairo reports a large air battle over the eastern Mediterranean center with Royal Air Force fighters shooting down two German bombers in the Spartacul engagement. Axis planes were reportedly shot down and other aircraft observed in the combat area.
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Cairo
Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
Gghtera
West Coast Ports Raided by Nazis
Berlin announced German night raids on West Coast English ports. Prefatory heavy blazes were said to have been started in Liverpool and Hull as authorities reported. State tax figures show stamp sales in May 1941 rose to 25,998 dollars over the previous year, per Treasurer Charley Lockhart.
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Berlin
Englis
Highhy Command
Liverpool
Huistof Nna Cavaill de Wuies
Paar Ea
Austin
Charley Lockhart
British raid nearly killed Hitler in Berlin
London reports an RAF raid on Berlin came within feet of killing Hitler. The blast damaged his deep chancellery dugout, and aides sheltered inside as the dictator appeared terrified. The air raid triggered widespread alarm in Parliament and among London officials.
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London
Hitler
Berlin
London Empire News
Dublin
Ling
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity gains clarity
San Antonio and vicinity expect a cloudy Saturday night and Sunday with slight to moderate southerly winds. High around 90 Saturday, low near 72, and Sunday afternoon near 90. East Texas shows mostly cloudy conditions with possible upper coast thundershowers. West Texas partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
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San Antonio
Paroy
East Texas
La‘tal
West Texas
U S Moves To Relinquish Extraterritorial Rights In China
Washington reports a bold policy shift by the United States offering to relinquish extraterritorial rights in China as part of a broader stance against aggression. Secretary Hull and Chinese envoy Quo Shi Ghina discuss this move amid claims of U S pilots and mechanics joining Chinese forces, while Japan faces diplomatic and military pressure.
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Washington
INS
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
U. 8
Sergion
Ton & Broad Frank
Roosevelt
Japan
Brilan
France
Iply
Portugal
Germany
Netherland
Cordell Hui
Quo Al-Shi
Ghina
Ghignalinge
London
War and Navy Departments
Chinn
Chinvese
Sevice
Massive Jersey City Fire Destroys Waterfront Installations
A six hour blaze along Jersey City’s waterfront destroyed an eight story grain elevator, hundreds of barges and cars, warehouses and piers. More than 500 firefighters from Jersey City and nearby areas battled the inferno amid high winds. sabotage and unknown causes were investigated as ferries were halted and police cordons set. Federal authorities and coast guard rushed to the scene as thousands of tons of grain headed for Britain were lost.
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N. J
Britain
Erie Railroad
England
Erie
Brugini
Frome Jeresey
New York
Fort Henrack
Rosell
Bric Ratland Police
Doreay City
Noles
Hoboken
New ‘Jersey
Holland Tunnel
Pst
New Jersey
Theson
Erle
Bia
New York Five Domly Ana
Coastguard Duge
Gibraltar Under Fire Off British Port at Midnight
Sounds of heavy gunfire in the Mediterranean near the British fortress of Gibraltar were reported from Algeciras. The dispatch offered few specifics beyond the gunfire continuing shortly after midnight local time on Saturday.
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Vichy
Jina
Meditenanean
Gibraltar
Algeciras
Avithin
Interned Nazis Arrive at Fort Ling Camp
Two hundred twenty German internees, anticipated to reach 1500, arrived tonight at Fort Ling near Bismarck after leaving New York last Thursday in a special train. They were then sent by deck to the fort.
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Bismarck
N. PD
Fort Lingcont
New York
Fort
Haagh Takes In Arkansas and Tragedy Follows
In Arkansas May night a family in a blaze involving a thief left three dead. Beckman J. Voorhees, 63, of Dayton Ohio. Joseph Kosner, 59. and Mrs. Ken Her, 59, of Brriwyn U1. Kosner killed instantly, Voorhees died at Vineet Hospital Little Rock, Kospee died later from injuries.
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DE Valls
Ark
Secret FBI anti sabotage test near Boston reported
SABOTEUR BOSTON May 31 The federal Bureau of Investigation rushed to protect vital New England defense industries in what the Sunday Advertiser calls the first anti sabotage test in the United States. A prisoner was taken to an unnamed rendezvous near Boston for questioning by PBS men. Details of arrest and security concerns were withheld. Virgil W Peterson head of the Boston FBI office refused to confirm or deny the report.
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Fest
Gwen W. Kilday
Pyle
Pattney
Yates
Doerric Mertin
Aystem
Ray Asitgarth
Boston
Federal
United States
Nroteet
New England Defense Industries
Sunday Advertiser
Wra
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