Roosevelt third term would reshape democracy says column
The column argues Roosevelt seeks a third nomination and likely election, noting his popularity and political skill could alter the democratic system. It compares American democratic norms with German autocracy, recounting an interview scenario with Hitler and Mussolini, and questions whether democracies inevitably drift toward autocracy.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Colme
Tom
Fuher
Weimar
Herr Hitler
Bis Free America
Dole
Andy
German forces tighten grip on Liege frontline and broader air raids
German reports claim forts near Liege in German hands and Belgian Dutch air bases heavily damaged as 72 airports are raided. Hitler directs operations from front with mass air attacks across Belgium France and Holland, describing the war as entering a decisive strategic phase.
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Berlin
DNB
Belgium
Liege
Netherlands
Nazi Attack Reported Invasions Reach Dutch Front
Allied and Dutch reports describe German troops pressing into the Netherlands with a focus on Rotterdam and The Hague. Dutch Beloo van Kleffens said airfields near Rotterdam were crushed but at high Dutch losses. Battles along the Maas and Waalhaven airfield marked intensified fighting as Belgium, Britain, and France bolstered the defense.
Clothes Afire He Starts New Blazes
Rollla Missouri May 11 14 Harold Heflin 19 stood too close to a burning truck and his clothes caught fire He ran into the nearby woods starting a blaze there Three acres of timber burned Heflin suffered a badly scorched hand as his only injury
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Rolla, Mo
Harold Heflin
Man beaten after refusing beer offer near Matlin and Brags
A man from S. A. says he was assaulted after declining a beer offer at a bar near Matlin and Brags streets. The 43 year old reported the incident to police on Saturday.
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Brags Streeta
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Crimadhalvons
Ting Saverely Hiraten
Lela
15 Day Shutdown on Oil Seen
A Texas rail commission member and gubernatorial candidate warns a 15 day oil production shutdown in Texas may be necessary this year. He cites poor industry conditions and excess stocks influenced by the European war. He predicts the first half of May and first half of June could see cuts. Transportation, energy, and regional impact are noted.
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Austin
Jerry Sadler
Texas Rail- Torch Commission
Texan
Sadler
Texas
Scandinavia
Woman Fires on Auto Prowler in Yard Incident
Mrs. W. B. Pratt of 328 Calhoun Street reported hearing noises in her back yard on a Saturday and fired at a man she saw beside her automobile. Police found no suspect located in the neighborhood.
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Peliever
W. B. Pratt
Calhoun Street
Producer Beaten in Mexico City
Theatrical producer Manuel Castro Padilla was recovering after a severe beating in Mexico City. He said the assault occurred as he left a theater and he identified assailants as followers of Presidential Candidate Manc Utl Avila Camardo, head of the government party of the Mexican revolution.
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Mexusio City
Manuel Castro Padilla
Manc Utl Avila Camardo
Choler
Government Party of the
Parliia
Grand Duchess Charlotte Reported Safe in France
London May 11 Reuters reports Grand Duchess Charlotte ruler of Luxembourg is believed to have arrived safely in France. The tiny nation’s citizens reportedly fled by automobile into France on the morning of the arrival according to the British news agency.
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London
Charlotte
Luxembourg
Frenen Soll
Reuters
Prange Thig Imarning
British Teachers Meet Ends Early As War Service Calls
Lindsay, parliamentary secretary to the board of education, urged the National Association of Head Teachers to end its conference today rather than Monday. He warned that by Monday every teacher would be needed at his school to handle children evacuated or at risk during air raids.
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London
Ennesh Lindsay
Board of Education
National Association of Head Teach
Nazi Crew Sinks Ships in Guiana Harbor
PARAMARIBO Dutch Guiana May 11 The crew of the 6100 ton German merchant vessel Goslar scuttled their ship in Paramaribo harbor today after taking refuge here early in the war. The Goslar's crew has been interned.
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Paramaribo
Netherlanas Guiana
Goslar
Maginot Line Battles Open War Across Low Countries
Paris reports Germany launched a large scale drive against France s Maginot Line and the invasion of the Low Countries yesterday with a division of 12 000 to 15 000 men. French authorities call it the first great attack while claiming the line holds. Fighting continues with French troops in two sectors and Luxembourg Moselle river areas seeing renewed activity. Dutch forces mop up German landings, and Belgian and German troops clash near the Belgian Luxembourg frontier as Paris endures air alarms and bomber raids on targets in France and German airfields. British headquarters say eight Luftwaffe strikes on Allied columns met firm resistance.
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Sing Carol
Tatarescu
Rumaenia
Germany
Belgium
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Waalhaven
Dordrecht
van Kleffens
S&f
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North Sea
Adolf Hitler
Low Countries
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Arion
Luxembourg
Weah
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Lige
Albert Cael
Croen
Maastricht
Roermond
Paris
Urst
France
Maginot Line
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Thralinck
Moselle
Netherlands
War at a Glance By the Av enuated Plane
London reports German airfield seizures in the Netherlands while Allied aid pours to Belgium and Dutch forces resist. Amsterdam center bombs kill twenty. Bruges bombed. Berlin claims swift forward attack with 300–400 planes on ground and 23 destroyed in air. Vatican and Rome react. Paris notes failing German assault on Maginot line. Swiss ready. Romania's Tatarescu cabinet resigns.
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Netherlands
Amsterdam
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Berlin
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Maginot Line
France
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Bucharest
Tatarescu
Japan insists on status quo in Netherlands East Indies
Tokyo reports that Japan has notified the major powers it will maintain the status quo in the Netherlands East Indies despite Holland's role in the European war. Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita reaffirmed the stance after a cabinet decision, with the Dutch noting their navy and air forces in the colony.
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Tokyo
Japan
Netherland
London
Eelto N. van Kleffens
East Indies
Holland
Man Injured In Fall On North Alamo And Sixth
A man slipped and fell at the corner of North Alamo and Sixth streets. Henry G Mueller of 430 Ninth Street was treated at Robert B. Green hospital for injuries sustained Saturday after the accident.
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North Alamo
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Readable forecast fragment notes moderate northeasterly winds for Saturday night and Sunday. Temperatures show highs near mid 80s, lows around 60 in San Antonio area and similar values across East Texas Meridian and West Texas regions with partial clouds and isolated showers in mountains.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Pius XII Extends Prayers to Low Nations
Vatican reports Pope Pius XII sent messages to King Leopold of Belgium Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg. He prayed for Belgium Luxembourg and protestant Holland to gain full liberty and independence amid ongoing European tension.
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British Protest In Rome After Embassy Staff Assault
Sir Percy Loraine, Britain’s ambassador, planned to protest to Italian authorities over alleged assault on two embassy staffers, George Ly Bouchere and Commander Redd, by men plastering anti-British posters in Rome. Two American journalists, Miss Virginia Cowles and John Whitaker, were dinner guests of officials when the incident occurred near the hotel of Miss Cowles, with posters observed on Via Treade.
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Rome
Percy Loraine
George Ly Bouchere
Redd
Virginia Cowles
John Whitaker
Miss Cowles
Italy warns Allied navy shifts world shipping risk
In Rome on May 11 Premier Mussolini praised a senate statement by Admiral Domenico Cavagiari under secretary of the navy that the disruption of Italy's shipping by Great Britain and France must change. The admiral cited the Allied blockade of Germany affecting Italian imports of cotton and raw materials during a navy budget discussion. Also in Oklahoma City on May 11 Walter W. Head of St Louis was re elected president of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America at the closing session of the colonel's annual meeting.
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Mussolini
Italy
Great Britain
France
Domenico Cavagiari
Germany
Oklahoma City
Walter W. Head
St. Louis
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of Alleviek
Colonei
War Stocks and Staples Rise in Early Markets
In New York on May 11 as markets opened, wartime stocks and staples like rubber and sugar rose on the belief total war would boost demand. The British air ministry claimed the RAF destroyed at least 50 enemy aircraft yesterday with others damaged or out of action. Amsterdam was bombed by a German plane, with initial reports of 20 fatalities.
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