BRITISH GOMES FIRE AND RAF BOMBARDMENT REPORTS
London reports say R A F bombers attacked Hannover causing fires in industrial quarters while British aircraft hit Berlin Hamburg Cuxhaven Cassis Boulogne Dieppe. Coaster command targeted St Nazaire and Lorient with losses of four planes. Germans claim raids on Northern Germany with casualties and Berlin outskirts.
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London
R. A. FL
Hannover
Berlin
Hamburg
Cuxhevell
Cassis
Boulogne
Dieppe
Air Ministry
Coaster Command
St. Nazaire
Lorient Prange
Symmten
Mme Netherlands
Commounique
Germmany
Turks May Build Tracks for Nazis
Berlin broadcast reported that Ankara indicated a German Turkish Bulgarian commission would attempt to reopen routes linking Europe with Asiatic Turkey. The plan includes rebuilding two bridges destroyed by Greek troops on former Greek territory.
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New York
Berlin
Ankara
Europe
Turkey
Matsuoka Opens Talks With Russian Envoy in Tokyo
Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka confers with Russian Ambassador Constantin Smetanin in Tokyo. Reports say the discussion centers on European affairs after earlier sessions with U S Ambassador Joseph Grew British Ambassador Robert Craigie and German Ambassador Eugene Ot.
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Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
Constantin S&metanin
Matsuoka
U. S
Joseph C. Grew
Robert Leslie Craigie
Eugene Ot
Soviet protest over seizure of freighter Columbia
Tass dispatch from Washington reports Soviet Ambassador Gumansky protested to Secretary of State Byrnes against the detention in San Francisco of the Soviet freighter Columbia loaded with Argentine and Venezuelan wool and hides bound for Russia. Pravda carried the two sentence dispatch without comment.
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Moscow
Tass
Washington
Constantin Gumansky
Hun
San Francisco
Columbia
Russia
Pravda
Communist Party
Bub
Jews in France Face New Control Decree Anticipated
In Vichy on May 16 a decree is expected to create a super committee led by Vice Premier Admiral Darlan to regulate foreigners, especially Jews, across the French empire. The move follows a Paris raid that rounded up 5000 foreign Jews and left many refugees in Marseille jobless awaiting departure.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Jess
French Empire
Paris
Marseille
Taft Questions Roosevelt Power to Use Navy for Convoys
Senator Taft challenged claims that President Roosevelt can order the navy to escort merchant ships to Britain. He argued the president lacks authority without congressional approval and predicted a Senate majority would back a disapproval resolution. Taft suggested the Red Sea might be an exception outside combat zones.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Senate
New York City Urged to Strengthen Air Defense
The Bronx council urged Mayor LaGuardia to reveal steps for city defense against air attack and called for an air street to defend the metropolis.
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New York City
Bronx
F. H. LaGuardia
Danish Ministers Dismissed by Danish King in U.S.
King Christian dismissed the Danish consul generals in New York Chicago and San Francisco for cooperating with Danish Minister De Bauffman in Washington. The officials refused to return home.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
INS
Christian
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
de Bauffman
Washington
Weather and climate notes across stations and dates
The document lists temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation figures for multiple locations including Abilene Albuquerque Amarillo Atlanta Birmingham Boston Corpus Christi Denver Fort Worth Galveston and others. It notes monthly rainfall totals and future moon phases with broadcast times and a general warning of cloudy and clear conditions across the sector.
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Abilene Tex
X. M
Tex
Amaiille
Glondy
Atlanta
Gaowl
Clary
Avail
Boston
Mags
Bmicky
Brady
Ginude
Charleston
Denver
Colo
Detroit
Mich
Cidy Fe
Duluth
Ating
Oudy
de Evaneville
Ind
Fort Sith
Gtougy
Fort Worth
Galveston
Hatteras Nooo
Buren
Claude Jackeonville
Wal
Clear Kineman
Atle
Glade Kooxville
Tean
Clear
Hazy Lake Gilg
Colt
Calgary
World War Roundup Across Fronts In War News
The report details RAF and Allied actions in Syria Egypt and Libya with bombings on Berlin and Hamburg. British reinforcements rush toward Iraq Palestine and Libya while German advances in Syria face countermeasures. Rudolf Hess disclosures are analyzed by British intelligence as Germany claims his statements show British defeatism.
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Syria
Iraq
Palestine
Inaq
Air Force
Germany
London
Washington
U. S
Vichy
Normandie
Roosevelt
Salim
Egypt
Libya
Amba Alaji
Ethiopia
R.A. F
Berlin
Reich
Hanover
Hamburg
Cuxhaven
Boulogne
Calais
Lftwaffe
Rudolf Hess
Hesa
German Marshal's Son Killed In War Report
In Paris a municipal laboratory explosion killed two and injured eighteen. Meantime in Berlin field marshal Werner von Blomberg announced his son Major Axel von Blomberg was killed in action with the general staff.
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Berlin
Werner von Blomberg
Maj
Axel von Blomberg
Gir
CLAIMS JOR WIN IN CHINA HIGHLIGHTED BY JAPANESE
Shanghai May 16 Lieut Col Kunte Akiyama said Chinese Fifth Army suffered heavy losses in Southern Shansi fighting. He claimed 130 000 troops trapped and the Fifth Army surrounded by Japanese forces with fords on the Yellow River cut. He also said five Chinese divisions and staffs were killed as observers questioned the claims. Also notes a reunion event for former Hankins Normal College at Gorman on June 8 attracting 100 to 1500 attendees.
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Shanghai
Kunté Akiyama
Chine
Fifth Army
Shansi Province
Cief
Akiyama
Yellow River
Shansi
War News Highlights From A Century Ago
Twenty five years ago reports mention Germany issuing a four percent warning and German U boats, Allied claims of piercings in the south of Sugara, British troops taking many German trenches at Vimy Ridge, Paris under martial law under Reynaud, Roosevelt seeking a fifty billion defense fund, and Allies slowing the German advance on the Belgian front.
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Germany
Paris
Reynaud
Roosevelt
Salvador Hires U.S. Army Officer As Commandant
Lieut. Col. Robert L. Christan of the United States Army assumed commandant duties at the Salvador Military Academy in San Salvador. The U.S. officer arrives amid ongoing reforms and training efforts in the institution.
Flood threats ease as Rio Grande held in check near Albuquerque
In New Mexico the Rio Grande's surge threatened a 200 mile flood lane. Governor Milea said conditions looked better and engineers reported improved control after a rapid Santa Fe inspection. Roosevelt was asked for 25000 federal flood funds as crews of about 2000 men labored to reinforce dikes and levees.
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Albuquerque
R.M
Rio Grande
New Mexico
John Milea
Santa Fe
Miles
Roosevelt
Galorada
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