Iraqi Air Attacks Hit British Positions Near Basra and Mosul
Nazi air raids reported against British forces in Iraq with German and Italian planes striking Habbaniyah and Mosul airfields. RAF retaliations and Persian Gulf bombing listed. Iraqi communiques claim heavy bombings near Basra and claims of German and Italian air support reaching Syria via Turkey.
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Tigris
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Britain
Galra
Habbaniyah
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Syria
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Dellisty
Germany
Black Sea
Parla
Turkey
Dardanelles
Fyria
Teny
Cuolher Lendin
Acta
Rome
City wide roundup nets Germ war on New York streets
G men and city detectives joined in a large scale roundup across New York City to disrupt organized crime activity and detain suspected gang members amid ongoing law enforcement crackdowns.
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AEN Soundup
New York
Insi
G-men
City Detectives Tonight
Germ
Mele Jan Alleng
Attive Horns
New York Alley
Weather Forecast With Partial Details
Fragmented forecast notes light to moderate southerly winds and partly cloudy conditions. Mentions highs around mid seventies, lows near sixty four, with scattered thundery showers possible in central coastal areas and some unsettled notes across West Texas and Central regions.
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Antony and
Vleiy
Pryely
Caindy
Cexas
Mitnelred Uy Meriiinu
Lite Change Fm
Complete Tieup of U S Coal Mines Threatened
Complete halt threats loom as John L Lewis calls a work stoppage in the anthracite fields and threatens to pull soft coal miners from the Appalachian region. The stoppage could affect 110000 miners in northern Pennsylvania and 400600 in the broader Appalachian area, jeopardizing national defense with coal reserves shrinking. The move follows failure to agree on a new contract to replace the expired agreement of April 10. A meeting with Southern operators and union officials is set for tonight, while renewal of the stoppage could affect northern Appalachian mines and wage hour talks.
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New York
John L. Lawis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
White House
William H. Davis
Federal Mediation Board Ftoday
Southern
Ciizent
Eonin
Farm family of five slain near Aurora Indiana
Five members of a farming family were found killed in their home near Aurora Indiana. Jolson Agrar 65 his wife and three sons William 30 Lea 25 and a niece Mary Elizabeth Breadon were slain by gunfire. A neighbor found the cattle in a field and then discovered the bodies in the farmyard and home.
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Aurora
Ind
Aurore
Sat Jzun Binst
Jolson Agrar
William
Lea
Mary Elizabeth Breadon
George Sellers
Johnson
Denve
Sellers
Leo
Willan
Daniel O'Daniel Nears Senate Run Announcement
May 17 Austin INS reports Daniel O'Daniel aims to win the U S Senate race. A secretary of state note requires May 28 filing to run. Governor may address the public by Monday broadcast, with uncertainty whether he announces candidacy or speaks for a friend.
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Austin
INS
Lee O'Daniel
United States Senater
Seretary of States Office
Texas Building Up by 21 Millions
Dallas reports Texas building contracts for April 1941 totalled 40.8 million, up 21 million from April 1940. Residential work accounted for 15.0 million in nonfarm activity, with 5.5 million more than a year earlier.
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Texas
Dallas
Dallas Construction News
Servien
Ity
Peresidential
Syria Bombs Traq Army Aid Claimed By Catroux
A French radio report from Beirut said Gen Georges Catroux, commander of Free French forces, announced sending up to 800 tons of bombs and mine provisions from Beir Beirut to Baghdad to support Rashid Al- Gallant's forces against the regime. The dispatch noted French air units driven off Vichy planes and described moves to oust the non British rulers in Syria and its Damascus district.
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Gatroux
Syria
Beirut
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Vichy
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Damascus
Camp Lewis 36th Division Orders Restrict Female Attire
A garbled May dispatch from Camp Lewis reports artificial orders forbidding certain female attire within the camp. The directive, titled with references to officers and family members, requires wearers to adopt shorts and halter tops, while promising enforcement by male and family members.
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Camp Lewis
Camp Bowle
Tyre
Russia tightens travel, bans foreigners in Black Sea region
Moscow reports a government order restricting movement for diplomats and all foreigners across northern areas, Western Ukraine, Moldavia, Bukovina, and Central Asia. Travel requires prior authorization with route and destination details, and special permission only.
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Lins
Tussia
Hie Black Sea
Caspian Off
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Fra Bestad Noyleny
Ethles
Massey
Foreign Office
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Moldavia
Bukovina
Black Sea
Hostay
Gorkt
Dak Ofields
Central Asiathe and
Pay
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Jk Wig
Tobruk, Tobruk Moves In Libyan Front
Berlin reports German dive bombers sank several British troopships and crippled others in Tobruk harbor while Axis forces recapture Situm near the Libyan border. British naval attack on Bengasi repulsed as Situm changes hands for the fifth time in the campaign.
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INS
Tobruk
North
Attics
Situm
Stukus
Bengasi
Satum
Naat Ligh
Laiso
Fort Capur‘lea
Bidk Azelz
Bulletin
Allis Chalmers Strike Settled at La Porte Plant
Washington dispatch reports that the national defense committee announced settlements of the Allis-Chalmers war dispute at the La Porte Indiana plant where no strike occurred on May 7. One thousand one hundred sixty nine workers return to work Friday at the request of the defense body pending ratification by the parties. Details of the agreement were withheld awaiting ratification.
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Washington
National Defense Dediato
Allie-Chalmers
la Porte
Ind
Artion
Anton
Flames Fatal to Capron Woman in Kitchen Fire
Mrs. Jeville Palmer, 51, a Capron housewife, died after pouring kerosene on a kitchen stove flame. Fire spread as she rolled on grass with flames in her clothing, then she re entered to extinguish the blaze and was hospitalized later.
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Capron
Jeville Palmer
Aljone
Trade Principle Declared Now At Stake
President Roosevelt warned from Washington that the United States must be ready now to act in defense to maintain world power status. He called Germany a threat and said international trade under totalitarian rule would be a weapon for conquest, urging immediate effort to defend democratic principles and mutual benefit.
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INS
Roosevelt
E Nation
United States
White House
Germany
Lhig Agaression
Sal
Directors of Air Schools Organize in Fort Worth
May 17 report from Fort Worth says pilot training coordinators from Texas New Mexico Arkansas Oklahoma and Louisiana organized to coordinate data exchange. Dr Howard Barlow of Texas A and M elected chairmen with Dr Gorlel Holsayple appointed secretary of the group.
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Fort Worth
INS
Idan
Texas
New Mexico
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Howard Barlow
Texas A
Gorlel
Holsayple
P. Co. T
Choren
Vichy Nazi deal alarms U S in Washington
Washington reports the Vichy government agreed to allow German forces to use French naval and air bases in Europe and Africa. The accord prompts President Roosevelt to seize 14 French ships in American ports and draw sharp rebukes from the United States.
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Washington
Egreement
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Europe
Africa
Mull
Hail Saia
Germany
France
Hitler
Sex Scandal Year Given Involving 4A Rep
In Los Angeles on May 17 a report cites Virginia Lopes in Hollywood while a Weatherman notes 88 degrees Sunday afternoon with winds light to moderate. Sylvia Hammerine, 16, from Hibbing Minnesota, is described as seeking fame and connected to a case in which a county grand jury investigates charges.
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San Antonio
Virginia Lopes
Hollywood
Darboc
Sylvia Hammaine
Three Men Die in Auto Train Crash in Illinois
In suburban Lombard Illinois three men were killed when their car was struck by a Northwestern passenger train. Victims were identified as Lemiva Stroade 36 Maywood William Schrader 30 Bellwood and Hears Payne 36 Hinsdale. The auto was carried two blocks before detaching from the locomotive.
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Toeny
Northwestern
Lemiava & Stroade
Maywood
Wiliam Schrader
Bellwood
Wid
Payne
Hinsdale
New Texas Camp Location Picked
The U S war department announced Paris Texas as the site for an army camp with details limited to an estimated 40 000 to 50 000 troops and unspecified technical requirements.
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Texas
Washington
INS
U. S War Department
Paris
Dallas Ice Man Found In Vault
Lee Proved to be the last today for]had cen bothered with heare Williams, Lee, 64, former dude[roubly for same time and tk was Pendent fer realne, believed a fear attack had caused Ler, who started to work ttsis dents, morning for the Republic ter cam. Survivors include his widow. bwa nity, was found ty on joe storarelscas and a. dangles.
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Lee
Heare Williams
Ler
the Republic
Bwanity
Joe Storarelscas
A. Dangles
Baby killer Prattsburg Ma May 17 sentenced to twenty years
In a tense case linked to enmity within families, Mia Aiken confessed to murdering her infant and mutilating the body. A jury set the penalty at 20 years in the state penitentiary, with prosecutors alleging a chilling act tied to rivalries between kin.
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State
Dakar Falls Under German Control, French Reports Say
A French source in London reports Dakar, the port and air bases of French West Africa, seized by German forces. Infiltration of German technicians into Martinique and other Caribbean concerns is cited, with fears of German naval use of the vast French fleet. The move would give Germany bases near South America and South Africa, prompting calls in Washington for U S forces to occupy Dakar.
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Henri Petain Sli
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Hindenburg
Hitler
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London
UNS
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Mars
Port de Fries
Cireles
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Hebret
Dakar
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Pepper
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America
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Sully
Britain
South America
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Natal
Brazil
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Africa
Cape of Good Hope
India
Far East
Reich
Armistice Commission
Russia and Iraq sign an agreement reported by London station
A London radio broadcast quoted Moscow sources claiming Russia and Iraq have signed a diplomatic and commercial pact. The report, aired via the British wire service CBS, mentions Ankara and Turkey as points of reference in the world coalition outlook.
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Insi
Russia
Iraq
London Radio Tonight
Haye Sighell &Iplomatic
Ankara
London
Moscow
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