Roosevelt plans six cabinet officers to oversee defense drive
Washington May 25 4a President Toovevelt aims to revive U S defense by creating a six cabinet officer and seven urban expert council to coordinate a 1.3 billion defense program. Aimed to speed up preparations amid senate pressure, the plan envisions a larger long range air arm and possible base expansion. Officials say the roster is being compiled but not disclosed.
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Washington
Toovevelt
Roosevelt
Twenty Mule Team Saves Movie Slump at Local Theaters
Review notes Twenty Mule Team boosts box office after a slump. Beery and Leo Carrillo star with Marjorie Rambeau and Noah Berg Jr in a western comedy. Points out good scenery and humor, with wartime clips and action on a British battleship.
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Death Valley
Minhom & Beery
Aly
Dartle
Lamour
Twinly Mules
Bee
Vy Beery
Leo Carrillo
Marjorie Rambeau
Carillo
Frank Tritters
Amd
Noah Berg Jr
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Dutien
Battle Along Rhine Front: French Clash With German Fortifications
A five hour battle near the Rhine sees French forces hammering fortifications dubbed Germany's “Gibraltar of the Rhine” as German reinforcements and air defense clash amid gunfire from fortress watchtowers and galleries. The encounter occurs along the Glein Rhine front with heavy bombardment and counter fire shaping a pivotal early phase of the engagement.
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Germany
Glein
Rhine River
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Reich
Taly's Entry Near at Hand
Rome May report notes Italy prepared for possible alliance with Germany as Musolini leads cautious moves. Broad indicators point to continued political maneuvering and a stiff stance amid European tensions as authorities weigh alliance implications.
German Offensive Advances Across France and Belgium
The German high command claimed encirclement of Allied forces in northern France and Belgium with 1,000,000 troops involved. Boulogne, Ghent, Courtrai reportedly captured as German forces breached the Lys river and eyed invasion of England. British outlook darkens amid reports of severe Allied isolation and rapid German gains along the channel coast.
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Belgium
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Ghent
Courtrai
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England
Convicted Teamsters in New York Indicted for Racketeering
Six members of Local 807 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters were convicted of conspiring to violate anti trust laws and the anti racketeering act. They allegedly interfered with interstate commerce and added nearly $1,000,000 yearly to trucking costs by extorting truckers through threats and violence in New York City. A federal jury announced no verdict yet, with potential sentences ranging from 41 to 12 years and fines from 14,000 to 35,000. The local faced a maximum $43,096 fine pending sentencing by Federal Judge Murray Hulbert.
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Masons Parade Shrine Ceremony Honoree in Houston
In Houston on May 25 a town parade marked the seventh annual all-state shrine ceremony with Wichita Falls leader Waller D. Cline honored as imperial adlentate of North America. A speaker urged masonry as a guard against threats to the U S government, praising education and character building. Shrine drills and ritual ceremonies followed the parade with colorful shrine drill competitions planned for the evening.
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Weather Wing Fragment Teems With Nonsense
Fragmentary OCR text describes wet conditions and disjointed notes about precipitation and prices. It mentions months, measurements and odd phrases without coherent events or clear entities. The readable portions fail to reveal a definite news item or identifiable people organisations places.
British Woman Is Air Raid Victim
A French Paris report cites that Mrs son, wife of the Salvation Army director of recreation, was killed in a German air raid near Atras, Mevon, Ga, while with the British Expeditionary Force. The dispatch lists places and names, weaving a wide-set weather and city update through the chaotic phrasing.
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Needs Found in War Games Reveals Air Corps Change
Army officers tested U S equipment needs amid European hostilities during Third Army maneuvers involving about 70,000 soldiers. Red forces beat Blue in a blitzkrieg style mock battle as pursuib planes substituted for dive bombers prompting renewed pressure to reestablish an attack bomber wing. Highways from the war zone were expected to be crowded as units headed home.
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Air Corps
Fragmentary OCR Item From Local Paper
Readable fragments hint at a note or notice but lack clear names or events. The text appears incomplete with garbled segments. no definite action, date, or entity can be confirmed from the available lines.
Gandhi cites Daitts h status in Bombay speech
Gandhi urges Indians to avoid unrest during a tense moment as British power faces strain. He asserts Britain and its allies will exercise restraint while pressuring Indians to support the war effort, claiming India was drawn into conflict by British actions.
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Ring Closed On Allies Faces German Counteroffensive
In reports from the front the Germans push west across Belgium driving into Ghent and Tournai while prisoners hold lines at Arras and Gembrat. Allied resistance grows in the sack area as German columns aim to trap forces by the sea then threaten England. King George VI denounces aggression in a broadcast, calling the rhetoric hypocritical and warning of consequences.
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King
Landers Warns on Preparedness and Air Power
Col Howard Landers of the U S A told a Plaza Hotel club meeting that military tools matter little without a vast industrial base and warned Allies misjudge war scale in 1984. He called New England the Achilles heel of defense and warned that capturing New York would yield overwhelming advantage.
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Funeral Held for Mrs Kilday in San Antonio
Funeral services were held for Mrs Mary Anyi Kilday in St Gerard's Church with many Bexar county officials attending. The 83 year old mother of Congressman Paul Kildey and former Police Chief Owen Kilday died after a hip fracture from a fall at her Harding Place home. Burial followed at St Mary's cemetery.
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Sponge Squad Adds 41 to Jail Roster
The police sponge squad added 41 names to the city jail roster after a Friday night operation from 11 p.m. to 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Forty-one arrestees included 28 for drunkenness and 13 for vagrancy, as head Sergi L. G. Dunaway described an effort to surprise residents wary of weekend police activity.
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War News From 25 Years Ago May 25
Twenty thousand nine hundred troops of the Mahan army corps invaded Austria as Austrians retreated to fortified lines. German forces knocked a finger into British trenches east of the Vere. a Kaiser-era drive was reported. Negotiations resumed between Russia Great Britain and France toward a mutual alliance as the war's first phase neared its end.
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Universal Fears of Communism and Fascism Unite Threats
A Hearst column decries communism and fascism as twin tyrannies uniting to threaten democracy. It calls for expelling disloyal propaganda, purging public service, suppressing hostile political groups, removing disloyal teaching from schools, and deporting those who undermine American institutions. The piece upholds keeping America out of war and free from foreign influence.
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England
United States
Hearst
William Randolph
Nazi Answer to King George VI Sparks Ireland Row
Dietrich, Nazi press chief, denounces King George VI as a hypocrite in a Belgian Empire Day broadcast reply. He blames England for the war, claims England incited Poland, sacrificed Norway and Belgium, and says England must bear responsibility for the conflict. The exchange follows Britain’s charges that Germany started the war.
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Fighting Still Furious in Lander
Front reports heavy fighting across northern France and Belgium as Allied and German forces clash in a widening corridor. French efforts push toward Cambrai with renewed artillery bombardments, while Allied air power targets German columns. In Belgium, the Sechelt front sees continued struggle as both sides press for advantage amid shifting troop withdrawals and reinforcements. Local war news notes a regimental dance fundraiser and community plans for instrument purchases.
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Parachutists Silent About Weapons After Dutch Bridge Takeover
In a wartime interview from the Netherlands, three German parachutists discuss seizing two Holland bridges near Moerdijk and Dordrecht during the invasion. They claim they held the bridges for three days until land troops arrived, mentioning altitude and ropes but declining to detail weaponry. They emphasize avoiding Dutch detonations and note a mix of injuries and fatalities among Dutch defenders.
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Trotzky Raid Glues Lagk In Mexico City
Spurred by orders of President Cir denas capital police and detectives focus on raming up the machtor gang after a group broke into Trotzky s home in Coyoacan yesterday and abducted exile secretary Sheldon Harte of New York. Police seek 20 men identity of attackers.
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Pastor Returns From Assembly
The Rev. O. B. Banders, pastor of the Alamo Heights Presbyterian church, has returned from the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian churches in Chattanooga Tennessee. He introduced a resolution urging the assembly to refrain from criticizing President Roosevelt's appoint ment of Myron Taylor as special representative to the Vatican.
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General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Ciuurenes
Chattanooga
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Roosevelt
Myron Taylor
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Two Women To Attend Missionary Meet In City
Mrs Edwin C Calhoun and Mrs L Batchelor will attend the judicial missionary conference at the Oklahoma City Methodist church next week. Batchelor is president of the Southwest Texas Woman's Missionary conference and Calhoun is a delegate from the conference.
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Just Edictional Missionary Conference
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Okletoma City
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Southwest Texas Woman's Missionary Conference
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