Unity plea from Roosevelt flags looming peril
Washington May 27 The president spoke in a radio fireside chat urging national unity and warning against treachery and foreign propaganda. He pledged military readiness to meet future needs and defended wartime defense spending as essential to keep the United States strong and secure. The address emphasized defeating divisive forces, protecting public morale, and warning of pacifist illusions amid rising global tensions.
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Roosevelt
Admni
White House
Potomac
Hopkins
Death of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia in Flanders Front
Berlin announces the death of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia from a heavy abdominal wound sustained in Flanders. He was the eldest son of former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, married to Dorothea von Galviati, with two daughters. The body was transported to Potsdam for burial.
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Flanders
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Prise Sly
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Bonn
Prin
Ceas Felicitas
Christa
Klels-Oxtsch
Cologne
Potsdam
Mear Berlin
War fever in the United States rises in Moscow article
In a Communist Party newspaper piece from Moscow dated May 27, Francis argues American bankers push the U.S. toward war for profit. The article claims U.S. bankers crave spoils from England and France, favor Caribbean island annexations and Greenland, and says American plutocrats fear the war’s end while the people oppose war.
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Communist Party
United States
England
France
Caribbean
Greenland
Dutch Indies
Roosevelt discussed U.S. defenses amid Europe rhetoric
Berlin dispatches report President Roosevelt spoke by fireside about American defenses and Europe European-only policy. Sources say Germany is not a Western Hemisphere threat and expects U.S. respect for Europe for Europeans while noting domestic political maneuvering linked to the fifth column.
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Roogavelt
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Germany
America
Europe
Armist? No Armies: Army of the Unarmed Proposed in Sermon
In Johnstown on March 27 a Methodist minister, Rev Willan K Anderson, urged forming an army of unarmed persons armed only with a New Testament and a hymn. He claimed a million unafraid walkers meeting the foe could break modern war machines without violence and volunteered to die without fighting.
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Great Roundup Interns German and Austrian Women In London
May 27 London home secretary ordered internment on the Isle of Man of all German and Austrian women aged 16 to 60 who had been under police restrictions. The mass roundup began at 7 30 a m with police cars and over 1000 detectives sweeping hundreds of homes. Most detainees were sent to South London after swift confinement following Sir John Anderson's decree to intern women without re examination by alien authorities.
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Home Secretary
Isle of Man
Avi
Sigantis
John Anderson
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United States
Young mechanic jailed for calling Churchill butcher
London May 27 23 year old mechanic Quarles Findlay was sentenced to three months in jail and fined 80 pounds after addressing Communists and calling Prime Minister Churchill a butcher. The event underscores tense political tensions in London.
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Churchill
Quarles Findlay
Hospital ships dock in England during war relief effort
In a south England port two hospital ships arrived carrying an undisclosed number of wounded from the British expeditionary force. A day earlier three hospital ships brought several hundred wounded, with reported 14 deaths en route. Casualty figures from the War Office lag behind as the western front escalation unfolds.
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Briton Off On Mission To London and Moscow
Sir Stafford Cripps, British Labour MP and Viscount visitor to Monrovia, heads to Moscow on an economic mission. The Soviet Union reportedly welcomed a British proposal to send Cripps, signaling potential progress toward a trade pact as preliminary talks advance and differences appear solvable.
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