Vast Defense Study Based By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt said the nation is studying all possible technical improvements in offensive and defensive weapons. Congress will hear Navy Secretary Edison on modernizing battle fleet to reduce air attack vulnerability. He compared current debates to Civil War ironclad history and urged caution in drawing conclusions.
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Roosevelt
Edison
Monitor
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Europe
Congress
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Senate Appropriations
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
United States
Walsh
D-Mass
Nazi Invasion Delays Norse Girl's Wedding to Flint Officer
Miss Ruth Engelson of Bergen Norway and Carl Ellis of Newton faced an postponed wedding as Germany invaded Norway. Engelson, seeking her family in New York, suspended the ceremony indefinitely while noting she was among the last to depart Norway before the Nazi advance.
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Norse Girl
Officer of Flint
Newton
Ruth W. Engelson
Bergen
Norway
Carl C. Ellis
Elis
City of Flint
Engelson
New York
Haynes Dies in Detroit Home Pioneer Auto Leader
Frederick J. Haynes aged 69 a Detroit automotive pioneer and former Dodge Durant and Franklin executive died at his Detroit home after two weeks of pneumonia. He helped develop a booster motor for trucks later taken by General Motors. Survived by wife Clara Kester Haynes daughter Doris Burgess and grandson Alexander Burgess funeral in Detroit then Syracuse with services at Morningside Mausoleum Monday 2 30 PM.
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Virginia Park
Detroit
Syracuse
Mr. Barnes
General Motors
Mr. Haynes
Cooperstown
Samuel Irving
Charlotte Haynes
Cornell University
John Wilkinson
Syracuse Bicycle Company
Fulton
Toronto
Marquette
Mich
H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company
Michigan
Dodge Brothers Company
Horace E. Dodge
Dodge Company
Walter P. Chrysler
Durant Motors
William C. Durant
Haynes
Franklin Company
Mrr. Haynes
Anthony A. Henninger
Durant Company
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers Association
Clara.Kester Haynes
Doris M. Burgess
Alexander Burgess
Morningside
Local Weather Fight Ends With Broken Gauge Joke
In Mineral Wells Texas May 3 amateurs claim a point against the official weather bureau after a rain gauge shows a hole in the bucket. The city endured heavy rain overnight.
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Tav
Weather Bureau
Air Ministry reports heavy RAF strikes on Danish Norwegian bases
British forces carried out heavy attacks on German air bases in Denmark and Norway. RAF fliers attacked Ry in North Jutland, Stavanger, and Fornebu, with no RAF losses. Admiralty notes severe enemy losses in Norway and on transports, ships, and bases.
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Air Ministry
Denmark
Norway
England
Lake Salten Langse
Jutland
Royal Air Force
Stavanger
Fornebu
Oslo
Andalsnes
Admiralty
Fleet Air Arm
Trondheim
Varnes
His Majesty
Fort Pitt Hotel Sold to New York Chain for 825000
The Fort Pitt Hotel in Pittsburgh with 800 rooms was sold for 825000 to the Lebis Hotel Corporation of New York City. The deal includes land building and facilities, while the William Penn Hotel remains with the Pittsburgh Hotel Association and will stay under Statler management. The Lewis chain, which runs six New York hotels, expands outside the metro area for the first time.
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Fort Pitt
New York City
Pittsburgh
Lebis Hotel Corporation
Samuel L. Lebis
Pittsburgh Hotel Association
William Penn
Statler
Lewis Chain
Lewis
United States Battleship to Be Launched in June at Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York May 3 reports the 35,000 ton U S five North Carolina to be launched June 13 at Brooklyn Navy Yard. It will be the first battleship to enter the water for the United States since West Virginia in 1921.
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New York
U.S
North
Carolina
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
West Virginia
General Paget Emerges as War Hero After Norwegian Retreat
Prime Minister Chamberlain praised Major General Bernard Paget for directing Britain's night withdrawal from southern Norway under enemy pressure. Paget, 51, previously little known to the public, led troops, supplies and wounded to sea while deceiving German air scouts by daylight, drawing comparisons to the Gallipoli withdrawal of 1915.
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Paget
London
Bernard Paget
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Norway
Oxford
Army Staff, College
Camberley
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Russia
Kaiser Appreciates Greetings From U S Chicago
An unclear note reflects a ceremonial exchange with U S Chicago and mentions Navratil and Easter greetings. It hints at royal appreciation and a figure named George of England receiving felicitations in a stylized historical context.
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Kaiser
U.S
Chicago
Karl
George of
England
Arline Judge Granted Uncontested Divorce From Topping
Arline Judge, former film star, obtained an uncontested divorce from Daniel Reid Topping, a wealthy sportsman, in Bridgeport Connecticut. Superior Court Judge Robert Munger followed findings by State Referee John W Banks. Topping was reported to pay about 100000 dollars in alimony.
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Arline
Bridgeport
Conn
INS
Daniel Reid Topping
Smillionaire Sportsman
Robert ‘Munger
John.w. Banks
Topping
Morris ties 606 to 606 in Salisbury council race
In Salisbury Maryland on May 3, John Morris locked a 606 606 deadlock with his Democratic rival for a city council nomination. Officials planned a recount and possibly a special run-off election as Morris noted he lost by a single vote last year.
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Salisbury
John
Bob Morris
Morris
Betrayed by Half Sister ad hints at scandal
Ad announces a sensational story about a man and his half sister labeled Jane The other woman. Readers are urged to pick up the issue on page 19 and buy now at newsstands.
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Jane
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