Eden cites global unity for postwar economic security
Foreign Secretary Eden outlined a plan for a postwar order guided by free economic cooperation among Britain, the United States, and the dominions, with social security abroad and minimal interference in each country’s fortunes. He praised President Roosevelt’s policy and warned against German aggression, urging Arab unity and continued aid to reconstruct Europe after the war. He noted Arab support and Syria independence aspirations while stressing no imperial designs on Iraq.
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British Empire
United States
South America
Europe
Pekmen Ied
Roosevelt
Saied
Germany
Ain
Wei
Britain
America
Far East
Japan
China
Syria
Vichy
Iraq
Rashid Aliin
Nazis Renew Air Attacks on Britain Amid Weather Hurdles
Amid poor flying conditions the Luftwaffe renewed strikes on northwest east and southeast England and Northern Ireland while a small British bomber force hit targets in northwest Germany. Casualties were light but losses included at least one fighter over the French coast as Britain reported limited damage and continued air defense.
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Northern
Ireland
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Midlands
Isles
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House of Common
Liverpool District Bombed by Germans Claims
Berlin reports British night air raids on the Mersey River area and the lower Thames, with minor damage to one unnamed community. The communique says the Bismarck sunk British planes and destroyed an attacking destroyer, then set another on fire.
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Liverpool
Berlin
Mersey River
Thames
England
Bristol Channel
Bismarck
Crete Dilemma Shapes Axis Mediterranean Strategy
The article analyzes Crete's capture as a potential turning point in the Eastern Mediterranean. It notes Cyprus and Syria as possible German byways, with Crete enabling bomber reach toward Libya Egypt and the Suez, while losses in paratroopers strain the Nazi effort.
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Cyprus
Syria
Palestine
Egypt
Suez Canal
Crete
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Greece
Meediterranean
Hitler
British Isles
Crete battle dominates reports as German forces advance
Allied positions at Suda Bay face heavy pressures as German forces push inland with airborne reinforcements landing at Candia and eastward points. British observers warn of a potential Cyprus focus if Crete falls, while Axis gains threaten Libyan borders and Ethiopia campaigns progress amid scattered patrol actions in Iraq.
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Ers
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Gow
Candia
Crete
Cyprus
Greece
Mediterranean
Emmanuel Tsouderos
Middle East
Legation
London
Canea
Retimo
Halfaya Pass
Salam
Reuters
British News, Agency
Ethiopia
Dessie
Gondar
Assab
Unclear Japanese Axis Tilt Feared by U S Lawmakers
Reported mood among legislators suggests President hinted at possible shift in how Japan may drift from Axis ties. Some lawmakers inferred growing chance that Tokyo could retreat from active cooperation as business interests gain sway. Speculation swirled over Japan's undeclared war stance toward China and terms Chiang Kai-Shek might accept.
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China
Tokyo
Japan
German and Japanese Leaders Hold Extended Talks in Tokyo
German Ambassador Eugen Ott and Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka met for over an hour in Tokyo. British envoy Sir Robert Leslie Craigie joined a separate discussion with Matsuoka. talks touched on world crisis and Axis loyalty. Domei reports Matsuoka warned of a split between destruction and a new world order.
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Yosuke Matsuoka
Roosevelt
Sir Robert Leslie Craigie
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Domei
New York City
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Germany
Italy
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Japan
Batavia
Chuichi Ohashi
Gen. J. C. Pabst
Netherlands
Tokyo
Hunt 2 Boy Scouts Lost 4 Days in Maine Wilderness
Kokadojo Maine May 29 In a life threatening search two teenage Boy Scouts Melvin Davis 15 and Atkinson 14 disappeared four days ago during a fishing trip near Dover Foxcroft. Bloodhounds traced tracks in rain and fog but the route was erratic and the search covered rugged terrain away from the last sighting.
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Maine
Kokadojo
Attarte
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Dover-Foxcroft
AFL Moves To End Strike In Shipyards
The AFL executive council ordered shipyard machinists in the San Francisco Bay area to call off the strike and return to work. It backed a broad policy of mediation and warned affiliates to discipline unions that strike without resources for mediation.
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Aluminum Company of America
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Packard Motor Car Company
Detroit
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Western Pine Manufacturing Company
Spokane
Wash
Grant Dixon
R. L. Scott
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Pressed Steel Car Company
Me+ Kees Rocks
Pittsburgh
Aid to Britain Strategy to Be Concealed Likely
The article discusses whether a covert aid strategy to Britain is probable while noting the major focus on delivering goods. Roosevelt says convoys like 1917 are outmoded and stresses protecting merchant ships from submarines surface raiders and bombers with Atlantic patrols seeking target locations though not committing to extended patrol changes.
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Wheeler
D-Mont
America First Committee
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Taft
Ohio
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New York
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America
Alfred E. Smith
James M. Cox
John W.W. Davis
Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Philadelphia- Save Freedom Citizens Committee
la Guardia
Quaker City
Starace Replaced as Chief of Staff of Fascist Militia
Rome May 29 reports say Achille Starace is replaced by Lieut. Gen. Enzo Galbiati as chief of staff of the Black Shirt militia. Starace, Ethiopia campaign veteran, had been secretary general of the Fascist party. Adelchi Serena takes that post. Galbiati was inspector general of university militia.
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Rome
Achille Starace
Enzo Galbiati
Black Shirt
Starace
Ethiopia
Fascist Party
Adelchi Serena
Galbiati
Duce
Schmeling Reported Killed In Crete Paratrooper Action
Report says German heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling was killed during a Crete parachute drop incident after attempting to seize a wounded soldier’s rifle. Eyewitness dispatches from Greece note Schmeling departed a Greek airfield with early parachute troops.
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Jack Sharkey
Sharkey
Joe Louis
James Braddock
United States
Braddock
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Greece
Crete
Berlin Lacks Report of Schmeling's Death
Nazi informants said they had heard nothing of heavyweight Max Schmeling being killed in Crete fighting. They noted Germany would struggle to confirm any report due to poor communications with troops on Crete.
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Crete
Germany
Federal alien roundup to resume at Ellis Island
New York May 29 reported that the federal roundup of aliens will be renewed in a few days once more accommodations are ready at the Ellis Island immigration detention station. The move follows the transfer of arrested foreigners from western concentration camps.
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Ellis Island
Italians Land In Crete to Bolster Nazis
Italian troops landed on Crete's eastern tip amid heavy fighting between German and British Greek forces. The operation, confirmed by Fascist press, involved naval gunfire protection and claimed air force participation, aiming to open a new eastern front as German pressure to the west intensified.
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Garda
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