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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1941
Page
16
London residents note a ninth night without bombs, the longest run since last autumn. Few comments, though some recall prior raids, with conjectures about a full moon and new German tactics. Fire watchers stay alert. home guardsmen with bayonets patrol as usual.
Washington reports to Congress that 28 ships loaded with war supplies for Britain have been sunk en route since September 1939. Officials note the total losses may be larger and caution figures are unofficial, with implications for U.S. naval involvement and support measures.
President Roosevelt rests at Hyde Park as war notes and plans for a new publication circulate. A second edition of his papers will trace the New Deal era and wartime strategy, with Rosenman guiding proofs ahead of a looming deadline.
In Yakima Washington on May 30 a Federal District Court ruled 71 Yakima tribesmen could not avoid the draft by claiming resident alien status. Judge Lewis B Schwellenbach dismissed the suit, holding Indians are citizens under the 1940 nationality code and that treaties do not make the tribe a separate nation covered by the draft law.
The 27 000 ton liner America, a key wartime requisitioned ship, is allowed to return to New York to strip furnishings and stores before Navy control. It will dock Monday and move to Norfolk Navy Yard Tuesday after transferring 325 090 worth of Hyatt goods and reuniting 200 passengers from a West Indies cruise.
United States women residents and a consular representative observe Memorial Day in Hong Kong by placing wreaths on American and religious cemeteries. The ceremony honors fallen service members in a solemn remembrance.
Turkey is spending several million pounds on new aerodromes fully equipped for night flying. The Adana aerodrome near the Syrian frontier will be modernized and new facilities are planned at Bulaf Samsoun Sivas Alyus Karahisar and kiagig with completion expected next summer.
John Winant American ambassador to Great Britain arrives in the United States aboard the Yankee Clipper and is met by special counselor Cohen. He will confer with President Roosevelt and likely reside at LaGuardia Field by 4 PM today.
Dr. Alexander Wiener of Jewish Hospital Brooklyn told the American Society of Clinical Histologists that a hereditary blood factor, Rh, can pass from father to fetus via the mother and infant fatalities may reach one in 200 births. The factor typically harms the baby and can cause a mysterious death after a blood transfusion.
The Miami Ohio area hosts the fishathon on Lake of the Cheropes as ten aerial bombs mark the start. A one and a half pound bass leaps into a fisherman's boat witnessed by Police Captain Giffin. About 2,000 registrants have joined for $2,500 in prizes.
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