Germans Claim Breakthrough in Flanders Encirclement
German communiques say Allied rear guards at Cassel and Pereringhe were encircled near Dunkerque as the battle of Flanders ends. They report mass prisoner captures and claim air and sea movements destroyed several British ships while denouncing Allied retreat efforts along the coast.
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Newark Airport Closes as Traffic Shifts to LaGuardia Field
Newark New Jersey May 31 INS Newark's 6 million airport ended operations after 12 years as traffic shifted to New York LaGuardia Field. LaGuardia reported a 24 hour record with 359 flights including 281 commercial transports, signaling a major airline realignment. Albany California May 31 UP Police chief responds to emergency call finds family cat tangled in an electric washing machine motor.
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Garment Workers Vote on Return to AFL at ILGWU Meet
The International Ladies Garment Workers Union opens a convention with over 20 resolutions urging reaffiliation with the AFL. Only one asks reaffiliation with the CIO from which ILGWU split two years ago. A New York cloak joint board resolution for early AFL return likely will be acted upon.
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Former Klan Chieftain Indicted in Georgia Mail Fraud Case
Former Ku Klux Klan leader Dr Hiram Wesley Evans and John W Greer Jr a Georgia highway purchasing agent are indicted on mail fraud and conspiracy charges The grand jury also charged American Burants Shell Oil and Emulsified Asphalt with Sherman Act violations The case stems from alleged taxpayer swindling and state corruption in 1937 38 with 4 422 166 gallons of emulsified asphalt bought at a $456 427 41 cost over bids Trial date to be set in Atlanta The investigation is described as just beginning.
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Ku Klux Klan
John W. Greer
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Shell Oil Company
Emulsined
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Lawrence Camp
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Greer
Georgia Highway Board
Atlanta
Plane Crash Kills Woman and Wounds Fiancé at Wurtsboro
Coroner Ralph S. Breakey of Sullivan County will conduct an autopsy today in the death of Dorothy Crabtree 22 Rutherford New Jersey who died when a rented monoplane piloted by Herbert Sargent 25 Jersey City New Jersey struck a tree during takeoff at Wurtsboro Airport. Sargent was listed in fairly good condition at Middletown Hospital.
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Sullivan County
Ralph S&s. Breakey
Monticello
Dorothy Crabtree
Rutherford
N. J
Herbert Sargent
Jersey City
Sargent
Middletown
Lawyer Loses Suit To Law He Authored
Mobile attorney William McDermott failed to save a client from a law he authored. The client was found guilty of possessing more than five percent dead oyster shell under Act No. 169 of Alabama's 1936 37 special session. He was fined ten dollars plus costs or ten days in jail.
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William McDermott
McDermott
Mussolini Signals Italy's Pledge Under German Alliance
The piece reports on Mussolini's stance with Hitler under the German Italian pact. It notes Likely secret response to Roosevelt and Clano's vow to honor engagements. It also mentions Italian fears of war and U S passenger ship changes as Europe teeters on conflict.
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Il Duce
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Count Galeazzo Clano
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United States
War News Forecasting Hitler’s Next Moves Amid Allied Strain
A war column analyzes Hitler likely next strikes including direct assault on England, a push into France, or Balkan action. It notes Italy’s possible entry, Goebbels and Mussolini at headquarters, and British French resolve to hold the blitz while awaiting German casualties and resources.
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France
Balkans
London
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