Ohio Gathers Up Wreckage After Gales
Severe gales in Ohio killed one person and injured nine as wreckage littered the state. Harold G Green 19 died when a motorcycle was blown off a road south of Greenville. Russell Caster 23 drowned attempting to swim the Little Miami River fully clothed. Wind toppled trees, wires and small buildings, damaged boats on Lake Erie, and caused injuries across Cleveland, Willoughby and Bedford with numerous store window losses and a triple damage incident in Akron.
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Ohio
Harold G. Green
Greenville
Russell Caster
Newtown. O
Miami
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Carl Rauch
U. S. 20
Willoughby
Rauch
Car Ranch
Mildred Ponsart
Harold Nickles
Charlotte Snyder
Bedford
Doorothy
John Morrill
J. L. Morrill
Ohio State University
Grace
Ralph Hamill
Lake Shore Country Club
Jerry Eskola
John Hall
Akron
Senate Approves Army Bill to Boost Air Land Defense
The Senate appropriations committee swiftly approved a peace record army bill authorizing 1 20 941 004 for 200 super bombers 2 200 smaller planes and anti aircraft guns and ammunition. It also covers 323 229 636 in contracts and a 132 000 000 blank check to the President to raise production with a June 30 1942 accountability report.
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WASHINGTON
senate appropriations committee
Senate
Congress
Weather Report for Ohio and Surrounding Region
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers Tuesday. Temperatures show little change. Low pressure from the Great Lakes to the Ohio Valley and high pressure over Atlantic Pacific and gulf states. Showers general in the lake region and Ohio Valley. fair weather elsewhere. Temperature changes unimporant.
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OHIO
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pacific
gulf states
lake region
Ohio Valley
United States
Germans Launch Ferocious Assault in St Quentin Region
Paris dispatch reports German blitzkrieg wedges attacking the St Quentin area near the Serre river and Sambre-Oise Canal as French, British, and Belgian forces counter in a fluid, high intensity battle. German advances were checked 65 miles from Paris amid renewed Allied efforts and French reorganizations under Gen Weygandt.
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St. Quentin
PARIS
Germany
Belgium
Serre
Sambre-Oise
Sedan
Rethel
Masked Bandit Robs Akron Postal Clerk for 600
Police sought a masked gunman who stopped Millard Watson a Postal Telegraph Co night clerk as he counted Saturday night receipts. The bandit fled with about 600 dollars after the hold up at a Akron area outlet.
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AKRON O
Millard Watson
Postal Telegraph Co
87 Year Old Woman To Receive Plymouth High Diploma
Eva E. White, 87 and resident of Elyma Home for the Aged, will travel to Plymouth Ohio to receive her long awaited Plymouth High School diploma from the class of 1876 at Friday night's commencement. Only two living members remain from the 1870 class, which was to be the first graduating class. the sudden death of superintendent William Gunsaulius prevented the ceremony then. The present Plymouth superintendent E L Bailey, formerly assistant county school superintendent here, invited Miss White and she accepted.
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Eva E. White
Elyma
Miss White
Plymouth
Ohio
Plymouth High school
William Gunsaulius
Lorain
Grim French Front as Allied Retreats Continue
British and Belgian forces withdraw from Belgian positions to comply with front line requirements while warnings of a grim situation in France persist. German gains widen the Sedan to Maubeuge bulge but advances slowed as Allied commanders, including Weygand, gain confidence and order a vigorous counteroffensive.
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LONDON
Belgium
France
Sedan
Maubeuge
Liege
Namur
Army Chief Seeks 10 000 Planes for Air Corps
Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall urged Congress to raise the air corps limit to 10,000 planes. Speaking to the House Military Affairs Committee, he noted the current stock around 2,700 and tied the move to a broader wartime plan for a 50,000 plane fleet within a year. The aviation industry met with Morgenthau Johnson and Capton to pledge cooperation to accelerate production.
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WASHINGTON
administration
George C. Marshall
army
Congress
air corps
Marshall
House Military Affairs committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Louis Johnson
Navy
Lewis Compton
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Johnson
Campton
Supreme Court Upholds National Bituminous Coal Act
The Supreme Court ruled the National Bituminous Coal Act constitutional, upholding wide regulation of the soft coal industry valued at about 2 billion dollars. It held that courts cannot examine the factual adequacy of tariff increases under the act, reversing a Customs Appeals Court decision and signaling broader tariff increases, including Japanese canned goods, remain valid.
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WASHINGTON
Supreme Court
court of customs appeals
Great Britain declares total war as Churchill vows sacrifice
Prime Minister Winston Churchill calls for the nation to endure the last ounce of effort in a fighting speech broadcast across the empire and to the United States. He warns sacrifices are necessary to defeat Germany and win the battle for island survival and freedom.
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LONDON
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Germany
empire
United States
Britain
Church
house of labor
Belgium
France
Sweden rejects German bid to move relief to Narvik
Sweden flatly refused Germany’s demand to ship material and troops to Narvik Norway for relief of the besieged garrison. Negotiations continue but Sweden vows to resist any violation of its neutrality. Hitler reportedly aims to protect Narvik but delays action due to western front blitzkrieg and risk of Finland and Russia aiding Sweden. A German force is said poised on the Gulf of Bothnia coast awaiting orders.
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STOCKHOLA
New York
Sweden
Narvik
Norway
Adolf Hitler
Swedish
Gulf of Bothnia
Hitler
Finland
Russia
Elyrians Start WPA Community Week With Dinner
More than 100 residents of Elyria and vicinity will gather at the Y W C A gym tonight at 6 for a dinner to open the Work Progress Administration It Pays Your Community Week. Speakers include Lina Evans Edith Metcalf Ona Holly and Mrs Leonard Tufford. A Washington broadcast at 8 will feature Eleanor Roosevelt and Col Harrington. Exhibits will be shown at Room 138 Washington school and at Garden Avenue Annex and Lincoln Nursery School Lorain.
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Elyria
Work’s Progress Administration
C. A. Gibbons
Lina Evans
Lorain
Leonard Tufford
Elyria Service League
Edith Metcalf
the
American Red Cross
Ona Holly
Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
F C. Harrington
WPA
Washington school building
Middle avenue
Sixth street
Garden avenue
Lincoln Nursery
Seven Injured In Weekend Traffic Accidents Here
Weekend traffic incidents left seven people injured and numerous cars damaged across Elyria and surrounding areas. Notable cases include Mrs. Henry Life sustaining contusions after being hit near St. Agnes Church, and four people hurt in a West River road head on collision blamed on a distracted driver. A separate Route 252 rollover injured four, while multiple minor Fender and backing incidents produced limited damage.
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Henry Life
Belavenue
E. W. Sharp
Canton
Lake avenue
St. Agnes’ Church
Elmer Bond
Bell avenue
Life
West River road
Elyria
sheriff department
William Sederis
East avenue
Peter Cavadas
Lorain
Joseph Lavish
East 33rd street
Sederis
mose
Cavadas
Sophia Lavish
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Sprague road
Admiralty says destroyer Whitey damaged by bombs
London May 20 The Admiralty announced destroyer Whitey was damaged by bombs and beached with four casualties. Whitley’s normal complement was 134 officers and men.
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LONDON
Admiralty
Whitey
Germans Drive Toward Paris From Peronne Front
Allied spokesmen said the German offensive in northern France was checked as German columns pushed toward Peronne and Saint Quentin near the Somme. French counterattacks under Gen Werygand were reported to hold Peronne and Saint Quentin while defending Amiens.
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PARIS
France
Peronne
English Channel
Maxime Werygand
Aisne
Rethel
La Fere
St- Quentin
Oise
San Quentin
Amiens
St. Quentin
Somme
Henri Bidou
L'Intransigeant
Crozat Canal
Maubeuge
Landrecies
Le Cateau
canal
Tergmer
Laon
Montmedy
Belgium
Wergand
Rethel-Montmedy
Fascist Leaders Warn Italy To Get Prepared For War
Rome May 20 Italy ready to enter the war on short notice Mussolini approves warning to prepare for war and Ciano says the nation is ready as soon as the word is given by Mussolini. Other fascist leaders had urged war and protests against the blockade of Britain and France continue.
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ROME
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Europe
Galeazzo Ciano
Milan
British Bombers Hit German Oil Reserves in Western Campaign
London reports British bombers struck western Germany targeting oil depots in Hamburg Bremen and Hannover. Night skies over the three cities burned as fires consumed vital fuel supplies amid advances into France and Belgium.
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LONDON
Europe
Germany
air ministry
Hamburg
Bremen
Hannover
France
Belgium
French Repulse German Attacks In Rethel Montmedy Sectors
French claims repulsed German attacks in Rethel and Montmedy near Sedan as General Weygand launches fresh mechanized and tank units to halt the Paris drive. German communique reports heavy Allied losses after counterattacks along the Sambre. Britain notes a slowed German offensive while Sweden rejects a German request to move troops and materiel across its north.
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Belgium
Maginot Line
Montmedy
Sedan
Reichel
Weygandt
Maurice Gamelin
Foch
FRANCE
Rethel
Weygand
Paris
GERMANY
Sambre
SWEDEN
Narvik
Fascist Leaders Warn War Preparations After Mussolini Rejection
Report indicates Mussolini refused Roosevelt's plea to stay out of conflict prompting fascist leaders to urge national mobilization and readiness for war. The claim highlights rising tension between Italy and the United States as global crisis deepens.
Annual Poppy Day Saturday in Elyria
Mayor Joseph Q Petre announced permission for the annual Poppy Day on the coming Saturday. The Legion, the VFW and their auxiliaries will sell poppies on Elyria streets to support welfare work.
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Joseph Q Petre
Legion
Elyria
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Ray Stone
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Stone
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R. D. Grafton
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Princeton avenue
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