Seven Member Defense Board Announced
President Roosevelt names a seven member national defense commission to oversee a new military expansion program amid a $3 297 009 452 defense drive. The panel includes Knudsen of GM and Stettinius of U S Steel, with full and part time coordinators from industry labor and government to guide production employment pricing and materials.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
treasury
Congress
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Harry Woodring
Louis Johnson
George C. Marshall
army
national defense commission
White House
Stephen T. Early
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Edward K Stettinius, Jr
U. S. Steel Corporation
Senate
Warren R. Austin
Knudsen
Stettinius
Sorettinius
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Board
Ralph Budd
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Leon Henderson
Securities and Exchange Commission
Harriet Elliott
University of North Carolina
Community Church School Planned By Elsina Association
A community Vacation Church School will be held June 17 to 28 under the Elsina Ministerial Association. The Methodist church building will host all sessions using the International Council of Religious Education curriculum. The school welcomes boys and girls aged 4 to 14. Ministers will appoint a director who leads a volunteer faculty from local church schools. Requisition opportunities will be available at participating churches on June 9 and June 16. About ten congregations are expected to participate.
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Elsina
Scattered Showers Likely Tonight Through Thursday Ohio
A Weather OHIO forecast notes scattered light showers tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Disturbances centered over Indiana and Louisiana, with a trough from Washington to Arizona. High pressure over Lake Superior extends southwest over the Plains. Light showers reported in the Ohio Valley and nearby regions.
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OHIO
Indiana
Louisiana
Washington
Oregon
Arizona
Lake Superior
Plains states
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Gulf States
Rocky Mountain
North Atlantic coast
Ohioans To Honor Dead Of Past Wars Tomorrow
Ohio observes Memorial day with parades talks and cemetery pilgrimages but in somber mood due to international tensions and a major arms buildup. Civil War veterans remaining in Ohio number about 59 of the original 50 000. The state highway department warns drivers on rural highways to avoid unsafe practices and notes accidents stem from driving on the wrong side speeding improper passing and other violations.
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Atlantic
Ohio
America
state highway department
Germans Claim Capture of Ostend Port and Artois Gap
Berlin reports the German high command says Ostend and the French industrial city of Lille have fallen as part of a push through Artois. Command claims the Artois gap is sealed, threatening annihilation or surrender for trapped Allied forces in Belgium and northern France.
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BERLIN
Lule
Ostend
Artois gap
Leopold
Yser
Ypres
Belgium
France
Lille
Fuehrer
Adolf
Bailleul
Armentieres
Cassel
Dunkirk
Allied Army Retreats Slowly Amid Enormous German Losses
Allied forces fighting for life on the northern front retreat yard by yard under German pressure while inflicting heavy losses. British expeditionary force and French units hold a critical position as American air power and French artillery support the fight. Dunkirk remains held and withdrawal plans proceed under Weygand.
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RALPH HEINZEN
PARIS
north
Curtiss
Dunkirk
Calais
Maxine Weygand
Ghent
Lys
Somme
Aisne
Rhine
Oberlin College President Warns of Nazi Victory Threat
Oberlin College President Dr. Ernest Hatch Wilkins told about 1900 students that the United States should stay out of the European conflict for now but warned a Nazi victory would threaten America. He cited public opinion, party stances, business interests, and unpreparedness, urging rearmament as necessary, and stressed global cooperation as essential.
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Oberlin College
United States
OBERLIN
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Finney Chapel
Wilkins
Lorain County's New Gas Well Produces Strong Output
Lorain County reports its newest gas well on the Charles Smith farm in Carlisle township produced 520 000 cubic feet a day after a shooting treatment. Drill started four weeks ago by Cushing Drilling and McMillen and associates, with 265 000 cf daily upon initial completion.
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Lorain county
Charles Smith
LeGrange Road
Carlisle township
C. A. McMilien
Cushing Drilling Company
McMillen
Elyria
Youngeberg farm
Mc- Millen
Alumni Group To Welcome 300 New Members
The Elyria High School Alumni Association will add more than 300 members at its annual meeting Friday night to welcome the 1940 graduates as members. The event starts at 8 15 p m in the high school auditorium with Aiis Axel Skjerne of Oberlin as principal speaker. Dancing with Jack Elton's orchestra follows in the gym. Details: reception, refreshments, and nominating committees led by George Tattersall, Jean Reid Gollmar, and Leroy Reisinger.
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Elyria High School Alumni Association
Aiis Axel Skjerne
Oberlin
Denmark
Jack Elton
George Tattersall
Jean Reid Gollmar
Leroy Reisinger
association
Richard Baird
Mildred Corfman Crowder
Marie Mueller Jensen
Frank Yoo
Memorial Day Observance Halts Chronicle Telegram Edition
The Chronicle Telegram will not publish tomorrow to allow all staff and their families to participate in Memorial Day observances. The holiday holds deep meaning for everyone connected with the paper.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria Plans Memorial Day Observance Across County
Elyria and Lorain County map a Memorial Day program with a parade at 2 p.m from Broad Street to Ridgetown Cemetery led by H. H. Griswold of Cleveland. The day includes American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars medal presentations and a closed‑for‑the‑day civic schedule.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Elma
Lorain
Broad street
Washington avenue
Ridgetown cemetery
H. H. Griswold
Cleveland
welfare
Bround street
West avenue
Griswold
American Legion
Molly Hudnutt
McKinley
Henry F. Ingersoll
Hamilton school
Eleanor Carr
Donald Fobes
Drafting Bill For Taxes For U S Defense
Washington May 29 The House Ways and Means chairman Robert L Doughton announced plans to introduce a bill to raise the national debt limit to 48000000000 and generate 656000000 in new annual taxes. The Senate Finance Committee began work on a defense financing program that morning with unanimous approval to proceed. The program aims to lift next year’s income taxes by about 10 percent and reflects revisions to yield 656 million dollars instead of 383 million. The drafting service will prepare the bill for introduction tomorrow. Main feature called for a 3 billion dollar increase in receipts and is part of a broader defense finance plan.
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WASHINGTON
Robert L. Doughton
House
Ways and Means committee
Doughton
Senate Finance
Coughton
Morgenthau
Narvik Falls to Allies as BEF Remains Intact in France
British authorities announce the Norwegian iron port of Narvik and nearby Fagernes and Forsneset captured from German forces. They say the BEF is intact, withdrawing toward the coast for possible embarkation, while fears grow of a near inevitable German invasion and Dover straits control.
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LONDON
U.P
Narvik
Admiralty
war office
Belgium
France
Fagernes
Forsneset
Norway
BEF
Leopold
Reisfjord
channel
Thames Estuary
Adolf Hitler
Zeeberugge
Ostend
Dunkirk
Germany
Straits of Dover
Hitler
Britain
Heavy new taxes announced to fund war effort
London reports Sir Kingsley Wood outlines a broad 100 percent excess profits levy extending to all British businesses. The move follows wartime controls on companies under government production and aims at flat confiscation of excess profits across trade and industry.
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LONDON
Kingsley Wood
Great Britain
Tax Proposal Seeks 45 Billion Debt Limit and New “Super Tax”
The plan calls for a national debt limit of 45 billion dollars and earmarking taxes to retire the extra debt. A revised 10 percent “super tax” on individual and corporate income would apply to 1940 incomes, due March 15, 1941, yielding about 226 million dollars.
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Doughton
Germany Fails to Surround Allies in Flanders and Retreats Continue
United Press reports indicate Germany could not encircle the Allied forces in Flanders and is executing continued retirements across the Channel to England. Allied evacuations through Dunkirk and Gravelines persist as Weygand’s plan favored retreat over a costly offensive after the Sedan breakthrough.
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Germany
Flanders
Channel
England
Leopold
Ostend
Dunkirk
Gravelines
Calais
Weygand
Sedan
Graduation Plans For Elyria Nurses School
Preparations were complete for the 1940 commencement of the M. B. Johnson School of Nursing at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Seven student nurses will graduate at 8 p.m. Friday at the Elks Hall with Dr. Paul B. Sears delivering the principal address.
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M. B. Johnson School of Nursing
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elks’ Hall
Paul B. Sears
Oberlin College
F. A. Smythe
hospital board of trustees
James A. Hewitt
Hazel West
school of nursing
W. W. Walker
Grace Lutheran church
Earl Kaley
J. H. Crumley
Gladys McCullough
Franz Gruen
A. E. Giles
Viola Grugel
First Methodist church
Frank L. Hicks
Alier Kenect
Almeda Martin
Dorcrthy Ryan
Elsr
Nellie Ferriman
Brunswalk
Pauline Johnson
Nank
Bisy Florence Moore
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UNITED PRESS
Grafton
U.S. Defense
Ontimes
J. W. T. MASON
LWSPA
appeays
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