Machinists Tie Up Work In Bay Area
AFL and CIO machinists strike eleven San Francisco bay area shipyards and drydocks amid defense orders. They demand higher pay and retention of double time for overtime. Washington warns drastic action is possible to protect National Defense program work. Picketing delayed until Monday for weekend.
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Wash
Britain
New Nazi thrust whispered in southwest Germany reports
Reports from Hungary indicate sharply reduced rail traffic affecting the public and fueling speculation of a renewed Nazi push in the southwest by Germany.
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Associated Press
Hungary
Germany
President Improves After Five Days Illness
President Roosevelt, ill five days with a stomach disorder, shows improvement as the disorder disappears and his temperature returns to normal. Rear Admiral Ross McIntyre, the President's physician, says he must stay in his bedroom over the weekend with no callers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ross McIntyre
Stock Quotations From New York May 10
Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4 percent American Can 79 Anaconda 26 Bethlehem Steel 71 percent Commonwealth and Southern percent Curtiss Wright B percent General Motors 40 International Harvester 445 percent Kennecott 35 New York Central 13 percent Northern Pacific 7 United States Steel 54 percent Pound 4.03 dollars Dow Jones Averages Industrials 17.54 rails 20.31 utilities 17.40.
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Quiet observance marks anniversary of German invasion
In the Lowlands anniversary of the German invasion was observed quietly in the Netherlands today. Wreaths were placed on the graves of thousands of Dutch soldiers and civilians killed. The Germans permitted no public services.
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Netherlands
Eagles of Ketchikan seek war
In Ketchikan Alaska on May 10 the Lodge of Eagles voted unanimously to urge the President and national leaders to enter the war immediately. The note asks for full commitment to join the fight against Hitler. Lord Beaverbrook says he has seen the film Destry Rides Again over 25 times.
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Alaska
Lodge of Eagles
Hitler
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Marlene Dietrich
Destry Rides
Roosevelt to deliver important address next Wednesday
Administration leaders say President Roosevelt is crafting a major statement for his Latin American Mission address to be broadcast next Wednesday night. A convoy showdown in the Senate and the Tobey resolution to bar convoys for British supplies will be postponed until after the speech.
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Administration
Roosevelt
Senate
Shots fired at CIO truck at Boeing plant Seattle
Three shots were fired at the CIO sound truck used to urge Boeing workers to oppose the AFL Aeronautical Mechanics' Union which now holds the plant contract. Von Wernicke, a former Boeing worker expelled from the union, fired from a passing green sedan, hitting the truck roof twice and the window once, narrowly missing passengers.
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Seattle
Boeing
CIO Sound
AFL Aeronautical Mechanics’ Union
von Wernicke
Destroyer Gilmer Damaged by Fire in Seattle
The U S Destroyer Gilmer suffered slight damage from a fire in the paint locker during the night. Four Seattle fire companies responded to the alarm. The blaze, believed caused by spontaneous combustion, injured torpedoman Russell Creek who was overcome by fumes but rescued.
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Gilmer
Seattle Fire Department
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Buti
Gullufsen Recovers After Sudden Attack
George Gullufsen, Federal Building Assistant Custodian, suffered a sudden illness several days ago and returned to the building briefly today while taking it easy.
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George Gullufsen
Federal Building
Ephedrin Discovery Highlights Washington Ag Focus
Washington reports that a Chinese drug ephedrin prompted new medical curiosity. Department of Agriculture botanist identifies and classifies a Chinese drug pillot, suggesting centuries of use for colds and digestive issues. Dr. Walter T. Swingle noted for expertise in Chinese flora. story continued on page six.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Walter T. Swingle
Strikes Will Be Probed In National Defense Work
May 10 President Truman asked for all information on strikes delaying defense production, especially in San Francisco and Detroit, to be handed to a Senate committee. He said the committee will insist on speeded resume negotiations or drastic action where work on important defense production stops.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Senate
San Francisco
Detroit
Truman
First Anniversary Air Fights Over Dover and Bombings
British and German airmen clashed over Dover on the war's first anniversary of Germanys invasion of the Lowlands. RAF bombers attacked Mannheim Ludwigshafen and central Berlin while Berlin High Command admitted fires at Mannheim chemical factories and civilian deaths. Dutch airmen flying American B-29s conducted operations in German occupied Norway targeting airports.
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Ludwigshafen
Land
Berlin
Norway
Italians Routed in Ethiopia as British Claim Breakthrough
North Africa patrols show no change. In southern Ethiopia British forces say South African troops drove Italians from a defense line a mile deep after heavy fighting.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Ethiopia
Submarine of British Sent Down Former King Carol Nears Cuban Home
At Bermuda May 10 the liner Excambion arrived with former King Carol of Romania and his companion Mime Lupescu aboard the ship. The Romanian flag flew from the bow and Carol announced plans to reside in Cuba.
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King Carol
Hamilton
Bermuda
United States
Excambion
Carol of Romania
Mime
Lupescu
Carol
Cuba
Italians Claim German Bombers Sink Submarine Near Malta
The morning communique states German bombers south of Malta attacked and sank a British submarine and damaged a torpedo boat. The report emphasizes enemy air activity and a naval loss in the Mediterranean theater.
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Malta
Associated Press
Heintzleman to Leave Washington for Juneau Trip
Regional Forester B Frank Heintzleman plans to depart Washington around May 15 to return to Juneau. Sanitary Engineer Kaarle W Nasi, director of the Territorial Department of Health Public Health Engineering, has returned to Juneau headquarters on the North Bea from Sitka.
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Territorial Department of Health
Juneau
Bea
Sitka
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