President Roosevelt seeks massive defense funding in joint session
In a high profile address to Congress, President Roosevelt requests 1 182 billion in cash and contract authorizations to prepare for a possible European war impact. He outlines immediate and future military needs for Army Navy and Marine Corps with aims to boost production to 50 000 planes annually and ensure national security amid global tensions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
United States
Europe
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Capitol
Texas Democrats Resolve Dilemma With Dual Backing
A political column notes Texas Democrats backing two candidates amid a dilemma. It discusses steering facesaving in Oriental and Anglo roots and recalls Vice-President Cactus Jack Garner's preprimaries move toward the presidency, with questions about Roosevelt alignment. Continued on Page Seven.
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Washington
Alderman
Europe
America
Cactus Jack Garner
Roosevelt
Garner
Southwest
Texas
Nine air raid alarms rattle Nancy through night
Nancy France reports nine air raid alarms with bombings throughout the night. No official disclosure of casualties is provided. The city endured repeated alerts as German raids struck the area.
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Nancy
France
Beveland and Walchern Islands Fight Near Scheldt
British and Dutch troops wage a lastditch battle for Beveland and Walchern in the Scheldt River Estuary as Nazi forces threaten to claim Dutch territory. Control of the isles would give the Germans a key base for submarine and air attacks on Great Britain.
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London
Beveland
Walchern
Scheldt River
Great Britain
Miss American Aviation Contest Seeks Air Title Stewardess
Mary Veronica Dawson of Montreal enters the annual Miss American Aviation contest held with the National Air Carnival in Birmingham Alabama.
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Mary Veronica Dawson
Montreal
Birmingham
Ala
Alaska Delegates Lead Democrats In Territorial Primary Returns
Unopposed Democratic nominee Anthony J. Dimond receives 8 650 votes for delegate in April 30 territorial primaries. Empire tabulates unofficial results from four divisions with full, partial, and absentee precincts, while other party races list Grigsby, Roden, Boyle and Sheldon among plaintiffs for state offices.
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Alaska
Anthony J. Disnond
Umnak
Alognak
Anthony J. Dimond
George B. Grigsby
Henry Roden
Frank A. Boyle
Robert E. Sheldon
William A. Hesse
Victor C. Rivers
George I.grigsby
Viewer C. Rivers
Edward D. Coffey
Don Carlos Brownell
Warren A. Taylor
Thomas C. Burchette
William A. Egan
Michael Hatton
Allen. Hornung
Walter E. Huntley
H. H. McCutcheon
J. McCutcheon
Theodore Nutbeem
Harvey J. Smith
McCutcheons
Brothers Vie For Marquette Tackle Posts
Milwaukee May 16. A pair of Peifers may hold the two tackle spots on Marquette Universitys varsity football squad next fall. Charles Peifer was a letterman last season and starred in spring drills along with his brother Jack Peifer a promising freshman.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Marquette
Charles Peifer
Jack
Senators Hear Alaska Development Bill Attacked as Trojan Horse
Senator Reynolds charges Interior Department plan to develop Alaska would admit thousands of aliens under cover of refugees. American Legion chief calls the scheme a Trojan horse of dictators enemies. Col Paylor argues to protect Alaska from alien population and focus on American interests as dialogue continues.
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Washington
Interior Department
Alaska
Senate
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
United States
Alauska
John T. Taylor
American Legion
England
France
Russia
Germany
European
Paylor
Reynolds
Europe
Anthony J. Dimond
Crisis Deepens in Europe as U S Warns Italy Exit Urged
AP reports a growing European crisis with U S consulates advising Americans to leave Italy at once. Yugoslavia considers general mobilization while massing troops on Albania’s frontier, seen as Italy's protectorate. Roosevelt seeks to calm tensions by sending another note to Mussolini to halt war spread.
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Associated Press
Mediterranean
United States
Italy
Europe
Albania
Roosevelt
Mussolini
British bombing attack unleashes on Germans
London reports the Royal Air Force conducted its largest bombing of German military targets in the East Rhine area. The night raid released many tons of bombs, setting fires and causing heavy explosions as German air defenses claimed destruction of 124 planes and 23 more downed. Allied air forces also attacked motorized German units in southern Belgium and northern France, delaying advances in some sectors.
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London
Royal Air Force
East Rhine
Air Ministry
Germany
Low Countries
Belgium
France
State coach cites rule cutting basketball injury risk
Colorado State coach John Davis in Port Collins on May 16 says the new intentional foul rule reduces danger of basketball injuries.
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Port Collins
Col
John Davis
Colorado State
Democrats Oust Holt in Primary Showdown
Nearly complete returns from Charleston WV on May 16 indicate Senator Rush Hall 35 Roosevelt foe and New Deal critic finished third in the Democratic primary. Judge Harley Kilgore appears to win the Democratic nomination for the Senate. Kilgore had been the youngest senator when named in 1935.
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Charleston
West Virginia
United States
Rush Hall
Harley Kilgore
Senate
Tanana Schedule Sail From Seattle to Alaska
The Tanana of the Alaska Steamship Company is scheduled to sail from Seattle on June and arrive in Juneau June 10 with miscellaneous cargo for Southeast and Southwest Alaska. Population of Stockholm is about 600000 with 42 percent married.
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Alaska Steamship Company
Seattle
Juneau
Alaska
Stockholm
Sweden
Brussels Calm Amid Luftwaffe Threat In World War I
A Brussels radio report says the Belgian capital is optimistic and calm despite German threats to devastate Brussels by air if troop movements do not cease. The forenoon broadcast notes confidence in the field army defenders of Liege and the Allies.
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London
Brussels
Liege
British Call for Firearms as Home Defense Forms, May 16
London reports that British Army officials urge private citizens to lend firearms to form a Home Defense Corps to counter a potential parachute invasion. The mobilization aims to quickly organize civilian defense amid ongoing threats.
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London
Stock Quotations and Dow Averages Reported May 16
Closing quotations for Alaska Juneau mine and other issues list gains and losses. Notable figures include American Can Curtiss Wright General Motors Kennecott United States Steel and more with a Pound value of 3.23. Dow Jones averages show industrials 131.06 rails 26.20 utilities 20.98. A note claims oil reserves found in the last five years equal U S production in the first decade.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Pound
DOW, Jones
Mech Forces Clash in Confusing European Battle
French, British, and Belgian troops counterattack near Namur as German mechanized raids push into Belgium and France. Berlin reports flag above Longwy but no military confirmation. Meuse fighting escalates into wide scale mechanized warfare as Antwerp and Dutch cities hold under pressure.
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Berlin
Longwy
France
Sedan
Associated Press
Belgium
Namur
French War Office
Meuse
Hague
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Antwerp
Dyle
Brown Bear Mission Arrives in Juneau May 26
The vessel Brown Bear of the Biological Survey is due to arrive in Juneau May 26 from Unalaska, according to the Alaska Game Commission. It will depart Unalaska soon and stop at principal ports en route, with Douglas Gray aboard and Captain John Sellevold at the helm.
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Biological Survey
Junea
Unalaska
Alaska Game Commission
Douglas Gray
Aleutian Islands
John ©. Sellevold
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Rease
Aegean See
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Taylor
Valdez
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Harry G. McCain
A. H. Humpheries
Harry I. O'Neill
Joseph H. Murray
E. E. Chamberlain
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Almer J. Peterson
Hal B. Selby
Ivan A. Wilson
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