Americans Urged to Leave Great Britain Amid Rising Tensions
The U S Embassy in London instructed Americans in Britain to return home if possible as ships are dispatched to meet them on the west coast of Ireland. About 3500 Americans remain in the United Kingdom while officials described the military situation as very serious but somewhat better than the day before.
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Senator Gets Haircut And Spills The Beans
In a Washington barbershop chat the Senator shares views on political glamour, McNutt Dewey and a possible McNutt Parley ticket. He predicts Farley would back a 35 ticket if Roosevelt steps down, and hints at ongoing party dynamics continuing onto page three.
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Australians Reach Front in Egypt Sector
The British War Office reports the second contingent of the Australian Imperial Force has begun disembarking in Egypt. Units move to their designated area in Palestine and are described as in excellent spirits by commanding officers.
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British War Office
Egypt
Palestine
Two Captures Asserted By German High Command
Berlin May 17 The German High Command claims Brussels has fallen and the university city of Louvain seized in a swift advance. The reports emphasize rapid gains and strategic objectives.
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Brussels
Louvain
Children Moved Again from London to Wales
London authorities reported that children taken from London to Suffolk County on England s east coast were relocated Sunday to Wales in the west, part of ongoing safe placement efforts.
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Suffok County
England
Wales
Britain
Plans for Defense Expand Production and Destroyers
President Roosevelt disclosed government plans to recommission all remaining World War II destroyers including 35 more ships. A study is under way on financing defense plants possibly government owned but privately operated. The War Department asked Congress to lift the 6,000 plane limit to accelerate toward 50,000 Air Force planes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Congress
Hoover backs Roosevelt defense plan in New York
Former President Herbert Hoover unqualifiedly endorses President Roosevelt's defense program in New York. He says there can be no partisanship on national defense and that Roosevelt is right to push revision of the defense judgment.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Hoover
Juneau Visit Cancelled By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt announced after a news conference that he has effectively canceled his western trip plans including a Juneau Alaska visit due to war problems and the need to strengthen American defenses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Juneau
Alaska
Keynoter Urges Roosevelt Third Term Nomination in Idaho
Senator Worth Clark keynoted the Idaho Democratic State Nomination Convention at Twin Falls urging that President Roosevelt receive a third term by acclamation. He argued there is nothing in the law or elsewhere to justify criticism of a third term and said the President should have the nomination by acclamation if he desires it.
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Argentine cancels Rome to Buenos Aires air line plan
The Argentine Government announces the annulment of a March law approving the establishment of an air line between Rome and Buenos Aires. This reversal halts the project and states no carrier or route details.
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Buenos Aires
Rome
Belgian Government Moves from Brussels to Ostend on Coast
The Belgian Government relocated from Brussels to Ostend on the North Sea coast. A Reuters dispatch reports the army remains intact with high morale as forces and Allied supporters shift to new positions. U.S. Ambassador John Cudahy and other neutral diplomats stay in Brussels while the government moves.
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Ostend
North Sea
Reuters
Havas
United States
John Cudahy
Allied War Council in Paris Meets London
A May 17 meeting of the Allied Supreme War Council in Paris was held today. Newly appointed Prime Minister Winston Churchill flew to the meet in Paris and returned by plane. The Admiralty sent a message to ships from Norway to the Belgian Coast saying you are helping your country weather as black a storm as has ever broken over here.
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Allied Supreme War Council
Paris
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Norway
Belgian
Graders’ Lunch Menu Raises Eyebrows in Abilene
A waiter reports that members of a grade school basketball team ate ham burgers meat sandwiches baked beans ice cream and soda pop before a tournament in Abilene Kansas on May 17.
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Kan
Basketb
Prominent Republican Williams Dies in Philadelphia
Ralph E. Williams aged 70, longtime National Republican Committeeman from Oregon since 1908, died after a cerebral hemorrhage. He served 32 years in the post, regularly reappointed every four years, and after 1914 the role appeared on Oregon primary ballots. Born September 14, 1869, in Polk County, Oregon, he remained faithful to party policy.
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Ralph E. Williams
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Polk County
Dutch Queen Fled to England as Mine Threat Loomed
A destroyer carrying Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana escaped a magnetic mine dropped by a German plane near the ship as it fled to England last Monday. The explosion was severe but the vessel swerved and remained undamaged. The voyage also carried gold, diamonds, and securities for the Dutch refugees aboard.
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London
Wilhelmina of Holland
England
Juliana
Oregon State Primaries Vote Today in Oregon
May 12 Portland Oregon The primary election is today in Oregon Roosevelt faces Garner for the Democratic nomination while Senator McNary runs unopposed Republicans to choose ten delegates per party Roosevelt Garner McNary and 275000 expected voters participate across the state in this race.
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Oregon
Roosevelt
Garner
McNary
France commander orders troops to die rather than retreat
May 17. France's Commander-in-Chief General Gamelin told his soldiers tonight to die in their places rather than retreat farther.
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France
Gamelin
German Throngs Launch Broad Front Offensive
German forces press a large opening thrust on a new front as troops advance across exposed lines. The move signals a major shift in the battlefield with heavy combat reported near the frontier.
German forces claim deep advance in Northern France
Berlin reports German troops are deep in Northern France with one unconfirmed claim of reaching 76 miles from Paris as they push through a widening opening between Maubeuge and Montmedy. An official source warns the next days will reveal the meaning of the breakthrough and signals Paris as a potential target amid German plans.
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Associated Press
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France
Paris
Maubeuge
Montmedy
England
Hitler
Germany
Liner Ville de Bruges Beached After German Bombing
A Belgian liner Ville de Bruges formerly President Hard jing was beached after a German air attack near Antwerp. The 114000 ton Unger carried 64 passengers mainly women when an aerial torpedo struck. Ten crew members were killed and the ship sustained damage before beaching. The remaining crew and passengers reached shore safely.
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Ville de Bruges
United States
President Hardjing
Antwerp
CIO Maritime Federation Denounces Roosevelt Defense Plan
In San Francisco on May 17 the CIO Maritime Federation of the Pacific denounced President Roosevelt's defense program as a war budget aiming to draw the U S into the European conflict. The resolution urged Congress that the plan would speed plant expansion and dismantle social gains, pushing America toward war.
Nazi units make gains new front in France
Allied troops fall back along a 115 mile front from Antwerp to Sedan as German mechanized forces advance toward Paris. Paris under military control, Maginot lines allegedly pierced, and Brussels remains governed by Allies. Germans claim heavy success with 12,000 Allied prisoners and initial capture of Zeeland.
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Two New Destroyers Launched at Puget Sound
Two sleek destroyers slid into Puget Sound on Thursday afternoon to add two new fighting ships to the U S Navy. The ships were christened the U1 and Monssen and YU 8 S, with sponsors the widows of Lieut Mons Monsseu and Rear Admiral Hughes.
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