Egyptian Zamzam Sunk With 120 Americans Aboard
The 8200 ton Egyptian liner Zam Zam sailing from New York to Alexandria was reported sunk with 120 Americans on board including 24 U S ambulance drivers and 81 other passengers along with 120 crew. The sinking location in the South Atlantic or Indian Ocean remains undetermined as the fate of those aboard is unknown.
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South Atlantic
Indian Ocean
United States
Egypt
New York City
Mexandria
Hess Air Flight Mystery Split with Hitler Drives German Power Shift
U S and German dispatches show Rudolf Hess aimed warnings against world conquest, leading to tension with Hitler. Nazi adjutants kept watch while Hess fled to an air factory. Germany’s 9,000,000 armed men shift power toward Junker military leadership, with Goering a key ally.
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Rudolf Hess
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Gestapo
Berlin
Attack On Salum Is Beaten Off
British headquarters report two Axis columns crossed the Egyptian frontier and clashed in a zig zag battle around Salum. British mechanized forces drove the attackers back.
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Salum
Associated Press
Duke Aosta Surrenders to British in Ethiopian Stand
British forces close in as Duke Aosta, Viceroy of Ethiopia, prepares to surrender with 35 000 to 38 000 Italian troops trapped in a 9 000 foot stronghold 280 miles northeast of Addis Ababa. The British mop up other sections as famine-like conditions prevail.
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Associated Press
Winston Churchill
Italy
Duke Aosta
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Syrians Now Called to Resist British Aggression
In the Middle East war theatre Gen. Dentz, High Commissioner of French ruled Syria, urges Syrians to resist British actions, claiming England sheds French blood. Britain counters that German planes supplying Iraq were landing on Syrian airfields when attacks began last week.
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Syria
England
Iraq
ManEuvres Begin as 35000 Soldiers Move Toward California
More than 35000 soldiers head to California for June war games marking a prelude to summer movements. At dawn Fort Lewis troops load trucks with artillery and anti tank guns bound for King City near Hunter Liggett, with 3400 vehicles and 22000 men in the convoy. Troops continue departing Fort Lewis through Friday and the rest travel by troop trains on May 27.
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Fort Lewis
King City
Hunter Liggett Reservation
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Six Army fliers die in midair crash near Raines
Six U.S. Army fliers were killed when two bombing planes collided in midair near Raines South Carolina. One jumper survived briefly before dying en route to hospital. Witnesses said the planes were the last in a six aircraft formation heading north.
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South Carolina
Army
Hard Coal Miners to Get Raise
Operators of hard coal mines and United Mine Workers of America tentatively agree to a wage contract raising pay for about 100000 anthracite miners. President John L. Lewis orders the men to resume work tomorrow as the strike ends.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Stock Quotations From New York May 19
Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4 percent American Can 79 percent Anaconda 25 percent Bethlehem Steel 68 percent Commonwealth and Southern percent Curtiss Wright 77 percent General Motors 37 percent International Harvester 45 percent Kennecott 35 percent New York Central 12 percent Northern Pacific 6 percent United States Steel 52 percent Pound 14.03 percent Dow Jones Averages The following are today's Dow Jones averages industrials 116.15 Tails 27.82 utilities 17.30
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No Company J in Army Indians Competent Scouts
Army mail orders reply notes misprint of J as F explains why no Company J. Letter also confirms Indian scouts exist with the 25th Infantry at Fort Huachuca Arizona. Other letters discuss Army strength mid April and a Mexican descent unit at Camp Bowie Texas with a proud march record.
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U. S. Army
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Fort Benning
Warships and Iraqi Air Force Target British Forces
Reports from Baghdad say Iraq Air Force bombed British warships in the Persian Gulf and the Habbaniyah garrison under siege since May 2. Traq artillery pounded the area while British planes renewed attacks on Syrian airfields as German bombers head toward Traq.
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Associated Press
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Iraq
Iraq Air Force
Persian Gulf
Habbaniyah
Traq
F M Sackett Dies at 72 Former Kentucky Senator and Envoy
Frederic M. Sackett aged 72, former Kentucky senator and longtime United States Ambassador to Germany, died in Baltimore yesterday. T. Sorenson of Chatham visits Juneau for a few days, staying at the Baranof Hotel.
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Frederic M. Sackett
Kentucky
United States
Germany
Chatham
T. Sorenson
Juneau
Baranof Hotel
Northland Unit Induction Under Executive Order by FDR
About 300 enlisted men and 27 officers of the Alaska National Guard will be drafted into active duty on September 1 under Executive Order signed by FDR. The First Infantry Battalion includes units from Ketchikan Juneau Anchorage and Fairbanks with headquarters in Juneau. The force will be increased to 28 officers and 904 enlisted men as the draft proceeds, with married officers under major ranks and staff sergeants likely discharged. Major Charles G. Burdick and Capt William C Walther are named among those inducted.
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Army of the United States
Ernest Gruening
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Anchorage
Fairbanks
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Alaska
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Alaska Selective Service Board
Charles G. Burdick
William C. Walther
Edward
Bosporus Opened to Germans Reported by Romanian Broadcast
A British radio speaker cited a Romanian broadcast claiming German infantry moved through the Bosporus between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean toward Syria. The report implies a strategic redeployment in the region amid ongoing hostilities.
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Associated Press
Bosporus
Aiterranean
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