Capture Of French Seaport Reported In World War II Era
The Senate approved the Navy appropriations bill of 1,473,76,728 dollars by a 72 to 0 vote accelerating the defense program. Army shares passed the House swiftly. The plan calls for 2,970 planes including 2,500 training ships to bolster the Navy’s training and fleet, with aviation expenditures of 326 million dollars and 845 million for airplane facilities.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Navy
Navy Air Force
Two Alaska bases funded in naval appropriation bill
Representative Warren G. Magnuson announced that the Emergency Naval Appropriation bill approved by the House Naval Affairs Committee includes 2,963,000 for a patrol squadron base at Dutch Harbor and 2,200,000 for the air base under construction at Kodiak Alaska.
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Seattle
Warren G. Magnuson
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Duton Harbor
Kodiak
Alaska
Americans Are Taken Prisoners in World War II
Four U S volunteer ambulance drivers are missing after the Amiens tank battle. Identified missing are John Clement of Boston Donald Coster of Montreal George King of New York and Gregory Waite of Vermont. Four other American drivers are reported missing after a heavy bombardment in the Ardennes sector Louis Wehle of Fort Wayne Indiana A Raymond of Chicago Murray Shipley of Cincinnati and John Glowacki of Jersey City.
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Paris
Amiens
John Clement
Boston
Donald Coster
Montreal
George King
New York
Gregory Waite
Vermont
Ardennes
Louis Wehle
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Raymond
Chicago
Murray Shipley
Cincinnati
John Glowacki
Jersey City
Stock Quotations May 23 Dow Jones Averages
Closing quotations for Alaska Juneau mine 4 percent American Can 91 American Power and Light 2 percent Anaconda 19 percent Bethlehem Steel 66 percent Commonwealth and Southern 13 16 Curtiss Wright 8 percent General Motors 38 percent International Harvester 42 Kennecott 26 New York Central 10 Northern Pacific 5 United States Steel 44 Pound 93.21 percent for the day Dow Jones averages show industrials 114.71 rails 22.58 utilities 18.42.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
General Motors
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Pound
DOW
Invasion of Ireland Threats Prompt Churchill Delegation
A Conservative committee plans to press Churchill to meet a delegation on Ireland invasion risks. Britain and Ireland governments say they fear a possible German incursion via Ireland amid German diplomacy and Irish Republican Army activity. Edward Murrow notes alarm in England over German diplomats in Dublin and a quiet Communist roundup.
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London
Churchill
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Privy Seal
Britain
New York
Edward Murrow
CBS
Dublin
England
Former Judge Russell Plans Appeal Over Traffic Fine
In Los Angeles on May 23 former Municipal Judge Russell, once feared by speeders, faced a traffic case of his own. While at the scene he received four tickets and was fined 15 dollars for impeding saluting by driving too slowly.
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Los Angeles
Russell
No Work for Communists in 1941 Relief Bill
Washington May 23 With no debate the House added a provision to the 1941 relief bill denying WPA employment to Communists or members of any Nazi or Bund organization.
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Washington
The
House Today
Mrs Drake Returns from Nome Trip as Education Official
Mrs Mraie Drake Deputy Commissioner of Education travels from Fairbanks to Juneau aboard a plane. She attended the Territorial Board of Education session in Anchorage and delivered the Nome High School commencement address.
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Mraie Drake
Fairbanks
Juneau
Alaska Whaling Fleet Ties Up Over Low Prices
William P. Schupp, president of the American Pacific Whaling Company, says whale oil prices are too low for profitable operation this year. Six killer ships based at Bellevue on Lake Washington, with Alaska stations at Akutan and Port Hebron, will not sail.
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William P. Schupp
American Pacific Whaling Company
Seattle
Bellevue
Lake Washington
Akutan
Port Hebron
Alaska
Bomb Hits Recorded on Germans by British Bombers
London May 23 reports say a direct hit struck a German troop train at Geldern in Germany during a bombing raid. British fliers also state bombs destroyed a German munition train on the western German border.
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London
Geldern
Germany
Eight Towns in Southeast Alaska Hit by Strike
Eight towns in Southeast Alaska face a regional strike as AFL Cannery Workers and Seiners Union walk out. Some 1500 seiners and cannery workers are affected, seeking 200 season hours up from 150 and higher fish prices. In Wrangell, three canneries, the Wrangell Packing Company, Farwest Alaska, and A. R. Brueger halt operations amid protests.
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Alaska
AFL
Cannery Workers and Seiners Union
Ketchikan
Wrangell
Metlakatla
Hydaburg
Craig
Klawock
Rake
Petersburg
Empire
James L. Cawley
Wrangell Sentinel
Cawley
Negotiations Committee
Wrangell Packing Company
Farwest Alaska
A. R. Brueger
War board called by Mussolini in Rome session
Premier Mussolini summoned the Italian Supreme Defense Council in Rome for a session likely to discuss Italy entering the war. The Italian government accused French authorities in Morocco of renewing persecutions against Italians in the protectorate. Count Ciano, Duce's aide, left for the Yugoslavia border as tensions rise at the focal point.
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Rome
Mussolini
Supreme Defense Council
Morocco
Protectorate
Count Ciano
Tr Duce
Albaia
Yugoslavia
Italy
Narvik Battle Still Raging as German Hold Narvik
Berlin reports the German High Command says forces at Narvik are holding out against superior Allied troops. German air force since Monday has bombed and sunk several British ships off Narvik, including a destroyer and a transport.
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Berlin
Narvik
Calais In Danger Claim From British Minister
London May 23 Alfred Cooper Minister of Information said the French port of Calais is in danger of capture by Nazi forces who have reached the English Channel.
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London
Alfred Cooper
Calais
English
Abbeyville
English Channel
France
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Boulogne
Propaganda 5th Column For Hitler In Chicago And Britain
FBI in Chicago reports complaints of Heil Hitler and swastika handbills found in mailboxes and on cars. Violations of postal laws can draw postage penalties. In London, Britain uses emergency powers to crack down on fascist groups, arresting Ramsay and Moseley supporters. police granted firearms.
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Hitler
Chicago
England
Ramsay
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt
FBI
Ians
London
Britain
Archibald Ramsay
Oswald Moseley
Landon Demands Roosevelt Renounce Third Term for Coalition
Alf Landon challenged President Roosevelt to renounce a third term to win Republican support for a coalition defense administration. The White House replied the President has no time for political statements. Landon said political implications are inevitable in any coalition and Republicans will join only if Roosevelt steps aside as a 1940 candidate after a long conference with Roosevelt and a later meeting with Secretary Hull.
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Washington
Alf Landon
Roosevelt
White House
Landon
Hull
Fire destroys Orpheum Theatre and six nearby buildings
A Dawson dispatch reports a blaze consuming the Orpheum Theatre and six adjacent structures. Insurance coverage is noted as the blaze spreads through the Joss district amid worsening conditions.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Dawson
Orpheum Theatre
Surance
Roosevelt to address nation in fireside chat
President Roosevelt will discuss defense conditions and needs in a fireside chat broadcast Sunday night at 6 30 p m Pacific Coast time. Secretary Early announced the talk will be a straight factual government report to the people and a general discussion of U S defense needs. The program is expected to last about 30 minutes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Early
United States
Spy suspect arrested in Atlanta with maps of military value
Atlanta May 23. Chief of Detectives McKibben disclosed the arrest of four spy suspects, one described as about 65 with a heavy German accent, found in possession numerous maps of potential military value.
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Atlanta
McKibben
Americans Are Coming Back Home With Alien Control Plan
London reports more than 250 Americans in Great Britain have booked passage home aboard the President Roose for May 30 from Galway Ireland. In Ireland another 100 await the liner before it sails, with over 700 aboard when she clears for the United States. In Washington the Special House Committee unanimously backed quick congressional approval of President Roosevelt s alien control order transferring the Immigration Service from the Labor Department to the Justice Department.
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London
Great Britain
President Roose
Galway
Ireland
United States
Washington
Special
House Committee
Roosevelt
Immigration Service
Labor Department
Department of Justice
Nazi Lines Are Cracked
Paris dispatch reports French armies launching a slashing counterattack that cracked the German salient stretching to the English Channel. German forces are said to be retreating toward Avrions after the breakthrough.
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Paris
English Channel
Avaions
Birth rate in U S declines per census figures
Census bureau reports a slight drop in the United States birth rate from the previous year. Births totalled 2,262,726 with a rate of 704 per 1,000 persons.
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U. S
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Reich Flag Flying Now at Boulogne Drives North France
Allied spearhead drive stalls as Boulogne reports German flag flying near the Channel. British and French forces battle near Abbeyville and Cambrai while French reorganize to block the German advance toward England. Churchill reports Abbeyville fallen and Boulogne under heavy fighting. outcome remains unclear.
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Reich
Boulogne
Cromwell's Resignation Accepted by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt has accepted the resignation of James H. R. Cromwell as United States Minister to Canada. Cromwell had been nominated by the Democrats in New Jersey's state primaries for the United States Senate.
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Canada
Senate
New Jersey
Washington
Roosevelt
James H. R. Cromwell
United States
Cromwell
United States Senate
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