President Seeks Authority to Call Guard to Duty
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration asks Congress for power to mobilize the national guard. Army Chief Gen. George C. Marshall backs the move, citing potential dangerous developments in the hemisphere and the need to train and deploy troops without stripping ground forces. Senate opposition remains strong as debate continues.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
National Guard
Army High Command
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Marshall
Hemisphere
Minton
Indiana
New World
Senate
Somme Line Blocks Drive to Paris
The railroad industry board said it is prepared to meet the nation's transportation needs for defense or war, with executives asserting railroads are adequately equipped and in a constant state of readiness. They cited last year’s traffic surge, noting a 55 percent rise in weekly carloads to 861,198 in October from May.
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Washington
Railroad Industry Board
M. J. Gormley
The
Association of American Railroads
Gormley
Sic
Greece Lets Italy Occupy Crete to Avert War
A secret agreement, reported in allied and Yugoslav circles, would permit Italy to seize strategic Crete points with a formal protest from Greece to avoid Greece becoming a battlefront if Italy enters the European war. Metaxas is believed to have informed Italy to spare the rest of Greece.
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Greece
Italy
John Metaxas
Crete
Metaxas
France
Britain
Mediterranean
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Holland
Man Held on Murder Charge After Shooting in Salt Lake City
Tony Gannusia, 29, was moved from General hospital to the county jail to await trial on a first degree murder charge. He is accused of shooting Mrs. Rozina Jacobson to death in her home on May 3 and has been treated for a head wound.
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Salt Lake City
Tony Gannusia
General Hospital
Gannusia
Rozina Jacobson
Four Die in Plane Crash In California
Four Douglas Aircraft Co employees were killed when a giant DC-5 transport crashed and exploded in a flower bed in Los Angeles. The victims were pilot Harry E Buden Bogen 29. flight engineer William Benson. crew chief W M Mulvaney 38. inspector James Jewart. Investigations by Navy Civil Aeronautics Authority and Dones tas began as wreckage burned and police guarded the site.
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Los Angeles
U. S Navy
Douglas Aircraft Co
Harry E
Bud) Bogen
William Benson
W. M. Mulvaney
James Jewart
Navy
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Donestas
Naval
Maneuy
Air Raids on South France Signal Nazi Gesture to Italy
In a major raid, German air forces hit southern France, killing at least 46 and wounding about 100 across towns from Aix-les Bains to Lyon’s outskirts. Paris reports say 56 Luftwaffe planes were shot down or damaged, with 16 French aircraft missing. A cotton ship in Marseille harbor was sunk.
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Marseille
France
Germany
Rhone
Paris
Mediterranean
Lyon
Here
Bern
Switzer
Switzerland
Italy
Aix-les Bains
Geneva
Associated Press
Rhone Valley
Adolf Hitler
Flanders
Mussolini
Hitler
Mussolini to Force Peace Through War Threat
Washington dispatches report a German Italian peace move with a wartime ultimatum. Italy would propose general terms, insist on a peace conference, and threaten entry to the war if the offer is refused. The plan follows the Flanders battle and aims to persuade the allies to surrender this summer.
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Mussolini
Washington
Italy
Flanders
Germany
France
England
Angry Crowd Threatens Sect Members
In Odessa Texas on June 1 firefighters and officers rescued 50 religious sect workers from an angry mob after tensions over literature distribution. Fist fights occurred. literature was seized and burned. Authorities later jailed 20 others from the disturbance.
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Odessa
Texas
O. E. Gerron
German Army fortifies northern France as blitzkrieg pays
North eastern France industrial region is being fortified by Germany after the Flanders victory. Captured munitions from Poland Norway Holland Belgium and France bolster German stores. In Paris British news say German planes destroyed or damaged by French air force reach 56 with 16 French planes missing.
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Germany
France
Flanders
Poland
Norway
Holland
Belgium
London
Reuters
Paris
British Ambassador Arrives as Gibraltar Protests Surge
Vigorous demonstrations by students demanding Spanish control of Gibraltar erupted again as Sir Samuel Hoare arrived in Madrid to assume his post as the new British ambassador.
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Madrid
Spain
Gibraltar
Samuel Hoare
Struck By Car After Escaping Flanders
London reports Sapper A. Rutherford, who had safely escaped Flanders amid bombing, was struck by an automobile while crossing a blackout street and died today.
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Flanders
London
Sapper
A. Rutherford
Italy Presses Warlike Preparations Near French Border
Rome reports a courteous exchange of messages between President Roosevelt and Premier Mussolini as Italy accelerates warlike motions near France. The fascist party's national council urged Mussolini to end foreign interference and grant Italy freedom of the seas, accusing the World War sacrifices of being betrayed by sanctions and calling for strong action.
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New York
Communist Party
Thomas Walsh
Catholic War Veterans, Inc
Rome
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Italy
French
Fascist Party
National Council
Relief Drive Advancing for Europe Aid
Local Red Cross Relief drive nears the $1000 mark with Bannock county aiming at $3000. Chairman N B Grossman says letters have been sent to organizations and business heads urging prompt contributions. Donations may be turned in at Red Cross headquarters, the Chamber of Commerce office, First Security Bank, or to Mr Grossman.
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Red Cross
Europe
N. B. Grossman
Bannock County
Grossman
Chamber of Commerce
First Security Bank
Rescued Allied Troops Pour Into England
Allied forces retreating from heavy bombing raids in southern France reached safety in England as German air attacks devastated the Rhone valley and Marseille, with Marseille reports of large civilian casualties and damage. The Lyon area also suffered many deaths and injuries as 56 German planes were claimed shot down.
Hitler Blitzkrieg Plans Said to Borrow From U S
Washington reports evidence in federal files that much of Hitler s blitzkrieg planning echoed American mobilization schemes devised two decades earlier. An unnamed official asserts the source is official and reliable noting German and Allied access to the U S drawings while denying treachery.
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John Lear
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Low Countries
France
America
German official warns Norwegians urged to resume fight
Berlin reports Josef Terboven says released Norwegian prisoners were urged by the fugitive government to hasten north and resume armed opposition to Germany. He warns any such action would be met with grave danger.
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Berlin
Norway
Josef Terboven
Oslo
DNB
Ion
Germany
Carnage described at Dunkirk rescue ship
A British rescue ship gunner recounted near Dunkirk scenes of ships sunk and civilians and soldiers slaughtered as they waited to evacuate. He witnessed waves of German bombers dive and release bombs in brutal salvos, and noted about 3,000 soldiers aboard who even fired on raiders.
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Paris
Dunkerque
Somme
English Channel
London
New York
Flanders
England
Folkstone
Hitler frees Dutch prisoners of war in staged Dutch sweep
Adolf Hitler issued a decree granting freedom to Dutch prisoners of war captured during Germany's five day invasion of the Netherlands. Half are to be released immediately with the rest demobilized gradually to avoid economic disruption. Farmers and builders will be released first.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Netherlands
Hitler
War Dead Buried in Narvik Amid Bombed City Ruins
In Narvik Norwegian soldiers killed in action were buried with full military honors near the city’s lone standing church. Civilian returnees found homes ruined as British and Norwegian forces retook area from Germany. Dispatch lists continued German parachute drops and ongoing resistance.
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Stockholm
Narvik
Idaho Man Robbed In Salt Lake City
Harold L. Claypool 21 of Jerome Idaho said he came to Salt Lake City for Navy examination but was turned down. After receiving transport home he slept while waiting for a train and woke to find his billfold missing containing his money and ticket.
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Salt Lake City
Harold L. Claypool
Jerome
Claypool
United States Navy
Italian Officers Leave Berlin to Study Western Front
A group of Italian officers including members of the war academy departed Berlin at Hitler's invitation to study western front action. At the same time a delegation of Spanish officers arrived for an inspection tour.
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Berlin
Italian War Academy
Adolf Hitler
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