U.S. Lifts Embargo On Oil As Spain Cuts Its Exports
The United States lifts its oil embargo on Spain in exchange for a 25 percent cut in wolfram exports to Germany. Agreement covers expulsion of Axis agents from Tangier and Spain, closing of German consulates, release of Italian ships, and arbitration on Italian warships. Delays oil flow to Spain by about 45 days as tanker routes resume.
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U.S
Spain
Washington
U.P
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Madrid
Tangier
North Africa
Spanish
State Department
Caribbean
Britain
Reich
Tucson Council Hires Duff & Phelps as Appraisers
Tucson officials unanimously approved hiring Duff & Phelps of Chicago to appraise the city utility property. The council then threw out all four negotiating bids, moving toward a new open-bid process while plans with Federal Light & Traction Co. remain unsettled.
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Tucson
Duff & Phelps
Chicago
M Gas, Electric Light and Power Co
Forrest G. Priser
Stone & Webster
Federal Light & Traction Co
Janstad
C. H. Nichols
Duff & Phelps Outfit
Federal
Nichol
Frank Dawson
J. O. Niemann
Niemann
Fred W. Fickell
Fickett
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co
Council
Soviets Claim Slay 1500 Nazis in Poland and Romania
A Soviet communique says about 1500 Axis troops were killed in Romania and old Poland in local fights, with 600 Germans killed north of Iasi and a battalion of 800 to 1000 wiped out southeast of Stanislawow. It also notes fires at Brest-Litovsk and ongoing Arctic actions near Murmansk.
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London
Romania
Old Poland
Red
Sommunique
Iasi
Romanian
Stanislawow
Kowel
Warsaw
Lwow
Poland
Brest-Litovsk
Brest- Litovsk
Russia
Berlin
Murmansk
Arctic
Pioneer Film Photographer Bitzer Dies in Obscurity
Hollywood reports the death of G. W. Billy Bitzer a pioneering cameraman linked with D. W. Griffith. His career spanned over 30 years during which he helped develop the closeup telescopic panorama fadeout and diffused photography. He photographed the Jim Jefferies Tom Sharkey prize fight at Coney Island in 1899.
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Hollywood
G. W
Billy) Bitzer
Bitzer
D. W. Griffith
Griffith
Jim Jefferies
Tom Sharkey
Coney Island
Army Bombers Hit Wake Island and Nearby Isles
Army bombers dropped 95 tons of bombs on Wake Island on Sunday and faced only moderate anti aircraft fire. Mitch ell bombers hit Ponape Island in the Carolines with explosions and fires at an airfield. Bombers and fighters from Army Navy and Marines struck the remaining enemy position in the Marshall islands. The Tokyo radio claimed an American naval attack on Truk.
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Washington
Wake Island
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Ponape Island
Carolines
Army
Marine Corps
Marshall Islands
Tokyo Radio
Truk
Japanese strike Truk and Nomoi islands raid by carrier planes
United Press reports a Japanese task force with over ten aircraft carriers attacked Truk atoll and Nomoi in the Caroline Islands. The assault targeted from the sea and air with carrier planes on Saturday and Monday, with some ground damage claimed and multiple planes shot down.
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United Press
Truk Atoll
Nomoi
Mortlock
Bad Carolines
Caroline Group
Truk
Imperial Headquarters
Satawan
Ward Seizure Spurs Court Fight Over Ward Property
Montgomery Ward & Company presses its court challenge to recover federally seized properties in Chicago. Government lawyers cite Roosevelt wartime authority permitting control of a private business with non war activities, arguing the President’s commander in chief powers justify the seizure.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward & Company
Biddle
Ward Company
Irage
Army
Navy
Ward
FDR Delays Knox Cabinet Successor Amid Speculation
Washington observers expect President Roosevelt to postpone naming a new Navy secretary after Frank Knox's death. Acting Secretary James V. Forrestal tops the list, with others including Adm. William D. Leahy, Charles Edison, Harold E. Stassen, Wendell Willkie, Carl Vinson, and Lyndon Johnson among possibles. Knox was buried at Arlington the next day as a seven‑horse caisson procession marked his end.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Navy
Frank Knox
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
Knox
Arlington National Cemetery
William D. Leahy
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Harold E. Stassen
Wendell L. Willkie
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Affairs Committee
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Arlington Cemetery
Taft
Soldiers lose pay to army camp slot machines
Sen. Bridges demands war department investigation into slot machines at military posts amid reports soldiers lose substantial portions of their pay. He asks whether installation is officially sanctioned and who owns or controls the machines, alleging a small clique near the administration benefits.
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Washington
Sen. Bridges
RNH
Bridges
War Department
Wilton B. Persons
Cadillac Versus Camel Explains Palestine Tensions
Jerusalem May 2 By Wireless Zionism in Palestine is a powerful force requiring recognition. The article contrasts Jewish modern farming with Arab modernization, noting the White Paper dispute over colonization of rocky hillsides. It praises Jewish achievements and settler resolve amid conflict.
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Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Jerusalem
Palestine
Middle East
Sinai
Beersheba
Senators See No Basis For Disunity Fear
Two Democratic senators McKellar of Tennessee and Chandler of Kentucky rejected Secretary Stimson's warning of growing civilian military rift. They affirmed broad civilian support for the war and healthy civilian military relations while noting isolated failures. Senator Wiley urged unity and cooperation, and Senator Shipstead said there is not broad division with the military though some foreign policy criticisms exist.
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Washington
McKellar
Tennessee
Chandler
Kentucky
War Stimson
Stimson
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Army
Navy
Sen
Shipstead
Minnesota
Japanese ships sunk by U S submarines reported
Sinking of a Japanese light cruiser and two Japanese destroyers by American submarines operating deep in enemy waters was announced by the Navy today.
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Washington
Navy
RAF Night Raids Far-Flung In Scope
RAF and Allied air forces intensified pre invasion bombing across France Italy Belgium and Germany on May Day. Liberator bombers struck Pas de Calais while Thunderbolt groups hit rail yards at Tergnier Le Mans with support from bases in Italy and Sicily. The night campaign extended to Mechelen St Ghislain Ludwigshafen and French targets including Lyon Tours Toulouse Chambly and rail lines linking Paris to western ports.
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Gladwin Hill
London
France
Belgium
Italy
Germany
England
British Air Ministry
John Nortridge
Freeport
Pas-de- Calais
Thunderbolt
Tergnier
le Mans
Dwight Eisenhower
Paris
St. Nazaire
Brest
RAF
Mediterranean
Britain
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Sky
Lyon
Tours
Toulouse
Chambly
Mechelen
Brussels
St. Ghislain
Mons
Ludwigshafen
Rhineland
la Spezia
Livorno
Leghorn
Genoa
Alessandria
Milan
Popoli
Moricone
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Office of Price Administration
R. H. Shackford
MacArthur
Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
Fdr
Cadillac
Camel
U. S
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