Haile Selassie Returns to Addis Ababa After Five Years
Haile Selassie enters Addis Ababa with British forces after five years in exile sparked by the 1936 Italian invasion. The emperor is greeted by Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, crown prince, and the Prince of Harar amid widespread excitement as Italian residents stay indoors. Eden says faster American aid will shorten the war and urges access to Irish bases for the Battle of the Atlantic.
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County Heads Undecided On Air Base Land
Pima county supervisors have not officially considered Tucson's request to aid land purchase for an enlarged Army air base. Mayor Jaastad and Chamber of Commerce push for county financial help as plans grow from 30 to up to 100 square miles. County may investigate War Department land needs and delivery timing while costs are put at about 8,000 dollars for leases.
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British troop transports reach Iraq Persian Gulf port
Radio Ankara via Basra reported three British ships carrying large troop contingents and many guns and tanks arrived at the Iraq Persian Gulf port within the past 24 hours.
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Basra
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RAF Bombers Hit Iraqi Positions and North African Targets
Royal Air Force bombers attacked the Diwaniya sector 80 miles south of Baghdad scoring direct hits on barracks and gun positions. They also targeted Iraqi motor transport near Habbaniya Falluja and fired on Benghasi Derna Barce and El Gazala airfields. Five enemy planes were downed at Benina.
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Turkey mediation offer overshadowed by wider Middle East drift
London reports that Turkey's bid to mediate the British Iraq dispute and Egypt's peace appeal to Iraqis were set aside as other Middle East developments took precedence.
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Turkey
Egypt
Iraq
Southern Pacific Loses Abandonment Rehearing Bid
Phoenix May 6 The Southern Pacific request for a rehearing of the Arizona Corporation Commission order denying abandonment of the Globe Bowie passenger train was rejected today.
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Southern Pacific
Arizona Corporation Commission
Globe-Bowie
Baseball results from early National and American Leagues
Box scores show Cincinnati Philadelphia St Louis Boston Chicago New York Pittsburgh and Brooklyn games with varied pitchers and scoring totals. Notable lines include Vander Meer and Lombardi for Cincinnati and Grodzicki Lanier Krnst for St Louis, plus a 11 runBrooklyn output in one contest.
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FDR Forms War Cabinet To Expand Bomber Output
President Roosevelt convened a war cabinet in Washington to push a greatly expanded bomber production plan to give the democracies command of the air. Maj. Gen. H H Arnold reported Britain's aerial needs as the group began work and planned further steps with top officials present.
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England
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Burns
RAF and Nazis Strike In Global Night Raids
Allied and German air forces clashed across Europe and Britain in a night of heavy bombing. RAF dropped a heavy incendiary and high explosive weight on Mannheim and other mid Rhine targets while the Luftwaffe attacked Scotland and Northern Ireland, causing civilian casualties including twelve killed in a Belfast shelter.
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Industry Asks Broad Sales Tax To Aid Defense
Washington May 6 The National Association of Manufacturers urged Congress to impose a general retail sales tax to broaden the income tax base. NAM chairman Livingston W Houston said industry would shoulder its share for national defense but demanded economy in ordinary government spending and that new taxes be labeled as defense revenue taxes ending with the current emergency.
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U S Orders Italian Ships Put In Shape
The maritime commission ordered repair of 27 seized Italian vessels seized last month along with two German and 39 Danish ships. Repairs aim to restore seaworthiness including sabotage damage, with funds from the defense appropriation.
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U.P
Maritime Commission
Mrs. Beddow Dies at Douglas Home
Ed ward Beddow widow of Copper Queen smelter division chief clerk in Phelps Dodge dies after a year long illness in Douglas. Survived by husband Edward and son Edward Jr a University of Arizona student and Wildcat football player. Also survived by parents John A. Evans Tempe and siblings Walter Ross and Harry Evans. Funeral set for Thursday at the Christian church.
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Baptists Plan New Two Story Educational Building
The First Southern Baptist church will start a $20 000 brick and concrete two story education building by June 1 on its Speedway and North Third avenue rear lot. It will be 86 by 40 feet with 28 classrooms and two large nursery and beginners rooms, serving Sunday school and a training union to foster lay Christian leadership. The 500 to 600 capacity edifice, designed by Mayor Henry O Janstadt, aims to accommodate rapid church growth since its founding a decade ago.
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Ships Transfer Ban Rejected In House Vote
The House defeated a proposal to bar transferring idle foreign flag ships for national defense. By 161 to 131, critics argued transfers could act as a war move, while supporters noted no such plan existed and compared it to last year’s destroyer transfers to Britain.
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United States
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Pepper Urges Tough U S Action Against Axis
Sen Claude Pepper urged the United States to get tough in World War II, proposing joint moves with Britain to seize strategic Atlantic and Atlantic Islands, open Pacific cooperation to bomb Tokyo, and enlist long range American bombers for China. He argued the nation must act now to deter threats at their source.
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Hitler Eyes Longer War If America Enters Conflict
DEWITT MACKENZIE notes Hitlerdom believes a U S entry would lead Germany to speed up munitions and plan for a longer war. The piece discusses possible Allied strategy to counter a Nazi-dominated Europe up to the Russian border amid debate on American involvement.
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Germany
America
United States
Stalin takes over Red Premiership in Soviet Union
Radio Moscow announced that Josef Stalin replaced V M Molotov as Soviet premier and assumed duties of chairman of the Council of the People's Commissars. Molotov is relieved of the post, marking Stalin's first formal office in the Soviet government.
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