Churchill Wins Big Vote as Lloyd George Presses U S Aid
London May 7 Winston Churchill secured a 447 to 3 confidence vote in the house of commons after a vigorous attack by David Lloyd George who urged greater American help to defeat Germany. Churchill defended Britain’s position and pledged more U S assistance while noting Turkey’s neutrality and the need for momentum in the war effort.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
America
Britain
Germany
United States
Lloyd George
Stimson
Roosevelt
Churchill
Middle East
Anthony Eden
Turkey
Bosporus
Dardanelles
War Cabinet
Defense Committee
House
the House
President Roosevelt Showing Improvement After Upset Stomach
Washington May 7 The president is recovering from an upset stomach. White House physician Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire says Roosevelt is sleeping comfortably and expects much improvement though not fully recovered today.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
White House
Arizona Dam Plan Is Given Consideration
SALT LAKE CITY May 7 Sources close to the Colorado river committee of 14 reported the committee was studying the legal aspects of Arizona’s request to build a dam at Bridge Canyon. A six month extension with possible protests from other basin stakes was expected to be asked of the federal power commission. The committee concluded its sessions last night with only general comment that use problems were discussed.
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Salt Lake City
Committee of 14
Arizona
Bridge Canyon
Federal Power Commission
Knox
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Emory S. Land
Mariitime Commission
England
Stimson
Navy
White House
Roosevelt
House Naval Committee of
Continental
United States
Boston
Elizabeth City
N. C
Sunnyvale
Calif
Miami
Fla
California
Puget Sound
Land
Senate Commerce Committee
Britain
Admiral Land
British Guns Flown In For Iraqi Defeat
British imperial forces with RAF flown howitzers hit Habbaniyah airdrome in Iraq. Casualties high, 26 officers and 408 men captured, about 1,000 Iraqi dead or wounded. Mosul Haifa oil pipeline seized as siege ends on day five. Rashid Ali Al Gailani vulnerable. no German aid reported.
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Cairo
Egypt
RAF
Habbaniyah
Iraq
Rashid Aili al Gailani
Rashid Ali
Mabbaniyah
Basra
London
Mosul-Haifa
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Germans Agree To Open Line As French Aid
German forces will open the border between occupied and unoccupied France to allow passage of food, coal, iron and other goods. The move, announced in Vichy, follows talks by Admiral Darlan and Marshal Petain. The agreement also permits passage for gravely ill or death in families, and lets stocks and bonds cross zones. A plan to reduce daily costs of maintaining the German army from 20,009,000 to 15,000,000 reichsmarks is outlined, a 25 percent cut to France.
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Vichy
Germany
France
Paris
Jean Francois Darlan
Darlan
Henri Philippe Petain
20 Per Cent Tax On Autos Sought
Washington May 7 The Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson urged raising the federal excise tax on automobiles to 20 percent and extending it to used cars as well as new models He cited defense needs with projected expenditures rising to 18 to 20 billion dollars for the coming year and said high auto taxes would reduce demand while boosting revenue He estimated 900 million dollars in new excise taxes versus treasury plans of 200 million and suggested dropping corporate surtaxes while emphasizing excess profits estate and gift taxes.
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Washington
W.P
Leon Henderson
Hitler
Henderson
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Gibraltar Citizens Ordered to Evacuate
Reports from La Linea say the remaining civil population in Gibraltar must leave at once amid bomb‑attack fears. Shops are almost all closed as Britain anticipates an air raid by Axis forces, with authorities warning of imminent danger.
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Madrid
la Linea
Gibraltar
U S and Canada Plan Joint Economic Defense Boards
Washington May 7 United States and Canada will form closely collaborating economic defense boards to speed mobilization of North American resources for aid to Britain and hemisphere defense. The boards will complement a year old U S Canadian defense board and advance the April 20 joint productive efforts program.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Britain
Dominion
Roosevelt
MacKenzie King
Blair Evans Claimed By Death In Pasadena
I Blair Evans 55 Utah attorney and son in law of Heber Grant head of the LDS Church died after a two months illness in a hospital. He taught at Utah State College Logan and later practiced law in Salt Lake City. He served as district attorney there and as United States district attorney. He wrote The Thomson Masonic Fraud. Survived by widow Grace Grant Evans two daughters Mary Ruth and a son Robert.
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Pasadena
Calif
I. Blair Evans
Utah
Heber Grant
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Evans
Utah State College
Logan
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
United States
Thomson Masonic
Grace Grant Evans
Mary
Ruth
Robert
Stalin Moves To Halt Nazis In War Threat
British leaders and diplomats view Stalin's direct executive power as world shifting. Moscow shows war anxiety as Molotov expands foreign policy toward Germany. Russian moves since Lenin's death, purge of Rykov, and blocking foreign war materials signal rising tension amid German expansion.
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Stalin
London
U.P
Russia
Josef Stalin
Germany
Nikolai Lenin
Communist Party
Viacheslav Molotov
Alexei Rykov
Molotov
Maxim Litvinov
Mess halls to be built at Arizona air bases
The War Department announced a $16,600 mess hall will be built at each of Arizona's two military air bases Tucson and Phoenix. The project is part of a $7,052,140 construction program for 116 Army camps and air fields.
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Washington
Arizona
Tucson
Phoenix
War Department
Axis Powers Expect Convoys To Mark U. S. Entry Into Conflict
In May 7 reports, Italian editor Virginia Gayda signals that Secretary Stimson’s push for U S naval protection of Britain shipments could foreshadow open U S involvement in the war. Il Giornale d’Italia hints at a real political military alliance, while Berlin echoes warning that ships in the Atlantic blockade zone risk torpedo attack and sinking.
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Henry L. Stimson
U. S
Britain
Frank Knox
Navy
RCME
Virginia Gayda
Stimson
United States
Il Giornale d'Italia
Atlantic
Berlin
England
Washington
Knox
Navy Department
War Stimson
United States Navy
Coast Guard
Fred Winn Injured When Hit by His Own Auto in Canyon
Fred Winn 61, supervisor of the Coronado Forest, was injured when his hand brake failed and his government sedan rolled down a 7 percent incline in Madera Canyon. He was taken to St Mary’s hospital in Tucson with head face arm and leg lacerations and possible internal injuries. CCC workers freed him and he regained consciousness to recount the accident before being joined by executive assistant Bailey F. Kerr in the ambulance.
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Fred Winn
Coronado National Forest
Madera Canyon
Tucson
Santa Rita Mountains
Winn
St. Mary’s Hospital
CCC
Bailey F. Kerr
Kerr
Stalin Sees Imminent Crisis Shaping His Premiership
DeWitt MacKenzie notes Stalin’s rise to Russia’s premiership could be a response to looming danger. The article explores potential crises such as Axis U S tensions over aid to Britain, possible US entry into the war, and Germany’s moves in the Balkans and at the Dardanelles, with broader implications for the Soviet Union.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Joseph Stalin
Russia
United States
Stalin
Washington
Stimson
America
Soviet Union
Germany
Balkans
Dardanelles
Hitler
Near East
Ships Seizure Bill Approved In House Vote
The House passed legislation to empower President Roosevelt to seize idle foreign ships in US ports for national defense and to transfer vessels as needed. The bill covers 83 ships and expires June 30, 1942, with a maritime purchase/charter authority and waivers allowed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
House
Senate
Maritime Commission
British Shoot Down 19 Nazi Craft
London reports 19 German planes shot down in 24 hours with seven British fighters lost. The air ministry notes continuous enemy activity near the southeast coast and Thames estuary as daylight toll rises. Germans claim six Spitfires down with no Nazi losses.
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London
Air Ministry
Thames Estuary
Channel
Dover Braced as Nazi Guns Bombard Coast at Sunset
German cross channel guns opened fire on Dover, causing panic as two four gun salvos rocked the town. Anti aircraft fire tried to disrupt Messerschmitt spotting sorties while shells landed near the sea and town, with cinema crowds fleeing.
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Dover
Baseball results from National League games
Cincinnati routed New York 15 to 7 as Walters Lombardi Schu maker and Danning starred. St Louis defeated Brooklyn 3 to 5 in a seven inning tilt. Warnecke Shoun Hutchinson Lanier W Cooper Higbe Brown Owen combined for the Pirates in a 6 to 1 win over Boston. Bauers Lanahan Lopez ToBin Lanning Berres aided Chicago's 11 to 1 victory over Philadelphia.
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Cincinnati
New York
Walters
Lombardi
Schumaker
Danning
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Warnecke, Shoun
Hutchinson, Lanier
W. Cooper
Higbe, Brown and Owen
Pittsburgh
Boston
Bauers
Lanahan
Lopez
Tobin
Lanning
Berres
Baseball score fragment with team lineups
Partial baseball box score snippet lists teams New York Cleveland Boston Chicago Detroit and players Russo Rosar Milnar Hemsley Wagner Pytlak Rigney Tresh Ferrell Tebbetts with incomplete innings and runs.
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New York
Cleveland
Russo
Rosar
Milnar
Brown and Hemsley
Boston
Chicago
Wagner
Pytlak
Rigney
Tresh
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Lee
McCullough
Crouch
Johnson
Hoerst
Fadgarny
Warner
Hudson and Ferrell
Rowe, Giebell and Tebbetts
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