Americas Rush French Islands Seizure Plans
The 21 American republics prepare to set provisional administration over French colonies in the Americas if German French cooperation threatens the hemisphere. Havana resolution creates an inter American committee to assume temporary control, with targets including Martinique Guadeloupe and St Pierre Miquelon.
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Hemisphere
Havana
Martinique
French Guiana
Guadaloupe
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Clipperton Island
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
Leeward Islands
Windward Island
Barbadoes
Trinidad
British Honduras
British Guiana
Dutch Guiana
Curacao
Aruba
Dutch West Indies
Holland
United States
Americas
Baseball scores and standings from today’s American League games
Summary of results shows Chicago beating New York 3 to 2 in nine innings with Rigney Tresh Chandler and Dickey contributing. Detroit defeated Philadelphia 8 to 5 behind Bridges Tebbetts Knott Potter and Hayes. Cleveland shut out Boston 3 to 0 as Feller Brown Ryba and DeSautels worked with Wagner Wilson Fleming Dickman Pytlak. St Louis beat Washington 9 to 2 in a high scoring game. New York topped Chicago 13 to 5 with Melton Danning Olsen Moody Presswell Erickson and McCullough George. Philadelphia matched Cincinnati 2 to 1 with Podgarny Warren Walters Lombardi. Boston and St Louis played a 1-0 finish with Javery Berres Warneke Mancuso.
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Cleveland
Boston
Feller
Brown, Ryba
Desautels
Wagner
New York
Chicago
Melton & Danning
Olsen
Moody
Presswell
Casualties From German Air Raids In Britain In April
The British Home Security Ministry reports April casualties from German raids: 6,065 killed, 6,926 seriously wounded, 61 missing. Totals to date: 35,953 killed and 48,227 wounded. April victims include 2,912 men, 2,418 women, 680 children.
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London
U.P
Ministry of Home Security
Britain
Rioting CCC Youths Held After Death Near Nogales
In a Pena Blanca canyon CCC camp near Nogales Arizona Ray Dinsmore 18 of Pineal Texas died after a fight. Twelve enrollees were jailed in Santa Cruz County on manslaughter charges as officers described a riot sparked by racial tension. Names of those charged include Alfred Ruiz Jesus Ramirez and Toribio Guerra among others from Dallas and Del Rio Texas.
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Nogales
Ariz
Ray Dinsmore
Pineal
Tex
CCC
Santa Cruz County
Lowe
Nasib Karam
Alfred Ruiz
John Rodriguez
Fermin Sanchez
Geronimo Torres
Jesus Torres
Johnny Gutierrez
Santos Gutierrez
Joe Martinez
Rudy Moran
Dallas
Jesus Ramirez
Toribio Guerra
Fernando Ortegon
del Rio
Alfred Carrizalez
Pena Blanca Canyon
Ruby Road
Milton A. Gorodezky
Dinsmore
Renewed Air War Hits Cologne and Boulogne Docks
RAF bombers struck the Rhineland city of Cologne and docks at Boulogne, starting large fires in manufacturing areas. The Luftwaffe carried out its heaviest raid on England that week, targeting the Midlands and other areas. Reports say several vessels were attacked off the Norwegian coast and a 2,500 ton supply ship was sunk.
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London
Rhineland
Cologne
Boulogne
England
Midlands
Rhine
RAF
Norwegian
Night bombing hits German urban areas injure civilians
British air raids damaged several apartment houses and an important industrial plant in western Germany during the night. Several civilians were injured according to informed sources.
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Berlin
Germany
United Mine Workers Orders 100000 Miners Off Jobs
The United Mine Workers CIO orders 100000 hard coal miners to quit Monday amid stalled contract talks with Pennsylvania anthracite operators on wage scales 40 cents below northern fields. John L. Lewis warns of a broader stoppage unless an agreement by Tuesday is reached as negotiations continue in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Pennsylvania
Mine Workers Union
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
France Sees US Rule Possible if Choices Differed Last June
Paris dispatches quote the French news agency saying France could have been governed from Washington had it accepted Churchill's last June proposals for a British French union. The agency warns of a campaign in the United States urging war to aid England and notes Dakar in French West Africa remains under French defense.
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Vichy
France
United States
Dispatches
Washington
Churchill
London
England
Dakar
French West Africa
Adolf Hitler
Jean Darlan
France Begins Negotiations Expansion After May 17 Announcement
Vichy reports France starting formal talks to negotiate terms of an international accord following a May 17 statement. Officials indicate consultations will address key postwar arrangements and regional security.
British Press Drive Against Axis In Africa
British troops press the Germans in the Fort Capuzzo area Libyan desert capturing over 500 prisoners and disabling armored cars. Allied forces claim heavy Axis losses near Tobruk while the Basra and Habbaniyah regions remain quiet. The fighting suggests a fluid, guerrilla style campaign with small mobile patrols probing enemy lines.
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Axis
Africa
Cairo
Egypt
Fort Capuzzo
Libya
Salam
Tobruk
Iraq
Basra
Habbaniyah
Capuzzo
Salum
Suez Canal
Axis recapture Salum frontier outpost in Egypt
Berlin reports a bold Axis counter attack recaptured the Salum frontier post in Egypt from British control after a day. The Germany high command says ground forces with air support pushed the British eastward, retaking all positions.
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Berlin
Salum
Egypt
Africa Corps
Halfaya Pass
Mediterranean
Salam
Sidi Barrani
Osborn Signs Civil Service Amendment for Tucson
Gov. Osborn signs an amendment to Tucson's charter extending civil service to a large number of city employees. The amendment was adopted by Tucson voters at the April 1 city elections.
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Phoenix
Tucson City
Osborn
Tucson
Belgium Fears Survival of Government Amid King Leopold's Prison
Belgian leaders warn there can be no government without King Leopold's restoration. With Leopold still a war prisoner at Castle Laeken and Nazi occupation continuing, Belgium lacks home rule as authorities counsel patience during the war. Henri De Man argues Belgian power remains subordinated to occupiers.
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Brussels
Belgium
Berlin
Leopold
Castle Laeken
Henri de Man
Socialist Party
Heavy Vegetable Season Recorded At Nogales
The Southern Pacific office announced the Mexican winter vegetable shipments ended for the season with 5 149 carloads crossing to American markets, the second highest in a decade. Tomatoes led with 4 569 cars, followed by peas 161 peppers 362 and mixed vegetables 53, plus four carloads of watermelons. Last season totaled under 2 000 carloads.
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Nogales
Ariz
Southern Pacific Railway Office Today
Hull Declares FDR Justified In Vichy Stand
Washington May 17 UP Sen Claude Pepper predicted Germany will try to seize Dakar in West Africa by force or collab with the French and use it as a base for an attack on South America. Hull said the United States had official reports justifying Roosevelt's condemnation of Vichy actions and the fear of Franco German collaboration.
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Lloyd Lehrers
Washington
Americas
Germany
France
Europe
United States
Atlantic
Viscount Halifax
Hull
Syria
Claude Pepper
Fla
Dakar
West Africa
South America
U.P
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Vichy
State Department
Berlin
Robert R. Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Western Hemisphere
Reynolds
Hall
Marti
Iraq
Cineldebane
Baghdad
Basra
Persian Gulf
London
Draft Boards Start Reclassification Work
Phoenix residents report that selective service boards in Arizona are beginning reclassification. Under new rules only those with more than one felony or certain heinous crimes face deferment, while pending cases are excluded. The process should finish by July 15.
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Phoenix
Selective Service Boards
Arizona
Mediterranean Battle Looms In The War For Control
Dewitt Mackenzie argues the clash between Nazi and British forces in Syria signals a major Mediterranean confrontation. He warns Britain risks strategic collapse if the Allies lose control, and notes tension along Libya and Egypt fronts as France's Vichy stance could pivot the conflict.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Syria
Mediterranean
Hitler
Flanders
France
Mother England
Middle East
Meddling By FDR To Turn Europe Against Him
Berlin officials warn Roosevelt to stop meddling in European affairs as the United States considers aiding Britain. German spokesmen claim his remarks on warships and French-British ties could unite Europe against the U.S. president. Military notes describe air attacks and battles across Iraq, Basra, and the Red Sea theater with Iraqi and British forces clashing.
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Europe
Berlin
Roosevelt
Vichy
France
United States
Raymond Poincare
Red Sea
Seven Army fliers die in two Ohio plane crashes
Seven Army aviation crew members are dead after two Beechcraft training ships crashed in southern and western Ohio during a cyclonic storm. The first wreck near Nelsonville killed five airmen from Barksdale Field Louisiana and four other victims were identified with service and home addresses. A second Beechcraft crash near Wilmington killed two Air Corps captains from Wright Field en route to Dayton. their bodies remained in the wreckage as investigators moved in.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio
Patterson Field
Dayton
Barksdale Field
Nelsonville
Here
Wilmington
Robert Sonnenfield
William J. Wiandt
Robert L. Brown
James Criswell
John H. Davis
Wiandt
Akron
O. Criswell
Pittsburgh
Brown
McCormick Building
Salt Lake City
Utah
11Th Avenue
Denver
Davis
Shreveport
Louisville
Air Corps
J. W. Sessums
Wright Field
R. A. VonDerau
John C. Stanley
British RAF expands role to hit Syrian air bases in Middle East
London reports that the Royal Air Force seeks to destroy Syrian air dromes to prevent German use as a springboard toward Suez. British sources note bombing of Damascus Rayak and Palmyra and cite possible Axis retakes of Salam and Fort Capuzzo as a separate development.
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London
Royal Air Force
Middle East
Suez
Damascus
Rayak
Palmyra
French Mandate
Vichy
Syria
Salam
Fort Capuzzo
Cairo
Former Winter Visitor Margaret Greene Dies in Richmond
Mrs. Margaret Stewart Greene widow of Henderson Montgomery Greene died May 12 in Johnson Willis Memorial hospital Richmond Virginia while touring Colonial gardens in the south. A Cleveland native and Montclair New Jersey resident she was sister of the late Princess Anastasia of Greece and leaves daughter Mrs. Nancy Stewart Greene of Montclair.
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Margaret Stewart Greene
Henderson Montgomery Greene
Richmond
Greene
Ray Bestos Manhattan, Inc
New York
Colonial Gardens
Johnson Willis
Tucson
Montclair
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Walters & Lombardi
Javery & Berres
Warneke & Mancuso
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John P. Frey
AFL Metal Trades Department
Culbert Olson
California
Frey
Navy
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Army Adn
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U. S
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Ipswich
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Southampton
Harwich
Gov. Osborn
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Leopold III
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Habbanayah
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