World War II defense bills rise to record totals in Senate
In Washington on May 18 a Senate appropriations sub committee boosted army expenses for the next year to 1,827,491,724 and a naval appropriation bill to 1,303,980,728, lifting total defense to 3,131,472,452 for the new fiscal year. The panel approved a 132,000,000 blank check with restrictions and reports to Congress by June 30 1942.
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Washington
U.R
Senate
Roosevelt
House Naval Affairs Committee
Navy Department
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Senate Appropriations
Mr. Roosevelt
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Congress
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
London Declares Victory Likely As RAF Officers Rally
King George praises the Royal Air Force for its matchless spirit in repelling German bombers. Berlin announces German pockets near Paris with rail and highway targets hit as fighting shifts toward the Aisne river and Rethel.
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London
King George
Royal Air Force
German advance slows as exhaustion grows on French front
London reports the German push on the French front has slackened though likely temporarily. British quarters cite exhausted German units as very apparent while urging the situation remains serious. General Giraud now commands the main blitzkrieg effort as fighters clashed near Hirson and Avesnes amid Maginot line denials.
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London
Henri Giraud
France
Belgium
Giraud
Superior War Council
Metz
Kelland Warns GOP Transition Needed
London report notes an air ministry bulletin detailing night raids on oil storage tanks in Hamburg and Bremen with tanks destroyed and heavily damaged. British sorties also hit tanks at Bergen Norway and an air battle over France with nine Hurricanes shooting down ten Junkers 87 bombers, amid an anxious western front.
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London
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Bremen
Germany
Bergen
Norway
France
Kelland acclaimed as national committeeman at Arizona GOP convention
Arizona Republicans convened in Phoenix and quickly named Clarence Budington Kelland as national committeeman in a largely ceremonial session. E. S. Clark, temporary chairman, ruled a motion to restart as out of order while delegates seated and the roll was called. Kelland, absent at the morning, was to deliver the keynote that afternoon.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Kelland
Hugh Daggs
Maricopa County
Pima County
Clark
GOP
Army Laments Shortfalls in Reserve Guns and Manpower
General George C. Marshall testified before the Senate military appropriations committee that the army could not meet real warfare demands due to shortages in reserve guns equipment and trained personnel. He cited 70 000 troops in Texas and Louisiana with no reserve matériel and warned of no duplicate trucks or pilots to replace losses until production catches up. He noted 75 000 young men must be processed to produce 7 000 pilots under the current goal.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Marshall
Senate Military Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Texas
Louisiana
Kelland Proposes Six Point GOP Platform in Arizona
Clarence Budington Kelland, newly named Arizona national committeeman, urges a six point platform to undo New Deal effects. He calls for abolition of federal agencies, an honest unemployment program, tax reform to spur production, and revision of the social security act. The state Republican convention ratified Kelland's selection.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Clarence Budington Kelland
Arizona
Kelland
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Nurses pledge help if U S enters war
Ten thousand American nurses pledged to aid President Roosevelt in case the United States enters a crisis. Delegates at the national biennial convention offered their strength and support in any nursing activity during this time of unusual anxiety. The convention groups include the American Nurses Association, the National League of Nursing Education and the National Organization for Public Health Nursing.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
United States
American Nurses Association
National League of Nursing Education
National Organization For Public Health Nursing
British Troops to Withdraw from Belgium Tonight
The military expert of the London Evening News forecasts withdrawal of British troops from Belgium tonight and indicates they will retire to their original positions on the Franco Belgian frontier.
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London
London Evening News
Belgium
Civilians Killed in British Air Raid on Bremen
The official news agency reports 11 civilians killed and 63 injured in a Luftwaffe bombing on Bremen shortly after noon.
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Berlin
Bremen
Bombing Strikes Hit German Columns West of Namur
British war planes carried heavy raids last night on road and rail arteries used by advancing German columns west of Namur Belgium. The attacks targeted supply and movement routes to disrupt enemy advances.
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London
Namur
Belgium
Refugees Stream Toward Interior As Nazi Bombs Fall
Paris correspondent H Taylor Henry describes refugees fleeing Belgium and northeastern France amid the German onslaught. He travels toward Paris after bombardments near Cambrai, detailing bomb blasts, shattered bikes, and near misses from dive bombing as French and Allied lines fight a modern, brutal battle.
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H. Taylor Henry
Paris
Belgium
France
Old World War Hero Recalled to Service in France
Paris May 18 Premier Paul Reynaud reorganized his cabinet recalling 84 year old Marshal Henri Philippe Petain to duty and hurled thousands of French 75s into a desperate drive to halt the German offensive into France. Late today unofficial military reports indicated German thrusts from the Sambre Meuse.
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Ralph Heinzen
Paris
Paul Reynaud
Henri Philippe Petain
France
Sambre-Meuse
Baseball Finals and American League Scores Summary
National League games feature New York at Chicago and St Louis at Brooklyn with signed pitchers Olsen roots and McGee. Philadelphia routs Detroit while Boston, Cincinnati, and Chicago post wins in the American League era box scores with multiple pitchers credited.
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