Governor names Eva De Concini as new Pima judge
Eva De Concini local attorney landowner and University of Arizona regent will become the Pima county superior court judge effective September 1 per Governor Osborn. Supervisors backed creating a second judgeship and funding the salary while aging out of visiting judges. The plan reduces reliance on out of town judges and may require a second court reporter if both courts sit for jury trials.
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Eva de Concini
Board of Regents
University of Arizona
Pima County Superior Court
Sidney P. Osborn
Phoenix
de Concini
R. H. Martin
Tom Collins
J. B. Mead
Collins
Gordon Farley
Nogales
Arizona
Osborn
Pima County
Aes
Pima County Bar Association
Martinique Is Ordered Ready To Fight U. S.
Reports from Paris claimed Martinique defense forces were ordered to prepare for an American attack. Paris sources said ships Bearn and Emile Bertin would remain in the Antilles. Hull assured no imminent U S action against Martinique.
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Martinique
U. S
Washington
Hull
United States
Vichy
France
Paris
le Matin
Bank of France
Fort de France
Caribbean
Bearn
Emile Bertin
Antilles
Allies Fight Bitterly But RAF Forced Away By Air-Landed Troops
Secretary Stimson attacked the neutrality act as a violation of freedom of the seas in a press conference. He warned repeal would be an urgent matter for others to decide and said the policy would bring trouble.
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RAF
Washington
Stimson
Great Britain
Inquirer
Baseball scores and matchups from the American and National Leagues
In the American League Chicago beat Philadelphia 48 to 16 as Rigney Tresh Beckman Dean and Hayes contributed. St Louis defeated Boston 4 to 13 with Muncrief Kramer Ferrell Wagner Fleming and Peacock. Detroit and New York played tight as Newsom McKain Sullivan Peek Branch Dickey. Cleveland and Washington drawn. In the National League New York trounced Cincinnati 47 to 0 with McGee Danning Derringer Lombardi. Brooklyn and St Louis details incomplete while Casey Owen Warneke Mancusco. Boston at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at Chicago rain.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Rigney and
Tresh
Beckman
Dean
Hayes
RAF Strikes Deep In Libya War Against Axis Columns
The Royal Air Force mounts its most intensive desert campaign yet in Libya. In 30 hours eight German planes are destroyed and dumps blown up while RAF bombers and fighters strike through day and night on a Capuzzo Bardia concentration of about 2,000 vehicles.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Royal Air Force
Libya
RAF
Capuzzo
Bardia
Libyan
Egypt
Africa
Boulder dam power price set for 50 years
Interior Secretary Ickes announced new Boulder dam power regulations with firm energy at 1.163 mills per kilowatt hour and secondary at .34 mill. Over 50 years this could save about 120 million dollars for Southwest consumers. The City of Los Angeles and the Metropolitan Water District are among the power allottees.
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Washington
Ickes
Boulder Dam
Southwest
R. W. L. Wright
Los Angeles
California
Pasadena
Boulder
Army Plans to Double Defense Output Next Year
Congressional sources report the Office of Production Management urges the War Department to lift the next year budget by 4 to 5 billion dollars to massively expand bomber and tank production. Four new contracts aim to produce 500 long range four motored bombers monthly, while federal loan funds support new government owned plants for planes and metals.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
War Department
William S. Knudsen
OPM
Britain
Jesse Jones
Army
Sidney Hillman
New York
Admiral Glassford Says England Is Losing Fight
Rear Admiral William Glassford, commander of the US Yangtze naval patrol, warned in Shanghai that the battle in the Atlantic is being lost by the Allies. He urged urgent action to stop Allied ships sinking faster than replacements and favored convoys as the effective solution.
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Shanghai
William Glassford
United States
England
Glassford
Atlantic
Crete Attack Signals Deep Axis Strategy Against Turks
A wartime analysis notes the Crete offensive aims to bypass Turkey and block Allied aid, linking Balkans to the Near East. Diplomats say German equipment moves through Turkey by rail after a threat to close the Gulf rail corridor, with a broader plan to use Turkish territory for a push toward Iraq and the Near East.
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Crete
Near East
Turkey
Axis
Balkans
Vichy
Nazis gain footholds in Crete as British fleet damages reinforcements
In Crete German air forces secure Candia and Malemi airfields while British warships sink Nazi transports and deter sea reinforcements. Churchill says Crete fights with no air support as RAF fighters are withdrawn and heavy bombers strike Axis airfields from Egypt and beyond.
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Crete
Candia
Malemi
Canea
Suda Bay
Edward W. Beattie
London
U.P
Mediterranean
Winston Churchill
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Cairo
Retimo
Britain
Egypt
Greece
Churchill
Sir Andrew Cunningham
Germans reportedly install air forces at Mosul threat to Iraq oil line
London dispatch reports German forces have quietly moved bombers fighters and airborne troops to Mosul. The position could cut the Iraq oil pipeline supplying Britain in the Middle East.
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London
Mosul
Iraq
Middle East
Bulgarian troops replace German forces on Greek islands
London dispatch reports radio Beirut stating Bulgarian troops have replaced German occupation forces on the Greek islands of Samothrace and Thasos.
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London
U.P
Radio
Beirut
Samothrace
Thasos
Egyptian Consul Advises Syria Lebanon Residents to Return
Cairo reports that the Egyptian consul in Beirut urged all Egyptian residents in Syria and Lebanon to return to Egypt at once as the situation develops.
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Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
Forced removal of British civilians from Gibraltar decks begins
At LA LINEA Spain facing Gibraltar on May 22, about 800 British civilians and foreigners boarded a liner to be escorted away by a cruiser two destroyers and two submarines in Britain's clearing of the Gibraltar decks.
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LA Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Britain
Government protests sinking of Zamzam liner by German ship
Cairo reports the Egyptian government strongly protests the sinking of the Zamzam liner in the Atlantic by a German warship. The incident underscores rising wartime dangers for Egyptian vessels carrying passengers and cargo.
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Cairo
Zamzam
Atlantic
German Airborne Forces Possibly Preparing Crete Invasion
New York May 22 BBC radio reports Germany may deploy a second airborne division against Crete and considers landings of tanks from ships.
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New York
Crete
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Wagner
Fleming and Peacock
Detroit
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Cleveland
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Derringer
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