Nazi air power claims in eastern Mediterranean battles
German reports say three British destroyers sunk and two damaged by dive bombers in the Mediterranean. Five of six British speed boats entering an eastern naval base were destroyed by German forces. one damaged destroyer also burned. The high command touted a sweeping Luftwaffe victory over British seapower with repeated audacious attacks.
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Mediterranean
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Fordverers Cwo
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Britain
High Command
Luftwaffe
Crete
Churchill
House of Commons
Crete battle shifts Britain gains as air siege continues
Allied reports claim Candia and Retimo recaptured after fierce hand to hand fighting on Crete. British fleet disrupts German sea reinforcements while air borne troops still land near Malemi. Despite losses, Greek and British forces hold key positions and sea power remains decisive in staving off invasion.
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London
Candia
Retimo
Crete
Britain
Malemi
Canea
Suda Bay
Herakleion
Virginia Gayda
French Choose Nazis Against Great Britain
German circles in Paris claim France’s choice is now clear after Roosevelt’s demand. Darlan, in Paris, says France will not surrender fleet or colonies to Germany. He asserts Hitler asked nothing to make France fight Britain and hints at a realignment with Germany.
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U.P
France
America
Germany
Great Britain
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Roosevelt
Vichy
Jean Francois Darlan
Darlan
Darlan says fleet will not be given up to Hitler
France's Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan declares in a radio address that he will not surrender the French fleet to any power. He says Hitler did not request a declaration of war or French colonial concessions and that Germany began the war alone. Darlan argues France chose collaboration with Germany to preserve life and reports ongoing negotiations in Paris.
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France
W.P
Jean Darlan
Adolf Hitler
Berschtesgaden
Darlan
Hitler
Britain
Germany
Philippe Petain
Paris
French Empire
Berchtesgaden
German Subs Take Big Shipping Toll
Berlin reports German submarines sunk 110,300 tons of British shipping in recent operations. The war bulletin notes ace U-boat commander Guenther Prien is presumed lost with his ship. Nine ships from a single convoy were destroyed, including three tankers and a heavily laden munitions steamer.
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Berlin
Atlantic
Germany
Guenther Prien
England
War Bulletin
Baseball scores from early league games
In the American League first game Chicago leads 7 to 1 over Detroit after a 500 000 200 line. Second game shows Chicago and Detroit with pitching staff lines. In the National League Cincinnati beat Chicago 4 to 0 with Vander Meer and Lombardi on the mound.
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Detroit
Lyons
Tresh
Bridges
Thomas
Tebbetts
Cincinnati
Vander Meer
Lombardi
Passeau
Olsen
E. Riddle
McCullough
Use Of Force In Strikes Is Urged
Nogales Sonora May 23 A strike against high power rates escalated with business houses forming a guards body to stop light company workers from cutting lines. The C T S labor faction backed the firms and urged people not to pay the rates in a statement signed by Jesus Orozco and federation officials. Protests had been filed with the federal bureau of economy and merchants had obtained an injunction preventing bill collection.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
C. T. S. Labor
Confederation of Sonora Workers
Jesus Orozco
Confederation
Federal Bureau of Economy
Economy Department
Legion Chief Backs U S In All Out Help
Milo J. Warner national commander states the American Legion supports broad aid to Allies and measures to speed defense production. He calls for 100 percent backing of Roosevelt and Congress, cites plans to aid Britain, deter dictators, and notes costs seen at a U S Veterans hospital.
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Europe
Asia
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Milo J. Warner
The
War Veterans’ Organization
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Roosevelt
Congress
Great Britain
U. S. Congress
Morgan McDermott
Tucson
England
Warner
Knox Warns U S Sacrifices Will Match Any Generation
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told naval architects and marine engineers that the United States must make sacrifices equal to any prior generation. He warned defeating the enemy abroad would not be easy and stressed the need to retain freedom of the seas.
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Washington
Wu.p
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
United States
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Knox
Land urges use of U S forces to break shipyard strike
Chairman Emory S. Land of the Maritime Commission calls for government action to end the San Francisco shipyard strike affecting 11 yards and $500 million in defense orders. He testified before a Senate defense panel as mediation efforts resume over the Southern soft coal wage dispute with the United Mine Workers.
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Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
United States
San Francisco
Senate Defense
Washington
Defense Mediation Board
Southern Soft Coal
United Mine Workers Union
Land
Truman
D-Mo
San Francisco Bay Area
CIO
AFL
Mediation Board
UMW
John L. Lewis
Passengers on Zamzam Shelled by Nazi Raider
American survivors recount the Zamzam attack by the Tamieses raider off the western Atlantic on April 17. Two Americans Ned Laughinghouse and Frank Vicac oeri were wounded and hospitalized in France along with an Egyptian casualty. Over 300 passengers and crew were taken aboard the raider after the shelling.
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Vichy
France
Bordeaux
Ned Laughinghouse
Frank Vicacoeri
Tamieses
Zamzam
Senate foes pledge fight to repeal neutrality act
Washington May 23 Opponents of the administrations foreign policy vow a vigorous last ditch fight against any repeal of the neutrality act Senators Nye Wheeler and Wheeler insist the act has kept the nation out of war and warn repeal would push ships into war zones. Stimson and Knox denounce the act as a rupture of free seas policy and criticize administration policy for seeking repeal.
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Washington
Stimson
Knox
Senate
Nye
R-Nd
Roosevelt
Knoxes
Stimsons
Wheeler
D-Mont
Britain
Congress
George
Mussolini Removes Army Chief Guzzoni In War Staff Shakeup
In Rome on May 23 an official announcement said Gen Alfredo Guzzoni is relieved of duties as undersecretary of war and chief of the army staff. Premier Mussolini thanked him for his services. Gen Antonio Lugero succeeds him as undersecretary of war and the post of under-chief of the army staff is eliminated.
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Rome
Alfredo Guzzoni
Benito Mussolini
Guzzoni
Antonio Lugero
Army
Bioff Accused of Extorting Half Million in Movies
William Bioff and George E. Browne were indicted under federal anti racketeering laws for extorting $550,000 from major film producers and distributors. The case alleges they used union influence to threaten a strike involving about 35 000 workers to pressure Twentieth Century Fox Loew's Paramount and Warner Brothers.
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New York
William Bioff
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
George E. Browne
U. S
Matthias Correa
Edward J. Ennis
Boris Kostelanetz
Bioff
Browne
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Loew’s,Inc
Paramount Pictures
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc
Employment Hits New U S Height
Washington May 23 employment in non agricultural pursuits has jumped past the 1929 peak in the highest levels in United States history. Current estimates show over 37 500 000 wage earners at work with defense aiding the rise. WPA cuts and war effort projections frame the outlook as more workers join the labor force including many women.
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Washington
United States
Army
Navy
Civilian Conservation Corps
WPA
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Crete Battle Demonstrates Air Power's Future Role
The Crete engagement signals a new phase where air superiority dominates armed conflict. Dewitt Mackenzie argues aerial warfare will decide outcomes, with Germany currently best positioned to wage this form while Britain targets Luftwaffe forces in Libya as a counter.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Crete
Near East
British Submarines Sinke Axis Troopships and Destroyer
British submarines attacking Axis communications to Libya sunk a 9000 ton troopship and a 7000 ton tanker and torpedoed an Italian destroyer believed sunk. They also sunk a large munitions transport schooner and shelled a smaller anchoring schooner multiple times.
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London
Libya
Admiralty
Gasoline Price Increases Across Major Oil Firms
Major oil companies announced a half-cent rise per gallon on all grades of gasoline in Los Angeles with Shell Oil Co and Standard Oil Co implementing immediately. Union Oil Co planned a tomorrow raise on all grades except aviation fuel while Gilmore Oil Co matched the move and others expected to follow.
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Los Angeles
Shell Oil Co
Standard Oil Co
Union Oil Co
Gilmore Oil Co
Federal funds eyed for Arizona defense area facilities
A Senate committee weighing a $150 million community facilities bill was shown a proposed $1.165 million in federal health and welfare spending for Arizona defense area needs. Projects at Fort Huachuca include water supply and sewer work, hospitals, and health centers, with recreational facilities planned for Bisbee, Charleston, Fry, Glendale, and Tucson. A swimming pool and community center would serve Negro soldiers at Fort Huachuca.
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Tucson
Huachuca
Glendale
Fry
Charleston
Washington
Arizona
Senate
Charles P. Taft
Federal Security Agency
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Bisbee
W. S. Nicholas
Houston Named To University Regents Board
Clarence E. Houston Pima county attorney cited for two criminal cases of nationwide interest was named to the University of Arizona board of regents by Governor Sidney P. Osborn. He will replace Eva DeConcini who resigns to become county’s second superior court judge. Appointment takes effect Sept. 1. DeConcini sits on building and grounds and finance committees. Houston is expected to join those committees. The change came after the Pima board urged the governor to appoint a man to the new second court. Houston arrived in Tucson in 1924 to attend the University of Arizona law college. He was county law librarian during his student years.
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Clarence E. Houston
Pima County
John Dillinger
June Robles
University of Arizona Board of Regents
Sidney P. Osborn
Houston
Eva DeConcini
Tucson
Osborn
DeConcini
Board of Regents
Pima Board of Supervisors
University of Arizona Law College
Regent
Conferees Approve Ship Seizure Bill
A joint conference committee approved a bill allowing the government to seize about 80 foreign ships idling in U S harbors. Final House and Senate approval is needed before sending to the White House. The agreement requires purchase or charter only if ships were owned by foreign governments at the 1939 outbreak.
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Senate
House
White House
Maritime Commission
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