Crete Falls as British Greek Resistance Collapses
British and Greek forces on Crete face collapse as German airborne and naval actions intensify. Berlin claims British resistance has everywhere collapsed with evacuation looming. British reports note losses of ships and failed attempts to block landings despite RAF efforts from Egyptian bases.
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London
Crete
RAF
Berlin
Candia
Canea
Suda Bay
Retimo
Royal Navy
Cretan
Daily Express
Daily Herald
U.P
Mediterranean
Nazis Use Artificial Fog To Demoralize Crete Defenders
Allied defenders on Crete faced demoralization as German air and ground forces secured Malemi airfield near Canea and moved toward Candia. Italian and German command claimed rapid advances, with several thousand British and Greek prisoners taken and surrender near Crete’s capital anticipated.
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Crete
Associated Press
Rome
Hl Picolo
Canea
Il Picolo
Alexandria
High Command
Kasos
Dodecanese Islands
Relief Driver Wins 500-Mile Indiana Race
Mauri Rose drove Floyd Davis’s car from mile 177 to the end to win the 500 mile Memorial Day race at Speedway. Rex Mays finished second with Ted Horn third as the average speed reached 115.117 mph. A prior 100 mile segment saw Rose edge rival Wilbur Shaw by a tire in a tense finish.
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Mays
Rose
Joel Thorne
Burbank
Calif
Emil Andres
Chicago
Andres
Early American League baseball results compiled
In Detroit Ostermueller and Grube beat Auker and Tebbetts 5 to 1 after a 2 2 1 0 0 0 score. Philadelphia defeated Washington 7 to 4. New York edged Boston 5 to 4. Cleveland won 5 to 1 against Chicago.
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St. Louis
Detroit
Ostermueller
Auker and Grube
Newsom
McKain
Thomas, Benton
Baseball Scorecard Between Teams Notation
Chicago and Pittsburgh games ended with Chicago 7 Pittsburgh 13 in a nine inning effort. Brooklyn and New York combined for a 8 to 12 result. Boston defeated Philadelphia by 6 to 5 in nine innings with key hits from players Tobin Posedel Sullivan and Berres.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Tobin
Posedel
Sullivan
Berres
Gremp
Blanton
Crouch
Warren
Military and Civil Guards Increase as Sabotage Fear Grows
Military and civil guards were activated coast to coast amid sabotage fears. Fort Dix cancelled Memorial Day leaves for 14,000 soldiers and Fort Custer ran a highly realistic practice alert, prompting police and guards to secure posts, water, and power while civilians were warned.
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Associated Press
New England
California
Fort Dix
N. J
Fort Custer
Mich
Los Angeles
West Coast
Battle Creek
Richard Merrick
Reveille
Greenland as Western Hemisphere Defense Post
A report on Greenland's strategic role as a western hemisphere outpost will be issued early next week by U S officials aboard a coast guard cutter after surveying the island. Governor Aksel Svane of Southern Greenland meets Danish minister Hendrik De Kauffmann and State Department officials to discuss defense and trade.
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Washington
Greenland
Hemisphere
Coast Guard
Aksel Svane
Hendrik de» Kauffmann
State Department
Bismarck
Hood
Canada
Roosevelt
United States
Denmark
Britain
Italian Transport Conte Rosso Sunk Off Sicily
The Italian liner Conte Rosso, 17,879 tons with troops aboard, was torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine south of Syracuse, Sicily. The Italian high command said most troops were saved. prior, London had announced another Italian transport of about 18,000 tons carrying at least 3,000 troops to North Africa was sunk.
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Rome
U.P
Syracuse
Sicily
Admiralty
London
North
Africa
Board Seeks Permanent Head for Arizona Hospital
Phoenix May 30 The state hospital for the insane will have a temporary superintendent Sunday as the board continues its search for a competent psychiatrist to take the assignment on a permanent basis. Dr. O L Bendheim of Phoenix will assume from Dr J P Metzger who wishes to be relieved by June 1. Bendheim expects to be called to Pearl Harbor as a Navy lieutenant commander and Metzger plans to organize an Arizona section of the National Committee for Mental Hygiene upon leaving.
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Phoenix
State Hospital For the Insane
O. L. Bendheim
Arizona
R. C. Stanford
J .P
Metzger
Tucson
Bendheim
New
Citizens’ Board
Navy
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Dr. Metzger
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
University of Michigan
Harvard University
Stanford
New Office of Transport Created by FDR
President Roosevelt ordered the creation of an office of transportation and terminated the national defense advisory commission a year after its first meeting. The new agency aims to coordinate rail, bus, truck, pipeline, ship, airline and barge transport with heads to include Ralph Budd of the Burlington railroad. The defense commission itself was not formally disestablished, its last function removed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Transportation
National Defense Advisory Commission
Commission
Office For Emergency Management
Office For
Ralph Budd
Burlington Railroad and Transportation
Defense Commission
Budd
Tucson Veterans Honor Dead At Evergreen Cemetery
Tucson groups pay tribute to war dead in simple ceremonies at Evergreen cemetery under overcast skies. United Spanish War Veterans and American Legion plots hold rites with Military Order of the Purple Heart service and a flag salute.
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Tucson
Evergreen Cemetery
United Spanish War Veterans
American Legion
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Garrett Speaks
Sherman Drew
United Spanish War Veterans’ Group
F. S. McCall
Lee Garrett
Morgan McDermott
Garrett
Benedict Arnold
Unions Reject Senate Strike Settlement in Defense Industries
Five hundred CIO machinists voted to reject a Senate defense committee proposal to return to work in San Francisco shipyards pending federal arbitration. In Seattle O M Orton said he lacked authority to recall 12 000 striking mill hands and loggers. Strikers demand renewal of double time for overtime and a $1.15 hourly wage.
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CIO
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
San Francisco
Seattle
O. M. Orton
International Woodworkers of America
National Defense Mediation Board
AFL
Bay Area
Senate Committee
AFL Metal Trades Council
NDMB
IWA
Washington
New Mexico Storm Renews Flood Area
Roswell area braces as violent hail and rainstorms hit southeastern New Mexico. Lyman Gilliland of Carlsbad, 25, is missing after his car was washed 300 yards by a flash flood near Blackwater draw. His brothers T W Gilliland, 23, and Jack Gilliland, 19, were rescued amid efforts to sandbag stores. Authorities warn of high water from Hondo and Berrendo rivers with Pecos tributaries cresting later today.
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Roswell
N. M
New Mexico
Lyman Gilliland
Carlsbad
Gilliland
Blackwater Draw
T. W
Jack Gilliland
Hondo
Berrendo
Pecos
Only American Planes Can Save British From Defeat
DeWitt Mackenzie argues air power in the eastern Mediterranean determines Crete’s fate. He cites lack of long-range bombers and bases for Britain, notes German air superiority, and contemplates British reserve planes without confirming type or feasibility for long-distance use.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Crete
Mediterranean
Near East
Greece
England
Britain
Boulder Dam Project Delivers Arizona Funds Through 1956
Arizona gains steady annual income of 300000 dollars in lieu of taxes from Boulder Dam power, retroactive to 1937, under the Boulder Canyon project adjustment act. Officials expect first 600000 dollars in back payments this fall with the rest due by 1943, as contracts revise rates and designate Los Angeles and Southern California Edison as US agents in dam operations.
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Phoenix
Boulder Dam Power
Arizona
Arizonians
Washington, D. C
Arizona Colorado River Commission
Nevada
R. C. Stanford
Seven Basin
Los Angeles
Southern California Edison Company
United States
Boulder Dam
Harold Ickes
Southwest
Bureau of Reclamation
Boulder
British General Freyberg Reported Killed in Crete Crash
A Cairo radio quoted by German broadcast claimed General Bernard Freyberg commander of British forces on Crete and his aide were killed when their plane crashed en route to Alexandria. The German report said Freyberg fled the scene and the Cairo news service confirmed the fatal crash.
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New York
Cairo
B. C. Freyberg
Crete
Alexandria
CBS
Freyberg
Garberg
Berg
Former Kaiser Wilhelm Critically Sick in Doorn
Berlin reports say former Kaiser Wilhelm age 82 is in critical condition in exile at Doorn Holland. Unconfirmed notes from Berlin claim he has been ill for some time with a severe cold, prompting grave concern given his age.
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Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Doorn
Holland
Wilhelm
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