Safety Committee Takes Control Ends Conflict
Baghdad radio reports Britain and Iraq armistice on good terms. Safety committee led by Omari, after Rashid Ali al Gailani fled, to restore constitutional life and independence. Curfew remains. Baghdad blackout to be lifted tonight.
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Cairo
Egypt
Iraq
Britain
Iran
Persia
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Beirut
Syria
Baghdad Radio Tonight
Omari
Iraq Safety Committee
Rashid Ali Al-Gailani
Baghdad
Safety Committee
British troops flee Crete as Germans claim victory
Berlin reports British defenders retreat to Gavdos island off Crete while Luftwaffe bombs southern ports and signals stations. German high command says the main German force advances from the island's northern plain toward a junction with Italian troops near Suez as British forces on Crete are bombed and communications are cut.
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Berlin
Crete
Gavdos
Luftwaffe
High Command
Suez
Candia
Canea
Jutland
Royal Navy
Ickes Named Petroleum Coordinator for National Defense
President Roosevelt proclaimed an unlimited national emergency and designated Harold L. Ickes as petroleum coordinator to ensure adequate oil supplies for the nation and war effort. He warned of possible gasoline rationing and called for priorities if needed, with focus on strategic crude oil and gas reserves and reducing cross hauling.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Roosevelt
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Petroleum Conservation Division
Bureau of Mines
Atlantic Seaboard
Mediation Board
President Roosevelt
Ralph T. Seward
Dykstra
Mr. Roosevelt
St. Louis, Brooklyn and Chicago Wins Highlight Baseball Card
Baseball results show St. Louis defeating Chicago 3 to 1 with Harris and Ferrell among batters. Brooklyn outslugged New York 5 to 2 as Casey and Danning delivered for the Giants. Cincinnati beat St. Louis 5 to 2 as Warneke sparkled. Chicago vs Pittsburgh postponed by rain. Boston fell to Philadelphia 14 to 1 behind Salvo and Early.
Hospital Board Orders Resignations at State Hospital
Phoenix May 31 Employees of the state hospital for the insane submitted resignations at the request of the new board. About 10 to 12 of 170 workers are to be eliminated while the rest are to be rehired under a merit system. Two high ranking staffers will be ousted. The board, meeting on Memorial Day, aims to remove politics from the institution and place the employer under a merit plan reporting to the governor.
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Phoenix
State Hospital For the
Heart
A. L. Bendheim
Jeremiah P. Metzger
Lackland arrives to set Tucson base headquarters
General Frank Lackland arrives from March Field to establish permanent headquarters for the Tucson and Albuquerque air bases. About 800 men are there now, with a planned 3,000 at full strength, as the air base grows into a medium bomber facility.
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Frank D. Lackland
Tucson
March Field
Calif
Albuquerque
N. M
Lackland
Hubert V. Hopkins
California
Jacob E. Fickel
New Southwest Air District
Arizona
New Mexico
American Airlines
Air Corps
Nogales Misses Out on 200,000-Watt Radio Station
Mexico City May 31. A 200,000 watt station planned for Nogales Sonora will be built at Zaragoza Coahuila near the Texas border. Emilio Azcarraga says Nogales lacked adequate power and permission was granted but time and power were insufficient. The site swap aims for the continent’s most powerful station.
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Mexico City
Abelardo Rodriguez
Nogales
Sonora
Zaragoza
Coahuila
Texas
Emilio Azcarraga
Azcarraga
Bisbee Ore Ends Publication Amid Consolidation
Bisbee May 31 announces consolidation of the Bisbee Evening Ore with the Bisbee Daily Review and discontinuance of the Ore after today. The Review remains a morning newspaper and will absorb the Ore effective June 1 1941 with no further Evening Ore issues.
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Bisbee
Bisbee Evening Ore
Bisbee Daily Review
France Acts as Basis for US Franco Allied Policy
Washington May 31 The United States will inform the Vichy government that its future acts, not words, determine U S judgment on Franco German collaboration. Secretary Hull drafts the note citing Vichy's aid to Nazi demands, Syria occupation, and fears of German use of French fleet or territories. The move aims to improve strained Franco American relations amid the war.
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Washington
United States
Petain
Vichy
Gaston Henry-Haye
France
Hull
State Department
Syria
Iraq
West
Africa
Roosevelt
119 American Survivors Of Zamzam Freed
119 American survivors from the Zamzam crossed into Spain near San Sebastian dampening hopes for 21 ambulance drivers held in Nazi occupied France. Two freed ambulance drivers named McCarthy and Harriss reached Spanish soil. The group headed for General De Gaulle’s Free French forces while others remained detained in a hotel under German control awaiting Berlin's decision.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Biarritz
France
Charles A. McCarthy
Charles Langdon Harriss
de Gaulle
Free French
Germany
Berlin
New Yorkers Sailed for Kenya Mission After Training
Charles Langdon Harriss and Charles A. McCarthy, both 30 and 29 from New York, sailed on the Zamzam after a month at the British American Ambulance Corps HQ in New York. They were to join the De Gaullists at Mombasa, Kenya.
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Charles Langdon Harriss
Charles A. McCarthy
New York
Zamzam
British American Ambulance Corps
de Gaullists
Mombasa
Kenya
Norris Urges Main Fleet Be Brought East
Senator Norris argues for shifting the fleet from the Pacific to the Atlantic to address which nation poses the greater threat. He says the nation should decide whether Germany or Japan is the more dangerous enemy and use the fleet accordingly.
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Norris
Washington
Pacific
Atlantic
Senate
Germany
Japan
Week Of War Brings Allies Both Triumph And Reverses
The week saw Britain sink Germanys battleship Bismarck after losing the Hood. Iraq collapsed pro Axis rule, Roosevelt pledged aid to Britain. Crete fell further, boosting German foothold, while North Africa remained contested and Raeder warned the US.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Germany
Britain
Iraq
Roosevelt
America
Crete
Mediterranean
North Africa
Cretan
Bismarck
George
Greece
Egypt
Grand Admiral
Raeder
Domei
Berlin
United States
Copper Placed On Priorities List By OPM
The Office of Production Management placed copper on mandatory industry priorities for year due to expected shortages. Director E R Stettinius Jr cited civilian and military needs totaling about 1 810 000 short tons, with civilian use cut to prioritize shell cases ammunition and defense gear. The final civilian allocation will follow Defense needs with the OPA, and RFC plans to buy 500 000 tons of refined Chilean copper.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Production Management
OPM
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Office of Price Administrator
Leon Henderson
RFC
Iraq’s Nazi-backed regime falls as British advance through Baghdad
London reports Iraq’s 29 day Nazi-supported war collapses with Rashid Ali Al Gailani fleeing to Iran. British troops control Baghdad suburbs and may reach the city, while Germany and Italy reportedly evacuated officials.
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Associated Press
London
Iraq
Britain
Garden of Eden
Baghdad
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Gereman
Reuters
Iran
Persia
Rashid Ali
Emir Abdullah
Sharaf
Great Britain
Crete
Nazi Admiral in Oslo Death After Gestapo Visit
London reports Norwegain sources claim German Admiral Bohn, chief naval commander in Norway and Hess ally, killed himself in the Grand Hotel Oslo after a Gestapo visit by Heinrich Himmler. Alleged talks with Hitler deputy linked to the death in occupied Norway.
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London
Bohn
Norway
Rudolph Hess
Oslo
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Scotland
Himler
Freyberg Alive Says British War Office After Death Report
The British war office denied German radio claims that General B C Freyberg was killed. They stated he is alive and with his troops in Crete, refuting reports of his death and alleged desertion during a perilous moment.
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London
B. C. Freyberg
Crete
War Office
Freyberg
Egypt
British List Japanese Ships as Enemies
Hong Kong May 31 The Colonial Government Gazette listed 11 Japanese ships deemed enemies under the 1914 trading with the enemy ordinance. The largest listed ship is 19 000 tons. The measure targets ships alleged to carry supplies for Germany via Soviet ports and transshipment to the Reich.
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Hong Kong
Germany
Soviet
Reich
High Seas
Governor Osborns Wife Seriously Ill in Phoenix Hospital
Arizona first lady Mrs. Sidney P. Osborn is seriously ill at St. Josephs Hospital in Phoenix after several weeks of hospitalization and recent blood transfusions.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Sidney P. Osborn
St. Joseph’s Hospital
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Hallett and Tresh
Brooklyn
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M. Brown
Owen
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Warneke
Mancuso
Vander Meer
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Early
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U. S
Gen. Lackland
CIO International Woodworkers Union
Puget Sound
Philip Murray
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C. A. Dykstra
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Bisbee Ore
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