Italian Press Pushes for French Territory in War Aftermath
In Bern on May 19 the Italian press renewed calls for French territories as a reward for wartime participation, pressing for Nice, Savoie, Corsica, and Tunisia. Observers note similar disputes involving Romania, Hungary, Spain, and France, with Franco amid Morocco talks and Spain eyeing possible regional redraws as Axis war effort strains grow.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Nice
Savoia
Corsica
Tunisia
Romania
Hungary
Spain
France
Italy
Morocco
Rumania
Transylvania
Vienna
Africa
Yugoslavia
Mhitler
Major Offensive s Continued From Page 1
A government spokesman described Japan's projected sphere of influence as a vast pan-Asian and Pacific domain. He cited a boundary from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea and the Ural mountains, extending over China, Indo China, Thailand, Burma, India, Iran, Siberia, and a large oceanic area including the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, Australia’s north, Port Darwin, Cape York, Guam, Yap, and Sakhalin. He noted it does not include Hawaii.
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Japan
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Ural Mountains
China
Indo-China
Thailand
Malay Peninsula
Burma
India
Iran
Siberia
Philippines
Netherlands Indies
New Guinea
Australia
Port Darwin
Cape York
Guam
Yap
Sakhalin Island
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State Labor Body Picks Officers
W H Wilton of Richmond elected president of the Virginia Federation of Labor at its forty seventh annual convention in Lynchburg. O C Moore retires as president and becomes a national AFL delegate. Sallie D Clinebell of Lynchburg re elected first vice president and E J Shave of Hampton re elected secretary treasurer. Executive board named includes Vernon H Marsh J O Rapp Otis B Dodd A L Beckner John A Titmus Joseph Rosario R K Woody Sr Lewis Rogers and David Alston. Federation endorses President Roosevelt and Governor Darden and pledges support for national defense and war prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
W. H. Wilton
Richmond
Virginia Federation of Labor
O. C. Moore
Norfolk
Sallie D. Clinebell
E. J. Shave
Hampton
Vernon H. Marsh
Alexandria
J. O. Rapp
Clifton
Forge
Otis
Darden
Those Over 55 Can Be Minute Men
Governor Darden and Adjutant Gardner Waller agreed to lift the 55 year age limit for Virginia's Minute Men reserve militia. The lower limit stays at 18. About 25 men from across the state attended. representatives of the Game and Inland Fisheries advisory council will help organize the militia.
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Richmond
Darden
Gardner Waller
Virginia
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
City Drivers Rewarded for Clean Safety Records
City Manager Lee Grant received safety certificates and zipkits from Maryland Casualty Company supervisor L. W. Clifton to honor city drivers with perfect driving records. Recipients include J. G. Miller, H. McKee, G. Hott, H. K. Hibbard, P. Penn, M. Shanholtz, C. Haines, G. Greenwalt, all with several years of safe service. The note says recognizing safe and sane motor vehicle driving is a pleasure and residents can be proud.
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Lee Grant
L. W. Clifton
Maryland Casualty Company
J. G. Miller
H. McKee
G. Hott
H. K. Hibbard
P. Penn
M. Shanholtz
C. Haines
G. Greenwalt
French Cardinal Baudrillart Dies in Paris
Reports from Rome via Italian broadcasts say Alfred Cardinal Baudrillart rector of the Catholic Institute in Paris has died. The aged cardinal passed away during the German occupation capital's current conditions.
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Paris
Rome
Alfred Cardinal Baudrillart
Catholic Institute
Cardinal Baudrillart
Gainesboro Cemeteryclean up day set for May 20
Gainesboro Cemetery will hold a cleanup day on Wednesday May 20. E Goldie McIlwee asked families with relatives buried there and other volunteers to come early and help.
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Gainesboro
E. Goldie McIlwee
United Nations Conference Explores Air Training Cooperation
Delegates in colorful national uniforms convened in the Senate chamber to discuss expanding air training cooperation and better use of existing facilities. The speaker noted Canada and the United States can quickly deploy air power domestically, while Russia was absent from the Allied gathering.
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Senate
Canada
United States
Russia
Reds Press Kharkov Front as Soviet Forces Advance
Soviet communique reports continued offensives on the Kharkov front with several towns captured. German losses cited include 1 600 killed and many prisoners while Soviet air forces claim a large win loss ratio and tank destructions amid counterattacks.
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Kharkov
Red Army
Donets Basin
Marshall Semeon Timoshenko
Kerch
Soviet Information Bureau
Kerch Peninsula
D. T. Kozlov
Crimean
Caucasus
Moscow
Rosko
Daughter Is Born To Alice Faye In Hollywood
Hollywood May 19 A daughter weighs 7 pounds 2 1 2 ounces was born at 2 38 this morning to Mrs Harris known as Alice Faye Phil Harris rushed from a hotel where he leads an orchestra and paced the Cedars of Lebanon hospital corridor before seeing the baby through a glass window The couple discussed names and planned Phyllis if a girl or a son if a boy.
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Hollywood
Phil Harris
Phyllis
Meeting Tonight in Middletown for League and Air Observers
A joint session of the Community League and airplane observers convenes at Woodmen's Hall Middletown tonight at 8 o'clock. League officers will be elected for the coming year. Rev C R Curtis chairs the air raid warden business meeting.
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Community League
Woodmen's Hall
Middletown
C. R. Curtis
Man and wife found slain in Hutchinson home
Kas May 19 The bullet riddled bodies of Mr and Mrs Francis J Laws were found at their front door. Adopted son Eugene 18 was found in a closet shot in the head and died an hour later. Sheriff Ankerholz said the boy shot them and then himself. The closet was locked from inside. No motive given. A gun and large pocketknife were found with the body.
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Hutchinson, Kas
Francis J. Laws
Eugene
Guy Ankerholz
Cases Against Theatre Put Off
Federal Judge John Knight approved a two year postponement of the government anti monopoly suit against the Schine theater chain. The court ordered the divestiture of 15 theaters in 13 towns within one year, to be offered to prior exhibitors, then to independents if declined. The chain headquarters are in Gloversville and the suit was filed August 7, 1939.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Schine
John Knight
Gloversville
Robert L. Wright
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
Schiner Theaters
Wright
Schine Chain
Maryland
Strand
Cumberland
Kentucky
Opera House
Ada Meade
Lexington
Viv
Corbin
Liberty
Pikeville
Margie Grand
Harlan
Virginia
State
Appalachia
Ohio
Clareland Lyric
Bowling Green
Homage Awaits Mexican Heroes
Survivors of the tanker Potredo Del Llano head home to be honored in Mexico. Twenty one crew members travel to Laredo Texas to be escorted to the border as hero reception for those saved and the body of Rodolfo Chacon. Thirteen crewmen including the captain and deck officers perished when the submarine torpedo struck near Miami Beach last Wednesday.
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Miami
Fla
Potredo del Llano
Laredo
Tex
Rodolfo Chacon
Miami Beach
Training School To Hold Annual Meet At Berryville
The W. T. B. Williams Training School in Berryville Virginia will host its annual county demonstration on Friday May 22. The event, part of the Keep-the-Child-Fit physical fitness program, features Youth Fitness activities a big baseball game and other sports with several out-of-county schools invited.
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Berryville
W. T. B. Wiliams Training School
Roosevelt
Practice Postponed There Will Be No Boys Choir
Market Street Methodist Church announced today that there will be no boys choir practice this week.
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Market Stethodist Church
Open Boat Helps Escape From Japanese Camp to Australia
Melbourne reports twenty four refugees including a baby born at sea escaped internment in the Dutch East Indies. A Dutch school teacher led the voyage in a native craft past storms and air attacks, joining more refugees before reaching Australia aboard a motor launch after weeks at sea.
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Melbourne
High Seas
Australia
Netherlands East Indies
Java
Amboina
East Indian Archipelago
Adme
Workers Told Not To Dwell On Internal Steel Union Rift
In Cleveland on May 19 the CIO convention opened as Philip Murray urged steel workers to avoid discussing internal union differences. President Roosevelt telegrammed support, stressing steel output is vital to the war effort and delays hurt the fight. The convention approved renaming to United Steel Workers of America.
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Cleveland
Co. I
Philip Murray
Steel Workers’ Union
America
Roosevelt
Steel Workers’ Eo
Murray
United Steel Workers of America
Memorial Rites At Middletown Set For May 31
Memorial services will be held in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Middletown on Sunday afternoon May 31. The program includes the Miones Lodge No 147 IOOF with other local lodges participating in the rites.
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Mount Carmel Cemetery
U S Health Group Arrives In India on malaria relief mission
The U S Health Group led by Lieut Col V H Hass arrives in India after escape from Japanese overrun territory. The unit worked since October on the Yunnan Burma railway to speed defense supplies to China. Dr William Jellison and Henry A Johnson saved $5000 in equipment on their trek out.
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Yunnan-Burma
India
V. H. Hass
Memphis
Tenn
Kunming
Lashio
China
Rangoon
Douglas Gaither Not A Minister
Douglas Gaither, a colored man from Russell Carpenter's barber shop, complains that he is not a reverend. He says he has an X card but it is used by Rev. J. Dallas Jenkins for Gaither’s car. Jenkins is pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.
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Douglas Gaither
Russell Carpenter
Douglas
J. Dallas Jenkins
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Doolittle Led Bombings Noted for Calm Precision
General James H. Doolittle led the raid with calmness and precision as pilots and bombardiers carried out their duties. The mission damaged the Japanese main targets, and Roosevelt joked that no one anticipated Doolittle receiving the medal before the ceremony. Marshall Arnold and Mrs. Doolittle attended the event.
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Cra
Doolittle
Mr. Roosevelt
George C. Marshal
Army
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Service
General Doolittle
Marshall
Arnold
Mrs. Doolittle
Los Angeles
Heavy Tank Waves Crushed as German Armor Reels Under Pressure
The report states German tanks in action faced fierce anti-tank fire. about 400 tanks destroyed, with units countering Soviet assaults near Kharkov and the Kerch peninsula. Green troops and inexperienced infantry slowed, while tanks were knocked out in multiple counter-attacks.
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France
Mor
Germany
Kharkov
Kérch
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