Explosive Gusts to Open Nazi Parachutes Reported
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new tanks and parachutes described
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May 5, 1941
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YOUNG COLLECTION OF RARE VOLUMES IS GIFT TO LIBRARY; 10,000 Literary Treasures Are Joint Donation of Founder and Dr. Albert A. Berg VALUE PUT AT '7 FIGURES' Polk Declares Addition Makes Institution 'One of World's First Research Sources' ITEMS IN OWEN D. YOUNG COLLECTION GIVEN TO NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Young Collection of 10,000 Rare Volumes Given to Library by Founder and Dr. Berg
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Gets Young book collection from O D Young and Dr A A Berg jointly; collection described; illus; Berg Memorial sec to be enlarged
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GREYHOUND STRIKE HITS 20,000 RIDERS; 1,400 Bus Workers Walk Out in Wage Dispute Despite Plea by Dr. Steelman GREYHOUND STRIKE HITS 20,000 RIDERS
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co-union conf planned; rrs and other bus lines honor passengers' tickets
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TOBRUK GUNS FORCE AXIS ARMY TO STOP; British in Solum Area Again Dart Around Nazi Flank to Capture Prisoners TOBRUK GUNS FORCE AXIS ARMY TO STOP
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Brit make progress around Alagi, East Africa
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Notable Deaths
1941Platon of Banja Luka, Serbian Orthodox bishop (born 1874)[†]
Platon of Banja Luka was a Serbian Orthodox cleric who served as the Bishop of Banja Luka between 1940 and 1941. His tenure ended in May 1941, when he was abducted, tortured and killed by followers of the Ustaše movement.
Historical Events
1941Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.[†]
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia under Empress Zewditu between 1916 and 1930.