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May 7, 1941

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Headlines from May 7, 1941

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VALENTINE TO SHIFT COMMANDS IN CITY UNDER NEW ZONING; First Major Change in Decade to Enable Closer Supervision of Police by High Officers NEW SET-UP IS DUE IN JUNE Realignment Linked With Plan to Appoint Several Men to Executive Positions Soon VALENTINE TO SHIFT COMMANDS IN CITY

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Comr Valentine on plans for June promotions and apptmts

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SHIP STRIKE IN PORT HELD NOT A MUTINY; Federal Appeals Court Supports NLRB Order Certifying Union and Reinstating Seamen SHIP STRIKE IN PORT HELD NOT A MUTINY

By Lawrence E. Daviesspecial To the New York Times

Strike in domestic port held not mutiny and Fansteel case not applicable; Phila Fed Ct supports NLRB order against Southern SS Co in NMU-SS City of Ft Worth case

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11 of 369 Ships Lost With Red Cross Supplies

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

N H Davis repts 11 ships carrying Amer Red Cross supplies lost since Oct 1, 1939

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MOLOTOFF SHIFTED; Remains as the Foreign Commissar, Becomes Vice Premier NO NEW POLICY INDICATED Washington and London Wary of Interpreting Change -Blow to Red Party Held Sure RUSSIA'S NEW PREMIER AND HIS ASSISTANT STALIN IS PREMIER, MOLOTOFF SHIFTED

By the United Press

Molotoff resigns as Premier; remains Foreign Commissar; becomes Vice Premier; Stalin becomes Premier

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1941James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (born 1854)^[†]

Sir James George Frazer was a Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion.

Headlines from May 7, 1941

Front Page 1 -- No Title

VALENTINE TO SHIFT COMMANDS IN CITY UNDER NEW ZONING; First Major Change in Decade to Enable Closer Supervision of Police by High Officers NEW SET-UP IS DUE IN JUNE Realignment Linked With Plan to Appoint Several Men to Executive Positions Soon VALENTINE TO SHIFT COMMANDS IN CITY

SHIP STRIKE IN PORT HELD NOT A MUTINY; Federal Appeals Court Supports NLRB Order Certifying Union and Reinstating Seamen SHIP STRIKE IN PORT HELD NOT A MUTINY

11 of 369 Ships Lost With Red Cross Supplies

MOLOTOFF SHIFTED; Remains as the Foreign Commissar, Becomes Vice Premier NO NEW POLICY INDICATED Washington and London Wary of Interpreting Change -Blow to Red Party Held Sure RUSSIA'S NEW PREMIER AND HIS ASSISTANT STALIN IS PREMIER, MOLOTOFF SHIFTED

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