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May 26, 1942

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Headlines from May 26, 1942

NAZIS SEIZE SCORES IN OCCUPIED FRANCE; Act in Several Cities to Quash Militancy, de Gaullists Say -- Rome-Vichy Rift Grows NAZIS SEIZE SCORES IN OCCUPIED FRANCE

By Robert P. Postspecial Cable To the New York Times

LONDON, May 25 -- Widespread arrests by the Gestapo in occupied France as part of a new drive by the German secret police were reported by the Free French here today.

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If in Doubt, Put It Out

By Unknown Author

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ROOSEVELT LOPS $185,000,000 OFF WPA 1943 BUDGET; Special Message Says Rolls Can Be Reduced to 400,000 Beginning Next July SEES MIGRATION OF LABOR 'Recruitment of Workers From Every Conceivable Source' Is Predicted by President PRESIDENT CUTS 1943 WPA BUDGET

By W.h. Lawrencespecial To the New York Times

revision and extension proposals considered by Roosevelt

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2 U.S. Air Chiefs Arrive in Britain

By the Associated Press

U S Army Air Chief Lt Gen Arnold and Naval Air Chief Rear Adm Towers arrive, Brit

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Wood Barges and Pipeline Planned to Move Gasoline; Fuel Would Be Taken From Texas by Gulf Tankers to Florida, Across State by New Line and Up Inland Waterway BARGES PLANNED TO MOVE GASOLINE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Announces approval of plan for supply of barges for oil transportation

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1942World War II: The Battle of Gazala begins, in present-day Libya.^[†]

The Battle of Gazala, also the Gazala Offensive was fought near the village of Gazala during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops consisting of German and Italian units fought the British Eighth Army composed mainly of British Commonwealth, Indian and Free French troops.

Headlines from May 26, 1942

NAZIS SEIZE SCORES IN OCCUPIED FRANCE; Act in Several Cities to Quash Militancy, de Gaullists Say -- Rome-Vichy Rift Grows NAZIS SEIZE SCORES IN OCCUPIED FRANCE

If in Doubt, Put It Out

ROOSEVELT LOPS $185,000,000 OFF WPA 1943 BUDGET; Special Message Says Rolls Can Be Reduced to 400,000 Beginning Next July SEES MIGRATION OF LABOR 'Recruitment of Workers From Every Conceivable Source' Is Predicted by President PRESIDENT CUTS 1943 WPA BUDGET

2 U.S. Air Chiefs Arrive in Britain

Wood Barges and Pipeline Planned to Move Gasoline; Fuel Would Be Taken From Texas by Gulf Tankers to Florida, Across State by New Line and Up Inland Waterway BARGES PLANNED TO MOVE GASOLINE

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