Gas Limit Unpopular Protest Against Nationwide Rationing
Congress, oil interests, and auto groups oppose nationwide gasoline rationing as a wartime energy policy. The 17 eastern states and DC go under a stricter Yienins system starting July 1, with a decision on a nationwide extension possible this weekend. War Production Board chair Donald Nelson to brief Roosevelt after talks in Detroit.
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Detroit
House
James G. Scrugham
Nevada
American Automobile Association
Petroleum Industry War Council
Jed Johnson
Doolittle Flyers to Visit Dallas Fort Worth War Parade
Brig Gen Jimmy Doolittle and seven U S flyers who bombed Tokyo will tour 21 American cities in a war heroes parade next month and appear in a joint Fort Worth Dallas show in Dallas on June 4. The event is being organized by R J O Donnell to find a suitable venue for the crowd.
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Tokyo
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Officers Kill Negro Convict Near Longview
George Wallace a 32 year old inmate who escaped from the Texas state penitentiary in July 1940 was killed four miles north of Longview after firing on officers trying to arrest him Deputy Jess Florey and Harry Dawson fired eleven shots from close range Both officers escaped injury Wallace who was serving a 99 year term for hijacking had been at large in the Longview area for months.
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George Wallace
Texas State Penitentiary
Jess Florey
Harry Dawson
Wallace
Dutch Refusal to Join Nazi Plan Frays Dutch Unity
New York June 5 The Nazi drive to recruit Dutch collaboration meets stiff resistance from Dutch citizens and leaders. Berlin-backed press taunts Dutch loyalty while authorities order unemployment registries and compulsory labor.
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Hitler
Holland
Berlin
Lokal-Anzeiger
Westphalia
Reich
State Funeral Planned for Ace Nazi Terrorist
Reinhard Heydrich to receive a state funeral in Berlin after dying in Prague. The Nazi regime reports his death and plans a grandeur ceremony while recounting hostages shot at Prague, as German sources seek vengeance on patriot paratroopers and blame Britain for the assassination.
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Czechoslovakia
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Heydrich
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Berlin
Trans-Ocean Agency
Heydrich Death and His Possible Successor Spotted
Private dispatches from London report that Heydrich died in agony after being wounded in the stomach chest and shattered spine. Hitler named him Gestapo head of occupied Europe before death and a new Bohemia Moravia protector, Kurt Daluegen, is seen as likely successor despite less training.
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Moravia
London
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Vacation Church School Opens at Central Presbyterian
The 14th annual Vacation Church School opens Monday at 9 o'clock for children of all faiths. A $1 registration is charged. Department heads are Mrs Oma Link Rowley Mrs George Morgan Jr and Miss Neleen Zischang with E Paul Hovey directing. For more information call Hovey at 2 3419. Homer W Calhoun seeks custody of his twins citing his ex wife's indecisive marriages.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Oma Link Rowley
George Morgan, Jr
Neleen Zischang
E. Paul Hovey
Hovey
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