Troops Move Into Coast Plane Factory
British and Free French columns push toward Damascus and Beirut as fighting intensifies along the Syrian Lebanese frontier. Allied forces report heavy resistance from Vichy troops and air strikes on Damascus Aleppo and Le Havre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Dentz
Syria
RAF
Damascus
Aleppo
Levaya
France
Great Britain
Berlin
Germany
Tripoli
Iraq
Mosul
Jerusalem
Vichy
Levant
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Jebel Ed Druz
Soudeida
Beirut
Sea of Galilee
Banias
Euphrates River
Deir-ez- Zor
Galion Youth Dies in Tire Blowout Crash
Cecil Smothers 17 of Galion was killed yesterday when his car crashed south of town after a tire blowout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galion
Cecil Smothers
Here
Sabotage Suspected in Florida Passenger Liner Fire
In Jacksonville flames swept the Clyde-Mallory Terminal area as the liner Seminole narrowly escaped pier damage. Damage estimated at 800000 with the ship spared by tugs. officials and investigators consider sabotage possible and have increased waterfront patrols. The Seminole arrived from New York and Charleston shortly before the blaze began, consuming part of its port side and two lifeboats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
George C. Blume
E. L. Acosta
Blume
New York
Charleston
Two Navy Fliers Die In Collision of Planes
In Pensacola Florida Lieut Donald W Weller Coast Guard and Aviation Cadet Lawrence J Long USMC reserve were killed in a training plane collision near the naval air station Saturday Weller formerly of Ohio is survived by his widow and father J P Weller of Miami Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Donald W. Weller
Coast Guard
Lawrence J. Long
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Naval Air Station
Weller
Ohio
J. P. Weller
Miami
Brothers Held in Attack on Patrolman Portmouth
James Morgan and John Morgan brothers of Middlesboro Kentucky are jailed in Portsmouth facing charges of shooting with intent to kill State Highway Patrolman C F Shaw who had sought to question them. Sheriff Earl Brandel said both Morgans admitted firing during a running battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
James Morgan
John Morgan
Middlesboro
C. F. Shaw
Earl Brandel
Morgans
Shaw
Veteran minister dies at 62 in Progressive Brethren
The Rev. William H. Beachler, a longtime Progressive Brethren Church lecturer and Troy entrant to the ministry 41 years ago, has died at age 62. He served as a trustee of Ashland College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
William H. Beachler
Progressive Brethren
Troy
Ashland College
Industry To Reach Peak Within Year
AP report from Cleveland notes American war factories now in second gear, set to surge in 1942. Engineers executives and officers say plants with nearly three billion dollars in contracts will soon hit unprecedented output. Bottleneck is time as converting peacetime facilities to mass war production proves costly and complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
England
Army
Navy
War and Navy
Washington
Office of Production Management
American Car and Foundry Company
Ford
Pratt and Whitney
Eight Die in Kansas Storm Near Wichita Farm Families
A tornado struck farms north of Wichita killing eight people. Five victims were at the Guy Scrivner home where the one story frame house was demolished and Scrivner suffered a broken leg. He crawled a quarter mile for aid after being blown 200 yards. The storm crossed about half a mile wide and 8 to 10 miles long, toppling fences trees silos barns and wires but spared nearby villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kas
Guy Scrivner
A. S. Hawkey
Scrivener
A. P. Cloyes
Butler County
Incomes Rising for Corn and Hog Raisers
Chicago report shows rising demand for corn and hogs pushing prices to four year highs. Farmers in the corn hog belt see improved wealth as war demand spurs quick turnover from grain to pork with hogs above 9 cents a pound and corn around 75 cents a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Draftee Found Dead on Columbus Street
Fort Hayes officers investigate the death of 26 year old draftee Steve Bizan found unconscious on a downtown street. Post physicians cited a head injury possibly from a fight. body ordered sent to Cleveland for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Steve Bizan
Fort Hayes
Cleveland
Ohio University Grants Largest Class in History
Dr James Fulton Zimmerman president of the University of New Mexico addressed about 3000 graduates in Memorial Auditorium urging a world peace plan to prevent civilization from disaster He blamed the United States for shunning the League of Nations and warned democracy at home is failing with 45 percent of Americans undereducated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
James Fulton Zimmerman
University of New Mexico
America
Memorial Auditorium
Zimmerman
League of Nations
United States
League
Zim
Warns Against Dictatorship Due To Taxes
William S. Evatt Ohio state tax commissioner warned that excessive taxes to defend against dictatorship could trigger dictatorship in the United States. He argued rising tax burdens may curb industry and reduce state sales tax revenue as auto, appliance, and federal excise taxes rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
William S. Evatt
Ohio
United States
Evatt
National Association of Tax Administrators
British Losses Reported as Crete Evacuation Continues
The Admiralty announced tonight that during the Crete evacuation Britain lost the anti aircraft cruiser Calcutta and the destroyers Hereward and Imperial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Calcutta
Hereward
Imperial
Crete
Admiralty
Admits Killing Soldier At Hawaiian Barracks
FBI reports C M McFarland 20 of Schofield Barracks admitted killing 21 year old Soldier Robert A Scott of Ravenna Ohio during an altercation at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. Scott's head was crushed, apparently by a stone, in the incident last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Robert A. Scott
Ravenna
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
C. M. McFarland
Schofield Barracks
Scott
British and Free French push into Syria with air superiority
The piece notes British confidence in Syria, cites superior air power and organized ground movement under Generals Maitland Wilson and Catroux. It contrasts French Levant defenses and supply shortages with the attackers' access to bases, Turkish border support, and Cyprus protection as the Royal Navy maneuvers along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
Mandate
The
Levant
Dakar
Henry Maitland Wilson
Georges Catroux
Royal Navy
Cyprus
Turkey
Army Bomber Missing With Six Crew Over Midwest Flight
An Army Air Corps B-18 twin engine bomber carrying six crew members departed Salt Lake City for Chicago yesterday. Captain D N Motherwell and Lieutenants T F Holsteen J V Gallagher and L K Harvey along with staff sergeants D E Hawley and T McGuran from Boise Idaho were aboard. Severe weather along the route, especially east of Cheyenne, disrupted conditions while commercial flights reported normal schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Army Air Corps
Chicago
D. N. Motherwell
16Th Reconnaissance Squadron
T. F. Holsteen
J. V. Gallagher
L. K. Harvey
Fire destroys defense factory at Wheeling
A block long plant of Wheeling Machine Products Company was destroyed by a fire that broke out yesterday, 20 minutes after a watchman said everything was in order. Officials probed possible sabotage as damages reached about 200000 dollars. the firm had $1000000 in government orders. Fire Inspector Homer Oats led the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Machine Products Company
Homer Oats
Refrigerator Treatment Fails To Halt Sneezing
Irene Kerekes an 18 year old from Toledo was treated in Fostoria Ohio after a mysterious sneezing attack began at 8 am Thursday. She spent time in a meat market refrigerator hoping for relief but lost 20 percent of her body weight.
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Toledo
Irene Kerekes
Fostoria
Miss Kerekes
Thousands killed in Serb Munitions Blast
The Stefani agency reports that a massive munitions explosion at the fortress of Smederevo near Belgrade killed or wounded thousands. Quoted Nemzet Ujvidek as authority, earlier figures were in the hundreds. An undetermined cause destroyed a vast stock and wiped out the fortress.
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Rome
Stefani
Smederevo
Belgrade
Nemzetor Ujvidek
Army takes over North American Aviation plant after strike
U S army troops moved into the North American Aviation plant in Los Angeles on Roosevelt orders to resume production. The 12,000 workers had struck for higher wages as 50 trucks delivered soldiers and workers cheered. The action aimed to protect workers entering the factory and restore government controlled operation amid national defense needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
North American Aircraft
Inglewood
Calif
LOS Angeles
North American Aviation Company
Roosevelt
Redondo Boulevard
CIO
Charles E. Earnshaw
Western District
Army Air Corps
Washington
Workers Defy Plant President as CIO Leaders Stand Firm
At the Franksen plant 7000 workers were met by defiant CIO statements as they report to duty. The union seeks a 75 cent minimum wage and a closed shop while Frankensteen accuses Communist influence and is met with boos and a protective escort. He later announces a suspension of Local 683 officers and five international staff, with an administrator to run local affairs pending new elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Kindelberger
T A.m
PST
CIO
Richard T. Frankensteen
CIO National
Aviation
Husky
Hitler
Frankensteen
Communist Party
Elmer Freitag
Local 683
UAW Cio
UAW
Wyndham Mortimer
John Orr, Sr
Stanford Douglas
Arthur Kearns
John Orr, Jr
Speed Movement of Supplies to Factories
A plan in the fourth federal reserve district speeds materials to manufacturers with prime defense contracts. Herman H. Lind, manager of defense contract service, says over 900 industrial firms are classified as actual or potential sub contractors, enabling rapid contact with suppliers of secondary materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Federal Reserve
Herman H. Lind
Defense Contract Service
Murder charge filed after weekend brawl death
Det. Oscar Decker charged Ray Powers with murder after Price Frailey 43 died from multiple stab wounds suffered in a weekend brawl. Powers 36 faced the accusation as the investigation proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Price Frailey
Oscar Decker
Ray Powers
Thugs Burn Barn in Clermont County Attack
A. T. Bock told state highway patrolmen two men bound him stole his wallet with $13 then set his Clermont County barn on fire causing $8,000 in damages. The incident occurred as officers pursue leads in the rural area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felicity
A. T. Bock
Iwo
Clermont County
Wilhelm I Buried Today in Doorn Netherlands
Wilhelm II former Kaiser of Imperial Germany was buried at noon in Doorn Netherlands in a modest ceremony per his 1901 wish to rest among trees and flowers. Army representatives attended, and a tiny Doorn chapel housed the casket. Swastika wreaths from Hitler and German armed forces were placed nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doorn
Netherlands
Wilhelm II
Imperial Germany
Haize
Hitler
Germany
Third Reich
Sandusky Fisherman Drowns During Storm
Stanley Unghier, 25, of Toledo, drowned in Sandusky Bay Sunday after falling from a small boat while lifting a fishing line. The storm swept the area Saturday and Sunday with 35 mph winds and heavy rain. his body was recovered last night by Coast Guardsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky —Cp
Stanley Unghier
Toledo
Sandusky Bay
Unghier
Ohio's 21st Draft Call Issued by State Board
Ohio's 21st draft call orders 1,728 white registrants for induction between June 30 and July 9. The total Ohioans ordered for induction rises to 42,301. Maj. Carl G. Wahl notes the move and 37 conscientious objectors will be sent from Ohio to camps in Indiana on June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Selective Service Headquarters
Carl G. Wahl
Commentator Captain E D C Herne Dies at 51
Capt E D C Herne a long time news commentator for Mutual and NBC and a World War II commander with the Royal Air Force died last night at age 51. Local tributes recall his sharp broadcasts and wartime service. He was born in Chicago and served overseas with distinction.
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Chicago
E. D. C. Herne
Mutual Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
Royal Air Force
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Cairo
Suez’Canal
Britain
Philippe Ptain
Charles de Gaulle
North Africa
Alexandria
Egypt
Gaston Henry-Haye
Florida
Kansas
Columbus Street
Merman
Hawaiian Barracks
By Fred Vanderschmidt
Balkan
Belgium
West
Plant Gates
Wilhelm I
State
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