Executive Now Aroused for a Definite Showdown
President Roosevelt threatened to use federal troops within 48 hours to break the CIO strike at the Inglewood aviation plant, signaling tough action during the national emergency. War Dept reports tieups in San Francisco shipyards and North American defense works. Davis named to chair the mediation board as Perkins steps aside, with House plans on the Starnes amendment to curb strikes in defense industries amid looming confrontations.
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Inglewood
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Stlke
San Francisco
Furaber
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Waa
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Starnes
Union Leaders Split Wide Open on Coast
Inglewood California June 7 union leaders at North American Aircraft plant split over whether to return to work after a presidential threat to send in the army Montag Richard T Frankensteen Detroit head of the DAW airraft division announced plans to have workers back Monday Elmer Freitag of the union negotiating committee said the committees want workers to stay out until the 75 cent per hour minimum and the 18 cent raise are obtained.
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Inglewood
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International ‘Auto Workers
North American Aircraft Corporation
Army Montag
Richard T.frankensteen
DAW
Airraft
Iam
Elmer. Freitag
Fight Now U S Urged By Yarnell at Stevens Institute
Rear Admiral Henry Yarnell retired says his 14 month reversal on U S war aims. He urges using the navy to ship munitions to Britain and to strengthen the Asiatic fleet. He warns America should act now to defend freedom and democracy while Britain and China remain powerful allies. The remarks came at Stevens Institute of Technology during the 69th annual commencement.
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Britain
China
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Asia
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U.S
Great Britain
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Atlantic
Mediterranean
Beaverbrook Warns Invasion Hour Near for England
Lord Beaverbrook, minister and Churchill ally, told a Canadian radio audience that Germany's invasion hour is approaching. He urged mobilization of all resources including airplanes ships tanks and men. He said Britain will fight or die with no retreat for the island and called for aid from the western horizon.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Winston Churchill
England
Canada
Beaverbrook
Britain
Three Kanawha county boards call 86 selectees for induction
Three Kanawha county selective service boards ordered 86 registrants for induction at Hunting. The first group includes six Negroes and volunteers William H. Lewis Gerald D. Smith William M. Buchanan Jessie Porter Robert V. Fields Grady Smith. Newark Board 1 lists 29 whites scheduled for Tuesday induction.
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Selective Service Boards
William H. Lewis
Gerald D. Smith
William M. Buchanan
Jessie Porter
Robert V. Fields
Grady Smith
Newark
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One of Mightiest Warships Afloat Joins U S Navy
The United States launches the U S S South Dakota, an 80 million monster, as Secretary Frank Knox proclaims its purpose to prevent war. The 35 000 ton superdreadnought slides into the Delaware river amid a crowd of 1 500. It is sister to the U S S Washington and North Carolina, with the Washington high school band performing.
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Sam
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South Dakota
Frank Knox
New York Shipbuilding Company
Delaware River
U. S. S. Washington
North Carolina
Washington High School
Gas-Less Sundays Hit While Fuel Goes to Japan
Congressman Raymond Bee Springer condemned Secretary Ickes for pushing gasless Sundays while the State Department sells oil and gasoline to Japan. He cited Commerce Department data showing Japan received triple the U S oil and gasoline in early 1940, arguing the policy undermines democracies and aids Axis powers.
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Springer
Commerce Department
United States
RAF Planes Hit Bengasi and Abyssinia Fortresses
Cairo announces a night raid by heavy RAF bombers on Bengasi causing fires and explosions along the waterfront. In southern Abyssinia British imperial forces crossed the River Oma, captured Abalti, and took 2,000 Italian prisoners with 14 artillery pieces. An Italian counterattack was repulsed with heavy losses.
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Cairo
INS
Royal Air Force
Bengasi
Abyssinia
Kanawha Toll Deaths Rise Prompts Plea to Drivers
Kanawha county records 25 highway deaths to date, up from 13 last year, with five in Charleston and 20 elsewhere. Highway Safety Director C W Boone urged motorists to ease up and authorities to aid in reducing the toll, citing faster activity for national defense as a possible factor.
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Boone
Charleston
National Defense
McDowell County
Kanawha
English Claim 33 Nazi Ships Sent to Bottom
The air ministry announced a three month RAF campaign against Axis shipping destroyed 83 ships and damaged 72. 18 ships were crippled and 54 hit. two German supply ships were probably destroyed off Holland. A large British convoy passed the Dover Strait without loss.
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Crete Rehearsal Seen as Invasion Prelude to Eire
London dispatch from June 1 reports Daily Express front page citing a German source claiming Crete siege rehearsed an invasion of neutral Ireland. A prominent German in Istanbul allegedly said Crete is a prelude to operations against Britain to cut off transatlantic communications.
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Lora Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Istanbul
Crete
Eire
Ireland
Ab -Nasr
Britain
America
France's Role In New Battle Still Obscure
London dispatch reports Britain and Germany poised for conflict over Syria and eastern land route to Suez, while France’s position remains unclear. Weygand allegedly restrained Darian from full German-backed cooperation, with Vichy considering defense of Syria and possessions. British observers doubt French moves, fearing German influence, as forces near the region prepare for potential action.
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Jean Darian
Vichy
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Hull
Weygand
Petain
Middle East
Palestine
Transjordan
Iraq
Syrian
Royal Air Force
Nazi United Europe Plan Reported By Zurich Rumor
London dispatches said Adolf Hitler might announce Monday that a German dominated United States of Europe had been completed. Reports from Zurich claimed Berlin advised foreign correspondents to expect a Reichsführer declaration to counteract an Anglo Saxon bloc linking the United States with Britain.
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INS
Adolf Hitler
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United States of Europe
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph
U. S
Britain
Auto Sales Hit All Time High In West Virginia
West Virginians led a record car buying spree in the first five months of 1841, spending over $21,000,000 on new and used cars. The state road commission cited 2 percent privilege tax receipts showing sales above $6,000,000 and well ahead of 1940. May sales surged as employment and business conditions improved amid the national defense program, statistician B. Allen Russell said.
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