Roosevelt seeks power to dispose of surplus guns for allies
President Roosevelt asked Congress for authority to turn in surplus guns and ammunition to manufacturers, enabling faster supplies to France and Britain. Navy reports 500 warplanes returned for sale. planes and ammunition to be released under existing terms, with proceeds credited to new purchases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
France
Britain
Roosevel
Senate
New York Times
Wheather
Treasury
Third Woman in Jail Here in Poison Death Case
Lily Smith, one of three women charged with murder in Helen Bakers poison death, was jailed after being brought from Chattanooga following a tip to Decatur police. Inquest findings and forged life insurance policies link the suspects to the case.
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Lily Smith
Helen Baker
Morgan County
Chattanooga
W. P. Moore
W. BE. Kilgore
Tennessee
Decatur
Rey Howell
TVA offers 67 lakefront homesites on Wheeler Lake
Fifteen applications have been received for TVA homesites to be leased on three lakefront plots. Sixty seven lots ranging from one to three acres will be offered soon at Lock A Finleys Island and Elk River Limestone county. Applicants are advised that now is the proper time to apply.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Lake
TVA
Lock A
Finley’s Island
Elk River
Limestone County
State steel output nearing capacity
Alabama steel mills will raise production next week to about 90 percent of capacity as Birmingham and Gadsden plants add open hearths. The increase is driven by surging new business and limited by bottlenecks at blast furnaces, likely keeping rates below full capacity through the summer.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Steel Mills
Gadsden
Red Cross Girls Seek Funds in Morgan County Drive
Red Cross volunteers in uniform will occupy about 15 stations in the business district Saturday to solicit money for service and war relief funds. The county quota is $4,000, with $700 for service and the remainder for war relief. Only about $400 had been raised so far.
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Red Cross
Morgan County
Wide regions swelter as cool fronts bring relief in parts
The Associated Press reports mixed weather across the eastern United States with a dip in temperatures in the east and a hot stretch across the Mississippi Valley and southeast. Recording 41 in Bismarck and 59 in Boston officials note a broad range of conditions from snow in Colorado to rain in Florida and midwest showers while southern cities posted highs near the mid 90s.
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Associated Press
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Gulf Coast
Florida
Wisconsin
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Iowa
Nebraska
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Continental Divide
Logan
Weld
Colorado
New England
Burlington
Boston
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N. Y
New York City
Probe Goes On Mexico City Attack on Trotsky
A special squad of secret police was assigned to investigate the machine gun attack on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Mexico City. The incident remains unsolved after more than two weeks.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Pastor at Baltimore Southern Baptist Convention
Rev. W. E. Waterhouse of the First Baptist Church will attend the Southern Baptist Convention in Baltimore and stop in Washington for a conference on Religious Liberty. An emergency conference with 200 ministers and rabbis will address religious liberty, war objections, sectarian school funding, and church social security, leading to a mass meeting at Constitution Hall.
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W. E. Waterhouse
First Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Baltimore
Vatican
America
Constitution Hall
World Council of Churches
Waterhouse
TVA Approves Texas Plan for River Terminals
TVA approves the Texas Company's plan to build three gasoline terminals on the Tennessee river at Guntersville Decatur and Chattanooga. The Houston based firm leases six and a half acres on the Guntersville reservoir for storage and barge distribution upriver. The lease runs five years with possible renewal in three further five year terms.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Texas Company
Tennessee River
Guntersville
Decetur
Ala
Chattanooga
Houston, Texas
TVA
Guntersville Reservoir
Texas’ Company
Gulf Refining Company
Tennessee
Italians Await Go Signal From Il Duce
In Rome strong troop detachments were seen as authorities readied for a Mussolini war verdict. A Mussolini mass meeting plan was announced with broadcasts to reach nationwide crowds. Debono was named commander of Italy's southern army group.
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Il Duce
Associated Press
Rome
Fortunato Mizzi
Fernando Mezzasoma
Malta
Mediterranean
Carlo Malifa
Italy
Mussolini
Germany
Paul Reynaud
Il Resto
Reynaud
Fascist Party
Piazza Venezia
Marshall Emilio Debono
Resignation in Peiping Reshapes North China Regime
Wang Keh Min, head of the Japanese sponsored north China political council, resigns. He is succeeded by Wang Yi Tang, formerly rehabilitation minister and since March head of the executive council of the Wang Ching Wei regime at Nanking.
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Peiping
Wang Keh-Min
North China Political Council
Wang Yi-Tang
Wang Ching-Wei
Nanking
Women’s Chamber to Choose Queen for Decatur Anniversary
The Decatur Women’s Chamber of Commerce will oversee queen selection for the 120th anniversary of Decatur’s founding. Queen chosen by popular vote via ticket sales. pageant set for July 4 to 7 with speed boat races on the Tennessee River. Officials report TVA will maintain river level for spectator access and island use. funds target $1,000 for operating capital to cover potential deficits and ensure self sufficiency.
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Decatur
Tennessee Rive
John D. McKibben
C. Decatur
Limestone County
Limestone
Lloyd Lively
Sam Malone
Harry H. Payne
Stanley Wyatt
J H. Johnston
Chamber of Commerce
Allied Generalissimo Weygand holds line amid danger points
The report notes Weygand's battle line against renewed German pressure in France with two danger spots on the flanks. It warns that German reserves could intensify the drive and that heavy fighting lies ahead before relief comes from the Allied defense.
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Weygand
Danger Spots to Allied Line Near Somme and Chemin Des Dames
Two German assaults threaten the Allied front. The first struck from the coast near Abbeville along the Somme, driving 17 miles despite heavy resistance and hand to hand fighting. The second attacked the Aisne sector toward Chemin Des Dames, strengthening bombardment on the hills east of Soissons sixty miles north of Paris. Continued on page seven.
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Somme
Rethel
Abbeville
le Havre
Amiens
Peronne
Compiegne
Laon-Anizy-Pinon
Thesea
Aisne
Chemin Des Dames
Soissyns
Roosevelt aides expect quick end to session by June 22
Washington officials say President Roosevelt plans swift legislative action to close Congress in two weeks. They cite defense tax as main obstacle and note Lee's plan to raise private wartime capital is unlikely this summer. Leaders seek adjournment before the Republican convention as Barkley forecasts a good chance at the deadline despite possible European war developments.
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Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Lee
Okla
House
American Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
Barkley
Alabama leaders invited to Atlanta defense meeting
Nine Alabamians were invited by Governor Dixon to attend a Southern leaders meeting in Atlanta on June 10 to discuss a cooperative plan for expanding Dixie industry within the national defense program. The group includes Herbert Stockton H A Berg Clarence Stobert Merrill Pratt Charles Oaks Thomas Bragg G A Cook Ed Roberts and John Ward.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Atlanta
Dixie
Governor Rivers
Georgia
Herbert Stockton
H. A. Berg
Clarence Stobert
Merrill Pratt
Charles. E
Oaks
Thomas Bragg
Birmingham
G. A Cook
Ed Roberts
Mobile
John Ward
Southworth Named Cardinals Manager in St Louis
St Louis June 17 Billy Southworth former Cardinal player and manager was named manager of the St Louis Cardinals succeeding Ray Blades. President Sam Breadon announced he would take charge next Monday and had been manager of the Rochester club in the International League.
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ST. Louis
Billy Southworth
Rochester
St. Louis Cardinals
Ray Blades
Sam Breadon
Southworth
Cardinal
Losses Mount as Nazi Panzer Armies Press Paris Front
French authorities report about one fifth of the 2,000 tank panzer force knocked out in two days of fighting around the Weygand line as German air and ground troops press toward Paris with roughly 40 divisions and 500 planes per division, while Britain reinforces and French defenses hold the soil of France.
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Paris
Germany
Weygand
France
Aisne
Oise
Flanders
Pliant Weygand
Two U S Cruisers Headed for Brazil in Neutrality Patrol
The navy reports cruiser Wichita is en route to Rio de Janeiro while cruiser Quincy was dispatched last week for a friendly visit. Confidential reports note rising pro Nazi activity in South American countries after the German invasion of the Lowlands. The Quincy, a 10 000 ton heavy cruiser, was to visit Rio first. The Wichita, also a 10 000 ton heavy cruiser, has served on the Atlantic coast neutrality patrol.
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Washington
Navy
Wichita
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Quincy
Edison
South America
Rio
Atlantic Coast Neutrality Patrol
Weygand hold seen as German advance stalls in Paris battle
Allied planes hit German tank advances as Weygand line around Paris holds three days into the siege. German high command cites “on schedule” fighting with inroads near the Seine. Cherbourg raids and Italian neutrality signals add tension as Weygand rallies French and British pilots to defend soil and positions.
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Weygand
Berlin
Holland
Belgium
Somme-Aisne
Seine River
France
Cherbourg
Italy
Italian Line
New York
Weather note for Tennessee and surrounding region
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 19.7 feet on Friday. Temperatures ranged from a high of 93 to a low of 70 with no rainfall reported in Alabama and northwest Florida. Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered thunder showers and light to moderate southerly winds along the coast. Tennessee part remains partly cloudy with local showers and thunder storms Saturday, cooler in the west tonight and Saturday afternoon.
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