Germany claims 330000 prisoners captured around Flanders and Artois
Berlin reports the capture of 330 000 Allied prisoners in the Artois and Flanders battle as preliminary. German high command says Dunkerque exit remains contested by Allied rearguards while the west prepares for a new push. Paris bombings kill and wound scores with 1050 bombs dropped. Damaged buildings, fires, and dispersed casualties across the capital and outskirts.
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Artois
Berlin
Dunkerque
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William C. Bullitt
United States
Bullitt
Supreme Court Upholds School Flag Salute Rule
The Supreme Court, in an 8 to 1 decision, declares constitutional a regulation requiring school children to salute the American flag. Justice Frankfurter says the court will not judge educational policy and must not act as the nation’s school board. Justice Stone dissents. The court also plans to adjourn for October and reviews several labor and press-related cases pending.
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Supreme Court
Justice Frankfurter
Minersville
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Stone
Georgia _ company
American Medical Association
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Los Angeles Times
Supreme Court agrees to review NC tax on hotel room moles display
The Supreme Court will review a North Carolina law that imposes a $250 annual privilege tax on companies other than regular retailers that display moles in hotel rooms or rented spaces to obtain orders for retail sale. Best and Company of New York appealed a North Carolina ruling upholding the tax as non interfering with interstate commerce.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Best and Company, Inc
Newark City
North Carolina
Horton Withdraws From Second Primary No County Race
Raleigh June 3 Wilkins P Horton withdrew from the Democratic gubernatorial campaign leaving J Melville Broughton Raleigh lawyer the nominee Hortons move came after the state elections board ruled Horton earned a second primary Moseley Greensboro attorney withdrew his request for a Guilford County second primary to nominate two state house members leaving Rupert T Pickens High Point Shelley B Caveness Greensboro Beverly C Moore as nominees in Guilford Caveness spoke from High Point expressing gratitude for the support in the primary
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Wilkins P. Horton
Horton
J. Melville Broughton
Broughton
State Board of Elections
Robert F. Moseley
Greensboro
Guilford County
House of Representatives
Moseley
Rupert T. Pickens
High Point
Shelley B. Caveness
Beverly C. Moore
Bill lets Roosevelt call guardsmen in national emergency
In Washington on June 3 a House bill proposed by Rep. May would grant President Roosevelt emergency powers to mobilize reserve components including the National Guard and retired regulars if Congress has adjourned. Roosevelt had asked for authority to call out the National Guard if needed. The White House indicated it planned to impound funds not vital to defense to boost treasury revenue.
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Roosevelt
Army
May
House Military Committee
National Guard
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Rep
Rayburn
Tex
White House
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Harold Smith
Pope Pius XII Holds Private Audience With Papal Nuncio
Pope Pius XII conferred in the Vatican library with Monsignor Francesco Borgogini Duca Papal Nuncio to Italy. The discussion details were not disclosed but observers speculated on possible talks about Italy entering the war.
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Pius XII
Monsignor
Francesco Borgogini Duca
Italy
Italian Fair Postponed by Mussolini in War Mobilization
Rome reports the indefinite postponement of the 1942 Rome Exposition as nations seek more time to repair exhibits while Italy advances mobilization. Pink reserve notices arrive at homes, blood donor committees plan emergency transfusions, and Turin residents are urged to relocate as general mobilization proceeds.
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Mussolini
Italy
Organization of Blood Donors
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Fascist Party
Turin
Burleson Tries Suicide While Awaiting Transfer to Penitentiary
Mrs May Walker Burleson of Galveston Texas, sentenced to 12 years for slaying her late husband's second wife, attempted suicide at Richland County jail at 10 55 am as guards prepared to move her. Colonel John Glenn reported she swallowed three tablets after stashing them in a telegraph envelope and was rushed to a Columbia hospital for stomach pumping.
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S. C
May Walker Burleson
Galveston
Texas
State Penitentiary
Richland County
John Glenn
Burleson
Glenn
Movie Mogul Faces Tax Fraud Charges
New York June 3 Joseph Schenck president and board chairman of the 20th Century Fox Film Corp was indicted by a federal grand jury on 24 counts of income tax fraud conspiracy and making false statements. His bookkeeper Joseph H Moscowitz named a co defendant. Indictments say he defrauded the government of more than 400000 in taxes in 1935 7 by deducting losses from stock sales to friends and writing off personal expenses as business.
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New York
Joseph Schenck
20Th Century Fox Film Corporation
Schenck
Joseph H. Moscowitz
Hollywood
Population figures for High Point NC from 1940 census
The Enterprise reports a preliminary 1940 census count for High Point of 88,449 residents as of April 1, 1940. This figure compares with 36,745 in 1930, and is subject to later correction. E A Hughes, Raleigh area manager, and Ruby D. Barfield, district supervisor, provided the figures.
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High Point
Bureau of the Census
Enterprise
E. A. Hughes
Raleigh
North Carolina
Ruby D. Barfield
N. C
Paris Air Raid Describes 1st Bombardment After Sirens
Correspondent William J. Humphreys reports an early afternoon air raid over Paris with sirens wailing at 1 20 p m local time and bombs exploding within sight and hearing. He notes his Polish maid Anna Malarz, her move to the shelter, and a sustained bombardment for over half an hour with several censored passages.
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William J. Humphreys
Paris
Anna Malarz
Massillon
Ohio
Three Day Strike Halts Shipyard Warship Work
KEARNY New Jersey June 3 Thousands of workers at Federal Ship Building and Dry Dock Company staged a three day strike delaying six United States warships including two cruisers and four destroyers. About 400 returned at midnight then 5000 more for the 6 30 a m shift with the rest to follow. The idle yards interrupted part of the defense program.
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Kearny
N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
United States
Britain reports two hospital ships bombed by German planes
London reports two British hospital ships Worthing and Paris bombed off the French coast as Nazi air force attacks press toward the Continent. One 17 year old boy killed as the British expeditionary force survivors thin out under coordinated German bombardment and Allied sea power. The Duke of Northumberland and other Britons killed in action in Flanders are confirmed.
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Royal Air Force
Dum Werque
Worthing
Paris
Frei
Duke of Northumberland
Flanders
Paris Bombing Described by AP Reporter in Paris
Paris on June 3 described a German raid that struck near a cafe where an AP correspondent dined. Bombs damaged a post office and a bank cellar while civilians inside the cafe carried on, with dazed streets, smoke, and shattered glass in the aftermath.
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Paris
Army
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