Roosevelt seeks broad power to requisition private property
President Roosevelt discussed with congressional leaders a War Department bill to grant sweeping authority to seize private property for national defense. The plan would allow temporary or permanent confiscation, with aims to mobilize industry and equip the army, while limiting use to future emergencies and not directly to labor disputes.
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Trans Siberian Food Trade Boosts Germany War Effort
Tokyo reports say 1500 tons daily of vital foodstuffs from Japan and occupied China flowed to Germany by the Trans Siberian railroad to circumvent the British blockade. Dr Yelmuth Wohlthat and Japanese officials spearheaded this traffic while Manchoukuo soybean exports total about 75000 tons. oil, cotton, meat and rice also moved east. Soviet Russia is leveraging the shift, with freight rates rising for Berlin routes.
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FCC Chief Faces Senate On Political Pressure
Chairman James L Fly testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that the FCC faced unmerciful political pressure from many sources. He disputed Tobey’s claim that political influence pushed rapid action in the Jesse Jones case and noted no 48 hour rush in a recent FCC decision. He cited pressure from parts of the industry upset over new chain broadcasting rules and NBC divestiture talks.
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Knox Urges U S Shipyards to Produce Miracle
Secretary Knox told a shipyard conference that victory depends on sea and air power and urged an immediate labor productivity surge in U S shipyards to outpace wartime needs. He proposed government funded competitions and bonuses to spur leadership and competitive spirit across yards.
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Cyprus Viewed As Next Step
Berlin dispatches report Britain's Mediterranean hold shrinking as Voelkischer Beobachter names Cyprus as Germanys probable next target. Cyprus, last British island in the Eastern Mediterranean, serves as base guarding approaches to Palestine and Suez. Observers say its loss would threaten Axis aims in the region.
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Defense plant financing and option issues debated
The Truman Committee aide Hugh A Fulton challenges the defense plant funding scheme giving private firms options to buy after five years. Aluminum Co of America executive Gibbons agrees the deal may be unjustified unless emergency needs exist. The piece notes John L. Lewis’ CIO push for prefabricated housing amid cantonment expansion and defense plant labor actions.
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London Hints Forces May Be On Move Now
London sources late today hinted Britain may have begun moving to outpace Germany in Syria and Lebanon as the war's next front. Observers link a crisis in British French ties to silence on Syria while Nazi Italy party editor Gayda warned of action against the United States. Reports from Cairo claim Syria cut communications with Egypt, fueling talk of a Cyprus Syria Iraq Palestine axis thrust and possible British front shifts in the Middle East.
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Winant Talks To Roosevelt
Ambassador John G Winant met with President Franklin D Roosevelt at the White House for an hour in the second floor study to discuss recent war developments abroad. He arrived by plane for a State Department consultation and then joined Harry L Hopkins for luncheon. Roosevelt also spoke with Admiral E J King during the day.
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Fatally Injured Man in Morrison Estate Work Scene
Charlotte reports Edgar Brigman 34 fatally injured after a fall from a truck while working on the estate of former Gov. Cameron Morrison. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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Tobacco trade with Britain hampered by ship shortages
Washington reports the Agriculture Department says Britain could buy more U S tobacco if ships and foreign exchange were available. British cigarette demand has risen since the war, with 90 percent rationing in 1939-40 and record 260 million pounds of tobacco consumed in 1939. A 20 pack of popular cigarettes costs about 30 cents, with a duty of 83.92 per pound.
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Hitler Pushes Flying Science at Aeronautics Meeting
Brig. Gen. Donald H. Connolly told the National Aeronautics Association convention in Louisville that Adolf Hitler’s evil deeds have pushed aviation forward 20 or 30 years. He said Hitler misused the air plane to kill and enslave neighbors, while the United States pursues a record breaking air program and civil aviation will grow after the war.
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Wilmington Storm Lashes City With Wind and Rain
Wilmington battered by a wind and rain storm that swept within a 10 mile radius. Police tower toppled, downed lines, broken plate glass, uprooted trees. About half an inch of rain in thirteen minutes.
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Mediation Board Seeks Solution To Pacific Strike
In Washington the Defense Mediation Board pushed a new effort to end the 25 day old CIO lumberworkers strike in the Pacific Northwest. It urged resumption of work while seeking settlement and noted Roosevelt’s demand for impartial board recommendations to be accepted.
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Chief Justice Hughes Quits Supreme Court
Washington June 3 Charles Evans Hughes, the 79 year old chief justice, will retire July 1 due to health and age. His 19 year service spans both associate and chief justice roles and ends a varied public career. Rumors place Attorney General Robert T. Jackson as Roosevelt’s likely successor, which would give the president seven of the nine justices.
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Petain Calls Cabinet For Urgent War Meeting
Petain summoned a second cabinet session in Vichy France after a Paris briefing with Weygand, as tensions with Britain surge over potential action in Syria. Berlin signaled a free hand to France, while Ankara warned of German troop movements toward Syria and air support by swastika flags. German war aims in the Atlantic intensified, with claimed British shipping losses near wartime highs amid counterclaims of Allied retaliation.
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