Hughes to retire as Chief Justice after 1930 tenure
Chief Justice Hughes submitted his retirement letter to President Roosevelt signaling his departure from the bench. Roosevelt mourned the decision, noting health concerns and age forcing the step. Hughes plans to remain in Washington and later travel with Mrs Hughes possibly to the Canadian Rockies.
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Hughes
White House
Roosevelt
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Hyde Park
War power debate over proposed defense bill challenges senators
Senator Wheeler led the attack on a defense bill granting broad wartime powers to seize and dispose of property, warning it could let the President turn states into game preserves. Other leaders weighed full war powers while House and Senate panels planned swift action amid mixed views.
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D-Mont
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House Military Committee
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Office of Production Management
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Mussolini
George
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Reynolds
DNC
Senate Military Committee
May Day
British Night Raids Hit Berlin and Ruhr Cities
RAF night raiders staged a large fire attack on Berlin in the 46th assault on the Nazi capital. Other British raids struck the docks at St Nazaire and targets in Duisburg Ruhrort and surrounding Ruhr industry. Berlin apartments were reported damaged with civilian casualties. German reaction referenced Goering’s Crete claim as Britain eyed possible future blitzes.
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Berlin
London Air Ministry
Duesseldorf
Duisburg-Ruhrort
Germany
Ruhr
St. Nazaire
France
Ostend
Belgium
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Crete
Adolf Hitler
Middle East
British Isles
Practical Case Illustrates French Relationships
A concise remark notes that theoretical discussion fails to capture French relationships, and a practical case over the past year demonstrates the dynamics more clearly. It emphasizes applied observation over abstract theory in cultural interaction.
London Names Propagandist
London names Sir Gerald Campbell as director-general of all British information services in the United States. The No 10 announcement says Campbell will be based in New York and resign his post as minister in Washington to assume the new role.
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Sir Gerald Campbell
United States
London
Gerald Campbell
Washington
No. 10
Downing Street
Great
British Information Services
Lord Halifax
German exports to Japan amid Far East supply flow
TRANS-SIBERIAN shipments rose about 500 per cent as Germany supplied Japan with high value but small volume goods from the Far East. Germany dispatched economic missions to Moscow Tokyo and Manchoukuo to channel business through official forwarding agencies, establishing branches in Shanghai Tientsin Dairen Manchuria Tsingtao and Harbin.
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Far East
Germany
Japan
United States
Moscow
Tokyo
Manchoukuo
Shanghai
Tientsin
Dairen
Manchuri
Tsingtao
Harbin
Coble brothers ordered held for murder in Guilford
Ed fie and Shirley Coble of Guilford County were ordered held without bond for trial in Guilford Superior Court on first degree murder charges in the death of Monroe Coble. At a preliminary hearing, Elwood Brothers testified he saw Eddie Coble kill his elderly cousin with a stick the night before the house burned.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Edfie
Shirley Coble
Guilford County
Guilford Superior Court
Monroe Coble
Joe Paschall
Elwood Brothers
Eddie Coble
Crete evacuation and Allied push in Middle East war
Report on a 12 day Crete struggle with British naval officers claiming over 15 000 Allied troops withdrawn and 20 000 German sailors drowned after transports were shelled. In the Middle East the contest for strategic positions heats up with Latakia reports denied by Germany and France but sources in Ankara claiming a Nazi contingent landed. British forces monitor Iraqi and Transjordan frontiers amid a suspected Syrian drive toward Iraq and Palestine.
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Crete
Middle East
Syria
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Turkey
Palestine
Latakia
Ankara
Iraq
Trans-Jordan
Britain
Annual Christian Science gathering backs democracy stance
About 6,000 Christian Scientists from many nations met in Boston for the annual Mother Church gathering. Directors urged defense of democratic government as key to protecting life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. John Randall Dunn of Boston was elected president to preside at the next annual meeting.
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John Randall Dunn
The
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Christian Science Church
Mass
Christian Science Board of Directors
Mary Baker Eddy
Centerville
High Point Man Guilty in Liquor Case
Greensboro June 3 Bob McKinney and John Brown High Point white men were convicted in the United States district court today of violating liquor laws Judge Johnson J Hayes did not pass sentence immediately.
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Greensboro
Bob McKinney
John Brown
High Point
United States District Court Heer Today
Johnson J. Hayes
Physician From High Point Leaves for Philadelphia Alumni Meet
Dr. Phillip B. Davis of High Point will depart tonight for Philadelphia to attend an alumni meeting of Jefferson Medical College. He plans to return to his office Friday morning.
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Phillip B. Davis
High Point
Philadelphia
Jefferson Medical College
Davis
Greek Envoys Are Sent Back From Moscow
Moscow June 3 AP The Soviet government notified the Greek legation that Greece is no longer a sovereign state and its minister in Moscow has lost his diplomatic status effective immediately. Yugoslav minister Milan Gavrilovic left for Turkey with 24 staff bound for Jerusalem. Belgian Minister Guy Hendryx planned to depart by the Trans-Siberian Express to the United States. Norwegian Minister Einar Mase ng already departed.
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Legation
Greece
Milan Gavrilovic
Soviet
Russia
Turkey
Jerusalem
Palestine
Guy Hendryx
Two Million For N C REA
Federal REA officials announced $2,000,000 in government loans would be available for rural electrification in North Carolina during the 1941 42 fiscal year as part of the defense program. W P Coppinger, regional loans supervisor, will meet state officials and REA cooperatives to discuss expenditure. The Rural Electrification Authority will cooperate with Governor Broughton and a Marine corps base project in tidewater NC illustrates defense support.
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Raleigh
REA
North Carolina
W. P. Coppinger
State Rural Electrification Authority
Broughton
Coppinger
Marine Corps
Tidewater
Japanese Seizure of U.S. Gas at Haiphong Reported
United States oil men in Hanoi say Japan seized 127000 gallons of American aviation gasoline plus other oil stocks. The goods, en route to China, were taken at Haiphong on May 25. French Indo China officials call it a Japanese robbery scheme and refer it to Vichy. About $10 million worth of American products were seized from two warehouses, with three freighters taking part of the goods to an undisclosed destination.
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Saigon
Indo-China
United States
Hanoi
China
Haiphong
Two Giant Bomber Contracts Awarded by War Dept
The War Department awarded two bomber contracts totaling more than 320 million dollars. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, San Diego, received 226,636,200 dollars, and Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, 95,242,696 dollars. The orders aim to reach 500 bombers a month under President Roosevelt’s production goal.
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Washington
War Department
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Calif
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Wash
Roosevelt
Germans Use Turkish Route Through Turkey to Syria
German civilians in Turkish clothing reportedly crossed into Syria using Bulgarian papers. Ankara said Turkey saw Bulgaria as responsible due to papers in order, while Berlin pressed delay sending a boat to Piraeus for the Turkish ambassador. Ankara radio disputed German claims of Iraqi support against British forces. The assembly approved 20 year railroad bonds for Kurdistan to Iraq and Iran, noting current rail links to Iraq pass through Syria.
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Turkey
Syria
Bulgaria
Ankara
Germany
Piraeus
Greece
Ismet Inonu
National Assembly
Djarbekr
Kurdistan
Iraq
Iran
Persia
Parity Bill Faces Veto If Minimum Is Attacked
Washington June 3 authoritative sources report President Roosevelt would veto the bill financing the 5 percent parity loan for agriculture if Congress attaches an amendment fixing minimum government purchase prices for farm products. He is opposed to minimum price legislation regardless of the measure’s importance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Fourteen hundred NC youths to begin year of training
Raleigh June 3 Brig. Gen. J Vann B Metis said 1400 youths would be inducted for a year of military training under NCs 14th draft call. The latest call totals 1000 whites and 400 Negroes to be inducted at Fort Bragg toward the end of June as selective service officials set quotas for local boards.
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J. Vann B. Metis
Army
North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Selective Service
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