Legislators Trim Newsmen in Slapstick Softball Fundraiser
Washington June 7 Congress members dressed as players edged out a journalist team in a charity softball game. The Nine Old Men, led by Rep. Fish, left early stars like Walter Johnson as a ringer, scoring 16 through three innings before the game continued with disputed calls and odd rulings from high officials.
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Washington
Congress
Lowell Thomas
Robert Patterson
James V. Forresta
Wayne C. Taylor
War
Navy and Commerce
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Rep. Fish
R-Ny
Harvard
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Independent stores still lead US retail market says census
The census shows independent stores comprise 92 percent of all retail outlets and perform 74.7 percent of total business, edging past chain stores over the past five years. Lord Halifax met with Winant at a state department reception, discussing world questions including the French situation, but declined to comment for publication.
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Britain
Lord Halifax
State Department
Winant
Halifax
Welles
United States
Politicians take to the mound in informal game
Vice-President Wallace rapped two hits and lawmakers from both parties fielded and bunted with mixed success. Early misplays by Mead Wallgren Brooks and others gave way to a sharper late innings defense led by Stratton who made the first errorless play, then Worley Kilday Eliot Fogarty Kefauver took over in the late stages.
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Wallace
Senators Mead
D-Ny
Wallgren
D-Wash
Brooks
Alten
R-Ill
O'Brien
R-Ny
Fish
Stratton
Worley
D-Tex
Kilday
Eliot
D-Mass
Fogarty
D-Ri
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Vichy Officials Debate North Africa Troop Loyalty Amid Syria Tensions
Exchange Telegraph reports stormy meetings between Weygand and Admiral Darlan over French troops in Syria. Dentz asks Vichy for more troops or German support if needed. Reuters cites eight German pocket submarines seen in Beirut harbor amid conflicting denials from Paris.
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Jean Darlan
de Gaulle
Exchange Telegraph
Weygand
Darlan
Syria
Mediterranean
British Broadcasting Corporation
Free French
Henri Dentz
Vichy
Reuters
Ankara
Beirut
Lebanon
Forced landings near Turkish frontier reported
British radio quoted Ankara advices that several German and Italian pilots made forced landings on Turkish soil near the Syrian border and were arrested. NBC picked up the broadcast tonight.
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New York
Ankara
NBC
Infiltration Continues Amid War News From Front
The report reviews Axis pressure on the Soviet Union for access to Ukraine wheat, German movements in Eastern Europe, and Italy’s planned session on June 10. It notes Syria as a strategic flashpoint, base-building by Luftwaffe, and British plans amid mixed signals from Vichy. Shipping clashes, Luftwaffe activity, and Japanese actions in China and the Indies are also covered.
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Crete
Hitler
Ankara
Turkey
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Berlin
Vichy
France
Russia
Joseph Stalin
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Black Sea
Middle East
Reuters
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Moldavia
Romania
Rome
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Syria
Britain
London
Tobruk
Suez
W. Averill Harriman
Iroq
Germany
Mediterranean
Iraq
Marshal Petain
Suez Canal
Mandate
Henri Dentz
Free French
Dentz
Latakia
Syrian
Cyprus
Beirut
Lebanon
Greece
Africa
de Gaullists
Weygand
Algeria
England
Netherlands
Scotland
West African
Folkestone
Luftwaffe
Thames
Far East
Chungking
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Tokyo
Hochi
Indies
The Earl of Sandwich and the sandwich origin tale
A claim links the sandwich origin to the Earl of Sandwich who enjoyed snacks during cards. The text speculates he would not have invented the sandwich if ulcer pains ruled him out. An advertisement promotes Udga tablets for ulcers indigestion and acid-related pains with a money-back guarantee.
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Earl of Sandwich
Union continues clash over wage retroactivity and agitation
The article records a CIO official denouncing local leaders for striking, stating wage adjustments would be retroactive to May 1 and urging a return to work pending mediation board findings. He asserts the CIO backs five million members and warns Communists to stay out of the aircraft division policies on the West Coast.
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CIO
Frankensteen
International Union
CSO
UAW
Kindelberger
United States
Washington, D. C
National Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Washington
North American
Tocal
Communist Party
Philip Murray
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers Cio
Rush to gain GOP backing on wartime seizure and draft act
The plan seeks to delay action on the War Department property seizure bill and back a Republican amendment to the Selective Service Act. The amendment would let the President delay draft registrations after turning 18 and authorize power to take over defense-need plants through designated agencies during the national emergency. Critics say the proposed authority is too broad.
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War Department
War Or Navy Department
Secretary of War
Navy
Army
Maritime Commission
George
D-Ga
Senate
Nazis Ridicule U S Army Plan
Berlin dispatch reports Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung deriding a New York dispatch about a Camp Hunter Liggett proposal to use a little live ammunition in maneuvers. The idea called for one live round per ten thousand blanks to train caution, likened to World War I blind assaults.
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Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeinetung
New York
Camp I
Iter
Camp Hunter
Liggett
Cal
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Congress urged revision of measure on tool and material priorities
A speaker warned that while a revised measure would pass Congress, it should not cripple the government by withholding machine tools or critical materials or by distributing them under priority schemes. He stressed safeguards to avoid provocative shortages.
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Ing
Congress
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