U S Army Takes Over Plant In British Press Drive Syria
Allied forces pressed a two day old invasion as British and Free French columns moved into France's Middle East colonies. Nazi parachutists captured. Beirut and Damascus threatened. Beirut defenders blew coast road to slow advances. Allied fleet bombarded Tripoli as Arab contingents moved with 20,000 Vichy troops in retreat across desert and mountains toward Palestine and Trans-Jordan.
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Lerench
France
Middle East
Beirut
Lebanon
Vichy
Rom
Palestine
Oirut
Tripoli
Paris
Jacques Benoit Mechin
Germany
Reuters
Evant
Sea of
Alilee
Christ
Damascus
Henri Dentz
Comander
Acion
Iraq
Jerusalem
Riots as Army Seizes North American Aviation Plant
Los Angeles reports that 3000 U. S. troops with bayonets and machine guns took over the North American Aviation plant after two riots and tear gas battles between police and a 1000-strong CID picket line. Six injured, one bayoneted worker hospitalized. Plant to operate under government control as workers demand higher wages. president had ordered an army takeover if strikes continued. Colonel Bradshaw said soldiers would ensure safe entry and exit for workers and support national defense.
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Los Angeles
CID
Redondo Boulevard
CIO
Allied forces push into Syria and Lebanon from Litani line
Cairo dispatch reports Red forces penetrating Syria and Lebanon have crossed the Litani and threat Beirut, with advances beyond the Ezran Sheikh Misrine Kunaitra line. Comms say penetration of Allied trees progresses and Tyre momentarily within reach as the front extends west of the Druze region.
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Egypt
Red
Lebanon
Litani
Beirut
Iran
Shikh
Mihkine
Kunaira
Middle East
Syria
Dend Tyre
Ezran-Sheikh-Misine-Kunaitra
Unaitra
Trans-Jordan Outier
Beled Druz
Governor Broughton to Speak in Boston July 1
Raleigh June 9 Gov er Broughton accepted an invitation to address a Boston audience July 1 at a governors conference. After the speech he will take about ten days vacation in New England and Eastern Canada. He has three more engagements this month including a Chinese relief meeting June 22 in Wiby, a Merchants Association convention June 23 in High Point, and a State Department of American Legion convention June 24 in Durham.
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Gover Broughton
Boston
Vernors
New England
Kanada
Wiby
High Point
Late Merchants Association
Durham
State Department of American Legion
Reich Watches Syrian Fight
Berlin reports German sources say British attack in Syria meets sturdy resistance and that it cannot yet be determined if French mandate defense will hold. A spokesman notes no German troops are in Syria and Germany is watching events with interest while questioning Britain’s motives and Vichy policy.
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Berlin
Syria
Germany
France
England
Moss
Britain
Crete
Fires Left in Alexandria After German Attacks
Berlin reports indicate several widespread fires in military areas around Alexandria Egypt following a heavy air raid Saturday night. Despite strong anti aircraft defense, bombs struck port facilities and naval depots. The raid, the second in four days, was described as particularly successful by the German command.
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Berlin
Alexandria
Britain
Mediterranean
High Command
Petain Calls French Fight To Defend Sovereignty In Levant
Marshal Petain urged a defensing stand as France faced invasion threats aimed at Beirut and Damascus. He rejected British claims of German base activity in Syria or Lebanon and protested to Britain via ambassador Francois Pietri in Madrid. He cited prior French attacks in Dakar Mers El Kebir and Sfax to stress ongoing aggression.
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France
Lebanon
Beirut
Damascus
Syria
Turkey
Petain
Charles’ de Gaulle
Palestine
Frans - Jordan
Britain
Spain
Francois Pietri
Samuel Hoare
Madrid
Levant
Dakar
French West Africa
Mers el Kebir
Algeria
Sfax
Tunisia
Military draft bill sparks Capitol Hill backlash and claims of haste
The proposed new draft measure, advanced without a presidential blessing, faced fierce opposition on Capitol Hill. War Department officials, led by Secretary Stimson, believed Roosevelt supported taking defense jobs, framing a bill more expansive than Britain ever tried. The President has authority under the 1916 act to commandeer any defense plant. The Truman Senate committee later exposed subletting failures by OPM and underutilization of capacity, noting half of U.S. production idle, with big firms favored over small contractors. (Continued on Page Three)
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White House
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National Defense
Capital Hill
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Truman Senatorial Committee
O. P. M.-ers
Army
Navy
America
Defense Contracts Division
Three Negro Convicts Free From Road Gang Escape
RALEIGH June 9 Three Negro prisoners seized a rifle from a guard and escaped from a road gang in Pender County this morning. Oscar Pitts prison director said the three overpowered the foreman and fled. Webb Mark John Craven 20 years for second degree murder 1938 Cumberland Eugene McRae 15 to 20 years 1938 Robeson Lester Braswell 7 years 1935 assault with deadly weapon.
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Raleigh
Pender County
Oscar Pitts
Pitts
John Mark Webb
Craven County
Eugene McRae
Cumberland
Lester Braswell
Robeson
Soldiers Held In Slaying Near Fayetteville
Fayetteville June 9. Roy Byrd 31 once of War Saw diner operator at a trailer camp near here was shot to death last night. State Highway Patrolman J L Carpenter said three soldiers and a woman are being held for investigation. Those held include Robert M Bridges 22 of Company B Fort Bragg recruited reception center Athens Ga Speed J Blanton Harlan Ky and Frank J Right 27 Spartanburg S C all with Bridges unit and Mildred Faircloth 24 Roseboro waitress. Bridges admitted firing the fatal shot. They told him Blanton was slashed at the diner and Byrd chased the party with a rifle. A stranger offered to obtain a gun and the group bought a .32 pistol for 10 dollars paying 3 for the ride back. They then returned and Bridges called Byrd to his cabin door and shot him. The soldiers were driven about Fayetteville to identify the pistol purchase location but could not point it out.
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Roy Byrd
War- Saw
Here
J. L. Carpenter
Carpenter
Robert M. Bridges
Fort Bragg
Athens
Speed J. Blanton
Harlan
Frank J. Right
Spartanburg
S. C
Bridges
Mildred Faircloth
Roseboro
Byrd
Blanton
Fayette- Ville
Roosevelt orders takeover of Inglewood plane plant
President Roosevelt said continuous production at North American Aviation in Inglewood California is essential to national defense. He ordered the army to operate the strike-bound plant after labor disputes halted output. Troops moved in as opening began and clashes occurred between pickets and police.
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Inglewood
Calif
Roosevelt
Army
Los Angeles
North American Aviation, Inc
United States
Secretary of Labor
National Defense Mediation Board
Rome Says Britain Wrong In Syria Move
Rome asserts the British invasion of Syria aims to block axis plans and seize Suez and Iraq oil. Fascist outlets dismiss the action as a diversion, with Il Piccolo and Virginio Gayda calling it an error that won’t derail Italy and Germany.
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Rome
Syria
Suez
Iraq
Britain
England
Il Piccolo
Virginio Gayda
Germany
Italy
Il Giornale D'Italia
London
Piccolo
Germans Not Superman, Says Fort Bragg General
Brig. Gen. Claude M. Thiele told North Carolina State College graduates that Germans are not a race of supermen and that human will remains vital in warfare. He spoke at a ceremony where 133 seniors received commissions and certificates, preluding tonight’s graduation at Riddick Stadium for about 355 degree candidates.
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Claude M. Thiele
Fort Bragg
North Carolina State College
Thiele
Germany
Riddick Stadium
H. C. Coburn, Jr
Fort Bragg Medical Center
J. W. Harrelson
Army
England
Britain
Royal Air Force
French Envoy Warns of Strain in US France Ties
Gaston Henry-Haye the French ambassador told Secretary Hull that France is angered by Britain’s attack on Syria and Lebanon. He said there is no current plan to sever relations with the United States and stressed France wishes to be seen as a great nation. He denied Axis forces in Syria or Lebanon.
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Washington
Gaston Henry-Haye
Hull
Syria
Near East
United States
France
Henry Haye
Lebanon
General Marshalls Cornwall New Head of Force in Egypt
London June 9. Lieutenant General Sir James Marsh all Cornwall has become general officer commanding in chief the British troops in Egypt. The War Office said his troops are a component part of General Sir Archibald Wavell's Middle East command. The appointment was announced June 3, with the assignment previously undisclosed.
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London
James Marshall-Cornwall
Egypt
War Office
Archibald P. Wavell
Amiddle
Marshall Cornwall
Damascus At War As Siege Rules Take Hold
Damascus is placed under a state of siege by French mandate authorities after British forces invade Syria. Army police gendarmes assume protection duties. pillage punished by death. Communications barred. public meetings and tract distribution forbidden. all public places closed at 9 pm. Travel halted without special passes.
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Damascus
Syria
Pitts Slayer Widely Sought in Valdese Slaying
Burke County officers hunted Newland Lefevres 23 after a warrant charged him with stabbing Edwin Pitts 30 during a tavern incident. Pitts, once a Washington and Albany minor leaguer, later played for Valdese. He left a widow, a daughter Patsy, a mother and a sister. Funeral held yesterday.
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Burke County
Newland Lefevres
Edwin
Alabama) Pitts
Sing Sing
Pitts
Lefevres
Albany
McNary and La Follette Block Strikes Move
In Washington on June 9 Republican Leader McNary and Senator La Follette blocked Senate action on a bill to authorize government takeovers of defense plants tied up by strikes. Objections centered on amendment clutter and blanket presidential powers to defer ages for selective service. Leaders said they would push amendments to curb strike impact, while others sought a non-specific approach to defense plant control.
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Washington
McNary
Oregon
la Follette
Senate
Army
Navy
Connally
D-Tex
French withdraw to Litani line after Lebanese setbacks
Bombardment news from Vichy reports French forces in Lebanon retreating behind Tyre to ready defenses along the Litani River against a secondary British push toward Beirut. In Cleveland, pickets with on strike banners appeared at Aluminum Company's plant gates as CIO Die Castors Union presses for higher pay for about 7,000 defense workers.
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Vichy
France
Lebanon
Tyre
Litani
Beirut
Cleveland
Gates of Aluminum Co. of America
CIO Die Casters
Draft reclassification for those who ceased essential work
Selective Service headquarters announced a reclassification measure targeting registrants who have stopped performing the jobs for which they were deferred and thus impeded the national defense program. Brigadier General Lewis B. Fishey disclosed the action at a War Department press conference on the North American Aviation strike in Inglewood, California.
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Selective Service Headquarters
Lewis B. Fishey
War Department
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Calif
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