Uncle Dan Beard Dies Founder of Boy Scouts
SUFFERN New York June 11 Daniel Carter Beard one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America died today He would have been 93 on June 21 He died at his Brooklands estate after a heart condition worsened by age His daughter Barbara Price was at his bedside His son Daniel Barrett Beard of Omaha Neb is a National Park Service member Beard led 1 400 000 Scouts since 1910 cofounder Ernest Thompson Seton Baden Powell earlier died Writers and naturalist Beard illustrated Mark Twain early works and authored many nature books He recently dictated articles and colored his last drawings for Boy s Life after illness kept him from completing a drawing for the August issue
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Daniel Carter Beard
Boy Scouts of America
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Brooklands
Barbara Price
Daniel Barrett Beard
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Neb
National Park Service
Ernest Thompson-Seton
Robert Baden-Powell
England
Beard
Mark Twain
Boy’s Life
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Soldiers Guard Wrecked Plane Near Lyman Wyoming
In a June snowstorm, a twin engine army bomber crashed into a brush hillside about ten miles east of Lyman Wyoming. Six air corps fliers were killed and the wreckage guarded for salvage. The victims were transported to Salt Lake City air base. Captain David N. Motherwell led the crew with Lieutenants Lyman K. Harley Theodore F. Holsteen and John J. Gallagher and Sergeants Terence J. McGurgan Dallas E. Hawdey.
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Lyman
Wyo
Air Corps
Salt Lake City
David N. Motherwell
16Th Reconnaissance Squadron
Boise
Idaho
Lyman SK. Har ¥Ley
Theodore F. Holsteen
John J. Gallagher
Terence J. McGurgan
Dallas E. Hawdey
War To The Victory Against Hitler Urged By J Walter Lambeth
J Walter Lambeth of Thomasville urged American unity to wage a total war against tyranny. He said victory is essential for survival and called for land sea and air combat to topple Hitler. The NC Postmasters convention highlighted his address as Annie Lou Scott was elected president and Wrightsville Beach slated for the 1942 gathering.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Rome
J. Walter Lambeth
Thomasville
North Carolina
National Association of Postmasters
Annie Lou Scott
Sanford
J. C. Allen
Durham
Wrightsville Beach
W. C. Boshamer
Gastonia
John R Hughes
Madison
Germans Raid Fuel Deposits Haifa Port and Waters
Berlin reports an effective German air attack on British fuel depots and Haifa port facilities from new bases. The communique hints at a Monday night raid with origin unclear. It notes attacks on Matruh and Alexandria’s rail terminus, and claims two convoys were sunk or damaged off Scotland and in the Bristol Channel, totaling about 10,000 tons, with several freighters and tankers heavily damaged.
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Berlin
Palestine
Haifa
High Command
DNB
Aleppo
Syria
Matruh
Alexandria
Egypt
Bristol Channel
Britain
Latin American Reactions to Axis Influence and Market Decline
Diplomats in Washington report protests over articles depicting Latin nations as overrun by Fifth Columnists. Despite efforts, hemispheric solidarity falters and German control persists in trade and air lines. Mexico promises co op but blocks inspection leading to oil shipments to a German raider. A confidential SEC survey shows stock market losses tied to wartime events from 1939 to 1940 with delayed recoveries.
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Washington
Ray Tucker Mollow
State Department
Mexico
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Memel
Italy
Albania
CIO Threatens New Walkouts In Pittsburgh
The CIO union warns of a new strike at Curtiss Wright propeller plants in Pittsburgh as army claims 95 percent production at North American Aviation Inglewood plant. 600 join mass meeting near the aviation plant while wage demands rise to 60 cents minimum and 78 cents average. midnight deadline set for arbitration.
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North American Aviation Corporation
Inglewood
Calif
CIO
Pittsburgh
Charles W. Steinmetz
CIO United Automobile Workers
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Curtiss
Lamson and Sessions
Cleveland
Cio-Uaw
Berlin Claims 2 Million Tons
Berlin reports that for January through April 1941 the German navy and air force sank 2,235,000 tons of British shipping or ships carrying goods to Britain. The breakdown credits the navy with 1,471,000 tons, including 978,000 tons by submarines and 493,000 by surface ships, and the air force with 764,000 tons from 170 ships. Damaged shipping totals around 1,200,000 tons. German losses were listed as one torpedo boat, three submarines, and three smaller craft, with eight English men-of-war sunk and 24 vessels damaged in air attacks.
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Berlin
Air Force
Britain
High Command
Tats
British Press Reports Weakening of British Lines in Syria
The British attack in Southern Syria is weakening as French counterattacks strengthen. Reports note the direct route to Damascus seeing pressure and some neutrals credit German bombardment of supply lines in Northern Palestine with aiding French resistance.
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Vichy
France
Syria
Damascus
Palestine
British Cross Litani River in Lebanon Drive
British forces advance toward Beirut while French forces admit a battalion was sacrificed to hold the line at the Litani River and defend the approach to the Lebanese capital.
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Vichy
France
Litani
Beirut
Strikers May Be Called To Army Service
Washington June 11 Senator Connally announced the Senate Defense Investigating Committee has turned over to selective service headquarters the names of striking West Coast shipyard machinists and will seek to see if any have obtained deferment. The panel will also learn from the Works Projects Administration if they sought federal relief and forward names to other defense plants to check for work elsewhere. Byrnes said the administration would use government power to enforce Mediation Board decisions, with strikers resuming work at Inglewood under army supervision. The CIO strikers voted to return only if no discrimination or loss of union cards and immediate wage demand talks. If mediation fails, government can keep plants operating and workers may quit for replacements. Roosevelt said returning workers will be paid this week with any mediation raise retroactive to May 1.
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Senator Connally
Dtex
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Selective Service Headquarters
Works Projects Administration
Connally
San Francisco
Defense Mediation Board
Byrnes
D-Sc
Senate
CIO
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Calif
Mediation Board
Roosevelt
North American
Roosevelt Says U S Aided Britain With 75 Million In War Material
President Roosevelt reported to Congress that a little over 375 million dollars in defense matériel has been transferred under lease lend. He said the United States will help Britain outstrip the axis powers in munitions of war and ensure delivery to effective fronts. Details on allocation to Britain versus other nations were not given.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
China
Mr. Roosevelt
Tokyo Recalls Negotiator at Batavia Mission
Domei reports Japan plans to withdraw Kenkichi Yoshizawa, chief negotiator at Batavia, after the Netherlands East Indies rejected trade proposals. A Tokyo conference decided final instructions, to be disclosed after receipt by the Japanese delegation. Yoshizawa, with steamer reservations, said he awaits orders and lamented the mission's failure.
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Tokyo
Domei
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
New York
Japan
Yoshizawa
Tooko Asahi
Hull Assures Portugal No Aggressive Intentions
Washington June 11 Secretary Hull stated the United States has no aggressive designs on Portugal’s Azores Cape Verde Islands or any other territory. He warned Portugal to avoid allowing these possessions to be used by Nazi forces while stressing U S policy favors self defense and rejects expansion.
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Washington
Portugal
Hull
United States
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
United State
Confirmation on Robin Moor sinking raises war fears
Washington reports survivors claim the 5,000-ton merchantman Robin Moor flying the American flag was sunk by a German submarine in the South Atlantic near Dakar and Natal. Officials await formal reports from Brazil as Osorio returns with 11 survivors, hoping for authentic details before any action. Thirty five others remain missing after the May 1 torpedoing.
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Washington
State Department
Robin Moor
Brazil
Recife
Osorio
Els.t
South Atlantic
Dakar
Natal
New York
South Africa
Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Waldemar Lucio ‘Pereira
Wilson
Woman Plunges Ten Stories To Death In Charlotte
In Charlotte a young woman fell ten stories from the Hotel Charlotte window and died in the street. Detectives identified her as Miss Katherine McColl of Bennettsville, South Carolina, who had worked there for months. Police had not determined if the death was a fall or a jump.
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Charlotte
Frank N. Littlejohn
Katherine McColl
Bennettsville
S. C
Americans Told To Buy Coal Now For Safety
Washington report warns of grave danger of coal shortages next winter due to defense strain on transport. Officials urge summer buying and storage to aid national defense, while Interior Secretary Ickes says eastern seaboard families will have to get by with less gasoline and heating oil. He recommends fuel saving and car efficiency measures and maintaining oil burners.
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Washington
Paul Sifton
Consumers Counsel
Fed-Up
Secretcy of
Interior
Ickes
Eastern Seaboard
Defense Petroleum
Gulf Ports
French Forces Bolstered By Reich Airmen
Censored dispatches from Damascus claim Vichy French troops gain air support from unidentified German units that attacked Haifa while German warplanes reported raiding Haifa from new bases in Aleppo. British and Free French forces press toward Damascus as RAF bomb Beirut. French deny German aid but say defenses in Syria Lebanon front hold.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Luftwaffe
Syria
Dmascus
Syrian
Damascus
Haifa
Palestine
Aleppo
Vichy
Beirut
Lebanon
France
Middle East
Syria-n Lebanon
North Carolina governor warns of saboteurs amid fires near defense camps
Governor Broughton suggested fires near Onston County and Camp Davis could be set by saboteurs. He urged vigilance against fifth columnists and Communist influence, pledged labor harmony, and said North Carolina National Guard service would likely extend another year to protect defense industries and resources.
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Broughton
North Carolina
Fifth Columists
Inglewood
Calif
North American Aviation Corp
Onston County
Camp Davis
California
Perypose
Neate
Ordes
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