Senate backs plan to let president seize failing plants
Washington June 12. The Senate approved legislation granting President Roosevelt statutory power to seize defense plants with production failure or when management or labor fail to use mediation. The 67 to 7 vote followed a battle over a Ball amendment delaying action until mediation exhausted. The measure links to army draft pauses for men turning 28 by July 1. The bill would formalize authority already used to seize the North American Aviation Plant in Inglewood California this week.
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Ball
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R-Ore
Clark
D-Ida
Byrd
D-Va
La _ Follette
Army
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Calif
Congress
Army orders 178 officers to Camp Davis for barrage balloon training
The army ordered 178 coast artillery reserve officers to report to the barrage balloon training center at Camp Davis North Carolina as students. Of these 33 are on active duty and 145 more will be selected in nine corps areas to report in two groups starting July 14 and August 25.
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Camp Davis
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Wash
Federal tax reform eyed to merge gas liquor taxes
Secretary Morgenthau proposed the federal treasury collect all federal state and local taxes on gas liquor and similar items now taxed separately. He noted no definite plan yet and has three outside experts studying options with a fall report expected.
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Roosevelt
Luther Gulick
New York
Institute of Public Administration
Harold M. Groves
University of Wisconsin
Clarence Heer
University of North Carolina
Amount Of Aid Elates Britain
London reports jubilation over President Roosevelt's disclosure that 75,202,425 of U S equipment was transferred to Britain under the lease- lend program from March 11 to May 31. Headlines praise U S aid, with mirrors noting Britain’s war expenditures topped by Washington.
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Roosevelt
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Britain
Washington
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Daily Mirror
United States
Missing Winston-Salem salesman sought in Charlotte
Charlotte police aided by detectives in locating Thomas Vincannon a 45 year old furniture salesman who reportedly wrote to his wife from Charlotte saying he planned to commit death by his own hand by drowning.
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Charlotte
Thomas Vincannon
Winston-Salem
Frank N. Littlejohn
House Rejects Amendments Aimed at Strikes in Defense Work
By Ray Tucker caution and presidential action shaped the defeat of several Army Appropriation Bill amendments designed to bar strikes on national defense jobs. The moves were seen as risky, potentially aiding Communists, and were blocked by the North American Aviation plant denial of troops. Leadership on both sides sought to avoid sweeping measures. Murray and White House support influenced caution. Continued discussion noted to resume on Page 12.
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House
Capitol Hill
North American Aviation
CIO
Philip Murray
White House
Roosevelt Nominates Stone Jackson Byrnes To High Court
President Roosevelt named Harlan F. Stone of New York to succeed Hughes as chief justice. Robert H. Jackson would fill Stone’s seat as attorney general. James Francis Byrnes of South Carolina was nominated for the McReynolds vacancy and confirmed swiftly. Francis Biddle may be elevated to the top Justice Department post. Chief Justice Hughes asked to retire next July 1.
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Roosevelt
Harlan F. Stone
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
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Robert H. Jackson
Byrnes
James Clark McReynolds
James Francis Byrnes
South Carolina
Glass
D-Va
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Judiciary
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Judiciary Committee
Francis Biddle
Justice Department
Biddle
Philadelphia
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Third Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Hughes
Mr. Roosevelt
Famed British Gunboat Sunk
Alexandria dispatch reports Britain's gunboat Ladybird and monitor Terror sunk by Stuka dive bombers. Terror, 8,000 tons, suffered a near miss that crumpled amidships after 500 pound bombs. Ladybird went down in Tobruk harbor while gallantly firing until the last gun slipped below.
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Egypt
Britain
Italy
Libya
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Tobruk Harbor
Yangtze River
United States
Panay
Yangtze
Tobruk
German High Command Acknowledges Heavy RAF Raids
Berlin reports damage in Cologne Duisburg and Bochum with rail and industrial harm after a night of RAF raids. German lines list 15 RAF planes shot down in 24 hours, crediting night fighters and anti-aircraft batteries. They note eight British planes lost in Rotterdam docks and ports along the occupied French coast. Also mentions U boat commander Herbert Schultze and a submarine sinking 22,700 tons.
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Duisburg
Bochum
Germany
High Command
Dueseldorf
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Channel
Britain
England
Sottish
Herbert Schultze
Horton Announces Merger of Seven Trucking Firms
Charlotte June 12 Horton president of Horton Motor Lines announced merger of seven large Atlantic Seaboard trucking companies into Associated Transport Inc The seven firms operate about 3500 vehicles with annual freight revenues above 25 million Horton named chairman of the board of directors of the new company
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H. D. Horton
Horton Motor Lines
Atlantic Seaboard
Associated Transport, Inc
Horton
Horton Lines
Barnwell Brothers
Burlington
Transportation, Inc
Atlanta, Ga
Southeastern Motor Lines
Bristol, Va
Consolidated Motor Lines
Hartford, Conn
McCarthy Freight System
Traunton
Mass
Moran Sea Oportation Lines
Buffalo
Germans Reported Putting Squeeze On Soviet Russia
London dispatches report Germany massed troops guns and planes in Poland and Rumania for a war of nerves to press Russia for concessions. Reports cited 1.85 to 2.325 million forces, seeking oil wheat and minerals, while Berlin claimed cordial ties and some saw the moves as mere threats to influence Ukraine breadbasket policy.
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Romania
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Joseph Stalin
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U S Robin Moor Sunk by German Submarine Confirmed
The State Department announced a consul report from Pernambuco Brazil that the U S ship Robin Moor was undoubtedly sunk by a German submarine. The commander was aware it was American. Surviving crew say 11 aboard are safe though 35 remain missing. The incident occurred May 21 in the South Atlantic at 6 00 GMT near 61 0 N 25 40 W. Depositions and a full summary will be sent coded.
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State Department
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Brazil
United States
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Sumner Welles
Walter J. Linthicum
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Stephen Early
Mrs Roosevelt to refund half of lecture fee
Washington June 12 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will return 500 of 1000 dollars paid to her by sponsors of a Burlington Vermont hospital benefit. She said the remainder went to booking agents and charity earnings support. The Burlington auxiliary defended the event saying no money was lost.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Mary Fletcher Hospital
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Slow Down Of Strikes Aids Defense Program
The nationwide slowdown in strikes eased tensions but sparked debate over government measures to curb stoppages in strategic industries. Resumption at Bohn Aluminum and six ALCOA units follows brief CIO walkouts. In California production stayed steady at North American Aircraft Inglewood and San Diego unions weighed new contracts. Pittsburgh AFL truck drivers rejected a peace proposal as CIO steelworkers threatened Curtiss-Wright plants. In St Louis troops moved materials from a shuttered AFL plant while Detroit CIO stoppages threatened 30,000 jobs at Chrysler and Briggs. Defense officials focused on sustaining production amid capital-area tensions.
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Aluminum Company of America
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CIO
California
North American Aircraft Corp
Inglewood
San Diego
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Labor Department
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Vichy Forces Report Setback in Syria Lebanon Drives
London dispatch says British and Free French troops advance in six spearhead drives into French manded Syria and Lebanon. Claims gains in all sectors as they advance with promises of liberation sovereignty and protection against the Axis.
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London
Syria
Lebanon
Allied drive stalled along Beirut Damascus front
British and de Gaullist troops have been stopped along the entire front of their advance toward Beirut and Damascus, according to a communique from the French high command for Lebanon and Syria dated June 12 in Vichy.
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Near East War Zone
Beirut
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Kiswe
Syria
Iraq
Palmyra
Vichy
France
Lebanon
Misled Vichy troops resist Allied advance near Damascus
Communique from Cairo says Vichy forces misguided by incorrect information resist in areas hindering the Allied push. Overrun troops reportedly express sympathy with the aim of keeping Syria free from German reach. British forces batter defenses near Damascus and push toward Sidon, Lebanon, as coverage notes the campaign continues.
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Allies Vow to Fight On Until Victory in War
London reports Britain and allied governments vow to continue the struggle against German and Italian oppression until victory. The first formal wartime conclave adopts a resolution calling for mutual aid in war and peace, with leaders including Winston Churchill pledging to purge Hitler’s stain.
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