British Forces Push Deep into Syria Amid Invasion
British and Free French columns drive toward Damascus and Beirut as ships threaten the two ports. Beirutsi troops blow the coastal road to slow the advance while German and French denials surface. Allied forces report fighting across the region with RAF bombers hitting Danmascus Aleppo and Levaya.
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Syria
France
Middle East
Beirut
Lebanon
Vichy
Palestine
Tripli
Paris
Jacques Benoit Mechin
Germany
Reuters
Free French Levant
Sea of Galilee
Christ
Damascus
Henri Deniz
RAF
Danmascus
Aleppo
Levaya
Great Britain
Berlin
Tripoli
Iraq
Occasional Showers With Steady Temperatures For Jefferson City
Occasional showers tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures remain steady with highs near 79 and lows around 63. Sunday expected high 88, low 60. Rainfall report shows 0.57 inch. River stage readings include ib OFake 7.5 and Fall 0.5, along with rising levels at Kansas City and Waverly. Reservoir notes indicate Lake of Ozarks about 0.3 foot below full. Keokuk.
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Jefferson City
Kansas City
Waverly
Boonville
St. Thomas
Hermann
Lake of Ozarks
Keokuk
Donnell to Deliver Special Message to Legislature
Governor Donnell announced he will address a joint session tomorrow to outline a program for enactment before adjournment. He is expected to push a secret ballot bill, the Roxter Donnelly Commission survey, and tax agency reorganization, plus economy and deep budget cuts amid a stalled session.
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Forrest
Donnell
Lloyd C. Stark
House
Mmost
Assembly
Senate
General Assembly
WPA reports Iowa and Missouri flood era farm impacts
The Works Progress Administration reports Cole county Missouri records include 212 853 school lunches served from 1935 to 1940 42 592 garments completed and 132 690 square feet of building renovated In northwest Missouri farmers face flood threats with three inches of rainfall triggering rising rivers and widespread crop and road impacts across Nodaway Maryville Bedford and Liberty areas.
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Works Progress Administration
Cole County
WPA
B. M. Castel
Lincoln University Nursery School
Missouri State Office
Pattonsbag
West Missouri
Grand River
Big Creek
Maryville
Bedford
Iowa
Iowa State Line
Little Platte
Smithville
Clay County
Main Street
Liberty
Iban Lake
Three Hurt In Northside Wreck Near Airport
Three people were injured when their car overturned on a detour near the No. 63 highway by the airport on the north side late last night. James Howard Elroy Bran ham and Louise Settles of Fulton were taken to the hospital for treatment. injuries not serious. The driver James H Routt of Fulton apparently failed to see the detour signs as the highway is being straightened at the scene. A second wreck near Warwick Village involved cars owned by Vernon Narx Charter Oak Mo and H Wertheimer Long Island N Y. occupants escaped injury. Lessie is 77 Former Police Judge John G Leslie marked his 77th birthday today.
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No. 63
James Howard
Elroy Branham
Louise Settles
Colored
Fulton
James H. Routt
Highway Patrol
Warwick Village
Nernon Narx
Charter Oak
H. Wertheimer
Long Island
Minimum Textile Wage Established in Washington
Wage-hour chief Phil ip Fleming approved a unanimous committee recommendation for a 871% cents an hour minimum wage in the textile industry. The effective date is time 30, boosting pay for about 300,000 workers, the largest number tied to an industrial wage order. The lowest paid workers on the standard 40 hour week will rise from 13 to 13 a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Blair Gains Continue in Cooper County
Judge Sam C. Blair maintains gains as recount shifts from Cole to Cooper County in the 14th district. Republican challenger Harry Buchanan loses three votes while Blair gains five in Boonville precincts. Attorneys say no action on disputed ballots until circuitwide recount concludes. State GOP panel will not fund local contests, officials say.
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Sam C. Blair
14Th Judicial Circuit
Cole
Cooper County
Harry Buchanan
Blair
Boonville
Buchanan
Cole County
St. Thomas
Wardsville
Jefferson City
Republican State Committee
L.a 1
House Appropriations Committee Approves Relief Fund
The House appropriations committee approved an $855.903 million work relief fund for the year starting July 1, a 35 percent cut from the current total. The reduced amount would require a 44 percent drop in WPA rolls from peak levels, with restrictions on the PWA kept despite Roosevelt proposals to loosen them.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
House
PWA
Weward Hunter
Two Soldiers Die in Car Crash Near Lebanon
FT WOOD Mo June 1 Two soldiers aged 23 Charles B. Bender and Clarence B. Campbell Monticello Ia serving with field artillery units at Ft Wood were killed when their automobile crashed into a transport truck on U S highway 6 near Lebanon The accident followed an hour earlier crash at the same curve that injured six other men from the camp Sally Andrus Ernest Burson Jim McKay George Nemeth George Owen and Denny Shaffold were among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Leonard Wood
Charles BE. Bender
Clarence B. Campbell
Monticello
U.S. Highway 6
Lebanon
Ft. Wood
Sally Andrus
Ernest Burson
Jim McKay
George Nemeth
George Owen
Denny Shaffold
Dr L David Enloe III to Return Home from Hospital
Dr L David Enloe III has battled pneumonia for a week and will leave hospital tomorrow to return home. He was admitted last week. Two marriage licenses were issued: Lewis M Waggoner and Betty Wilkinson of Alton Illinois, and L D Miller of California Missouri with Virginia Rose Graham of Tipton Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. L. David Enloe III
L. David Enloe
Enloe
Lewis M. Waggoner
Betty Wilkinson
Alton
Hil
L. D Miller
California
Virginia Rose Graham
Tipton
Army Troops Scatter Pickets Take Over Aviation Plant
Selective Service head announces reclassification of registrants who have ceased to perform their deferred defense jobs. Brigadier General Hershey says those no longer on national defense work lose deferment status and must be reassessed to avoid impeding the defense program. The action mirrors the WWI work or fight policy and follows a strike at North American Aviation in Inglewood California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service Headquarters
National Defense
Lewis B. Hershey
War Department
North American Aviation
Hershey
Selective Service System
Missouri bids set for seven county road projects
The State Highway Department reported low bids for 47 miles of new construction and 353 miles of surface replacement across seven counties. Audrain Route M four miles, Pike Route 61 three point seven miles, Pettis Route A two tenths, plus several asphalt and oil treatment projects in St. Louis, Cape Girardeau Bollinger Grundy Barry counties. All bids were withdrawn. Division Seven Maintenance Forces in Joplin will perform the work.
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State Highway Department
Commission
Audrain County
Callaway County
W. J. Menefee Construction Co
Sedalia
Pike County
McCune
Hannibal Contracting Co
Pettis County
North Flat Creek
Green Ridge
C. H. Atkinson Paving Co
Chillicothe
St. Louis
Wabash Tracks
Missouri Petroleum Products Co
Clayton
Cape Girardeau
Bollinger
Bollinger County
Bufordville
Marble Hill
Gravel Hill
Lutesville
Menefee Construction Company
Sedlaia
Grundy County
Route M
Sullivan County
Iowa Road Building Co
Des Moines
Barry County
Newton County
Division Seven
Joplin
Congress Plans Two Months Holiday in Summer
Washington reports President Roosevelt has told Capitol leaders he has no major legislation to push this period and a two month summer recess July and August is being planned. Senate leaders agree to clear the calendar of pending matters before the break delaying the 2.5 billion tax bill until September. A daughter was born today to Mr and Mrs John Scherr at St Mary's hospital Route No 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Senate
Congress
Scherr
John Scherr
St. Mary's Hospital
More Police Only Solution Repeated in City Traffic Drive
Wrecks yesterday push yearly total to 183 with no injuries but cars damaged. Judge Foster Whealley cheered as all overtime parking tickets issued were answered and fines of 1 dollar imposed. One double parker and one stop sign runner fined 83. A lone inebriate was ordered to leave the city. Students say doubling the traffic force is needed to curb violations and accidents, while blue coats and khaki enforcers cooperate amid ongoing surveys by the safety council engineers for a council report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Whealley
Jefferson City
Engineers’ Branch
The
Safety Council
Gov Winter Undergoes Operation Tomorrow
Former Lieutenant Governor E H Winter is to undergo an operation for an intestinal disorder at Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota tomorrow morning. He was taken to Mayo Clinic late last week and the operation was decided noon. It is understood he has a stomach tumor. He had influenza earlier in spring and recovered slowly after a thorough check up revealed the disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Winter
Mayo Bros
Summer Bible School at Baptist Church Opens
The Vacation Bible School began this morning with 120 pupils attending at the Baptist church. Classes run Monday through Friday, continuing until Wednesday, and are divided into beginners primary junior and intermediates. Mrs. H. W. Dahler serves as superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
H. W. Dahler
Inglewood Plant Seized by Forces Under Roosevelt
United States soldiers with fixed bayonets and mounted machine guns moved to take over the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood California after President Roosevelt ordered the takeover to protect national defense. Police and sheriff deputies had used tear gas to quell two riots as about 1000 CIO pickets clashed with workers attempting to enter through the gates. The plant reopened four hours after the seizure with only a fraction of workers returning.
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United States
North American Aviation Corporation
Inglewood
Calif
Roosevelt
National Defense
E.S.T
Venice
Lai Infantry
CIO
White House
CLO
Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Charles £. Branshaw
Army Air Corps
North American
AFL
San Francisco Bay
Harvey W. Brown
AFL Machinists Union
Brown
Senate
McNary
R-Ore
House
R. L. Burla
Fletcher Bowron
Los Angeles
Production Resumed at North American Aviation Plant
Los Angeles reports that production resumed at North American Aviation after army troops moved in to break a CIO strike. About 1,210 workers returned to work under guard, with 6 injured and bayoneted attacks on some workers. Roosevelt issued a wartime order to operate the plant, and troops entered to protect workers and entry gates.
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Los Angeles
North American Aviation Company
CIO
Ingelwood
Aluminum Workers Strike Cleveland June 1
CIO die casters unions struck the Aluminum Go of American Plant in Cleveland. Two thousand afternoon workers did not enter the factory as strike leaders from CIO United Automobile Workers resisted returning to work. They demanded no compromise and rejected appeals from CIO President Murray and CIOAW aviation head Frankensteen. Freitag warned armed forces would not end the strike and bombers cannot be made with bayonets. North American Aviation president Dindelberger left for Los Angeles amid mediation efforts.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Philip Murray
Richard T. Frankensteen
Cioaw Aviation Division
Murray
Frankensteen
Elmer Freitag
Stephen Early
White House
Freitag
J. H. Dindelberger
North American Aviation Corp
Washington
Los Angeles
Inglewood
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England
Deniz
Bulletin
Rio DE Janeiro
Fine 9
Agencia Meridional
Fortaleza
Osorio
Robin Meor
Associated Press
Gov. Donnell
Pattonsburg
Nodaway
Northside
Lessie
John G. Leslie
House Group
Cartragk Gras
Callaway
Audrain
Conghess
Mayos
Rochester
Summer Bible School
Sheriff's Deputies
AF of
L Machinists
CSO
Rae Oe
Ventura
Tar
Robert P. Patterson
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