Allies Ready To Play Rough If Axis Chooses
Editor Willian B. Ziff argues gas warfare could end the European war in 30 days if Germany uses chemical weapons. The piece notes Allied plans to strike Crete Sardinia and perhaps Sicily, while avoiding a full continent invasion this year.
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United Nations
Europe
United Press
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Washington
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Winston Churchill
Wehrmacht
Russia
England
Alden Waitt
Asia
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Crete
Sardinia
Sicily
Mediterranean
Axis Cut Off From Radio to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires reports that Argentina bans all radio code messages to foreign nations, cutting Axis secret communications. Germany Italy and others recognize the new Argentine government of Gen Pedro Ramirez, with Spain Paraguay Venezuela Peru and Uruguay sending recognition notes. Britain and the United States expected to follow. Mexico vows to continue relations with Argentina.
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W. W. Copeland
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Buenos Aires
Axis
Western Hemisphere
Argentina
Germany
Haly
Pedro Ramirez
Italy
United States
Britain
Rio de Janeiro
Quo Meynin
Foreign Office
Reich
Livio Garbaccio
Japan
Spain
Paraguay
Venezuela
Peru
Uruguay
London
Mexicn
Objector Nelson sentenced to two years in prison
Kansas City dispatch reports Claude Lewis Nelson, 23, of Clinton Missouri, was sentenced by Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis to two years in a federal prison for refusing to go to a conscientious objectors camp. Nelson, classified 4 E on religious grounds, was assigned work of national importance. Richard K. Phelps, first assistant U.S. District Attorney, announced the verdict.
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America
Merrill E. Otis
Claude Lewis Nelson
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Richard K. Phelps
U.S
Clinton
Loan Agencies Threat to Smaller Banks
The Missouri Bankers Association charged government loan agencies threaten the soundness of small banks and, to a lesser extent, large city banks, urging limits on government lending. The resolution notes farm loans as a major income source and says borrowers should first seek bank financing before government credit. Frank C. Hunt of St. Louis joined the ABA executive council, and J. P. Huston of Marshall won a three year term on the ABA council. Other Missouri ABA officials include vice presidents James S. Neely, W. R. Courtney, J. C. Williams, Edward M. Cox, with M. W. Smith elected to the nominating committee and Howard Bellet named alternate.
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Missouri Bankers Association
Frank C. Hunt
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Marshall
Missouri
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Kansas City
National Bank
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Lauf In Radio Address Tonight
Radio listeners will hear the 31st Speak Up For Democracy program on KWOS from 8:15 to 8:30 p.m. Friday June 11 sponsored by Roy Lone Post No 1003 VFW. H P Lauf of Jefferson City will deliver the Flag Day address representing Post No 1003. other VFW speakers will be heard on 478 stations coast to coast.
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Roy Lone Post
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H. P. Lanf
Laut
United Nations
Ludwig Warns Hitler Assassination Likely By His Own Men
German biographer Emil Ludwig testifies before the House Foreign Affairs committee saying Hitler will be killed soon by his own people, likely by the Junkers, as aerial bombing and UN pressure could end the war without invasion. He warns postwar Germany must be disarmed and tightly overseen.
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Hitler
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Russian Air Force Supremacy in Kuban Valley
In the Kuban Valley a Russian air force supremacy is claimed after two months of mass aerial combat. Izvestia says Stor Movik bombers can attack German troops at will with no losses, while observers note Germany shifts air power to key targets and may avoid engagement to protect reserves for a central front push. Soviet and German communiqués report heavy losses and new offensives along Rostov, Taganrog, and Smolensk regions, with bombings on Gorki and Yaroslavl factories and a German warning of a coming summer push.
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William Aregaffin
Moscow
Kubutt
Western Caucasus
Izvestia
Kuban
Gorki
Novorossisk
Smolensk
Sevsk
Kursk
Lishhansk
Donets
Kurt Dietmar
Berlin
Russia
Yaroslavl
DNB
Mius River
Kesselerove
Loudspeakers to Replace Gongs in St Louis Fire Dept
A new loudspeaker system costing 17000 will replace the old gong and code book method used by St. Louis firemen for eight years. It will span 193 miles of underground cables from the dispatcher's office to 41 stations and Chief Frank Egenriether’s home, with support from former chief Joseph W. Morgan who was killed directing firefighters. Red Cross clubmobiles in North Africa use large quantities of baked goods and coffee monthly.
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ST. Louis
Frank Egenriether
Egenriether
Joseph W. Morgan
Crop Losses Spur Wartime Food Saving and Home Canning
Wartime food shortages from gasoline cuts and weather push home canning, gardening, and rationing. Officials warn against waste while urging new recipes and up-to-date canning instructions. The Department of Agriculture will publish a wartime canning folder and provide samples around June 15.
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OCD
Pacific Coast
Plains
Department of Agriculture
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Russians claim 93 planes shot down by German forces
Moscow radio acknowledged a German raid on Yaroslavl in which houses were destroyed. It said large Russian bomber formations attacked five German airfields Wednesday night in the exchange of air assaults.
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Child Slayer Gets Life Imprisonment
James Butts, 48, was sentenced to life in the Missouri penitentiary after his third trial for the murder of 7 year old Mary Margaret Maenhoudt in the weed patch slaying of August 17, 1940. He offered no defense and did not testify as the jury, in Judge Ray G. Cowan’s circuit court, deliberated 20 minutes. The first trial produced a death sentence later overturned by the Supreme Court. the second trial ended with a hung jury.
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Kansas City
James Butts
Missouri Penitentiary
Mary Margaret Maenhoudt
Butts
Ray G. Cowan
Supreme Court
American Plan To Setup Allied Relief Agency
Washington reports a draft plan for a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to feed, clothe, shelter, and rehabilitate liberated populations. The proposal, approved by Britain, Russia, and China, seeks a conference in the United States to discuss steps and funding with a council and central staff led by a Director General.
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State Department
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
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United States
Herbert HH
Lehman
New York
Central Committee
Great Britain
Russia
China
French Committee of National Liberation
Algiers
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