President Roosevelts War Power Eyed to End Coal Strike
Washington reports state President Roosevelt may order John L. Lewis's coal miners back to work Monday using war time authority with possible use of troops and selective service and alien laws. Advisers believe the strike can be ended and a show of force could compel compliance if needed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Armed Services
United Mine Workers
White House
War Labor Board
Lewis
A.f.l-C
Returning to Jobs Steaks Up in Kansas and Missouri Mines
Kansas City June 3 coal mine operators report a rapid back to work trend among miners in Missouri and Kansas with Pittsburg area strip shovel men and Missouri diggers returning to work. UMW comments are unclear as Washington limits statements. The OPA imposes higher point values for steaks while encouraging pork and lamb as substitutes to maintain meat consumption.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Pittsburg
Kan
United Mine Workers
U.M.W
W. E. Blucher
Coal Producers Board
Blucher
Altho
Solid Fuel
Washington
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Town
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Will Be Costly
Acknowledged experts warn Anglo American invasion of Europe could succeed but at heavy cost to the invaders. Long, careful assessment notes substantial risks and likely fierce opposition across coastlines and fortifications.
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Europe
French Liberation Committee Formally Set in Algiers
The French executive committee was formalized as the national committee of liberation with Generals Giraud and De Gaulle co heading. Changes were announced for Algeria and French Morocco, naming Catroux as governor general of Algeria and Puaux as resident general of Morocco. tensions rose as two-day deadlock ended.
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Algiers
National Committee of Liberation
Henri Giraud
Charles DeGaulle
Algeria
French
Morocco
Georges Catroux
Giraud
de Gaulle
Marcel Peyrouton
Gabriel Puaux
Syria
Auguste Nogues
Alphonse George
Jean Monnet
Rene Massigli
Andre Philip
Com
Mittee
Emile Musplier
Algier
German air assault on Kursk base kills 123 planes
Moscow reports about 500 Nazi aircraft attacked Kursk yesterday afternoon. Soviet pilots shot down 93 planes in dogfights and anti aircraft guns downed 30 more. Some planes penetrated to the city causing material damage and casualties.
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Moscow
Kursk
Governor Would Put Idle Miners in Armed Forces
Nashville Tennessee June 3 Gov Prentice Cooper authorized reclassifications by local draft boards of Tennessee miners now away from work and directed reclassification within age limits for induction. Occupational deferment as essential workers would be removed, as miners no longer in that occupation lose that consideration.
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Nashville
Tenn
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
United Nations Food Conference Opens Deliberations at Hot Springs
The UN food conference begins its 16 days of deliberations at Hot Springs Virginia on June 3. Delegates from 44 participating nations approve resolutions urging postwar planning to abolish want and ensure food security worldwide.
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End Hot Springs
United Nations Food Conference
Judge condemns miners away from work in draft violation case
Federal Judge Richard J. Hopkins sentenced Homer Edward Neth Neal Ray William Barnes and Gervis Jefferson Adney to four and a half years in jail and fines of ten thousand dollars after a jury found them guilty of violating the selective service act. He condemned the United Mine Workers stoppage as disloyal during the great emergency. The sentences followed their refusal to perform duties as citizens under the draft.
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Kansas City
Kan
Richard J. Hopkins
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Homer Edward Neth
Neal
Ray William Barnes
Stockton
Gervis Jefferson Adney
Pittsburg
Butter price roll back planned June 10 in six states
The office of war information announced price reductions of five to six cents per pound for butter in Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas Kansas and Missouri effective June 10. New maximums for creameries and wholesale prices take effect tomorrow with distributor and jobber ceilings down five cents.
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Dallas
Tex
Office of War Information
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
OWI
Rockefellers Use 1902 Electric Car on Pocantico Hills
The Rockefellers travel on a 102 mile paved road in a vintage 1902 electric car once owned by John D. Rockefeller Sr. They use it for essential trips to town and to Memorial Day ceremonies honoring 87 Pocantico Hills servicemembers.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Electric
Armed Services
Detroit Packard workers vote to return to work
GP Le Motte of the United Automobile Workers announced this afternoon that workers who walked off their jobs at the Packard Motor Car plant voted to return to work with the afternoon shift on June 8 in Detroit.
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Detroit
Leo Lamotte
East Side
United Automobile Workers
C.1.0
Packard Motor Car Company
Anti Strike Hill Saved Washington
The House rejected a motion to kill the Smith Connally anti strike bill by a wide margin and moved on to consider amendments.
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Washington
House
Allies Strike at Shores of Italy and Pantelleria
Allied warships sank three vessels and drove a destroyer ashore off Capo Spartivento in an attack on an axis convoy. Rome and Berlin warned of possible invasion, while Allied ships moved from Gibraltar and Pantelleria bombardments continued as Eisenhower’s forces pressed in the Mediterranean.
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Italy
Capo Spartivento
Rome
Gibraltar
Berlin
Europe
la Linea
Spain
Mediterranean
North African
Sardinia
London News
Madrid
Pantelleria
Dwight D. Eisenhower
San Antioco Island
Aegean Sea
Cap Bon
Tunisia
Sicily
Die Wehrmacht
Norwegian
Mussolini
Pantelleria Island
Africa
Adolf
Nazis suspected in attack on Churchill travel route
London reports indicate Germans targeted the Britain-bound air liner carrying Leslie Howard and 12 others from Lisbon. Bay of Biscay overflights intensified as observers believed Hitler aimed to strike Churchill returning from Washington, with Axis radio hinting at his whereabouts.
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London
Churchill
Leslie Howard
Lisbon
Bay of Biscay
Washington
Gibraltar
la Linea
Spain
Africa
England
Lawrence Summer Recreation draws 485 in week
More than 485 children and youths joined six playgrounds this week for afternoon activities from 3 to 6, including games, storytelling, singing, and flag work. Cowboy week starts next, with the teen playhouse hosting dances and games at the Community building.
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Lawrence
Bert Nash
Clifford Dean
Playhouse
Jayhawk Plunge
Lavone Jacobson
Katherine Schanke
Red Cross
Cunnady
Summer family nights planned at Cordley school ground
Starting this evening in the Cordley district a five Thursday series of family recreation nights runs 7 30 to 9 00 on the school grounds. The program aims to entertain families welcome newcomers and build neighborly ties as part of a six weeks recreation effort by the A A U W with PTA support.
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Cordley School
A.A.U.W
P.T.A
Cordley Recreation Council
Charles C. Florance
Hazel Lee Shumona
Floyd Holcomb
Robert J. Wood
George Peppercorn
W. Malott
Dallag Weyand
John Cox
Galen R. Gerrill
Frank Craft
Irvin Youngberg
Charles Springer
Packard Plant Walkout Ties Detroit Production
Production at the Packard Motor Car company plant in Detroit slowed to a standstill as several thousand workers walked out in protest of the upgrading of a few Negro employees. The strike disrupted GP production of Rolls Royce aircraft engines and Packard marine engines.
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Packard
Detroit
Rolls-Royce
Packard Marine
Packard Motor Car Company
Decisive Defeat to Japs in China Signals Turning Point
Chinese forces under Chiang Kai-shek claimed a major victory driving Japanese troops back to Ichang on the Yangtze. They reported 30 000 Japanese casualties and a retreat along the upper Yangtze front, with Chinese gains including Changyang and Chihkiang as American air power aided the effort.
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Yangtze Front
Associated Press
Chiang Kai-shek
Yangtze River
Ichang
Yangtze
China
Great River
Chiang
Stalingrad
Chihpei
Japan
Tokyo
Tungting Lake
Changyang
Chihkiang
Use Lightest Stationery in Air Mail Request
Postmaster Roger M. Williams notes air mail has become heavy and urges nationwide use of the lightest stationery for air mail. He says paper weight reductions on many letters save carrier space and energy when multiplied across the country.
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Roger M. Williams
Post Office Department
Tire Certificates Issued by County Rationing Board
The county tire panel issued certificates for purchase including forty four grade 1 tires six grade 8 tires eighteen passenger car tubes nine truck tires seven truck tubes two retreads three implement tires plus a new automobile certificate to Richard G Erwin of 23 Elm Street and a bicycle certificate to Billy Allen White of 501 Tennessee for commuting to work and school.
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Rationing Board
Richard G. Erwin
Elm Street
Billy Allen White
Tennessee
Forest Fire Plan Aids Pacific Northwest Defense
A senate appropriations subcommittee recommended $12,217,000 in funding to prevent and extinguish forest fires after reporting three isolated Japanese attempts to bomb or shell forests in the Pacific Northwest.
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Washington
Pacific Northwest
Senate
Appropriations
Tony
Stock Market Index Report Shows Slight Rise
The stock market index for 60 stocks sits at 52.1, up from 52 yesterday as investors watched early trading in the market.
Robertson County Draft Board Refuses Inductions Over Strikes
Robertson County's Local Draft Board No 1 in Tennessee says it will induct no more men until the government acts on strikes. The board informed Gov Prentice Cooper that resignation may follow if the action is not approved. The note cites wage disparities and calls for action before the June 25 draft call.
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Nashville
Tenn
Robertson County
Prentice Cooper
Selective Service Board
Tennessee
National Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Roosevelt
T. A. Frazier
Selective Service Program
Lawrence to Open Community Nursery School July First
Lawrence plans a federally funded Community Nursery School in Myers Hall from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays for children aged 2 to 5 whose mothers work. Sponsored by the Board of Education and Mrs. Edna Hill directs menus and care with a $3.60 weekly fee. Enrollment limited to 40. preliminary signups by telephoning 422.
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Lawrence
Board of Education
Myers Hall
Oread
Edna Hill
University Home Economics Department
Altho
Miss Hill
Clifford Dean
F. C. Allen
City Board of Education
Cooler breezes bring relief as Kansas towns cool
Lingering showery conditions brought cooler air to Kansas on June 3. Dodge City hit 99 degrees, the season’s high, while Concordia logged .27 inch and Geneseo .25 inch of rainfall. Forecasts warn more showers and possible thunderstorms, with a cooler night expected eastward and Goodland recording a low of 42.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Concordia
Geneseo
Goodland
Italian press disowns Douhet amid air war drive
Italian press disavows Gen Giulio Douhet the pioneer of total aerial warfare as wartime officials note new push to curb allied bombardment of Italy. The move reflects cautious shift in public messaging during the air war.
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New York
Italy
Giulio Douhet
Office of War Information
Indian Service summer school opens at Haskell
About 250 students are enrolled with expectations of reaching 800 by tonight. The six day a week program runs through June 30 and trains new Indian service staff and teachers, with participation from offices in Chicago and Denver.
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Indian Service
Haskell
Solon G. Ayers
The
Chicago
Denver
United States
Pnd
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Homer H. Howard
Colo
Lee Pylant
Anadarko
Okla
Agnes Shattuck
Talequah
Blanche Chance
Flandreau
Porter Claxton
Carrollton
Carson Ryan, Jr
Mescalero
N. May
Louis H. Lawton
Poston
Ariz
G. Warren Spalding
Cleora Helbing
Evelyn Whirlwind Horse
Pine Ridge
S. D
Edgar Allen
Solo
Helen Lapham
Millerton
Winifred V. Richmond
Santa Fe
N. M
David W. Gillick
Oklahoma City
Ralph B. Snavely
Albuquerque
Ruth K. Jens
Chemawa
Ore
Louvica Wyman
Phoenix
George C. Wells
Pierre
Ruth Underhill
Car collision injures passerby in Massachusetts street crash
Sol H. Bayouth of Collinville Okla lost steering control while driving north on Massachusetts street at 8 this morning. He crashed into a curbside parked car owned by Neal R. Rist. Emil Bayouth, Sol’s son, sustained severe but non life threatening bruises. Sol Bayouth was charged with careless and reckless driving and released on 25 dollars bond for police court tomorrow.
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Sol H. Bayouth
Collinville
Okla
Massachusetts Street
Emil Bayouth
Sol Bayouth
Neal R. Rist
East Eleventh Street
Five Britons Rescued From Fated Airliner Over Bay of Biscay
A Spanish fishing boat rescued five Britons from a rubber life raft after the airliner bound for Britain was shot down over the Bay of Biscay. Survivors were not identified in the dispatch.
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Lisbon
A_ studio
Roma
Madrid
Bay of Biscay
Prisoners Held by Axis Reaches Over Seventeen Thousand
Secretary of War Stimson reported that at least 17 083 American soldiers are prisoners, with 11 807 held by Japan. The counts include only names reported through the Red Cross. Germany holds 3 312 and Italy 2 464 prisoners.
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Washington
Stimson
International Red Cross
Germany
Italy
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James F. Byrnes
Stephen Marly
Combined Labor War Board
C.I.O
Alf.l
United Mine Orders
William Green
A.F.L
Phillip Murray
C.S.0
Rockefellers
Cap Spartivento
Axis
Cordley
U.S
Joseph W. Stilwell
14Th
U. S. Air Force
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Lae
Wewak
New Guinea
County Panel of Rationing Board
Draft Board
Massachusetts
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