Churchill Pledges Aid to Soviet Union in War Effort
London reports show Prime Minister Churchill vows any help Britain can offer to Russia against Nazi Germany. British press welcomes support while noting ideological differences, promising continued full effort and shared aim of crushing the Nazis.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Russia
Germany
Resi
Red Army
Churchill
Theu
SunGymura
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
News Chronicle
Daily Mail
Soviet Union
United States
Finland Caught in Path of War
Soviet air fleet bombed Finland as Helsinki reported a new war in self defense after Hitler labeled Finland an ally against the Soviet. Finns claimed German bases not used for strikes and denied a cross frontier advance into the Karelia isthmus, while frontier tensions mounted and preparations began.
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Helsinki
Finland
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Russia
Karelian
Red
Weather outlook for Lower Michigan today and Tuesday
Forecast calls for early cloudiness with local peiris in the southeast, cooler today. Tuesday expects fair skies, moderate temperatures, and light winds. Sun sets around 7:03 PM. temperatures rise to about 44 degrees overnight.
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Lower
Michigan
Eardly Clouay
Earsley
Wisdane
Senator Pat Harrison Dies After Long Career
Washington reports the death Sunday of Senator Pat Harrison at Emergency Hospital after abdominal surgery. The Mississippi Democrat, 59, served since 1911 and lay in state in the Senate from 2 to 6 p.m. EST. Funeral services will be held in Gulfport, Mississippi, on Wednesday.
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Washington
Pat Harrison
Harrison
House of Representatives
Sterling. Ruffin
Gulfport
Miss
Repair Work on Harbor Arms Begin at Dawn
Harbor arms repair began this morning with Luedtke Construction of Frankfort in charge. A barge and marine equipment were towed by the Luedtke tug arriving at 3 15 a m. The text notes sugar consumption by American homes and restaurants per Commerce Department reports.
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Liydington
Harbior
Luedtke Construction Company of
Prankort
Marine Arm
Luedtke
Partment of Commerce
Nazi invasion may speed up a d program
Germanys lightning invasion of Soviet Russia promised to intensify US arms production for national defense and for lend lease aid to Britain. Some lawmakers urged extending the program to Russia, while others awaited State Department clarification. Japan's planned response in the altered world situation remained uncertain as Tokyo hesitated on official plans.
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Washington
Germany
Soviet
Russia
United States
Britain
Capitol Hill
Winston Churchill
Rubber Becomes Federal Monopoly Under War Order
The government creates a Rubber Reserve Company as the sole buyer of crude rubber from the Far East, aiming to slash civilian consumption by 20 percent in six months and set June 16 tire price ceilings. Indications point to similar monopolies on chromium tungsten and tin.
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Washington
Far East
Jesse Jones
Rubber Reserve Company
Jones’ Department
U. S
Jones
Heat Wave Ended by Cool Canadian Air Mass
A cool Canadian air mass ended a five day heat wave across the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi valley. The system was expected to move into the Ohio Valley and New England states. The extended heat caused numerous prostrations and drownings across the central and eastern states as temperatures briefly spiked above record levels.
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Associated Press
Canada
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
New England
Kirketed
Blythe Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
Weather ‘Bureau
First Summer Week-End Fatality Toll Is 20 Dead
The first weekend of summer brought violent death to at least 20 persons in Michigan. Ten died in automotive traffic. two drowned. one killed by lightning. one electrocuted at work. and one killed by a train. Names include Leon Green aged 10 in River Rouge Park, Harold Bunde 25 of Chicago in Silverlake, William Piskin 16 of Windsor struck by lightning, Lawrence Marcie 55 of South Rockwood electrocuted at Rockwood Silica plant, Theodore Perry 18 and Peter Clapp 60 of Vanderbilt killed in auto crash near Wolverine, with James Loshaw 21 injured. Edna Bevier 8 of Midland killed by automobile in Brooklin.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Detroit
Leon Green
River Rouge Park
Grand Rapids
Harold Bunde
Chicago
Silverlake
William Piskin
Windsor
Ont
Rockwood
Lawrence Marcie
South Rockwood
Cheboygan
Theo
Dore Perry
Peter Clapp
Vanderbilt
Wolverine
James Loshaw
Brookln
Edna Bevier
Midland
State Employes Plan Mass Demand At Hearing
State em ployes organized independent action to press for wage increases during the public hearing on a new compensation schedule affecting about 16 000 civil service workers. A motorcade from multiple cities was planned to converge on East Lansing and the capitol under police escort, with department heads signaling arrangements for their staff to attend in the Representatives chamber early to secure seats.
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Lansing
State Civil Service Commission
CTO
Detroit
Jackson
Alpena
Grand Rapids
Lapeer
Newberry
Marquette
Benton Harbor
Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti
East Lansing
Capitol
Representatives Chamber
Gris Dlo
Submarine O-9 Dead Honored by Navy
The Navy honored 33 crewmen of the O-9 after aborting salvage efforts 440 feet down. Two divers completed unparalleled dives before the decision to leave them at rest on the ocean floor was made. A naval board will inspect the incident, with details to be set in New London or Portsmouth.
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Isador Gersen
New York City
Nathan
Portsmouth
N. H
Mr. Gersen
Sol
Mnevy
Harold R&r. Stark
Naval Operations
Washington
Naval Board of Inquiry
New London
Conn
Naval
Frank Knox
Teriton
Richard 8. Edwards
Hitler’s blitzkrieg drives on Soviet front lines rise
On a 2000 mile front from White Sea to Black Sea German forces press the invasion as Luftwaffe and ground troops strike Sevastopol and pose a widening front. Finland and Romania back the attack while official reports give no full campaign details.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Russia
Reichmarshal Goering
Luftwaffe
Blitzkrieg
Fuehrer
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Light Brigade
Finland l
Rumania
White Sea
Hitler
Hope 10 Settle Machinist Strike
Navy officials in the San Francisco Bay area hope conferences today will settle an 11 shipyard strike by CIO and AFL machinists threatening defense work. Admiral J W Green Slade hopes for a decision on course of action with all parties present. CIO voters rejected a company proposal to end a strike at American Potash and Chemical in Trona California, idling 1200 workers. A two week Detroit strike at Douglas Lomason ended as CIO accepted a National Labor Relations Board election to settle AFL CIO jurisdiction.
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Associated Press
Navy
San Francisco Bay Area
CIO
AFL
J. W. Greenslade
American Potash and Chemical Company
Trona
Calif
Douglas & . Lomason Company
Detroit
National Laborelations Board
Aflcio
Finland Credits Halted By Export-Import Bank
Washington February statement from Warren Lee Pierson president of the export import bank says transfers on the banks 35 million dollar credits to Finland have stopped. He notes shipping space shortages and Roosevelt era freezing orders hinder further use. He questions whether much of the latest five million food loan was utilized as most of the thirty million previously granted had already been spent since 1939.
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Washington
Warren Lee Pierson
Finland
Pierson
Roosevelt
Red Soldiers Called to Defense of Nation
The Red army moves vast masses of men and guns to fight Nazi onrushists while calling tens of thousands more to arms. Communique claims Germans stalled on a front from the Baltic to the Balkans, with penetrations into Lithuania and western Poland. Mosow cities blackout, Luftwaffe raids devastate Kiev Sevastopol Odessa and others, and Soviet bombers strike Finland and East Prussia.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Russia
Army High Command
Baltic
Balkans
Lithuania
Poland
U.S.S.R
Leningrad
Kiev
Ukraine
Sevastopol
Crimean Peninsula
Zhitomir
Kaunas
Supervisors Meet In June Session At Mason County Courthouse
Mason county board of supervisors convened at the courthouse for its regular June session led by Chairman David Falconer of Scottville. The session opened at 10 a m and adjourned shortly after for committee work. The equalization committee, chaired by Herman C. Klemm of Ludington, will set the county’s real and personal property valuations with members Fred Schoenherr, Grove Taylor, Edward Ward, and John Butz.
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Mason County Board of Supervisors
David Falconer
Scottville
Herman C. Klemm
Ludington
Fred Schoenherr
Sheridan Township
Grove Taylor
Logan Township
Edward Ward
Grant Township
John Butz
Pere Marquette
May fraud trial resumes in Detroit after recess
The mail fraud trial of Republican National Committeeman Frank D. McKay and 11 co-defendants resumed after a week end recess. Defense motions for dismissal will be argued orally before U S District Judge Arthur P. Led erle, with a possible night session if needed. If completed in one day, the first defense witness could testify Tuesday. The government has called more than 50 witnesses in six weeks of testimony. Eugene L. Garey said more witnesses could be called if needed.
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Detroit
Republican National
Eugene L. Garey
Summer mail schedule announced by Ludington postmaster
Ludington Postmaster W. H. Cuthbertson announced the summer schedule for outgoing mail. Mail dispatch times will be 9:30 a.m., noon, 3:30 p.m., and 5 p.m., with improved connections to southbound trains promising earlier deliveries to Detroit, Chicago, and other points.
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Ludington
W. H. Cuthbertson
Detroit
Chicago
Baltic Nations Declare Freedom as Revolts Loom
Baltic political refugees report Lithuania Latvia and Estonia plan uprisings against Soviet rule with Nazi advance nearing. A Latvian government in exile radioed independence and resistance to a Russian British coalition from Koenigsberg while Lithuanian radio broadcast the uprising announcement from Berlin.
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Helsinki
Baltic
Russia
Soviet Union
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Red Army
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Berlin
Driver Arraigned After Saget Crash Near Longe Key
Phillip Pearson, 17, of Mears, was arrested by the sheriff after the car he drove collided with another vehicle on US 10 near Longe Key at about 3 am Sunday. He was arraigned this morning before Justice Henry Seay, with the case linked to the other driver's injuries.
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Phillip Pearson
Mears
Sheriff's Department
Us-10
Longeke
Henry Seay
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