Recognition of de Gaulle Demanded by European Allies
Unofficial representatives of 19 European countries urged immediate recognition of the de Gaulle provisional French government. The International Free World Association proposed a UN‑submitted manifesto on democratic principles and postwar arrangements including Italy, Spain, Poland, and displaced populations.
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New York
de Gaulle
International Free World Association
United Nations
Victor Emanuel
Sooneas
Rome
Umberto
Italy
Bagdolio
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Spain
Germany
United Nations Aims and World War II Era Facts
Document outlines UN goals including collective security and human rights protection. It notes a common educational effort in liberated areas and the establishment of economic UN machinery. It mentions pilots using water injection for engine cooling and leaner fuel mix. It recalls Girl Scouting founded in the US on March 12, 1912.
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United Nations
United Nations General Council
Girl Scouting
United States
877 Fishing Ships Approved in Year
Washington reports that in the last 12 months 877 fishing vessels were authorized for construction, aiming to restore prewar fleet levels. Replacements exceed losses by about 275 boats annually, with 473 due for completion by March 31. Area totals include 172 in the Western Gulf, 113 in the New England/Maine area, 61 in the Northeast, and 93 along parts of the Atlantic coast. Vessel types span tuna clippers, draggers, purse seiners, trawlers, shrimp trawlers, halibut trawlers, sea skiffs, and more.
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Washington
Office of Coordination of Fisheries
Army
Navy
Fishery Office
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama
West Coast
Florida
South Carolina
Georgia
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Louisiana House Schedules Final Passage For Six Bills
Baton Rouge June 3 Only six bills mostly local in interest are set for final passage when the house reconvenes at 8 p m Sunday House Clerk Lee Laycock announced other measures may be called for final consideration The six regular bills are H 55 H 212 H 220 H 257 H 321 and H 323 plus possible calendar items The senate will reconvene Monday night
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Baton Rouge
Lee Laycock
Laycock
Lottinger
Kay
Orleans Parish
Blasi
New Orleans
Senate
Mississippi Democrats Near State Convention Rift Questions
County conventions show 72 of 82 counties favor an uninstructed national delegation and oppose platform planks on racial equality and freight rate reforms. Some counties abstain. anti third term sentiment seen but Roosevelt ticket favored with an anti New Deal VP. National committeewoman race features Kendall, Ralston, and Cain with county backing. Chairman Holmes pushes unity with Wood and Fred Smith backing a traditional Mississippi delegation aligned to national policies.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Mary Louise Kendall
Natchez
Robert Ralston
Clarksdale
Mary Cain
Summit Sun
Ralston
Coahoma
Herbert Holmes
Hubert Wood
Hazlehurst
Fred Smith
Ripley
Mississippi
Indiana Delegation Split Sparks Dewey Debate
A political split hovered over Indiana as Dewey supporters blamed parliamentary confusion for the convention's 29 delegates failing to back his resolution. Bricker backers claimed a movement against Dewey is growing while new committeewoman Mrs. Cecil M. Harden takes her seat. Grant Ritter, pledged to MacArthur, would back Bricker on the first ballot, bringing Bricker claims to 65 of the delegates versus 391 for Dewey.
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Indiana
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert W. Lyons
Republic National Committee
Chicago
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Lyons
Indianapolis
Ernest M. Morris
South Bend
Bricker
Cecil M. Harden
Covington
Grace Reynolds
Cambridge City
Wendell L. Willie
Lester J. Bradshaw
Wisconsin
Bricker For President
Grant Ritter
Beloit
Wis
Douglas MacArthur
Socialist Party Opens Key Convention Votes on Peace Plank
Reading Pa June 3 The Socialist party's national convention approved by 83 to 42 a peace plank calling for an immediate political peace offensive by allied peoples and governments. It also endorsed a platform for third party realignment and advanced planks on economic security with liberty and race equality including anti lynching and fair employment measures.
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Reading
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Four Injured as Train Strikes Auto in New Orleans
Four people were slightly injured when their car was struck by a Louisville and Nashville outbound train at St. Claude and Elysian Fields. The victims Clyde Avants, 31, and his wife 28, plus children Sidney, 6, and Minnie Lou, 1, were treated at Charity Hospital and released after minor injuries. Police Lt. Joseph Gentile, in the auto, was dragged about 25 feet.
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New Orleans
Louisville and Nashville
St. Claude
Elysian Fields Avenues
Charity Hospital
Clyde Avants
Hollywood Cets Religion Names in New Film Trend
AP Features notes Hollywood studios turning to religious themes with dramatic films as part of a broader religious cycle. The article cites recent examples showing a surge in faith based subjects in cinema and public interest in spiritual storytelling.
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Ollywood
Purple Heart and Air Medal For WWII Service Members
Mrs. Cynthia Ellis of Swartz receives a Purple Heart for Pvt. Searcy C. Hillis wounded in action in Haly. S/Sgt. Lynn C. Rushing, 23, earns an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for destroying an enemy aircraft over Europe. Lt. Arthur B. Carroll trains overseas at an air service command depot. Lt. G. A. G. Bagwell in U S N officer training in Tucson. Marine Sgt. Harold A. Breard departs Camp Elliott for overseas duty as a combat correspondent. Don S. McComb serves as radio repairman at an England air service command depot. Brothers Cecil Ray and Robert Norman Hurley stationed in Hawaii with Army Engineers and Navy, respectively. James Rupert Hollingsworth returns to New Orleans guard center after 11 months at sea with merchant ship gun crew. Billy Moore overseas after training at an air service command depot.
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Cynthia H. Ellis
Swartz
Pvt
Searcy C. Hillis
Ellis
Haly
Lynn O. Rushing
England
Lynn C. Rushing
Eishth
Europe
Rushing
Clara P. Rushing
Stone Avenue
Monroe
Lorice L., Rushing
Wood Street
AIR Service Command
Arthur B. Carroll
A. B. Carroll
Oak Ridge
Carroll
America
Louisiana State University
Camp Elliott
San Diego
Calif
Harold Anthony Breard
Azema T. Breard
Monme
Marine Corps
Breard
Monroe City High School
University of North Carolina
New Orleans
Monroe News-Star
Monroe Morning World
Moreno Court
Pensacola
Fla
Don S. M'Comb
F. Air Service Command
Don S. McComb
P. McComb
Dick Taylor Street
Signal Corps
United States Strategic Air Forces
McComb
Quachita Parish
Texas A. and M. College
College Station
Tex
Robert Norman Hurley
Army Engineers
Cecil Nay Hurley
Wave Cachemen 2 c
R. F. Hurley
Delhi
Hawaii
Honolulu
Cecil Ray
Navy
Navy Radio School
University of Colorado
Robert Norman
Fort Leonard Wood
Camp Beale
States
James Rupert Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Samuel D. Hollingsworth
Oak Grove
Oak Grove High School
Naval Service
Billy Moore
Edna Moore
Mitchell Lane
West Monroe
Sergeant Moore
Women of Vote and Military Voters Face Balloting Totals
An analysis compares potential national turnout under three scenarios. Scenario one assumes 54,697,484 voters if all groups vote at varying unequally high rates. Scenario two yields 52,651,117 with mixed civilian and military participation. Scenario three projects 48,183,828 with lower civilian and female participation.
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Armed Forces
U S Blacklists 84 Finnish Firms in Wartime Action
The United States blacklisted 84 Finnish firms including two led by Helsinki cabinet members to pressure Finland to break with Germany. The action imposes economic penalties and continues into the postwar period. Cabinet members Henrick Ramsay and General Rudolph Wallen are named in the effort.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Germany
Helsinki Cabinet
Bruno Procope
Hjalmar J. Procope
Henrick Ramsay
Rudolph Wallen
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