Battle of Paris Front Shifts as German Offense Surges
German forces push in a massive assault along a 110 mile front from the Bresle to the Oise and Aisne rivers near Paris. French withdraws north of the capital while Weygand commands a stubborn defense aided by Polish artillery and air support.
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Reichswehr Rein
Pershing urges help for allies in wartime appeal
General John J. Pershing urged the United States to send unlimited quantities of airplanes artillery small arms and ammunition as well as food clothing and medical supplies to the allies. He said the war is a battle for civilization and stressed the need for immediate support and possible expansion of the army if military service is made compulsory. He emphasized there is no time to lose and that the allies need every encouragement.
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John J. Pershing
United States
Red Cross
Pershing
Legislative Session Goes Into Weekend with Major Bills Pending
The assembly plans busy days ahead as no agreement on key appropriations exists. The house appropriations committee will meet Monday with priorities on bills tied to the administration’s promises. Governor Jones urged hard work to move the bill by Thursday.
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House Appropriations Committee
Jones
House
Norman Bauer
Welfare Fund
Mayor and Sheriff Face Multitude of Indictments
Indictments allege bribery and embezzlement charges against Mayor Lamkin and Sheriff Downs. Police jury members, including R. J. Sasser and J. C. Brown, face illegal use of public funds counts. Bradford, Lucas, Ball, and others are named for embezzlement, extortion, perjury, and bribery in a wide set of charges.
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Lamkin
Sheriff Downs
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W. W. Black
Jesse Boyd
J. S. Linzay
C. C. Linzay
C. A. Johnson
Dewitt James
John W. Ward
Hershel McGinty
E. E. Flowers
D. L. Glasscock
J. C. Brown
H. L. Williams
William T. Bradford
Hundley
Justice of the
E. J. Vallery
Pineville
Bradford
R. C. Culpepper
L. L. Hope
State Supreme Court
Eugene Stenley
John W. Hawthorn
Jesse F. Lucas
J. Nelson Ball, Jr
Robert Cloud
John Lacombe
Ernest Strother
Ben F. Bradford
Alexandria
Cloud
Rapides Parish
E. W. Mizell, Jr
State Colony
Thomas L. Owen
Guy Lacomb
Crisler Elected President of Mississippi Press Association
Biloxi Mississippi June 8 E T Crisler publisher of the Port Gibson Reveille was elected president of the Mississippi Press association at the convention's closing session.
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Biloxi
Miss
E. T. Crisler
Port Gibson Reveille
Mississippi Press Association
Monroe Traffic Code Updates Include Lighting For Carts And Bicycles
City commissioners consider a comprehensive ordinance package from the Chamber of Commerce committee detailing lighting requirements for human powered vehicles and bicycles, clear-vision rules, license plate illumination, and parking and stopping bans across Monroe streets with specific distance and time limits.
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Chamber of Commerce
Commission Council
Monroe
Monroe Merchandise Mart to Open July at Virginia Hotel
The third annual Monroe Merchandise Mart, sponsored by the North Louisiana Traveling Men's Association, will run July 21 and 22 at the Virginia Hotel. About 300 retailers from three states are expected to attend. The event features roughly 0 lines of merchandise from national manufacturers and occupies the hotel’s third and fourth floors. A complimentary banquet opens the event on Sunday July 21.
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North Louisiana Traveling Men's Association
Fred P. Mitchell
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the Mart
Monroe
War boom drives rapid plant expansion and steel surge
Government funds are expected to back rapid write-offs of war facilities as Roosevelt signals public aid. Industry shifts to defense with $171 million in industrial contracts in five months, up from $73 million, while steel output climbs to over 80 percent capacity and factories expand to supply shells ships tanks and engines.
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Engineering News-Record
Associated Press
Wall Street
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Mediterranean
U. S
Italy vows new war aims in Europe and sea independence
An authoritative Fascist weekly claims Italy is on the eve of a solemn event and will bomb England's cities except for a papal audience. It lists six reasons for war including land, independence at sea, and opposition to France and Britain. It notes Nice Corsica Tunisia and Jibuti as territorial aims. The Dakotas name origin is given as a Sioux word.
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England
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Tunisia
Jibuti
Germans press offensive as Paris campaign drives advance
German forces push from the Bresle and Oise regions toward Paris amid a vast Nazi strike described by Berlin as the greatest offensive in history. Allied sea and air counterattacks, including RAF sorties, continue as Italy's entry to war looms and Britain reports losses including the merchant cruiser Carinthia.
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Oise
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Volkischer Beobachter
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Carinthia
Deaths Mrs M T Cobb
Funeral services for Mrs. M E Cobb will be at 1 30 p m Sunday at the Methodist church after she died at noon Friday at a daughter's home in Monroe She was born in Scooba Mississippi June 22 1859 and lived in several cities before moving to Monroe She is survived by five daughters and pallbearers named A N Palley J T Deal W S Lambert and others
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M. E. Cobb
C. N. Jones
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Meridian
Gulfport
Monroe
Methodist Church
C. Jones
Lottie Cobb
J. T. Sullivan
Winnfield
S. M. Garner
B. Hartzog
Palestine
Tex
A. N. Palley
J. T. Deal
W. S. Lambert
C. L. Taylor
Poilus Technique and the Sea vs Air Power Debate
The report analyzes Poilus defense, Luftwaffe lessons, and emerging American mechanized plans amid Franco-British battles. It weighs air superiority and sea power in the war, noting Italy's entry could test sea versus air power in the Mediterranean and guide defenses.
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Holland
Belgium
France
Italy
Mediterranean
Monroe City Council Backs Sales Tax Plan
The Monroe area backs a sales tax with a 2 1/2 cent levy per 1000 cubic feet of natural gas. Critics warn it could cut gas production and jobs in the Monroe fields. opposition also targets a wholesale license tax. City leaders defend the tax as a proven revenue source for social services and urge citizens to petition lawmakers.
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Joe Marx
Legislative Committee
Marx
United States
Boardman
Twin Cities
Bees Chase Boy to Death Under Street Car
A swarm of bees forced 11 year old Vernon Turner to flee from a tree and be fatally struck by a street car in Council Bluffs Iowa. Vernon and relatives had been climbing a tree when the attack began. the motorman could not stop in time.
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Lree
Vernon Turner
Vernon
Snapp and Johnson Named Stewards at Gordon Avenue Church
Snapp and A. S. Johnson are named stewards of the Gordon Avenue Methodist church.
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Snapp
A. S. Johnson
Gordon Avenue
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