Unions Targeted in Akron Bomb Plot Case
In Akron a criminal named Harry D Jones, vice president of the Ohio State Federation of Labor and labor council treasurer, conspired to hire two men to dynamite three buildings. The plan involved the Building Trades Council and aimed to exclude the CIO from local work. One bomb misfired. no one died.
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American Federation of Labor
Harry D. Jones
Akron
Hirg
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Summit County
Trades and Labor Assembly
Tri-County
Ree Trades Council
Jones
Osog Brothers
Oonox
S Engineers
J. We
Building Trades Council
Marshall urges longer service and lifting limits on armed forces
General George C. Marshall asked Congress to extend the service period for draftees and reserve officers and to remove restrictions that limit U S forces to the Western Hemisphere. In a biennial report to War Secretary Stimson he warned that conflicts can spread rapidly and urged authority to deploy forces beyond current limits. He noted 120000 troops in overseas garrisons including Alaska and Newfoundland and pressed removal of temporary personnel restrictions.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
United States
Western Hemisphere
Stimson
Marshall
War Department
Selective Service
Reserve Corps
National Guard
Hemisphere
Alaska
Newfoundland
Congress
Youth Arrested in Slaying of Mrs. Fogleimaan in Evangeline Parish
A 19 year old youth was arrested in Shreveport after the body of 33 year old Mrs. Catherine Fogleimaan was found shot and hidden in a car trunk five miles from Eunice Evangeline Parish. Bloodhounds aided the manhunt as authorities spread the search across Louisiana and alert Texas and Arkansas police. The suspect allegedly admitted to the crime after breaking into a store in Shreveport area earlier that morning.
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Hoffman Fuller
Bossier City
Red River
Shreveport
Eunice
Evangeline Parish
Lousiana
Texas G
Arkansas
Buller
Lake Chiles
Fred W. Hale
Natchez
Miss
Hale
Fiona
Avid HH
Sealord E
Bogress
Jack d
Fuselier
Traffic Safety Update and Injury Totals
Accidents to date show increased personal injuries this year with 15 last year 37. Deaths to date this year number 1 versus 4 last year. The rule warns that no motor vehicle may be driven by or for anyone under 16 and underage riders are prohibited.
Bathing Review and Lantern Parade Set for Friday
Plans completed for the July Fourth bathing review at Swayze natatorium Friday night. Participants up to eight register at nearest playground today. A 6:30 pm event includes a swing concert by a band from the Fifth Cavalry Camp Livingston, followed by a lantern parade with prizes for best lanterns and colors. Soldiers from Camp Livingston expected to boost attendance and spectacle.
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Monroe Recreation Deparment
Swayze Natatorium
Tifth Cavalry
Camp Livingston
Monroe
Camp Livington
Missing American airman reported from Eagle squadron
An American volunteer pilot from the Eagle squadron is reported missing after a foray over northern France. The squadron had earlier credited with three German planes. Hall's mother lives in Saskatchewan. Previous losses include Philp Leckrone in January and Edwin Urbison and Vernon Keogh in February.
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London
Juy
Hall
R.A. Fissgn
France
Saskatchewan
Canada
Eagle Squadron
Philp Leckrone
Edwin Urbison
Sacramento
Calif
Vernon Keogh
Brooktyn
Board calls for showdown in labor dispute at ammunition plant
The national defense mediation board set a 5 p.m. EST deadline today to accept or reject its recommendation that Western Cartridge Co recognize the AFL Chemical Workers union as bargaining agent for 550 smokeless powder division workers at Allen Illinois. Workers vote to strike next Monday, as defense officials seek to avert any production interruption. The plant holds contracts worth 8.468 million dollars.
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Associated Press
National Defense Mediation Board
Western Cartridge Company
A. F. L.chemical Workers Union
Allen
Ill
Washington
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
United Automobile Workers
Cleveland
White Motor Companys
Minion
President to Broadcast July 4 Message From Hyde Park
President Roosevelt will deliver a special Independence Day address from his Hyde Park study tomorrow at 9 a.m. Central Standard Time. The speech, expected to last about five minutes, will touch on international affairs and be carried by NBC and other relays as part of a civilian defense program organized by Mayor LaGuardia.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Franklin D
F. H. LaGuardia
United States
Niles Tramroe
National Broadcasting Company
Mr Roosevelt
Stalin Calls for Scorched Earth and Guerrilla War
Premier Joseph Stalin urged the Soviet people to adopt a vast scorched earth policy and universal guerrilla warfare as German armies advance. He warned of grave danger, praised allied aid, and outlined harsh measures to deter the invader, including destroying resources and forming guerrilla units in occupied regions.
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Stalin
Associated Press
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Lithuania
Latvia
Russia
Ukraine
Rainmaker Confesses Failure in Blytheville Session
Miss Lillie Stoate, a 9 year old rainmaker from Oxford Mississippi, confessed her efforts to break the drought were not fully successful and announced she would return home. The area suffered a week of high temperatures reaching 100 degrees and farmers hoped for rain during a visit by Miss State.
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Blytheville
Ark
Nis
Lilie Stoate
Oxford
Miss
Miss State
Ickes seeks arrests for jackrabbit starts to save gasoline
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes said he would seek arrests of motorists using cars with improper tuning and “jackrabbit” starts to curb gasoline waste on the coast. Navy will deploy two fast tankers to move oil from the Gulf to the East, easing shortages as rail shipments begin Monday from Lima to New Jersey.
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Washington
P-Petroleum
Ickes
Seaboard
Secretary of Navy
Knox
Navy
Gulf Coast
Lima
Bayonne
N. J
Standard Oi Company
New Jersey
Buckeye Pipeline Company
Heywood backs Jones call for constitutional convention
W Scott Heywood of Jennings urged support for Governor Jones plan to reorganize state government. The independent oil operator said he backed retrenchment to consolidate bureaus and save taxpayers money, citing past tax reform work from 1932 to 1934.
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Baton Rouge
W. Scott Heywood
Jennings
Heywood
Earl K. Long
Tax Reform Commission
Commission
Jones
Soldiers Visit Noted Local Sites and Parks
Soldiers visit municipal golf links Natatorium casino park and several sites including Northeast Junior College Selman Airport Brown Paper Mill Liobatan Power and Light plant Bernstein Park and Charity hospital.
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Northeast Junior College
Selman Airport
Brown Paper
Liobatan Power and Light Plant
Charity Hospital
Bernstein Park
Fourth of July Observed with Military Tone in Twin Cities
City plans a subdued national celebration with no central program and no speeches. Enlisted men from Camp Livingston will visit for three days, a junior chamber invitation, while recreational options include golf at Porphyre Park and swimming at Swayze Natatorium. A bathing review lantern parade starts Friday at 6:30 p.m., with Cotton States league baseball games Monroe versus El Dorado at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. The E A Conway Memorial hospital, opened this week, will attract visitors despite the lack of formal ceremonies.
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Twin Cities
Swayze
Monroe Recreation Department
Monroe
el Dorado
E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Jones Wishes State Happy July Fourth
Governor Sam Jones in Baton Rouge on July 3 urged Louisianians to enjoy a safe Fourth of July. He called for rededication to the holiday ideals, urged caution with fireworks, and asked citizens to be careful on the roads to cut down the holiday toll.
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Jones
Baton Rouge, la
Sam Jones
Louisiana
Nazi claim front resistance broken on vast front
World War II brief reports Nazi high command declares the Red army has been broken along a 2000 mile front as German forces push toward Moscow. Soviet bulletins say main German drive halted with heavy fighting on the Minsk to Moscow corridor. Stalin calls for scorched earth while warning of grave danger and eventual victory. RAF bombs Ruhr Rhine valleys and northwest Germany as German raids on shipping continue. United States backs Uruguayan plan for anti axis defense cooperation.
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Germany
New Defense Committee
Stalin
Britain
United States
Europe
America
Churchill
Soviet Union
London
U.S
Associated Press
Nazi High Command
Red Army
Moscow
Minsk
Ukraine
Leningrad
Ruhr
Rhine
Paderewski Rites Feature His Chosen Music
At St Patrick’s Cathedral New York a Paderewski funeral mass plans his own favorites. The choir includes 18 voices from 10 nationalities and organist Yon to play the nocturne. The broadcast will reach Europe, with Kurpinski hymn and Chopin funeral march among selections.
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New York
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Poland
Pietro Yon
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Paderewski
Don Lorenzo Perosi
Sistine Chapel
Rome
Yon
St. Patrick's
Kurpinski
Chopin
Europe
Pad
Army Cavalry Units Arrive for Monroe Fourth of July Festivities
Four hundred members of the 106th cavalry at Camp Livingston were expected to arrive in Monroe to spend the Fourth of July holidays as guests of the Twin Cities. A patrol would escort the mechanized unit to Neville High School stadium for bivouac amid a citywide program by civic, social, and religious groups.
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106Th Cavalry
Camp Livingston
Monroe
Twin Cities
New Charity Hospital
Neville High School Stadium
L. E. Matt ?S
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Credille Calhoun
Lucyle Godwin
Julia Wossman
Perry Garnett
Central Savings Bank
South Grand Street
Chaos hits whole Russian army as German drive continues
German high command claims the Red Army is smashed along a 2000 mile front from the Arctic to the Black Sea while Soviet reports insist their main thrust toward Moscow is blocked. Helsinki bombed as battles rage around Bialystok and Grodno with heavy casualties and wreckage.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Arctic
Black Sea
Moscow
Helsinki
Malmi
Bialystok
Grodno
Wolkowysk
Officer killed in milk truck clash near Rutland
Deputy Sheriff Ray Russell of Monktor was killed in Vermont when striking dairy farmers halted a milk truck bound for New York and attempted to dump its load. The incident occurred as the vehicle rolled, crushing him beneath the wheels. Four men from Waltham Panton and Ferrist were detained amid unclear charges.
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Rutland
Ray Russell
Monktor
New York
Russell
Waltham
Vergenne
Addison County
New York mi
Panton
Ferrist
Sher
CIA
Negro Hanged in Slaying Ties Past to Present Finding
Alexandria records connect a current man named Tom Underwood to a 1905 execution for murdering a policeman. Sheriff Calhoun asks St. Louis authorities to detain the man until further notice as investigations proceed.
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Alexandria
St. Louis
Calhoun
Tom Underwood
Pacific
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