Westbrook Piegler Analyzes Southern Labor Politics
The article argues the southern Democrat resists Eastward liberalism and foreign influence while the CIO seeks federal support to push unionism into the South. It portrays a clash between native Southern tradition and external labor power, warning of government backing if Roosevelt is reelected. John L.—the likely continuation of a discourse on communism labels—appears as a cited concern.
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Bould
Pafd
Roosevelt
South
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
John L
Wallace F D R Choice and Roosevelt Ticket Speculation
Reports from Washington indicate Vice President Wallace has received encouragement for a second place on a Roosevelt headed ticket amid party debates. Indiana begins selecting 29 delegates for the June Republican convention while Nevada and territorial delegates await votes. Dewey and Bricker push for open discussions as Democrats note Roosevelt’s resistance to replacing Wallace.
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Associated Press
Washington Today
Wallace
Roosevelt
South
Indiana
Nevada
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Thomas F. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Former Tallulah Woman Dies in Home Fire
Mrs. Allen Nadler 37 of Plaquemines La daughter of the late A J Sevier and widow of Allen Nadler was asphyxiated in a fire that destroyed her home. Her husband was slightly burned and two sons escaped sleeping in a yard tent. She leaves a husband two sons her mother and an uncle in government service. Arrangements for funeral pending.
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Monroe
Tallulah
Allen Nadler
Plaquemines
A. J. Sevier
Madison Parish
Andrew
Allen Sevier Nadler
Don Sevier
Vicksburg
Miss
Two Labor Bills Balked In Louisiana House Action
In Baton Rouge on June 1, Rep. Percy E. Roberts urged hospital reform at East Louisiana State Hospital in Jackson, calling conditions "unbelievable." Separately, two labor bills stalled after a major committee hearing, while other panels reported on prison, tax, and utilities issues and voter registrar salaries across several parishes.
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Baton Rouge
Percy E. Roberts
East Baton Rouge
House
East Louisiana State Hospital
Jackson
Roberts
House Charitable Institutions Committee
House Committee On Labor and Capital
House Penitentiary Committee
Angola
Senate
Senate Judiciary
Board of Tax Appeals
Parochial Affairs
Morehouse
West Carroll
Union
Catahoula
Jackson Parishes
Brooks Oliver
Bastrop
Com
Accused Hingham Yard Workers Charged in Pay Roll Racket
Attorney Edmund J. Brandon said 137 Hingham shipyard workers were arrested in a scheme described as the worst payroll racket of the war. Most are within draft age. 82 of 124 under 38 are under 30, 42 between 18 and 26. Bail posted ranged from 500 to 1000 dollars as hearings are set for late month and July. FBI had infiltrated the yard by taking jobs as welders to gather evidence. Some earned 75 to 100 dollars weekly by padding payrolls, while Bethlehem Steel’s Hingham yard builds naval ships.
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Boston
Edmund J. Brandon
Hingham Shipyard
Brandon
E. A. Soucy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Soucy
Hingham Yard
Bethlehem Steel Company
Three German Rail Centers Hit In Allied Night Attacks
Allied air forces raid three major German rail hubs along the French coast to disrupt troop movement ahead of the invasion. British bombers smash Trappes yard, Tergnier, and Saumur as heavy raids drop over two thousand tons of bombs. one group fails to return.
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London
French Channel
France
English Channel
Britain
Reich
Trappes
Paris
Tergnier
Saumur
Air Ministry
Mediterranean
Danube
Iron Gate Canal
Romania-Yugoslavia
England
East Anglia
St Matthew's High School Class of 1944 Commencement
St Matthew's Church hosted the commencement for 14 graduates in caps and gowns. Rev Henry Freiburg delivered the address noting the mixed emotions of graduation and the transition from school to future tasks. The ceremony reflected on the ties formed and the uncertain paths ahead.
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St. Matthew's High School
St. Matthew's Church
Henry Freiburg
St. Paschal’s Church
West Monroe
General Gellette Dies in Shreveport at 99
Gen O R Gellette a longtime Louisiana leader among United Confederate Veterans died of a heart attack in Shreveport age 99 while chatting with friends in the Caddo parish courthouse American Legion office. Coroner Dr Willis Butler arrived within minutes and confirmed the death.
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Shreveport
O. R. Gellette
United Confederate Veterans
Louisiana
N A. m
Gellette
Caddo Parish
American Legion Service
Willis Butler
Parish
General Gillette
Butler
War Secretary Sees Decisive Action Near for U S Army
Secretary Stimson announced 3,657,000 troops overseas with air and service forces largely deployed. He said bases and shipping are ready for main drives against Germany and Japan and that the overseas force is about 47 percent of total strength, rising to over 5 million by year end.
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Allen Tupper Brown
George C. Marshall
United States Army
Campoleone
Italy
War Department
Marshall
A. P. Wirephoto
Signal Corps
Washington
Stimson
United States
Continental
Germany
Japan
Stimser
German U boat sinks refugee ship near Bermuda
The German submarine halted the neutral Portuguese refugee ship Serpa Pinto off Bermuda last Friday, took two Americans as prisoners, and warned the 385 aboard it would be sunk. Three people died including 16 month old Beatrice Trapunski. Survivors described a tense escape as the boat drifted and the sub withdrew after orders from Berlin.
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Philadelphia
Serpa
Bermuda
Beatrice Trapunski
Tony Ribeiro
United States
David
Gloucester
Mass
Berlin
Navy
Abraham
Eva Trapunski
Canada
Antonio Ferreira Machado
Hermano Antonio
Manuel Pinto
Waterbury
Conn
Virgilio Magina
New Bedford
Camilio Grande Perez
Pinto
Portugal
Maria A. Chaves
Turkey may enter war as Allies seek to pressure Axis
London observers debate Turkey joining World War I as Ankara holds ongoing talks with the Allies. A decision could reshape postwar settlements and choke German supply lines, timed to exploit German commitments on both western and Russian fronts. Churchill’s May 24 warning is noted as influencing Ankara.
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London
Turkey
Europe
Ankara
Germany
Balkans
Churchill
Expect Dewey Named for President at 1952 GOP Meet
Harrisburg report says Republican governors at their three day session expect Thomas E. Dewey to win the presidential nomination and Earl Warren to be the running mate if he agrees, with Warren not eager for the ticket and Dewey likely to stay quiet until the convention.
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Harrisburg
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
Warren
California
New York
Dewey
Albany
John W. Bricker
Cousin Eye Transplant Hope Amid Kilbourne Duo
Two Kilbourne Louisiana cousins, Leon F. Brown and Allen, underwent cornea transplant surgery in Memphis to restore sight for Brown. Allen, blind for 11 years, donated a healthy cornea after learning it could help his cousin. Surgeons expect about two months to judge success.
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Memphis
Kilbourne
Leon F. Brown
Allen
Neville High Class of 1944 Commencement Tonight
The Neville High School class of 1944 will hold commencement tonight at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. The program includes a band processional, various musical selections, นาย salutatory by Sally Foster, and addresses by W R Hammond. Award presentations and honors will be given to students and staff. The article also notes Japan's offensive in China with potential new fronts and references air power from Maj Gen Claire L Chennault.
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Neville High School
W. R. Hammond
Northeast Junior College
Neville Band
N. F. Vandegaer
Louis Stern
Sally Foster
Carol Jean Stegall
Neville Girls
America
Wrubel
Donaldson
Stock and Rose
DeRose
W. RK
Hammond
Margie Ann Kalil
A. E. Montgomery
Fort Miro
Thompson-Wood-Lee
Stella Courtney
Department of Louisiana
O. M. Arnette
American Legion
R. L. Rothermet
Bausch and
Lomb
Alma Jean Linguist
EB. L. Neville
Associated Press
Japan
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
China
Chungking
Yellow River
Henan
Claire L. Chennault
Clyde A
De Valera Wins Irish Election in Early Returns
In Dublin the Fianna Fail led by Eamon De Valera appears set to win a solid parliamentary majority with 63 seats declared as counts from 17 districts show Fine Gael 25, Farmers nine, independents eight, Labor seven, National Labor four while Mulcahy wins a seat in Tipperary. All six ministers retain their dail seats as the neutral question stays off campaign radar. The result hinges on outstanding returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Etre
Fianna Party
Fine Gael
Farmers
Independents
Labor
National Labor
de Valera
Eire
Richard Mulcahy
Tipperary
PALS REUNITED IN GERMAN PRISON CAMP
Kansas City June 1 They enlisted together and were moved across bases. Lt Darold Jenkins and Lt George Stier, once Missouri All American, were sent to England and separated. Both were reported missing then survived, and now learn they are together in a German POW camp after being shot down on the same raid.
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Kansas
City
Army
Darold Jenkins
University of Missouri
George Stier
England
Europe
War Department
Tom Jenkins
Higginsville
Earl Stier
Lexington
George
Harold
United States
Yanks Advance Mile and Half in Italy Push
Allied forces press along the Via Casilina toward Rome as German defenses fall back from Frosinone. American troops reach near Mount Peschio ridge and seize high ground near Lake Nemi while British infantry seize Frosinone. Rome visible from Alban hills as the drive intensifies with street fighting in Velletri.
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Naples
Via Casilina
Frosinone
Valmeontone
Velletri
Rome
Pyroland Norgaard
Alban Hills
Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
St. Peter's
Peschio
Lake of Nemi
St. John Lateran
U. S
CBS
Sern
Eighth Army
Highway 6
Casilina
Miller Freed in Lind Death Trial in Washington
Gray haired attorney Robert I. Miller, 67, was acquitted of murder in the February shooting of Dr. John E. Lind in downtown Washington. The verdict came after 77 minutes of deliberation by a federal jury, clearing Miller and allowing him to resume defending others charged with crime.
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Washington
Robert I. Miller
John E. Lind
Miller
Atttorney
United States
Daniel B. Maher
H. Mason Welch
Dr. Lind
Mississippi River Falls Near Flood Stage at New Orleans
The Mississippi River dips below flood stage at New Orleans while Baton Rouge remains about two feet above flood level. Weather officials predict a steady fall as New Orleans records 168 feet, just under flood threshold, with Baton Rouge at 37.4 feet yesterday.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Baton Rouge
Weather Bureau
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