Reformers Warn Against Labor Racketeers In Kansas City
A critique of Judge Padway and AFL leaders ties the Stagehands union to racketeering and extortion amid Kansas City conventions. It notes the repudiation of courts by the union and highlights opposition from Engineer leaders and labor officials in a period of factional labor strife.
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Will Green
American Federation of Labor
Republic
Green
United States
Joe Padway
Milwaukee
Judge
Brothers
la Follette
Judge Padway
George Browne
Exective Council
Browne
Hollywood
War games in state start with large Army divisions
Two army divisions near Alexandria prepare for war maneuvers in Kisatchie National Forest area. The 37th Division from Camp Shelby adds 18 000 troops to bring total near Alexandria to about 74 000, far beyond last summer’s exercises. The 32nd Division from Kamp Livingston moves to guard a Blue boundary around the area to repel an imagined invasion.
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Alexandria
Kisatchie National Forest
Camp Shelby
Miss
Kamp Livingston
LSU to Award Diplomas Tonight at Commencement
Final commencement exercises for Louisiana State University graduates were held today with Paul V. McNutt slated to speak tonight when diplomas are awarded. The Rev Teunis E Gouwens delivered a baccalaureate sermon urging graduates to pursue a noble future with God.
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Sana
Mg Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrate
Teunis E. Gouwens
Second Presbyterian Lindkchurch
Louisville
Division Training Maneuvers Near Camp Claiborne
About 7 200 officers and men of the 34th division in training at Camp Claiborne 18 miles away will take part in separate maneuvers with the 32nd and 37th The 37th began its journey at Camp Shelby Saturday with half its force which stopped overnight at Baton Rouge This section
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34Th
Camp Claiborne
32Nd
37Th
Shelby
Half
Baton Rouge
National defense training plan and $1.19 billion labor funding
The War Department asked Congress to authorize requisition powers for national defense and proposed a $1,191,776,000 appropriation for the Labor Department, Federal Security Agency, and related activities. The plan includes training over 4.5 million youths and adjusts Civilian Conservation Corps and NYA budgets amid defense and employment considerations.
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Washington
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
House
Appropriations
National Defense
Roosevelt
State Reform Case Argued In High Court New Orleans
Oral arguments were heard in the Louisiana Supreme Court on a re submission of the challenge to the 190 reform amendment adopted last November. The case was re submitted after a new justice, Howard McCaleb, joined to replace the late John R. Land. Attorney General Eugene Stanley requested the re submission and James J. Morrison led the state's argument.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Howard McCaleb
John R. Land
Sam Jones
Eugene Stanley
James J. Morrison
Inherited Debts Hinder Budget Balance In Louisiana
Governor Sam Jones says the state cannot balance the budget until debt inherited from the past is reduced through efficiency and economy. He notes lower tax collection costs as a sign of improved government and defends staff cuts while blaming a defeated tax amendment for an unbalanced books.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Revenue Department
Bomber Ready for Britain Crashes in San Diego Bay
A Consolidated B-24 four motor bomber bound for Great Britain crashed into San Diego Bay after taking off from Lindbergh Field. The $250,000 aircraft nosedived into the water shortly after liftoff. It was not immediately clear if any crew members were injured.
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San Diego
Calif
Great Britain
Lindbergh Field
Ickes Placed In Charge Of Nations Oil Defense Strategy
President Roosevelt elevates Harold Ickes to petroleum coordinator of nations defense amid fears of disrupted oil supplies. Officials foresee possible gasoline rationing and priority for fuel oil as tankers are diverted for military use. Pipe line projects are planned to improve next year’s distribution.
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Paul Gesner
John Beckley
New York
News-Star Special News Service
Roosevelt
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
East
Gulf
Atlantic
Great Britain
Slight Rise Seen in Labor Disputes In 1941 Outlook
Washington reports the labor department conciliation service expects more labor controversies and strikes next year. Director John R. Steelman asked Congress to expand staff from 110 to 128 to handle rising cases. In April and May the service processed hundreds of cases affecting thousands of workers, with a 400 percent rise in threatened strikes from July 1 to April 1 compared with the prior year.
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Labor Department Conciliation Service
John R. Steelman
House Appropriations Committee
Tarver
Georgia
Steelman
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
CCC in Louisiana Enrolls 900 More Youths
Nine hundred Louisiana youths were enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps during May supplementary enrollment. Welfare Director W S Terry Jr said the unemployed young men will be stationed in Louisiana and Mississippi camps for vocational training vital to national defense. Enrollees include 663 white and 237 Negro boys.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Civilian Conservation Corps
W. S. Terry, Jr
Mississippi
Memorial Holiday Violent Death Toll Tops 459
Associated Press reports a three day Memorial holiday claimed at least 459 lives. Traffic crashes caused 308 deaths, drownings 75, train mishaps 13, and other causes 63. California led with 52 fatalities followed by Michigan 43 and Ohio 22 across a holiday toll exceeding safety estimates.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
California
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Memorial weekend crashes claim eight in Mississippi and one in Louisiana
State police reported eight people killed in Mississippi and one in Louisiana during the Memorial holiday weekend. Charles Tete of Picayune died in a collision with a New Orleans oil truck at Pearl River. Howard Mangum of Meridian was killed near the Meridian airport. Herman Tircuit and William Carbo Jr., both of New Orleans, died in a Bay St. Louis crash. Cyril Basford and Frank Monteleone, also from New Orleans, were hospitalized with head injuries.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Louisiana
Charles Tete
Picayune
Miss
New Orleans
Pearl River
Howard Mangum
Meridian
Mississippi State Hospital
Herman Tircuit
William Carbo, Jr
Bay St. Louis
Cyril Basford
Frank Monteleone
Pope Pius XII Defends Individual Rights in War's Aftermath
In a Vatican radio address marking Leo XIII's social encyclical, Pope Pius XII warns against excessive state control and upholds individual rights in material goods labor and family. He stresses private property, free exchange, and the state's role to protect human dignity.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Leo XXIII
Holy Father
James Roosevelt Heads Home From Middle East Tour
Cairo dispatch reports Captain James Roosevelt and Major Gerald Thomas of the U S Marine Corps sailing home after three weeks as special observers with Britain's forces in the Middle East. They had come from the Far East.
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James Roosevelt
Cairo
Egypt
Gerald Thomas
United States Marines
Britain
Middle East
Far East
London Reports Disease Increase
London dispatch records a sharp rise in infectious diseases for 1941 through May 24. Measles totaled 112,816, whooping cough 37,150 with 690 deaths, diphtheria 11,723, and scarlet fever 11,270, all higher than the 1940 figures.
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London
England
Wales
Suit Against Maestri Is Dismissed By Supreme Court
New Orleans June 2 Civil Judge Nat W Bond dismissed a state suit to recover 925000 from Mayor Robert S Maestri for alleged investments in Canal Oil Inc while he served as state conservation commissioner under Huey Long The judge found the statute under which the suit was brought too ambiguous to apply and upheld defense exceptions The case sought 825000 in dividends 100000 in undivided profits and 500 shares of stock Maestri later served as New Orleans mayor from 1936 for six years
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New Orleans
Nat W. Bond
Robert S. Maestri
Canal Oil Company, Inc
Maestri
Long Machine
Bond
State Conservation Commission
State Crime Commission
Eugene Stanley
Huey P. Long
Shushan Supreme Court Order Over Airport Fraud Claim
The Supreme Court ordered Abraham L. Shushan and associates to show by October 1 why Louisiana should not be barred from pursuing more than $1,000,000 in proceedings alleging fraud and bribery linked to the New Orleans airport project. Louisiana AG Eugene Stanley and special assistant James J. Morrison led the case.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Abraham L. Shushan
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Eugene Stanley
James J. Morrison
College Holds Commencement at Northeast Junior College
Dr. Claybrook Cottingham, president of Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, gave the commencement address on Monday about Our American Heritage. He cited Lincoln on inheritance, freedom bought by suffering, and the pioneers who cherished liberty above material possessions.
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Claybrook Cottingham
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Northeast Junior College
Lincoln
America
Troops Occupy Baton Rouge Week End. Four Soldiers Treated
More than 20 000 troops from Camps Shelby and Claiborne occupied Baton Rouge over the weekend but there were no casualties. Four soldiers reported to Baton Rouge General Hospital with stomach aches. They were treated overnight and released with the note nothing serious.
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Baton Rouge
Shelby
Claiborne
Baton Rouge General Hospital
Axis strategy and wartime claims intensify in Europe
World Today reports Brenner pass talks between Hitler and Mussolini near complete agreement while Britain warns of Mediterranean axis control. It cites Crete casualties and escape to Egypt, Luftwaffe strikes, Cyprus invasion talk, and Turkey pressure as bombing, battles and political moves unfold across Europe and the Middle East.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Mediterranean
Crete
Egypt
North Africa
Cyprus
Turkey
Manchester
Dublin
Berlin
Iraq
Baghdad
Oil Kingdom
Adolf Hitler
Supreme Court Rules Denison Dam Constitutional Power Project
The Supreme Court held the Denison dam project constitutional as a federal effort to generate power and control floods along the Red River in Texas and Oklahoma. Justice Douglas delivered the decision with no dissent, addressing Governor Leon C. Phillips’s Oklahoma challenge over land inundation and highway loss. The ruling supports navigation, flood control, and general welfare aims.
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Supreme Court
Justice Douglas
Socross
Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
Denison Dam
Leon C. Phillips
Justice Department
Dry Guillotine author jailed on immigration charges
Julius Rene Lucien Belbenoit, 42, author of Dry Guillotine who escaped Devil's Island, is jailed in Edinburg, Texas on $10,000 bond. He was arrested May 26 near Falfurrias during a routine bus inspection by U S border patrol, after entering the U S by swimming the Rio Grande near Brownsville following prior entry attempts. Arraigned last week before U S Commissioner J C Hall.
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Tex
Julius Rene Lucien Belbenoit
Devil's Island
South America
Belbenoit
Falfurrias
United States Border Patrol
Immigration Service
Mexico
United States
Rio Grande
Brownsville
J. C. Hall
Law to develop St. Lawrence Great Lakes basin proposed
Representative Mansfield of Texas introduced legislation in the House authorizing development of the power and navigation resources of the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes basin. The measure comes from the rivers and harbors committee seeking federal action on regional water resources.
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Washington
St. Lawrence-Great Lakes Basin
House
Mansfield
Texas
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Axis leaders discuss U S move at Brenner Pass
Informing fascists report that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at Brenner Pass discussed potential U S actions under Roosevelt’s hemispheric defense plan. Observers say axis leaders likely weighed French West Africa Azores and other Atlantic options, while a brief communique noted full agreement on the political situation.
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Rome
United States
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Roosevelt
French West Africa
Azores
Atlantic Islands
Hitler
Mussolini
General Weygand Arrives in Vichy for Talks With Petain
General Maxime Weygand arrived at Vichy in a special plane from North Africa to confer with Marshal Petain. He was greeted at the airport and escorted to Petain's private office, meeting General Laure, the marshal's chief aide, on arrival.
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Vichy
France
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Marshal Petain
Petain
Pare Hotel
Laure
Meeting at Brenner Pass Shapes War Outlook
Report notes another Brenner Pass meeting amid a 21 month old European war as Britain admits the Mediterranean is effectively an axis sea and discusses how to exploit the shift in control and access.
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Brenner Pass
Mediterranean
Jersey City's Waterfront Fire Causes Estimated at 25 Million
A 24 hour blaze along Jersey City's waterfront destroyed an eight story grain elevator and hundreds of cattle after starting in a stock yard. Fire Chief Frank Ertie pegged losses at 25 million dollars and officials ruled out sabotage. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover and authorities said no national defense materials were involved and the fire began from a careless cigarette.
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N. J
Coast Guard
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Frank Ertie
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Omaha
Neb
Sixth Street
Pavonia Avenue
IML Safety Records Highlight Yearly Accidents
The report shows 225 accidents to date this year versus 19 last year, with 31 personal injuries this year vs 33 last year and 1 death this year vs 4 last year. It notes a traffic rule banning unauthorized movement of official city signs and outlawing unofficial signs as a public nuisance.
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IML
City of
Monroe
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