Wreckage Found of Three Small U Boats
Allied forces near Sydney reported locating wreckage of three Japanese midget submarines from a failed harbor attack. Reports say depths charges and artillery had sunk the subs. recoveries of the wreckage were underway as the hunt continued. In China, Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces recaptured Shakichen and claimed Japanese casualties, while Japan pressed toward Kinwei and Chuhksen amid widespread fighting across eastern provinces. Australian Prime Minister Curtin challenged Japan, urging no invasion and declaring Allied reinforcements have shifted the balance.
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Associated Press
Australia
John Curtin
Japan
China War
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shakichen
Chekiang
Kinhwa
Curtin
Roosevelt Asks War On 3 More Countries
President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania for declaring war on the United States and acting as instruments of Hitler. He said these nations are engaged in military activities against the United Nations and plan to extend them. The message was directed to the House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
House of Representatives
United States
Hitler
United Nations
Senate
Romania
Activitien
Associated Press
Germany
Essen
Krupp
Rhineland
Winston Churchill
Reich
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Holland
Belgium
France
Cologne
New York Times
Times Dispatch
Munich
Aachen
Duesseldorf
Wuppertal
Mainz
London
Berlin
Duisberg
Oberhausen
Air Ministry
Governor And Maestri Are Posed In Feud Headline
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 2 The Senate refused to reconsider a measure to curb Mayor Robert S Maestri of New Orleans power by voting 19 to 0 against. Senator A K Goff switched sides to move bills up again but the move failed. Senators Arras Boucher Cardajal Cawthorn Clements Desmare Ellis Fisher Fosse Fredericks Gaiennie Gey Guidry LeBlanc Oliver Reitmeyer Schwabe Sevier Wingrave and Woendlard opposed. The bill sought to reorganize the New Orleans police board take control from the mayor. The Senate tabled two more bills including a city manager plan and a rollback of certain city officials tenure through May 1946. The measure changing Orleans parish school board member selection by popular vote to appointment by the city commission was also tabled.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
Robert S. Maestri
New Orleans
A. K. Goff
Ruston
Arras
Boucher
Cardajal
Cawthorn
Clements
Orleans
Hitler Losing Hold Upon People
Editorial note from Louis P Lochner reports Hitler's grip on German public sentiment weakening after months of hardship. He cites Reichstag speech in April and fears of another winter war, noting mass unease among businessmen and citizens in Berlin about continued conflict and burdens.
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Ha Ceatire
Bad Nauheim
Ais PF
Ioehhser
Berlin
Wide World
Puliteer Prize
Monroe News-Star
Germany
Hitler
Louis P Lochner
New York
Adolf Hitler
Lemselver
Fedio
Bad Neuheim
Fitican
S. S. Drottningheim
Anther
Rommel Risks Big Gamble To Save Libyan Offensive
North Africa front reports Rommel may gamble on a delaying maneuver to keep the Libyan offensive alive while regrouping two armored divisions, as British forces tighten gaps near Tobruk. Allies see fluctuating advantage, with Rommel’s tactics under scrutiny as supply and reinforcements influence the battle.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommel
North African Front
Rommel
Tobruk
Sims
Toon
Wil
North Africa
Vic
Mexico Becomes Full Ally in United Nations War Effort
Mexico declared full belligerency joining the nine other American republics against the Axis. President Avila Camacho signed the declaration May 22 at his private residence, after cabinet approval. The move follows arrests of Axis sympathizers and a house to house census of foreigners in the capital.
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United Nations
Mexico
Manuel Avila Camacho
Panama
North
Amera
Avila Camacho
Congres
Youth Admits Killing Baby in Marquette
In Marquette Michigan a 15 year old youth confessed to killing Gioria Jean Nault whose nude bruised body was found in a truck cab after police hunted him down a man described as normal in all respects was held in the Marquette county jail pending probate court appearance authorities said the youth was arrested near New Swanzey mining location two and a half miles south of Marquette yesterday and gave no reason for the slaying.
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Marquette
Mich
Marquette County
Gioria
Jean Nault
Charles W. Engle
Marquette State Police Post
Gloria Jean
Ross Heath
Chicago
Swenzey
Here
Engle
Bag Four Planes With One Engine At Advanced Allied Base
Lieutenant John C. O'Donnell, 22, from Oakland, Md., piloted a twin engine bomber with a suspected left engine out over Lae New Guinea. Japanese Zeros attacked in a 33 minute air battle. The right engine was damaged but the bomber stayed aloft while gunners downed four Zeros. Tail gunner Pvt Ivan W Whenerson of South Bend Wash bagged three foes and Sgt Harry Berg of Cedarville N J downed another. Co pilot Lieutenant Louis McCord 24 of Montgomery Ala assisted in returning the craft safely.
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Australia
John C. O'Donnell
Oakland
Lae
New Guinea
O'Donnell
Ivan W. Whenerson
South Bend
Wash
Harry Berg
Cedarville
N. J
Louis McCord
Mont-gomery, Ala
Torpedoes in Pairs Sink Two Ships in Gulf and Atlantic
Two merchant ships sunk in quick succession by paired torpedoes. One United States vessel in the Gulf of Mexico May 10 with 39 dead of 43 crew. A British merchantman in the Atlantic with all 61 crew rescued after eight days at sea. Also reports an American ship hit near Haiti May 24 with 29 hours in lifeboats.
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United States
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Siler
Atlantic
Haiti
Virgin Island
Light to Stay On at Huey Long Grave in Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge Louisiana the state Senate backed restoring the flood light at Huey Long's grave on the Capitol lawn after it was turned off by building manager Frank Grevemberg. Senator Ernest S Clements introduced a resolution to keep the light on until all capitol lights are extinguished. Senator Grove Stafford argued the light should be at the manager's discretion. Continued on Ninth Page.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
State Senate
State Capitol
Frank Grevemberg
Ernest S. Clements
Oberlin
Grevemberg
Capitol
Grove Stafford
Alexandria
Compromise on Soldiers Pay Urged to Break Deadlock
Washington reports war department pushes a compromise for military pay with lowest ranks to receive 40 dollars monthly plus 19 in redeemable bonds, contrasting with House 50 dollar and Senate 42 dollar demands. Bond option favored by Taft. La Follette blocks immediate discharge motion while conference committee remains stalemated.
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War Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
House
Senate
Continental
United States
Taft
Onie
George
Georgia
la Follette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Conference Committee
Johnson
Colorado
Reynolds
North Carolina
Hill
Oklahoma
Gurney
South Dakota
Cologne Raid Death Toll and Evacuations Reported
The New York Times cites Berlin neutral observers noting about 20,000 killed and 54,000 wounded in Cologne from a RAF raid. Roughly three-fifths of Cologne’s 800,000 residents are evacuating toward Munich, while nearby cities begin mass migrations. Five-sevenths of Cologne’s chemical and machine tools industries are said destroyed. German sanitary detachments assist in preventing disease spread.
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New York
Cologne
Rhineland
New York Times
Berlin
Munich
Aacher
Duesseldorf
Wuppertal
Mainz
State Singing Meet Slated at Crosley School West Monroe
The North Louisiana State Singing convention will convene in the Cros ley school auditorium West Monroe on Saturday and Sunday June 6 and 7. The event features two spring and fall sessions with class singing numbers by duets and quartets. Saturday session starts at 2 p m business meeting. 8 o'clock Saturday night session. Sunday session begins at 10 a m and runs to p m. Invitations have been extended to singers from Louisiana Arkansas and Texas with bees expected to attend.
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North Louisiana
Crosley School
West Monroe
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Endurance tale on Gulf of Mexico raft ships two survivors
Two seamen survived a week on a tiny raft after their cargo ship was torpedoed May 20 near the Gulf of Mexico. John G. Traubal of Gibbsburg New Jersey and Rolf Helland of Philadelphia were rescued May 27 at Port Arthur Texas, after being washed in fuel oil and left adrift with nine others. The ship sank quickly under two submarines, and only one crew member was saved.
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Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Port Arthur
Tex
John G. Traubal
Gibbsberg
N. J
Rolf Helland
21St Street
Philadelphia
Eighth Naval District
Submarine survival and rescue after raft incident
Blind doctors washed bodies with kerosene for hours as they watched submarines surface and signal. A man volunteered to swim to nearby wreckage as the raft threatened submersion. Reports say another ship rescued three survivors and brought them to Tampico where two died. more dead than alive figures emerge.
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Tampico
Mexico
Governor Warns on Gas Rationing Impact on Louisiana
Baton Rouge June 2 Nearly two thirds of Louisiana's $66 million annual revenue comes from oil gas and by products Governor Sam Jones warned that federal gas rationing would disastrously affect the state's finances The collector of revenue Fontenot said rationing could cut at least 10 099 000 from state collections and would hit the highway and school funds severance tax and parish and port revenues hardest Estimated losses include about 3 750 000 to schools and parishes and 3 500 000 to the highway fund plus smaller hits to the general fund and other taxes
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Baton Rouge
State Revenue Department
Sam Gooes
Jones
Louiana
Louisiana
Reenue
Fontenot
General Highway Fund
Duke of Windsor cuts visit short in Washington
The Duke of Windsor halted his U S visit and departed for the Bahamas on urgent business, less than 24 hours after arriving. A party official cited a disturbance at Nassau but said the situation was not serious. The duchess remains at the British embassy as the pair had met with President Roosevelt and discussed the war effort.
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Washington
Duke of Windsor
United States
Bahamas
Nassau
Roosevelt
Naval petrol plane crashes off California coast
The Twelfth naval district reports a patrol flight crash about 25 miles south of San Francisco. One man among seven aboard survived after walking into Half Moon Bay. crew count not released.
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San Francisco
Twelfth Naval District
Here
Navy
Half Moon
Germans Flee Rhineland as RAF Bombs Essen
Allied air forces struck Essen, vital Krupp armaments center, as Germans reportedly flee Rhineland amid mass exodus. Churchill hailed 1,036 RAF sorties over the Reich with future US air cooperation promised. Roosevelt urged Congress to declare war on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania.
British Discussing Post War Problems in Commons
London June 2 4 The British government is discussing postwar problems with the dominions the United States and the Soviet Union and other united nations Lord Cranborne colonial secretary said in the house of lords the discussions are confidential and no general declaration can be made He noted Russia plays a big part in winning the war and in shaping the peace Addison argued for long term German education control and prompt world settlement proposals The first reconstruction stage focuses on relief for starving averages and crippled economies Allied representatives in London are collating postwar need estimates and a special committee of allied rural experts is surveying requirements.
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Dominions
United States
Soviet Russia
Lord Cranborne
House of Lords
Lord Crancborne
Uppper House
Russia
Cranborne
Lord Addison
Lord Cranhorne
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George C. Marshall
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Ernest J. King
Fuehrer
Hink Rommel
Aexico
Cettinged
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