Navy Week 10 Be Celebrated Nationwide
The week May 31 to June 6 is set aside as Navy Week to enlist available men in response to the Pearl Harbor attack. On Sunday June 7 at the hour of the attack a patriotic meeting will be held in front of the post office to swear in those enlisting this week. Citizens are urged to display the American flag during Alien Week in memory of Pearl Harbor.
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Navy Week
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Navy Department
Mmust
Adolf Hitler
Mt. Olympus
Hitler
Gestapo
Gerry
Mein Pfuchrer
Labor Front
Goebbels
Hitler’s rally craft turns crowds to believers
An observer notes Hitler’s war impact on civilians in 1940s Europe, describing how grocery clerks and neighbors cried at purchases and recalling 1914-18 memories. The piece portrays Hitler as an orchestrator of mass emotion, shaping public fear and loyalty through staged meetings and stagecraft.
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America
Hitler
Gerany
Official U.S. War Bond Quotas for June
The country faces a June war bond quota totaling 800000 dollars with a plan to reach one billion dollars monthly by July to fund aircraft, guns, ships, and munitions. The piece also includes a critical portrait of Adolf Hitler, noting his detachment from reality, guarded by confidants, and the artificial spontaneity of crowds used by a totalitarian regime.
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America
Rommel risks big gamble in war near Tobruk
Reported analysis suggests Rommel may press eastward after a potential Tobruk lure, with the coast and Bir Hacheim as a barrier while the southern advance leaves gaps in the minefield. Nazi wrecks litter the desert around Knightsbridge as British forces await salvage.
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Tobruk
Featala
Bir Hacheiret
Knightsbridge
State Singing Meet Slated with Noted Quartets Listed
The event features numerous acts including Stamps-Baxter Melody Boys, East Texas and Tri-State quartets, and local singers from Shreveport and Magnolia. Notables include KARK Radio in Little Rock, Frank Stampa Da Laa Tex, A C Doss Hamburg Ark, Sheriff S J McColhim and others. The public is invited to attend.
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Stamps-Baxter Melody Boys
KARK
Little Rock
Ark
Frank Stampa
Dalaa
Tex
East Texas
Half Tire
Kilgore
A. C. Doss
Hamburg
Tri-State
Frank B. Jones
Mrs. Mecheca
Sistrunk
Shreveport
Sheriff S. J. McColhim
Magnolia
T. T. Jarvin
Marie
Battrop
N J C Students Train as Cadets
Two Northeast Junior College alumni were named naval aviation cadets and sent to Pensacola for flight training. John Eugene Darden Jr and John D Kitchingham Jr passed elimination training in New Orleans and will receive naval aviation commissions and active duty assignments after seven months at The Annapolis of the Air.
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Northeast Junior College
Naval Aviation
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Mia
That Stanke
John Eugene Darden, Jr
J. E Darden
Jonesboro Road
West Monroe
John D. Kitchingham, Jr
J. D. Kitchingham
Columbia
Naval Reserve Aviation Base
New Orleans
Annapolis
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Birth of Son to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Terry at Unity
Oak Grove Louisiana reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Terry of the Unity community on June 2. The notice notes the family’s joy and identifies the parents and location.
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Oak Grove
Sam Terry
Unity Community
Army induction papers boost colorado springs wrestling show
Induction papers signal a soldier’s imminent enlistment and grant him guests of honor status at Abe Marylander’s wrestling event in Colorado Springs. A special reserved section accommodates the new soldiers as part of the ceremony.
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Colorado Springs
Abe Marylander
Germans Flee Rhineland in Mass Exodus
A sweeping Axis retreat dominates World War II front pages as German forces pull back from Rhineland and distant fronts. Reports claim Rommel’s Afrika Korps suffers heavy losses near Tobruk, while Auchinleck’s units advance, trap encircled troops, and claim tactical superiority. Soviet and British fronts show renewed pressure around Kharkov and Moscow as supply convoys reach Russia.
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el Uaieh
Tobruk
London
Churchill
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Afrika Korps
Claude Auchinleck
Ain el Gazala
Bir el Hacheim Oasis
Auchinleck
Stockholm
Semeon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Tamilovska
Ukraine
Moscow
United Nations
War declaration expected against three Axis minors
Congress prepared to recognize a state of war between the United States and Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. The nation has already declared war on Japan, Germany, and Italy. Reports say Hitler seeks more troops from Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania for the Russia front, with hints of a possible new Nazi offensive in Europe.
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Congress
United States
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Mality
Japan
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
Romania
Hitler
Russia
Europe
Pincers Move on Iran and Caucasus Oil Riches
Analyzing a strategic stance on Iran and the Caucasus, where rival powers seek influence over vast oil reserves. The report outlines potential routes and pressures shaping regional leverage, including military posture, diplomacy, and economic interests.
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Iran
Caucasus
Price ceilings filing date moved to July 1
The War Price and Rationing Board announces at the parish court house that the deadline for filing price ceilings on cost of living commodities has been postponed from June 1 to July 1. Secretary Philip P. Lynch provided the update.
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War Price and Rationing Board
Philip P. Lynch
Prices for articles with ceilings filed to board here
A wartime notice states sellers must file price ceilings with the War Price and Rationing Board Office in this city. Prices must be written on ll inch se paper and submitted to the local authority for inspection and enforcement.
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War Price and Rationing Board
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