Air raids and desert battles shape war fronts across Europe
World War II dispatches report intensified bombing of Essen and Dieppe docks while British and Allied forces press the North African front. Rommel’s earlier advances stall as Auchinleck’s troops push west near Knightsbridge, with Axis losses mounting and prisoners captured. Meanwhile in Russia, Volkhovo clashes and encirclement claims accompany continued Soviet resistance and American fighter planes aiding Leningrad air defense.
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Claude Auchinleck
Rotunda Segnali
Knightsbridge
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Bir el Hacheim
Wisdom
Oasis
Tobruk
Mussolini
el Caleb
London
Essen
England
R. A.F
Dover Strait
Air Ministry
Dieppe
Hitler
Volkhovo
Leningrad
Moscow
Kharkov
Ukraine
Moscow News
Barrymore Funeral Draws Crowd at Calvary Cemetery
Barrymore is laid to rest in the family crypt at Calvary Cemetery after a brief service conducted by Father John O'Donnell. Lionel Barrymore and his niece Diana attended, while about 2,000 spectators gathered outside, some clapped and pushed for photos amid scattered wreaths, including one from Manzanar.
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Calvary Cemetery
John O'Donnell
Barrymore
John
Lionel
Diana
Manzanar
Mark Nishimura
Heavy rains bog down enemy forces in Pacific and Asia
Allied air raids report heavy new blows on Japanese barracks and bases north of Australia. US bombers set fires at Tulagi and attacked Rabaul and Timor. American Flying Tigers claim 28 to 32 Japanese planes destroyed in May with 12 major attacks and six losses. AVGs' strikes aided Chinese defenses against Japanese thrusts near Salween and Yunnan.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Atamboca
Timor
Burma
Salween
China
Yunnan
German agent case on West Coast unfolds in court
Dr. Gros and his wife Frances, and Albrecht Reuter are charged with failing to register as German agents and conspiring to transmit defense information to Germany. Frances described as earning pay for clipping U.S. military articles while Gros denied direct Nazi ties, claiming he never told Reuter he worked for the Nazi government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Dr. Gros
Gestapo
United States
Paris
Poland
Gros
Reuter
Security fund cuts loom as NYA limits urged
A House committee trimmed federal security programs and proposed halving the National Youth Administration funds to 58.0 million, warning many NYA shops and projects could be abandoned. It urged NYA to focus on war needed industrial training and require trainees to accept defense jobs when offered. The panel also reviewed Labor Department agencies, faulting enforcement and administration while endorsing NAVAL appropriations including submarine construction and auxiliary vessels totaling over 1.1 billion in new authorizations.
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Labor Department
Pederel Security
NYA
Federal Security Agentent
Department of Labor
Budget Bureau
Labor
Frances Perkins
Pearl Harbor
Bureau of Standard
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Secretary of Navy
Secretary of War
Naval and Marine
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard
Vinson
Democrat
Georgia
Naval Committee
Uncle Sam's War Chest
Marine Corps
Naval Supply
Coast Guard
National Youth Administration
Landlord defies rent freeze with evacuation of 75 apartments
Seattle June 3. N E Berry the owner of the Ambassador building in the Puget Sound region orders ten ants in his 75 apartments to vacate by July 1 as he plans to close the structure over a government rent freeze set at April 1, 1941. He warns tenants of loss of water heat electricity and phone service and says the government may take over if necessary.
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Seattle
N. E. Berry
Pacific Northwest
Puget Sound
Berry
P. S
Youth Admits Ransom Plot in Kidnap Case
A Michigan youth confessed to a ransom plot and claimed he dressed to fool police after the infant died. Evidence included baby clothing found near the parents’ car. Probate court waived jurisdiction and the boy was moved to circuit court on kidnapping charges with a $25,000 bond set. his mother Ruth Heath, once a 6 foot 4 tall circus performer, arrived to assist. His father died four years ago.
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Heath
Probate Court
Michigan
Ruth Heath
Chicago
Deaths of Richard Alexander Jr and Mamie Hammons
Richard Howard Alexander Jr., 25, died at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana. Funeral in Alto Presbyterian Church with multiple local pastors officiating and Mulhearn Funeral Home directing interment in Alto. He had enlisted in the US Army and was assigned to AFRTC Fort Knox before death. Survived by wife, mother Mrs. R. H. Alexander Sr., and brother Stanhope W. Alexander of Alto. Mamie Hammons, 34, formerly of Monroe, died in Aberdeen Mississippi. Dixie Funeral Home handling arrangements. survived by mother Mrs. Ozema Hammons, two brothers Mallard and Delton Hammons, and two sisters Adelia Cotledge and Avis Dey of Point Louisiana.
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Richard Alexander, JR
Rayville
Richard Howard Alexander, Jr
Billings General Hospital
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Alto Presbyterian Church
Harold G. Wise
Winnsboro
A. W. Hunter
Springhill
H. G. Hammons
Alto
S. W. B. Colvin
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Presbyterian Cemetery
J. M. Ros
J. A. Ball
Johnnie Vickers
Wilburn Pardue
W. T. Sartor
Hamilton Sartor
G. A. O'Neal
L. G. Mulhearn
Mamie Hammons
South
Grand Street
Monroe
Monroe Steam Laundry
Aberdeen
Miss
Dixie Funeral Home
Miss Hammons
Ozema Hammons
Point
Mallard Hammons
Delton Hammons
Point, la
Adelia Cotledge
Avis Dey
Correction issued on Winnsboro crossing safety claim
The News-Star corrects an error in reporting a train car collision south of Winnsboro that killed two people. Investigators had said there were no warning barriers or signs at the intersection, but the crossing is clearly marked with signs on the highway and at the crossing.
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Winnsboro
News- Star
News-Star
News-Star—World
United States Plans Hire in Shipbuilding
The United States plans to build carriers and protective vessels to project air power at distant fronts. The program also calls for destroyers of regulation size and smaller swift ships, plus offshore patrol craft, aimed at countering the Atlantic submarine threat. Vinson pledged immediate start once approved, with new keels laid as fast as ways become vacant.
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Atlantic
Vinson
War Declaration Against Bulgaria by Congress
The United States Congress declares a state of war with Bulgaria. It authorizes the president to employ naval and military forces and all government resources to carry on the war and pledges the country’s full resources to a successful termination.
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Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States
Bulgaria
Congress of the
Kilbourne man fatally shot by neighbor after dog dispute
A Kilbourne man was shot by his neighbor during an argument over a dog. Witnesses and coroner records say the dispute began weeks earlier and escalated when the victim walked away from the confrontation. Funeral services were held for the slain man, a Scottshere native living in Kilbourne with a defense plant past and plans to move to Pine Bluff, Ark. He leaves a widow, two children, two brothers, and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulley
Seamons
Erwin
Texas
Kilbourne
Pine Bluff
Ark
Robinson-Dalrymple Funeral Home
Scottshere
Ala
Delon Erwin
Johnnie Fortune
Jesse
Hubert Erwin
Cruger
Miss
Morgan Limley
Texarkana
Tex
Mack Winn
Sunset
Global politics and national self-determination debated
The speaker argues against European and native American influence suggesting foreign cases like Russia and China show nations will govern themselves. He contends that postwar immigration and ideological brotherhood are misguided and that the US should prioritize its own survival and clear objectives rather than sentimental duties.
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Bob Wagner
Felix Frankfurter
Russia
China
United States
Hodge Cub Pack Is Re-Registered
Hodge Cub Pack No 21 in Ouachita Valley council re-registered for the year. Olan H Black executive secretary announced Wednesday. Pack sponsored by Southern Advance Bag and Paper Co at Hodge. Leaders include cubmaster A W Townsend Jr and pack committee W G Bailey C L Steadman J C Michaud. Committeemen Cubs are Roger Dickerson Buddy Garner Kenneth Libby Carroll Michaud Lorie Michaud David Flanagan Leonard Jordan Martin Jordan Lavell Kirkpatrick.
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Hodge
Ouachita Valley
Carroll Michaud
Lorie Michaud
David Flanagan
Leonard Jordan
Martin Jordan
Lavell Kirkpatrick
Bulkeley Children Receive War Bonds
New York on June 3 neighbors presented war savings bonds to two Bulkeley infants. Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley's exploits in the Philippines are valued by the government at about 125 dollars for each child, Jean Lewbetta and John D. Bulkeley Jr., aged 18 months and 2 months.
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New York
John D. Bulkeley
Philippines
Jean Lewbetta
John D. Bulkeley, Jr
Move to Give Money to War Dependents Class A and B
The proposal outlines government support for military dependents. Class A provides $29 to the service member’s dependents with $20 extra for a wife and $10 per child, plus $15 for the first child and $10 for each additional child in certain cases. A divorced wife with alimony would receive $20 from the government and $20 from the former spouse. Class Bb dependents such as parents and siblings would receive lower rates, paid at the service member’s option.
Four Drown When Boat Overturns
A boat overturned leaving four people dead in an apparent drowning incident. Authorities investigated the accident and identified the victims, while rescue teams searched for additional survivors in the water.
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Bulkeley
Éasa
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Canada
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A. B.C
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