Allied submarine sinks Japanese troop transport in Pacific battle
General MacArthur announced an Allied submarine sank an 8,000 ton armed transport with about 12,000 Japanese troops in the Southwest Pacific. Four Japanese midget submarines were sunk during the Sydney harbor raid. Other Japanese subs attacked Allied cargo stops off Australia, while Japan pressed offensives in Chekiang, Kwangtung, Kiang, and Kiangsi as Chiang Kai-shek’s forces resist.
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Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Sydney Harbor
United Nations
East Coant
Australia
China
Tokyo
Chekiang Kwangtung
Kiangsand
Chuhelen
Japan
Kudachekiang
Browder Commutation Sparks Loyalist Outcry In Debated Case
The article reports strong opposition to Earl Browder’s commutation and the Bridges case ruling. It notes General Biddle’s stance that Bridges, while not proven a Communist, is tied to overthrowing governments and warrants deportation. The piece critiques government overreach and highlights fears of political persecution and loyalty pressures amid the release.
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Earl Browder
Isore
Biddie
Bridges
Immigration Appeals
Ridges
Biddle
Communist Party
Ilieve
Agynt Spekesman
United States
Browder
Efmt
Ang
Nabon
Navy Recuperation Program Aids War-Weary Sailors
Washington reports the navy plans a 1800000 recovery program to keep pilots from hospital care. Centers at Royal Hawaiian Hotel and other resorts will offer week long quiet rest with recreation and cards, aiming to ease nerve strain among crews aboard submarines destroyers and aircraft.
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Washington
Navy
Toe Ih
Appropriations Committee
J .L. Reynolds
Hawaii
Reynolds
Royal Hawaiian
Eynolds
Mexico Will Not Send Soldiers Overseas
President Manuel Avila Camacho said Mexico will not deploy troops outside the Western Hemisphere while pledging full wartime mobilization at home. He urged unity, intensified production, and warned against rights infringement amid possible use of extraordinary powers against genuine enemies.
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Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
United Nations
Agricul
Avila Camacho
Congress
Long plan tour by Earl Long through northeast Louisiana
Former Governor Earl K. Long will lead a whirlwind tour of northeast Louisiana with state senators and representatives this weekend. They will discuss current bills, oppose the administration sales tax plan, and visit Jonesboro Ruston West Monroe Rayville Winnsboro Mis souri Harrisonburg Jena Marksville and Alexandria with a Tuesday night stop.
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Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Jonesboro
Ruston
City Square
Aim
West Monroe
Crosley School
Rayville
Winnsboro
Miss
Pacific Square
Harrisonburg
Jena
Marksville
Alexandria
Jones
Albert A. Fredericks
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Brooks Oliver
Long
Americans to Send Airgraph Letters from London
United States army headquarters announces American troops in the British Isles may send airgraph letters home. Letters are written on blanks, photographed, mailed via microfilm to Washington, enlarged, and forwarded to recipients. Not mandatory, but could save hundreds of tons of air mail.
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London
United States Army
British Isles
India
Middle East
Washington
War Department
Solons Vote War On Three More Nations
Washington reports Congress voted war against Bulgaria Hungary and Romania joining Germany Japan and Italy in the United States declaration of war. Senate approved Bulgaria 67 to 0 Hungary 71 to 0 and Romania 13 to 0 with no debate and quick action completed in about five minutes. Roosevelt said Romania Hungary and Bulgaria fought the United Nations and were preparing to extend activity.
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Washington
Congress
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Senate
House
Germany
Japan
Italy
United States
Rosevelt
United Nations
Roosevelt
Romania
Supporters Fight to Preserve CCC in Congress
Washington June 4 14 Supporters battle in the House to preserve the Civilian Conservation Corps framework until the war ends The appropriations committee voted 15 to 12 to dissolve the CCC with 9 years of service and 3 000 000 on rolls spending 2 800 900 The fight centers on restoring a 75 818 000 CCC allotment to fund 350 camps for labor and forest fire fighting. Rep Engel argues abolishing CCC would end it this month and that the army could repurpose the CCC for training while farm youth are needed for war crops
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
House
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
CCC
Department of Labor, Social Security Board
Engel
Republican
Michigan
Army
Corps
Memory puzzles blur lines in Pennsylvania draft notices
Pennsylvania selective service boards report odd responses from registrants including forgetful husbands and wives, a mother-in-law teeth bill, and mutual dependence pleas. One man cites marital duration to dodge service while another asks to stay civilian as he relies on his spouse. A girlfriend for 22 years awaits a proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Selective Service
Neville High Closing Year Ceremony Details
Neville High School will graduate 142 seniors tonight at the auditorium. The 45th annual exercises open with a concert by the Neville High School band and feature a Dean Calvert address from Northeast Junior College. Proceedings include a Coronation March procession, an invocation by Dr. A M Freeman, and student orations by Bernie Hughes and Betty Ann Taylor. The Girls' Glee Club is directed by
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Neville High School
P.m
Dean C. C. Calvert
Northeast Junior College
Meyerbeer
A. M. Freeman
Bernie Hughes
Neville
Betty Ann Taylor
Girls’ Glee Club
Churchill blamed for war bungling by MP Bow er
Conservative MP R T Bower accused Prime Minister Churchill of botching nearly every campaign and losing half an empire in weeks. He told the publicity club that the war-making organization bungled earlier actions and the government remained unchanged amid a string of failures.
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Seeds
England
R. T. Bower
Churchill
Bower
Newspaper Man and Lawyers Face Battle in Senate
In Baton Rouge on June 4, Senator W. G. Jones defended his claim that lawyers and judges neglect the enforcement of laws. Senator Richard A. Wingrave demanded a public apology, warning of consequences in state court. Jones insisted the public would verify his statement amid a heated clash over judiciary salaries.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
W. G. Jones
Denham Springs
Richard A. Wingrave
New Orleans
John J. Wingrave
Wingrave
Jones
Senator Jones
Air Raid Wardens to Attend School in Ouachita Parish
Senior air raid wardens and building and plant wardens are urged to attend special training sessions in Monroe and West Monroe. Sessions will cover duties in their sectors with locations at Buatesi Grammar, Neville High, Barkdull Faulk, and Crosley Schools on June 7 8 10. Attendance is urgent.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Buatesi Grammar School
Neville High School
Barkdull Faulk
Crosley
Gas Rationing Question Rested With Roosevelt
Washington June 4 Decision whether to extend gasoline rationing nationwide rests with President Roosevelt. He is to discuss the issue at a cabinet meeting, with plans for an eastern states system already outlined by the OPA. The program sets A B and C cards with coupons to limit driving to basic needs and work.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Eastern Seaboard
Beiter
Democrat
New York
Ickes
OPA
Senate probes anti U-boat war and PT boat delays
Senate naval affairs subcommittee led by Ellender investigates anti submarine warfare and possible delays in small boat construction. Andrews and Wilcox join as members. The panel may summon naval officers for a public hearing to ensure all measures halt merchant ship sinkings in the Atlantic and Gulf.
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Washington
Senate
Naval Affairs
Ellender
Louisiana
Andrews
Florida
Wiiev
Wisconsin
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Paraguayan Exile Leader Dr. Ayala Dies at 68
BUENOS AIRES June 4 Dr. Eusebio Ayala 68 long prominent Paraguayan figure died in exile in Buenos Aires. He served as Paraguay president during the Chaco war with Bolivia and was minister to the United States Mexico and Cuba.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eusebio Ayala
Paraguay
Chaco
Bolivia
United States
Mexico
Cuba
Heydrich dies as Nazis vow wider Czech reprisals
Berlin reports say Reinhard Heydrich died from wounds after the May 27 attack in Prague. Czech sources in London warned hundreds of hostages may be executed beyond the 183 already slain, with 46 more reported shot yesterday. London predicts thousands of hostages tied to reprisals. Heydrich’s death is linked to his role as Gestapo chief for occupied Europe and the “Hangman” reputation in Europe’s occupied nations.
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Berlin
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia and Moravia
Prague
Europe
der Henker
London
Heydrich
Occupied
Moravia
France
Holland
Belgium
Norway
Poland
Gestapo
Monroe Group Plans Baton Rouge Tax Talk
Five Monroe officials left for Baton Rouge to meet wholesalers and retailers about a proposed two per cent tax on wholesalers. The committee was formed at a Virginia Hotel merchants mass meeting with FE N Thompson Jim Drew Sig Masur Walter Savage and George D Holland. They will discuss the bill and how it could be passed to retailers and confer with administration officials.
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Monroe
Baton Rouge
Virginia Hotel
FE. N. Thompson
Jim Drew
Sig Masur
Walter Savage
George D. Holland
Chamber of Commerce
A. K. Kilpatrick
Chamber
Wood H. Thompson
Thompson
New Orleans Group Will Attend Meeting
A large delegation of New Orleans business men left for Baton Rouge to join wholesalers retailers and manufacturers in planning strategy on a proposed two percent wholesale sales tax. A public hearing on the bill was expected to be set today. Representative H H Huckabay chairman of the ways and means committee provided the update.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
H. H. Huckabay
Aways and Means
Ten killed in army station blast at Stockton
Ten people died in an explosion and ensuing fire at an army camp in Stockton California shortly before midnight. Nine soldiers and a civilian fireman were among the dead. Ten others were hospitalized with five in critical and four in serious condition. Lt Colonel Floyd H. Tull ordered a board of inquiry. cause of the blast remained undetermined.
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Stockton
Calif
Floyd H. Tull
Nation Ready to Parry New Aerial Blows
Navy reports Dutch Harbor Alaska quiet after a second wave of enemy planes failed to drop bombs and likely conducted reconnaissance. The Cythera, a small naval patrol vessel, is presumed lost with next of kin notified, while Secretary Stimson warns more raids may come but cannot be predicted.
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Washington
Navy
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
North Pacific
Tlantic
Stimson
Aleutian
Doctor Gros retracts parts of espionage statement in court
In Los Angeles on June 4, Dr Hans Helmut Gros testified before Judge Bern Harrison in a nonjury trial, admitting he was well treated by FBI agents and coerced into signing statements. He denied Nazi orders from Heydrich or Reich links, citing weariness after seven days of questioning and threats to his family.
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Los Angeles
Pear
Hans Helmut Gros
Dr Gros
Bern Harrison
Europe
Harrison
Dr. Gros
Hitler
Reynard Heydrich
Hans Bebert
Reich
United States
Germany
Gestapo
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