American war planners and the 1942 invasion plan
A senior American officer’s claim asserts Roosevelt blocked a 1942 invasion of France via the 1944 route, pressed Churchill and Mountbatten to abandon it, and favored an African campaign seen as politically driven by Churchill. He says Rommel was left with freedom in the desert, while the U.S. trained for a costly, militarily useless fight that benefited Allied politics.
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France
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Lord Mountbatten
Rommel
Hitler
Churchill
British Isles
United States
Arizona
California
Washington
Drought and Rain Vary Across Southern States
The Civil Aeronautics Administration reports minimal rainfall in Selmanfield from midnight to 6 am. Arkansans face deep drought while Mississippi prays for relief from a 43 day dry spell. Tennessee worries its $60 million tobacco crop may fail without rain. San Antonio endures 6.1 inch floods as southern crops appear brown and thirsting. The Weather Bureau notes little hope for immediate relief but possible relief later in the week.
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Selmanfield
South
Arkansas
Roy Milton
University of Tennessee Extension Service
Middle Tennessee
San Antonio
Texas
Weather Bureau
Wyoming
Miner charged in deaths of two in West Virginia
Logan West Virginia June 4 a 45 year old coal miner Elmer Farley employed by Island Creek Coal Co Holden West Virginia is charged with murdering two fellow union members Charles Wells 45 president United Mine Workers Local Holden mine and Robert Whorley 40 safety committee member Wells died instantly Thompson 28 hospitalized in critical condition Farley allegedly fired in a dispute over privatized coal hauling at a miner's home where he was delivering coal.
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Charles Wells
United Mine Workers
Holden Mine
Robert Whorley
Major Thompson
Carson W. Browning
Farley
Browning
Jonkel Enters Plea Of Guilty In Maryland Case
Baltimore June 4 Jon Jonkel former Chicago public relations man pleaded guilty to violating Maryland election laws as campaign manager for Senator Butler The case concerns Butler's bid against Millard E Tydings last year Tydings defeated by 43000 votes Judge Joseph Sherbow postponed sentencing to hear motions.
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Baltimore
Jon Jonkel
Chicago
Maryland
Senator Butler
R.md
Jonkel
Butler
Millard E. Tydings
Tydings
Joseph Sherbow
City rules bar firing for former Red membership
Washington reports the supreme court ruled cities may ban door to door selling by book agents and peddlers without prior occupant consent. The Alexandria ordinance to curb doorbell calls was upheld, with over 400 cities having similar rules. Justice Reed delivered the 6 3 decision. Chief Justice Vinson and Justice Black wrote dissents.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alexandria
High Court
Justice Reed
Justice Vinson
Justice Black
Races Draw 4000 at Lake Providence for Miss Louisiana Event
An estimated crowd of more than 4000 lined Lake Providence shores for the second annual speedboat races tied to the Miss Louisiana pageant. Boats from Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana competed in three hour heats with winners including Goggle Eve Davis of El Dorado first and Billy Buch among top finishers.
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Lake Providence
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Goggle Eve Davis
EL Dorado
Billy Buch
OPS Experts Coming to Meet Local Chamber Officials
Visiting team from the Office of Price Stabilization will be at the Chamber of Commerce office tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Appointments for meetings may be made by calling 3-3461.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Chamber of Commerce
Acheson Says Atom Bomb Uncertain At Yalta Pact Time
Secretary Acheson testified at senate hearings on MacArthur dismissal that the United States did not know if an atomic bomb existed when the 1945 Yalta pact to bring Russia into the war against Japan was signed. He cited uncertainty about the bomb's existence and noted wartime aid to Chinese Communists and Chiang Kai-shek.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Yalta
Russia
Japan
Orient
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern
Henry A. Wallace
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
China
Manchuria
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Stalin
Tulane University elects two new board members
Mrs. George M. Snellings Jr. of Monroe Louisiana and George Shephard Farnsworth of New Orleans are elected to Tulane's board of administrators, succeeding Florence Dymond and J Woodruff George. Joseph M. Jones announces the appointments on Sunday night.
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George M. Snellings, Jr
Monroe
George Shepherd Farnsworth
New Orleans
Tulane University
Joseph M. Jones
Snellings
Florence Dymond
Farnsworth
J. Woodruff George
Dymond
Mr. George
Emer
Small But Sharp Battles Flare Up
Allied troops push toward the main Communist redoubt in north Korea as heavy rain and relentless Red counterattacks challenge UN forces. Artillery thunders and hand grenades fill the front from Yonchon to Kansong as tank-led advances gain one to three miles in places.
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William C. Barnard
Tokyo
North Korea
United Nations
U. N
U.N
Yonchon
Kansong
Sul
Miss Louisiana 1951 Crowned At Baton Rouge Pageant
Jeanne Thompson, a 19 year old LSU senior and French student, wins the Miss Louisiana title at the second annual finals in American Legion Park. Sen Dudley LeBlanc presents a $1000 scholarship award to finance her education.
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Louisiana
Jeanne Thompson
Lake Providence
American Legion
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Miss. Thompson
Mickey Cohen Goes to Trial in Income Tax Case
In Los Angeles on June 4 the federal government brings gangster Mickey Cohen to trial on income tax evasion for 1946 to 1948 taxes totaling about 156 thousand dollars. Cohen, his wife Lavonne, and co defendants plead not guilty. Cohen offered to plead guilty if taxes owed were proved. Judge Ben Harrison orders 100 jurors due to Cohen’s notoriety. reference to Al Capone’s similar case is noted.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
al Cappone
Hollywood
Cohen
Sam
Lavonne
U. S
Ben Harrison
Capone
Scarface
Chicago
Thirteen Louisiana Soldiers Die in Korea to Arrive in San Francisco
Washington reports 13 Louisiana army men killed in Korea will be returned for burial, among 374 U S bodies. The ship was due on or about June 4 at a west coast port, with designated next of kin listed for several soldiers from New Orleans.
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Washington
Korea
San Francisco
Defense Department
M-Sat
Hypolite A. Alexander
Owen L. Alexander
Cohn St
New Orleans
Edwin A. Bonnette
Edwin E. Bonnette
Laurel
Clifford Etheridge
Conviction Of Communists Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the conspiracy conviction of 11 top Communists. Chief Justice Vinson led a 6-2 majority finding they intended to overthrow the U S government by force and violence, under the Smith Act passed in 1940. Dissenters were Justices Black and Douglas.
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Washington
Supreme Court
America
Vinson
United States
Communist Party
Black
Douglas
Clark
Jackson
Frankfurter
Reed
Burton
Minton
Congress
U. S
Harold R. Medina
New York
U. S. Circuit Court
Funeral held for 16 year old Ivy Reininger
Funeral services for Ivy Pearl Reininger 16 drowned Saturday in the Ouachita River were held at First Nazarene Church with Rev. Daniel Stafford officiating. Interment followed at Masonic Cemetery Crowville La. She was a ninth grade student at Ouachita Parish High School. Bull Young retrieved the body with a fishing rod. Monroe Firemen and American Legion members aided in the rescue attempt.
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Ivy Pearl Reininger
Ouachita
First Nazarene Church
Daniel Stafford
Peters
Masonic Cemetery
Crowville
Ouachita Parish
Bull Young
Bernstein Park Road
Monroe
American Legion
Emmett Dortch
Jack Liles
John Hand
Henry Reininger
Warden Easterly warns of lawsuits over Angola prison stories
Shreveport Louisiana June 4 JP Warden Rudolph Easterly says lawsuits may follow if press future tales about Angola prison continue. He denounced sensational reporting from reporters claiming inmates fabricate quotes while noting protests over brutality and a governor led citizens committee studying the matter. Easterly traveled with Deputy Warden E D Bazeren to pick up a prisoner.
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Shreveport
Rudolph Easterly
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Angola
Easterly
Earl Long
E. D- Bazer
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Pegler
Drouth Sears
City
Red
Miss
Tulane
al Capone
Venire
George M. Snellings
Defense Dept
Pase
Ivy Pearl Reinninger
Ouachita River
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