Senate approves large relief bill and defense measures
The Senate Appropriations Committee reported a relief bill totaling 1.073 billion dollars with 125 million in loans and a WPA fund of 975.65 million for eight months starting July 1. The package includes noncombatant CCC training without racial or religious restrictions and defense tax expansion plans.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Adams
Colorado
Senate
CCC
House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Appropriations Bill to Start Work Monday
Baton Rouge June 5 The house appropriations committee announced it would begin work Monday on the general appropriations bill for all regular departments of government. The bill so far is in skeleton form with schedules to be filled in by the committee.
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Baton Rouge
House Appropriations Committee
ILGWU delegates vote to reaffiliate with AFL
In New York on June 5 delegates to the 40th convention of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union vote 640 to 12 to reaffiliate with the American Federation of Labor. The union claims 250000 members in the United States and Canada after leaving the AFL to join the CIO.
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New York
International Ladiesarment Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
United States
Canada
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Income Tax Base Widening Explored for Defense Revenue
Washington progress in the Ways and Means Committee proposes broadening the income tax base to raise funds for defense. Head of family exemptions would drop from 2500 to 1800 and single exemptions from 1000 to 800, with potential gains exceeding 80 million and total revenue near 400 million plus a permanent 10 percent rate increase for five years.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
Democrat
North Carolina
House Ways and Means
Swiss canton in Alps closed to civilians on danger zone
The southern Valais canton including the St Bernard and Simplon passes is closed to all civilians without army passes, with foreigners barred unless authorized. The area south of Lake Leman and the Rhone, including Zermatt and the Matterhorn, is under strict military road controls to prevent fifth column activity in potential invasion scenarios.
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Matterhorn
Monterosa
Schedule hearings on school training in Louisiana
Baton Rouge La June 5 The senate military affairs committee decided to open public hearings next week on three bills designed to extend compulsory military training to high school as well as college students and to set up a new military department for Louisiana.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Louisiana
Trades School Hearing Before Solons Group
Dean C Colvert of Northeast Junior College at LSU Monroe testified before the Louisiana House appropriations committee on a proposed trades school annex that would serve 2000 high school graduates from 12 parishes. The committee deferred action on a $250000 bill to establish the school and a $35000 operating grant, with all trade schools bills to be heard together next week.
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C. Colvert
Northeast Junior College
Louisiana State University
Monroe
House Appropriations Committee
Fifth
George D. Holland
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Dean C. C. Calvert
Appropriations Committee
Mr. Holland
Calvert
Noe
Hobbs Post Calls Meeting Thursday
The Rodney J. Hobbs Post Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold an important meeting at the clubroom on South Sixth Street at 8 p.m. Thursday, announced Commander H. M. James.
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Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
South Sixth Street
H. M. James
Jones Returns from Washington Backing Uninstructed Delegation
Governor Sam Jones arrived in New Orleans confirming the Louisiana Democratic convention vote to send an uninstructed delegation to the national convention. He called his Washington trip highly satisfactory and said Roosevelt showed keen interest in Louisiana developments.
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Sam Jones
Washington
Baton Rouge
Jones
Treasury
Justie
Louisiana
Fernandez
Denocrat
Griffith
Temperature Variance In Humans Described
Women feel cooler than men with feet and hands about 5 degrees cooler and arms 4 degrees cooler. Prof C P Yaglou reports from the American Industrial Hygiene association that clothing weight adjustments can harmonize comfort, suggesting summer 85 and winter lower settings if genders shift wearing.
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Associated Press
New York
American Industrial Hygiene Association Today
C. P. Yaglou
Ard School of Public Health
Yaglou
Gambling devices removed from Calcasieu parish
Sheriff Henry A. Reid reported that all gambling devices including punch boards and pin boards must be removed from Calcasieu parish businesses. The orders came from Governor Sam H. Jones and Attorney General Eugene Stanley via State Police Superintendent Steve Alford.
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Lake Charles
Calcasieu Parish
Henry A. Reid
Steve Alford
Pariah
Sam H. Jones
Eugene Stanley
F.B.1 Investigating unrest of Indians
Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing reports of fifth column activity among 351,000 Indians. Officials say foreign fostered groups and domestic anti semitic organizations aim to stir dissension by stressing grievances against the government.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Indiana
War Bulletins From London Paris and Stockholm
London reports the death of heart surgeon Laurence O Shaughnessy in Flanders while serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps The Paris item notes a shopkeeper appealing an eight month sentence for remarks about Leopold II The report also covers Rear Admiral Jean Abrial’s reception by King George and his departure from Dunkerque British French and Norwegian forces are said to have advanced toward Narvik along the railway in Swedish dispatches
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Harley Street
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Jean Abrial
Dunkerque
King George
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Yann Abrial
Stockholm
Narvik
Amateurs Barred From Talks With Foreign Radio Stations
The federal communications commission bans amateur radio communication between U S stations and foreign stations effective immediately. About 55 000 licensed amateurs are affected except for contacts within the United States and its territories and possessions and between US operators abroad and the United States.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
United States
Soviet Allies Hint At Possible Kremlin British Cooperation
London reports suggest Soviet circles see common interests with Britain France and Italy shaping Eastern Mediterranean diplomacy. Move to appoint Sir Stafford Cripps as British ambassador to Moscow signals broader efforts to ease Russia's wartime alignment with Germany and improve allied ties.
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Erik Lahoane
Tunisia
Belean
Spain
Oneow
Paul Emile Neggiar
Stafford
William Leeds
Athens
Russia
Germany
Allied air raid hits Friedrichshafen and Swiss border areas
Allied war planes bombed Friedrichshafen and nearby German sites across Lake Constance and released six bombs on Swiss soil near Kreuslingen and Tegerwilen. No casualties reported. anti-aircraft fire erupted from German batteries as crews damaged houses and roads on both sides of the frontier.
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Switzerland
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Kreuslingen
Tegerwilen
Konstanz
Germany
Rhine
Reiders
Royal Air Force strikes Ruhr oil depots amid German offensives
London reported heavy RAF bombing of German military dire ctives with attacks on Ruhr oil refineries and fuel depots. Allied and German lines clashed along the Leman River front as Germany pursued aims to separate France from Britain with armored moves and coastal focusing on Le Havre Rouen.
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Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Germany
Ruhr
Lochner Tells Flanders Story From German View
German officer describes retreat from Flanders with stores left by British expeditionary force. Abandoned provisions suggest British supply effort rivaled Czecho Slovakia before dismemberment. Reporter Louis P Lochner sketches rapid French retreat, cannons and materiel left behind, as German forces advance.
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Flanders
Czecho-Slovakia
Geremany
France
Belgium
Germany
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Canton
Beaumont
War at a Glance: Axis Offensive Looms Across Europe Fronts
The dispatch reports Hitler ordering violent new offensives along the 125 mile Armee Somme front with mass infantry assaults on Amiens and the Paris region. Berlin amplifies the push as Mussolini’s regime signals actions for the future of the German people. Allied and neutral notes follow in medley across Rome London Zurich Alexandria Lausanne with movements and cautions from Russia, Italy, Switzerland, and the Suez area.
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