Commutation Debate Over Communist Party Threats
A White House statement questions Earl Browder’s commutation while Francis Biddle explains the American Communist Party’s history and ideology, noting its 1919 founding and its alignment with the Third International and acts seen as subversive to American patriotism. The discussion centers on whether the party is anti American.
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White House
Earlrowder
Nity Browder
Communist Party
United States
Martin Dies
Sevelt
Francis Biddle
Harry Tidgee
Communist Party of the United Sates
Thirdternational
Seval
Colonist Party of the
U.S
Rommel Reinforcements Rushed as Libyan Battle Intensifies
Axis and Allied forces clash near Bir El Hacheim and Tobruk as Rommel pushes fresh reinforcements into the Libyan front. British and Indian troops strike from the rear to relieve Bir Fl Hacheim while German dive bombers harry front lines. Luftwaffe and RAF claim aerial duels as the battle shapes the North African theater.
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Associated Preen
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Bir el Hacheim
Mediterranean Sea
Bir Fl Hacheim
Rarmine
Tobruk
Axi
Rommel
Egypt
Rome
Libyan Desert
Arctic
Germany
Inter Far-North Sea
Russa
London
Production at Behn Aluminum Plant Reopens After Trouble
Behn Aluminum and Brass Corporation in Detroit resumed full production today as nearly all workers returned after a labor incident last Thursday. About 2,900 employees, including most of the midnight shift, were on duty while the afternoon shift had earlier quit. Officials cited no immediate cause for the disruption, and union leaders said there was no strike, noting a pledge against strikes in war plants. Previously, a power switch pull caused a half day halt, followed by a one hour stoppage amid union-management tensions.
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Detroit
Behn Aluminum and Brass Corporation
United Automobile Workers
East Side
Simon D Dennyl
DenUyl
Arkansas to Use Japs for Labor
Governor Homer M. Adkins announced that Arkansans who opposed moving Japanese evacuees from the Pacific coast now accept them as a remedy for farm labor shortages. He said Japanese workers, supervised by civilian authorities and military police, would not be mixed with local labor or settled permanently. An evacuation camp for up to 10,000 is planned in Desha county.
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Little Rock
Ark
Homer M. Adkins
War Reation Authority
Adkins
Sosoon
Desha
Four killed in heavy bomber crash near Rafael Calif
June 5 a crash near Rafael California killed four airmen. The army announced the incident as a heavy bomber went down in flames during an attempted emergency landing. Pilot Philited was aboard the aircraft.
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Rafael
Calif
Ouachita Parish High school plans 1962 commencement
The Ouachita Parish High School class of 1962 will graduate tonight at 8:15 in Neville High School auditorium. Dr. Claybrook Cottingham of Louisiana Tech will give the principal address. The program includes invocations, salutatory and valedictory by students, and various awards.
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Ouachita Parish
Neville High School
Claybreak Cottingham
Louisana Tech
Douglas MacArthur
Rheida Farmer
Bob Cordell
Claybrook Cottingham
Rachmainoff
Ward
War Defense Bond Group Meeting Planned at Hotel Virginia
The War Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds parish committee will meet at Hotel Virginia Monday at 8 pm to organize volunteers for a house-to-house campaign. The goal is to enroll individuals without pledge cards to buy stamps or bonds weekly or monthly from salaries to fund the war, with each earner pledging a pro rata share, according to S. Jack Ross, chairman.
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War Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds Parish Committee
Hotel Virginia
Uncle Sam
S. Jack Ross
F D R Ponders Gasoline Rationing Amid War Strain
President Roosevelt opens White House talks with 11 top officials on gasoline and rubber supply as Congress debates nationwide rationing. He plans to discuss noon, while lawmakers accuse government overreach and fear chaos. Opposition centers on Henderson Connally and oil states resist extending rationing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Condex
Commerce Jones
Iokes
Robert P Patterson
Harold Smith
Wayne Coy
Office of Emergency Management
Archibald MacLeish
Office of Facts and Figures
Arthur Newhall
Joel Dean
Connally
Texas
House
Landon criticizes rubber handling at Chicago meeting
Kansas oil operator and 1936 Republican presidential nominee Landon urged converting grain alcohol into rubber to ease shortages and said the government bungled rubber and gasoline issues. He claimed the administration slowed the synthetic rubber program and criticized candor in public explanation.
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Chicago
U—All
Jesse Jones
Hieber
Roosevelt vows retaliation if gas warfare continues
President Roosevelt disclosed official information that Japan used poisonous gases in China and warned that continued use would trigger retaliation in kind. He read a state department statement asserting the United States would regard gas attacks against any United Nation as an act against the U S and would enforce full retaliation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
China
United States
State Department
United Nation
United Nations
Mr. Roosevelt
Scouts Stop Paper Drive Shift to Rubber Salvage
The Boy Scouts of the Quachita Valley council will end their waste paper drive and focus on rubber salvage. Executive secretary Olan H Black said a wire from James E West noted a conference with paper industry reps and the war production board indicating excess paper supply and the need to salvage rubber instead.
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Boy Scouts
Quachita Valley
News reporters to carry rifles on front lines
The staff correspondents for Yank, the official army newspaper debuting June 13, will join front line coverage with rifles. Enlisted men with newspaper experience will scour foxholes for stories, traveling from China to Europe to bring frontline reports. The editor Private William H Richardson, 23, says rank is forgotten and the aim is to print what enlisted men want to read at the front.
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New York
Yank
China
Alaska
Australia
Iceland
Ireland
Panormia
Europe
Stars and Stripes
Paris
William H. Richardson
Raleigh, N. T
Retail sales tax in state seems likely
Baton Rouge June 5. Observers said discussions may lead to an outright retail sales tax or a wholesalers tax in the Louisiana legislature. The proposed two percent wholesalers tax faces workability questions due to lack of a required pass through to consumers and wartime price controls. A committee of fiscal experts and lawmakers will meet with businessmen over the weekend, including State Treasurer A. P. Tugwell and officials Rufus W. Fontenot and Martin Close, plus Representatives Paul F Stinson and H H Huckaby and Senators D Y Smith.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
A. P. Tugwell
Rufus W. Fontenot
Martin Close
Paul F Stinson
H H. Huckaby
Caddo Parish
D. Y. Smith
Ouachita Parish
Explosion Routs Elwood Arsenal. 21 Dead
An early morning blast at the Elwood Arsenal near Joliet killed 21 people and injured many more. The explosion destroyed the Shipping facilities of one unit at the 1650 acre complex, with 66 workers in the building. Authorities said no sabotage is suspected and a board of inquiry will investigate.
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Joliet
Elwood Arsenal
David P. Tunstall
Army
Tunstall
Elwood Ordnance Shell Loading Plant
Don M. Hoffman
H. L. Shultz
Will County
James Doolittle
Tokyo
Elwood
Kankakee
Crimson Lips On Envelopes At Fort Custer
Private Robert L. Downing of the 11th infantry notes a new mail art trend among soldiers from Fort Custer. Envelopes often bear lipstick imprints and drawings such as shields flags and home scenes while free postage prompts add playful exterior messages to loved ones.
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Fort Custer
Mich
Robert L. Downing
11Th Infantry
Downing
King
Tennessee
Tennessee Hills
House Refuses To Work Sunday Night
Baton Rouge La June 5 The house voted 54 17 to adjourn until Monday night to give a long weekend. Speaker Ro Norman Bauer urged a Sunday return to clear congested dockets and many bills for final passage. On Rep W O Noble motion the chamber chose Monday over Sunday. The senate adjourned and will return Sunday night. A bill to cap state department head salaries at 1200 was pulled from house files.
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Baton Rouge
House
Ro Norman Bauer
W. O. Noble
Richland Parish
Senate
State Department
Lions Plan for Big Convention 1942 State Meet
Lions clubs across the state prepare for the 1942 state convention at Hotel Frances on June 9 10 with over 300 expected attendees. Lions International is described as the fastest growing civic organization, with 4200 clubs and 158000 members worldwide including Porto Rico Hawaii Canada Mexico Costa Rica Panama Guatemala Colombia Cuba and China.
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Lions Clibs
Hotel Frances
Lions International
North American
Lioniam
Porto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
Canada
Mexico
Costa Rico
Panama
Guatemala
Columbia
Cuba
China
Northeast Junior College Registration Reaches 75 by Noon
Registration for the summer session at Northeast Junior College opened Friday with 75 students enrolled by noon. Registrations continue through Saturday with the registrar’s office open until 5 PM. A small extra fee applies for those enrolling after the week.
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Northeast Junior College
C. C Calvert
Senate OKays Good Sums to Soldiers' Kin
Washington June 5 The Senate backed a plan to grant monthly allowances to dependents of soldiers with pay up to 78 dollars. Compromise figures discuss 46 and 52 dollar amounts for privates, with House and Senate versions noted. Dependents include wives, children, and former wives alimony still payable.
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Senate
Washington
House
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Battle Off Midway Seen As Major Pacific Clash
Washington reports a large Pacific battle as American and Japanese fleet units clash near Midway Island after a Japanese raid. Admiral Nimitz said attacks on the enemy continue, with carrier, battleship, and heavy cruiser actions likely to influence potential strikes on Pearl Harbor and the U S west coast.
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Washington
Pacific
United States
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Midway
United States West Coast
Alaska
Panama Canal
Battle forces strike Japanese squadron off Midway
Allied forces reported renewed attacks on a strong Japanese naval squadron off Midway Island in the Pacific today as operations continued to pressure enemy ships and threaten their fleet. The report notes heavy fighting and ongoing naval action in the central Pacific theater.
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Associated Press
Midway Island
Pacific
Nelson forms group on food requirements
Washington June 5 A Wap Production Board Chairman Donald M Nelson created a nine member food requirements committee under Secretary Wickard to control civilian and military food supplies. The panel will determine civilian military and foreign needs and can speed up or slow domestic production and imports. Final decisions rest with the WPB subject to War Production Board approval.
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Washington
Wap Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
War Poduction Board
Nelson
WPB
CPA
Sinking of Five Allied Vessels Spurs Senate Probe
The navy announced five more allied merchant ships and a patrol boat were sunk, prompting Senate naval affairs sub committee chair Ellender to say officers may be summoned for a public hearing if actions to halt sinkings are not fully satisfactory. Losses push Atlantic and Pacific totals higher as United Nations or neutral shipping declines rise.
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Associated Press
Navy
Atlantic
Far Pacific
Ellender
Louisiana
Senate
Naval Affairs
Washington
Christians Will Seek New Trial In Chattanooga Case
George W Christians, 53, engineer and selfstyled commander of the Crusader White Shirts, was convicted in federal court on four counts alleging he attempted to interfere with enlistment and incite insubordination in the armed forces. He will seek a new trial Monday. sentence was deferred pending the defense motion. The maximum penalty is 26 years and $10,000 per count. The government presented letters and literature aimed at damaging morale and hindering enlistments, including phrases about a bath of blood and reign of terror. Christians denied intent to use force and said his writings were humorous.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
George W Christians
Crusader White Shirts
Shell to Consider Chief's Case Again
Judge J T Shell heard a motion by Tom Davenport for a rehearing in the case of Police Chief Frank V Reitzell who was reinstated after a civil service board ouster and is facing a potential writ of review to the state supreme court if the judge upholds his prior reversal. Lankin, representing Reitzell, said the filing of a writ would be opposed.
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J. T. Shell
Tom Davenport
Frank V. Reitzell
Shell
Civil Service Board
Civil Service Commission
Reitzell
Supreme Court
T. Lankin
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American Legion
Ed C. Apperson
Elmer Slagle
Lilian Hh, Williamson
Fred Williamson
Fred G Thatcher
Rev. Yeager
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