Four Ford men indicted for government fraud in B 24 tool contracts
A U S Justice Dept indictment from Detroit charges Clifford C Crysl er Joseph C Kalman Andrew Kalman and Ralph W Pierce with steering subcontracts to the Affiliated Engineering Co. from May 1941 to Dec 1942. The scheme allegedly padded payrolls and billed for non existent or elsewhere workers, costing the government and Ford. Affiliated Engineering may have grossed up to 4 million in a year. Conviction could bring 12 years in prison and 20 thousand dollars fine.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Toay
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Ford Motor Company
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Joseph C. Kalman
Crysler
Andrew Kalman
Joseph
Ralph W. Pierce
Ford Company
Joseph Kalman
John C. Lehr
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Rome Falls to Allied Forces in Italy Drive to Capital
Allied forces announced the occupation of Rome as Gen. Sir Harold Alexander’s offensive reached its objective. Fifth and Eighth armies pressed north and east, inflicting heavy losses on German columns, destroying vehicles, and driving deep into the Lazio area while securing footholds near the Tiber and cutting key escape routes.
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Soldier at Yasukuni shrine echoes in death and honor
The piece discusses how battlefield death yields state rewards mirroring Yasukuni shrine honors, shaping family wealth and duty. It notes suicides and deaths as costly paths, then reports the funeral of Lee Adolph Dunn, with services at home, interment at Hasley Cemetery, and survivors including wife Olga, mother Florence, son Lee, four brothers, and a sister.
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Hasley Cementery
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John Perkins
Marvin Perkins
Clifford Benson
Mulhearn Funeral Home
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Olga Dunn
Florence Dunn
Lee Adolph Dunn
Calvin Dunn
West Monroe
Raymond
Clemens Dunn
Prichard
Ala
Arnold Dunn
New Orleans
Inez Dunn
Rome Under Fire as Allied Bombers Hit Roads
The raids targeted the coast and the Alban hills with main highways 1 2 and 3 near Rome and multiple secondary roads struck by fighter bombers with little or no opposition, signaling heavy aerial activity around the capital.
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Alban Hills
Rome
Bilbo criticizes Supreme Court in Senate speech
Senator Bilbo of Mississippi charged the Supreme Court is pursuing an evident plan to invade the legislative field and undermine its duties. He said the court has strayed from constitutional interpretation through hair splitting definitions and fine span theories, urging patriotic citizens to note the issue.
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Washington
Bilbo
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Senate
Race issues shake up deep GOP challenge in key districts
Races in Fourth district and Eleventh district are set to fill vacancies caused by deaths of Thomas H. Cullen and James A. O'Leary. House balance sits with Democrats 215 to Republicans 210, plus vacancies and minor party members. Tomorrow also brings New Mexico primaries for governor and two house seats, while Tennessee Democrats select 26 convention delegates.
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James A. O'Leary
New Mexico
John J. Dempsey
Tennessee
Passengers Panic as Boat Capsizes Off Port Stanley
Eyewitnesses describe a capsizing about a mile from shore near the pier while spectators watched. An RCAF crash boat and a private sailboat from Port Stanley rushed to the scene to assist, but passengers' panics and the accident hampered rescue, according to a survivor.
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Port Stanley
Brothers killed by maddened bull on Long Island farm
In Babylon New York a rampaging bull fatally gored and trampled George Ames 41 and his brother Hawley 35 on a Long Island dairy farm. Farm hand Edward Meier 29 was injured while attempting to corral the animal as state troopers ended the attack with gunfire. Ten picnickers fled Belmont Lake Park as the bull charged. both brothers were found in a pasture hours after the assault.
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N. Y
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Edward Meier
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Duggan Named Chief of Farm Credit Administration
Washington June 5 Ivy William Duggan of Georgia director of the Southern division of the agricultural adjustment agency was nominated by President Roosevelt to be governor of the Farm Credit Administration if confirmed by the Senate he will succeed A G Black whose resignation was announced March 3 Roosevelt also sent to the Senate the nomination of Charles Franklin Branman of Colorado to be assistant secretary of Agriculture a post left vacant when Grover B Hill became under secretary of agriculture
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P—Ivy William Duggan
Georgia
Southern Division
The
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Farm Credit Administration
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A. G. Black
Charles Franklin Branman
Colorado
Grover B. Hill
FEPC Faces Severe Battle in Senate Fight Over Funding
The Fair Employment Practices Committee, saved by a four vote margin in the House, faced a Senate clash as Southern Democrats aimed to cut its $500,000 funding from the war agencies supply bill. Senator Maybank of South Carolina signaled an initial move to reduce funds next week in appropriations committee. The FEPC item was set for subcommittee review but not a full committee vote yet. A stray line advised mending wool garments with ravelings from seams.
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House
President
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Senate
Maybank
South Carolina
FEPC
Senate Appropriations Committee
Deaths Lee Purvis Dunn at home near Brown Paper Mill
Lee Purvis Dunn, 33, died at his Smith Street home near the Brown Paper Mill Sunday at 9 15 a m He had been employed at the mill but had nothing further to report at press time
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Lee Purvis Dunn
Smith Street
Brown
Itching First Application for Skin Ailments
The advertisement promotes WLU Star Ointment to treat itching due to eczema rash and ringworm with a single application. It claims quick relief and offers money back if the first use fails to satisfy, encouraging repeat use as needed.
Price measure headed for Senate battle over cotton controls
Washington June 5 A bill to extend price controls for 18 months moved to the Senate for a week of bitter debate. Central issue is Senator Bankhead's cotton amendment to set ceilings using a cotton parity price plus manufacturing cost and a reasonable profit.
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Washington
Senate
Bankhead
Alabama
Dr Bond's Pilla For Constipation Relief Card
An advertisement promises a life solution for sluggishness and temporary constipation with Dr Bond's little Pilla. It claims quick morning action without interfering with daily duties, urging nightly use with a small pill and cautions use as directed.
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Dr. Bond
Bond
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