Monroe Chamber of Commerce schedules Friday meeting agenda
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce junior and senior board will meet Friday at 3 p.m. George D. Holland announces a program including 4-H baby beef, highway widening, reports from the industrial and trades school committees, and plans for U.S. 165 Highway Association. Henry Biedenharn previews 1940 1941 conventions.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
George D. Holland
Agricultural Committee
Bob Harmon
Henry Biedenharn
J. E. Marx
Lee Hodges
Ihairman
Monroe
R. C. Stokes
Trades School Project Committee
Ivy Faulk
Highway Activities Committee
A. O. Evans
Louisiana
H. K. Touchstone
B. A. Trousdale, Jr
Chamber Traffic Mittee
Rry Frazer
Missouri Pacific Transportation
C. C. Oardman
Pope Pius XII to Remain in Vatican as War Looms
Rome June 6 Pope Pius XII has told intimates he will stay inside Vatican City whatever occurs in Rome. the papal secretariat of state may move to a neutral country, possibly Portugal, to keep communications with belligerents after Italy enters the war. Blue lights and curtains are being installed in Vatican City to permit a blackout of the small state while Rome is surrounded.
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Rome
Pius XII
Vatican City
Vatican
Papal Secretariat of State
Portugal
Italy
U S Will Guard Against Fifth Column Threats
President Roosevelt and F B I leaders discuss mobilization to counter espionage and sabotage. Hoover plans to raise special agents to 1600. Congress advances deportation for aliens involved in crime or espionage as drafters consider a home defense force and a national industrial defense corps.
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Roosevelt
Department
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Military Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Oo Bund
WPA
Landslide Seen For Roosevelt Amid Broad Backing
Senator Minton notes Harrison's action signals full Democratic backing for a third term. Senator McKellar and Senator Pepper say liberals and moderates unite for the president's safety. Pepper even suggests a Roosevelt ticket with a Republican VP candidate.
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Minton
Indiana
Harrison
McKellar
Tennessee
Pepper
Florida
Mr. Roosevelt
Solons Favor School Plan for Monroe Trades School
A favorable report on a bill to establish a Monroe trades school was anticipated after Dean Calvert explained it to the house operations committee in Baton Rouge. George D. Holland said many local representatives back the plan and the appropriations committee will review it on June 12.
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House
Dean C. C. Celvert
Baton Rouge
Monroe
George D. Holland
Chamber of Cammerce
Dean Calvert
Holland
Appropriations Committee
Mon
H. Parker
D. R. Banister
Fifth Congressional District
Army Chief Seeks 400000 Strong Regular Force
General Marshall outlined a plan to expand the regular army to 400000 with 335000 in nine streamlined divisions, two mechanized divisions and one cavalry division. The air corps would hold about 65000 troops as Congress already approved a rise to 280000 from 230000.
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Senate
House
Marshall
Air Corps
Texas
Senate poised to approve large relief and defense bill
Senator Adams of Colorado said the $1,075,584,916 annual relief bill contains few controversial provisions and deserves prompt Senate approval as a plan to integrate federal relief outlays with national defense needs.
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Washington
Senate
Adams
Colorado
War Bulletins and Allied War Efforts Abroad
Dispatches report Germans and their allies killing civilians in western Europe and note Argentine protests over the sinking of the Uruguay. UK agriculture chief warns of wartime shortages as ambulance drivers return safe from captivity. Bevin enforces a labor order to boost production and curb luxuries. Royal children fund cigarettes for troops amid Empire day. Clerical leaders urge mandatory military service. meatless days discussed but rejected. Abstracted clip notes reflect wartime uncertainty and policy moves.
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Louvain
Brussels
Tirlemont
Tirlermoont
France
Aachen
Maastricht
Albert Canal
Liege
Namur
Charleroi
Maubeuge
German Push Repulsed as France Holds Paris Front
Berlin claims heavy fighting on the 2,000,000 man front near Alme Sorrane and along the Seine while Weygand’s lines resist with new fluid defenses. British RAF bombers strike behind Somme lines. Paris reports seven Nazi planes shot down over Normandy as Italy warns shipping zones.
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Cherbourg
Pearetine
France
England
Communitee
Nce
Paris
Berlin
Maxime Weygand
Weyg
London
Alme-Sorrane
Weygand
Flanders
Pollus
Soissons-Laon
Somme
Normandy
Allette River
Oise
Mediterranean
Jibuti
French Somaliland
Britain
Eng
Yorkshire
Kent
Paul Reynaud
Italy
Germany
Air Ministry
Lincolmshire
Norfolk
Thames
Mined 12 Mile Zone Guard Plans Amid War Tensions
Article reports Italy fortifying its 12 mile zone with minefields to deter foreign action. It notes British actions in Malta and Italian diplomatic moves, including Malta residents detained as alleged fifth column threats and scale of Italian military and civil measures across Sicily and Turkey.
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Italy
United States
England
France
Stefani
Feselat
Biond
Malte
Fifth Column
Maite
Syracus
Sicily
Turkey
Maly
City playgrounds set to open Monday with safety focus
The city announces playgrounds will reopen Monday. Bicycle clubs will form at each site June 10 15 under the Safety slogan, with cooperation from the recreation and police departments and Montgomery Ward to promote rider safety.
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Police Department
Montgomery Ward
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