Allies invade Syria and Lebanon as British reach Beirut
British and Free French mechanized columns push into Syria and Lebanon threatening Beirut as 150 German parachutists are reported captured. Vichy claims no Nazis in Syria while Beirut’s coastal road is blown to slow advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Syria
France
Middle East
Beirut
Lebanon
Vichy
Palestine
Tripoli
Paris
Jacques Benoit Mechin
Germany
Reuters
Free French Levant
Kaiser's Death Resurfaces As Germany's Ruthless Image Returns
The piece reviews lingering views of Kaiser Wilhelm II and his regime, recalling his prewar grandeur and brutal acts, and contrasts him with Adolf Hitler. It argues Germany’s wartime aggression and the Versailles terms shaped Western fear and sympathy, noting continuities in leadership rhetoric.
Burial of Ex Kaiser Wilhelm II in Doorn Germany
Wilhelm II was buried at noon in Doorn after dying at 82 in exile. The ceremony was modest as he wished, with earth from Potsdam and the Rev Juno Doehring officiating. Army representatives and family attended, reflecting a link to his former fatherland despite long separation.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Porelen
Doorn
Netherands
Wilhelm II
Imperial Germany
Germany
Potsdam
Juno Doehring
Wilhelm
Kaiser
Sans _Ouci park
Auguste Viktoria
Army Repre Elin
Thundershowers Forecast Across Louisiana and Mississippi
Cloudy skies and scattered storms expected across Louisiana and Mississippi after recent rains. New Orleans reported 6 percent inch rainfall with street flooding and traffic delays. Alexandria and Lake Charles also saw showers. A tornado near Roundaway Mississippi damaged property but caused no injuries. heavy rain followed in the area. USDA Baton Rouge notes May rains improved cucumber pepper tomato and watermelon prospects but late for snap beans. Mississippi potato shipments underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Uptown
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Roundaway
Miss
Clarksdale
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Baton Rouge
Milton Hall 12 Drowns In Bayou Near Bastrop
Milton Hall 12 of Wardville plantation north of Bastrop drowned in a bayou near his home after wading with a companion. The body was recovered by the L. B. Faulk American Legion emergency truck crew at 5:35 p.m. Sunday after the boy failed to swim. His companion Alvin Williamson notified others. Funeral held Monday at a Bonita cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B
H. C. Kilcrease
Bonita
Three Men Drown Near New Orleans After Rescue Attempt
In Willswood pond near the Mississippi river bridge Frank Piazza 28 and his companions who had attempted a rescue died. VictimsAnthony Pieno 31 Benjamin Michel 25 and Vincent Cemo 19 were from Marrero A rescue pulled Cemo from the water and Piazza tried to save the others still they perished. A second death report notes Private Clarence Skellington 19 of Hicksville N Y drowned while swimming the Leaf river near Camp Shelby.
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New Orleans
Frank Piazza
Willswood Pond
Mississippi River
Anthony Pieno
Benjamsin Michel
Vincent Cemo
Piazza
Marrero
Hattiesburg, Miss
Clarence Skellington
Hicksville
N. Y
102Nd
Leaf River
Camp Shelby
Eight Die As Kansas Tornado Strikes North of Wichita
A tornado killed eight people on farms north of Wichita during a joint observance of a 23rd wedding anniversary and a birthday. Victims include Mrs Guy Scrivner 42 Betty Scrivner 16 Margaret Scrivner 19 Mrs Ralph Kruger about 70 Janet Lee Paulson 4 Marie Penner 36 Haskell Keyes 50 of Oklahoma City and the infant of Mr and Mrs Chris Thierstine Jr. Guy Scrivner survived with a broken leg and shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kas
Guy Scrivner
Betty Scrivner
Margaret Scrivner
Ralph Kruger
Scrivner
Janet Lee Paulson
Scrivners
Marie Penner
Haskell Keyes
Oklahoma City
Chris Thierstine, Jr
Newton, Kas
A. S. Hawkey
Scriv
Roosevelt Orders Takeover of North American Aviation Plant
President Roosevelt directed the War Department to seize and operate the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood California after a labor dispute halted production. He said continued output is essential to national defense and that mediation failed, prompting immediate government control to restart operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North American Aviation
Inglewood
Calif
Roosevelt
Army
Los Angeles
North American Aviation, Inc
United States
Secretary of Labor
National Defense Mediation Board
Secretary of War
United States Army
North American Aviation Corporation
Missing bomber crew vanishes on cross country flight
A B 18 bomber left Salt Lake City at 1 35 PM mountain time with six crew members en route to Chicago. The crew included Captain D N Motherwell and Lieutenants Holsteen Gallagher Harvey plus Staff Sergeants Hawley McGuran. Severe weather along the route hindered reports, and home addresses for the others were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Army Air Corps
Chicago
Chicago Municipal
D. N. Motherwell
11Th Reconnaissance Squadron
T. F. Holsteen
J. V. Gallagher
L. K. Harvey
D. F E. Hawley
T. McGuran
Boise
Idaho
Cheyenne
Motherwell
Fort Douglas
Petain Defends Sovereignty As Vichy Protest Against British Push
In unoccupied France on June 9 Marshal Petain ordered a fighting defense of France sovereignty amid a British assault in the Near East. France handed a formal protest to Britain via Madrid claiming aggression and denying Nazi bases in Syria and Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Henry
Associated Press
Vichy
France
Brothers-At-Arms
Near East
Lebanon
Beirut
Damascus
Syria
Turkey
Petain
Charles de Gaulle
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Britain
Spain
Francois Pietri
Samuel Hoare
Madrid
Marshal Petain
Phi Kappa Fraternity Holds Monroe Convention
Delegates from cities across the south arrive in Monroe for the Phi Kappa convention at Hotel Virginia with about 100 delegates expected. The program runs Tuesday to Wednesday with business meetings, barbecues, dances, a smoker, banquet, and grand ball. Officers include Billy Haynes chair, Robert George publicity, Ben Marshall dates, Dick Eason dances, Billy Ensminger hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Monroe
Phi Kappa Fraternity
Hotel Virginia
Eta Chapter
General Assembly
Billy Haynes
Robert George
Ben Marshall
Dick Eason
Billy Ensminger
War Declared Between Two Worlds Says Mussolini
Premier Mussolini declared the war has assumed the character of a war between two worlds and is at a decisive moment. The statement appeared in Prove Armate on the eve of Italian Navy Day, marking the first anniversary of Italy's entry into the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Navy Ministry
Prove Armate
Italy
U S O Plans District Setup Tonight at Monroe City Hall
A large crowd is expected for a 7 30 p m U S O meeting at Monroe city hall to finalize plans for a U S O setup in northeast Louisiana and to launch a two week fundraising drive for the national internal defense group. Ed C Apperson outlines a unified recreation program for soldiers in nearby camps with Dr L M Norton presenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service Organization
Louisiana
National Internal Defense Group
Ed C. Apperson
Fifth District
Monroe
West Monroe
Mr. Apperson
L. M. Norton
Apperson
Senator Harrison Leaves Hospital after Fatigue Recovery
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi left the Army and Navy General Hospital in Hot Springs Arkansas where he had been a patient since March 14. He returned to Washington last night and will resume duties gradually per his family physician.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Army and Navy General Hospital
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Papal Legate Named for U. S. Eucharistic Congress
Pope Pius XII appoints Dennis Cardinal Dougherty archbishop of Philadelphia as papal legate to the United States Eucharistic Congress at St Paulina Mina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Dennis Cardinal Doughterty
Archibishop
Philadelphia
St Paul
Mina
Free French invade Syria and Lebanon clash near Damascus
The World Today reports British and Free French forces cross into French ruled Syria and Lebanon with advances within 40 miles of Damascus. Fighting rages on historic battlefields as Beirut notes heavy clashes. British ships bombard coastal points while French high command orders fierce resistance. Berlin claims fires from a second Alexandria raid as London says two Bismarck supply ships were sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Syria
Lebanon
London
Damascus
Beirut
Petain
Berlin
Alexandria
Egypt
Syria as battleground in world war era mandate regions
The article describes the Levant under French and British mandate after World War I, detailing Syria Lebanon Latakia and Jebel Ed Druz. It notes the 57 900 square miles area with about 3 630 000 people and highlights the region as a historical clash zone with difficult terrain and limited road networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
France
Britain
Levant
India
Mediterranean
Syria
Lebanon
Latakia
Jebel Ed Druz
Michigan
Indiana
Palestine
Turkey
Identity of Slain Woman Remains Mystery in Staten Island
New York June 9. The decomposition of a woman found stuffed in a trunk in a Staten Island thicket leaves her identity unknown. About 35, partly clothed, wrapped in a white blanket, with a deep head wound and a wedding ring. Dr. Mandell Jacobi said she was pregnant at death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Staten Island
Mandell Jacobi
House panel approves $885 million work relief fund
The House appropriations committee rejected Roosevelt’s liberalization proposals and approved an $885,905,000 work relief fund for the year starting July 1, a 35 percent cut from the current program. The panel notes private employment rising and WPA rolls shrinking, insisting on restrictive provisions to prevent abuse while shifting $50 million to agriculture for food financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
House
Howard Hunter
Agriculture Department
Congressmen Plan Two Month Vacation
President Roosevelt informed Capitol Hill leaders that no further major legislation would be submitted now, prompting plans for a July and August break. Senate leaders backed a light schedule after clearing the calendar, delaying the 3.5 billion tax bill until September and delaying St. Lawrence waterway action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Senate
Congress
House
Byrnes
South Carolina
McNary
Oregon
St. Lawrence
Troops Take Over North American Aviation Plant
On presidential order troops from the 15th infantry entered the North American Aviation plant in Los Angeles after two riots between police and a CIO picket line. About 1,000 pickets faced 3,000 soldiers with bayonets and machine guns as the plant reopened under government control. Six people were hospitalized and work resumed with the CSO bargaining committee escorted past troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United States
Venice
15Th Infantry
North American Aviation Corporation
Charles E. Bradshaw
Army Air Corps
Patrol Chases Local Burglar After gun battle near Dallas
Four burglaries are under investigation in Monroe as local officers work with Texas state police in a manhunt. An unidentified thief abandoned a 1949 Buick from Twin City Motor, fled on foot, then jumped to another car after a late night shootout with troopers. Police plan to join the chase if needed. The burglar also stole two electric drills from the motor company Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Twin City Motor Company
Brantley
KPML
Monroe
Sid Gilbert
Texas Patrol
L. P. Landry
Glenmar Avenue
The
Motor Company
Traffic Rule of the Day on Stopped Vehicles
Section 6 prohibits driving a parked vehicle into the path of an approaching vehicle. Operators must signal intentions with a left turn arm signal before moving, or a right turn signal when parked on the left side of a one way street.
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Lew Michener
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