Akron dynamite case ties union to wider labor mob
A report recounts a 1920s Akron dynamite spree linked to local and state labor leaders. Horace and Robert Floyd detonated sites, Horace confessed, naming Harry D. Jones and union figures connected to the Ohio Federation of Labor. The piece traces alleged ties to a broader Labor movement.
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Horace Floyd
Harry D. Jones
Briedenbach
Ohio Federation of Labor
Akron
Ohio
Summit County
Trades and Labor Assembly
Operating Engineers
International
Joe Fay
Frank Hague
A. F
L. Labor
New Jersey
Dave Dubinsky
A. F. of
L. Con
Storm flood deaths rise to 29 across midwest and southwest
Nine drownings reported as Albany Texas flash flood adds to a three day storm toll of 29. Dams failed after a 10 inch rainfall, flooding 30 to 40 houses in Albany. Rivers rose across Kansas Missouri Nebraska, with extensive property damage and travel disruptions.
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Associated Press
Albany
Tex
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Iowa
Wichita
Kas
Texas Panhandle
Marysville
Tulsa
Okla
Governor Orders Recall Elections in Louisiana
Proclamations by Governor Sam Jones set recall elections for Lafayette mayor J Maxime Roy and public property trustee Wilson J Peck and two Acadia parish school board members Dr B A Cross and Elmer Jeffers. Elections scheduled for August 12 following petitions by 25 percent of registered voters. Grand jury investigation yielded one indictment involving a clerk, not Roy or Peck.
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Baton Rouge
Secretary of State
Sam Jones
J. Maxime Roy
Wilson J. Peck
Public Property
Lafayette
Acadia Parish
B. A. Cross
Elmer Jeffers
Jerome A. Hayes
Finance
Roy
Peck
Army officer reports start of warplane production at North American plant
Lieutenant Colonel Charles W Steinmetz says 3500 soldiers guard the North American Aviation plant as work resumes at 7 30 am in a defense emergency. Roosevelt opened the plant yesterday after a strike, with pickets outside and workers checked for return to duty.
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Los Angeles
Charles W. Steinmetz
North American Aviation, Inc
Army
Steinmetz
Roosevelt
United States
C. S. O.united Automobile Workers
C. S. O. Hall
No-Man's Land
Charles E. Branshaw
Western District
Army Air Corps
North American Aviation Corporation
Phi Kappa Convention Schedules Three Day Events
The Phi Kappa fraternity held a business session at Hotel Virginia starting 9:30 a.m. Tuesday with a barbecue in the early afternoon and a 5 p.m. party. Wednesday features a 9 a.m. to noon final session a smoker banquet and grand ball open to the public concluding the three day gathering with 100 delegates and guests. The event opened Monday with a tea dance and a cabaret for members and guests.
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Phi Kappa Fraternity
Virginia
General Assembly
U S C TO PLAN DRIVE IN OUACHITA
Members of Ouachita Parish United Service Organization will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at city hall to plan a local campaign raising funds for wholesome recreation for enlisted men. Henry Bernstein Jr parish chairman urges attendance with committees from civic and social clubs. Representative D Ross Banister is vice chairman and Robert Cowden is secretary treasurer.
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Ouachita Parish
D. Ross Banister
Robert Cowden
Mussolini defies U S to declare war and threats Japan
Mussolini declares the United States already at war in fact and warns that formal war would bring dictatorship to America. A Brazilian rescue ship captain reports the torpedoing of the Robin Moor with 11 saved and 35 missing as U S officials assess a German submarine sinking in the South Atlantic. Churchill rebukes war cabinet plan while Middle East fronts see advances and Cyprus bombardment.
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Associated Press
Mussolini
United States
Japan
America
Brazil
Robin Moor
South Atlantic
Berlin
Churchill
Parliament
Middle East
Damascus
Beirut
Cyprus
Crete
Tokyo
Britain
Atlantic
France
Norway
Wreckage Sighted of Army Bomber Missing Since Sunday
Salt Lake City June 1 sighting reported west of Lyman Wyoming of the army twin motor bomber vanished Sunday with six men aboard. An army plane was sent to relay location to ground crews and guide them to the scene. Pilot Eddie Brooks said the craft was atop a knoll ten miles northeast of Lyman and appeared intact with six men possibly alive.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Army
Lyman
Wyo
Cheyenne
Eddie Brooks
United Airlines
Wye
Year of War Brings Italy Heavy Losses
Italy counted a costly first year in the war with Mussolini sharing power with Hitler to gain a thin strip along the French Riviera and portions of Greece while losing vast parts of its empire in Africa. The gains totaled about 35000 square miles, but more than 550000 square miles of East African holdings fell to enemies. The Axis advance coincided with France’s collapse and armistice, followed by Italy signing an armistice two days after France.
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James M. Long
Associated Press
Italy
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
French Riviera
British Somaliland
Epirus
Greece
Croatia
Europe
Yugoslavia
Somaliland
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Senate moves to empower seizure of plants amid defense strikes
The Senate expected overwhelming approval for a Connally amendment to empower the government to seize plants where defense production is impeded by strikes. The House had already approved related measures within a large army bill funding war production and new equipment.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Army
North American Aviation Corporation
Senator Connally
Texas
Connally
White House
Byrnes
South Carolina
Chamber
House
Attorney Hooker McGehee Found Dead in McComb Office
A coroner's jury in McComb Mississippi ruled the death of 65 year old attorney Hooker McGehee a murder. The victim's battered body was discovered in his office on June 2 after a week long inquest with unpublished evidence considered.
Customs Official And Son Pinned Under Auto Five Days
In San Diego a Mexican customs official Joaquin Miranda and his son Manuel were found alive after five days trapped under a car in a canyon. They received first aid at Camp Lockett. Missing Army officers Lieutenant Robert Maxwell and Lieutenant Howard Wetherell were last seen Saturday. 44 soldiers searched canyon reveals no trace. Maxwell is son of Brigadier General Maxwell. Wetherell is from Boston. A nearby service station reported selling gas to two men in a car similar to the officers' on Saturday morning.
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San Diego
Joaquin Miranda
Miranda
Tijuana
Manuel
Camp Lockett
Robert E. Maxwell
Howard D Wetherell
7Th Cavalry
Maxwell
R. L. Maxwell
United States
West Point
Wetherell
Boston
Mass
Churchill Defends War Course Before Critical Commons
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that the Crete campaign was somber and ferocious yet worth fighting. He warned surrendering territory without a fight could let Germany gain Syria, Iraq, and Persia. Churchill accepted full responsibility and pledged lessons from Crete for Britain’s defense.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Crete
Nile Valley
Syria
Iraq
Persia
Work or Fight Reclassification Aims to Head Off Strikes
Washington June 10 Selective service orders reclassify workers in defense industries who have ceased to perform essential jobs. Brigadier General Hershey dispatched the directive with Roosevelt approval to about 6500 local boards. The move is seen as a tool to curb major labor disputes including North American Aviation strikers in Inglewood California and idle shipyard workers in San Francisco.
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Washington
Selective Service
Selective Service Headquarters
Defense Mediation Board
Lewis B. Hershey
Roosevelt
Inglewood
Calif
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Youth's Condition Reported Critical After Ambulance Crash
Lee Roberson Jr. an 18 year old, underwent a ruptured appendix operation after the ambulance crash that killed Emmett H. Roberts and injured Mrs. Marion Learned. Roberson and his relatives were treated and released.
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Lee Roberson, Jr
Epps
St. Francis
Shreveport
Louisville
Monroe
Emmett H. Roberts
Oak Grove
Marion Learned
Hilton Street
Learned
St. Francis Sanitarium
Lee Roberson
Purvis Roberson
Officials Withhold Judgment Until Facts Established
A radiogram from the Brazilian steamer Osorio reports the U S Robin Moor was torpedoed. Captain Waldemar Lucio Pereira says 11 survivors were rescued from one lifeboat at 9 p m June 8, with three more boats and 28 crew plus seven passengers unaccounted. The Osorio headed toward Recife to continue investigation.
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Waldemar Lucio Pereira
Osorio
Associated Press
U. S. Osorio
Robin Moor
John J. Banigan
Karl Nilson
Virgil Sanderlin
William S. Cary
Peter Buss
Donald Schableise
H. O. Rice
R. Carlisle
Antonio Santos
Hugh Murphy
P. C. Eccles
Tamandare
Recife
Pernambuco
Brazil
Washington Asks Suspended Judgment Request
The White House asked today that judgment be suspended in a pending matter. No further details were provided, and the request awaits decision.
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Washington
White House
Judg
Hess Is British Prisoner of War
An authoritative source states Rudolf Hess a former Nazi No 3 is a British prisoner of war. Officials will not reveal Hess diary or whereabouts citing it is essential Germans do not learn what he has said. Hess reportedly wore a German air force captain uniform when landed in Scotland.
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London
Rudolf Hess
Hess
Adolf Hitler
Scotland
Free French Near Damascus and RAF Claim Five Bombers
Cairo reports Free French forces in Syria near Damascus with units expected to enter the city tonight or tomorrow. RAF said planes patrolling off Syria shot down five enemy aircraft. Mussolini said the United States is at war de facto and warned intervention would bring a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Cairo
Egypt
Free French
Syria
Damascus
Mandate
Sanamein
French Free Headquarters
de Gaullist
Tokyo presses blame for Dutch Indies negotiations
Tokyo says Britain and the United States share responsibility for the Dutch Indies failing to grant Japan a bigger share of tin oil and rubber. Cabinet spokesman Koh Ishii calls the Dutch reply very unsatisfactory while the government keeps a restrained stance. Negotiator Kenkichi Yoshizawa remains in Batavia awaiting Tokyo word.
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Tokyo
Britain
United States
Netherlands East Indies
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
Kokunin
Ishii
Indies
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Batavia
Saigon
Japan
Indoe
Safety record update shows year to date figures
The report lists year to date accidents 282 vs last year 204 with personal injuries 32 vs 33 and deaths 1 vs 4. It also includes a traffic rule of the day mandating dimmed headlights between sunset and sunrise and proper dimming when approaching vehicles do.
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