Wartime rackets exposed by Westbrook Pegler column
Westbrook Pegler denounces wartime labor extortion schemes in which workers and farmers are coerced into paying 20 to 50 dollars for union membership to obtain jobs supporting the army. He depicts impostor leaders in Washington and a corrupt network profiting from the needs of millions seeking work during the war effort.
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Itou
San Diego
Hod-Carriers’ Union
Washington
Profem
Lions State Convention Attendance Sets Record
Registration for the Lions International state convention topped 327, a turnout that exceeded expectations. W. H. McLaurin and Cave A. Nelson were elected district governors for districts A and B, with New Orleans to host the next gathering. The event mixed formal sessions with humor, including a banquet address by Dr. B. H. Keath on Liberty as a broader ideal.
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W. H. McLaurin
Mheshors
Cave
Financier Dies of Thirst in Desert in Arizona
U Yamin Pierce Cheney a 16 year old financier and social leader from Boston died of thirst in the Northwestern Arizona desert after a futile trek for water. Found by cowboy Lee Exton four days later near an empty can. Cheney had held directorships in major railroads and financial firms and inherited 2.5 million of his father’s 10 million estate.
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Arizona
Boston
Ida Lewis Cheney
Julia Arthur
The
Tage
Cheney
California
Benjamin P. Cheney
United States and Canada Express
American Exress
Harvard
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
St. Louis
Germans Claim Advances Into Fortifications At Sevastopol
German forces press deeper into Sevastopol fortifications as Soviet and German communiques report heavy fighting. Soviet dispatches claim relentless Red Army resistance with 2500 Nazi dead in yesterday’s clashes, while Luftwaffe and ground assaults intensify around the Black Sea base.
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Associat Press
Adolf Hiter
Sevastopol
Cremea
Red Star
Great Black Sea
North African
Itehen
Neil Ritchie
Bir Hacheim
Erwin Rommel
ODT relaxes rules for local delivery trucks
ODT modifies former order to allow trucks carrying goods for retailers to return home the same day and stay within 25 miles. one delivery per day remains. The effective date shifts from June 1 to July 1. local delivery zone expands to 25 air miles from urban boundaries for direct consumer shipments.
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Office
ODT
Chamber of Commerce
Chack
Hitler to collect autographs at army war show
Baltimore on Friday hosts a war bond event where buyers receive a bomb autographed by the Army Ordnance for delivery to Berlin. A defense stamp will fund a note to Hitler to be enclosed in a Berlin bound bomb.
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Baltimore
Hitler
United States Army Ordnance Department
WPA Asked to Decide Civil Action Over Louisiana Accounts
Washington June 10 The Works Progress Administration proposes that the Justice Department decide if civil action should be started over old WPA accounts in Louisiana. Rep Wigglesworth asks about 21 9 million dollars of suspended payments and remaining disallowances cited by the comptroller general. Dryden says a recent meeting with the comptroller general led to a request to refer the matter to Justice to determine if funds can be recovered.
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Washington
Works Projects Administration
Department of Justice
Louisiana
Congress
Wigglesworth
Massachusetts
House Appropriations Subcommittee
F. H. Dryden
WPA
Wiggleaworth
Louisiana Mess
Comptroller General
Dryden
Germans Will Be Happier After Hitler Is Defeated
Louis P. Lochner, AP veteran correspondent, said Germans will be happier than the rest of the world at Hitler's defeat. He warned Hitler is not the infallible genius he is thought to be and urged American soldiers to expect a tough fight against the Nazi war machine. Lochner recalled observations from 1940 coastal trips showing Nazi efforts to deter UN landings and suggested a UN landing is quite possible.
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New York
Hitler
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
A. P
Berlin
Lochner
United States
United Nations
United States Merchant Vessel Sunk in North Pacific
The first torpedoing of a U S merchant ship in the north Pacific was officially announced after Captain Lyle G Havens and crew reached a West Coast port. Eight men were hurt, one died, and the ship sank about 30 minutes after the blast. A submarine was sighted by crew members but no direct encounter occurred.
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United States
North Pacific
Navy
Lyle G Havens
San Carlos
Calif
Stephen Chance
Cook
Baker
Havens
Nystrom
Bitter fight predicted over two per cent sales tax
Baton Rouge observers forecast a heated battle as the two per cent general retail sales tax bill, estimated to raise 13 to 15 million dollars annually and limited to two years, moves after approval by the house ways and means committee. Senate capital and labor bills amending child labor laws also gain pace, as the appropriations panel rejects payment for a 1939 banquet for Somoza, while changes set minimum ages and hours for minors and require physical exams.
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Baton Rouge
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Committee On Capital and Labor
House Appropriations
Leche
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Somoza
Missing Navy officer Roy O Hale Jr reported to authorities
Roy O Hale Jr son of Mr and Mrs Roy O Hale Sr of 118 Glenmar avenue is listed as missing in a government wire received by his parents. He attended Quachita Parish High School and the United States Naval Academy where he graduated with honors and entered naval service as a lieutenant junior grade. He was believed to be in the Orient when last heard from.
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Roy O. Hale, Jr
Roy O. Hale
Glenmar Avenue
Washington
Young Hale
Quachita Parish
United States Naval Academy
Orient
Roosevelt Jr Arrives in Britain on Official Navy Business
London dispatch reports Lieutenant Franklin D Roosevelt Jr arriving in Britain on official business for the United States Navy.
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London
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Britain
United States Navy
War production drive shows vast midwest engine plant scope
New York June 10. Wartime tour shows a midwest engine factory large enough for sixteen MLB teams to play eight games simultaneously and 30 000 per crowd plus another 30 000 for a football crowd. Willow Run bomber plant reportedly covers 37 acres and 1 500 000 square feet as part of U S war production growth. President Keller of Chrysler calls it the biggest project the nation has undertaken and says a million of anything could be produced if needed.
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New York
Midwest
Henry Ford
Willow Run
Petain Sees Hitler Losing War Through Midway Tale
Houston born Ensign G H Gay Jr 25 year old naval pilot aboard a wrecked plane described a fish eye view of the Battle of Midway. He witnessed destroying Japanese carriers by American torpedo planes and dive bombers while afloat on debris. Admiral Nimitz permitted the description. Petain believed Hitler would lose.
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Ensign G. H. Gay, Jr
Battle of
Midway Island
Nimitz
Ensign Gay
Gay
Houston
Tex
Nelson predicts hope as US production powers long war
In Hannibal Missouri Donald M. Nelson urges that American industry will overwhelm the Axis. He warns a long conflict may be ahead yet vows victory for democracy. He recalls a return to his Missouri roots and praises workers nationwide for rising to the wartime effort.
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Hannibal
Donald M. Nelson
America
Hitler
Hannibal, Missouris
Boosts in Excise Taxes Predicted by House Committee
Washington report says House Ways and Means members expect modest increases in excise taxes on cigars cigarettes and tobacco with revenue goals outlined by Secretary Morgenthau. The plan would raise cigarettes to 3.50 4.00 per thousand on certain brands and smoking tobacco to 36 cents a pound while cigars would rise to meet about 13 million in revenue. The panel rejected doubling the gas tax but may lift lubricating oil levy from 4.5 to 6 cents a gallon.
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Washington
Houseways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Congress
Treasury
Petain Sees Axis Defeat After Two War Years
Vichy reports quote Marshal Petain as convinced Germany and its allies will be defeated two years after Dunkirk. Laval remains opposed, while Admiral Darlan shares a cautious view. Observers say Petain acts under German pressure to protect France while facing a suffering public.
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Washington
Dunkerque
Marshal Petain
Vichy
France
Petain
Germany
Pierre Laval
Laval
Europe
England
Soviet
Russia
Jean Darlan
Friends Keep Man Alive With Five Months of Breath Support
Jay Oklahoma June 10 Artificial respiration by friends has kept Mason Williams 43 a school teacher alive for five months in relays. Williams with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has 75 percent impaired breathing and cannot speak or swallow without aid. Despite weight dropping to 87 pounds, friends vow to continue pumping until death ends their labors.
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Jay
Okla
Mason Williams
Frank Veroni
Williams
Veroni
Oklahoma City
Survives Siege of Singapore Regains Sight at 93
Ninety three year old Rosa Frankel survived wounds from the Singapore siege and, after reaching America, regained her eyesight. She stayed with her son David Frankel and helped rescue her daughter Mrs H Richard Aaron. she was wounded in the arms and neck. The family fled the island on a bomb shower transport just before Japanese arrival, traveling via Bombay, India, Capetown and the West Indies.
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San Francisco
Rosa Frankel
Singapore
America
Frankel
Aaron
Bombay
India
Capetown
West Indies
Effort Made to Minimize Ship Damage
A prolonged quiet period ended as officials report actions taken to reduce damage to the vessel. Details on crew status and the ship’s condition remain limited amid ongoing assessments and contingency measures.
MacArthur's Fliers Triumph In 13 2 Victory Over Nipponese Airmen
American authorities claim major Japanese losses at Midway with sunk and damaged carriers and a cruiser. Ensign Gay reports three Japanese carriers set ablaze by torpedo planes. Tokyo admits some ships sunk but disputes carrier counts and notes Aleutian activity continuing.
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Roger D. Green
Imperial Tokyo
Midway
United States
George H. Gay, Jr
United States Navy
Japan
Tokyo
Washington
Navy
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Hideo Hiraide
Imperial Headquarters
Bering Sea
Earnest J. King
United States Fleet
Far North
Local Committee Objects to New State Taxes
A citizen committee led by A. K. Kilpatrick of the Chamber of Commerce met to urge the state legislature not to raise taxes now, citing heavy federal levies and a rise in state revenue from 26 million in 1929 to 82 million in 1941. The group cites New York and Mississippi tax cuts as examples and calls for no additional sales tax.
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Chamber of Commerce
A. K. Kilpatrick
Chamber
Retail Merchants’ Division
Louisana
New York State
Mississippi
War Stamp Bond canvass needs 150 more workers in Monroe
War stamp and bond drive expands as 100 volunteers canvass households to secure weekly pledges. Monroe and West Monroe seek 150 more workers each to meet targets, with a possible federal rule requiring payroll deductions. Contact Jack Rogers at 2344 or Monk Golson to join.
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Jack Rogers
Monroe
West Monroe
Mr. Rogers
Monk Golson
West
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