Russians May Station 500000 Troops in Lithuania Front
Kaunas dispatch says Moscow plans to fortify Lithuania by stationing up to half a million soldiers, turning the Baltic state into a highly fortified frontier. Reports also note Turkey's mobilization and European war fears as Nazi and Italian actions widen the conflict.
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Stockholm
Kaunas
Lithuania
Russia
Germany
Stockholm Tidningen
Moscow
Disputed Tax Measure Parts Dropped by Louisiana House
The house ways and means committee eliminated from the income tax provisions the withholding of taxes over 1000 dollars paid to nonresidents. Standard Oil of Louisiana warned a one million dollar butane plant might relocate if kept. The committee restored nonresident tax provisions amid debate. The senate approved bills replacing hanging with electrocution and portable electric chairs for the death penalty.
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Baton Rouge
House
Ways and Means
State Administration
Thomas J. Milling
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Standard Oil Company
Milling
Louisiana
Fred J. Heintz
St. Tammany Parish
Senate
Jules Fisher
Japanese Bombs Hit Chungking Air District Killing Many
June 12 Chungking reports fifty casualties after Japanese air raid by 117 planes in two waves. Soviet embassy partially demolished and German trans ocean news office destroyed. AP office near collapse. United States embassy proximity noted. several Americans among the survivors.
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Chungking
United States
Havas
Tass
Associated Press
Battle of France Dictates Nazi Aerial Tactics
Nazi bombers strike as they dive and strafed General Weygand's defenses along river banks. Heavy air attacks enable rapid German tank advances and rapid pontoon bridges across rivers, fueling the breakout.
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Weygand
France
Hitler
Navy orders work on two battleships and twenty ships
The navy announced that work began on two 45,000 ton battleships and 20 other warships and auxiliaries after President Roosevelt signed the 1.4 billion dollar appropriation act. The two battleships were assigned to the New York and Philadelphia yards respectively.
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Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
New York
Philadelphia
War at a Glance AP dispatches update Paris crisis and global actions
Berlin reports within 12 miles of Paris as German forces push toward the capital with a claimed seizure of Reims Rouen Compiegne and Le Havre. Italy issues ultimatum on Egypt while Rome notes air raids and maritime actions across the Mediterranean and beyond. London reports raids on northern Italy and Norway with several naval actions. Washington seeks funds to aid civilians and extend combat zones. Tokyo seals a friendship pact with Siam. Budapest signals possible reserves aid if Soviet Russia stays out.
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Plans to Preserve Ballots Across Parishes
New Orleans June 12 District Attorney Eugene Stanley announced he would ask courts to preserve ballots from the two Democratic primaries for possible election irregularity investigations. He urged parish prosecutors to file motions after reports that ballots tally sheets and poll lists were burned in St John the Baptist parish five weeks after the first primary. Parish officials claimed ballots were burned to free ballot boxes for the second primary after no other boxes were available. St John parish clerk H Richard Martin said the destruction followed an DA opinion that preservation was no longer needed once the contest period expired, a view based on an opinion by Lessley Gardiner.
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Eugene Stanley
Baton Rouge
Parish
H. Richard Martin
Court of St. John Parish
John E. Fleury
Fleury
Lessley P. Gardiner
Bids Sought to Widen 9,229 Miles of Louisiana Highways
The Louisiana highway commission announced it will receive bids on July 10 for widening 9,229 miles of highway from the Bonnet Carre spillway bridge to Kenner. The project expands existing 20-foot pavement to 41.5 feet to handle heavy traffic feeding into New Orleans via four U. S. routes.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Bonnet Carre Spillway
Kenner
New Orleans
United States
Senator Wheeler Breaks With Democrats Over War Path
Washington June 12 Senator Wheeler Montana Democrat says he will break with the Democratic party if it becomes a war party and will not back any presidential candidate pushing the nation toward war. The same day demands push for a continuous congressional session as the European war crisis grows, but a dispute over Civilian Conservation Corps military training delays Senate action.
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Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Democratic Party
Civilian Conservation Corps
German Submarine Halts U S Liner on Ireland Trek
Berlin reports a German submarine stopped the United States liner Washington at dawn during its refugee voyage. Germany had been told the ship planned to Bordeaux and other ports and only later learned of a course change between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. yesterday.
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Berlin
United States
Washington
Bordeaux
France
Germany
Ireland
Envoys Arrive in Moscow Amid Wartime Diplomacy
Sir Stafford Cripps and Erik Labonne arrived in Moscow on the same plane as new British and French ambassadors to the Soviet Union. Reports indicate a non aggression pact among Britain France and Siam signed in Bangkok. In Jerusalem hundreds of Italians are interned with others under surveillance as Italian activity is curtailed. An Italian embassy official said the London envoy may depart tomorrow as the understanding is reached.
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Moscow
Sir Stafford Cripps
Erik Labonne
Soviet Russia
London
Great Britain
France
Thailand
Siam
Bangkok
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Ouster Proceedings Sought Against Downs in Parish Tax Office
Handley filed ouster proceedings on orders from Governor Sam H. Jones after removing Downs as tax collector of Rapides parish. The suit seeks to remove Downs from office and determine rightful authority over the tax collection.
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Handley
Sam H. Jones
Downs
Rapides Parish
Weygand Aims At Solid Front Along Streams
The French high command plans a repositioning south of the Marne and a Seine flank to form a stronger front around Paris. Weygand’s strategy seeks a unified defense line with the Marne and Seine forming a two flank barrier. The plan relies on reinforced positions and tougher terrain to blunt German advances toward the capital.
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Weygand
Presa Foesign
Paris
Marne
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