Hepburn Warns of Big Attack Against Ontario Exposed
Premier Mitchell Hepburn warned Ontario residents of an imminent threat from Nazi and Fascist sympathizers in the United States. He said provincial police had information of well trained, armed groups ready to act across the Atlantic and invade Ontario. He criticized the Dominion government for slow response and stressed Ontario’s vulnerability near a densely populated U.S. border.
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St, Thomas
Ontario
Mitchell Hepburn
United States
Atlantic
Hepburn
Building and Loan Declares Dividend in Monroe
The Monroe Building and Loan association directors declare a semi annual dividend of two percent to stockholders of record June 30 with July 1 payment. President Louis Buckner cites continued profits from 1939 and 1940 and endorses the home financing plan as a safe path to paying off homes. The British Empire population is about half a billion.
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Monroe Building and Loan Association
Louis Buckner
Buckner
Garment Drive for Refugees mobilizes Ouachita Red Cross
The Ouachita parish Red Cross forms a production corps of women to sew garments for war refugees. Workrooms with cutting tables sewing machines and packing space are ready. Quotas include 30 women's heavyweight dresses 50 children's heavyweight dresses 40 layettes 30 men's knitted sweaters 30 women's knitted sweaters 60 children's knitted sweaters 10 hospital bed jackets 10 operating gowns and more. The war relief fund totals $4125.44 and a meeting on Friday will plan raising the remaining quota with officials and workers.
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Ouachita Parish
Red Cross
Singer Sewing Machine Company
J. D. McCranie
Dwight Davis
Washington
Europe
America
Dwight
War Relief Fund
Adassa Judge
Julia C. Wossman
Monroe Building and Loan Association
Paul L Collens
Salome del
Boy Found Wanted by Texas School for Boys
A city police arrest led to a boy being found wanted by the Gatesville State School for Boys in Gatesville Texas. Officer H L Tolbert found him sleeping wrapped in a blanket at Lidell and Jackson streets around 3 am Tuesday. He had stolen a boat from under a bridge and abandoned it downriver with a blanket portable radio and a watch.
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Gatesville
Seapower Of Allies Greater Than That Of Their Two Foes
Allied sea power outstrips Germany and Italy, with Britain and France plus the United States expanding naval strength. German subs remain a core threat while air power favors the Axis until Allied production and U S deliveries surge. Italy fields 6 000 to 8 000 planes, half first line, and Italy adds two 35 000 ton battleships to its fleet.
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Italy
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Germany
Lord Beaverbrook
Low Countries
United States
Manuae
Ferriday Mayor Ousted in Primary. Crothers Leads
In Ferriday Louisiana on June 12 E W Vogt the longtime mayor was defeated by A B Crothers the local Missouri Pacific agent with 286 votes to Vogt . Aldermen totals followed Paster nack 464 Serio 434 Mayer 369 Stuart 356 Jones 271 In Vidalia George A Murray won reelection as mayor with 184 votes to Magouns 17 Police chief Roy G Barlow led 98 votes to 74 for Bewhe and 31 for McVay Aldermen nominated were Walter McCrea Curtis Hill Fred Falkenheizer Mrs Josephine Hough Sidney Murray.
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Ferriday
E. W. Vogt
A. B. Crothers
Crothers
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Vogt
Joseph Pasternack
Guy Serio
William Mayer
Alvah
Fred Falkenheizer
Josephine Hough
Sidney Murray
Workers Told to Get Papers at Chicago Chain
June 12 Chicago: All aliens employed in a Chicago restaurant chain were ordered to obtain their first citizenship papers within two weeks or lose their jobs. President Robert J. Eites warned those not content with the United States should be shipped back.
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Chicago
Robert J. Eites
Fortson elected president of LaSalle parish police jury
A. J. Fortson was chosen as president of the LaSalle parish police jury at a regular meeting in Jena. B. J. Basham was named secretary-treasurer for the year and Carey Roark became courthouse janitor. A resolution opposed gasoline tax reallocation.
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Jena
A. J. Fortson
LaSalle Parish
Mr. Fortson
B. J. Basham
Carey Roark
Roosevelt jokes on label for policy as reporters press on
Washington June 12 A reporter asks if policy is non belligerency rather than neutrality. Roosevelt answers with a laugh saying he has not had time to consult his thesaurus.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Grandmother at 47 Becomes News Item in Nashville
In Nashville Tennessee Mrs Ford Slea announced she became a great grandmother at age 47. Her family extends as Mary Lee Bell's newborn girl weighs eight and a half pounds with Bell's mother Benny Strowmatt among relatives. Mrs Slea's mother Josie Been is now a 67 year old great grandmother as well. The piece notes a British post office established 230 years ago to help the government receive news ahead of private channels.
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Nashville, Tenn
Ford Slea
Slea
Mary Lee Bell
House Ways and Means Details Show Tax Comparison
In Washington on June 12 the Ways and Means Committee released a tax comparison. It contrasts net income under present law with under the defense tax bill, noting deductions for church charity bad debts storms and losses.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
No Fifth Column Arrests In Monroe Declared
Monroe police chief Frank Reitzell dismissed rumors that citizens were arrested for subversive activities. No arrests by city, parish, or federal authorities have occurred, and officials urge rumors to stop to prevent unrest and unjust accusations.
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Monroe
Frank Reitzell
Reitzell
Former Progress Agent Indicted in New Orleans
A federal grand jury indicted Gray D. Morrison, former contractural advertising agent for the American Progress administration, on charges of evading 1770.24 in 1938 income tax. The government alleges Morrison hid income by assigning 17 500 to five employees and overstated deductions, with 79 327.67 gross income and 18 712.15 net taxable income.
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New Orleans
Gray D. Morrison
American Progress
State Administration
Richard W. Lewhe
Leon D. Bubert
United States
Morrison
Morrigan
Japan Thailand sign treaty of friendship
Tokyo reports Japan and Siam conclude a treaty of friendship described by foreign office spokesman Yukichiro Suma as clear evidence of peaceable intentions in the south Pacific.
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Tokyo
Japan
Thailand
Siam
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
South Pacific
Gly-Cas Restores Appetite and Strength in Alexandria Patient
Mr. H. W. Pickels of 305 Tenth Street Alexandria Louisiana reports Gly-Cas greatly improved his digestion and sleep after years of distress. He now eats three meals daily, gains weight, and experiences steadier nerves with full nights of rest. Gly-Cas is sold by Phoenix Drugs at 148 DeSiard Street and local druggists nearby.
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Mr. H. W. Pickels
Tenth Street
Alex
Andria
Mr. Pickels
Phoenix Drugs
DeSiard Street
Adv
Airplane applies fertilizer from sky in Louisiana trial
Natchitoches parish pilot Raymond Breazeale tested a home designed plane to broadcast 2700 pounds of basic slag over a plot on Navajo plantation in 12 minutes. The experiment aims for large scale use, with a 600 pound hopper and venturi dispersal method.
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Natchitoches
Natchitoches Parish
Raymond E. Breazeale
Herman Taylor
Breazeale
Reynolds quits job on housing authority in New Orleans
Mayor Robert S. Maestri announced Hampton Reynolds resigned from the New Orleans housing authority effective immediately. Reynolds also served as city utilities engineer at $1000 a month and as chairman of the city planning and development board, though housing authority membership carried no salary.
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New Orleans
Robert S. Maestri
Hampton Reynolds
New Leone Housing Authority
Reynolds
City Planning and Development Board
Housing Authority
Baltimore school board facing bid bid for maps and globes
The Baltimore city school board faced a headache as it opened bids for furnishing maps and globes. Assistant superintendent John W. Lewis warned that maps bought today might have only historical value tomorrow. Bids are not expected to improve before closing June 19.
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Washington
Baltimore City
John W. Lewis
Europe
Abandon Paris and German Intentions Stir War Debate
German sources condemn French defense of Paris as a crime while Warsaw near surrender is cited. Berlin accuses Allied declarations of defending Paris as a pretext to mobilize US entry. Weather note cites unusual seasonal contrasts between hemispheres.
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Monroe Building & Loan Assn
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Quachita Candy Company
Monroe, Lovisiana
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Texas School
Associated Press
Gettysburg
Ways and
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Beach Revue
Rite Johnson
Eddie Castor
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Poilus
Berlin
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Raina
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