California law outlawing hot cargo and secondary picketing
The California legislature overrode Governor Olson’s veto to enact a law banning hot cargo and secondary picketing by unions. The Senate had rebuked Olson 34 to 5, and the measure now stands as state law despite constitutional objections. The piece criticizes Olson as aligned with pro union pressures and suggests the law curbs perceived abuses by unions in California.
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California
Sacramento
Olson
Senate
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
Riveter Hoyt Stoyle Death Sparks Coroner Jury Findings
Hoyt Stoyle a 27 year old riveter fell 185 feet from a water tank behind Monroe Hardware in Gainesville. A coroner's jury ruled the death an unavoidable accident and scheduled his body to be moved to Gainesville for burial.
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Hoyt Stoyle
Dixie Funeral Home
Gainesville
J. T. French
Stoyle
United States Elevated Tank Maintainers Company
Monroe Hardware Company
North Third Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
French
Thomas Taylor
S. G. Hamilton
Taylor
Hamilton
H. C. Pence
Theaintenance Company
Young Toyle
Monroe
Killed and two injured in bomber crash at Lovell Field
A lightning bomber from the Lith bombardment squadron Fort Benning crashed at Lovell Field Chattanooga airport. Corporal W Lenley of Columbus Ga was killed. First Lieutenant H P Bacot of Lamar SC and Private Joseph Butirlia were wounded. The crew said engine trouble forced a late landing attempt. Washington announced five new air corps schools to boost pilot training from 12 000 to 30 000 annually at Midland Texas Victorville California Sebring Florida Hubbock Texas and Higley Arizona.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Lith
Fort Benning
Lovell Field
W. Lenley
Columbus
H. P. Bacot
Lamar
S. C
Joseph Butirlia
Fort Ning
Second Army Aneuver
Middle
Washington
Air Corps
War Apartment
Midland
Victorville
Calif
Sebring
Fla
Ubbock
Tex
Higley, Ariz
Plans Sharp Protest to Nazis Amid Breach Reports
Free French forces encircle Damascus as talks for peaceful occupation continue. A British warplane torpedoes a pocket battleship while Nazi threats loom against contraband ships to England. Rumors of a widening Nazi Soviet split circulate with reports of huge German demands and 150 divisions massed on the Soviet border.
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Associated Press
Europe
Russia
London
Adolf Hitler
Joseph V. Stalin
Baltic
Black Seas
Helsinki
Finland
Germany
Kremlin
Berne
Switzerland
Ankara
Turkey
Stafford Cripps
Ruhr
Damascus
Wildcats Hit New Oil Field Near Catahoula Lake
Standard Oil and Phillips Petroleum report a wildcat well near Catahoula Lake in LaSalle parish, on land owned by Louisiana Delta Hardwood Lumber. The 4755 foot well, in section 12 6-4 east, is producing 15 barrels per hour, with three oil sands identified in the area, seven miles from the Nebo field.
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Harrisonburg
Standard Oil
Phillips Petroleum Company
Leedon
Louisiana Delta Hardwood Lumber Company
Catahoula Lake
Nebo
LaSalle Parish
John Roosevelt to Begin Navy Service
Boston June 13 John Roosevelt youngest son of the president will join his three brothers in the armed services on Monday going on active duty with the navy He resigns from a Boston department store position and will report to the navy supply corps school at Harvard business school He has held a reserve commission as ensign for six months
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Boston
John Roosevelt
Armed Services
Navy
James
Franklin, Jr
Elliott
Marine Corps
Army Air Corps
John
Navy Supply Corps
Harvard Business School
Monroe City safety stats report 141 year totals
Accidents to date this year 227 versus last year 209. Personal injuries 31 this year vs 35 last year. Deaths 1 this year vs 4 last year. Traffic rule of the day forbids driving over fire hoses or parking non emergency vehicles in the block where fire apparatus has stopped for an alarm.
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Fire Department
City of
Monroe
Auto firms urged to rescind recent price hikes
Washington reports an intensified drive for a voluntary defense economy with calls to curb personal spending. Leon Henderson pressed five automakers to withdraw price increases of 10 to 53 dollars amid inflation fears while officials warned motorists in the East to conserve gasoline and oil.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Lease Calls For $49,500 Rental
The premises at 301 North Third Street were leased by M. Kaplan and Son to Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Akron for 15 years from May 9, 1941. Monthly rent is 275 dollars totaling 49 500 dollars for the lease. Renewal for five years is provided and a filling station building costing not over 20 000 dollars must be erected within six months.
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North Third Street
M. Kaplan and Son
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
M. Kaplan and Son Wil
Soldier Dies of Injuries At Camp Livingston
Arthur H Poole 25 of Detroit member of the headquarters and supply company 107th Medical regiment died at Camp Livingston hospital from head injuries sustained during maneuvers He was admitted June 6 and died yesterday per 32nd division headquarters
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Alexandria
Arthur H. Poole
Detroit
107Th Medical Regiment
Camp Livingston
32Nd Division
Poole
French Officer Threatens Damascus Breakthrough
A French officer leading Circassian cavalry, Col. Philibert Collet, defects from Syria to the Gaullists and threatens to breach Damascus defenses. British artillery and mechanized units attack the southern frontline near Kisselle as French forces hold strong positions around the ancient city.
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London
Syria
de Gaullists
Damascus
Philibert Collet
Kisselle
W F W Opens State Meeting In Louisiana
Lake Charles hosts the eleventh department encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the sixth department encampment of its auxiliary. J H Williams chairs the joint session with notable guests including Dr. Joseph C. Menendez national commander in chief and W W Twigg Louisiana department commander.
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Lake Charles
Eleventh Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sixth Department
J. H. Williams
Joseph C. Menendez
New Orleans
W. W. Twigg
Louisiana
Y. H. Handley
Joseph L. McHugh
State Minerals Department
Sam H. Jones
Cleo Wilbur
Bossier City
V. F. W. Auxiliary
Florence E. Stark
National Auxiliary
James Roosevelt Heads to Lisbon En Route to London
Captain James Roosevelt traveling from Cairo to London via Lisbon is expected to arrive in the Portuguese capital tomorrow. He left Cairo June 1 and may stop at Gibraltar to inspect something before flying to London. The president's eldest son serves as a United States Marine Corps officer and has recently visited the Far East and the Middle East as an observer.
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London
James Roosevelt
Cairo
Lisbon
Britain
Gibraltar
United States Marine Corps
Far East
Middle East
Germany threatens to sink ships over contraband
The Berlin spokesman warns Germany will sink American ships loaded with contraband. Washington protests the sinking of the S S Robin Moor as Nazi U boats torpedo and shell vessels. London speculates on Hitler Stalin ties while Berlin presses Russia to loosen Baltic Black Sea grip.
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Germany
Berlin
United States
S. S
Robin Moor
Washington
London
Russia
Baltic
Soviet
Moscow
Whitehall
Bridges Hearing Ends In Long Deportation Case
In San Francisco over a week 1.8 million words of testimony were reviewed in the Bridges deportation hearing. The government argued Harry Bridges is linked to the Communist party and unions. Bridges denied membership in any violent overthrow groups. He arrived in 1920 from Australia and has not naturalized.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Australia
Charles B. Sears
Bridges
Communist Party
Industrial Workers of the World
Maine Workers’ Industrial Union
United States
Dr Colvert Addresses Sigma Phi Omega Meet At Hotel Frances
Dean C. C. Colvert of Northeast Junior College was principal speaker at the Sigma Phi Omega session in the Hotel Frances. He urged readiness to act, change for betterment, and never admit defeat as the convention planned a Friday breakfast, Friday afternoon session, a barbecue, a 6:30 dinner, and a 10 p.m. dance. Ed Apperson is slated as guest speaker for Saturday morning with a banquet and awards to conclude the events.
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Dean C. C. Colvert
Northeast Junior College
Sigma Phi Omega
Hotel Frances
Dean Calvert
Monroe
Ed Apperson
Mrs Thompson Hearing Delayed in Extradition Case
Governor Sam Jones extended the extradition hearing of Grace Wynne Thompson to June 25 after her lawyers failed to prove prosecutorial motives biased by money. The 1934 murder charge concerns the slaying of John A. Thompson’s second wife in Kansas City.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Grace Wynne Thompson
Missouri
John A. Thompson
Kansas City
Thompson
Pendergast Organization
C I O Chiefs Plan to Purge Member Ranks
In Los Angeles C I O officials travel to purge Pacific coast U A W leaders amid subversive element claims. Frankensteen, head of the aviation division, calls for removing Communists from U A W positions, cites North American Aviation strike as illegal.
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Los Angeles
Richard T. Frankensteen
Pacific Coast
United Automobile Workers
Frankensteen
Pacific
North American
National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Shipbuilders vote on return to work in Bay Area yards
The resumption of full-speed production on 500 million dollars of defense ship building in the San Francisco Bay Area hinges on AFL machinists replying to telegraphed orders from the international executive council in Washington to return to 11 shipyards. Second Page reports the possibility machinists might return to work Monday.
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Associated Press
Defense
San Francisco Bay Area
International Executive Council
Washington
G Man Catches Kidnap Suspect in Federal Case
A G man credited for a sharp memory led to the arrest of Ralph Smith 32 on charges of automobile theft and kidnapping. Smith from Franklin Indiana had been sought since January and traced to Indiana and Philadelphia before being spotted in New Orleans. He will be arraigned there for removal to Asheville North Carolina.
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Washington
Ralph Smith
New Orleans
Smith
Franklin
Ind
Indiana
Philadelphia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Barrone Street
Asheville
N. C
Columbus
North Carolina
Tennessee
Sign 80 Per Cent Of Required Land In Louisiana
Alexandria Louisiana June 13 About 8 percent of the acreage needed for army maneuvers in Louisiana has been obtained from landowners by parish councils Major Val Irion of Shreveport state maneuver director said on a visit here Most of the remaining acreage sought is from small landowners Owners of large tracts such as lumber companies were among the first to grant use of their property he said
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Val Irion
Shreveport
Sinking of Robin Moor sparks U S German clash
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles said the Robin Moor sinking facts were clear and accused Germany of violating submarine warfare norms. Berlin denied US and British claims, insisting ships bound for England would be sunk, while the Robin Moor carried no war materials and sailed to Capetown.
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Washington
P— Sumner Welles
Germany
Associated Press
United States
America
State Department
Berlin
England
Sumner Welles
Capetown
South Africa
Washington to Send Vigorous Protest Over Sinking
The United States will lodge a vigorous protest with Germany on the sinking incident. An Associated Press report filed from Washington notes official reaction and potential diplomatic steps.
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Washington
Lloyd Lehrhas
Associated Press
United States
Germany
Big Mortgage Filed In Ouachita Parish Records
A major mortgage filing in Ouachita Parish records the Southern Natural Gas company as borrower. The loan, secured by a 237 page document, covers bonds up to 100 million dollars tied to a Monroe to Birmingham pipeline, with trusts held by Hanover Bank and J. T. Harrigen. Filing and recording fees reportedly totaled 125 dollars.
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Ouachita Parish
Southern Natural Gas Company
Monroe
Birmingham
Ala
Losgansport
Lagas
Hanover Bank and Trust Company
J. T. Harrigen
New York City
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