Government moves to curb bread price hikes and civilian production
Washington reports a push for standardized civilian goods to aid defense while price controls target bread costs. Leon Henderson urges bakeries not to raise bread prices without clearance as wheat markets rise. Ickes aides halt a shipment of 252000 gallons of oil to Japan after a consumer protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Japan
Donald M. Nelson
Office of Production Management
National Association of Manufacturers
Pittsburgh
OPM
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Ickes
Sinclair, Consolidated
Standard Vacuum Oil Companies
Philadelphia
Bombs Fall On Twin Cities Campaign Pamphlets Drop
Plane delivered by Dr. C. C. Calvert’s Northeast Junior College team dropped bomb shaped pamphlets for the U S O campaign over the Fifth district parishes. Pilot F L Severance and student Wayne Wireman reported a splendid civic response from business houses banks and individuals as Quachita parish organizers urged financial aid for the service group.
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Twin Cities
C. C. Calvert
Northeast Junior College
F. L. Severance
Wayne Wireman
Fifth District
Apperson
Henry Bernstein, Jr
Quachita Parish
Big Air School Contract Awarded in Biloxi
A $10,000,000 cost plus contract for the new 24 000 man technical air school at Biloxi was awarded to Newton Glenn and Knost Construction and J A Jones Construction. The firms expect 100 workers within 30 days and the army plans 800 trainees by August 15. The item lists Minnesota lakes named Long Mud and Rice with 99 91 and 76 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
Newton, Glenn and Knost Construction Company
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Mississippi
Army
British and Axis Clash Across North Africa and Syria Fronts
Allied forces press a multi theater drive from the Mediterranean to Libya and Syria as British communiques claim steady progress toward Beirut and Damascus while fighting rages at Mer djayoun Kuneitra Antourz and Madani. German Italian raids hit Western Germany and Ruhr amid heavy RAF bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Middle East
Cairo
Mediterranean
Beirut
Lebanon
Merdjayoun
Kuneitra
Damascus
North Africa
Libya
Fort Capuzzo
Tobruk
London
Antourz
Madani
Henri Dentz
Levant States
Kissone
Syria
Roosevelt
United States
Berlin
Germany
America
North African
Salam
DNB
Mussolini
Helsinki
Finland
Scandinavia
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
London Air Ministry
Boulogne
Dunkerque
Ruhr
Hitler
High Command
Petain Declares France Not Betrayed Amid War Strife
Marshal Petain tells the nation that France has risen again, praising agriculture and youth while noting the wartime sacrifices. He recalls his Bordeaux address from last year and asserts the country’s recovery despite ongoing aerial assaults.
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Bordeaux
France
Government closes German consulates and agencies
The United States orders the shutdown of German consulates and allied agencies over activities deemed inimical to national welfare. Funds are frozen and personnel must leave the country as part of a broader offensive against Nazi propaganda and potential sabotage linked to defense plants. Senator Connally supports closing the implicated offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Library of Information
German Tourist Bureau
Nazi Transocean News Service
Germany
Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Delayed Move on Truck Reciprocity With Mississippi
Louisiana officials announced conditional withdrawal of plans to cancel the truck reciprocity pact with Mississippi. The suspension would take effect July 1 unless Mississippi meets commitments to honor exemptions for Louisiana truck licenses.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Ivan W Patterson
Louisiana Motor Vehicle License Bureau
The
Revenue Department
Patterson
Louisiana
Air Corps 10 Get 8 Youths From Monroe Area
Youths from Barksdale field area head to air corps for Uncle Sam. Names include Harry Marx Manning and H C Sutton among others from Monroe and surrounding towns. several are enlisting at Barksdale field and Jackson Mississippi.
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AIR Corps
Sam
Barksdale Field
Louisiana
Harry Marx Manning
Juliette Son Marx
New York
N. Y
Madeleine Hirsch
Hudson Lane
Henry Haas
Monroe
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta
Chemical Warfare Service
H. C. Sutton
Ora Sutton
Met Rouge
Mer Rouge
A. G. Parker
Alfred Graves Parker
Forest
Parker
Sutton
Vernon Edward Coates
Joseph Turner Coates
Roberts Street
Jackson
Miss
MacDillfield
Tampa
Fla
Coates
156Th Infantry
Louisiana National Guard
Louisiana State University
Down
Columbia
Rope in Sex Slaying Murders Linked to City’s Stormy Night
Investigators consider multiple theories after Miss Strieff, aviation enthusiast, is slain during a mid afternoon storm. Her body was hidden in a garage, with two other nearby unsolved killings—Mrs. Rose Abramowitz and Dr. Heinrich Simon—noting a pattern in the same neighborhood.
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Miss Strieff
Rose Abramowitz
Strieff
Heinrich Simon
Picket lines judged as mob violence and political bias
A critical view argues picket lines are mob tactics that provoke violence and that government and figures like Mrs. Roosevelt fail to condemn such actions. It asserts private employers must have equal rights to oppose Communists and warns against any group gaining privilege to mob citizens despite strikes or political controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Murphy
Supreme Bench
Roosevelt
Italy Blocks Debt Payments to Americans in Decree
A decree published in the official gazette blocks debt payments by Italians to Americans and bans transfers of securities to U.S. citizens. Italians abroad are exempted. Americans in Italy face bans on securities and real estate, with penalties including prison and fines.
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United States
Virginio Gayda
Italy
Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
Roosevelt
State Department
Treasury Department
America
Forzen
Southeast urges power use cuts amid shortages nationwide
Seventeen or more southeastern states and utilities urge voluntary reductions in electricity use for 20 to 25 days to ease shortages and free power for national defense industries. Eighteen dry cleaners in Birmingham join curtailment of rush service. Weather improves in the Southeast with recent beneficial rains and forecast generally fair skies. Road brigades of the Bolivian army to build and maintain national roads due to labor shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Mississippi
Tennessee
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Rockies
Basic Charges Unchanged Over Robin Moor Sinking
Debris from the Robin Moor incident grows as 10 crew members and one passenger’s depositions reach Recife. Undersecretary Welles cites deliberate German U-boat sinking in violation of international law amid awaiting full survivor reports and possible photographic evidence.
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Williams
Recife
Brazil
State Department
State Welles
Germany
Robin Moor
Capetown
South Africa
South Atlantic
Melvin Mundy
Mundy
United States
Hoey Urges Prohibiting Defense Strikes At Kiwanis Meet
Former North Carolina Governor Clyde R. Hoey told the Kiwanis International convention that all strikes affecting defense production should be prohibited while labor rights are fairly reviewed. He warned strikes since last June have cost 18 million man hours in essential defense industries, many engineered by subversive groups. He urged continued support for Britain and allied nations resisting tyranny.
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Atlanta
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Kiwanis International Convention
Britain
Hoey
America
Great Britain
Sam Jones declares politics are out in Louisiana
Governor Sam Jones told the St Bernard Parish Chamber of Commerce that with $4 million less revenue his administration is delivering $5 million more in services. He touted adding $150 million yearly income from army and navy bases and $51 million in new industries, saying politics are out regardless of past votes.
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New Orleans
Sam Jones
St. Bernard Parish
Plant Seizure Bill Approved by Committee
The committee approved a plant seizure bill restricting use of force or threats to deter workers in defense plants from accepting or continuing work. Violators face a 5000 dollar fine, up to five years in prison, or both. The house bill limits seizure to cases where employers refuse government mediation and conciliation services while preserving the right to strike and peaceful picketing.
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Senate
Stimson warns war could last beyond four years
Secretary Stimson told the House Rivers and Harbors Committee that the proposed 285 million dollar St Lawrence Seaway for defense aid might take about four years to build and could provide a protected route for shipping munitions to Great Britain. He said a very long emergency is possible though he hopes for a shorter conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
St. Lawrence
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Great Britain
Mansfield
Democrat
Texas
United States
Jurisdictional strike affects parts factory
The six week old machinists strike at Bethlehem shipyards shores $300 million of W C yards tied up and 1 200 A F L plus 500 CIO machinists seek 1 15 an hour with double overtime while mediation in Washington aims to settle the dispute. Meanwhile Piper Aircraft in Lock Haven Pa faces 300 A F L machinists demanding higher pay. Goodyear workers gain wage hikes as rubber companies raise starting scales. The British World War I explosion beyond compare rocked the western front from over one million pounds of explosives heard 26 miles away.
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San Francisco Bay
Harvey W. Brown
A. F. of L. Machinists
Mediation Board
Washington
Bethlehem Shipyards
A. F
C. I. O. Machinists
A. F. of
L. Machinists
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Lock Haven
McKeesport
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
C. SO. United Rubber Workers
Western Front
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National Association of Retail Grocers
Federal Anti-Trust Division
Grocers’ Convention
BIG Air School
Minnesota
Bernhardt Bidg South
Eddie Albert
Joan Leslie
Capitol Theater
Alan Hale
Jane Darwill
John Lytel
Archibald P. Wavell
Halfaya
Hellfire
Petain
Shanghai
United States Department of Commerce
Northeast
Shreveport
Fred Ray Baker
Charlie I. Baker
Quitman
Quitman High School
William Alvis Collins
Maggie Lee Averett
Filhiol Street
West Monroe
Young Collins
Ouachita Parish
Sammie Jessie Price
Jack Price
Rayville
Young Price
James Peter Vines
James C. Vines
Newellton
James
Charles Roy Campbell
Grover A. Campbell
Clayton Street
Eva Gabor
Hollywood
Ozorio
Monroe Auto & Supply Co., Inc
Lincoln
Mercury
Monroe, la
Rosemary LaPlanche
California
Leon Errol
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Ann Rutherford
Kent Taylor
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