Cudahy Ickes row over interview with Hitler
The piece criticizes John Cudahy for his interview with Hitler and Goebbels, arguing he failed to nail down Hitler and exposing tensions with Harold Ickes. The column notes the president’s rebuke of Cudahy and Ickes later attacking him, reflecting on journalistic responsibility toward Nazi propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cudahy
Belgium
Harold Ickes
Franco
Goebbels
Hitler
Mr. Cudahy
Mr. Ickes
United States
Ickes
Cudahy
Soldiers Leave Los Angeles Aviation Plant After Strike
A further reduction was ordered at the North American Aviation Los Angeles plant with production back to 10 warplanes a day as 900 infantrymen left yesterday and another 900 were ordered to depart today. About 2,500 soldiers remained on guard after a bitter wage dispute amid a strike at Piper Aircraft Lock Haven plant where A F L and C I O oppose the Vinson bill and push for higher minimum wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
North American Aviation Corporation
Lock Haven
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Washington
Vinson
National Defense Medi
U.S. Ready to Arm Merchantmen Over Submarine Threat
President Roosevelt said the United States has plans ready since 1918 to arm its merchant fleet if needed to meet submarine warfare. He noted the decision would depend on Germany’s response to a forthcoming protest over the sinking of the Robin Moor and did not confirm congressional approval yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Germany
Berlin
State Department
Robin Moor
South Atlantic
Mr. Roosevelt
Monroe area to get large ammonia plant at $16.75 million
Washington announced that anhydrous ammonia plant costing 16.75 million dollars will be built near Sterlington to serve the Monroe area and the nearby gas field. The plant will recover hydrogen from natural gas waste and link with a 29 million dollar shell loading plant near Minden. Production may shift to fertilizer chemicals after the crisis, with approval from the War Department and support from Senator Allen Ellender and Congressman Newt W. Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Washington
Sterlington
Newt W. Mills
Allen Ellender
Congressman Mills
Minden
Mills
Morning World
Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Louisiana
New York
Jones
Commercial Solvents Company of
Associated Press
Bascom N. Timmons
Timmons’ Dispatch
War Department
Ellender
Northeast Junior College Seeks Air Corps Applicants
The college aims to enroll 19 year olds or younger as of July 1 in the primary aviation course, with 24 semester hours for returning students. Applications are open with a Saturday deadline, as cross country and secondary flight courses begin next week. A new cabin plane costing 10000 dollars and a Waco training plane were bought, bringing total aircraft to eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Junior College
C. C. Colvert
Waco
Reverend Dennis to be Georgetown pastor
Reverend C. C. Dennis has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist churches in Georgetown and Rochelle Louisiana and has already moved to Georgetown. He has served as pastor in Marion since September 1934 where a new brick church was built and membership increased.
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Marion
C. C. Dennis
Georgetown
Rochelle
Dennis
Hebert Named Sheriff Candidate in St John Parish Runoff
Percy D. Hebert, former state patrolman, won the Democratic run-off for sheriff of St. John the Baptist parish by 276 votes over Hannon S. Barre. The office has been vacant since Sheriff Willie Duhe resigned in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laplace
Percy D. Hebert
St. John the Baptist Parish
Hannon S. Barre
Edgard
Willie Duhe
Group Divided On Seaway Vote In Congress
Secretary Knox urged approval of the St Lawrence seaway to move naval craft from the Great Lakes to the ocean. The House rivers and harbors committee reported a near split on authorizing the 41 mile 21 foot waterway with five undecided members.
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Washington
Knox
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Navy
United States
Canada
St Lawrence Rapids
Lake Ontario
St. Lawrence River
Stimson
Herbert Lehman
New York
Roosevelt Seeks Major Relief Cut in Senate Plan
President Roosevelt urged a near half a billion dollar reduction in relief outlays. The Senate appropriations subcommittee approved an 885.9 million dollar relief bill for the coming fiscal year, mirroring the House figure as relief funding faces cuts to fund WPA jobs for about one million people. The broader supply bill totals 1.189 billion with reductions in National Youth Administration and labor board pay offsets by boosts for education training and wage and hour efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Senate
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Labor Board
National Mediation Board
Railroad Retirement Board
Employes Compensation Commission
Senate Committee
National Youth Administration
Office of Education
Defense Workers
Department of Labor
Axis claim British forces overwhelmed in three day Salam fight
Axis high commands report Britain stunned and broken after three day battle at Salam Egypt. Italians say hundreds of American tanks were used by Britain. Germans say Britain withdrew after exposing strength and saving hundreds of Nazi prisoners.
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Associated Press
Salam
Egypt
Damascus
Syria
Beirut
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Rotterdam
Ostend
Boulogne
Cherbourg
Hanko
Finland
Roosevelt
United States
Berlin
Welles
Palestine
North Africa
Vichy
Merdjayoun
Germany
Italy
Downey Warns War Seizure Power Threatens Small Firms
Senator Downey of California angrily opposed proposed property seizure powers for the war department saying they would create a military dictatorship and ruin tens of thousands of small businesses. He warned that within 24 hours after passage many small Southern California industries could be destroyed while Patterson defended needing authority to acquire defense materials.
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Washington
Downey
California
War Department
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Robert P. Patterson
Army
Navy
War
Navy Department
Patterson
Italy to Freeze American Assets Like U S Actions
Rome officials announce Italy will mirror the United States in freezing assets and blocking credit for American residents. Spokesmen say definitions and exemptions hinge on Washington guidance and how U S citizens in Italy are treated. The decree seeks immediate, rigorous freezes as reprisal measures.
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Rome
Italy
United States
America
Washington
United States of America
Oak Grove Boy Killed byHit and Run Car near Delhi
Travis Browning 16 of near Oak Grove was killed instantly when struck by a westbound car on highway 80 four miles west of Delhi in the early hours. A second youth, Braswell, escaped injury as police search the vehicle’s operator. Browning’s body was removed to Delhi and burial is planned in Natchitoches after funeral home arrangements.
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Delhi
Travis Browning
Oak Grove
Highway 80
T. M. Sayre
Richland Parish
W. J. Browning
Rex Ensminger
Monroe
Braswell
Natchitoches
Browning
Jimmy Faulk
Shreveport
Sayre
Catron Golden
Heavy rains flood fields hurting crops in Bernice
Heavy rainfall in Bernice Louisiana over several days has flooded lowlands and standing water covers much level ground. Crops planted after oats and Irish potatoes are submerged and corn is damaged. Farmers seek sun to dry fields and salvage late crops and grass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice
Selective Service Delays Aviation Personnel in New Orleans
Brigadier General Raymond H. Fleming, state director of selective service, advised local boards to defer selectees involved in aviation. The order covers those in aircraft production, operation, maintenance, and training of personnel for defense efforts.
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New Orleans
Raymond H. Fleming
Selective Service
Urges Attack Upon Diseases of Old People
Dr. Walter Bradford Cannon of Harvard urged a medical assault on diseases of old age at Stanford University’s 50th anniversary, urging research into how aging disrupts bodily fluid balance and conditions like rheumatism, asthma, bronchitis, and nervous tension to improve late life.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Walter Bradford Cannon
Harvard University
Cannon
Stanford University
British refugee children fly to Halifax to visit father
Three British refugee children Nadia Darbishire five Callum 17 months and Gillian George 13 fly to Halifax Nova Scotia to visit their father Commander Reyd Darbishire RAF and uncle who ferried an American bomber to England. They travelled from Chicago to Nova Scotia after Mrs Hormel near Austin Minnesota arranged the journey following a call from London.
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Chicago
Halifax
N. S
England
Reyd, Darbishire
Royal Air Force
J. C. Hormel
Austin
Minn
Nova Scotia
Nadia Darbishire
Callum
Gillian George
Hormels
Darbishire
Minnesota
London
Gillian
Richard George
German protest over consular expulsions signals rejection
Washington reports a German protest delivered to the state department for the expulsion of Nazi consuls. Undersecretary Sumner Welles signaled the note would be flatly rejected as German officials depart by July 10. Authorities also announced tighter immigration controls with five boards of review to assess immigrant visa applications and prevent fifth columnists from entering.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Sumner Welles
Welles
Hans Thomsen
Immigration Bureau
Jackson
Congress
State, Justice, War and Navy Departments
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Special Immigration Investigative Agency
Army
Navy
Chamber seeks defense projects for Selmanfield aid
A Twin City representative will visit Washington soon to contact defense officials and Congress figures to obtain defense projects for the community. J. W. Warren, president of the Chamber of Commerce, reported the board will send Secretary George D. Holland to Washington to seek financial aid for Selmanfield improvements and to attend a July 14 river and harbors hearing to push for 7 830 000 dollars for river work. City Attorney S. L. Digby may accompany as the city’s special representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin City
Washington
J. W. Warren
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
George D. Holland
Selmanfield
Warren
H. H. Benoit
Felsenthal
Ark
Invasion Updates and Axis Claims From Middle East Fronts
Allied and Axis dispatches describe counterattacks and advances across Syria and Palestine, with French forces near the Palestine frontier and Axis claims of British retreat after heavy fighting around Salam, Egypt. Moscow reports mobilization efforts amid ongoing conflict.
Marrying to evading draft topic at Louisiana conference
A June conference of Selective Service workers in Ruston Louisiana discussed marriage as a possible draft evasion tactic. Major Val Irion and Captain James T Conner led sessions on laws and changes, stressing that marriage alone does not guarantee deferment and that proof of good faith is required for marriages made after classification.
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Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Hugh J. Stodghill
Rayville
Val Irion
Shreveport
James T. Conner
New Orleans
Conner
Canada Goes Far to Help England
New York June 13. Dominion Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King says Canada mobilizes men money and machines for Britain and its own defense. He cites eighty thousand Canadian volunteers in Britain and predicts shipments worth about 1.5 billion dollars this year.
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New York
Canada
Britain
Dominion
W. L. MacKenzie King
Associated Canadian Organizations
NBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
North Amercan
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Navy Supply Corps
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
St. Lawrence Project
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Jessie Elizabeth Strieff
By Rennie Taylor
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