Hitler seals 10 year Turkey pact to guard Reich flank
Berlin reports Hitler forges with Turkey a 10 year non aggression and mutual consultation treaty. Franz von Papen signs with Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu in Ankara. Pact commits respect for territorial integrity and dispute resolution by friendly talks. Protocols aim to boost trade and improve press and radio relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Shanke
Associated Press
Berlin
Blitzkrieg
Adolf Hitler
Turkey
Germany
Nazidom
Franz von Papen
Ankara
von Papen
Sukru Saracoglu
Reich
United States
Saracoglu
London
Russia
Moscow
Advertising and the Press Free System in Peril
A columnist laments ignorance of ad rates and argues radio could cripple newspapers if advertising revenues vanish. He warns political subsidies would follow, citing Communist papers, labor union advertising rackets, Huey Long era ads, and Governor Leche’s allegedly corrupt display ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Huey Long
Dick Leche
Oil industry urged to unite with government to defend democracy
Interior Secretary Ickes called an emergency petroleum conference to mobilize U S industry for national defense. He urged immediate plans to ease anticipated east coast shortages and maximize efficient use of petroleum resources amid wartime needs.
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Washington
America
Ickes
Defense Petroleum Cordinator
Sfort
Ake
American Ay
Europe
Efort
England
Erica
Britain
Gulf Shipbuilders Agree On No Strikes For Two Years
In New Orleans the all shipbuilders conference approved a two year no strike pact for Gulf shipyards. The agreement sets a base wage of 1.07 per hour for skilled workers with overtime rates and double time for Sunday and holiday work. It extends to dispute adjustments and apprentice training, and awaits approvals from federal bodies and ratification by involved shipbuilders and repairers.
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New Orleans
All Shipbuilders Conference
Washington
Gulf
Tor M. H. Wyrhoven
A. F. L. Sons
Office F
Navy Apartment
Maritime Commission
East Carroll Woman Burned in Kerosene Explosion
Mrs. Myrtis Walker, 21, of East Carroll Parish, was critically burned when a kerosene can exploded while she tried to light a wood fire at her home. She suffered first and second degree burns on her right side and was taken to Charity Hospital in Shreveport for treatment.
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Lake Providence
Myrtis Walker
Thomas Walker
East Carroll Parish
Charity Hospital
Shreveport
Walker
Shipyard Machinists Fail to End San Francisco Strike
A F L Machinists at 11 Bay Area shipyards walkout six weeks ago to press for 1.15 an hour and overtime pay. Despite a mediation push by union leadership, strikers remained unreconciled as a four hour meeting ended after midnight. The ships hold 500 million dollars in defense contracts and a master contract offers 1.12 with time and a half overtime and double time on Sundays. Bethlehem area plant not included. Continued on Seventh Page.
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Associated Press
A. F. of
L. Machinists
San Francisco Bay
Harvey W. Brown
Brown
F. of L
Bethlehem
National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Vyester- Gay
Marlin Rockwell Corporation
Plainville
Big Fleet Of Barges May Carry Oil From Louisiana
A parade of towboats and tank barges could move 2000 miles from Louisiana oil fields to the upper Ohio River to ease fuel shortages on the Atlantic coast. River carriers plan voluntary surveys of floating equipment as yards rush to build barges and tow boats. The program envisions oil tows from Texas ports and Baton Rouge up the Mississippi and Ohio toward Pittsburgh or Wheeling, with terminal expansions along the way.
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John Frye
Cincinnati
Louisiana
Ohio River
Atlantic
Allegheny Mountains
Office of Production Management
Defense Emergency Council
Ohio
Mississippi Valleys
O’slack Barrett
Mississippi River System Carriers’ Association
Barrett
Texas
Baton Rouge
Mississippi and
Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Allegheny
Wheeling
W. Va
Roosevelt Declares We Would Die On Our Feet
President Roosevelt responds to Oxford's honorary degree by Harvard in Cambridge Massachusetts. He proclaims we were born to freedom and will fight to maintain it, saying we would rather die on our feet than live on our knees. Lord Halifax reads Oxford citation during the Harvard ceremony where Lord reading a similar honor is given.
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Cambridge
Mass
Oxford University
Harvard University
Ancient Yard
Roosevelt
Lord Halifax
Oxford
Harvard
United States
Lord
E A Conway Memorial Hospital to Open in Monroe
The Louisiana department of institutions announces the E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital in Monroe will take in first patients on July 3. It costs $560000 to build and equip with annual operating costs of about $193000. The facility will employ 120 people with initial capacity for 140 patients, later expandable to 175, serving multiple parishes.
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Louisiana Department of Institutions
E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Monroe
New Orleans
Union
Morehouse
West
East Carroll
Madison
Richland
Ouachita
Lincoln
Jackson
Caldwell
Franklin and
Tensas
IMI Safety Record Accidents and Fatalities Update
Accidents this year 25 versus last year 214, personal injuries this year 35 versus last year 35, deaths this year 1 versus last year 4. Traffic rule of the day cites Section 41 prohibiting driving a vehicle without an efficient muffler and banning exhaust cut-outs.
Finland Mobilizes Reserves Amid Fast-Moving World War News
The report notes Finland calls up reserves and curtails rail traffic to speed military prep. London reports Russia pushing frantic mobilization while alliances clash over Damascus siege and Soviet frontier attacks. Berlin touts a new Turkish pact as a NATO of sorts and cites a Nazi coup against Russia.
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Associated Press
Finland
Russia
London
Damascus
Berlin
Balkan
Soviet
Moscow
Rumania
Ukraine
Baltic
R. A.F
Bremen
Brest
Britain
Mary Ellen Perdue Dies Prominent Methodist Leader
Rev Mrs Mary Ellen Perdue 65 long time secretary and member of the Louisiana Methodist Protestant conference died of a heart attack last night after leaving home to visit her son Clifford E Perdue Funeral services are set for Friday at 10 am in Atlanta Methodist church with several ministers presiding She served as pastor of Methodist Protestant churches across the region and was well known in the South
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Shreveport
Mary Ellen Perdue
Louisiana Methodist Protestant Conference
Clifford E. Perdue
Atlanta Methodist Church
Resignation Accepted of Dykstra as Defense Board Chief
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra as chairman of the national defense mediation board effective July 1. Dykstra will return to duties as president of the University of Wisconsin.
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Washington
Clarence A. Dykstra
National Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
German diplomacy as war tension rises in Europe
London reports indicate Germany isolating Soviet Russia and pressuring for economic concessions. Rumors of German attacks on the Soviet border spread, with Turkish reports noting reinforced air squadrons and signs pointing toward a possible war between Germany and Russia.
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Turkey
Germany
Romania
Russia
Hitler
Ankara
Ukraine
Duchess Will Die Tomorrow at San Quentin
Evelita Juanita Spinelli 52, known as the Duchess and a former Detroit Purple gang member, faces execution in the gas chamber as California’s first legally executed woman. She and three confederates murdered a Sacramento area victim after a San Francisco waterfront killing.
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Leslie J. Smith
San Quentin
Calif
Evelita Juanita Spinelli
San Quentin Prison
California
Purple
Robert Sherrod
San Francisco Ocean
Sherrod
Sacramento
Albert Ives
Trial Begins in City Election Challenge over Bond Issue
The civil suit to annul the March city election approving 875000 in bonds for the municipal power plant expansion began in district court before Judge J T Shell. Fred Stovall claims improper call and notice, and unconstitutional ordinance. Only one witness testified before noon with others expected after recess.
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J. T. Shell
Fred Stovall
George Wesley Smith
Stovall
D L. Digby
McVea Oliver
News- Star—World
Official Journal
Lillian Collins
Parish
Americans Urged to Aid British Radio Locator Program
Washington report notes Britain seeks at least 13,000 American civilians to join a technical corps aiding the radio locator system. U S detectors are described as superior with 100 mile range and night battle warning, as Congress funds $6.93 million for coastal warning stations and allied outposts.
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Washington
United States
Britain
George W. Strong
Army
Congress
War Department
England
George C. Pirie
Atlantic
Gulf and Pacific
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Europe on edge as Finland mobilizes for new war
Europe trembles over a suspected Nazi assault as Finland calls up reserves and converts officers to regular rank. Helsinki reports rapid mobilization and tightened civilian travel while Finland seeks to safeguard independence amid a tense border with Russia.
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Europe
Associated Press
Finland
Germany
Russia
Helsinki
Mayor Goyne's Funeral Held in Ruston
Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church for Charles C. Goyne 53 mayor of Ruston who died of a heart ailment at the hospital. Rev. Guy M. Hicks officiated with other local pastors assisting. Interment followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Ruston residents and nearby officials. honorary pallbearers included council members and chamber of commerce directors.
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Ruston
First Baptist Church
Charles C. Goyne
Guy M. Hicks
Ardis Marebury
J. H. Barnes
W. S. Moore
J. M. Armstrong
John Graham
Joe Gayne
Monroe
Curtis Taylor
Arcadia
J. Bryan Thigpen
Shreveport
Wallh
A. J. Thigpen
T. A. Green
Ollie Q. Gayne
S. T. Goyne
National Defense Landowners Asked to Sign Maneuver Agreement
The War Department seeks landowners to sign maneuver agreements allowing U S Army crossing or camping on their lands for defense training. Landowners will be paid promptly for any property damage. Send signed agreements to Colonel Robert B Cole at Camp Beauregard Louisiana.
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National Defense
United States Army
Robert B Cole
Camp Beauregard
Louisiana
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