Features of the Burke drafted military training bill
The June 21 report details the Military Training Camps association proposal with five core elements. It calls for universal registration of males ages 1 to 65 with exceptions, two training categories, selection by lot from the 21 to 45 group, age-based distribution targets, and penalties for evasion along with vocational training. The bill would lapse May 15, 1945 unless extended by Congress.
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Washington
Military Training Camps Association
Burke
Democrat
Nebraska
Army
Navy
National Guard
Mosquito Census Ordered in Iowa Upper Mississippi Valley
Dr Walter L Bierring Iowa health commissioner announced appointment of J A Leprince of Memphis Tennessee to conduct a mosquito census of the upper Mississippi valley from St Louis to St Paul He chairs a committee directing the survey and reports progress in Des Moines Iowa.
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Walter L. Bierring
Iowa
J. A. Leprince
Memphis, Tenn
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
St. Paul
Bierring
Bombings Hit German Bank Office and Communist Daily Worker
Two explosions in Manhattan injure nine as blasts target a German Trade and Commercial service suite and the Daily Worker building at 35 East 12th Street. District Attorney Dewey probes whether the acts stem from a crackpot or an organized effort.
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Communist Party
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Jacob Rosenblum
Whitehall
Battery Place
Manhattan
Thomas Brophy
German Trade and Commercial Service
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Daily Worker
Earl Browder
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Young Communist League
Workers
Stalin
Authorities Watch Smuggling Groups Along Border
El Mundo reports Salta authorities tightened border vigilance after uncovering an international ring attempting to smuggle 15,000 Jewish refugees from Bolivia into Argentina. Nine Germans were arrested in Embarcacion for clandestine entry and will be sent back to Bolivia.
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el Mundo
Salta
Argentina
Bolivia
Germany
Embarcacion
Taylor’s Condition Reported Worse in Florence
Myron C. Taylor, Roosevelt’s Vatican envoy, remains seriously ill in Florence. Pope Pius XII expressed grief and asked for updates as Mrs. Taylor travels from the United States by air.
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Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Holy See
Florence
Pius XII
Taylor
United States
Nations near close relations across Texas border
A Mexico United States relations update notes a trend toward cooperation amid war tensions. Oil expropriation talks, border security measures, and political shifts in Monterrey and Mexico City are described, with U S authorities reinforcing border posts and warning of potential cracks in stability.
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United States Army
Queens
New York City
Laredo
Tex
Jaume
el Paso
Brownsville
Mexico City
Washington
Border tension cited over Mexican cooperation in crisis
Judge Valis of Laredo said the United States may rely on Mexico in emergencies based on letters from Mexican officials and border activity knowledge. He noted a claim that fifth columnists were active in Mexico and that the Suen Dies area in Texas had seen related activity.
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A. Valla
Laredo
Valis
United States
Mexico
Suen Dies
Dermernt
Texas
Kaa
Lightning Strikes Kills Two. Eleven Burned in La Houser
In Coushatta Louisiana lightning hit a one room house killing WPA workers Charlie Spears and Walter Calhoun instantly. A crowd watched a radio broadcast when the bolt struck at 9 05 PM. Spears wife and four children were seriously burned and evacuated to Shreveport along with Calhoun's wife and two children and nearby residents suffered lesser burns.
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Coushatta
Charlie Spears
Walter Calhoun
WPA
Spears
Lietening
Loula-Giodoy
Shreveport
Calhoun
Reno Almond
Six Men Hanged Found Near San Francisco Sinaloa
Six men were found hanging from trees near San Francisco in Sinaloa state. It was unclear if they were lynched or slain in a land dispute, a common cause of killings in Mexico.
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Mexico City
San Francisco
Sinaloa State
Mexico
Pew denies tapping wires in Pennsylvania politics
Industrialist Joseph N. Pew Jr. of Philadelphia testifies before a senate committee, denying hiring a private detective to tap Democratic wires and stating the aim was to drive out all New Dealers. He addressed the wire tapping investigation.
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Joseph N. Pew, Jr
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Senate
Congress Sends Sugar Price Bill to President Veto Chance
Washington June 21 Congress sent a provision to extend the sugar price system for another year. Some lawmakers worry it could provoke a presidential veto. The action moves toward the president for approval or rejection.
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Washington
Longest Telegram Pleads for Bridges Defeat in California
President Roosevelt was urged to block a bill to depart Memory Bridges California. The labor leaders committee announced 17 000 Pacific coast residents signed the message to be delivered on a 435 foot long paper roll.
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San Francisco
Reeeevelt
Meory Bridges
California
Pacific Coast
Washington petition hearing on redefining executive in publications
The administration schedules a hearing for July to reconsider the term executive and other terms used to describe employees in the publications industry exempted from the lawn standards law.
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Washington
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