Expanding United States Armament Drive Seen Soon
The article indicates a broad expansion in the defense program possible within minutes. Washington faces calls for more arms funding to boost plant capacity and steel output. Officials warn current plans may fall short of required superiority and urge rapid action to deter Hitler.
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Paul Gesner
John Beckley
York
News-Star
Britain
Con
Cireles
Washington
Hitler
Ex-Cell-O plants closed by strike. defense orders at risk
A strike by United Auto Workers CIO shut three Ex-Cell-O plants in Detroit and halted defense tool orders. A tentative settlement included a five cent raise, but workers demanded more. The strike impacts 1,000 plus workers amid national defense orders at GM and related firms.
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Associated Press
Unitedutomobile Workers
C. O
E Ex-Cell-O Corporation
Detroit
L. F. Rye
Jon
Defense Mediation Board
Fkes
General Motors
Minneapolis-Honey- 1
Labor Department
Greyund
Minneapolis-Honeywell
Minneapolis
Rental hospital laws studied for admission to state hospitals
A state board of institutions ordered a study toward revising admission rules to state mental hospitals. The review, to be submitted to the legislature, involves several doctors from New Orleans and Shreveport, LSU, and hospital superintendents. The board also approved plans to transfer inmates with tuberculosis and outlined an agreement on patient admission procedures, with the stipulation that state employees must be certified unable to pay for treatment to gain free admission.
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ON Rouge
State Board of Institutions
Yuis A. Golden
T. A. Watters
Joseph Jones
New Orleans
Drus P. Butler
Cecil Morgan
Rs. Martha White
Shreveport
Uis C. Young
Louisiana State Unirsity
F. A. Donaldson
East Louisiana State Hospital
H. W. Gobos
Rhineland Bombed in England Blitz and Baltic Front Battles
Allied air raids hit Frankfurt am Main Mannheim and other Rhine targets while heaviest strikes aimed at Boulogne and Cherbourg. In Britain a blitz level attack hit Belfast and Clyde shipyards with heavy damage and many deaths reported. Iraqi fronts saw RAF bombs on Diwaniya and Al Falluja as Habbaniyah airfield damage remained negligible.
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Associated Press
Germany
Rhineland
England
Frankfurt-Am-Main
Mannheim
Rhine
Berlin
Heidelberg
RA. F
Boulogne
Cherbourg
Hitler
Luftwaffe
British Isles
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Clyde River
Glasgow
Liverpool
Merseyside
Greeks report vessels sunk as German drive advances
The Greek government says over 30 auxiliary vessels were savagely bombed and sunk with crews as German forces push through Greece. Submarines reached Alexandria, three of ten destroyers sunk, two torpedo boats reached safety, and hospital ships Hesperos Policos Attiki Socrates Hellenis were sunk despite signals. Survivors were machine-gunned at sea. only six freighters survived.
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Canea
Crete
Greece
Alexandria
Egypt
Hesperos
Policos
Attiki
Socrates
Hellenis
International Red Cross
Earthquake Kills 33 in Manchoukuo
An earthquake in Sushwa 75 miles north of Harbin killed 33 people and injured many. The tremor struck at 12:18 AM, lasting 30 seconds, causing a hotel collapse and fires as houses toppled. The epicenter was about 100 miles northeast of Harbin.
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Harbin
Manchoukuo
Sushwa
British Luftwaffe raids and naval actions widen theatre of war
Reports from Berlin and Rome describe RAF bombing of German Rhineland cities and the Nazi coast assault while Luftwaffe bombards Glasgow Belfast and Liverpool. Axis claims new Greek island seizures and a British breakout at Tobruk. Rome cites British tank actions in Egypt and Tobruk. Roosevelt calls for 500 bombers monthly as Pepper urges stronger U S action against Tokyo.
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Associated Press
Rhineland
Berlin
Heidelberg
Glasgow
Belfast
Liverpool
Dover
Aegean Sea
Axis
Tobruk
Libya
Rome
Salam
Egypt
Iraq
Turkey
Near East
Washington
Roosevelt
Pepper
Florida
United States
Tokyo
Navy
Republicans fail to force convoy vote in Washington
In Washington on May 6, House Republicans failed to secure an immediate vote on convoying supplies to Great Britain. They planned an anti convoy amendment to a defense bill but a parliamentary technicality blocked it. The debate centered on diverting 83 foreign ships for national defense, with axis vessels potential transfers seen as a possible act of war.
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Washington
House
United States
Great Britain
Bradley
Michigan
Roosevelt
Senate
Representative Fish
Republican
New York
Wendell Willkie
Wendell Willkie.” “Because,” Fish
Mr. Willkie
Louisiana Draft Appeals Small Across State Records
Adjutant General Raymond H. Fleming reported on April 30 Louisiana’s 101 842 registrants for selective service with only 230 appealing to boards of appeal. Appeals broke down as 136 dependency 64 occupational deferment 18 physical and 7 miscellaneous. Of cases heard 152 were affirmed 63 overruled and 15 pending. Five conscientious objectors were listed.
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New Orleans
Raymond H. Fleming
Louisiana
Selective Service
Selective Service Boards of Appeal
Pepper calls for US Britain to occupy multiple regions wartime
Senator Pepper urges a tough policy with Britain to occupy Greenland Iceland the Azores Cape Verde Canary Islands Singapore and Dakar West Africa. He proposes openly joining navies in the Pacific to suppress Japan and using long range volunteer bombers to assist China while pressing for decisive action against Japan.
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Washington
United States
Pepper
Florida
Great Britain
Greenland
Iceland
Azores
Cape Verde
Canary Islands
Singapore
Dakar
West Africa
Pacific
China
Tokyo
Britain
Senate
Hitler
Japan
Peace Officers Hear Stanley at Louisiana convention
Shreveport May 6 Attorney General Eugene Stanley addressed the 13th annual Louisiana Peace Officers association convention. Bad weather reduced attendance but speakers including Judges Pleasant Hamiter Hendrick and Col Charles T. Phillips urged continued efforts. The pistol shooting tournament drew 70 marksmen from across the state and the event wraps with Governor Sam Jones as the keynote speaker tomorrow.
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Shreveport
Eugene Stanley
Louisiana Peace Officers’ Association
Sam Jones
Stanley
John R. Pleasant
Joe B. Hamiter
Rovian D. Hen
Eden Says U.S. Will Speed War End Through Aid
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that quicker U S war materiel to Asia Africa and Europe will shorten the war. He urged Arab nations including Iraq to beware of an axis victory while critics warned Britain faces a tighter race in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
United States
Asia
Africa
Europe
Turkey
Britain
Eden
United States of America
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Food Stamp Program Totals For Area In April
Clarence R. Letteer reports April activity in eleven Louisiana parishes. Five thousand six hundred sixty-two cases representing sixteen thousand four participants used thirty-six thousand five hundred nine dollars in orange stamps, plus thirty-two thousand three hundred fourteen dollars in free blue stamps.
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Clarence R. Letteer
Surplus Marketing Administration
Monroe
Louisiana
Concordia
East Carroll
Franklin
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Natchitoches
Ouachita
Richland
Tensas
West Carroll
Dallas
Tex
Mr. Letteer
Louisiana State Department of Public Welfare
Secretary of Agriculture
Quachita Parish
Exemption Proposed For Men Over Thirty In Draft
General Hershey urges Congress to allow age based deferments from draft. He argues men past 30 are settled and less adaptable, with more dependencies and disabilities, affecting their suitability for mechanized warfare. He cited July field strength estimates and monthly inductions while stressing internal unity.
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Lewis S. Hershey
General Hershey
Independence Hall
Hershey
Selective Service Board
America
United States
Selassie Returns to Addis Ababa Reclaiming Ethiopian Throne
Haile Selassie entered Addis Ababa after five years in exile as Italian forces left the city. He was greeted by General A C Cunningham and his sons Crown Prince Makonnen and the Duke of Harar. Ethiopian crowds cheered as guards and natives lined the route along poles draped in national colors.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Selassie
Makonnen
Harar
Lion of Judah
Barber Holley Admits Taking U S Property for Loans
Lewis F. Holley of near Camp Polk pleaded guilty in federal court to accepting government property as pledges on loans. Judge Gaston Porterie suspended a 12 month sentence noting lack of awareness of wrongdoing. Holley allegedly loaned soldiers money in exchange for parts of their uniforms as security.
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Opelousas
Lewis F. Holley
Camp Polk
Gaston Porterie
Holley
U S halts exports of equipment usable for defense to Russia
Washington May 6 The United States has stopped all exports of machinery or equipment that can be used in defense production for Russia. The ban follows Soviet efforts to obtain permits and includes machines already ordered or paid for. The move aligns with broader drives to maximize U S machine tool utilization and to restrict tool shipments amid regional security concerns.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Russia
Constantin Oumansky
Welles
Panama
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Soviet Russia
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Pravda
Four State Colleges to Revise Salaries in Louisiana
The Louisiana Board of Education approved salary schedule revisions for four state colleges Louis iana Institute at Lafayette Southeastern College at Hammond and Louisiana Tech plus plans to use the 1940 federal census to apportion state public school funds on a per educable pupil basis. The panel also referred a pledge of allegiance question to its legal committee and set a discussion at Louisiana Tech in Ruston.
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Natchitoches
State Board of Education
Louisiana State Normal College
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Louisiana Institute At
Lafayette
Southeastern College
Hammond
Japan and France Indo China sign trade and navigation pact
Tokyo reports that on May 6 Japan and French Indo China signed a new economic agreement addressing navigation, customs, tariff and trade issues. The pact aims to streamline duties and foster cross border commerce between the two territories.
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Tokyo
Japan
Roosevelt presses for surge in heavy bomber output
President Roosevelt summoned top cabinet members and military leaders in Washington to press for a substantial increase in heavy bomber production. Major General James H. Burns was named to aid Hopkins, while agriculture was directed to create a division to take over defense work.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
James H. Burns
Harry L. Hopkins
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural
Defense Commission
Stimson
Hull
Morgenthau
Knox
George C. Marshall
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Harry Hopkins
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Arnold
England
Hopkins
White House
Arnoll
Heavy rains raise rivers across gulf coast region
Heavy rainfall drenched the gulf coast with flooded streets and crop damage mainly in Louisiana and Mississippi. Alexandria reported 7.93 inches in 48 hours as Red River rose. Lafayette and nearby counties faced replanting needs for cotton, corn, and truck crops while small craft warned along the coast.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Tex
St. Marks
Fla
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Mobile
Ala
Louisiana
Alexandria Weather Bureau
Red River
Shreveport
Sidney J. Bowles
Lafayette
Bowles
J. W. Whitaker
Greenville
Miss
Mississippi Gulf Coast
United States Weather Bureau
Monroe Night Driving Rule Cited in City Ordinance
The ordinance prohibits driving in Monroe between sunset and sunrise without proper headlights taillights and clearance lights as required by Louisiana law then in force.
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City of
Monroe
Louisiana
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