Westbrook Pegler on Communist shift from Pearl Harbor to open hostility
Westbrook Pegler argues the Communist movement in the United States has abandoned pretense since Pearl Harbor. He accuses Earl Browder and the Moscow-backed leadership of abandoning the party line to resume anti American activity and calls the American cell to drop disguises and reassert a nativist stance.
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United States
Pearl Harbor
Daily Worker
Jacques Dulos
Earl Browder
Browder
Moscow
Communist Organization
Bund
White House
Hitler
Stalin
Berlin
Chicago
California
Russia
Lodge
Hello World Henderson Dies In Shreveport Radio Pioneer
W. K. Henderson 64 a famed KWKH owner died at home after a heart attack. He built KWKH from a 500 watt transmitter at Kennonwood north of Shreveport and became known for bold anti FCC and anti chain store stances. His broadcasts drew international attention and he once defended his wavelength in Washington with 250,000 letters. He sold KWKH in 1933 and later toured the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Kennonwood
Here
W. K. Henderson
Federal Communication Commission
England
New Zealand
Australia
Iowa
Washington
KWKH
Radio Digest
South
Alfred E. Smith
New York
FCC
Richard W. Leche
Jailed Bride Refuses Food in Lockup
Betty Lou Camm Dice a 17 year old bride refuses to eat until reunified with husband Gary Dice 36 after both were jailed in Waukegan Illinois on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and delinquency They await a June 4 hearing Mrs Dice proclaims she will not eat while in custody and her husband expresses unwavering affection
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Ill
Betty Lou Camm Dice
Betty Lou
House Grants Its Expense Money In Tax Free Form
Washington May 29 A not for me mood in the Senate left House members with their $2 500 expense money in the 51 000 000 legislative appropriation bill while senators rejected pay hikes and other expense increases Over four votes the Senate blocked salary boosts and tax deductions and Bridges spoke against a Senate culture of wealth as the House pressed for its allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
O'Neal
Kentucky
House
Bridges
New Hampshire
Barkley
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eden warns France over Syria and Lebanon troop move
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged France to withdraw reinforcements to the Levant to avoid a flareup that could hinder the Pacific war. He noted the small increase of about 500 troops and urged caution as Syria and Lebanon push for full independence while negotiations with France resume. The United States voiced concern as France and Arab leaders face a showdown over mandates.
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London
Anthony Eden
France
Levant
Syria
Lebanon
Eden
Commons
Japan
United States
Beyrouth
Arab League
Air Combat Demonstration at Selman Airport June 6
Major airborne functions from Camp Mackall N C will be shown at Selman airport on June 6 at 5 30 p m. The display features paratroopers jumping from C 46 aircraft and CG 4A gliders landing behind the line. Gliders drop troops and supplies while chases of gliders and parachute drops unfold on field.
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Camp Mackall
N. C
Selman Airport
Woman Given Death Edict Over Double Murder Conviction
Los Angeles May 2 A jury convicted 63 year old Louise Peete Judson of murdering her benefactress Mrs. Margaret Logan and, under California law, sentenced her to death in the San Quentin gas chamber. The case recalls her prior murder conviction in the 1930s of engineer Jacob Denton and her subsequent parole.
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Los Angeles
San Quentin
Louise Peete Judson
Margaret Logan
Woman Convicted of Killing Child in New Orleans
May 29. Criminal Judge J Bernard Cocke set June 5 for sentencing Mrs Ernestine Bonneval who was convicted last night of flogging to death her seven year old daughter Clementine. A jury deliberated an hour five minutes before returning the verdict. The state said a rubber hose used as a weapon caused the death. The defendant denied the beating.
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New Orleans
J. Bernard Cocke
Ernestine Bonneval
Clementine
Churchill reports British war losses total 1 128 315 casualties
Prime Minister Churchill stated in the commons that British empire armed forces suffered 1 128 315 casualties in the war, with 307 201 dead. Civilian losses included 60 585 killed and 86 175 seriously injured, plus about 150 000 slightly injured, as Britain’s caretaker government meets.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Britain
Labor
United States Moves Toward Mediator Role in World Affairs
Secretary of State Stettinius urges closer US relations with Russia and champions a mediator role among the Big Five to preserve peace via the United Nations framework. He warns that discord among major powers risks a new world war and outlines three aims including securing German and Japanese security and widening Allied unity.
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San Francisco
Stettinius
Russia
United States
United Nations
World Security Council
China
Britain
France
World Organization
Organization For Peace
Syria
London
Ninth Army
Middle East
Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Joseph E. Davies
Truman
Europe
Soviet Union
Germany
Japan
America
War Relief Projections Predict 4.8 Million Jobs End by Autumn
Washington reports JP Krug foresees 4.8 million released from war work in six months, with 1.9 million unemployed in summer and a net rise of 1.1 million in joblessness. Half of those leaving will move to civilian plants, trades, or services as munitions cuts total 55 billion dollars. In Normandy, towns scarred by fighting slowly clear debris, while daily life resumes with modest meals and scarce luxury goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPB
J. A. Krug
Krug
Carentan
Normandy
St. Lo
Paris
Scar-faced Lord Haw Haw Captured by British Army
Scar-faced Lord Haw Haw William Joyce, 39, a British renegade who broadcast German propaganda, was captured with his wife by the British Second Army. An official source says he may face treason charges in Britain. Joyce, born in New York, studied at London University and aided Goebbels before his capture.
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Charles Chamberling
Second Army
Lord Haw Haw
William Joyce
New York
Joyce
Goebbels
London University
London
British
Michael Joyce
Haw Haw
Miles C. Dempsey
Lord Haw Hawk
Robinson Date of Execution Set
Federal Judge Shackelford Miller set June 8 for the execution of Thomas H. Robinson Jr a 37 year old former Nashville law student convicted in the 1934 $50 000 ransom kidnapping of Mrs Alice Speed Stoll He is to die in Kentucky's electric chair at Eddyville State Prison after a long legal fight and transfer from Milan Federal Prison to await execution
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Louisville
Shackelford Miller
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Nashville, Tenn
Kentucky
Eddyville
Alcatraz
Robinson
Milan
Mich
Miller
200 B-29s Sweep Yokohama and Tokyo Port Area
Allied air crews report a massive incendiary attack on Yokohama with 500 B-29s dropping 3,200 tons of bombs in six days, setting fire to industrial cores and spreading smoke four miles high. A separate Mustang raid from Iwo Jima damaged three Tokyo airfields. total fire bombs reach 11,700 tons in three strikes aiming at Japan's war industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton W. Faron
Guam
Japan
Yokohama
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Nippon
21St Bomber Command
Chinese forces near Shulo and Liuchow in China campaign
Chinese forces push along the southwest highway toward Indo China nearing Shulo and Liuchow as Nanning yields a major inland port. Battles rage near Pinyang with heavy casualties and speculation on possible Japanese withdrawals to the Yangtze or Yellow rivers.
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Chungking
Indo- China
Shulo
Yungning
Nanning
High Command
Japan
China- Indo-China
Pinyang
Liuchow
Canton
Hong Kong
Hunan Province
Tanton
Shaoyang
Paoching
Hsihsiakow
Shanhsien
Lunghai
Henan- Shensi
Kwangsi
Hwaiyuanchen
Yang
Yellow River
Shanghai
China-Indo-China
576 wounded men fly from Okinawa
Guam May 29. Eighteen hospital planes carried 576 wounded from Okinawa to the Marianas in the largest single air evacuation in the Pacific war. Twelve planes were NATS and six were AAC. NATS Pacific wing group VRE-1 has evacuated 5,400 casualties since April 1. Flights average 16 hours round trip. unload and load 32 men per four engined hospital plane in 30 minutes.
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Guam
Okinawa
Marianas
Naval Air Transport Service
Army Air Transport Command
NATS
Pacific
VRE-1
Hospital ship arrives with 671 wounded in New York welcome
The Charles A Stafford returned from Europe bringing 671 wounded soldiers. Crowds gathered in New York harbor as the ship docked and the 401st WAC band from Fort Hamilton played while sailors and troops cheered.
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New York
Charles A. Stafford
New York Harbor
401St
WAC
Fort Hamilton
Fighter escorted Superfortress raid on Yokohama and Okinawa fronts
About 500 B 29 bombers escorted by fighters bombed Yokohama with 3200 tons of bombs in daylight. One light ship sunk and 12 fleet units damaged in the Nipponese night attack. Japanese losses include at least 77 planes shot down. American forces also widened gains on Okinawa Front and controled two thirds of Naha, half encircling Shuri. Reports say Liuchow may be evacuated.
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Associated Rec
Yokohama
U. S
Okinawa Island
Okinawa
Naha
Shuri
Keystone Fortress
Chungking
Liuchow
South China
North China
Baby Reunited as Foster Case Leads to Charge
A three month old infant was found and returned to mother Mrs. Robert Mulholland in New Orleans after a two day disappearance. Miss Dorothy Vanta 23 faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for taking the child on Saturday. Police and FBI traced the infant to a Camp street address. Vanta says she knew Mrs. Mulholland for ten years and planned a walk with the child but collapsed during the return attempt due to kidney trouble.
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New Orleans
Joseph Neuport
John Frank Mulholland
Robert Mulholland
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Camp Street
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Omo
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William T. Peacock
Selman
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Yotsuya
Atabu
Aoyama Palace
Marunouchi Quarter
Imperial University
Shinagawa
Port City
Kawasaki
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