Successor To Justice Hughes To Be Selected
President Roosevelt moves to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Chief Justice Hughes's retirement set for July 7. Attorney General Robert H. Jackson of New York is favored for chief justice, with Harlan F. Stone also mentioned for a head seat. The choice is expected to shape the court under the new deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Jackson
Aon
Suppurene Court
New Deal
Charles Jivans Hitless
New York
Adew
Coolidge
Harlan F. Stone
Jackson
Washington
Duckson
Ele Vabet
Supreme Court
Fsehler
Nuvojs
Francis Biddle
Florida motorists visit Pa Newc observes June hotel week
PA Newc notes Florida visitors in town near relaxing gardens and lawns. In one parking lot three cars with Florida license plates were seen. Format includes references to National Hotel Week from June 1 and mentions the Ameran Morel sponsors the event.
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Pa Newe
Florida
Tuin
Moxcas
Sur- Palindias
Tix
Ameran Morel
Soleton
Vince Negally
Daily Weather Report Summary for U S Regions
Daily weather report shows 24 hour period with maximum 71 and minimum 33. Precipitation recorded as trace or 33 inches in some entries. River stage listed at 4.6 feet. Data mirrors date aligned statistics and includes comparative values.
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United States
Butler Plant Awarded Major War Material Contract
The International News Service reports Washington on June 3 that ordnance and quartermaster contracts total $2,344,394. Key award includes American Bantam Cargo at Butler Pennsylvania valued at $864,141 for four ton trucks.
Berlin Denies Armed Forces Are In Syria
Berlin denies any German landings or military concentrations in French mandated Syria. Officials say Germany will reserve agitation on Syria for London while noting France has pledged to defend its territory. If Britain advances, the issue is a Franco British matter, with Germany under the armistice terms ready to adjust to allow France to defend its own borders.
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Pierre J. Huss
Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
Syria
London
Jean Durkin
France
Troms
LHC AE
Rumors France Pressures Germany on Syria Withdrawals
ANKARA June 3 Rumors say French authorities in Syria asked Germany to withdraw aircraft and military supplies to avoid a conflict with Britain The Turkish view is that Vichy now leans pro Axis Rumors also claim Britain may brand a hostile act and that Germans remain active in Aleppo after a recent RAF raid.
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International News Servicer
Ankara
Syria
Britain
Preoch
Jean Deavlan
Aleppo
Indiantown Gap Soldier Missing
Indiantown Gap Pa June 3 State motor police extend search for Thomas F Downing of Company D 103rd Engineers missing since May 21. Clothes found along the Susquehanna River feed drowning theories as teletype messages go to local authorities. The 28th Division resumes basic training at the Gap after a long wrench on week with field operations and night maneuvers.
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International News Service
Indiantown Gap
Thomas F. Downing
103Rd Engineers
Susquehanna River
Downing
Pebvars
Nazi Forces Said To Enter Syria Invasion Rumors
London reports circulated on June 3 that German military detachments have reached French mandated Syria with three Panzer divisions and two tank units. Estimates put German tourists in Syria at about 20,000 including paratroopers and élite advisers as massing of equipment continued within Syrian borders. Denials from Vichy were met with skepticism and a state of siege claim was viewed as aiding Berlin and Vichy privacy in Syria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Smith
London
Syria
Vichy
Satria
Berlin
U S Rejecting Efforts For Jap Appeasement
Washington sources say the United States plans to maintain a hard line toward Japan, rejecting Tokyo’s appeasement proposals. A Matsuoka visit to Washington is urged by Tokyo to discuss settling Far East issues, including pressuring Chiang Kai-Shek to make peace with Tokyo and recognizing Japan's regional primacy.
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Kingsbury Smith International News Service
Washington
United States
Japan
International News Service
Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Chia
Chiang Kai-Shek
British Planes Bomb Berlin and Ruhr District
British bombers attacked Berlin causing large fires and targeted industrial sites in the Ruhr region including Dusseldorf Duisburg and Ruhrport. Weather limited Berlin strike but some of Britain's newest heavy bombers manufacturers from the United States took part using new super bombs.
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Internatioal News Service
London
Berlin
RAF
Germany
Ruhr
Dusseldorf
Duisberg
Rubport
Hexas
Britain
United States
Drop Charges Against Movie Actor On Coast
Los Angeles July 3 A Los Angeles county grand jury dropped its investigation into mistreatment claims involving Sylyn Hamalain Taine a 12 year old Minnesota girl who came to Hollywood seeking fame The jury said the stories heard in the jury room strained credulity and unless new evidence appears the case will remain tabled Lionel Atwill denied the claims of improper parties at his home and Hollywood dress designer Virginia Lopez who accused him was convicted of contributing to the girl delinquency for allowing an attack on Hamalain during a Lopez outing
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Clutarnaviong
Nawa Servicey
Los Angeles
Jie 3
Lionel Atwill
Theodore Pierce
Atwill
Virginia Wopex
Hollywood
Hamalaine
Miss Lopez
Lopez
Miller Becomes Revenue Collector in Western Pennsylvania
Walter L. Miller, ex secretary of the Democratic state committee, was confirmed as revenue collector for western Pennsylvania, succeeding William Driscoll who quipped that being replaced was “part of the game.” Miller previously held WPA positions in Harrisburg and the Bituminous Coal Mine Mission in Pittsburgh.
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Thlermallang
Pittsburgh
Senate
Walter L. Miller
Democratic State Committee
Internal Revenue
Western
Pennsylvania
William Driscoll
Miller
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Thn
Harrisburg
Suspect Sabotage In Bomber Crash
Conternational News Service reports officials of Consolidated Aircraft suspect sabotage after a large four engine bomber bound for Britain crashed after takeoff near San Diego. Four crew members were killed in the incident as investigators from FBI the San Diego County coroner U S Army Consolidated British authorities and the civil aeronautics administration examine possible causes and connections.
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San Diego
Consolidated Aircraft Company
Consolidated
Britain
Federal Bureau of Investigation
San Diego County
U. S. Army
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Child Injured When Hit by Auto in City Street
Four year old Donna Jean Regan of 227 Elm Street was hit on Grant Street near Elm by an auto driven by Louis Galaxia of Hillsville. She received a laceration to the back of the head and was brought to Jameson Memorial Hospital at 11 AM. Doctors stated injuries not believed to be serious.
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Donna Jean Regan
William Regan
Elm Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Louis Galaxia
Hillsville
Grant Street
No Compromise With Germany Declared by Labour Party
London June 3 Britain's Labour Party conference urged total victory over Nazi Germany as the prelude to a just peace. Lord Attlee proclaimed Britain unbeaten while the national executive memo urged no negotiated peace. Delegates voted 2,490,000 to 19,000 in favor.
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Internati
Stitt
London
Britain
Labor Party
Ots
Nazi Germany
Privy Seal
Clement R. Attlee
Reich
WASA
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Cabbnnet
Becheve
Eight Pittsburgh Waiters Derby Run For Prize
In Pittsburgh on June 3 eight waiters from local hotels will race two blocks in the first waiters derby. Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Hotelmen's Association during national hotel week, each waiter will carry a service tray with wine bottle, glass, cup and saucer. Miss Simone will award the prize.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Simon
Pittsburgh Hotelmen's Association
Simone
President Roosevelt Returns From Hyde Park
President Roosevelt comes back from Hyde Park, N Y, after a week at home. He holds conferences on defense with aides and congressional leaders. He meets with OPM Director Knudsen Admiral Kina and John G Winant who is back in the United States to report.
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Chernoh
Washington
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
OPM
Wiliam S. Knudsen
E. J. Kina
Atlantic
John G. Winant
Britain
United States
Roosevelt proposal would give president power to seize wartime assets
The Roosevelt backed bill would let the president take over and sell property usable for national defense, halt strikes by government ownership threat, seize Nazi controlled firms, and curb civilian production competing with defense. Critics called it economic dictatorship while New Deal leaders defended urgency of all-out defense. Continued on page two.
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William
Neal Santlyaa
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
New Deal
War Department
Mr. Roosevelt
Sen. Reynolds
D) N.C
Military Affairs Committee
Navy Department
OPM
Gehrig Dies at 37 Enduring Yankee Legend
Lou Gehrig, famed Iron Man of baseball and longtime New York Yankee captain, died at his Bronx home at 10:70 p.m. after a battle with a rare infantile paralysis. He suffered no pain near death, remaining conscious until moments before passing. Gehrig set a record with 2,130 consecutive games and played 15 seasons as a Yankee before retirement in 1939.
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Henry Louis Gehrig
New York City
International News Service
New York
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
Brens
Caldwell B. Exseltyn
Gehrig
Sid
Sue
Yankee
Lneup
Pennsylvania House backs gifting battleship North Carolina to Britain
The Pennsylvania House memorialized Congress to outright give the battleship North Carolina to Great Britain to replace the sunken Head, urging President Roosevelt to use war powers to turn the ship over without reservation. Republicans Gates Armstrong and Arthur Brevick of Delaware pressed for immediate action as fighting with the common enemy continues.
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Morternational News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House of Representa
Congress
North Carolina
Great Britain
Ships Converted Into Plane Carriers Revealed
John J. Dempsey of the Maritime Commission told the senate defense committee that several American merchant ships have been converted into aircraft carriers. He said more vessels will be converted and coordinated with the navy to support patrols and anti submarine operations on the North Atlantic route to Britain.
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Mnngernanandt News Service
Washington
John J. Dempsey
Maritime Comission Today
Senate Defense Committee
Dempsey
Maritime Commission
Navy
Dem
Britain
North Atlantic
America
England
Warns Germany Plans To Conquer World
New York June 3 War: After Euro turmoil Britain and the United States must unite to defeat the Reich, British ambassador to the United States told Columbia University alumni at a luncheon in Jay Hall. He warned that once the Reich is defeated the U S and Britain can work toward a new world order.
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U. S
Arvitain
Halifax
Announcement Of Resumption At Shenango Steel Plant
Defense program work at Shenango tin plate plant will resume Monday in Newile Pennsylvania. The company says reconditioning completed and about 1600 employees will return to duty, most previously at Shenango Works.
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Shenanga
Chine Acies
Steal Corporation
Putshuredh
Val
Shenanga Tin Plate
Carmiie- Hine Steel Corporajior
Newile
Mongar
Jaulay
Timand
Shenango Works
United States Dominant Topic At Mussolini Hitler Meeting
Rome dispatch reports Premier Mussolini and Chancellor Hitler discussed the United States as a principal topic. Italian sources describe the meeting as a turning point from Balkan wars to a new world crisis, noting the tense atmosphere and the potential for strong actions against America.
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Internaenal
Rome
United States
Mussolini
Hitler
Virginioa Gayds
Tialiam
Garcia
Anis
America
Weeds and Crowns and a Quiet Farm Scene
The passage paints a rustic life with high weeds and roaming crows, neighbors fond of ease, and a dream of a peaceful future. It evokes balmy days, shade, and a simple rural mood as the speaker imagines a life tied to nature and the crop work ahead. The weather is described as seventy three degrees.
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Taitfield
Xrawe
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Charles Evans Hughes
PA Newc
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U.S
AUTO
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Iron Man
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Ienry Louis Genrig
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