Roosevelt elevates Stone to chief justice and Byrnes Jackson named to court
President Roosevelt names Harlan Fiske Stone as chief justice of the U S Supreme Court and nominates James Byrnes and Robert Jackson to fill the two vacancies on the high court. Stone succeeds Hughes who retires July 1. Senate confirms Byrnes unanimously. Stone and Jackson referrals to judiciary committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harlan Fiske Stone
U. S. Supreme Court
James I. Byrnes
South Carolina
Robert H. Jackson
High Court
Byrnes
Jackson
Stone
Charles Evans Hughes
Senate
Coolidge
Louis Brandeis
Oliver Wendell Holmes
U S Consul Reports On Sinking Of Robin Moor
U S consul in Pernambuco Brazil states survivors reported the Robin Moor was torpedoed by a German submarine. The ship was sunk in the South Atlantic on May 21 at 610 north 2540 west. Thirty five crew and passengers remain missing and the survivors are in good health. The German commander was aware the vessel was American.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Soenth
Atlantic
Sumer Welles
Pernambuco
Recife
Brazil
Walter J. Linthieum
State Department
Welles
Signs warn against double parking in South Mercer street
Two new signs on poles in South Mercer street warn against double parking and state a fine of 3 dollars. Friday is Flag Day and Ok Saturday is Flag Day. Many city churches prepared programs for children and the coming Sunday observances.
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Mercer Street
Daily Weather Report Summary
Today's 24 hour period ends 9 am reports a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees with .08 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 4.4 feet. Prior year values show a 87 degree high, 65 degree low and .74 inches of rain.
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United States
Murray Condemns Use Of Troops In Strikes
CIO president Philip Murray denounces President Roosevelt’s use of army troops in defense strikes and calls the draft’s work or fight order a flagrant abuse of the conscription law. He threatens to bolt the mediation board if it usurps arbitration powers and urges a nationwide CIO campaign among 5,000,000 members.
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Washington
Philip Murray
The
CIO
National Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Mediation Board
Murray
Sunday School convention opens at First United Presbyterian
The 103rd Lawrence County Sabbath School Association convention met at the First United Presbyterian church with Robert M Strickler presiding. Boy Scouts presented flags as Rev. D. L. Ferguson led devotions and treasurer J C Minor reported. Rev S E Irvine welcomed attendees and noted growing interest in religious education of children.
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First United Presbyterian Church
Lawrence County Sabbath School Association
New Castle
Robert M Strickler
Boy Scouts
D. L. Ferguson
Highland U. P
Christ
J. C Minor
S E. Irvine
Miss Pearl Hockenberry
Peaceful Entry Into Damascus Being Sought
Cairo reports British leaders seek a peaceful occupation of Damascus with minimal bloodshed as the advance continues toward the city. Allied forces are near the Damascus gardens while Hasbah’s fate remains unconfirmed and Sidon lies several miles away on the Lebanese coast.
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Cairo
International News Service
Damascus
Hasbah
North American Aviation plant back to peak output under guard
In Los Angeles on June 12 soldiers continued guarding the North American Aviation plant after a five day CIO strike closure. Production rushed to meet warplane orders for the United States and Britain as Col. Charles E. Branshaw announced about 6,000 troops would stay on duty indefinitely under Roosevelt’s directive.
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Los Angeles
North American Aviation Company
United States
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Charles E. Branshaw
Camp Caledon urged for girls by state leaders
The county children division superintendent gave a succinct talk on future work. Miss Alice Grimes urged girl attendance at Camp Caledon Erie County, highlighting its Christian basis. Walter E. Myers invited broad turnout for the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association meetings and upcoming Harrisburg convention.
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Alice Grimes
Camp Caledon
Erie County
Walter E. Myers
Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association
Harrisburg
Victor Mature Plans Wedding to Widow Martha Kemp
Victor Mature a 26 year old actor and Martha Stephenson Kemp 22 widow of Hal Kemp arrange to marry next Sunday at St Patrick's Cathedral New York after Mature took out a marriage license at the Municipal Building Kemp died in a December auto crash Kemp was prominent in cafe society and a model24.
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New York
Victor Mature
Martha Stephenson Kemp
Hal Kemp
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Mature
Municipal Building
Kemp
Flag Day Parking Ban In Washington Street
Chief Willis G McMullen announced a Flag Day parking ban on Washington Street between Fast and Jefferson. No motor vehicles may park from 2 30 p m to 4 p m with strict enforcement promised.
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Willis G McMullen
Washington Street
Fast
Jefferson Streets
Consistory To Close Reunion Here On Friday
A large crowd attended as the consistory prepared to close its reunion here Friday. The event drew diverse participants and featured closing ceremonies with speeches and reflections.
Aluminum Strike Ends At Cleveland
Cleveland plants of Aluminum Co of America resumed production after a three day strike by about 2000 Die Casting Workers. The union voted unanimously to accept terms of a pact reached with the company and federal mediation board in Washington, tying up roughly 60 million dollars in war orders.
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International News Service
Cleveland
Newbury Heights
Aluminum Co. of America
National Association of Die Casting Workers
Washington
State Income Tax Proposal Not To Go Before Voters
Harrisburg June 12 The Woodward resolution for a graduated income tax was killed in House committee by House Democrats. The measure had cleared the 1939 legislature and passed the Senate but requires two successive legislatures before voters can decide.
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Harrisburg
House Committee
House Democrats
House
Senate
Assab Port Taken By British Forces
Aden dispatch reports official capture of the Italian Eritrean port of Assab by British forces after a joint army navy and air operation. Several hundred enemy troops were taken prisoner including two Italian generals.
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International News Service
Aden
Assab
Death Record of Scott D. Coates
Scott D. Coates, age 76, of Ellwood City, died Thursday June 12 1941. Services and obituary details appear in local columns with burial information and surviving relatives.
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Scott D. Coates
Ellwood City
Philip Ss. J. Strain
Bellevue
County To Furnish 85 More Selectees
Harrisburg June 12 Gov Arthur H James announced quotas for Pennsylvanias 422 local boards to fill a U S army requisition for 8 857 men reporting for final army physical examination The pool includes 8275 white and 582 Negro men to report between June 23 and July 9 at exam stations in Philadelphia Pittsburgh Harrisburg Altoona Wilkes Barre Erie Scranton and Williamsport Quotas listed for Lawrence L B 1 23 L B 2 21 City of New Castle L B 1 20 L B 2 22
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Harrisburg
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
U. S. Army
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Altoona
Wilkes-Barre
Erie
Scranton
Williamsport
Lawrence
L. B
City of New Castle
Workers Return To Detroit Factory
Detroit June 12 Production on 25 million dollars worth of defense orders resumed today as 4,600 workers returned to six Bohn Aluminum and Brass plants after a two day strike. The UAW CIO and management approved a truce. The company will retroactively apply the National Defense Mediation Board settlement recommendations if acceptable to management.
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Detroit
Bohn Aluminum and Brass Company
National Defense Mediation Board
Vichy Protests Syria Invasion Reach London From Madrid
A second Vichy government protest against the British Free French invasion of Syria arrived in London from Madrid where it was handed to the British ambassador. British officials said the note was moderate, contrasting Berlin and Vichy accusations of wanton aggression.
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London
Syria
Damascus
Sidon
Vichy
International News Service
Madrid
Berlin
Britain
Mediation Efforts Aim to Avert Curtiss-Wright Strike
Federal and state labor mediators launched peace overtures in Pittsburgh to avert a threatened strike by about 1,000 CIO workers at Curtiss-Wright Propeller’s two plants. A last-minute effort seeks to resolve labor disputes before a potential walkout.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
CIO
Curtiss-Wright Propeller Corporation
Harriman to Report in Middle East as U S Aid Grows
U S C Harriman dispatched to the Middle East war theater to receive vital supplies for Britain amid calls in Congress to speed aid. The mission concerns arrangements for American equipment shipped from the United States, with details kept terse by the White House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
W Averell Harriman
Middle East War
White House
Harriman
United States
Gangsters Face Death In Chair At Sing Sing
At Sing Sing in Ossining New York on June 12 Martin Goldstein and Harry Strauss from Murder Inc await execution by electric chair after last meals. Governor Lehman had not indicated clemency and executioner Joseph Frances prepared for the planned 11 pm double execution for the strangling and cremation of Irving Feinstein.
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Ossining
N. Y
Martin ‘Bugsy
Goldstein
Harry
Pittsburgh
Phil) Strauss
Murder, Inc
Sing Sing Prison
Strauss
Irving
Puggy) Feinstein
Sing Sing
Herbert Lehman
Joseph Frances
Senate condemns strikes in defense plants vote 46 to 27
The Senate adopted the Byrd amendment to the draft act condemning strikes or lockouts in defense industries defying mediation and arbitration authority. The vote was 46 to 27, forced by Senator Eyre of Virginia to halt strikes through strong congressional disapproval.
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International News Service
Washington
Senate
Sen. Eyre
Congress
State College in search for unidentified assailant
State and county police hunted an unidentified assailant who slugged Mrs. Ernest J. Teichert wife of a Pennsylvania State College extension teacher. Investigators hinted of possible links to the earlier unsolved murder of a college coed in Wildwood New Jersey. She was struck from behind as she entered her driveway suffering a head wound. Police described the assailant as wearing dark trousers and shirt and dragged her a few feet before fleeing. A State Motor Police unit searched the area but faced few clues.
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International News Service
State College
Ernest J. Teichert
Teichert
Mrs. Teichert
State
Lynn
Adams
Rachel Taylor
Wildwood
N. J. Coed
British Monitor And Gunboat Sunk Off Libyan Coast
London reports the destruction by enemy action off the Libyan coast of the 7200 ton Monitor Terror and the 625 ton river gunboat Ladybird. The Terror carried a normal battalion strength of 315 while the Ladybird had 54 to 65 crew.
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International News Service
London
Admiralty
Crete Campaign Losses Reported by German High Command
Berlin reports British and Greek casualties total 20 700 in Crete with 5 893 Nazi losses. The German high command says by conquest of Crete German defense forces confirm Hitler's claim that nothing is impossible for the German soldiers.
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International News Service
Berlin
Crete
Hitler
Berlin Admits Some Damage From RAF Raids
Berlin reports limited damage to factories and railways from last night’s British air raids while stating ten attacking planes were shot down. Germany also notes five planes destroyed during daylight actions Wednesday.
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International News Service
Berlin
Germany
Man toils at garden work as age brings early fatigue
Arthur Mometer endures back pain leg aches and calloused hands while starting a summer planting season. He trades golf for hoe work and hopes to harvest a flood of vegetables, believing the crick and ache will fade as he labors each morning at seventy seven.
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