City Council Rejects Charter Change Plea at August Ballot
In a long session the city council voted 2 to to not place amendment proposals on the August primary ballot. The measure would shift council elections to ward basis, change city officer appointments, and create a three member civil service board. Mayor Clayton urged caution and favored keeping the current charter.
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Robert G. Bryan
George Koerner
Harold Clayton
Clay Lantz
Albert E. Presser
Election Board
Civil Service Commission
Clayton
CIO Wings Strike at Inglewood Plane Plant Rattle Defense Board
A second blow to the defense mediation board came as 9000 CIO aircraft workers were ordered to down tools at 6 am in the North American Aviation plant at Inglewood California. Union leaders accused the board of stalling while management and union officials remained in Washington. Police prepared to guard the site as rival AFL union members promised to run machines and keep production moving on defense orders valued at 196 million dollars.
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National Defense Mediation Board
CIO
North American Aviation
Inglewood
Calif
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Washington
W. P. Goodman
A. F. of L
Aeronautics Machinists’ Union
Demg American
A. F. of L.ohelp
Fense
73rd Portsmouth High commencement honors 330 seniors
The Portsmouth High School 73rd commencement honors 330 seniors tonight at 8 in the U S Grant School auditorium. Dr Albert Edward Wiggam of Boston will deliver the address on Selling Yourself After Graduation. East High School also holds Friday night exercises for 77 seniors with Wiggam again speaking on the same topic. some seniors are away on national defense work.
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Portsmouth High School
U. S. Grant School
Albert Edward Wiggam
Boston
Wiggam
Zamecnik
Mozart
Henri Schnabl
Mana Zucca
Miss Elizabeth Moore
Atlantic Zephyrs
Simons
John L. Snook Jr
Charlotte Knost
C. S. Dale
Dr. Wiggam
Strauss
Mary Janet Hayes
Mary Alice Sheehan
Frank Appel
C. C. Craigmiles
Board of Education
William D. Johnson
Sullivan
Portsmouth East High School
Harding School
East High
First Axis Raid on Alexandria Fuels Outbreak of War
Britain blocks Syria and Lebanon as occupied territory and links it to a broader Axis plan. Axis air raids on Alexandria kill over 100. Turkish officials express concern over German troop movements in Syria as German and Italian forces pound Tobruk and Boulogne.
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Great Britain
Syria
Lebanon
Adolf Hitler
Palestine
Cyprus
Egypt
Turkey
Sukru Saracoglu
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Birmingham
Chatham
London
Boulogne
France
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Tobruk
Libya
Army funds U K d by committee record
Washington reports a $10,009,655,187 army supply bill sent to the House by the appropriations committee. The measure aims to equip the air corps with about 40,000 planes and notes current capacity at 3,000 monthly while acknowledging Nazi production rising toward 4,000 to 6,000 monthly.
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Washington
Air Corps
House
Appropriations Committee
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Scioto Flood Damage Light Across Ohio Counties
The Scioto river flood crest neared 30 feet with river stages at 7 30 around 25 2 feet while Ohio river rises. Farmers in Pike and Scioto counties saw little corn damage as only brief flooding affected extreme lowlands and some fields were waterlogged but not submerged.
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Scioto River
Scioto
Chillicothe
Circleville
Ohio River
Ohio
Portsmouth
Pike
Leaders Discuss U S Plea For More Steel
New York June 5 prominent steel men held secret meetings here to press for a 100000 ton annual increase in output from mills already at capacity. Sources say the government may finance the plants, which could cost between one and one billion dollars and take about two years to build.
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New York
Washington
Food prices rise with no government parity levels near 37 peak
Farm commodity prices and consumer foods climb in an upward spiral since early year and after lend lease. Butter cheese eggs and hogs led gains with parity levels above or near the 1909 14 base. Government purchases for welfare Red Cross and Britain cushioned supplies as rice beef cattle and other items remained above parity.
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Chicago
France
Red Cross
Britain
Senators Demand Faster Armament Production
June 5 report says Senator Connally of Texas urged the government to compel the armaments industry to accelerate output for United States and Britain. He told reporters that Senate Defense Investigating Committee testimony showed production is not moving swiftly enough to meet military needs.
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Washington
Conway ,Ds
Texas
Connally
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
United States
Britain
Ohio Inductions Reach 31,561 with 22,579 in 1-A
Columbus reports 31,561 Ohioans inducted into selective service and 22,579 placed in 1-A as of May, reflecting immediate eligibility classifications.
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Columbus
Becher
Demands for tighter defense power seizure bill rise
Washington reports on June 4 shows Congress pressing for amendments to empower the President to requisition property for defense. Senator George of Georgia calls the bill too broad and seeks time limits while debating use only during strikes. Senator Danaher of Connecticut opposes the measure as no help to labor disputes.
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Washington
George
Georgia
Foreign Relations Committee
Danaher
Connecticut
Army doubles size as talks of 2.8 million force rise
Washington reports a cryptic remark by the army quartermaster fuels Congress speculation that the U S army could grow to 2 8 million men surpassing the 1 418 million goal Brehon Somervell testifies before a House committee on a 1 billion dollar construction program and new cantonments to house a much larger force The pace signals readiness for possible new European or global tensions and may extend National Guard service beyond the current year.
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Washington
Congress
U. S
Brehon Somervell
War Department
National Guard
First English youths arrive to train in the U S
Fifty English youths, advance guard of 7000 RAF cadets, arrived in Los Angeles seeking quick access to the cinema and training. They age from teens to 23 and will begin training at once at the Polaris flight academy, logging 150 hours of combat flying in the program.
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Los Angeles
U. S
House banking panel approves large extra borrowing power
The House Banking Committee approved legislation to grant the Commodity Credit Corporation an additional 1.25 billion dollars in borrowing authority to finance the agricultural price support program. The measure also extends the CCC’s life to June 30, 1946.
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U.K.D
Washington
House Banking Committee
Weather summary for today and past comparisons
Observer Schirrman reports today at 11 a m the high 75 and low 58 with yesterday s high 83. One year ago today the high was 02 and the low 63, noting temperature changes versus prior dates.
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Schirrman
Hitler wreath for Wilhelm ordered in Dutch funeral
Doorn Netherlands June 5 German official participation marks funeral rites for former Kaiser Wilhelm II General Friedrich Christiansen will lay a wreath on the grave for Adolf Hitler Arthur Seyss Inquart head of the German civilian administration in the occupied Netherlands will attend the service and Wilhelm II will lie in state today in a small bed
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Netherlands
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Friedrich Christiansen
Adolf Hitler
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Wilhelm
Roosevelt urges immediate St Lawrence Seaway and power project
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize immediate construction of the St Lawrence Seaway and power project in joint effort with Canada. He argued rapid production and electric power are essential to national defense and that hydroelectric resources and waterways from Norway to the Dardanelles are being exploited by enemies of democracy. He said the project could be completed in four years under emergency conditions and would prove the United States will not fall behind in the production race.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada
Norway
Dardenelles
Oil men doubt state will feel gas pinch in Ohio
Ohio oil and gas distributors say the state faces a better situation than the eastern seaboard where transportation problems threaten "gasess Sundays." They see no need for shortages or Sunday gas bans locally.
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