Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Bulgaria Hungary and Rumania
President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania saying they declared war on the United States and aid Nazi Germany. The move marks a first wartime state with those nations and erodes earlier diplomatic ties as Hitler pressures for a broader campaign in the Caucasus and against Russia.
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Roosevelt
Congress
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Hungary
Rumania
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Wid
Senate
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Romania
Hitler
Russia
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Caucasus
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Dulgerin
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Germany
Tiat Cours
Atrica
Avetria-Hungary
City Hears Prep for River Authority Expansion in Austin
Mayor C K Quin announced Tuesday that briefs are being prepared by the city attorney staff for a hearing on the Biafca Guadalupe river authority expansion in Austin. The plan may include purchasing the San Antonio Public Service Co, with negotiations ongoing. oral arguments would not be allowed at the session.
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Austin Presday
C.K. Quin
San Antonio Public Service Company
Quin
Iowa Governor Leads GOP Senate Nomination Race
DES MOINES June 2 Lawrence Iowa Governor George W Wilson appears set to win the Republican nomination for United States senator as returns provide him a 27500 vote lead over his nearest rival Mark G Thornburg. Wendell Willkie praised Thornburg earlier in the campaign.
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George W. Wilson
United States
Towa
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Thornburg
Wendell Willkie
Sadler Resigns to Enlist in Army
Austin on June 2 Jerry Sadler a Texas railroad commissioner announced he had submitted his resignation to Governor Coke Stevenson effective Monday at 4 p.m. He said he enlisted with the war department accepting his overweight waiver and would serve as a private if needed. Sadler 34 a Hickory Grove Texas native has advised James E Kilday to fill the vacancy and the move shifts the commission’s balance amid clashes with federal oil policies.
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Jerry Bad For
Texas Railroad Commission
Coke Stevenson
Power
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James E. Kilday
Houston
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Junction
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Iia
Cride
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Olin Culberson
Orcers
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Anderson County
National Guard
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Sadier
Australian Defies Japs To Try Invasion
Australia’s Prime Minister John Curtin defies Japan by vowing to fend off any invasion as American reinforcements arrive. The drive includes a Wherry loan and warnings that Japan’s plan has stalled. Allied forces pursue a submarine-mother ship link near Australia and conduct raids on bases in New Guinea and nearby territories.
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John Curt
Japan
Tno
Sydney Harbor
United Nations
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Loe
Satamaya
Robaul
New Britain
Five Killed in Naval Plane Crash Near Half Moon Bay
In California near Half Moon Bay a Navy patrol plane crashed about midnight during a patrol from Alameda NAS. Five bodies were recovered by California highway patrol at the scene and one survivor, Ensign G H Apitz, 22, was injured but walked to report. The crash occurred near Scarper's Peak about 20 miles south of San Francisco.
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Navy
Here
Half Moon Bay
California
G. H. Apitz
Scarper
Alameda Naval Air Station
China Army Captures 2 Towns Amid Japanese Advances
Chinese forces recaptured Show thang and Shakichen in Chekiang as Japan presses along the Chekiang-Kiangsi railway and other lines. Reports note heavy reinforcements near Hangchow, Nanchang, and Canton areas with multiple Japanese columns advancing through Guangtung and Yunnan regions.
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Chekiang
Bat
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Chunsien
Hwantung Province
Hangchow
Nanching
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Canton
Kwangtung Province
Tsungla
Iaid
Showthang
Kin~ Hwa
Shakic
China
Oil-Caked Sub Victims Rescued in U-Boat Raid
A Gulf raid on a medium sized American merchant vessel left thirty nine dead and two survivors, Hellyne and Traubel, rescued after seven days drifting on a raft. The two men, heavily oil coated, were washed with kerosene before reaching hospital in Port Arthur, Texas.
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Hontswiin
Rolf Helland
Philadelphia
John C. Tarbel
Midlesboro
N. J
Joseph Shackelferd
Severn, Ya
Hellyne
Troubel
Bright
Helland
Traubel
Port Arthur
Texas
Navy
British Mop Up German Libyan Army
British troops and air units continued to annihilate Rommel’s trapped German Libyan Army east of Ain El Gazala line. The 8 communique read in Parliament by Churchill noted many tanks and transport vehicles behind the barrier, with Axis losses mounting as Rommel’s forces attempt to escape through mined lines and gaps.
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INNEY
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Ewin Rommel
Africa Corps
Ain el Gazala-Hir Hachoni
Claude Auchinleck
House of Commons
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Auchinleck
R.A. FP
Farre
Tobruk
Rommel
Gene Towird Povrak
China Lend Lease Pact to be Signed Today
The White House announced a lend lease agreement with China set for signing at the State Department. It mirrors the British program with delays on major lend-lease ledger adjustments and anticipates postwar collaboration in economic rehabilitation.
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China
Wasrington
White House
State Department
Great Brita
Jury Indicts Eight in Bexar County Grand Jury Action
Bexar County grand jury returns eight indictments including eight for burglary or related charges, three for forgery and passing, one for theft over 450, and two for chicken thefts. Clerk office transfer announced by Mayor Quin.
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Bexar County Grand Jury
U N Convoy Wins Way to Red Port
London reports a United Nations convoy reached a northern port after a five day and night clash with U S forces and more than 10 Raz planes. Allied ships were sunk, but British officials praised the gallant defense and the convoy’s delivery of reinforcements to Russia amid near continuous daylight.
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Red Port
London
United Nations
Alterivan
Tenasia Ling
Norte Rus
Admiralty
Aumeimeerdt
Gestapo Agent Shot in Austria Reported by Moscow Radio
London dispatch cites a Moscow radio broadcast via Reuters claiming a German Gestapo agent was shot in Martinsburg Austria while pursuing people who distributed anti Fascist and anti Naz leaflets. A brief note confirms the incident as reported.
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London
Martinsburg
Austr
Moscow
Reuters
Nazis' Idea Spoiled by British Tank Repair Unit
Reporters say German forces in Libya last week brought a large mobile tank repair unit to sustain mechanical strength. The British outflanked them and captured the facility, defeating the German effort in the desert engagement.
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Cairo
Libya
Orien
Ful
Youth Confesses to Infant Slaying in Marquette County
MARQUETIE Mich June 2 A 16 year old boy described by state police as the alleged killer of two month old Gloria Jen Nault confessed to biting the infant after her nude and bruised body was found in a truck cab He was arrested at his New Awanzee mining location 20 miles south of Marquette and planned to appear in probate court under state law With juvenile status the case may be waived to circuit court if needed for the final action
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Mich
Marquette County
Gloria Jeah Nault
Charlie W. Engle
Marquette State Poilice Post
Gloria Jen
Rosa Heath
Chicago
Khling
Awanzey
Here
Engle
Mithothies
Ural
Rors
British RAF raids devastate Essen Krupp works
London reports say 1036 RAF bombers struck Essen during a heavy night raid aimed at Krupp munitions, with Churchill promising further severe actions alongside the United States. Losses totaled 35 aircraft, while German authorities claimed 37 RAF planes shot down over Duisburg and Essen. Churchill warned future raids would vary in scale and methods.
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BR. As
Jethal
Essen
Miter Churchil
Hitler
Krupp
Churchill
United States
Armada
Cologne
RA. F
Duisbeayz Ated
Oterhausen
Germany
Weather forecast fragment for Tuesday night in Texas
Fragmented OCR weather item notes airport temperature and a temperature change event. Mentions lce change and a forecast date labeled as Fare 7 A, with limited readable details and no clear locations beyond Texas.
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