Pershing backs universal military training for youth
General Pershing endorsed universal military training for American youth and urged rapid implementation. He called on the U S to supply air planes and munitions to allies and appealed for public support of a 20 million dollar Red Cross drive. He spoke in response to President Roosevelt’s views on compulsory service.
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Red Cross
Washington
Jot J. Pershing
America
Roosevelt
Pershing
International News Service
French Bravery at Front Cited
Eye witness account from Ken Downs describes French armies on the Somme holding under a ferocious German assault. He cites tanks destroyed by a single anti tank gun crew, 40 tanks taken by a battery of 75s, and notes the dire stakes as the front churns with constant air and artillery bombardment.
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Kenneth Downs
International News Service
Kennet Wn
Somme
Londera
Paris
France
Eighr
Clvans
Hilstory
Four Cultists Beaten by Arkansas Mob
In Glenwood Arkansas four Jehovah’s Witness adherents were badly beaten by a mob that halted tract distribution. The captives Austin Alkire Carl Alkire Walter Conway and Jack Sprickbind were driven from town three weeks earlier and now held by the sheriff in Murfreesboro for safekeeping.
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Atk
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Murfresboro
Austin Alkire
Carl Alkire
Salem
Walter Conway
Texarka
Jack Sprickbind
Davey
Red Claim Denied by Lawyers' Body
Chicago chapter board of directors and a special committee rejected Berle Jr's accusation that the National Lawyers guild leans toward Communist action. The panel to probe Berle's resignation was announced by Abraham W. Brussel, with Federal Judge William H. Holly appointed to lead the inquiry next week.
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Lawyers’ Body
Chicago, June
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National Lawyers’ Guild
Hne
Communist Party Action
Adair Berle Jr
Chicago
Berle
Ing Week
Waa
Abraham W. Brussel
William H. Holly
Labor Unity for Defense Urged
CHICAGO labor leader William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, urged full cooperation with the national defense program. He warned against industrial conflict, calling for calm and patience from both employers and workers and rules of fair treatment, stressing that labor wants work and employers want production. He urged collective bargaining to settle differences peacefully.
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Chicago
ucWw
William Green
American Federation of Labor
National Defense
Green
Ford Says Farms Form Nation's Defense Core
Dearborn Mich June 8 Henry Ford warned the nation that farming and efficient management are the fundamental lines of defense. He noted food and clothing materials come from soil and urged careful supervision of those in charge while offering to assist by utilizing farms as the life line of the country. Ford also cited a government order sending a new type pursuit plane to Dearborn for his engineers to examine and said he could produce 1000 planes daily for defense if needed.
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Dearborn
Mich
INS
Henry Ford
United States
America
Pord
What Department
Ford
Ine
Compulsory War Training Backed In Congress Rally
Lawmakers back universal military training and school rifle practice echoing Swiss model. Hearst paper advocates cited while several representatives and senators urge youth drill and related defense education as lawmakers push Byrnes bill to train 300000 boys in non combat branches.
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United States
Wiley
Hearst
Patrick
D.-Ala
Sv] Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sabath
House Rules Committee
Con
Mason
Carter
Calif
Bol
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
Jessie Gumners
R-T
Rogers
Schiffler
R.-W. Va
Bell
D.nm
Tabsion
R.-Ky
Johns
R.-Wis
Schwert
Sai
Byrnes
CCG
Defense push slows or speeds trade outlook
Secretary Hop king reported in a monthly business survey that defense efforts are improving business activity but will take months to gain momentum. Immediate May reactions showed a sharp drop in export trade and weaker consumer buying, though firm defense resolve is translating into a stronger government program to push the economy forward.
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Washington
INS
Galvimerce
Harry Hopking
Suspect Held In Green Dragon Narcotics Ring
Chicago police and federal narcotics agents seized 40 year old Thomas Stoble, a reputed member of the Green Dragon gang, held on a $15,000 bond awaiting removal to Fort Worth Texas where he faces indictment. Two leaders Phil Chadwick and Ethel Chadwick were arrested last month in Chicago and sent to Texas.
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Chicago
Ship Radios Get FCC Warning
The FCC warned United States ship radio operators and ship stations licensees that superfluous or unidentified communications between ship stations and shore stations will not be tolerated. It stressed that the ship master holds supreme authority, and the commission will vigorously uphold provisions of the law.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
United States
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