Italy grants full powers to Cavallero and approves military budget
Rome reports Gen Ugo Cavallero is named coordinator of all military activities by Mussolini's cabinet. The ministers approve laws of administrative nature and an appropriation of 2.5 billion lire for navy wartime expenses. The cabinet also plans workman's compensation for disabled students from compulsory gymnastics and related pay scales.
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Rome
Italy
Ugo Cavallero
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Paselst Chamber
Seeviea
East Africa Forces Move Into Egypt In Wider War
Reported actions show South African forces active in Somaliland and Ethiopia with air power dominance. Nazi pocket submarines sighted near Beirut. German air base at Latakia near Syria designed to threaten Cyprus. Malta vows to repel Axis attempts, citing lessons from Crete. rail freight intensification noted on Romanian lines amid border troop concentrations near the Soviet Union.
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Tives
Jan
Somaliland
Ethiopia
Syri
Reuters
Beirut
Lebanon
Ankara
Turkey
Latakia
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Cr Incing
Tatak
Latak
Malta
William G. S. Dobbie
Crete
No Strike Contracts Signed by Hawaii Defense Plants
A five company group and the A F L international union signed a no strike no lockout contract for 160 Hawaii defense workers on Oahu and nearby bases. The pact covers 1250000 dollars in work and includes a 30 day negotiation period with raises from 10 to 46 percent, marking the second such agreement in a week after a prior deal for 600 electricians. Robert Sneed, union president, said the contract is a real contribution to national defense.
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Honolulu
CPA
Hawaii
A. F. L. International Operating Engineers
Robert Sneed
Oahu Island
Speed
Oahu
Sueed
Damage by Fire To Liner's Cargo Exceeds 100000
Fire swept through a general cargo aboard the American President liner President Jackson in Jersey City raising damage estimates to between 100000 and 200000. Sixty passengers awaiting the San Francisco voyage spent the night in a hotel while officials hoped for a late today departure. Police attributed the blaze to a spark from an acetylene torch and the ship was to be turned over to the Navy upon arrival at San Francisco.
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Jersey City
N. J
President Jackson
San Francisco
Jackson
Navy
Italy Approves 2.5 Billion Lira Navy Budget
Rome reports budget and military committees of the Fascist Chamber approve an appropriation of 2.5 billion lire about 125 million dollars for naval needs. The move signals Italy's plan to strengthen its navy amid ongoing tensions in Europe.
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Italy
Rome
Fascist Chamber
Britain Sees Peace Talks Misleading and Need for Resolve
Winant reported Britain could negotiate peace among leaders but U S officials reject peace rumors as German propaganda. Senators from both parties heard Britain express confidence, while Churchill’s foes face Nazi dominance concerns and debate over long range bombers and U S entry. Roosevelt flatly denies any peace offer.
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Rudolph Zi
G Qagriand
Scougng
Berlin
HK Hié
States Atlantic
Churchill
Ireece
Crete
United States
Britain
Be Bevi
Germany
Wallace
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tom Connally
D-Tex
James F. Byrnes
Hin
D-ala
Lastant
Who
Winant
United States Executive
Congress
London
Roosevelt
Nazis deny rumors of false peace plan in US
Berlin reports an authorized spokesman rejects President Roosevelt claim of papers outlining German propaganda aims. The spokesman says the assertion is based on falsified documents or false information and disputes the existence of any such official German plan. The remark follows Roosevelt’s statement about alleged German propaganda purposes in the United States.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
London Warned Crete a Rehearsal To Fire Invasion
London front page reports a dispatch from Istanbul claiming a German Nazi plan involved Crete as a rehearsal for operations against Ireland. The note cites a German linked to the Nazi embassy and suggests aims to sever ties between America and Britain.
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London
Crete
Lord Express
Istanbul
Ger
Ireland
America
Britain
Peace Efforts Amid English Collapse But Stressed by Spokesman
A spokesman stated that efforts to spread stories about England's collapse and desire for peace come from English and American sources. The remark emphasizes the dual origin of the narrative rather than a single source.
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England
Bombs Hit Southeast Coast as Axis Ships Fire on Britain
Reports say axis supply ships fired on the coast injuring people. Bombs struck a town on the southeast coast with 12 casualties. London did not sound an alarm though anti aircraft guns fired intermittently. First major blast on the capital in almost a month with earlier fire bombs on June 4.
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London
Nazi air raids hit British shipping from Scotland to West Africa
Berlin reported yesterday that Nazi air raids devastated British sea commerce from Scotland to West Africa. Three merchant ships were sunk and others damaged, including a 3,000 ton freighter sunk about 250 miles off West Africa and two more vessels totaling 27,500 tons destroyed off the Scottish coast. Two large merchants were damaged in the Thames Estuary and long range guns shelled shipping near Folkestone.
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Berlin
Britain
Scotland
West Africa
High Command
West African
Scottish
Thames Estuary
English Channel
Folkestone
Girls Serve as Sailors Aboard Soviet Steamships
Moscow reports that 30 girls have been hired by the White Sea Onega Steamship Line to work as sailors and navigators. Some veterans of the Finnish War are onboard while others are in training. Raisa Vlasova, a Leningrad Naval School graduate who helped start this Komsomol effort, is assigned as pilot of the passenger steamer Karl Marx.
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Moscow
Kimsomol Pravda
Communist Youth Organization
White Sea
Onega
Raisa Vlasova
Leningrad
Komsomol
Karl Marx
Labor Secretary Faced With Curtiss Wage Dispute Protest
Regional C. S. O. Director Hugh Thompson protested to Labor Secretary Frances Perkin about the Labor Department naming arbitrators in the wage dispute at Curtiss-Wright's Buffalo plant with the Aircraft union. Thompson cited UAW charges of company unionism and warned the intervention could validate a company union and undermine the National Labor Relations Board.
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Buffalo
Hugh Thompson
Frances
Weygand and Darlan clash over Africa campaign limits
Reports say Weygand opposed German demands and kept African stocks for colonial defense only. Advices indicate Darlan pressed for rapid shipments from Africa while Leahy sought talks with Petain and Darlan. The plan reportedly targets Lake Chad, Chari, and Congo in a French led campaign with limited French air power.
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Weygand
Darian
Africa
North
France
Wergand
Admiral Leahy
Charles Rochat
Foreign Office
H. Freeman Matthews
United States
Leahy
Matthews
Darlan
Marshal
Henri Philippe
Lake Chad
Chari River
Congo
Free France
Sudan
Paris
Vichy
Gabon
French Equatorial Africa
Nave Scon
Dakar
Jean Marie Bergeret
Dutch and Japanese notes fail to break war stalemate
Yoshizawa delays final decision after rejecting Dutch memorandum on raw materials and other points. Van Mook says no new order in the Indies and the Netherlands maintains its course while continuing economic ties within war limits. Yoshizawa, golfing with the British consul general, says he will decide after further clarifications whether to stay or leave Tokyo remains to be determined.
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Yoshizawa
Tokyo
van Mook
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
van Mok
Netherlands Indies
Germany
Alond Istush
Toro
U S Vows to Keep Indies Trade Open at Any Cost
Washington reports high defense officials testified before a House subcommittee that the United States will maintain its supply line from the Dutch East Indies at any cost. The briefing indicated possible rubber rationing for tires and noted a bitter feud between OPM leaders and Interior Secretary Ickes over critical materials.
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Washington
INS
Congress
United States
Dutch East Indies
House
OPM
East Indies
Ickes
Roosevelt orders action to end aviation strike
The administration prepared a compulsory demand for a union shop a 10 cent wage rise and a minimum wage of 75 cents an hour amid ongoing West Coast aviation plant stoppages. The President delayed signing to allow workers to decide whether to return to work by Monday as planes are crucial for defense.
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Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Bill Backman
Office of Production Atonnepenans Lata Wandardar Hann
Dened
Debudeed
Lle Siimne
West Coast
Early
Pam
Union at Plane Plant To Explain Stand Today
In Inglewood California Richard T Frankensteen head of the CIO U A W aviation division said a complete statement of the unions stand in the North American Aviation strike would be issued after noon. He noted President Roosevelt would order the army to take over the plant Monday if the walkout continued. Bill Backman on the negotiating committee said the strike will continue and workers will not return today.
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North American Aviation Company
West
Tralewaad
Cali
Washington
Inglewood
Calif
Gpi
Richard T. Frankensteen
C. I. O.-U. A. W. Aviation Division
North American Aviation Corporation
Roosevelt
Army
Frankensteen
Spinster Embezzled 517000 to Bet on Horses
Norristown Pennsylvania June 7 Bespectacled H Eugenia Adicks 42 pleaded guilty to embezzling 17000 from Burn Mawr Building and Loan Association She admitted betting on horses stating she never bet more than ten dollars at a time The judge sent her to the State Industrial Home for an indefinite term
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Norristown
H. Eugenia Adicks
Burn Mawr Building and Loan Association
Harold
Nurses Sail For England To Aid Red Cross Staff
Forty eight Americans including 29 Red Cross nurses have sailed for England to join the American Red Cross Harvard Hospital project now being built. The 126 bed facility in southwestern England will be manned by 80 Americans, 62 of them nurses, with names and home addresses of several travelers listed.
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England
Red Cross
Washington
Clergy and Laity Honor Father O Malley at Canisius
More than 1300 gathered at St Michael s Church to bid farewell to Rev Francis A O Malley S J 42 president of Canisius College who died Monday night of peritonitis A pontifical mass was celebrated by Most Rev John A Duffy bishop of Buffalo and the priest was buried in the Jesuit plot Pine Hill Cemetery
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Father O’malley
Buffalo
St. Michael’s Church
Francis A. O'Malley
S.J
Canisius College
John A. Duffy
Father O'Malley
Pine Hill Cemetery
Roof Collapse Kills 19 Year Old in New Mexico Village
In Charteles near Santa Fe a sod roof collapsed during heavy rains. Ruth Vigil, 19, died in her sleep. Her sister and two brothers in the same room survived. Local authorities investigated the accident as a residential collapse.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Ruth
Charteles
Horse on Law's Guardian Dobbin Falls Into Hole
A horse named Dobbin fell into a deep hole at a home reported by a patrolman in Albuquerque. The tension rose as the officer drew a pistol then called for a derrick to rescue the animal. No injuries are noted.
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Law
Dobbin
Albuquerque
Cleo Roberson
London says Weygand yields to German terms
London reports that Weygand has accepted German terms and Vichy will place French naval and air bases in Europe and colonies under German control. Key bases include Dakar Casablanca Algiers Villefranche Cette and Beirut. France loses Alsace Lorraine and Pas de Calais to the Reich. occupation of northern coast ends after the war but Alsace Lorraine regions stay under Germany for 20 years.
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Vichy
Germany
France
French Empire
Alsaces
Lorraine
Pas-de-Calais
Holland
Belgium
Lke
Alsace
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Chad
Washington
London
United States
Axis Planes Hit at Malta And Tobruk
Italian High Command reports renewed air attacks on Malta and the British stronghold at Tobruk Libya. A British counterattack from surrounded Tobruk was repelled. In East Africa fierce fighting along the Omo River and in Galla Sidamo. Sudanese efforts to encircle Gondar garrison noted. Malta raids set Halfar airport afire. Tobruk bombers hit barracks in Sidi Barrani zone.
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Rome
Malta
Tobruk
Libya
High Command
Daily War Bulletin
East Africa
Omo
Galla Sidamo
Ethiopia
Gondar
Mediterranean
Halfar
Sidi Barrani
British Make New Advance In Ethiopia
British East and West African troops crossed the Omo River in Southern Ethiopia and captured Abalti with 2,000 Italian prisoners. One column breached the river at two points near a steep escarpment while another crossed a swollen ford near Soddy, seizing 1,000 prisoners and 15 Italian guns. Operations were ongoing with Italian defenses reported as overcome.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Colony
Omo
Ethiopia
Abalti
Jimma
Soddy
Maidenhead
Thames
Policeman Kills Two In Pool Room Shootout
New York June 7 INS A sick leave policeman faced three Brooklyn poolroom bandits at midnight in front of the Cleveland Street billiard academy. Cappadora shot the chest wound victim as a retreating bandit fled and another thug was shot in the stomach, sending two rivals to Kings County Hospital in critical condition. The lone bandit escaped.
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New York
INS
Brooklyn
Kings County Hospital
Lazaro ‘Donaruma
Gaspar Ciaco‘Yoni
Tan Guigielmo Cappadora
Cleveland Street Billiard Academy
Cappadora
Australia Extends Censorship Order
Canberra reports an amendment to the national security act giving the Australian government power to prohibit any newspaper whose editor printer or publisher has repeatedly disregarded a censorship order.
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Australia
Camberra
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