France’s Axis Collaboration Threatens Allied Hold on Mediterranean
The article argues France is reviving war readiness and aligning with Germany under Darlan and Weygand. It links this to Crete’s fall and Axis meetings, warning of possible Cyprus air strikes, Suez raids, Haifa land advances, and a push from French North Africa toward Tobruk and Dakar, threatening Gibraltar.
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Germany
Darlan
Marshal Petain
Maxime Weygand
Mediterranean
Crete
Brennero
Syria
Iraq
Palestine
France
Dakar
Damascus
Cyprus
Lebanon
Suez Canal
Haifa
Canal
Turkey
Suez
Tunisia
Axis
Tobruk
M. Darlan
Sfax
French
Morocco
Weygand
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Parity Loans Face Veto By President
President Roosevelt plans to veto a bill funding 85 percent parity loans if Congress attaches a minimum price amendment for government farm purchases. The stalemate leaves no funds in the current law for parity loans and a separate measure seeks a $1 million increase for the Commodity Credit Corporation. Farm leaders push the price cap while officials warn it would hinder Britain surplus purchases and aid distributions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congressional
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
Sugar plan sparks Senate debate on sugar production
Senator Clark proposes removing production limits and sending surplus to Great Britain during debate on a bill reallocating Philippine deficit shares. Ellender counters that unlimited production would flood markets. O'Mahoney defends the bill while Hull and Wickard oppose it.
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Washington
Clark
Great Britain
Visitors overstep hosts at Belleville park shelter
BELLEVILLE June 3 councilmen caution visitors but a break in at the city park shelter house escalated when vandals smashed windows and pulled out framework to fuel a fireplace for a makeshift weiner roast.
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Belleville
Ill
City Park
Air Corps to Train 200 Flyers at Pocatello Campus
More than 200 United States Army Air Corps officers and men will occupy Idaho Southern University dormitories for two weeks after classes end next week. They will use campus buildings including the dining hall if approved by the state board of education and conduct extensive training maneuvers at the municipal airport.
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United States Army Air Corps
Idaho Southern University
John R. Nichols
Pocatello
Nichols
State Board of Education
Taylor piano medal awarded to Amy Cox at BYU
Miss Amy Cox of Pocatello received the Taylor gold medal for piano at the BYU faculty award assembly in Provo on May 22 for high scholastic standing and outstanding piano ability.
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Taylor
Amy Cox
Pocatello
Brigham Young University
Provo
Cox
Rotarians to Hear Bailey Address Duties and Responsibilities
John M. Bailey supreme counselor of the United Commercial Travelers will attend the tri state convention in Pocatello next Thursday and Friday and address Rotarians at the Thursday luncheon on Our Duties and Responsibilities.
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John M. Bailey
The
United Commercial Travelers
Pocatello
Weather forecast for unsettled week with storms
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Wednesday with thunderstorms in the west Tuesday afternoon and evening and another round across the state Wednesday afternoon. Temperature expected to stay nearly the same.
Rexburg Man Hurt In Motor Crash
Dale Withers 20 of Rexburg suffered a brain concussion and facial cuts in a 5 40 a m crash near Chubbuck. His car, southbound, sideswiped a northbound 14 ton truck driven by Carl J Rhoads of Pocatello. Rhoads avoided collision by steering right. Withers appeared to be asleep. Withers was taken to General hospital. his car demolished. Rhoads was not injured.
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Dale Withers
Rexburg
Chubbuck
Withers
Carl J. Rhoads
Pocatello
Pershing
Tommy Cavanaugh
Rhoads
General Hospital
Growers Vote Control of Wheat Sales
Wheat farmers voted to invoke marketing quotas under the 1938 farm act to limit surplus wheat sales this year. Quotas for cotton and tobacco already approved. loans at about 85 percent of parity depend on quota approval and funds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Idaho
Utah
Congress
Baseball Scores From Rainy Saturday Evening Works
National Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New York 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Derringer Moore and Lombardi Carpenter Hartnett St Louis 0 0 0 0 6 1 Brooklyn 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 M Cooper Nahem Krnst Mancuso Badgett Wratt Owen Pittsburgh 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 9 1 Boston 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Heintzelman Cowman Lopez Lamanna Tobin Javery Sullivan Berres Mass Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Philadelphia 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 Lee Olsen McCullough Hughes Livingston American New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Detroit 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 4 7 0 Peek Rosar Trout Tebbetts Boston Cleveland Philadelphia at Chicago rain postponed
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Cincinnati
New York
Derringer
L. Moore
Lombardi
Carpenter and Hartnett
St. Louis
Brooklyn
M. Cooper
Nahem
Krnst
Mancuso
Badgett, Wratt and Owen
Pittsburgh
Boston
Heintzelman
Cowman
Lopez
Lamanna
Tobin
Javery
Sullivan
Berres
Mass
American
Detroit
Peek
Rosar
Trout and Tebbetts
Hughes Quits Bench For Private Life
Washington June 3 Charles Evans Hughes resigns as chief justice of the United States effective June 1 due to health and age. At 79 he ends 19 years on the Supreme Court and a varied public career. Rumors point to Attorney General Robert H. Jackson as his successor with another vacancy likely filled by Senator Byrnes.
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Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Robert H. Jackson
Roosevelt
Hughes
James McReynolds
Byrnes
South Carolina
Congress
White House
New York
Liquor Trials Open June 5 in Local Court
The first of 24 cases charging illegal liquor sales will open at 10 a m Thursday in the city police court before Justice of the Peace William J Ryan. Defendants include C Earl Scott and Clifford Curtis of Ford's Place 126 South Main.
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Justice of the Peace
William J. Ryan
C. Earl Scott
Clifford Curtis
Ford's Place
South Main Street
Bannock County
Clarence M. Jeffery
James Munroe
Mint Cigar Store
East Center Street
Bob Robbins
Keystone Club
Scott
Curtis
Fifth District
Justice Courts
T. Bailey Lee
Burley
Idahoans Marry in Salt Lake City Licenses Issued
Salt Lake City June 3 licenses listed couples from Utah and Idaho including Lee Vanney Neilson of Redmond and Mary Ingrid Anderson of Blackfoot. Howard P Christensen and Frances Smith of Rupert. Dean McMurray Call and Vyla Ruth Burch of Burley. Lawrence Mellor of McCammon and Gwen Hale of Oakley. Charles Beesley and Shirley Nelson of Rexburg.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Lee Vanney Neilson
Redmond
Utah
Mary Ingrid Anderson
Blackfoot
Howard Parley Christensen
Monroe
Frances Smith
Rupert
Dean McMurray Call
Vyla Ruth Burch
Burley
Lawrence Francis Mellor
McCammon
Gwen Hale
Oakley
Charles Emer Beesley
Shirley Arvilla Nelson
Rexburg
Oil firm officials visit Pocatello on inspection tour
A contingent from Continental Oil Company traveled by a private bus to Pocatello on Tuesday for an extended inspection tour of the intermountain district led by Dan Moran of Ponca City Oklahoma, the company's president.
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Continental Oil Company
Pocatello
Intermountain District
Dan Moran
Ponca City
Okla
Liquor Firms Halt Idaho Sales Over Tax Move
Seagram and Calvert liquor makers notified they would no longer sell to the Idaho state dispensary. Superintendent Fred B. Davis did not explain the refusal but said the firms oppose a 20 per cent tax on wholesale liquor price. Wholesale prices rose earlier, lifting retail prices and affecting distillers’ margins.
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Boise
Seagram
Calvert
Idaho
Fred B. Davis
Davis
Roosevelt Defenses Bill Aimed at Deliveries of War Articles
President Roosevelt said the war department bill to give the government power to take private property for defense is designed to assure deliveries of defense articles. A string of other World War II era items followed with reports from New York London San Francisco and Idaho noting various wartime developments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Two Bomber Contracts Awarded Totaling Over 20 Million
The War Department announced two large bomber contracts on June 3. Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in San Diego received $226,636,200. Boeing Aircraft Company in Seattle was awarded $95,242,696.
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Washington
War Department
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Calif
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Wash
Oil Industry Proposes Gasless Sundays to Meet Shortages
The oil industry proposed gasless Sundays and other nationwide restrictions as a way to cope with anticipated shortages in petroleum across the United States and potentially the western hemisphere.
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Washington
United States
Western Hemisphere
Britain Racing Germany For Foothold In Syria Time of Action at Hand
Lou Gehrig dies after two year battle with a rare disease. The Yankee star, 37, known as the Iron Horse, passed at his Bronx home. Funeral planned at Christ Episcopal Church Riverdale with cremation to follow. Gehrig set records for consecutive games 2130 and 34 World Series appearances while earning two MVP awards and a .363 season batting in 1934.
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Britain
Germany
Syria
New York
Lou Gehrig
Iron Horse
New York Yankees
The
Bronx
Lou
Filis
Christ Episcopal Church
Riverdale
Gehrig
Gehrie
Detroit
Spud Alcohol Seen As Powder Aid
Idaho Falls June 3 reports negotiations opened with the federal government to buy potato alcohol for smokeless powder. PF L Hansen Idaho Falls Potato Growers Inc. general manager said outcomes will guide directors in purchasing the now closed potato alcohol experimental plant owned by the University of Idaho. Marvin Aslett, plant superintendent, has been employed by the growers for research work.
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Idaho Falls
PF. L. Hansen
Potato Growers’ Inc
Nec
University of Idaho
Marvin Aslett
Potato Marketing Units Organize in Idaho and Oregon
Boise June 3 Administrative committeemen to serve one year terms if a proposed potato marketing agreement is approved in the June 16 21 referendum were announced by C Q O Youngstrom University of Idaho extension service economist. The proposal sets up the committee to regulate potato shipments according to grades and over from southern Idaho and Malheur County Oregon. Committeemen include Ray Pershall Marsing member and Frank Hooper Weiser alternate representing growers L E Stephens Blackfoot alternate George Weitz Caldwell member and Preston Capell Nampa alternate representing shippers.
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Boise
C. Q O. Youngstrom
University of Idaho Extension Service
Idaho
Malheur County
Oregon
Ray Pershall
Marsing
Frank Hooper
Weiser
L. E. Stephens
Blackfoot
George Weitz
Caldwell
Preston Capell
Nampa
Shippers
Britain weighs Syria move as war drums beat in Europe
London sources hint Britain may already act to seize French Syria amid Franco British tensions. In Paris and Vichy, Petain calls an urgent cabinet meeting as air raid drills loom. Nazi claims show heavy shipping losses while RAF raids strike Berlin and Ruhr targets.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Syria
London
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Germany
Italy
United States
Gayda
Vichy
Philippe Petain
Maxime Weygand
France
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Ankara
Turkey
Marshal Petain
Britain
Hitler
High
Kaiser Wilhelm
United Kingdom
High Command
Luftwaffe
London Admiralty
Berlin
London Air Ministry
Duesseldorf
Duisburg-Ruhrort
Higher Price Beneficial To Cattlemen
San Francisco June 3 Those higher prices for meat boosted western stockmen in March with $52,479,000 in income from cattle and lamb sales across 11 states, up from $41,985,000 a year earlier. Total farm income rose to $109,373,000 including government payments, while crop sales grew to $42,543,000. State figures show Idaho earning $3,723,000, Oregon $4,405,000, Utah $2,870,000, Wyoming $2,360,000, and Montana $3,895,000.
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San Francisco
F. W
Far West
United States Department of Agriculture
Idaho
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Senate OKs Sugar Bill Amid Deficit Quota Shift
The Senate passed a sugar act amendment 45 to 26 allowing the first 75,000 tons of any Philippine deficit to go to foreign countries other than Cuba and the remainder to domestic producers. The measure now goes to the House amid policy debate and shipping cost concerns.
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Britain
Ellender
Cuba
United States
Hull
Wickard
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Washington
Senate
Philippine Islands
House
Lugar
George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations
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Taft
Supreme Court
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Woodrow Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
United States Supreme Court
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Emanuel Shinwell
Churchill
British Labor Conference
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Fruitland
Sports World
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La'c
Bolelin
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