Arizona search for terminal reservoir site advances
The Reclamation Bureau expects to identify a terminal reservoir site to deliver Colorado River water to central Arizona. Commissioner John C. Page told a Senate appropriations panel that several possibilities are under study and a suitable option will be found. He noted potential use of the old Bridge Canyon plant and discussed the high line canal concept and required pumping lift for gravity distribution. He also mentioned power demand uncertainties and Bridge Canyon dam capabilities.
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Washington
Reclamation Bureau
Arizona
Senate Appropriations
Interior Department
John C. Page
Bridge Canyon
Hayden
Dariz
Page
Bridge Canyon Dam
Colorado
Bureau
Gila
Pobe
Baseball scores and line results from major leagues
Baseball results list multiple games with final scores and key pitchers. Chicago and Philadelphia split a tight contest while Cincinnati and New York tied 3 so did Pittsburgh and Boston. St Louis prevailed 5 9 over Brooklyn. Detroit defeated Boston. Cleveland beat New York. Washington edged Chicago. Philadelphia and St. Louis had rain delays.
Britain Ready For Action In Syria After Crete Loss
Cairo dispatch reports telegraph and telephone links between Egypt and Syria cut by Vichy order. Ankara says German motorized infantry landed at Latakia on May 29, per high authority.
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Britain
Syria
Crete
Cairo
Egypt
Ankara
Turkey
Latakia
Morgenthau Signals Tax Limit Amid Rising Spending
Secretary Morgenthau announced the treasury will seek no more than 3.5 billion dollars in new taxes as federal spending climbs from 19.0 to 22.169 billion. The plan proposes higher income, excess profits, gift and estate taxes and boosts on gasoline tobacco liquor and autos. He noted the two thirds funding rule may be dropped due to rapid spending growth.
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Washinton
Morgenthau
Treasury
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Air Force Dominates Crete Defense Says Survivors
British Greek and imperial troops retreating from Crete reveal the Luftwaffe’s dive bombing and machine gun fire, not parachute troops, sealed the island’s fall. Survivors, arriving in Egypt, say reinforcements were blocked by German air mastery and note parachutists used dummy drops to distract defenders.
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Cairo
Egypt
Crete
Germany
RAF
Protection Demands Territory Requisition Powers For War
War Department asks Congress for legislation to grant the President authority to requisition property of any kind deemed necessary for national defense during a national emergency. The measure, approved by the President, Navy, and OPM, mirrors Wilson era powers and includes fair compensation for requisitioned property. The 1920 act and recent draft industry provisions are cited as context.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Wilson
Navy
OPM
Dutch Take French Ship with Germans to Martinique
The Netherlands navy said the warship Van Kinsbergen intercepted the French ship Winnipeg in West Indian waters. Winnipeg carried more than 200 Germans aboard and was bound from Dakar to Martinique. The Germans’ destination and fate were not disclosed.
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London
van Kinsbergen
Winnipeg
Dakar
Martinique
Netherlands
Weygand Flies to Meet with Petain in Vichy
General Maxime Weygand arrived by special plane from North Africa to confer with Marshal Petain at Vichy's Parc hotel. He was greeted by Petain's aide and taken to the private office after a brief wait.
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Vichy
France
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Marshal Petain
Petain
Parc Hotel
Laure
Guards for Arizona dams urged by federal agencies
Washington reports seven power and irrigation works in Arizona urged to be protected from sabotage. Reclamation Commissioner John C. Page asked Congress for 460000 dollars to hire 250 civilian guards and buy protective gear for projects under federal control.
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Washington
Arizona
Congress
Reclamation Bureau
Indian Service
Federal ‘Power Commission
War Department
Senate
John C. Page
Hayden
Dariz
Bureau
Roosevelt Grants Power to Speed War Production
Roosevelt signs a bill to speed armament output for Britain and the United States by assigning mandatory priorities to foreign orders and private industry. The president also acts to keep iron ore flowing to steel plants by allowing Canadian vessels to ship ore between Great Lakes ports during the 1941 season, suspending the coastwise law for a year due to shortages.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Great Britain
United States
White House
Army
Navy
Office of Production Management
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Four Die As Bomber Crashes In San Diego Bay Sabotage Hinted
In San Diego a Consolidated four motor bomber worth 250000 plunged into the bay killing four fliers. A company spokesman cited evidence of sabotage though the craft had been thoroughly tested. Names of presumed dead include William Wheatley Allen T. Austin Bruce K. Craig and William H. Rieser was badly hurt Lewis McCannon among the injured.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego Bay
Consolidated
William Wheatley
Chester
N. Y
Allen T. Austin
Kansas City
Bruce K. Craig
Chicago
William H. Rieser
Cambridge
Mass
Lewis M. McCannon
Woodstock
Ill
Wheatley
Craig
Austin
Unemployment Head Reinstated By Arizona Supreme Court
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled the unemployment compensation commission violated law by ousting G. B. Donaldson as executive director. He must be reinstated and paid full salary since Feb 28 under a merit system. The ruling addresses concerns over director consolidation and future tenure.
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Lewis E. Irvine
State Unemployment Commission
State Supreme Court
Phoenix
Arizona Unemployment Compensation Commission
G. B. Donaldson
Alfred C. Lockwood
Donaldson
Osborn
Lewis Irvine
High Tribunal
Commission
New Mexico Water Users Lose Case Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court refused to review a decision fining R. W. Brooks and three others $100 each for violating a 1935 decree governing Gila River water diversions from Arizona. The New Mexico water users defaulted on payments in 1939, gates were locked, and officials then seized the river and canals to distribute water without regard to the decree.
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Washington
Supreme Court
R. W. Brooks
Gila River
Arizona
New Mexico
Ninth Federal Circuit Court
Fear The Nazis Aim In Crete Victory Analysis
DeWitt Mackenzie writes in absentia that the Crete campaign yields a costly but superficial Nazi air arm triumph. Crete’s value lies in removing a British safe zone in the eastern Mediterranean and as a stepping stone toward the Near East, though Cyprus and Syria risks loom. Hitler’s Iraq setback is noted as a strategic shift connected to Crete’s siege.
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Crete
Mediterranean
Near East
Cyprus
Syria
Alexandria
Hitler
Iraq
Hitler Duce Center On War After Victory
Berlin reports Reichsmarschall Goering praised Nazi paratroopers who seized Crete, claiming no island is unconquerable. Rome notes Fascists expect talks between Hitler and Mussolini at Brenner pass amid U S actions in the Atlantic region and defense of the western hemisphere.
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Hitler
Duce
Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Crete
Fuehrer
Rome
United States
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Roosevelt
French West Africa
Azores
Atlantic Islands
Mussolini
Axis Funds Freezing Order Too Late, Morgenthau Says
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau warned at a press briefing that a freezing order to stop Axis funds from leaving the United States was too late. He said the Axis had already moved sizable funds in anticipation and remarked that "The barn is empty." Crete’s fall spurred speculation of renewed Axis offensives in the Mediterranean and strategic moves toward Iraq’s oil fields and Suez access.
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Britain
Mediterranean
Syria
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Iraq
Suez Canal
Crete
Darlan
France
Middle East
United States
Suez
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Libya
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Tunisia
Malta
Aegean
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Hitler
Axis
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Palestine
Three Senators Urge Longer Hours for War Effort
Washington June 2 three senators seeking to aid the defense effort proposed longer working hours. Norris would have government operate troubled plants, Taft urged relaxing wage hour limits during the emergency, Lucas backed broad presidential powers to ensure uninterrupted guns planes and tanks. Ellender opposed any general move.
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Washington
Norris
Ind- Neb
Taft
Ohio
Lucas
D-Ill
Resignations Accepted at Arizona State Hospital purge
Five of 170 employees at the state hospital for the insane resigned on request of a new board led by Dr. O L Bendheim. He said five more would be accepted before day’s end while noting physicians would not be affected. Dentists, matron, supervisor of male personnel, chief engineer, bookkeeper, and night watchman left. replacements named, while staff physicians remain.
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Phoenix
State Hospital For
O. L. Bendheim
Bendheim
L. B. Stallcup
Lena Bowling
Bisbee
Bencheéim
Axis leaders hold Brenner Pass meeting on war aims
Hitler and Mussolini met at Brenner Pass in a five hour session to align on the political and military path amid Mediterranean theater concerns. Keitel Cavallero Ribbentrop and Ciano attended as Axis chiefs discuss Britain's fate and regional operations.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Hitler
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Balkan
Crete
Wilhelm Keitel
Ugo Cavallero
Red Sea
Middle Eastern
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Brennero
Vice Admirals Approved in House for Special Duties
The House passed a bill authorizing the President to appoint special vice admirals for special or unusual duties with no specified limit. It may empower them to command naval units for missions at sea, with vice admiral rank, pay, and allowances while serving.
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Washington
House
Senate
North Atlantic
the Navy
Ralph A. Bard
Metzger Named to New Arizona Hospital Board
Dr Jeremiah P Metzger of Tucson left state hospital superintendency yesterday and joined the new Arizona Hospital board to direct operations. Governor Osborn announced his one year term on Saturday. Other members include Estelle Bjerg Flagstaff chair Mrs Anna M Hirst Douglas J M Smith Central and Dr H Clay Skinner Tempe.
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Phoenix
Jeremiah P. Metzger
Tucson
State Hospital
O. L. Bendheim
Osborn
Estelle Bjerg
Flagstaff
Anna M. Hirst
Douglas
J. M. Smith
Central
H. Clay Skinner
Tempe
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