Roosevelt urges $285 million for Great Lakes St Lawrence seaway plan
President Roosevelt asks Congress to authorize 285 million dollars to complete the Great Lakes St Lawrence waterway and power project. He says approval would deter enemies by proving U S will outproduce them and provide 2 2 million horsepower for defense. Hearings start June 16 with New York Authority contributing 93 million.
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Roosevelt
America
Congress
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Senate
Canada
St. Lawmee
Pne
Norway
Dardanelles
House
New York
Pima Senators Seek 30 Day Notice for Extra Session
Pima County leaders urge Governor Osborn to call a special session with at least 30 days notice to study the Boulder dam power issue and potential state tax impacts. Senator H H d Autremont and Senator William Kimball push for formal requests through Paul Keefe and James Herron, while Rep Robert Forbes backs the plan.
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Sidney P. Osborn
Pima County
H. H. d’Autremont
William Kimball
Robert H. Forbes
d’Autremont
Kimball
Paul C. Keefe
Clarkdale
Senate
Keefe
James Herron
House
Dr. Forbes
Boulder Dam
State Tax Commission
Osborn
Phoenix
Colorado River
Arizona
PIMA
German raids hit broad English regions in night attack
German planes struck the midlands south east northwest England East Anglia and London in widespread overnight raids. The German news agency said key targets were hit with limited casualties and damage. Three bombers were shot down while British bombers also attacked Zeebrugge harbor hitting the mole and cargo. A 5000 ton supply vessel off Norway was struck and set on fire.
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London
Midlands
England
East Anglia
DNB
Berlin
Air Ministry
Zeebrugge
Norway
Army Air Corps Creates Flight Ferry Command
The U S Army Air Corps forms a flight ferry command to move warplanes from American factories to Canada and other western hemisphere points. Pilots will seize planes for Britain and U S forces at factories and gain training while speeding Atlantic bomber deliveries.
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Washington
U.P
U. S. Army Air Corps
Canada
Western Hemisphere
Atlantic
Britain
George H. Brett
Air Corps
U. S. Air Corps
Arizona Tax Revenue Surges on Government Contracts
Arizona tax reports show April sales tax income up 5.2 million from last year with total taxable income $28.37 million. Private contract work and rail shipments lead gains. retail, rentals, restaurants, mining, lumbering and manufacturing all rise. Statewide collections reach 410 thousand with allocations to counties and funds.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Tax Commission
L. H. Wixson
Social Security Fund
Tax Commission
Cochise
Gila
Maricopa
Pima
Santa Cruz
Yavapai
Border Patrol Station Set On Nogales Highway
A U S border patrol checking station will be established one half mile north of the Kinsley service station on the Nogales highway to inspect northbound cars for aliens who illegally entered the country. Chief Carson Morrow said the station will be manned 24 hours a day and drivers will be asked for citizenship only as needed. Signs warning drivers to slow and stop will be posted beyond the station to prevent accidents.
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U. S. Border Patrol
Kinsley
Nogales Highway
Carson Morrow
Tucson
Morrow
27 Year Age Limit Sought for Draftees in New Legislation
Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey testified before the Senate Military Committee that new amendments to the selective service act would restrict induction to men aged 21 through 27, with a 27 year cutoff for those 27 or older on October 16, 1940. Senator Lodge urged coding the limit into the law as the panel planned action the next day.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Congress
Selective Service
Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Military Committee
General Hershey
Lodge
R-Mass
Hershey
Plane Strike Closes Great Coast Factory
The CIO UAW union declared a strike at North American Aviation in Inglewood California. Workers were ordered not to report to work as talks with the company and the defense mediation board continued.
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Great Coast
Washington
The
Defense Mediation Board
Columbia Basin
Oregon
Inglewood
Calif
Clio-United Automobile Workers Union
North American Aviation Corporation
National Defense Mediation Board
J. H. Kindelberger
W. P. Goodman
Cio-Uaw
CIO
North American
British Force On Verge Of Syria Move
Beirut reports Gen Henri Dentz told Syria forces France has changed its policy toward Germany and ordered troops to posts to defend territory. Dentz denied German forces in Syria. Alexandria reports German planes bombed 90 minutes and failed to hit ships or property. London sources predict an imminent, far reaching Middle East event with Nazi troops arriving in a strategic Syria under French mandate.
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Beirut
Syria
Henri Dentz
Armed Forces of
France
Germany
Dentz
Alexandria
Egypt
London
Middle East
Britain edging to action in Syria against Vichy Germans
Britain plans a far reaching move in Syria to protect its Middle East foothold and Suez access, accusing Vichy in collaboration with Berlin. Spokesmen reaffirm Eden's warning of a British attack in Syria to block German footholds, with details to follow.
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London
Britain
Syria
Middle East
Berlin
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Tucson Man Named Business Manager At Arizona Hospital For The Insane
Dr J C Reagan of Tucson educa tional director at CCC camp in South Mountain park was offered the post of business manager of the Arizona hospital for the insane effective July 1 The board said he was not an applicant and did not know he was being considered The job carries 3000 a year and replaces the abolished steward Reagan is a native of Reagan Texas and a University of Texas graduate
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Phoenix
J. C. Reagan
Tucson
CCC
South Mountain Park
Arizona Hospital For the Insane
Reagan
Texas
Tex
University of
Prayers Of Britain Seek Allenby For Near East Crisis
A nightly feature argues Britain needs a commander like Allenby to strike in the Near East. It weighs General Sir Henry Wilson as a potential ally and notes Syria Lebanon are declared enemy occupied territory for blockade. British air raids target oil in Beirut to pressure German forces in French territory.
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Britain
Allenby
Jerusalem
Damascus
Near East
Turkey
Mediterranean
New World
Henry Maitland Wilson
Palestine
Transjordan
Wilson
Syria
Lebanon
French Mandate
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Beirut
Anthony Eden
Hitler
Iraq
Seizure Law Held Bottleneck and Gas Restrictions Sought
Petroleum Administrator Ickes said oil restrictions in the east are probable within a month and may extend to gasless Sundays or no pleasure driving. He urged daylight saving time and criticized power officials while noting a potential east oil shortage and a push for oil pipeline legislation.
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Washington
Ickes
Cc. W. Kellogg
Edison Electric Institute
Office of Production Management
America
East
Roosevelt
Rumanians and Germans massing on Russia frontier
Ankara reports from Turkish circles say Germany has 100 divisions on the Russian frontier in Poland and 30 divisions near Rumania while Romania mobilizes 25 divisions. Officials call mobilizations routine for the season and dismiss early entry rumors as alarmist.
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Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Germany
Poland
Rumania
Hull outlines U.S. stance on French collaboration with Germany
Secretary of State Hull warned France against a policy of collaboration with other powers for aggression and oppression. He described potential French subservience and loss of rights, signaling a shift toward limiting armistice terms and maintaining American support for French possessions in the hemisphere.
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Washington
United States
France
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Hull
Vichy
Jaly
North Africa
302nd Signal Corps Arrives At Tucson Air Base
The 302nd signal corps from March Field California arrived today at the Tucson air base where it will be permanently stationed. About 160 officers and men are included in the corps and information comes from the war department via Senator E. W. McFarland of Arizona.
Baseball results from the American and National Leagues
Scores show Boston routing Cleveland 103 033 0 to none with Harris Pytlak Milnar Heving Dorsett Hemsley. New York limited Detroit 000 002 0 and Donald Rosar Newhouser Tebbetts. Philadelphia 060 000 030 to 993 Chicago 119 000 002 with Knott Hayes Smith Hallett Tresh Hudson Gatehouse Ferrell. all National League games were rained out.
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Cleveland
Harris & Pytlak
Milnar, Heving, Dorsett
New York
Detroit
Donald
Philadelphia
Chicago
Knott and Hayes
Smith, Hallett and Tresh
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