Roosevelt signs ships seizure bill amid idle foreign fleet
President Roosevelt signed a measure authorizing requisition of immobilized foreign ships in American harbors and empowering the maritime commission to take over vessels. The plan speeds national defense by placing idle ships under a 2,000,000-ton emergency fleet for Britain, with 39 Danish and 28 Italian ships among those affected.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
U.S
Philippine Islands
Canal Zone
Britain
Commission
United States
Hecklers Ejected at Pepper Rally in Denver
Police removed about 20 booing dissenters from a Denver interventionist rally led by Senator Pepper. The clash included shouts from hecklers and a mention of the America First Committee, with isolationist Senators Wheeler and Nye having spoken to Denver audiences.
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Denver
Pepper
D-Fla
Sclon
America First Committee
Wheeler
D-Mont
Nye
R-Nd
Baseball results from Pittsburgh and St Louis games
In Pittsburgh the Pirates lost 4 to 58 and New York won 4 to 58 in a first game showing uneven scoring. Sewell and Davis plus Lohrman and Danning worked on the mound for the visitors while Warneke and Mancuso pitched for Boston in the St Louis matchup ending 39 to 16.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Sewell
Davis
Lohrman
Danning
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Warneke
Mancuso
Salvo
Masi
Baseball Scores and Box Note from Early American League Play
Summaries of several early league games with line scores and pitcher catches. Boston lost to Chicago with Dobson and Pytlak contributing for Chicago while Ross and Tresh led Boston. Philadelphia beat Cleveland with Beckman and Hayes combining on the mound as Hemsley worked for Cleveland. Washington defeated Detroit as Chase and Zuber split duties with Early and Tebbetts supporting the offenses.
Draft Deferment For Those Over 28 Grows In Law Debate
Senate Military Affairs Committee backs an amendment to defer induction for draftees reaching age twenty eight under the selective service act. The plan gives the President discretion to defer at twenty eight, with a 5 to 3 vote and opposition from Chairman Reynolds and others.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Reynolds
Hill Dala
Kilgore
D-Wva
Selective Service Bureau
Gurney
R-Sd
Johnson
D-Cole
Holman
R-Ore
Thomas
R-Idaho
Bridges
R-Ny
Plane Plant Union Leaders Map Campaign
In Inglewood California CIO United Automobile Workers aviation division leaders meet with strike chiefs at the North American aircraft plant where 196 million dollars worth of military planes halted due to a wage dispute. 11 500 workers are idle.
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Inglewood
Calif
CIO
United Automobile Workers’ Aviation Division
North American Aircraft
National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Millions Face Out In Use Of Power And Oil
Washington reports warn of a possible restraint on oil and electricity as war demands tighten supplies. Ickes warns eastern residents may be asked to spare automobiles for pleasure, while production officials say civilian power curtailment may be needed to support aluminum and magnesium for aircraft and lend-lease. Daylight saving time is urged to aid energy conservation.
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Washington
Ickes
Defense Petroleum
Seaboard
Office of Production Management
Britain Faces New Threat as Nazis Map Syria Move
British and German movements in the Middle East heighten concern over a possible Suez drive. Berlin denies troops in Syria while BBC reports Damascus occupancy. France vows to defend its mandate as Crete setbacks hurt British prestige and prompts calls for decisive action.
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London
Suez
Germany
Britain
Syria
French Mandate
Bam
Middle East
Don
Crete
Cyprus
NBC
Ankara
Turkey
Damascus
Trans- Jordan
Imperial War Council
France
Force Labor Peace Seen As FDR Plan Through 1940s
President Roosevelt through his labor policy advisory committee condemns three West Coast strikes hindering defense work. The actions hit San Francisco Bay shipyards, North American Aviation in Inglewood California, and Puget Sound lumber area in Washington. He hints at possible federal steps under his emergency powers if mediation fails, while urging continued cooperation.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
San Francisco Bay Area
North American Aviation Co
Inglewood
Calif
Puget Sound
U.P
Roosevelt
California
Defense Mediation Board
Federal Law Upsets Plans For Seizure
NOGALES Ariz June 6 The state tax commission faced a snag seizing liquor from Mexico but federal officers will handle border imports under Webb Kenyon law The rule requires a state liquor control request to the federal government and only licensed wholesalers can import taxed liquor Customs records show about 3000 gallons monthly cross the Nogales border with Arizona Sonora the estimated tax loss to Arizona about 4000 dollars per month
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Nogales
Ariz
State Tax Commission
U. S
Mexico
George S. Martin
Luxury Tax Division
Martin
Webb-Kenyon
Congress
Texas
Arizona
Arizona-Sonora
Royal Navy Sinks Three German Supply Vessels
London reports the Admiralty says the Royal Navy sank three German supply ships and an armed trawler intended to resupply the battleship Bismarck and other Nazi warships.
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Royal Navy
London
Admiralty
Bismarck
Spain Thanks Raeder For Bismarck Rescue Operation
Madrid reports Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner said Admiral Raeder thanked Spain for Canarias rescuing German seamen after the Bismarck sinking. It marks the first hint of any survivors besides about 100 picked up by British ships and raises questions about the Canarias presence off Brest, 400 miles west of France.
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Madrid
Ramon Serrano Suner
Erich Raeder
Spain
Canarias
Brest
France
Situation In Syria Near Climax As Luftwaffe Eyes Suez
Berlin reports that German sources say the Syria situation is nearing a head and that Luftwaffe strikes may target the Suez Canal. The Feb wartime claim notes Alexandria as a forerunner of actions and Crete bombers could reach the canal within three hours.
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Berlin
Syria
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Egypt
North Africa
Crete
Canal
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Germany
RAF Bombers Hit Italians In Syria Base
RAF bombers destroyed an Italian plane at Aleppo airdrome in Syria in the first British disclosure that Fascist aircraft were in the French ruled state. The bulletin said the raid also hit hangars and runways, with Rhodes cited as the possible origin of the planes.
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Cairo
Egypt
Aleppo
Syria
RAF
Middle East
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Iraq
France Denies Actions Would Injure America
In a note from the foreign office spokesman in Vichy, France denies Hull's claim that French collaboration with Germany harms others. The statement stresses France's aim to defend vital interests and maintain relations with the United States, while defending its empire and communications lines.
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Vichy
France
Foreign Office
U. S
Hull
Germany
Washington
United States
Marshal Petain
Syria
Europe
Africa
Maxime Weygand
Henri Dentz
Levant
Latakia
Second Maricopa Fire Battled Near Peoria
Maricopa county sheriff's deputies battled a second desert brush fire near Peoria on June 6. Early reports said a large grazing area was burning as crews fought the wildfire in the desert.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
Peoria
Defiance By Dutch Of Jap Demands Is Far Reaching
A year-long East Indies dispute nears crisis as H. J. Van Mook replies to Japan’s Kenkichi Yoshizawa. The Dutch will supply only British and American allies with East Indian oil rubber tin and copra, not Germany. The move links to Near East headlines and could shape the war’s broader reach.
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East Indies
Big
H. J. van Mook
Wilhelmina
Batavia
Japan
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
United States
Germany
Yoshizawa
Near East
Seizure Bill Substitute To Be Drawn Soon
Administration leaders agree the war department property seizure bill cannot pass in its current form. A new measure is planned to empower the president to seize defense related property, with Senators Byrnes Connally Norris and others backing revised approaches to avoid dictatorial implications. The Senate military committee will study both the current bill and Connally’s amendment to the selective service act as prospects for action.
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Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
Byrnes
D-S.c
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Reynolds
D-N.c
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Connally
Norris
Argentina invites seven nations to visit defense facilities
Argentina invites Brazil Paraguay Uruguay Bolivia Chile Peru and the United States to send delegations led by war ministers to tour defense sites on July 9 in observance of Argentina's independence anniversary. War Minister General Tonazzi announced the plan amid new foreign minister Enrique Ruiz Guinazu's administration.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Brazil
Paraguay
Uruguay
Bolivia
Chile
Peru
Spain
Roosevelt
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Ruiz Guinazu
Washington, D. C
Juan Tonazzi
Cordoba
Puerto Belgrano
Bahia Blanca
Rio Plata
Roosevelt says no peace offer. Berlin sparked rumors
In a London press conference and Washington briefing on June 6, President Roosevelt denounced peace rumors as Nazi propaganda. He said Britain shows no sign of collapse and Ambassador Winant did not bring any peace proposals. He charged Berlin with instructions to spread peace talk and scare headlines.
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London
Roosevelt
Washington
U.P
Britain
John G. Winant
Berlin
Germany
Winant
Great Britain
Cordell Hull
German Air Raiders Strike at Convoys Off Scotland
Berlin reports German air raiders attacked heavily protected British convoys off the east coast of Scotland. They sank three merchant ships totaling 15,800 tons and damaged four more, with no British air activity over Germany. The Alexandria raid hit near oil concentrations and started a large fire. In North Africa German and Italian artillery pounded Tobruk positions and supplies.
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Berlin
Scotland
High Command
Germany
Alexandria
Britain
Mediterranean
North Africa
Tobruk
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Tresh
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Feller
Hemsley
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Zuber
Early
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