Rains Hold Up Rail Traffic In New Mexico
Rail and highway traffic in eastern New Mexico and west Texas were impeded by rain producing flood conditions. Floodwaters subsided in Clovis aiding residents returning home. a Santa Fe passenger train was rerouted after washouts near Muleshoe. Highway blocks remained between Clovis and Lubbock and a weakened bridge northeast of Roswell raised suspicions of further disruption.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Texas
Clovis
Weather Bureau
Santa Fe
Muleshoe
Tex
Amarillo
Friona
Lubbock
Carlsbad
Portales
Roswell
Roosevelt Plan Urges Oil Pipelines to East via Eminent Domain
Congress quicky backed a White House request to ease oil pipelines from Texas and Louisiana to the east to avert an oil famine. The measure would authorize eminent domain for vital defense pipelines, with powers expiring June 30, 1943, and to go to the Senate. The OPM and power chief Kellogg clashed over the electricity shortage outlook, with Ickes accusing Kellogg of misrepresenting facts. Kellogg defended his Buffalo remarks as carefully prepared.
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Congress
House
Roosevelt
Texas
Louisiana
Illinois
Senate
OPM
C. W. Kellogg
Edison Electric Institute
Ickes
Kellogg
Buffalo
German air attack on Alexandria signals wider Middle East campaign
The Wednesday night assault near Alexandria marks a prelude to an intensified German effort to render the British naval base untenable. The piece notes Crete’s capture as enabling a strategic edge, with Crete only 350 miles from Alexandria and long-range bombers capable of striking. The Daily Herald warns Britain faces a grave risk and even possible defeat.
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Alexandria
Crete
Middle East
Daily Herald
Laborite
Britain
British Empire
United States
Northwestern coed proposes modern laundry list overhaul
A Northwestern University coed suggested a plan to modernize hotel laundry lists to reflect current garments. She targets replacing outdated entries like bloomers and drawers with up to date items such as snuggies briefs and panties and shortening terms for bras and nightwear.
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Joliet
Northwestern University
American Institute of Laundering
Coed
Institute
Chicago
Yesteryear
Big Field Guns Playing Vital Part In United States Plans For Defense Army
Fort Sill reports field artillery doctrine driven by efficiency and cost effectiveness. The article highlights rapid-fire weapons, the brain-like coastal fire director, and advances like the M-3 tank with a 75 mm gun. It notes training at Fort Bragg and Fort Sill, shifts toward 90 mm anti aircraft guns, and shortages of 105 mm howitzers while production expands.
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United States
Fort Sill
Okla
United States Field Artillery School
Mort Proctor
Field Artillery
United States Field Artillery
Field Artillery Board
Fort Brass
N. S
United States Army
Fort Bragg
Field Artillery School
Stimson
Senate
Army
Sprayed Vaccine Shows Cold Treatment Promise
Cleveland June 6 The American Medical Association reports a nasal spray vaccine may control the common cold. Dr Theodore E Walsh of St Louis cites 74 percent of patients over eight years becoming cold free after nasal application, with 10 percent improved and 16 percent unimproved. The method aims to build nasal tissue immunity and contrasts with injections or oral vaccines which proved inadequate. He notes two nasal defenses the front line mucous blanket and second line immunity, and warns dry heat and metabolic issues can weaken defenses. Experiments in rabbits found nasal administration yielded stronger protection in nasal tissue and blood serum than injection, which favored spleen and other tissues.
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Harold C. McKinley Cleveland
American Medical Association
Theodore E. Walsh
St. Louis
Walsh
Examiner opposes per package citrus freight rates proposal
Examiner Paul O. Carter urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to cancel proposed rail charges on citrus fruit shipments from Florida Texas California and Arizona. He warned that charging per package hides weight and cents per 100 pounds, risking cheaper lighter containers and heavier penalties for light-pack shipments. He favored estimated weights based on fruit plus empty package, derived from regular representative tests.
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Washington
Paul O. Carter
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florida
Texas
California
Arizona
Carter
Labor and Unions Pledge Support for Defense Effort
President Roosevelt reported a letter from the Teamsters general executive board promising full support in the defense hour. Tobin and labor leaders vow sacrifice to preserve freedom and humanity amid wartime pressures. Congress debates anti strike measures to curb work stoppages in key plants.
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Teamster’s Union
Daniel J. Tobin
Brotherhood of Man
Roosevelt
Tobin
New York
Pittsburgh
House
Louis B. Gossett
Dtex
Congress
Gossett
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt cites Berlin orders aimed at Nazis and appeasers
President Roosevelt disclosed two memoranda detailing orders from Berlin targeting Nazis and appeasers in the United States. He noted propaganda aims to publish stories including an Adolf Hitler interview by John Cudahy and urged accompanying editorials correcting such notions, praising the New York Times editorial refutation.
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Winant
Berlin
United States
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
John Cudahy
Belgium
New York Times
Cudahy
Times
Germany
Hitler
RAF raids strike Rhodes Derna and Bengasi targets
The RAF reported a heavy night raid on Kattavia airfield on Rhodes with many explosions and fires. Additional attacks hit Derna and Bengasi, major North African supply ports, damaging buildings and harbor facilities.
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Kattavia
Rhodes
RAF
Derna
Bengasi
North Africa
High Command
Reagan Accepts State Hospital Post in Arizona
Dr. J. C. Reagan of Tucson has accepted the business manager post at the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane, effective July 1. Reagan, former CCC educational director at South Mountain park, Phoenix, holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and previously led the history and economics department at Arizona State Teachers College, Flagstaff. The hospital board will meet July 12 to plan general improvements after completing personnel organization.
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Phoenix
J. C. Reagan
Tucson
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
Reagan
CCC
South Mountain Park
University of Chicago
Arizona State Teachers College
Flagstaff
Fat Men Find Traffic Aid From Blood Concentration
Pacific Coast Traffic Officers' school reports that intoxication and drunken driving stem from higher blood alcohol in fat men due to greater blood volume. The finding suggests weightier drivers may reach intoxication thresholds sooner.
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Berkeley
Cal. U.P
Pacific Coast
Argentina invites Latin officers for defense talks
The Argentine government signaled reciprocity for recent U S tours by Latin American military and naval officers. Gen Tonazzi said the invitations did not imply a conference, but observers noted a chance for nations to discuss bolstering hemispheric defense.
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United States
Tonazzi
Negro Boy Wrecks Railroad Engine in Abbeville
A 16 year old Negro boy who loitered at Seaboard railway shops in Abbeville South Carolina boarded a serviced locomotive and started it toward the station. The engine toppled into a ditch after tearing up track and the boy died several hours later from scalds and bruises.
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Abbeville
S. C
Seaboard Railway
Army officers hail Garand and 37mm weapons as top world
Army ordnance officers say the Garand rifle is the finest in the world and the 37 mm anti aircraft gun the most proficient. They add the 37 mm anti-tank gun is without a peer, noting these claims reflect performance overseas.
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Army Ordnance
Ore Mountain moved to Pittsburgh for defense production
A 750 000 ton iron ore pile long unused in Erie county since World War days has been moved to Pittsburgh. It is to feed blast furnaces involved in the defense production speedup.
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Pittsburgh
Erie County
Three Fliers Die In Navy Planes Crash Near San Clemente
The Navy reports three fliers killed and one injured in a mid air collision of two planes from the heavy cruiser Chester off San Clemente Island near San Diego. Ensign Thomas H. Pepuni and radiomen Paul J. Burroughs Otto H. Wilkennig are among the dead. Ensign Jack R. Egan survived in serious condition.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Chester
San Clemente Island
Thomas H. Pepuni
San Francisco
Paul J. Burroughs
Albion
Iowa
Otto H. Wilkennig
Nebraska
Jack R. Egan
Naval
Naval Hospital
Dutch East Indies crisis tests Dutch Japanese aims
The piece outlines Japan's claim over East Indies riches and its impact on Dutch, British, and American interests. It traces talks from May 1940, Dutch resistance, and shifting envoys as Tokyo presses for priority access to oil and materials, with U.S. potential involvement noted.
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East Indies
United States
Japan
Indies
Germany
Hitler
Melmuth Wohlthat
Henri Gerard Winkelman
Netherlands
Kobayashi
Yoshizawa
Batavia
Tokyo
London
Eeleco N. van Kleffens
Washington
Manila
British Malaya
Australia
van Mook
Strikers Face Call For Immediate Army Service In Phoenix
A Phoenix selective service board announced it would withdraw deferment for vocational workers who join an industrial strike. The board will notify the worker and grant no further deferment unless a hearing finds exceptional grounds. Chief Clerk Charles L. McClure will track strikes and deferred workers and require 60 day reports.
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Phoenix
Phoenix Selective Service Board
Maricopa County Board No. 1
Charles L. McClure
City Briefs Corrects Arrest in Reckless Driving Report
Charles F Winter of 24 West Drachman street is not the Charles Winters arrested for reckless driving yesterday. The Tucson Game Protective Association will meet at 8 p.m. in the Pima County Justice Court for a regular session postponed from Memorial Day. Reports on Arizona fish and game conditions for the summer will be presented and wildlife films shown after the meeting.
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Charles F. Winter
West Drachman Street
Charles Winters
Tucson Game Protective Association
Pima County
Arizona
Strong Vocational Tests Reported for Tucson High Seniors
Results of vocational interest tests for 100 Tucson High School seniors are in. Students can call the high school between 8 and 12 a.m. to learn their individual scores.
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Tucson High School
Veterans dance and barbecue at VFW hall
The Regular Veterans Association post No 69 hosts a dance and barbecue at the VFW hall 121 East Broadway at 9 p.m. tomorrow. Air base personnel are admitted for half price.
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Veterans Association
VFW Hall
East Broadway
Ports and ships could be requisitioned under wartime act
The commission would determine just compensation for requisitioned vessels including Danish ships in good condition. Sabotaged Italian ships are in protective custody and being repaired. The Normandie and other French ships may be seized to speed approval and avoid lengthy legislation. Connally urges quick action without the President's bill to prevent delays.
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Maritime Commission
Normandie
Probabl
Connally
Foreign ships readied to aid convert to transport role
The report notes property conversion to a military transport and lists 11 tanker ships among foreign vessels. It explains American flag tankers, totaling 50, were assigned to British service, highlighting wartime material reallocation and supply concerns.
London Daylight Raid Evades Fire No Bombs Reported
London reports a daylight air raid with anti aircraft guns firing but German planes scattered and withdrew before any bombing. The alert lasted under 30 minutes as a weather reconnaissance formation passed over London then returned south. Night raids in Scotland caused minor damage and few casualties.
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London
Scotland
Egyptian Army General El Masri and companions found near Cairo
General Azis El Masri Pasha the former chief of staff and two Egyptian air force officers, missing since May 16 while fleeing toward Syria with secret documents, were found in Embabeh Cairo near the Nile. They were arrested after a pursued night landing and 20 days of search.
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Cairo
Egypt
Azis el Masri Pasha
Syria
Embabeh
Almazar
Fitzpatrick
el Masri
The
Nile
Nazi Attitude Stirs Tension Over Syria and Crete Loss
The report notes German officials denying troops in Syria while London papers push for Britain to move into Syria. It cites a raid on Alexandria with casualties and notes Voelkischer Beobachter saying the Crete loss shifts England’s view, amid a BBC broadcast tallying 150 killed and 200 injured.
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Dienst
France
London
Britain
Syria
Alexandria
Voelkischer Beobachter
England
Crete
CBS
UAW Local Faces Strike Over Closed Shop and Wages
In Washington Elmer Freitag president of the striking UAW local said the negotiating committee was told by members not to accept any proposal short of a closed shop and higher pay. The union seeks a raise in minimum wage from 50 to 75 cents per hour and a 10 cent per hour increase for all production workers.
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Mediation Board
Washington
Elmer Freitag
UAW
Voice in Defense Demands Farmer Representation in War Agencies
Spokesmen for 3,000,000 American farmers urged a voice in defense councils and immediate authority to ensure uninterrupted production. A Farm Bureau National Grange and Farmer Cooperation conference adopted a resolution calling for equal recognition of agriculture with industry and labor and representation on national defense agencies by those with agricultural expertise and approval of farm groups. It urged immediate action to protect operations when disputes threaten defense production and distribution.
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Chicago
U.P
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Council of Farmer Cooperation
National Safety
Smith Loses Lead In Open Matches
Fort Worth Texas June 6 Horton Smith led early in the U S Open after a five over par 75 on a rain drenched Colonial course. Paul Bunyan shot 72 to take sole first with 145 while Johnny Bulla carded 71 to reach 146 and move close behind.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Horton Smith
Pinehurst
N. C
Colonial Club
Smith
Paul Bunyan
Johnny Bulla
Bunyan
Bulla
Poisoned water blamed for seven siblings deaths in Argentina
A water contamination tragedy in Santiago del Estero Argentina killed seven brothers and sisters. Local authorities investigate a likely toxic exposure amid rising concerns over supply safety.
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Santiago del Estero
Argentina
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