Allied forces near Damascus push British advance in Syria
Newsreel from the war reports Allied units within miles of Damascus as Vichy defenses retreat. Cavalry actions and Indian battalions capture Kiswan while Australians enter Sidon with minimal resistance. French attempts to relieve Damascus involve columns and cavalry aiming to disrupt Allied lines.
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Damascus
Ami
Hermon
Mull
Jessin
Jasbelys
Spahia
Roek
Bpahia
Kisw
Simm
Kiwe Jan
Telkenweh
Kieshebab
Haifa
Derna
Sidon
Dkion
Outekiite
Porte
Neata
Kiawe
Denis
Sator
Karather Senals
Dera
Damnacua
United States Orders Closing of German Consulates
The State Department ordered all German consulates in the United States closed by July 10 and German nationals connected with them removed. About 152 Germans with consular status and 42 in the Library for Information face expulsion. The action, not a severing of diplomatic ties, also targets the German Library of Information, Railway Tourist Bureau and Trans Ocean News Agency.
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Washington
State Department
United States
New York
Aassistant
Bumner Wellesweld
German Library of Information
Railway Tourist Bureau
Trans-Ocean News Agency
Heavy Bombing of Enemy Bases Across Dover Straits
The R A F conducted extended operations across the Straits of Dover attacking German targets for hours. They dropped over 1 000 tons of high explosive bombs in the Ruhr in the first three of the last four raids and unleashed tens of thousands of fire bombs in the Ruhr region.
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London
Britain
R.A.F
Straits of Dover
Germany
Daily Express
Ruhr
Nazi Troops Poise for Drive on Egypt
German forces ready for a push toward Egypt with moves across the Black Sea and Russian Georgia. The Daily News reports a secret tripartite agreement granting Sweden and Finland to Germany and Manchukuo to Russia, aiming to secure Near East and Africa corridors and oilfields.
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Egypt
New York
Persia
Black Sea
Russian Georgia
the Daily News
Alery
Sweden
Germany
Finland
Manchukuo
Russia
State Department
Epokeaman
Sugeesit- Edite
Oil shipment for Japan halted by U S official
Secretary Ickes, as Defence Oil Coordinator, blocked 257000 gallons of lubricating oil from Philadelphia to Japan. He said the move reflects internal shortages for the east, not a shift in international policy, and noted German aims to pressure Russia before Britain and the United States.
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Washington
Mr. Ickes
Philadelphia
Japan
East
Laval Organises Storm Troopers to March on Vichy
The Paris dispatch reports Laval forming a National Popular Legion style force modeled on the Nazi unit. The corps is described as for defense but likely to march on Vichy if German demands are refused.
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Vichy
E. B. Warlyther
Spli” Indies
Paris
Lava
Storm Troopers
France
National Popular Legion
Paracel
Invasion Threat Warns Britain in Wartime Broadcast
London broadcast by Lieut General McNaughton of the Canadian Expeditionary Force urged readiness. He warned the German attack on England loomed and stated every effort was being made to strengthen forces in England before the invasion.
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London
McNaughton
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Canula
England
Apoll
Warning Against Trade Credit Expansion
Mr. Emil Schram, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, warned at the National Retail Credit Convention against unchecked installment buying. He noted rising industrial indices and falling unemployment but cautioned that defense production cannot last forever and urged retailers to resist extending terms beyond those offered in the downturn.
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New York
Emil Schram
Reconstriction Finance Corporation
Fierce Fighting Around Sollum and Halfaya Pass
British and Allied forces clash in Sollum area with armoured units near Sollum Fort Capusto contested. Troops attack Halfaya and south of the escarpment as reports note a large scale offensive and shifting western position near Halfaya.
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CAIRG
Salkum
Cnand
Halfaya
Fort Capusto
Halfayn
Flying Boat Protects Shipping in Atlantic Patrol
London reports an Air Ministry communique describing a Coastal Command Catalina on Atlantic patrol near Gibraltar engaging four enemy aircraft. The aircraft damaged all four before they broke off. Catalina sustained only superficial damage and resumed its patrol.
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London
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Atlantic
Gibraltar
Talina
Portugal
Defense plant access sabotage bill amended
The Military Affairs Committee of the House amended the bill empowering the President to seize plant and property during the state of emergency. The amendment defines interference with defense workers entering or leaving plants as sabotage, carrying a fine of 5000 dollars or up to five years imprisonment.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Streit proposes a provisional Federal Union for peace
Clarence Streit at Colby College Commencement Week in Waterville Maine urged Roosevelt and Congress to invite Britain Canada South Africa Australia and New Zealand to form a provisional Federal Union modeled on the U S Constitution. He said the union could negotiate Axis peace with no annexations no occupation and disputes settled by arbitration.
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Maine
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Clarence Streit
Colby College
Roosevelt
Congress
Britaia
Hire
Canada
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Strelt
Axia
Drastic Review of Civil Production and War Controls
The plan outlines a expanded wartime government with a Minister for Supply and an Assistant Minister for Aircraft Production. It calls for a Director General of Supply, a drastic civil production overhaul, plant takeovers, rationing of nonessential goods, stricter petrol rules, compulsory coastal shipping requisition, and Commonwealth control of coal and transport. It also emphasizes erasing private interests, expanding manpower use including women, and establishing central committees to direct industry for total war.
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Mengica
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Middle East
Riual
Iraq
Iran
India
African
France
Spain
Africa
Great Britain
Suez
Jaleged Righty de Uel
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Tariff Board
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Hess
Emirance
Near East
Feus
Daily Telegraph
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Lwee
Sollum
Anglo-Speaking Union
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Munitiont Department
Department of Munitions
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