Roosevelt freezes Axis assets including patents in U S
President Roosevelt ordered a sweeping freeze on German Italian and other Axis holdings in the United States including patents to curb espionage and sabotage. A census of all foreign holdings was also ordered to uncover remaining Axis assets while U S manufacturers may gain free use of affected patents. Officials note the action targets about 180 million in Axis funds and aims to deter further currency transfers to South America.
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Freezing Order Takes Center Stage in London Papers
London papers headline Roosevelt freezing all Axis credits in the U S with bold front pages. The Sunday Dispatch calls it a new blow at Hitler and the Express warns it could prelude to war. Also reported is a claim that New York harbor will be mined.
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Roosevelt
Axix
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Sunday Dispatch
America
Hiller
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New York Harbor
Coal Cutter and Helper Killed in Mine Explosion
A coal cutter Wilbur Morton 36 Spring Fork and helper Roma Cex 23 Rensford were killed in a pure explosion at the Hatfield Campbell Creek Coal Company mine. The blast occurred at the face during after-shift work. 15 to 20 nearby workers were uninjured. Thorough dusting prevented spread. inspectors and state police investigated. mine to resume Monday operations.
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Melvin Cox
William Cox
U S Will Not Be Bluffed Off Seas Says Welles
Washington June 14 The United States will maintain freedom of the seas despite German bluster says Sumner Welles undersecretary of state He called the torpedoing of the Robin Moor a flagrant violation of humanity and treaty obligations and signaled possible arming of merchant ships after careful study of survivors' depositions and Germany's reply to a diplomatic protest.
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Laidley Field Added To City Playground Program
Laidley Field will host part of the summer playground program under restrictions, joining Glenwood as a center among ten planned to operate for ten weeks. Mrs. C Paul Heavener recreation director announced the openings, with Mendel Carp directing sixteen activities for older youths and Jake Moser supervising softball and touch football at Glenwood. Supervisors meet and leaders tour centers before daily programs begin featuring handcraft, games, storytelling, dramatics, and stunts aided by donations for materials.
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British Subs Sink Eight Axis Ships in Bold Mediterranean Attacks
British submarines in the Mediterranean reportedly sank eight Axis ships in bold operations. An admiralty communiqué says a seventh auxiliary of the sunken German battleship Bismarck was destroyed in the Atlantic. An Italian armed trawler escorting schooners was sunk as a sub hunted through mines and coastal defenses.
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Britain
Draft Cramping Defense Plants Cramp Draft Labor
A state selective service official urged employers to seek occupational deferments for oil skilled and technically trained registrants to avert a shortage of vital defense workmen. Lieut Col A W Paine noted ample general labor but no surplus of skilled labor for vacancies in a report for the state Selective Service News.
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Billion Slated To Build New Plane Plants
Washington June 14. Jesse H. Jones federal loan administrator said he intended to provide nearly 1 billion dollars to build plants for the 500 bombers a month program under new defense spending powers. President Roosevelt signed a law expanding RFC and loan agency powers adding 1.8 billion dollars for defense borrowing. Funds already committed include 300 million for factories 600 million for strategic metals 200 million for rubber and 200 million for other defense loans. Jones declined to specify uses beyond bomber financing and noted the aim to cut red tape. The law also authorizes loans to Great Britain backed by British investments in the United States.
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Sharp Tax Cuts Expected In Joint Returns Plan
Washington dispatch reports the house ways and means committee adopted a defense tax bill totaling 3.6 billion dollars and endorses a sharp cut to surtax rates starting at 11 percent. A key provision requires joint returns by husband and wife, estimated to yield 550 million dollars in extra revenue while preserving the 4 percent normal tax and 10 percent defense tax. Chairman Doughton says the goal is to spread the burden across income, corporate, estate, and excise taxes and avoid taxpayer backlash.
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75 Miners Get Unemployment Benefits
Joy Insurance benefits were awarded yesterday to about 75 employees of Green Smokeless Coal in Elkins after a plant breakdown on March 24 caused a month-long shutdown. The workers remained employed but were laid off during repairs, making them eligible for unemployment compensation per Director G. C. Robertson.
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Probe Of Oil Shipments To Japan Is Advocated
Congress leaders urge a probe into the state department policy permitting oil and gasoline shipments to Japan as the maritime commission says no American owned or controlled tankers carry oil to Axis powers. Ickes calls a petroleum industry meeting to improve resource use amid threats of gasless Sundays and heatless days.
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Daylight RAF Attacks German Air Bases Along Coast
RAF fighter and bomber squadrons struck airfields and coastal targets in German occupied France and eastern England. Pilots reported direct hits on several airdrome structures and three German planes were shot down while one RAF bomber was lost. Night raids damaged Ruhr industrial districts and Brest dock area amid broader Luftwaffe operations.
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U S announces Japan lands new ship goal Duce talk warning
The maritime commission in Washington reports a target of 9 000 000 tons of cargo ships in 30 months, with 765 ships already under construction or ordered. The plan backs President Roosevelt's pledge to aid Britain and restore U S merchant shipping. Rome dispatch notes Japan’s pledge to stay allied with the Axis, as Matsuoka confirms agreement with Mussolini on Tokyo’s view of Tokyo Rome Berlin Moscow talks.
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