Germany calls for U S consulates closed in Reich
Berlin charges subversive activities and espionage by American officials and American Express staff. Germany orders all U S consulates and Express offices in the Reich and occupied zones to close by July 15, citing evidence of cooperation with Nazi opponents and spying. The note demands withdrawal of personnel and closure of offices across occupied territories.
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Berlin
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U. S
American Express Company
Reich
Germany
Roosevelt
U. Sy
Forsion Office
Foreign Office
Hitler
America
Holland
Norway
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Serbia
Express Company
Duchess of crime faces death in California gas chamber
In Quin ten Calif on June 19 3AN the grim duchess Evelita Juanita Spinelli awaits execution for gang leadership. She tells Warden Clinton Duffy a peaceful death if God wills it, marking California's first female inmate put to death.
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Quentin
Calif
San Prison
Evelita Juanita Spinelli
Gan
Clinton Duffy
Juanita
California
Downieville
Italy Demands U S Close Consular Offices in Italy
Rome reports that the Hal lan government asked the United States to close its consular offices in Italy by July 15 and to recall consular staff. The move applies to the kingdom and territories under Italian sovereignty and to areas occupied by Malian troops, with Rome reserving the right to close American Express offices. The United States currently operates seven consulates in Rome, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Trieste, Turin and Venice.
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Rome
U. S
Maly
Kingdom of Italy
Italy
Congressional Directory
Florence
Genoa
Milan
Trieste
Turin
Venice
Government moves to freeze oil and gasoline prices nationwide
Washington reports the U S government will halt oil and fuel price increases and curb speculation amid a threatened petroleum shortage along the Atlantic seaboard. Price controls will be enforced, with profits limited and rationing possible as war needs drive pipeline plans from the southwest to Atlantic regions.
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Washington
INS
Atlantic Seaboard
Leoni Henderson
Cil
Secetary of Interior_Irkes
Henderson
Ickes
National Petroleum
Ralph K. Davies
Standard Oil of California
Congress
Atlantic
House
Senate
Dckes
Aout
Francis Biddle
Tekes
Excess Profits Levies Also Greatly Increased
Washington in forceful budget moves the Ways and Means Committee tentatively approves a defense revenue program totaling 8.5 billion with new income tax brackets up to 95 percent for high earners. The plan raises taxes across the board, retains current exemptions, and targets estate, gift, and excise levies to finish funding.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-N. C
Ryan Appeals For U S Help
Joseph Ryan head of the AFL longshoremen union asked the National Mediation Board to intervene to stop a threatened stevedore strike that could halt Atlantic and Gulf coast shipping including cargoes to Britain. He said telegrams were sent to the White House urging President Roosevelt to intervene and stressed he does not want a strike but seeks relief for workers displaced by ships being transferred to Great Britain.
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Washington
INS
Joseph Ryan
A. F. of L. Longshoremen’s Union
National Mediation Board
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Britain
Ryan
White House
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
Great Britain
England
Northern Mine Owners Union Sign Two Year Pact
Northern soft coal producers and the United Mine Workers union signed a two year contract providing vacations with pay and wage increases for miners in northern Appalachian fields. The pact keeps a five day paid vacation from July 3 to July 7 as part of a revised plan. Negotiations with southern Appalachian producers remain unresolved while officials hope for a quick conclusion.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Appalachian
North
How Youll Pay Off in 1942 Tax Rates Set by Committee
The House Ways and Means Committee approved new surtax rates for individuals, adding to the four percent normal tax and the 10 percent defense tax. Tables show taxes under the schedule for single persons, married couples, and couples with two dependents, with significant increases across brackets.
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Washington
INS
House
Ways and Means Committee
She Doesn't Practice What She Teaches In Traffic Court
Evanston report June 13 states Rose Cochran, a safety class instructor, was fined for driving at 45 mph in a 25 mph zone after pleading guilty in traffic court.
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Evanston
Til
MSI
Rose Cochran
Miss Cochran
British Close Ring Around Vichy Force Near Damascus
British Imperial forces pressed toward Damascus amid stiff Vichy resistance. Key positions south of the capital captured as negotiations for surrender collapsed. Australian cavalry reached Wadizen near Sidon and advanced along the Damascus road from Kiswe amid heavy artillery opposition.
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Cairo
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Damascus
Wadizen
Sidon
Beirut
Strike Against His In Laws Winning
Walter Stanford a WPA worker and unemployed draftsman in Fort Wayne Indiana staged a sit down protest against his wife’s relatives. He dragged a davenport outdoors and posted a sign reading Dad on sit down until In laws leave. The seven relatives included his father in law mother in law and five children.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
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Walter Stanford
WPA
State Hikes Valuations Of Utilities
The 1941 utility tax base is set at 661,343,500 with a 1,585,000 rise in West Virginia public service valuations. Tangible property gains include 18,270,800 for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, 10,133,800 for the Norfolk and Western, and 7,483,900 for the Virginian. Baltimore and Ohio remains at 77,506,000. Oil, gas and pipeline firms receive the next largest general increases.
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West
Irenia
Southern
Board of Public Works
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
Baltimore and Ohio
Fieuse
Oath for Navy Employees to Bar Subversive Memberships
Secretary of the Navy Knox orders all Navy civilian and military staff to swear they are not members of any organization seeking to overthrow the government by force or violence. The oath is required by the naval appropriations act for the year starting July 1, with employees needing the oath to receive pay.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Naval Appropriations Act
Veavy Department
Russia counters demands of Reich in Sudan era?
Russia counters German demands with offers to increase wheat minerals and oil supplies. Germany seeks occupation of Ukraine Urals and Baku fields with control of mines and oil wells. Russian terms include supplying one quarter of Ukrainian harvest and key industries under German supervision. Transit rights and Bessarabia transfer also noted.
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Washington
Stalin
Hitler
INS
U. S
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Ukraine
Baku
Finland
Black Sea
Moscow
White House
Urals
Britain
Iran
Iraq
Holy Land
War risks loom as Finland mobilizes for potential conflict
Weary Finns brace for worst as Finland orders reserves mobilized and promotes cadets to officers. A presidential decree triggers rapid reclassification of reserves and immediate commissioning of cadets. Rail travel is restricted to facilitate troop movements amid rising tension over German Russian disputes.
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Helsinki
Finland
Germany
Russia
Urther
Army
Navy
Change Telegraph
Goteburg
Sweden
Moscow
Leningrad
U S Moves to Get Defense Kibitzers Out of Its Hair
Washington dispatch reports civilians step back from war effort details as defense board declares World War II a people's war. Patriots offer varied goods from bacon grease to civilian rally gear, while one Iowan suggests salvaging car upholstery to clothe bombing victims.
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U.S
Washington
INS
Civilian Defense Board
America
Iowa
Britain
Stalin Studies Reported Bid To Join Axis
Budapest dispatches say Josef Stalin read Adolf Hitler’s note inviting Soviet Russia to join the Axis and sign a 40 year economic pact. Terms would place most of Russia under Nazi economic control with Bessarabia return to Romania discussed and road and oil field access proposed.
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Axis
Hitler
Reich
Soviet
Budapest
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Josef Stalin
Istanbul
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Russia
Germany
Bessarabia
Russia
Hussia
Romania
Ukraine
Batum
Americans Apply to Join British Civilian Technical Corps
More than 260 Americans applied on the first day for civilian technical corps service in England under Lord Beaverbrook's broadcast appeal. Most seek work operating secret British radio locators to detect enemy lanes. among early applicants is Kay Mamola, 31, a Long Island radio troubleshooter. Ages ranged from 20 to 54 with a strong 25 to 35 contingent.
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New York
Sune
INS
England
Lord Beaverbrook
Kay Mamola
Long Island
Berlin Denies And Kremlin Ignores Rumors Of War
Berlin denied reports of clashes with the Soviet Union and Britain blamed a British whispering campaign. Rumors spoke of mobilizations in Russia and Finland, with Tiflis radio claiming Soviet gains and German forces massing on the Black Sea area.
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Kremlin
Germany
Russia
Europe
Bessarabian
Rumania
London
Bessarabia
Finland
Vichy
Bucharest
Ign
Ion Antonescu
Michael
British Broadcasting Corporation
Stockholm
Helsinki
Moscow
Lenningrad
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Tifliss
London Evening Standard
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Oil
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