British Pre-Dawn Blow Bites at Nazi Bases
Britain’s air force unleashed a heavy pre dawn attack on French invasion ports as a 24 hour aerial battle raged over the channel. RAF fighters and bombers pounded targets from Le Havre to Boulogne with 30 German planes downed and fresh Spitfires and Hurricanes in service overhead.
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Watson
London
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Channel
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Air Ministry
Berlin
Calais-Houlange
England
France
Boulogne
Kent
le Havre
Belgium
RAF
Ruhr
Reich
Home
Herbert Morrison
Ernest Bevin
A Morrison
Home Security
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French
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St. Omer
Ema
Sir
Navy
Sen. Reynolds
D-N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
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Italy
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Coastal Command
Admiralty
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Air Corps
U. S
Property Bill Speed Urged by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urged Congress to speed passage of broad eminent domain powers to seize private property for national defense with just compensation. He cited past use for public sites and urged including personal property and equipment, citing a Lockheed Lodestar dispute as an example. He warned of future needs and stressed government pay, while detailing aluminum, machine tools, and German patents as foreseeable targets.
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Congress
Robert Reynolds
D-N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
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Commerce
Jesse Jones
A. D. _ Whiteside
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War Department
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Aich
Times of London
R.A
Germany
Britain
Ruasin
Luftwaffe
France
Union Workmen Help Get Camp Ready
President Roosevelt discusses wartime procurement delays and piecemeal World War II legislation. He cites 17 statutes with similar language, delays in material procurement, and limited authority for plane replacements. He mentions a secret telegram contact point and the need to coordinate across multiple locations.
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Jones
White House
Ffrom Jones
Pregertt
Axis May Ask Withdrawal Of Americans
Rome dispatch reports editor Virginia Gayda and Mussolini ally press urging Axis actions against the United States. They warn Americans to leave Europe and call for Spain's collaboration against Gibraltar, while predicting a looming Axis Soviet showdown and a broader economic and diplomatic war with the United States.
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Mussolini
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Gayde
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Popolo D'italla
Milan
Asia
Pascisty
Sunk submarine O-9 salvage attempt ends in failure
Portsmouth New Hampshire June 21 Initial deep sea diving attempt to reach the submarine O 9 at 440 feet failed tonight with 33 crewmen missing after the craft sank earlier The diver George Crocker descended to 370 feet before being forced to withdraw due to breathing difficulties The attempt showcased the dangers of underwater salvage during wartime operations and followed the Squalus disaster of 1929.
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Knox
Portsmouth
John D. Wainwright
Coast Guard
B. Rand
A. R. McRan
Wee
Plang
O-1
Lieut
Howard J. Abbott
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Atlantic
George Crocker
Navy
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Finland Seizes Private Autos Amid War Preparations
Finland moves to mobilize resources and authority as rumors mount of a clash between Germany and Soviet Russia. The army calls for reservists, sparking fears of entanglement and a warning from Social-Demokrati to rally behind the armed forces, echoing past wartime sentiments.
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Hhr
Germany
Russia
Con List
Social- Demokrati
Iltie
Patrick St Extension of Kanawha Parkway Opens at Noon Today
The Patrick Street extension at Kanawha Parkway opens to traffic tomorrow at noon providing easy exit to the Patrick Street Bridge. Construction Engineer George W. McAlpin announced last night that signs and erection have been completed and opening depends on inspection. Motorists are urged to observe one way signs and avoid crossing double lines as city police enforce regulations.
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Kanawha Parkway
George W. McAlpin
In- State Road Commission
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McAlpin
Auto License Bureau Faces Demand For Personal Plates
The Auto License Bureau reports 40 000 special tags issued amid requests tied to phone numbers house numbers and sentimental dates. Officials note daily hours 8 a m to 9 p m through July 1 to handle rush. About 180 000 class A plates 20 000 class B tags and 1 000 class K plates issued so far with top numbers honoring governors officials and a few sentimental picks.
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Neely
Fair Mont
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Hines
White Sulphur Springs
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John Cornwell
George P. Alderson
Seey
Louis Johnson
Senate
A. Hale Watkins
Matthew Edmiston
Carl G. Bachmann
Sen
Boster
Bureau
Joseph Rosier
W. 5
Wysong
Appncasi
Peel
Rubber price freeze announced by OPM under defense program
The Office of Price Administration froze tire and tube prices to prevent increases as part of a national defense effort. The move aims to curb immediate buying and keep prices from rising above pre program levels while production is curtailed to 600,000 tons annually. The Rubber Reserve Company will set ceiling prices on crude rubber after coordination with the RFC.
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Rubber Reserve Company
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RFC
Majoc Rubber Companists
Damascus Falls Evacuated As Beirut Reports Advance
British and Free French forces press from three sides into Damascus as Vichy defenders withdraw toward Beirut. Cairo reports heavy shelling and gains in the central sector while Beirut confirms evacuation to save the holy city from destruction.
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Mouaddaniye
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Suweida
RAF
Druse
Fleet Airarm
Libya
Tobruk
New York
Henri Dentz
London
NBC Tonight
British Broadcasting Corporation
Jebel-El-Keit
Palmyra
Iraq
Berlin silent on FDR attack and Soviet rumors
Berlin offered no reply to Roosevelt’s Robin Moor protest and denied official word on the incident. Rumors of Russo German ties circulated as the Wilhelmstrasse refused to confirm or deny reports of a Reichstag session and Finland mobilization. German consuls in Belgium Denmark the Netherlands Norway and occupied France were told to issue no visas to foreigners except only natives from unoccupied areas and Greece and Yugoslavia.
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Yugoslavia
Hitler declares war on Soviet Russia in dawn proclamation
Reports from Berlin rights say Hitler announced war on Soviet Russia as German troops mass in East Prussia. Troops from Finland and Norway march north while Romania moves south as press notes clock toward a major European clash. The BBC NBC and Turkish cabinet meetings are noted as the world monitors the crisis.
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Jewish Comintern
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