Japanese Sit Tight Balance Scales of War
Tokyo reports a delicate imperial position as government leaders hold new conferences amid Germany’s invasion of Russia. A government spokesman suggested action may be delayed about two weeks while Emperor Hirohito and top officials consult. Matsuoka met Konoye and the German ambassador in a wide briefing.
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Tokyo
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Germany
Russia
Hirohito
Yosuke Matsuoke
Imperial Palace
Matsuoka
Fumimaro Konoye
Berlin
New York
CBS
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Russians Bomb Finnish Ports In Renewed War Threat
Helsinki reports Soviet air bombardments on Finnish ports and ships as Germany’s rise prompts renewed hostilities. The Finnish government declares self defense orders AR 18 to 59 into service, air raid preparations underway while fronts quiet for now.
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Helsinki
Finland
Germany
Soviet Russia
Russia
Hitler
Germanys War on Soviet Union Signals Global Conflict
Washington notes Germanys full scale invasion of the Soviet Union as proof of Reichs world conquest aims while Britain seeks relief. Churchill pledges aid to the USSR as Roosevelt balances for Britain and defenses. Officials say U.S. aid to Russia will be limited, focus remains on Britain and home defenses, with parliamentary and diplomatic maneuvering under way.
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Washington
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Germany
Russia
Hitler
Finland
Rumania
Arctic
Black Sea
Harrison Dies in Capital Senate Leader Pat Harrison 59
Pat Harrison senate president pro tempore and finance chair died in Emergency hospital at 6 35 a m after an intestinal operation. The Mississippi Democrat, a powerful 30 year figure in Congress, left a wife Mary Edwina McInnis and three children. Roosevelt led tributes as colleagues mourned, with family seeking a simple funeral and the body to lie in state.
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Washington
Pat Harrison
Senate
Congress
Harrison
Sterling Ruffin
Velcea
Mary Edwina McInnis
Leakesville
Miss
Pat
Bethesda
Col
Irvin Miller
Nashville
Turks Declare State of Siege Amid War Tensions
Ankara proclaims a national state of siege as Ismet Inonu heads to Istanbul for an emergency cabinet session. German ambassador von Papen reports to Suktu Saracoglu about the Nazi advance into Russia, while Turkish leaders offer no official stance.
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Supe
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Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Istanbul
Franz von Papen
Suktu Saracoglu
Russia
Germany
New York
NBC
Saracogin
Ford Contract Ratified at Michigan State Fair Grounds
About 12,000 Ford Motor Company workers at the Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum voted to ratify the company’s first CIO UAW contract by an estimated five to one. The agreement covers roughly 84,000 workers at the Rouge and Lincoln plants, with potential extension to about 50,000 more Ford employees nationwide.
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Ford Molor Company
Michigan State Fair Grounds Coliseum
Ford Company
Ford Rouge
Lincoln
Ford
Loar Defeats Chenoweth To Win City Golf Title
Jimmy Loar, 23, former Michigan golfer now with E I DuPont, defeated defending champ Chenoweth by one up after 3 holes in the tenth annual city championship at Meadow Brook. Chenoweth led early but two late putts slipped by as Loar finished under par while Chenoweth finished over par.
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Chenoweth
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duPont Employe
Long John Chenoweth
Meadow Brook Golf Club
Linder
Jimmy Loar
Klugwond
Charleston
University of Michigan
E. I. duPont de’ Nemours Company
Navy Moves to End San Francisco Shipyard Strike
The U S navy will seek an immediate settlement of the San Francisco bay shipyard strike hampering more than half a billion dollars in defense shipbuilding. Rear Admiral John W Greenslade says further talks will be held tomorrow with all parties as force may be used if necessary.
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U. S. Navy
San Francisco Bay
Navy
Harvey Brown
AFL Machinists Union
Twelfth Naval District
Greenslade
AFL
CIO
East Bay
Roosevelt
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
AFL Machinists International Executive Committee
Admiral Greenslade
Roosevelt Reaches U S After Global War Mission
Capt James Roosevelt U S Marine Corps arrives at LaGuardia after a two month 80000 mile round the world survey as a military observer. He brings urgent Near East and African battle front reports and plans to fly to Washington to present his findings to Maj Gen Thomas Holcomb and Admiral Harold Stark.
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New York
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James Roosevelt
U. S. Marine Corps
Near
Middle East
la Guardia Field
U. S
London
Sig
Roosevelt
Washington
Thomas Holcomb
Marine Corps
Harold Stark
Naval Operations
Reds mobilize 5 million for Soviet defense on 2,500 mile front
Moscow dispatch reports 14 military districts ordered general mobilization, summoning upwards of five million men under Marshal Timoshenko. Soviet forces claimed to hold the German panzer legions along a 2,500 mile front from the Baltic to the Black Sea with 65 German planes shot down in the first day. Blackouts and anti aircraft batteries spread through western Russia as Molotov appeals for unity amid the invasion.
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Moscow
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Soviet Russia
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Baltic
Black Sea
Devac
Kaivar
Sgoznoy
Tehanovile
Aien
Russia
Semyen Timoshenko
Sone
War Bulletins From Helsinki And Berlin On War Fronts
War bulletins report Finnish reports of German striking power against Soviet Russia with heavy bombings and limited air resistance. Berlin notes Romanian German front fighting spreads from Bacovina to the Black Sea. NBC quotes a London radio saying Red Army evacuates a 50 mile wide strip along the German Russian frontier in Poland. London Daily Please Turn to Page 7.
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Romanian- Gernan Front
Bacovina
Black Sea
DNB
Bucharest
New York
Russia
Red Army
Poland
London
NBC
Berne
Switzerland
Britain Pledges Help To Soviet Amid War Calls
Prime Minister Churchill in a worldwide radio address pledged Britain will aid Soviet Russia against Germany and urged the United States and Allies to follow suit. He warned Hitler and his allies, including Finland and Romania, would be brought to justice, and promised intensified night and day bombing of Germany. Churchill said American base aid, especially heavy bombers, would swing the balance within six months.
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Mediterranean
U. S
England
Winston Churchill
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Soviet Union
Russia
London
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Soviet Russia
Wachs Xenbanu
Manama
Finlane
Rumahia
Hitler
Churchill
Ivan Wmaisky
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Bui
Joseph Stalin
British Isles
Great Britain
Italy Declares War on Soviet Union in World War II
Rome announces declaration of war on the Soviet Union following Germany. Observers expect symbolic Italian air presence on the Russian front. belligerent contact likely at sea as Italy may align to block the Dardanelles' western entrance. Page 5, column 3.
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Ialy
Soviet Union
Germany
Britain
U. S
Italy
Musquini
Laly
Russia
Dardanelles
RAF Hammers At Reich Bases For 12th Night
London reports German raid on the city as RAF claims 30 German planes shot down. Nightly cross channel assaults continue on invasion ports with raids on Southampton and attacks on air fields in Scotland and the Midlands. Berlin claims some damage but updates emphasize British air offensive and ongoing raids on Boulogne Calais bases.
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London
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Air Ministry
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Southampton
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Boulogne-Calais
Germany
France
Russia
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Berlin
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English Midlands
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Isle
Shaw Says Germany Hasn't Dog's Chance
London dispatch quotes George Bernard Shaw on the German invasion of Russia saying Germany has no chance against Stalin with Hitler misplaying the war. He notes the folly of Hitler and predicts Russia will prevail, expressing astonishment at others doubting Stalin.
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Shaw
Germany
London
George Berard Shaw
Russia
America
Hitler
Stalin
Gertary
Navy Pays Final Tribute To 33 Men Trapped in O-9
Portsmouth New Hampshire June 22 1939 INS memorial services were held at the spot where the O 3 submarine sank for 33 sailors killed in the disaster. Secretary of the Navy Knox spoke from the Triton deck praising sacrifices and a nation built on such men. About 1000 sailors from 24 vessels watched as flowers were cast onto the water. The ceremony began at 5 35 p m and Sun sank beyond the horizon.
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Navy
Portsmouth
N. H
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Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Triton
Germans Pour Into Soviet Front Across 2500 Mile War
Berlin reports the German army advancing across a vast front into Soviet Russia with heavy air strikes on Red airports. Finnish and Romanian offensives flank the push as Berlin predicts key battles to be decided within two weeks. German forces penetrate East Prussia and Poland's Bug river, while Russia fights back with artillery and infantry. Luftwaffe raids extend to Lithuania Latvia and Estonia as a Baltic Sea clash looms.
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Russia
Russian Poland
Berlin
U. S. SR
Germany
East Prussia
Bug River
Poland
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Red Air Corps
Supreme Command
Luftwaffe
England
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Napoleon
Leningrad
Michael
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Latvia
Estonia
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Windau
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Gol
Lightning Blows Struck by Nazis Blitz Across Europe
Berlin reports on the first day of the German blitz against the Soviet front from Finland to Romania. Eyewitnesses describe rapid infantry thrusts and Luftwaffe strikes destroying air ports, transport facilities, and Red Army supplies, as German command remains silent.
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Rumania
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