Coal Shutdown Threat as Talks Fail in Appalachia
United Mine Workers policy committee votes to stop work at southern Appalachian mines after July 7 unless a two year contract is signed. Northern operators reach agreement. southern owners accept temporary wage deal. President Roosevelt defense labor policy advances in House to grant broad strike powers and possible troop use.
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United Mine Workers Policy Committee
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Southern Producers Wage Conference
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House of Representatives
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House Military Committee
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Patent Leams Bill Approved in House Action
The House passed the Lanham patent bill to seal leaks to foreign nations of secret military patents and approved a measure to oust potential fifth column radio operators aboard ships. Speaker Rayburn announced the May draft age bill and a plan to use the army to curb strikes in defense industries, with the Vinson cooling off plan set aside. A conference on a $150 million community facilities measure near defense areas moves to the Senate for final approval.
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Yanks May Legally Join British Forces Now
President Roosevelt announced that American youths may enlist or become officers in British forces with no oath of allegiance to the king. He suggested 15,000 to 30,000 Yankee volunteers as civilian technicians and noted Canada already houses about 10,000 Americans in Canadian and English armed forces.
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Canada
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Hamilton
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Tolgate University
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U.S
Knudsen Bids to Slash Red Tape and Boost Production
Defense Director-General William Knudsen ordered a sweeping reorganization of defense agencies to speed armament production and cut red tape. He warned Americans not to become lax as German-Russian war dynamics heighten global risk. The move restructures the Office of Production Management for streamlined action.
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William §. Knudsen
America
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Russia
Navy Plea For Machinists Fails In Bay Area Strike
San Francisco June 24 government efforts to recruit machinists for 500 million dollars of defense orders fell short as AFL and IO unions, on strike since May 10 in 11 Bay Area yards, ignored calls to return to work. Civil service desks drew few applicants and most new hires were nonunion, leaving the labor shortage unfilled as unions prepared further action.
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Moore Drydock
East Bay
Bad Heart Not Fatal
Durham New Jersey June 24 A new clue to the cause of heart disease found in hormones was reported to the American Association for the Advancement of Science by Dr William Raab of the University of Vermont. The clue may help prevent serious heart disorders. Another report by Dr Lewis Faugeres Bishop Bellevue Hospital suggests many with bad hearts live to old age.
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Durham
N. J
American Association For the Advancement of Science
William Raab
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Lewis Faugeres
Bellevue Hospital
New
Cal
Moscow Says Men Fighting Like Lions Against Nazi Invasion
Moscow reports Red army and air force fighting with stiff resistance as German mechanized units advance. Soviet comms claim 300 German tanks destroyed, 5,000 captured, 127 planes shot down in first two days. Citizens rally to support war, while authorities warn against subversives and panic.
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Tass
Sovietews Agency
Pravda
Communist Party
Red Army
British Report Gains in Syria
Cairo June 24 IN SI The RAF conducted the greatest fighting sweep in Syria flying against Basibek Talia Rayak and Quick near Homs Airdromes were machine gunned eight Vichy aircraft destroyed and hangars and buildings burned Other targets included Fort Soueida Free French advance rumors linked to Damascus and Beirut road actions with a reported Vichy HQ capture awaiting full confirmation.
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London
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Damascus-Beirut
Possible Aid Pledged To Russians By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt pledged all possible aid to Soviet Russia to help smash the German invasion. He announced the U S will provide support though no formal Soviet request had been received, noting that materials ready for shipment could help and that a detailed list would follow.
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RAF Bombers Lash Coast In 14th Night Raid
RAF bombers struck the invasion coast of France for the 14th straight night blowing up targets while fires lit the pre dawn sky. Churchill watched the offensive from behind the lines as explosions shook the German western perimeter.
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Thomas C. Watson
London
France
Winston Churchill
Germany Presses Ukraine Front in Rapid Offensive
Report from Turkey cites German and Romanian forces advancing on three fronts in Ukraine depths 80 to 125 miles. Unconfirmed claims suggest Red Army may be crumbling or executing a strategic retreat to blunt the Nazi attack. Conflicting reports indicate grave danger of large parts of Ukraine falling to Axis forces.
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Panzer Units Blitz Toward Rich Ukraine
German high command claimed annihilation of a Russian division and the destruction or capture of thousands of Soviet troops as panzer forces pushed 125 miles toward the breadbasket of the Ukrainian front. Luftwaffe and dive bombers supported a breakthrough through bunkers with heavy artillery, while German losses were said to be light and claims of Soviet losses were high. Reuter and Paris dispatches reported advances in Bessarabia toward Tarutin and movements toward Brest-Litovsk and Pinsk with prisoners and captured tanks noted.
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Red Air Force
East Prussia
Soviet Girls Demand Frontline Service in Red Army
Moscow June 24 Russian girls clamored for admission to the Red army for frontline service Tass the Soviet news agency said this reflected a surge of patriotism sweeping the country and a stance against the hated enemy.
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Moscow
Red Army
Tass
Eden Welcomes Soviet as Ally and Hints at Aid
Prime Minister Eden announced in the House of Commons that Britain and the Soviet Union would fight Germany as military and economic partners. A mission to Russia is being prepared quickly. Sir Stafford Cripps aims to return to Moscow soon for further talks. Turkey’s Anglo Turkish treaty stands, while the U S signals cautious support for Britain's Soviet collaboration.
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Great Britain
Soviet Union
Germany
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
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Moscow
Stafford Cripps
Foreign Office
Adolf Hitler
Eden
Turkey
U. S
Britain
Sumner Welles
Russia Claims 304 Nazi Planes Downed
Moscow radio reported 304 German planes shot down by Russian forces in the latest Red Army communique. In three days of fighting, 374 German planes were claimed as downed. The Russians said they heavily bombed Warsaw and acknowledged raids on Sevastopol, with NBC’s New York broadcast transmitting the update.
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Vilna Capture Report Floated by Finnish Paper
Helsinki dispatch notes Sanomat saying German troops captured Vilno Vilna in old Lithuania with no confirmation. Report also claims German raids hit Hang a airbase and Estonian Soviet airfields while Leningrad burns from fires started by air raids. Vilnius sits near the Polish border along the Warsaw Leningrad line.
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