President Roosevelt fills two Supreme Court vacancies
President Roosevelt filled two Supreme Court vacancies with New Dealers and elevated Associate Justice Harlan B. Stone to chief justice. The nominations included Robert H. Jackson of New York and James F. Byrnes of South Carolina. Senate approval followed quickly amid mixed reactions to Jackson. The moves reflect customary courtesy and aim to strengthen the nation's highest tribunal.
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U S Blame Sinking of Robin Moor to Germany Noted
The State Department released a second Linthicum report on the Robin Moor torpedoing, asserting German submaring action violated a treaty intended to humanity in submarine warfare. Survivors testified the vessel was American and the commander knew it, while life boats were not considered safe without nearby land or rescue.
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Allies Vow to Fight On With Allied Leaders at St James Palace
London June 12 AP Winston Churchill and 15 Allied governments pledged there will be no peace no rest or halting place for Hitler and the Axis. They vowed to stand together in war and after peace for economic and social security and to fight until victory or death. Churchill denounced Nazi crimes and said Europe would not be rebuilt by German hands, urging ceaseless effort to free captive peoples.
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Battle in Syria Between British Free French and Vichy Forces
In Syria near Damascus, British and Free French troops clash with Vichy forces at Sassous. Collet’s Circassian cavalry skirts east of Kissoue and pushes west behind French lines as De Gaullists attack west of Kissoue. British artillery and mechanized units strike the center while bombers disrupt. Hundreds of French colonial troops are captured as allies push toward Kiassua with Australian and Senegalese units in support.
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War Front Dispatches Describe Raids Across Channel and Middle East
British bombers and escort fighters crossed the channel in daylight to strike German bases while a convoy near Boulogne reportedly lost a 1,400 ton ship. RAF followed with a second wave as observers noted heavy explosions and concussions along the Franco‑German front. Australian forces opened a major assault in Lebanon and Syria, breaching Kia and advancing toward Jordan’s Biblical valley to sever Lebanon from the area. In Spain, Gibraltar fortress was bombed by planes from unnamed nations, while Berlin reported British attacks on western and northwestern Germany, hitting residential districts with bombs and incendiaries as defense guns engaged.
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Montana Weather Forecast for Friday and Saturday
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies with showers in the western mountains on Friday and Saturday. Cooler temperatures expected west of the divide on Saturday.
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Nazis Claim Crete Losses Amid Invasion Fallout
Berlin says German losses in the Crete invasion totaled 5,843 dead wounded and missing as allied losses are stated near four times higher. The report notes about 6,000 British Greek forces killed and 10,700 taken prisoner, with Greek casualties around 6,000, and British sea losses. It also covers Churchill’s London briefing on Allied losses and Balkan campaign figures. The House backs Roosevelt relief fund at 886 million dollars with votes 97 to 24 and 156 to 114.
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Foreign Agent May Be Spying on Troop Maneuvers
Army intelligence officers in Camp Hunter Liggett pursue a man described as a possible foreign agent who posed as a secret services operative and observed Salinas valley troop maneuvers for days. He tried to rent a hotel room near the San Miguel post command exercise. passes will be checked more strictly.
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Wheeler Sees Growing War Opposition Among Women
Senator Wheeler told a group of women united representatives that opposition to war is growing daily. The gathering from New York Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan and other states registered concerns about involvement in the war. Wheeler warned they may be labeled subversive but argued the real subversive element seeks to entangle the nation in conflict.
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Survivors of Ship Freed in Brazilian City
Eleven survivors of the U S freighter Robin Moor were granted freedom of Recife but declined discussing the sinking. U S Consul Walter Linthicum questioned them for hours as diplomats in Washington withheld details. The search for the remaining 33 aboard Robin Moor appeared unlikely 22 days after the disaster.
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Strike Called Off Amid War Production Concerns
The G I 9 Steel Workers' Organizing Committee halted a midnight strike planned at Curtiss Wright’s two Pittsburgh area airplane propeller plants. The move followed a Senate vote approving authority for the president to seize defense plants if needed, while reaffirming collective bargaining and mediation limits. The act now goes to the House.
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Two Murder Ring Figures Die In Sing Sing Chair
Harry Strones known as Pittsburgh Phil and Martin Goldstein called Bugsby, two Brooklyn Murder Inc. members, were executed in Sing Sing on July 13. They went to the chair around 10 p.m. and died by 10:09 p.m. without uttering a word. Their deaths end a notorious run in a case marked by rapid, cost-cut executions.
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Bugsby) Goldestein
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Germany enlarges demands on Soviet in new talks
Helsinki dispatch reports Germany has broadened far reaching demands on the Soviet Union. Initial stories traced to Vichy and circulated via Ankara and London before reaching Helsinki, citing Ukraine wheat resources and a Franco German collaboration plan. Reports claimed Hitler and Stalin discussed Ukraine as Europe’s breadbasket as Weygand travels for cabinet talks while Syria is under attack by British and Free French forces.
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