FDR offers U S aid to Russians and frees assets
President Roosevelt pledged all possible American help to the Soviet Union and released frozen Russian assets for U S purchases. He said aid would depend on American industry capacity and defense needs of the United States and Britain, with details to follow Russia’s item list and funding methods.
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Russia
Germany
Roosevelt
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Red Forces
Great Britain
Treasury
Italy
Inesia
Asis
Rumuer Welles
Acing
Welles
New Shutdown Threat in Soft Coal Mines
The United Mine Workers policy committee voted in Washington to halt work at southern Appalachian mines after 7 un logs two-year contracts were signed by time but negotiations lacked a wage agreement. Northern Appalachian mines would stay running as talks continue. most southern operators reportedly acquiesced except the Harlan County Kentucky Coal Operators association.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Washington
Southern Appalachian
Company
Representaives
Appalachian
Southern
Northern
John L. Lewis
Southern Producers Wage Conference
Harlan County
Coal Operators Association
Klan Is Permitted to Parade Unmasked
In Spartansburg on June 4 approximately 150 unmasked Ku Klux Klan members rode in cars through the business district after Mayor Jennings L Champion and Sheriff Sam M Henry agreed to permit the parade if paraders rode without masks. Sheriff Henry cited a telegram from Governor Burnet R Maybank urging prevention, noting the Klan was now claimed to be supported by the German government.
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Spartansburg
Jennings L. Champion
Sam M. Henry
Henry
Burnet R. Maybank
Soviet force fights back in fierce counterattack
Soviet officials reported stiff resistance as they claimed annihilation of a Nazi mechanized regiment and massive fires in Warsaw Constanza and other occupied cities. They said parachutists in Soviet uniforms were being intercepted and that NKVD units would direct countermeasures behind the front.
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Constana
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Secret Police
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Lithuania
Grodno
Poland
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Vilna
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Lithwana
Brodsk
Stalinai
R A F Bombers Strike Calais and Boulogne Again
British air force bombers, flying from Dover Strait in clear skies, attacked Calais and Boulogne for the 14th night of the intensified offensive. Observers say it was among the heaviest raids on those ports with anti-aircraft fire rising along the French coast. Some German aircraft were noted over eastern and southern England, but no hits were reported in northwest England or the north midlands.
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Calais
Boulogne
Britain
Channel
England
Midlands
Britain and Soviet Union to Fight Nazis as Partners
London reports that Britain and the Soviet Union will cooperate as military and economic partners to defeat Germany. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that a mission to Russia is being pressed forward and should be completed soon. Sir Stafford Cripps, returning from Moscow June 11, hopes to go back in a few days for further consultations. Turkey has stated its position in the past day.
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Great Britain
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Germany
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Russia
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Foreign Office
Adolf
Hitler
Edenwald
Turkey
Machines moved to defense plants from civilian industries
Washington June 24 William S Knudsen head of the office of production management said the government has transferred some machine tools from civilian consumer goods to defense plants. He displayed a Roosevelt letter stating that every machine needed by defense plants should be transferred whenever available.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Knudeen
Roosevelt
Bandits Sought in Billings Area After Robbery Spree
Billings June 24 bandits linked to a wide crime wave in Bozeman and across southeastern Montana and northern Wyoming were chased by police. A stolen car path from Bozeman to Billings and attempts to trap two armed men were reported. the duo had kidnapped a service station attendant in Ellensburg and were tied to robberies and burglaries across three states. Police noted the same two men were seen in Billings and had left a note warning they would not be captured.
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Worden
Goze
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Ellensburg
Wash
Idaho
Iron Man
Couer d'Alene
Ina Billings
Payette
Levitt I. Westlake
Atlaliye
Second Temperature Record Is Set In Helena Heat Wave Update
Helena records another high as Tuesday’s heat nears the century mark with 98 degrees reported in multiple locations across eastern Montana. The Weather Bureau forecasts 1.87 inches of rain for the period and a cool down with afternoon and evening showers.
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Billings
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Junelingston
Youthful Merchant Donates Lemonade Stand Profit
Fresno, June 24. Donald Eugene Ginner a year old merchant closed his lemonade stand books and turned over the entire net profit twenty seven cents to the United Service Organizations. He joked to a woman at the sale booth that he would raise more with his lemon squeezer.
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Calif
Donald Eugene Ginner
United Service Organizations
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Army
Drive for Aluminum To Be Started Over Whole Nation
Mayor Fiorella La Guardia, directing the Office of Civilian Defense, announced a nationwide drive to collect old and needed aluminum. He said the Defense agency will lead the campaign, following successful experiments in Richmond Virginia and Madison Wisconsin, and will seek state governors to oversee local participation through counties cities towns and civic and youth groups.
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Washington
Fiorella la Guardia
Office of Civilian Defense
la Guardia
Office of Production Management
Defense Agency
Richmond
Madison
Wis
New York
Weather Forecast for Montana Showers and Thunderstorms
Montana forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with widely scattered afternoon and evening showers or thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday. Cooler temperatures expected east of the Divide on Wednesday.
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Montana
Divide
Gov Carr Pleads For States Rights To Water
Gov Ralph L Carr of Colorado urged that western states solve water issues themselves at a joint civic club dinner in Butte. He argued water makes land valuable and warned against a federal board controlling western waters. He condemned federal exclusion of cattlemen miners and other users from public domain lands set aside for recreation.
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Ralph L .Carr
Colorado
Tinton Hotel
Carr
Congress
Mw Board
Farm Mortgage Rider Passed By House In Roll Call Vote
By a roll call vote of 202 to 130 the House approved a farm mortgage rider to amend the national housing act to set up a 350 million dollar fund for insurance of farm mortgages. Rep. Glen Gall of Alabama, a sponsor, said it would obviate the need for government loans to help tenants become farm owners.
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House
Senate
National Housing Net
Glengall
Ala
Soviet Planes Bomb Finland Reported in Helsinki
Helsinki reports Soviet planes violated Finnish airspace and bombed a Finnish motorboat in the Tudku archipelago. The boat’s captain was wounded by shrapnel as the attack occurred off Ulö. Early morning patrols entered Finland between 1 20 a m and 4 45 a m with fighters near Hanko and the sea.
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Kuhmo
Tolke
Hango
War Front Dispatches From Europe and Syria
Russian warplanes launched heavy raids on Constanta and Warsaw as Red Army claims fierce battles near Grodno Wilno and East Prussia. Berlin losses cited while submarines and air battles reshape the front. In Syria British and Free French forces push to consolidate occupation from Palmyra to Damascus as operations widen across the near east.
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Black Sea
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Red Army
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Russia
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Vilna
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Konigstberg
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Bucovina
Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Palmyra
Homs Sand
Jebel Ed Druz
Damascus
Nazi Losses Five Times Britain Pilots In France Air War
Britain declares Nazi losses exceed five to one for each British pilot in recent operations over France and the channel. RAF bombers raid the coast and inland targets as Luftwaffe pilots appear less experienced, with 112 German planes down and 28 Allied losses in the eight days through Monday.
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Britain
France
Channel
R.A.F
Air Ministry
Hun
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RAF
Americans Barred From Leaving Haly in Italian Retaliation
Rome reports Tul san government bars American citizens from departing in retaliation for Italian actions against Americans. Italians in the United States may be required to obtain visas before leaving, with denial possible. Both governments may share motives tied to freezing credits and broader regulatory evasion concerns.
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