British RAF Attacks Lille as New Bombing Wave Hits Germany
British bombs strike Lille steel and engineering works with strong fighter escort. Losses include three British fighters shot down. Lille raid part of ongoing push against German-held territory. Daylight raid followed heavy night raid on Midlands and S east coast. Calls grow for a second front as air offensive intensifies.
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Associated Press
London
Lille
Ger
Frince
Erman
HORE
RAF
Srest
Charnhorst
Arly
Pictorial
Lord Beaversbrook
Express
Germany
Holiday Toll Rises to Fifteen in North Carolina
Charlotte reports seven more deaths during the three day holiday, bringing toll to 15 from automobile crashes drownings train accidents fires and a fatal shooting. Victims include Charles Lee Guthrie in Wilmington hospital accident Morganton worker L B Dale found on tracks near Morganton infant Frances Raper in an Eil enboro auto crash 11 year old Charles Marshburn Greensboro killed near Hugh Point and Lenard Pathan drowned in Greenville Betty Irene Beddington 15 killed by a pistol fired accidentally by her brother Clark beddington at Concord Coroner N J Mitchell notes the toll as of today.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Charles Lee Guthrie
Durham
Wilmington
Columbus
L. BE. Dale
Morganton
Frances Raper
Ira Raper
Menboro
Eilenboro
Hugh Point
Charles Marshburn
Greensboro
Graham
Greenville
Lenard Pathan
Lewis Gibson
Concord
Betty Irene Beddington
Clark
N. J. Mitchell
Britain Vichy Talk Peace of Syria Armistice Stage
New York July 5 Britain and the Vichy government engage in a pre armistice exchange of views aiming to end the war in Syria. NBC's Martin Agronsky in Ankara cites British diplomatic circles noting the conflict is in its final decisive stage. A neutral power has served as go between but may not appear in final negotiations.
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New York
Britain
Vichy
Syria
Martin Agronsky
National Broadcasting Company
Ankara
Agronsky
London
Nation’s Fourth Death Toll Reaches 349 Across 39 States
The Associated Press reports 349 lives lost during the Fourth of July weekend across 39 states due to car crashes, drownings, fireworks, and other incidents. Pennsylvania and New York led with high counts amid a day of heavy traffic and a deadly Mattituck grade crossing crash. Durham, North Carolina also reports the death of Vernon Ivey, a 35-year-old service station operator weighing 506 pounds, from a heart attack.
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Associated Press
D.O.A
States of the Union
Upstate
New York
Cannesville
Ind
New York City
East Side
Missouri
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Ohio
California
Long Island Railroad
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Sinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Big Man
Durham
Vernon Robert Ivey
Ivey
Fifth Columnists To Take Anderson In Simulated War Game
Col William L Roberts announced Clemson College trainees will stage a city wide fifth column exercise in Anderson South Carolina on Friday. About 450 cadets in civilian dress will infiltrate the city and at zero hour seize public buildings while a twig armed force moves in to complete a simulated coup. The drill aims to immobilize the courthouse city hall water works and communications and establish a mock concentration camp for officials in a historic first for the United States.
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Anderson
S. C
William L. Roberts
Fourth Corps
Clemson College
United States
Fifth Coluumnists
Anderson County
Roberts
FDR Likely to Endorse Price Fixing Law Next Week
A Congress insider says President Roosevelt will probably settle the price fixing controversy next week. Rose Henderson, chief of the price fixing setup, urges a prompt mandatory plan. Some White House aides favor delaying to avoid a Senate fight and a halted House tax agenda. The issue may be discussed in a White House conference.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Administration
Capitol Hill
Rose Henderson
Henderson
Capitol
White House
Senate
House
Maybank Seeks Solutions To Southeast Power Shortage
Governor Burnet Maybank of South Carolina arranged talks in Washington with the Federal Power Commission and state officials on an alleged growing power shortage in the Southeast. He met FPC chairmen and discussed adding recreational centers for service members and possible daylight saving time as a national measure.
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Washington
Burnet Maybank
South Carolina
Federal Power Commission
Public Service Commission
Southeast
Boston
Governors
Maybank
Leland Olds
FPC
John A M. Carmody
Federal Works Agency
Carmody
Wolf
South Carolina Public Service Commission
State Commission
Jacobs
South Carolina Defense Council
Olds
Sam
Hitler Plans Peace Gesture in Russia Campaign
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden predicted Germany would offer a peace gesture to Britain during the Russian campaign. He dismissed such a move as a false posturing, urged by internal German pressures, and warned Britain would not be swayed, intensifying the war effort to defeat Hitler and his regime.
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Leeds
Eng
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Anthony Eden
Eden
Scotland
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Fucer
Russia
German Drive Slowed By Heavy Losses Near Stalin Line
German advance units averaging 25 miles daily in the two week war with Soviet Russia were in contact with the main Stalin line on the Dnepr near Orsha about 300 miles southwest of Moscow. Minsk encirclement reports and Dnepr obstacles were noted as Moscow claimed a counteroffensive near Ostrov and heavy losses slowed the Baltic drive.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Russia
Dnepr
Orsha
Moscow
High Command
Minsk
Germany
Arctic
Galician
Poland
Smolensk
Black Sea
Baltic States
Red Army
White Russia
Ostrov
Dvinsk- Leningrad
Dvina
Polotsk
Lepel
Borisov
Bobruisk
European Wide Front
Volynski
Kiev
FDR Reviews Defense Situation After Hyde Park Rest
President Roosevelt, after a week at Hyde Park, arrived in Washington for an immediate defense briefing. He met with Sumner Welles, George C. Marshall, Henry L. Stimson, James V. Forrestal, and Royal E. Ingersoll to discuss foreign affairs and military readiness, including consular expulsions and the possibility of drafting outside the Western Hemisphere.
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Washington
Hyde Park
Roosevel
Sum Pner Welles
Denmark
George C. Marshall
Army
Hemisphere
Henry L. Stimson
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Royal E. Ingersoll
First Step In Isolating Syria Taken
British drive from Iraq to cut off Syria from Turkey reports say reached the first objective at Kameddine on the Turkish Syrian frontier. Mosul railway supplies the thrust as Deir ez Zor falls to British forces. Beaulieu coastal raids and night bombings hit Beirut and Damour while French denials claim only limited gains. RAF planes defend Palmyra and Diezireh, two British columns reported shot down.
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Vichy
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
Kamedine
Mosul
Kamedite
Deir-F Z-Zor
Euphrates
Deir-Ez-Zor
Jezzine
Beirut
Kamechke
Palmyre
Hemis
Deir-Ex-Zor
Ner Diezireh
Kamechite
Merdjayoun
Damour
Tripoli
Palmyra
Conference seeks solution to bitter milk strike
In Van Hornesville New York a five day old tri state dairy farmers strike threatens New York City milk supply. Owen D Young meets about 90 000 producers behind closed doors to discuss a plan of united action to obtain a living price. Four of six invited organizations attend as talks resume tonight with possible mediation ideas and continued discussions tomorrow.
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van Hornesville
N.Y
New York City
Owen D. Young
Young
General Electric Company
New York
Tomo Press
The
Dairy Farmers Union
New
Donovan Will Chase Spies Topic New Anti spy Agency Head
Col William J Donovan, Buffalo lawyer and WWI veteran, to take key post in federal defense setup. White House confirms pending announcement likely early next week. Reports say he would head a new anti spy agency coordinating investigators across Justice, Treasury, State, and military intelligence services.
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Washington
William J. Donovan
Federal Defense
Europe
North Africa
Roosevelt
White House
Donovan
Buffalo
N.Y
Coolidge
Army
Justice, Treasury
State Departments
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
New York
Hoover
England
Balkans
Turkey
Malta
Egypt
Siraq
Syria
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Latvia
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Edward
Barbara
Edward Price Richards
Superior Court
Los Angeles
Barbara Ann Richards
Richards
N. C
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Uania
Jeaunas
Pinsk
Hinsk
Prittes
Sibaraz
Arnapol
Nem Kharkov
Slutsk
Luck
Krzemieniec
Tarnopol
Zbaraz
Dvisnik
Bialystok
FDR
Leon Henderson Ee
Stalin Line
Latvian
Young Heads Conference
York
Vermont
Dairymen’s League
DFA
Metropolitan Co-operative Producers Bargaining Agency
Associated Independents
Joseph O. Eastlack
Metropolitan Milk Distributors Bargaining Agency
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