Border clash erupts as Ecuador accuses Peru of aggression
Quito reports two days of sporadic battles and artillery exchanges along the frontier after Peruvian raids and incursions. President Arroyo del Rio's cabinet and Peru's government hold emergency sessions as Quito condemns the action as political aggression and military provocation.
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Associated Press
Quito
Ecuador
Peru
Simon , Bolivar
Eucador
Arroyo del Rio
Ministry of Defense
U S Troops Arrive in Iceland To Reinforce Defenses
Forces of the United States Navy arrived in Iceland to supplement and eventually replace British troops securing the country. The move follows an agreement with Roosevelt and Iceland's prime minister to ensure adequate defense, as fighting near Peru and Ecuador eased after a two day border clash.
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U.S
Iceland
Associated Press
Washington
United States Navy
Roosevelt
Furniture Men Warned Against Fright Sales
CHICAGO July 1 P A government price official told a group of furniture dealers it was directly to national policy to urge buyers to purchase now due to feared price increases. James F L Gogardus of the Federal Office of Price Administration warned stronger steps may follow unless speculation and price rises are checked. He said rumors of price write ups and flight merchandising were heard but hoped unfounded.
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Chicago
James FL Gogardus
Federal Office of Price Administration
Dentz Rejects British Terms In Middle East Clash
Ankara July 7 General Henri Dentz French high commissioner in Syria and Lebanon reportedly rejected new British surrender terms. The plan offered French forces a choice to return to France or join De Gaulle's Free French, with French war material in Syria to pass to Britain. Damour suffered heavy bombardment as British naval guns joined in, while British raids continued on Beirut and French air efforts, with claims of French P-40 Tomahawks in the mix. French defenses and ground resistance slowed two British Indian detachments at Deir-ez-Zor as British forces push from Iraq along the Euphrates.
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Ankara
Turkey
Henri Dentz
Syria
Lebanon
Surender
France
Charles de Gaulle
Damour
Beirut
Deir-ez- Zor
Iraq
Euphrates River
FBI Launches Spy Clean-Up G Men to the Defense feature
The Enterprise presents a special by Peter Edson on the FBI G men in the defense war. A gripping series based on Edson’s research into FBI activities linked to sabotage and crime busting, aiming to familiarize Americans with the new national defense role of federal agents.
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G-Men
Enterprise Nea
Washington
Peter Edson
Enterprise
Edson
FBI
Agents of National Defense
Army Pay Boost Sought By Youth Congress
The American Youth Congress urged raising private base pay from 21 to 40 dollars a month. The 800 delegates at the 7th annual convention voted unanimously to petition Congress for the change.
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Philadelphia
American Youth Congress
Congress
Holiday Period Deaths Reach Total Of 628
The Associated Press reports 628 people died during the Long Independence Day weekend across the United States. Of these, 384 were traffic fatalities, 244 were other violent deaths, with California leading at 61 deaths and Illinois next at 29 traffic plus 18 others. Rain limited the total.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Rhode Island
Nevada
South Dakota
Finnish Towns Are Assaulted In Boston? (no)
Helsinki and Kotka on the east coast were bombed by Russian warplanes, killing one and wounding twenty in Helsinki. Three civilian buildings were hit, fires started, and twenty dwellings destroyed in the capital yesterday’s raids and new attacks followed in Lovisa and nearby towns as Finnish artillery and German bombers press the siege on the Hango Peninsula.
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Helsinki
Kotka
Here
Lovisa
Finland
Hango
Gulf of Finland
NAM Says Defense Production On Schedule Nationwide
New York July 7 Defense production is on schedule or ahead nationwide the National Association of Manufacturers reported today from telegraphic reports in 16 major industrial areas. The machine tool bottleneck of January has been largely eliminated but skilled labor and materials are still needed.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
National Guard training criticized amid photo scandal
The Amy's High Command condemns coddling of 1941 National Guardsmen and draftees as Marines photographed in camp with visiting girls sparks outrage. GHQ orders barring actresses and entertainers from reservations to keep morale from being softened. Debates rippling over Dewey social centers and steel industry hunger among Western senators.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Sissy
Amy
Quantico Gamboling
New York
Navy
Marines
Army Corps
Army
Thomas E. Dewey
U. S
British Bombers Cross Channel In New Air Attacks
London reports a dawn air raid across the English Channel with fighter escort targeting France and German industrial centers. Night operations extended from Brest docks to Ruhr Valley, with Brest harbor damage and several ships as targets.
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London
English Channel
France
Brest
Germany
Ruhr
Boulogne
Calais
Channel
Dortmund
Munster
Junker
Air Ministry
Dusselsdorf
Cologne
Emden
Rotterdam
Zuider Zee
Netherlands
North Sea
Norway
FAR EAST CONFLICT ENTERS FIFTH YEAR WITH CHINA PREPARING ATTACK
July 7. The undeclared Chinese Japanese war enters its fifth year with a stalemate along a 2800 mile front. Chiang Kai-shek’s forces are reported preparing to seize the offensive in 1941. China claims 5,000,000 in the field and 10,000,000 in reserve or training, while Japan remains bogged down in the Chinese quagmire.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Tydings Fights FDR Appointee for Supreme Court
Senator Tydings opposes the confirmation of Attorney General Robert Jackson to the Supreme Court, arguing unfitted character and temperament. The judiciary committee approved the nomination unanimously as the Senate eyed other business this week. House considers draft deferment and defense plant rules. A prison strike at Leavenworth Ale over 1100 convict workers may end by tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Tydings
Senate
Robert
BR. Jackson
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Jackson
High Court
House
Leavenworth
Kas
Robert H. Hilespeth
Navy seeks 585 Million for shipbuilding push
Washington July 7 The Navy asks Congress for an additional 585 million dollars to augment shipbuilding. Acting Secretary Forrestal said $300 million would fund extra facilities at naval and private yards and $160 million would cover repair facilities. The request follows most of the prior 500 million already being obligated.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
J . James V. Forrestal
Catholics Rally Against Church Limitations in Germany
In Berlin July a pastoral letter from the Catholic bishops of greater Germany accuses forces of trying to dissolve the union between Christ and the German people. Read in churches nationwide, the Fulda framed document warns that the church’s free expression faces restraints. It asserts Christianity’s fate in Germany is at stake, with officials declining to comment.
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Berlin
Catholic Bishops of
Greater Germany
Germany
Fulda
Frankfort
Boniface
Nazi Invasion Stems On Entire Front In 16 Days
A Soviet spokesman reported the Nazi invasion stalled across the 2000 mile front after 16 days of heavy fighting. German losses were put at up to 700 000 in 12 days with total casualties near one million. Moscow claimed the Red Army halted the German drive from the Baltic to the Black Sea and repelled crossings along major rivers.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
S. A. Lozovsky
Lozovsky
Russia
U.S.S.R
Hitler
Stalin Line
Ukraine
White Russia
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Lithuania
Latvia
Baltic
Black Sea
Berezina River
Red Army
Cernauti
Dniecpr
Bobruisk
Excursionists Saved After Rapids Prince Grounding
The last of 221 passengers from the stricken Rap ids Prince were brought ashore at Lachine Quebec, by motor launches after grounding at dusk yesterday. They had remained aboard overnight during the shoot the rapids voyage.
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Lachine
Que
Lachine Rapids
McNutt declares American stake in Far East must be kept
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt told Washington Chinese colony observers that America's stake in Asia is far too real to abandon to appease Tokyo. He warned that German Russia conquest could push Japan into axis collaboration and urged China and the United States to act now to prevent a totalitarian front across Europe and Asia. He projected eventual Chinese victory as dominant in the Orient.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
America
Asia
Tokyo
Japan
Philippines
China
North and South Carolina Firms Named in War Orders
Labor Department list of government supply sources names several Carolina plants under Walsh Healy Act checks. Ware Shoals Manufacturing Company in South Carolina receives a 49 900 dollar order for handkerchiefs from Riegel Textile Corporation of New York City. Green wood based iWantex Manufacturing Company earns 29 813 dollars for mosquito bars from Nantex Manufacturing Company of New York City. China Grove Cotton Mills in North Carolina gets 1 836 dollars for cotton thread from Gardiner Hall Jr Company of South Willington Connecticut. Hartsville Print and Dyeing Company in South Carolina secures 11 475 dollars for cotton bunting from Kranish Brothers Incorporated of New York City.
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Washington
Labor Department
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ware Shoals Manufacturing Company
Ware Shoals
S. C
Riegel Textile Corporation
New York City
War Department
iWantex Manufacturing Company
Greenwood
S.C
Nantex Manufacturing Company
China Grove Cotton Mills
China Grove
N. C
Gardiner Hall, Jr., Company
South Willington
Propaganda Victory Sought to Win U.S. War Support
Sir Gerald Campbell of the British Information Service in the United States said Britain would win the Battle of Headlines in America without campaigning to bring the United States into the war. He argued effective press coverage would sway American opinion in favor of Britain and Allied war aims.
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London
Gerald Campbell
British Information Service
United States
America
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Mr. Dewey
United States Steel
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Pacific Coast
Henry J. Keiser
New Deal
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Edna Ross
Mike Benton
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Ross
FDR
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