British Nurse Contingent Torpedoed. Six Missing
The American Red Cross announced that a British vessel carrying 10 Red Cross nurses to England was torpedoed. Four nurses rescued days ago are safe. six remain missing, listed by name. Four aboard another ship, the Maasdam, are reported saved, with no conclusive word on two additional women aboard. The nurses were bound for a Red Cross Harvard Hospital unit in Southern England.
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Washington
Red Cross Aid
Red Cross
England
Gulf I Coast
Phyllis L. Evans
Everett
pMass
Dorothy C. Morse
Boston
Mass
Nancie M. Pett
Inicss
Amiesbury
Marion Blissett
Kalkaska
Mich
Victoria M. Pele
Auburn
N. Y
Lillian Pesnicak
Albany
Maasdam
American Red Cross-Harvard
Winston
Ruth B. Breckinridge
Winston-Salem
Three Injured In Altercation At Pottsville Mines
In Pottsville area, July 9, three men were wounded by gunfire and many others battered in a clash between anthracite miners and company watchmen at the Correale Construction operation near Donaldson. Deputy Sheriff Brobst called the disturbance extensive as 400 to 1,000 protesters confronted watchmen before state police arrived.
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Pottsville
Correale Construction Company
Donaldson
L. M. Brobst
Schuylkill County
Wooden Guns on French Coast Reported by Red Army
MOSCOW July 9 The Red Army said Germany drew artillery units from Dunkerque and Cherbourg to bolster the drive against the Saint Line leaving behind wooden or dummy guns to face the British. Captured German officers quote their units were transferred and emplaced as they entrained.
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Moscow
Red Arm
Germany
Dunkerque
Cherbourg
Rayburn backs one year draft limit with volunteer option
Washington July 9 Speaker Rayburn opposed extending draft service beyond one year yet favored amending the Selective Service law to allow volunteers for a second year He also supported officer training schools to give draftees a path to rise in the army He noted National Guardsmen and reserve officers might stay one more year Moscow issued war time mail and telephone rules to curb military leaks and harmful reports
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Washington
Rayburn
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Moscow
Soviet Commissariat
RAF Batters Coast In Non-Stop Raids
RAF daylight and night attacks across the Channel and northern France escalate as U S forces occupy Iceland, signaling a broadened war zone. German officials condemn Roosevelt moves while British bombers strike Hamm Muenster and coastal batteries, with observers noting three directional incursions. Additional reporting on page 2.
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RAF
Coast
London
Britain
English Channel
Asault
France
Rhineland
Kent
Channel
Air Ministry
Hamm
Muenster
Auto industry to bear wartime production burden says briefing
Washington strategists favor shifting auto industry capacity to defense needs to speed war materiel like planes tanks and guns. By trimming auto output to 50 75 percent they aim to build a postwar backlog and preserve economic stability while freeing steel rubber aluminum chrome and copper for military use. Bill Knudsen urges buying cars now as the plan could suppress civilian production and reshape consumer demand after the crisis.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
O. P. M.-ers
White House
Bill” Knudsen
Soviet Air Raid Rocks Helsinki Before Dawn
Soviet warplanes bombed Helsinki in a dawn raid described as the most intense since the 1939-40 conflict. Casualties were 15 dead and 125 wounded, with fires in a workers district across about one square mile. Firefighters and volunteers fought blazes as residents fled, and bodies were searched in smoke filled streets. Stretchered victims were aided by Red Cross charity ambulances.
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Helsinet
Helsinki
First Air
Red Cross
Nassau County
New York
Crete Defense Lacked Arms in WWII Debate
In the House of Commons Lieut Rupert Brahner the Crete veteran said defenders had to fight with few planes guns and tanks. He recalled Malemi patrols with only two aircraft daily and tanks that broke down before action. Liberal Geoffrey Mander urged Beaverbrook to lead production. Harold Macmillan replied for the government.
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London
Crete
House of Commons
Rupert Brahner
Fleet Air Arm
Malemi
Brahner
Brabner
Geoffrey Mander
Lord Beaverbrook
Ministry of Supply
Harold McMillan
Vichy seeks armistice terms as Syria conflict narrows
Vichy government says it asked Britain for an immediate armistice in Syria and that the United States consulate in Beirut mediated talks begun last night. The communiqué notes the war is increasingly unequal and gives no immediate word on end dates, terms, or whether fighting has ceased in key centers such as Damascus, Beirut, Aleppo, or Homs.
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Vichy
France
Britain
Syria
United States
Beirut
Germany
Damascus
Aleppo
Homs
Churchill
House of Commons
Henri Deniz
London
FDR to seek larger wartime funding from Congress
President Roosevelt will ask Congress for additional appropriations this week for defense and lend-lease operations. Sources say the figure may reach the original $7 billion lend-lease bill level, covering army navy and Maritime Commission needs amid expanded domestic defense and lend-lease efforts. White House press secretary Stephen T. Early confirmed supplemental estimates are underway for final presidential review with Budget Director Harold D. Smith.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen T. Early
White House
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Harold D. Smith
Invasion fronts and Russian defense push reported
Adolf Hitler's invasion armies were claimed by Germans to have driven into the USSR in three new sectors, while Moscow reported Soviet resistance stalling advances along a 1,000 mile front from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Russian bombers reportedly destroyed Romanian oil centers at Polesti and the Constanta port ceased to exist. The Moscow bulletin spoke of smashing German regiments in northern White Russia and a strong defense against the push, as German advances toward Murmansk and Estonia were alleged. A German spokesman hinted United States troops in Iceland mark a step toward wider war, with speculation about US occupation of Azores, Dakar, and other sites. Churchill hailed Roosevelt amid ongoing war coverage.
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Berlin
United States
Iceland
Roosevelt
Azores
Dakar
Cape Verde Islands
Western Hemisphere
Zeeland
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
White
Russia
Rumania
Hitler
Polesti
Rumanian
Black Sea
Constanta
Estonia
Ostrov
Finland
Murmansk
Elen
Salla
Vila Murmiansk
Baltic
White Russia
Dvina
U. S
Germany
French West Africa
London
Winston Churchill
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Churchill Hints U S And Britain May Cooperate To Keep Sea Open
Prime Minister Churchill suggests United States and Britain may jointly guard Iceland’s dangerous waters. He praises American occupation of Iceland, notes alliance will deter Hitler, and stresses US supplies and forces must be protected while preserving Western Hemisphere security.
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Churchill
U. S
Britain
Associated Fresh
London
House of Commions
United States
Iceland
Bissmarck
Feeland
Teeland
Hitler
Germany
United States of America
Western Hemisphere
Defense Line In Hemisphere Is Discarded
President Roosevelt said hemispheric dividing lines should be discarded as a factor in United States defense. He argued there is no defendable imaginary line between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres and that some areas just outside such boundaries could be crucial for national defense. The remarks responded to questions during a press exchange.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Asia
AFL Strikers Take Back Jobs Amid Wartime Labor Spat
The AFL Building Trades Council ended the Jefferson Barracks strike after assurances the WPA encroachment would be investigated, while 75 WPA painters were hired at sub union wages. Separately, AFL Auto Workers closed a Michigan defense plant at Muskegon and an AFL Electrical Workers walkout at Charleston, Indiana affected ordnance project labor. The Electrical Workers called the Charleston action nonstrike, with 400 workers free to pursue higher wages elsewhere.
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Associated Press
American Federation of Labor Building Trades
Jefferson Barracks
WPA
AFL United Auto Workers
Defense Mediation Board
Michigan Defense
AFL Electrical
Charleston
Ind
Ordnance Works
AFL Building Trades Council
OPM
Wolkout
Muskegon
Mich
Sealed Power Corp
AFL Electrical Workers Union
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