FDR Seeks Over 3 Billion For Navy Shipbuilding Push
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 3.323 billion dollars more for the Navy and Maritime Commission to lift the projected cost of defense and lend-lease spending beyond 52 billion. He cited cash outlays and plans for new ships, maintenance, and possible private-ship conversions, with further queued requests for additional contract authorizations.
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Navy
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Giant Nazi Offensive Is Underway
London reports a mighty new German drive aimed at Moscow Leningrad and Kiev. Observers note potential early gains in the first week and warn pauses may follow due to supply and fatigue.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Adolf
German Air Transports Supposedly Reinforce Syria
Ankara reports German air transports landed Vichy reinforcements in Aleppo to prolong French resistance in Syria. British sources saw waves of German aircraft en route from German-held Greece, with up to 200 transports ferrying about 15 600 French troops to Syria though no heavy equipment. Dentz aims to keep fighting despite naval blockades and British denial of permission to retain Northern Syria.
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Turkey
Aleppo
Syria
Greece
Salonika
Saint Didier
Dentz
Dentz Wold
Maybank to run for vacant U S Senate seat
The Columbia Record reports Gov Burnett R Maybank will announce a bid for the U S Senate in a special election set for August 26 to fill the unexpired term of James F Byrnes who resigned to join the supreme court. Maybank named Alva M Lumpkin as temporary senator.
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Columbia Record
Burnett R. Maybank
U. S. Senate
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Maybank
Alva M. Lumpkin
Knox And Stark Deny U. S. Vessels In Fights At Sea
The report states Knox and Stark deny involvement of U S vessels amid sea battles. RAF bombers hit Le Trait shipyard near Rouen with fighter escort. British raids targeted Cologne Ostend Calais Boulogne while weather hampered observers. Two British planes did not return. German raiders struck England’s northeast coast with some damage and casualties.
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Rhineland
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Calais
Boulogne
Channel
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Germany
England
United Kingdom
Senate Naval Committee closes session on charges
Washington July 11 14 secretary Knox and Admiral Stark faced categorical denials before the Senate Naval Committee of charges that the Navy fought a shooting war. In a three hour closed session they rejected Wheeler resolution demands and discussed European war naval actions, with the chair promising a report next Tuesday to resolve open questions.
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Knox
Harold R. Stark
Senate Naval Committee
Navy
Wheeler
Mont
Naval Committee
Walsh
D. Mass
Lewis Attacks Roosevelt at C I O Convocation
John L. Lewis denounced the Roosevelt administration at the C I O convocation in Washington, blaming anti strike bills on Capitol Hill on the White House and targeting Sidney Hillman and Davis for meddling in labor negotiations. He asserted Vinson proposals were crafted by presidential aides as anti labor measures.
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Ray Tucker Marksman
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
C. I. GO
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Organized Labor
Capitol Hill
White House
Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
Inglewood
Davis
National Mediation Board
Tie
Vinson
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Hillman and
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Philip Murray
Three Soviet Defense Commands Formed Under Stalin
The Moscow radio announced that the state defense committee led by Joseph Stalin has organized three chief defense commands in the northwest, west, and southwest. Marshal Klement Voroshilov will command the northwest likely protecting Leningrad, Marshal Semeon Budyonny heads the southwest, and Marshal Semen Timoshenko commands the west defending Moscow.
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London
Moscow
State Defense Committee
Joseph Stalin
Klementi Voroshilov
Leningrad
Semeon Timoshenko
Semen Budyonny
Moscow Evacuations Expand to Women and Elderly
Bulletin states children up to age one already evacuated and now women and older, unemployed persons are being moved from Moscow. The removals are organized on a voluntary basis. Dakar prepared. defenses at the French West African port ready for any new landing.
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Moscow
Sli
Dakar
VNCAY
South America
Soviet Charges Germans Using Poisonous Gas
Moscow reports Foreign Vice Commissar S A Lozovsky accused German forces of using poisonous substances at certain points. He noted Russia has not yet employed the same new weapons but warned in a June 28 communiqué that Germans were preparing something like this.
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Moscow
S. A. Lozovsky
Russia
Portugal Ships Troops to Defend the Azores
Lisbon dispatch reports Portugal will reinforce the Azores with another troop contingent, the second in two days and fourth in three months. Diario Mandan, allied with the Government Party, urged firm defense of the islands and announced President Oscar de Fragosa Carmona would tour the Azores from July 20 for a month.
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Portugal
Azores
Diario Mandan
Government Party
United States
Atlantic
Oscar de Fragosa Carmona
FDR Declares Construction Within Law
President Roosevelt stated at a press conference that American steel could be used in 50 British bases and that Americans abroad might be paid by the British government. He said such actions, whether by direct purchase or under Lease-Lend, are legal and noted possible bases in Ireland or Scotland. He offered no comment on Wendell Willkie’s suggestion that American bases be established.
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Washington
Roosevelt
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Scotland
Wheeler
Dmont
Canada
South Africa
God
Mr. Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Chinese Send Force To Malay Peninsula Defense Pact
Tokyo reports state that the Chinese central government in Chungking has sent 50,000 troops to Burma and Malaya under an agreement with Britain and the United States for joint defense of the Peninsula. Domei cites Bangkok that 35,000 Chungking troops have already arrived, signaling a move to draw Japanese forces southward. Asahi notes lingering anti Japanese sentiment in French Indo China as residents fear U.S. and British aims to maintain the status quo in the Far East.
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Dontei
Chunking
Burma
Britain
United States
Bangkok
Chungking
Mallay
Asahi
Hanoi
Indo- China
Fight to Continue for Levant as Vichy Rejects Armistice
British terms for Syria armistice were rejected by Vichy officials who said the proposed surrender of arms and warships, occupancy of Syria, and recognition of De Gaullist forces were unacceptable. They asserted talks would not occur with De Gaulle leaders, labeling them traitors, while Dentz may decide on on-site actions. The Vichy cabinet, after a day-long meeting with Huntziger Weygand and Darlan, pledged to continue the fight against Britain and De Gaullists.
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France
Syria
de Gaullists
de Gaullist
Great Britain
Charles de Gauliec
Middle East
Edouard de Larminat
Defense
Charles Huntziger
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Jean Darlan
Henri Dentz
Mandate
Dentz
London
Armis
Tax State Load On Income Sees Heavier Burden Ahead
Treasury experts warn next year’s income tax will be heavier due to federal plans. A married man with one child earning 510,000 could owe 1,116 federal tax, plus state taxes. New York, California, Missouri and North Carolina add substantial amounts. Only Missouri offers a federal tax credit. other states deduct differently. First $2,000 in North Carolina taxed at 3 percent. New York top rate reaches 9 percent. California tops 13 percent with relief on the first 3,000 at 1 percent. For a 2,500 income, federal 5.50 plus state taxes of 3 in Missouri and 9 in North Carolina, with exemptions shielding New York and California. McCain hip fracture reported in Florida. Harvard acquires Ritz Carlton Hotel title in Newport R. I. via Goelet will probate.
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Treasury
House Ways and Means
Sam
New York
Calfornia
Missouri
North Carolina
California
Harvard Gets
Newport
R. AL
Harvard University
Robert Walton Goelet
Germans Admit Drive On East Partly Stalled
Berlin reports German eastward advance from the Bialystok Minsk area stalled at several points as German artillery and air power hit retreating Soviet columns. A military commentator warned Russia’s losses may reach one million killed and captured, with Russian forces said to suffer “unimaginable chaos” while abandoning material en route.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Bialystok-Minsk
DNB
Red Army
High Command
Schedue
Red Iepps
Toll Climb At Acmar Coal Mine Turns 11
In Acmar Alabama a gas explosion trapped miners deep underground, raising the death toll to eleven. Rescue crews recovered nine bodies by dawn. two remain buried. The victims include nine Negro men and two white men from Acmar and nearby areas. The Alabama Fuel and Iron Company operates the mine opened in 1928. Names released: Ernest Etheridge Trussville MA Curtiss Kuykendall Earl Jennings Preston Brown James Vann Sami Barnes Willie Green A McConnico Edgar Fritz C N Nathan Eddie Bryant.
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Ala
Acmar Coal Mine No
Herbert Ginright
J. L. Poe
Alabama
Albama Fuel & Iron Company
Ernest Etheridge
Trussvile
Curtiss Kuykendall
Earl Jennings
Preston Brown
James Vann
Sami Barnes
Willie Green
A. McConnico
Edgar Fritz
C. N. Nathan
Eddie Bryant
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