Senator Fears Consulate Step Is Nearer War
Washington June 17 AP The State Department ordered the closing of all German consulates in the United States by July 10 drawing Senate approval but Senator McCarran warned it could push nations toward war He suggested stopping propaganda by Soviet Russia instead Undersecretary of State Welles said no diplomatic rupture was implied and the move targeted German consulates plus the German Library of Information and other agencies believed inimical to U S defense efforts Connally noted some consulates likely spread Nazi propaganda sabotage and strike agitation in defense plants
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United States
Senate
McCarran
D- New
Russia
Welles
Foreign Relations Committee
PLAN IMMEDIATE ACTION BERLIN
Berlin announces it will take necessary measures immediately to counter United States action freezing German funds in America. The report notes US moves and Germany’s retaliation threats amid ongoing war pressures and diplomatic exchanges.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
America
Inniety Fest London Helsinki Reports Stir Baltic Region
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Helsinki says Russian troop mobilization rumors stir Finland and Scandinavia with antiwar sentiment. An international athletic event in Helsinki is cancelled and a football match between Copenhagen and South Swedish teams in Matno, Sweden is called off as Danes are denied exit permission. Planes bagged Berlin reports claim 26 British aircraft shot down in hours ending this morning.
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London
Dispatch
Today
Helsinki
Italy freezes US funds as it blocks American credits
Rome reports decree freezing American credits in Italy and halting payments from Italy on private debts to Americans. Italians must report all U S credits within 20 days while Americans and Italians abroad receive limited exemptions. Violations face prison terms and fines. The editor Virginio Gayda calls US actions an economic war that could lead to war. Roosevelt labeled measures as bellicose. Continued on page 2.
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Italy
Official Gazette
United States
Virginio Gayda
Giornale d'Italia
Roosevelt
Gayda
State Departments
Treasury Department
Survivors credit chief officer for saving their lives
Capetown June 17 The Robin Moor’s chief officer Melvin Mundy of Bethlehem Pa earned praise from the last saved passengers for steering a lifeboat for 13 days using a copied chart and guiding the group to a British rescue ship that landed here with the final survivors.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Robin Moor
Melvin Mundy
Bethlehem
Ozorio
Diplomatic note grows after Robin Moor torpedoing
Philip Williams third secretary of the U S embassy at Rio de Janeiro arrived in Washington with detailed survivor depositions and photographs of the Robin Moor destruction. The State Department awaits complete depositions before a formal protest to Germany is prepared, amid strong interest in the pictures as possible proof the submarine was German.
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Washington
Philip Williams
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Williams
Recife
Brazil
State Department
Germany
Ton
Survivors cite lack of sea warning over submarine rescue
Survivors said no wireless alert saved them, while officers and crew on the submarine identified it as German. They noted the sailors spoke good English but with a German accent, with some disagreement on details.
Roosevelt may seek fourth term amid wartime concerns
Washington observers report substantial talk among Democratic and Republican figures that Franklin D. Roosevelt is planning a potential fourth term. Ed Flynn tours the West to unite factions, while Roosevelt pushes forward on the St. Lawrence Waterway and aid to Britain, signaling readiness to run if national sentiment supports it.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Ed Flynn
la Follette
Petain declares France not sold out on anniversary address
Marshal Philippe Petain told the French people they had not been sold out or betrayed as he marked the first anniversary of his leadership in unoccupied Vichy France. He said conditions improved though trials lie ahead, urging continued confidence and describing renewed land, industry, and youth resolve.
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France
Marshal
Philippe Petain
Marshall
Germany
Petain
Bordeaux
Draftees to Volunteer for Parachute Troops
Washington June 17 AP Selective service trainees may volunteer as parachute troopers after thirteen weeks at infantry replacement centers. The 502nd infantry parachute battalion will form July 1 at Fort Benning Ga as the first to be opened to trainees, expanding parachutists to about 7,000.
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Washington
War Department
502Nd Infantry
Fort Benning
Aluminum Head Denies Charge Made By Ickes
Senator Mead of New York claimed Senate defense committee testimony shows the Office of Production Management delaying a Fontana aluminum project on the Little Tennessee River. I W Wilson of Aluminum Company of America said AA C would apply for RFC financing once OPM approves.
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Washington
Mead
DNY
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Office of Production Management
I. W. Wilson
Aluminum Company of America
RFC
Fontana
North Carolina
OPM
Wilson
Little
Tennessee River
New York
Army
Aluminum Company
State Quota Set At 34 643 Men In North Carolina
Raleigh reports Selective Service assigns a state quota of 34 643 men under a new bank account style system. Major Hugh Upton explains local boards may call draftees until quotas are exhausted, with about 22 000 net after 12 000 already drafted for training. Local board quotas include Guilford 296 and 390. Davidson 296 and 297. Randolph 260 and 247.
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Selective Service Headquarters
North Carolina
Hugh Upton
Selective Service
Guilford
Davidson
Randolph
Army Uses New War Methods in Meade Action
Army unveils mechanized warfare in Middle Tennessee with five armored divisions and allied infantry during a dawn exercise. About 0,000 men and thousands of machines participate in the first nationwide test of armored division battle formation. The operation centers around Wartrace with units from New York and Georgia leading the offensive, while Fort Custer and Fort Benning troops provide support.
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Tennesseer
U.S
Middle Tennessee
Europe
Tableland
Wartrace
Nashville
Chattanooga
Armored
New York
Georgia
Tennessee
Carolinas
Fort Custer
Mich
Fort Benning
Invasion May Be Made From Norway Coast
Reports from Norwegian circles in London indicate Germany concentrates large numbers of troops on the Norwegian west coast as a potential springboard for an invasion of Scotland. Troop trains with marines and material have moved through Oslo toward west coast bases, and Kra Feroe reports say transports and vessels are steaming westward.
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London
Germany
Scotland
Oslo
Kra Feroe
Skaggerak
Fast Coast Oil Ban Proposed
Washington reports Secretary Ickes proposed a total ban on oil exports from the East Coast without prior government approval. The move follows a 240000 gallon Philadelphia to Japan shipment stoppage amid feared eastern seaboard shortages. Ickes and aide R K Davies sent telegrams to 32 East Coast shippers urging no offshore sales without office consultation.
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Washington
United States
Ickes
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
Philadelphia
Japan
R. K. Davies
Secret plane detector credited with Britain's defense
London June 17 AP Major Clement Attlee told the House of Commons a secret plane detector credited with RAF victories in the Battle of Britain last fall has been developed further with high promise. He said industry is increasing production and the apparatus requires many skilled radio mechanics to maintain and repair it. Training is provided by the services with university and technical college assistance. Dominions and the empire aid, especially Canada, are helping.
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RAF
Britain
Clement R. Attlee
Privy Seal
House of Commons
Attlee
Dominions
Empire
Canada
Observers See Major Battle Developing On Libyan Front
Cairo dispatch reports a British surprise penetration to Fort Capuzzo opposite Salum, with heavy clashes as Axis counterattacks are repelled by reinforcements from Tobruk. British gains are described as a local offensive expanding, with further captures near Lake Lakemt and in Assab area.
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Cairo
Egypt
Fort Capuzzo
Libya
Tobruk
Middle East
Salum
East Africa
Imperial
Lake Lakemt
Ethiopia
Assab
North Africa
Japs Break Off Trade Parley
Japan abruptly ended economic talks with the Netherlands East Indies over a trade pact. A joint communique said the conferences did not yield satisfactory results and duties remain unchanged. Kenkichi Yoshizawa pressed for a reconsideration but the Dutch Governor-General stood firm.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Jaepan
Indies
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
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