Finland mobilizes reserves and curtails trains
Helsinki declares midnight reserve call up and immediate officer promotions to regular army ranks. Cadets will graduate to lieutenants as Finland readies for possible conflict. Public calm prevails while newspapers note Russian German crisis and mobilization along the Moscow Leningrad rail line.
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Helsinki
Russia
Helsinki Sanomat
London
Gothenburg
Sweden
Stockholm
Finland
Moscow
Leningrad
NAZI DEMAND U S REMOVE CONSULARS FROM EUROPE
Germany asks the United States to remove all consular and American Express Company employees from Germany and several occupied or neutral territories by July 15. The note was handed to the U S charge d affaires by the German foreign ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAZL
U. S
Berlin
Germany
United States
American Express Company
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Serbia
Greece
Foreign Ministry
Gas rationing considered for eastern U S
Washington June 19 Interior Secretary Ike defense petroleum coordinator said a ration card system for gasoline in the east was under consideration if rigid restrictions on petroleum were necessary by the expected shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I¢kes
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
FDR Declines Axis Provocation Yet Warns of War Crisis
Rome reports Virginia Gayda, Fascist editor, says new proof of American bellicosity exists in the expulsion of German consuls but asserts the Axis will not be baited into war. He notes Washington’s provocative moves aim to aid Britain and shape American sentiment while Italy watches closely the possible impact on U.S. German relations.
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Rome
Virginia Gayda
Axis
Il Giornale d'Italia
Washington
Berlin
Gayda
Roosevelt
Germany
America
Italy
Iman
United States
Governor Broughton May Recommend 6600 Salary for Unemployment Chief
Raleigh June 19 Governor Broughton said he would probably recommend to the Council of State that Major A L Fletcher newly appointed chairman of the Unemployment Compensation Commission be fixed at 6600 a year.
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Raleigh
Broughton
A. L. Fletcher
Churchill blocks open debate on Atlantic shipping losses
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Churchill refused to state the government position publicly, citing secret sessions. He said a review of the Battle of the Atlantic would occur soon but warned that public discussion could aid the enemy. Hore-Belisha Shinwell pressed for candor to sway US aid, while Churchill stressed the ongoing, grave nature of the Atlantic war.
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London
Prime Minster
Churchill
House of Commons
Leslie Hore-Belisha
United States
Hore-Belisha
Roosevelt
Laborite
Femmanuel Shinwell
Commons
British Tanks Lost Near Salum in Libyan Frontier Action
June 18 report says more British tanks destroyed south of Salum amid Libyan Egyptian frontier fighting. German high command bulletin notes six British planes shot down over the western desert front and ongoing attacks on Alexandria naval base.
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New York
Berlin
NBC
Salum
Western Desert Front
Alexandria
Egypt
French Reject Ultimatum To Give Up City
Damascus defenders reportedly rejected a British demand to surrender and believed Allied forces had begun a direct attack. British ultimatum set for 5 30 a m none of the report indicated compliance by noon. Allies press from west south and southeast with Australian troops near Damour and other fronts in Syria and Lebanon.
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London
Damascus
Reuters
Henry Maitland Wilson
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Jerusalem
Middle East
de Gaullist
Mezze
Jebel el Kelh
Ankara
Archibald P. Wavell
Syria
Iraq
MerdjJayoun
Kissoue
da Mascus
Ezran
Kuneitra
Damour
Beirut
Lebanon
State Fair Planned in Raleigh Unaffected by Maneuvers
Raleigh June 19 The State Fair will proceed as scheduled next October Governor J Melville Broughton said after a conference with army officers that the state fairgrounds will not be used as a supply base for the first army maneuvers in the fall The announcement confirms no change to the fair's location or timing and underscores continued support from state leadership for the event.
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Raleigh
J. Melville Broughton
Tax plan shifts burden with joint returns proposed
A Ways and Means panel debates a revenue bill aiming to avoid heavy tax hits on low earners and businesses. They back joint returns for couples to reduce political damage, projecting 500 to 750 million dollars in revenue, with prominent tax targets including film and stage stars. Local Democrats from New York are noted for nonattendance, while California's Buck is cited as a distant district voice. The piece previews ongoing discussions and hints at factional dynamics.
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New York
Hollywood
Ways and Means
Tammany Hall
Christy Sullivan
Tony Cullen
Brooklyn
Cullen
Frank H. Buck
California
Holly Wood
Drastic Increase In Income Taxes Is Recommended
Washington June 19 The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively voted to recommend a drastic increase in income taxes and tighter corporation excess profits taxes to raise about 2.48 billion in added revenue. The plan would begin surtax rates at 5 percent on the first 2,000 of taxable income, rising to 75 percent, with the top rate applying to net incomes over 3 million. A special 10 percent excess profits tax on war contracts was also tentatively approved, expected to yield about 63 million.
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Washington
House, Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Coughton
Treasury
Axis Hammers Retreating British Forces in Africa
Rome report says Axis warplanes hammered retreating British troops after the Salum battle while land forces rounded up prisoners and equipment. British losses cited include about 200 tanks and 42 planes in three days. Tobruk and Matruh railhead were bombed anew. Bengasi also attacked. East Africa saw artillery exchanges near Gondar with no overall change west of Galla Sidamo.
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Rome
Salum
Tobruk
Matruh
Salam
Bengasi
Gondar
Ethoopia
Galla Sidamo
Fascist ships taken over Washington announcement
The Maritime Commission announced formal possession of the first of 28 sabotaged Italian ships laid up in United States waters. The move follows government action to secure the damaged vessels and clear the way for assessment and potential rectification or disposal.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
United States
Berlin Studies Pact Reaction
Berlin reports a cautious mood as the Turkish friendship pact is studied abroad. Moscow offers no stance yet while British reaction is seen as surprising Germany defeated English diplomacy. German Russian ties remain officially unremarked. Count Werner von der Schulenburg is in Moscow as usual.
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Kremlin
Moscow
Russia
Rumania
Germany
Count Werner von der Schulenburg
Death Rhetoric as FDR Receives Oxford Honor
Cambridge Mass June 19 President Roosevelt asserted we would rather die on our feet than live on our knees in response to Oxford University honor. Lord Halifax read a citation praising his stand for liberty and humanity. Harvard awarded eleven other honorary degrees as Oxford conferred its convocation.
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Cambridge
Mass
Oxford University
Harvard University
Ancient Yard
Roosevelt
Lord Halifax
Oxford
Harvard
United States
IV Tanny
England
Edwin M. Watson
Watson
University of Oxford
Flight training centers eyed for Goldsboro and Greenville
Senator Reynolds says War Department action on establishing primary flight training centers at Goldsboro and Greenville, North Carolina is imminent. A War Department survey at Goldsboro has been completed but no report yet. announcement hinges on Congress completing CHR 4276 funding of 977 million dollars. Civil Aeronautics Administration will cooperate, site selection awaits funding finalization.
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Washington
Reynolds
D-Nc
War Department
Goldsboro
GreenVille
N.C
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Senate Cool on Arming American Merchant Ships
Washington June 19 The Senate showed distinct coolness to arming U S merchant ships against submarines fearing it would invite Axis attacks President Roosevelt said the United States was ready to arm if developments warranted Senator Norris questioned effectiveness noting WWI limits and one key senator urged the president to seek congressional approval before acting
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Washington
Senate
President Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Norris Jind-Neh
U. S
Norris
Wilson
Congress
Turkish Pact Frees Hitler To Strike On Another Front
London reports say the German Turkish agreement signals a major Nazi move against either Soviet Russia or Suez. Informed sources note Hitler aims to pressure Moscow while enforcing economic concessions, with Turkey’s press and radio now under German control. Dispatches claim reinforced German air forces along the Romanian Soviet border.
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Crete
Aegean
Turkish Phrace
Turkey
Hitler
Hame
Britain
Soviet
Berlin
Moscow
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Romania
Ankara
Turkey agrees with Germany isolates Russia pact
Berlin reports a ten year non aggression and mutual consultation treaty between Turkey and Germany, signed by Franz von Papen and Sukru Saracoglu in Ankara. The accord pledges respect for territorial integrity, peaceful settlement of disputes, and includes trade and press relations promos. It aims to isolate Soviet Russia and could influence the war, with Britain and the United States noted as informed.
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Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Dutct
Turkey
Germany
Franz von Papen
Ankara
von Papen
Sukru Saracoglu
REICH
United States
Saracoglu
London
Moscow
Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische
Foreign Office
Russia
Great Britain
Unity For Oil Asked By Ickes
Interior Secretary Ickes urged the oil industry to unite with the government to ensure steady petroleum flow for the national emergency. Speaking at an emergency conference of executives, he warned that democracy may be at risk if supplies falter and called for plans to maximize resource use amid wartime needs.
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Washington
America
Ickes
Defense Petroleum
Europe
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Robert Cales
Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary
Vichy
Ismet Inanu
House
Morgenthau
Axis Hammers
Wilhelmstrasse
Fdr
Robert Alexander Watson Watt
British Isles
Suez
Unity
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