Carol Is Told to Settle Later in Romania Crisis
In Bucharest on June 28 Soviet rapid advance into Bessarabia and Bucovina alarms Germany. Berlin says Britain pushed Stalin into Romania to bait Germany, which vows to wait and not let the Soviets dominate the Danube approaches. King Carol calls parliament, bans public gatherings, and Iron Guard leaders join the cabinet as Romania braces for further moves.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Russia
Legation
Germany
Balkans
Carol
Moscow
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Red Army
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Stalin
Romania
Reich
Makeuver
Danube
Black Sea
Iron Guard
Horia Sima
Ion Simonescu
Sima
Simonescu
Johann Fabricius
Vienna
Hitler
Fuehrer
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Budapest
McNary Nominated for Vice President by Republican Convention
At Convention Hall Philadelphia on June 28 Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon was nominated as Wendell Willkie’s running mate on the first ballot. Despite McNary’s public signals that he might decline, fellow senators and delegates predicted he would accept.
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Philadelphia
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
U. S. Senate
Wendell Willkie
Harold Stassen
Senate
McNary
Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Lodge
Massachusetts
Townsend
Delaware
Austin
Vermont
Arizona
Minnesota
W. 8
Moscrip
Herbert Seiler
Chehalis
Wash
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Reece Signs with Nazis Berlin
Bulletin reports Greece and Germany forge an economic pact with Berlin to trade goods of mutual interest. Greece and neighboring states have moved toward alignment with the Reich, as Germany extends trade agreements with regional partners.
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Reece
Berlin
Greece
Germany
Inter
Reich
Athens
France
Senator McNary Says He Will Accept VP Nomination if Nominated
Washington June 28 Senator McNary Republican from Oregon said he told the party he would be a soldier and accept the vice presidential nomination if the convention chose him. He noted he did not want the nomination but would serve if nominated.
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Washington
Nator McNary
R-Ore
Republican Vicential
Bombing kills three in Dutch towns report
Berlin says in a British raid over Netherlands towns Helder and nearby areas three persons were killed. The German news agency B reports the raid involved German anti aircraft action and jets driving off the attackers.
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Berlin
Netherlands
Helder
Thatity
Admiral Leahy Sees Fleet Heading for Atlantic
Washington June 28 Admiral William D Leahy a chief of naval operations expressed the opinion that the United States fleet on its way from the Pacific should move to the Atlantic where it is most needed He said I think the fleet we need now is in the Atlantic or that is where we are going to need it.
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Atlanta
Washington
William D. Leahy
Naval Opera
United States
Leahy
Roosevelt
Army
Air ministry reports heavy RAF losses over European targets
NDON June 27 reports the air ministry saying extensive Allied air activity achieved gains against German objectives across the English Channel, the coasts of Scandinavia and the Netherlands and Denmark and North Germany. Nine British planes failed to return.
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Ndon
Air Ministry
English Channel
Scandavia
Netherlands
Denmark
North
Ger
Plane crash injures two near Kings Mountain
Miss Mildred Harrelson eighteen and Miss McKinney nineteen were injured when their small plane, piloted by McKinley, crashed in an open field three miles south of Kings Mountain. They were taken to a Gastonia hospital with serious injuries.
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Kings Mountain
Mildred Harrelson
Sheloy
McKinney
Dairy Company
Gastonia Spital
Willkie Says Nomination Accepted and VP Pick for Convention
Wendell Willkie told reporters in Philadelphia he has accepted the Republican presidential nomination and will address delegates at the convention. He said the choice of running mate is up to the convention and not his decision to make.
Roosevelt says willing to discuss foreign affairs with Willkie
President Roosevelt stated he would be glad to talk about foreign affairs with Republican nominee Wendell Willkie at any time. He avoided politics in response to questions, saying he was busy with other matters and apologized for being late at a press conference due to a nonworking elevator.
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Elwood
Ind
Congress
Roosevelt
England
Willkie
Washington
Wendell J. Willkie
Philadelphia
Roosevelt Weighs Bigger Army Budget for Defense Build-Up
President Roosevelt signaled a plan to seek higher Army appropriations to fund large defense orders. He floated expanding production capacity to back a goal of 50,000 aircraft annually and mentioned appointing Donald M. Nelson to coordinate defense purchasing across agencies.
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Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
Treasury
Daniel J. Tobin
American Federation of Labor
Democrats See Clear Split After Willkie Nomination
James A. Farley declares the Willkie nomination frames a choice between forces alien to American life and the party’s traditional approach. Speaker Bankhead notes a definite party division as voters decide in November. Secretary Ickes predicts Roosevelt will be renominated and reelected, contrasting experience in government with Willkie’s background.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Wendell Willkie
Bankhead
Willkie
Ickes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Italian Air Raids Make Gains Over Africa
Rome reports effective actions by the Italian air force in Northern Africa and Italian East Africa. British rear detachments and motorized units were bombed in Cyrenaica. One British plane fell in air battles over Asmara. a second was shot down over Assab with the crew captured.
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Rome
Africa
Italian East Africa
Cyrenaica
Asmara
Assab
Dewey Taft Willkie Lead In Republican Ballot Bidding
Philadelphia June 28 The Republican presidential balloting shows shifting totals among Dewey Taft and Willkie across five ballots. Dewey leads early but Taft and Willkie gain with each round before Willkie ends with the strongest aggregate support on the final tally.
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Philadelphia
Dewey
Taft
Willkie
Germany rejects peace feelers as cannons speak from Berlin
Berlin reports Germany's reply to British peace overtures is unequivocal no settlement while Churchill's government pursues war. High command notes continued British raids and German air strikes on England, while French coastal seizure progresses toward the Spanish border.
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Berlin
Germany
London
Reich
Winston Churchill
High Command
Bayonne
Roosevelt approves catch-all deficiency bill
President Roosevelt signed a catch-all deficiency appropriation bill providing 85,891,777 dollars for miscellaneous government activities. The measure includes doubling the Immigration Bureau border patrol personnel for the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection to monitor alien seamen and combat Fifth Column activities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Immigration Bureau
Border Patrol
Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection
Mrs Willkie Says She Lost Specs At Press Conference
Mrs Wendell Willkie admitted she could not follow the vote tally that made her husband the Republican nominee because she lost her spectacles. She spoke at a women’s press conference saying she was scared and feeling lost in it all.
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Philadelphia
Wendell Willkie
Elwood
Ind
French Forces End Struggle In Syria
Jerusalem reports General Mittelhauser announced cessation of hostilities in Syria and that the French flag would stay raised. London officials doubted the dispatch and awaited formal confirmation, noting no hostilities had occurred.
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Syria
Jerusalem
Mittelhauser
Near East
London
British War Office
French National Committee
Conservatives Rally Behind Churchill in Wartime Unity
A Conservative Party statement sanctioned by Neville Chamberlain affirmed full support for Prime Minister Churchill and Britain's war effort. It rejected rumors of a split with Hitler terms, as Luftwaffe raids over Northeast and Southeast England and Scotland met stiff British air and anti aircraft responses with limited damage reported.
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Associated Press
London
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
Britain
Hitler
England
Scotland
Air Ministry
Ministry of Home Security
Wales
Uni
Romania Agrees To Soviet Ultimatum On Bessarabia Transfer
Official Soviet radio reports Romania consented to Russian demands for transferring Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina to the Soviet Union. Key cities Cernauti Chisinau Akkerman to be occupied. timing, railways and airfields to be controlled by the USSR.
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Rumania
Carol of
Carol
Bucovina
Bessarabia
Russia
Tulcea
Constanta
Transylvania
Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Cernauti
Chisinau
Akkerman
Cetatea-Alba
Moscow
Europe
Tass
Romania
Civilian Army Proposed by American Legion
Baltimore June 28 A proposal from American Legion officials calls for a nationwide civilian army of 18 plus year olds. Unarmed but fully militarized, battalions would be organized in every city under Legion auspices and staffed by Legion officers. Maryland Legionnaires objected, calling it fascistic and dangerous, as a potential Bund. National commander Raymond J. Kelly questioned the timing and breach of faith pending executive committee review.
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Baltimore
American Legion
Legion
Army
National Executive Committee
Navy
Maryland Legionnaires
Bund
Raymond J. Kelly
Detroit
Norfolk
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Dr. C. M. Morrison
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