Sutton to oppose Phipps in Guilford sheriff race
Cliff Sutton announced he will seek the Guilford County sheriff’s post, setting up a likely four cornered race with Sheriff Joseph Phipps. Deputies Apple Story and Jones issued a joint statement that they will not run, while others including Willard Dyer Joe Paschal Charles Hunt and John Walters were floated as possible candidates. Sutton’s past campaigns show strong Greensboro and rural Guilford support, signaling continued political contest into next spring.
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Guilford County
C. R
Cliff) Sutton
Greensboro
Enterprise
Otis D. Apple
John Story
John F. Jones
High Point
Joseph F. Phipps
Sutton
North Carolina
Guilford
Kinston
Sheriff Phipps
Willard M. Dyer
Joe E. Paschal
Charles Hunt
Pleasant Garden
John E. Walters
White Oak
British urged for daring raids on German held coasts
British agitation grows for coordinated army naval and air strikes on coasts occupied by Germany as RAF and amphibian units are urged to join in aggressive action. General Fuller advocates rapid nip and run raids to divert German forces and strike while Russia looks east.
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Acre
Ondon
Britain
Eral
J. F.C. Fuller
Gery
Ong
Fuller
Vickers-Armstrong
Russia
Tey
Comines
Lilone
Iders
Ample Power Declared by Carolina Power and Light
Raleigh June 28. President L W Sutton says CP L plans ample power to meet all demand in its territory and has supplied considerable power to defense industries outside its area. He notes drought impacts but asserts facilities cover all demand and mentions delivery to the aluminum plant at Badin.
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Raleigh
L. W. Sutton
Carolina Power and Light Company
Sutton
Federal Power Commission
Carolina Power and Light
Badin
Senate Sends Massive Army Bill to White House
Washington June 28 Congress approves the largest cash appropriation in U S history with a 10 584 821 624 army bill. The Senate also clears bills funding stabilization, devaluation powers, commodity credit, and defense measures for Navy planes and maritime controls. Debate warns against totalitarian methods while lawmakers seek speed before the fiscal year ends.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
White House
Commodity Credit Corporation
House
Maritime Commission
George
Dga
Senate Appropriations Committee
Office of Government
Lowell Mellett
Bridges
New Hampshire
Lodge
Massachusetts
Gurney
South Dakota
Settlements Reached in New York and Pittsburgh Labor Disputes
Peaceful settlements were announced by Mayor La Guardia and the Transport Workers Union averting a city transit strike affecting thousands. Pittsburgh AFL teamsters ended a 28 day walkout returning to work under a Defense Mediation Board proposal for wage increases. The cases will be finalized at upcoming board meetings starting Monday.
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Associated Press
New York
Pittsburgh
F. H. la Guardia
Gotham
Transport Workers Union
CIO
la Guardia
Teamsters
AFL Teamsters
Defense Mediation Board
North American Aviation Company
Opposition grows to formal national emergency declaration
Capitol chatter said the War Department sought a congressional declaration of national emergency to keep National Guardsmen and selective trainees in active service, and to lift limits on presidential troop deployment outside the Western Hemisphere. Rep Woodrum blasted the plan as provoking protest while Rep Starnes emphasized defense of the Western Hemisphere without intent to go to war.
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Washington
Capitol
War Department
Woodrum Dvan
Congress
Starnes
Dala
Executive Departments
Tugwell Warns Planning Can Save Nation From Destruction
In Charlottesville Rexford Tugwell former undersecretary of agriculture and New York City planner warned the United States must plan for the future or face malnutrition soil erosion and war. He argued technology can betray humanity and stressed the need for social cooperation and better food processing vitamins.
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Charlottesville
Rexford Guy Tugwell
University of Virginia
Institute of Public Affairs
Tugwell
City Planning
New York City
United States
Puerto Rico
Oklahoma
Mississippi
New York
Illinovis
Hitler claims big successes against Soviet forces
Berlin reports indicate Adolf Hitler’s armies and air force press toward Moscow as Europe aims to unite against Communism. A field communiqué referenced major weeklong gains with no specifics, promising detailed Sunday announcements. Axis sources meanwhile claim Minsk is within 150 miles of German lines and the 97th Soviet division has been destroyed.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Europe
Hitler
Medanwhile
DNB
Red Army
Ankara
Minsk
White Russia
Isnier
DNE
Soviet Blames Nazis Bitterly
MOSCOW June 28 Soviet Russia disclaimed ambitions on the Dardanelles and Bosporus and described the German attack as unprovoked. S A Lozovsky, assistant director of the Soviet information bureau, said German fliers violated the Soviet frontier 324 times this year, and Hitler's war declaration contains one huge lie. He criticized Hitler’s view of Turkey and noted Russian flights into German territory 11 times while Germans violated Russia 324 times.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Dardanelles
Bosporus
Black Sea
Mediterranean
S. A. Lozovsky
Soviet Information Bureau
Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph
Goebbels
Lozovsky
Hitler
Flitler
Turkish
Finnish Army Chief Calls Holy War Against Russians
Helsinki reports Field Marshal Mannerheim ordered Finnish soldiers to follow him in a holy war against the Russians. Berlin dispatch notes Nazi submarines sank a tanker and seven freighters in the Atlantic, totaling 46,700 tons, with a second tanker and two freighters torpedoed, possibly sunk, totaling 75,000 tons.
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Helsinki
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Finland
Berlin
High Command
Atlantic
Germans clash over victory communique amid radio reports
New York broadcasts cite Hans Fritsche denying exaggerated German advances and predicting the next day’s communique. Budapest radio claims Bucharest bombing with civilian deaths and Russian attacks, while Nazi successes in Bucharest are praised and 130 Soviet planes downed per Romanian dispatch.
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New York
Hans Fritsché
CBS
Bucharest
Budapest
Romania
Constanta
NBC
Carpatho-Ukraine
Baltic States
Record Dive by Fausel Sets 661 MPH Air Speed
Civilian test pilot Bob Fausel of Curtiss Wright pushed a ship to 661 miles per hour in a vertical dive at Wright Field on April 7 1940. The run, faster than the prior unofficial record by Andy McDonough, highlights the growth of America’s air force and the role of military and civil test pilots in advancing aviation technology.
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Paul B. Mason Dayton
Wright Field
America
Bob Fauser
Curtiss- Wright Corporation
Buffalo
N. Y
Curtiss-Wright
New York
Fausel
Andy McDonough
Air Corps
McDonough
Aviation
Russians Say Nazi Advance Being Held Up
In a massive tank clash across former Poland the Soviet information bureau said German drive is stalled with high Nazi losses and halted tanks near Minsk. The release claimed Red forces inflicted rear losses, took prisoners in the Siauliai sector, claimed destruction of 300 tanks, and noted air force activity including sinking two monitors near Tulcea and seven German planes shot down. Finnish soldiers are mentioned as well.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Poland
Russian Information Bureau
Minsk
White Russia
Red Army
Siauliai
Lithuania
39Th Tank Corps
Telfing
Napoleon
Red Air Force
Tulcea
Danube
Romania
Prut
Bessarabia
Luftwaffe
Aussies Down Six Bombers In Syrian Clash
In a fierce air engagement over Palmyra, Australian Tomahawk fighters shot down six Glenn Martin bombers piloted by Vichy French fliers while escorting RAF bombers. British and Free French forces advanced toward Homs as Palmyra withstood bombardment and Allied units closed on the city.
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Jerusalem
Palmyra
Damascus
Homs
Syria
Noms
Saba Biyar
Beirut
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