Marines Ship Torpedoed En Route to London
Washington June 30 The Navy confirmed a steamer carrying U S Marines to London was torpedoed but gave no death toll figures. A Dutch vessel Maarsden was named by officials as the vessel involved and Red Cross nurses were aboard along with Marines. Sources offered no confirmation on the status of personnel.
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Redross
Ashington
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Reign
Rncan Marines
Maarsden
Sumner Les
Red Cross
Welles
British Raids Beirut and Palmyra Amid Syria Advance
British air raids targeted Beirut and Palmyra as RAF bombed Beirut’s strongholds early today and struck central desert camps. French forces reported heavy losses on their side while Britain pressed north toward Damascus and a rail route near Homs, with casualties including Gen Denis Said and others killed or wounded in the Damascus-Beirut region.
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Beirut
Ira
RAF
Syria
Allas
Britorces
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Damas
Said
Damascus
Homs
Nebek
Itish
Ane
Beirut Ress
Henri Dentz
Unor
Lem
Aid
Madame Denis
Finns and Russians in Active Fighting
Fierce fighting along the Finnish Russian border reported with widespread bombing and gunfire. Four civilians killed, several injured as Russian planes struck Finnish cities and a passenger ship Arcturus near Turku. Forest fires started by bombers were quickly contained. Finland ends passive resistance as Field Marshal Mannerheim calls for a holy war against Russia.
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Finland
Helsinki Radio
Arcturus
Stockholm
Turku
Abo
Lloyd's Register
Scotland
K. S. Liokoski
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
British fatty meat demand harms North American pork markets
Rising British appetite for fatty meats drives U S Canadian hog and pork markets higher. Americans face $10 per hundredweight hog prices up from $4.95 a year ago, boosting imports from Canada and inflaming Capitol Hill discussions. Canada plans 425 million pounds bacon for England, while Britain funds purchases with Lease-Lend appropriations, raising pork costs in both nations. Congress probes policy impacts.
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United States
Canada
Capitol Hill
Far West
Dominion
England
Canadian Food Board
Congress
Britain
Handy Speaks At Convention Session Today
Kansas City adjutant general Robert B. Handy told the state encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that isolation would destroy the nation. He urged Americans to decide what to fight and die for, warning of threats from Hitler and the need to defend human rights. The session opened with Mayor Kirkman and appeals for unity from VFW and auxiliary leaders.
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V.F.W
Carona
High Point
North Carolina
Veterans of Foreign Wars
C. Ingram
Edith Ddock
Asheville
State Department
Bryan M. Crosby
Kory
Robert B. Handy
Kansas City
the Veterans of Foreign of the
United States
Handy
Hickory
O. Arthur Kirkman
Crosby
N. S. Stirewall
H. P. Morrison
B. Stainback
American Legion Auxiliary
Lochner
Anna Mae Lochner
V. F. W. National Auxiliary
Forest G. Miles
Defense Savings Staff
Army faces 50 000 selectees monthly in second half year
Washington June 30 The army plans to call up about fifty thousand Selective Service trainees each month in the latter half of the year. Many will come from the 750 000 men aged 21 who must register tomorrow. An interspersed system aims to make new registrants quickly available for service. A White House order fixes 900 000 as the annual trainee induction maximum starting tomorrow. William D. Hassett said calls will come as current troops complete their year.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service Headquarters
Army High Command
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
William D. Hassett
RAF Daylight Offensive Hits Bremen and Oldenburg
London reports British bombers struck northwest Germany in daylight, targeting Bremen and Oldenburg and engaging shipping. A Nordeney convoy fire, a Terschelling base attack, and a downed German fighter were noted as RAF crews escaped without losses.
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Associated Fress
London
Bremen
Oldenburg
Air Ministry
Netherlands
Tawo
Nordeney
RAF
Ministry
Terschelling
Germany
Pope Sees New Hope For World
In a world wide Sunday message Pope Pius XII attributed war sufferings to divine providence punishing sin but promised a new era of peace and hope. He spoke of front line and home front hardships from bombs and blockades and urged Catholics to trust in God while recognizing trials as part of divine justice tempered by love.
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Vatican Cify
Pius Nil
Holy Father
Berlin fronts collapse as Nazis pursue retreating Russians
Berlin dispatches say on the Russian front the Nazis pressed the retreating Soviets and the front line has deteriorated to the point of no proper front. Kiel docks attacked by RAF heavy bombers in daylight raids. General Bertello surrenders to British in Cairo. British Somaliland recaptured after being yielded to Italians last year.
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Berlin
London
RAF
Kiel
Germany
Cairo
Egypt
Bertello
British Somaliland
Middle East
Palmyra Encircled Cairo Advances In Syria War
Egypt June 30 British Middle East command announced the encirclement of Palmyra the French stronghold in the Syrian desert. The communique said Damascus and coastal sectors saw further advances while the central sector remained unchanged.
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Palmyra
Cairo
Egypt
Middle Exist
Syrian Desert
Damascus
France cuts ties with Soviet Russia amid raids on diplomats
Vichy announces France severs relations with Moscow after confirming that about 200 Soviet diplomatic and consular staff were questioned. Russians held near the stadium were relocated as Petain negotiates with Bogomolov. it is unclear who will assume Soviet interests in France.
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Vichy
France
Russia
Marshal Potain
Moscow
United States
Sweekin
Beteen Petain
A. E. Bogomolov
Shipyard Machinists End Strike Return To Work
CIO and AFL machinists across 11 San Francisco Bay shipyards resume work under a coastwide master contract paying 1.12 an hour with overtime. Earlier 600 CIO members reaffirmed a return while 1,100 AFL machinists ended their walkout. Industry orders include defense production valued at 500 million dollars.
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CIO
AFL
United Automobile Workers
Electric Auto Light Corporation
Port Huron
Mich
Navy
United Automobile
White Motor Company
Cleveland
Grain Processors’ Union
W. K. Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Chrysler Corporation
Marysville
United Mine Workers
Fle Rank and File
Dows'Chemical Company
Midland
Mid
Fall Of Minsk And Snow Are Now Reported
German panzer columns smashed through Russian defenses halfway to Moscow. Minsk fell 20 miles inside the Soviet frontier and Lwow had already been captured. Smolensk appeared in sight 200 miles east on the Moscow highway as Russian resistance crumbled under the Nazi onslaught. The German high command announced Libau captured and the Baltic ring around Red Army tightening. Russian reports spoke of continued fighting in Murmansk Dvinsk Minsk and Luck sectors with heavy artillery duels along the 2000 mile front. The field headquarters said Ewon was taken and the Reich flag flies over the citadel since 4:20 a.m. local time.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Lwow
Poland
Berlin
Minsk
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Hitler
Germany
Libau
Baltic Sea
Red Army
Baltic
DNB
Rawa Ruska
Murmansk
Dvinsk
Luck
Baltica
Black Sea
Ewon
Reich
Citadel
Eleven Die In N C Accidents Weekend Toll Rises
Drowning and automobile crashes killed at least 11 people across North Carolina over the weekend. Western North Carolina saw 18 injuries. Incidents included a fatal auto truck collision near Princeton killing William Fuller and a Fayetteville area crash that claimed two soldiers, Fred Allery and Dennis Coggins, plus an Alling station operator Delvin Alphin. Other deaths occurred near Lumberton Salisbury Mt Holly and Mills River, with multiple drownings reported in Pisgah Forest and Lake Adger.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Princeton
William N. Fuller
Louisburg
Fayetteville
Fred A. Allery
Clintonville
Wis
Alexander Doby
W. G Huffstettler
Mt Holly
Willard Reese
Asheville
Mills River
Pisgah Forest
Henderson County
George W. Taylor
Lynn
Lake Adgeron
Tryon
Allen Whitted
Chandler
Abner Roscoe Stewart
Statesville
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