Roosevelt asks Congress for 3.3 billion more for navy and ships
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 3.323 billion dollars more for the navy and maritime commission, pushing defense and lease loan totals past 52 billion. The request covers 566 new merchant ships, shipyard facilities, and maintenance funds as part of a broad wartime build up through 1943 with a 5.5 million deadweight tonnage goal.
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House and Senate Split Over Defense Strike Bill
After a month of debate the House and Senate failed to agree on a bill to curb defense strikes and grant deferments for selective service registrants over 28. The Senate backed broader powers to seize struck plants, while the House voted down the anti strike clauses. The measure that passed the Senate granted discretionary deferment to older men on July 1. Senator Connally predicted the broader plan would be approved eventually.
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Battle for Syria Persists as Vichy Rejects Armistice Terms
Vichy France declares British armistice demands for Syria unacceptable and vows to continue fighting with British and De Gaullists. French leaders call De Gaullist collaboration a betrayal and report unanimous cabinet rejection after extended talks. General De Gaulle’s envoy sentenced to death in absentia.
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German Planes Aid Vichy Forces in Syria Delay
British sources report German air transports landed Vichy reinforcements at Aleppo to bolster French resistance in Syria. Observers noted aircraft from German-held Greece, with a French division aboard ships at Salonika but blocked by a naval blockade.
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Nazi Drive in USSR Reported Stalled as Battles Rage
Western reports describe chaos along the Red Army and road wreckage delaying German thrusts from Minsk to Leningrad. DNB says tanks and matériel clog roads while Soviet air forces claim higher German losses. Finnish and Polish figures surface in broader war context as guerrilla actions persist behind lines.
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Roosevelt appoints Donovan to lead defense information
President Roosevelt named William J. Donovan as coordinator of information bearing on the defense program. The appointment places Donovan at the center of the government’s information effort during a period of national security focus.
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Roosevelt
William J. Donovan
Need for Preparation Warns Civilians for Possible War
Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward Navy representative on the Office for Civilian Defense told the Tennessee Municipal League there is a real need for civilian preparation for a war that may never come.
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Officials Deny Navy In Combat in Senate Hearing
Secretary Knox and Admiral Stark told the senate naval committee in a closed session that charges of U S naval combat with Nazi units were categorically denied line by line. The panel expected a formal report next Tuesday while Roosevelt suggested U S bases in Britain could be legal under lease lend.
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Semi Blackout Tests Claim New York Harbor Safe at Night
Coast Guard air and sea forces completed a night test over Ambrose Channel finding merchant traffic unobstructed during a dimmed blackout. Lieutenant Watson Burton reported the practice to army authorities as three patrol vessels monitored the 10 mile channel. Captain Ralph Dempwolf noted ships operated with ease under semi blackout conditions.
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U. S. Considers Worldwide List to Curb Nazi Trade
U S defense officials weigh compiling a global blacklist of firms acting as Nazi purchasing agents. The move follows export controls and wartime economic measures aimed at blocking leakage of American steel oil and other supplies to Germany amid shifting combat and South American activity.
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Lumpkin Named To Senate Seat
Gov. Burnet R. Maybank appoints Alva Moore Lumpkin as U S senator replacing James F. Byrnes now a Supreme Court justice. The term is limited to six months with a special election planned for August 26 to fill the remainder of the term expiring January 1943.
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Truckers Feud Believed Closed After Temporary Accord
Georgia Public Service Commissioner Matt L McWhorter says a temporary agreement easing a truck license dispute with Tennessee will iron out the trouble. He notes Tennessee residents used Georgia addresses to dodge higher tags and Georgia will cooperate to stop it. Tennessee Finance official George F McCanless is due July 15 to work on a permanent solution. Tennessee drops Tennessee license requirement meanwhile.
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Wise Countian Is Found Dead in Virginia Railroad Tragedy
Huston Bolden 31 of Wise county was found on Clinchfield railroad tracks near Keyhole Tunnel in Gate City Virginia. He was struck by a train and body mangled. Surviving are his mother Mrs. Orville Bolden and four brothers Earl Norton Roy Martinsville John Luther. three sisters Mrs. Walter Minton Kingsport Mrs. James Lovett Gallihger W Va and Mrs. E L McCracken Andover Va.
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Judge Hu Anderson Backs Jackson Supreme Court Bid
Friends in Jackson Tennessee urged Judge Hu C. Anderson to run for the state supreme court to fill the vacancy after Justice Colin P. McKinney of Ripley retired. Anderson, a member of the court of appeals, had not announced his candidacy.
Masons In Demand At New Marine Base
An employment service manager sought brick masons for the new marine base in Jacksonville. After calling seven state regional offices without success, he visited a soda fountain where two men identified themselves as brick masons and said they were looking for work.
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Reds abandon peace stand at Madison Square Garden rally
In a mass meeting at Madison Square Garden the Communist Party urged President Roosevelt to fully aid the Soviet Union and to crush Hitler. Robert Minor claimed workers must speed war production and condemned Lindberghs and other “appeasers” while praising Iceland invasion plans.
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China Cheers as Sue Wong Leads New York Decorative Drum Parade
Chinese residents in New York celebrate homeland's resistance against Japan. Sue Wong headlines a decorative drum majorette display showcasing national pride amid wartime tensions and support for China.
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