Roosevelt and Churchill Review Fronts for Congress
Roosevelt and Churchill briefed congressional leaders on the war front, noting Libya and a possible second front. Tokyo claimed wider Aleutian occupation as Japan pressed Kiska and Attu. Chiang Kai-shek’s forces reportedly held their ground against Japanese pushes in China.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Tokyo
Imperial Tokyo
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Pacific War Council
Kiska
Attu Islands
Japan
Narukami
Attu
Atsuta
Atsuta Shrine
Nagoya
James H. Doolittle
Washington
Mackenzie King
Canada
Pacific Northwest
Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Six Billion Tax Bill Nears House Passage
Washington report notes the House Ways and Means Committee tentatively recommends a six billion tax plan to raise revenue from corporations and individuals, boost cigarette taxes, raise estate and income rates, and widen excise taxes including liquor beer wine tobacco telephone telegraph and wagers with a final debate likely after July 13.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Pearl Harbor
Treasury
Senate
Senate-House
Roosevelt
Conspiracy Plot Denied in Knox County Bank Suit
Knox county alleges a conspiracy by Fourth and First National Bank of Nashville to rob the county of 560 531 dollars. Defense counsel Albert Lockell argues there is no record to support claims of a conspiracy and shifting losses to others.
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Nashville—P
Knox County
Fourth
First National Bank of
Nashville
Albert Lockell
First National Bank
Eisenhower Takes Command of European Theater in London
Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in London and assumed command of American forces in Europe. The War Department explained theater operations and noted air power blurs front and rear areas. James E. Chaney and Russell P. Hartle remain in roles within the British Isles and Northern Ireland. Eisenhower called the European theater a logical step in coordinating Allied efforts.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
London
War Department
General Staff
Department
Europe
James E. Chaney
British Isles
Russell P. Hartle
Northern Ireland
Eisenhower
England
Great Britain
United States
Reinforcements Reported Landed For Sevastopol
Moscow reports two Soviet regiments landed in the southern Crimea to aid Sevastopol. The convoy faced German coastal fire as Axis forces push deeper, while Kharkov fronts see a German offensive renewed with heavy losses on both sides.
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Reuters
Stockholm
Caucasus
Crimea
Sevastopol
Adolf Hitler
Black Sea
Red Army
Kharkov
Fedor von Bock
von Bock
Avenging Nazis Raze Second Czech Village
Budapest radio reports the Nazi purge in Bohemia with the destruction of the Czech village Lesaty after alleged sheltering partisans. It follows the June 10 massacre at Lidice, where 350 men were executed and women and children sent away. The broadcast also cited 18 Czech executions at Prague and 12 at Brno.
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London
Lesaty
Bohemia
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia-Moravia
Budapest
Heydrich
Lidice
Prague
Bruenn
Brno
Roosevelt urged as supreme leader for United Nations war effort
In Senate debate Senator Ellender urged designating President Roosevelt as supreme leader of the United Nations wartime plan to counter alleged British leadership apathy. A Senate committee also probes a record 42.82 billion army appropriation as Truman vows to prune nonessential spending. In Lorain Ohio 3500 CIO workers strike, halting National Tube Co pipe mills.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
Senate
Ellender
D-La
P—A
Truman
D-Mo
Lorain, O
CIO
National Tube Co
Argentina's War Standoff Tightens as Sinking Sours Mood
Argentina faces growing danger of entering the war as anti Germany sentiment rises after the torpedoing of the merchant fleet vessel Rio Tercero. President Castillo may break ties with the Axis with Chile remaining as the sole Latin American country maintaining formal friendliness with Germany, Japan and Italy.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Germany
Republic
Roberto M. Cruz
Ramon S. Castillo
Berlin
Castillo
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Chamber of Deputies
Ruiz Guinazu
Chile
Japan
Italy
Two Spotted Fever Cases In This Area
Announcement of two Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases in Sullivan county near Kingsport within three weeks. Health officer Dr. D J W Erwin urges avoidance of woods to prevent tick exposure, and explains transmission from animals to ticks to humans. Warns about rapid onset and severe symptoms and advises physician diagnosis and careful tick removal.
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Kingsport
D. J. W. Erwin
Sullivan County
Erwin
Man
CCC Group Fights To Save Agency
Supporters in the senate pressed to restore the Civilian Conservation Corps annual appropriation of 80.8 million dollars after the House and senate appropriations committee backed a July 1 discontinuance. Senator Hill of Alabama said the War Department requests funds to continue camps for at least a year to aid army posts.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Senate
Relief
CCC
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hill
Alabama
War Department
Convict Captured in Union County After Jail Break
Knox county jail escapee Leon Beeler, 29, one of four who fled last Thursday night, was nabbed early today in Union county, according to Sheriff Hazen Kreis.
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Knoxville
Leon Beeler
Knox County
Union County
Hazen Kreis
Eclipse Dreams of Utopian War Work
Percy C. Magnus of the New York Board of Trade told Tennessee pharmacists that America’s 24 hour work program would eclipse wildest dreams of utopian dreamers. He framed the national effort as a bold plan reshaping labor and industry nationwide.
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Knoxville
Percy C. Magnus
New York Board of Trade
Tennessee Pharmacists
America
War Materials Scrapping Possible for Gates and Fences
Washington production chief Donald M. Nelson told Congress that material shortages and late policy may force scrapping of metal gates fences statuary and other decorative works. He said some programs were begun too late and forethought in requirements was lacking while scrap collections must be stepped up and may go beyond normal scrap.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Congress
Nelson
Special
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
War Production Board
Jap Attack Told By Eye Witness
First eye witness accounts of the Japanese attack on the Dutch Harbor naval base in Alaska come from observers beyond official Navy spokesmen. The pieces describe the first bombardment of U.S. soil in the Western Hemisphere.
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Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Times
Navy
United States
Hemisphere
Rationing Board Seeks More Helpers for Sugar Registration
Housewives fill Room 207 of the post office building to register for canning sugar as the board asks for more volunteers. Registrars work overtime to finish by July 1, with registrations for canning sugar accepted daily in Room 7 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Volunteers should call 1408 or visit the Rationing Board office.
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Rationing Board
Axis Forces Sweep Past Sidi Barrani
Axis forces thrust beyond the Egyptian frontier as Rommel drives toward Matruh with British rear-guard actions. United States and British air forces bomb Bengali port while Rommel’s units push southeast of Sidi Barrani. Salam and Sidi Omar evacuated amid uncertainty over axis movement.
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Sidi Barrani
Aris
Matruh
Cairo
Egypt
United States Army
Eighth Army
Salam
Sidi Omar
Erwin Rommell
RAF
Bir Sherferzen
Mediterranean
South African Air Force
United States
Libya
Rommel
Alexandria
Halfaya
Hellfire
Halfaya Pass
Fort Maddalena
Salum
Stand-In Held After Butler Injured In Fight
Hollywood officer says James Fleming 33 stand-in for Errol Flynn was jailed on assault with intent to harm charges after a row at Flynn's home. Butler Eric Gosta caretaker for heiress Barbara Hutton lay with a fractured skull and the case may become homicide. Investigators planned to question actors including Alexandra Korda Merle Oberon Cary Grant Tyrone Power and Charles Chaplin.
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Hollywood
James Fleming
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Vernon Rasmussen
Eric Gosta
Barbara Hutton
Gosta
Alexandra Korda
Merle Oberon
Cary Grant
Tyrone Power
Charles Chaplin
Rasmussen
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