Chicago Race Publisher Targeted by Capone Gang Shootout
Gunmen in camouflaged truck fired shotgun blasts into the car of James M. Ragen, head of Continental Press, injuring him seriously. Bodyguards Pelletier and Walsh returned fire as the truck fled, prompting a police manhunt and renewed protection for Ragen.
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Ragen
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H Street
Walter Pelletier
Marty Walsh
Pelletier
Walsh
Michael Reese Hospital
Continental Press
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Browder Leaves For America After British Detention
Earl Browder former head of the Communist party in the United States departed London for New York by air after two days in British security custody. He flew from Heathrow aboard a Constellation bound for LaGuardia escorted by security officers who had held him since Saturday night. The ban on Browder interviews remained in force up to departure.
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Moscow
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Paris
Charges Fly As Senate Debates USES Move
Senate debated a bill to return the U S employment service to state control with clashes over patronage and federal power. Proponents led by Senator Tunnell argued for necessary authority to aid unemployed workers, while Taft Donnell and Lucas warned that broad labor secretary powers would render state control nominal and fail to reduce duplication.
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Commons Sits 20 Hours In Tax Fight
A marathon sitting of the house of commons stretched 20 hours and 28 minutes as members argued over tax problems. Chancellor Hugh Dalton steered the measure with a lopsided Labour majority while Conservatives failed to end the debate.
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Australia harvests vast wheatland in record season
Australia reports harvesting about 13 acres of wheatland each eight shillings as fifty million sovereigns, reflecting a large crop extraction value.
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India Congress OKs Federation Plans
The all-India Congress Party accepts a long-range British plan for an interim government after a two-hour working committee session. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad announced the decision to Viceroy Lord Wavell by telephone, with a formal constitutional statement possible soon.
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All- India Congress Party
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India
Wiley Seeks Mail Link to Reich Areas from Allies
Senator Wiley asks French Russian and British Allied control council members in Germany to open mail service between the United States and German zones controlled by those nations. He cites relief parcels for American citizens and their relatives, noting mail to U.S. occupied areas already exists.
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Wiley
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Allied Control Council
Germany
United States
Methodist Churches Plan Union Services in La Crosse
Methodist churches in La Crosse will hold a union service at 9 a m Sunday in the school building. The Rev R Harold district superintendent will speak and attendees may submit names for a new church to be built at 19th and Redfield streets. The service was moved from Wesley Methodist at Seventh and King streets. The Chemical Warfare Service became a regular Army branch in 1920.
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King Streets
Hopes Dim At Paris For Trieste Pact
Paris conference on Trieste stalls as Russian and American opposition cloud prospects for peace treaties. Big four foreign ministers meet to resolve differences delaying pacts for Romania Hungary and Bulgaria while U S officials doubt the French plan for internationalizing Trieste under UN supervision will succeed.
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U. S
Trieste
Italy
Balkans
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Adriatic
House Agrees To Service Pay Raise
The House endorsed a compromise bill boosting army and navy pay with increases up to 50 percent for privates and sailors and 10 percent for five star generals and admirals. The measure also allows induction of 19-year-olds but bars drafting 18-year-olds, sending the bill to the Senate.
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House
Senate
Junior Band Rehearsal Set for Washburn School
Recreation department announces first rehearsal for the junior band at 7 p m Tuesday at Washburn School directed by E M Sater back urging prompt attendance The band will perform for the Junior Chamber of Commerce air show at the municipal airport on July 4 Also note: America imported 1500 tons of licorice from Turkey last year.
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Washburn
E. M. Saterback
America
Turkey
Mihailovic accused as Chetniks beat Yugoslavs in 1941
Belgrade report says Gen Draja Mihailovic watched his Chetniks attack a rural school where Guza Glavinic and 10 others were beaten and some killed. The 29-year-old witness testified Mihailovic stood a few paces away and later acknowledged knowing her though she wore no eyeglasses at the time.
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Draja Mihailovic
Guza Glavinic
Mihailovic
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