Russia seeks Dardanelles bases to guard routes
London reports Russia demands military bases in the Dardanelles to protect merchant and warship passage into the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey rejects the bid and seeks to defer to the Big Three. Four tentative conditions include return of Kars and Ardahan, base rights in the straits, Montreux revision, and Balkan changes. Diplomatic circles fear Russia may press for access via Bulgaria and Greece if Dardanelles control falters.
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London
Russia
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Turkey
Hasan Saka
San Francisco
Manchester Guardian
Istanbul
Kars
Ardahan
Straits
Balkans
Aegean
Bulgaria
Greece
Varna Handed to Russia as Free Port and Base
Varna Bulgaria has been handed over to Russia as a free port and naval base to support forces in the Balkans. Russian warships and cargo ships are berthed there and new installations are complete. The nearby airfield has also been handed over to the Red Army.
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Istanbul
Black Sea
Varna
Russia
Balkans
Red Army
Two Indian Parties Unable To Agree
Simla June 28 A crisis in the Simla conference over British proposals for an Indian government threatens a compromise on Hindu Muslim differences. After overnight talks the Indian National Congress and the Moslem League remained far apart on how representatives should be chosen and on who would join the government. The Moslem League insists all Muslim members must be League members while the Congress insists Muslim members outside its ranks may join.
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Simla
Lord Wavell
India
United Press
Indian National Congress
Heroic Crew Saved U. S. Carrier Jap Navy In Taffers
Admiral Forrest Sherman disclosed a Navy estimate of Japanese surface forces. He listed two partially converted battleships, the damaged Ise, the damaged Hyuza, Nagota, two other old battleships, a small number of aircraft carriers moored under camouflage, about 30 destroyers and a few cruisers.
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Washington
Gans
Forrest Sherman
Chester W. Nimitz
Ise
Hyuza
U. S. West Virginia
Darnand, Vichy Official, Becomes U. S. Prisoner
Milan reports Joseph Anne Darnand a key Vichy collaborator was arrested June 25 near Edolo Italy by IV Corps intelligence after a tip from a mechanic. Once leader of the French Militia he fled Vichy for Belfort in 1944 and later Milan, Tirano, and Grosseto, where partisans struck his forces. His secretary Suzanne Charasse was also taken into custody in Milan.
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Joseph Anne Darnand
IV Corps
Edolo
Darnand
Annise
Sonnarro Lirevice
Ster
Vichy
Belfort
Tirano
Grosseto
Suzanne Charasse
Joyce Treason Trial Set For July At Old Bailey
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was bound over for trial on high treason at Old Bailey and the case was docketed for July sessions in the criminal court. Bow Street appearance lasted one minute with two government funded attorneys assigned for defense.
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London
William Joyce
Old Bailey
Lord Haw Haw
Bow Street
Criminal Court
British Fascists Tee Up Comeback Hopes
London dispatch says Daily Mirror led with a banner claiming British Fascists are coming into the open again and expect Sir Oswald Mosley to stage a comeback. The AP report notes renewed activity around the Fascist movement and its leadership.
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London
Daily Mirror
Oswald Mosley
British Canadian Troops Prepare for Berlin Entry
British and Canadian forces with a 11th Hussars squadron plan a 105 mile drive into Berlin after 12 hours notice. 100 ATS girls may join, with welfare a priority, while a cinema unit and Red Army displaced persons plans surface. No exact entry date given. officials hint at a military government and cooperation with the Russians.
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Brunswick
Reuter’s
11Th Hussars
Tripoli
Tunis
Naples
Hamburg
Berlin
ATS
C. Raven Hill
Red Army
Beightler Wounded by Japanese Shelling in Luzon
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler commander of Ohio's 37th Division was lightly wounded in a Japanese shelling of American positions south of Tuguegarao in the Philippines on Monday night. The wound required no hospitalization and he returned to action almost immediately.
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Cleveland
Robert S. Beightler
Ohio
Tuguegarao
Philippines
Beightler
European Roundup Promoted Stalin Receives Generalissimo Rank
European coverage notes Stalin’s promotion to generalissimo by the Supreme Soviet for wartime leadership, while Stephan Tiso faces a promised quick trial for collaboration in Slovakia. Reports also detail Lenin order honors for Georges Dimitrov, a Basel arrival of 347 Jewish children, typhus deaths at Belsen, and Germany issuing provisional press licenses in the occupation zones.
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Joseph Stalin
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Presidium
Stephan ‘Tiso
Slovakia
Georges Dimitrov
Comintern
Reichstag
Order of Lenin
Presidium of
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21 500-Ton Bunker Hill Will Return To Action
The 21 500 ton carrier Bunker Hill, damaged by Japanese suicide planes on May 11 with 373 crew killed, will be repaired and return to action. Navy details credit Capt. George A. Seitz and crew for saving the ship after fires and explosions on the hangar deck and island structure. Survivors 264 wounded 19 missing 656 casualties. ship reached Puget Sound under its own power.
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Seattle
ANS
Marc A. Mitscher
Bunker Hill
Pacific
Navy
Mitscher
Ihfer
Puget Sound
George A. Seitz
Coronado
Calif
U. S
Atrai
Kikai
Seitz
Wilkes- Barre
English
Stembel
Charles S. Sperry
Okinawa
Ralph Glendinning
Avenel
N. J
Canadian Casualties Report In World War I Totals
Defense Headquarters in Ottawa reports Canada suffered 102,954 military casualties through May 31 across Army Navy and Air Force with 37,964 dead and 2,866 missing. The First World War total casualties reach 190,092 with 62,817 deaths from all causes.
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Canada
Army
Navy
Air Force
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