British Troops Attack Libya Frontier as War Expands
British forces crossed into Libya attacking Gambut sector near Bardia while Axis forces claim heavy tank losses. In Syria and Lebanon British and Free French columns advance on Damascus and Beirut as Nazi air support targets Cyprus and Lebanese coasts. Mussolini freezes American bank accounts in reprisal for asset seizures.
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Libya
Gambut
Bardia
London
Archibald P. Wavell
Syria
Lebanon
Lebanese
Cyprus
Mussolini
Italy
United States
Berlin
Death of Steve Crow Former Broadway Blackmailer
Bellevue Hospital reports the death of Steve Crow once a notorious Broadway blackmailer who ran a scandal sheet. His career spanned decades ending after a federal conviction prompted by Peggy Hopkins Joyce testimony. Crow’s exploits drew threats and notoriety, reflecting a bygone era of sensational journalism.
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Bellevue Hospital
Steve Crow
Broadway
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Crow
Churchill Says Hands Clasped Across Ocean
Winston Churchill in a NBC blue network broadcast accepts an honorary LL.D. from Rochester University. He speaks of united effort across the Atlantic, recalling American forebears and the Jerome family ties to Rochester while noting their historical role in American independence.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States
NBC Blue
Rochester
N. Y.) University
Churchill
Leonard Jerome
Jeromes
Washington
American Colonies
Sabine Sheriff Acquitted by Jury in Bribery Trial
A twelve man jury in Sabine parish found Sheriff D. J. Derrick innocent on a $3 bribe charge. The case involved a January 3, 1939 payment to a local restaurant operator and was the first Louisiana case where the attorney general filed a bill of information against a public official.
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Many
D. J. Derrick
Sabine Parish
Derrick
J. J. McCain
Eugene Stanley
Louisiana
Hal Burgess
McCain
Edwin Frazier
Staney
69 Indicted on Food Price Fixing by U S Grand Jury
A federal grand jury indicted 69 defendants in Chicago on charges of conspiring to fix prices for canned peas under the Sherman Act. The group includes 31 canning companies, three national marketing associations, and 35 individual officers and directors connected to the corporate defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Canned Pea Marketing Institute, Inc
Canned Pea Marketing, Inc
Stevenson, Jordan and Harrison, Inc
Lindbergh Granted Speech at Hollywood Bowl
Charles A. Lindbergh is given permission to address a Friday evening gathering at the Hollywood Bowl under the America First Committee. He will arrive Friday morning with Senator D Worth Clark of Idaho. In eastern speeches he has attacked the administration's defense policies.
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Los Angeles
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hollywood Bowl
America First Committee
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
East
Lindbergh
Norris Urges War on Nazis If Necessary
Senator George W. Norris argues in a Wooster college address that Americans must aid England now and be prepared to go to war if needed. He says supplying planes food and military material could help England win and end the war, avoiding a future fight on many fronts.
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Wooster
Hitler
England
George W. Norris
Nebraska Independent
Wooster College
South America
Central America
United States
Norris
Jones touts hard trained efficiency in government
Baton Rouge Louisiana Governor Sam Jones voices support for a thorough reorganization to replace 176 boards and commissions with a modern, efficient system. He cites Justice Murphy's defense of efficiency from a Tulane address and urges citizens to back reform and oppose waste, graft, and cynicism.
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Baton Rouge
Frank Murphy
United States Supreme Court
Tulane University
Louisiana
Sam Jones
Jones
World War II Dispatches Amid Global Crises
The United States orders all German consulates closed and expulsions of German nationals linked to Nazi offices. Survivors of the Robin Moor reach Capetown. British forces push into Libya as Axis high command laments losses. Italy freezes US bank accounts in retaliation. Berlin warns of countermeasures as battles rage across Damascus Beirut and Cyprus.
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Associated Press
United States
Welles
Robin Moor
Capetown
South Africa
Libya
Italy
Berlin
Damascus
Beirut
Lebanese
Luftwaffe
Cyprus
Cologne
Hanover
Dunkerque
Dutch East Indies
Japan
East Asia
Britain
Senator Harrison Undergoes Knife
Senator Harrison a 59 year old Mississippi Democrat underwent an operation to remove an intestinal obstruction. Hospital attaches said his condition was satisfactory after the procedure and that his overall health had been ailing since a 1939 influenza illness. He walked into the hospital emergency last night and aides reported no alarming condition.
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Washington
Harrison
Mississippi
Labor Board to Publish Proposals in Bay Area Shipyard Strike
The national mediation board moves to publish recommendations as a 11-yard San Francisco Bay strike continues. AFL voting 585 to 400 backs continued stoppage while CIO side approves 359 to 56. both seek 1.15 per hour and overtime double pay. The dispute delays a 500 million shipbuilding program. Meanwhile 33 CIO locals ratify a two year contract to prevent production delays.
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Associated Press
National Mediation Board
San Francisco Bay Area
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
A. F. of L
C. I. O. Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Shreveport Pilot Dies After Bomber Crash
Lieutenant Henry P. Bacot of Shreveport La died in a hospital three days after his legs were mangled in the light bombing plane crash at the local airport. Corporal W L Henley of Columbus Ga was killed outright and Private Joseph Butiria was injured. The bomber’s body will be flown to Shreveport for a military funeral. Services set for Wednesday at 4 30 p m.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Henry P. Bacot
Bacot
Shreveport
W. L. Henley
Columbus
Joseph Butirlia
15Th
Fort Benning
Here
Leahy Talks With Darlan on Syria and Lebanon
United States Ambassador Admiral William D Leahy met French Vice-Premier Jean Darlan for fifteen minutes in Vichy to seek information on the general situation, especially regarding the fighting in Syria and Lebanon.
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Vichy
France
William D. Leahy
United States
Jean Darlan
Syria
Lebanon
US Orders Closure of All German Consulates in United States
The United States ordered closing of all German consulates and removal of German nationals tied to these agencies, including the Library of Information and railway tourist bureaux and the Transocean News service, by July 10. The move does not sever diplomatic relations or affect the German diplomatic staff in Washington. The action cites activities harmful to the United States by German Reich agencies in this country.
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Washington
United States
Sumner Welles
German Library of Information and Railway Tourist Bureau
Welles
Hans Thomsen
State Department
German Library of Information
New York
Transocean News Service
Dutch East Indies Reject Japanese New Order Amid War Strains
Governor-General A W L Tjarda Van Starkenborgh Stachtiouwert told the legislative council in Batavia that the Dutch East Indies reject any inclusion in Japan’s proposed East Asia order, warning that Axis victory would destroy the kingdom and pledging to guard raw materials from leaks to Germany as talks with Japan remain deadlocked.
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Associated Press
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Tokyo
East Asia
Legislative People's Council
A. W. L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stadiouwert
Plans for 600 foot food storage tunnel on Oahu
Honolulu officials disclose plans for a 600 foot storage tunnel on Oahu that could serve as an air raid shelter in emergencies. The facility would have a power plant water supply cold storage and ventilation with capacity at least 15 000 tons. Estimated cost 750 000. excavation to start August 1 and construction to take about seven months.
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Honolulu
Oahu Island
Legislative measures face delay threat in defense bills
Washington reports delay threatens two defense bills. One would lower the maximum selective service training age to 27, the other would allow government seizure of industries tied to arms production amid strikes. House opposition and committee pace slow the Senate plan to defer service for registrants reaching 28 before July 1.
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Washington
House
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Senate Military Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Willkie Receives Dartmouth Degree at Commencement
Wendell L. Willkie received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Dartmouth College. Navy Secretary Frank Knox also received the same degree with Dartmouth President Ernest M. Hopkins praising Knox as lacking provincialism and strong in conviction. Hopkins urged graduates that solving grave problems requires educated leadership and a theory of change.
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Hopkins
Survivors of Robin Moor rescued by British ship reach Capetown
Thirty five survivors including seven passengers and 28 crew members arrived in Capetown after being rescued at sea by a British vessel following the torpedoing of the American freighter Robin Moor. The group, previously reported missing, had taken to lifeboats on May 21 in the mid Atlantic, with others reaching Recife aboard a Brazilian steamer.
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Associated Press
Capetown
Union of South Africa
Robin Moor
Legation
Recife
Brazil
mid-Atlantic
United States
Ozorio
Robin Moore
Robin Line
New York
Ben Cohen
New York City
R. W. McCullough
R. N. McCullough
McCullough
U S C Opens 10000 Drive For Soldier Welfare
The Fifth district United Service Organization opens a drive to raise about 10000 dollars as its share of an eleven million national fund to provide wholesome recreation for trainees. Civic and parish leaders back the effort with quotas for each parish and a district-wide committee chairs. In Ouachita parish Henry Bernstein Jr leads with D Ross Banister and Mrs. W S Garnett as vice chairs.
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United Service Organization
Camepaign
Ed C. Apperson
Ouachita Parish
Henry Bernstein, Jr
D. Ross Banister
W. S. Garnett
Robert Cowden
Joe F. Smith
West Monroe
A. K. Kilpatrick
A. D. Tisdale
James Roosevelt Schedule Change Amid London Visit
United States sources in London report Captain James Roosevelt, a Marine observer, had his London assignment cancelled. The president’s eldest son aims to return home by a set date, making his London stay impossible. He traveled from Cairo in a British plane en route to Portugal, with the trip said to be interrupted along the route via Gibraltar or Africa.
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London
United States
James Roosevelt
Marine Corps
Middle East
Cairo
Portugal
Gibraltar
Africa
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