Captain Reveals His Reactions to 10 Danger at Sea
Captain Harry Manning recalls the near torpedoing of the S S Washington by a German submarine near dawn on June 11. He describes the blinker Morse signal, hastily dressing, and taking charge while fearing for 1,600 lives. He notes his emotional shock, compares it with prior crashes, and explains ordering women and children to lifeboats while avoiding radio to prevent aiding the submarine.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
S. S. Washington AT
Harry Manning
Washington
Amelia Earhart
Honoulu
Roosevelt Field
Manning
Sharkey
White to Oppose Senator Bilbo in Mississippi Poll
Hugh Lawson White a Columbia lumberman and former governor 1936 40 announced he would seek Theodore G Bilbo's U S Senate seat. The decision hinges on the August 27 Democratic primary and follows weeks of talks with supporters in Jackson Mississippi, promising color to a dull campaign year.
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Jackson
Miss
Hugh Lawson White
Columbia
Missississippi
United States Senate
Theodore G. Bilbo
Roosevelt Eyes Latin America Trade Push and Settlements
Intense White House efforts to resolve debt defaults and expropriation cases in Latin America may outline the Roosevelt administration’s plan to strengthen hemisphere trade. A top source says Roosevelt will likely unveil details within a week, with bonds owed by US investors and Mexican oil expropriation moves key factors. A revived Latin loan program is among proposals to unify trade.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Roosevelt
Latin America
White House
United States
United States Treasury
Colombia
Tion
Britain and Japan Sign Agreement in London
In London the British undersecretary R A Butler announced in the House of Commons that Tokyo signed a British Japanese agreement. The pact ends the Japanese army barricades around the British concession in the north China city and provides police suppression of terrorism in Tientsin. It also covers currency disputes and improved law and order in the city.
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London
Tokyo
House of Commons
R. A. Butler
Butler
North China
Tientsin
China
West Monroyan Saves Life At Camp
West Monroyan will be recommended for a medal for saving a man at the Citizens Military Training camp in Alexandria. Life guard Arthur W. Cruikshank Jr pulled Ralph E. Preveau from drowning after cramps, aided by the camp staff and Dr Abe Mickal. Cruikshank, 20, of West Monroe, resides at 812 Pine Street and is with Company B C M T C battalion. He recently graduated from Northeast Junior College and is headed for the merchant marine.
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Arthur W. Cruikshank, Jr
West Monroe
Citizens Military Training Camp
Alexandria
Associated Press
Cruikshank
Ralph E. Preveau
Abe Mickal
347Th Infantry Reserve
Pine Street
Company B. C. M. T. C
Northeast Junior College
Merchant Marine, United States
Military CCC Advocated Under Discipline by VFW Post
The Rodney J. Hobbs post of Veterans of Foreign Wars adopted a resolution urging the CCC be placed under military discipline. A second resolution pressed enforcement of the veterans preference law as debate grows. The meeting, led by Commander H. M James, preceded a Lafayette convention agenda.
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CCC
Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
H. M James
Lafayette
Commander James
J. W. Keene
B H. Miller
James A. Noe
D. L Hirsch
Roy Leonard
Joe Nelson
C. A. Hunt
Sam Blackwell
N. O. Freeman
C. B. Walker
Louisiana House OKs Defense Funds and State Police Increase
The house appropriations committee approves nearly 700000 for defense activities at the governor's discretion and, with Ways and Means, plans 267975 for 1941-42 to hire 100 more state police if a national emergency arises. Major parts include registering aliens and fingerprinting industrial workers as a saboteur probe continues.
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Baton Rouge
House Appropriations Committee
Ways and Means
Steve Alford
Alford
Aviation Mechanics Trades Schools
Cicerocensions
Legisla
Axis Peace Terms Signal Occupation of French Soil
Italian and German occupation troops are forecast to stay on French soil as part of terms Mussolini and Hitler agreed for peace. German forces push into France seizing Cherbourg Nancy Toul Strasbourg and Lyon as Washington warns against any new power balance. The Monroe Doctrine to enforce Western Hemisphere limits and British air raids target German oil and railway hubs.
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Rome
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
France
Munich
Cherbourg
Nancy
Luneville
Toul
Strasbourg
Lyon
Rhone
Paris
Marseille
United States
Italy
Germany
Bernientiati
Hitles
State Department
Washington
Berlin
America
Rhineland
War Bulletins Report Allied and Axis Actions Across Med and Europe
Rome reports Germany and Italy reached an agreement on war economy details withheld after talks led by Karl Clodius and Amadeo Gianini. Cairo notes an entirely successful RAF dive bomb attack on an Italian submarine in the Mediterranean. Berlin says Fritz Weitzel, a Nazi official, was killed in a British air raid on Duswylsdorf on June 14 as Red Army guards were observed at stations and bridges.
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Rome
Germany
Italy
Wea
Karl Clodius
Amadeo Gianini
Cairo
Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
RL A. F
Wavelcraft
Berlin
Fritz Weltel
Naxi Y
Dusweldorf
DNB
Weitzel
British Troops Return from France to Defend Home Front
London reports the British Expeditionary Force has been withdrawn from France to focus on home defense. Churchill cites 1.21 million under arms in Britain while observers note unprecedented fighting experience among returning troops and a shift to specialized tactics against invasion.
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London
France
England
Churchill
Britain
War at a Glance reports amid Europe crisis
Articles from Berlin Paris London Rome Madrid and other cities outline Axis peace terms and possible French capitulation. Major notes claim German occupation extends to Cherbourg Nancy and other towns with armistice talks in Madrid while France faces surrender and continued occupation. French radio reports terms for plenipotentiaries and casualties from air raids on the English coast.
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Associated Preae
Berlin
High Command
Cherbourg
Nancy
Mazi
Junction
Bordeaux
Pfrance
Madrid
Cation
Frence
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Reynaud
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Raine
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