Allied Bombers Hit Damascus As Openness Fails
British bombers attacked Damascus after occupying Mezze airport as Allies pressure the Vichy defensive line. A Jerusalem Reuters dispatch notes strong opposition but ongoing operations south and southeast of Damascus, with a possible advance into the city despite surrender talks.
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International News Service
London
Reuters
Jerusalem
Damascus
Mezze
Jebelkalb
The
Daily Express
Henri
British Bombers Hit Brest and Bremen in Eighth Night Raid
British RAF bombers struck German targets across the western coast, including Brest and Bremen, in what authorities called the eighth consecutive night of forceful attacks. Four British planes were lost while German warships Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen remained at Brest docks amid the bombardment.
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International News Service
London
Ig Ae
Germany
Brest
French
Bremen
Air Ministry
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Prinz Eugen
Berlin Claims 200 British Tanks Captured in North Africa
Berlin said German high command reports at least 200 British tanks destroyed or captured in the Sollum area as the North Africa battle rages. Dispatches describe abandoned German field positions and a desert strewn with wrecked tanks, armored cars, trucks, and artillery following a British retreat.
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Berlin
Africa
International News Service
German High Command
North Africa
Sollumbewan
London
Western Desert
North African Front
Sollum
Rumors of Russo-German Clashes Sweep Europe
Rumors claimed fighting between Germany and Russia erupted today across Europe from Tiflis to Stockholm. No confirmation emerged from Berlin or Moscow and the British Press Association questioned the reports amid ongoing Anglo German war coverage.
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International News Service
Germany
Russia
Europe
Tiflis
Helsinki
London
Ankara
Stockholm
Berlin
Moscow
British Press Association
PA Newc observes license tags and seasonal changes
PA Newc notes Maryland tags warn Drive Carefully. Summer begins June 21 at 2 34 pm. Farmers harvest hay in Lawrence County as fieldwork continues. Fireworks ban on July 4 ends early crackling displays. New houses rise in suburbs, painting activity surges. Mrs John Dickson hears pebbles on porch traced to a large click beetle.
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Maryland
John Dickson
East Washington Street
Daily Weather Report for U S 24 Hour Statistics
The report notes a maximum temperature of 82 and minimum of 52 with no precipitation for the 24 hour period ending nine am today. River stage stands at 4.6 feet. Year ago readings show 84 high, 69 low, and .48 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Budget Deadlock May Halt State Highways Work
Harrisburg June 19 The state highways department may suspend operations soon due to a budget deadlock. Gov Arthur H James said the department has just 500000 in working balance and the motor license fund shows 2826000, now reduced by immediate obligations. He urged passage of a tax anticipation notes borrowing bill to free funds for highways municipalities and schools statewide.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
State Highways Department
Arthur H. James
Lamont Hughes
James
House of Representatives
Commonwealth
Highways Department
Fifty Jap Warships Moving South Report
Passengers arriving at Shanghai aboard the liner President Coolidge reported sighting more than fifty Japanese warships off Amoy moving southward. Reuters said the fleet included five battleships but consisted mainly of destroyers and submarines.
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London
Shanghai
No confirmation of Soviet Nazi clash reports
Washington June 19 official and Soviet quarters in Washington are without confirmation of reports that fighting has broken out between German and Russian forces along the Roumanian border or that German troops have invaded Russian territory at any point.
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International News Service
Washington
Roumanian
City Board Announces Inductions From Local Board One
Local Board No 1 of New Castle lists men summoned for Army induction on Saturday June 28. Recruits report at Mahoningtown B&O station at 7 am and proceed to Camp Meade reception center. 20 men called to Pittsburgh for July 7 exam with probable July induction. Names include John Roman Carmen Leonardo Joseph Leonelli Nick Trott William Shilton Sam Habib Luke Flynn Kenneth Dodge James Rand William Clements and others.
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New Castle
United States Army
Mahoningtown
Seventh Ward
Camp Meade
Pittsburgh
John Roman
Jefferson Street
Earl John Dean
Delaware Avenue
Jack Edward Anderson
Walnut Street
Carmen Joseph Leonardo
Joseph Arthur Leonelli
Croton Avenue
Nick Trott
Francis Place
William Graham Shilton
East Winter Avenue
Sam John Habib
William Luke Flynn
Beaver Street
Kenneth Jack Dodge
East Washington Street
James Rand, Jr
Reynolds Street
William James Clements
Neshannock Avenue
President Given Honorary Degree at Harvard Convocation
Cambridge Mass June 19 Oxford University awarded President Franklin D Roosevelt an honorary Doctor of Civil Law at Harvard today in a special convocation breaking precedent Lord Halifax opened and closed the ceremony after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws from Harvard at its 290th commencement
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International News Service
Cambridge
Mass
Oxford University
England
Harvard University
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lord Halifax
United States
Oxford
Dan Cupid In Conn's Corner For New Fight
Billy Conn, the Irish kid from Pittsburgh who nearly beat Joe Louis, plans another bout with Dan Cupid in his corner. Odds favor Conn, while his prospective father in law James L. Smith of Pittsburgh opposes the marriage to Mary Louise Smith, who is 18. Smith vows to fight Conn if the wedding proceeds. The Smith family is out of town and unreachable from Ocean City, New Jersey, where they are vacationing.
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International News Service
New York
Billy Conn
Pittsburgh
Joe Louis
Dan Cupid
Conn
James L. Smith
Smith
Mary Louise Smith
Billy
Billy the Kid
Louis
Ocean City
N. J
Smiths
Missus
Mary Lou
Billy Conn Weds Sweetheart After Narrow Championship Exit
Billy Conn left his $80,000 purse with promoter Mike Jacobs and flew to Broadmoor near Philadelphia to wed his 18 year old Pittsburgh sweetheart Mary Louise Smith. Promoter stunned as the Irish fighter disappeared after last night's close call for the world heavyweight title.
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International News Service
New York
Mike Jacobs
Billy Conn
Broadmoor
Philadelphia
Mary Louise Smith
Pittsburgh
Mike
Joe Louis
Billy
Benedict
Roosevelt seeks waiver of safety-at-sea laws during emergency
President Roosevelt asked Congress to suspend certain safety at sea provisions for the duration of the unlimited emergency to speed shipping. He urged granting the commerce secretary authority to waive rules under presidential direction or on written navy or other agency recommendations, and sent a draft bill with the message.
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George Duano
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Treasury
U.S. Maritime Commission
Office For Emergency Management
Roosevelt
Death Record June 19 1941 listing Patterson Brenneman Coutt Mingo Ritchie Eastman
Death notices report Joseph H. Patterson 73 of Youngstown Laura A. Long Brenneman 89 Volant R D 2 Mrs Arthur A. Coutt 34 606 Court Street Thomas Mingo Ritchie 59 507 Canyon Street Mrs Harry P. Eastman Willoughby Ohio.
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Joseph Herbert Patterson
Youngstown
Laura A. Long Brenneman
Volant
R. D
Arthur A. Coutt
Court Street
Thomas Mingo Ritchie
Canyon Street
Harry P. Eastman
Willoughby
McKeesport Strike Enters Fourth Day Endurance Test
McKeesport service employees strike drags on into its fourth day as merchants haul garbage to the Duquesne dump in covered trucks under police watch. SWOC organizer John Barnes rejects any back-to-work vote while Mayor Lysle calls the walkout a Communist smokescreen amid legal aid offers from the ACLU. Members seek union recognition and higher pay.
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International News Service
M'Keesport
McKeesport Service
McKeesport
Duquesne
Elmer J. Maloy
SWOC
John Barnes
George H. Lysle
American Civil Liberties Union
Barnes
Cio-State
County and Municipal Workers Union
New Castle Champ Loses Out In Finals
New Castle champion minister Jimmy Elias fell to Bill Beckley 12 of Hamburg in the nationals finals at Hershey. Elias won three and lost seven in round robin, earning a bicycle and league honors. Beckley advances to the national finals in Wildwood, New Jersey on July 11. Clarence A. Dykstra resigns as national defense mediation board chair, effective July 1, with on call panel service and ongoing joint army and navy board duties.
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Hershey
Jimmy Elias
New Castle
Bill Beckley
Hamburg
Jimmy
Bill
John Tierney
Union County
Reckley
Wildwood N. J
Washington
Clarence A. Dykstra
Roosevelt
National Defense Mediation Board
Dykstra
Joint Army and Navy Board
Draft Property Bill Provisions To Be Modified
Local Board No. Two of the City of New Castile lists 94 men, including Mike Johns from Harrisburg, bound for Camp Meade on June 28 for induction. They report June 27 at 4 p.m. and depart at 7:30 a.m. Saturday via the B and O. The list includes Harry Raymond McCullough Jr and many others with addresses across Harrisburg and nearby areas. In Washington, the Senate Military Affairs Committee presses to narrow Roosevelt draft powers, seeking limits such as a time frame, excluding permanent confiscation, and curbing transfer of seized property, as officials weigh the bill for national defense.
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New Castile
Camp Meade
Mike Johns
Harrisburg
Harry Raymond McCullough, Jr
East Sutton Street
George John Rich
Blunston Avenue
Tony Frank
Tremont Street
Richard Mann
East Reynolds Street
Samuel Frank Froella
International News Service
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
War and Navy Departments
Patterson
Johnson D) Cole
Freighter Hermes Aims to Run British Blockade
In a desperate bid to reach Germany the Hermes sailed from Rio de Janeiro Harbor with a large cargo including cast iron castor seeds hides coffee and cotton. Lloyds list notes no German Hermes but two Dutch freighters share that name.
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International News Service
Rio DE Janeiro
Germany
Hermes
Lloyd’s Register
German Consul Sought to Command Greek Ship Captains
Unimpeachable sources reveal Johannes Borchers the German consul general in New York attempted to pressure Greek ship captains in American ports to place their vessels at the disposal of the Athens government. The captains refused to obey and alerted Greek and American authorities, a factor in President Roosevelt's expulsion order for Nazi consuls and propaganda agents.
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Kingsbury Smith International News Service
Starf
Washington
New York
Johannes Borchers
American
Bordhers
Athens
Greece
Roosevelt
United States
Europe
Borcher
Ger
Major C. L. Yost Heldup Victim
Major Charles L. Yost of Pittsburgh was forced from his car by a gunman in Ambridge Bea ver County. The thief stole the automobile and wallet and fled in the officer’s car with official army plates as James Spratt of the American Bridge Company found the vehicle in Glenfield Hollow. The major, inspecting national defense plants, reported no other papers or documents of value were taken. The bandit remained at large.
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Pittsburgh
Charles L. Yost
Glenfield Hollow
Major Yost
James Spratt
Yost
Ordnance Department
Ambridge
Beaver County
Fishermen Speak On Fishing And The Weather
The speaker notes that fishing is praised as a cure and sport by kings and fishermen, claims it tones nerves, but admits it is not his sport. He concedes for those who like fishing to go, quoting the fishermen and stating the weather is up eighty three.
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