Hungary Remains Mobilized on Rumania Front
Hungary continues war footing as talks with Romania over Transylvania yield little sign of peace. Officials deny a demilitarized frontier while German envoy Erdmanndorff meets Hungary’s Csaky. The Budapest races were canceled signaling lingering strain amid Balkan tensions and Iron Guard pressure on King Carol.
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Budapest
Carol
Hungary
Romania
Transylvania
Count Istvan Csaky
Otto von Erdmanndorff
Sofia
Dobruja
Bulgaria
Rumania
Carol Belgrade
Iron Guard
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Russia
Bucharest
Rome
Berlin
Willkie Holds Talks Over Three-Man Campaign Team
Willkie may appoint three leaders for his national campaign including a campaign manager, a national chairman, and a personal representative. John D. M. Hamilton or Russell Davenport are among names, with Willkie seeking a strong organizing figure and planning to announce a basis for the setup by Friday. He expects to meet Senator McNary and will confer with the Republican subcommittee in New York.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Russell Davenport
Fortune
Davenport
Samuel Pryor
National
Connecticut
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Sen
Mnary Willkie
McNary
Washington
Wilkie
National Republican Committee
Citizenship Lost by Joining Canadian Forces
Montreal reports that Philip Stegerer of Washington DC was found to have forfeited US citizenship by enlisting in the Canadian active service force. The board denied permission to return to the United States, citing lack of an unexpired immigration visa. Stegerer, claiming a historical family link to Washington, lamented losing country and livelihood.
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Montreal
United States
Board of Inquiry
Philip Stegerer
Washington, D. C
Active Service Force
Stegerer
King George
Washington
Siegerer
Canada
Red Fleet Ends Baltic Maneuvers After Mock Battle
The Red Fleet reports the Baltic fleet has wrapped up intensive maneuvers including a mock battle with heavy gunfire and bombing of planes. The paper notes improved morale among red sailors following past engagement with the white Finns.
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Meacen
Baltic
Red Fleet
British air forces sink four Italian subs and destroyer
British air forces claim to have sunk four Italian submarines and a destroyer, the Espero, in the eastern Mediterranean between June 27 and 29, with 44 survivors from the destroyer and unconfirmed rescue of sub crews. The loss raises Italian submarine losses to 13 in three weeks of war.
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Caire
Near East
Sicily
Ethiopia-Renya
Mediterranean
Italy
Joss
London
Admiralty
International at a Glance German raids threaten Britain and Hungary border tension
AP reports Bucharest rushing troops to Hungarian and Bulgarian borders amid dread of invasion after attacks on outposts. Russian occupation of Bessarabia proceeds quietly as troops withdraw from overrun areas. Berlin-Rumania moves against British guarantees, signaling Southeast influence decline. London reports 12 killed and 22 injured in nightly German raids, British merchant losses deemed heavy. First German prisoners arrive in Canada.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Romania
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Budapest
Rumania
Berlin
England
London
Quebec
Britain
Canada
United States Builds World’s Largest Navy in History
Official figures show the U S Navy already leads in ships and tonnage with 395 combat ships totaling 1 327 320 tons. A $500 million order for 11 cruisers 20 destroyers 13 submarines and a seaplane tender was approved, signed into law within hours of speedup legislation.
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Washington
United States Navy
Uncle Sam
Europe
Roosevelt
Manila
War Department
West Point
Mussolini details four day battle on Alpine front
Premier Mussolini in a letter to Crown Prince Umberto describes hard bloody fighting on the western Alpine front before the June 24 armistice. He says Italian and foreign troops fought 8 to 32 kilometers through French defenses along a 120 mile front, with thousands of Italian dead and continued French resistance after the armistice.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
France
Umberto
II Duce
Ilduce
India Leader Held Under Defense Regulations
Subhas Bose, leader of the left wing of the All India Nationalist Congress, was arrested today in Calcutta under the Defence of India regulations.
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Bombay
Subhas Bore
All India Nationalist Congress
Calcutta
Defense of India
British raid targets Kiel and German ports reported
British bombing missions attacking Kiel and towns in northwestern Germany were said to have scored many hits, with the German battleship Scharnhorst hit in a floating dock. Airdromes at Cologne Wesel and Texel also attacked. four British planes missing and five civilians killed in Britain.
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Germany
Kiel
London
Air Ministry
Scharnhorst
Cologne
Wesel
Texel
Frisian Islands
Britain
British Isles
Bristol Channel
Charles de Gaulle
France
Musilier
CBS
Italy
Judge rules state fair trade code unconstitutional in La Crosse
Circuit Judge Robert S. Cowie rejects show cause orders against 12 La Crosse barber shops shoe shops and beauty parlors for license lapses or price cutting. He calls the state law unconstitutional and an infringement on individual rights citing sanitary regulation as valid but not control over prices. The orders aimed to take effect July 8.
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Cowie
President Roosevelt Signs Law on Secrecy for Inventions
Washington President Roosevelt signed a law authorizing the commissioner of patents to keep secret inventions affecting national defense. If disclosure harms public safety or defense the patent can be withheld indefinitely. Army and navy officials gain immediate access to pending patents.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Dog Whines Life of Master Saved in Gas Alarm
Mrs. Richard J. Malone awakened by her dog to find her husband Irving unconscious from escaping gas in Janesville Wisconsin. Firemen revived him.
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Janesville
Wis
Richard J. Malone
Irving
2000 Japanese Troops Block Hong Kong Border Report
Two thousand Japanese troops concentrate at Shumchun opposite the Hong Kong border ready to close the border for a blockade this evening. Reports say Japanese labor conscription for rebuilding roads to Namtau and measures to divert Chinese refugees toward Bias Bay. Evacuation plans surge as thousands seek to leave.
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U.P
Shumchun
Hongkong Telegraph
Namtau
Canton River
China
Bias Bay
Imperial Airways
Bankok
Siam
Singapore
Coolidge
Manila
Wheeler Enters Race For President Nomination
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for president at Chicago regardless of President Roosevelt’s decision on a third term. He spoke at a peace society event in St Louis and said he believed he could win if Roosevelt declined to run. He said he would talk to Townsend plan club organizers if invited and could deliver a peace talk.
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St. Louis
DLP
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Chicago
Roosevelt
Wheeler
John L. Lewis
Townsend Plan Clubs
Lewis
Townsend
Weather Summary From Northwestern Observations
The report lists temperatures across stations with Phoenix at 107 and Park Falls at 40 for the last 24 hours. Daily high 75 and low 52 near calm, southeast wind, barometer 29.60. No precipitation reported and conditions leaning warmer into Wednesday.
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Daly
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Armer
Northwestern
Temere
Iiaabee - Riabest
Ouresa
Phoenix
Park Falls
Mudstate Observatory Sinear
Imunizouin
Missing American Flyer: British ace Davis reported missing
London report says Acting Flight Lieut. J W E Davis of Bernardsville New Jersey, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by King George VI, is missing. Davis led squadron actions including engagements with Messerschmitts and Heinkel bombers, destroying enemy aircraft before ammunition ran short.
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London
J. W. E. Davis
Bernardsville
N. J
Davis
Royal Air Force
Messerschmitt
Acquittal in Treland Parachute Suspect Case
Dublin reports Mrs. Iseult Stuart wife of Francis Stuart Irish novelist and poet acquitted today of an act prejudicial to the safety of the state. A special military court had heard she aided a man who parachuted into Treland and remains missing.
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Dublin
Iseult Stuart
Francis Stuart
Treland
British Admit Heav y Losses Amid Submarine Activity
London reports an official British admiralty tally showing merchant shipping losses of 88 259 tons in the week ended June 23 due to German Italian actions. Earlier weeks recorded 52 642 tons and 45 936 tons as escort plans were disrupted by armistice and redeployments from Brest to St Jean de Luz.
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London
Admiralty
Brest
St. Jean de Luz
Britain
Germany
Hugo Dalton
House of Commons
Clement R. Attlee
Winston Churchill
Commons
Dalton
John Anderson
Air Command
Pohier
Attlee
Anthony Eden
House
Republican Conference Set Friday in New York
Charleston news notes Walter S Hallanan announces a Republican conference scheduled for Friday in New York to consult with Wendell Willkie on selecting a national chairman and forming the executive committee and other officers.
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Charleston
W. Va
Walter S. Hallanan
Senate Panels Split On Knox Nomination Amid Fourth Term Debate
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee delayed Knox’s nomination after a witness quoted him favoring sending an army to Europe. The Senate Military Committee approved Henry L. Stimson as Secretary of War by 14 to 3 after two hours of testimony. Col. Knox’s hearing and Woodring’s dismissal inquiry highlighted politics of a possible third term and aid to allies.
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Roosevelt
Col
Frank Knox
Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Europe
Senate Military Committee
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Frank Enox
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate
Naval Committee
Knox
Indiana
Lee
Oklahoma
Schwartz
Wyoming
Downey
California
Slattery
Illinois
Chandler
Kentucky
Smathers
New Jersey
Austin
Vermont
Bridges
Republian
New Hampshire
Gurney
South Dakota
Hill
Alabama
Johnson
Colorado
Woodring
Garrod Named Director of Empire Aviation Training
London 7 Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair announced in commons the appointment of Air Marshal A. G. R. Garrod as director of empire aviation training under a plan to speed trained pilots and air personnel output. Garrod will coordinate pilot flows from Britain and dominions and supervise training planes and instructors to Canada and other dominions.
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London
Archibald Sinclair
Commons
A. G. R. Garrod
Empire
Garrod
Britain
Dominions
Canada
R. A. F. Staff College
Oxford Unniversity Air Squadron
R.A. F. Staff College
Iraq
Kurdistan
Bodyguard of Trotsky Buried In Secret
The body of Robert Sheldon Harte, 23, secretary bodyguard of Leon Trotsky, was buried here yesterday after being kidnapped in Mexico City by men who claimed to target Trotsky and later found shot to death. Funeral officials acknowledged the burial and offered little detail.
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New York
Rebert Sheldon Harte
Leon
Mexico
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