Allied PLOTS Bared in AZ Seizures
Publication in early July by DNB claims Allied plots to open new fronts in Europe. Documents allegedly seized in France, signed by Generalissimo Gamelin, warn of actions to involve Turkey and disrupt oil and gas assets, with references to Sweden, Romania, and the Soviet oil wells.
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Scandinavia
Tmumars
Turkey
Greece
Yugudavia
DNB
Sand
Mau- Gamelli
Silied
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Tate Dehmart
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SGA
Tule
Flanders
Gimelin
Near East
Maurice Gustave
Uren
Alrshal Mitchell
Middle East
Beirut
Lebanon
Lonition
Marsigo
Ankane
Gnade Yeatercay
Moscow
United States
Baku
Birkhead Urges U.S. to Expand Texas Guard Strength
Maj. Gen. Claude Birkhead, Texas National Guard commandant, urged the War Department to permit a larger guard force for Texas. He informed acting Secretary Louis Johnsen that two Texas municipalities requested guard units adequate for a full division.
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Washington
Claude ¥. Birkhead
San Antonio
Texas National Guard
War Department
Louis Johnsen
Texas
Turks Deny Russ Seek Concessions
Istanbul reports the Turkish government denied today that 140 Soviet officials sought concessions or confessed to any demand. The uncertain fragment mentions political tensions and diplomacy, with scantly readable phrases about Moscow and possible pact terms.
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Istanbul
Uri Povernment
German air and sea attacks report heavy losses
A field communiqué cites July 2 3 German attacks on British shipping with U boat actions sinking several vessels. Submarine Schubert reportedly sank 24000 tons of merchant ships including the steamer Abellind while Arandora Star was torpedoed west of the north channel. British freighters 12000 and 6000 tons were sunk and a 8000 ton trelchert damaged. British blenhinghters shot down two planes over Holland.
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Schubert
Abellaind
Yafons
North Channel
Trelchert
Holland
Leaflet Raids Weighed by London Officials
London officials considered raids on France to counteract what the British term misleading German propaganda. The House of Commons was informed today that measures may be weighed to combat the aggressive wartime leaflet campaign.
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London
France
House of Optimans
Central Texas Tornadoes Wreck Homes and Crops
A tornadic storm swept through Central Texas damaging three school houses in Thorndale and nearby areas. Homes were unroofed or destroyed in Thorndale and Taylor, with trees down and rain totaling nearly eight inches in ten days. The Colorado River and other waterways flooded, causing road and bridge damage and rising water levels, but no confirmed loss of life.
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Thorndale
Gabriel
Desmond
Tharndale
Texas
Extrom
Oscar Lescher
Glass J
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Darrow
Diana
Joe Cornett
Fuss
T. J. ‘Taylor
Lutheran Church
Bowen
Fikhert Lake
Palestine
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Stret’s
Wharton
Colorado
Gulf of Mexico
Blockade Move at Iongkong Denied
Japanese Consul General K Okazaki denied any intention to blockade Hong Kong by military measures, stating restraint along the colony’s mainland border. The report notes Japan’s tightened supply blockade in China’s coastal areas and mentions allied actions near Chiang Kai-shek’s forces.
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Hongkong
K. Okazaki
Jaiyan
Chita
Chiang Kai-Shek
German Warning To Latin America
BERLIX July 2 A warning from Germany urges Latin American nations to cooperate economically with Germany after the war. The dispatch notes fears of Jewish immigration and anti-German agitation in the United States and predicts Europe’s reorganization under German influence to secure Latin American markets.
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Voeltischer
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Roosevelt
Latin-America
Republis
Swiss Voices Concern Over Nazi Criticism
Swiss reporters and officials react to German criticism amid tensions along Sitverland's western border as German troops occupy a former outpost area. An official Naz spokesman warned that continued reporting could threaten Swiss national stability and the existence of Zuerich based press.
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Rern
Switzerland
Germany
Previch
Sitverland
Reto Caratsch
Berlin
Neue Zuricher Zeiung
Naz
Units Battle On Five Days After Peace
London July 3 British dispatch reports Gen Maxime Weygand issued an order of the day to 22,000 French troops in the Maginot line unaware of the armistice with Germany. The force fought for five days after the day of the order, before being surrounded in fortifications and then ordered to defend their positions rather than attack.
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London
Reuters
Vichy
Frasen
Maxime Weygand
Baal
Maginot
Germany
Renane
Weyrand
Nazi Air Raids and Allied War Plans Reported
Report covers heavy German bombing of southeastern England and northeast alarms. Allied plots and shipping losses noted. Washington details Packard engines for U S and Britain. Europe sees Balkan tensions and anti semitic unrest amid border clashes. British claims of damage to Scharnhorst and POW transfers noted. U S defense controls and cabinet nominations advance.
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Bombere Ver
Woutheast
Washington
National Defense Commission
Packard Motor Company
Merfin
DNB
Europe
DKB
France
Roads Closed in Flood Areas Across Texas
The state highway department reports roads closed in flood zones including State Highway 29 between Gonzales and Houston area, State 111 between Edin and State Highway 172, State 16 between Fairfield and Kerrville where the Pedernales river rose to 16 feet and the San Gabriel neared bank overflow east of Georgetown.
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Jules
State Highway Department
Fed
Gonzales
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Edng
Fathercksbure
Berrville
Pedernates
Stein
Georgetown
Benks
Weather Adds to Forest Fire Peril
Forecasts of rising temperatures in the Pacific Northwest raise fire risk as dozens of blazes in Western Washington are largely under control. District Forester C J Haddon reports hazardous conditions across British Columbia with nearly 50 men battling about a dozen fires amid three weeks of dry weather.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Washington
British Columbia
C. J. Haddon
Warships Saluted at Lisbon on Arrival
Lisbon greeted United States ships including cruiser Oman and destroyer God with gun salutes on arrival. The destroyer Bayry 15 was en route to Bilbao to pick up Anthony Krexe Bid aieur, the U S ambassador to Poland, to take him to London where he will be assigned to the Polish government.
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United States
Crufts
Oman
Destoyer God
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Bayry 15
Bibao
Anthony J. Krexe
Bidaieur
Poland
London
Hungary Army at Peak for Peage Time
Hungary mobilizes at full scale amid Transylvania border tensions with Romania. Thousands summoned to colors as tanks and artillery head toward the frontier. Anti aircraft guns guard Danube bridges while Budapest reports minority persecutions and possible negotiations fade. Bulgarian posture along Dobidja remains quiet with no large troop build up observed.
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Rustan
Jesse
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Budapest En Sottie
Danube River
Transylvania
Laszlo Bardotsv
Transylvani
Evacuees Reach Manila From Hongkong Flight
Hongkong evacuation continues as more than 1640 Britons and others flee the Crown Colony. Arrivals came on a Japanese liner with a small group of Americans joining later aboard an American vessel. President Coolidge absent or referenced amid the transit.
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Manila
Hongkong
Stortay
Japan
Joes
Crolidge
Ulster Mobilizes Defense Workers
Belfast July 1 an emergency mobilization of Northern Ireland defense volunteers was carried out early today. Every volunteer in the Armagh county areas of Antrim and Down was called out. They remained on duty from 23.0 to daybreak. There was no official explanation.
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Northern Ireland
Ulster
Antrim
Down
Weather Watch: Rain Totals and Skies Across Cities
A fragmented weather summary lists rainfall totals since January, with 3.71 inches excess for the month and 13.22 inches since January 1. It notes daily rainfall around 0.21 inch for the period and provides cloud cover and temperature hints for numerous cities, including forecasts of overcast, clear, and showers in regions from Texas to New York, plus moon phases and sunriseTimes.
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Mofith
Aransas
Should the people decide war or peace now
Fragmented political argument urging the public to decide on war versus peace. It questions democracy, statesman decrees, and whether citizens should determine investitures, conscription, and liberty amid looming conflict. The piece calls for an election to resolve whether to march toward war or preserve peace.
War 25 Years Ago Today Chronicle
Fragmentary item notes World War I era actions near Melacral and Les Bourges with French and German forces and mentions a 193? date, German claims, and a debate in a British Commons. It references Danzig and Polish questions and Chamberlain in a distant, unsettled context.
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Argonne
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Amd Seria
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Danzig
Poland
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Free City
U.S. Sells TNT to Great Britain
Washington reports the United States has sold 9.4 million pounds of TNT to Great Britain. The explosive, awaiting shipment at New Orleans, is expected for use by England in bomb manufacture. Officials say the transfer was kept secret to prevent sabotage during transport.
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Washington
INS
United States
Great Britain
New Orleans
England
Lom Port Wingtte
Gus
Department
British setback in Ethiopia claimed by Italian high command
The Italian garrison at Metemamen Ethiopia repelled a violent attack by British troops with 60 dead and losses of rifles and other equipment reported. The clash occurred near the Anglo Egyptian Sudan border as Rome described the Italian defense as an effective repulse.
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Metemame
Ethiopia
High Command
Borfer
Sudan
Solons Seek Flood Relief for Texans
Washington May 31 Representative Mansfield of Texas asked the disaster loan corporation and the WPA to aid food sufferers in Lavaca County Texas. Mansfield transmitted a plea from Paul Fertsch Hallettsville for 200000 to aid rebuilding roads and bridges and 1690 to replace livestock.
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Mansafield
Texas
WPA
Lavaca Cnvity
Mansfield
Dudge Paul Fertsch
Hallettaville
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