Roosevelt asks Congress for defense training fund
President Roosevelt asked Congress to provide 22,590,000 dollars to train 2,000,000 workers in skilled and semi skilled jobs for national defense. The request targets the Office of Education, the Social Security Board, and the Labor Department, with youth and industry partners shaping the plan. A draft bill for universal service between 18 and 65 proposed 40,000,000 registrants and a 4,000,000 strong army.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
National Defense
Sidney Hilman
Faikman
Amalgamated Clothing
Hilkeat
National Youth Administration
Wome
Office of Education
Social Security Board
Labor Department
Armed Services
Tegulam
War Department
Amy
Bombers Leave for British Army In Mitchel Field Flight
New York June 2. Fifty five bombers destined for British forces took off from Mitchel Field for Halifax to be loaded for shipment. The Northrup A-11 A planes were part of a $2 group released by the War Department for sale and sent from various points for rendezvous here. Arms fliers brought them in but pilots later removed them.
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New York
Mitchelfield
Halifax
Northrup
War Department
War refugees reach New York aboard Britanic and Washington
Two oceangoing liners the Washington and the Brittanic brought over 3200 war refugees to New York. The Washington carried about 1500 passengers from Italy and Ireland while the Brittanic carried 780 passengers including 200 children amid rumors of British engineers aiding a potential evacuation back to Europe.
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INS
United States
Washington
America
Italy
Ireland
England
Childdren
Refugees Seize Biarritz Hotels as Border Tension Grows
Refugees crossing the Franco Spanish border report French police occupying the Carlson and Miramar hotels in Biarritz while government plans a possible move to Prignan or nearby. The flow, smaller than yesterday, signals end of hostilities may be near though unconfirmed rumors persist. An international banker says key figures fear capture as hostages or for ransom, with some refugees hoping to reach America. Willem Ludhigan is noted for bird call identifications.
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Spain
Carlson
Miramar 'N Blanitz
Prr- Pignan
Associated Press
France
Vancon
U.S. Hesitant on War As Europe Moves Toward Conflict
A Washington letter reports American reluctance to enter the European war, citing Mussolini and Gayda arguing that U.S. intervention would set a dangerous precedent. The dispatch notes Axis advances in North Africa, bombardments at Matruh, and Italy's aim to claim Savoy, Corsica, Tunisia, and greater control of the Suez Canal as France seeks a separate armistice via Rome through Madrid.
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Virginia Giyola
Mussolini
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Washington
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North America.” Gayda
Europe
Matruh
Mediterranean
Egypt
Italian East Africa
Javello
Aden
Ely
Gayda
Germany
Italy
Britain
Bordeaux
France
Savoy
Nice
Corsica
Tunisia
Jibutt
Suez Canal
Magnetic warfare terms noted in Chinese and Japanese use
CHONGING China June 31 news reports Premier Chiang Kai-shek introduced magnetic warfare as a new glossary term linked to European and Chinese Japanese treaties. He claimed Chinese tactics draw the foe toward defeat, while Japan reportedly terms the approach enticing tactics in discussing Tenang and its recovery.
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Chungeing
China
Ginerm
Isino Chiang Kui- Shek
Japan Warns France Again Over Supplies To China
In Hong Kong on June 21 the Japanese issued a third warning in eight days to France to block war supplies bound for China through French Indochina. The move followed a Paris accord permitting Japanese inspectors in occupied China to monitor the so called blood transfusion route to Chiang Kai-shek. Reliable Shanghai sources report Japanese naval units, including an aircraft carrier, concentrated near Halnan island opposite Halpong port.
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China
Halnan Island
Inro-Ghing
Halpong
Texas National Guard Recruits At Theater Building
The Texas National Guard opened a one week recruiting office in the Texas theater arcade to boost inactive personnel and accept enlistments for mobilization. Sgt William J. Ryan leads the station displaying machine guns Garand and Springfield rifles and other weapons from the 141st Infantry in the 36th Division. Proceeds from a Red Cross rally at Maxwell near Lockhart will fund relief efforts. Pat O’Brien signed about 1000 autographs daily while filming The Story of Knute Rockne at Notre Dame.
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Washington, D. C
Texas National Guard
Texas Theater
Boam
William J. Ryan
One Hundred Forty-First Infantry
Pat O'Brien
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
British Bomb Ruhr Rhine Raid Reported With Some Success
British air raiders conducted their usual nightly attack over the Ruhr and Rhineland last night with some success, though two planes behind. Military sources identified General Lastruce as a captured Italian general on the Libyan border, dismissed a rumor of Irish-raised planes coming from Ireland, and noted very heavy anti aircraft fire over Germany. Seventeen German airmen were reportedly captured in Britain and several raiders were shot down, with twelve British casualties from bomb strikes.
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Ruhr
Rhineland
Lastruce
Libya
South Wales
Britain
Ireland
Informis
Germany
Red Cross Receives Old War Supplies and Partnerships
The army turned over 140 surplus items to the Red Cross, including 100,000 trench shoes dating 1917-18, as farmers, chemists, and agricultural engineers form new collaborations with industry. Livingston cited growing use of agricultural products in industry and emphasized mutual benefits from these partnerships.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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Red Cross Supplies Describe Kitchen Units and Legal Note
A fragment notes supplies including 43 yolfing kitchens 15 incomplete rolling kitchens and 109 abithal drawn am bulane. It states normal prices were charged since the Red Cross is not a government agency and outright gifts of government property are illegal.
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Red Cross
Ilegal
Bombings in New York Prompt Greater Guard Deployments
In New York heightened precautions were ordered for foreign representatives after two bombings that damaged the German consulate offices in the Whitehall Building and the Daily Worker headquarters. Ten people were injured as blasts occurred 49 minutes apart, with authorities led by District Attorney Dewey and the FBI investigating.
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Compuunist
The
Daily Worker
Whitehall
Battery Park
Hans Borchers
Communist Party In
America
Concer Singer
Thomas B. Dewey
Federal Bureau of Investigation and Police
Canada Force to Aid Isle Defense in Britain
London June 21 The first division of the Canadian active service force re organized and ready to defend Britain after being cheated out of action in France Most men have reached English ports and the division is once more intact Losses of equipment in the withdrawal from France are rapidly being made good
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Canadian Active Service Force
France
Britain
Dominions
Colonial Office
Frasco
Nazi Strength in Mexico Hit
Santa Fe New Mexico June 21 Charles Q Kelley national American Legion vice commander charged that German influence makes it hard for Americans to gain favorable attention in Mexico He had just completed a tour of Mexico and Central America and spoke at a state Legion convention He said Germany is the favored nation and urged the United States to demand respect.
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Santa FE
N. M
Charles Q. Kelley
National American Legion
Mexico
Kelley
Little Rock
Ark
Central America
State Legion
Rio Grande
Germany
America
GOP Plan Strong Anti-War Plank
Philadelphia dispatch reports Republicans at the 1940 national convention moving toward a strong anti war platform after a turbulent meeting that ousted Henry Stimson and Col. Knox as interventionists. The convention faced debates on farm subsidies and the divisive Knox resignation, while Dewey Taft Willkie and Vandenberg vie for early ballots.
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Henry L. Stimson
Col
Danley Knox
Herbert Hoover
Alf M. Lan Gow
Manning
Navy
Roosevelt
Postations
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