Philippine Steamer To Take Americans From Hong Kong
Reports indicate Japanese withdrawals to push evacuees toward Kwangsi near French Indo China. Basilan, a Philippines inter island steamer, will sail for Manila Saturday with 54 Americans mostly Standard Oil and National City Bank employees as first class passengers. Two chartered liners sail tonight with 1,800 women and children, many becoming hysterical at crowded unventilated quarters. Authorities prevented many evacuees from turning back.
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Hong Kong
Kwangsi
Indo-China
United States
Philippines
Basilan
Manila
Standard Oil
National City Bank
Aericans
Nazi War Actions Report From Vichy And Atlantic Raiders
The report outlines Vichy’s reaction to British attacks on French fleet and notes US protest. It details German U-boat successes sinking merchant ships totaling thousands of tons, attacks on Allied convoys, and raids by sea and air around Portland and Kiel, including losses on both sides and civilian casualties.
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Vichy
Great Britain
Leadon
E.D
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Churchill
France
Britain
Paul Baudouin
United States
William C. Bullitt
Algeria
High Command
England
Liebe
Portland
English Naval Base
Hartlepool
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Kiel
Navy
Bomb kills two detectives at World Fair site
In a deadly attack at the World’s Fair in New York, a dynamite bomb placed in a British pavilion fan room killed two police detectives and wounded others. Authorities, led by Mayor LaGuardia, launched a citywide crackdown on agitators while seeking the bomber, with experts confirming the device timed for peak crowds and contained dynamite.
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If. H. LaGuardia
Lewis Js
Columbus Circle
Greenwich Village
Yorkville
Union Square
Psycopathic
Manhattan Island
Irish Republican Army
William Strachen
Cecil N. Pickthall
Strachen
Joseph J. Lynch
Ferdinand Socha
Lynch
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Socha
Explosion shatters crowd as police distracted by blast
A deafening roar and concussion blast injure detectives Federer and Gallagher and patrolman Vyskocil while the blast rips through town. Lynch, a Fordham chemistry graduate and police veteran, and Socha, with Columbia and medical study, are among the wounded as a Fourth of July crowd disperses from the court of peace after multiple fireworks displays.
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William J. Federer
Joseph Gallagher
Lynch
Martin J. Schuchman
Emil Vyskocil
John McLaughlin
Fordham University
Socha
Columbia University
Court of Peace
Navy Department Awards Contracts To New York Firms
Navy Department announces contracts to New York firms for diverse items including Bausch and Lomb Optical Rochester 46340 projectors Spencer Lens Buffalo 9394 den denser tubes Plantation Extract New York flavor Leon Israel New York green coffee Brewster Aeronautical Long Island City 17310 model air planes.
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Navy Department
New York
Washington
Bausch and Lomb Optical Company
Rochester
Spencer Lens Company
Buffalo
Phelps’ Dodge Copper Products Corporation
New York City
Plantation Extract Corporation
Leon Israel and Bros., Inc
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Long Island City
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Eee SC
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Saraka
Enrich
Try Enrich
Burma
Williams
Lilly Insulin
Teel Ce Liquid
DR. West
Merrell
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