Hull Blasts Ruhr in heaviest air offensive of war
London reports heavy British bombers struck Brest dropping on berths where the battleship Scharnhorst and a Hipper cruiser lay and blasted the Ruhr in the third consecutive raid. Coastal aircraft attacked Calais Boulogne and Brittany airfields while seven German bombers fell to British fighters. One British bomber is missing. several coastal planes were lost in Channel patrols.
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London
Brest
Scharnhorst
Ruhr
Air Ministry
St. Omer
France
Calais
Boulogne
Coastal Command
English Channel
Brittany
Schwerte
Britain
Iwor
French
Germany
Ickes summons oil industries to Washington parley
Interior Secretary Ickes called all sectors of the petroleum industry to a Washington meeting next Thursday to discuss plans for better utilization of oil resources during the national emergency. He stressed the general scope of the invitation and the difficulty of extending formal invites.
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Ickes
Washington
Roosevelt
Defense Petroleum Administrator
French Forces Fall Back Near Damascus as Allies Advance
British and Free French troops push toward Damascus after abandoning Kissoue ten miles south of the city. Allied lines hold Nebatiye west of Kissoue while contact is reported with Vichy transport north of Merdjayoum. Near Sidon, some opposition and reported foothold gains appear despite earlier hopes of rapid capitulation.
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London
Kissoue
Damascus
Nebatiye
Vichy
Merdjayoum
Sidon
Barkley Sees Long Row on Tax Program
Washington reports Senator Barkley forecasts a protracted fight over tax legislation. He doubts a defense revenue bill reaches President Roosevelt before September and notes heavy pulling and hauling to shape final form. If House acts in July, hearings will delay floor action and House Senate differences will need reconciliation.
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Senate
Barkley
Roosevelt
Naval Hospital
House
Finance Committee
Roosevelt's Throat Is Treated Again
President Roosevelt stayed in the White House living quarters for further treatment of a sore throat. Officials said his condition was about the same with a temperature about half a degree above normal. The President's physician urged him to stay away from his office and do only essential official duties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ross
T. McIntire
French Fleet Leaves Toulon Reported by Radio Budapest
London reports say the French fleet sailed from Toulon per Radio Budapest. A German submarine sank a large British liner in the South Atlantic, with the ship’s name not yet known. British patrols push toward Jimma in Ethiopia, closing to within 42 miles of the Italian stronghold. Admiralty notes claim sinking of more German supply ships tied to the German battleship Biemerek.
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London
Budapest
South Atlantic
Berlin
INS
High Command
South ‘Atlantic
Ethiopia
Jimma
Admiralty
Adair Sarees
Biemerek
Biemerek Wiggly Chips
New Pledge Given In Duce By Matsuoka
Rome reports a reaffirmation of Axis ties as Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka gửi a personal message praising Mussolini's speech. Matsuoka endorses Italian Japanese relations and the triple alliance, stating Japan backs the Axis mission and the German Italian partnership.
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Japan
Axis
Mussoini
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Mussolini
I Duce
Italy
Germany
Tokyo
Chamber of Fasces ‘and Guilds
Il Duce
Onsening Drelatied In Sydney June Features Delays
A June report from Sydney notes intermittent delays in services with periods spanning about ten days. The announcement hints at ripple effects on related routines and schedules across affected sectors.
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Sydney
Australia
Lumber Pact Brings Strike to End in West Coast
National Defense Mediation Board officials in Washington watched West Coast developments as a major lumber strike eased. The three largest CIO locals of the International Woodworkers of America planned to resume work Monday under a board peace plan after accepting a 7 1/2 cent hourly raise and paid vacations, while union leaders demanded a 10 cent base increase. Weyerhaeuser mills at Everett and camps at Vail and McDonald will reopen with about 1,300 workers. logging operations also resume at Lyman and four Olympic peninsula firms employing 9,000. Total strikers were placed at 12,000 by the Board, with 22,000 by Orton. Potential rapid resumption in Bay area shipyards after tomorrow’s vote.
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National Defense Mediation Board
Washington
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Weyerhaeuser Mills
Everett
Wash
OPM to Inaugurate Aluminum Collection Nationwide
New York June 14 Ins plans moved forward for a nationwide aluminum collection to avert a shortage vital for military and naval aircraft. Frank Bane of Office of Civilian Defense announced the drive to 75 defense officials from 12 northeastern states. He said tests in Virginia and Wisconsin indicate 20,000,000 pounds could be gathered, sufficient for 650 long range bombers or 4,000 fighters.
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New York
INS
Office of Production Management
Frank Bane
Division
Office of Civilian Defense
Virginia
Wisconsin
Stinging U S Rebuke on Syrian Aid
United States accuses France of being drawn into Germanys fight in Syria and hints at possible actions against Vichy. Hull says Laval and Darlan statements reveal a plan to deliver France to Hitler, raising prospects of cutting funds or breaking relations, with recognition of the Free French likely if policy shifts occur.
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Washington
United States
France
Germany
Syria
Vichy
Berlin
Free French” Committee
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Hull
Darlan-Laval
Hitler
Messers Laval
Darlan
Gasian
Henry Hare
Mother dives into 40-foot well to save infant
Tumelo Mississippi June 14 a 25 year old mother Mrs Boyd Goodson who cannot swim plunged into a 40 foot well to rescue an infant and later a two year old girl After fighting through a foot wide opening she held the baby afloat until rescuers arrived The mother lay on her back bracing herself to shake air into the child before a youth helped pull both to safety
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Tumelo
Miss
Boyd Goodson
Damascus poised to capitulate as British press reports surrender talks
British radio from Cairo claims Damascus in Syria, under French mandate, was near surrender within hours amid German pressure. Reports cite Stalin dodging Hitler demands while Moscow negotiates. UK RAF bombs Ruhr again as aerial war continues with seven Nazi planes shot down over Britain. questions remain in London about surrender confirmation.
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Cairo
London
Switzerland
Russia
Journal de Geneve
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Washington
U. S
Hull
Germany
Vichy Enacts New Anti Jewish Laws in Occupied France
In Vichy France on June 1 1941, two new laws define Jew status restricting professions and trades, forcing registration and residence limits within a 50 mile radius, and prompting bank withdrawals amid a renewed anti-Semitic campaign led by Xavier Vallat. Authorities accuse Jews of plots against France and Franco German relations as rumors of blocked accounts spread.
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Paul Ghali
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Vichy
France
Xavier Vallat
Police Order Inquiry Into Carnival Worker Slain by Bear
Detroit reports a thorough police inquiry into the death of Thomas L. Miller a 28 year old carnival worker killed by a 450 pound Canadian bear named Teddy Miller was attacked reading the bear from its cage and died at Eloise Hospital Captain William Callender Bay City owner of the bear said Miller may have startled Teddy and Miller had asked for Teddy for a tavern ad which was refused
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Bear
Detroit
INS
Thomas L. Miller
Teddy
Miller
Eloise Hospital
William Callender
Bay City
Stmack
Callender
U S Searns Nazi Bluster Wellies Says
Undersecretary of State Surz Wellies replies to German threats to sink contraband ships. He tells reporters that Americans ignore bluster and threats and urges dispassionate view of the Robin Moor incident.
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Washington
Surz Welies
United States
Robin Moor
Welles
Soviet Chief Expected to Bow in Crisis
Soviet leader Stalin faced pressure amid German demands as reports from Journal de Geneve and Madrid-based EFE described possible concessions to avert broader conflict. The talks, framed around keeping Russia out of war, cited a vision of a revolutionary Europe and economic maneuvering to dodge Allied blockades while Berlin sought independence from Britain and the United States.
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Journal de Geneve
International
Asnlareda
Germany
Stalin
Russia
Europe
America
Berlin
Viet
Soviet Union
Red Army
Moscow
Ukraine
Madrid
EFE
Reich
Krieg
Goebbels Delivers Questionable Propaganda Stunt
In a provocative move Dr. Goebbels allegedly hinted that Crete invasion would be followed by an English invasion within two months. The issue was quickly recalled and plates torn up, suggesting a possible tongue in cheek stunt to unsettle Britain.
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Dr. Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Crete
England
Hs Goebbels
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