Lucky Days of the Robin Moor Survive Near Sinkings
The Robin Moor incident recounts Capt. Mundy taking charge after a German submarine torpedoed the freighter on a May night. Survivors describe lifeboats, a long boat ride, and Mundy plotting a course on a crude chart while the submarine’s crew demanded cargo details and resisted rescue attempts.
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Fem
Munday
Robert Taylor
Ives
Uollywport
Stobert Trytor
la ‘Touehs
Robin Moor
Revifey
Brazil
Lorricke
Robi McCullough
Robert W. McCullough
Sogin
Robin
Ben M. Cohn
New Haven
Coan
Africa
Mundy
Cohn
Munty
Destall
Eyewitness Accounts Head Washington
Philip Williams arrives from Rio de Janeiro with eyewitness depositions on the torpedoing of the Robin Moor. Survivors’ photos and ten crew senders plus one passenger’s depositions, sent to the State Department, form the basis for a charge that a German U-boat sunk the merchant ship deliberately in violation of international law.
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Washington
Philip Williams
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Williuzas
Hecife
Brazil
Welles
Mat
Germany
State Department
Sought iClue in Slaying at Capitals
Washington detectives hunted for clues after the nude body of Jessie E Strieff, a 25 apartment clerk stenographer from Des Moines, was found in a garage near Dupont Circle. Evidence suggested a struggle and possible assault during a midafternoon storm. Strieff, a War Department employee, had recently been promoted and became engaged to Stanley Le Blane of the Farm Security Administration.
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Strangler
Jessie Elibeth Smed
Des Moines
War Department
Washington
Jessie E Strieff
duPont Circle
Strieff
Lcense
Welicatessen
Shel
A. Magruder MacDonald
Itss
Sirleff
Congress
Miss Shrieff
Rose Abramowitz
Rafirne Nema Edlene
Holatich Simon
Miss Strieff
Onde Prance
Stanley le Blane
Farm ‘Security Administration
le Blane
Christine ‘Tankerslay
Nazi Shipping Attacked Off British Coasts and Scotland
Reports from June 1940 describe Allied raids on Berlin and targets across the British Isles including the English southwest and southeast coasts, the east coast of Scotland, and several British airports. British air losses totaled 17 planes with nine more claimed destroyed. German losses are cited as 15 ships and various aircraft. Observers note British night bombing and air force activity while the German air force remains comparatively inactive against Britain.
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Pere ‘Td
Scotland
Sant Chantrinn
Scoulab
Bergeland Bight
Iensons
High Comemand
Air
Navy
Ize ‘ XX Tiesita
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Mre
Shroj
Berlin
Atlantic
Coastal Command
England
Britain
Germany
London Sourcrs
India
German Submarine Pictures Debated In State Department Review
Officials weighed available photographs of the submarine as possible proof it was German. Pictures are undeveloped, and their value remains unknown. The Robin Moor rescue, including Chief Officer Melvin Mundy, bolsters the US stance that the vessel offered no lifeboat safety and did not radio for help as promised.
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South
Atlgatic
State Department
Chlef
Melvin Mundy
Mundy
United States
Survivorg
Tradio
Talmadge Fails To Oust Educator In Racial Dispute
In Georgia, Governor Talmadge loses an attempt to remove Walter D. Cocking as dean of education at the University of Georgia after the State Board of Regents reelects him. A heated hearing and allegations of racial doctrine are cited, with the governor shouting that social equality is not acceptable in state schools.
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Talmadge
Ens
Gers Talmage
Walter D. Cocking
University of Georgia
Stat Board of Regents
Cocking
Athens
Georgia
Tegents
Ceor
Japan Breaks Off Parley With Indies
Japan abruptly cut off economic talks with the Netherlands East Indies on June 17, saying no change in normal relations will follow. A joint communique noted the talks failed to yield a pact as Japan sought larger oil rubber and tin quotas while the Dutch refused, Yoshizawa left for Japan June 27, easing tensions but halting materiel negotiations for war.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Sapan
Fesiti
Japanrete Seden
Indies
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Yoshizawa
Netherlands
Rich Bees Stir Up Hollywood Star in Bed
Irene Rich, the screen and radio star, tried beekeeping but forgot to smoke the hives. Bees reminded her with stings and 30 bites, leaving her in bed with a 102 degree fever after a day spent near the honey factories.
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Trene Rich
Hollywood
Irene Rich
Screen
Mites Rich
Delayed Atlantic War News Strains British Censors
London reports persistent delays in releasing Atlantic battle figures as the Admiralty clings to a policy of withholding ongoing losses. After May ended, press outlets were told that declining to publish interim totals would continue, with only monthly summaries foreseen and unclear timing for future data.
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Williams
Stoneman
Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
Atlantic
Admiralty
Britain halts ships bound for Petsamo Arctic port
London reports Britain has stopped granting naviterts for ships heading to the Finnish Arctic port of Petsamo. Sources say German divisions are stationed in Finland under an agreement for unarmed Nazi travel, and ships seeking Petsamo will be intercepted and detained by the British blockade.
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Petsamo
London
Britain
Finnish Arctic
Finland
Germany
Norway
Industrial Plants Hit in Berlin Bombing Report
Berlin reports wartime raids against industrial plants and rail facilities in western areas. High Command notes 26 British aircraft downed in night operations. Civilians killed and wounded as homes destroyed amid the attacks.
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Berlin
High Command
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