Welles Voices Resolve Against Threats to Impress
Washington reports Sumner Welles undersecretary of state rejected German bluster and vowed the United States would defend freedom of the seas as the Robin Moor sinking prompts protests. He noted the merchant ship carried no contraband and included passengers including women and a child. The administration weighs strong protest and possible notes to Germany with details of losses and demands for explanations.
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U M A Y Backing Up Warnings to Vichy
The United States escalates its charge that France is doing Germany's fighting in Syria. Hull asserts the Vichy regime helped Germany and could face funds freezes or severed relations, potentially recognizing General Charles De Gaulle's Free French. The policy aims to stop France and Germany from becoming co belligerents and preserves Britain's access to sea routes.
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High Seas
Weather Forecast for South Carolina and Georgia
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with scattered thundershowers in eastern and southern portions of South Carolina and Georgia.
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Goebbels Rumored to Bend Propaganda on Crete Invasion
A daily feature notes Dr. Goebbels may be orchestrating a Machiavellian propaganda ploy or facing another setback. An article he slipped into Hitler's paper about a Crete invasion and a two month follow up for England was quickly removed, prompting questions about morale and censorship as German leaders face wartime cautions and possible reprimand similar to Britain’s Earl Stanhope censored two years earlier.
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Mediation Board Watches Frisco Strike Front
The mediation board tracked West Coast labor action as the Puget Sound CIO Lumter strike line pressed and AFL machinists in San Francisco prepared to vote on returning to work for 500 million dollars of navy and merchant shipbuilding. Weyerhaeuser mills Everett Washington and four Olympic Peninsula firms planned to resume, while IWA and union leaders clashed over wages and benefits.
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FDR Orders Freezing Axis Assets in United States
President Roosevelt directed the immediate freezing of all German and Italian assets in the United States and assets of invaded European countries. The Treasury Department will administer the controls under a national emergency measure, with penalties for noncompliance. The goal is to block financial use by Axis interests, prevent asset liquidation, and curb subversive activities.
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British submarines claimMediteranean success sinking seven ships
London June 14 The admiralty said British submarines in the Mediterranean sunk seven enemy vessels and torpedoed three more in far reaching operations. They report attacks against enemy sea routes with submarines destroying ships in harbors and damaging several others including an 8000 ton tanker and a 5232 ton Strombo near Istanbul.
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Roosevelt Secluded At White House With Sore Throat
President Roosevelt remained in the White House living quarters for treatment of a sore throat. Officials said his condition was about the same with a slight fever about half a degree above normal.
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On the Job Times Enterprise Want ads
The Times Enterprise help wanted section advertises job placement services by phone and notes inquiries for buyers renters and hiring. It promises broad service and invites readers to call the listed number.
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Times-Enterprise
Nazis Seek Ukraine Benefits Amid Berlin Moscow Tensions
A June 14 report from Bern cites Swiss sources describing a tense standoff between Germany and the Soviet Union over Ukraine access to grain, cattle, and wartime production. Stalin aims to avoid war while possibly conceding limits to German demands to prevent breaking with Germany.
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Ancient City Expected to Fall Soon
British Imperial and Free French forces closed in on Damascus at the end of the first week of their campaign to remove Syria and Lebanon from Vichy control. Reports from Damascus denied surrender negotiations while London sources said Kissone was abandoned. The fall, seen as a potential turning point, drew sharp US-Vichy tensions and Hull accused Vichy of aiding Germany.
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Ten CIO Members Suspended in Brewster Probe
Newark June 14 ten United Automobile Workers CIO members were suspended for instigating a strike at Brewster Aeronautical Corp Long Island City plant. Officials call it a drive to purge subversives. strike stemmed from pay status changes and loss of benefits.
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Macon Secures Major Army Air Depot Project
Washington reports Macon Georgia has been awarded a 14 million dollar southeastern air depot to be built at Wellston, 18 miles from the city. Announcement by Robert A. Lovett cites faster completion and 1.5 million dollar lower cost at Wellston.
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