Export ban proposed on eastern oil shipments by government
Secretary Ickes proposed a complete ban on east coast oil exports without prior approval to prevent shortages. He announced to 32 shippers that no offshore sales should occur before review and highlighted a July schedule of ten vessels, including three Danish and seven Japanese, affected by the measure. The Azuma Maru remained docked after yesterday's halt to a 240000 gallon shipment.
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Washington
United States
Ickes
Defense Petroleteum
Philadelphia
Japan
Seaboard
R. K. Davies
Atlantic Coast
Aids
Irene Rich Stung by Bees in Hobby Honey Factory Mishap
Hollywood reports Irene Rich, noted screen and radio star, received multiple stings while tending to bee hives. She forgot to smoke out the honey factory before work, resulting in a day of illness with a high fever and a 102 degree temperature.
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Hollywood
Irene Rich
Miss Rich
Weather Forecast for Georgia Florida and Alabama
Georgia varies from fair in the north to partly cloudy in the south with occasional rain in the southeast and far south tonight through Wednesday. Florida mainly cloudy with occasional showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Alabama shows partly cloudy conditions in the south and fair in the north tonight and Wednesday. Coastal winds are northeast to east with gentle to moderate strength.
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Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Patented Reaper and Twister Toll Featured in 1834 Record
The fragment notes a 1834 patent for McCormick reaper and mentions a deadly twister event killing nine, highlighting historical agricultural innovation and disaster. The readable text references McCormick and a fatal weather incident as concurrent historical notes.
Italy bans all debt payments to Americans
Rome June 17 Italy blocks all payments from Italy on private debts to Americans under a decree in reprisal for freezing Italian credits in the United States. Italians must report American credits within 20 days while bans apply to debt and security transfers. exemptions exist for loyal residents.
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Rome
Italy
Official Gazette
United States
Virginio Gayda
Listening to Southwest Georgia Want Ads
A brief note praising the Times Enterprise Want ads in Southwest Georgia urges readers to try them. It mentions local interest and includes a phone number reference for contact.
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Southwest
Georgia
Times-Enterprise
FDR closes Nazi consulates and propaganda offices
President Roosevelt orders the closing of German consulates and tourist propaganda agencies in the United States, framing the move as a strong response to activities deemed inimical to American welfare. The action could provoke diplomatic reprisal from Germany, though war or formal diplomatic break are not immediate.
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Germany
United States
Hitler
Roosevelt
Damascus
Madani
Henri Dentz
The
Levant
Kissoue
Lamascus Ee
Syria
Berlin
America
Reich
Italy
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Gayda
Il Duce
British repulse counter attack by Axis troops
Cairo June 17 British troops halted a surprise Axis push after penetrating near Fort Capuzzo and repelled repeated counter attacks from Tobruk reinforcements. In East Africa British forces captured an Italian rearguard west of Lake Lakemu taking 200 prisoners four guns and 26 machine guns.
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Cairo
Egypt
Fort Capuzzo
Libya
Tobruk
Middle East
Salum
East Africa
Imperial
Lake Lakemu
Ethiopia
Assab
North Africa
No changes in U S charges against Nazis
Washington reports Sumner Welles says U S charges against Germany for sinking the Robin Moor remain unchanged despite 35 survivors arriving in Capetown. Evidence from 11 survivors in Brazil and two cables from Capetown will soon let the government decide on action. Welles says the submarine violat ed international law remains unchanged and a stern protest is likely.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Germany
Robin Moor
Capetown
Welles
Brazil
South Africa
United States
Middle East
Britain
2Ferdjayoun
Palestine
Senate backs separate air force plan in aviation department
Washington June 17 AP A proposal for a separate air force under a new department of aviation drew ready support in the senate Senator McCarran Nevada said the air force must be second to none and would have a voice at the president's cabinet table He warned of opposition from the army and navy Senate foreign relations chair Georgia of Georgia said he leaned toward the plan but had not decided George noted air power is vital to national defense and that army and navy officers accustomed to their services may resist change
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Mundy
Robert ‘Taylor
Hollywood
Robert Taylor
Taureau
Recife
Brazil
Lorricke
Lorrckke
Robin Moor
Little Robin MccCullough
Robert W. McCullough
Ben M. Cohen
New Haven
Conn
Africa
Robitt Moor
Washington
Department of Aviation
Senate
McCarran
D-Nev
Army
Navy
Georgia
D-Ga
Senae—foreign—relaions
George
German Activity Watched in Scandinavia and Balkans Stir
The report says Hitler massed large numbers of troops on Norway's west coast amid fears of a Scotland invasion while a steady stream of transports heads to coastal bases. Soviet officials claim troops move back into northern Germany, with Britain suspecting a feint to mask an invasion of the British Isles. War tremors extend to the Balkans as Romania implements a blackout and shifts to new military postures.
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Adolf Hitler
Norway
Scotland
London
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Balkans
Hitler
British Isles
Sanomat
Helsinki
Baltic
Finland
Rumania
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Salam
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Department of U. S. Aviation
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