Soviet claim: Nazi advance checked near Vilna and front lines
Moscow reports mass Soviet regrouping after German panzer push toward Vilna and Oszmiana. Red Army says counterattacks around Brody Lwow and along the Prut river held, with heavy German losses and several paratroopers captured as air battles favor the Soviets.
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Moscow
Red Army
Reichswehr
Brody
Lwow
Prut
Russia
Rumania
Cernauti
Bucovina
Ukraine
High Command
Messarabian
Skuleni
Prut River
Vilna
Oszmiana
Lithuania
Poland
Finland
Black Sea
Constanta
Helsinki
Hegetenrwirwne Red
Derizky
Koenigsberg
Warsaw
Kaunas
Grodno
Price freezing for auto tires and tubes announced
Washington June 26 Leo A Anderson price administrator said wholesale and retail prices of automobile tires and tubes would be frozen at levels prevailing June 16. He noted upcoming industry meetings to finalize the schedule and warned trade to expect no price changes before the plan is issued. He described possible government actions if firms refuse to comply, including use of select service and transportation controls or requisitioning plant compliance.
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Ashington
Leo Anderson
Els
Anderson
Enderson
Bynderson
Chrysler Coreation
Frogn
Henderson
Roosevelt
Tonderson
Weather forecast for South Carolina and Georgia
South Carolina expects mostly cloudy conditions with showers and thunderstorms tonight and on the lower coast Friday. Georgia forecast shows mostly cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms across the south and central regions tonight and Friday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Juniors Face Tallahassee in Tonight's ASEBAT Game
Calendar lists Juniors playing Tallahassee at the stadium. Lookouts meet Waycross in Waycross tomorrow night.
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gion'Juniors
Tallahassee
Lookouts
Waycross
Finland the Grimgest Small Nation Tragedy in War
A historical column argues Finland suffers the grim fate of a small nation in war. It portrays Finland as fighting not for self but under influence of Germany and Russia, facing occupation threats and strategic pressure. The piece reflects on neutrality, blockade, and shifting alliances surrounding WWII Finland.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Finland
AFL Machinists End Strike At Frisco Yards
AFL machinists end a 47 day strike at 11 San Francisco Bay shipyards and CIO affiliates delay defense orders totaling 500 million. Workers vote to return Monday under a master contract. wage demands centered on 1.15 and overtime. CIO plans to meet tonight with leader James Smith amid wage and hours talks.
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Associated Press
AFL
San Francisco Bay
CIO
San Francisco
AFL Metal Trades Council
Pacific Coast
Trades Council
Office of Production Management
Washington
James Smith
AML
Smith
New York City
Michael J. Quill
CIO Transport Workers Union
Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc
Brooklyn
Brotherhood of Scientific Instrument’ Workers of America
Chicago
Daily Times
The
Daily News
Herald- American
Ten cows killed by lightning in Georgia dairy herd
Eatonton Georgia June 23 ten cows in Jobey Rossee's Jersey dairy herd were killed by lightning in a storm yesterday. The cows were found lying dead under a tree in the pasture where they evidently sought shelter.
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Georgia
Eatonton
Jobey Rossee
Jersey
Germans Claim Soviet Lines Are Smashed
Berlin reports German troops have breached Soviet border defenses in many battles with claims of great early successes. The communique offered no front details while Nazi sources and Dienst Aus Deutschland praised rapid gains and minimal German losses.
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Berlin
Russia
Fuehrer
Eastern Front
Germany
New York
CBS
Dienst Aus Deutschland
DNB
Finland
Baltic
Drought Strains Southeast Power Firms Amid Rain Hope
Atlanta report notes ongoing drought hurting power companies in the southeast even with new rainfall and forecasts of showers. A low pressure system over northwest Florida altered prior heat expectations, bringing cooler conditions and rain to Georgia and South Carolina, easing farm crop danger but not the power shortage.
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Atlanta
Southeast
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Cotton Belt
No War Panic Noted Among Russians Dispatch
A. P. Writer reports from Moscow on civilians under blitzkrieg and Soviet provinces joining the war as German forces advance. He notes a contrast with French mass flight earlier, describing eye witness wartime Russia outside Moscow and a generally smooth initial Soviet push.
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A. P
Henry ¢. Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
Cassidy
Finns to Resist Air Attacks by Soviet Raiders
President Risto Ryti told Finns in a radio broadcast that they would fight for freedom and ancestral creed as Russian bombers pounded Finnish cities. He accused the Soviet government of threatening Finland’s independence since the March 1940 peace and vowed continued resistance.
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Germany
Finland
Russia
Adlof Hitler
Narvik
Arctic
Norway
Hitler
Leningrad
Karelian
Kronstadt
Yast
Amsterdam
Moscow
D’armes
England
France
Ruhr
Red Army
Sweden
Helsinki
Risto Ryti
Ryti
Russians Hurl Massed Troops Into Conflict
Headlines report Red Army enveloping German mechanized advances toward Vilna and recapturing Przemysi. Dispatches claim tight Russian holds along a 1,900 mile front, with RAF air gains over the Channel and northern France. Berlin says Stukas hit transport trains. Hitler announces border battles indicate Nazi progress amid ongoing campaign logistics.
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Moscow
Vilna
Lithuania
Przemysl
Poland
Red Army
Germany
Przemysi
Polaund
Charg Dior
Willie
U.S
English Channel
Irance
London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Paris
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Miles
Kiev
Zhitomir
Yugo
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