Red Army Holds Fast as German Drive Stalls in Russia
Moscow reports stubborn Soviet resistance in Murmansk Divinsk Hinsk and Luck sectors. It cites repulsed German and Finnish assaults near the Karelian Isthmus and along the northern Finnish border while noting heavier losses for Berlin. The communique claims 2,500 German tanks destroyed or captured and 900 Russian, alongside 1,800 German and 820 Russian planes destroyed.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Germany
Red Army
Murmansk
Divirnsk
Hinsk
Mingrad
Murmanisk
Russia
Karelian
Finland
Leningrad
Viiputi
Dvinsk
Secor
Latvia
Leningvald
Aniaccouhit
Red Air Force
Black’ Sea
Battéfront
Ukraine
Prut
Bessarabia
Geman High Command
Moscow ‘Commiyue
Weather forecast for the Southeast states
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered afternoon thundershowers mainly in the southern portions of South Carolina and Georgia. Florida and Alabama show similar partly cloudy conditions with scattered thunderstorms, and light to moderate southerly to westerly coastal winds.
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South Carolina
South Portion
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Senate clears Labor and FBI appropriation bill for White House
Washington reports the Senate approved and sent to the White House a $1,195,935,780 Labor and Federal Security Agency supply bill as part of a last minute budget package. The measure came in under budget and faced tied up fights over a $35,000,000 surplus disposal/ farm bill dispute.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
House
Congress
Governors Urge Swift Action to Boost Defense Production
At the 33rd annual Governors Conference in Boston, Governor Stassen read President Roosevelt’s message urging full cooperation across government levels as the nation faces critical times. Governors Van Wagoner Lehman and Dixon pressed for quick settlement of industrial disputes and faster contracts to strengthen defense capacity against Hitler.
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Boston
Roosevelt
America
Harold EB. Stassen
Minnesota
Army
Navy
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
van Wagoner
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Frank M. Dixon
Alabama
Hitler
Office of
van. Wagoner
Lehman
Dixon
Sinking of ship carrying U S marines and nurses
Washington June 30 AP says torpedoing of a foreign flag steamer carrying American marines and Red Cross nurses to London was announced by the navy with eight marines rescued and no confirmed deaths. The Maarsden was named by an earlier source. Red Cross said 17 nurses aboard with six landed. Sumner Welles said nurses were aboard and confirmed reports of a ship sunk with possible marine losses, while official confirmation awaited.
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Washington
Red Cross
London
Navy
Sumner Welles
United States
Welles
Navy Department
Mingland
Tax plan tests 7 percent on new autos revenue
Washington June 30 AP members said the house ways and means committee recommended a seven percent tax on the sale price of new automobiles. The plan would yield about 79 million dollars in new revenue, versus the treasury proposal of a 15 percent levy.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Bay Area Shipyards Resume Work After Nationwide Strike
Machinists in 11 San Francisco Bay area yards return to defense production valued at 500 million dollars under a coastwide master contract. CIO and AFL factions settled some walkouts while unions pursue wage and shop agreements in several plants nationwide.
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Associated Press
Defense
San Francisco Bay Area
CIO
AFL
United Automobile Workers
Electric Auto Light Corporation
Port ‘Huron
Mich
Navy
White Motor Company
Cleveland
Richard E. Reisinger
The
Grain Processors’ Union
W. K. Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Chrysler Corporation
Marysville
United Mine Workers
Dow Chemical Company
Midland
Motorists Warned Against Holiday Weekend Dangers
The National Safety Council warned drivers to use extreme caution for the upcoming long weekend. Through June 1, 1940, auto deaths reached 13 760, with an estimated 475 more expected during the July Fourth exodus as about 30 000 cars travel four billion miles.
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Chicago
National’ Safety Council
The
Council
Nazis Acknowledge New Red Defense Tactics Battles Near Bailystok
The piece reports Nazi admission of a new offensive defense on a large scale and discusses alleged encirclement of two Soviet armies near Bailystok. It notes Red counterattacks after initial shock, Soviet air countermeasures, and German claims of destroying planes and armored vehicles as the conflict unfolds.
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Red Army
Bailystok
Red ‘Army
Red Air Force
Mossow
Minsk
Moscow
London
Pinsk
Pripet
Russia
Big weekend spy sweep nets 29 suspects
In a sweeping espionage operation six men and three women were among 29 arrested across four states. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover announced that 25 suspects were arraigned in Brooklyn federal court with bail totaling 425000. Eighteen defendants pleaded innocent while seven pleaded guilty to charges of gathering and transmitting intelligence relating to foreign nations.
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New York
United States
Brooklyn
Herman Lang
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Germany
Tongs Divine
Edkate
Hoover
G-Men
United States Naval Army
Atlantic
New Jersey
Michigan
Wisconsin
Army maneuvers stress need for faster ground forces
In Tennessee on June 30 Army officers warned that ground units require greater speed, especially in anti-tank action, to counter mechanized assaults. They also urged improved information exchange throughout the command structure.
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Joerry T. Baulich
Tennessee
Germans claim advance toward Moscow amid front crumbling
German high command announced a 225 mile advance toward Moscow with Minsk and Smolensk in sight and encirclements of Soviet troops near the Baltic coast. Reports say German columns moved into Minsk and Libau while battles roared along the 2000 mile front from the Baltic to the Black Sea as Soviet defenses weaken.
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Associated Press
Germany
Lwow
Poland
Berlin
Minsk
U. S
Smolensk
Russia
Hitlen
DNB
Rawa Ruska
Murmansk
Dvinsk
Luck
Baltic
Black Sea
Rome
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