Germany and Russia tensions widen across Europe
United Press reports stir attention over German moves toward Russia with Helsinki dispatches noting possible strikes. Bucharest authorities survey buildings for air raid resilience ahead of Sunday. civilians advised trenches over cellars. Vinogradov's Istanbul visit fuels speculation of Russo Turkish ties amid potential German troop access through Turkey.
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United Press Helsinki
United Press Bucharest
Bucharest
Balkan
Belgrade
Daily Telegraph
Germany
Russia
Petsamo
Norway
Finland
Allied drive nears Beirut as Damascus faces collapse
Allied forces advancing from Sidon push toward Beirut with Vichy resistance waning. Free French troops seize villages east of Damascus as Cairo reports progress in all sectors, while talks with Damascus aim to avoid bloodshed.
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Vichy
France
Sidon
Beirut
Damascus
Associated Press
London
Lebanon
Syria
Mediterranean
Kossoue
Middle East
Cairo
Madrid
Kissone
Dier-ez-zor
Ras el Ain
Aleppo
Iraq
Palmyra
Nazis Move To Exert Pressure In Balkan Plan
Soviet ambassador goes to Istanbul for conferences as reports from Finland signal an imminent statement on German Finnish relations and Romania intensifies air raid precautions amid Balkan pressure plans.
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Balkan
Istanbul
London
U.P
Finland
Romania
Soviet Says German Troop Shifts Do Not Alter Ties
Moscow reports that German troops freed from Balkans operations are moving to eastern and northeastern Germany where they face the Soviet Union. Tass said the moves should not be seen as affecting Russian German relations and that Germany remains committed to the non aggression pact "as unswervingly as the Soviet Union."
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Moscow
Russia
Balkans
Germany
Tass
Soviet Union
Better Housing Plan for Casa Grande Announced
Senator Carl Hayden announced a better housing project for Casa Grande funded by the U S housing authority with 150 000 earmarked to build 35 family dwellings modeled after Buckeye’s program A survey is planned at Holbrook to assess low cost housing needs and an extra 100 000 was approved for the Negro better housing program in Phoenix expanding the project from 150 to 170 units.
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Phoenix
Carl Hayden
Casa Grande
U. S. Housing Authority
Buckeye
Holbrook
Hayden
O'Neil Upheld Liquor Rule in Tucson Letter
The Arizona Tax Commission insisted on enforcing liquor import rules, stating luxury tax stamps would only go to wholesale dealers. Commissioner D C O'Neil cited lack of authority to sell stamps to individuals and urged law changes to resolve publicity and enforcement issues.
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Tucson
Phoenix
State Tax Commission
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
D. C. O'Neil
C. Edgar Goyette
Chamber
Tax Commission
Arizona Tax Commission
O'Neil
Commission
Unions Move to Purge Communists From Strikes
Nationwide labor agencies and leaders push to remove subversives as defense plants face disruption. At Inglewood North American Aviation, troops secured production while CIO and AFL vow to weed out radicals and end strike at the San Francisco shipyards.
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CIO
AFL
Roosevelt
North American Aviation
Inglewood
Organized Labor
Philip Murray
Murray
Richard T. Frankensteen
AFL Machinists Union
San Francisco
Executive Council
French and British Clash Over Syria Policy
London reports the French government told Britain it would avoid actions aggravating the Syria Lebanon conflict. Vichy notes say Allied attacks risk grave consequences and France will defend its territory by any means. Britain responds that its Syria action rests on facts and will not debate the word collaboration with Marshal Petain.
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London
Britain
Syria
Lebanon
Marshal Petain
German callups reported by Swedish paper Social Demokraten
New York news notes that Sweden's Social Demokraten quoted a German army order canceling leaves and recalling men born in 1923 not yet in service. BBC report says the move aims to end the war at the earliest possible moment. CBS relayed the broadcast.
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New York
Social Demokraten Today
BBC
Berlin
CBS
German Troop Presence in Finland Denied
Berlin reports a German spokesman declared German troops are in Finland but refused to comment on British rumors of 55,000 Nazi troops there. He said nothing is known here about such moves or any basis for reports of troops heading to Finland as a precaution against Russia.
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Germany
Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Sweden
Russia
Turkey
Iraq
Syria
Sergei Vinogradov
Istanbul
Vinogradov
Ankara
Odessa
Adolf Hitler
Iran
Persian Gulf
Balkan
Berlin
U.pr
U.P
Britain
Exmoor
South Atlantic
South Africa
United States
Washington
Sumner Welles
Vesel
Welles
Brazil
State Department
England
Government May Clamp Auto Prices on 41 and 42 Models
Washington June 13 AP The Price Control Administration urged five major automakers to roll back recent price hikes of 10 to 53 dollars per car or face a government ceiling on new car prices to pre Increase levels. Ford Chrysler NashKelvinator Studebaker and Hudson were named in Hendersons demand with others watching.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Studebaker Corporation
Hudson Motor Car Company
Finland restricts foreign travel in north and border districts
The Finnish government announced travel restrictions for foreigners in northern and border areas similar to wartime controls. Police permits will be required to travel along the Gulf of Bothnia coast and in districts facing Hango, aligning with earlier German troop transit periods.
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Helsinki
Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Hango
France to Establish New Anti Jewish Laws
Vichy official Xavier Vallat announced a purported Jewish plot against Franco German collaboration and declared new anti Jewish statutes to align with a European code Hitler aims to enforce. The decrees signed by Marshal Petain will be published in the official journal tomorrow.
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Vichy
Xavier Vallat
Adolf Hitler
Henri Philippe Petain
Army awards 454000 in Arizona construction contracts
Contracts totaling 454 221 were let by the Army in late May for construction at military airports in Tucson and Litchfield Park Arizona. The May total reached 663 159 with earlier Arizona awards and national defense contracts rose to 9 376 523. The Army's Arizona total for May plus prior weeks reached 3 754 524.
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Washington
Army
Tucson
Litchfield Park
Arizona
National Defense
Threaten To Sink All Ships Aiding England As Attack Is Justified
Washington reports demand stern diplomatic action against Germany after the Robin Moor torpedoing. Congress weighs naval protection for American commerce as officials seek German explanation while some call for immediate convoy and harsher measures.
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England
Washington
Germany
Congress
South Atlantic
Pepper
D-Fla
Britain
United States Navy
Atlantic
Hitler
Heroism Medal Given Fort Huachuca Soldier
The War Department awarded Sergeant Samuel H. Baker the Soldier's Medal for heroism at Fort Huachuca Arizona last January 16 after a drum of oil exploded. He approached within 15 feet of several drums and sprayed water to prevent another explosion. Baker was born in Nashville Tennessee and enlisted at Fort Huachuca.
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Washington
War Department
Samuel H. Baker
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Baker
Nashville, Tenn
Hog prices hit high since 1938 on hog market
Chicago buyers paid as high as 10 dollars for choice 190 to 220 pound hogs, the top price since July 27, 1938, today as receipts were small keeping a firm market. Practical top recorded was 9.90 dollars.
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Chicago
Secrecy Fails To Conceal Nazi Trouble With Russia
A column by DeWitt MacKenzie notes border tensions between Germany and Soviet Russia. It cites German demands backed by military pressure and hints of reluctant Soviet acquiescence. Cripps may not return to Moscow as Britain reassesses its Russia policy amid war oil questions.
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Rep. Izac
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Rep
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Russia
Germany
Kremlin
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Iraq
Stalin
Hitler
Reich
British air torpedo hits pocket battleship off Norway
London report says a Royal Air Force Blenheim torpedo attacked a Nazi pocket battleship off Norway this morning. The ship, escorted by destroyers, retired to port after the hit. Dense smoke obscured postattack observations. Germany sails two pocket battleships left: the Lutzow and the Admiral Scheer.
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London
Air Ministry
Norway
Germany
Admiral Scheer
Skagerrak
Ruhr Valley Blasted in Heaviest RAF Raid
British bombers raided the Ruhr region last night in what the air ministry called the heaviest single night blow on Germany's industrial heart. The raid hit coal and iron works across a 50 mile area, with one bomber missing. Coastal command supported by hitting docks at Brest Antwerp and near Rotterdam. one plane failed to return.
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London
Germany
Ruhr Valley
RAF
Bomber Command
Ruhr
Fair Ministry
English
Air Ministry
Brest
France
Antwerp
Belgium
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Fort Huachuca Troops Furnish Cadres for Air Base Security
The War Department assigns three cadres from the 368th Infantry at Fort Huachuca to create security troops for air corps bases. The eight-man cadres will anchor units at Maxwell Field Alabama Tallahassee Florida and MacDill Field Florida, relieving technicians of protective duties.
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Washington
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
War Department
Air Corps
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Tallahasse
Fla
MacDill Field
Tampa
German raids sink 28000 tons shipping and planes
Berlin reports German forces sank 28000 tons of British shipping and destroyed eight British planes. Four merchantmen sank in St George's Channel and four damaged off the Scottish coast. Four British planes were shot down during a raid on western Germany amid civilian casualties.
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Berlin
High Command
St. George’s Channel
Scottish
Germany
Daily War Bulletin
Norway
England
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