Allies Battle On Outskirts Of Syrian City
June 14 reports from Beirut and Vichy describe French forces holding positions in Syria despite Allied attacks. French planes and ships reportedly attacked the British fleet off the Lebanese coast as Berlin denied a Toulon fleet sailing.
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London
Reuters
Dispatch Tonight
Berlin
Toulon
Vichy
France
Syria
Merdjayoun
Kissoue
Damascus
Beirut
Damascus siege looms as French pull back near capital
British and Free French forces tighten ring around Damascus after French troops abandon Kissoue and pull back to positions close to the city. Allied reports say Sidon and Nebatiye see resistance while a British column advances toward Aleppo. Glubb Pasha is mentioned in connection with Arab forces.
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Kissoue
Damascus
Nebatiye
RAF
Merdjayoum
Sidon
Aled
Syria
Cairo
Palestine Broadcasting System
Beirut
Lebanon
Ankara
Turkey
Iraq
Aleppo
B. Glubb
Glubb ‘Pasha
Coast Guard Rescues 46 From Tresillian at Sea
The cutter Duane rescued 46 officers and men from the Tresillian a British merchant ship. All survivors reported well none lost. The vessel of 4743 tons was owned by Hains Steamship of London. Details on the Tresillian's fate were not provided.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Duane
Tresillian
St. Johns
New Foundland
Vessel
Hains Steamship Company of London
U S Downplays German Mine Threat in New York Harbor
The War Department said the planned mine laying near New York harbor is a routine training operation rather than a harbor defense measure. The Navy had announced a June 15 to September 30 schedule off Sandy Hook with loaded mines possible, to be conducted by Army coast artillery and mine planter units.
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War Department
Navy
New York Harbor
Sandy Hook
Army
Coast Artillery
Army Coast Artillery
Bitter Battle Over Taxation Bill Predicted by Barkley
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley warned of a lengthy fight over tax legislation as the House and Senate prepare to clash. He noted hearings would delay a July Revenue Bill, with final passage likely after September, while the Senate moves quickly on an $885.9 million WPA relief bill to fund employment for about 1,000,000 people over the coming year. House approval came yesterday and Senate subcommittee action is planned for early next week.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Roosevelt
Naval Hospital
House
Finance Committee
Senate Appropriations
Congress
Croatia to join Axis pact as sixth junior partner
Reports from Rome say Croatia plans to sign the three power pact joining Italy Germany and Japan. Diplomatic aides arrived in Venice with Croatian and German representatives as the move parallels Axis expansion in southeastern Europe.
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Croatia
Galeazzo Ciano
Venice
Germany
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Hungary
Rumania
Slovakia
Bulgaria
Virginio Gayda
United States
Il Giornale D'Italia
Ante Pavelli
Washington
Welles Defends U S Tone Over Berlin Threats
Sumner Welles undersecretary of state stated Americans distrust bluster or threats amid reports of a German threat to sink ships carrying contraband. He cautioned a final position would wait for facts of the Robin Moor sinking, noting the ship carried no prohibited cargo and had American civilians aboard.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Berlin
United States
England
Robin Moor
Welles
Atlantic Ocean
Britons Bomb Naval Yards Ruhr Valley Raid Deepens War Effort
London reports strong bombing by British forces strikes at Scharnhorst Gneisenau and a 10,000 ton Nazi cruiser in heavy night raids, with damage to Ruhr valley industries. Coastal command hits Axis shipping in the English Channel while an Australian squadron claims three German dive-bombers off the Syrian coast. Home defenses claim seven raiders shot down amid renewed nightly aerial war.
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Atlantic
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English Channel
Brittany
Britain
Schmeling Promoted and Awarded Iron Cross Second Class
Parachutist Max Schmeling, former world heavyweight boxing champion, has been promoted to sergeant and awarded the Iron Cross second class for bravery in the Crete invasion. He is in an Athens hospital recovering from a tropical illness and is expected to rejoin his unit within days.
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Max Schmeling
Crete
Schmeling
Athens
France Accused Of Fighting In Syria For Nazis
Washington reports accuse France of being drawn into Germanys Syria campaign to fight for Berlin and hint at possible US actions. Hull claims Laval and Darlan pushed a policy delivering France to Hitler, while Vichy officials dispute the interpretation.
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France
Syria
Darlan-Laval
Hitler
Messers Laval
Darlan
Gaston Henry-Haye
Hull
Lebanon
Vichy
Germany
Seventh Bismarck companion sunk by British ships
The admiralty announced that British warships have sunk the seventh raiding companion of the German battleship Bismarck. Six auxiliary ships and one armed trawler of the Nazi raiding flotilla have been sunk since the Bismarck was cornered off Brest May 27 and sent to the bottom three days after Hood's loss.
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London
Admiralty
Bismarck
Brest
France
Hood
Labor Unions Face Internal Rift And Strikes
Portland report notes more than 12000 IWA CIO workers ordered back to western Washington woods and logging camps by IWA president O M Orton. Washington dispatch says defense mediation board failed to secure a settlement between Bethlehem Steel shipbuilding division and Bay Cities Metal Trades Council AFL.
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Ore
U.P
International Woodworkers of America
CIO
Washington
O. M. Orton
IWA
P— Defense Mediation Board
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bay Cities Metal Trades Council
AFL
Labor Unions Tense Amid purge of Radicals on West Coast
Internal strife hits labor groups during relative defense calm. CIO President Murray backs removing subversives as two union presidents face trial boards. Over 20 CIO leaders purge radicals on the West Coast while UAW aircraft chief Frankensteen blames Communists for the North American Aviation strike. AFL splits as a Minneapolis local joins CIO. Tobin blames leftists for the move. Roosevelt warns of subversive elements within unions.
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Philip Murray
Richard T. Frankensteen
United Automobile Workers Union
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Calif
AFL Teamsters
Minneapolis
CIO United Construction Workers
AFL
Daniel J. Tobin
Roosevelt
Valley Bank Wins Tax Suit In U S Court
Federal Judge Dave W Ling rules Valley National Bank need not pay state and county taxes on 1 240 000 dollars of RFC held preferred stock. Judgment for the bank avoids about 70 000 dollars due for 1935 and 1936 to several counties and the state, with an appeal planned. A 1934 tax suit remains active and a 1937 case is before the state supreme court.
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Dave W. Ling
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Financial Institution
Maricopa
Pima
Graham
Gila
Mohave
Yavapai
Greenlee
Joe Conway
State Supreme Court
RFC
U. S. To Enlarge Airport Hospital at Litchfield Park
The War Department orders expansions of hospital facilities at Phoenix military airport to 144 beds to train 30,000 pilots annually. Allocation of 91,000 dollars accompanies the order. Similar expansions are planned at 14 other air corps stations costing 1,209,129 dollars in total.
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War Department
Phoenix Military
Litchfield Park
Air Corps
Goebbels Plays Publicity Prank or Faces Restrictions
The feature notes Dr. Goebbels wired a Crete invasion hint into Hitler’s newspaper, triggering fast removal and replacement. The stunt may be a morale boost device or a real govt decision showing control over propaganda during wartime.
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Dr. Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Crete
England
Goebbels
Envoy of Japan Affirms Ties With Mussolini Regime
In Rome on June 14 Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka sent a personal message to Premier Mussolini praising his June 10 speech. He endorsed Italian Japanese relations and stressed solid collaboration with Germany under the tri partite pact. The note, delivered to the Italian ambassador in Tokyo, said Japan fully shares Duce’s view and strengthens their alliance.
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Japan
Axis
Mussolini
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Il Duce
Italy
Germany
Tokyo
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Tr Duce
Mayors Press Three Vital State Issues for Session
June 14 Williams The Arizona Municipal league urged Governor Osborn to add three vital items to any call for a special session of the 15th legislature. They seek a defense coordinator office, amended workers compensation to cover municipal salaries above 2400, and equal lien rights for municipalities.
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Osborn
Arizona Municipal League
Defense
Roosevelt freezes German Italian assets in U S
President Roosevelt issued an executive order to freeze immediately all German and Italian assets in the United States. The order also freezes assets of invaded or occupied European countries not previously frozen including Albania Austria Czechoslovakia Danzig and Poland.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
United States
Albania
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Danzig
Poland
Roosevelt Seizure Triggers Italian Asset Takeover Warning
In Rome on June 14 fascist circles predicted immediate reprisal for American asset seizures in the United States. Observers called the move retaliation and gangster like. Sources say Naples Socony Vacuum refinery may be seized as part of expected measures, while most American holdings in Italy have already been liquidated.
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Italy
United States
Roosevelt
America
Socony
Naples
United States Expands Freeze on Axis Assets
White House announces new executive order extending asset freezes to five more invaded or occupied European nations. Total frozen assets in the United States reach about 4.5 billion dollars as measures aim to stop Axis funds from moving through neutrals and to curb subversive activities.
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White House
Stephen T. Early
Germany
United States
Italy
Baseball scores from the American League games
St Louis beat Philadelphia 7 to 2 after a seven run eighth inning. Cleveland edged New York 5 to 1 with Feller and Eisenstat pitching. Boston defeated Chicago 2 to 1 as Smith and Tresh contributed offensively.
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Philadelphia
Auker & Ferrell
Wagner
Hadley, Potter
C. Harris & Hayes
Cleveland
New York
Feller, Eisenstat & Hemsley
Donald & Dickey
Baseball Box Score Fragments Highlight Boston Pittsburgh Showdowns
Record shows partial box score lines with team abbreviations and pitcher lineups. Names include Salvo Berres Hamlin Franks Gumbert Mancuso Blanton Crouch Hoerst Pearson Warren Livingston Olsen McCullough. Scoring sequences reference Boston Pittsburgh St Louis Chicago and a mix of inning tallies.
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St. Louis
Hamlin & Franks
Gumbert & Mancuso
Philadelphia
Chicago
Blanton
Crouch
Hoerst
Pearson & Warren
Livingston
Olsen & McCullough
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CIO Union
United Press
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Fred Vanderschmidt
Little Doctor
Mesa
League
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George Locke
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Unemployment Compensation Commission
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Pittsburgh
Salvo & Berres
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