Fall Of Syrian Capital Near Reported By Beirut Dispatches
Beirut dispatches report Kissoue falls to Anglo Free French forces and Allied troops close on Damascus. Another column seizes Djezzine in Lebanon, threatening paths to Rayak and Damascus or Beirut. French seaplanes bomb British ships near Beirut forcing shelling to halt.
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Vichy
U.P
Beirut
Kissoue
Damascus
Djezzine
Lebanon
Rayak
Haifa
Charges Nazi Officials With Activity Inimical To Safety Of America
The House Military Committee adopted an amendment to plant seizure legislation making force or threats to interfere with defense workers a form of sabotage punishable by up to $5,000 fine or five years in jail. President Roosevelt ordered the closure of German consular and propaganda offices in the United States and the expulsion of 24 German employees for activities inimical to U S welfare.
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Washington
House Military Committee
May
D-Ky
Rep
Faddis
D-Pa
Senate
House
U.P
Roosevelt
United States
Berlin
Fritz Wiedemann
San Francisco
Edgar von Sp
Italy
Treasury
John W. Pehle
Bund
Vatican City
Moscow
Wilhelm Tannenberg
Sumner Welles
Justice Department
Roosevelt weighs narrower seizure bill amid defense needs
Senate leaders push to limit wartime property seizure to targeted control of scarce defense materials. President Roosevelt may propose revisions, while Senate and House committees debate scope. Germany and Italy face asset freezes and consulate actions as diplomatic pressure escalates.
Bloody battles widen as Beirut and Damascus threat grows
British and free French forces push toward Damascus and Beirut, capturing Kissone and Sidon amid heavy fighting. Cairo says advancing columns reach within five miles of Damascus and Beirut as Vichy troops oppose the Allied drive in Syria and Lebanon.
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London
Levant
Beirut
Damascus
Lebanon
Syria
Kissone
Sidon
Cairo
Djezzine
Aswad
Nahta
Adliyah
Jerusalem
Vichy
Nehr Ed Damour
Merdjay
Ickes Cites Aluminum Firms in Defense Hearing
Interior Secretary Ickes accused Aluminum Company of America of recalcitrance in aiding the defense program. While testifying before the Senate defense investigating committee, he urged building aluminum fabrication plants in the Pacific Northwest and disclosed alunite as a feasible aluminum source found by the Bureau of Mines.
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Washington
U.P. Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Aluminum Company of America
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Ickes
Harry S. Truman
Britons Battle Nazis During Daylight Raid Over Coast of France
Heavy explosions rocked the channel coast as British bomber and fighter aircraft crossed the sea in daylight. Officials report a large attack on Nazi held bases off the French coast with shipping suspected as a target. Coastal watchers watched planes return after the barrage.
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France
Ship Yard Men Defy Roosevelt Appeal in San Francisco Strike
AFL CIO machinists on the West Coast reject President Roosevelt and union leaders' call to resume work at 11 shipyards. Strikers warned acceptance would betray long held principles, mirroring prior refusals by the senate defense committee. Harvey Brown plans a Wednesday meeting to push for an end to the walkout while wage demands remain at $1.15 hourly and double overtime.
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United Press
San Francisco
AFL
CIO
Roosevelt
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Harvey Brown
Machinists’ International Union
Brown
Washington
British Drive Into Libya in Offensive Across Border
Allied forces launched a sharp offensive along the Egyptian Libyan frontier driving into Libya beyond Salam. The Middle East command announced the surrender of an Italian general and 2,000 troops in southern Ethiopia while destroying 12 Axis vehicles near Gambut. The operation, described as a lightning raid, continues with Axis positions south and southeast of Salum under heavy pressure.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
East Africa
Ethiopia
Middle East
Bardia
Survivors of Robin Moor reach Capetown after torpedoing
Thirty five survivors of the American freighter Robin Moor arrived in Capetown aboard a British vessel after thirteen days in lifeboats and fourteen days on a rescue ship. United States officials confirmed the sinking by a German submarine. The Capetown group includes 28 crewmen and seven passengers led by captain E W Myers.
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Robert ST. John Capetown
Union of South Africa
Robin Moor
Capetown
United States
Recife
Brazil
E. W. Myers
Baltimore
Ozorio
Ben Cohen
New York City
R. W. McCullough
McCullough
H. G. Gemmell
Italy Frees Bank Accounts in Retaliation Over US Actions
Rome reports Italy froze American bank accounts in reprisal for US measures against Italian holdings. The Bank of Italy blocked withdrawals as authorities registered all US property in Italy, with Americans estimated to own stakes in about 60 Italian companies and US holdings valued around 142 million dollars.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
United States
Bank of Italy
Washington Dispatches
Russia Germany Edge To Showdown
London reports say RAF raids hit Cologne Hannover and other northern German targets while German claims of scattered raids cite damage to residential areas. Baltic dispatches note alarm in the fleet and Helsinki evacuations as tensions rise between Germany and Russia. A foreign source warns of a critical stage in German Russian relations amid oil grain and ore pressures.
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London
Germany
Cologne
Hannover
Air Ministry
RAF
Ruhr
Dunkerque
France
Bomber Command
Stockholm
Sweden
U.P
Baltic
Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Balkans
Black Sea
Tass
Liquor Agents Warn Tourists At Arizona Border
NOGALES Ariz June 16 Field agents from the state tax commission and liquor control division continue vigilance at the border warning tourists not to bring liquor into Arizona. No seizures have occurred as yet. Agents advise buyers in Mexico to return purchases for refunds and are stationed near the Grand avenue gate. Nogales Sonora businesses report a trade dip.
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Nogales
Ariz
State Tax Commission and Liquor Control Division
Mexico
Arizona
George Martin
Luxury Tax Division
State Tax Commission
Martin
Grand Avenue
Sonora
Lull in War Signals Shifts in North Africa and Europe
British foray into Libya beyond Tobruk signals a possible offensive or a probing operation as Britain guards western Egypt and eyes Hitler's strength. Suspicion grows over German Russian moves while Britain presses air power in western Europe and Syria.
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United Press
Libya
Tobruk
North African
Suez Canal
Hitler
Egypt
Kansen
Europe
Britain
Germany
Isles
Syria
London
Stalin
Ukraine
Russia
Mediterranean
National League Baseball Scores and Standings Summary
Philadelphia shut out Chicago 1 to 0 in a nine inning game as Grissom Warren and Crouch worked the mound for the Phillies. Other NL games saw New York nudge Cincinnati 6 to 3 while Detroit and Washington played to a blank draw. Milnar Hemsley Gomez Rosar contributed for the Indians in a New York affair.
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Chicago
Grissom & Warren
Moory
Crouch
Presswell & McCullough
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By Lyle C. Wilson
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Salam
Gambut
Cirenaica
African Port
Counter
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Rumania
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Cincinnati
Lohrman
Murphy & Danning
Vander Meer
Thomson
L. Moore
Beggs
Lombardi
West
Newsom, McKain and Tebbetts
Chase and Early
Cleveland
Milnar
Hemsley
Gomez
Rosar
Cai
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