War Dept Seeks Authority to Keep National Guard on Active Duty
The War Department announced it recommends congressional authority to extend National Guard and reserve officers on active duty beyond one year. It noted 289,800 guardsmen with 21,800 officers and 51,500 reserve officers are on active duty, and said decisions rest with the President and Congress.
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War Department
National Guard
Congress
Federal Army
German Turkish pact fuels push for broad eastern moves
A London source says the German Turkish treaty includes a secret clause pushing Turkish neutrality in a Germany Russia war. It claims German pressure secured the pact to enable big moves in eastern Europe, potentially sealing the Dardanelles and isolating Britain from Russia. The informant notes Goering and other leaders favor war to win Soviet resources.
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Turkey
Germany
Soviet Russia
Dardanelles
Soviet Union
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Russia
England
Mediterranean
Black Seas
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Arctic
Adolf Hitler
Gibraltar
West
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Baseball Scores Roundup from National and American Leagues
Summary of NL games from Philadelphia and Brooklyn wins to Cincinnati and Boston advances. American League highlights include Detroit beating New York and Chicago suppressing Philadelphia in a long early innings battle. tied games and late rallies shape the standings.
Nazi Cruiser Afire In Fight With Prince Of Wales
The 10 000 ton German cruiser Prinz Eugen was hit and badly damaged by a salvo from the British battleship Prince of Wales before escaping to Brest. The battle coincided with the sinking of the Bismarck and involved German ships Prinz Eugen Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. British air assaults targeted Brest.
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London
Brest
Bismarck
George V
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Supreme Court cites three in contempt rule
The Arizona Supreme Court ordered three members of the State Employment Security Commission to appear on June 25 to show why they should not be punished for contempt. Lewis Irvine, director of the state employment service, was named as executive director under a new law. The move stems from G. B. Donaldson’s bid to regain his former post after the commission reinstated him and then removed him when the new law took effect June 16.
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State Employment Security Commission
Arizona Supreme Court
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Employment Security Commission
G. B. Donaldson
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Supreme Court
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Dean Sisk
John Sakiison
Tucson
Robert Kendall
Glove
No Man's Land Created Along Soviet Border
Helsinki reports Russia rapidly creates a 60 mile zone of devastation along the German Lithuanian frontier as Finland mobilizes middle aged men. Refugees claim evacuations across Estonia Latvia and Lithuania and destruction of bridges houses and villages. Anti aircraft guns appear in Helsinki and mobilization posters appear citywide.
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Lithuania
High Command
Doomed to watery grave on crushed U S submarine
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox signified the probability that the 33 officers and men who died aboard the pressure crushed submarine O 9 would be buried at 440 feet under the Atlantic. He said salvage was highly improbable at that depth and noted an extensive rescue dive was underway.
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Portsmouth
N. H
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Frank Knox
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Falcon
Knox
George Crocker
North Atlantic
Crocker
Associated
Youthful King Of Yugoslavia Now In London
King Peter II of Yugoslavia arrives in London at 4 45 a m with his Prime Minister and ministers. The exile government is expected to be established in London. The 17 year old monarch meets the Duke of Kent after fleeing to Jerusalem and leading a coup that ousted the Axis aligned regime.
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Peter II
Yugoslavia
England
Duke of Kent
George VI
Jerusalem
Tokyo
Dusan Simovic
Peter
Alexander I
Marseille
France
Middle East
Athens
Nazi Bombers Hit Alexandria Base Again
Berlin said June 21 that a strong German air force pounded the British naval base at Alexandria Egypt in a new raid. North Africa operations dispersed British troops and truck columns in low altitude attacks near Buqbugq and Salam while barracks and fuel depots were set afire at Tobruk.
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Berlin
Alexandria
Egypt
High Command
North Africa
Buqbugq
Salam
Tobruk
Ford CIO pact sets union shop and dues checkoff
Wage increases for about 120000 Ford workers were indicated as they prepared to attend a mass meeting in Detroit to ratify a contract creating a CIO union shop and dues checkoff for the first time in the auto industry. UAW seeks detailed wage talks next week and retroactive raises.
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Ford Motor
Detroit
Clio
United Auto Workers
Washington
Tomorow
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R. J. Thomas
UAW
Army consolidates air activities into Army Air Forces
Secretary of War Stimson announced orders unifying all Army air elements into the autonomous Army Air Forces with Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold slated to command. An air staff is created and the change aims to provide a unified, theater-ready air force under the army chief of staff.
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Stimson
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H. H. Arnold
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AIR Force
Roosevelt Creates Perfect Axis Break
Virginio Gayda, editor of Il Giornale D'Italia, said Washington created a perfect break between the United States and the Axis powers, signaling a continental European economic and diplomatic rift. The June 21 Rome dispatch notes an economic war and a partial diplomatic war already underway.
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Virginio Gayda
Washington
United States
Europe
Il Giornale D'Italia
Damascus Falls to British Forces Amid Syria Push
British forces announce Damascus has fallen under heavy pressure as Vichy troops evacuate the ancient city. Allied forces press outside Damascus while a motorized column advances toward Palmyra from the Iraq frontier, with fighting and fires reported in the streets.
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Beirut
U.P
Damascus
Vichy
Henri Dentz
Syria
Palmyra
Iraq
CAA Plans Survey of 191 Airports for 1942 Program
The Civil Aeronautics Administration will survey 191 airport sites under a 94,977,750 appropriation for the year starting July 1. Only 149 sites can be chosen for construction under 1942 funds, with final selections to be made by a board of war navy and commerce secretaries based on defense needs.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Donald M. Connally
Secretaries of War, Navy and Commerce
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Connally
Waves Of RAF Bombers Sweep Channel Ports
Air ministry said at least 24 German fighters were shot down during two RAF offensive sweeps over northern France. The attack began at dawn with waves of bombers and strong fighter escort crossing the Channel and continuing into the afternoon, as RAF patrols and protective squadrons guarded the coast.
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Air Ministry
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France
Folkestone
England
U.P
Royal Air Force
Channel
War This Week: Axis tensions and U S responses rise
United Press reports rapid war developments as consulates close and funds freeze. Roosevelt calls German actions piracy after Robin Moor sinking. Britain seizes Libya gains and raids Ruhr while Croatia joins the Axis and Soviet mobilization rumors spread.
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United States
Croatia
Europe
German Library of Information
German Railways Office
Transocean News Agency
Capetown
Libya
Boulogne
Berlin
Officials Must Be Out Of Country July 15
The United States orders Italy to remove all Italian nationals connected with Italian government agencies from the United States by July 15. The move follows Italy’s closure of American consular offices in Italy and mirrors Germany’s prior expulsion deadline.
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U.P
United States
Italy
Sumner Welles
Hans Thomsen
Roosevelt
Congress
Robin Moor
Welles
Germany
Roosevelt Says Sinking of S S Robin Moor An International Outlaw
Sumner Welles announced he sent to Germany a copy of President Roosevelt s message to Congress denouncing the sinking as an international outlaw. A note to Hans Thomsen stated the U S will seek full reparations and warn against further harm to American shipping. The President warned that yielding to Nazi sea control would mean world domination by the German Reich.
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Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Congress
S. S
Robin Moor
Hans Thomsen
United States
Congress of the United States
Germany
Welles
German Reich
Italy Germany Sign New Economic Pact
Rome reports that authoritative sources say Italy and Germany strengthened their war economy with agreements reached in Berlin. Committees met in the past two weeks and kept details secret, mainly covering war supplies and economic, financial, and monetary issues tied to Italian German occupation of Yugoslavia and Greece.
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Italy
Germany
Berlin
Yugoslavia
Greece
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