Egypt Nearing War as Italy Bombs Alexandria Harbor
Italian bombers struck Alexandria harbor in the first raid to hit the British and French fleet here. No ships were hit, but civilian casualties were reported as anti-aircraft fire and fighters engaged. Two killed, 23 injured on the Italian raid, with Egyptians outraged by Mussolini's pledge.
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Associated Press
Alexandri
Egypt
Alexandria
Italy
France
Germany
Moharrem Bay
Chatley Beach
Africa
Royal Air Force
Cairo
Tobruk
Libya
Kenya Frontier
Mussolini
Continent Remade by Nazis Seen After Compiegne Talks
Berlin reports after Compiegne talks suggest a German Italian plan for a continental peace without Britain. Sources say a southern German city may be chosen to oversee the remaking of Europe as Germany and Italy press a remorseless war stance against Britain.
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Europe
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Compiegne
France
Britain
Germany
Italy
England
United Press
Norway
British Isles
Great Britain
Armistice details tie Compiegne to Bordeaux across lines
The report describes the sequence after France and Italy sign armistices, with Germany informing Bordeaux six hours later and hostilities ending. Observers note General von Keitel’s tribute to dead soldiers as armistice conditions are set and French delegation departs for Italy.
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France
Germany
Britain
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Compiegne Wood
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Compiegne
Huntziger
Bergeret
Leluc
Monsieur Noel
Warsaw
Keitel
Defense Senate Move Nears Final Action Before Recess
The defense fiscal measures advance toward final congressional action ahead of a week long recess. A conference on the tax bill drops excess profits provisions and war time levies. The defense tax bill raises income and excise taxes and adds over two million federal contributors. Senate additions of about 98 million to the house original appropriation pass with little opposition.
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Senate
Congress
Philadelphia
Senate-House
House
GOP Nomination Struggle Focuses on Delegates Next Week
Delegates hold the nomination fate as Willkie gains support from undecided blocs while Taft and Dewey maintain apparent lead. Hovering behind are Vandenberg and Hoover backers as convention dynamics wait on Gen peace terms to France and Allied aid policy.
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Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Taft
Dewey
Vandenberg
Philadelphia
Herbert Hoover
Einstein Takes Final Tests For Citizenship
Dr Albert Einstein completed his final citizenship exam in Trenton New Jersey on June 22 as he appeared publicly to affirm his faith in democracy saying the fate of the human race depends on Americas moral leadership He was interviewed on NBCs I am an American program and noted he would become a US citizen in October.
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Trenton
N. J
Albert Einstein
America
National Broadcasting Company
United States
CCC Expands Training With Tank Maintenance Program
Washington June 22 James J McEntee CCC director announced a new course in army tank maintenance and repair as part of the national defense program for non combatant training He asked the war department to supply tanks and worn out equipment while stressing the program is not for combat training The CCC aims to produce 20000 to 40000 maintenance automotive mechanics annually with potential to rise to 60000 or 80000 if funding shifts The plan also funds aviation ground training radio and photography in about 200 camps
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Washington
James J. McEntee
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Defense
War Department
McEntee
Company Announces Yearly Paid Vacations for Workers
Lavender announced that workers who have at least one year with the company will receive paid vacations. He warned that due to world conditions and forecasting difficulties for the copper industry the plan is limited to the current year.
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Lavender
Senate Deliberates Stimson Knox Nomination Hearings
The military committee decides to hold hearings on naming Henry Stimson as secretary of war and to summon Stimson and Knox to testify. Debate spawns calls for Roosevelt's resignation amid charges over aid to Allies and foreign policy. Nye accuses the president of promising France military aid, while Minton counters with insinuations about leading France and England into war.
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Alf M. Landon
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Knox
Ellender
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Rhode Island
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Iowa
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South Carolina
Byrd
Virginia
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West Virginia
Barbour
New Jersey
Johnson
California
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Maine
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Farley
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Senate
Roosevelt
House
Harry Woodring
Hyde N. Y
PeThe
Roose
Velt
Nye
N. D
Minton
Italy vows final victory and Axis resolve amid anti Jewish roundups
Fascist circles claim time has passed and method will win the war as Britain faces occupation. Axis partners share a single will and aim. In Italy, a sweep against suspected fifth column Jews unfolds with arrests in Brescia and reports of seizures in Rome Milan Florence and Genoa.
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Tunisia
Algiers
Italy
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Rome
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Genoa
Bankhead vows Army not to be sent abroad
President Bankhead told the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce that neither the administration nor Congress intends to send an army abroad to fight a foreign dictator. He praised the group for adopting a resolution in support of compulsory military training and noted leadership changes within the organization.
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House
William B. Bankhead
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Administration
Congress
Bankhead
Mark Matthews
New York City
Perry Pipkin
Memphis
Tenn
Hal Hickles
Price
Utah
M. D. Whitney
Rocky Ford
Colo
Joseph E. Levitt
San Jose
Calif
Arizona telephone and telegraph valuations rise in 1940 41
The Arizona tax commission sets the 1940-41 fiscal year valuations for telephone and telegraph companies at 10 259 348 dollars, up 262 226 from last year. Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph leads with 6 496 468, boosted from 6 234 420 as a Phelps Dodge system addition was incorporated.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Tax Commission
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Phelps Dodge
Mountain States
Globe Tavern Liquor License Revoked After Hearing
Globe June 22 The state liquor license and control bureau revoked the Mt. View Inn license after a hearing on complaints it stayed open beyond closing time. The operators said they would appeal to the Gila County Superior Court.
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GLOBE
John A. Duncan
State Liquor License and Control Bureau
Mt. View Inn
Gila County
Bushmen as South Africa’s earliest recorded inhabitants
The Bushmen are noted as the earliest historically recorded people in South Africa, yet they were an invading group who supplanted a race that left no tangible traces.
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South Africa
Berlin Bombed Again as War News Looms
Berlin endured its first real air raid of the war as bombs struck Babelsberg affecting a garage and a telephone system. Seven injured, raids across Germany killed 17 and wounded 18 with Cologne Essen Bremen hit as British raids blamed. Armistice talks linger with officials predicting unconditional acceptance by Germany.
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Berlin
France
Adolf Hitler
Babelsberg
Hitler
Potsdam
UFA
Germany
Cologne
Rhineland
Essen
Bremen
French Naval Losses and Ship Movements Amid Invasion
Reports from reliable sources claim French planes have reached England and North Africa and that France’s new battleship Jean Bart was towed to England for commissioning. Other briefings say Brest under construction ships were destroyed as Nazi forces advanced, though official confirmation is absent. Berlin reports two 35 000 ton battleships under construction at Brest, the Richelieu and the Clemenceau.
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Air Ministry
Admiralty
Germany
Scharnhorst
Norwegian
Berlin
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Holland
Great Britain
England
North Africa
Ese
France
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der Angriff
Richelieu
Clemenceau
Britain
Mexico Denies U.S. Aid to Quadruple Army Expansion
Mexico City reports the foreign relations ministry rejects claims that Mexico plans a drastic army build up with U.S. financial and technical aid. It notes a coming congress session on compulsory military training and service, with no mention of U.S. training for officers or naval bases.
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Mexico City
Ministry of Foreign Relations
United States
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