Heavy Losses Inflicted On Germans Before Soviet Retirement
Berlin reports Nazi forces struck heavy blows at Soviet front and rear lines as the Red army withdrew to new defense positions. German sources claim panzer and Luftwaffe efforts dented Soviet front lines and isolated divisions, while Moscow says Soviet regroups followed stubborn resistance in Vilna Baranovichi and Siaulai sectors.
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Berlin
U.P
Moscow
Red Army
Narvik
Kola Peninsula
Murmansk
Siaulai
Vilna
Baranovichi
Soviet Information Bureau
Bucharest
ePloesti
Constanza
Romania
Skuleni
Bessarabian
Brody
Mikhail Spirin
Holland
Belgium
Crete
Spirin
Izvestia
Lvov
France
Russia
Vichy Forces May Evacuate Syria Through Turkey
Turkish sources report permission granted for the evacuation of Vichy Syrian Army units traveling as unarmed civilians via Turkish territory. A fraction of troops likely to depart due to transport limits, with officers aiming to avoid British capture. Jacques Benoist-Mechin arrived from Vichy to discuss tentative arrangements.
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Ank&ra
Turkey
Syria
Jacques Benoist-Mechin
Anti Communist Crusade Begins In All Europe
A German spokesman described a spontaneous uprising against Soviet Russia across Continental Europe. Hungary declared war, Croatia indicated readiness to join, and volunteers offered to fight in Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, and Sweden. Dutch Flemish and Walloon volunteers were said to join, with Nordland and Westland units marching under German auspices. Major Vidkun Quisling reportedly offered incentives for Norwegians to enlist and serve abroad.
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Berlin
Europe
Russia
Hungary
Croatia
Spain
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
Sweden
Germany
France
Portugal
Baltic States
Reich
Deutsche Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz
Nordland
Korrespondenz
Vidkun Quisling
Phoenix Strikers Return to Work After Pact
About 100 of 185 workers at Arizona Iron Works and Capitol Foundry returned to their jobs after union organizers withdrew and the company agreed to rehire all men without prejudice. The strike drove by the International Molders and Foundry Workers union aimed at a closed shop for copper processing machinery plants.
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Phoenix
Arizona Iron Works
Capitol Foundry
International Molders and Foundry Workers Union
A. L. Bird
San Francisco
Frank J. Ashe
Washington, D. C
Bird
Rrms
Baseball National League score summary with Cleveland players
Baseball scores show Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Chicago Detroit and Detroit games with runs and innings. Notable pitchers include Sewell Lopez Passeau McCullough Harris Ferrell Trout Tebbetts Breuer Branch Rosar Dickey Dean Stanceau Ferrick Hayes.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Sewell
Lopez
Passeau
McCullough
New York
Philadelphia
Breuer
Branch
Rosar
Dickey
Dean
Stanceau
Ferrick
Hayes
Giant B-19 Bomber Soars on First Test Flight
Douglas B-19, the largest airplane built, lifted from Clover Field in a 17 second takeoff and completed a 57 minute flight to March Field. Major Stanley M Umstead piloted the craft as 45 000 spectators watched a successful landing with P-40 escort aircraft.
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Ronald W. Waggoner
Santa Monica
Cal
W.P
Clover Field
California
March Field Army Air Base
Army
Stanley M. Umstead
Army Air Corps
Umstead
Pacific Ocean
Hamilton
Calif
Senate Approves Record Army Supply Bill
The Senate approved by voice vote a record Army supply bill totaling 10.38 billion dollars and sent it to the House for increases of about 558 million. The measure includes 2.79 billion for procuring 12,856 aircraft and equipment for the air corps and funds a new munitions plants program. The bill passed after a swift, hour-and-20-minute debate as a memorial recess was avoided for the death of Senator Andrew Jackson Houston.
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Washington
Senate
House
Air Corps
Andrew Jackson Houston
Texas
Houston
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Congress
Ickes Urges Immediate U S Entry Into War
Washington reports outline U S Soviet cooperation limited to Germany related issues. Ickes calls for immediate entry into the war citing German movements in the east. Nye raises Hess talks and joint Anglo German plans against the Soviet Union amid war debate.
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Washington
U.P
Germany
United States
Harold L. Ickes
Hartford
Mrs Osborn to be moved to Desert Sanatorium Tucson
Phoenix June 27 Mrs Sidney P Osborn wife of the governor was to be moved today from St Josephs hospital Phoenix to the Desert Sanatorium Tucson suffering from an acute arthritis attack The governor said there was no change in her condition He will accompany her to Tucson and stay for a University of Arizona board of regents meeting Saturday
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Phoenix
Sidney P. Osborn
St. Joseph's Hospital
Desert Sanatorium
Tucson
Osborn
University of Arizona Board of Regents
CIO Votes To End Strikes At Bay Shipyards
CIO machinists voted 267 to 33 to authorize agreements carrying the coastwide wage scale ending a major labor dispute at San Francisco bay shipyards. AFL machinists approved returning to work under a separate pact. about 600 of 1700 strikers found other jobs.
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CIO
Jroin Afl
San Francisco Bay
AFL
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CSO
Bethlehem Steel
Johnstown
Leersdale
Rankin
National Labor Relations Board
Bethlehem
Sparrow Point
Midland
Mich
Chemical Division
United Mine Workers (Cio
Dow Chemical Company
Removal Right Is Upheld In Court Brief
Phoenix June 27 The state argues the governor may remove officials for malfeasance misfeasance and nonfeasance and that such grounds are not barred by the constitution. Holmes and Lockhart contend removal is a legislative prerogative. the brief supports executive power and notes a possible court ruling.
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Phoenix
Osborn
L. C. Holmes
Lynn Lockhart
Holmes
Lockhart
Supreme Court
W. E. Polley
Burt. H. Clingan
Polley
Sweden Allows German Troop Transit Through Its Territory
London reports Britain protests Sweden's decision to permit German troops to cross from Norway into Finland. Foreign Secretary Eden warned Swedish Minister Bjorn Gustaf Prits, with London calling the move deplorable and a drift toward Hitler's order. Britain predicts worsened ties with Sweden and Finland.
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London
Britain
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Anthony Eden
Bjorn Gustaf Pritz
Foreign Office
Stockholm
Germany
Europe
Victor Mallet
British planes sink Axis ships off Italian coast
Cairo June 27 report says two 20,000 ton Axis merchant ships were torpedoed by British planes off the Italian coast per the RAF's Middle East command.
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Cairo
Egypt
RAF
Middle East
Biggest Military Operation In History May Be Long War
Adolf Hitler’s drive into Russia grows into a vast campaign aimed at Ukrainian lands and Caucasus oil. The German thrust skirts the Ukraine, pressuring Minsk as a route toward Moscow. More than 5,000,000 soldiers and 10,000 aircraftare in action, with equal numbers on opposing sides.
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United Press
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Hitler
Ukraine
Caucasus
Red Army
White Sea
Black
Volga
Caspian Sea
Bessarabia
Poland
Kiev
Oddessa
East Prussia
Pripet Marshes
Minsk
White Russia
Napoleon
Moscow
U S Faces Ammunition Shortage. Roosevelts Remarks
President Roosevelt warned a shortage of ammunition confronts the nation as it mobilizes defense efforts. He said no ammunition could be sent abroad despite interest in rifles for Ireland and outlined limits on armament aid without Irish self-defense assurances. He planned talks with Sumner Welles on Russia aid and noted production timelines vary by item.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Ireland
Russia
Sumner Welles
Dumansky
Welles
New York
America
Munitions Blast Shakes Budapest Area
Italian News Agency reports a heavy explosion believed to hit a munitions dump near Budapest at Nagyteteny. Windows shattered as tremors spread through the Hungarian capital this morning.
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Rome
Stefani
Budapest
Nagyteteny
15 Per Cent Tax on Autos Proposed
Washington is the site as the house ways and means committee reviews a treasury proposal for a 15 percent tax on automobiles. The aim is to raise revenue and curb production amid a heated debate over broad excise tax increases. The treasury had earlier suggested doubling the current 3 percent tax on new vehicle sales, estimated to yield about 79.9 million dollars.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Heavy Typhoon Lashes Luzon in Philippines
A heavy typhoon struck northern Luzon causing five deaths and extensive property damage. The storm swept Isabela province with winds 55 to 63 mph, leaving landslides that killed four men and a fisherman drowned. Manila reported minor damage and is no longer in danger.
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Manila
Luzon
Isabela
Weather Bureau
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Luck
Pripet
Peoples Volunteer For Fighting
Quisling
National League
Phila. A
Detroit
Harris and Ferrell
Trout
Tebbetts
Ickes
By Lylec, Wilson
Nye
England
Mrs. Osborn
Bay
U. S
Philippines
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