Spies May Have Secret Of New U.S. Bombsight
New York reports reveal arrests of 32 in a nationwide espionage sweep. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said two suspects, Herman Lang and Everett Roeder, are focal for bomb sight production links. Several in custody face up to 20 years under the 1917 espionage act.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Everett Minster Roeder
New York City
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Brooklyn
Uruguay
Sandy Hook
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Hoover
Atlantic
New Jersey
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Baseball scores and standings in early National and American leagues
Box score style summary notes scattered results across the baseball slate. Philadelphia beat Brooklyn 9 to 0 with key runs on the board. New York and Boston played to a scoreless tie. Chicago visited Cincinnati and St Louis visited Pittsburgh for nnne games. Detroit trailed Chicago 3 to 1. Cleveland and St. Louis had pitchers noted with box scores.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Heat wave death toll climbs across 12 states
United Press reports at least 73 deaths as heat and drowning surge from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic. Forecaster A. J. Knorr says the heat will persist with scattered thundershowers, as beaches draw thousands and drownings rise. Maximum temperatures reached near 99 in Blythe and Phoenix.
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A. J. Knorr
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Weather Bureau
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Ariz
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New Selectees Face Service In Quick Time
Washington June 30 The Army plans to call up about 50 000 selective service trainees monthly in the latter half of the year with many from 21 year olds registering tomorrow Selectees in training are told their tour will not extend beyond the year set by law The White House released an executive order fixing 900 000 as the statutory maximum of trainees for the new fiscal year
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Roosevelt
William D. Hassett
Hassett
Tomorrow Is Registration Day For Draft
Tomorrow marks the second selective service act registration for men over 21 since Oct 16 1940. Registration sites include the American Legion hall countywide with 20 Legionnaires at the main hub plus university post office East Third Street near Park Avenue and additional stations at Ajo Marana Sahuarita Arivaca and Continental schoolhouses. Sick registrants may phone boards 1 or 2 at 5546 or 5728 to arrange home or hospital visits.
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American Legion Hall
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University Post
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Park Avenue
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Marana
Sahuarita
Arivaca
Continental
University Post Office
Bank Taxation By Pima Ruled To Be Illegal
Arizona Supreme Court rules Pima county taxing bank on physical properties illegal. Bank may recover 1937 taxes of 205 705.99 and earlier excesses. nine county valuations reallocated under standard tax on capital stock and surpluses. Case from Pinal county. potential $13 000 annual impact to Pima.
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Arizona Supreme Court
Alfred C. Lockwood
Apache
Cochise
Gila
Graham
Maricopa
Mohave
Pinal
Yavapai
High Tribunal
State Tax Commission
Euclid
Pinal County
State Supreme Court
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RAF Bombers Resume Raids Across Channel
British RAF bombers resumed operations against French bases across the English Channel, raiding the coast between Boulogne and Calais for over half an hour. Heavy explosions echoed across the channel as formations were protected by fighters with no opposition reported.
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English Channel
Boulogne
Calais
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Bremen
Oldenburg
Netherlands
Navy to commission Dutch Harbor Alaska air station
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox announced the Dutch Harbor naval air station on the Aleutian chain will be commissioned Sept 1. Additional bases at Midway and Trinidad will be commissioned Aug 1 and become near full operation as Alaskan defenses are accelerated amid fears of German threats from Siberia. Comdr Cyril Simard will command Midway, Comdr William Updegraff Dutch Harbor, and Comdr Arthur Radford Trinidad from the Yorktown.
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Aleutian Islands
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Russia
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Siberia
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Carenage Bay
Cyril T. Simard
San Diego Naval Air Station
William N. Updegraff
Pearl Harbor Air Station
Arthur W. Radford
Yorktown
House Group Cuts Proposed New Auto Tax
Washington June 30 Members of the house ways and means committee tentatively agreed to recommend a 7 percent tax on the sale price of new automobiles to yield about 79 900 000 in new revenue instead of the 15 percent levy sought by the treasury A compromise 10 percent tax was also defeated The panel warned it may complete action on excise taxes as part of the vast 3 5 billion program and reported tentative gains on taxes for jewelry passenger transportation telephone bills refrigerators and about a dozen other items
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House Ways and Means
Treasury
Doughton
D-N.c
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Minsk Falls as Red Army Faces German Advance
The Russian front reports show the Red Army resisting from Murmansk to Luck as German and Finnish forces press toward Leningrad and Moscow. In Kakisalmi on Lake Ladoga three enemy attacks yield 300 dead and a failed naval landing near Viipuri.
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Dvinsk
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Luck
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Senate Approves 1.2 Billion Labor and Security Bill
Congress rushes year end with a $1,195,935,780 labor department and federal security agency supply measure, under budget by 26.9 million but higher than last year by 40.0 million, while other bills face House Senate funding disputes. The relief and agricultural appropriations, worth 935.9 million and 1.34 billion respectively, continue to collide over whether 35 million should go to farm or relief, with a conference committee trimming to 35 million in commodity disposal.
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Federal Security Agency
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Congress
Germans Push Deep Into Russia but War Not Decisive
An analysis compares German claims of quick progress with Russian defense across a 2500 mile front from Finland to the Black Sea. It notes uncertain losses on both sides while predicting a drawn out campaign as Russians attempt delaying withdrawals and German supply strains grow.
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Germany
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Minsk
Russia
Baltic
Latvia
Lwow
Libau
Baltic Sea
Smolensk
United Press
Finland
Black Sea
Marines And Nurses Saved As Ship Hit
The Navy reported eight marines rescued from a torpedoed foreign flag steamer carrying U S Marines and Red Cross nurses to London. The Maarsden's fate was confirmed by the Red Cross stating 17 nurses aboard with six landed and all safe.
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Red Cross
London
Navy
Sumner Welles
Walter I. Jordan
Edward
Conscription for City Defenses In Leningrad
Leningrad Soviet orders all able bodied citizens from 16 to 60 men and 16 to 45 women to join defense work. Those already employed in national defense are exempt. Unemployed citizens must work eight hours daily on the defenses, while others work three hours after their regular shift.
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Leningrad
Leningrad Soviet
Conway Asked To Make Probe Of Home Deal
The Arizona attorney general was asked to determine the legality of the University of Arizona regents’ decision to refuse buying the Monte Mansfield home in Tucson as a residence for the university president. The board’s down payment and reversal drew criticism and threats of suit, prompting a council request. Chancellor A. M. Crawford submitted documents for study.
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Attorney General's Office
University of Arizona Board of Regents
Monte Mansfield
Tucson
Mansfield
Attorney General’s Council
A. M. Crawford
Prescott
Attorney General
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