Protests Push Senate Delay on War Supply Bill
Senate debate centers on a 42.82 billion Army appropriation with Minority Leader McNary urging overnight reading and extended time to study the bill. He questions uncommitted War Department funds and warns of rapid passage before the fiscal year ends. Senator Thomas supports delay but aims to finish by midnight tomorrow as Roosevelt seeks to shield CCC aid.
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Washington
Senate
McNaary
Ore
McNary
War Department
Thomas
D.-Okla
House
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Congress
White House
Three Additional Ships Are Sunk
The Associated Press reports three more small merchant ships, including a Yugoslav and an American, sunk in the Atlantic. The toll since Pearl Harbor reaches 323 with crews saved at several ports and survivors landed on the U.S. east coast. The Norwegian vessel sank May 14 off South America, two of 33 killed. the Yugoslav ship followed next day with two of 41 lost. Survivors reached the United States as the submarine reportedly sank both ships. An American ship torpedoed off the Atlantic coast June 24 left 33 rescued, three missing.
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Associated Press
Aere
Atlantic
Navy
Western Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
South America
Gay Coast
United States
Clarke County Juniors to Run War Bond Booths
Clarke county Junior Woman's Club members volunteer to man War Bond and Stamps booths in most county retail stores on Wednesday July 1. Miss Rose McDonald, chairwoman of the county Women’s Committee, announced the effort. State War Saving Retail stores sponsor sales at booths Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Berryville
Junior Woman's Club
Clarke County
Rose McDonald
Comee
War Saving
Submarine Base Desolation Compared in War Raids
The report compares Bremen devastation to earlier RAF strikes on Cologne and Essen. Germans retaliated by bombing the British southwest coast last night for a prolonged 40 minute attack, though officials called the raids insignificant beside the RAF’s overall onslaught.
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Bremen
RAF
Cologne
Essen
R.A.P
Shore Installations And Airfield Hit Near Matruh
The article reports Axis and British forces clashing near Matruh with large fires between Matruh and Salam on the Libyan border. It notes possible British withdrawal from Matruh and large Axis offensives in Russia near Kursk and Kharkov, plus Crete air power threats and a St Nazaire submarine base attack. It covers Midway aftermath, Lae and Salamaua raids in New Guinea, Tulagi wharf attacks, and Chinese theater actions including Kiangsi Tungsten fields and border mop operations.
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Matruh
Tobruk
Libya
Company
R.A.F
Cairo
Salam
London
Russia
Kursk
Moscow
Kharkov
Caucasus
Germany
Middle East
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Egypt
Suez
Asia Minor
Nile
Mediterranean
Crete
Eighth Army
Sub
Western
Europe
St. Nazaire
France
Bremen
England
RAF
Pacific
Orient
Midway
New Guinea
United States Navy
United States
Allied
Australia
Lae
Salamaua
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Chungking
Kiangsi
Chekiang
Shansi
Henan
China
Evening Prayer by Humperdinck in One Foot in Heaven
The Children's Choir sings Evening Prayer in the photoplay One Foot in Heaven. Composer Humperdinck is credited for the piece in the film's musical selections.
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Heaven
Humperdinck
War Department Tells Congress It Is Economizing
The War Department claims savings of 1.137 billion dollars from renegotiated contracts that would have yielded excess profits. Brig. Gen. Helmick testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the 42.82 billion military supply bill. Senator O Mahoney criticized contract concentration, noting 50 largest firms captured 22.783 billion dollars or 62.5 percent of war contracts from June 1940 to April 1942, with 73 percent of contracts totaling 26.727 billion dollars awarded to the 100 largest companies.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
C. G. Helmick
O’mahoney
Brazil Not Likely To Reply To German Threat
Rio de Janeiro June 29 A foreign ministry informant said Brazil probably will not answer Berlin s threat of counter measures over anti German manifestations. The source noted Brazil acts in self defense and Axis diplomats have been treated with respect except where agents were openly aiding espionage. Berlin warned retaliation would follow if the persecution of Germans ends but did not specify action. Brazil had cut ties with the Axis earlier this year.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Foreign Ministry
Brazil
Berlin
Five Winchester Doctors To Serve In Army Report
Five Winchester physicians are set for Army service. Dr George H Smith to report July 11 in India Cal with Major rank. his wife and daughter will stay in Winchester. Dr Gibson also Major rank to Charleston DC. awaiting start date. Dr Leslie M Bell awaiting orders, Harvard Med graduate. wife and infant plans unclear. Dr J B McKee awaiting orders. Virginia Medical School graduate. internal medicine specialty. Dr Stuart, captain, attached to 65th General Hospital Unit, previously with Duke University Hospital.
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George H. Smith
India
Cal
Smith
George Washington University
New York Post Graduate Hospital
Lee
Winchester
Gibson
Charleston
D. C
Army
University of Pennsylvania
Employees’ Hospital
Birmingham
Ala
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
U. S. Public Health Service
Ellis Island
N. Y
Robert
Amy
Leslie M. Bell
Harvard Medical School
Bell
J. B. McKee
Army of the United States
University of Virginia Medical School
New York Postgraduate Hospital
Winchester A
Revisions in Allocation of Road Monies Announced
RICHMOND Va June 29 Revised allocation of state highway funds to cover war conditions was announced by the State Highway Department. The commission set priority classes and held allocations for 1940 41 through 1942 43, noting many projects may not start due to material shortages and the stop construction order.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
James A. Anderson
Anderson
Staunton
Alleghany County
Callaghan-Wiet
Alleghany
Clifton Forge
Page County
South Fork Shenandoah River
Rockbridge County
August
Lexington
Augusta County
Grattoee
Waynesboro
Covington
Augusta
North
Japs Fail To Get Tungsten Fields
Chungking June 29 official Chinese statement says Japanese failed to reach tungsten deposits in Kiangsi while Chinese pilots under American volunteers sink two Japanese warships in the Yangtze and inflict heavy losses on eastern Kiangsi ground forces. The tungsten fields remain less advanced than Japanese airbases Chekiang Kiangsi. Kiangsi alone accounts for 60 70 percent of world output about 5000 tons yearly.
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Chungking
East China
Kiangsi
Yangtze
Japan
Chekiang
Central
Mrs Patton Injured In Wreck Near Front Royal Pike
Mrs Catherine Patton sustained a fractured jaw, scratches, and bruises when the car she rode in left a curve near Front Royal Pike and plunged into Abram's Creek. She was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital and described as in satisfactory condition. Driver Stewart Dyke received minor lacerations. state troopers investigated.
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Catherine Patton
Winchester Memorial Hospital
White House Mat Taken By Ickes
Secretary Ickes rolled up a heavy rubber mat from the White House entry with help from onlookers. He planned to deliver it to the nearest filling station while Stephen Early quipped that no one from the White House would reclaim it.
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Washington
Ickes
White House
Stephen Early
Death Penalty Urged for Aiding Enemy Saboteurs
Rep. Pheiffer of New York urged the death penalty for anyone aiding enemy armed forces in the United States. He cited the eight German saboteurs landed from submarines and praised the FBI for rapid action in Florida and Long Island. His bill, now in the Judiciary Committee, would apply to citizens and non citizens alike.
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Washington
Pheiffer
United States
Florida
Long Island
Judiciary Committee
Lures Japs Into Point-Blank Range of Cannon
An Allied gun battery describes destroying two Japanese Zero planes in Australia after luring them into point-blank range. A pilot riding a power dive toward concealment drew enemy fire, then AA gunners opened fire and ripped the Zeros wide open at around 500 yards.
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Australia
Passenger Train Strikes Derailed Sugar Carload
In Fredericksburg Va June two passengers injured as southbound R F and P No 23 plows into a derailed freight car loaded with raw sugar near a road crossing. Dr Alfred Iazzo treated a sailor and a boy for glass cuts. another physician said few or no others were hurt. The sugar was salvaged and the train continued southward.
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Fredericksburg
Fredericks
Alfred Iazzo
Triangle
R.F. and P. No. 23
Advertising In The Star Pays Off With Real Results
The Star urges advertisers to place bids for exposure claiming value and measurable returns. It promises that readers see what they pay for and that effective ads reach a paying audience.
National Rubber Drive Extended to July 10
President Roosevelt extended the rubber collection drive for ten more days. Citing disappointing totals, officials said 219000 tons had been collected by Saturday, with larger sums in junk dealers’ hands not counted. The extension follows a June 15 start and aims to meet wartime rubber needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
William R. Boyd, Jr
Petroleum Industry War Council
Russians Natives Are Arrested In Miami Beach Bribe Plot
FBI says two Russian born naturalized citizens were arrested in Miami Beach on bribery charges involving an Army officer. Nathan Ginsberg of the Tides Hotel and Bernard Sharon, a beach garage owner, allegedly paid an Army major to influence a private’s assignment. The scheme supposedly involved a $500 payoff with $350 to the conspirators and $150 to the officer. the major turned in the plot.
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Miami
Fla
Federal Bureau of Today
Miami Beach
R. G. Danner
Éathas
Nathan Ginsberg
Tides
Bernard
Sharon
Danner
Polish Forces in Canada Headquarters Address
Yes, Polish military units exist in Canada. The headquarters address is Box 363, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
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Canada
Windsor
Ontario
Supply Bill Projects 40,000 Paid Workers
A continuation of the supply bill notes a paid workforce of about 40,000, roughly 50,000 fewer than Henderson claimed was needed. The committee comments that 40,000 would exceed by substantial numbers the paid workforce of the War Production Board and the censorship office.
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Henderson
War Production Meee
Office of Censor- Ip
Afternoon News Late News Time Zones
The notice states that when press time is set for The STAR it corresponds to 9 P M in London 10 P M in Berlin and Rome and 11 P M in others for late afternoon editions.
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London
Berlin
Rome
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