German Chancellor Adolf Hitler ordered the preparation of plans for the invasion of Britain, code-named Operation Sealion. An Armed Forces High Command, OKW, ordered was issued entitled “The War Against England.” It began “The Führer and Supreme Commander has decided that a landing in England is possible.” This is not a Führer Directive, which carries more weight, but a good indication that one is coming.
Hermann Göring gives instructions for an air blockade and attacks on British shipping. Göring issues orders to the Luftwaffe to intensify the air campaign against the RAF. He wants special attention given to British shipping, which is considered the main threat to any invasion. The proposed operation has the codename Operation Sealion.
German troops traveled from Guernsey to the islands of Alderney and Sark in the Channel Islands, meeting no opposition.
Kommandant Lanz of the Channel Islands issues typical rules for occupied areas, such as a curfew, no radios, no attempts to leave and so forth. Among the more inconsequential changes that annoy many islanders is changing the time zone to that of continental Europe and also changing the rules of the road to driving on the right. The currency is changed to Occupation Reichsmarks (scrip), and that becomes the payment for locals employed by the occupation forces.
Life continues much as it had previously in the Channel Islands, with performances by the German military band, cinemas open, and so forth, but there are gradual changes through the course of the war which are not always for the better. Basically, the islanders go along to get along and do their best to hide their underlying resentment. There are islanders who have fled to England who view all that remained as collaborators, and many of the remaining islanders miss their children, family, and friends who have left.
The British Government was urged from all sides in the House of Commons today to speed its plans to send thousands of children to the United States for the duration of the war and if possible get the United States Navy to convoy the floating nurseries across the Atlantic.
King George and Queen Elizabeth have firmly rejected suggestions from influential quarters that Princess Elizabeth, 14, heiress presumptive to the throne, and her sister, Princess Margaret Rose, be sent out of the country to one of the dominions because of danger of a German invasion, the Daily Mail said tonight. Repeated efforts to persuade the royal pair to send the two princesses to a safer land have received this answer in effect: “We all face a common peril, thousands of parents in this country are compelled to keep their children at home. We would prefer to share whatever family perils there may be with parents of this country.
The British government canceled the August 1940 bank holiday.
General Percival takes command of 44th Infantry Division.
British Prime Minister Churchill meets Major General Bernard Montgomery.
Brigadier Colin Gubbins raising and commanding Auxiliary units for Resistance operations for Home Forces.
British Foreign Office determines that King Zog will no longer be recognized as monarch of Albania.
Great Britain’s relations with Spain now have reached a critical juncture. Very much against Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s will he is rapidly being forced to decide whether to blockade the entire Spanish coast or relax his economic grip on the Nazis by allowing contraband to pass through Spain to Germany.
Isolation of Jews on islands such as Britain, Australia, and Madagascar was advocated by the Paris newspaper France at Work which appeared here today. “Let us reform this race by isolating it and furnishing it means to work and live like other people,” the newspaper said. “It is necessary that the Jews should live alone. There is no place in our new world for parasites and destroyers. France cannot tolerate Jews who deter the moral and material reconstruction of the country.”
The first signs of impatience were noted in the public markets of Paris today when women were unable to obtain food. They blamed the government for not stopping the millions of refugees who are crowding the roads, hindering transportation.
1st Brigade de Legion Francaise of Free France formed from volunteers of the Foreign Legion.
Dutch commander-in-chief General Winkelman arrested and deported to Germany. German authorities said Winkelman and other members of the Dutch army “by their personal behavior did not respect the moderation which might have been expected on the ground of privileges granted them by the Führer.”
General Sikorski speech: “We shall continue to fight with an iron will.”
The Fleet Air Arm, in conjunction with RAF Coastal Command, attacks shipping and barges in Rotterdam. This is the first attack directly designed to prevent an invasion.
RAF Bomber Command dispatches out 11 Blenheims during the day; 10 returned because of lack of cloud cover, the remaining aircraft was lost while attempting to bomb the Dortmund—Ems Canal.
RAF Bomber Command dispatches 66 aircraft, including Blenheims, to attack various targets overnight in Germany, Holland and Belgium. No losses.
During the night, the RAF raids Kiel and hits heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in dry dock with 2 small bombs. The docks also are set on fire. This is the raid in which F/O Guy Gibson drops a 2,000 bomb near the Scharnhorst and wins the DFC.
The Luftwaffe raids northeast England during the evening, killing twelve and injuring 123. A raid also takes place over Wales, but the bombs drop in open country.
After a day of respite, the bombers appear over Malta at 09:25, but the bombs drop out to sea due to effective anti-aircraft fire. Owners of businesses throughout the island agree to open their doors to passersby for shelter during raids.
Continuing to attack Italian gasoline supplies, planes of the British Royal Air Force were reported to have blown up an oil refinery and tanks at Augusta on the east coast of Sicily in a raid carried out yesterday.
Force H, consisting of Battlecruiser HMS Hood, battleships HMS Valiant and HMS Resolution, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, light cruisers HMS Arethusa and HMS Enterprise, and destroyers HMS Escort, HMS Active, HMS Faulknor, HMS Foresight, HMS Foxhound, HMS Fearless, HMS Forester, HMS Keppel, HMS Wrestler, HMS Vidette, and HMS Vortigern departed Gibraltar on Operation CATAPULT, the neutralization of the French Fleet at Mers el Kebir. Destroyers Keppel and Wrestler carried special demolition parties to scuttle the French ships at Mers el Kebir. At sea, destroyer Vortigern was attacked by Italian submarine Marconi 36-20N, 03-46W without damage. Vidette and Vortigern were detached to hunt the submarine.
U-26 was sunk after an attack by British corvette HMS Gladiolus on the 1st and aircraft from RAAF Squadron 10 southwest of Bishop Rock in 48-03N, 11-30W on the 2nd. The entire crew of four officers and forty four ratings of the submarine were rescued by Sloop HMS Rochester.
U-29, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Otto Schuhart, sank Panamanian steamer Santa Margarita in 47N, 15-30W and badly damaged British steamer Athellaird in 47-24N, 16-49W. Three crewmen were missing from the Panamanian steamer. At 1125 hours the unescorted Santa Margarita was stopped by U-29 and sunk by gunfire at 13.45 hours according to the prize rules because the ship was en route under British charter with a Yugoslavian crew. Three of the 21 survivors that were picked up by the British merchant King John were lost when this ship was sunk by the German raider Widder on 13 July. The 4,919-ton Santa Margarita was carrying ballast and was headed for Hampton Roads, England.
Steamer Athellaird sank on the 3rd. At 2352 hours on 2 July 1940 the Athellaird (Master Hugh Roberts), dispersed earlier that day from convoy OB.176 in 48°N/15°04W, was hit amidships by one G7e stern torpedo from U-29 about 350 miles northwest of Cape Finisterre. At 0210 hours on 3 July, a first G7a torpedo was fired as coup de grâce, which passed under the stopped tanker and this also happened with a second G7a torpedo. The Germans then fired a G7e torpedo that struck just before the bridge and caused the ship to sink in 15 minutes. The master and 41 crew members were picked up by HMS Sandwich (L 12) (Cdr M.J. Yeatman, RN) and landed at Greenock. The 8,999-ton Athellaird was carrying ballast and was headed for Cuba.
U-47, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien sank British troopship Arandora Star (15,501grt), which departed Liverpool on the 1st, in 55-20N, 10-33W. At 0758 hours the unescorted Arandora Star (Master Edgar Wallace Moulton) was hit by one torpedo from U-47 about 125 miles west by north of Malin Head, Co. Donegal and foundered later in 56°30N/10°38W. The ship had 479 German internees, 734 Italian internees, 86 German prisoners-of-war and 200 military guards on board. The master, 12 officers, 42 crewmen, 37 guards, 470 Italians and 243 Germans were lost. 119 crew members, 163 guards and 586 Italians and Germans were picked up by HMCS St. Laurent (H 83) (Cdr H.G. De Wolf, RCN) and landed at Greenock. Troopship Arandora Star was carrying 176 crew, 254 troops, and 1,178 German and Italian civilians being taken to America. The Arandora Star was one of the largest merchant ships sunk during the war and was carrying internees and prisoners-of-war being deported from Britain, heading for St. Johns, Canada.
Prien does not break any rules of war, and this solidifies his already outsized reputation as a master U-boat commander. The Arandora Star, which is not in convoy because liners are assumed to be better protected by their fast speed, is not properly identified as a POW or refugee ship and sinks quickly. The ship is painted grey like a warship and has no Red Cross sign. An Admiralty Net Defence anti-torpedo system had been fitted to the liner but removed a few months prior to the voyage.
With only room for 400 in the lifeboats, there is a mad scramble. The ship loses 805 people, including 37 of the military guard, 42 crew, 12 ship’s officers, and the Captain. The oil from the ship makes swimming extremely difficult. The Arandora Star goes under within 35 minutes, still swarming with men who have no chance.
There are several instances of outstanding heroism, including internee Captain Otto Burfeind of the scuttled Adolph Woermann, who organizes his fellow internees to the end, maintains some order, and goes down with the ship. Canadian commander Harry DeWolf also is cited for his heroism in the rescue. Captain Douglas Moulton of the Arandora Star receives a posthumous Lloyd’s Medal for Bravery at Sea. Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent picks up the survivors. Bodies wash up on Ireland throughout August, many unidentifiable.
Destroyer HMS Jervis arrived at Malta after arriving from repairs in Home Waters. Destroyer Jervis in berthing bumped the dock and sustained some damage to her bow. She spent no time out of service due to this damage.
Italian troopships Esperia (11,398grt) and Victoria (13,098grt), escorted by torpedo boats Procione, Orsa, Pegaso, and Orione departed Tripoli for Naples. Italian heavy cruisers Zara, Fiume, and Gorizia of the 1st Cruiser Division with destroyers Alfieri, Carducci, Oriani, and Gioberti and light cruisers Bande Nere and Colleoni of the 2nd Cruiser Division with destroyers Maestrale, Libeccio, Grecale, and Scirocco were at sea covering the convoy. The convoy arrived safely at Naples on the 4th.
Convoy HGY departed Gibraltar with twenty seven ships escorted by French patrol vessel President Houduce from 2 to 14 July, destroyers HMS Witch from 2 to 10 July and HMS Viscount from 2 to 14 July. Four ships of the convoy carried service and civilian refugees from France. Destroyer HMS Westcott escorted the convoy from 10 to 11 July. The convoy arrived at Liverpool on the 14th.
Battleship HMS Rodney, heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk, light cruiser HMS Southampton, anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Coventry, and all available destroyers at Scapa Flow were put at two hours notice from 2200 to 0500/3rd.
Destroyer HMS Berkeley departed Greenock at 1055 escorting minelayer HMS Southern Prince to Loch Alsh. After delivering the minelayer, the destroyer proceeded to Scapa Flow.
British minefield BS.20 was laid by minelayers HMS Teviotbank and HMS Plover and destroyers HMS Express and HMS Icarus.
In a raid from HMS Kestrel Acting S/Lt (A) B. P. Grigson and Acting S/Lt (A) F. L. Lees from a Swordfish of 825 Squadron were killed over Rotterdam. A second Swordfish of 825 Squadron was shot down. S/Lt E. B. Kiddell was captured, but was later shot and died of wounds while trying to escape as POW on the 1st 1943. Leading Airman H. W. V. Burt of Kiddell’s plane was killed in the crash. Two more Swordfish of the Squadron were lost returning from the raid, but the crews were rescued.
British tug HMS Queens Cross with barge Medway in tow encountered at 0315 what they identified as a conning tower of a submarine six miles north of Strathie Point. They did not report their sighting until arriving at Scapa Flow at 0930. Anti-submarine trawlers HMS Alouette, HMS Coventry City, HMS Whitehorn, and HMS Buttermere were dispatched to search.
Cable ship HMS Ariel, escorted by anti-submarine trawlers HMS Imperialist and HMS Hazel departed Scapa Flow to lay cable between the Orkneys and the Shetlands.
British steamer Aeneas (10,058grt, Convoy Commodore), in convoy OA.177G, was sunk by German bombing at twenty miles southeast of Start Point. Eighteen crew were missing and three dead on the steamer Aeneas. Survivors from steamer Aeneas were rescued by destroyer HMS Witherington. The wreck was sunk on the 4th eleven miles from 50N, 3W.
British steamer Baron Ruthven (3178grt) was damaged by German bombing 50-25N, 01-27W.
German motor torpedo boat S.23 sank in tow after striking a mine off Foreland.
Aircraft carrier HMS Hermes arrived at Freetown with evacuated Fleet Air Arm personnel and stores embarked at Dakar. The aircraft carrier had arrived at Dakar at 0900 on 29 June and sailed at 1800. She remained off the port until relieved by heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire at 1800 on 30 June.
Convoy FN.211 departed Southend, escorted by destroyers HMS Wallace and HMS Wolfhound and patrol sloop HMS Puffin. The convoy arrived in the Tyne on the 4th.
Convoy FS.210 departed the Tyne, escorted by destroyers HMS Vega and HMS Winchester. The convoy arrived at Southend on the 3rd.
The War at Sea, Tuesday, 2 July 1940 (naval-history.net)
Force H, consisting of Battlecruiser HOOD, battleships VALIANT and RESOLUTION, aircraft carrier ARK ROYAL, light cruisers ARETHUSA and ENTERPRISE, and destroyers ESCORT, ACTIVE, FAULKNOR, FORESIGHT, FOXHOUND, FEARLESS, FORESTER, KEPPEL, WRESTLER, VIDETTE, and VORTIGERN departed Gibraltar on Operation CATAPULT, the neutralization of the French Fleet at Mer el Kebir.
Destroyers KEPPEL and WRESTLER carried special demolition parties to scuttle the French ships at Mer el Kebir.
At sea, destroyer VORTIGERN was attacked by Italian submarine MARCONI 36‑20N, 03‑46W without damage. VIDETTE and VORTIGERN were detached to hunt the submarine.
Destroyer JERVIS arrived at Malta after arriving from repairs in Home Waters.
Destroyer JERVIS in berthing bumped the dock and sustained some damage to her bow. She spent no time out of service due to this damage.
Italian troopships ESPERIA (11,398grt) and VICTORIA (13,098grt), escorted by torpedo boats PROCIONE, ORSA, PEGASO, and ORIONE departed Tripoli for Naples.
Italian heavy cruisers ZARA, FIUME, and GORIZIA of the 1st Cruiser Division with destroyers ALFIERI, CARDUCCI, ORIANI, and GIOBERTI and light cruisers BANDE NERE and COLLEONI of the 2nd Cruiser Division with destroyers MAESTRALE, LIBECCIO, GRECALE, and SCIROCCO were at sea covering the convoy. The convoy arrived safely at Naples on the 4th.
Convoy HGY departed Gibraltar with twenty-seven ships escorted by French patrol vessel PRESIDENT HOUDUCE from 2 to 14 July, destroyers WITCH from 2 to 10 July and VISCOUNT from 2 to 14 July.
Four ships of the convoy carried service and civilian refugees from France.
Destroyer WESTCOTT escorted the convoy from 10 to 11 July. The convoy arrived at Liverpool on the 14th.
Battleship RODNEY, heavy cruiser NORFOLK, light cruiser SOUTHAMPTON, anti-aircraft cruiser COVENTRY, and all available destroyers at Scapa Flow were put at two hours’ notice from 2200 to 0500/3rd.
Destroyer BERKELEY departed Greenock at 1055 escorting minelayer SOUTHERN PRINCE to Loch Alsh.
After delivering the minelayer, the destroyer proceeded to Scapa Flow.
British minefield BS.20 was laid by minelayers TEVIOTBANK and PLOVER and destroyers EXPRESS and ICARUS.
In a raid from KESTREL Acting S/Lt (A) B. P. Grigson and Acting S/Lt (A) F. L. Lees from a Swordfish of 825 Squadron were killed over Rotterdam. A second Swordfish of 825 Squadron was shot down. S/Lt E. B. Kiddell was captured, but was later shot and died of wounds while trying to escape as POW on the 1st 1943. Leading Airman H. W. V. Burt of Kiddell’s plane was killed in the crash. Two more Swordfish of the Squadron were lost returning from the raid, but the crews were rescued.
British tug QUEENS CROSS with barge MEDWAY in tow encountered at 0315 what they identified as a conning tower of a submarine six miles north of Strathie Point. They did not report their sighting until arriving at Scapa Flow at 0930.
Anti-submarine trawlers ALOUETTE, COVENTRY CITY, WHITEHORN, and BUTTERMERE were dispatched to search.
Cable ship ARIEL, escorted by anti-submarine trawlers IMPERIALIST and HAZEL departed Scapa Flow to lay cable between the Orkneys and the Shetlands.
Convoy FN.211 departed Southend, escorted by destroyers WALLACE and WOLFHOUND and patrol sloop PUFFIN. The convoy arrived in the Tyne on the 4th.
Convoy FS.210 departed the Tyne, escorted by destroyers VEGA and WINCHESTER. The convoy arrived at Southend on the 3rd.
U-26 was sunk after an attack by British corvette GLADIOLUS on the 1st and aircraft from RAAF Squadron 10 southwest of Bishop Rock in 48‑03N, 11‑30W on the 2nd.
The entire crew of four officers and forty-four ratings of the submarine were rescued by Sloop ROCHESTER.
U-29 sank Panamanian steamer SANTA MARGARITA (4919grt) in 47N, 15‑30W and badly damaged British steamer ATHELLAIRD (8999grt) in 47‑24N, 16‑49W.
Three crew were missing from the Panamanian steamer. Twenty-one survivors were picked up by the British steamer KING JOHN (5228grt). Three of these survivors were missing after the steamer KING JOHN was sunk on the 13th.
Steamer ATHELLAIRD sank on the 3rd. The entire crew was rescued by sloop SANDWICH.
U-47 at 0610 sank British troopship ARANDORA STAR (15,501grt), which departed Liverpool on the 1st, in 55‑20N, 10‑33W.
Troopship ARANDORA STAR was carrying 176 crew, 254 troops, and 1178 German and Italian civilians being taken to America.
Canadian destroyer HMCS ST LAURENT, which was detached from the screen of battleship NELSON, rescued the survivors.
Destroyer ST LAURENT arrived in the Clyde at 0730/3rd.
Destroyers WALKER and ECHO and patrol vessel JASON were also ordered to the area.
Destroyer ECHO was again ordered away from escorting minelayer ATREUS.
Destroyer FIREDRAKE was detached from the escort of British liner ANDES (25,689) leaving destroyer PUNJABI as sole escort of the liner.
When it was learned the survivors had already been picked up, destroyer FIREDRAKE was ordered at 1631 to return to the ANDES screen.
One hundred and nineteen crew, one hundred and sixty-three troops, and five hundred and eighty-six aliens were rescued. The rest were lost.
British steamer AENEAS (10,058grt, Convoy Commodore), in convoy OA.177G, was sunk by German bombing at twenty miles southeast of Start Point.
Eighteen crew were missing and three dead on the steamer AENEAS. Survivors from steamer AENEAS were rescued by destroyer WITHERINGTON.
The wreck was sunk on the 4th eleven miles from 50N, 3W.
British steamer BARON RUTHVEN (3178grt) was damaged by German bombing 50‑25N, 01‑27W.
German motor torpedo boat S.23 sank in tow after striking a mine off Foreland.
Aircraft carrier HERMES arrived at Freetown with evacuated Fleet Air Arm personnel and stores embarked at Dakar.
The aircraft carrier had arrived at Dakar at 0900 on 29 June and sailed at 1800. She remained off the port until relieved by heavy cruiser DORSETSHIRE at 1800 on 30 June.
Today in Washington, President Roosevelt signed a bill providing control of exports of materials and machinery necessary for national defense and issued a proclamation putting it into effect. He conferred with several administrative and legislative officials.
With the Senate in recess, its Military Affairs Committee questioned Henry L. Stimson and voted to approve his nomination as Secretary of War. The Naval Committee Affairs questioned Frank Knox, nominated as Secretary of the Navy.
The House tabled a resolution asking for a Presidential report on conditions in the war zones, received the Cox bill creating the office of National Defense Personnel Administrator, heard criticism and defense of Wendell L. Willkie, the Republican Presidential nominee, and adjourned at 5:50 PM until noon tomorrow.
The Senate Military Committee approved the nomination of Henry L. Stimson, Republican, as secretary of war today, voting 14–3, after two hours of questioning which produced statements that the nominee opposed sending troops beyond American borders unless the protection of this country should make such action necessary. At the same time, the Senate Naval Committee fired question after question at Colonel Frank Knox, Republican nominee for Secretary of the Navy, receiving a staunch denial that he ever had urged giving military support to the allies, and deferred action on his nomination until tomorrow.
President Roosevelt refrained from any assurance that he would not be a candidate for a third term in offering Colonel Frank Knox the secretaryship of the navy, the Chicago publisher, who was the Republicans’ 1936 Vice Presidential candidate, today assured the Naval Affairs Committee, to which his nomination had been referred. This testimony was at direct variance with published accounts, especially current during the Republican convention at Philadelphia last week. The stories were to the effect that Colonel Knox had told close friends, after his acceptance of the nomination as Secretary of the Navy, that President Roosevelt would not be the Democratic candidate in November and the Democratic mantle would fall on the shoulders of Secretary Hull. Colonel Knox told the committee that the Cabinet post was first offered to him last December. At that time, he said, Mr. Roosevelt had emphasized the importance of national unity and a nonpartisan approach to the problem of national defense.
The U.S. Congress passed the Export Control Act giving U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt the power, whenever he deemed “necessary in the interest of national defense” to prohibit or curtail the exportation of military equipment, munitions, tools, and materials. President Roosevelt put a virtual embargo today on the sale to foreign countries of any munitions, materials or machinery needed in the national defense program. By proclamation he subjected all such shipments to rigid control under military direction.
John L. Lewis, president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana joined hands to give impetus to a possible third party movement in speeches today before delegates to the fifth annual convention of Townsend clubs. The C.I.O. leader called upon organized labor, peace advocates. youth and Townsendites to consider a third party movement, if the Democrats fail to nominate Wheeler for the presidency. Lewis stated that Wheeler was the only Democrat who can defeat Wendell Willkie, Republican nominee, in next fall’s general election. He predicted an “ignominious defeat” for President Roosevelt if he runs for a third term.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana made a dramatic appearance before the Townsend national convention late today, soon after John L. Lewis, head of the C.I.O., had told the delegates that Mr. Wheeler was the only Democrat who could defeat the Republican Presidential nominee, Wendell L. Willkie.
President Roosevelt, the “champ” whom Wendell L. Willkie, Republican candidate, wants to battle at the polls in November, refused to say whether he will accept the challenge or to give any hint of his third term plans. With the Democratic nominating convention scheduled to open in Chicago on July 15, reporters trooped into the president’s office hopeful that he would break the long silence about his future plans. They fired a barrage of questions and got nothing.
President Roosevelt refused today to disclose his 1940 political plans despite insistent press conference questions. Although the questions were many and varied, the President was consistently uncommunicative.
The Administration completed the fiscal year 1940 with the public debt at $42,967,000,000, which was $2,528,000,000 more than a year ago, and $20,428,000,000 greater than at the end of fiscal year 1933, when President Roosevelt had been in office only a few months, the Treasury reported today.
The Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating Bridge is dedicated. The bridge carried US 10 (later decommissioned and renamed Interstate 90). Tolls were removed in 1949. It was renamed the Lacey V. Murrow bridge in 1967. The bridge sank in a storm on November 25, 1990 during refurbishment and repair. The current bridge was built in 1993.
Legislation authorizing construction in New York Harbor of a drydock capable of accommodating the 45,000ton battleships being built by the Navy was approved today by the Senate Naval Affairs Committee.
Major League Baseball:
At Boston, the Red Sox split a pair with the A’s, losing 4–3 before winning 15–9. Rookie Ed Heusser gets the win in the opener. The Sox score in 6 of the 8 innings in the nitecap getting homers from Jimmy Foxx and Joe Cronin. Al Simmons hits his 1st homer of the year for the A’s.
Vernon (Lefty) Gomez, having shaken off the effects of the back injury which sent him into drydock on April 19, informed Manager Joe McCarthy that he was ready, willing and able to return to work today, so the Yankee pilot granted Lefty’s request for a starting assignment against the Senators at Griffith Stadium. The Yankees won the ball game by a 6–2 score, beating Emil (Dutch) Leonard, the knuckleball artist, who was aiming for his tenth victory. Therefore the Gomez experiment must be regarded as successful, though the veteran southpaw left after seven innings.
Detroit takes over 1st place by beating the White Sox, 10–9, taking advantage of 10 walks handed out. Each team scores in 7 innings and the 14 half innings scored ties the American League record. It is the third and last time it will be done in the 20th century.
The scrappy St. Louis Browns, relishing their role as Giant Killers, knocked Cleveland out of first place today. Relief Pitcher Nate Andrews, former Brownie, served a ninth-inning home-run ball to his rival, Vernon Kennedy, which gave St. Louis a 5–3 victory — its second straight over the skidding Indians.
Displaying his best form since his no-hit game against the Reds, Tex Carleton today limited the Phillies to three hits as the Dodgers beat them, 4–1, for a sweep of the two-game series. Joe Medwick and Art Cocsacart homered for Brooklyn.
The Giants and the Bees were locked in a very tight ball game at the Polo Grounds, but it wasn’t a very solid lock. The Bostonians jimmied it open with a pair of homers off Hal Schumacher in the sixth and won, 5–3. This was a very untimely setback for the New Yorkers, since it left them two full lengths behind the Dodgers on the eve of an all-important interborough series.
Bill McGee’s pitching and batting marked the Cardinals’ 4–0 victory over the Reds tonight. McGee, hanging up his sixth victory against five defeats, batted in two of the Cards’ runs in an eighth-inning drive. Paul Derringer was the losing hurler. The Cards scored their first run on Terry Moore’s triple and Mickey Owen’s single in the fourth, and made three more on four hits and an error in the eighth.
Bill Lee, the big right-hander who won forty-one games for the Cubs the previous two seasons, went the route for the first time in six weeks today, pitching a 10-0 shutout victory over the Pirates. The victory was Lee’s sixth, as against ten defeats, and was only the third time this season he has lasted nine innings. While Lee was tossing five-hit ball, the Cubs pounded Joe Bowman from the box in the fifth and continued the assault on Dick Lanahan. They clinched the victory in the second with five runs.
Philadelphia Athletics 4, Boston Red Sox 3
Philadelphia Athletics 9, Boston Red Sox 15
Pittsburgh Pirates 0, Chicago Cubs 10
St. Louis Browns 5, Cleveland Indians 3
Chicago White Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 10
Boston Bees 5, New York Giants 3
Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Cincinnati Reds 0, St. Louis Cardinals 4
New York Yankees 6, Washington Senators 2
Drastic penalties for native traitors and for aliens sabotaging Canada’s war effort are provided in a bill adopted by the committee that has been studying the Defense of Canada Regulations, presented to the House of Commons today. The bill, if enacted, would make. the death penalty mandatory upon conviction of any person who, with intent helps the enemy or conspires to assist the naval, military or air force of the enemy, or who impedes the operations of naval, military or air forces in such a manner as to cause loss of life. Another section provides life imprisonment for less serious offenses under the regulations and the Official Secrets Act.
The passenger ship Arandora Star was heading for Canada transporting German and Italian internees and prisoners of war when she was torpedoed and sunk west of Ireland by German submarine U-47. 865 lives were lost.
Cuba will support any measures necessary to defend the peace of this hemisphere, but will postpone a decision regarding economic cooperation until “it is determined what collaboration is desired from Cuba,” the Cabinet meeting decided this afternoon.
The United States cruisers USS Wichita and USS Quincy, under command of Rear Admiral A.C. Pickens, will leave Montevideo, Uruguay tomorrow bound northward for an unannounced destination. It is reported their first call will be at Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested in Calcutta for inciting anti-British violence.
Battle of South Kwangsi: Japanese 22nd Army captures Lungchin.
Foreign authorities, responsible for order in Shanghai’s foreign settlements, viewed with grave concern today an order by Wang Ching-wei, head of the Japanese-sponsored Nanking regime, for arrests of Chinese residents within them. Mr. Wang demanded the arrest of eighty-four Chinese, many of them prominent, on charges of agitating against his government. Foreign authorities said “beyond doubt the action is of Japanese origin, connected with a long-existent Japanese program of attempting to eliminate all Chinese here who are in any way opposing Japanese aims.” These authorities said the Nanking regime had no jurisdiction in the foreign areas and that the order signified impending forceful measures against the foreign settlements or a program of kidnappings and assassinations.
The bombing of Chiang Kai-shek’s capital, Chungking, continues. There is a meeting of the Kuomintang.
Japanese military sources reported today that Chinese troops had again attacked the important city of Kaifeng in an attempt to retake it. The official Japanese report is that the Japanese were forewarned of the attack and lured the Chinese into a trap. It is admitted, however, that about 100 Chinese penetrated inside the walls. There, the Japanese say, they were wiped out. In the ensuing fighting the Chinese were said to have retreated to the southwest and their other casualties are unknown. The Japanese report their dead at ten and their wounded at thirty-seven. The prisoners taken were said to reveal that the attackers were Chinese regulars and not guerrillas.
The Japanese armed forces today had closed virtually all land avenues of communication between British Hong Kong and China’s Kwangtung Province in an effort to force Britain’s acceptance of a Japanese demand that the transit of goods through this colony and British Burma to Nationalist China be ended.
At a joint army-navy conference, President of the Privy Council Hara Yoshimichi questions the Japanese army’s assumptions concerning the construction of bases in the South Seas region for eventual use against Britain and the United States. Would not the two Western powers react to the building itself rather than wait for further Japanese moves? Sugiyama disagreed. He did not feel that either nation would resort to strong measures.
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Born:
Georgi Ivanov, Bulgarian cosmonaut (1978 Intercosmos Group; Soyuz 33, 1979), in Lovech, Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Ken Clarke [Kenneth Harry Clarke], British Conservative politician (Home Secretary, 1992–1993; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1993–1997), in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
Tony Liscio, NFL tackle and guard (NFL Champions, Super Bowl VI-Cowboys, 1971; Dallas Cowboys), in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2017).
Bert Coan, AFL halfback (AFL Champions-Chiefs, 1966 [lost Super Bowl I]; San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs), in Timpson, Texas (d. 2022).
Kelly Jean Peters, American actress (“Little Big Man”), in Columbus, Ohio.
Christopher Awdry, English author (continued “Thomas the Tank Engine” books started by his father, Wilbert Awdry), in Ampfield, England, United Kingdom.
Naval Construction:
The Nihon Kaigun (Imperial Japanese Navy) Kagerō-class destroyer HIJMS Akigumo (秋雲; “Autumn Clouds”) is laid down by the Uraga Dock Company (Uraga, Yokosuka, Japan).
The Kriegsmarine (German Navy) Type IXB U-boat U-107 is launched by AG Weser, Bremen (werk 970).
The Royal Navy Flower-class corvette HMS Gloxinia (K 22) is launched by Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland).
The Royal Navy Vosper 60-foot class motor torpedo boat HMS MTB 71 is commissioned. Her first commander is C P Evensen, RNVR.
The Royal Navy Flower-class corvette HMS Mallow (K 81) is commissioned. Her first commander is Lieutenant Commander William Brown Piggott, RNR.
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