British MPDuncan Sandys raised a question in the House of Commons about air-raid defences that relied on secret information. This touched off the "Sandys Affair" when he was threatened with prosecution under theOfficial Secrets Act.[1][2]
The thirdFIFA World Cup tournament began in Paris with Germany (including Austrian players) and Switzerland playing to a 1–1 draw. The French crowd jeered the German team when the players made theNazi salute and threw bottles, eggs and tomatoes at them throughout the match.[6]
The famous psychoanalysistSigmund Freud, 82 and frail, arrived in Paris on theOrient Express, having fled persecution by the Nazis in his homeland of Austria. After a few hours of rest he continued on his way to London where he had been granted asylum.[8]
The Japanese bombed the city ofCanton for the twelfth consecutive day as thousands of Chinese packed railway stations and docks attempting to flee the merciless air raids.[13]
Johnny Vander Meer pitched his second consecutive no-hitter, 6-0 over theBrooklyn Dodgers at the firstnight game ever played inEbbets Field. Vander Meer remains the only pitcher in major league history to ever throw back-to-back no-hitters.[21]
Hundreds of civilians directed bybrownshirts attacked Jews along the Grenadierstrasse and Dragonerstrasse in Berlin, assaulting them and writing anti-Jewish slogans on store windows.[22]
Babe Ruth accepted a job as a first base coach with theBrooklyn Dodgers. Ruth took the offer hoping it would lead to amanager position, but this would not happen.[25]
Hermann Göring decreed that effective July 1, all German men and women of any profession or trade could be conscripted to take up work for the state.[30]
The Spanish government threatened to bomb "Italian-dominated" towns in theBalearic Islands in retaliation for Italian bombing raids on civilians in theCivil War. Italy responded with threats to wipe SpanishRepublican cities off the map.[32]
The Spanish government set three conditions for giving up its reprisal bombing plan: France would reopen its border with Spain, the Spanish rebels stop the bombing of government-held cities, and France and Britain agree to eventually mediate in the conflict.[34]
Two more British cargo ships in Spanish ports were attacked by warplanes. TheArlon was bombed atValencia and theFarnham was hit atAlicante.[35] Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain resisted calls in the House of Commons to equip British merchant ships with anti-aircraft guns, saying "A good many difficulties arise in connection with it."[36]
Leon Panetta, American politician and intelligence officer, (U.S. Representative from California, Director of the CIA, Secretary of Defense), inMonterey, California[37]
TheBaker Bowl inPhiladelphia, home of thePhillies, hosted its final major league baseball game. TheNew York Giants defeated the Phillies 4-1. Ownership decided to move the team toShibe Park and pay rent to theAthletics because Baker Bowl had become much too small and obsolete to be worth renovating.[40]
The House of Commons agreed to refer theSandys Affair to a special committee that would determine the applicability of theOfficial Secrets Act to Members of Parliament.[41] The committee's findings would eventually lead to the revisedOfficial Secrets Act 1939.
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^"Freud Consoled by U.S. Envoy on Flight to Exile in London".Chicago Daily Tribune. June 6, 1938. p. 10.
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^"Rebels Capture Castellon; Push Valencia Drive".Chicago Daily Tribune. June 14, 1938. p. 4.
^Cortada, James W., ed. (1982).Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 511.ISBN0-313-22054-9.
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