Four Jap Bombers Stage Short Raid
The navy reports four Japanese bombers and about 15 fighters attacked Dutch Harbor Alaska at about 6 a.m. local time, with the action lasting 15 minutes. Communique notes no further details and warns of limited information from other areas as defense work at Dutch Harbor remains secret.
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Washington
Navy
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
North Pacific
Tokyo
Stimson
Dimond
Unalaska Island
Aleutian Chain
Bill Drafted To Double Our Fighting Fleet
Washington June 3 UP An 8 3 billion measure authorizing construction of about 500 fighting ships would nearly double the U S fleet Vinson chairman of the house naval committee said he would introduce the bill calling for the largest naval construction program at one time The two ocean navy would be finished in the next 24 months The plan calls for 500 000 tons of aircraft carriers 500 000 tons of cruisers 900 000 tons of destroyers and escort vessels and 800 small patrol and minelaying ships The ships would be in addition to those already authorized The navy reported 346 fighting ships in service and 347 building in October last year
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Washington
United States
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Navy
British Grab Spot On Nazi Supply Lines
Cairo reports British desert forces advanced 30 miles behind Rommel and seized Roturda Segnali, a key axis supply base. Rommel pressed a nine mile wide shortcut through the British front, creating a contested corridor as fighting continues near Ain el Gazala Bir Hacheim and Tobruk awaits a potential new thrust.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Ain E- Gazala-Bir Hacheim
Bir Hacheim
Tobruk
Roturda Segnali
Libya
Phillips Upset By Hayes Choice
Oklahoma Governor Phillips challenges Leon Henderson over Rex A. Hayes appointment as OPA director for Oklahoma. Hayes, a Ford executive, was named by Henderson without the governor's five nominees, prompting Phillips to call the action autocratic and unfit to judge Oklahoma's rights and welfare. Hayes has yet to comment.
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Phillips
Washington
Price
Leon Henderson
Rex A. Hayes
OPA
Oklahoma
Hayes
Henderson
Ford Motor Co
Bert McDonel
Enid High School
University of Missouri
Garfield County
W. Hayes
Enid
219Th Aero Squadron
U. S. Army
Ford Motor Company
Indianapolis
Columbus
War Declarations Add Bulgaria Hungary Romania to U S List
The House voted to add Bulgaria Hungary and Romania to the United States list of wartime enemies with no opposition and no dissenting votes. The Senate will act on the resolution tomorrow as Roosevelt had urged official recognition of war with the three Balkan nations.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
United States
Senate
Japan
Germany
Italy
Uncle Sam
Rayburn
Jeannette Rankin
R.-Mont
Rooosevelt
Congress
Balkan
Pessimist Caramel Crisis Comic Verse
A humorous sketch about aging and vanity. The speaker jokes that a man with false teeth is easily swayed by a pretty hostess into trying caramel. The piece notes that with age, men stop worrying about things getting into their hair.
Hitler Cannot Tolerate Any God But Himself
United States journalist Louis P. Lochner reports on Adolf Hitler's control over German military leadership. Generals resign or are marginalized for criticizing him, while others are promoted to placate the dictator. The article notes friction over church interference and recalls a Christmas observance in Berlin's garrison.
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America
Germany
Louis P. Lochner
United States
Wide World
Ada
Hitler
York
Adolf Hitler
East Prussia
Berlin
der Fuehrer
Napoleon Napoleon
von Fritsch
Brauchitsch
Marshal von Brauchitsch
Government to seize coal mines and begin fuel rationing
London reports the government will assume full control of the nation s coal mines and inaugurate thorough fuel rationing. The move aims to stabilize energy supply and manage shortages amid ongoing economic strain.
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London
Grant urges pledge to buy war bonds and stamps
Sam K Grant county bond administrator issued a new appeal urging citizens to sign pledges to regularly purchase war savings bonds and stamps. Totals show Pon totoc County was asked to buy 95 100 dollars worth of bonds in June, with hundreds signing pledges last month and more needed. Citizens can sign at Ada banks Home Federal Savings and Loan or the post office. British bombers hit Oyster Islands near Akyab in Burma, hitting a jetty and a lighthouse per RAF communique.
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Sam K. Grant
Grant
Pontotoc County
Ada
Home Federal Savings and Loan
Post Office
Visiting Parents In Tulsa, Lewis Expected In Soon
Report corrects earlier error about Lewis and confirms Jack Hayts wounded at Pearl Harbor but recovering. Jack, radioman third class, is visiting Tulsa with family while Lewis earlier sighted in San Francisco and expected to arrive next weekend.
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Hayes
Jack
Lewis
U. S. Navy
Ada
Tulsa
Tulse
Pearl Harbor
Japs Sink Seven Merchantmen in Bay of Bengal
At Norfolk on June 3 a ship master described Japanese forces cornering six allied cargo ships in the Bay of Bengal on April 6. He said three Japanese cruisers shelled the group to the bottom in 40 minutes, sinking seven vessels and claiming 18 to 20 ships were sunk that day. Four ships were armed. three fired on the Japanese but scored no hits.
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Norfolk
Bay of Bengal
Navy
Ragnar Eklund
Eklund
All Escaped From Two Torpedoings
83 crewmen and eight passengers survived two torpedoings in the Caribbean last month. The U S ship with eight passengers and 38 crew sank May 6 near a western Indian island. a British vessel with 45 crew was hit May 9 in another Caribbean area. Bobby Davis of Jacksonville, age 4, laughed through a 16 hour lifeboat ordeal. His mother Mrs Barbara W Davis and two women endured the voyage. 22 crew from the British ship paddled four days to land. others reached Mexico. Mrs Ruth Fuller of Lubbock, Texas was among U S passengers. The ships’ crews were brought to safety in separate ports.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Caribbean
U. S
West Indian
Navy
Bobby Davis
Jacksonville
Barbara W. Davis
Mexico
Davis
Ruth Fuller
Lubbock
Texas
House Committee to Work Nights on Tax Bill
Washington June 3 Chairman Doughton ordered night sessions of the House Ways and Means Committee to finish discussion of the administration tax program begun three months ago. The first session starts tonight to complete this month’s review of about 90 administrative changes in the internal revenue code.
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Washington
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Munitions Center Blasted By RAF
British air squadrons struck the munitions center of Essen again in a large raid and targeted Ruhr valley objectives. In England a few enemy planes dropped bombs in the southeast causing minor fires and casualties. The German high command cited Canterbury as the target for incendiary and heavy bombs in a second raid in three nights.
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London
Essen
Ruhr
England
Canterbury
RAF Bombers Attack French Rail Target Amid Heavy Raid
RAF fighter and bomber formation over the channel bombed Le Treport in France from low altitude of 50 feet. More than 200 Spitfires and Hurricanes engaged German aircraft near Abbeville. Night raids extending from Holland to Brittany left large fires in Essen and bombed Dieppe docks. 14 bombers missing as losses mounted compared with prior nights.
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Folkstone
Eng
France
Boulogne
Air Ministry
le Treport
Abbeville
Holland
Britanny
Ministry
Essen
Dieppe
Cologne
More Men With Dependents Will See Army Service
The House military committee urged passage of a bill to provide financial allowances for families of fighting men. The plan would have servicemen with dependents allot part of their pay to dependents with the government providing supplementary payments. The measure seeks to avoid pressuring established families to uproot their households due to military service.
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Washington
House Military Committee
May
D-Ky
House
Tire Blowout Blamed for Durant Dealer Death
Sulphur Oklahoma June 3 A tire blowout was blamed today for the death of Charles A Goodman 40 Durant automobile dealer in a collision with a truck on highway 7 east of Sulphur Sheriff Marvin Stephens called the accident unavoidable saying Goodman s car swerved into the side of a truck driven by Lavert Lowry Konawa after the tire blew out Goodmans brother Wilbur Goodman Colbert was slightly injured in the crash Lowry was not hurt
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Charles A. Goodman
Durant Automobile
Highway 7
Marvin Stephens
Goodman
Lavert Lowry
Konawa
Durant
Wilbur Goodman
Colbert
Lowry
Editor Albert Clement Shot On Paris Street
A bicyclist shot and killed Albert Clement editor of Le Cri Du Peuple in Nazi occupied Paris last night amid a surge of attacks on German soldiers and French collaborators.
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Vichy
Albert Clement
le Cri du Peuple
Paris
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