Two Navy Blimps Collide Over Sea Tragedy At Lakehurst
Coast Guards recovered three bodies and wreckage from a Navy L-2 blimp off Manasquan New Jersey after a midair collision during an unexplained mission. Nine of the 13 aboard remain missing or unaccounted. Ensign Howard Fahey was rescued with a possible arm fracture. Lt Cmdr Clinton S Rounds, veteran of the Macon disaster, is among the identified dead. The group departed from Lakehurst Naval Air Station last night. the gondola of the L-2 was found at Point Pleasant Beach.
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Lakeuhurst
N. J
Coast Guards
Atlantic Ocean
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
Manasquan
Lewis Menninger
Ocean County
Point Pleasant Beach
Cmdr
Clinton S. Rounds
Toms River
California
Rounds
Carmila
Howard Fahey
Scarsdale
Coast Guard
Frank A. Trotter
C. C. Ross
RFD
Jacksonville
Fla
K. Gi Tee
New Yonson
Conn
O. V. Ross
Aviation
Lakewood
R. C. Poteet
Langdon
Kan
W. Hi. Herndon, Jr
Bottswain
J. C. Hoover
Middleton
L. S. Moyer
Minneypolis
Minn
R. M. Tiles
San Diego
Calif
F. C. Gilbert
New London
A. B. Wyse
Britain Eyes Night Bombardment of 10000 Bombers over Germany
Air Chief Marshal Harris said a future night raid could involve 10000 bombers, possibly flying from America with heavy loads. He described current Cologne and Essen attacks as warmups and predicted much tougher strikes against Germany and Japan, with mass raids increasing once US bombers join.
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London
A. T. Harris
Germany
America
Cief
Bomber Command
Japan
Cologne
Essen
Harris
Luebeck
Rostock
United States Army Air Corps
Air Raid Warden Schools Meet by Precincts at Garfield and City Halls
Air raid warden instruction for seventh to twelfth precincts held tonight at Garfield school and city hall. Precincts one ten attend third lesson at Garfield or New McKinley and Lincoln schools with 7:30 start. Continuous sessions cover precincts four through nine at junior high and Lincoln.
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Garfield School
Jesson
City Hall
New McKinley School
Juniors High
Lincoln School
Lenawee County Sends 130 Men to Army Induction
About 1,200 people gathered at the Adrian armory and Wabash station for a send off as 130 Lenawee men left last night for induction into the army. Bernard Patrick Collins led the group with Richard Herbert Golf as assistant. The Adrian High School band played and police helped manage traffic. Next call set for June 23 with 35 men.
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Lenawee County
Detroit
Bernard Patrick Collins
Ann Arbor
Lenawee
Richard Herbert Golf
Adrian
Adrian High School
Wabash
City sewers will serve war plant in Adrian
Adrian city commission approved linking the east Beech er Street war plant to the city sewer system. Bohn Aluminum will connect a 36 inch storm sewer and two 12 inch sanitary sewers to the city network at East Maumee Street and Dorothy Avenue, with the city free to charge for sewages outside city limits. Officials consider building new sewers in the factory district to handle wartime waste while plans to send harmless sewage via storm sewers to the River Raisin are explored. Delinquent sidewalk, sewer, curb and gutter taxes totaling 1,061.21 were certified for levy, and May accounts totaling 5,385.43 in merchandise, 6,325.66 in salaries, and 3,687.05 in payroll were approved. Commissioner Germond was absent on a Lansing trip.
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Adrian
Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corp
East Beecher Street
Adelbert Vedder
Raisin
Louis F. Germond
Lansing
WPA Measure Sent To House By Appropriations Panel
Washington June 9 The $250 million WPA bill to hire about 400 000 people monthly was sent to the House by the appropriations committee with a forecast of sharp retrenchment. The report warns of large job losses this year and notes WPA employment could fall from 756 000 to 400 000, or lower later, while urging realism about unemployment and war production conditions.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Work Projects Administration
WPA
Few Applications Made at Lenawee County Normal
The Lenawee county normal at Blissfield faces possible discontinuance due to low applications. With only two to three students planning to enroll by the June 15 deadline, the rural teachers training school may dissolve if enrollment does not meet a viable class size. The board will review the budget and applications June 17, and further enrollments remain open through Blissfield officials.
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Lenawee County Normal
Blissfield
E. T. Armstrong
Bissfield Public Schools
Armstrong
Lenaawee County Normal Board
Cornelius Mulder
Billsfield
E. E. Mosher
State Department of Public Instruction
Praise for Officers and Men of Lost U S Cruiser Houston
Four merchant ship skippers credited the Houston with saving their lives during February in the western Pacific. Captain Frederick E. Trask of Oakland reported the crew shot down three twin engined bombers, two four engined bombers, and eight twin engined planes as Japanese attacks targeted United Nations vessels on February 16.
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Washington
Houston
Frederick E. Trask
Oakland
Calif
Pacific
Weé
United Nations
Trask
One Year Older and Richer By $3.9 Million
Brenda Fragler turns 21 and inherits 3.9 million dollars, including 2.4 million in cash and life interest totaling 2.5 million, a chromium of wealth stated as her birthday fortune in this New York report.
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New York
Brenda Fragler
Missing airman tied to grand family fortune probes
Airman, a bomber pilot, is reported missing amid an accounting scandal involving 2.5 million dollars in trust funds. The case links Flight Sergeant Joe Dutton and other relatives to misused cash while the missing officer had supported hockey and Navy relief efforts.
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Clara Duff Frazier
Chicago
Calgary
Alta
Joe Dutton
Royal Canadian Air Force
Mervyn
Red) Dutton
Brooklyn Americans
National Hockey League
Frank Duff Frazier
Brenda
John S
Kelly
Sgt Dutton
Navy
United States
Germans Pressing Offense Against Sevastopol Stronghold
Moscow dispatches reported German troops tanks and planes pressing an offensive against Sevastopol, the fortified Crimean stronghold. Red Star said Russians broke a wedge and improved positions in two sectors. Other actions around Sevastopol and Black Sea approaches caused immense German losses as patrol ships and a cutter were sunk or damaged.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimea
Black Sea
Red Star
Information Bureau
RAF Night Raids Hit Ruhr Docks and Railways
British bombers struck the Ruhr region Dieppe docks and rail hubs in France and Holland last night. RAF losses totaled 18 bombers while American made Boston aircraft hit Schippla airfield causing direct runway damage.
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London
Hitler
Ruhr
Dieppe
France
Holland
RAF
Schippl
Europe
Essen
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
North Sea
ODT takes over bus operations nationwide
The Office of Defense Transportation seized wartime control of inter city bus services. Routes are frozen and express service is discontinued effective July 1. Sub service to beaches and resorts may be limited, and most schedules must meet a 40 percent seating capacity or higher. Operators must record passenger miles and seat miles and report trips not meeting the rule.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Votes 50 A Month For Men In Service
Dependents of army and navy men win congressional backing for a moderate pay scale. Senate and House approve similar provisions. minimum serviceman pay raised to 50 dollars monthly effective June 1. Details outline class A and B dependents with mandatory and optional deductions and federal additions. Ends noting eligible dependents up to line sergeant and petty officer.
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Washington
Sam
House
Senate
Army
Navy
Dickinson In Political Retirement
LANSING June 9 P-Loren D Dickinson eliminated himself today from consideration as a candidate for any state office. In a formal statement he cites age as the factor guiding his retirement and notes he will not seek the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He remains open to service in state or party affairs.
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Lansing
Loren D. Dickinson
Dickinson
Eals
Western Atlantic Shipping Losses Rise to 254
The Associated Press reports Western Atlantic shipping losses climbed to 254 since Pearl Harbor, with one U.S. vessel sunk and a Brazilian ship lost off South America. Survivors from the Alegrete told of 36 missing, and a small American merchantman torpedoed in the Caribbean on May 19 with three lives lost and 34 survivors.
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Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
U. S
South America
la Gusira
Venezuela
Henderson insists on gas rationing
Washington reports indicate no nationwide gasoline rationing will come before a comprehensive scrap rubber survey. Senate leaders and officials discuss rubber reclamation estimates from 700,000 to 10,000,000 tons, with 1942 recovery around 300,000 tons. Henderson argues rationing remains the best way to curb transport demand despite tire cap plans and synthetic rubber prospects for 1944.
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Washington
Senate
Barksley
D-Ky
Roosevelt
Barkley
War Production Board
Econ Henderson
Henderson
Maroney
D-Conn
Expect Renewal Bus Service In Muskegon
Muskegon residents awaited a renewal of public mass transportation after a seven hour talks yielding a wage increase and union closed shop compromise. The settlement between Peoples Transportation Company and the Teamsters Union was announced by Thomas J. Donahue of the State Labor Mediation Board and placed before union members for ratification. Forty drivers began a two month second strike on June 1, disrupting service as residents shared rides and awaited renewed bus operations for a 60 000 population area.
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Muskegon
Lansing
Peoples Transportation Company
Teamsters Union
AFL
Thomas J. Donahue
State Labor Mediation Board
Donnahue
Ensign George H. Gay Survives 24 Hours at Sea During Midway
Ensign George H. Gay, a Navy flier from Houston, floated for 24 hours after his torpedo plane was shot down amid the Midway Island battle. Wounded, he survived by hiding under a seat cushion and using a deflated liferaft bag. Admiral Nimitz disclosed his vivid account of American success and Japanese destruction.
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Pharl Harbor
Mawab
Midway Island
George H. Gay
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Houston
Tex
Gay
Once Proud Jap Fleet Flees Home
June 3 report from Pearl Harbor details Japan's failed Midway attack. The remnants limped toward home waters after heavy U S and Allied strikes. Losses included two to three aircraft carriers, one destroyer, three battleships, four to six cruisers, and three transports damaged. Observers expect later attempts from ships seeking refuge near home waters.
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Asoucram Piiss
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Japan
Midway Island
America
United States
Chesiter W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Java
Hawaiian Islands
Army plane crash kills 1 instructor and 3 cadets
In Colubibus Mississippi a twin-engine army flying school plane crashed during routine training last night. An instructor and three cadets were killed. A witness saw a spin from about 1000 feet and one flier bailed out but the parachute ropes were clipped.
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Colubibus
Miss
Army Flying School
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