Fighting at Sevastopol continues amid heavy losses
The Associated Press reports from Moscow on June 25 that the German assault on Sevastopol slows amid huge losses. Six German and Romanian divisions have been defeated, three others heavily damaged, and 150 Nazi tanks plus hundreds of planes destroyed. Russian Red Star notes Germans still outnumber defenders and fight remains intense in the port area while Donets and Oskol clashes rise southeast of Kharkov.
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Sevastopol
Crimean
Red Star
Donets
Oskol
Kharkey
Ukraine
Kharkey Front
Crimea
Kharkov
Russia
Berlin
Sevastopol Wefensees
Bitter
Donel Basin
Fedor von Boch
Lexington Reporter Hailed as Hero by Shipmate
Lt Cmdr Weldon Hamilton credits Chicago Tribune correspondent John Johnston with heroic acts during the Coral Sea battle aboard the Lexington. Johnston repeatedly returned to danger to retrieve notes and diaries while aiding wounded sailors, showing extraordinary courage as the carrier was crippled by torpedoes and bombs.
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Los Angeles
Stanley Johnston
Coral Sea
U. S. S. Lexington
Cmdr
Weldon O. Hamilton
Ryukalku
Johnston
Chicago Tribune
Hamilton
Lexington
Tax bill provisions trimmed rates and exemptions
Washington June 24 major provisions of the tax bill approved by the Ways and Means Committee include personal exemptions cut to 500 for singles and 1200 for married filers with a 6 percent normal tax, 10 percent earned income credit retained, and a surtax rise. Corporate taxes shift to a flat 40 percent with a 14 percent postwar credit, and combined rates up for large corporations. Excise taxes rise on beer wine whiskey cigars tobacco and travel fares with no general sales tax pass.
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Washington
Ways End Means Committee
No Sugar Congestion at Bussfeld Plant Blissfield
June 25 The congestion of sugar in warehouses reported from parts of the country does not apply to the Great Lakes Sugar Company at Blissfield according to W E Weller superintendent The refinery produced about 30 156 000 pounds last fall and an estimated seven and a half million pounds remain on hand Shipments come from Detroit and Toledo warehouses first, delaying local storage The company sells sugar through a Detroit brokerage firm on government orders New rationing rules for one month supply will ease storage Investors contracted for about 12 000 acres of sugar beets this year, similar to last year The crop is in good condition except where heavy rainfall delayed blocking and thinning
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Blissfield
Great Lakes Sugar Company
W. E. Weller
Detroit
Toledo
Four Adrian Firms Receive Treasury Flags Recognition
Four Adrian firms have been authorized to display United States Treasury flags in recognition that 90 percent or more of their employees have signed up for the payroll savings plan for buying war bonds. Croswell and Famy theaters, Montgomery Ward store, Auto Parts Co. Inc., and Consumers Power Co. are listed as entitled to display the flags. The Auto Parts Co. has its flag and Consumers Power Co. was to put its flag on display this afternoon.
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Adrian
United States Treasury
Charles L. Robertson
Croswell and Famiy
Montgomery, Ward
Auto Parts Co., Inc
Consumers Power Company
Auto Parts Company
Consumer Power Company
Robert Sol
Witnesses Describe Dutch Harbor Raid
Seattle dispatch details eyewitness accounts of the June 3 Japanese attack on Dutch Harbor. Civilians, sailors, and gunners fought back as planes bombed and anti-aircraft fire roared. Navy reports cite four bombers and 15 fighters. casualties were light, with some fires in warehouses and a base commander praising duty under fire.
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Dutch Harbor
Seattle
Army
Ben Tmanthen
Slme
Navy
Raw Material Shortage Warns of War-Time Scrap Push
Washington June 25 The War Production Board chief Donald M Nelson warned Congress that raw material shortages may force drastic measures. He cited too little and too late policies, urged stepped up scrap drives, and suggested reclaiming dormant metal assets such as fences gates statuary and decorative work to feed wartime needs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Congress
Nation Today
Nelson
Senate
War Production Board
Europe
Sheriff Scott Seeks Re election in Lenaweek County
Sheriff Roscoe Scott told the Lenaweek county board of supervisors he will run again in autumn. He urged a county wide organization of volunteer police officers during the war emergency and discussed other sheriffs department matters. He requested supervisors support for his management over the last three and a half years, his second term nearing completion.
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Roscoe Scott
Lenaweek
New Draft Orders Delineate Draft Priorities Fathers to Be Last Called
Washington June 25 draft headquarters announced new orders today that govern induction by dependency. Married men with children are placed toward the end of call up but may not expect permanent deferment.
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Washington
Lenawee Shovel Rescued From Quicksand Near Adrian
The Lenawee county road department salvaged its 11 ton power shovel from a quicksand pit on cemetery road two miles east of Adrian after twenty hours of work by ten men. The $4400 machine settled around four o clock Tuesday afternoon and sank three feet at its deepest point. Crews continued efforts overnight and by Wednesday morning hydraulic jacks planks and a wrecker with its own power finally brought the shovel to solid ground.
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Lenawee County Road Department
Cemetery Road
Adrian
Dies Committee Report Denounced by Rep Voorhis
Washington June 25 a Dies Committee report accusing a Communist inspired movement to destroy Congress was denounced by Rep Voorhis who said he was not given a chance to vote against it. He argued criticism of Congress should be answered by a record that disproves the charges. He warned the majority to avoid un-American acts of censorship and urged proper debate.
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Rep. Voorhis
Washington
Dies Committee
Congress
Voorhis
D-Calif
Casey
D-Mass
Amercan
Union For ‘Democratic Action
Communist Party
Hitler
Russia
Jor
Adrian WPB Order Halts Local Housing Boom
The War Production Board directive blocking new major building permits in Adrian without special WPB approval has effectively halted housing projects. Builders report months of inactivity as applications linger, while local officials and lenders doubt any defense area rating will help.
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Adrian
War Production Board
Coustenetdan
Louis F. Germond
WPB
A. D. Billings
The
Chamber of Commerce
Lenawee County Health Unit Favored by Majority Report
A majority of the committee investigating a county health unit advised its establishment before the board of supervisors. The estimated cost is 19240, with 6600 from state and federal sources and 13240 from Lenawee County. A minority report is expected Saturday.
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Lenawee County
Board of Supervisors
Harry W. Lundahl
John L. Calhoun
Raisin Township
W. E. Seager
Blissfield
Rollo G. Conlin
State Department of Public Health
Lundahl
Washtenaw
Otto Engelke
Washtenaw County
Nazis raze Czech village Lesaty after Heydrich death
Budapest radio reported Lesaty in Bohemia was razed by German forces for allegedly sheltering the parachutists linked to Reinhard Heydrich. The broadcast, citing Prague papers, also noted executions of Czechs in Prague and Brno and the earlier mass killings at Lidice. Lesaty lies southeast of Prague in the Bohemian district of Chrudim.
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London
Lesaty
Boemia
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia-Moravia
Budapest
Wipad
Heydrich
Lidice
Prague
Bruenn
Brno
Bohemian District
Chridium
Civil Air Patrol To Meet At Adrian High School
Nelson Ehinger, commander of the Adrian squadron, urged all CAP members to attend a vital meeting tonight at Adrian High School. The session starts at 8 o'clock in Room 18 of the high school building.
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Nelson Ehinger
Adrian Squarddn
Civil Air Patrol
Lan
Increased Tax Program Completed
Washington report details the House Ways and Means Committee completing a sweeping tax bill to raise about 5.92 billion dollars from corporations individuals and higher levies on products like cigarettes. The measure, aimed to offset war costs, faces drafting revision and a likely July 13 debate before Senate approval, with total borrowing of roughly 39.9 billion anticipated in the new fiscal year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Pearl Harbor
Treasury
Senate
House Conference Committee
Flying Tigers raid Hankow marks first Hupeh action
The AVG bombers raided Hankow on Tuesday sinking a Japanese warship and three river transports and probably damaging others. The attack targeted shipping in Hankow port, China’s largest inland city under Japanese occupation since 1938, while the Han kow airfield was warned in time.
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Chungeking
Dheaters
Hankow
Hupeh
China
Chungking
AVG
Yangtze River
Hunan
Roosevelt and Churchill brief Congress on war outlook
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met with congressional leaders in Washington for a 40 minute review of the war, covering the Libyan defeat, a second front in Europe, and Pacific operations. The briefing was described as very satisfactory and encouraging by lawmakers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
North Africa
Europe
Rayburn
Capitol Hill
Atlantic
Pacific War Council X
United Nations
War Council
Pacific
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
White House
Hull
Welles
Mr. Churchill
Axis drive through Egypt accelerates as Rommel nears Cairo
June reports describe a major Axis push into Egypt with Rommel’s forces advancing south and east of Sidi Omar. US and RAF bombers raid Benghazi and Tobruk port areas while British Eighth Army falls back from Salam and Sidi Omar.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
United States Army
Sig
Bengasi
Eighth Army
Salam
Sidi Omar
Erwin Rommel
Side Barrani
RAF
Bir Shefer
Zen
Mediterranean
South African Air Force
United States
Libya
Rommel
Alexandria
Tobruk
Romrovel
British Honduras arrests target enemy support network
Bulletin from Belize reports Governor Sir John Hunter announcing that military authorities disrupted an organization aiding the enemy in the Caribbean. About 15 people were detained Monday night as part of the operation. In Washington, the War Department formalized a European theater with Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower to command, headquartered in London, amid no public reference to a second front.
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British Honduras
John Hunter
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Washington
War Department
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
War Department General Staff
London
Europe
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Churchill Qne War Review
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