Rommel's Advance Slowed As He Waits For Fresh Supplies
Allied air forces bomb German Italian bases near Matruh and Libyan targets while Rommel delays a major push awaiting fresh supplies. British American torpedo boats arrive to bolster the Navy as observers outline three invasion routes toward Matruh Siwa and the Nile, with the Quattara depression shaping tank warfare and left-flank protection.
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Rommel
Alexandria
Associated Press
Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Mediterranean
Matruh
Neil M. Ritchie
Eighth
Libya
Tobruk
Lunes
Quattara
Nile
Siwa
Wallace Breaks Tie on COC Funding in Senate
Washington reports four Senate nay votes forced by rules to become yea as conferees fought to preserve Civilian Conservation Corps funding. The $76,529,000 appropriation kept CCC alive amid labor security bill negotiations. Vice President Wallace cast a pivotal tie vote, the first since his term began, to avoid CCC liquidation.
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Washington
Senate
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Walace
House
Wallace
McKellar
D-Tenn
Bankhead
D-Ale
Bridges
Paper Pickups For Next Week In Adrian
Waste paper collections are scheduled in Adrian next week with Wednesday set for Precinct Two and Friday for Precinct Three. Residents should place paper on the curb early, and rain will delay pickups by one day.
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Adrian
Bicycle Rationing Set to Start in July
Lenawee county rationing board received telegram from Arthur H. Sarvis, state OPA director, stating adult bicycle rationing will begin July 9. The message gave no eligibility details and secretary Guy E. Nemire said further instructions are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenawee
Adrian adopts trailer dwelling and coin machine ordinances
Two new Adrian city ordinances take effect Wednesday. The trailer ordinance restricts trailers as permanent dwellings, sets a 45 day annual limit, requires sanitary standards, and allows special permits for relatives with a $10 yearly license in certain cases. It also allows owner property trailers with commission approval after sanitary checks. The coin operated machines ordinance licenses record players and pinball machines. 13 record licenses at five dollars each and two ten dollar licenses for pinball machines have been issued, with about 20 such machines in the city.
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Adrian
City Commission
Commission
Louis F. Germond
E. A. Ballenberger
May Increase Sugar Rations
The Office of Price Administration said it might raise the weekly sugar ration from one half pound per person if shipments from Porto Rico and Cuba over the next six months justify it. Current stocks are 33 percent below a year ago and storage is strained mainly in the Gulf due to ship patterns. A final decision will await ten to fourteen days of data on consumption and distribution under the rationing program.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Porto Rico
Cuba
OPA
Gulf
Atlantic
New York
Allied planes down six Japanese bombers near Port Moresby
Allied interceptor planes engaged 15 heavy Japanese bombers over Port Moresby and probably shot down six. The bombers dropped near the airfield with little damage. Ground reports say 6 to 10 planes were hit and likely lost. Additional details say enemy buildings and installations at Salamaua suffered greater damage than first reported. An approaching enemy supply ship near Lae was bombed and machine-gunned with two likely hits on its bridge.
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Australia
Port Moresby
New Gainea
MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
Lae
British fighter sweep targets ships and railways in occupied territory
British air ministry reports night raid activity over occupied territory with fighters attacking enemy shipping and railway targets. Most large bombers remained home and several bombers laid mines in enemy waters. A previous Bremen raid with massive fires is noted, while a single fighter is said to have crashed after last night’s operation.
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London
Air Ministry
Bremen
Funeral honors Junius Bes at Ann Arbor church
Junius E. Bes, longtime University of Michigan regent and prominent Michigan figure, was honored at his funeral today at First Methodist Church with Dr. Charles W Brashares officiating. Bes, born February 23, 1860 in Port Huron, had diverse roles as editor publisher utility manager banker and civic leader. He retired from the board of regents in 1935 and served as a Presidential elector in 1889 a state legislator in 1905 06 and on the public domain commission from 1908 to 1919 He also sat on the Ann Arbor school board and was a Methodist Church trustee.
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Ann Arbor
Junius E. Bes
Michigan
First Methodist Church
Charles Wbrashares
Beal
Matte Ager
Tthe University
Port Hur
Board of Regents
Public
Methodist Church
East Side Residents Ready for Gas Delivery
Natural gas will be delivered to Citizens Gas Fuel Co Monday but not enter East Side distribution until Tuesday or Wednesday morning after testing. Gas comes through a four inch line from Panhandle Eastern and will require crews to adjust burners and orifices in eastern homes and factories over about a week before western sections receive gas. Gas staff advise turning off hot waters and heaters until adjusted. top burners can be used with careful flame size. Major John E Kinney named chaplain of Allied air forces in southwest Pacific while retaining U S post.
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Citizens Gas Fuel Company
Adrien
Raisin
Panhandle
Maple Avenue
E. V. Gmeiner
Lenawee board rejects health unit plan amid war-time squeeze
The Lenawee board of supervisors rejected the county health unit proposal by a 19 to vote, despite a majority earlier approving it. The meeting also approved wage hikes for county workers totaling about 1,598 annually, effective July 1, boosting salaries for clerks, stenographers, janitors, and office staff, while elected officials remain unaffected.
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Lenawee Board of Supervisors
Rollo Conlin
Franklin Township
Equalization Committee
Lenawee County
Court House
Board of Supervisors
John A. Osborne
Madison Township
John Roberts Son
Ogden
Navy crew sinks Axis submarine off Cuba coast
A Florida port report says a United States cargo ship’s alert gun crew engaged an Axis submarine surfaced near the vessel. Fire from five crewmen, led by Edwin L. Smith, drew a quick response and a near-miss first shot, followed by a fatal hit at the waterline as the sub capsized and sank. Captain John Ellison confirmed the subs’ destruction with the ship’s masterwork.
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Florida
Alert Navy
United States
Cuba
John ©. Ellison
Upper Darby
Elison
Edwin L. Smith
Fayette, Wiss
Ellison
Vlate L. B. Hansen
New Orleans
Edison
Hansen
Shipping Losses Boosted to 313
The second day of a broad Atlantic submarine offensive against United Nations shipping saw total sinkings reach 313, with U-boats and Japanese subs reported near Atlantic and Pacific routes. Survivors described torpedo attacks on allied merchantmen, with several vessels sunk in the Gulf of Mexico and off South American waters. An Army officer identified a submarine commander as Baron Edgar von Spiegel, reportedly operating in Caribbean lanes.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Atlantic
Western Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Navy
Washington
U. S
Gulf of Mexico
Baron Edgar von Spiegel
New Orleans
Caribbean
John Paxon
Clearwater
Fla
Baron von Spiegel
Churchill Faces Political Crisis in Britain
London reports Winston Churchill returned from meetings with Franklin D Roosevelt to a nation shaken by a Libyan setback and an insurgent no confidence motion in the House of Commons. Observers expect a fighting reply as opposition voices intensify during wartime strategy scrutiny. W. Averell Harriman accompanied Churchill on the flight.
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London
Winston ChurchiLl
England
Roosevelt
North Africa
Egypt
Tobruk
Cll
House of Commons
Churchill
Washington
Pacific War Council
Commons
John Wardlaw-Milne
Stafford Cripps
House
United States
W.averill Harriman
Ottawa
German Offense Threatens All of France Says British Source
London dispatch says German leaders urge Hitler to seize all France to blunt a possible Allied second front in western Europe. Report notes 500000 Italian troops massed in northern Italy ready to reinforce. Possible recall of General Blaskowitz discussed as Nazis reorganize defenses. 26 divisional commanders replaced recently. Author foresees a potential French reaction to a full occupation.
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Hitler
France
Associated Press
London
Europe
Beirut
Italy
Maginot
Siegfried Lines
Boulogne
Diepre
Particu
Blaskowitz
Johannes Blaskowitz
Fuehrer
Russia
New York
Adolf Hitler
Washington
Western
Tnvasion
Navy expansion bill sent to White House amid Senate action
June 27 report notes Senate Appropriations Committee approved a record 22.82 billion outlay to equip and maintain an army of 4.5 million, while the naval expansion bill authorizing 1.9 million tons of warship construction passed on a voice vote. Committee chairman Thomas argued for full funding now, despite a backlog of uncontracted War Department appropriations. Senator Clark offered an amendment to cancel unused battleship authority, but the Senate rejected it after concerns about dictating ship types.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
White House
House
Thomas
D-Okla
Army
War Department
Truman
D-Mo
Brehon Sompervill
Services of Supply
Walsh
D-Mass
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Clark
D-Mc
Navy Department
Congress
Connally
D-Tex
Chamber
Gerity to Speak on Radio War Program Next Week
James Gerity Jr president of the Gerity Adrian Corporation will join the nationwide radio program This Nation at War broadcast Tuesdays at 930 PM on the Blue Network. He will speak from Toledo station WTOL about industry aiding the home front and the war effort with a map of the Aleutian position and relate his submarine contractor work.
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James Gerity Jn
Gerity-Adrian Corporation
Dience
Gerity
Aleutian Islands
Cortobe
Peration
Union Wins Fight for Blackout Pay
In Pontiac Michigan 11000 workers across four Yellow Truck and Coach plants ended a 28 hour stoppage by returning to work after a weekend agreement. Workers will be paid for 20 minutes lost during a Wednesday blackout and 15 minutes from a May blackout while negotiations with CIO United Automobile Workers proceed on a new contract. The walkout disrupted 600 jobs at the Pontiac Motor Car Company export division and prompted a call from Fort Wayne and Washington officials urging resumption of duties.
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Pontiac
Mid
Yellow Truck & Coach Co
United Automobile Workers
CIO
UAW
R. J. Thomas
Thomas
Washington
Roosevelt
Ray M. Hare
Fort Wayne
Pontiac Motor Car Company
General Motors Corporation
Yellow Truck
Bombers Hit East Anglian Town In Night Raid
German bombers attacked an east Anglian town last night causing widespread damage with high explosives and firebombs in retaliation for the RAF raid on Bremen. Several large fires were started as raids continued despite heavy anti aircraft fire and night fighter opposition.
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Britain
London
RAF
Bremen
Bloody fighting on Sevastopol front and Kharkov clashes
Russian dispatches say Red Army actions checked a German offensive near Kupyansk on the Oskol River and fought hand to hand battles at Sevastopol. Germans bombarded Sevastopol while Russian counterattacks, air and tank battles, and losses on both sides shaped the day.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Kupyansk
Sevastopol
Oskol
Kharkov
Pravda
Sevastopul
Iyum
Donets
Crimean
Fritz von Mannstein
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East Side
Allied ‘Headquarters
John E. Kinney
Jamestown
N. J
United States Armed Forces
Allied Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Kinney
Registrar of Deeds
Registrar of Deeds Office
War Labor Board
Ford Motor Company
United Automoile Workers
Harry J. Bennett
Ford
Ford Company
U. & Conciliation Service
Roy Porter
UNION
Bryansk
Information Bureau
Free French
Leningrad
Karelia
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