Invasion Coast Raid Marks New Step in British Assault
British forces storm the invasion coast between Boulogne and Le Touquet with Commandos supported by the Royal Navy. Bombers hit Bremen and Dieppe docks as RAF fighters sweep Pas de Calais, while Mountbatten travels to Washington. Casualties light. several German patrol boats sunk or damaged.
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Royal Navy
Boulogne
le Touquet
Washington
Commandos
Louis Mountbatten
U. S
Pas de Calais
Oulogne
Calais
RAF
Mardyck
St. Omer
Boston
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
Maupertus
Soulogne
Dunkerque
Bremen
Cologne
Essen
North Sea
Ruhr
Weser
Hamburg
England
Dieppe
France
Boulogne-Le Touquet
Seine
Somme
Pantex Job Office Moves to Western Building
The Certain-feed Employment Office now operates from the Western Building at 504 1-2 Taylor Street replacing the former 308 East Fourth Avenue location. Personnel director George W. Robertson says the move provides more interview space and waiting area and invites all applicants to apply at the new address.
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Taylor Street
East Fourth Avenue
George W. Robertson
Certainfeed
Pantex
Robertson
Senate approves dependent aid bill for armed forces
The Senate approved a bill to provide cash allowances for dependents of enlisted personnel with $50 monthly for a wife and $50 per child, funded by the service member and government shares. A concurrent pay increase fight to raise minimum pay to $50 was postponed to Monday amid charges of delaying action. Senator LaFollette warned of moving to pressure conferees to accept the higher $50 minimum.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Colorado
Taft
Ohio
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Armed Services
War Front Briefs Highlight Pacific Midway and Europe Actions
June 4 1942 reports renew Japanese air attacks on Midway Island following Dutch Harbor. British forces strike Nazi invasion coast in 24 hours signaling future pushes. Libyan desert air actions kill Stukas as ground fighting cools. Allied leaders meet in Chungking with Chiang Kai shek as Japan massed near Manchukuo. risk of Siberian invasion looms. An Allied submarine sinks Japanese troop transport and cargo vessels while Prague reels from Heydrich’s death.
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Midway Island
Pacific Frontier
Dutch Harbor
Seogi
Southwest
Pacific
Army names veteran flier to top staff post
Washington June 4 Brigadier General Idwal H Edwards a 47 year old veteran pilot was named assistant chief of staff in charge of organization and training for the entire army The War Department said the move reflects increased use of aircraft in manpower and material delivery and notes that Major General Joseph T McNarney also an airman moves in a deputy role authorities also recall Major General George W Strong to head military intelligence and appoint R W Ireland former traffic manager of United Air Lines as chief of the Army Transportation Service air division assistant Captain Leigh Parker of Delta Air Lines named to help Ireland
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Washington
Air Power
War Department
Army
Idwal H. Edwards
Stimson
Joseph T. McNarney
Air Force
George W. Strong
Military Intelligence
War Plans Division
R. W. Ireland
United Air Lines
Army Transportation Service
Six Munitions Firms Indicted Across Explosive Market
Six firms manufacturing explosives and ten company officials were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to keep prices high and artificial. Firms named include Du Pont, Hercules, Atlas, Austin Powder, Illinois Powder, and King Powder, controlling about 75 percent of U S explosives output. Grounded in a 1938 conspiracy, the case seeks bail arrangements for trial before Judge Bard. penalties include up to one year in prison and five thousand dollars fine for individuals.
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Philadelphia
EF. I. du Pont Denemours and Company
Hercules Powder Company
Atlas Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
Austin Powder Company
Cleveland
Illinois Powder Manufacturing Company
St. Louis
King Powder Company
Cincinnati
S. G. Baker
du Pont
H. W. Hobson
C. C Gerow
Hercules
H. M. Lynch
E. Frost
Atlas Sales
W. BE
Quakes Change California Landscape Says Seismologist
Prof Beno Guten berg notes earthquakes are reshaping California with long term effects including a southward shift in parts of the Owens valley. The comment appears amid a discussion of seismic activity and its changing landform over eons.
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California
Los Angeles
Beno Gutenberg
Owens Valley
Panhandle To Receive Wheat Bins
COLLEGE STATION June 4 Wheat farmers in the Texas Panhandle gain relief from storage concerns as the Commodity Credit Corporation through B F Vance announces prefabricated farm storage bins totaling about 4 800 000 bushels capacity. Bins hold 1 600 bushels and will be sold at actual cost with delivery in June and July. CCC advances seven cents per bushel under loan contracts, usable as down payment on bins, while noting the plan won't fully solve Texas storage but eases a major problem for farmers.
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Texas Panhandle
B. F. Vance
Texas Usda War Board
Commodity Credit Corporation
Panhandle
Vance
CCC
Texas
Tri-State Fair in Amarillo Cancelled for 1942
The 1942 Tri State Fair in Amarillo was cancelled due to wartime tire shortages. The association executive committee voted to invest nearly all bank funds in war bonds and authorized bills and audit after the decision.
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Amarillo
Association
Ross R. Rogers
Office of Defense Transportation
Rogers
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Ray Pinkney
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Baker
Ross Rogers
Bill Gilstrap
Ed Hardin
Bill Gouldy
Clay Thornton
Bill Beechler
George Autry
Lew Fields
S. B. Whittenburg
Cargo Planes Ordered for Defense Production Plant
Edward G. Budd Company to build 900 stainless steel cargo planes in Philadelphia. Parts produced at the Philadelphia plant with assembly in a new $12 million facility. Output to reach 100 planes a month, employing about 15,000 workers, funded in part by a RFC Defense Plant Corp loan.
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Philadelphia
Edward G. Budd Company
Defense Plant Corp
RFC
West Point Gets Appointment Hike
President Roosevelt signed a law authorizing 536 additional cadets annually to West Point. The academy will enroll 2,429 cadets for the class registering July 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
West Point
Weather Digest Amarillo and Vicinity Friday Outlook
Scatter ed thunderstorms and a few showers move through Amarillo and West Texas with little temperature change. Central New Mexico sees after noon storms drifting eastward with similar temps to Thursday. Hourly temperatures from yesterday show a high around 82 and a low near 52 with sunrise at 6 33 and sunset at 6 57.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Central Mountain Range
Macon
Senate probes mounting ship losses amid war at sea
A Senate naval affairs subcommittee will preliminarily investigate the Navy anti submarine campaign after five more Allied ships were sunk by Axis action. Two American merchant vessels and one patrol boat were reported lost in the Caribbean. Survivors described a submarine gunfire attack on crew abandoning ship.
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Atlantic
Senate
Naval Affairs
Navy
Ellender
Louisiana
United Nations
Australia
Australian
United States
Caribbean
Nazis Lose Over Moscow 1100 Planes During War
Moscow officials report anti-aircraft batteries barrage balloons and fighters have downed more than 1,100 German aircraft since the war began. Moscow had not been bombed since April 5 and the count reflects the capital’s air defense efforts as of June 4 1942.
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Moscow
Midway and Dutch Harbor Attacks Mark First Raids
June 4 reports Japan attacked Midway Island with a small force while Dutch Harbor in Alaska saw a two-wave air operation. Navy notes minimal damage and quiet at Dutch Harbor after fires. Allied defenses prepared for further action.
Eleven Soldiers Die in Fire at Stockton Army Building
Fire preceded by an explosion swept a Stockton army building killing 11 soldiers and injuring nine. The blast early last night trapped victims as flames spread in about 30 minutes. Lieut. Col. Floyd H. Tull ordered a board of inquiry to find the cause while medical teams moved plasma and serum to aid the wounded.
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Stockton
Cal
Floyd H. Tull
San Francisco
Army
Navy reports $200000 lost on five sunken warships
The Navy estimates about $200000 in cash carried in the safes of five United States warships sunk in battle went to the bottom of the Pacific. The money was intended for pay and the loss is described as an estimate with no definite figures available.
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U. S
Washington
Navy
Pacific
United States
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