Caribbean port reels from Axis submarine campaign toll
Axis submarines sank 13 ships in a 12 day period from June 3 to 14 near the Caribbean Sea lanes, with 770 aboard and 135 passengers. At this port 635 survivors, including 126 passengers, have been brought ashore, while hundreds of lifebelts bearing autographs illustrate recent rescues. Survivors shopped at night to supply clothing as stores ran low, and 87 remain unaccounted for.
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Caribbean
United States
United Nations
Navy
Fellows Sengers
Reds at Kharkov Are Forced Back
Moscow reports a powerful German offensive on the Kharkov front forced Marshal Timoshenko’s forces to fall back to new positions. Sevastopol defenses hold despite siege conditions as Red Navy units shell and supply the base amid heavy combat and nationalist counterattacks.
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Kharkov
Moscow
Kharkov Front
Timoshenko
Sevastopol
Osilions
Caucasus
Hitler
Izyum
Rostov
Crimean
Germany
Volkhov
Navy Casualty List Announced
The Navy department released casualty list No. 5 covering May 11 to June 6, 1942. It names four Texans dead and 104 missing, plus five New Mexico men missing. Notable Texas entries include dead private first class Corbin and several missing sailors and Marines from McLean, Dalhart, Floydada, Pampa and Hereford.
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Washington
U.P
Navy Department Today
New Mexico
Texas
Corbin
Andy
U. S. Marine Corps
Merida T. Corbin
McLean
Clary
Alva
Marine Corps
Pat Wederbrook
Hereford
Red Cross Seeks Rapid Knitters for Army Order
Emergency appeal from the Red Cross calls for experienced knitters to rush turtle neck sweaters for the army. Mrs. A. Granberg, knitting department chairman, urges workers to pause current projects and report to the Red Cross work rooms at 125 West Tenth Avenue to obtain yarn and finish the order by August 1.
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Red Cross
A. Granberg
West Tenth Avenue
Waste and Wastage in War Department Contracts Charged
The House military committee reports widespread waste and excessive costs in war department business. It accuses cost plus and fixed fee contracts of inflating salaries and delays subcontracts. Air corps and maritime commission face sharp criticism while Secretary Jones is praised for the rubber program.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
May
Kentucky
Air Corps
Maritime Commission
Jones
Europe
Old Glory to Ripple Over Pantex Wheat Harvest Soon
W A McCarty has been named the successful bidder to harvest 5 500 acres of government wheat on the Pantex reservation. Harvest starts soon and McCarty seeks combines and helpers. contact telephone 2 5290.
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Pantex
Panhandle
W. I
Bill” Clifford
United States Engineers
War Department
W. A. McCarty
van Buren Street
Clifford
McCarty
Huge War Chest Drives U S Army Build Up In 1942
Washington June 23 1942 House approving a 42 821 943 067 appropriation to build up an army of 4 500 000 by July 1 1943 with a 352 to 0 roll call. The plan funds planes tanks and shells plus lend lease aid totaling over 205 billion since 1940. Gliders to aid supply and mobility across the front are to be produced and used behind transports to deliver materiel and troops.
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Washington
House
Hitler
Congress
Rep. Snyder
Pennsylvania
Appropriations
Rep
Powers
New Jersey
J. T. McNary
War Department
United Nations
Roosevelt
Downtown Sale Opens For USO Dance Here
More than 1,000 Amarillo and Panhandle residents will attend a USO benefit dance at the Nat sponsored by area engineers Pantex and local firms. The event runs from 10 PM to 3 AM with Mike Redwine leading the orchestra and Miss De Laine Williams featured. Admission is $1.50 per couple. reservations via Miss Eva Bickley.
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P. S. Irvine
W. Fletcher
USO
Amarillo
The
Panhandle
U. S. Corps of Engineers Area Office
Pantex Ordnance Works
Freese-Nichols & McKenzie Construction Company
Haliave
Cresney Drug
Oliver Eakle
C. W. Fletcher
Area Engineers
Pantex Ordinance
H. F. McFarland
Price Midkiff
McKenzie Construction Co
Marvin C. Nichols
W. T. Snebold
Certain-feed Production Corporation
Cactus Mfg
Dumas
Mike Redwine
Eva Bickley
European Fronts and War Developments June 23 1942
World War II dispatch outlines Axis armored advance toward the Egyptian frontier while U S bombers raid Bengali supply base. Reports note German attacks near Kharkov Russian retreat to new lines and Sevastopol danger. Roosevelt Churchill discuss shipping crisis as England faces Toprak pressure. US war budget climbs to 203 billion. RAF bombs Emden base again as Japan stalls in linking Korea to Singapore to avoid sea lanes.
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Egyptian
U. S
Bengali
French Legion To Fight U S In Name And Goal
The anti Soviet French expeditionary force is rebranded as the Tricolor Legion and will fight American imperialism Anglo-Saxon greed and Russians. It will operate wherever French interests are at stake including Europe and Africa with government backing.
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Vichy
France
Europe
Africa
Paris
Au Jourd ‘Hui
Pierre Laval
Germany
Mers-el-Kebir
Dakar
Damascus
Diego Suarez
Tricolor Legion
Legion of Volunteers
Native Revolts Against Japanese Domination Reported
Reports from London say widespread native revolts against Japanese control in Korea Formosa and Manchukuo have caused heavy casualties and extensive destruction as advices arrive in the city.
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London
Korea
Formosa
Manchukuo
No Gas Rationing Before Aug. 15
Representative Case of South Dakota said Leon Henderson price control administrator told a House appropriations subcommittee that nationwide gasoline rationing was unlikely before August 15.
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Washington
Case
South Dakota
Leon Henderson
House Appropriations
Pantex Seeks Plains Workers in Traveling Interviews
Pantex and Certain-Teed Products Corporation announce traveling interview offices reaching Clarendon Memphis Tucumcari Clovis Lubbock Plainview Vernon Electra Quannah Childress Pampa Shamrock Cana dian Borger Perryton Shattuck Guymon and Dalhart with a schedule for July. Applicants should bring statistics and selective service cards. birth evidence required. prior records scrutinized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Certainteed Products Corporation
Clarendon
Panhandle
Corporation
Tom Finley
Chet Robertson
Memphis
Aegin
Finley and Robertson
Tucumcari
Clovis
City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock
Plainview
Vernon
Court House
Electra
Quannah
Childress
Bill Stubbs
Don Boyd
Pampa
Shamrock
Canadian
Borger
Perryton
Shattuck
Okla
Guymon
Dalhart
Axis Forces Advance Toward Egyptian Frontier Near Benghazi
Axis armored formations under Rommel push toward British border posts as American bombers join RAF in devastating raid on Bengali base 300 miles west of Egypt. Reports say Luftwaffe artillery, notably 88s, threaten British tanks while Allied air crews strike Libyan ports and airdromes to curb reinforcements.
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Edward Kennedy
Cairo
Bengali
Associated Press
Erwin Rommel
Harry Crockett
Miles Lampson
Egypt
Malta
Libya
Europe
Mediterranean
United States
RAP
RAF
Rommel
Fort Capuzzo
Eidi Azeiz
Sidi Azeiz
Matruh
Tobruk
Baheira
Axis Propaganda Drive Fuels Russia Attack Hints
New Axis propaganda on German radio hints at a Japanese attack on Russia or signals German hopes for such an advance. Tokyo papers Asahi and Hochi are cited, claiming Britain and the United States are fomenting a Russian attack on Japan.
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New York
Russia
Tokyo
Asahi and
Hochi
Britain
United States
Japan
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Uncle Sam
Army Air Forces
Pantex Ordnance
U. 8. Corps Engineers
Churchill
England
Toprak
Emden
Singapore
French Legion
TAM. Sae
Oefenes
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Middle East
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