Soviet Front Battles Drive German Forces In Ukraine And Crimea
Moscow reports heavy fighting along the front with German assaults aimed at Kharkov and Kupyansk. Soviet forces claim to halt advances, repel air raids on Moscow, and inflict heavy losses as they defend Sevastopol and Bryansk fronts amid widespread clashes and high casualties.
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Ussia
Moscow
Ukraine
Kharkov
Soviet Information Bureau
Timoshenko
Kupyansk
Oskol
Donets
Izyum
Senate Approves Naval Expansion amid Battleship Freeze Debate
The Senate approved an 8.5 billion dollar naval expansion bill by voice vote after a closed session. Senator Clark of Missouri urged canceling existing and unused authorizations for new battleships, calling for a freeze on further battleship construction. Chairman Walsh of Massachusetts defended the plan, noting Clark's proposal aimed to halt future battleship work.
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White House
Clark
Missouri
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Com
Mittee
War Materials Roll to Front
President Roosevelt announced May production reached nearly 4,000 aircraft and over 1,500 tanks, with 2,000 artillery and anti-tank guns and 100,000+ machine guns. He warned of upcoming material shortages and stressed continued effort toward wartime goals amid Allied strategy talks with Russia, Britain, and the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
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Hull
Maxim Litvinoff
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Great Britain
Russia
Pearl Harbor
Churchill Returns to London After Flight Home
Prime Minister Winston Churchill returned to London today after a flight home. The public and press welcomed him as he resumed official duties at Downing Street.
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London
Winston Churchill
World Air Transport Aids Army
The War Department announced a worldwide military air transport system to move men materials and mail to Army outposts. Brigadier General Harold L George will command the consolidated service with Pan American Airways to be used where practical.
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Washington
War Department
Army Ferrying Command
Harold L. George
Ferrying Command
George
Pan American Airways
Excess Cotton Penalty Fixed in 1942 Quotas
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard set an eight-cent-per-pound penalty on sales of cotton above farm marketing quotas for 1942. The rate is higher than last year’s seven cents and aligns the basic loan rate near 16 cents per pound, with the penalty to be half the loan rate. The 1942 loan rate will depend on parity, anticipated to about 16 cents.
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Washington
Wickard
Wallace Breaks Senate Tie to Restore CCC Funding
Vice President Wallace casts a deciding 32 to 32 vote in the Senate to supply the Civilian Conservation Corps with 76 million 529 thousand dollars for the coming year. The measure, part of a labor department appropriation, advances to conference with higher total funding and includes youth and student loan provisions for war effort needs.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Wallace
Senate
House
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Senate House
British U Boats Sink Three Vessels in Med
British submarines sunk two large supply ships and one medium tonnage vessel in the Mediterranean, the admiralty announced today. The action adds to naval losses reported from the theater as Allied forces press further in the region.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Commandos Get Ready in Amarillo Battalions
Hundreds of commandos are slated to assemble in Amarillo in coming days with battalions bearing renowned historic names. Watch Sunday's News for full details. Battle Creek Baths phone 2 2738.
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Amarillo
Battle Creek Baths
Bluebloods of Tanbark Parade Opens War Era Horse Show
Visitors arrive as Amarillo Horse Show opens at Malin Field for the second annual event. Run by the Amarillo Horsemen's Association and backed by the Amarillo Junior Welfare League for Potter County Red Cross, it features Will Rogers Range Riders Parade of the Flags and Mary Fiers Ramsey as judge. Entries come from several states, with Bob Mueller's orchestra providing music.
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Dick Ingram
Eleanor June Adams
Lady Jay
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair
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Amarillo Junior Welfare League
Potter County
American Red Cross
Mary Fiers Ramsey
Med O. Miller
Horsemen's Association
Will Rogers
State of
Texas
Bob Mueller
Amarillo Gas Company
C. T. McLaughlin
Snyder
Natives Taken Off Aleutians
Evacuation of 500 natives from the Pribilofs and Atka Island to Southern Alaska is reported by Navy and Army authorities. The Pribilofs lie in the Bering Sea and Atka is a western Aleutian island between Dutch Harbor and Kiska. Japanese actions at Dutch Harbor and Kiska are noted.
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Atka
Aleutian Islands
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Navy Monday
Formal Opening of Dalhart's Rita Blanca Lake Cancelled
Dalhart cancels the formal opening of Rita Blanca Lake scheduled for Sunday. The decision follows a request for 100 percent backing of the war effort by defense officials in Washington. Concessionaire Earl S. Carter said the move aligns with Joseph B. Eastman's guidance to halt non essential celebrations for the duration.
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Rita Blanca
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Joseph B. Eastman
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Earl S. Carter
Governor Lauds Eisenhower as Texans Back Him
Texas Governor Coke R Stevenson cables support for Maj. Gen Dwight D Eisenhower after he took command in the European theater. Stock accounting forms from Russell Stationery Company are noted.
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Austin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Coke R. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Russell Statonery Company
Prefabricated Bins Provide Wheat Storage Hope
Panhandle farmers face acute wheat storage shortages as terminal and elevator spaces fill. Commodity Credit Corporation CCC offers prefabricated storage bins at cost via county committees to store loaned wheat, with shipments speeding to meet demand.
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Commodity Credit Corporaion
E. R. Duke
Amarillo
Duke
Commodity Credit Corporation
Ccc
AAA
Potter County
40 Mile Line Readies For Duel In Egypt Front
Axis advance groups clash with British covering forces near Matruh as Rommel pressures 40 mile line toward Alexandria. Luftwaffe and Italian units push west of Sidi Barani while Liberators raid Tobruk and Bengali ports, with reinforcements and supply moves shaping the battle.
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Edward Kennedy
Cairo
Egypt
Alexandria
U.S. Army Air Force
Tobruk
Rommel
Matruh
Mediterranean
Qattara
United Nations
Neil M. Ritchie
Libya
Ninth Army
Palestine
Levant
Tenth Army
Iraq
Iran
Haifa
U. S
Garison
RAF
Bengali
Italy-Africa
Bir Abu Misheifa
Sidi Barani
161 Shopping Days til Christmas Want Ad Deadline
The piece urges readers to place Want Ads at Want Ad Headquarters in time for the Sunday News-Globe. A 6:30 p.m. deadline is highlighted and readers are reminded to dial 6262 for the GLOBE-NEWS WANT ADS.
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Globe
Globe-News
U S Torpedo Boats Arrive At Alexandria
American built motor torpedo boats reach Alexandria to bolster the British Mediterranean fleet. They stand ready to engage the Axis push as German and Italian forces threaten the coast and British naval base.
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Alexandria
Egypt
House Refuses Wheat Bargain
Washington June 26 The House again voted against allowing the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell undeteriorated government held surplus grain stocks at less than parity prices.
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Washington
U.P
House Today
Commodity Credit Corporation
Soviet Bombers Hit German Fleet in Finnish Port
A Moscow dispatch reported by Pi-The Free French says more than 100 Soviet bombers attacked a German fleet near Leningrad in a Finnish port, sinking several troopships and setting fuel dumps and other installations on fire.
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London
Free French Independent News Agency
Moscow
Leningrad
Battlefronts June 26 1942 quick view of world war pressure
On the Battlefronts June 26 1942 reports show the Egypt front taking shape with armored assault and heavy fighting. Bremen is burned after a major aerial strike. Red forces halt Russian withdrawals near Kharkov while Sevastopol holds. American factories produced 4000 planes in May and a global air transport system was announced to supply army needs.
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Ukraine
Kharkov
Egypt
Sevastopol
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