Dutch Harbor Raid Seen as Less Than Serious
KEITH WHEELBRIGHT reports on the June 3 1942 Japanese attack on Dutch Harbor Unalaska Island noting the defense by US Catalina seaplanes Army bombers and fighters. Despite fire damage to Fort Mears and a hospital near Missives, defenders considered the strike less than serious as Allied forces counterattacked from Kodiak and other bases.
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Keith Wheelbright
Chicago Times, Inc
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Dutch Harbor
Iiea
Unalaska Island
Catalina
Kodiak
Trafers
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Fort Means
Umnak
Unalaska
Umnak Pass
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Seguam Island
Umnak Island
Aleutians
Kiska
Attu
Nimitz Day Honoring Texas Sailor Spurs War Effort
Texan tribute to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander of the Pacific fleet, links his Midway and Coral Sea victories to a broader recruiting and war effort. Governor Stevenson, Admiral King, and War Secretary Knox praise the Fredericksburg native, with Nimitz Day events planned across Texas including a Dallas rally. The second item notes the Pacific war council under President Roosevelt drafting strategy to bolster China’s war effort, with Soong detailing China's military position and potential actions.
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United Press
Chester W. Nimitz
Texas
Coral Sea
Fredericksburg
Admiral Nimitz
Coke R Stevenson
Navy
Dallas
Fair Park
Shell
Ernest J. King
Nimitz of
Knox
Pacific
Midway
Chester Nimitz
United States Navy
Stevenson
Nimitz
American Legion
Andrew Dilworth
Washington
Pacific War Council
Roosevelt
United Nations
China
White House
New Zealand
Walter Nash
T. B. Soong
Far East
Koenigsberg Bombed by Soviet Planes
Soviet planes bombed Koenisberg in east Prussia again last night the Moscow radio said. A raid last Saturday caused 38 fires in the city many in the center. A large Belgian crowd attended the funeral of six British airmen who fell in Belgium and a tablet paid tribute to those who gave their lives for liberation.
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Moscow
Koenisberg
East Prussia
Are
Belgium
Harvard Planes Built in Texas
Pilots who will fly Hurricanes Spitfires and other British combat planes train in hundreds of new Harvard IIIs sent from North American Aviation Texas plant. The factory, expanding from AT-6s and SNJs for U S forces, built the first Harvards in Texas, a trainer long used by the British Empire since 1939.
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Texas
Plains of Texas
North American Aviation, Inc
Hope To Catch Thieves Cold
Philadelphia police search for a pair of safecrackers who dragged a market safe into an ice box to force it open, stealing $1,000. The story also notes Mexico legalizes horsemeat for human consumption.
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Philadelphia
Mexico
Market Summary and Kansas City Livestock Report
Stocks and meats report mixed gains with Dow Jones up at 1 P.M. and cattle and hogs trading unevenly in Kansas City. Hogs mostly slower with tops near 14.50, cattle and calves varied with grass-fed and native stock showing modest gains, and sheep trading lightly in early rounds.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Kansas City
Colorado
Kansas
Ask Vote for Service Men
The House rules committee approved a bill granting armed forces members serving within the Continental United States a vote in federal elections. The measure, sponsored by Rep Ramsey, requires servicemen to swear they are qualified voters in their states and would be administered by state secretaries. Rep Hobbs argued it unconstitutional as it expands federal control over state voting regulations.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Continental
United States
House
Ramsey
West Virginia
Hobbs
Alabama
Post War Tax Rebates Tied to Higher Excess Profits Taxes
The Senate Finance Committee may face a proposal to link post war rebates with a 100 percent excess profits tax and a 50 percent boost to other corporate levies. A Democratic member indicated this after House approval of a 6.271 billion taxi bill with hearings starting tomorrow as Secretary Morgenthau seeks revised revenues. The House earlier set excess profits at 90 percent and cut other corporate taxes from 45 to 40 percent.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Enemy Aliens Rounded Up in New York Area
FBI assistant director P. E. Foxworth said agents with New York and Hempstead police rounded up 42 enemy aliens in raids across Manhattan the Bronx Brooklyn Queens and Hempstead. Forty were members of the Federation of Italian World War Veterans also linked to the Fascist Italian organization. One German and one Japanese were among those arrested.
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New York
P. E Foxworth
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Hempstead
N. Y
Federation of
Italian World War Veterans
War Veterans Federations
Associazione Nazionale Combatanti Italiano
Foxworth
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
New York State
Fascist League of North America
Italy
Engagement Lasts For 32 Years Then Wedding Arrives
William E. Bergin and Hazel Del Beal of Anaconda Montana met after 30 years apart and married immediately in Houston. Bergin said the engagement lasted 32 years with years of postponed nuptials and letters from Del Beal over three decades.
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Houston
William E. Bergin
Hazel del Beal
Anaconda
Mont
Bergin
Ceremony To Open Sixth Avenue In City Dedication
Official opening of widened West Sixth Avenue will be marked by a ceremony Friday night at the Georgia Street intersection. The contractor completed work under a tight schedule to have 13 blocks ready. Mayor Jenkins and city officials are invited with G F Branson to serve as master of ceremonies.
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West Sixth Avenue
Georgia Street
Bill Beechler
West Sixth Committee
Jenkins
Bob" Epperson
Oscar Hargett
James Lott
State Highway Department
G. F. Branson
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
New U. S. Airdromes Rise in Britain
London report notes several new airfields built to host the growing United States Army air forces in Britain. American air force members increase in numbers, and U S bombers with insignia have appeared over London. Azores shipments now largely consist of embroideries.
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U. S
Britain
London
Great Britain
United States Army Air Forces
American Air
Azores
United States
Germans Claim Sinking Four British Speedboats
Berlin reports four British torpedo speedboats sunk and two set afire in the English Channel during an engagement cited by Berlin military sources.
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Berlin
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