Explosion at Elwood Ordnance Plant Kills 21 in Loading Building
A blast demolishes a shell loading line at the Elwood Ordnance Plant south of Chicago, killing 21 workers and wounding 24. The plant runs 23 square miles with four main buildings and remains in operation. FBI and military boards to investigate. no sabotage suspected. Also noted: three Texans awarded Purple Hearts in Australia. France would form a fifth column if a second front opens, per a U.S. source.
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William McMenamin Elwood
Inl
Elwood
Army
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Joliet
David P. Tunstall
Tunstall
FBI
Military Board of Inquiry
Washington
U.P
France
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Amarillo area expects slightly lower afternoon temps with scattered late day showers. West Texas shows widely scattered thundershowers in places excluding El Paso with similar temps to the past 24 hours. New Mexico tepid changes, with scattered thunderstorms in Jemez and Sangre de Christo ranges. Extremes yesterday 85 and 60, noon temp 71, trace of precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
New Mexico
Jemez
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Largest convoy of war reinforcements reaches India
British officials reveal the biggest convoy of Allied troops and materiel to reach India has been unloaded at Eastern ports. The shipment includes anti aircraft guns tanks and personnel from Britain and the United States with crews for Hurricane fighters and Kittyhawks. Japanese advances near the Indian Burma frontier prompt RAF river patrols while British forces report no imminent attack despite heavy rainfall season beginning.
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Preston Grover
New Delhi
India
Burma
Britain
France
Libya
United Kingdom
Homalin
Indian-Burma
Chindwin
Mandalay
Submarine losses mount as Allied planes sink six Japanese subs
Allied air units report sinking two or possibly three Japanese submarines off the Australian east coast, raising five day losses to six or seven. General MacArthur announced the tally after Dutch East Indies and Australian squadrons scoured vast shipping lanes, with additional ships damaged or sunk in related actions.
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Brydon C. Taves
Melbourne
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Netherland East Indies
United States
MacArthur
Sydney
Japan
Canberra
Netherlands
Sydney Harbor
Draft Deferment Recommended For Electric Power
Selective Service HQ proposes draft deferments for men in the production transmission and distribution of electric power to ensure steady utility service nationwide.
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Washington
U.P
Selective Service
Blackout in Paradise Not a Picnic
Mrs. Charles Gordon DeKay recounts her wartime experiences from Honolulu and Paris, her Navy officer husband’s service, and Red Cross work. She shares vivid memories of Pearl Harbor and Hawaii’s resilience, while hinting at censorship and personal risk. The visit moves from Temple to Washington as plans unfold.
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Charles Gordon DeKay
Honolulu
Lawrence Griffith
Griffith
Ong Street
DeKay
C. G. DeKay
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Manila
Welborn Griffith
United States Army
Gordon
Annapolis Naval Academy
Harvar Business School
Paris
France
DeKays
Pearl Harbor
Paradise
DeKayr
United States
Quanah
Texas
Laramie
Wyo
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Hawaii
Washington
Globe-News
Mrs. DeKay
Roosevelt Starts National Study on Gasoline Scarcity
President Roosevelt began a nationwide review of linked gasoline and rubber shortages. He summoned 11 government executives to the White House for a critical conference. He declined to promise mid July rationing, saying he would discuss the gasoline situation at a noon briefing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
RAF Raiders Hit Two German Ships in Trondheim Raid
Norwegian sources citing Trondheim report say the German battleship Tirpitz and heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper took several direct hits in the latest RAF attack near Trondheim. One ship listed developed a definite list. raids April 29-30 also hit Vaernes and Oeverlandet airfields.
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London
Tirpitz
Admiral Hipper
Trondheim
Vaernes
Oeverlandet
U S Wins Opener In Big Vichaway Island
The United States naval and air forces repelled a Japanese Midway assault as part of a broader Pacific engagement. Navy statements noted the attack was quickly beaten back with light casualties and limited damage while questions about Dutch Harbor activity continued.
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Viachaway Island
United States
Midway
Dutch Harbor
Hawaii
Australia
Hawaiian
Army
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Tokyo
Nimitz
Air
Roosevelt vows retaliation if Japan uses gas in war
President Roosevelt reads a State Department statement warning Japan that gas warfare against any nation will be treated as aggression against the United States. He notes Britain would mirror such a stance toward Germany and says no authoritative reports exist yet on Japanese mistreatment of American prisoners.
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Japan
State Department
United States
China
United Nation
United Nations
Mr. Roosevelt
Great Britain
Germany
Churchill
Roosevelt
War
Navy
Current
Saturday Evening Post
RAF Attacks Sweep Nazi Coast In Daylight Raids
RAF daylight sweeps across the Channel hit targets along the Nazi held coast and northern France. Over 1,000 planes attacked, only three fighters lost as German defenses largely ignored the raids. Long-range bombers were grounded at night but fighters and light bombers resumed raids at dawn. Russian praise from Moscow congratulates the RAF on Cologne and Essen strikes.
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English Channel
France
Dieppe
Holland
Moscow
A. Novikov
Charles Portal
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Bror G. Dahlberg
Louis Matz
Rose Bowl Tea Room
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Dahlberg
Matz
Certain-teed
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Amarillo Country Club
Poto
Evelyn Boyd
Purple Heart
Sandie
George H. Brett
Southwest Pacific
Wilson Chapman
Nitaque
Chapman
Kelly
Blair Cherry
Charley Austin
Katharine Cannady
Globe News Business Office
People of
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Axis
U.S
Coral Sea
Ottawa
Royal Air Force
Cologne
Essen
Hitler
Red Army
World Globes and Atlases
Russe
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