Midway Shows U S Air Force Superior in Pacific War
Clark Lee reports from Pearl Harbor on June 8 that the Midway victory cripples Japan’s fleet and confirms American naval air power. The article argues Allied offensive momentum grows, with dive bombers and torpedo planes delivering key blows, and notes aircraft dominance across Pacific campaigns including Coral Sea and Midway. Buenos Aires also reports Argentina protesting German and Italian torpedoing of the tanker Victoria in American waters, marking the first Axis attack on an Argentine vessel since U S entry into the war.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Midway
Coral Sea
Java
Philippines
United States
United Nations
Australia
Hawaii
Alaska
Fleet Air Arm
Marine Corps
Macassar Strait
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Germany
Italy
Chile
Body of Heydrich Gels to Berlin
The body of Reinhard Heydrich, assassinated Reichprotektor of Bohemia Moravia, arrived in Berlin today. It was escorted from Anhalter Station through the streets by a motor escorte and Blackshirt Guard to Prince Albrecht Palace, Wilhemstrasse, for a state funeral ordered by Hitler at Reich Chancellery tomorrow.
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Berlin
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia-Moravia
Anhalter Station
Prince Albrecht Palace
Wilhelmstrasse
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
U S Bombers Strike Rangoon at Daylight
New Delhi June 8 report states large U S Army bombers conducted the first daylight attack on Rangoon since the Japanese occupation. The raid faced monsoon weather heavy anti aircraft fire and numerous Japanese fighters. the date was not specified.
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New Delhi
United States Army
Rangoon
Desperate Tokyo Faces Naval Struggles Amid War Strikes
U S forces push to seize air control and neutralize Japan’s carriers as strategic aims in overseas campaigns. Tokyo shows signs of crisis with a possible encirclement, while admirals brace for grim losses and mass death at sea in oil slicked waters.
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Japan
Hawaiian Islands
Tokyo
United States
Naval Office
Hirohito
Pinkney Led Tri State Fair As President Since 1938
Funeral details outline Pinkney’s long service to the Tri State Fair, including his 1942 exposition cancellation decision, his Masonic ties, and the Knights Templar and Mystic Shrine rites. An honor guard will attend, with family survivors listed, and a watch schedule for the vigil.
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Pinkney
Khiva Temple of
Mystic Shrine
Knights Templar
Frank Cummings
Olton
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Roy Cullim
Clay Thornton
Rex Baxter
John McKnight
Ed Hardin
C.S. Kakeig
R. E. Wertz
Dean Kirk
W. M. Gouldy
John Boyce
Herb Budke
Lewis Fields
Bill Beechler
F. R. Dukes
T. W. Gilstrap
Bill Baker
Ross Rogers
S. B. Whittenburg
George Autry
Walter Blackburn
Mason King
Mabel C. Pinkney
Peggy
Bill Dee
A. W. Pinkney
Hollywood
Aftermath of Pearl Harbor and Midway Rising Hopes
Hawaiians felt the United States had repelled a second Japanese blow at Hawaii, with Midway seen as a strategic victory on par with Jutland. Reports say Coral Sea losses include 14 ships and several carriers and cruisers sunk or damaged, while Midway may have knocked out three to five carriers. Public belief grows that Japan’s naval strength wanes and the US can switch to offense.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Midway
Hawaii
Jutland
Japan
Coral Sea
Dutch Harbor
Africa
Governor proclaims Onion Week and Fathers Day
Austin dispatch reports Governor Coke R. Stevenson designated this week as Onion Week and set June 21 as Fathers Day. The proclamation highlights agricultural and family observances across the state.
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Austin
U.P
Coke R. Stevenson
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Market Report
Livestock sales opened slow then active in Kansas City with hogs at 13.75 to 13.99 for 140-180 lb and 190-350 lb tops at 13.90, cattle 16,000 salable with mixed classes weak, heifers and yearlings steady, cows softer, stockers and feeders 60-65 percent of receipts. Chicago reported 14,000 hogs steady to 10c off, top 14.25, cattle 20,000 with early 25-40c lower, best at 14.75, sheep 2,000 with lambs 13.35-13.75, notes on fat lambs and feeder prices. overall market softening with mixed outcomes. Financials show fund liquidation at 1.2167 with offer at 1.33.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Bomb Load Explodes As Plane Crashes At Fort Benning
Fort Benning Georgia reports an airplane crash on the reservation. Lt Russell Hammergren says the aircraft carried bombs and at least one detonated triggering others. The crash occurred about 15 miles from post headquarters with no immediate word on casualties.
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Fort Benning, Georgia
Fort Benning
Russell Hammergren
Hammargren
Midway Battle Fuels Allied Hopes of Japanese Downfall
Chinese editorials praise Midway as the turning point and declare Japan’s invincibility myth destroyed by the American Navy. In Washington, Hull submits lend-lease forms to envoys of exiled Belgium Poland and Greece, outlining mutual aid and postwar collaboration.
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Chungking
Midway
Japan
New China Daily News
Washington
Cordell Hull
United Nations
Belgium
Poland
Greece
Five-Year Sentence for Hess in Federal Drug Car Case
Five years were imposed today in Leavenworth federal court on Joseph Moses Hess who admitted transporting a stolen car across state lines. Calvin Charles Richie received two years in El Reno for selective service act violation. Oscar Kelley of Wellington got 30 days with suspended sentence for liquor law violation. Docket clearance expected in about two days.
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Joseph Moses Hess
Leavenworth
Calvin Charles Richie
el Reno
Richie
Oscar Kelley
Wellington
President Discusses Drafting 18 Year Olds
President Roosevelt met with Major General Lewis B. Hershey to discuss drafting 18 and 19 year olds for the armed services. He has not announced a position publicly. Hershey notes that in past wars youths of 18 and 19 have been called to serve and that Congress would need new legislation if restrictions were lifted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Congress
Nazi Generals Arrive in Canada for Internment
Ottawa reports the arrival of two German generals and about 200 officers among thousands of war prisoners. Defense Minister J. L. Ralston announced the prisoners, believed to be Libyan campaign captives, were escorted from a U.S. port to internment camps in Canada within the past two weeks.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Defense
J. L. Ralston
U.S
World War II War Approp Reaches Record Level
U S Congress requested a new war appropriation of 39.4 billion dollars the largest ever in history to push projected American expenditures in World War II beyond 200 billion dollars as the conflict expanded globally.
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Congress
LaFollette Moves For $50 Army Pay
Senator Robert M. LaFollette urged sending the disputed military pay bill back to conference with instruction for the Senate to accept a House amendment setting $50 a month as the base minimum pay for privates and apprentice seamen.
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Washington
U.P
Robert M. LaFollette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Senate
Berlin Says U S Troops at Basra
A Berlin radio report, cited by an Istanbul Transocean correspondent, claimed United States troops totaling 20,000 had landed at Basra in Iraq. The report remained unconfirmed by other sources. Chile weighs limits on high industrial profits.
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Berlin
United States
Basra
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Istanbul
Transocean Agency
Chile
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