Japanese Claim Aleutians Gain and Carrier Losses Reported
Tokyo reports the loss of an aircraft carrier and 35 planes in Pacific fighting. Japanese forces seize the Western Aleutians near Dutch Harbor and Midway air raids aim to disrupt U.S. bases. A navy spokesman counters Axis claims of Aleutian occupation as unverified. O. C. Webster listed as missing in action after Java. Potter County Bond sales total 74,955 toward a 300,000 quota. Stanley Lupino dies at 48 in London.
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Tokyo
United Press
New York
Imperial Command
Pacific
Alaskan
Aleutian Archipelago
U. S. Dutch Harbor
Hiraide
Aleutian Islands
Sydney
Newcastle
Midway
Dutch Harbor
Washington
Potter County
United States launches scrap rubber salvage drive
The United States starts a nationwide campaign to collect scrap rubber including old hot water bottles tires tubes and worn galoshes to avert a civilian rubber shortage and possibly gasoline rationing. Officials note doubts about meeting needs despite President Roosevelt's approval and varying estimates on scrap rubber availability.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
America
Bureau of Census
Worries Grow Over City House Problem
City officials and business leaders urge rapid action on Amarillo housing for war workers. Mayor Jenkins and Commissioner Epperson are away but discussions with Rex Baxter and Guy Blandford Jr focus on designating Amarillo a defense area to unlock materials and permit temporary housing like trailer camps.
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Amarillo
Greenville
Joe Jenkins
Bob" Epperson
Washington
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Guy Blandford, Jr
National Housing Agency
Epperson
Southwestern Drug Corporation
Dallas
Reds Battle to Hold Sevastopol in High Toll
Severe fighting near Sevastopol reported with German losses exceeding 2,500 in a single day and Soviet casualties mounting. General Manstein reportedly massed at least 150,000 troops with tanks and planes in a major assault to seize the Crimean fortress. A separate West Coast report notes a Japanese submarine sinking an American merchantman near Neah Bay with 53 survivors.
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Red Star
Sevastopol
Fritz Erich von Manstein
Crimea
Pacific
United States
Homer T. Bone
Washington, D. C
Neah Bay
Washington
Dutch Harbor
Aleutian Islands
Pearl Harbor
Victory In Air Over New Guinea Bases Bombed
Allied planes destroyed or damaged 13 Japanese fighters in a New Guinea battle during a heavy raid on two enemy bases. General MacArthur said a major raid hit the Ermera base on Timor Island and an enemy submarine failed in a gun attack off southeastern Australia as Allied planes bombed Lae and Salamau amid anti aircraft fire.
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Melbourne
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Ermera
Timor
Australia
Lae
Salamau
Mace Arthur
Navy antisub campaign pushed U boats farther from Atlantic coast
Washington June 10 confirming a secret session with Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox the Senate committee reported that the antisubmarine campaign has driven most U boats from the immediate Atlantic coastal waters and forced them to operate about 50 miles offshore.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Navy
Atlantic
Weather outlook with showers and cooler afternoon
The weather bureau notes a chance of showers late today and cooler temperatures this afternoon. Yesterday’s high reached 85 degrees. Moisture measurements include English Field 1.52 inches with hail but no damage, Pampa 39, Stratford 43, Guymon .25, Panhandle .44. Showers were lighter elsewhere.
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Weather Bureau
English Field
Pampa
Stratford
Guymon
Panhandle
British Bombing Hits Taranto Base For Second Night
Rome reports British air strikes against the Italian naval base at Taranto for a second night. Casualties reach 20 killed and 75 injured, according to the high command.
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Rome
Taranto
High Command
Nazi retaliation escalates after Heydrich killing
Berlin dispatches say the Allies face sweeping punitive measures in Czechoslovakia and occupied territories. Germany warns Prague Paris Amsterdam and Poland Yugoslavia will feel the harsher penalties as executions rise, with reports of mass shootings in occupied France and near-total depopulation in some areas due to partisan actions.
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Switzerland
Reinhard Heydrich
Czecho-Slovakia
Oynenblans Vw
Nbhanivn
Vvonulitluny Allachs
Germany
Berlin
Prague
Paris
Amsterdam
Poland
Yugoslavia
France
Heydrich
Gestapo
Amarillo Area Forecast Reports Scattered Showers In West Texas
Weather forecast notes slight drop in afternoon temperatures in Amarillo area with scattered late day showers. West Texas shows similar temperatures to the prior 24 hours with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms from Big Bend to Pecos Valley. Temperature extremes recorded 24 hours ending 6:30 A M were 55 to 85 with 1.52 inches of precipitation. noon reading was 72.
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Amarillo
Texas
Big Bend
Pecos Valley
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Hideo Hiraide
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131 Field Artillery Second Batallion
Stanley Lupino
London
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Ida Lupino
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K.D. Smith
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Ohio
Hargett
Jack Wyatt
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Goleta
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Sen. Bone
Vern Wickert
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Steve Malone
Seattle
Stephen Chance
Virginia 1
Astoria
Ore
Stockholm
Allehands
Helsinki
Leningrad
Kronstadt
Totleben
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Bohemia and Moravia
Occupied
Hitler
Frederick C.oechsner
Aus Stationery Company
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