German Spy Played Big Sneak Role At Pearl Harbor
OWI says German agent Bernard J. Otto Kuehn helped plan the Pearl Harbor raid by signaling to the Japanese and supplying ship counts. He was arrested in 1941 and later sentenced, with his wife and step-daughter aiding the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Office of War Information
Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn
Kuehn
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Reinhard
Hangman
Kalama
Kai Lua
Oahu
Federal Bar of Investigation
Iss
United States
Honolulu
Germany
Japan
FBI
Sis
Dormer
Tadaji Morimura
Otojiro Okada
Hans Joachim
Nagao Kita
Foreign Office
Hawaii
Berlin
Rotterdam Bank Association
Holland
Sicily Eyes Massed Air Fleets Amid Allied Bombing
Allied air forces pummeled Gerbini and Catania in Sicily as Liberators bombed Axis bases. RAF raids targeted the Rhineland while Bremen Kiel battles and U-boat hubs drew heavy losses. Pantelleria and Lampedusa fell. Linos island garrison surrendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl C. Cranmer
Associated Press
Italy
Malta
Gerbini
Catania
Sicily
RAF
Germany
Rhineland
Russia
China
Air Ministry
Bremen
Kiel
Desert
The
Reich
Duesseldorf
Muenster
Bochum
Ruhr
Frederick L. Anderson
U. S
England
London
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Mediterranean
Linos
Liberators
U S Fliers Hit Hard at Japs in Burma Raids
American Mitchell medium bombers attacked two railroad bridges in the upper Irrawaddy region of Burma. Bridges at Meza and Kyungo were damaged or probably damaged. Bombers also hit warehouses at Nyaunggyi wun and rolling stock at Allagappa west of Mandalay with good results. No American losses. British Blenheim bombers raided enemy positions in Kale Valley and Taungup Pass road without loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Irrawaddy
Burma
U. S. Air Force
Meza
Katha
Kyungo
Nyaunghinwun
Allagappa
Mandalay
Kale
Kin Hill
Taungup Pass
Arakan
95 Percent of Taxes Collected Promises Big Saving
Miss Jewell Davidson announces that close to 95 percent of state and county taxes have been collected with May showing strong gains. May highway fees totaled $5,503.16, and the May tax collection reached $7,598.96. Split payments are due this month and delinquent 1942 taxes go to the list after June 30 with added penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell Davidson
Decision Awaited on Long Coal Dispute by War Labor Board
Appalachian coal operators and United Mine Workers clash over wages as the War Labor Board prepares a ruling on the Central Pennsylvania agreement and its effect on the wider Appalachian field. If the board rejects or Lewis rejects the decision, new work stoppages could occur, with the Smith Connally bill looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Lahr
Washington
U.P
Appalachian Coal
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Central Pennsylvania
Appalachian
WLB
Som
UMW
Pennsylvania
Charlie O'Neill
Smith-Connally
Roosevelt
Suboena Lewis
Tax Payments Must Be In Office by June 15
It is too late to mail the due in come tax quarterly payment to Dallas. A postmark of June 15 doesn’t count. the money must be in the hands of a collector or his representative. Those who have not paid can deliver directly to the deputy collector in Room 308, Federal Building, by 5 pm tomorrow. For Granaries, Shingles, etc., see John Maynard Lbr. Co., 800 W. 5th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Federal Building
Guerrillas and Airmen Record China Victory Push
Chinese commandos and American air units report success against Japanese forces in central China and along the Yangtze. Nanchang air base and fronts near Yo Chow are cited as key targets, with heavy bombings and Japanese losses claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanchang
Kiangsi
China
Shanghai
Hankow
Yochow
Yangtze
Sangtze
Ichang
Shasi
Chungking
Solomons
Nazis Doom Is Sure Bet
Report on page 5 notes a projected victory by Nazi forces in a conflict, describing a strong expectation of decisive success and casting doubt on opposing efforts.
Plan Proposed To End OPA Abolition of rationing roles proposed
Sen Homer Ferguson endorses shifting gasoline to Harold Ickes Joseph Eastman would take automobile rationing and Chester Davis food rationing. Move aims to abolish the Office of Price Administration and end its rationing functions as Donald Nelson weighs Ickes request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Harold L. Ickes
Joseph B. Eastman
Chester C. Davis
Office of Price Administration
Ickes
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
OPA
Fortresses and Liberators Attack Japs at Kahili
Navy reports a bombing raid by Flying Fortresses and Liberator bombers on Japanese positions at Kahili on Bougainville Island in the Solomons. Night of June 12 raid results not observed. No United States losses.
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China
Kiangsi
Yangtze
South Pacific
Russell Islands
Solomons
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Guinea
Russia
U. S
Bougainville
Tokyo
Russell Island
North Pacific
Washington
Kahili
Bougainville Island
Navy
United States
Mrs Dempsey's Suit Dismissed In New York Case
Supreme Court Referee J Ad ison Young dismissed Mrs Hannah Williams Dempsey's counter-suit for divorce against Lieut Commander William H Dempsey after failing witness testimony. The trial resumed with attorney Gerald Donovan seeking Yvette Colbert to testify about alleged adultery with Jane Dee. With Colbert absent, the counter-suit portion was withdrawn leaving only the main suit and separation case unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
O.R
Supreme Court
J. Addison Young
Hannah Williams
Dempsey
William H
Jack) Dempsey
Gerald Donovan
Yvette Colbert
Miss Colbert
Coast Guard
Aduljtry
Jane Dee
Donovan
Young
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Slightly cooler tonight and early Tuesday with strong winds decreasing late tonight. West Texas sees little temperature change with scattered thunder showers today and early tonight. Panhandle South Plains New Mexico expect no important change in temperatures with highs around 83 and lows near 60.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Big Bend
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
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Eulalie McDowell
United Press Staff
Ane
U.S
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Guadalcanal
Far East
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Attu
Kiska
Social Security Board
Rommel
Afrika Korps
Ferguson
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Mrs. Dempsey
A. B. Dick Mizisograph
Russell Stationery Company
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