Yorktown Sunk After Midway Carrier Loss and Aftermath
New Orleans reports confirm the Yorktown sank June 7 after sustained battle damage from June 4 air strikes and June 6 submarine torpedoes. The Hammann was lost after the Yorktown, with Navy officials noting a costly Midway victory and detailing broader Japanese and American losses.
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Midway Island
United States
Hammann
Navy Department
Navy
Battle of Midway
Midway
Coral Sea
Yorktown
Lexington
Enterprise
Saratoga
Wasp
Hornet
Ranger
America
Kaka Akagi
Soryu
Kiryu
Pacific
Elliott Buckmaster
Columbus
Ohio
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Arnold Ellsworth True
Corinth
New Orleans
U. S
Washington
Ernest Joseph Boudreaux
Congressmen Rush to Capital for Recess
Washington dispatch reports Congress adjourned until Monday with no urgent business ready. The piece notes rising tensions over the Presidents farm price policy, hints at wage controls merging with farm prices, and discusses trust issues between Congress and the President amid bureaucratic friction.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congressman Worley
Congress
Mr. Worley
Taft
Ohio Republican
Army
Navy
Stars Come Out in Amarillo at Arrival of Movie Stars
Janet Gaynor Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce and Robert Stack drew crowds in Amarillo as their arrival sparked greeting cheers. Fans recognized each star, with shouts of hello and waves as the group stepped from the train.
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Joe Jenkins
Janet Gaynor
Miss Gaynor
Amarillo
Texas
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Ross Rogers
Nigel Bruce
Dr. Watson
Robert Stack
Eagle Squadron
Jack King
John Musselman
Interstate Theater
Municipal Auditorium
Santa Fe
Basil
Marines Hold On Reds Yield Ground In Pacific Action
Navy and land forces report continued Marine positions around Guadalcanal while Japanese pressure edges forward with small detachments landing near the airfield. Meanwhile Soviet troops halt a Nazi push toward Stalingrad as ground contests intensify in the city and surrounding fronts.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Southwest Pacific
Allied Air Forces
Chester W. Nimita
Guadalcanal
Russia
Stalingrad
Olga
Rhev
Voronezh
Don River
Moscow
Rzhev
Red Star
Wenges
Fedor von Bock
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for continued warmth with fresh to strong winds and little temperature change. Scattered showers or thunderstorms are expected Del Rio Eagle Pass and Big Bend late today or tonight, with similar conditions in New Mexico later today. Temperatures this afternoon and tonight mirror yesterday's values, with 87 as the day’s high and 61 the low. Noon reading was 81.
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Amarillo
Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Big Bend
New Mexico
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Department
South Pacific
Pearl Harbor
William R. Henderson
Bogalusa
Lex
Henderson
By Welizzard
War
Emma
War Department
Tam
So-and
Izzard
Russell Stationery Company
John Maynard Lhr. Co
Pacific Fleet
Berlin
DNB
Washington Channel
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