Midway Victory Turns Point in Allied War Effort
In the Pacific, Midway delivers a decisive blow to Japan's navy, crippling its fleet air arm. The battle follows Coral Sea as a turning phase of the war, with American air and sea power leveraging dive bombers and torpedo planes to gain a strategic edge.
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Pearl Harbor
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Midway
Coral Sea
Java
Philippines
United States
United Nations
Australia
Hawaii
Alaska
Fleet Air Arm
RAF Daylight Raiders Pound Nazi Defenses in France and Holland
RAF daylight raids across France and Holland attack targets near Caen Montdidier and Leeuwarden while bombers hit Emden Nordensee work submarine factory and Dortmund Ems Canal. Night sorties damage ships and cause casualties in Britain and Germany amid broad Allied air offensive.
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France
Holland
London
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Lton
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Comunique
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Leeuwarden
Amsterdam
Emden
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Nordenseewerk
Dortmund-Ems
Scandinavia
Reich
Cologne
Showdown on Draft Is Near
President Roosevelt evaluates the draft issue for 18 and 19 year olds and meets with Major General Lewis B. Hershey. He has not taken a public position while Hershey notes that past wars mobilized youths of 18 and 19. Any change would require new legislation from Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Congress
Halliday to report to Army Air Corps School
Halliday a former municipal judge and local Democratic leader will report Saturday to the Army Air Corps School in Miami Florida for training.
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Halliday
AIR Corps Gallipolis
John Halliday
Army Air Corps School
Miami
Fla
Anti Sub Weapons Production Rising Says Vinson
Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Committee states that U S production of anti submarine weapons is surpassing enemy submarine output. He notes the anti submarine warfare organization has passed growing pains and is now established and functioning smoothly.
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Washington
United States
Vinson
D.ga
House Naval Committee
Navy
Air Forces Freeze Ground Officer Applications
The army air forces announced no further applications for ground officer commissions for now. In key cities offices have been swamped with administrative appointment requests. Existing applications will be reviewed and qualified men interviewed as needed.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Nazi Generals Among Prisoners in Canada
Ottawa reports two German generals and about 200 other officers with thousands of men captured in Atlantic battles have arrived at Canadian prison camps in the last two weeks. Defense Minister J L Ralston disclosed the details and withheld the generals' identities.
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Ont
Atlantic
Defense
J. L. Ralston
Mean-Feeling Ohioan Held for Manslaughter
Salem reports 19 year old Jack Rogers to face a manslaughter charge after the fatal beating of 11 month old John Krulich. Coroner Arnold Devon noted Rogers said he felt mean as he left a tavern and attacked the first person he met.
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Salem
Jack Rogers
Arnold Devon
John Krulich
Rogers
Evacuation urged for France coastal belt by British radio
A British radio broadcast urges French civilians from the Belgian border to the Spanish border to evacuate the Nazi designated military zone along the coast. It warns that coastal areas will become war theaters and civilian presence hampers troops, urging immediate departure despite Nazi obstacles.
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France
Pyrenees
Spain
St. Nazaire
Ohio Soldier Dies in Mid Air Planes Crash
CORP Louis Betka 22 of Lorain Ohio was killed in a mid air crash of two air corps training planes from Williams Field near Phoenix Arizona. Two officer pilots and another enlisted man bailed out but the cause remains undetermined according to Captain Clyde W Melton public relations officer.
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Coolidge, Ariz
Corp
Louis Betka
Lorain
Air Corps
Williams Field
Phoenix
Clyde W. Melton
Night Reconnaissance Raid Returns With Prisoners
British commanders return ashore after a successful Boulogne reconnaissance raid in the German anti invasion defenses. Raiders brought numerous prisoners to England.
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Boulogne
England
Join Avengers of Pearl Harbor Enlistments Grow Nationwide
The Associated Press reports 12 326 men and women joined the armed forces in mass enlistments across the country as the avengers of Pearl Harbor. Recruits included 232 Ohioans sworn in in a coordinated ceremony timed to 2 PM Eastern Wartime officials vow to restore peace through punishment of aggressors.
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Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
Week's Toll of Shipping Large
Navy announces total 252 ships sunk in western Atlantic by submarines from Canada to South America. Last week and yesterday add 25 new victims. casualty list now 105 dead and 44 missing with 880 survivors. Losses include 10 U S ships and multiple Allied vessels.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Navy
Canada
South American
U. S
Eastern Gas Ration To Increase Next Week
The regular coupon book system will raise the average basic gasoline ration to nearly four gallons per week for East coast motorists starting next month. CPA fuel rationing administrator Joel Dean said non essential drivers currently receive about three gallons weekly.
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Washington
Joel Dean
CPA
Consumers to Meet Granville in Wartime Conference
The Consumers Union of the United States will hold its sixth annual conference here on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss wartime buying practices. The organization reports a membership of 85,000 and will consider consumer issues and safety in wartime shopping.
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Granville
Consumers Union of the
United States
Supreme Court limits overtime pay under wage hour act
The Supreme Court ruled that the federal wage hour act does not require extra pay for overtime to employees with a fixed high weekly salary and a contract fixed hourly rate. President Roosevelt asked Congress to convene for the fiscal year ending June 30 1948 to boost funding for war aid. An airplane at Fort Benning crashed with bombs exploding. public relations officer Russell Hammargren described the event and casualties were not yet confirmed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Congress
Rayburn
Fort Benning, Ga
Fort Benning
Russell Hammargren
Brief Holiday Schedule in Coal Industry
Washington miners and operators agreed that due to wartime emergency only one vacation day will be taken. Friday July 3 and July 4 are national holidays. Miners work July 2, resume July 6, with shifts extending into July 5 and Sunday night. Vacation pay of 20 dollars to workers at home or in service.
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Washington
Plan AGENCY to Rush Shipments to British
Washington reports a joint US UK agency to speed output and shipments of war supplies, as Oliver Lyttleton notes integration of production programs. The move follows talks with Donald Nelson on rationing due to shipping shortages. Myrna Loy honeymooned in New York with John D Hertz Jr thirty three days after a Reno divorce from Arthur Hornblow Jr.
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Washington
Oliver Lyttleton
Donald M. Nelson
American War Production Board
New York
Myrna Loy
John D. Hertz, Jr
Arthur Hornblow, Jr
Arnold Claims Jap Losses Four to One in War Talk
General Henry H. Arnold told a 100th Iowa Wesleyan College commencement crowd that for every Allied plane downed the Japs lose four, signaling the coming wrath as he forecast thousands of future pilots like Kelly and O’Hare. He praised American air power and production targets including 60,000 planes this year and over 60,000 officers with nearly a million men by year’s end.
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H. H. Arnold
United States Army Air Force
Iowa Wesleyan College
Tokyo
Colin Kellys
Butch O’hares
Jimmy Doolittles
United States
Army Air Force
U Boats Shell Two Seaports in Australia
Allied authorities report Japanese submarines shelled Sydney and Newcastle under cover of darkness. Casualties were minimal with one killed or wounded and minor damage to a flat block in Sydney and broken windows in Newcastle. A statewide blackout was ordered. MacArthur described the raid as a nuisance attack.
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Australia
Sydney
Newcastle
New South Wales
Sydney Harbor
MacArthur
Draft Calls in Ohio Grow Heavier
Selective service headquarters says Ohio's 330 draft boards are issuing heavier monthly calls. Boards recheck files focusing on class 3-A to classify as many as possible in 1-A. Expect higher demands once dependents of 3-A listed men receive support legislation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Halifax Is Hopeful in Address at Syracuse
Lord Halifax told Syracuse University during commencement that Hitler cannot win the war unless he changes course. He cited Allied air superiority, the Russian campaign, and UBoat countermeasures as reasons for United Nations confidence and Axis misgivings.
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N. Y
Hitler
Lord Halifax
United States
United Nations
Halifax
Syracuse University
Belgians Report Nazis Fight Among Selves
The Belgian government in exile said violent clashes erupted between German front troops and occupation forces in Belgium. Five thousand Nazis arrived at Binche from the Eastern Front, and fights followed criticism of the occupiers by the front troops.
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London
Belgium
Binche
Jap Spokesman Denies Use of Poison Gas
Tokyo reports official Japanese spokesman Tomokazu Hori denied Japan used poison gas against the Chinese. He said Japan has never used poison gas so far and does not intend to use it unless international laws are violated by the enemy.
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Tokyo
Tomokazu Hori
Japan
Hori
Washington AP chief Brian Bell dies at Arlington home
Brian Bell, longtime head of the Washington bureau for the Associated Press, died at his Arlington home this morning. His colleagues recall his coastwise reporting career and contributions to national news coverage.
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Washington
Brian Bell
The
Associated Press
Arling
Contact With Crippled Jap Fleet Is Lost
A battered Japanese fleet limps west after mid Pacific fighting near Midway. Nimitz says contact was lost last night as U S forces report heavy enemy losses while American ships suffer minor damages. King says Pearl Harbor must be held and Midway may decide Pacific war’s course.
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Midway Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
U. S
Nimitz
Winant Coorts With UK Official On Alloy Can Aircraft Plan
United States Ambassador John G. Winant conferred with Col J J Liewellin minister of aircraft production on the political aspects of dovetailing a new can and aircraft production program.
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United States
John G. Winant
Col
J. J. Liewellin
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