British Forces Repel Axis Tank-Dive Attacks at Bir Hacheim
British and Indian armored units halted a German tank dive bomber effort near Bir Hacheim as the 11 day battle paused. Axis losses ran about 340 tanks, roughly half Rommel's frontline strength, with air attacks on transport ships and bases continuing in the Eastern Mediterranean and Sicily.
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Reuters
Cairo
Egypt
Bir Hacheim
Kingsbridge
Erwin Rommel
Mediterranean
Catania
Sicily
House members protest gas rationing at briefing
Washington reports a frenzied meeting as about one hundred House members oppose gasoline rationing without proven need. The session with Roosevelt and aides produced no decisions, while Rankin Gossett proposed a resolution revised to demand a war sacri fice study and committee action to assess rubber and fuel controls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
White House
Archibald MacLeish
Office of
Sontro
Rankin
Miss
Gossett
Tex
Kleberg
Wheeler
Mont
War Production Board
Expl- Blasts Kill and Mourn at Elwood Shell Plant
Joliet Illinois June 5 AP an explosion at the Elwood ordnance shell loading plant killed or left missing 54 workers. One shipping building in group two was destroyed but eleven other lines kept operating. Army officers ruled out sabotage and a board of inquiry was expected.
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Army
Illinois Ordnance Plant
Tunstall
Ordnance Department
Elwood
Don M. Hoffman
UMW Leader Van Bittner Resigns Amid West Virginia Turmoil
Washington reports The United Mine Workers president of district 17 Van Bittner allegedly submitted his resignation, while a district leader disputes the claim. In Charleston West Virginia the UMW plans to split district 17 by moving to old district 29 lowering membership and appoints Percy Tetlow as temporary head while investigations continue.
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Charleston
W. Va
Washington
van B. Bittner
United Mine Workers District
West Virginia
Bittner
UMW
CIO
District 17
Atlantic City
Tetlow
U S Promises Gas Retaliation If Japan Uses Gas in China
President Roosevelt accused Japan of using poisonous gas in China and warned that the United States would retaliate with gas attacks on Japan if the pattern continues. He read an official state department statement outlining a clear position and noted retaliation would be immediate though not specifying methods.
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U. S
China
Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
America
State Department
United Nations
Mr. Roosevelt
Biggest Convoy Reaches India Amid Japanese Push
New Delhi reports that the United Nations have reinforced India with the largest convoy yet, unloading at multiple East India ports due to size. Japanese forces push toward the Indo-Burman border, with RAF actions slowing river movements as monsoon season begins.
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New Delhi
India
United Nations
Japan
East India
Great Britain
U.S
Britain
France
Libya
Homalin
Burma
Chindwin River
Harold
Fourteen Die in Northern California Army Bomber Crash
A large army bomber crashed near a field in San Rafael California killing fourteen aboard including five civilians and nine soldiers. The plane failed to clear a hillside during takeoff and burst into flames as airmen at Hamilton Field heard the impact three miles away.
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San Rafael
Calif
California
Eaugh
Hamilton Field
River Falls Man Jone Erickson Identified
River Falls Wisconsin on June 5 authorities identified Jone Erickson in a local report detailing a person associated with the incident. No further details were provided in the readable text.
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Poe River Falls, Wis
Jone Erickson
Great Air Battle Over Midway and French Coast Indicates Major Offensive
RAF fighters swept a 400 mile stretch of the German held coast from Belgium to Brittany in one of the largest simultaneous offensives. Four sorties involved American built Boston bombers assaulting Ostend Le Havre Morlaix and Lannion with heavy anti aircraft fire minimal German fighter opposition. British Whirlwinds and Spitfires joined follow up raids on Morlaix Lannion Abbeville and Le Havre while 50 Nazi aircraft were claimed shot down. The operation began at dawn with massed formations across the channel and continued in the morning heat.
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London
RAF
Air Ministry
French Channel
Belgium
Brittany
Calais
Dunkerque
Ostend
le Havre
Morlai
Lannion
Channel
Moriai
Thena
Abbevile
Roosevelt Signs War Resolution Declares War on Three Nations
President Roosevelt signed the war resolution at 4 40 p m triggering the United States entry into war with Bulgaria Hungary and Romania. The measure passed both houses yesterday after his Tuesday request for a declaration of war.
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Washington
United States
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations
Funkhouser Speaker Denounces New Dealism
GOP candidate R. J. Funkhouser told a Beckley crowd that New Deal leadership extends government power beyond limits. He said the private sector and farming no longer operate independently, the government controls agriculture, and Wall Street has moved to the White House. He urged a strong Congress to avert bankruptcy and preserve free enterprise, calling Congress weak and rubber-stamp. See Page 2.
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R. J. Punkhouser
GOP
U. S
West Virginian
Funkhouser
New Deal
Punkhhouser
Kerdstown
Wall Street
White House
Supreme Court
Beckley
Congress
Punkhouser
Ker
Pacific Forges Destroy U Boats In Australia Area
Allied headquarters at Australia reported submarine losses near Sydney and in the Timor Solomons corridor. Four midget submarines were sunk around Sydney harbor. three subs were sighted and two likely sunk in later attacks. Allied air forces raided Japanese submarine bases from Timor to the Solomons.
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Alled
Australia
Sana
Sydney Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Netherland East Indies
Coral Sea
S.drew
Sydney
Timor
Solomons
Pires
Stal Ons
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Rebaul
New Britain
Tulagi
Fierce Japanese Assault On Chuhsien Threatens Southeast Asia Link
Chinese high command reported 100000 Japanese troops attacking Chuhsien as defense held firm. Casualties rose to about 110000 over two days amid renewed fighting near Nanchang and Kiangsi. Tokyo eyed a broader drive toward Indo China and Burma with rail links stressed by the Nanchang railway terminal.
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Imperial
Tokyo
China
Fprenc
Indo-China
Thailand
Burma
Japan
Chekiang
Kiangsi
Hunan
Kwangsi
Kwangtung
Canton
High Command
Chuhsien
Ting
Enenerg Ae
Uest
Nanchang
Salween River
Yunnan
Holt confirms candidacy in August primary
Rush D Holt announces he will run in the August primary in Weston West Virginia. He declines to state the office he seeks, saying it is a secret and that his opponents will reveal his chances.
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Weston
W. Va
U. S
Rush D. Holt
Holt
Mystery West Roaming Man Clue Found in Ancient Ash
Scientists link early west roamers 15 000 years ago to a hunter reliant on bone tools and extinct camels. A buried Las Vegas campfire ash bed yielded a bone scraper, possibly Camelops bone, suggesting advanced tool use and animal exploitation by prehistoric Americans.
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Los Angeles
West
Mystery Man
M. M
Harrington
Las Vegas
Mr. M
America
M. VM
Prances EB. Watkins
Midway Raid Sparked Major Pacific Battle Off Hawaii
Reports from Honolulu say a large air and naval clash unfolded near Midway Island as Japan raided the fortified base. Admiral Nimitz announced heavy enemy losses while Midway defenders pressed counterattacks, signaling a potential decisive engagement in the Pacific war.
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Honolulu
Midway Island
Hawaii
Chester N. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Midway
Nimitz
Washington
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Russians Attack Arctic Air Field in Major Counterattack
Moscow reports Red air force pounded German Arctic airdromes in a major counterstrike aimed at hindering Nazi air raids on the supply line to western allies. Initial claims include destruction of at least 40 German aircraft and attacks on Murmansk region bases and ships.
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Moscow
Red Air Force
Germany
Arctic
Russia
RAF
Trondheim
Tirpitz
Miral Hipper
Muromansk
Red Air
Ceep
Pean Ee Aes
Sers
Murmansk
Junker
SSS Junker
Kola
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Atlantic
Lantic
Pele
Navy
Idwal H. Edwards
U. S. Army
Midway Isle
French
Funkhousers
Pacific Forges
Japo Drive
Chuhsein
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