Japanese Claim Gains In Battle Of Midway
The Japanese issue a communique claiming success at Midway while admitting losses. U S officials say two aircraft carriers and a large transport were sunk, with further ship and aircraft damage on both sides as the battle extended to its final stages.
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U. S
Associated Press
Washington
Aleutian Islands
Midway Island
Dutch Harbor
Aleutians
Tokyo
Ashahi
Japan
Nimitz
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North Central Pacific
House to vote on WPA funds amid wartime debate
Congress considers a motion by Rep. Aber to strike the $280,000,000 WPA appropriation for 400,000 jobs for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Supporters say relief aid aids war production and unemployment. critics argue funds subsidize nonessential programs and misused payroll, with debate on wartime needs.
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Biai d Emands
Relief Agency
Rep
Aber
Notions Committee
WPA
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Rich
Strong U S Navy Task Force Joins British Home Fleet
A United States task force has joined the British home fleet to help combat Germanys surface forces. Rear Admiral Robert Giffen leads battleships cruisers and destroyers now operating with the Royal Navy. The move signals increased US involvement in the Atlantic war and willing cooperation with Britain to blunt Tirpitz and other German sea power.
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U. S. Navy
London
United States Navy
Hitler
United States
George VI
Robert Giffen
Edinburgh
Arctic
Russia
Rationing Board Offices To Move To New Location
Bluefield rationing board moves from the B street side of the Peery building to new quarters in the federal building as the June term of federal court opens. Sugar canning and preserving applications are accepted at the old office on the third floor of the federal building with no deadline. Registration continues indefinitely until demand is met and people may loan furniture for the new quarters with assurance of return after the war.
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Federal Court
Bluefield
County Rationing Board
Pany
Peery
J. L. Kirk
Kirk
Submarine sunk off Australian coast in new raids
Allied headquarters reports an allied plane seriously damaged and probably sank a Japanese submarine off the Australian coast. A new raid hit three grounded bombers in the Raoul, New Britain area as explosives burst near Sydney harbor.
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Allied
Australia
MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Wydney Harbor
Three More Ships Sunk In Atlantic
Union and neutral nations report 258 allied vessels lost in the Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. The navy disclosed the rescue of all 85 crew members from the latest Uboat victims, a British merchantman and two small States fishing vessels.
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United and
Neutral Nations
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Passen
New England
United States
Pacific Northwest
Hawaii
California
Japanese push near Chuhsien in Chekiang province
Japanese forces advancing along the Nanchang Hangchow railway reportedly bypassed Chuhsien city and moved about 12 miles beyond it as fierce fighting raged east of Chengshan. Chinese defense aimed to slow the invaders amid heavy casualties on both sides.
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Chekiang Province
Chuhsien
Nanchang - Hangchowg
Kiangsi
Chengshan
Kiangsing
Tungjiang
Nanchang
AFL says CIO rejected peace bid and seeks unity split
The AFL accuses CIO of rejecting the peace offer and calls the CIO “fan tastic” while accusing the CIO of wanting AFL protection yet undermining AFL unions. Officials refrain from naming individuals as they note the CIO executive board’s prior move. The article cites the AFL weekly news service and hints at a rift between Philip Murray and John L. Lewis.
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Washington
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CIO
American Federation of Labor Weekly
Ar Anes
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Nazi Vengeance Squads Wipe Out Czech Town and Shoot Men
German troops launch another offensive on the Kharkov front after claims of annihilating three Red armies. Soviet communiques report heavy fighting around Sevastopol and ongoing attempts to break Russian fortifications as casualties mount.
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Kharkov
Moscow
Seva 1
Rostov
Caucasus
Sevastopol
Red Star
Red Army
State Chamber to Meet Today
Charleston West Virginia June 10 iv The West Virginia Chamber of commerce plans a one day wartime meeting with a 12 hour schedule as four policy committees present reports for adoption The event aligns with Virginia AP editors bankers and a news contest and censorship discussions led by Wyatt Smith and chaired by Hugh Ike Shott
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West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Virginia
Associated Press
West Virginia Bankers Association
Cooreenes
Wyatt Smith
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Office of Censorship
Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Glass Cutters Order Strike Across West Virginia Plants
More than 500 glass cutters in West Virginia walked out as 1600 members of the Window Glass Cutters League of America ordered a general strike over wages. Affected plants include Libbey Owens Ford in Charleston and Pittsburgh Plate Glass and Fource Glass in Clarksburg. The strike, ordered by the national executive committee in Toledo after wage talks faltered, covers four major companies in ten cities and follows a sister action by American Window Glass workers in western Pennsylvania.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Window Glass Cutters League of America
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Libbey- Owens-Pord Com Y
Charlieston
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Fource Glass Company
Clarksburg
National Executive Committee
Toledo
American Window Glass Company
Pennsylvania
Libbey-Owensleston
Mem Ceramic
CIO
AFL
League
Tokyo Version Admits Stinging Blow To Japs
Reporter Kirkell Simpson summarizes Tokyo's belated report on Midway and Dutch Harbor, noting Tokyo downplays losses as a strategic setback. The piece argues Japan framed the events to show a defense of Aleutian positions while masking carrier and fleet losses.
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Tokyo
Kirkel. Simpson
Midway
Dutch Harbor
Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Berlin
Aleutians
Toyo Naval
Aleutian
North American
Japan
WPO authorizes pipeline permit to boost eastern oil supply
The War Production Board authorized immediate construction of a 550 mile oil pipeline from Longview Texas to Salem Illinois to deliver 350000 barrels daily to the Salem area. The line aims for completion by December 1 and will prioritize fuel oil use, with little expected impact on Atlantic rationing or tire reductions.
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Washington
War Production Board
Longview
Tex
Salem
Til
Atlantic States
Donald M. Neilson
WPB
Great Lakes
Donald M. Nelson
Texas
Nelson
War and Navy Departments
Maritime Commission
Honest pay as you go tavern draws diners nationwide
A New York report describes 18 Exchange Buffet restaurants operating on a trust system where customers self-serve and self-charge. Managers cite a $2,000,000 record of honest behavior, noting occasional forgetfulness but overall integrity. Diners pay a small bill after meals and depart without waiter service.
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New York
Exchange
T. T. Metz
Massacre of Lidice Marks Nazi Repression Across Europe
Prague radio and Allied authorities report Nazi vengeance squads wiped out Lidice, killing all men and deporting women and children after Heydrich was assassinated. German authorities claim 25 Czechs were killed in the attack and Berlin vows revenge as Himmler publicizes the massacre.
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APY
Lidice
Reinhart Heydrich
Bohemia-Moravia
Continental
Europe
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Prague
Ladice
Heydrich
Meydrich
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Eydrich
Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Last Tribute Paid to Bell
Washington remembers Bell chief of AP bureau died of a heart attack at 52. Funeral at St Episcopal church featured psalms hymns and prayer. AP staff and capital newspapermen attended with White House aides and Supreme Court figures among mourners.
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Washington
Doy Brain Bell
V - Ton Bureau
St. Episcopal Church
Virginia
Bell
Dayton
Tenn
Supreme Court
Bynes
William
White House
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