Soviet Armies Counterattack In Ukraine And Sevastopol
Soviet forces on the Kharkov front mount a major counterattack with Allied pledges of a second front. In Sevastopol, Red defenders repulse German assaults and claim destruction of about 50 tanks, with heavy losses to the Wehrmacht. Artillery pummels Crimean siege lines as guerrillas target supply routes.
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Roosevelt Urges Rubber Salvage Drive For War Needs
President Roosevelt urged Americans to turn in every bit of spare rubber to ease a war driven shortage. He announced a nationwide collection from June 15 to June 30 and urged participation at filling stations and other drop points. He warned essential rubber must be protected, and emphasized the goal to build tanks and planes to win the war.
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Battle roils eastern Libya as Rommel masss tanks toward Tobruk
Cairo June 124 A decisive clash in eastern Libya unfolded as Rommel gathered tanks and dive bombers for a thrust north and east. British Eighth Army faced Axis armored units southeast of Tobruk while Marmat changed hands last week and Knights Cross near Ain El Ga set the line for a possible enveloping maneuver.
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Two Area Men On Lexington Report Safe
Two area men aboard the U S Lexington aircraft tender reported sunk in the Coral Sea engagement are safe and have contacted relatives. Harry Nelson Britts, torpedoman first class, and Steve Hantz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hantz of Princeton, telephoned from San Diego. Ed Price, former Princeton youth, was said to be an officer on the carrier.
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Yank Ace Narrates Coral Sea Battle Heroics
Indiana University graduate nicknamed Nick, a naval aviator, recalls the Coral Sea fight. He lost a heel wound yet scored hits on enemy ships and aircraft, describing long missions and close encounters with Japanese Zeros amid a five day battle.
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Revenue bill total boosted by tax hikes on telegraphs phones
Washington report notes the house ways and means committee raised its revenue bill total to 6.201 billion by increasing taxes on telegrams and telephone tolls life insurance and photographic equipment. The plan aims to align with an 8.7 billion treasury program but remains about 2.5 billion short of a stated goal.
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GOP Leaders Meet to Plan 1942 Strategy
Charleston W V June 12 Republican leaders plan their 1942 election strategy at a one day state executive committee meeting. State Chairman Robert H C Kay says wartime travel difficulties reduced by good attendance. Kay hosts luncheon and will address the committee. National Committeeman Walter S Hallanan also will speak. Floor privileges confined to committee members and county chairmen.
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Coral Sea Battle Told By Lexington Correspondent
Chicago Tribune correspondent Stanley Johnston, aboard the lost carrier Lexington, recalls the Coral Sea battle. He describes air duels, carrier warfare, and the ship's heroic stand, noting American losses and the larger naval exchange that could turn the Pacific war.
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General Tinker 19 Lost in Action
Washington reports that Major General Clarence L. Tinker commander of the Hawaii Air Force and 19 crew members were lost in action near Midway after a June 7 attack on Wake Island. The war department says search efforts found no trace and replacement orders followed for Hawaiian command.
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Man Believed Lost In Mine At Carswell
Officials of Koppers Coal at Carswell continued a foot-by-foot search of the Carswell mine for John Goss section foreman who disappeared Wednesday after reporting for work at 7 30 am. More than 50 men assisted with inspectors and executives joining the search as production dropped about 15 percent.
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U S Planes Reported Landing in Turkey
London dispatch says three U S planes landed in Ankara and were under observation. British authorities offered no comment. The report mirrors a German broadcast claiming arrival of British pilots airmen and engineers in Ankara.
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Army and Navy Planes Hit Attu Jap Landing
Washington reports a small Japanese landing on Attu in the Aleutians with ships entering the Western Hemisphere. Allied air forces attacked the Attu landing party and ships at Kiska harbor, driving them back in a series of minor engagements. The action comes as naval authorities expected Japan to seek footholds in the region after failures toward Australia and Midway.
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Nazis Bolster Coast Defenses Amid Invasion Fears
British sources report German occupation troops strengthening western Europe's coastline with new emplacements and pillboxes. They deploy machinegun nests and anti tank positions as Allied air power and a potential second front loom.
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Planes Landed In China After Attack on Tokyo
MBS correspondent from Cairo reports United States planes that raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities on April 16 landed in China. Brigadier General James H Wilot stated 11 of 79 pilots, some wounded, were reported to have earned rest after the raid.
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AVG Joins In China Battle With Plying Tigers
Chungking June 12 The P flying Tigers and their combat planes scored a nine to nothing victory over a Japanese raid on Kweilin. Chinese air bases and rail towns in Chekiang faced losses as Kweilin came under bombardment in a wider campaign. The AVG, seasoned in Burma battles, is noted as joining the fight to curb Japanese air and ground operations.
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