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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
2
Chicago Tribune reports Stanley Johnston aboard the carrier Lexington in the Coral Sea battle describes the final hours as explosions and fire doom the ship. Lexington’s planes fly to a companion carrier while the crew abandons ship in orderly fashion as the end nears.
The Lexington fought on after torpedo and bomb hits near the Coral Sea. Fire and explosions from shells and fuel dumps caused heavy casualties among marines as planes returned from sorties and attempted to save the ship.
Max Stephan a Detroit restaurant owner was indicted by a federal grand jury on treason for aiding the flight of a Nazi flyer from a Canadian camp. Conviction would carry death or at least five years in prison. District Attorney John C Lehr noted the rarity of such prosecutions since the last war.
The chamber authorized a $93,000,000 pipeline project from the Gulf to Florida and the Atlantic coast, plus expansion of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to the Mexican border. The measure, backed by Harold Ickes, moves to the Senate after voice voting and committee defeats.
Cairo reports that German desert forces failed to break the British garrison at Tobruk after an attack southeast of the fortress. The British Eighth Army and RAF repelled the assault, holding fixed positions in a semicircle while Axis columns threat to land routes.
Shanghai dispatch reports Shangjao, key 450 mile Co Kiangsi railway station, abandoned after an all day battle. Chinese high command says two Japanese columns are close to capturing the Kiangsi railroad as heavy fighting continues in Kiangsi province. Shangjao lies 135 miles east of Nanchang and about 50 from the Chekiang Kiangsi border.
Bluefield campaign chair Herbert Markle announced a $1 045 50 contribution as part of a larger drive aiming for 15 500. Funds will support Navy Relief Greek Relief Child Refugee and Army Emergency Relief efforts plus USO Queen Willhelmina Fund War Prisoners and United China Relief. Markle expressed confidence the drive would top the goal.
Allied reports say Sevastopol and Balaklava resisted repeated German offensives aimed at seizing the western Black Sea ports. The front line stated six Nazi charges on the Sevastopol approaches and five against southern defenses were repulsed with no strategic changes. The Kharkov front saw Russian counterattacks repulse German advances as German losses mounted.
The House Ways and Means Committee lifted the tentative tax bill total to over 6.65 billion dollars by taxing parimutuel wagering freight and express services and coin operated amusements and raising newspaper postage. They estimate 406 million in new revenue plus existing excises to reach 971 million.
Major James Patrick Sinnott Devereux of the Marines, who led Wake Island defense, is listed as a prisoner of the Japanese. The sixth list from the Japanese government via the Red Cross names 134 internees, including four Navy officers and 12 Navy enlisted men, six Marine officers and 112 Marines, captured at Wake Island. They are held in Shanghai. Devereux’s home is Washington D C and his wife lives at Governor’s Island New York.
The State department announced that Peter I king of Yugoslavia will visit the United States soon at the invitation of President Roosevelt. King George II of Greece is currently on a state visit. The exact arrival date for Peter I was withheld.
Admiral Chester W Nimitz commander in chief of the Pacific fleet salutes the Coral Sea and Midway losses and praises air power in Pacific fleet engagements. He notes plans to expand carrier strength while ships adapt to support air operations.
The Office of Price Administration announced increases for sugar ration stamps 5 and 6 to two pounds each while extending each stamp to cover a month. Stamp 4 remains valid for one pound until June 27. Stamp 5 and 6 new validity extend to July 25 and August 22 respectively with future announcements before August 22.
Prime Minister Curtin paints a darker view of Libyan and Mediterranean developments warning that Australia could be at risk. He cites Allied and Axis actions, Tobruk and Tobruk Malta supply lines, and ongoing European battles as shaping a fragile balance though no direct home front danger is shown.
Allied RAF pilots describe flying through heavy anti aircraft fire to hit an Italian battleship cruiser and destroyer crippled by US bombers. Only two British planes returned intact as they pressed in low over the sea, a wall of fire described by one pilot.
An examiner for the bituminous coal division urged stricter price controls on the Smokeless Coal corporation and related activities. The reporter notes New York marketing firm represents producers in Southern West Virginia and Virginia and recommends that price increases by member producers be filed at least ten days before they take effect.
Allied operations expand to the Mediterranean and eastern Europe as a second front forms. U S air power claims 35 direct hits on two Italian battleships, with heavy losses in the Libyan desert and costly convoys to Malta and Tobruk. Japan drives a mop up in China and holds gains across the Pacific while Australia warns of a crushing blow if Russia falls. The fighting concentrates around Tobruk, Taranto, and the North Atlantic routes as new operations unfold.
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