Massed Nazis Press Sevastopol in Third Flaming Week
Soviet dispatches say Nazis pushed at Sevastopol with tanks planes and heavy artillery but Soviet forces claim repulses and heavy casualties for the attackers. On the Kalinin front northwest of Moscow, Germans suffer losses while Soviet counterattacks continue. the Sevastopol siege widens amid fierce fighting and claims of “decisive success” by German command.
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Kharkov
Sevastopol
Moscow
Black Sea
Kalinin
Barents Sea
Comm Ue
Aestew
Erich von Mannstein
Severnaya Bight
Arctic
Murmansk
Jokonga
Crimean
Steelman urges halt to strike at Marietta Mfg
Director John R. Steelman of the conciliation service asked striking workers to return to work while disputes are sent to government agencies. NLRB Director Philip G. Phillips said talks would continue in Cincinnati to settle the four day old stoppage. The strike halts vessel production vital to coastal defense. Breeman warned national security requires uninterrupted flow of goods for the war effort while Steelman sought to keep status quo.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
John R. Steelman
Conciliation Service
Marietta Manufacturing Company
NLRB
Philip G. Phillips
Cincinnati
Counm
Breelman
APL
Steelman
Stee
Nazis Set Big Guns For All-out Stab At Tobruk
China reports local successes against Japanese bases in Kiangsi Hupeh and Hunan provinces as Chinese forces attack outskirts of Yochow and recapture areas. Japanese landings north of Taichow bay in Chekiang raise fears of a new southern Chekiang drive toward Wenchow and Lishui with continued bombings.
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Tobruk
Chanee
China
Kiangsi
Hupeh
Anchang
Kinki
Chekiang Province
Ukien
Taichow Bay
Ningpo
Chekiang
Wenchow
Lishui
British Mobile Forces Advance Toward Tobruk Line
British mobile units move north from a new front along the Egyptian border to counter Tobruk defenses. Tobruk Libyan port strengthens its fortifications with wire, mines, pillboxes as Axis forces reportedly encircle and threaten siege. South Africans and British withdrawing to the port’s defenses join the reinforced position.
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Tobruk
Tra Er
Casey
Egypt
el Adem
Acroma
Nazi Signals Alleged From Hotels Near Atlantic City
Atlantic City defense council chairman County Judge Thomas Siddall told the 23rd annual Disabled American Veterans convention that enemy agents flash signals to axis submarines from hotel windows along New Jersey coast. He cited reflections from hotels in Atlantic City and other shore resorts, blaming rumors of test blackouts on subversive elements attempting to confuse the public.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Atlantic Coast
New Jersey
Thomas Siddall
Atlantic City Defense Council
Siddall
Atlantic City
New Jersey Department
New J
Libya reversals upend British forces in desert fight
London reports say Rommel’s superior guns tanks and tactics led to British reversals in Libya. Commentators note underestimation of the enemy and incomplete transport and fuel supply. experts cite the need for greater numbers and renewed strength for the Eighth Army amid the desert campaign.
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London
Britain
Libya
Rommel
Tra
Evening News
Neil M. Ritchie
Eighth Army
Giant Submarine Sinks Freighter in War News
An East Coast port reports a giant submarine sank a Panamanian flag merchantman with 60 aboard, five missing. Six seamen were lost earlier when a medium sized American vessel fell to the undersea raider. Navy confirms the attacks and describes the submarine as colossal, about 300 feet long.
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Berlin
Veasel
Navy
Fred Lewis
Es Rae Ow. N. J
Callens
Wonk Republic
Two Veterans Attend GAR Encampment in Atlantic City
Atlantic City New Jersey June 19 The Grand Army of the Republic department of New Jersey held its 75th annual encampment. Peter Van Kirk of Princeton aged 99 and George M. Dey of Ocean Grove aged 97 attended the dinner table. They joked about swapping roles next year as state commander and adjutant. Two other members on the rolls were too feeble to attend.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of New Jersey
Peter van Kirk
Princeton
George M. Dey
Ocean Grove
Blue Army
Dey
Pete
van Kirk
George
New Jersey G. AA
Jap Losses Dent Japanese Naval Power In Pacific War
The article notes Japanese losses in the Pacific denting enemy striking power with a 10 to 1 ratio in casualties and ships sunk across the Coral Sea Midway and Aleutians. It contrasts Pacific gains with weak footing in the western Aleutians and discusses broader war developments including Roosevelt Churchill talks and potential European front moves.
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Mediterranean
Atlantic
Hiller
Russia
Pacific
China
North Pacific
Coral Sea
Midway
Aleutians
Japan
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
United States
Australia
Allied fliers hit Japanese base in New Britain
Allied bombers blasted Rabaul New Britain destroying an undetermined number of B5 bombers fighters and seaplanes. A 10 000 ton Japanese transport was sunk in Rabaul harbor after three direct hits. Three bombs hit the Rabaul airfield group and a Japanese plane was shot down.
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New Britain
Australia
Rabaul
San Francisco
Fiers
Rabaul Harbor
All
Melbourne
CBS
Navy confirms Ensign Moore missing in action
The Navy reports Ensign Ulvert Mathew Moore, 25, is missing after an engagement in the Pacific. Letters from his ship’s captain and commander describe the mission, rescue gear aboard and the hope he survived, with details withheld for security.
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L. E. Moore
Navy Department
Ulvert Mathew
Puzzie) Moore
N. A. Mitscher
Ensign Moore
Pacific
Churchill for Begin Parleys Where Parleys Held and Aides Hidden
Washington June 19 The Roosevelt Churchill conferences concentrate on war strategy with secrecy over where meetings occur and which aides attend. Officials caution no public statements this week and anticipate a later address. The talks focus on Allied plans amid changing Pacific and European prospects as Japan’s naval power suffers losses.
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Washington
Congress
Middle East
White House
Churchill
Roosevelt
State Bankers Group Arrives for Annual Meeting
Members of Group Five of the West Virginia Bankers association began arriving for the annual meeting to be held at the West Virginian hotel. Thomas J. Wallner will deliver the keynote address at a Bluefield Country club banquet at 7:30 p.m. tonight. The session will include officer elections and is chaired by Jim Ed Wagner of the Commercial Bank.
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Houston G. Young
Young Moore and Company
West Virginia
Charleston
Hayes Picklesimer
Kanawha Valley Bank
Bluefield
West Virginia Bankers Association
Bluefield Country Club
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Association
Thomas J. Wallner
Pulaski
Southern States Industrial Council
Wallner
Wallner Associated Hills
Bankers Association
West Virginian Hotel
Jim Ed Wagner
The
Commercial Bank
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Otto Sharitz
War
U S Warplanes Fly Over Turkey Report
The Berlin radio, via Ankara, says 13 or 14 U S warplanes flew over Turkish territory en route to the Black Sea coast last night and were fired on by Turkish anti-aircraft batteries. The coast district encountered the shootings in the evening, with no official Turkish communique yet received. Prior raids reportedly targeted Romanian oil fields and German occupied ports, with four planes making forced landings in Turkey.
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York
Berlin
Ankara
United States
Turkey
Black Sea
CBS
Ploessi
Nikolaev
Odessa
Texan recounts plans for rubber plant fraud plan
Fort Worth executive Harold A. Simms testified before a senate subcommittee that a War Production Board official offered to edit plant plans for a two week leave and a half price fee of 25000. The offer was to be added to Reconstruction Finance Corp commitments.
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WPB
Washington
Senate
War Production Board
Harold A. Simms
Fort Worth
Tex
Southwest Rubber Company
WPR
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Simms
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Harry A. Rogers
Arthur B. Newhall
Rogers
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
J. H. Davidson
Ers
Davidson
Newhall
Illness Forces Pope to Cancel Audiences
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII ill with feverish bronchial catarrh and cancels all audiences until next week. Vatican circles say there is no cause for anxiety and attribute strain from numerous audiences to his illness.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
West Virginia to observe birthday with statehouse closure
West Virginia marks its 19th birthday tomorrow with the closing of the $10 million statehouse. Governor Neely travels to the Asheville conference. state offices suspend business though liquor stores remain open. The observance recalls 1864 statehood amid wartime, with divisions choosing closing as an option.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Arthur
Bozeman Wood County
Neely
U. S. Senate
Washington
Asheville
N. C
State Automobile License Bureau
Auditor's Office
Selective Service
Boreman
Western Front Delays Stretch Across Mediterranean Crisis
London sources say Churchill pressed for urgent American reinforcement to secure the Middle East this year, while keeping a Western Europe second front delayed until spring. Molotov signaled hope Germany would feel triple blows from the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, with large scale raids planned to disrupt German home fronts.
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Associated Press
Libya
Winston Churchill
Middle East
Europe
Desert
London
Churchill
Roosevelt
United Nations
Mediterranean
Egypt
Caucasus
Alee
Fastopo
Syria
Iraq
Indian Ocean
Vyacheslav Molotov
Thurso Gay
Supreme Soviet
Turkey
Black Sea
Russia
Oscow
Ankara
Prana von Papen
Tax withholding plan proposed for income taxes
A treasury proposal to collect individual income taxes at the source was presented to the House Ways and Means Committee. Employers would withhold 10 percent from wages above exemptions beginning January 1, with half credited to 1943 payments and half to 1943 taxes due March 15, 1944.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Randolph Paul
Morgenthau
Gators
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