Navy seeks 1,000 more small boats for anti submarine patrols
Washington dispatch reports the navy and coast guard mobilize yachtsmen, fishermen and small boat owners to join an expanded anti submarine patrol off the Atlantic and Gulf. About 1,200 boats are in service with plans to enroll up to 1,000 more, with crews joining the coast guard reserve and boats equipped with radio, armament and anti submarine devices.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
R. R. Waesche
Pull Sea Frontier
Adolphus Andrews
New York
Gulf Frontier
James Lawrence Kauffman
Miami
Fla
Gulf
Caribbean Sea
United States
Navy Department
World War II briefing notes hint at strategic secrecy
A White House meeting with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill yields cautious optimism about cutting Axis shipping and diverting German forces from Russia. Officials warn against overreaching promises while stressing the need to keep plans secret. The piece also covers draft uncertainties, sugar stock shortages, and debates over grain to alcohol conversions amid wartime constraints.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
White House
Russia
Allied Planes Raid Jop Island Bases
Allied bombers conducted light raids Saturday night on enemy installations in Salamaua and Lae in New Guinea and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands, according to General MacArthur's headquarters.
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Allied
Australia
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
MacArthur
Army shifts to wooden beds to save steel
Washington AP reports the army will replace folding steel cots with wooden beds to conserve steel supplies. The move aims to maintain soldier comfort while reducing reliance on metal during shortages.
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Washington
Army
Soviet Defenders Hold Sevastopol as German Drive Stalls
Moscow reports say Sevastopol defenders repelled repeated German assaults on Saturday with no breakthrough in the 24th day of siege. In Kharkov, Marshal Timoshenko’s forces halted an eight day German push, fending off tank counterattacks as Soviet air forces claimed decisive aerial blows.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimean
Kharkov
Timoshenko
Americans to sail home on Thai ship Asahi Maru
Tokio radio said 90 Americans would depart Bangkok Sunday aboard the Thai ship with United States Minister Willys R. Peck among 18 officials. They would go to Saigon then onto the Asahi Maru for exchange with Japanese diplomats, with Mr and Mrs J C Warner aboard. Mrs Warner is Mary Louise Buser of Cedar Rapids. The Warners have been held in a Bangkok concentration camp since December.
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United States
Puerto Rico
Cuba
OPA
Daniel A. Reed
Florida
Hawaii
TOKIO
Tokio Radio
Bangkok
Thailand
Willys R. Peck
Saigon
Indo-China
Asahi Maru
Laurence Marques
Mozambique
Africa
J. C. Warner
Warner
Mary Louise Buser
J. Buser
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Warners
Dee
Woman Soldier Maria Baida Honored for 20 German Kills
Maria Baida, 23, named Hero of the Soviet Union after fighting in Sevastopol. She began as an army nurse, volunteered for scouting duty, and was awarded the Order of Lenin for her bravery in defense of the fortress.
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Moscow
Maria Baida
Sevastopol
Maria
Soviet Union
Post Offices Will Stay Open July 4
Post master General Frank C. Walker ordered all post offices and branches to maintain regular Saturday service on July 4 to prevent interruption of services for the war program. Rural delivery will not be maintained.
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Washington
Frank C. Walker
Nelson Urges Arms Plants Work July 4
Washington AP Production Chief Donald Nelson said soldiers cannot observe holidays on battlefields and urged American industry to work on July 4. He stated factories making war materiel should treat Independence Day as a full production day.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Batttefields
Nelson
Chennault Retains Control of China Air Operations
Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell announced that Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault will remain in command of air operations against Japan in the China theater. Chennault, recalled to service, had led the American Volunteer Group in China.
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Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
Southeast Asia
Claire L. Chennault
China
Chennault
Stilwell
Caleb Vo Haines
Cal
All Inhabitants of Czech Town Slavi Executed
Stockholm report says 60 residents of Lezaky men women and children were executed by Germans in retaliation for Reinhard Heydrichs death. It notes Lidice executions targeted men only.
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Stockholm
Zurich
Aftontideningen
Lezaky
Reinhard Heydrich
Lidice
Shirley Temple Secures 3000 Week Radio Contract
Shirley Temple signs a 26 week radio contract for 3000 dollars weekly with possible four year extension. The deal includes a provision that one third of her earnings be placed in a trust for her. The contract was filed in superior court for approval amid Hollywood negotiations.
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Hollywood
INS
Shirley Temple
Shirley
Firemen on Ladders and Girls in Costume Sell War Bonds
Cedar Rapids plans Bond and Stamp day with firemen climbing ladders to reach city offices and surprise visits by 20 Minute Men costumed girls selling stamps and bonds. Wheelbarrow rides accompany purchases as 70 groups join a 10 30 a m parade through the business district.
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Cedar Rapids
Retailers
War Activities Committee
Fred Henson
British Face Axis Forces Near Matruh
Cairo AP report says the British Eighth Army, reinforced to full strength, holds a line about 15 miles west of Matruh against a major Axis force led by three mechanized divisions aiming for Alexandria and the Suez Canal. Rommel’s assault seeks to crush the desert front before Nile valley defense.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Matruh
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Desert Army
Egyypt
Nile Valley
Enemas
Erwinr Rommel
Nile
Mediterranean
Qattara
Rommel
Cairn
Medhamized
Matriuh
Gerimiv
Erehth
Libya
RAF
Bir Abu Mishetfa
Sweden protests Russia over Ada Gorthon sinking
Sweden filed a formal protest with Russia after the torpedoing of the 3950 ton Swedish steamer Ada Gorthon. Fourteen crew members were killed when the iron ore laden vessel was sunk June 22 off Ocland island east of Sweden by a Russian submarine.
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Stockholm
Russia
Ada Gorthon
Ocland Island
Sweden
Argent ine Solons Accept Pres Ortiz Resignation
Argentine congress in joint session unanimously accepted President Robert M. Ortiz's resignation. Vice president Ramon Castill o assumed the presidency to serve the remaining term through February 20, 1944. Ortiz, semi retired since 1940 due to blindness, said he would continue efforts to regain health.
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Buenos Aires
Robert M. Ortiz
Ortiz
Ramon S. Castillo
United States
May Extend Eastern Gas Rationing Area
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration authorized a 21 percent gas price rise for the eastern area and the Office of Petroleum Coordination weighs extending the eastern boundary to include most exempt western counties of Pennsylvania New York New Jersey West Virginia Maryland and Virginia.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Office of Petroleum Coordination
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
FBI Nabs 8 Axis Saboteurs Plotted Two-Year Plan
New York FBI revealed the arrest of eight Axis saboteurs who crossed from France by submarine to sabotage U S war industries water supplies railroads and waterways. They were trained near Berlin and carried explosives and $149 881 in U S currency. Authorities say the group planned to strike major targets from Aluminum Company plants to the Niagara Falls hydroelectric plant over a two year period.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Atlantic
France
United States
Edgar Hoover
FBI
Houser
Chicago
Herbert Haupt
Herman Neubauer
Itosa
Berlin
Hoover
Aluminum Company of America
Tennessee
Fast St Loui
Massena
Cryolite
Philadelphia
Hell Gate Bridge
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newark
Washington
Pennastyania
Altoona
Westchester
New
Marines Reach South Pacific Area in Large Landing
Thousands of U S marines have landed at a South Pacific port after weeks in a blacked out convoy with no losses and no enemy submarine sightings. Higgins boats known as Eurekas arrived with gear and amphibian tanks named Alligators and Crocodiles. The force prepares for offensives to reconquer Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, and other Far Eastern holdings. Marines aboard ships relaxed with music, books, and films during the voyage and immediately began intensive训练 on landing.
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Atlanta
U. S
South Pacific
Marine Corps Southern Headquarters
Meigs O. Frost
Southern Headquarters
Frost
Higgins
Colon
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Dave
Fins
Guy de Mate Passant Mans
Marine Handbook
July Tire Quotas Rise Over June To Meet War Needs
The Office of Price Administration said July tire and tube quotas exceed June to handle hot weather wear and more war workers. Nationwide passenger car quotas list 57 097 new tires for list A, 23 402 grade 2 tires, 555 070 recaps, 323 087 inner tubes. Track tire quotas include 268 925 new tires, 314 896 recaps, 299 265 tubes.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
R A F Bags 7 Axis Planes Over Malta
R A F fighter patrol shot down seven enemy fighters in the last 24 hours without a single loss, officials announced Saturday night in Valletta Malta.
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Valletta
Malta
R.A.F
No Axis Convoys Reached Bengasi In Last Two Weeks
AP reports unofficial Saturday that no Axis convoys reached Bengasi in the last fortnight as British submarines attack supply ships. The lack of shipments from Tripoli hampers the Axis push toward the Egyptian front, with submariners claiming two large Libyan bound vessels sunk.
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Bengasi
Larry Allen
Alexandria
Egypt
Labsan
Bengas
Tripoli
Bengal
Libya
Mercury Reaches 84 Under Cloudy Cedar Rapids Skies
Cedar Rapids saw a warm day with a high of 84 degrees as clouds moved in by afternoon. Humidity rose through the late afternoon, making conditions feel muggy despite the sunny start.
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