RAF Raids Pound Essen and French Targets in New Blitz
RAF forces raided Essen in Germany and northern France with hundreds of fighters and bombers. Spitfires led a cover of Hurricanes against rail yards and docks at Cherbourg Le Havre Le Treport Abbeville. Boston bombers from American factories joined dusk strikes on Cherbourg and Le Havre docks.
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Mountbatten Meets U.S. Leaders on Commandos Plan
Lord Mountbatten met U.S. War Department officials including Secretary Stimson and General Marshall to discuss organizing large scale American commando forces. The talks align with Allied strategy planning involving United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union and the prospect of a second European front.
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30 000 Raiders Each Month Is RAF's Goal
London June 3 The RAP bomber command aims for 30000 raiding bombers to Germany each month by sending up to 2000 planes in a single night. An RAF spokesman said Britain already has the organization to dispatch 2000 planes nightly and that a second target at the same time is possible.
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Britons Speed Up Allied Front in Washington Talks
In Washington on June 3 the Allied plan to hasten Axis defeat took clearer shape through British Production Minister Oliver Lyttleton and Lord Louis Mountbatten. They aim to align American and British production schedules to boost war output and speed merchant ship launches amid U N concerns. Sir Walter Layton accompanies them as program advisor.
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British Commandos Raid French Coast
British commandos conducted a minor reconnaissance raid on the German held French coast in the Boulogne Le Touquet area. Special service troops landing across the Dover strait obtained valuable information. It was the first landing in that area since March 22.
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Soviet Airmen Start Bombing Nazis' Drones
Soviet bombers hit German airfields on the eastern front as Red fighters downed about 40 enemy planes and damaged 13. The midnight communique credited airmen with sinking two torpedo cutters, damaging ships, and destroying tanks and trucks amid continuing front battles.
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Nazi Slaughter Put at 600000 Across Europe
Moscow radio charged that Germany killed about 600000 people in Europe since the war began. It said 1542 Germans were executed in Germany and 400000 in occupied countries by punitive expeditions. It claimed about 100000 in the Baltic states and 87500 in Poland, plus German slave markets in Ukrainian territories.
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Nazis Raid England on South Coast in Sharp Air Attack
German planes raided England's south coast early today in what was called a sharp raid. The attack was ongoing when announced. high explosives damaged properties and there were casualties.
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INS
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Vinson Pushes $8.3 Billion Naval Bill for 500 New Fighting Ships
House naval committee chairman Vinson announced a $8.3 billion naval construction plan to add 500,000 tons of aircraft carriers and cruisers, plus destroyers and escort ships, aiming to build 250 ships next year and another 250 by end of 1944. The measure, part of a broader package including aviation plants and submarines, targets rapid expansion of a fighting fleet to win the war.
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British Tanks Flank Rommel Right Wing
British armored forces pound Axis units southwest of Tobruk as a tanking maneuver sends a column around Rommel's right wing advancing 30 miles west. Axis forces lose nearly 300 tanks in seven days while establishing a 1 mile bridgehead between minefield gaps from Bir Hacheim to El Gazala amid sandstorms.
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Parachute Sabotage Admitted By Nazi Prague
Nazis reveal that specially trained Czechs parachuted into Bohemia Moravia to harry occupiers. The admission comes as 25 Czech patriots, including six women, were executed for the Heydrich attack. Propaganda minister Moro in Prague says most parachutists were found, a few escaped and caused Czech bloodshed. Also: American Legion sets 1942 national convention for Sept 19–21 in Kansas City with bids from Chicago Omaha Detroit Des Moines Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
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Allied ships sunk in Bay of Bengal and Atlantic
The Associated Press reports eleven Allied ships sunk today including a U S vessel in the Bay of Bengal by three Japanese cruisers. Losses in the Atlantic bring the four day toll to twelve with three more vessels torpedoed off Brazil and survivors arriving at Recife.
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Japanese push on Chuhsien near key rail center
Front dispatches report Japanese reinforcements closing in from three sides on Chuhsien as heavy rains aid the assault. The strategic rail hub, 45 miles southwest of Kinhwa, sits on the Hangcvhow Nanchang line with both termini already held by Japan. Chinese forces defend stubbornly amid artillery duels and bombing as Page 12, Col. 4 noted.
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New York Warned of Raid by Mayor LaGuardia
Mayor LaGuardia warned that New York is highly vulnerable to a mass air attack. He urged civilian defense and called for 40,000 volunteer policemen, 54,000 volunteer firemen, and 10,000 volunteer nurses and aides.
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Dutch Harbor Raids Reported Six Hours Apart
Japanese bombing planes struck twice at Dutch Harbor Alaska, first at 6 a.m. and again at 12 noon Alaska time. The Navy said early raid caused few warehouses to burn with minor damage and limited casualties, while the second raid details remained unclear. Military observers noted possible strategic aims to disrupt U.S. naval and air bases in the north Pacific. Authorities suspected enemy carriers and intensified search operations in the North Pacific.
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Three Ships Attacked Off Australian Coast
Allied headquarters reported Japanese submarines attacked two small cargo ships 25 miles east of Sydney and a third vessel 225 miles south. The communique offered no results. Separately Allied bombers hit Rabaul in New Britain, creating large fires at the wharf and military camps.
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Two Officers Convicted in Jehovah's Witnesses Civil Rights Case
A federal jury found Bert Stewart former Richwood police chief and Martin Catlett former Nicholas County deputy sheriff guilty of depriving nine Jehovah's Witnesses of civil rights under color of law. They faced accusations of failing to protect worshippers on June 29, 1940, in Richwood and aiding in forcing four to drink castor oil before ordering all nine out of town. The judge scheduled defense motions for June 12.
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West Virginia Regiment Leader’s Distant Posts In WWII
INDIANAPOLIS June 3 4 Col Theron G Methven commander of the 201st Infantry West Virginia National Guard stationed at Fort Benjamin Morrison earlier that year led an army regiment at Dutch Harbor Alaska bombed by Japanese planes. He commanded the 201st from June 2 to August 7 1941 when the regiment moved northwest from Fort Bertison.
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Dutch Harbor
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Canal Zone Alert State Is Ordered
The entire Panama Canal Zone is placed in a state of alert after the Japanese raid on Dutch Harbor. U S army and navy personnel were ordered to remain at posts, passes canceled, and border crossings forbidden. News from Maj Gen Frank M Andrews headquarters. Pacific coast warned Japanese in U S army uniforms may be fifth columnists. Few Japanese left in western defense area and must carry IDs.
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Admiral Freeman flatly downplays Dutch Harbor attack
Rear Admiral C S Freeman commander of the 13th naval district said the Japanese bombing of Dutch Harbor was not a surprise and the outpost was prepared to meet it. He released the comment after the first naval communique from Washington and promised further Navy Department updates on the attack.
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