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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1942
Page
1
British and German armored forces clashed fiercely in Libya near Tobruk and Knightsbridge as Rommel poured available armor into a counteroffensive. Reports describe heavy fighting around Devil’s Cauldron, with substantial tank losses on both sides and a major push by British forces to blunt the wedge.
Wooddell, an assistant at torney general for nine years, resigns at the request of his uncle Atty Gen W S Wysong who will appoint James A Bibby Jr to succeed him. Bibby is of Charleston and served since 1939 with the state unemployment department.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull warned Helsinki that U S cooperation with Nazi Germany must not continue or it will rupture Finnish relations. Hull called Hitler's visit a deliberate ruse to press Finland toward the Axis and noted Washington is watching the situation closely.
Moscow radio reported a Soviet air force dive bombing raid in the Baltic sinking 10 German vessels in three convoys and at a Nazi naval base. Seven ships were sunk in attacks on one convoy and the base, with three more lost in a second convoy and a third convoy scattered in an earlier operation. The broadcast noted further that ammunition...
South Charleston's business district along the Midland trail faces radical transformation if the state road commission wins the right to condemn a strip of land beside Route 60. The move aims to relocate the highway to appease the Chesapeake and Ohio railway which seeks an extra 12 feet on the north side.
Kanawha County eyes 112200 dollar target for the 1942 43 period with drive scheduled June 22 27. Campaign director Charles E Hodges notes the budget covers 11 agencies including USO Navy Relief United China Relief and Greek War Relief among others with emergency reserve funds and a 9800 1900 allocations. Headquarters open tomorrow at St Virginia Street in the former Southern Hardware building as staff organization proceeds.
William E. Baker, a federal judge from Elkins, sues George P. Alderson, state tax commissioner, to block a 1929 amendment taxing salaries paid by the federal government. The suit seeks an injunction against tax collection on a $10,000 annual government salary and asks the amendment be declared void as an invasion of federal sovereignty.
Senator Vandenberg warns that aggressive new taxes may handicap government financing. He urges no cuts to personal exemptions and retention of existing ones, arguing Congress should focus on keeping the economy able to fund government bonds rather than the total tax take. He spoke ahead of the bill before the Ways and Means Committee.
A Japanese submarine was believed sunk off New South Wales by an Allied plane after destroying a small Australian freighter. The tally for the week rose to six subs certainly sunk and two probably. Japan’s reports and MacArthur’s communique noted another raid on Truk in the outer islands, with Allied bombers damaging warehouses docks and a coaling jetty at New Britain.
Chinese defenders in Chekiang’s Chuhsien rail center repelled a sustained Japanese assault. The communique said about 9000 Japanese soldiers were killed as repeated onslaughts failed to break Chinese positions. A Japanese unit in plain clothes was routed near the Chu river with heavy casualties.
Italian newspapers report that Catholic church bells will be removed from towers to be cast into guns and shrapnel. The move, described as an unprecedented sacrifice in Italian history, follows wartime needs stated by official sources.
Navy officials announce a radio broadcast ceremony from Honolulu to swear in 16000 volunteers across navy marine corps and coast guard six months after the Pearl Harbor attack. The event marks Midway victory reports with anticipated heavy enemy losses and reinforces ongoing mobilization of men ships planes and guns.
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The navy and marine recruiting staffs hold a joint service swearing in recruits at 2 p.m. on the post office steps with cooperation from the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Boy Scouts Sea Scouts home guard city police and two high school bands. The oath for navy recruits follows a Pearl Harbor anniversary six months to the minute after the attack. Marines are sworn in immediately after. The program opens with color presentation by American Legion members and ends after the anthem.
Reporters touring U S war plants found high morale among workers especially women who valued routine machine work for the Allied cause. Most plants showed good labor relations with management, many displaying flags and slogans. Detroit area observers noted some workers undervaluing the war effort and long hours, with many at 44 to 58 hours weekly, raising overtime costs as war production accelerates.
Pearl Harbor dispatches confirm U S forces sunk or damaged 18 to 15 ships in the Midway action. Admiral Nimitz lists carriers, battleships and cruisers hit or damaged as the battle continues. He notes a momentous victory in the making and partial avengement of Pearl Harbor.
The automotive industry reports six months of armament production since Pearl Harbor, noting orders surged to over 14 billion dollars, production equal to 15 million cars or 300 percent of peacetime output, and deliveries up more than seventy percent in six months, signaling strong war mobilization.
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