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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1942
Page
3
A heavy storm was reported last night along Elk river causing telephone lines to Clay to be out of order. Details of damage were scarce as Lincoln and Putnam counties saw high waters in Trace fork and tributaries, with crops in fields suffering severely.
Admiral King reviews Pacific actions since Coral Sea, noting weather, limited reporting to Washington, and the need for calculated risks. He says Japan likely aims at Midway or Alaska, underscores two-ocean navy build, and explains withholding some Coral Sea details while pledging forthcoming essential facts.
Washington reports that Nazis extract about 4.5 billion dollars yearly from occupied Europe, mostly in goods. Private researchers say three years of plunder could fund years of war, driving Europe toward famine and weakening health under harsh winter conditions.
Ottawa reported Defense Minister J R Ralston announced a group of prisoners arriving in Canada included about 200 officers and were among Libyan campaign captives. The unnamed generals and many others were moved to internment camps as fighting continued in Libya and Egypt. A separate raid on a Southwest Coast point caused property damage and injuries from a Messerschmitt bombing.
In Nelson county Kentucky a four year old girl Tresa Hardin was found by a searching party after more than 30 hours. She had wandered through heavy brush near a log cabin six miles southeast of Bardstown while playing with her parents. She suffered scratches and exhaustion but was alive. Her parents Mr and Mrs Marshall Hardin of Louisville are identified.
At Jackson's Mill on June 7 415 high school youths registered for Boys State the citizenship training camp by the American Legion. Bill Turner of Huntington began campaigning for governor upon arrival as nominations for state and county offices will be made in this week long program.
A wartime official warned that U S output misalignment could doom the fight against Hitler. He called for concentrating industry and minimizing nonessential transport. Transportation is named a critical weapon as plans surface for English made replacement gaffes and shared arms standardization, with production under way abroad.
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