FDR Urges U.S. to Gather Spare Rubber for War Drive
President Roosevelt appealed to Americans to turn in every bit of spare rubber from June 15 to 30 to support war needs. He insisted there will be enough rubber to build planes and tanks to defeat Japan and Germany, urging use of filling stations and cautioning against surrendering essential rubber. The appeal highlighted rubber shortages caused by wartime cuts and the need to fuel victory.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Berlin
1600 Glass Cutters Accept WPB Plea
A fourcompany strike affecting Libbey Owens Ford Glass Flow Glass American Window Glass and Pittsburgh Plate Glass ends Monday as 1600 cutters return to work per War Labor Board request. Union and company reps will seek arbitration on a six percent wage rise while Kanawha City and Clarksburg plants see about 630 workers idle across cutting and related operations. Lady details note 250 at Libbey Owens Ford Kanawha City and 380 at Clarksburg plants are involved. Page 2.
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Clarksburg
Daniel Resh
Charleston
AFI
Glass Cutters League of America
Toledo
War Labor Board
West Vir-givia
Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass
Fource Glass
American Window Glass
Pittsburgh Plete Glass Companies
Libbey- Owens-Ford
War Tabor Board
Battle near Tobruk as Rommel massed tanks
Cairo dispatch reports heavy armored fighting 30 miles southeast of Tobruk as Rommel seeks a showdown thrust. Axis units pressure Bir Hacheim and Knightsbridge while the British 8th Army resists near Harmat and Ain el Gazala, with two potential routes to strike Tobruk.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Tobruk
Bis Hacheim
Edwin Rommel
8Th Army
Bir Hacheim
Harmat
Africa Corps
Knightsbridge
Rommel
Acroma
Ain el Gazala
Soviet Ukraine Forces Attack on Kharkov Front
Soviet armies in Ukraine, bolstered by pledge of a second European front, counter-attacked German forces advancing on Kharkov. Red defenders at Sevastopol fought back Nazi assaults, destroying German tanks and artillery. Russian reports say Kharkov operations were large scale while Sevastopol remained severely tense.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Kharkov
Sevastopol
Crimean
Red Star
Page 2 Col 4 brief note
A short OCR fragment indicates instruction to turn to Page 2 Column 4. The readable text provides no additional facts, names, or events to summarize.
Post Office to Open June 22 in New Charleston Building
Postmaster Julius W. Singleton announced the Charleston post office will open at its new building on June 22. Moving of equipment will be completed Monday. Most old furniture will not be moved. There will be no public celebration.
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Charleston
Julius W. Singleton
Jurors Indict 6 For Murder In Kanawha County
Six individuals face murder indictments from a Kanawha county grand jury led by foreman A W Cox and reported to Judge Jackson Savage. The cases include Robert Don Bailey accused of killing his wife, Howard Beckner for killing his father in law Dana Escue, Georgia Leisure for killing Lonnie Preister, Landy McCoy and Lee Shepherd for killing Guy Barker, and Chain Letter Green for killing John Conentina in separate incidents around South Hills Sugar Creek and Cedar Grove. Two felonies cite prior convictions, reflecting state prosecutorial strategy.
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Kanawha County Grand Jury
Jackson Savage
A.W. Cox
Robert Don Bailey
Wertz Avenue
Jessie
Howard Beckner
Dana Escue
Georgia Leisure
Lonnie Preister
F. G. Bannerot
South Hills
Landy McCoy
Lee Shepherd
Guy Barker
Congress Groups Set Family Help
Senate and House conference committee approved legislation to provide allowances for families of service members, including a $72 monthly amount for a wife and two children, with forecasted swift enactment. The conferees also tentatively backed a Senate provision to defer married men with dependents from the draft until single men are exhausted, giving the President authority via the selective service system to defer categories of those with wives or children.
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Senate-House
Senate
Coral Sea Battle Costs U S Three Ships Versus Fifteen
Navy recounts a costly clash at the Coral Sea in which the United States lost three ships the aircraft carrier Lexington a destroyer and a tanker while destroying at least 15 enemy vessels including an aircraft carrier and four cruisers. Pearl Harbor reports indicate four Japanese air units likely destroyed in the Midway engagement. Japanese losses exceed 10 000 dead. The engagement was an air power driven battle with no surface fleet action.
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Coral Sea
Australia
U. S
Lexington
Ryukaku
Washington
U. S. Navy
Sims
Negsha
Pearl Harbor
Mid- Way Island
Midway
Hawaiian Islands
Ex-Indiana teacher dives in Coral Sea fight
An ex Indiana school teacher nicknamed Nick serves as a naval aviator in the Coral Sea battle. He claims two Japanese ships sunk at Tulagi and hits on enemy carriers. He describes long daily sorties, favorable dive bombing conditions, and near misses from anti aircraft fire. A fellow pilot recalls another carrier attack on May 8 with six zeros shot down.
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Clas
Pacific
Nick
Indiana
Navy
Coral Sea
Joe Bloomington
Naval Air Force
Tulagi
U S Fliers in Turkey Forced Landings Reported
London radio said three American aircraft made forced landings at Ankara airfield this morning and crews were placed under observation. No details on their base or destination were given. German radio had claimed British personnel arrived at Ankara. authorities in London gave no comment.
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London
Turkey
Ankara
Flying General Tinker Killed in Battle at Midway
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, 54, Army Air Forces commander in Hawaii, was lost in action during the Midway battle after leading bombers east of Wake Island on June 7. The War Department said the search area yielded no trace of the plane or crew as Japanese forces retreated.
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Hawaii
Clarence L. Tinker
Midway Island
Tinker
War Department
Midway
Pacific
Wake Island
New
Herbert Dargue
Harold H. George
Australia
Port Indian
Oklahoma
Army Air Forces
Pearl Harbor
Delos C. Emmons
Walter C. Sherl
Japanese do small landings in Attu and Kiska failed
The navy reports a minor Japanese landing on Attu island and ships at Kiska harbor were driven off. Aircraft attacked the forces. the Attu party retreated from the village area and Kiska ships left the harbor. Weather limited air searches, with Dutch Harbor largely spared. The operations follow the June 3 Dutch Harbor raid.
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Washington
Attu Island
Aleutians
Navy
Rab Islands
Werwulas
Attu
Kiska
Alaska
Australia
Midway Island
North’ Pacific
Navy Department
Aleutian Archipelago
Aleutian
Igay
U.S
Dutch Harbor
Russia
Komiandorski Islands
Kiske
Rat Group
Nazis Strengthen Western Coast Defenses After Pact
London reported German commanders in occupied Europe bolstered coast defenses and deepened anti invasion measures in response to a new Anglo American Soviet accord. New machine gun nests rail links and fortified farmhouses emerged as Berlin ordered penalties for resistance and prepared reinforcements with heavy artillery moved from Maginot line. RAF raids were limited by weather though two American Hudson bombers hit a convoy off Holland.
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London
Europe
Tom. Hacker Pe. Higby
British Isles
France
Maginot Line
Fuil
von Reeder
Belgium
Bergen
Norway
Germany
Albert Speer
Low Countries
RAF
Holland
House Group Lifts Tax to 6 Billions
Washington June 12 The house ways and means committee boosted its revenue bill to 6 201 000 000 by raising taxes on telegraph and telephone bills life insurance companies and graphic equipment. The treasury recommends 8 7 billion in total program leaves a shortfall of about 2 5 billion toward Morgenthau's minimum target. A general sales tax may follow. The 5 cent toll service charge on small charges was changed.
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Washington
House
Ways and Mrea
Treasury
Morgenthau
Flying Tigers win as China loses Chuhsien base
CHUNGKING June 12 The Flying Tigers and their shark-nosed planes scored a 2 0 victory over 18 Japanese bombers and fighters raiding Kweilin, offsetting the loss of Chuhsien in western Chekaing province. Kweilin, capital of Kwangsi, has suffered daily bombardment as Japan targets south central China. The AVG, linked to Burma actions, is set to join U S Army on July 4, boosting Allied air operations in the region.
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China
Flying Tigers
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Wen
AVG
Burma
Burma Road
Indo-China
U. S
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