FDR Welcomes Mexico and Philippines to United Nations
President Roosevelt in a White House Flag Day ceremony welcomes Mexico and the Philippine commonwealth as allies in the United Nations war against the Axis. He cites the four freedoms and vows the allied nations will use full resources to defeat tyrants, urging German and Japanese peoples to choose freedom over oppression.
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Philippines
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Great Britain
Russia
China
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Republic of Mexico
Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands
Jong
Allies Exiles Hail Flag Day Across Allied Nations
The Associated Press reports Flag Day ceremonies mark renewed commitment to end Axis tyranny and establish a peaceful order. From Cape Town to Washington, leaders vow victory and freedom as 28 nations join the alliance. Roosevelt welcomes Mexico and the Philippines, Churchill urges unity across the empire in a mass tribute.
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South Africa
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Moscow
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Philippine Commonwealth
Great Britain
Empire
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Scrap Rubber Collection Begins in Nation Today
Washington reports the nationwide scrap rubber drive starts at 12:01 a m tomorrow ends June 30 with 400,000 filling stations weighing cast-off rubber and paying the public one cent a pound. Government will reimburse stations 11-4 cents a pound to cover handling costs. If surplus arises it goes to war charities. outcome may affect gasoline rationing and tire distribution.
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Insi
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Flag Observance At City Lodge Celebrates Flag Day
Charleston lodge 708 B n a i B r i t h received a 62 star flag bearing the number of service members. Lawrence Kaufman presented the flag last night during the lodge observance in public clubrooms. Rabbi Ariel Goldburg spoke on acceptance as churches and Elks hosts marked the day with patriotic programs city wide.
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B'nai B'rith
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State Department of Public Assistance
Family Men Likely Deferment Through 1942 Says Senate Panel
Washington June 14 Senators on the military committee indicate most family men with dependents may be deferred from military drafts through 1942. Sen Lee notes selective service and army officials backed this view while support grows for a bill granting allowances to wives and children of lower paid service members.
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Senate Military Committee
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Army
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U Boat Sinks UN Merchant Ship Off U S Coast
The U boat attack at sea left a UN merchant ship burning and sinking several hundred miles off the U S coast. Of 35 aboard, 29 survived including master Capt Barteld Van Dijk. two seamen died and four are missing presumed dead. Survivors were rescued and brought to an east coast port after four days in lifeboats.
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Dimond warns Attu could become major war factor
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond of Alaska cautioned that Japan still holds Attu in the western Aleutians and could use the island to base planes. He warned a fleet from Attu might threaten Dutch Harbor then Kodiak and Sitka, despite reports of fog limited value. Dimond noted Aleutian fog is not as heavy in June to August.
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Anthony J. Dimond
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Dutch Harbor
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Sitka
Aleutians
Mercury's High 1s 63 Temperature Falls Across City
The United Fuel Gas thermometer recorded a maximum of 43 degrees yesterday, down 28 to 34 degrees from the past ten days highs. The weather shift marks a notable drop in daily heat across the area.
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United Fuel Gas Company
Rommel Spear Nears Tobruk
Cairo dispatch reports near Tobruk as Rommel hurls virtually all available forces into a grinding melee 12 to 15 miles from the port. Axis thrusts aim to cut the Libyan coast road between Tobruk and El Gazala while Acroma bears the fiercest fighting. Berlin claims a favorable course with 12,000 Allied prisoners and heavy losses in British tanks and artillery.
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el Gazata
Italy
Nelson Warns U S Of New Sacrifices
Chicago June 14 Nelson wartime production chief declares industry is over the hump but civilians face further sacrifices before Hitler is beaten The Flag Day rally at Soldier Field drew about 175000 praising management and labor for wartime output and signaling continued expansion of arms and equipment as the war nears its climax
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Donald M. Nelson
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Soldier Field
Nelson
Cori
Gen Royce and officers survive forced landing in Australia
Brig. Gen Ralph Royce Lt. Gen George Brett Brig. Gen William Marquat and others were aboard Capt Frank Kurtz’s bomber when it made a forced landing in the Australian desert after eight hours of severe weather. The crew and passengers, including a Royal Air Force commodore and Lt. Comdr Lyndon Johnson, were unharmed.
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Atta
Ralph Royce
United Nations Air
George .H. Brett
William Marquat
Seattle
Douglas MacArthur
Royal Air Force
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
U. S. House of Repre
U S Bombers Pictured Set to Defend Caucasus
London June 14. The reported attack by large U S Army bombers on Romanian fields or German Black Sea bases prompted experts to note that American airpower is now active on multiple fronts. In defense of the Caucasus and possibly Turkey, the strike shapes a broader German Middle East push. Turkey
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Black Sea
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Middle East
Ruccia
Twenty one US airmen paroled after Turkey internment
In Ankara June 14 twenty one American airmen whose bombers forced landed in Turkey told their story to US Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt. They were interned but received money drinks and clarets and are expected to win parole soon.
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Laurence A. Steinhardt
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Nikolaev
Black Sea
Roamat
Jap Bombers Raid Darwin
Australian air defenses were on alert as Japan appears to shift from mid Pacific to Australia. Darwin on the north coast endured its first large raid in weeks, with 27 heavy bombers and 32 to 15 fighters. Allied air forces intercepted, shipping near New Ireland attacked, and MacArthur reported a hit on Rabaul’s aerodrome and dock area.
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Seaboard Meteor Wreck Kills Eight, Injures Ten
KITTRELL N C June 14 A freight train struck the observation car of the Silver Meteor injuring ten and killing eight. The New York to Florida through train was delayed an hour and a half after a red light stopped it for emergency orders. Five hours later Raleigh saw the railroad district superintendent found shot at his home.
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Japanese Drive Toward Nanchang Thwarted by Chinese Recapture
Chinese reports say Tsungten was recaptured, halving the Japanese thrust from Kiangsi toward Nanchang. A Kiangsi downpour stalled troops, while air drops provided boots. In Nancheng, Chinese shells and resistance halted the invasion, with casualties reported as fighting intensified near the junction with Chekl ang.
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Airmen on Rafts Sail Bengal Bay
Six American airmen and an RAF sergeant missing since June 7 after their heavy bomber was damaged in Burma raid near Akyab reached a tiny Indian village by rubber rafts and returned to base by rescue plane. Survivors include Lt Clarke Johnston pilot from Dallas and Lt Thomas Murphy co pilot from Shreveport with others from Oklahoma City Atlanta El Paso and Washington DC. The aircraft carried out reconnaissance along the Burma coast and landed on the sea at high speed after enemy fire.
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Bay of Bengal
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Dallas
Thomas Murphy
Shreveport
Harry McCool
Oklahoma City
Troy Drew
Atlanta
Joseph Ayoub
el Paso
Corp
Hirman Cowen Thorp
Washington, D. C
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Paris Hall Blasted in Berlin Bombing Outrage
German broadcasts report an explosion damaged the Paris governor Charles Magny s quarters. The district was cordoned off and two people injured. Magny, once head of the Surde Nationale, has served as prefect of the Seine and governor of Paris since October 1940.
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Paris
Charles Magny
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Parla
Nazi Attacks Grow in Fury Over Weekend Fronts
Soviet forces pressed the Kharkov and Sevastopol fronts amid heavy fighting as German offensives intensified. Timoshenko’s troops claimed heavy losses for the Nazis, with reports of 377 German planes and 135 Soviet aircraft destroyed in the week. Fronts stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea, signaling a potential broad opening.
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Timoshenko
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Leningrad
MT Ae la
Emmons Praises Midway Heroes Sunsetting Japan in Pacific
Gen Delos C. Emmons, from Honolulu, salutes the Midway defenders and the allied services for forcing the Imperial Japanese Navy to retire. He lauds American air power for inflicting heavy losses in ships and men and urges remembrance of fallen comrades.
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