Reds Forced Back To Central Lines
Moscow reports the Axis pushed the Red Army back to central lines near Sevastopol in a fierce June 21 battle. Soviet brief says seven Axis divisions totaling up to 100,000 were wiped out in the Crimean port fight as Russians fought from fortified corridors and underground positions.
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Moscow
Rusaly
Sevastopol
Crimean
Soviet Bureau of Information
Red Army
Ukraine
Redat
Hull Pledges More Weapons to Russia
Secretary of State Hull promised an ever widening stream of arms and supplies to Soviet armies as the Roosevelt Churchill talks on United Nations war strategy continued. He said by year’s end the Axis will have under estimated the resolve of peace loving nations and the aggressors will face consequences.
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Washington
Roosevelt Churchill
United Nation
Hull
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Germany
Nasl Plana
Plesae
Sub Shells Hit Estevan Point Station Off Vancouver Island
Ottawa reports Canadian defense minister Col. L Ralston announced a submarine shelled the Dominion government telegraph station at Estevan Point on Vancouver Island at 10:35 p m Pacific time Saturday The attack caused no damage and marked the first enemy action on Canadian soil The disclosure came via the commander in chief west coast defenses and was followed by a Seattle order from Rear Admiral Freeman directing coastal precautions along Alaska Washington and Oregon
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Ottawa
3. L. Ralston
Vancouver Island
Estevan Point
Commander In
West Coast Defenses
Dominion Government
Canada
Dominion
Navy
Macdonald
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Vancouver Isand
United States Frontier
Seattle
Alaska
Washington
Oregon
C. 3. Freeman
13Th Naval District
Price Czar Faces Senate Reform Push Over OPA Funds
Washington June 21 A bipartisan congressional bloc lines up to curb Price Administrator Leon Henderson and seeks Senate confirmation power for jobs above 4000 as Henderson delays state and regional appointments. Democrats complain he ignored party balance and earlier runs for political balance in the growing OPA.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
House
Congress
Senate
Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Leon
OPA
Yugoslav King Peter II Arrives in Washington Incognito
King Peter II of Yugoslavia landed in Washington with foreign minister M Nitschich, traveling incognito until Wednesday. The 18 year old monarch will spend a few days in the country before starting his official program, having come here from England.
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Washington
Junna Erntas
Peter 11
Yugoslavia
Boon
State Department
M. Nitschich
Peter
England
Tobruk Falls to Whirlwind Assault and Aleutian Landing
Washington reports army aircraft hit a Japanese cruiser and sank a transport in the Aleutians while Japan lands troops at Kiska 585 miles from Dutch Harbor. Eight Japanese ships struck in area, with weather hampering further action and new tent structures observed at Kiska harbor.
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Washington
INSI
Navy Department
The
Aleutians
Kiska
Dutch Harbor
United States
Attu Island
North Pacific
Get Job Done War Fund Roundup Boosts Morale Aid
Nearly 500 county workers join a roundup to push a 112200 war relief budget toward completion by next Saturday night. Maj Percy Tetlow urged locals to mobilize as 7500 coal miners and area manufacturers respond with organized support.
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Kanawha War Fund
Percy Tetlow
District 17
United Mine Workers
Ocals
Post Office Moves to New $85 000 Building at Dickinson and Lee
Beginning today the Charleston post office relocates from Capitol Street to Dickinson and Lee in a newly built $85 000 federal facility designed to expand later. Mail and services shift to the new offices with furnishings and equipment fresh from the builder. Some agencies remain in the old building, with space limited and others relocated to the new site as recruitment and court offices adjust.
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Charleston
Capitol Street
Dickinson and
Lee Streets
Aldenice
Federal Court
War ties shipyard walkout as AFL backs return to work
Point Pleasant reports that about 2008 workers at Mari etta Manufacturing voted unanimously to heed a War Labor Board request and return to work while the dispute is adjusted. AFL counsel and union leaders framed the move as a cooperative step, despite earlier indications the walkout would continue.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Company
War Labor Board
International Boilermakers
C. Q. Weissenberger
Anion
Michael J. Finn
Washington
WHB
M. H. Mahaffey
Union
Mahaffey
Maywood Boggs
AFL
Charleston
Money Measures Jam Congress
Democratic senate and house leaders start work to clear department appropriation bills before July 1 to fund the next fiscal year. Some delays possible as a mountain of bills faces passage, while campaigning politicking reduces legislative hours for November elections.
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Washington
Nys
Senate
House
Congress
Congress Fotal Iw
Midway Battle Rivalry Over Ships Stir Editorial Debate
The Charleston Gazette editorial page argues the evolving naval balance favors aircraft carriers over battleships, presenting contrasting views from Navy experts and Samuel Grattan as it weighs a shifting wartime lesson.
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Midway
Samuel Gratton
Chinese Hold Mountain Pass Against Heavy Japanese Assault
Chinese troops fight with rocks rifles and machine guns against 10 000 Japanese forces aided by planes and heavy guns. They repulsed seven attempts to storm a border mountain pass along the Honan Shansi line north of the Yellow River. Chinese high command says they hold a 50 mile front along the Chekiang Kiangsi railway near the Yangtze and remain in indecisive combat at Kwangfeng as Japanese aim to turn Kiangsi offensive toward Fukien. A new Japanese offensive north of the Yellow River began June 11 from Linhsien in North Henan, moving 30 miles west of the Peiping Hakow railway.
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Chungking
Honang Shansi
Yellow River
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Yangtze
Linhsien
Henan Province
Peiping-Hakow
British Bomb Emden Base Attack Broad Front Over Channel
London reports the RAF struck Emden on a broad front along the occupied channel coast after heavy overnight raids on the German naval base, Dutch coast airfields, and Axis shipping. American Boston bombers with escort attacked targets at Dunkirk. seven aircraft are listed missing.
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London
RAF
Channel
Emden
Holland
Dunkerque
Air Ministry
Germany
Dunkergu
Boulogne
French Sub Monge Loss In Madagascar Engagement
The French submarine Monge of 1,379 tons and crew of 63 was lost during the defense of Diego Suarez Madagascar last month. Built in 1929, it was the third submarine lost in that engagement and, per Paris radio, the eighth French submarine lost since the 1940 armistice.
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Vichy
France
Diego Suarez
Madagascar
Admiralty
Paris Radio
Cargo Submarines Urged To Beat U-Boat Menace
Senator Hill urged an immediate program to build several cargo submarines capable of carrying 7,500 tons to supply UN forces worldwide. Secretary Knox said such a vessel is feasible and could operate safely at 100 feet depth, aiming to offset merchant shipping losses amid the U-boat threat.
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Washington
Navy
Sen. Hill
D.-Ala
United Nations
Hull
Knox
Simon Lake
Tobruk falls to Axis after abrupt siege end
Cairo dispatch reports a rapid Axis victory in Tobruk with 25 000 British soldiers and several generals captured. Rommel’s forces push toward Bir el Gobi and Bardia near the Egyptian border, suggesting a major blow to Allied supply lines and an aggressive advance in the desert campaign.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
Bir el Gobi
Bardia
Tobruk Loss Big Blow Says London
London reports a severe Allied setback as Tobruk falls after two days of fighting. Rommel’s forces now push toward Egypt and Suez, prompting calls to divert US and British supplies and troops to the desert front. Experts deem large Axis prisoners likely and assess heavy British material losses.
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London
Britain
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Egypt
Suez
Tobruk
United States
Suez Canal
Rommel
Fortress
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