Allied Sub Sinks 6000-Ton Transport and Four Subs Lost
Allied headquarters reported an enemy 6,000 ton troop transport sunk with inferred 12,000 Japanese deaths in the southwest Pacific. Four Japanese midget submarines were sunk in the Sydney harbor raid. Two supply ships were also sunk and another damaged as Japanese forces press on in three Chinese provinces amid intensified battles along the China coast and Burmese fronts. American officers Stilwell and Brereton arrived in Chungking for talks with Chiang Kai-shek as heavy casualties mounteast and west of Burma and along the Canton–Hankow line.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Sydney Harbor
United Nations
Aaid
Otohe
Australia
China
Tokyo
Chokiang
Kwangtung
Kiangsu
Chuksian
Chekiang
Japan
Yingsi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kiangsi
Far Pacific
Chungking
Lungling
Tengyush
Salween River
China East
Canton- Hankow
British War Office
Madagascar
Africa
War Office
Diego Suarez
Legion Sets National Convention for Kansas City in 1921
The American Legion will hold its national convention in Kansas City Missouri in September 1921 instead of New Orleans due to coastal position and transport worries. The change was decided by the national executive committee after lengthy deliberation among seven cities.
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Indianapolis
American Legion National Convention
Kansas City
New Orleans
The
Legion
State rests case against Douglas Bushfield linked to consideration
In Aberdeen June 4 the state rested its case against W G Douglas and Judge Van Buren Ferry as defense motions to dismiss were denied. Witness Arthur Moodie testified as Douglas allegedly profited from state funds while Burns brokered a stock exchange plan tied to Governor Bushfield. Burns described proposed consideration to Hammerquist and Bushfield, including offers of money, while recounting failed efforts to recoup losses from state money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
W. G. Douglas
van Buren Ferry
Arthur J. Moodie
Rural Credit Board
Douglas
State Treasury
Moodie
Earl Hammerquist
E. D. Barrow
H. O. Lund
Attorney Generals Office
Elmer Thurow
Brown County
Phil T. Burts
Aberdas
Leo A. Temmey
Burns
Hammerquist
Bushfield
Hammeraquist
Low
E. D. Barron
Harmmers
Beadle County Eighth Graders Honor Top Distinction
Maxine Laurence of Milford Township and Donald Olson of Fairfield were named the top ranked girl and boy at the Beadle County eighth grade graduation held Wednesday in the high school auditorium. They stood above about 113 other graduates.
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Maxine Laurence
Milford Township
Donald Olson
Fairfield
Beadle County
FDR weighs nationwide gas rationing decision
President Roosevelt faces Cabinet discussion on extending gasoline rationing beyond the eastern seaboard. If approved a basic weekly allotment would rise toward four gallons nationwide, enabling about 2 880 miles of driving annually at 15 mpg, amid congressional controversy. Donald M. Nelson said no final decision has been made.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Friays
Office of Price Administration
Eastern Seaboard
Rep. Beiter
Democrat
New York
Ickes
Donald M. Nelson
Heydrich Dies From Wounds. Czech Reprisals Rise
Berlin reports Reinhard Heydrich died in Prague from wounds received May 27 after an assassination attempt. The Hangman’s death sparks plans for mass executions and martial law, with Prague under swift reprisals and a 10 million crown reward offered for the assassins. German leaders, including Himmler, oversee the investigation and response.
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Berlin
Reinhard Heydich
Bohemia and Moravia
Prague
der Henker
London
Heydrich
Berlin-Prague
Greater Prague
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Coupon Rationing Planned for Sugar First in Canada
Ottawa reports that sugar will be the first commodity rationed in Canada under wartime control. Donald Gordon, chairman of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, announced the plan today. Mussolini conference reports from Rome indicate he is meeting with government members and a British broadcast notes his possible move toward North Africa.
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Ottawa
Canada
Donald, Gordon
Prices and Trade’ Board
Mussolini
London
Rome
Africa
One Of Several Motives In Jap Attacks On Alaska
The document discusses potential motives behind Japanese attacks on Alaska including the Pearl Harbor raid as a possible trigger and suggests the Alaska strike could be a minor operation or a larger propaganda and nerve-impulse action. It weighs reprisal for American restraint and the value of maintaining Japanese strategic signaling.
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Alaska
Hether
Commandos Raid French Coast In Early Morning Operation
British Commandos conducted a nocturnal reconnaissance raid in the Boulogne Le Touquet area across the Dover Strait. They returned with valuable information and suffered only slight casualties. Royal Navy ships and RAF fighters escorted and protected the operation.
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London
Boulogné-Le Tourquet
Dover Strait
Royal Navy
Royal Air Foren
Boulogne-Le Touquet
England
Dover
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Washington
Sir John G. Dill
Combined Chiefs of Staff
United States
Britain
George C. Marshall
United States Army
Staf
Henry H. Arnold
United States Army Air Forces
Boulogne
le Touquet
French
RAF
Grote bound over for circuit court in child incident
Arthur S. Grote known as Sonny was bound over to Beadle County Circuit Court after waiving preliminary hearing. He could not post $2000 bond and was jailed to await December 7. State charges allege he lured a 12 year old girl on a motorcycle and took her to a rural barn near Huron for assault. The girl was examined by a local physician after the incident. The defendant, who is married, reportedly admitted guilt. Trial set for June.
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Grote
Arthur S
Sonny) Grote
Beadle County
CN. Hall
Hall
Beadig County
Huron
T.H. ‘Luby
Huron Go
West Huron
West Park
Sameaas
Luby
Japanese Raids On Dutch Harbor Prompt Alarm Across U S
Washington reports the Dutch Harbor attack was quiet with a second Japanese raid likely reconnaissance. Navy says damage was limited, fires out, casualties few. Secretary Stimson warns further raids probable as Alaska defense ramps up. Civil defense boosts and U S can push alert to Panama as authorities assess carrier based attackers.
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Washington
Navy
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Atlantic
Thomas W. Rudderow
Highland Lane
Bryn Mawr
Patt
North America
Aleutians
Panama
North American
Canada
United States
Anthony J. Dimond
Alaskam
Congress
Dimond
Philppines
Seattle
California
Los Angeles County Defense Council
Balbos
Panama Canal Zone
Kurile Islands
Japan
Unalaska Island
Kuriles
Tokyo
Pacific
Burma
Cooking School To Close Tomorrow
Crowds attend the Evening Huronite Cooking School where Mrs W Elsner Smith demonstrates rapid homemaking tasks. A contest yields a year’s Rinso supply to Mrs Elmer Erickson and prizes to several attendees. Tomorrow marks the final day with grand prizes and more demonstrations. Wanda Hawley, noted silent film star, dies at Utica New York at age 44 after pneumonia.
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W. Elsner Smith
Elmer Erickson
Wayne John
Janet Swab
Anna Hanson
J. A. Johnson
M. C. Magruder
RA. Henderson
John Fuglsang
Patsy Walsh
J. G. Avery
Alvin Clemmens
H. Mahowald
Iva Plummer
Sarah Rand
John Kokesh
W. H. Gamble
Lloyd Lennox
Folger’s
Ina Claire Stewart
Kellogg
William Harris
Bee Cooking School
Wanda Hawley
Utica
N. Y
Charles. Fulcher
Kelso
New York
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Rolla
Canterbury
Ed Cr
HR. A. F
Golo
Dewitt MacKenzie Wide
Our. Naval
Dua ‘Harbor
Ales
France
Navy Department
Stimson
Edwin Stout
Ditch Harbor
Tl War Department
Aleutian
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