U S Planes Down 77 Japanese Planes Over Guadalcanal
In a major Pacific air battle, American aircraft claimed 77 enemy planes shot down over Guadalcanal with six US planes lost. Navy communique No 415 notes 32 bombers and 45 Zeros fell, while several US crews remained missing.
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Washington
Pacific
Guadalcanal
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South Pacific
United States
Solomons
Russell Islands
Guadalcanal Area. ‘ Coe Cave
Nok
Pacife
Aleutians
North Pacific
German Air Losses Friday Possibly 105
Secretary of War Stimson said 85, possibly 105 German fighter planes were destroyed by American and British fliers in raids on Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven last Friday. Eight Flying Fortresses were lost. He cited heavy damage to enemy industry and noted 24 Fortresses lost in Kiel and Bremen raids, with two later returning to base. Prisoner counts from Pantelleria and Lampedusa were given.
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Washington
Stimson
Wilhelmshaven
Cuxhaven
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Mediterranean
Kiel
Bremen
Ately
Sleeping Sickness Vaccines Show Promise for Humans
Chicago June 17 influenza vaccines for epidemic encephalitis or sleeping sickness types have been developed. The JAMA report says the vaccines, for St Louis and Japanese B types, protected mice and may shield people. Study led by Major Albert B Sabin and colleagues.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
St. Louis
Albert B. Sabin
Army Medical Corps
Watch strapped to ankle leads to vanished girl
Oakland police investigate a peculiar case after Sailor Victor Hanson admits he fastened his wrist watch to his girlfriend’s ankle during a flirtatious moment and then forgot to remove it. He has not seen her since, raising questions about her disappearance and his role in the incident.
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Oakland
Calif
Victor Hanson
Sitc
Subsidy Payment Fight Flares Over Use Limits on Funds
Washington date June 17 Opponents of subsidy payments to cushion price drops push for a floor debate in Congress on whether government funds should be limited or banned in admin efforts to lower food costs Senate banking panel members favor a ceiling on subsidies while Chairman George of the Senate finance panel criticizes the program Retail and wholesale food dealers at a national conference urge opposition to subsidies at any level ahead of proposed legislation and draft substitutes next week Price Administrator Prentiss Brown says price control without subsidies is impossible to maintain.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Bankhead
Alabama
Prentiss Brown
Two Dead In Texas White Negro Riot
Sixteen hundred Texas state guardsmen patrolled this city after a riot left two dead Ellis Cleveland Brown and John Johnson with skull fracture and gunshot wounds. Ten hospitalized and 23 houses wrecked in a Negro section as martial law was declared to prevent further violence following charges of rape against a Black man.
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Beaumania
Yame
Texas
Ellie’ Cleveland Brown
John Johnson
World Events At A Glance Summary
RAF hammers Cologne for the 116th time with 14 bombers missing. Allied long range fighters sink three enemy ships in the Aegean Sea while the Northwest Africa air force took the day off. Invasion jitters as Berlin broadcasts anxiety over Allied Balkans invasion. Turkish frontier sealed. Romania Hungary report health issues. Mussolini reshuffles fascist council as Italians cheer Pope’s peace mention. Smolensk front flashes recur. MacArthur’s bombers fly 1000 miles to Kendari in Celebes. Japan boosts air strength in New Guinea New Britain and northern Solomons. Allied bombers pound five Japanese bases.
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RAF Hammers
Cologne
Aegean Sea
Northwest Africa
Berlin
Balkans
Ankara
Syria
Rumania
Hungary
Sweden
Prands
Italy
Mussolini
London
Pius
New Guinea
New Britain
Solomons
French Committee Reaches Agreement in Algiers Meeting
In Algiers on June 17, thirteen members of the French National Liberation committee presided over by Gen. Bentou, reached an agreement after an 80 minute session on procedure and collective responsibility. A committeeman called the meeting admirably democratic and said the new institution is born. The group accepted collective responsibility and vowed to relinquish powers when France is freed, signaling a hopeful rapprochement between De Gaulle and Giraud. The date for the next session was not set.
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Algiers
French National Liberation Committee
Bentoe
France
de Gaulle
Giraud
Turkey backs Allies as best bet to win war
The War Today notes Turkey has chosen the Allies, marking a shift from the Axis. DeWitt Mackenzie writes from Tokyo amid vacation. Max Hil reports that Ankara now openly sides with the United Nations, exposing vulnerabilities in Europe and signaling loyalty to America Britain and Russia.
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Turkey
DeWitt Mackenzie
Max Hil
Associa’ Press Bureau
Tokyo
United Nations
Axis
Europe
Balkans
Sukru
Saracoghi
America
Britain
Russia
Germany
Ankara
Geo MacKenzie
Navy Oil Deal With Standard Oil Declared Illegal
A Justice Department official called the Navy and Standard Oil of California Elk Hills agreement illegal and invalid under the 1933 Petroleum Conservation Act. Lawmakers debated the deal’s terms, with critics calling it a dangerous “give away” lease while Navy officials defended it as in the national interest. Roosevelt to decide after Byrnes relays the report.
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Washington
Navy
Standard Oil Company of California
Elk Hills
Justice Department
Norman Littell
House Public ‘Lands Committee
Rep. Elliott
California
California Reserve
Littell
Secretary of Navy
Naval
Justice de BeauTene
Elliott
Peterson
Florida
Standard Oil Company
Navy Department
Public Lands Committee
Rep. Voorhis
Democrat
Voorhis
Langer
North Dakota
Republican
Summer Concert Series Kicks Off By Huron Band
The Huron Municipal Band opens a summer concert series at Campbell Park at 8 p.m. announced by Director Hans Christensen. The program includes Star Spangled Banner, Salute to Burlington, Overture Mlle Modiste, Say It With Music, Watts Straussiana, Cuban Dance Rosemary Jewell, and selections from The Royal Vag bond, plus Spanished Village.
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Huron Municipal Band
Campbell Park
Hans Christensen
Star
Burlington
Sherman
Mle
Modiste
Herbert
Berlin
Turkey Recalls Vichy Ambassador In Protest
Bern dispatch reports Ambassador Behir Erkin recalled to Ankara from Vichy France over Gestapo restrictions on the Turkish embassy. Allies press action rumors cite Gaston Bergery as too pro Axis. Germans deny visa. embassy code messages barred. pouch checks at border. relations strained with Vichy and Petain.
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Bern
Switzerland
Behir Erkin
Turkey
Ankara
Vichy
France
Gaston Bergery
Allies
Bergery
Axis
von Papen
Erkin
Germany
Gestapo
Petain
Alaska Highway renamed to Alaska military highway
Brig. Gen. James O Connor announced the Alaska Highway name Alcan is abandoned and the 1,600 mile lifeline to the north will be officially known as the Alaska military highway. The statement clarifies the naming decision from Whitehorse Yukon Territory on June 17.
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Whitehorse
James O 'Connor
U. S. Army
Northwest Service Command
Alaska Highway
Alcan
Alaska Military Highway
Vacations Hopes Of Congress Dwindle In Dispute
Congress fights over a summer recess by July 10 amid clashes delaying laws. Senate to hear on Office of Price Administration plan to subsidize producers with federal funds to roll back food prices. Banking panel signals possible subsidy ceilings. House debates agency appropriations as Republicans seek restraint. Washington, Fage Two.
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Associated Press Congress
Senate
Office of Price Administration
Banking Committee
Washington
Weather Halts Allied Raids Over Sicily and Italy
Allied Mosquito craft halt raids over Sicily and southern Italy due to bad weather. RAF and Mediterranean air forces report no aircraft losses while heavy shipping massed near Gibraltar and raids target railways bridges and huts.
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Sicily
Italy
Odd Fellows Elect Sioux Falls Man State Leader In Convention
Fred Carpenter Jr of Sioux Falls was chosen grand master at the 67th annual state Odd Fellows session in Huron. Other officers named include C R Wallace Mitchell grand warden L L Trotter grand secretary and C F Mundt grand treasurer. Paul J Kuhn Aurora urged cooperation with the war effort and guiding youth to prepare leaders for reconstruction. The four new lodge candidates were William Grobmke Charles Trohaske Otis Winters and Charles Aldrich.
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Fred Carpenter, Jr
Sioux Falls
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Huron
FLL
Benaon
Fulton
C. R. Wallace Mitchell
L. L. Trotter
C. F. Mundt
Sioux’ Falls
Paul J. Kuhn
Aurora
Odd Fellows Organization
Kuhn
Mesna
The
Odd Fellows
Clina
Fighter Planes Hit Nazi Transport Targets In Europe
British RAF raids across the Rhineland and northern France hit Cologne and other targets as heavy night bombing continued. RAF fighters attacked transport and other sites in Holland and Belgium, with fourteen bombers and one fighter reported missing. The offensive, begun last Friday by US forces, aims to disrupt rail and road links and hamper German industrial repairs while continuing operations across occupied Europe.
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London
Cologne
Rhineland
RAF
Germany
Air Ministry
Holland
Belgium
Oberhausen
Essen
Douai
Bethune
France
Bomber Crashes Near Rapid City AFB
A four engined bomber crashed and burned just off the perimeter of Rapid Army Air Base shortly after noon today. Major Eno, the base commander, announced the crash and the public relations officer said details were not immediately available. It was not known how many men were aboard or the cause of the accident.
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Rapid City
Rapid Army Air Base
Mon
Eno
Nazis Delay Summer Offensive On Russia
A German high command reportedly postponed a planned summer invasion of Soviet Russia, originally set for June 16, due to front line supply shortages. A confidential foreign source said the move aimed to refocus a limited attack near the Orel salient as supply depots showed critical shortages of food fuel and ammunition. Field Marshal Von Bock's rapid tour of depots confirmed the decision to delay the operation.
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Lomon
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Orel Sal~ient
Moscow Field
Geo. Fedor von Bock
Japs Build Up Air Might Across Pacific Islands
Allied air raids have not stopped Japan from strengthening air power at Raabau l New Britain and Wewak and in the northern Solomons. Photos show ongoing construction and improvements as Tokyo presses a sustained aerial buildup despite heavy bombardment.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Wewak
New
Solomons
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