Britain Launches Largest Air Assault In World History
London reports nine German fighters shot down in daylight raids over the channel and northern France as 400 to 500 RAF planes hammer occupied Europe. Bremen Kiel Boulogne docks were attacked and fires started, while three British planes were missing. The RAF claims the offensive is only beginning.
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London
Britain
RAF
Channel
France
Germany
Bremen
Kiel
Air Ministry
Boulogne
British Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcasting Corporation
The
Reich
Wouthern England
National Income Boost Expected In U S By 1941
Washington reports from June 26 indicate agriculture department economists forecast total national income at least 92.06 billion dollars in 1941, with a minimum rise of 11.08 billion over 1940. They expect 1941 farm cash income around 10.6 billion, surpassing 1940 but still below 1929 in dollar terms, aided by wartime demand, price supports, and defense employment.
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U. S
Ovida
Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
Band Concert Program Huron Municipal Band
Huron Municipal Band conducted by Hans Christensen presents a concert program at Park on Thursday June 26 at 7 45 P M featuring marches overtures waltzes and a vocal piece including Castle Ruins His Honor Wedding of the Winds Overture Helen of Troy Rolling Thunder and the Star Spangled Banner with arrangements by Ed Chenette Paul Yoder Henry Fillmore Floyd St Clair C Tobias Scott Dexter C E Duble P Lacome and other composers.
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Ed Chenette
Paul Yoder
His
Henry Fillmore
John T. Halle
C. Tobias
Scott Dexter
P. Lacome
C. E. Duble
Floyd J. St. Clair
Germany Loses Surface Raider in Indian Ocean Battle
Berlin reports the loss of the auxiliary cruiser Pinguin in a clash with the British heavy cruiser Cornwall in the Indian Ocean. The ship Admiral Scheer returns from an Atlantic raid netting 152000 tons. The Pinguin crew suffered heavy losses and some were captured.
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Berlin
Indian Ocean
Admiral Scheer
Atlantic
Pinguin
London
High Command
Hansa
Lloyds
Germany
Communinque
Indian Oceans
Pope Pius XII Urges Self Sacrifice at Eucharistic Congress
Vatican broadcasts a 15 minute English address from Pope Pius XII in St Paul Minnesota urging self sacrifice to counter paganism weakening Christian culture. He laments persecution of church members and asks for love of all people whose salvation Christ died for, closing with a benediction.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Paul, Minn
Christ
Japan May Enter War Says Italian Admiral Hints
Rome June 26 Admiral Gino Ducci of the Italian navy said Japan might join the Axis war on Russia. He suggested Japan could occupy Sakhalin Island and the Petropavlovsk base to block U.S. Siberian bases, arguing such moves would secure the north against possible U.S. war initiatives. Russia owns the island's northern half while Japan holds the southern portion.
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Japan
Rome
Gino Ducci
Russia
Sakhalin Island
Petropavlovsk
Kamchatka
United States
Siberian
Germany
Italy
Ducei
Il Giornale Diitalia
Stores To Close For Fourth Of July In Huron
Huron retail merchants will close all day July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Banks, city and county offices, and other public agencies will join the shut down. The Evening Huronite will not publish that day. The main event is the American Legion's second annual rodeo and celebration at the State Fair Grounds.
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Huron
C. Irvin Krumm
Chamber of Commerce
Huronite
American Legion
State Fair Grounds
Finland's Plight Seen Among Europe’s Saddest War Tragedies
In a feature by Dewitt MacKenzie, Fred Vanderschmidt writes on Finland's grim plight amid European conflict. The piece portrays Finnish suffering under occupation, contrasting it with wider war measures and the fates of small nations.
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Finland
Dewitt MacKenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Vanderschmidt
Girl Injured as Car Crash Occurs at City Intersection
An automobile accident at Fifth Street and Illinois Avenue South West involved HH L Slaughter of Yankton and Mrs Glenn Lee of Huron. Mrs Lee’s two year old daughter fell from the car onto the pavement after the crash. A brief report notes the incident occurred on Wednesday.
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Fifth Street
Ilinois Avenue
HH. L. Slaughter
Yankton
Mra
Glenn Lee
Huron
Congress Rushes Vital Legislation As Yearend Nears
Washington June 26 Congress pushes to push through 15 billion in new appropriations and key measures before the fiscal year ends. Leaders set heavy weekend schedule for Senate and House with anticipated Saturday sessions and night work. Roosevelt already signed 17.6 billion in appropriations and more await his signature as final outlays approach 40.9 billion by July 1. House moves to raise 85 percent parity agricultural loan authority to 2.55 billion with prompt approval expected.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
Gulfpoint
Miss
Pat Harrison
Roosevelt
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Tennesseee Valley Authority
Commodity Credit Corporation
Machinists End Shipyards Strike in San Francisco
AFL machinists cancelled a 47 day walkout affecting 11 San Francisco Bay shipyards with 1 200 strikers and 600 affiliates. Orders worth about 500 million dollars were paused. Workers will return Monday under protection of a master contract negotiated by the metal trades council with 39 Pacific Coast shipyards.
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Associated Press
AFL
San Francisco Bay
Metal Trades Council
Pacific Coast
Trades Council
Office of Production Management
Washington
Il Duce Mustering Troops As Both Sides Claim Gains
Berlin reports German forces break through Soviet border defenses and push toward Vilna and Lithuania as Italy, Finland, and Sweden signals shape potential aid. Russian command counters with claims of checked panzer advances and stalled drive toward Ukraine. War fronts include Vilna, Prut River, and Poland, with air combat favoring Russia in recent days.
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Stalin
France
Britain
Hitler
Poland
Germany
Russia
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Bengazi
Crete
Il Duce
Berlin
Fuehrer
Beglin
Suc Ceteda
New York
CBS
Italy
Ving
Lithuania
Vichy
Vilna
Peels Greene
Peels Greene Feetssian Dispatches Saidt Preemyal
Finland
London
Rusela
Reich
DNB
Budapest
Hungary
Rome
Sweden
U.S
Induction Orders Mailed To 29 Beadle County Men
Final induction orders were mailed to twenty nine Beadle County men today. They must report at 4 p.m. on July 7 at the Huron post office building and will be sent to Fort Snelling Minnesota for Army induction. Two volunteers are Marvin Merle Anderson and Luvern Vicktor Gustafson. The list includes Anderson, Gustafson, Williams, Wipf, Michael, Bruce, Vallin, Ambrosius, Chalberg, Anderson, Olson, Schwartz, Gathnam, Ashling, Langland, Lashwood, Baum, Shaw Jr., Larsen, Kuti, Nepstad, Krauter, Gross, Meyer, Baum, Roush, Johnson, Gibson, Ulrich.
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Beadle County
Selective Service
Huron
Fort Snelling
Minn
United States Army
Marvin Merle Anderson
Luvern Vicktor Gustafson
Delbert Earl Williams
John E. Wipf
Charles Chris Michael
Merle Bruce
Kenneth Vernon Vallin
George Norman Ambrossius
Elmer Leon Chalberg
Reuben Clarence Anderson
Raymond Edward Olson
George Franklin Schwartz
Lou Augustus Gathnam
George Arthur Ashling
Martin Oliver Langland
Earl Edward Lashwood
Arthur W. Baum
John Edward Shaw, Jr
Kenneth Amund‘Larsen
Elmer Albert Kuti
George Stanley Nepstad
Clifford Elmer Krauter
Clinton Clifford Gross
Russell Alvin Meyer
Christie Julius Baum
Robert William Roush
Andrew Leo Johnson
Lemas Carlton Obson
Herman Joseph Ulrich
Henderson To Freeze Auto Tire Prices In U S
Washington reports price administrator Leon Henderson announced wholesale and retail prices for auto tires and tubes would be held at June levels. He said the move aims to warn trade and prevent preemption of the new schedule, as government action to fix mandatory prices looms after industry refusals to accept new authority.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
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