Explosion at Elwood arsenal leaves dozens dead
Early reports place 21 dead and 40 wounded after a massive blast at the Elwood arsenal near Joliet Illinois. The explosion shattered windows miles away and disrupted communities across eastern Illinois. The plant, producing high explosive bombs since 1941, employed more than 10 000 on three shifts and was built in ten months.
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Joliet
Elwood Arsenal
David P. Tunstall
Ill
Elwood
D. P. Tunstall
Army
Illinois
Kankakee
Enemy Agent Found Guilty in Espionage Case
Dr. Hans Helmut Gros, 34, former schoolteacher tied to Hitler’s reign, was convicted of espionage. His wife Frances Goellert, 31, a former movie studio employee, also faced sentencing. both face up to twenty years with possible extra penalties for registration failures.
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Leos Angeles
Hanselmut Gros
Hitler
Einhard Heydrich
Tence
Frances Goellert
Benson
Gros
State Department
The Grafton Sentinel Theatre Invitations
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Anna Wilson of 144 Front Street to tonight's showing of Stork Pays Off. Also promoted are Slap Maxie Rosenbloom in a feature with Torpedo Boat starring Arlen and Twilight on Trail featuring Bill Boydy.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Anna Wilson
Front Street
Stork
Maxie Rosenbloom
Arlen
Twilight
Bill Boydy
Phyllis Strother
Washington Street
John King
Arlene Judge
Opera House
West Virginia launches campaign against Japanese beetles
The state agriculture department announced a campaign to trap Japanese beetles and inspect nurseries and greenhouses in quarantined areas to contain the pest. It teams with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Mineral County authorities, Ridgeley town, and local firms. the quarantine bars movement of affected stock and soil from the listed counties and districts including Martinsburg and nearby areas.
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Charleston
State Agriculture Department
West, Virginia
Department
U.S
Bureau of Entomology and
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mineral County
Ridgeley
West Virginia
Brooke
Hancock
Harrison
Jefferson
Marion
Monongalia
Ohio
Taylor
Arden
Hedgesville
Falling Water
Opequon
City of
Martins- Traps
West Virginia Farms Income Rises in May
The Federal State crop reporting service announced May conditions showing a general farm income increase in West Virginia. Excluding fruit and dairy, all indices rose, with overall index at 141 percent of the 1910–14 average, up 33 points from May 1941.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Army Judge Joins Civilian Defense Coordinator Role
Police Judge Charles H. Bonnesen, disqualified for Army service, resigns to take a non paying post as civilian defense coordinator for Wheeling and Ohio County. He says he wanted to do his bit for the war effort.
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Wheeling
Charles H. Bonnesen
Ohio County
McNutt Warns Charleston on War Mobilization
Paul Vr McNutt declared last night that America's industrial manpower must be fully mobilized for the war effort. If voluntary measures fail, mobilization will come otherwise, he warned in Charleston.
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Charleston
America
Paul Vr McNutt
British tanks drive off axis force at Bir Hacheim
British imperial columns and squadrons repelled an Axis tank assault on Bir Hacheim, the desert anchor near Ain El Gazala. Rommel massed forces for renewed attacks as Allied air forces struck enemy concentrations, with reinforcements moving eastward.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bir Hacheim
Mediterranean
Ain el Gazala
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Pera
Larne
Chinese Merchant Joe Shoong Tops War Bond Purchase
SAN FRANCISCO June 5 Chinese merchant Joe Shoong bought 100000 dollars in war bonds the maximum allowed for one year in series F and G. His action drew attention from buyers and officials as a notable wartime investment.
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San Francisco
Joe Shoong
Senate Okers Cash Payment for Dependents Proposed
Washington June 5 The senate approved cash government allowances for service men dependents. The plan funds Class A and B dependents of low paid Army Navy Marine and Coast Guard personnel with monthly deductions and government contributions. Details show varying payments for wives children and parents, with eligibility and application rules. Senate action awaits house consideration and clarifying texts.
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Washington
Senate
House
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Private Babcock Liking His New Radio Work
Private Kenneth H Babcock praises the medical corps but prefers tinkering with a radio. He is transferred to the signal corps at Gowen Field Idaho and joins field maneuvers with a portable radio. His top sergeant reports he will not sleep and wants to operate the radio all night.
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Gowen Field
Idaho
Medical Corps
Kenneth H.ficer
Blasdell
Signal Corps
Babcock
Horses Not As Tough As In Old Days Describe Incident
Helena Montana police were called to investigate a report that children frightened horses. A boy with a cap pistol caused the commotion, illustrating how horses today appear less resilient than in the past.
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Helena
Mont
Convoy Makes Indian Ports as Japs Near Burma Front
British announce the largest reinforcements to India unloaded at eastern ports with light and heavy tanks anti-aircraft guns and crew for Hurricane fighters Kittyhawks and personnel The convoy arrived in early May and faced no losses Japs reach Homalin 45 miles east of the Indian Burman frontier and push troops up the Chindwin River as RAF planes raid targets on the Lee line
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Preston Grover
New Delhi
India
Burma
Britain
France
Libya
United Kingdom
Homalin
Chindwin
Mandalay
RAF
Thieves Target Mama Cat’s Expecting Kittens in San Diego
In San Diego on June 5 police report five autos tires and a tube were stolen from the Curran garage while he was at work. Curran said his cat was pregnant and the open garage allowed thieves access.
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San Diego
Roland D. Curran
Curran
Keep That Noggin Down Soldier Major's Comin
Shelby Mississippi reports Major James Kells of a Maine infantry regiment drills his men to duck from observers. He tours the field in a jeep and uses a sling shot to pop the heads of all showing.
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Shelby, Miss
James Kells
Maine
Lip Paste Now Seals Notes From Soldiers' Gals At Home
Fort Custer Michigan June 5 1 A vast army wives and sweethearts known as gals at home adopt crimson lips pressed against a sealed envelope. Pvt Robert L Downing of the 11th infantry mail detail notes the new thrill of watching a soldier likely to see a lipstick kiss on mail. Some mail arrives with lips stamped on it. See Lip Paste Page.
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Charles E Marentette
Fort Custer
Mich
Robert L Downing
11Th” Infantry
Downing
State Revokes Large Number of Licenses in WV
Charleston report states 379 drivers had licenses revoked or suspended last month in West Virginia as highway travel declined. May suspensions and revocations raise the year total to 2,090, higher than the first five months of 1941.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Commission plans for postwar reconstruction gain support
Washington reports mounting support in Congress for a broad representative commission to map postwar reconstruction and employment and to outline the nation's role in the world economy. An administration leader warned action would occur once victory is assured and shipping issues are resolved. Chairman Mary Norton of the House labor committee echoed the push during the current session.
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Washington
Congress
Mary Norton
D.-N.j
House Labor Committee
Body of Grover Powell Found in Ohio River
The body of Grover C. Powell, 57, a former Fairmont West Virginia grocer, was discovered yesterday in the Ohio River at Pittsburgh. Powell and his family had moved to Waynesburg years ago, but he had not lived with them for several years. The cause of death was not immediately determined.
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Pittsburgh
Grover C. Powell
Fairmont
W. Va
Ohio River
Powell
Waynesburg
Death to CCC Debate Flares Over Farm Camps Budget
The House nears a decision on the Civilian Conservation Corps spending with tentative approval of most of a 1.058 billion dollar appropriations measure covering labor, social security, and related agencies. An amendment seeks to restore 75.8 million for 350 CCC camps, contrasting last year’s 171.1 million. Debate centers on keeping CCC workers on farms to curb labor issues versus concerns about forest fire protection amid potential threats from Japanese air raids.
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Washington
Labor Department
Social Security Board
House
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tarver
D.-Ga
Engel
R.mich
CCC
Rep
Pierce
D.-Ore
OPA Extends Powers Of Local Rationing Boards
Washington June 5 local rationing boards were empowered to summon XK gasoline card holders for questioning in a campaign to curb non essential driving in the east. The Office of Price Administration may rescind any XK card used illegally and withhold present or future gasoline rations from those who refuse to answer.
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Washington
East
Office of Price Administration
Admiral Says Nip Aircraft Carrier Torn At Midway
Naval officials quote Admiral Nimtz as saying attacks on the enemy continue. Japanese raid on Midway yesterday failed, with damage to a battleship and an aircraft carrier, minor material damage, and no personnel casualties reported. The article notes Midway is 1,149 miles northwest of Hawaii and that American defenses were ready.
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Washington
Pacific
United States
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimtz
Pacific Fleet
Naval
Nimitz
Honolulu
Japan
Midway
Hawaii
Mac's Pilots Batter Subs
Allied planes protecting shipping lanes off Australia have sunk two Japanese submarines and probably a third, raising confirmed sinkings to six with a possible seventh in five days. Four enemy midget subs were sunk in a Sydney harbor raid, according to Allied Headquarters.
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Allied
Australia
United States
General MacArthur
Sydney
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