Germans Launch Three New Drives In Major Front Push
Moscow report says Germany launches three offensives across Kharkov Sevastopol and Murmansk as summer campaign begins. Sevastopol defenders hold firm despite intense assaults while Red air force claims 29 German planes shot down and 16 damaged in recent days.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Germany
Kharkov
Ukraine
Sevastopol
Murmansk
Cass
Tass
Red Air Force
von Bock
Soviet Information Bureau
Sato May Hit Opium Supply
Tokyo broadcasts quote Vice Admiral Ichiro Sato claiming a decisive advance toward mastery of the sea after alleged smashing blows to U S naval forces in Aleutian and Midway battles, as reported in a June 11 interview.
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Tokyo
Ichiro Sato
Naval Cral
U.S
Aleutian
Midway
Sato
Theatre invite for Mrs Mary Pembroke to Strand tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Mary Pembroke of 309 Mackinstreet to tonight's showings featuring Unholy Partners with Edward G Robinson and Edward Arnold at the Strand, Blue White and Perfect, Rio Grande Way with Lloyd Nolan, and Starrett at the Dixie screenings.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Mary Pembroke
Mackinstreet
Edward G. Robinson
Edward Arnold
Strand
Lloyd Nolan
Rio Grande Way
Starrett
the Dixie
Glass Plant Strikes Idle 600 in West Virginia
A strike called by the AFL Window Glass Cutters League of America left over 600 members idle in Kanawha City Charleston and Clarksburg as wage talks stalled. The national committee in Toledo ordered the walkout after unresolved demands for about six percent. The action affects Libbey Owens Ford in Charleston Pittsburgh Plate Glass at Clarksburg and Fource Glass plants, covering four major companies in ten cities. Joseph Mayeur of Columbus Ohio, president, said contracts expired March 8 and workers have to work day to day.
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Charleston
AFL
Window Glass Cutlers League of America
West Virginia
Toledo
Libbey-Owens- Ford Company
Kanawha City
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Clarksburg
Fource Glass Company
Joseph Mayeur
Columbus
Cutters League
Charles Ward
Pitts
Takes More Than War To Upset Timetables
GRAND ISLAND Neb June 11 Mrs Opal Hayward and Mrs Lora Mae Finley longtime friends shared hospital stays as they became mothers of girls seventeen months apart Last week both women again entered hospital and the next day Ms Finley joined her as a mother of a boy this time instead of a girl
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Grand Island, Neb
Opal Hayward
Lora Mae Finley
Hayward
Finley
War Production Board Approves Longview Salem Pipeline
The War Production Board sanctioned immediate construction of a 550 mile 24 inch petroleum conduit from Longview Texas to Salem Illinois to ease fuel shortages. The line should be finished by December 1 delivering 350000 barrels of oil daily to Salem for transport by tank cars barges and Great Lakes tankers.
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Washington
War Production Board
Longview
Tex
Salem
Ill
Great Lakes
Earthquake Felt in Reno. WPA Funding Debate Opens
A Reno tremor lasting six to eight seconds was reported with no damage. In Washington, the House confronted wartime continuance of the WPA as Rep Taber urged cutting a 280 million dollar allocation for 400 thousand jobs monthly, while Rep Cannon defended funds for projects. See TABER SCORES Page 8
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Reno
Washington
House
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
WPA
Cannon
D.-Mo
West Virginia Chamber Convenes In One Day
About 300 members of the West Virginia chamber of commerce opened a one day convention at Charleston with a 9 30 a m start and a streamlined 12 hour schedule. Directors were nominated by a committee and officers elected after a luncheon speech by Leo M Cherne.
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Charleston
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Leo M. Cherne
Research Institute of America, Inc
West Virginia
Associated Press Today
West Virginia Bankers Association
Associated Press
Huntington Plant Wins Second Navy Awards
Huntington on June 11 reports two Navy E pennants for defense production awarded to the Huntington International Nickel plant at a second ceremony in eight months. Commander G W Bowman told about 3,000 employees and families that steady metal output ensures Navy delivery to the enemy. public excluded.
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Huntington
Huntington International Nickel Company
United States Navy
G. W. Bowman
Fireman Reports Less His Usual Equipment
Portland dispatch describes Fireman Ed Lawrence rushing to a blaze missing his pants and shoes. In his haste he grabbed what he could as the truck roared away. He faced the fire with a flushed face from the stress rather than the heat.
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Portland
Ore
Ed Lawrence
Army aviators praise Marine air attackers at Midway
General Emmons lauds Marine courage at Midway as Army pilots recount their own feats. Col. Sweeney commends Marines for coolness and sacrifice, noting Marines outshone press hype. An Army pilot recalls leading a low level attack through heavy anti-aircraft and fighter fire and praising young Marine pilots.
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Clark Lee
Emmons
Territory of Hawaii
Battle of Midway
United States
Col
Walter Sweeney, Jr
Flying Fortress Squadron
America
Midway
Nazis Wipe Out Entire Town in Czech Revenge
Bombing reports from London on June 11 say the German purge slashed Czech toll to 306, excluding uncounted dead, as 31 more Czechs were executed in Prague and Bruenn. The Li dice massacre erased the town of about 11 200 residents after it sheltered Heydrich’s assassins.
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London
Reinhard Heydrich
Lidice
Prague
Bruenn
Berlin
Heydrich
Bohemia and
Moravia
Short Vacations Might Bring Return of Fines
In Charleston June 11 an authoritative source said negotiations for vacations for Southern West Virginia coal miners are ongoing. The United Mine Workers executive board in Washington agreed to cut the contract 10 day vacation to three days in the northern field to speed war production.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Washington
International Executive Board
United Mine Workers
Sing Sing Rejoices After Popular Boarders Return
In Sing Sing prison the inmate population celebrates the return of Jerome Milner Patrick Dealey and Charles Markham. Milner hailed as one of the prison’s all time baseball stars and praised for a high batting average while on a 15 to 30 year sentence Dealey, labeled a popular felon, is also welcomed back.
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James T. Carter
Ossining
Sing Sing Prison
Jerome Milner
Patrick Dealey
Charles Markham
London Has No Report Day Hire Bill Nearing FDR
London reports no confirmation of Berlin's Bir Hacheim capture claim. In Washington, June 11, Congress advances pay for U S troops to 50 dollars monthly after a 363 to 0 House vote to reject the 42 dollar Senate proposal. Senate action on conference and retiree provisions remains unresolved.
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London
Ugih
Berlin
Bir Hachelm
Washington
Senate
White House
Uncle Sam
House
Rep
Faddis
D-Pa
Paddis
Yank warships aiding British in Atlantic blockade
United States naval units join the British home fleet to blockade Germany and protect Allied shipping lanes. The task force, announced today, appears strong enough to deter the German battleship Tirpitz and cruiser Admiral Hipper should they venture from Norwegian bases. Danish radio reports say Raeder inspected Tirpitz at Trondheim.
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London
United States
Adolph Hitler
Tirpitz
Admiral Hipper
Russia
Arctic
Tirpits
Trinity
Atlantic
Erich Raeder
Trondheim
Fire Aboard Merchant Vessel S. IrenE DuPont at Brooklyn Pier
Fire crews battled a suspicious blaze aboard the S. Irene DuPont loaded with tires aviation oil and cartridges at Brooklyn pier 2. Discovered at 6 54 a m the hull hatchway fire sent dense smoke as two fireboats fought the flames.
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New York
Irene DuPont
Brooklyn
Pier 2
Columbia Street
Second Front in Europe Confab Tops Agenda
President Roosevelt and Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov reached a full understanding during talks in Washington about urgent tasks for creating a second front in Europe in 1942. Russia and Britain signed a 20-year mutual assistance treaty, and Molotov returned home after a four day visit, with unity reported on war cooperation and postwar peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
V. M. Molotov
White House
Europe
Molotov
London
Russia
Britain
Whitehouse
Soviet Union
United States
Joseph Stalin
Food Control Body Meets Under War Aid Drive
Secretary Wickard chairs a nine member wartime food committee created by the War Production Board to oversee production, importation and allocation of all food for Allied needs. Donnelley notes rural prospects look brighter as the group surveys military lend lease and civilian requirements in San Diego.
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Washington
Wickard
War Production Board
Agricul San Diego
OPA
John A. Donnelley
Kokomo Boy Eats Worm to Raise War Bond Donation
In Indianapolis in June Russell Grant a Kokomo boy swallowed an angle worm on a dare to raise money for war savings stamps. Local factory workers collect funds for a $25 bond for the 10 year old boy.
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Indianapolis
Russell Grant
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