Bitter fight continues on Crimea front report
Berlin dispatch from German broadcasts says fighting rages for the last coastal fort north of Sevastopol with heavy German losses. Soviet forces northeast of Kharkov are reported surrounded and nearly annihilated as transports and ships are sunk by German and Italian forces in the Black Sea.
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Crimea Front
Berlin
Sevastopol
Ukraine
Kharkov
Severnaya Bay
Black Sea
Vokhov
Fresh Nazi Troop Reinforcement Pressures Sevastopol
Moscow dispatches report fresh Nazi troops joining General von Manstein’s assault divisions to replace thousands killed in the intense drive on Sevastopol in the Crimea. Soviet sources say renewed attacks test fortifications as gun crews work under shellbursts and earth blasts.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Sevastopol
Erich von Mannstein
Crimean
Deny
Berlin
Grafton Sentinel Tickets Tonight at Local Theatres
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Ralph 8S Kunst to attend tonight’s Strand Theatre showing of Joe Smith, American with Robert Young, and Right to the Heart with Brenda Joyce. Also at the Dixie a double bill features Prairie with Tex Ritter and Gunsmoke, plus an appearance by Tex Ritter.
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Grafton Sentinel
Ralph
West
Washington Street
Joe Smith
Robert Young
Strand Theatre
Brenda Joyce
Tex Ritter
the Dixie
Allied Leaders Plan Drive to Thwart Axis Seizure
Washington reports President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill map counterblows to a summer axis offensive. Officials impose silence as conferences hint at invasion of Europe, renewed African fighting, and eastern front pressure. Berlin and Tokyo respond with fresh forces to a near zero hour. Observers await further strategy details.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Asia
Africa
White House
European
Berlin
Tokyo
London
Airmen Saved In Coral Sea After Plane Disables
Six Allied airmen clung to a rubber raft in shark infested waters of the Coral Sea for two and a half hours before rescue by natives in canoes. Capt J Moye reports the bomber was returning from a successful attack when one motor failed, sending the ship into a spin and killing one crew member. The survivors witnessed a school of 60 to 70 sharks moments before impact.
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Australia
Coral Sea
J. Moye
Ashton
Til
Moye
Fair Officials Chill At Eastman Postpone Request
Washington reports that state and county fairs face cancellations as the Army uses fair grounds. Officials express chilliness at Joseph B. Eastman defense transportation director for asking postponement, while Agriculture Secretary Wickard had urged continued operation as a morale booster.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Wickard
Dunbar Free Fair Cancelled for 1942 War Year
Charleston June 20 Kanawha State Park association cancels the 1942 West Virginia great free fair at Dunbar following a request by Defense Transportation Director Joseph B Eastman in Washington. Association president S C Savage said sponsors will comply with the call to suspend fairs and unnecessary congregations for the duration of the war.
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Charleston
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Kanawha State Park Association
West Virginia
Dunbar
The Chocolate Soldier Opens Carnegie Hall Era
New York June 20 A musical adaptation takes over Carnegie Hall ending its old guard era as chorus girls rehearsal amid stage modernizing throughout the hall. Carpenters brighten dressing rooms add spotlights and air conditioning while old tenants watch with interest as the new Broadway era begins next Tuesday night.
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New York
Robert E. Sim
First Blackout Death Occurs in This State
West Virginia recorded its first civilian defense death last night as Mrs. George Kelbaugh, 70, died from injuries in a blackout drill in Ravenswood. Coroner C. R. Kessel said she fractured her skull after being struck by a messenger on a bicycle carrying reports between defense posts in Jackson County during a test.
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Ravenswood
West Virginia
George Kelbaugh
C. R. Kessel
Associated Press Wins Damages in U S Court
United States district judge ruled that Associated Press is entitled to 3780 dollars from Dam W. Emmett publisher of the Oxnard Press Courier for breach of AP membership by laws. Emmett had attempted to withdraw with only one year's notice.
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Los Angeles
United States
Associated Press
Dam W. Emmett
Oxnard
Calif
Press-Courier
Emmett
Leon R. Yankwich
Mass executions reported in Poland target women
London dispatch notes a new wave of Nazi killings in Poland per the Polish government in exile news service. It cites 15 hanged in Poznan, 12 of them women, and 40 shot from Warsaw prison after transfer to Modlin fortress, including 22 women.
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London
Poland
Poznan
Warsaw
Modlin
U S Air Corps Held Best by Every Expert
Washington dispatch reports Allied aviation officials and Army Air Forces leaders praise the U S Air Corps progress. They cite combat planes proving durable under fire, rapid development of new types, a growing aerial logistics network, and a vast training program built on the skills of young airmen described as the cream of the land.
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Billsoni
Washington
Army Air Forces
Henry H. Arnold
Aviation Writers Association
AAF
Barton XK. Yount
Flying Training Command
Editor of PM Fails To Obtain Deferment
NEW YORK June 20 Ralph M Ingersoll editor of the PM newspaper has been called for induction next Wednesday despite an appeal for deferment by Marshall Field owner of the paper Field said he told the draft board that Ingersoll was indispensable and near indispensable as any man in a newspaper The appeal marked the first such effort for anyone at Chicago Sun or PM under Field’s ownership
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New York
Ralph M. Ingersoll
Marshall Field
Field
Ingersolly
Chicago Sun
U S Studies Food Bonus For Soldier Dependents
Washington reports several government departments are drafting a food bonus plan for dependents of military personnel. Agencies fear public perception of a dole and potential morale impact on service families as they consider a variation of the food stamp program. The Agriculture Department OPA WPB and the Army weigh options and timing.
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Jack
Washington
WPB
Army
Government I
British Critics Demand House Inquiry Into Libyan Losses
British critics and newspapers demand a parliamentary inquest into the Libyan defeat as Rommel’s forces push toward Egypt. The Times and Daily Mail call for answers on strategic failures, urging inquiry into equipment shortages and misjudgments affecting the Eighth Army.
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Rommel
Henderson Grants Relief to Preston County Mines
Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced that two firms operating mines in Preston county West Virginia received relief from established maximum coal prices. Kray Coal Company Inc Crellin Maryland runs nine mines while Ruthbell Coal Company Kingwood West Virginia runs one.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Freeport
Preston County
W- Va
OPA
Kray Coal Company, Inc
Crellin
Ruthbell Coal Company
Kingwood
W. Va
Two Freights Collide Near Anderson Maryland
A southbound Pennsylvania freight crashed into a backing freight near Anderson between Baltimore and Washington, injuring two crewmen. The engineer of the second train was hospitalized in Baltimore with non serious injuries, while the fireman was treated and released. The first 77 car train stalled on a grade two miles south of Anderson as it was ordered uphill, leading to the collision with the 45 car southbound train.
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Anderson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
Washington
NLRB seeks to settle tie up at Marietta plant
Principals from Marietta Manufacturing Co. travel to Cincinnati for an NLRB conference with Director Philip G. Phillips to end a five day walkout. AFL and CIO union spokesmen and War Production Board representatives attend as Inland Shipbuilding operations run at reduced rate pending a settlement.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Cincinnati
NLRB
Philip G. Phillips
AFL and
CIO Union
War Production Board
Inland
U.S
Local Boards Without New Deferment Orders
Charleston officials say a congressional act allowing deferment of family heads to protect the home will not affect local selective service boards until national headquarters issues orders. State officers explain regulations do not permit policy change without federal instruction and the new draft classification for married men cannot be acted upon yet.
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Charleston
Selective Service Boards
Congress
Two German Points Bombed by RAF in Major Raid
London reports the RAF attacked Emden and Osnabruck in the heaviest German blow in two weeks. An Air Ministry communique said a strong force of 250 to 300 planes took part, the first raid after a two night weather lull. Emden had suffered major damage in recent raids.
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RAF
Emden
Osnabruck
Germany
Air Ministry
Britain
Rommel’s Tobruk push seen halted as British screen repels columns
The Cairo report states British Eighth Army screen held two Axis columns about 25 miles from Bardia. Rommel’s main forces reorganize for a possible big Tobruk assault, with observers noting a by pass option. The enemy did not press the advance, and detachments appeared to be reconnaissance in force.
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Cairo
Neil M. Ritchie
Eighth
Egypt
Bardia
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Rommel
Salum
Fathers Day to Bring Letters from Sons in War Time
Spokane June 20 Fathers Day, born from wartime sentiment, grows amid strict censorship and pay limits on gifts. Mrs John Bruce Dodd, founder in 1910, notes no limit on words a proud dad can send his son. Every son in Army Navy or Marines yearns for home news. See FATHERS TOLD Page 5.
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Washi
John Bruce Dodd
Navy
Marines
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