U S Cargo Ship Gun Crew Sinks Nazi Raider
A U S cargo ship off Cuba reports its gun crew surprised and sunk a German raider. Gun crew of five fired five shots within a minute as Edwin Smith spotted the sub surfacing 400 yards away. The sub could not torpedo or use deck guns, vessels engines were idle.
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U. S
Florida
Alert Navy
Cuba
John E. Ellison
Upper Darby
Ellison
Edwin L. Smith
Fayette
iMate L. B. Hansen
New Oreleans
Nazi Ukraine drive halted by Soviet counteroffensive
Moscow reports say the Red Army halted the German offensive in Ukraine with a counterattack east of Kupyansk and at the Oskol, inflicting severe losses and forcing retreats. In Crimea Sevastopol, Germans bombarded defenses with hundreds of trainloads of munitions as the front line barely advanced.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Kupyansk
Sevastopol
Oskol
Kharkov
Red Fleet
Crimea
Grafton Sentinel Invites Mrs Ethel Towner to Roxie Hart Show
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Ethel Towner to attend tonight's theater offerings. Roxie Hart starring Ginger Rogers plays at the Strand, while Parachute Nurse and Two Corkscrew Sailors are listed at the Dixie.
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Grafton Sentinel
Ethel Towner
Roxie Hart
Ginger Rogers
Strand
Dixie
Parsons Forester Is Transferred to Elkins
State Forester R. O. Bowen announced that R. W. Minear of Parsons Pocahontas district forester was transferred to the Tygart district with headquarters at Elkins. Minear succeeds John Heltzel of Wardensville who resigned to enter forestry service in Virginia. C. E. Mullins of Blair Logan county replaces Minear.
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Charleston
R. O. Bowen
R. W. Minear
Parsons
Pocahontas
Tygart
Elkins
Minear
John Heltzel
Wardensville
Forestry Service
Virginia
C.E. Mullins
Blair
Logan County
Miners Begin Long Holiday as Pits Idle
Charleston June 27 The failure of producers and the United Mine Workers to agree on terms for an abbreviated lay off resulted in a 10 day vacation for about 70 000 southern coal miners. Most pits in southern West Virginia eastern Kentucky and western Virginia would idle though Kanawha Coal Operator association agreed on remission of fines and work continued in Charleston area where about 17 000 men are employed. Only about half the tonnage in UMW district 17 would be affected by the long vacation. Captive mines not affected.
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Charleston
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
UMWA
Southern Coal Producers Association
Kanawha Coal Operator Association
Southern Producers Association
Percy Tetlow
UMW
Miners Begin Big Bombers At Home For Night
London reports British fighter aircraft swept occupied territory and attacked shipping and railway targets last night while most large bombers stayed at home. Some bombers mined enemy waters. one British fighter is missing. German bombers attacked Norwich briefly, according to Air Ministry statements.
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London
Air Ministry
Bremen
Norwich
German Reward Split By Two Czech Traitors
Two Czechs divided a German reward of 10,000,000 Czech crowns for information that led to the shooting of two men, the Gestapo chief Reinhard Heydrich’s assassins. The Bohemia Moravia protectorate government reportedly paid additional sums to other Czechs.
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Berlin
Gestapo
Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
Bohemia - Moravia
Roosevelt Churchill pledge to divert German strength from Russia
In a joint Washington London statement President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill announced that coming United Nations operations will divert German strength from the attack on Russia. Plans remain undisclosed but discussed at the Washington conference with military advisers. The statement also anticipated steps to reduce merchant shipping losses by allied navies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
United Nations
Russia
London
Roosevelt Churchill
War Dept OK Sought For NLRB Vote At Morgantown Plant
Pittsburgh June 27 The National Labor Relations Board will hold a consent election July 8-9 at the Morgantown Ordnance Works if the War Department approves a union-management agreement. John Lebus acting regional director said Du Pont has withheld signature pending approval while the AFL Morgantown Trades Council pushes workers to vote on the bargaining agency for maintenance and production.
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Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations | Board
Morgantown
W. Va
Ordnance
War Department
John Lebus
Lebus
NLRB
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
AFL
Morgantown Saitama Trades Council
Tenance
Con. du Pont
I Fiat
Press in Real Danger Warns Vandenberg in Michigan
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg warned 36 Associated Press member newspapers in Grand Haven that government controls jeopardize the free press during war. He urged vigilance against censorship and argued truth must prevail over propaganda to sustain America’s invincibility.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Associated Press
Michigan
Michigan Press Editorial Association
America
War Administration
Hitler plans French move
London reports German leaders urge Hitler to occupy all of France to counter Allied plans for a western front. An independent French agency says 500000 Italian troops are ready to reinforce the German occupation north of Italy.
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London
Adolf Hitler
France
Europe
Beirut
Italy
Maginot
French
Boulogne
Dieppe
British Prime Minister Sees U S Infantry Training
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited Fort Jackson to observe U S Army training. The display featured paratroopers dropping from aircraft, rapid firing with large caliber guns, and heavy dust as troops moved through the field.
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U. S
Douglas B. Cornell
Fort Jackson
8. C
Jupe Aggechamping
Winston
Britain
Churchill
America
Churchill Faces Confidence Vote Amid War Setbacks
London dispatch says Winston Churchill returned from talks with President Roosevelt to a crisis as Tobruk falls and 25,000 British troops are captured. An insurgent motion in the House of Commons threatens his leadership, though observers expect him to win.
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London
Winston Churchill
England
Roosevelt
North Africa
Egypt
Tobruk
House of Ons
Churchill
Washington
Grafton Sentinel invites Carrie Pickens to show
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Carrie Pickens of 267 Market Street to attend tonight's screening of Unseen Enemies featuring Leo Carrillo and Andy Devine at the Opera House.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Carrie Pickens
Market Street
Leo Carrillo
Andy Devine
Opera House
Nephew of Goering Killed in Air Battle
Walter Goering a 21 year old nephew of Reichsmarshal Herman Goering was killed in an air battle with the RAF on the western front He served as a lieutenant in a German fighter squadron according to a DNB broadcast heard in London on June 27.
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London
DNB
Walter Goering
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
RAF
Goering
Victory pace reached by U.S. industry
American production lines have hit the stride for Roosevelt’s victory blueprint. Officials cite a rising production curve with 4,000 planes and thousands of tanks and guns in May. The report notes future gains, including ships and anti aircraft weapons, with Willow Run not yet included. Page 6.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Inter 13
BOR
Willow Run
Ford
Victory Pace
German Drive Slows Up as Axis Near Matruh
British headquarters reported Rommel's forces moved within about 15 miles of Matruh with axis armored divisions advancing along the coast. The advance slowed compared with earlier drives, as Rommel awaited fresh water, fuel, and munitions to sustain the push, while British cover forces remained in contact with enemy troops.
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Cairo
Eirwin Rommel
Matruh
Bayt
Coly
Olr
Rommel
Blackout Pay Demand Ends Strike at Yellow Truck Co
In Pontiack Michigan 11 000 workers at four Yellow Truck Coach plants halted work a day over a blackout demand. An agreement ratified by workers provides pay for time lost during the practice blackout in May and sets terms for a new contract with pen adjustments. Union leaders pledged disciplinary action in exchange for the pledge.
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Pontiag
Mich
Yellow Truck Coach Co
Maar Automobile Workers
CIO
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T. V. Soon
Parsons Forester
O. K
Nation
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