Gandhi vows new movement against British rule in India
The Mahatma promises a forthcoming campaign that could stun the world. Observers in New Delhi think he may plan a deliberate clash with Britain, bringing jail, hunger strikes, and renewed civil disobedience. In a global war context, such action could risk catastrophe and impact Allied plans in Asia.
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Mohandas Gandhi
India
Mahatma
New Delhi
Gandhi
America
Hindustan
President Urges Total Fitness Drive For War Factory Health
President Roosevelt calls for a national campaign of total physical and moral fitness focusing on eradicating red heat districts in war industry zones. He says venereal disease in army camps and naval stations hinges on interdepartmental progress and extended to industrial areas with broad government and public cooperation. Paul V. McNutt distributes letters to 8,500 war plant executives highlighting lost workdays and venereal disease as a major health risk.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNult
Office of Defense Health and Welfare
McNutt
Marion Man Killed In Auto Crash Near Airport Road
Ed ward S. Smith Jr., 25, died yesterday afternoon when his car struck trouble on the airport road one mile from Marion. Linwood Long, 30, a newspaper carrier, jumped into the Pasquotank River at Elizabeth City to rescue 10 year old Jack Etheridge from drowning.
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Marion
Edward S. Smith, Jr
Germans Have Superiority In Tanks Guns
British guns and tanks beat off two Axis attacks at Sidi Rezegh and Acroma as Rommel advanced toward Tobruk with newly landed supplies. Commentator says German forces hold numerical advantage in tanks and anti tank guns while U S built Grant tanks weaken. British may counter attack with Tobruk supplies. Assaults on Acroma repulsed. eighth army clinging to outpost.
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Edward Kennedy
Cairo
Sidi] Rezegh
Acroma
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Ronmmel
Kniehtsbridge
Ain ¢- Gazala-Bir Hacheim
Eighth Army
Shangjao Abandoned After All-Day Battle With 8000 Casualties
CHUNGKING June 17 Shangjao a key station on the Chekiang Kiangsi railway was abandoned to the Japanese after an all day battle in which 8000 casualties were inflicted on the invaders. Shangjao fell Monday as Japanese columns advanced from Chekiang toward Kiangsi seeking a junction with another force from Nanchang. The fall narrows the gap between the two Japanese columns to 30 miles. Sanguinary street fighting preceded the abandonment, the Chinese high command said.
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Chungking
Shangjao
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Shangiao
Kiangsi
Chekiang Province
Nanchang
Italian Ships Again Struck in Mediterranean Attack
Cairo reports the RAF says a second air strike Monday night hit one of two Italian battleships set afire earlier by US Army and RAF bombers. Fourteen Axis aircraft were shot down with many damaged beyond return, despite smoke screens and destroyers defending the ships.
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Cairo
Egypt
RAF
United States Army
Mediterranean
Seek to Seize Money Believed Smuggled In
The treasury ordered a nationwide search for about 300000 in American money believed smuggled by Axis agents. Most bills are 1000 and 500 notes with some 50s and 100s. Serial numbers will be posted in banks nationwide. seized funds will be impounded while innocent holders are reimbursed. A batch reportedly arrived in the Dominican Republic on a Spanish ship and may appear in Cuba before entering the United States.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Petain Sees Discontent on Anniversary Speech
Vichy France chief of state Petain marked the second anniversary of his peace with Germany by admitting growing discontent. He warned of fatigue and neglect while blaming profiteers and powerful money interests, but urged continued faith in the country's destiny. His remarks touched workers and peasants and reflected on past promises.
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Vichy
Petain
Germany
New cargo vessel idea aids wartime logistics by design
Washington based speed America's shipbuilders test a compact barge like craft with tonnage around five thousand. It can be assembled quickly and navigate narrow channels, offering easier unloading of tanks planes and artillery. Sides open for direct freighting and it echoes landing ships used by commandos.
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Ashington
Ray Tucker
America
Maritime Commission
United Nations
Hospital Testimony Shapes Morganton Inquiry Report
A North Carolina committee probing conditions at Morganton State Hospital has finished hearing testimony and will draft its report. Dr. C Fred Williams, Dr. J K Hall, and Dr. W S Rankin spoke on hospital administration, centralized control, and patient care costs, following articles by former patient Tom P Jimison.
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Charlotte
Broughton
Morganton
C. Fred Williams
South Carolina State Hospital
Columbia
J. K. Hall
Westbrook
Richmond
W. S. Rankin
Duke Endowment
Williams
South Carolina
Board of Regents
North Carolina
Hall
Virginia
Franklin
Tom P. Jimison
Roosevelt Signs Military Pay Bill Measures Increase to 30 Dollars Monthly
President Roosevelt signed into law a bill boosting base pay for the nations armed forces to 30 dollars a month, retroactive to June 1. Enlisted men abroad or at sea receive added allowances, with officers also seeing per cent boosts, and dependents may get financial help as Congress debates home-preservation policies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Capital Hill
Vice Control Act Invoked At Fort Bragg
Governor Broughton announced the May act to curb vice would be invoked almost immediately in the Fort Bragg area and likely statewide. He met with Brig. Gen. Kennedy and Col. Huntley, noting cooperation with the army to support the war program and limit vice as maneuvers expand in the Carolinas. Federal agents, led by the FBI, would enforce the act in affected zones, with potential expansion to mountains and other regions as statewide measures. The move follows tensions over venereal infections reported by State Health Officer Reynolds, countered by Police Chief Bryan.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Fort Bragg
John T. Kennedy
H. W. Huntley
Camp Butner
Flo
Carolinas
Stimson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
North Carolina
United States
Wake County
Carl Reynolds
J. Winder Bryan
Reynolds
Bryan
Australia Can Be Lost Curtin Appeals for War Bonds
Prime Minister John Curtin warned Australians in a radio address that Australia can be lost if the war worsens. He urged subscriptions to a war loan of 89,000,000 dollars per day for five days, citing confidential telegrams and three Axis thrusts against the United Nations. He linked Australia’s fate to campaigns in Libya and Russia and warned of risks to the Suez gateway and Indian Ocean.
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Melbourne
Australia
John Curtin
North American
Curtin
Axis
United Nations
Russia
Libya
Rommel
Wellington
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
United States
Patrick J. Hurley
Curtain
Middle East
Sues
India
Indian Ocean
Ships Sunk In Atlantic Reach 274 Total
The Associated Press notes two more ship sinkings in the Caribbean bring the Atlantic total to 274 since Pearl Harbor. Ten ships were lost this week, with survivors arriving at an east coast port. Seventeen men believed lost from a Panamanian vessel, seven others missing. Honduran ship survivors numbered 35 after six days at sea. twenty four missing including two navy crewmen. Navy reports torpedoed and towed vessels offshore Virginia. one ship sunk, the other to port.
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Associated Press
Caribbean
Wavy
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Gleen
Morters
Navy
Virginia
Gulf
Italians Claim Victory At Sea
Italians report a strong Italian naval formation near Crete forced a 30 ship British convoy to turn back toward Alexandria amid Axis air attacks. British convoys from Alexandria to Tobruk and Gibraltar to Malta reportedly broke through to ports at high cost, while Italians claim they rescued hundreds of enemy officers and crew from sinking ships in the central Mediterranean.
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Rome
Hahtan
Toda
Crete
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Ta Tobruk
Gibraltar
Malta
Cretan
Approval Given New Petroleum Pipe Line
Washington plans approval of an 8 inch petroleum products pipe line across northern Florida from St Joe to Jacksonville, with 35000 barrels daily capacity. The line would ship gasoline by barge along the coast to supply Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, reducing Coastal reliance on Plantation Line. A three part bill would authorize presidential approval, a barge canal across Florida, and further intracoastal canal extension to Texas border.
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Washington
Harold L Ickes
Florida
Atlantic
Norfolk
American Liberty Pipe Line Company
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Ickes
Iow
St. Joe
Florida Gulf Coast
Jacksonville
Atlantic Intracoastal
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Ralph K. Davies
Baton Rouge
Greensboro
Davi
Tidewater
Srow
U S Bombers Sink Two Italian Battleships in Med Sea Battle
Allied air crews led by Maj. Alfred Katcherer claimed 35 direct hits on two Italian battleships in the Mediterranean last weekend. A cruiser was set afire and a destroyer damaged, with RAF also reporting a hit on one battleship Monday. Axis air losses were heavy as Britain, Russia, and Allied fleets pressed key Tobruk and Sevastopol fronts amid renewed Axis pressure across North Africa and Europe.
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Roger B. Greene
Associated Press
U. S. Army
Mediterranean
Maj
Alfred F. Katcherer
Kalberer
RAF
U.S. Army
Malta
Tobruk
Britain
Russia
Sevastopol
Adolf Hitler
Ruhur
Rhineland
Neil Ritchie
Miers
Imperial
Sidi Rezegh
Acroma
Mussolinus
Japanese Fail In Fourth Attempt To Bomb Darwin Port
Allied Headquarters in Australia reports Japan attempted a fourth straight day of bombing Darwin with waves of up to 27 bombers. The damage was described as negligible, with Japanese losses totaling 13 aircraft to six Allied planes. The 19th raid on the port targeted the township and harbor area, while Allied counter air actions claimed 10 Japanese aircraft shot down across three engagements.
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Allied
Australia
Darwin
MacArthur
United Nations
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Edgar James Greene
Samuel Collier, FR
Willeam J. Fraley, JR
China
Vichy State
ONAL
IWS
Murphy
Frank Murphy
United States Supreme Court
Fort Benning
Lawson Field
Allen Albert
Leven C. Allen
61St Signal Corps Company
Asheville
Coen
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