War Today: Rommel’s Tobruk victory shaping Egypt defense
DeWitt MacKenzie analyzes Rommel’s capture of Tobruk and Sevastopol’s risk as Hitler pursues the Caucasus and Middle East. He notes Britain’s need to defend Egypt and Suez, emphasizes air power over troops, and expects Allied air reinforcements from the United States to tip the balance.
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Marshal Rommel
Tobruk
Russia
Sevastopol
Hitler
Caucasus
Middle East
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Posimion
London
Rommel
Egypt
Eighth
Libya
United States
Jey
Crete
Greece
Churchill Pledges Allied Victory to Stalin
London report on June 22 quotes Prime Minister Churchill sending a message to Joseph Stalin on the invasion anniversary. He pledges united effort with the United States and allies to defeat the enemy, praises Soviet defense, and notes the growing Britain Soviet partnership and the new treaty as a pledge toward victory and a lasting peace.
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London
Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Russia
United States
Britain
Japs Reach Kiska and Edge Toward Alaska in Aleutians
In a Washington dispatch June 22 1942 Japanese forces pushed along the Aleutian chain toward Alaska establishing themselves at Kiska 585 miles from Dutch Harbor. A communique noted bombing of enemy ships in Kiska harbor and Army airmen reported hitting a cruiser and sinking a transport as weather limited operations.
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Washington
Aleutian Island
Alaska
Kiska
United States Navy
Dutch Harbor
Kiska Harbor
Navy
Attu
Aleutian Chain
Pearl Harbor
America
Hiawaiian Island
Pacific
War Meetings Progressing Between Roosevelt and Churchill
Washington reports indicate ongoing, day and night talks between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Both leaders, with military, naval, and air advisers, prepare a joint statement once a public position is reached, while staff work continues under guidance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
White House
United Nations
Stephen E
Europe
Asis
North
Africa
Land Churchill
Sailor Hannibal Tadlock Back From War Honors
Dallas Texas born sailor Hannibal Tadlock of Marlin survived Pearl Harbor and the Lexington sinking. He spent his first furlough in two years in the hospital for an appendectomy after the action.
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Dallas
Tex
Hannibal Tadlock
Marlin
Pearl Harbor
Lexington
LENDERS Will Finance War Costs Not Banks Under Morgenthau Plan
The American people will finance major war costs rather than banks under a Treasury plan not yet detailed. Uncle Sam controls the interest rate on a $200 billion prospective outlay, with a total of about $53 billion for the 1943 fiscal year aside from tax receipts. Long-term rates average about two and a half percent. short-term under one percent. Banks act mainly as trustees for investors restricted in spending. The plan aims to lower the cost compared with wartime borrowing during World War I and shifts the burden from private institutions to public funding.
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Kay Tucker
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Wall Street
Morgenthau
Washington
Federal Reserve System
WPB Seen to Reorganize Under War Production Board
Washington June 22 The War Production Board is expected to announce a full reorganization this week including top official reshuffles. William F. Harrison, WPB production chief, will move to the War Department to join procurement plans, as Donald M. Nelson and service chiefs seek closer contact to boost wartime production flexibility.
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Washington
WPB
William Fl. Harrison
War Department
Service of Supply
Donald M. Nelson
Army and Navy Chiefs of Staff
Oliver Lyttleton
Nelson
Te Porters
American Production Board
United Nations
United States
Launch Arapaho At Charleston
The US Navy tug Arapaho slid down the ways at Charleston Shipbuilding after christening by Mrs. Alice Posey Hatcher of Warrenville who has six sons in the armed forces. Lieut. Comdr. C Prige ret., spoke praising her as a fighting American. Also notes the death of James Latta Dely, former rail official in Chester.
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Charleston
US. S. Arapaho
Atgatic
Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Alice Posey Hatcher
Warrenville
Navy
Army
Hatcher
Prige
USN
Navy Ard
Hat
Last Coastal Fort Claimed By Germans
Sevastopol defenders fall back from north and south fortresses under ceaseless German pressure. Axis losses estimated at 100,000 in under three weeks. Germans claim capture of the last coastal fort at Sevastopol as bombardment and riverine and sea actions intensify around the Crimean port. Reports also mention German torpedo cutters, a suspected submarine, and possible ships from Romanian, Bulgarian, or Odessa routes amid ongoing Kharkov fighting.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
AP J
Sevastopol
Crimean
Crimea
Rumania
Bul-garia
Odessa
Kharkov
Investigate Gas Ration Program WASITTINGTON
Congress considers a five member special committee with a 35000 appropriation to probe gasoline and fuel oil shortages and distribution methods for ordinary consumers. The inquiry could cover eastern states now under rationing and influence potential nationwide plans.
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Wasittington
Maloney
D-Conn
Coast shelling by unidentified craft shocks Oregon coast
Reports from Estevan Point on Vancouver Island and the Oregon coast describe shelling and gunfire from an unidentified offshore craft. Official notes say no casualties or significant damage, while residents and observers recall bright flashes and multiple shots. The incidents occurred within hours of each other, extending along the Pacific Northwest coast.
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Associated Press
Vancouver Island
Canada
British Columbia
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Estevan Point
Kenneth Stuart
West’ Coast
Seeaside
Astoria
Columbia River
Seaside
Western Defense Headquarters
San Francisco
Robert Lucas
Lucas
Sea
FDR Says People Hold World Fate in War Message
President Roosevelt told governors that future freedom or slavery will be decided by peoples' work and sacrifices and the instrumentalities of armed forces. He spoke at the National Conference of Governors in Asheville during a critical wartime period and warned of a world torn by conflict.
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Asheville
Roosevelt
National Conference of Governors
Governors’ Conference
United States
RAF And Nazis Trade Blows
London reports heavy RAF night assaults on Emden and targets in Northwest Germany. German raiders hit Southampton with high explosives, causing damage and casualties. Despite heavy anti aircraft fire, two German planes were shot down and two more destroyed by RAF fighters over continental bases as RAF strafed airfields and rail lines. One British bomber was lost during mine laying operations.
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London
Emden
Germany
Southampton
Britain
RAF
Continent
Non Residents Urged To Leave Hawaiian Islands Soon As Possible
Lieut General Delos C Emmons urged all non residents to evacuate Hawaii at once citing Midway victory as a false sense of security The warning urged civilians especially non resident women and children to depart for the mainland as space allows Most evacuees have already left with few dependents remaining aboard With the Pacific Fleet June 22 report by Wendell Webb
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Hawaiian Islands
Walther CL
Ben Honolulu
United States
Genera Delos C. Emmons
Japan
Emmons
U.S. Army
Midway
Army
Navy
Wendell Webb
Battle of
America
Midway Island
Clash With British Near Egypt Border
Cairo June 22 AP British forces reported clashes with German Italian columns a few miles from the Egyptian border as Tobruk fell. 42 miles northwest of Fort Capuzzo near Libya, escaping garrison troops and renewed desert fighting followed as Axis troops advanced toward Bir el Gobi and Bardia while bombing the Egyptian coast between Sidi Barrani and Fuka.
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Eward Kennedy
Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Middle East
Libya
Fort Capuzzo
Matruh
Sidi Barrani
Fuka
Ritchie
Berlin
Bir el Gobi
Bardia
Ship Sinking Toll In Steady Rise
The United Nations reports 23 merchant ships sunk in the Atlantic last week as Nazi U boat activity intensifies. Toll in Atlantic waters reaches 290 since Pearl Harbor with Gulf of Mexico losses added. Senator Hill urges giant undersea cargo ships. two destroyers and a submarine launched at East Coast yards. Naval actions include Jenkins and Lavalletie built in New Jersey and Hadde at Groton. Losses exceed 100 crew and passengers. more than 650 saved. Sinking ships span nine U S, three Dutch, three Norwegian, three Panamanian, two British, and other nationalities. 16 torpedoed in the Caribbean.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Atlantic
Hitler
Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Pearl Harbor
Hitter
West Indies
Ireland
Europe
Sen. Hill
East Coast
Jenkins
Lavalletie
Keamy WN. J
Hadde
Groton
Conn
U. S
Panamenian
Nicaragua
Caribbean
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