War Time Travel Limits Hit Fairs And Conventions
Our Daily Bread notes that wartime policy by the Office of Defense Transportation curbs mass travel and halts state fairs, county fairs, conventions, and student tours to support the war effort. The piece contrasts Allied and Axis leaders, citing Hitler and Mussolini at Brenner Pass with Churchill's Washington visit as demonstrations of civil governance.
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America
Office of Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
ODT
Missouri Pacific
Hope
Hitler
Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Washington
Fathers Day message to Germany from American reader
A June 21 1942 piece by S Burton Heath expresses public sorrow for German fathers while condemning Adolf Hitler. It rebukes the German leadership for war, fascism, and the destruction of sons, urging fathers to reflect on their responsibility for the war’s toll and extend condolences to American and other nations' bereaved families.
Britons Call for Probe Into Tobruk Defeat
Britons press for inquiry into the Tobruk setback as Axis columns push toward Egypt. The Times hints Libya’s second front and Egypt would shape the pivotal year, while British HQ reports strong actions along the Egyptian Libyan border and renewed Allied planning between Roosevelt and Churchill.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Ins
Tobruk
Claude Auchinleck
Egypt
Suez Canal
London Times
Libya
Mediterranean
Europe
United States
Salum
Halfaya
Hellfire
Roosevelt
Churchill
Asia
Africa
London Daily Mail
The
Evening News
Nazis Demand French Shipping for German Mediterranean Drive
British dispatches report Hitler pressed Laval to cede 1,000,000 tons of French merchant ships in the Mediterranean. Indications point to large summer battles in Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and possibly Turkey as Churchill seeks US aid for a Mediterranean push. British and Soviet fronts note heavy action as Sevastopol fight persists.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
British Dispatches
Adolf Hitler
Middle East
France
Pierre Laval
Mediterranean
Germany
Egypt
Iraq
Iran
Persia
Turkey
Washington
London
Churchill
United States
Suez
Tgye
Sevastopol
Crimean
Henderson offers to resign OPA post
Washington June 20 Price Administrator Leon Henderson offered to resign if Congress conditioned an appropriation of subsidy funds to support price ceilings. He warned that deep budget cuts to the $161,000,000 request would hurt consumers and the restations, not the bureaucrats.
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Washington
Price
Leon Henderson
Congress
Henderson
OPA
Allied Planes Hit Jop Ship At Rabaul Harbor
Allied bombers scored three direct hits on a 10,000-ton Japanese transport and damaged other ships at Rabaul New Britain. They attacked the Rabaul airdrome destroying several Japanese bombers on the ground and damaging buildings. Seven enemy fighters and two seaplanes rose to intercept but one was shot down and another likely destroyed. all Allied planes returned safely. Lieutenant Paul G Brows of Oak Park Illinois described destroying three Japanese planes in a month after being forced down on his first day in action.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArcue
Paul G. Brows
Oak Park
New Guinea
Victory garden supplies zoo with free veg in Kansas City
In Kansas City on June 19, the AP reports that Victory gardens will aid the Swope Park Zoo by supplying vegetables to feed the animals, cutting the zoo's monthly grocery bill by about $200.
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Kansas City
Victory Gardens
Swope Park Zoo
City
Germans Report New Red Attack on Smolensk
Moscow dispatch notes a German broadcast claiming a major Soviet offensive against Smolensk. The report mentions Russian waves with tank support and cites no Soviet confirmation, while focus remains on Crimea’s Sevastopol and Kalinin front actions.
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Henry C
Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Sevastopol
Crimea
London
Kalinin
Sino- Tensis
Adkins Transfers Emergency Funds To Arkansas Capitol
Little Rock on June 20 AP The territorial capitol’s coffers were replenished by a 1250 dollar transfer from Governor Adkins emergency fund. It will be supplemented by admission fees for operation of the restored capitol during 1942 43. The legislature appropriated 2750 dollars for the capitol operations this fiscal year but made no appropriation for 1942 43.
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Little Rock
Territorial
Adkins
Oil and Gas Filings in Lafayette County June 18 1942
Royalty and mineral deeds filed and recorded on June 18 1942 in Lafayette County. Transactions include W T Hamilton and wife to Gene Goff royalty deeds covering 118 acres, R L Fish to Malissa Fish with 1/16 int, and L G Stubbs to T G Stewart with 1/128 int. Numerous Royalty and O G Lease assignments and conveyances list sections in Sec. 22 18 19 and other townships, with properties linked to Hunt Oil Co and Lion Oil Refining Co among others. Prepared by Eunice Triplett and Helen Hesterly.
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Lafayette County
Eunice Triplett
W. T. Hamilton
Gene Goff
C. S
Cook Spring
West
R. L. Fish
Malissa Fish
Rye
L. G. Stubbs
G. Stewart
T. G. Stewart
Nevada County
Helen Hesterly Royaly
Walter
Walter Keith
Susie L. Wadley
Louie Pelt Et al
Blake Smith Jr
Horace E. Bemis
A. B. Cox
C. & G. Lease
J. R. Williams
el Ux
J. B. Warmack
A. M. Lacey Dux
Hun Qil Co
J. W. Gordon
Laura L. Aarant
J. A. McMichael
QO. & G. Lease
Libya Second Front Seen By Times In Second Front Strategy
London reports the Times pictures Libya as a ready made second front for an Allied offensive while calls grow in Parliament for a reckoning of recent desert losses. The piece notes British reverses near Tobruk and Rommel’s potential moves toward the Egyptian frontier as German and Italian forces push along the coast and inland. The Utah trivia line follows.
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Libya
London
Times
Neil M. Ritchie
Egypt
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
Churchill
The
Middle East
Germany
Erwin Rommel
Suéz
Baily Mail
Bnglish Eighth Army
United States
Evening News
Britain
Tobruk
Toblouk
Gambut
Harrass
Axis Believed Reinforced for Tobruk Battle
Axis reinforcements feared for Tobruk siege as Rommel reorganizes for a major assault while British Eighth Army screens defenses near Bardia. Recon columns and air operations stretch along the Libyan frontier as RAF bombers strike Rhodes and Crete. Six British planes lost.
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Cairo
Neil M. Ritchie
Eighth
Egypt
Bardia
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Rommel
African Corps
Nile
Rommell
Salum
RAF
Mediterranean
Maritza
Rhodes
Turkey
Candia
Crete
North African
Tmimi
Bengasi
Roosevelt Proclaims 1942 Male Registration Date
On June 30 1942 every male citizen born between January 1 1922 and June 30 1924 must register. Open 7 am to 9 pm at Hempstead County schools Patmos Spring Hill Guernsey Fulton McNab Saratoga Columbus Washington Ozan Bingen Belton McCaskill Blevins Piney Grove DeAnn Cross Roads plus CCC camp Alton and Southwestern Proving Ground Hope registration at Arkansas Bank & Trust City Hall Courthouse Paisley school.
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Roosevelt
United States
Hempstead County
Patmos
Spring Hill
Guernsey
Fulton
McNab
Saratoga
Columbus
Washington
Ozan
Bingen
Belton
McCaskill
Blevins
Piney Grove
DeAnn
Cross Roads
CCC
Alton
Southwestern Proving Ground
Soldier Killed in Australia by Lumber Load Accident
A post mortem report says Private Seth W. Willingham, 27, of Houston Texas, was accidentally killed on a railroad flatcar when a load of lumber toppled. Police believed the body might have been slain when first found.
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Melbourne
Seth W. Willingham
Houston
Tex
Cotton prices rise on steady demand in New York
Cotton futures in New York climbed as traders kept hedging light and demand remained robust. Open and close values show higher settlement across months from Oct through May, with May near 18.96 and spot material at about 19.38, reflecting ongoing mill buying.
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New York
Republicans Fail to Endorse Rep Fish in 26th District
In Poughkeepsie New Jersey Duchess County GOP refused to endorse Rep Hamilton Fish Jr a 20 year veteran of Congress from Roosevelt’s home state. The local committee withheld endorsement for the first time since Fish went to Washington and did not back any other candidate in the 26th district. Fish remains a frequent pre war critic and agitator in national affairs.
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Poughkeepsie
N. J
Republian
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Congress
Roosevelt
Duchess County
GOP
Fish
Washington
Presid
Filipinos Fight Onward Says Romulo in Hawaii Interview
Lieutenant Colonel Carlos P. Romulo, former Manila publisher and aide to General MacArthur, declares Filipinos will continue to resist Japanese forces. He recalls the 1942 Philippines campaign, Bataan escape aboard The Duck, and his Pulitzer prize work on Malay and Asia. He praises U S colonial policy in the Philippines as earning loyal support.
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Eugene Burns
Honolulu
Carlos P. Romulo
Douglas MacArthur
Romulo
Bataan Peninsula
United States
Bataan
Manila’ Herald
Mabhuhay Monday Mail
Philippines
Workers Wanted at Jacksonville Plant
The United States Employment Service in Hope announces openings for Production Worker at the Arkansas Ordnance Plant in Jacksonville Arkansas. Requirements include female white applicants aged 20 to 35 with average height, high school education preferred, strict physical exam, birth evidence, ten perfect fingers and perfect or corrected eyesight. For full details contact US Employment Service in person at 201 East Second Street Hope Arkansas.
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United States Employment Service
Hope
Arkansas Ordnance Plant
Jacksonville
Arkansas
East Second Street
Axis Reported Getting Ready for New Drive
London reports the War Office disclosed the army is taking over a 36 square mile block of East Anglia, ordering all civilians to quit by July 20 for training. Roosevelt and Churchill map counterblows against Axis moves as preparations for a broad Allied strategy unfold in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
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London
British War Office
East Anglia
England
Holland
Tiven
Britain
Washington
Roosevelt
Pri
Churchill
Africa
Berlin
Tokyo
Brg
United States
Mediterranean
Suez
Pacific
China
Siberia
Aleutians
Axis
Afreia
Western Desert
Egypt
Suez Canal
Italy
Crete
Europe
Caucasus
Syria
Turkey
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Fuehrer
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Kerch
Kharkov
Darngo
Ebuzh
Toropetz
Lassie L. Wadley
Louie Pelt
O. & G. Lease
Louis Suckle
A.M. Lacey
Ryge
Knight
S. Parham
Senate
Philip D. Reed
War Production Board
Bureau of Industry
U. S
Reed
General Elecs
Tric Oo
State
Utah
Rep
United Service Organization
A. W. Cobb
R. E. Cain
H. H. Stuart
R. R. Vie
Gillespie
A. L, Black
R. Y. Franklin . Ark.-La
Lee Garland
Edwin Hawkins
Jesse Brown
L. M. Boswell
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