Rommel Advances in Flanking Move at Matruh
World War II analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reports Rommel pressing a southern flank toward Matruh as Axis forces push toward the Egyptian coast. British reinforcements arrive while airpower options loom, and Rommel faces supply and night-time desert conditions as Egyptian and African bombers target his lifeline.
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Berlin
Rome
Ma- Sirw
London
Matruh
Fitish
Cairo
Rommel
Fuehrrer
Focky
Crete
Azis
Bengali
Tripoli
Bnegasi
Uvity
Hommel
Parachute Soldier Letters From The War Front
Pvt Larry Smith of the 3rd Air Corps Command reads from Camp Robinson Alabama writes to The Star. He praises his country loves Alabama and Arkansas girls, offers Doughboy postcards and asks for ideas while on KP. He signs as a parachute squadron member stationed at a Birmingham air base.
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Cartonist
the Star
Foregs
America
Tokyo
Camp Robinson
Alabama
Arkansas
K. P
Larry Smith
Commmand Air Base
Birmingham
Ala. P. S
L. B. Billingsley Funeral Today
Funeral services for Lawrence Briant Billingsley 36 of Hope were held at their home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. He was a draftsman for the Arkansas State Planning Board and a Methodist. Survived by his widow a daughter Frances and his parents Mr and Mrs T R Billingsley one brother Thomas K R Billingsley Jr and a sister Mrs William McGill.
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Lawrence Briant Billingsley
Hope
Little Rock
Rose Hill Cemetery
Billingsley
Arkansas State Planning Board
Methodist Church of Hope
Frances
T. R. Billingsley
Thomas KR. Billingsley, Jr
William McGill
Lewisville
Two Hempstead County youths join Naval Forces
Two Hempstead county youths arrived at the Great Lakes Training station last week for naval training with the U S Armed services. Guy Deaton 21 son of Mr and Mrs Guy Deaton of Emmet and Benjamin Cox 20 son of Mr and Mrs W H Cox of Washington route one are among those reporting for service awaiting further instruction.
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Hempstead County
Great Lakes
U. S. Armed Services
Guy Deaton
Emmet
Benjamin Cox
W. H. Cox
Washington
Battle updates from Matruh and coast defense actions
The report describes land fighting around Matruh, a small frontier town with about 500 residents, lying 140 miles east of the Egyptian Libyan border. British forces respond to the German 88 mm cannon with newly arrived anti-tank guns, including the six pounder, to blunt the offensive.
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Matruh
Libya
Our Daily Bread on War Readiness and Resolve
Our Daily Bread argues that despite bad weather and heavy losses, the United States has halted Axis advances and is building a war machine. It urges calm, corrected publicity, and steady resolve, recalling Pearl Harbor and Dunkirk while stressing patience and strategic effort to avoid premature despair.
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United Nations
Washington
Elmer Davis
Pearl Harbor
Batavia
Singapore
Corregidor
Belgium
Holland
France
Yugoslavia
Greece
Dunkirk
England
United States
Hitler
Axis
Hussman Named Relations Officer at Camp Robinson
Lieut Walter E Hussman vice president of the Texarkana Gazette and News was named public relations officer for Camp Robinson today succeeding Maj Roy A McMillen of Los Angeles who was transferred to Ft Sam Houston. Hussman was called to active duty last week and McMillen had served since Oct 17 prior to his military assignment.
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Camp Robinson
Walter E. Hussman
Texarkana
Ark
Gazette and News
Roy A. McMillen
Los Angeles
Eighth Corps
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Hussman
McMillen
Rationing Predicted By U S Officials
Washington reports that the House Appropriations Committee and Price Administrator Leon Henderson predicted heavy demand on two basic cost of living groups would trigger a general rationing program nationwide by year’s end. Henderson warned naming specific items could provoke runs on stocks and earlier rationing, urging caution while pledging action on rents prices and consumer credit.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Office of Price Administration
McNary Defers Action on Massive Army Bill
Washington June 29 AP Minority Leader McNary of Oregon objected to immediate senate action on a 42 820 000 000 army supply bill saying senators are being pushed to a hasty decision. He noted War Department had 35 779 000 000 in uncommitted appropriations and urged reading and studying the bill overnight. Senator Thomas, floor manager, supported extending time but urged passage before midnight, when the fiscal year ends. McNary questioned proper use and expenditure of the funds, calling the expenditure huge and unprecedented.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Ore
War Department
Thomas
D-Okla
New System May Be Used in Draft Setup
Selective Service boards may bypass sequence numbers and call higher numbered registrants if boards choose. State Director E L Campere said the new category system must be followed, allowing optional use of the old method in some cases.
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Little Rock
Selective Service Boards
Selective Service
E. L. Campere
Spencer to Speak at Hope Kiwanis Meeting
Senator Lionel Spencer will address the Hope Kiwanis at Hotel Henry Tuesday noon in a program celebrating the Declaration of Independence. Kiwanis president J B Hamilton to introduce him, with the Kiwanis quartet including Franklin Horston Ed Tankins Olin Lewis and Bill Mudgett also on the program.
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Lionel Spencer
Hope Kiwanis Club
Lamehcon
Hotel Henry
Spencer
Kiwanis
J. B. Hamiil
Kiwanis Quartet
Franklin Horston
Ed Tankins
Olin Lewis
Bill Mudgett
Great Religion Split By War
Wide World Features surveys a world divided by religion amid global conflict. It notes 700 million Christians, 350 million Confucians and Taoists, 230 million Hindus, 210 million Muslims, and 150 million Buddhists, with churches resisting Axis domination in occupied Europe and Buddhist clerics linked to wartime roles in Asia. It contrasts religious philosophies with nationalized faiths and ends by touching on ice-age explanations and a patchwork boundary in North America.
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Tenuges
Germany
Norway
Quisting
Indies
United Nations
Chiang Kaishek
Mussolini
Morocco
Shanghai
India
Hinedus
Japan
Nippon
Malaya
Burma
Ceylon
Charlemagne
Joan of Arc
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Oliver Cromwell
Asia
China
Confucius
Mohammed
Holy Land
Budesha
Oil Reserve Figures Reported Amid Unclear Text
An unclear OCR passage cites a U S crude oil reserve figure of 439,024,515,000 barrels. It mentions water replacing tissue silace and a fish gaining weight when it reduces, indicating garbled wording. The text lacks coherent context or named entities beyond the reserve total.
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U. S
Midway Losses Reported Larger Than First Indications
AP reports that after reviewing all intelligence the Navy revised Japanese losses from the Midway battle upward. Estimated fatalities exceed 18,000 with several carriers listed at 26 to 26,900 tons and multiple cruisers, destroyers, and support vessels involved in the engagement.
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Pearl Harbor
T. I
Midway Lalani
Akagi
Kaga
Seiyu
Kirya
Magami
Mikuma
Enofflcial Egilmites
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