Get Back Into Fight Heroic Ship Survivors Told
Miami June 17 wide world: survivors recount the torpedo attack on a merchant vessel in the Western Hemisphere war zone. Captains, radiomen, and crew fought through smoke and flames. heroic acts include a radio operator staying at his post and rescuers aiding injured shipmates amid the sinking. Some crews reached Bermuda, Charleston, and Florida bases.
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Kenneth Morgan
Princeton
Walter Reed
Oaklyn
N. J
Reymond Limpo
Preston Carpenter
Beaumont
Texas
Carpenter
Ralph 3 Harris
Port Ar
Thur
W. W. Cals
Beltimore
Callis
Aman
Robert Beyer
Gione
R. Bridson
Bridson
Jones
Birkenhead
Jeg
John FJ
Harold Richardson
Scarholdings
England
Bermuda
Charleston
Florida Naval Base
Bobby Davi
Jacksonville
Fla. Wes
Caribbean
Bobby
P. Shera
Columbus
Ohio
Johannes Peter Giy
Curtin Warns of Japanese Threat to Australia in War Broadcast
Prime Minister Curtin in Wellington warns that invasion is possible and dire consequences would follow, referencing Dunkirk and the Coral Sea. US and Australian leaders urge calm while vowing to resist. He notes submarine warfare intensifying and ships lost, urging readiness to defend Australia and the region.
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Japan
Wellington
New Zealand
Peter Freser
United States
Rack J. Hurley
United Natio
Middle East
Australia
Suez
India
Indian Ocean
Austala
Australwal
Dunkerque
Curtin
Coral Sea
Olbourne Herald
North Side
America
Pacific
MacArthur
Flashes of Life from Memphis and Beyond
Memphis report 75 cents richer at the south fair. A man sent a 75 cent fee after hopping the fence and landing in mud, deciding not to sue and to cover the gate charge. Seattle note about salvaging 12,110 pounds of rubber heels for the Red Cross. Eldorado item envisions carefree wartime future after hospital stay mishap. Wichita police chief receives a note from a resident requesting capital punishment.
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Fair Association
Fair Grounds
Seattle
Samuel Israel
The
Red Cross
Wichita
Kas
Thomas Jaycox
Kansas
Men of the merchant marine endure peril at sea
A seaman swam to reach a raft carrying seven men and refused to board until he was assured the raft could bear his weight. The scene highlights the daring courage of the merchant marine crew in a dangerous maritime ordeal.
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Ing Duigh
Merchant Marine
France Is Not Contented Petain Speech Echoes War Weariness
The article notes Petain addressing discontent while denouncing profiteers and money powers. He urges resilience, recalls France’s cruellest date, and ends with a call to rally behind the leader who endures the storm and seeks salvation for the country. He asks God to allow him to realize hope after death. Long live France.
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Deti
France
Shangjao Abandoned to Japanese After All Day Battle
Shensiao, a key station on the Chehiang Kiangsi railway, was abandoned to Japanese forces after an all day battle in which about 8,000 casualties were reported by Chinese high command. Shengjao, 50 miles inside Kiangsi, fell as Japanese columns advance from Chekiang seeking a junction with another force.
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Chungeking
AP —Shensiao
Chehiang - Kiangsi
Shengjao
Kiangsi
Chekiang
U. C. Flier Bout Italian Strength
Reports from the Middle East indicate American pilots and planes are fighting within the RAF and are expected to operate as a separate force sharing assignments with the RAF. London sources warn that neutralizing Malta would ease Axis supply routes into North Africa while Italian raids toward Tobruk were repelled by RAF and US bombers. The move to independent American operation foreshadows joint action on the European front with U.S. fliers soon flying side by side with the RAF, though no public announcement will come until they have their own fields and crews.
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Mussolini
Pacific
Middle East
RAF
London
Malta
North Africa
Taranto
Tobruk
Ireies
Mediterranean
United States
H. H. Arnold
Germany
Europe
Gap Narrowed as Chinese Collapse in Shanghai Streets
Forces drove east from Nanchang toward Shangao as the city fell. The communique said the gap between Japanese columns was reduced to 30 miles and fierce street fighting preceded the city’s abandonment by defenders.
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Nanchang
Shangiao
Life sentence of woman upheld in murder case
Kansas City judge upholds a life sentence tied to the murder of a policeman. The defendant Brockington, once sentenced to death in 1931, was committed to a state hospital for insanity and escaped in 1933. The court ruled a 1934 hospital discharge while fugitive did not restore sanity legally.
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Kansas City
St Joseph
Brockington
Pontiac
Industry Course 200 Enable for War Workforce
War industries and civil service positions welcome applicants. While job guarantees cannot be made, many roles need filling nationwide. Excluding radio technician class, courses urged for women and men ineligible for military service. Dr. Jackson: applications still accepted. requirement is high school graduation. local instructors used.
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U.S. Civil Service
United States
Jackson
Stille
Reds Score Near Kharkov And Other Front Line Updates
The Soviet information bureau reported heavy fighting near Kharkov with German losses and renewed Soviet pressure. A German assault was repelled in a bold action, while a Bryansk pocket saw intense exchanges leaving many casualties. Earlier reports said Germans lost tanks and men in other sectors as Soviet forces pressed forward. The Kerch peninsula remains contested with repeated landing attempts and heavy resistance around Sevastopol. In Pueblo, Herbert Reno sent war savings stamps to friends instead of cigars for his newborn son, noting the origin of the Purple Heart order.
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Bryansk
Soviet Information Bureau
Moscow
Kharkov
Information Bureau
Red Army
Kerch
Crimea
Berlin
Sevastopol
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