Japanese Drive Predicted After Midway Defeat
Washington reports desperate new Japanese efforts to break America’s Pacific power after the Midway battle. Admiral King says Japan must launch new operations along the Alaska to Australia defense line or admit defeat before the US grand Pacific offensive. Pearl Harbor must be held as the key to the Pacific while weather clouds action near Dutch Harbor and Midway.
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America
Pacific
United States
Midway Island
Alaska
Australia
Midway
King
Pearl Harbor
Dutch
Dutch Harbor
Rommel's Desert Force Repulsed In New Assaults
In the Libyan desert a 14th day of fighting sees British and Free French forces repelling Axis attacks at Knightsbridge and Bir Hacheim. Rommel’s columns fail to break toward Tobruk as British bombers pound lines and Axis reinforcements arrive through minefield gaps.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libyan Desert
Knightsbridge
Bir Macheim
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Bir Hacheim
Rommel
Ain el Gazala
British Urge French Evacuation Of Coastal Zone
British radio in French warned the occupied coast from Belgium to Spain to evacuate as operations for liberating France approach. It urged civilians to prioritize safety, noting civilian presence hinders troops, and warned that the coast could become a theater of war with grave dangers to civilians. Notice No 2 urged early departure for those who can, and others to follow Notice No 1.
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London
France
Liberation
Midway Box Score Reflects Carrier Losses and Damages
Report on the Midway battle notes Pearl Harbor Japan losses in the attempted Midway seizure. Mentions sunk destroyer and damaged carrier with disputed counts for carriers and ships sunk or damaged.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Midway Island
Can
Pacific
Pay Your Poll Tax By Midnight To Qualify To Vote
A reminder urges eligible residents to pay their poll tax before midnight to qualify for the upcoming August election. Officials emphasize timely payment to avoid disqualification.
11000 Reported Dead In Raids On Cologne
Reuters dispatch from the French frontier quotes Otto Abetz acknowledging in Paris that 11 000 to 12 000 people were killed in the RAF bombardment of Cologne and that 180 000 were ordered evacuated.
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Cologne
London
Reuters
Otto Abetz
Paris
RAF
Pearl Harbor Ceremonies Enlist 9 Navy Recruits in Kingsport
About 3,000 spectators watched Navy enlistment ceremonies in Kingsport marking Pearl Harbor Day. Nine men took the oath of allegiance at 2:25 pm with six joining the Naval Reserve as apprentice seamen, two in the regular Navy, and one hospital apprentice, with Chief Runion announcing the recruits.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
J. E. Wilson
Navy Medical Corps
Naval Reserve
Erwin
Gordon Talton Corley
Bloomingdale Road
E. M. Corley
Carl Craig Ballew
F. A. Ballew
Whitesburg
Tenn
Robert Kendall Robertson
Boone Street
Keith Weston Speer
N. P. Speer
Malcolm Vernon Altom
Persia
W. E. Altom
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Ballew
Kingsport Press
Runion
FDR seeks new appropriation for War Department funds
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a new War Department appropriation of 39.4 billion dollars for the year ending June 30 1943. The request would raise total war appropriations to over 200 billion dollars for the three years ending that date. Caracas Venezuela eleven burned and injured survivors arrive at La Guaira a week after the Alegrente ship was torpedoed and sunk north of La Orchila.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Rayburn
Appropriations
Army Air Corps
Caracas
Venezuela
la Guaira
la Orchila
Nation-Wide Gas Rationing Discussed By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt considered nationwide gasoline rationing with House members Lea Kleberg and Holmes to discuss feasibility. East coast plan would give average non essential drivers about four gallons weekly under a tightened coupon system starting next month with stricter proof of need and pooling.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Lea
D-Calif
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Kleberg
D-Tex
Holmes
Rmass
Joel Dean
CPA
Dean
Japanese Submarines Shell Sydney and Newcastle First Sea Attack
In a rare sea borne assault on the Australian mainland during the war Japanese submarines shelled Sydney and Newcastle causing no military damage and one casualty after darkness. Basilan Island was reported occupied May 25 by Japanese forces in the Philippines. The rest of the report covers Chinese and British aerial operations in Asia, with claims and denials on poison gas and ongoing transport and rail-line actions. A high school graduation banquet is planned tonight at the First Baptist church with Rev. Hamp Hopkins presenting.
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Sydney
Newcastle
Basilan Island
Philippines
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Yunnan
Burma
Lung Yun
Myitkyina
Chuhsien
Chekiang
Kiangsi
Tomokazu Hori
Japan
Hori
Roosevelt
United States
China
Akyab
Homalin
Chindwin River
Shangjao
Chekiang-Kiangsi
War Bond Drive Termed Great Success In City
A. B. Coleman reports the Kingsport War Bond pledge drive as a grand success with about 70 percent home response due to Pearl Harbor parade conflicts. Garden Study Club pledged near $6 000 annually from 34 pledges, representing 90 percent of its district. Coleman notes faster pace, few refusals, and plans full reports by Wednesday.
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Kingsport
A. B. Coleman
Pearl Harbor
Garden Study Club
Coleman
Argentina protests Germany and Italy over torpedoing of tanker Victoria
Buenos Aires protests to Germany and Italy over the torpedoing of the Argentine tanker Victoria in American waters. Washington reports President Roosevelt may address the nation on rubber and gasoline issues after studying the situation. The Senate voted to raise the minimum pay of armed forces to 50 dollars monthly and 54 dollars for first class privates and naval ratings, effective June 1.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Germany
Italy
Victoria
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Supreme Court affirms overtime pay ruling for white collar workers
The Supreme Court divided 8 to 1 and 5 to 4 upholding overtime pay under the wage hour act whether or not a weekly salary exceeds the minimum. Justice Reed led in the Baltimore Overnight case and Justice Byrnes in the Dallas Morning News/WFAA contract case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Reed
Overnight Motor Transportation Company, Inc
Baltimore
Justice Byrnes
A. H. Belo Corporation
Dallas
Tex) Morning News
WFAA
Overnight Motor Transportation Company
Justice Roberts
Byrnes
Congress
Brynes
Three Japanese Warships Sunk in Midway Defeat
United States Navy reports indicate three Japanese warships sunk and at least 11 damaged as American forces repelled Japan at Midway. Admiral Nimitz said the enemy appeared to withdraw with contact lost, amid celebrations in Hawaii and praise from General MacArthur.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
King
Midway
Pacific Fleet
U. S
Nimitz
Central Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Hawaiian
Japan
Hawaii
Jisoruku Yamamoto
United States
White House
San Francisco
London
Washington AP Chief Succumbs at 52 in Arlington
Brian Bell, chief of the Washington Bureau of the Associated Press, died at his Arlington Virginia home at 5 40 this morning. The 52 year old South Carolina native headed the Washington AP office since January 1 1939 after service in Atlanta New Orleans New York Los Angeles and San Francisco. He was on staff in Columbia South Carolina for 15 years before joining AP.
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Washington
Brian __ Bell
Associated Press
Arlington
South Carolina
Atlanta
New Orleans
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Columbia
S. C
Hundreds of British Planes Sweep Channel Ports in Day Attacks
British aircraft from numerous airfields conducted daylight strikes on Channel ports and northern France while a lone Boston bomber hit Leeuwarden in Holland. Weather hindered follow up raids on Emden, with light German activity over Britain and damage to homes along the southwest coast.
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Channel
London
Britain
Hitler
RAF
France
Holland
Frisian
Air Ministry
Emden
Germany
Fighter
Caen
Montdidier
Amiens
Leeuwarden
Amsterdam
Atlantic
Bomb accident kills three fliers at Fort Benning
Three army airmen died during bombing practice when a bomb from one aircraft struck another bomber aloft over Fort Benning Georgia. The victims were Captain Morris Pelham of Anniston Alabama, Lt Raymond Manley of Brooklyn, and Corporal Ray Roland of Columbia Iowa.
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Fort Benning
Russell J. Hammargren
Atlanta
Morris Pelham
Anniston
Ala
Raymond Manley
Brooklyn
Ray Roland
Columbia
Iowa
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First Baptist Church
Hamp Hopkins
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