British Repel Two Axis Attacks in North Africa
British guns and tanks repelled two Axis assaults at Sidi Rezegh and Acroma as Rommel aimed to storm Tobruk. Supplies, landed at the port under cover of British and American air power, awaited entry to the fight under eager anticipation.
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Cairo
Sidi Rezegh
Acroma
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Knightsbridge
Ain el Gazala-Bir Hacheim
Eighth Army
el Adem
Ain el Gazala
Britain
Libya
Roosevelt Opposes Tax Split Plan In Congress
In Washington, Ways and Means members delivered a polite no to President Roosevelt’s proposal to split the tax bill to speed excise revenue. They said delaying action on large income tax increases is impractical, with a full bill unlikely for months and the treasury needing steady revenue this year.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Doughton
D-Nc
Coughton
Rep. Duncan
D-Mo
Treasury Department
American Bombers Hit Two Italian Battleships In Med Sea Clash
U S Army bombers claimed 35 direct hits on two Italian battleships in the Mediterranean. Maj Alfred F Kalberer said one battleship took 20 hits and the other 15 as a cruiser and destroyer were additionally damaged. RAF later reported another hit on a burning battleship. The clash involved numerous Axis planes shot down amid Malta and Tobruk supply concerns.
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Mediterranean
Alfred F. Kalberer
Kalberer
RAF
U. S. Army
Malta
Tobruk
Italian fleet driven off by air attacks near Tobruk
A British report says an Italian naval squadron in the central Mediterranean failed to contact the Tobruk bound convoy as U S and RAF air forces battered ships. The operation, described as a limited success, delivered supplies to Malta and Tobruk at heavy cost and underscored shore based air power over surface forces.
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London
Mediterranean
RAF
Malta
Tobruk
United States
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Mussolini
Pacific
North Africa
Taranto
United States Air Force
Gibraltar
Alexandria
Sardinia
Sicily
Pantelleria
Crete
Libya
War News Not Good Says Curtin Presselaunched Appeal
Prime Minister Curtin warned Australians the war news was dire and that Australia could be lost, risking Hawaii and North American coasts to Japanese attack. He cited three major Axis thrusts and urged a US$9 million daily loan drive, noting gains for Rommel in Libya and intense submarine warfare while praising Allied efforts in the Pacific.
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Melbourne
Australia
John Curtin
Hawaii
North American
Curtin
Axis
United Nations
Russia
Libya
Wellington
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
United States
Patrick J. Hurley
Middle East
Suez
India
Indian Ocean
Japan
Dunkerque
Coral Sea
Melbourne Herald
Rommell
America
Pacific
General MacArthur
Rubber drives boost Kingsport scrap collection effort
In Kingsport service stations see strong public response to the presidents war request for rubber. Attics basements and storerooms yield scrap items including tires ten nis balls garden hoses and toys. Stations pay one cent a pound and the drive runs through June 30.
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Kingsport
41 Seamen Die As Sub Attacks Two Merchantmen
An East Coast port received 54 survivors from two merchant ships sunk in the Caribbean by the same axis submarine. Forty-one seamen died including two Navy gun crew members. One Panama flag vessel sank May 31 with 17 men lost. The second ship carried 35 survivors after drifting six days. 24 crew members were lost.
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Caribbean
Panama
Tafts
Memphis ordinance requires radios on regular airport aircraft
Memphis city commission passes first reading of a tech ordinance for aircraft operating from the Mem airport to carry radio equipment. The rule targets chiefly small craft used for pleasure and training, requiring gear with enough range to reach the control tower within airport boundaries.
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Memphis
Westeran
Memairport
Tech
Knox Airport To Be Enlarged
Knoxville Municipal Airport manager Claude Moore said it will become a class 4 terminal with a new 5000 foot runway and expanded runways and taxi strips. A CAA prospectus notes a $600,000 private contract program to upgrade lighting and facilities.
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Knoxville
Claude Moore
Municipal
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Moore
CAA
Counter Attacks Force Back Nazis at Key Rail Base
A Chinese army report says Shangjao Kiangsi railway base fell to Japanese forces after an all day battle with 8,000 casualties inflicted on the invaders. The clash blocked a connecting move between Japanese columns from Chekiang and Nanchang. Soviet dispatches report Kharkov and Sevastopol counter actions, redoubled efforts by German forces, and heavy losses on both sides.
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Chungking
Shangjao
Chekiang- Kiangsi
Kiangsi
Chekiang Province
Nanchang
Keweiki
Domei
Moscow
Kharkov Front
Red Army
Kharkov
Sevastopol
Balaklava
Bryansk
Soviet Information Bureau
Information Bureau
Fedor von Bock
State Not Bound By 48 Hour Week Ruling
Ohio Supreme Court voided 48 hour work week protections for state employees in a Franklin County case. The decision dismissed AF of L appeals against State Welfare Director Charles Sherwood, finding no debatable constitutional questions involved.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Franklin County
American Federation of Labor of
Charles Sherwood
Stunned beach crowds witness Atlantic submarine attack
In a daylight strike off Virginia Beach two American merchantmen were attacked as crowds watched from a resort. One ship sank, the other was towed in. A Gulf of Mexico hit killed 14 sailors. 30 survivors reached port. Navy reports total Atlantic submarine victims at 273.
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Virginia Beach
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Navy
Virginia
Gulf
U. S
Golf Swing Lands Player in Hospital with Injuries
Nathan W. Hankin of Binghamton New York swung at a golf ball with great force on a local course and suffered torn ligaments in his leg and dislocated cartilages. Doctors say he will hobble on crutches for six weeks after hospital recovery.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Nathan W. Hankin
Hankin
Servicemen To Average $20 Increase In Pay
President Roosevelt signed a law boosting the minimum base pay of U S servicemen to 50 dollars a month retroactive to June 1 1941 Enlisted ranks up to second lieutenant and ensign receive raises from 1500 to 1800 monthly and officers gains in rental allowances are included A companion measure offering dependent support and a home protection policy faced last minute corrections in Congress and was awaiting final approval before sending to the president.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Extensive Bund Probe Pushed By Federal Jury
Federal grand jury in New York probes German American Bund members amid talk of denaturalization. National Bund leader George Froboese Jr. died by self harm Monday in Indiana after being summoned to testify. his body carried the subpoena and Bund records. Evidence to be used to challenge naturalization based on alleged fraudulent mental reservations at citizenship.
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New York
U. S
Mathias Correa
Indiana
George Froboese, Jr
Froboese
Milwaukee
Robert Nathan
DeKalb County
Ind
Waterloo
Bund
Roosevelt Accepts Dempsey Resignation
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of John J. Dempsey the under secretary of the interior who will seek election as governor of New Mexico.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John J. Dempsey
Interior
New Mexico
War Production Chief Opposes 94 Percent Excess Tax
Washington bulletin reports Chairman Donald Nelson of the War Production Board opposing a flat 94 percent excess profits tax for corporations as a threat to war production. In Cleveland Kiwanis International elected Fred G. McAlister of London Ontario president, defeating E. B. Stahlman Jr. of Nashville Tennessee.
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Washington
Donald Nelson
The
War Production Board
Cleveland,—.P
Fred G. McAlister
London
Ont
Kiwanis International Today
E. B. Stahlman, Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Hostages Held in Belgium Over Wheat Requisitions
Report says peasants in Liege Province, Belgium are being held by local and federal gendarmerie until wheat deliver ies meet requisition orders. The claim notes an unspecified number of hostages.
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Vichy.—.P
Liege
Belgium
Kermit Bates to Enter Navy for Construction Regiment
Kermit Nelson Bates, 26, son of Mr and Mrs W R Bates of 1530 Gate City Highway left Kingsport Tuesday for Nashville to seek enlistment in the Navy construction regiment. Bates, a former Tennessee Eastman Corp employee, expects to serve as machinist's mate first class.
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Kermit Nelson Bates
W. R. Bates
Gate City
Kingsport
Nashville
Navy
R. N. Runion
Bates
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Petain Concedes Growing Discontent on Second Nazi Era Anniversary
In a nationwide radio address marking the second anniversary of his armistice with Germany, Marshal Petain acknowledged growing discontent among workers and peasants. He blamed both public failures and profiteers, urged faith in France, and expressed hope for salvation even after his death.
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Vichy
Petain
Germany
France
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Patrick Hurley
Robert P. Ghormley
South Pacific
Circle
Ain el Gazala-Bir Nhacheim
Associated Press
Knox Airport
By Henry C. Cassidy
Hospital
Dempsey
Bulletins
Kiwanis President
Kermit Bates
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