Roosevelt warns Axis on gas use ahead of European push
President Roosevelt said Axis nations show significant preparations to use poison gas and vowed full swift retaliation in kind. He warned such barbarous methods would be treated as acts against the United States, amid reports from multiple sources. The statement was read at a press conference on June 9 as Europe braces for large scale operations.
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J. F. SANDERSON
WASHINGTON
Europe
Roosevelt
United States
United Nations
Freezing eggs hailed as time saver by Michigan researchers
In wartime reports P J Schaible and GC Card of Michigan State College describe a freezing method for whole eggs. Bars of thawable frozen eggs allow exact portions without breaking shells. Pre frozen eggs suit bakers and dressings, with quick defrosting and compact storage.
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P. J. Schaible
GC. G. Card
Michigan State College
British torpedo boats damaged in English Channel raid
Berlin radio says several Royal Navy torpedo boats were damaged last night during an attempt to attack a German convoy between Dunkerque and Calais. No German ships were reported sunk. No immediate Royal Navy confirmation available.
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LONDON
Berlin
English
Dunkerque
Calais
Associated Press
Kandanos Town Wiped Out In Crete By Germans
Photographs smuggled from Crete show Kandanos razed by German forces as reprisal for the murder of German parachutists. The destroyed town bears a marble slab with the inscription linking the act to Lidice as in a similar punitive gesture.
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GAIRO
Crete
Kandanos
Lidice
Kandancs
Russ Fliers Harass Nazis Over Gorki Factory Raid
Red army pilots mounted repeated night sorties to defend the Gorki munitions hub 250 miles east of Moscow as German raids targeted the Molotov tank factory. Seven enemy bombers were claimed shot down while dwellings suffered damage amid reports of near total factory destruction.
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MOSCOW
Gorki
Toscow
London
Pantelleria shelled in coordinated Allied assault
Aboard a British destroyer off Pantelleria on June 8, Allied naval and air forces launched a massive synchronized strike on Mussolini s stronghold. The assault featured heavy bombardment, cover of smoke, and beach mine explosions as torpedo boats and gun boats hit coastal targets amid intense anti aircraft fire.
Navy Minister and Church clash over Canada’s navy sinkhole
Ottawa reports a sharp exchange between Navy Minister Macdonald and T. S. Church Prog. Con. as the Toronto Broadviews accused the navy department of being a sinkhole for public money. Macdonald cited past jibes and 1926 comments while Libs urged a two ocean nation and a distinctive flag amid ongoing debates.
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OTTAWA
Navy
Macdonald
T. S. Church
Toronto
navy department
Church
G. G. McGeer
Lib
Vancouver Burrard
Canada
R. T. Graham
Swift Current
Mr. Church
Yanks Raid Indo China Hit Haiphong Coaling Docks
CHUNGEING June 9 American bombers attacked Hon gay 30 miles northeast of Haiphong in French Indo China, heavily damaging coaling docks warehouses railroad yards and power lines. Dense smoke rose to 5000 feet as raiders returned after no enemy interception. Tokyo radio claimed slight damage but no impact on northern Indo China.
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CHUNGEING
Hongay
Haiphong
Indo-China
Tokyo radio
Hanoi
Laurel Shot While Golfing in Philippines Official Wounded
German radio quotes Tokyo advices saying Jose Laurel, interior commissioner on the Philippine executive council, was shot in the back while playing golf last Saturday. Laurel is in hospital with non dangerous injuries.
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LONDON
Tokyo
Jose Laurel
Philippine executive council
Laurel
Convict Fatally Hurt as Kansas Prison Escape Fails
In Kansas the guards fatally wounded one inmate and wounded two others during an attempted escape at a prison mine pit. Warden Mitton Famrine said the deceased was Max Landreth, serving a burglary term from Shaanee County, Kansas.
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LANSING
Kas
Kansas penitentiary
Mitton Famrine
klled
Max Landreth
Shaanee county
Kansas
Assure Troops Gallon of Beer Each Monthly
Ottawa reports that Revenue Minister Gilson announced steps to give soldiers a fair beer ration of one gallon per man per month. Reserve troops will receive the same during summer camp, with liquor commissions coordinating. Restrictions on beer sales have affected service canteens, prompting the arrangements.
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OTTAWA
Revenue
Gilson
Gibson
Surface Raid on Lampedusa Reported by British Navy
A Malta issued British naval communique says light surface forces carried out a coast reconnaissance of Lampedusa on June 6-7, suffered no damage or casualties, and only two landing party members did not return. Axis reports described an attempted landing by about five companies of British commandos, with claims of repulsed landings and sunk boats.
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Lampedusa
Tunisian
Pantelleria
Axis
YORK
Rome
B.D.S.T
Carl A. Spaatz
London
Chinese forces smash Japanese line near Hwajung
Chinese dispatches say Chiang Kai-Shek’s troops broke the Japanese defence southeast of Hwajung, key to the Lake Tungting region in Hunan. In a sudden assault the town north of the lake saw over 200 casualties and equipment captured, with reports of more than 200 Japanese drowning while attempting to swim to safety. Other reports claim the recapture of Shihlipu and other points along the upper Yanetse front.
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CHUNGKING
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hwajung
Lake Tungting
Hunan
Shihlipu
Ichang
Hanxox
Yanetse front
Sculptor Pollock Dies in London Home
London reports the death of Courtenay E. MM Pollock noted sculptor inventor and writer at his London home on Tuesday. Pollock created many of the last war memorials and his passing marks the end of an influential artistic career with ties to wartime memorials.
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LONDON
Allied Fleet Bombards Pantelleria After Ultimatum Refused
Allied planes dropped an unconditional surrender demand on Pantelleria and when unanswered, subjected the island to prolonged sea and air bombardment. British ships pounded from close range while a simultaneous air strike blinded the garrison, part of a campaign described as the Mediterranean’s longest naval bombardment against shore targets.
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London
Spaatz
Rome
Relman Morin
Associated Press
LLIED
North Africa
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Italian war bulletin reports 140 air raids on Pantelleria since May
Rome said Pantelleria has endured numerous naval bombardments and 140 air raids since May 9. The bulletin claims Allied raids yesterday on Sicily and Sardinia, two Spitfires shot down over Carbonia, and damage including collapsed buildings and injuries.
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Rome
Pantelleria
Sicily
Sardinia
Bodies found of two fishing party members near Dryden
In Ontario near Dryden the body of Fred Smith, reputedly an Indigenous fisherman, was recovered from Wabigoon Lake as searchers continued for the third member, M M Perry of Winnipeg, after a fishing party of three vanished in a wave storm on May 7. The body of Mrs. Florence Vincent of Winnipeg was also found last Friday.
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DRYDEN
Fred Smith
Wabigoon Lake
Smith
Florence Vincent
Winnipeg
M M Perry
British internment camp life seen by Canadian airman
Jack Calder of Goderich Ontario, a bomber navigator and gunner, recalls life inside the Curragh internment camp in Eire during World War II. He describes prisoners from Allied nations, US escapees, and Irish hosts, the mix of danger and camaraderie, and the paradox of neutrality as they move about under tense surveillance while reflecting on their past combat roles and future hopes.
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United
Canada
Jack Calder
Goderich
Ont
Calder
orbor
Curragh
Eire
Riley
Eir
alraven
Third Eagle Squadron
hood
Brady
fathry
Dublin
walonizgis
Rioting by Zoot-Suiters Spurs Citywide Halt on Liberty
Los Angeles authorities ordered Sailors barred from the city at liberty after a violent clash with roving youths in zoot suits. A seaman Donald Jackson was slashed in the abdomen during the fracas as police and military MPs bolster patrols amid reports of slugging and robberies by marauders targeting service members, many of Mexican descent.
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LOS ANGELES
Naval
army
armed services
Donald Jackson
eit
Churchull Murray
Pacific coast
inter-American affairs
Washington
sn suromotile
east side
Pantelleria Siege Report Sparks Rome Broadcast
Rome radio said Pantelleria was overwhelmed as air and naval forces besieged the fortress in a broadcast cited by Reuters. The report notes overwhelming Allied power pressing the island defenses amid ongoing World War II Pacific and European theater activity.
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ROME
PANTELLERIA
LONDON
C.P
Reuters
OTTAWA
Jones
C_P
hn Pacific Command
Vancemott Island
Alberta
defense
EDMONTON
CN.R. wards
S.C. HECKBERT
ALTA
CANADIAN LEGION EDMONTON
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