Huge Convoy Lands Troops For Defense Of All India
British announce the arrival of a massive convoy of reinforcements to India during May, a record flow of light and heavy anti aircraft guns tanks and personnel. Troops include Indian soldiers trained in Britain and veterans from France and Libya. Crews for Hurricane fighters and Kittyhawks arrive as Jap forces push toward Homalin on the Indian Burma frontier and RAF limits movement on the Chindwin river.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Britain
France
Libya
United Kingdom
Homalin
Chindwin
Mandalay
House Refuses To Continue Funds For CCC
Washington June 5 The House declined to fund the Civilian Conservation Corps at a reduced wartime level after backing a recommendation from its appropriations committee. The move halts ongoing support for the CCC during the war period.
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House
CCC
Washington
Appropriations Committee
Civilian Conservation Corps
Time To Ration Sermons Is Here Says Minister
The retiring president of the general synod of the Reformed Church of America urged a moratorium on preaching to curb endless talk. Rev Simon Blocker of Holland Michigan spoke at the 136th annual session noting ministers overextend themselves with pupil teaching Sunday School youth work and women's groups while risking loss of audience interest.
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Albany
N. Y
General Synod of the Reformed Church of America
Simon Blocker
Holland
Mich
Cacechize
Issig
British Drive Off Axis Force In Libya
British imperial columns and air squadrons drove off a tank supported Axis force attacking Bir Hacheim yesterday. The operation relieved the Free French and Indian garrison at the southern Libyan outpost along a 50 mile line from Ain el Gazala as Rommel’s forces attacked the center.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bir Hacheim
Mediterranean
Ain el
Gazala
Edwin Rommel
Explosion At Huge Arsenal Kills 21 In Joliet
Joliet Illinois June 5 an explosion at the Elwood arsenal rocked the massive shell loading plant killing 21 people and injuring many more. A shipping building housing unit facilities was destroyed while loading operations in nearby structures continued. A board of inquiry will probe the blast with Lt Col Don M Hoffman presiding.
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Joliet
Ill
Elwood Arsenal
David P. Tunstall
Army
Tunstall
Elwood Ordnance Shell
Don M. Hoffman
H. L. Shultz
Will County
James Doolittle
Tokyo
Elwood
Kankakee
President Roosevelts Gas And Rubber Shortage Probe
President Roosevelt opened a comprehensive study of gasoline and rubber shortages. He summoned 11 government executives to the White House for a conference to discuss the interlinked issue and indicated talks would begin at the noon press conference. He also considered a nationwide gasoline rationing plan by July and whether scrap rubber collection should be organized.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Mayor Proclaims Flag Week June 8 To 14
Mayor Lloyd C. Culler issued a proclamation designating June 8 to 14 as Flag Week. Nationwide observances are urged, with the Stars and Stripes to be displayed at homes and businesses. Flag Day falls on Sunday June 14, featuring church services and Elks lodge celebration.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Elks Lodge
Cumberland Defense Workers Strike At Local Plant
Sixty seven Cumberland Steel Company employees on strike over alleged contract violations. Workers walked out after the company posted new rules of conduct and plant policy without shop committee consultation, per Allegany Local No 489 of the International Association of Machinists.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Steel Company
Allegany Local
International Association of Machinists
U S Warns of Gas Use by Japan and U S Retaliation
President Roosevelt said reports indicate Japan used poisonous gases in China. He pledged full retaliation if gas warfare continues, stating the United States will treat such actions as against the United States and enforce complete retribution.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
China
United States
State Department
United Nation
United Nations
Japanese Feelers In Pacific Foreshadow Heavy Attack
Washington reports that a major Pacific battle erupted after Japanese raids on Midway and Dutch Harbor. Navy experts say Nimitz’s remark attacks on the enemy continue signals a broader hard strike toward Pearl Harbor, Alaska, and the U.S. west coast as Japan seeks to erase American strength in the Pacific.
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Pacific
Washington
Midway
Dutch Harbor
Yokohama
America
West
Russia
Alaskan
Siberia
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Panama
Southwest Pacific
Hawaii
Japan
North American
Alaska
Wake
Bataan
Corregidor
Philppines
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Would Merge Churches Due To Gas Rationing
Westminster June 5 district superintendents endorsed a recommendation for mergers among Methodist churches and circuits of the Baltimore conference to cut travel amid gasoline and rubber shortages. The education committee urged easy payment plans for student loans and emphasized weekday religious education and Christian education in public schools.
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Westminster
Baltimore
Board of Education
Italian dispatch claims British destroyer sunk off Tobruk
Berlin reported by German broadcasts that an Italian news agency dispatch from Rome said a British destroyer was sunk off Tobruk by Axis units. No other source confirmed the sinking and details on the units were not provided.
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Berlin
Stefani
Rome
Tobruk
Two More Jap Subs Reported Sunk Off Australia
Allied planes sunk two Japanese submarines and possibly a third off eastern Australia amid six to seven subs destroyed in five days. Dutch and Australian airmen credited. eyewitness Dutch pilot described a submarine surfacing and being bombed, with one craft delivering a decisive hit on the deck.
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Allied
Australia
United States
General MacArthur
Sydney
Austral
Fourteen Army Flyers Die In Calif Crash Near Hamilton Field
In San Rafael California fourteen Army airmen died when a heavy bomber crashed on a hillside near the Herzog ranch three miles northwest of Hamilton Field after reporting engine trouble. The craft struck a hill top during an attempted emergency landing and burst into flames. all aboard perished.
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San Rafael
Calif
Here
Hamilton Field
Herzog Ranch
8000 Japanese Casualties Reported at Chuhsien
Chinese high command announced that about 8000 Japanese were killed or wounded yesterday in fighting around Chuhsien, the rail center in western Chekiang province, near Chungking.
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Chungking
Chuhsien
Chekiang Province
Credit Restrictions In Effect On July 10
Frederick merchants mailed bills to customers and enclosed credit restriction details. Charges before June 1 must be paid by July 10 to retain credit. purchases made this month must be settled by August 10. Book closing will move to month end from now on.
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Frederick Merch
WPB Creates Food Requirements Committee
War Production Board Chairman Don ald M. Nelson announced formation of a nine member Food Requirements committee within WPB to dictate civilian military and foreign food needs. Wickard chairs with authority to adjust domestic output and imports while rationing remains with OPA. decisions are final subject to WPB approval.
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Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
WPB
OPA
Rural stores face sugar rationing dilemma
Country storekeepers report a sugar shortage as canning season prompts customers to buy large sugar certificates. Merchants lack sufficient stock beyond certificate face value, forcing customers to travel to cities for filling orders. Rationing Board is sending the issue to state authorities in Baltimore while warning applicants to sign all form fields to avoid delays.
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Retioning Board
Balimore
U S Can Fully Equip Troops Sent Abroad in Ireland
Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell, U S Army supply chief, declared we can fully equip any troops sent abroad. He noted no delay in moving gear to the British Isles and praised the Northern Ireland command for vim and dash ready to do a job.
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AEF
Northern Ireland
Brehon Somervell
U. S. Army
British Isles
United States
Midway Holds After Heavy Japanese Assaults
Japanese carriers and battleships joined planes in a major Midway raid which was repulsed by local defenses. Admiral Nimitz said attacks on the enemy are continuing as Midway sustained minor material damage with no reported personnel casualties. The raid came amid a sequence of Pacific actions and marked the first heavy strike on Midway in months.
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Honolulu
Japan
Tine Midway Island
Midway
Hawaii
United States
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Nimitz
Cyril T. Simard
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Wake
Guam
Hood Alumnae Reunions Planned for Saturday at Hood College
Hood College alumnae from classes 1908 through 1941 will gather Saturday for meetings, a luncheon, class gifts, and reunion pictures. Events include a 10:30 a.m. business meeting in Brodbeck Hall, the release of new college movies, a luncheon in Coblesmith Hall with remarks by President Stahl, and speaker Miss Margaret Wehler of the New York Public Library. Community reunions feature class dinners and banquets at local venues, an outdoor class day program, and an alumnae senior dance with Zel Smith’s orchestra at Meyran social room.
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Alt Hood College
Auy
Alumnae Association
Brodbeck Hall
New Hood College
Coblesit Hall
Evelyn Keite
Yeide
Association
Henry I Stahl
Margaret Wehler
New York Public Library
Hudson Memorial
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Fannie McGee
Betty Joslyn Lehuc
Emily Thomas Roach
Bert Nixdorff
West Second Street
Helen Richardson Dall
Ray
Sara Ray
Betty McCain Willard
Frederick
Sally Branthoover Potts
Janice Archer Carty
Rockwell Terrace
Francis Scott Key
Ruth Stottler
Lillian Thomas
Meyran
Zel Smith
Waynesboro
Channel Port Bombed in RAF Night Raid
London reports the Royal Air Force did not strike Germany last night for the first time this month, instead bombing the channel port of Dieppe in France and airfields in Nazi-occupied Holland, according to authorities.
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London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Dieppe
France
Holland
Meri From Air Base Are Feted At Camp Kanawha
Officers and men of the 312th Air Base Squadron at De trick Field were hosted by the Frederick County Fish and Game Association at Camp Kanawha near Point of Rocks. Major John P. Carson commanded the base group. E Austin James led the two day program featuring boating and shooting. Gary Utterback and C F Hartman ran the shooting events. William Kehne oversaw boating. Refreshments were provided and S F Lehman organized a chicken dinner served to the soldiers.
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312Th Air Base Squadron
Detrick Field
Frederick County
C. F. Hartman
William Kehne
S. F. Lehman
Bombing Hit Northeast England Port and Shipyards
DNB reported German air attacks targeted the port and shipyards in Sunderland northeast England, with damage feared and officials assessing the impact. Aerial raids disrupted harbor operations as evening skies remained tense over the industrial area.
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Berlin
DNB
Sunderland
England
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U.S
FDR
Midway Island
Chester W. Nimitz
The
Pacific Feet
United States West Coast
Panama Canal
Food Control Board
Foe
Channel
Meri
Camp Kanawha
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