83 Killed In Collision Of Two U.S. Ships
Two American cargo vessels, a tanker and an ammunition freighter, collided off the U S East Coast before dawn, killing 83 of the crew. Survivors said the freighter veered and rammed the tanker, flames and explosions engulfing both ships. Navy gunners among the dead. several survivors rescued by Coast Guard and naval ships.
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U.S
Norfolk, Va
U. S
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Naval
Thy
Navy
Washington
W. J. Leonard
Malverne
Leonard
Léonard
Martin Varnell
Houston
Tex
Warnell
Vanity
Edward Matagora
Hasbrouck Street
Newburgh
Naval Hospital
Matagora
Weverton Boy Killed by B and O Train
A one year old boy Lee Fauble of Weverton was struck and killed by the second section of the Capitol Limited near the water tower between Knoxville and Weverton on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Neighbors say he walked along the tracks from a store toward home and appeared unaware of the fast diesel train. The Washington County Medical Examiner and state police investigated, ruling the death accidental. Survived by his mother Edna Fauble and seven siblings, funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Lee Fauble
Edna Fauble
Weverton
Capital Limited
Knoxville
Baltimore & Ohio
Annie Monday
Lee
Capitol Limited
Washington County Medical Examiner
John D. Hewett
Charles Main
Bruce Brachey
State Police
Edward M. Fauble
Railroad Maintenance of Way
Weverton Hill
Private Baker Stationed at Camp Van Dorn Mississippi
In Mississippi Pvt. Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baker, Frederick route 4, is stationed at Camp Van Dorn Miss. He recently spent a furlough visiting his parents and his wife and son of Boonsboro.
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Pvt. Baker
Harry Baker
Frederick
Camp van Dorn
Miss
Boonsboro
Flying Forts Hit Italy in North Africa Raid on Pantelleria
Allied bases across Africa launched a major air and naval assault on Pantelleria Sardinia and Sicily. Flying Fortresses involved in a 14 hundred mile round trip targeted three Italian battleships Littorio Vittorio Veneta and Roma and a heavy cruiser. The raid damaged harbor areas and ships, with reports of fires and explosions while all bombers returned safely.
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North Africa
Africa
Pantelleria
Sardinia
Sicily
Mussolini
Bor
la Spezia
Italy
Cagliari
la Maddalena
Naples
Associated Press
Harold V. Boyle
Littorio
Vittorio Veneta
Roma
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nohiar
Ntha Pham
Unsuccessful Raid On Wau By Jap Bombers
Allied noon communique reports sixteen Japanese dive bombers and four fighters raided Wau New Guinea on a Sunday but caused only slight damage. Allied four engined bombers struck at Koepang in Timor and shot down three of eight Zeros. Heavy units bombed Roepang and Penefoe airfields causing fires in barracks and waterfront areas. One Japanese plane was shot down and returned smoking with anti aircraft fire. No Allied casualties. Saudi Arabia is larger than Mexico.
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Pantelleria
RAF
Middle East
Sicily
Catania
Souther Ladinia
Monserrato
Cape Terra
Messerschmitts
Focke-Wulf Mss
Ateachad
Australia
Wau
New Guinea
MacArthur
Koepans
Tinwr
Qur
Roepang
Penefoe
Tne
Salamaua
Wan
OPA Orders Butter Meat Rollbacks And Coffee Plan
The Office of Price Administration moves to extend price rollbacks to coffee while butter and meat subsidies take effect. Subsidies reach packers and producers under the price control act with RFC funding through the Defense Supplies Corporation. The plan faces industry opposition and Senate study as Labor groups push for broader stabilizing measures.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Congress
OPA
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Department of Agriculture
RFC
Defense Supplies Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Meat Institute
Charles K. Elkinton
War Meat Board
Institute
New Meat Board
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Murray
Russians Shoot Down Hundreds Nazi Planes
London reports that Russian pilots and gunners destroyed hundreds of German planes from May 30 to June 11 amid a week of violent air raids centered on Moscow.
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London
Moscow
Bishop Freeman Dies Built National Cathedral in Washington
James E. Freeman 76, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Washington who guided the cathedral project, died at his home near the site. A New York native born July 24, 1866, he worked on railroads before entering the ministry and led efforts to unite Presbyterian and Episcopal churches. Funeral Wednesday. burial in the cathedral crypt beside figures like Woodrow Wilson. Survived by widow Elsie Virgilious and two children.
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Pyashi
James E. Freeman
Washington
Bishop Freeman
District of Columbia
Maryland
Church of the Epiphany
Yonkers
Minneapolis
Minn
New York
Henry and
Mary Freeman
New York Central
Henry Cadman Potter
Freeman
Woodrow Wilson
George Dewey
National Capital
George Washington
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Congress
General Pershing
Herbert Hoover
Charles Evans Hughes
St. Albans Heights
College of Preachers
Elsie Virgelius
Raymond L. Wolven
William V. Freeman
Russian claims most air war on Eastern Front in week
Reported early today the five week toll stood at 2 821 German aircraft destroyed in air and ground action in Russia. The Russian communique cited 212 Soviet aircraft losses in the week ending Saturday. May German losses were placed at 2 069 planes. Ground fighting was minor with a six day battle near the central sector. Kursk saw a German raid of 500 planes while Orel faced 520 Soviet strikes. The Russians claimed 123 German planes shot down in the Kursk attack. Three hundred Germans were...
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Russia
Tively
Kursk
Orel
Six Enemy Ships Sunk In Mediterranean Naval Action
British submarines prowling near Monte Carlo and Corsica and Sardinia sank six enemy ships, damaged another, and probably torpedoed a eighth. A sub surfaced off Calvi in Northern Corsica, bombarding an air field. Sunk vessels included supply ships, a tank er, and an anti-submarine auxiliary. Airdrome at Calvi attacked. Italian batteries fired. A separate report notes a large beryllium ore deposit found in southern Oregon.
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London
Monte Carlo
Corsica
Sardinia
Admiralty
Calvi
Strait of Bonifacio
Augusta Harbor
Sicily
Gulf of Genoa
Cantania Bay
Western Front fighting claims and Sevsk area losses
The midnight communique reported a soldier killed Sunday in fighting on the Western Front and 200 more destroyed in the repulse of tank and infantry counter-attacks in the Sevsk area.
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Sevsk
I Too Late For Amendment To Stop 4th Term
Washington June 6 The proposed constitutional amendment limiting presidential tenure to two terms appears to aim at a fourth term rather than a fifth. Its impact on Roosevelt prospects in 1944 hinges on public opinion and party views, with support and opposition playing out in Senate discussions and private canvassing. Mt. Airy merchants to close at 1 pm Wednesdays starting June 16.
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Washington
Bailey
North Carolina
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
Neely
West Virginia
Guffey
Pennsylvania
AR Vanek Eannte Dinasesian
House
Mr. Roosevelt
MT. Airy
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