Cripps Promises Allied West Attack When Time Is Right
Sir Stafford Cripps told a London meeting that Britain and the United States will launch a great attack on Hitler in the west when the proper time comes. He refused to reveal timing, saying Molotov knows more about it, and praised the British Russian pact as foundational for postwar world. Messages from MacArthur and Timoshenko were read as support for Allied unity. The anniversary marked Germany’s 1941 invasion of Russia.
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Ondon
Britain
United States
Hitler
West
Stafford Cripps
Churchill
Stafford
Russia
Molotov
London
Sir Stafford
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Semeon Timoshenko
Red Army
Germany
Three Wake Island prisoners named from Scioto and Pike counties
Doris L. Ralston 21 of Bardendaleigh K Rucker 18 of Blue Jun and Lloyd Hugh Williams 1 Beaver Route 2 were listed as Wake Island prisoners held at Shanghai after working for Navy contractors. Private First Class Frank Ley Groh 23 was reported missing after the fall of Corregidor.
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Doris L. Ralston
Bardenaleigh
K. Rucker
Blue UN
Lloyd Hugh Williams
Beaver Route
War Department
Wake Island
S Navy
Shanghai
Frank Ley Groh
Green Township
Corregor
Ralston
Walter Alston
Barden
Lake Island
Pearl Harbor
Barden High School
Rosie
JRAFTEES 10 GET 14 DAY FURLOUGHS
Columbus June 20 Men entering the army through selective service law after induction will receive automatic 14 day furloughs state headquarters announced today C W Goble state chief selective service said a procedure will be carried out by transferring those men to the enlisted record corps for induction and recalling them to active duty at the end of the 14 day period.
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Columbus
Army
C. W. Goble
Selective Service
Hni
Red Corps
Strict ban on marriages of soldiers abroad
The War Department issued a terse order restricting marriages of American soldiers overseas. No service member on duty in a foreign country or possession may wed without approval from the commanding officer of U S forces stationed there. Military circles had noted prior marital complications, especially in Australia.
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Washington
War Department
United States Army
Australia
Storm damages trees and disrupts telephones across city
A heavy rain Friday night toppled several trees and knocked out about 150 telephones, mainly on the Hilltop near Mercy hospital and some on the West Side. Cables soaked caused most damage. River observer reports 1.12 inches of rain, with cumulative rainfall for the month at 1.40 inches. The Ohio River stayed at 12.3 feet pool level from Pittsburgh to Portsmouth. Pikeville reported 2.44 inches rainfall. Weather observer notes temperature dipped to 67. More showers expected later today.
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Mercy Hospital
Portsmouth Home Telephone Co
Fred B. Winter
Ohio River
Pool
Pittsburgh
Portsmouth
Pikeville
Ashland
H. A. Schirrman
Union backs dismissal of four at war plant
Detroit reports four Hudson naval ordnance plant employees were discharged for fomenting an unauthorized stoppage and protesting the employment of colored men on production lines, according to Richard T. Frankensteen regional director of the United Automobile Workers CIO.
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Detroit
Richard T. Frankensteen
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Hudson Naval Ordnance Plant
International
Officials Try to Keep Fairs From Being Cancelled
Ohio fair leaders resisted cancellation of Buckeye expositions urged by defense transportation director Eastman. A 25 member committee will confer with Eastman in Washington, stressing fairs’ war support and local economy while stating disruption could invite federal control of transportation. Governor Bricker and state officials expressed willingness to comply if national policy dictates.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Washington
Ohio Fair “Association
Eastman
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Germans widen mine fields near Skagerrak warning issued
Swiss radio reported German authorities warned navigators that mine fields in the Skagerrak between Norway and Denmark have been widened to the east, extending toward the approach to the western Baltic. The expansion is described as part of broader German defensive measures.
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London
Skagerrak
Norway
Denmark
Tates
Somme
Signs of Great Axis Offensive Looming in East
June 20 Roosevelt and Churchill weigh counter blows to a possible summer axis attack in Europe Asia and Africa. Officials hint at invasion planning while London circles see threat to Suez and Siberian conflict grows. Observers note Allied production may tilt long term in America’s favor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Asia
Africa
White House
European
Berlin
Tokyo
Nine ships sunk in a single day during anti submarine drive
The article reports nine ships sunk in Atlantic waters in one day as Cuba offers facilities to the United States for training aviation personnel and anti submarine operations. The toll since Pearl Harbor reaches 286 cargo carriers with national and international vessels among the victims including United States, Dutch, Norwegian, Canadian, Dominican and Panamanian ships.
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Cuba
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
State Department
Washington
United States War Department
United States
PM Editor Drafted for Induction
Ralph M. Ingersoll editor of the PM newspaper has been drafted and ordered to report for induction next Wednesday. The 41 year old editor received his order yesterday after being classified 1 A by his local draft board.
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New York
Ralph M. Ingersoll
Navy destroyers to be launched at Kearny yard
Kearny New Jersey on June 21 two more United States Navy destroyers numbered 447 and 448 in the current series will roll down the ways at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company yards.
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Kearny
N. J
United States Navy
Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
William Bayer Jr Hitch Hiked Return After Lexington Sinking
A portion of a fragmentary account recounts William Bayer Jr. age 22, rescued after the Lexington disaster. He describes four hours afloat before a cruiser picked him up and survivors reaching a destroyer minutes after the carrier sank.
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William Bayer Sr
Somme
Libyan losses anger British seek inquiry in Tobruk defeat
Britons demand an inquest into the Tobruk setback as indications emerged that General Auchinleck may counter a German push toward Egypt. The London Times called Libya a second front and noted Egypt and the Mediterranean theater amid war tensions.
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Associated Press
London
Tobruk
Claude Auchinleck
Egypt
Suez Canal
London Times
Libya
The
Mediterranean
Army Takes Over 36 Square Mile Block in East Anglia
The British war office announced the army will seize a 36 square mile district in East Anglia near Holland. All civilians including villagers and farmers must leave by July 20. The area will be used entirely for military training.
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London
British War Office
East Anglia
England
Holland
Ways and Means Drops Sales Tax From Tax Bill
Washington June 20 The House Ways and Means Committee voted not to consider any consumption or sales tax in the pending tax bill. Chairman Doughton said the panel also tentatively adopted the treasury pay as you go plan for withholding income taxes from paychecks starting Jan 1. Randolph Paul presented the plan requiring 10 percent of an individual's tax liability withheld each pay period. Half would reduce 1942 taxes due this year, the other half would accumulate for 1944 taxes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
North Carolina
Treasury
Randolph Paul
Morgenthau
Axis columns retreat near Egyptian frontier in Libyan sands
British forces halted two main axis columns east of the Libyan sands near the Egyptian frontier after a brief clash. A British communique said the enemy did not press the advance and moved back westward, suggesting stronger British positions in the line.
Firing squads begin to work in Austria
German firing squads in conquered Europe report rising bloodshed as the Polish government in exile says a new wave of executions has begun. Forty people and twenty two women are said to have been shot at Waarsex procor and others reported in several locations.
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Europe
London
Poland
Waersex Procor
Eames
Ates
Aurea
Sao
Allied bombers hit Japanese transport at Rabual New Britain
Allied fliers scored three direct hits on a 10,000 ton Japanese transport yesterday and probably damaged other ships in Rabual harbor. General MacArthur reported destroying several Japanese tenders on the ground and damaging buildings.
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Rabeul
New Britain
MacArthur
Fragmentary Local Notice From A Distant Page
The readable fragments describe a distant event with names and places obscured. It references an action at a location associated with Melecca and Dageneee and mentions Windees and Guetta in a vague context. No clear date or outcome is discernible.
All-Out Push Targets Middle East Including Egypt and Turkey
British dispatches say Hitler seeks a second front in the Mediterranean by pressuring Laval to hand over 1,000,000 tons of French shipping. Plans point to summer battles in Egypt, Iraq, Iran and possibly Turkey, with Sevastopol under intense bombardment as he shifts toward the Caucasus and Suez. Churchill seeks U.S. aid for the theater.
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Egypt
Turkey
Adolf Hitler
Middle East
France
Pierre Laval
Mediterranean
Germany
Iraq
Iran
Hitler
Reich
Africa
Cairo
Washington
London
Churchill
United States
Suez
Sevastopol
Crimean
Caucasus
BBC
Moscow
Nazi
Russians Lunge at Smolensk. Sevastopol Battle Pressures
German reports claim a major Red Army offensive at Smolensk while the battle for Sevastopol in Crimea continued under intense pressure. The Russians remained silent, keeping the enemy guessing about intentions.
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Red Army
Smolensk
Sevestopol
Crimea
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