U S Bombers Raid Axis Bases in Africa
Cairo June 23 The United States four engine bombers joined RAF in a heavy raid on Bengali Libya bases. Fires started as transports and airfields were targeted and torpedo hits reported. Aerial patrols continue to prevent a Nazi thrust toward Egypt as Rommel eyes an eastern advance from Libya.
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Cairo
United States Army
Egypt
Libya
Eighth Army
Tobruk
U. S
RAF
London
Crete
Erwin Rommel
Army supply bill sent to House totals over 42 billion
The Appropriations Committee sent a historic 42.82 billion army supply bill to the House to fund a 4.5 million strong force by July 1, 1943 and to arm allied nations. Rep Snyder noted the war may last five years and urged early action. The bill would raise total defense outlays to about 205.31 billion in the past three years. The committee cited Lt. Gen. J. T. McNarney to justify the expenditures.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
United Nations
Rep. Snyder
D-Pa
Appropriations
J. T. McNarney
Army
Sevastopol Fights On Amid Stalled German Drive
Moscow reports the Sevastopol garrison repelled a German wedge into the fortress defenses. German forces, though superior in numbers, failed to penetrate the Black Sea base’s depth. While fighting continues at the north and south points, Soviet dispatches say most assaults are repulsed and the frontline holds.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Ferrying Planes To China's Armies
New Delhi dispatch reports United States ferrying command planes to Chiang Kai-shek's forces in China. Bombers fighters gasoline and spare parts move from northeast India into Yunnan amid monsoon and Japanese air patrols. The arduous route spans about 500 miles through fog and mountains as Burma violence intensifies.
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New Delhi
India
United States
Ferry Command
U. S. Army
Chiang Kai-Shek
Burma
China
Yunnan
Local Weather Readings and Highlights for Today
Temperature readings at three hour intervals show a high of 90 and a low of 67 for the day. Precipitation totals for the 24 hours to 12:30 a m stand at .90 inches, with monthly and yearly totals reported. Sunrise 5 50 am, sunset 8 10 pm, day length 14.3 hours.
Dishman Arrested For Obtaining Auto by Fraud
Raymond Dishman, wanted for obtaining an automobile by false representations, was arrested at Carsicana Texas at the request of local officers. Extradition proceedings will be instituted to bring him here for prosecution. He allegedly obtained a 1942 Ford super deluxe sedan from M. L. Blanton by promising to pay and then failing to do so. The car has not been found.
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Raymond Dishman
Carsicana
Texas
M. L. Blanton
It’s a Brutal Life Aboard a 63-Foot Sub chaser
A aboard the 63 foot submarine chaser detailing cramped quarters for a crew of 12, only 20 feet of forward and aft space, and a captain’s tough daily routine. The cook Johnny Newman from Nevada uses a compact stove in a galley sealed at night. The ship travels five days at sea convoying tankers and merchant ships from a southeastern port toward overseas deployment, with decks often flooded and bunk space at a premium.
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Atlantic Patrol
U. S. Navy
Johnny Newman
Nevada
West Coast Shelled By Unidentified Sub Off Oregon and Vancouver Island
Two distant Pacific Northwest shellings disrupted late Saturday night as a Canadian radio station on Estevan Point Vancouver Island and a Seaside Oregon coastal area were targeted by an unidentified offshore craft. Official reports confirmed no casualties and minimal damage, with six to nine shells hitting near Seaside and windows blown at the Estevan Point radio building. Eyewitnesses reported hearing more shots than the official count, while residents described the explosions as the wake of a small naval engagement.
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Associated Press
Vancouver Island
Canada
British Columbia
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Estevan Point
Kenneth Stuart
West Coast Defenses
Seaside
Astoria
Columbia River
Western Defense Headquarters
San Francisco
Death Toll on U. S. Freighter
An American freighter was sunk off the East Coast on June 15 after two torpedoes in quick succession from a submarine. The navy reported a possible 88 deaths, the heaviest loss in American coastal waters since the war began, while 84-84 or more survivors were rescued and brought to two East Coast ports.
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Navy
U. S
National League results and schedule update
Cincinnati lost to New York with Derringer Shoun Lamanno Lohrman and Danning contributing for the visitors. Chicago beat Philadelphia 13 to 1 while Olsen Hernandez Hoerst Johnson and Livingston led the Mets. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn and St. Louis at Boston games postponed or rescheduled.
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Cincinnati
New York
Derringer
Shoun
Lamanno
Lohrman and Danning
Chicago
Philadelphia
Olsen and Hernandez
Hoerst
Johnson and Livingston
Scoring pairings and matchups across early baseball games
Philadelphia beat Cleveland 211 Harris and Swift. Bagby and Denning. Boston 011 002 Detroit 000 000 Judd and Conroy. Trout and Tebbetts. New York at St Louis night game. Washington at Chicago postponed.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Harris and
Swift
Bagby and Denning
Boston
Detroit
Judd
Conroy
New York
St. Louis
Mitchell Elected G. O. P. National Committeeman
New Mexico Republicans fixed a July 20 state platform convention in Albuquerque with over 800 voting delegates. They nominated Albert K. Mitchell, cattleman from northern New Mexico, as national committeeman after Cyrus McCormick resigned, while Mitchell weighed the offer from Washington amid cattle growers work.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
GOP
Central Committee
Albert K. Mitchell
Mitchell
Cyrus McCormick
Santa Fe
J. Benson Newell
Las Cruces
Washington
Bell Ranch
Harding County
U. S
Gravity of The Situation In Mediterranean
DeWitt Mackenzie analyzes British reverses in Libya and the broader risk to eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. He argues Britain and Allies, except Russia, suffer defeats while arming to confront long built up enemy war machines. He notes Britain fights on two fronts, creating a paradox of progress and peril amid 1942 military pressures.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
John Bull
Libya
Britain
Mediterranean
Middle East
Russia
Mapping War Strategy To Win The Victory for the United Nations
Washington June 23 Shipping plans occupy Roosevelt and Churchill as they map UN war strategy at a White House conference. They met China’s Dr Soong and discussed shipbuilding and use with aides including Hopkins Land Salter Douglas Vickery Little King and Dorling. The leaders issued a careful statement stressing a single objective.
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United Nations
Washington
Rooosevelt
Churchill
Britain
White House
Roosevelt
T. V. Soong
China
Stephen Early
Early
Harry L. Iopkins
Emory 5. Land
War Shipping Administration
Combined
Anglo-American Shipping Board
Arthur Salter
Lewis W. Douglas
Howard L. Vickery
Maritime Commission
Ship Construction Authority
Sir Charles Little
Combined Chiefs of Staff
J. W. Dorling
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
S. M. Robinson
Navy
Fearful primary turnout prompts voter enrollment push
Reports from New Mexico suggest primaries will fall well short of normal with some experts predicting turnout under 50 percent. County chairmen plan house-to-house canvassing and enrollment drives as deadlines loom for party affiliation changes on July 6 and residency updates on August 13. The piece notes army withdrawals could further shrink numbers, warns bosses in both parties are anxious, and urges voters to act on clearly defined reasons for their ballots.
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New Mexico
Commons Angered by British Defeat in Libya News
In the House of Commons, dissatisfaction with Britain's military leadership rose after the Libya setback. Attlee reported seven ships lost and 30 planes, with the Tobruk convoy turning back due to fuel shortages from air attacks, while reinforcements were en route.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
House of Commons
Libya
House
Clement Attlee
Dominions
Churchill
United States
Eighth Army
John Wardlaw-Milne
Attlee
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Royal Navy and Merchant Navy Deliver Joint Statement
The air ministry and admiralty confirmed on June 16 a cooperative dispatch as the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy delivered a unified message. Officials emphasized continued coordination and shared objectives amid ongoing operations and security concerns across maritime routes.
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Air Ministry
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Merchant Navy
Heavy Sea Losses From Submarines
The Associated Press reports a medium-sized American freighter sank June 15 after two torpedoes off the U S coast. Eighty-one rescued, 88 missing, many believed trapped below decks. The navy has been convoying merchant ships along the east coast for about a month. Several other ships were sunk or damaged, including the Lady Hawkins in 1941.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
United States
Navy
Fears
U. S
Halifax
Bermuda
Maine
Florida
Hitler
West Indies
Ireland
Europe
Buenos Aires
Belem
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Treasury uncovers $10,000,000 held by Henry Blackmer
The treasury found a $10 million cache of securities and cash linked to Henry M. Blackmer, a fugitive Teapot Dome witness. Disclosures show accounts in New York banks under numbered names, traced to Blackmer, believed living in Switzerland after fleeing to Europe in 1921.
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Washington
Henry M. Blackmer
Teapot Dome
The
Treasury
Blackmer
Europe
Albert Fall
New York City
Switzerland
Giant U S Bombers Bolster Chinese Fight Against Japan
The Associated Press reports four motored U S bombarders flew 500 miles to reinforce Chiang Kai-shek’s armies in China amid an ongoing struggle. Chinese spokesmen claimed penetrations on enemy flanks, stoppage of invasion columns in Kwaigtung and Kiangsi, and failure to narrow a 50 mile gap on the Chekiang Kiangsi railway. A demand for more arms rose as American bombers and fighters moved from India to China despite monsoon conditions and Japanese air activity in Burma.
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Associated Press
China
East
Kwaigtung
Kiangsi
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Fukien
New Delhi
India
Burma
Rubber Drive In Roswell Reaches 150 Tons Collected
Estimates place Roswell's scrap rubber total at about 150 tons with a goal to exceed 200 tons by June 30. Citizens are urged to scour homes and businesses and deliver rubber to any filling station for one cent per pound.
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Roswell
No Passing Is Permitted On Air Base Road
State police announced new traffic rules for the road to the air base. A white center stripe limits to one lane with no passing and a speed range of 25 to 40 mph to align with army vehicle limits. Drivers are urged to pull aside for flats and stay cautious to prevent congestion and accidents as road widening plans proceed.
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Air Base
A Family Affair
Lynn William Croissant now in the Army writes from camp that after years with The Record he never fully appreciated its news value until away from home. He says he never misses a word and is surprised by the real information he gets from reading it.
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Lynn William Croissant
Record Force
Family compliment warms hearts and home
A kind message from a family member is doubly appreciated as it brings warmth to the household and adds comfort to daily life. The words strengthen bonds and lift spirits at home.
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Brooklyn
G. O. P. National
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Commons
Henry Blackmer
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