British Open New Libya Attack Near Knightsbridge Drive
British tank and infantry assault Axis positions west of Knightsbridge as Rommel’s forces face renewed pressure near Tobruk. South African troops reportedly capture prisoners on the northern sector while German and Italian air and ground actions intensify with RAF raids on Mareth, Dertina, and Syracuse.
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Knightsbridge
Tobruk
Naai
Erwin Rommel
Bir Hachelm
Bir Hacheim
Brrth
RAF
Maretuba
Dertin
Syracuse
Sicily
Brit
Lao
Bar Hachelm
Berlin
Continunique
North Africa
Funeral set for Miss Lucille Cage at Zelkteams chapel
Funeral services for Miss Lucille Cage age 40 of 219 Essex Street were held Saturday at the Zelkteams chapel. She is survived by a sister Mrs Charles Henning of Dallas. Interment followed at Mission Burial Park.
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Lucille Cae
Essex Strect
Ap AL
Charles Henning
Dallas
Mission Burial Park
Catholic USO Dance Slated for Saturday Night
Catholic USO Dance slated at the USO Catholic Community Center begins at 8 pm with Dance Night. Bl. Cheila's will perform and Rev. G. P. Staff will host the event.
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Usso-Catholic Community
Servier Center
Apm
Chinese Shelled In City In Central China Front
Japanese forces attacked in multiple provinces. Chinese garrison inside the walled city of Chuh sien held out as attacks pressed from both sides on the central rail corridor toward Nanchang. Towns Tungsiang and Fuchow fell. Chinese defense in Tungsiang driven back into hills amid heavy rain. new front reported in Sulyuen province far north.
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Broaacasta
Junk
Domel
Cheklang-Klangs
Chuhsien
Chuhshen
Nanchang
Domei
Tungsiang
Fuchow
Tungalang
Puchow
Qhutsien
Glinese
Sulyuen
Norlin
Japs Claim Four U S Subs Sunk
Japanese broadcasts report Imperial headquarters announced sinking four U S submarines in Japanese waters in late May and early June. Submarines were said to be off Tokyo Bay Sumonostrl Wakayama and southwest of Kyushu in the northern region.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Tokyo Bay
Sumonostrl
Wakayama
Kyushu
Blasts Precede Fire at National Starch Plant
Six people were injured when two explosions preceded a three alarm fire at the National Starch Products Southwestside plant in Indianapolis. The blaze destroyed two buildings and caused about $200,000 in damages, with Bernard Lynch, fire chief, assessing the loss.
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Indianapolis
National Starch Products Company
Bernard Lynch
Pyeven- Hon Chirt
British air sweeps pound Ruhr and western Germany
British night and daylight air operations blitz Ruhr targets and western Germany as 1000 plus planes engage in a week of heavy raids. German losses are reported near 119 aircraft with weather hampering further offensives. Naples area bombed by R A F with fires and flares, one killed and another injured.
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Byondenxts
Dallosge
Germany
High Command
Tertory
Flanders
Rome
Froin
R.A. F
Naples
Victims of Sub Beach Vigo Gather Survivors From Ship Sunk
A fishing vessel arrived in Vigo with 22 survivors from the 904 ton Irish steamer Ofty of Bremen, sunk recently in the Atlantic. The ship, British owned and operated out of Dublin, is listed in the register.
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Vigo
Spain
Vigg
Ofty
Bremen
Atlantic
Cloyd's
Berlin Claims 19 Ships Sunk in Atlantic Garibean Action
German broadcasts report nineteen enemy vessels totaling 108 000 tons sunk in the Western Atlantic and the Caribbean. An official announcement cites Mediterranean and Atlantic theaters with matinee timing and wartime dispatches.
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Berlin
Dunes
Aud Matinee
Atlantic
Annencement
British deny Axis prisoners starve in Libyan conflict
A British official communique refutes claims that Axis prisoners are denied food or water. It states Germany has not issued such orders and any instruction would violate Geneva conventions. The probe requests proof of the allegation and notes no such directive has been officially confirmed.
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Egypt
Middle East
Axia
Geneva
5000 Acres at Cologne Ruined in Major Bomber Raid
British raids on the Ruhr and Rhineland involved more than 5000 acres at Cologne during the first 1000-bomber operation this week. Railway workshops in Nippes were hit as photographs of the attack were released. An air ministry source said much of Cologne’s old town is finished. Berlin reported 308 killed in the recent raid with casualty estimates rising from unofficial channels.
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Colagie
Rohe
Rhineland
Aft Ministry
Nippes
Iewar
Air Ministry
Cologne
Berlin
Stb
Nazis Demand Vichy Action in Geneva Note
Tass Alspateh from Geneva reports German Ambassador Otto Abele delivered a note to Vichy demanding more effective steps against anti German outbreaks and warning that Germany reserves the right to take necessary measures. The note requests improvement within the shortest time and notes Laval has taken police control with intensified reprisals expected.
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Moscow
LPI
Tass Alspateh
Geneva
Switzerland
Otto Abele
Vichy
Nore
Tass
Pierre Laval
Guard Named to Honor Heydrich
AuseLIN reports that the sixth SS infantry standard has been named Reinhard Heydrich in honor of the official who succumbed to wounds from Czech patriots. The tribute was announced June 1 in broadcasts noting Heydrichs role as deputy Reichs protector of Bohemia and Moravia.
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Auselin
Reinhard Heydrich
Germany
Heydrich
Bohemia
Moravia
Aenr Prague
Mass Oath Set For Recruits
In a Pearl Harbor era ceremony to honor war efforts, hundreds of American Navy Marine and Coast Guard recruits will take oaths as “avengers of Pearl Harbor.” The mass swearing in will be broadcast via radio from the Washington Navy Yard, marking a historic effort to boost recruitment and morale.
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Washington
Pearl Tmbor
Navy, Marine and
Coast Guard
Avengers
Pearl Arbor
Pearl Harbor
Columbia Broadcasting System
Sail Ford
Washington Navy Yard
Navy
Rade
Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas Weather
Forecast shows little temperature change with scattered thundershowers Saturday night across San Antonio and vicinity. East Texas may see some showers along the east one hundredth meridian and central portions, with a slight temperature variation expected.
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San Antonio
Texas
Nazi Losses High On Moscow Front
Soviet dispatches report heavy German losses near Moscow with hundreds killed or wounded and eight tanks destroyed while German rail operations near a station were blown up. Soviets claim destroying German aircraft and munitions as part of an all out drive. Berlin broadcasts mention heavy artillery against Sevastopol with mixed local actions on southern fronts.
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Moscow
Kalin
Information Bureau
Berlin
Pram
Sevastopol
Crimea
Retail Food Costs Rise in Texas for May
Texas retail food costs rose 14 percent in May over April and show a 22 percent increase over April 1941. Commissioner John D. Reed reports ongoing price increases this year with January up 14.4 percent and February up 12.6 percent, continuing into May at about 19.8 percent.
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Austin
Jime
Texas
Tahar
John D. Reed
Mavelt
Mrs Henry Asks New Hearing For Death Sentence
New Orleans June. In a final effort to stave off execution Toni Jo Henry’s attorneys asked the State Supreme Court for a rehearing. On May 25 a lower court verdict finding her guilty of the murder of J. P. Galloway, a Houston salesman, was reformed.
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New Orleans
June
Toni Jo Henry
Costel
J. P.galloway
Houston
Bomber Lost In Burma Raids Reported By US Forces
New Delhi reports US air actions over Burma as raids by India based bombers continue. Communique describes twelve fighters attacked and likely destroyed, with one US aircraft missing. Earlier strikes damaged Japanese ships and vessels, including a cruiser, while Brereton’s forces press ongoing operations.
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India
Burma
United States Alr
Aupplig
Bi Ratigaoy
Dun
Ackack
Sal
United States
Lawis H. Brereton
Ted
United
Australian ship sunk by Japanese submarine off New South Wales coast
Melbourne report says another Australian merchant ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine off the New South Wales coast. Five survivors, one injured, were landed at an Australian port. Allied communique notes sinking of two Japanese subs and possibly a third off Australia's east coast. The Melbourne dispatch unclear if referring to this event or another.
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New South Wales
Duth
Australia
Sky
Melbourne
Victin
Shells Roll Despite Blast At Elwood Plant
JOLIET June 11 Army officials seek to identify 51 dead or missing after a blast at the Elwood ordnance plant wrecked a building and halted production in one loading line. Other lines run on a 24 hour basis as a repair plan aims to resume full output soon. An army inquiry team prepared to travel from Washington with no evidence of sabotage and officials said details will come after debris is cleared.
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Joliet
Oi—Munt
America
Elwood Ordnance Plant
Jines i
Shen
Eny Sie
Arty Board of Inquiry
Washington
David ‘Tunstall
Debiia Fs
Minant Urges Social Reforms in Postwar Offensive
Durham June 6 United States Ambassador John Dr. Winenk called for a joint British American social offensive after the war to crush inselsm at its roots by exposing and ending economic evils.
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Durham
Fangland
Upy
United States
John Dr. Winenk
Inselsm
Elling
US Navy Holds Midway Despite Japanese Attack
Admiral Nimitz announced in brief war update that United States forces maintain control in the Midway area after a dawn Japanese strike. He described the attack as crushing but noted stronger American aviation defense roles and limited Japanese progress as U S ships inflicted heavy damage across airfield carrier and ship classes. The report highlights the bold Midway defense, the retreating Japanese fleet, and continued American dominance in Pacific waters.
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Midway Island
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Midway
Admin Nimitz
Severai
Airgafe Cartier
Trans- Holt
Jy Whmada
East
Tokyo
Pacific
Gran Oceans
Ninity
U. S. Pacific
Ers
Hawaii
Hing Island
Tonolilu
Bioattack
Nimits
Aéhe
Nintitz
Fle Bable
Weil
U S Charters Dutch Ships In wartime action
London reported that the Netherlands government in exile ordered all ships under the Dutch flag requisitioned for the war duration and chartered by the United States government. The decree was signed by Pieter A Kerstens and coordinated with W Averell Harriman and British officials.
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London
Netherlands
Anata
United States
W. Averell
Hartemin
Pieter A. Kerstens
Rulefes Ler
Commerce and Industry
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