Nazis Drive 60 Miles Into Egypt
Cairo reports Axis tank forces pushed beyond 60 miles into Egypt forcing British retreat under cover fire. United States bombers and R A F raids target Bengasi while Rommel masses forces near Sidi Omar and Sid Barran. British Eighth Army withdraws from Islam and Sidi Omar as Axis spearheads near Port Maddalena threaten wider advance.
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Cairo
Heypb
United States Army
Bengast
Eighth Army
Islam
Sidi Omar
Mazi
Frynn Rommel
Sidi Barran
R. AT
Birchelergen
Sidi Gmar
Colne
R.A. FL
South African Air Force
United States Fliers
R. A. FL
Bengasi
Hsrpor
Rommel
Egypt
Mat‘uh
Aidt Barrant
London
Nak
Crete
Alexeandria
Moat
Hto
Norwegian Ship's Crew of 31 Saved
Thirty one survivors of a Norwegian tanker torpedoed by an enemy submarine arrived at port today. The crew of 31 took to life boats and floated for about 20 hours before being rescued.
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Rast Consy
Ains
Thly East Conat Park
Lwa Hfehonts
Forecast For San Antonio And Vicinity Thursday
Forecast shows slight temperatures change in San Antonio and surrounding area Thursday afternoon into night. East Texas expects little change with cooler in extreme northwest Thursday night. Showers likely in lower Rio Grande valley Thursday afternoon with fresh to strong winds up to 34 mph north portion. Winds generally fresh 14 to 22 mph across the area Thursday, with stronger gusts possible.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Bexar Draft Quotas Thwarted by New Rule Change
Bexar county selective service boards say they cannot meet draft quotas due to a Washington order halting inductions of men married before December ASHI. Board officials note some boards substituted single men for married ones while others faced few married men available. boards report varying policies, with some drafting single men only and others avoiding married men with families.
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Bexar County
Thirsuay
Washington
Ashi
Texas
Tor J
Hoard
North Side
Board No. 4
Board No. 3
Bexar
Drive on L. A. Vice Slated
A long running lettersmoulderng dispute over vice in Los Angeles is near a decisive move. Officials deny action while sources say a campaign to close the town’s vice activities is brewing. The Don notes unspecified complaints and hints at organized pressure shaping the upcoming steps.
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Thur'sday
Sebion
RAF Cadet Hanged In London Slayings Case
Frederick Cummins 28 year old RAF cadet known as the best killer since Jack the Ripper was hanged today in Wandsworth for the murder of Mrs Evelyn Oatley a 32 year old former actress. Oatley was one of the women Cummins was accused of killing in a series of blackout slayings that terrorized London's fashionable West End last winter. Two other untried slayings were charged against the handsome airman.
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London
Auruon
Frederick Cummins
R. A. Cadet
Jack the Ripper
Wandsworth
Evelyn Oatley
FDR Churchill Report to Solons on World War Woes
Washington June 3. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill briefed congressional leaders for about 40 minutes on the world situation. They discussed a threatened Northern Africa defeat and a second European front. Leaders called the briefing very satisfactory and hopeful, with details kept confidential. The meeting included leaders from both parties and Canada’s Mackenzie King, followed by a Pacific war council session.
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Churchill
Solons
Washington
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Northaut
HS Africa
Europe
Mackin
Massachusetts
Lil Giarchiti
Britain
Egypt
Suez
Capitel Hill
Atlantic
Avery
War Council
Pueble
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Pacific War Council
Java United Nations
Yugoslav King Peter Talks Aid and Roosevelt Talks
King Peter of Yugoslavia, visiting Washington, discussed cooperating with American factories and aid to Yugoslav guerrillas. He answered questions directly, praised trains food and friendliness, and said he would rather work through the king than ministers. He conferred with President Roosevelt until two in the morning.
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Washington
Peter
Yugoslavia
Hilla
Nce
Roosevelt
Brackettville Protests War Troop Assignment
Governor J Stevenson reports Brackettville residents protested the War Department plan to station 1500 troops at a nearby cavalry post. He said he will forward the protest to seek rescission in the interest of harmony. Kinney County's Brackettville, with about 2600 residents, joined earlier May protests.
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Austin
Stevenson
Brackettville
War Department
Megia
Texas
Harmony
Pork Clark
Kinney County
Brackettuille
Richard M. Donovan
Cal
Second Czech town razed by Nazis in reprisal raid
Budapest broadcasts report Nazi forces destroyed another Bohemia Moravia town in reprisal for the Reinhard Heydrich assassination. The male population of about 350 was killed by firing squad, women sent to concentration-like camps, and children placed in “educational” institutions. Other anti Axis Czech punishments continued with executions ordered in Prague and Brno.
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London
Lesaty
Bo¢hemia
Naales
Ylagera Dite
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia-Moravia
Budapest
Ustener
Sidhce
Budapeat
Prague
Britons Debate Libyan Commanders and Army Roles
A British peer and MP, speaking in Oxford and Leeds, questioned Ervin Hommel as Germanys North African commander, suggesting he might have risen from private to sergeant or field marshal. Alfred Edward echoed the remark paraphrasing the Duke of Wellington, linking Libyas battle to Etons playing fields while noting cavalry officers directed tank divisions.
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London
Germany
Ervin Hommel
Lord Strahelgi
Oxford
Alfred Edward
M. F
Leeds
Wington
Edwards
Libya
Eton
U S Shipbuilding Breaks Records Amid Faster War Vessels
Washington June 25 Donald M Nelson testified that U S shipbuilders have broken all marks for speedy production by constructing a vessel in 46 days versus an estimated 105 day average The War Production Board chairman called the speed an epic of American ingenuity during a special Senate defense investigating committee hearing
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Senate
Stdaun
U S Officer Visits Front in Historic Moscow Exchange
A U S officer, Joseph A Michirin, returned today from a trip to the Russian German front under a U S Russian agreement signed in Washington by Vyachesiy Molotov. It marks the first official U S observer visit to the front amid criticism of Russian performance.
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Moscow
Slouit
Joseph A. Michirin
United States
Altsche
Washington
Vyachesiy
Molotov
Ted
Red Convoy Tigers Sink Lands Troops Jap Warship In Crimea
A Reuters report from Stockholm said two regiments of Hoyset troops landed in southern Crimea by a convoy from Caucasus ports despite German coastal artillery. Moscow claimed the German offensive on Sevastopol was weakening but violent fighting continued with heavy losses on both sides and German attacks expanding into the Donets and Oskol basins. The U.S. Flying Tigers and Chinese forces reported success against Japan in Hankow and along the Yangtze, with three transports and a warship sunk and further air operations expanding into Hunan and Kwangsi provinces.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Crimea
Caucasus
Sevastopol
Moscow
Narth
Faksian
Black Sea
Sevastopol Bay
Donets
Oskol
Kharkov
Sev
Astopol
Ukraine
Berlin
Chungking
Hanshow
Japan
China
AVG
Mying Tigers
Hankow
Hupeh
Wanaho
Hongyang
Hanan
Widimiy
Hupen
Hunan
Operablong
Flying Tigers
Ching
Xwellin
Kwangsi Province
AYG
United States Army
Wb Corps
Yunnan
Chingborger
Burma
Wong
Jap Flier Has Limits To Loyalty
Washington reports a World War II era tale about Japanese aviators with phrases on loyalty. The overheard exchange between two bomber pilots discusses sinking into the sea for the emperor and bailing out, reflecting wartime attitudes and damaged history.
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Washington
Wake Wood
Merv
Tim
MacArthur Cables Pep Talk to Egypt
General MacArthur sent a terse pep talk cable to Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck commander in chief of British forces in the Middle East urging a fight through. He urged the defense of Wellington and stressed determination to break through as a united Allied effort.
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MacArthur
Egypt
Australia
ANS
General MacArthur
Cnticd
Jolaude Auchinleck
Middle
Wellngton
Caribbean Spies Taken Amid Caribbean Tension
Governor Sir John Humber announced British authorities have seized several targets in the Caribbean area. About 16 persons were captured Monday night after firm action against suspected spies tied to a named organization resisting the enemy near the coast northwest of Panama.
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Belle
Betis Honaurds
Pyeng
John Humber
Caribbean
Panama
Three Japs Shot Down Near Celebes Intercept Flight
United Nations brief from Australia reports General MacArthur extending UN activity to Celebes, 900 miles north of Darwin. Three enemy planes were shot down attempting interference with a UN reconnaissance flight over Celebes, an island south of the Philippines that once served as a Dutch base.
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Celebes
Nations
Australia
INS
Macdythur
United Nations
Darwin
Conwaunique
Selebes
Phillippines
Kendark
British Eighth Army Commander Barely Escapes Capture at Tobruk
The German radio outlet labeled Lieut. Gen. Neil M. Ritchie as having narrowly escaped capture near Tobruk. The report claims Ritchie fled during the night before the surrender, detailing his escape from the advancing forces.
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Rrom Sronanisis
Geran Radio
Neil
M. Ritchie
Eighth Army
Roosevelt Urged As Supreme Chief
In a June senate discussion leaders urged naming a supreme United Nations commander to lead a western front. Suggestions favored Franklin D. Roosevelt or Gen. Douglas MacArthur or Gen. George C. Marshall, with Johnson and Schwartz backing Marshall and noting his World War II service.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Douglas Macarthur
George CG. Marshall
United Nations
Europe
U. S
Senate Military Duty Committee
Roosevelt
McNaughton
MacArthur
Australia
Euope
George
D.-Ga
Johnson
D.-Calo
Schwartz
D.wyo
Mareshall
France
America
Eisenhower Takes Command in London for European Theater
Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Tyler Texas native and armored force expert, is appointed commander of the European theater for United States armed forces. He arrives in London after serving as Third Army chief of staff in San Antonio, with prior roles including commander of Camp Colt Tank Center and assistant military adviser to the Philippine Commonwealth. He meets with Churchill and Roosevelt, stressing closer Allied cooperation as American soldiers and pilots increase in the British Isles.
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Dylant D. Eisenhower
Tyler
Texas
London
Europe
Washington
United States
Ilg
Mie War Departments General Staff
Eisenhower
Sa Antonio
San Antonio
Inter
Britain
Landa
James E. Choy
Dritless Isles
Russell B. Hortle
Norther Treland
England
British Isles
Tank Corps
Camp Colt
Gettysburg
Philippine Commonwealth
Alr Aton Brooke
Blaenhower
Lord Toots Mountuatten
Cnlet
Mountuatten
Anti Nazi Radio Broadcast Reaches Dutch Home
In occupied Holland residents cheered as a secret anti Nazi station named The Nutcracker aired a first broadcast after Flversum German controlled station went off air. The Netherlands anthem played and a voice declared this is the Netherlands.
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Holland
London
Ratland
Anid
Fl Versum
Netherlands
Netherlanda
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Lake Poyang
Kiongs Province
Yangtze
Casentower
Army Head
Ritchie
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Tobruk
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Mee
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