Britain and Allied Air Forces Strike Bremen and Germany
A large RAF and Allied air force attack Bremen and northern Germany, with American built Hudson bombers among the planes. Reports say more than 1000 aircraft participated, many targets including U-boat facilities, steel works, and shipyards. Fifty-two planes were missing, the highest single night loss so far.
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London
BR. A. F
France
Bremen
Dung
BR A. F
Breion
Cologne
Essen
Rihs
R. A
Wppkadsel
Dame Wee
Conmatique
Hembars
RB A. F
Agi Taday
A.B
Yhaly
Biller
Japs Complete Domestic Plan
PORYO broadcasts report that Japan has completed regulations to mobilize the domestic economy for the war effort. The plan adapts industry for clothing fuel and consumer goods, aiming to support wartime needs during the current fiscal year.
Nazi killings reported in Czech reprisals
Reports from government sources indicate Nazi reprisals in Czechoslovakia have escalated with violence against civilians. The total number of deaths reaches hundreds, with disputed figures and unclear local authority names in a chaotic update from London.
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Tondon
Yerching Grech
Reli- Fas Unydileh
Gestapo Ehier
Boliorins Marvins
Decisive Battle For Egypt Nears
Cairo reports Rommel’s main armored force pushing into Egypt, aiming for a decisive clash with the British Eighth Army near Matruh. Allied air strikes from Tobruk and Benghazi target Axis positions as Rommel leverages multiple divisions and captured equipment to press the advance along the coast and toward the Qattara Depression.
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Ange
Cairo
Ervin Romyel
Egypt
Matruh
United States Army Air Force
Tobruk
Libya
Mberidors
Tobruk Nargar
Britain
RAF
Amercan
Sir Barrant
Matron
Depresston
Qattara
Hud
Prtroda
Tiny
Dew Preston
Dutch Harbor Hospital Bombed In June Raid
Witnesses in San Francisco recount bombers hitting the plainly marked Dutch Harbor hospital at Bute Harbor during the June 3 air raids. Harrick Morgan, a young San Francisco merchant seaman, expressed strong opposition to the raid.
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Son Prancisco
Bute Huvgor
Harrick Morgan
British Sink Axis Supply Ships In Mediterranean Mission
British submarines sank two large axis supply ships and one mediuat vessel in the Mediterranean, the Admiralty announced. Meanwhile in Vichy a tribunal sentenced five people to death by guillotine for food riot participation. Six received life terms, and four faced prison terms of six to twenty years.
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London
Snc
Medicuat jLoiwige
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Ofatif
Vichy
Intee
Mn Faris
Victoria Gets Air School With $3 Million Plan
Washington reports the war department authorized construction of an air school in Victoria Texas costing more than 3 million dollars. Work will be overseen by the Galveston district office of the corps of engineers with no further details released.
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Wasilington
Wew Department
Victoria
Texas
Galveston
1L Corps of Engineers
Air Raid Warden Volunteers Called to Sign Up
J A Dost lists precincts 3 4 9 1 as needing wardens and invites residents to register for training classes. The call urged volunteers to enter off vine training and report by 8 a.m. Monday at Collins Gardens school.
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J. A. Dost
Collins Gardens
Sugar Users Urged To Meet Deadline
Sugar users urged to file July and August applications by July 5. W C Petry executive secretary of Bexar county ration board said Friday to institutional and industrial users.
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Augac Taust
W. C. Petry
Bexar County
Priday
Mass Nazi Drive Pushes Reds Back
Moscow reported a German Ukraine offensive pressing forward to Kupyansk and the Oskol river, while Soviet forces, aided by extensive tank and air support, repulsed assaults. Sevastopol defenses held despite heavy Axis bombardment as reports tallied tanks, planes, and trucks destroyed and several German units forced back.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Kupyansk
Oskol
Kharkov
Tupyansk
Roshyny
Tass
Cever' On
Kupyanskile
Lseit
Savastopol
Sevastopol
Trussian
Islanes
Corsia
artil‘Yerymen
Firyansk
Tokyo Raid Witness Says Japs Thrown Into Panic
An Ankara correspondent reports an eye witness to the April 18 U S air raid on Tokyo saying panic gripped residents as alarms sounded and sirens wailed. The observer noted heavy damage outside central Tokyo while foreigners were kept indoors and Japanese morale and confidence sank.
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Tokyo
Ankara
United States
Jask
Yokohama
Xitel
War output soars in May as Roosevelt cites production gains
President Roosevelt announced May war production figures showing nearly 2009 artillery and anti tank guns, plus over 40 000 inching guns and up to 100 000 total weapons, excluding aircraft. He warned against overconfidence while noting material shortages and the need to sustain wartime momentum. Communiques also report Litvininov joining discussions with Stalin and Roosevelt as allied conferences proceed.
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King
Roosevelt
America
Pearl Harbor
Unis
Litvinoff
Stephen Karly
Maxim
Ransevelt
Clyrenll
Ohl
Barly
Citizens Appeal on Railroad Price Dispute
A citizens committee in Yrevericksburg challenged a railroad price set by the company for Northern Railway assets. The railroad offered only 43,000, far below a calculated value around 75.40, prompting interstate commission action and a local bid rejection.
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Yrevericksburg
Citizens’ Committee
Sallerty
Citizens
Anita
Ex-Son-in-Law Of FDR Recalled in Military Dispatch
The former son-in-law of President Roosevelt, Lott to be commissioned major in the armed forces and begin active duty, announced by a defense contracting firm. The report details aviation service, overseas assignments, and wartime duties as officers train and ship out.
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FDR
New York
B. Dail
Tannesses Clas
Trvminnisjalon
Sabin Ze Leavin
Miling
U.S
Caltornit
Bante Pe
Erpltteerid
Murray
Parker
Birctiay
Bently
Nerdles
Calif
Tagaagenan
Arbi. Wars
Barb
Four Teachers to Attend Meet in Denver February 28
Four representatives of the Shar Alitanta Teselvers covell will attend the National Raventtay association invention in Denver. The group includes Miss Willie Rey McDonald president elect, Miss Erle Dawson and Mrs. Lea Wells, with Phry are Mys, bill Ro Marshall, and others assisting in the delegation.
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Fou
National Raventtay Association
R Invention
Denver
Dar
Phry
Mys
Bill Ro Marshall
Willie Rey McDonald
Erle Dawson
Lea
Wells
Unclear wartime air raid figures and losses reported
A fragmented report cites figures for Cologne and Essen raids with airmen casualties and total British planes lost. It lists values for participating planes, costs, and damage totals, but the OCR yields numerous garbled words making exact details uncertain.
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Seay Styaier
Calogne Wiel Basen
Wanderink
Cologne
Essen
Gort
Totwell
Ex Brackenridge Students Enlist in Army Details
Two former Brackenridge students enlist in the U S Army with Irving Dingman Dreibrodt in the army force band at Waco and Bert Allen Drevbrodt entering service as a lieutenant starting July 1.
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Brackenridge
Lovines Booker
Itt Tan Army
Irving Dingman Dreibrodt
Army Tly Wig School
Waco
Berty Allen Drevbrodt
Nodlessaty
U. S. Health
Red Cross Box Stolen From Jim Dimonfield in Wisconsin
Police report shows a Red Cross donation box stolen from a parked car outside Dimonfield Wisconsin. Joli Morehead of 292 Washington Street and J P Livingston, Joyheater manager, notified authorities about the missing box.
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Dimonfield
Wis
Joli Morehead
Washington, Street
J. P. Livineston
Joyheater
Red Cross
Rouse
Commander of Tobruk Captured Report
Maj. Gen. HB Klopper, commander of the South African division and Tobruk garrison, was captured Sunday night official disclosure says. Friday visits Mexico Sheriff Quen Klay, wife and three children were in ice City on vacation, returning July 9.
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Ge. HB. Klopper
Rilday
Mexico
Quen Klay
Hyee
Ice City
Thay
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for little temperature change Friday after a period of unsettled conditions. Widely scattered thundershowers expected with variable activity in the afternoon and at night. Temperatures generally steady with possible brief cooling near the coast.
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San Anto
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