Kursk Front Battles Rattle Kursk Kharkov Sectors
Red Star reports heavy fighting on the Kursk front near Kharkov with German forces repelled after inflicting tank losses. In Sevastopol, Soviet defenders halted renewed German shock assaults as air and artillery bombardments continued. German and Rumanian units reportedly pressed into Sevastopol’s defenses, while new German counterattacks claimed gains. Carlos Pereyra, Mexican writer and diplomat, dies in Madrid at 74.
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18-20 Group Opens Sign Up in Bexar County War Effort
A steady flow of registrants began at 7 a.m. with youths ages 18 to 20 required to sign up by 9 p.m. Tuesday. Registrations aimed to limit confusion. 20-year-olds may be called only after reaching their twentieth birthday. National totals show 43 million with 220,000 expected from Texas. The draft rules may require amendments. lottery for 19-year-olds will not be used.
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House Votes to End CCC Program in Fiscal Year
Washington June 36 Rhoderss votes a second time today to end the Civilian Conservation Corps program. Members refused by a roll call 224 to 189 to end conferees on a one billion dollar above federal recovery bill to agree to continue the agency into the new fiscal year starting tomorrow with a 678 million appropriation.
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Rhoderss
Wallace
FDR Has Tea With Queen Wilhelmina
President Roosevelt motored from Hyde Park to Lee Massachusetts where he had tea with Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and her family yesterday. He returned to Hyde Park before dinner, per Presidential Secretary Stephen Early. The brief statement confirms the meeting details and location.
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Netherlands
Japs Agree to Red Cross Ship
Mrs. Dwight Burdis, national director of volunteer services for the American Red Cross, said today the Japanese government agreed in principle to sending relief supplies. A ship will be chartered to make regular trips to the Far East, aiding American internees and Japanese nationals interned abroad and in the Orient.
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Ald
Rector Wins Will Contest
WHITE PLAINS N Y June 30 Burregate Charles D Millard today directed verdict in favor of the Rev Dr Henry Darlington rector of New York citys Church of the Heavenly Rest and other proponents of the will of the late Mrs Ann H Palo which left 3 10 per cent share ag her 1 300 000 estate to the clergyman Mrs Paton drom by 1941 at 78 Three of her relatives contested the will on grounds His 5a year old rector unduly influenced her by making love to her over a 10 year period Dr Darlingtons fashionable Protestant Episcopal church also was bequeathed 10 per cent share A compromise agreement made last year however provided Dr Darlington would transfer one half of his share in the estate to Rudolph Rauch nephew of Mrs Faton and a minor legatee The rectors jellyaty in the form of a trust thaa would amount to ap proximately 2000 annually
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Charles D. Millard
Henry Darlington
New York City
Church of the Heavenly Rest
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Rudolph. Rauch
Faton
Jmior
Japanese troops massed on Formosa amid retreat plans
A Chinese army spokesman stated about 40,000 Japanese troops have concentrated on Formosa for rearguard and holding actions. The report notes possible redeployment and strategic considerations as actions unfold in the region.
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Formosa
Record Army bill passes with massive funding
Congress approved a sweeping 42.8 billion dollar Army appropriation amid minimal debate. The measure funds 23,550 lines of equipment, about 100,000 tanks, and raises manpower to roughly 4.5 million by July 1943. Lend-lease, aviation, ordnance, and transportation programs receive major allocations. The Woman's Auxiliary Corps is allotted over 20 million.
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Illness Cancels Pope’s Audiences in Berlin Dispatch
Vatican reports Pope Pius XII will not hold his general audience today or tomorrow due to illness and the need for additional rest after a recent health strain. The pontiff has been slightly indisposed and is resting as medical staff monitor his condition.
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Auchinleck Supersedes Ritchie in North Africa Command
Prime Minister Churchill announced Auchinleck will command the British Forces in the Middle East and the North Africa army from June 25, replacing Gen. Sir Lionel D. Richie. Ritchie had led the desert army since December, amid public dissatisfaction with the campaign’s conduct. Churchill declined publication of wartime reports on Malaya and Singapore, citing risk of war-weariness.
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Nell M. Ritchie
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Alan Gordon Cunningham
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Malaya
Singapore
Auchinleck
Ritchie
Wavell
Cunninghiac
Rescinded Parole After Arrest for McGoy Return to Prison
Jack Arthur McGoy, released on parole after serving seven years of a ten year term for extortion, was arrested by city police in San Antonio on South Presa Street. The U S marshal's office said the arrest does not end his parole and he will be returned to the Leavenworth penitentiary to serve the remainder of his sentence.
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South Presa Street
British Soft Drink Plants Closed by Food Ministry
The British food ministry announced the closure of about 200 soft drink plants in Britain as part of a major industry restructuring designed to save 400,000 tons of transport and ritual.
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London
Hie
Food Ministry
Britain
British and Axis clash in North Africa push near El Alamein
Heavy raids by US Air Forces and sustained Allied pressure near Puka and Matruh threaten Axis units. Reports say Rommel’s forces lost tanks and vehicles while retreating from Alexandria area. New Zealanders and American observers note improved Allied air power and ongoing repairs of damaged tanks.
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Mnatshsi Ronmel
Fuka
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Berlin
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Jamericans
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Britain
Bremen Raided Again by Allied Air Attacks
London reports Bremen was heavily bombed last night in the third raid in Ave nights. About 300 planes were said to be involved targeting the Brenn area and a nearby port still recovering from prior raids. Other German occupied territories and railway targets in France were attacked. several bombers were missing.
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France
U S Observers to Beirut Syria Arrive for Ambulance Duty
United States military observers to Syria were expected to arrive in Beirut today. Several hundred men of the American field service completed medical training for ambulance duty and many had volunteered to participate in the Gesest campaign.
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Syria
Vane Su
United States
Sycia
Rocket Cannon Credited With Axis Triumphs in Egypt
New York dispatch reports that first rocket projectiles used by Germany and Italy outrange British tank rounds, aiding Rommel’s victories in Egypt and Libya. The 86 millimeter rocket shell, semi rocket design, produced gases after firing, enabling long reach and effectiveness against tanks like the UK’s Mark II and Grants. Analysts note the weapon’s potential influence on Mediterranean battles and its resemblance to German and Portuguese rocket experiments.
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Rommel
Ubya
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Associated Press
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Mediterranean
London
Portugal
Cleveland Buys Flying Fortress for City Celebration
Cleveland purchases a Flying Fortress funded by local residents and a three month Cleveland News campaign. The aircraft will be christened at Cleveland airport Saturday with Mrs. Frank J. Lausehe, wife of the mayor, to perform the christening. The drive carried a large fundraising total of 317,654.
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Anayor
Cleveland News
MacArthur
Weather forecast for San Antonio and East Texas region
Forecast shows little temperature change across Tuesday with afternoon and night readings. In East Texas near the one hundredth meridian expect cooler readings in the northern portions Tuesday afternoon, while the north portion may see a modest drop Tuesday night.
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