Britain Faces Grave Peril as Rommel Advances to Matruh
Washington officials fear Britain's Middle East position is in grave peril from Rommel's rapid push into Egypt and the fall of Matruh. American aid is rushed to the front from Eritrea, with possible diversion of supplies to Russia via Persia. Alexandria's fate looms, and a Caesar output of pressure may shift high command in Cairo. The piece notes Cyprus and Syria as potential targets for a wider Axis move.
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Two Slayers Flectrocuted In Boston Robbery
Boston youths entered a Massachusetts electric chair during a holdup at a gasoline station. Fourteen minutes after they entered, Paul Giacomezza 18 and James Nickerson 24 were pronounced dead.
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Massachusetts Electric Cheir
Paul Giacomezza
James Nicker-son
Russians Perish to Last Man at Sevastopol Front
MOSCOW June 10. Russian dispatches report a Red Army battery on the Sevastopol front that refused to surrender after being surrounded by German forces. Under heavy artillery and infantry assault, the unit held for three days and died rather than abandon its positions.
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RAF Guards U.S. Field Transfer Reported
London dispatch says defense of British airfields used by the U S Army Air Corps will be taken over temporarily by the Royal Air Force regiment that guards Britain’s airdromes. Americans would eventually replace RAF guard units.
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Woman Warns Sheriff of Impending Last Day Call
Evelyn G. Walker of 11% McMonigel reel notified the sheriff after a crank phone warned Monday night that “tomorrow is your last day.” She appeared unfazed yet cautious, recounting the scare as police investigate the incident.
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British General Auchinleck Leads Eighth Army in Egypt
General Sir Claude Auchinleck, known as The Auk, takes command of the Eighth Army in Egypt with a record spanning the Middle East and India. He previously led forces in Aden, Tragon, and Norway, and played a key role in Narvik planning before Britain’s invasion defense.
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Aden
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France
England
Civil Service Opens Scientific Work
The U S civil service board updated requirements for four scientific positions in metalwork physics meteorology and chemistry to attract more qualified civilians for federal war agencies at home and abroad. Salaries range from 2600 to 5600 dollars yearly. Applications may be made at the San Antonio post office to the secretary of the U S civil service examinations.
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United States
San Antonio
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
China extends thanks to Flying Tigers unit dissolution
A fragmentary report notes Chinese gratitude to the Flying Tigers and Brigadier General Chennault as the group winds down its wartime mission on July 4. Some personnel may join the U S Army Air Force, with China praising the Allied air force and its representatives as brave and friendly.
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C. L. Chennault
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McAllen Rites Set For L. M. Tryer
Funeral services for L. M. Tryer 85 wholesale meat salesman were to be held Tuesday afternoon in McAllen. Typhus fever caused his death. He came to the Valley from Kansas and had been in the meat business since 1936.
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Cebu City Burned to Ground in Philippine Reprisal
Romulo reports that Cebu, the Philippines second largest city, was burned by Japanese forces after resistance during occupation. He describes Tokyo broadcasts boasting the destruction as a lesson to insurgents, and notes Filipino leaders aboard MacArthur's staff arriving in Washington for briefings.
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Two Men arraigned on Marihuana Charge
Augustine Medina of 403 South Goncho Street and Leoncio R Sanchez of 311 South Santa Rosa Avenue were arraigned before U S Commissioner P A Lockhart on federal narcotic act violations after Monday night raids by city police and federal agents. They were held on bonds of 1600 and 2500 dollars respectively for allegedly attempting to sell 13 ounces of marijuana without payment of the federal transfer tax.
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P. A. Lockhart
War Good for British Health in 1942 Spring Stats
Health Minister Ernest Brown said wartime Britain improved public health with a 15.5 infant mortality rate in early 1942 the lowest on record and declines in mental disorders. He warned diphtheria still killed more children than German bombs. He noted survivors include his widow two daughters Mrs Ray M Johnson of Okmulgee Oklahoma and Mrs H M Niles of Biassburg Pennsylvania, plus five brothers and three sisters.
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Sister of Brig. Gen Ally Mitchell urges air power use
Ruth Mitchell, sister of the late Brig. Gen Ally Mitchell, landed in Jersey City after disembarking from the Swedish liner Drottningholm. She urged bombing Germany, saying they can’t take it, and praised Yugoslav Chetniks fighting in Yugoslavia while recounting her wartime experiences in European camps. The ship carried 549 passengers including eight US officials and relatives, with James F. B. Roosevelt aboard as a passenger.
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Fountain Pen Sabotage Wrecks Nazi Trains
An unsigned account relayed by American Friends of Czecho-Slovakia details Czech saboteurs damaging German trains with fountain pens. A student saboteur scatters pens on tank and oil cars near Lvov, causing a deadly railway accident and injuring about 600 soldiers, amid Nazi reprisals and wartime radio claims from New York.
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Display of Fireworks in U S Wake Raid Bewilders Japs
Honolulu dispatch recaps Wake Island raid led by Arthur W. Meehan former Army football star. Bombers struck enemy base 20 miles west of Pearl Harbor blasting airfield and surface installations. Japanese forces caught off guard as bombs hit target area with planes largely destroyed on the ground. Moonlit night aided the surprise attack and crews praised precision, despite anti air fire.
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Arthur W. Meehan
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War in the Pacific At Standstill Remains Clear
An Australian dispatch notes the Pacific war is at a standstill with Japan content to hold positions. Analysts advocate a second front in New Guinea, citing Lae and Salamaua as vulnerable but Rabaul as a tough target needing naval support. Observers report higher Allied aircraft downing Japanese Zeros, stressing maneuverability over speed and urging B 47s to counter the Zero threat.
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United Nations
Lae
Salemaua
New Guinea
Obinson
Rabaul
New Brilatt
War 25 Years Ago Today Compiled by I. N.
Gen John J Pershing praises American troops in France and Baysnol man wagings in Leip across Atlantic, British chalkoup grin of a mite in Brive toward Lens in France. Wravisian navy joins United States fleet and patrols South Atlantic in hunt for U boats. One year ago today Germans claim Minsk Swow and Latvian naval base of Ldbau. Soviet reports say German Finnish efforts to break the northern Russian front and get at Len Ingrad have called. Ru A HL mankes two daylight attacks on Germany pounding Bremen and Kiel.
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