U S Russia Reach Accord On Second Front And War Aid
In talks between the U S president and Molotoff aides the two sides report unity on creating a second front in Europe in 1942 and increasing Lend Lease supplies of planes tanks and other war materiel. They pledge cooperation for postwar peace and security with Stalin informed of the progress.
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V. M. Molotoff
United States
Maxim Litvinoff
Harry Hopkins
Marshall
United States Navy
Ernest J. King
Cordell Hull
Europe
Soviet Union
Swedish freighter Varmdo sunk in North Sea attack
The 2,956 ton Swedish freighter Varmdo was sunk in the North Sea. Five crew members were killed and 22 survivors were landed in Rotterdam after an air attack.
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New York
Swedish News Exchange, Inc
North Sea
Varmdo
Rotterdam
Nazis Claim Kharkov Drive Repulsed Amid Heavy Losses
German forces say they repelled the Kharkov offensive and inflicted heavy losses on the Red Army during the latest local drive. Soviet reports note large German casualties and continued pressure by Marshal Semyon Timoshenko’s divisions in an 18 day campaign nearby.
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Kharkov
Adolf Hitler
Semeon Timoshenko
Red Army
Information Bureau
Timoshenko
Caucasus
Rostov
Kerch
Caucasian
Sevastopol
Crimea
Moscow
Lidice Massacre After Heydrich Killing Reported by Radio Prague
Allied and Czech sources recount Nazi destruction of Lidice near Kladno after Heydrich assassination. Men shot, women sent to camps, children placed in institutions. village leveled and name extinguished. Radio Berlin claimed villagers aided killers and hid a wireless transmitter.
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Kladno
Prague
Radio Prague
Heydrich
Radio Berlin
Transocean
Reichs Protector
Bohemia and Moravia
Reinhard Heydrich
Lidcice
Reich
Devises Plan Of War Work For Georgia Schools
Dr. M. D. Collins outlines converting Georgia school buildings into nerve centers for war effort. Proposed uses include nursery schools and kindergartens, play areas, social events for service members, housing for youth in farm work, and facilities for war workers and men on leave.
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Atlanta
Georgia
M. D. Collins
Marines at Del Mar Track Learn to Swim
U S Marines from Camp Elliott moved into Del Mar Turf Club facilities as a new coastal training site. About 1,000 Marines arrived this week and settled in racehorse stables once used by Seabiscuit and others. Jockey Club quarters were repurposed for officers as surf and track meet to teach swimming.
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del Mar
Calif
U. S
Camp Elliott
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Gas for Portugal Sends Tankers From France
Two French tankers chartered by the Portuguese Government sailed for the United States to bring gasoline to Lisbon amid a severe fuel shortage that has left the city almost taxi and carless.
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U.S
Portugal
Lisbon
United States
Nazi bombers sink freighter off Sevastopol
German broadcasts report a 3000 ton freighter was sunk near Sevastopol in an attack on shipping. Details are sparse but the report attributes the action to German bombers and notes the June 11 broadcast. The item reflects wartime naval activity in the Black Sea region.
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Sevastopol
Berlin
Japanese Losses In China Exceed Two Million Through 1941
London dispatch reports K C George Yeh, director of the Chinese Ministry of Information, says Chinese casualties are undisclosed but claims over two million Japanese killed and wounded in China by end of 1941. He cites mobilization of more than one million Japanese troops and 300 divisions under arms with 5 million in the field and 10 million behind the lines.
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China
London
K. C. George Yeh
Chinese Ministry of Information
Yeh
Chins Curia
Metropolis to Raze Old Second Ave L Train
No one appeared in the Supreme Court to object to the demolition of the 65 year old Second Avenue elevated railroad. The city planned to condemn it formally before Saturday and begin demolition on Sunday.
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New York
Supreme Court
Second Avenue
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