Allied World Celebrates Midway Fear
Across the Allied world celebrations mark the U S victory at Midway with MacArthur Day in Australia and United Nations Day. Leaders praise allied unity while posters emphasize freedom and Christian principles as nations plan parades services and messages of resolve.
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London
United States
Japan
Midway Island
Australia
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States Military Academy
United Nations
Paris
Crete
Russell P. Hartle
Northern Ireland
Victoria
World Council of Churches
West Point
Simpson Supervises Absentee Voting For Service Men
William T. Simpson of Brooklyn is named chair of the temporary State War Ballot Commission to manage absentee voting for service members. The bipartisan board opens Albany headquarters next Tuesday with a New York City office, and includes Neil M. Lieblich and George M. Clency and William T. Larkin. Lefkowitz named coonsor to the commission. Absentee forms are being prepared for about 400,000 domestic service voters and 100,000 overseas service members who will receive ballots without application.
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Simpson
Albany
New York
William T. Simpson
Brooklyn
New York City
Neil M. Lieblich
Brooklyn Democrat
George M. Clency
Rochester Republican
William T. Larkin
Morris
New York County
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
Larkin
Lieblich
Blackouts Should Be Complete Surprises Urged
Civil Defense Chief Col. Frederick L. Devereux, Westchester County director, asks Army to permit blackout tests without prior warning. He says surprise blackouts disrupt less and better test readiness when residents are not alerted within a set window.
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Civil Defense
White Plains
Frederick L. Devereux
Westchester County
Army
Devereux
Sirens Will Test in New York War Parade
New York holds a noon siren test during the Fifth Avenue war parade as 407 sirens atop police and fire stations will screech. The all clear follows at 12 05 PM.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Gins
Mlaran Sotter’ S
Eight-State Alarm For Missing Aluminum Truck
New Jersey police issued an eight state alert for a missing trailer truck carrying 21,000 pounds of Navy owned aluminum ingots destined for Aluminum Corporation of America at Garwood. The rig, driven by Mike Collins of Chicago, disappeared between Buffalo and Garwood, delaying a propeller contract at the aluminum plant and risking shutdown of that plant section.
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Harrison
N. J
INS
New Jersey
Aluminum Corporation of America
Garwood
Mike ‘Collins
Chicago
Buffalo
Midway Losses Mount as Japanese Carriers Fail Return
The official communiques claim at least three Japanese transports sunk near Midway, each believed to carry about two thousand men. reports say Japanese warships fled pilots claim American losses were light, while Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, commander of the Hawaiian Air Force, did not return from a combat mission.
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Japan
Nimitz
Midway
Clarence L. Tinker
More Than Half of Best Jap Carriers Now Sunk
Washington reports from naval sources estimate that after Midway and Coral Sea Japan has lost at least six of its fleet carriers, possibly more, leaving the spearhead of its carrier force weakened. The article lists carriers possibly sunk or damaged across Java Sea Coral Sea and Midway, noting the impact on Japan’s offensive reach. It cites initial inventories of Shokaku Zukaku Soryu Kiryu Koryu Ryuzyu Akagi Kaga Hosyo and Ryukaku with varying tonnages and air groups.
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Washington
Midway
Coral Sea
Japan
Pacific
Shokaku
Zukaku
Soryu
Kiryu
Koryu
Ryuzyu
Akagi
Kaga
Hosyo
Ryukaka
Java Sea
Dee Naedmand
Lexington
Langley
Java
Wind Jammers Considered for Caribbean Routes
Washington reports 300 wooden sailing vessels might be built in Latin America to offset Axis submarine losses in the Caribbean. Congressional sources say orders may soon follow for 200 gasoline cargo ships for Caribbean routes. A bottleneck in engine production prompts the Board of Economic Warfare to consider wind powered vessels to move oil rubber coffee sugar leather wool and other vital cargoes to the United States from Latin American nations.
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Caribbean
Washington
Latin America
S. Caribbean
Board of Economic Warfare
United Fore
Ministry Students Seek Deferments at Theological Schools
College students training for the ministry will receive Selective Service deferments. The American Association of Theological Schools authorized the recommendation and planned to seek a hearing with Brig. Gen. Lewis Hershey, National Selective Service Director. At its 13th biennial session closing in Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Prof. Henry Pitt Van Dusen of Union Theological Seminary was elected president.
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Rochester
American Association of Theological Schools
Association
Lewis Hershey
Colgate - Rochester Divinity School
Henry’ Pitt van Dusen
Union Theological Seminary
MacArthur Cites War Goals As U.S. Observes His Day
Allied Headquarters Melbourne June 13. MacArthur urged duty honor and country as MacArthur Day observances ran across Australia and Allied leaders voiced support for victory. Curtin praised the pledge to return to the Philippines while Forde lauded MacArthur as a trusted ally. MacArthur planned no public appearances but held meetings through midnight.
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MacArthur
U.S
Allied
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Army
Francis Forde
Curtin
Frank Beaurepaire
Melbourne
Arthur W
Fadden
Metal Containers For Cosmetics Are Ruled Out by WPB
Washington reports that the War Production Board’s C A Willard foresees a metal shortage during the war. Cosmetics will shift to nonmetal packaging such as paper jars cones and wooden compacts. He shows paper cone containers as durable and suitable for the duration.
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WPB
Washington
C. A. Willard
War Production Board
Willard
U S Planes Blast Japs In Aleutians
American air patrols failed to spot Japanese landings due to dense sub Arctic fogs. Tokyo claimed landings on the Aleutians last Wednesday, denied by a U S naval spokesman. The moves near Attu and Kiska appear defensive, possibly to hinder American air attacks from the Aleutians. Attu is 1,500 miles from Alaska. Kiska lies close by in the Rat Islands.
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Tokyo
Aleutians
Dutch Harbor
Midway
Attu
Kiska
Japan
Asia
Alaska
Pacific
United States
Attu Island
North Pacific
Axis attack on El Adem repelled by British forces
Allied forces reported a strong defense against Axis armor near El Adem and Acroma. They claimed destruction of 70 German and Italian tanks and liberation of over 1,000 British prisoners. Rommel’s push toward the coast sought to cut supply lines and threaten Tobruk.
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Uisen
el Adem
Acroma
Mediterranean
Bir ‘Hacheim
Rommel
Bir Hacheim
Tobruk
Ain el Gazala
Knightsbridge
New York Hosts Largest German Italian Language Group in U S
Washington on June 13 reports that twenty two percent or 1 954 980 of 8 716 600 persons with German and Italian mother tongues in the United States resided in New York. The census defines mother tongue as the main foreign language spoken at home in early childhood.
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Washington
United States
New York
Federal Census Bureau
Woman Burns Saving Son in Arkport Fire Tragedy
Mrs. Merrit Williams remains hospitalized with burns after attempting to rescue her one-year-old son Hugh who died in a house fire in Arkport. Fire officers believe an oil stove explosion started the blaze. the baby's body was recovered from his bedroom crib.
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Arkport
Merrit Williams
Hugh
Syracuse Weather Forecast Shows Showers Then Cooler
The Weather Bureau reports showers for Syracuse with a cooler night ahead. Temperatures near 72 degrees at evening, with a low around the mid 60s. Officials advise light clothing and cautious travel as conditions shift.
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Syracuse
Weather Bureau
Axis Victims To Get New Aid From U.S.
Washington reports the United States plans to extend mutual aid to occupied European nations, creating a psychological second front to lift morale. Britain China Russia already have lend lease deals and similar terms offered to governments in exile of the Netherlands Norway Belgium Poland Greece and Yugoslavia. The program aims to improve postwar economic relations and production, disarm aggressors, and lay groundwork for a broad security system under the Atlantic Charter eight points.
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Washington
United States
Axis
Jtz
Europe
United Nations
Great Britain
China
Russia
Netherlands
Norway
Belgium
Poland
Greece
Jugoslayia
France
Jury Finds 14YearOld Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter
Vincent James Rocco sobbed as jurors returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter with a recommendation of extreme leniency in the March 15 killing of his 9yearold sister Marie while parents were at a wake. Defense argued psychic epilepsy and sleepwalking as defenses, noting a frightening movie and a TV detective program preceded the incident.
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Ady TY
Dolew
Pittsburgh
Vincent James Rocco
Marie Rocco
Louis Little
Vincent
Little
Hall Named Director Of State War Training Office
Albert H. Hall, who organized and directed New York statewide fire defense training, was named by Governor Lehman to head the Office of War Training under the State War Council. He will coordinate civilian war training for police and firemen air raid wardens decontamination squads and other community protective services.
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A. H. Hall
Albany
Albert H. Hall
Lehman
State Education Department
Public Service Training Bureau
State War Council
Hall
New York
Man Dies in 10th Floor Hotel Plunge in Buffalo
Payson Foster Bard, 65, of Olean, registered resident, died today after plunging from his 10th floor room in a downtown Buffalo hotel. His body struck the cement sidewalk below.
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Buffalo
Payson Foster Bard
Olean
Bombers Forced Down Near Ankara After Black Sea Mission
Four large U S Douglas bombers forced to land near Ankara after long flight into the Black Sea area. A fifth plane reportedly crossed Turkey. Mission suspected to target Sevastopol. crews were interned under international law.
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Ankara
Turkey
Black Sea
Berlin
Crimean
Sevastopol
11Th Army
Arisiye
Ismet
Red Troops Repel Kharkov Drive Amid Crimea Link
The Soviet Information Bureau reported heavy fighting as Red troops met German tank thrusts near Kharkov led by Field Marshal Fedor von Bock. Sevastopol lies 400 miles south, with Berlin viewing Kharkov as a prelude to a larger offensive. Night of June 12-13 showed no major front changes. Germans suffer heavy losses, Romanian troops used as cannon fodder with 200 Romanians killed in one day of fighting.
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Semeon Timoshenko
Fedor.von Bock
Kharkov
Caucasus
Information Bureau
Sevastopol
Berlin
Crimea
Soviet Information Bureau
Army Air Hero to Advise on Movie Air Force
Warner Brothers announced Capt. Hewitt T Wheless Army flier praised by Roosevelt will be technical adviser on Air Force directed by Howard Hawks. Wheless flew a battered bomber to his objective and back in the Pacific despite 18 enemy planes.
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Hollywood
Hewitt
T. Wheless
Roosevelt
Warner’ Brothers Studio
Wheless
Air Force
Howard Hawks
Pacific
Parachute opening timing cut to reduce jerk
Washington June 13 report notes Bureau of Standards expert A Wildhack says timings for parachute openings can cut shock by up to 40 percent. Calculations show average jumpers should open at 3 seconds from 100 mph, 7 seconds at 250 mph, longer at higher altitude. Momentum causes forward motion to delay effective opening until the fall slows. The old ten count is replaced by a half second to ensure clearance and minimize jerk.
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Washington
A. Wildhack
Bureau F of Standards
Wildhack
All Axis Properties In Mexico Seized Under Decree
June 13 Mexico City claims all Axis business properties in Mexico are liable to government seizure under a decree. Stores banks and industries including Belck Felix and Company and Casa Baker and El Nuevo Japon are affected. A two-group administration will oversee profits deposited in the National Bank of Mexico with living allowances for owners.
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Mexico
City
Belck Felix and Company
Casa Baker and
Nuevo Japon
National Bank of‘Mexico
Bill Extends Aid to Dependents Through Military Pay System
A new bill advances to aid dependents of service members by combining payroll deductions with government grants under a fixed scale. Class A dependents include wives and children with monthly payments starting Nov. 1 dating back to June 1, covering five months in the initial check. Class B covers dependent parents and siblings with smaller government contributions, while married soldiers may receive deferments for themselves upon instruction from draft officials.
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Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Coast Guard
Senate
House
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective ‘Service
Jmen
Airmen From Doolittle Raid Return Through Cairo to Home
A portion of the U S air fleet that bombed Japanese targets in the Doolittle raid last April 18 reached China and passed through Cairo en route home. Correspondent Leslie Nichols reports 11 pilots who flew with Brig Gen James H Doolittle are resting in Cairo before continuing home. In total eighty Americans took part, and the origin of their planes remains a secret as Japan and officials seek to determine.
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Japan
China
New York
United States Air Fleet
Leslie Nichols
MBS
Cairo
Egyp
Nichols
James H. Doolittle
Soviet Front Alleges Pact With U S and 1942 Second Front
Eastern Front meetings reveal Red Army crews hearing pledges of alliance with Britain and aid from the United States. Molotov reports full agreement on a 1942 second front and coordinated action to crush Hitlerite Germany. Roosevelt and Churchill messages express mutual satisfaction with Molotov's U S visit and postwar cooperation.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Yoluiko
SF A
Kalinin
Jo Forest
Vyacheslav Molotov
London
Washington
Black Sea
Arctic
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Molotov
Church
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Europe
Germany
Churchill
Stalin
Tass
Soviet Union
United States of America
Gold Star Mothers Unite In World War II Group
New York June 13 INS Mothers who lose sons in World War II become eligible for membership in the American Gold Star Mothers Inc Delegates at the national convention adopted a resolution allowing the new war mothers to join the World War I organization Rita Wilson of New York City became the first new member whose son Bernard Martin Wilson 21 radio operator died on the battleship Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attack Other officers were elected with D Franklin Hill Philadelphia president Emily Cunningham Randolph Mass first vice president Jeannette Bowser Akron second vice president Fannie Meeks Washington third vice president Emily T Smith Bronx recording secretary Franklin P Nash Washington chaplain Josephine Tallis Washington reelected treasurer
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New York
INS
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc
Amother
Rita Wilson
New York City
Bernard Martin Wilson
Arizona
Pear Harbor
G. W. Williams
New Bedford
Mass
Wilson
D. ‘Franklin . Hill
Philadelphia
Emily Cunningham
Randolph
Jeannette Bowser
Akron
Ohio
Fannie Meeks
Washington
Emily T. Smith
Bronx
Franklin P. Nash
Josephine Tallis
Nelson Appeals To Manufacturers For Return Of Profits
Washington June 13 Donald Nelson urged manufacturers to return excessive profits on war contracts to the Treasury. In a broadcast he warned the Government would pursue those taking unreasonable profits and urged farmers workers and consumers to join the anti inflation program. He called bootlegging of gasoline and tires and hoarding groceries close to treason.
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Nelson
Washington
Donald Nelson
Treasury
War Production’ Board
Enlistment Drive Details and Scheduling Clues
Fragmentary notes outline a recruitment operation by a commission. It mentions hours for Thursday and examinations at a technical setup. References to Major recruiting members and a potential enlistment wave suggest ongoing efforts with dates and locations to be clarified.
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Tinker
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Hi Adem
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