Nazis Claim Heydrich Murderers Found in Prague Church
London reports that Heinrich Himmler announces the killers of Reinhard Heydrich were Czech nationals shot while resisting arrest in a Prague church. The Gestapo says accomplices were disposed of. Reprisals have included mass executions in Prague and Lidice. Heydrich died June 4 after failed German efforts to save him.
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London
Heinrich Mimianer
Gestapo
Germany
Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
Heydrich
Protectorate
British Broadcasting Corporation
Czechoslovakia
BBC
Prague Radio
Drich
Bruenn
Lidice
Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Will Rogers Jr Enlists as Private in Army
Will Rogers Jr. son of the humorist enlisted in the Army as a private in Santa Monica California on June 19 He is a reserve second lieutenant in the artillery and said he was tired of waiting to be called up Rogers 29 publisher of the Beverly Hills Citizen filed for Congress from Leland Ford's district He is a Democrat and said if elected he would let President Roosevelt decide where he can do more good in the Army or Congress
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Will Rogers, Jr
Santa Monica
Calif
Rogers
Severly Hills
Congress
Leland Ford
Roosevelt
Soviet Hold Sevastopol As Assault Slo ws Down
The Information Bureau reports heroic Soviet defenders repelling numerous attacks near Sevastopol. A Russian company killed about 100 enemy soldiers and forced a retreat while artillery wiped out 300 Germans. Soviet air units sunk an Axis transport and a patrol boat and damaged five minesweepers.
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Sevastopol
Information Bureau R
Arctic
Black Sea
Nikolai Zhuravlev
Moscow
Erich von Mannstein
Zhuraviev
Fedor von Bock
Kharkov
Molotov Praises Russo American and British War Pacts
Molotov stressed the importance of the Russo American agreement and the treaty with Britain as pivotal for wartime collaboration and postwar peace. He cited U S aid, including a 1 billion dollar munitions loan and 3 billion dollars in deliveries, noting Germany’s threat while praising growing Allied supplies.
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Soviet Union
Europe
Hitler
United Press Moscow
Molotov
United States
Germany
Russia
America
Last German assault seals near Sevastopol fortress fall
The High Command announced decisive success after 12 days of heavy fighting as northern Sevastopol defenses collapsed toward Severnaya Bight opposite Sevastopol town. It said capture of the last fort is imminent and reported Allied lines weakening west of Moscow while Arctic coast bombings hit Murmansk and Jokonga, sinking a 6,000 ton merchant ship and damaging another large freighter.
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Berlin
Sevastopol
High Command
Severnaya Bight
rIront
Moscow
Arctic
Murmansk
Jokonga
Airdrome in Australian Bushland Used by Allies
A 59,000,000 airdrome camouflaged to blend with the Australian bush is in use by Allied air forces. CBS recorded Melbourne radio saying aircraft damaged in Northern Australia operations are repaired in the vast assembly and repair shops, with concealment described as strictly secret.
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Australia
San Francisco
Melbourne
CBS
Former Mayor's Son Among 31 Sentenced For Detroit Graft
Detroit Circuit Judge Earl C. Pugsley sentenced 31 defendants in a graft case. Rich ard W. Reading Jr., son of Detroit's former mayor, received a one to five year term alongside 14 police officials. Eight former inspectors also drew two to five years. Several others received probation or shorter terms.
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Detroit
Earl C. Pugsley
Richard W. Reading, Jr
Am Dhante Naneninam
Southern
Michigan
William J. Heidt
Fred R. Clark
Young Reading
Ottawa Man Elected President of Pulp and Paper League
T. H. Weatherdon of Ottawa was elected president of the Pulp and Paper Traffic League yesterday. He has served as president for six months since Frank E. Hufford of Johnsonburg Pa. was called to the War Production Board. Other officers include vice president Bernnderson Minneapolis secretary C. E. Hawkins Hull Quebec and H. R. Paul Chicago.
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Ottawa
Pulp-Paper League
Toronto
Pulp and Paper Traffic League
Frank E. Hufford
Johnsonburg
War Production Board
Washington
Bonnderson
Minneapolis
C. E. Hawkins
Hull
Queceover
H. R. Paul
Chicago
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