Midway Battle Novel Details Reveal Major Japanese Loss
Navy chief Nimitz disclosed dramatic new accounts of the Midway fight. American carrier planes and U S forces routed two large Japanese fleets, fended off 180 enemy aircraft, and saved Hawaii. He estimated thousands of enemy sailors perished as ships were sunk or damaged, marking Japan’s greatest naval disaster in history.
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Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Hawaiian Islands
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Japan
Nimitz
WAAC enlistment boom tests wartime officers
Thousands of women push to join the WAAC as Hobby Woods and Herrick face the challenge of filtering registrants. Only about 500 officer candidates may be taken this year with training lasting four weeks, leaving roughly 275000 disappointed hopefuls from a 300000 registration. Recruiting officers in nine Army Corps regions must select and test the chosen women before induction.
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WAAC
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Oveta Culp Hobby
Leutenants
Arthur Woods
Genevieve Forbes Herrick
Army
Twenty Year Pact Among Allies Raised In London
Associated Press reports Russia and Britain signed a twenty year mutual assistance treaty in London. Capt. Anthony Eden says the pact, signed May 126, aims to rebuild postwar Europe on Atlantic Charter principles and resist German aggression. Japan is not mentioned and Molotov met with the U S president for “most useful and satisfactory talks.”
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Associated Press
Russia
Britain
V. M. Molotov
U. S
London
United States
Anthony Eden
Germany
Europe
Stock Quotations and Navy Officers Postgraduate Study
New York June 11 closing quotes show Alaska Juneau 24, American Can 68 2, Anaconda 23, Bethlehem Steel 51, Commonwealth and Southern 7/30, Curtiss Wright 6, International Harvester 46, Kennicot 27, New York Central 74, Northern Pacific 5, United States Steel 46, Pound 4.04. Dow Jones averages: industrials 104.50 rails 2341 utilities 12.23. Also note that each year a selected group of younger U S Navy officers are ordered to postgraduate work at leading engineering schools.
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Alaska
Juneau
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Anaconda
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Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Kennicott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Pound
DOW, Jones
U. S. Navy
Wirougnou
Tue Country
Molotov Confers With FDR on Second Front and Aid
The White House announced that President Roosevelt and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov reached a full understanding on creating a second front in Europe in 1942 and on increasing wartime aid. They reportedly agreed on unity of views regarding war effort measures and cooperation to safeguard freedom after the war.
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Roosevelt
V. M. Molotov
Jana
White House
Europe
Molotov
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
U. S
Five Spies Indicted by Grand Jury in Hartford
Federal Grand Jury in Hartford indicts Gerhard Kunze Bund leader Anastase Vonsiatsky head of All Russian Fascist party and three others for conspiracy to violate espionage act and furnishing military and defense information to Germany and Japan.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerhard Kunze
Bund
Anastase Vonsiatsky
Germany
Japan
Germans Open New Soviet Campaigns Against Sebastopol
Dispatches from battlefronts say German army and air force press the front at three points. Kharkov in Ukraine is seen as a new phish as divisions move toward Sebastopol and raids are mounted on Murmansk, signaling a broad summer push. Tass reports Sebastopol defenders hold despite repeated German attacks.
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Germany
Kharkov
Ukraine
Sebastopol
Murmansk
Yinuses
Tass
Sebastopol Taken by Axis in June Assault
Berlin Military Headquarters reports a violent assault on Sebastopol the Black Sea naval base and claims its capture while the Nazi command also announces success in the North African campaign. Moscow counters that Germans attacked Sebastopol repeatedly but defenders held despite intensity.
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Black Sea
Sebastopol
Russia
Moscow
Cigarette tax hike in offing in Washington
June 11 The House Ways and Means Committee plans to raise the Federal tax on cigarettes from six to seven cents a package to generate about 65 million dollars for defense.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Break Jail at Anchorage Modern Methods Used By Deputy
Deputy U S Marshal Oscar Olson described foiling a bold Alaska jail escape by using airplane and automobile pursuit. Two fugitives Richard Hoolman and Frank Gilla te faced recapture after tunneling floor. The trio, aided by a 16 year old girl, fled via Palmer Chickaloon and Copper Center before arrest on Richardson highway. They were transported to Valdez jail and returned home. The report contrasts with older tracking methods.
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Alaska
U. 8
Oscar Olson
Richard Hoolman
Frank Gillatte
McNeil’s Island
Palmer
Chickaloon
Ed Peaks
Copper Center
Richardson Highway
Olson
Dry Creek
Richardson
Valdez
Washington’s new faces fade in Washington war effort
The capital has seen about 120000 new workers since Pearl Harbor, yet most lack lasting impact on the war effort. Only Nelson and Eastman stand out as steady anchors, while the rest carry a familiar load amid the busy production program.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Joseph B. Eastman
War
Nelson
Mall Order House
Adventists to Get Land at Bristol Bay
The President plans a bill authorizing the Department of the Interior to sell 40 acres in Bristol Bay to the North Pacific Union Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists for 1.25 dollars per acre.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Bristol Bay
North Pacific Union Conference of the Association of Seventh Day Adventists
Governor Gruening Returns From Southeast Alaska Trip
Governor Ernest Gruening arrived in Juneau after a rapid trip to several Southeast Alaska cities on official business. He urged residents to curb spending and invest in War Savings Bonds and Stamps to support the war effort.
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Ernest Gruening
Juneau
Alaska
Victory Fleet badge shown on President Roosevelts coat
On Maritime Day, President Roosevelt unveils the Victory Fleet button as an official badge for more than 1,500,000 shipyard and factory workers building vital cargo ships. The badge depicts a silver eagle perched on a blue anchor against a red field.
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Roosevelt
Victory Fleet
Bir-Hacheim Captured by Axis Forces on African Front
Axis troops reportedly seize Bir-Hacheim, the southern anchor of a 50 mile line, as British officials say French defenders repelled renewed German assaults on key outposts. The Bureau of Yards and Docks handles design construction and maintenance of U S Navy public works.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Bir-Hacheim
Deense Line
The
Bureau of Yards and Docks
U. S. Navy
Big Force To Help In Blockades
London dispatch reports United States Navy units joining the British home fleet to protect vital Allied shipping lanes and prevent German warships from entering the Battle of the Atlantic. The arrival is said to be strong enough to deter the Triplex and the Admiral Ribber from venturing out from Norwegian bases that threaten the Arctic supply line.
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London
United States
Hitler
Triplex
Mipper
Wither
Mussia
Tokyo admits two carriers lost in Pacific action
Japanese naval expert Masanori Tho said the Pacific battle’s outcome proves the gain outweighs the loss, marking Tokyo’s first authoritative admission that two U S Navy aircraft carriers were officially claimed as lost.
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Japan
Masanori Tho
Pacific
U. B
Australians Warned of New Attack
Australian and Allied airmen report a Japanese submarine and several grounded aircraft as fresh casualties in the southwest Pacific. Australians are warned another attack is probable. Army Minister Parde says defensive strength must be increased as Japan will retaliate after Coral Sea and Midway reverses. Buy defense stamps.
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Parde
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