Huge Sitka Spruce Project Announced for Southeast Alaska
Assistant Regional Forester Charles G. Burdick revealed plans for extensive Sitka spruce logging in Southeast Alaska to supply up to 15 million board feet monthly for aircraft, with logs from southwestern Tongass forests rafted to Puget Sound and Portland mills. Final processing to occur in specialty shops as Alaska contractors harvest only high quality trees.
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Seattle
Charles G. Burdick
Alaska
Sitka Spruce
Burdick
Washington
War Production Board
Ketchikan
Oregon
Puget Sound
Portland
Juneau
Wellman Holbrook
Holbrook
Secretary of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Forest Service
Tongass Natonal Forest
Frank B. Heintzleman
Burscheck
J. M. Wyckoff
Davis
Alaska Mills
Battle of Midway fuels push for a separate U S air force
In army navy circles Midway is seen as a turning point and a critical milestone in demanding an independent air corps. Army airmen argue land based aircraft secured victory at Coral Sea and Midway while bombers lack priority in some materials compared with battleships.
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Washington
Midway Island
U. S
Air Corps
Battle of Midway
Army Air Corps
Navy
Midway
Coral Sea
Army
Germany
Italians Claim Major Hit On British Convoy
Rome reports a violent battle between Italian warplanes and an eastbound British convoy between Africa and Sardinia. Two cruisers and a destroyer sunk. damage to five other warships including an aircraft carrier and a battleship. Italian high command says action resumed today. London silent.
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Rome
Africa
Sardinia
High Command
Third Raid On Darwin Made Today
Allied headquarters in Australia announced that Darwin was raided again today for the third successive day by Japanese war planes with fighters. The attack was the largest yet reported and caused few casualties. Raids also occurred on Saturday and Sunday.
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Australia
Darwin
Douglas MacArthur
Stock Quotations New York June 15 Closing
Closing quotations for Alaska Juneau mine at 24 Anaconda 2414 Bethlehem Steel 5144 Commonwealth and Southern 7 30 Curtiss Wright 6 International Harvester 46% Kennecott 28 New York Central 74 Northern Pacific 5 United States Steel 46% Pound 4.04 Dow Jones Averages industrials 10441 utilities 12.14 ratio 29.45
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Pound
DOW, Jones
28 Nations Join Fight Upon Axis
The Associated Press reports a worldwide display of unity against tyranny as 28 nations join the Allied effort. President Roosevelt welcomed Mexico and the Philippines into the family of nations, saying these united countries will take the sword from oppressors and destroy the Axis tyrants.
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Associated Press
United Nations
America
Roosevelt
Mexico
Philippines
Lend Lease Aid Reaches Big Amount
President Roosevelt reported to Congress that lend lease aid through May totalled nearly four and a half billion dollars. He said the distribution battle is past the critical stage and resources are nearing flood stage, with a plan to direct them fully against enemy power centers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Drive for Rubber Is Begun Now
Washington June 15 the intensive drive for collection of the nation's scrap rubber started today and will not conclude until midnight June 30. Individuals are urged to search basements attics and backyards for all items of rubber that have been discarded or can be discarded. Filling stations will serve as collection depots and will pay one cent a pound for rubber brought in and the Government will reimburse them at the scene. President Roosevelt in announcing the drive last Friday declared the rubber situation is extremely serious.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germans Reach Donets River in East Advance
Berlin radio quotes a Transocean agency report that German forces east of Kharkov have crossed the Donets River at key points as they push eastward. Defense bonds urged.
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Berlin
Transoceat
Kharkov
Donets
Rubberneck Buses Are Out in Washington War Time
AL SHYMAN and J. J. MEHERIN LEAVE FOR KETCHIKAN as Alaska Distributors reps head south with Alaska Coastal Airlines. Shyman, after three weeks in Alaska, plans to return in September. Washington wartime tourism ends the rubberneck tours as 27 Gray Lines buses had carried sightseers from Navy Yard to the Bureau of Standards.
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Washington
al Shyman
Alaska Distributors
Ketchikan
Alaska Coastal Airlines
J. J. Meherin
Alaska
Mr. Shuman
Terriory
William Bush
Pe Fent
Gray Lines
War In Hope
Euopean
Ligeires
Navy Yard
Bureau of Standards
Miss Joyce Leaves for Taku River Summer Judge Work
Miss Mary Joyce, owner of Taku Lode on the Taku River, leaves by ACA plane Saturday afternoon for her judge to spend the summer months. Joyce arrived from the south last week after six months as stewardess with Northwest Airlines between Minneapolis and Seattle.
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Mary Joyce
Taku Lode
Taku River
ACA
Miss Joyce
Northwest
Minneapolis
Seattle
British in Libya Area Now Split
Rome June 15 Italian Command reported Axis forces bypassed British near Arroma and Seveno coast west of Tobruk. Remaining British West of the gap are said to be encircled and flanked in bloody fighting along Ain Elgaala north of the original defense line. Also notes M D Williams, district engineer, touring Alaska duties.
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Rome
Libyat
Arroma
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Ttalian
Ain Elgaala
Soviet Forces Hit on Both Fronts Near Sebastopol and Kharkov
Soviet Black Sea fleet aids the Sebastopol garrison as German assaults push along the Kharkov front. Reports say heavy bombardment and stubborn Red Army resistance persist, with 25,000 prisoners taken and ongoing sieges at the Crimea port amid harsh fighting. Temperature readings appear in the outtake.
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Moscow
Sebastopol
Black Sea
Crimean
Kharkovl
Ukraine
Kharkov
Beruin
Red Army
Aerial Attacks Continue on Attu and Kiska in Aleutians
American air forces swept six raids on Attu and Kiska Harbor pounding Japanese ships including a cruiser and a destroyer. Despite poor weather the Navy reported locating enemy forces in the Aleutians within the last 24 hours as Japan’s activity remained confined to Attu and Kiska with little strategic impact on the outposts.
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Washington
Attu
Kiska Islands
Kiska Harbor
Navy Department
Aleutians
Dutch Harbor
Kiska
Alaskan
Army
Navy
King
Fleet
Poster Jones
Alaska Office of India Affairs
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U.S
Molotov
V. M. Molotov
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Cordell Hull
Ernest J
U.S. Navy
Maxim Litvinov
United States
Heintzieman
Forest Service Timber Cruise
By Drew. Pearson
and Robert S. Allen
London
Cross, Donet River
New
Flying Fortress Heroes
Hawaii
Clark Lee
Jeff
Liewl
Charles EB. Gregory
Houston
Tex
Sgt. Carroll
R. D. Pate
Dallas
Cpl
Simcox
Henry HL Pitts
7Th Air Force
Honolulu
San Francisco
Oahu Field
Nie
Cuba
White Air Force
San
Jack Stinns
Pealden
Taku
Libya
M.D Williams
M. D. Williams
Public Roads Administration
Aue
Seward
le Plmns
Sitka
Biatement
Nippon
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