American Bombers Score 86 Hits on Italian Ships
U S Army Consolidated Bombers with the RAF scored 86 direct bomb hits on two Italian battleships in the Central Mediterranean. Maj Alfred Kalberer led the attack from the Libyan desert airfield. Bombs hit a cruiser and damaged a destroyer. all crews returned safely.
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Royal Air Force
Mediterranean
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Alfred Kalberer
Kalberer
LaFayette
Indiana
Navy reports ten ship sinkings this week in Atlantic waters
A Navy Department communique notes two ships sunk in the Caribbean this week, raising total announced sinkings to 274 in the Atlantic region since Pearl Harbor and ten ships lost this week. Survivors from a medium Panamanian and a small Monduran vessel were taken to an East Coast port. Richard Crooks, the tenor, enlisted in the aero squadron in World War I.
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Caribbean Sea
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Washington Merry Go Round on China war supply failures
The column argues U.S. neglect of China aid may cost Beijing as Singapore did the British Empire. It cites few U.S. munitions to China, few transport planes sent, and Japan exploiting American indecision after Gen. Doolittle's raid. The piece warns of Japanese focus on China to derail other fronts.
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U.S
India
Australia
Doolittle
Gen. Doolittle
Japan
Australians Gloomy Over Libya Fight
Prime Minister John Curtin warned Australians that the war news is not good and that Australia can lose. He said the fall of the continent would open Hawaii and the North American coast to Japanese attacks in a radio address urging War Loan subscriptions.
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Melbourne
John Curtin
Australia
Hawaii
North American
Curtin
Axis Troops Storming at Libya Port Despite Allied Defense
British tanks and guns repelled two Axis attacks at Sidi Resegh and Acrima near a Libyan port. Field Marshal Rommel seeks Tobruk as convoys land vital supplies under Allied air cover. Commentators note German tank and artillery superiority and a strong German push west into the port area.
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Sidi Resegh
Acrima
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Mons
Capture of East China R R Near Changings Abandoned to Japanese
Shangjao an important station on the Cheklang Kiangs Railway was abandoned to the Japanese after an all day battle with 8000 casualties. Shangjao lies 50 miles within Kiangsi and fell Monday as Japanese forces moved westward seeking a junction with a column advancing from Nanchang. The gap between the columns has been reduced to 50 miles.
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Cheklang- Kiangs
Kiangsi
Chekiang Province
Nanchang
Warcraft of Italy Set Afire
Cairo June 1 The RAF headquarters report a second attack last Monday night hitting one of two swan battleships setting it afire after strikes by U S Army and RAF bombers and torpedo planes. An Italian battleship was hit despite a heavy smoke screen with four destroyers present. Fourteen Axis planes shot down in Central Mediterranean with many others damaged beyond return to base.
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U. 8 Army
U. S
Mediterranean
Italian Naval Squadron Battered in Central Mediterranean
London reports an Italian naval squadron failed to contact a Tobruk bound convoy after heavy attacks by United States Army Airmen and RAF. British sources call the operation a limited success with undisclosed ship and crew losses, while Allied losses are kept secret for now.
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Mediterranean
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Tobruk
Malta
Bombers of British in Night Raid Over Ruhr and Rhineland
British bombers hit Nazi plants in the Ruhr and Rhineland last night but weather caused a week long lull. Eight aircraft failed to return from the raid. Jack Mellquist of Carrington and Company visits Juneau en route west. Donald Jones travels to Portland to see his grandmother. Buy defense stamps.
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Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
Jack Mellquist
Carrington and Company
Juneau
Gastineau
Portland
Donald Jones
Felix Aubuchon
South
Oregon
Magazine Diplomacy Being Tried by U S An Amazing Story
The United States begins a first ever self funded monthly magazine and a bi monthly News Letter for Western Hemisphere readers outside U S borders. En Guardia and the News Letter reach large audiences via Rockefeller office support and private publishing partners.
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U. S
Jack Slinnett
Washington
Bob “En Guardia
Western Hemisphere
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Nelsor
Rockefeller
Office of Inter-American Affairs
Business Publishers International Corporation
J.C. Stark
Frank Jamieson
Hi Guardia
New York
Philadelphia
Chinese Cabinet Discusses Imminent Japanese Invasion
Reutlers dispatch from London reports that Chungking's cabinet met amid rumors of a Japanese invasion of Russia. The report says thousands of Japanese troops are pouring into Manchuria.
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London
Jume
A_ Reutlers
Chungking
Russia
Fourth attack on Darwin hits MacArthur HQ again
Twenty seven bombers escorted by 25 fighters attacked Darwin for the fourth time in four days. The raid was driven off with no serious damage. Allies report two pilots and two planes lost, one interceptor downed a Japanese bomber and fighter.
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MacArthur
Australia
Darwin
Pay for Soldiers Going Up
President Roosevelt signed a bill boosting the minimum base pay for soldiers to 50 dollars a month. The increase means most men will receive at least twenty dollars more for necessities and time off, effective from June 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Unclear Warfare Developments Reported in North Pacific
June 17 reports from Washington indicate shrouded warfare in the North Pacific. Fog limits data on Kiska bombing by Army planes and Alutian raids, with unofficial notes suggesting Japanese fleet damage may have forced repairs or movement toward Japan. Observers debate whether Northern air base attacks paused or continue.
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Washington
North Pacific
Aleutian
Kiska
Altu
Nippon
Alaska
Northern Territory
Mac
Nazis retreat from contested Kharkov lines and Sebastopol fight intensifies
Soviet dispatches report counterattacks near Kharkov forcing German forces to abandon several positions while Russians press in other sectors. In Sebastopol fierce fighting surrounds the strategic highway as German siege armies breach ruseland defenses and claim Fort Siberia was stormed amid heavy combat.
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Siberia
Weather report from June 16 with temperatures and rainfall
Secret weather bulletin notes Tuesday June 16 with maximum 6 and minimum 4, rain 0.15 inches. Data appears from bureaus and shows temperature figures and precipitation in a concise advisory style.
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