Canadian Forces Admit Joint Ops With U S In Alaska
Victoria B C June 19 Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart confirms Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons and Canadian Army antiaircraft units have operated for days with United States forces in Alaska. He says Defense Minister authorized the statement and notes the move signals shared defense aims against Japanese approaches to the Aleutians and potential raid bases. Stuart calls the development significant for Canadian objectives and warns Japan’s gains in the Aleutians affect wider security.
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Victoria
B. C
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
Alaska
Kenneth Stuart
Pacific
Stuart
Defense
Ralston
United States Army
Aleutians
Japan
Berlin Dispatch Reports US Aircraft Over Turkish Territory
A Reuters summary notes a Berlin broadcast stating that 13 or 14 United States aircraft flew over Turkish territory last night. Rev. Edgar Gallant has returned from Yakutat and is staying at St. Ann's Hospital pending transport back to Skagway.
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Berlin
London
Reuters
United States
Gallant
Edgar Gallant
Yakutat
St. Ann's Hospital
Skagway. Ee
Axis morale grim as German Italian loyalty stays strong
Leland B. Morris and George Wadsworth told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Axis subjects show little sign of revolt. They warned there is only a long shot chance of an Axis collapse through revolution, noting tough military rule and surveillance. Morris stressed German loyalty to Hitler remains high despite war weariness, while Wadsworth said Italian morale is not as robust as Germany's due to German subjugation and fear.
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Washington
Drottningholm
Leland B. Morris
U. S
Berlin
George Wadsworth
Rome
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Italy
Morris
Hitler
Fuehrer
Wadsworth
Russian court condemns bomb plot defendants in Ankara
June 19 Russian newspapers call the Ankara bomb plot trial shocking as Georgi Paviov and Leonid Korniiov receive 20 year terms while two co-defendants, Yugoslav Turkish citizens, get 10 years. Von Papen and wife escaped injury when the explosion occurred on February 24. In Washington, the House votes to suspend annual assessment work on unpatented mining claims on government taken property for the war duration.
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Moscow
Ankara
Turkey
Franz von Papen
Georgi Paviov
Leonid Korniiov
Yugoslavia
von Papen
Washington
House
U S Bombers In Turkey Annoy Nazis
Ankara reports German charges about four United States bombers forced down in Turkey last week. Investigations deny that the bombers deliberately flew over Turkey en route to targets on the Black Sea coast. The planes were part of a force that attacked the Ploesti oil center.
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Ankara
Turkey
United States
Black Sea
Istanbul
Ploesti
Chinese Forces Stubborn in Face of Japanese Invasion Columns
Chinese armies fight a dozen or more Japanese thrusts across eastern and southern provinces near Chungking as June 19 reports describe persistent clashes. The effort highlights sustained resistance by Chinese forces against the invasion drive.
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Chungking
Shipping losses spark allied concern in Australia
Melbourne reports Prime Minister John Curtin says heavy shipping losses are causing alarm among the Allies. He did not specify numbers or locations.
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Melbourne
Australia
John Curtin
Curtin
World Changes as Churchill and Roosevelt Plan Atlantic Fight
World capitals buzzed over Churchill and Roosevelt meeting in Washington to coordinate Allied defense as North Africa and Soviet Crimea battles sharpen. The call for buying defense bonds underscored wartime mobilization and urgency across nations.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Soviet
Crimea
Churchill
Atlantic
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Heydrich Assassins Shot Down in Prague Church
Prague radio announced that two men accused of assassinating Reinhard Heydrich were found in a Prague church and shot while in custody. The broadcast, heard two hours after the German ultimatum to the Czechs, warned consequences if the killers were not delivered.
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London
Reinhard
Heydrich
House OKs 8 Billion Naval Bill
Washington June 19 The House passed a vast eight and a half billion dollar naval bill to fund the largest shipbuilding program in history. It envisions over 500 combatant ships plus thousands of smaller craft including 800 torpedo boats and subchasers, 800000 tons of carriers and 900000 tons of destroyers. Chairman Carl Vinson said aircraft carriers are the backbone of the fleet and naval officer Warren Magnuson urged more carriers based on Pacific experience.
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Washington
House
Naval Committee
United States
Carl Vinson
Warren G. Magnuson
Pacific
Washington Officers to Be Replaced by Specialist Corps
The War Department plans to cut officers on duty in Washington and staff the posts with the new Army Specialist Corps. Dwight Davis and Secretary Stimson say the corps will use professional and technical personnel for administration to free officers for front line service. Political or personal considerations will be excluded.
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Washington
War Department
Army Specialist Corps
Dwight Dav's
Henry L. Stimson
Sebastopol Theirs Sav Nazi Heads
Axis troops pierce northern defense lines around Sebastopol and reach Severttaja Bight opposite the port. German reports claim most of the northern fortress fell to their hands after days of heavy fighting, while Soviet dispatches say defenders remain stubborn amid ongoing danger in the Crimean front.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Sebastopol
Nasi
Severttaja Bight
Pirent
Black Sea
Crimea
Tor Nui
Twin purpose tax stamp on autos to ration gas
Tacoma news reports a new five dollar federal automobile use tax stamp required after June 30 to buy gasoline. Motorists must display the stamp on the windshield beside the vehicle inspection sticker. Stamp sales begin June 10 at post offices and IRS offices in Washington Alaska district.
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Tacoma Wash
Clark Squire
Internal Revenue
Sam
Office of Price Administration
Intern Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
Collector of Internal Revenue
District of Washington
Alaska
Williams 18 Back From Sitka On Official Trip
M D Williams District Engineer for the Public Roads Administration returned to Juneau yesterday after a Sitka air trip on official business. Rationing of existing rubber stocks in Argentina has just been ordered by the Government.
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M. .D. Williams
Public Roads Administration
Juneau
Sitka
Argentina
Expect Jap Attack On Siberia in July Establish Safe Zone
CHUNGKING June 19 High Chinese quarters declare Japan has massed nearly 1 000 000 troops in Manchuria and plan a strike on Russian Siberia around July 1 Neutral observers think Japan will not risk a new front until German offensive against Russia advances and then Japan may launch a grand Soviet offensive Japanese leaders reportedly seek to secure a zone near Japan ahead of potential American war production drive to a full scale assault.
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Chungking
Japan
Manchuria
Russian Siberia
Soviet Union
Stott
South Seas
Japs Fail In Thrust At Moresby
Port Moresby defense reports a failed Japanese attack yesterday marking the second in two days. Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters cites Allied fighters shooting down one Japanese aircraft and two bombers, with two Allied planes lost.
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Torn
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Jao
Tobruk Siege Deepens as Axis Forces Attack Libyan Front
British lines report Rit chie's armies hold strong positions on the Libyan Egyptian border while a new siege forms at Tobruk, eighty miles from the frontier. The city previously endured an eight month siege by Axis troops as Axis claims of withdrawal contradict British updates.
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New York City
Georgina Yeager
Associated Press
Ritchie
Tobruk
Divorces Filed in U S District Court Today
Two divorce suits were filed in U S District Court. Ann Weaver seeks a divorce from La Pay P Weaver on incompatibility. Esteban Palisa seeks legal separation from Anita Palisa on desertion. Chicago major depots handle 1,204 passenger trains daily.
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U. S. District Court
Ann Weaver
P. Weaver
Esteban Palisa
Anita Palisa
Chicago
Tokyo Conference Sparks Political Debate and Publicity
Report notes mixed reaction to a high level meeting in Tokyo with observers calling the visit to Roosevelt a publicity move while others say Anglo American talks may push for a second front. A third view frames the gathering as a confession of strain in the Allied camp.
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Tokyo
Church I
Roosevelt
Russia waits decision on second front
Moscow reports Joseph Stalin in a rare public appearance with V. M. Molotov told the Supreme Soviet that Washington and London are giving serious attention to the question of a second front. He predicted that Hitler will pay the cost of growing military collaboration between Russia, the United States and Great Britain.
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Moscow
Joseph V. Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Supreme Soviet Council
Washington
London
Hitler
Russia
United States
Britain
Army Men May Have Eve Mass
Archbish op Spellman of New York and Military Vicar of Catholic Churches in the United States announces that afternoon and evening masses will be permitted to be held in the United States Armed Forces for personnel who cannot attend morning mass. Church officials say this may be the first such permission in the United States. Maita, about twice the size of the District of Columbia, has a population of 265000 excluding the garrison.
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New York
Spellman
United States
Maita
District of Columbia
Churchill secret trip to Washington for talks with Roosevelt
Winston Churchill arrived secretly in the United States for urgent talks with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on war strategy. The White House announced the visit as the two leaders discussed pressing plans, including possibly opening a second front in Europe, amid Allied strategy discussions.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Atlantic
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Europe
White House
Churchill
United States
Roosevelt
Second Front Talks Are Coming Up In London
London newspapers report Churchill secret flight to the United States to confer with President Roosevelt. Churchill travels with Gen Sir Alan Brooke, with signals that second front talks are planned as Allied leaders seek to reinforce plans to hold the Middle East against German pressure toward Egypt and bolster the Soviet Ukraine Caucasus campaign.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States
Roosevelt
London Daily Express
Churchill
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Brooke
Northern Ireland
Middle East
Iriya
Egypt
Ukraine-Caucasus
Steve McCutcheon Returns From Sitka
Steve McCutcheon Assistant Territorial Commissioner of Lubor returned yesterday from a short trip to Sitka. He was called by the Sitka Fish Exchange to interpret clauses in the award in the dispute between cold storage workers and operators. E. B. Jackson acted as arbitrator for the U S Department of Labor.
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Steve McCutcheon
Lubor
Sitka
Bitka
Sitke Pish Exchange
E. 8. Jackson
Cobell
U. S. Department of Labor
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