Hitler May Launch Second Front Invasion Of Middle East
British dispatches indicate Hitler intends a full scale invasion of the Middle East. He reportedly sought Laval to cede French Middle Sea shipping as fleets move toward Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and possibly Turkey. Cripps vowed a Western Allied attack will come when ready, while Tobruk faces siege as Sebastopol looms in Russia.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Middle East
Pierre Laval
Mediterranean
Egypt
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Stafford Cripps
London
Russia
Britain
U. S
Tobruk
Sebastopol
Washington Merry Go Round delays in fast patrol boat program
The President privately scolded Maritime Chairman Emory Land and Navy Bureau of Ships chief S M Robinson over delays in starting a large scale program for fast patrol and other small anti submarine boats. Details remain secret but the program, urged by Congress, would have helped during the Atlantic battles.
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Washington
Emory Land
S. M. Robinson
Navy Bureau of Ships
Congress
Atlantic
Navy
Henry Wallace
Board of Economic Warfare
Wallace
British Army Expands Training Area in East Anglia
The War Office announced the army will seize a 36 square mile district in East Anglia near Holland for training. Civilians must leave by July 20. Officials say no story, while a military source notes the area is needed for realistic modern warfare training.
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London
War Office
East Anglia
England
Holland
Juneau Couple Arrive for Marriage in Ketchikan
Grace Moore and Clifford Swanson, a well known Juneau pair, arrived by plane in Ketchikan to apply for a marriage license here Swanson previously worked in fishing in Juneau and now operates from Ketchikan
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Juneau
Ketchikan
Alaska
Grace Moore
Clifford Swanson
Swanson
Conference visit by Commander Tate lands in Juneau
Commander J. R. Tate arrived in Juneau yesterday afternoon by Navy plane from Sitka to confer with Governor Ernest Gruening. He is accompanied by Lt. Commanders E. C. Renfro and C. J. Bell and plans to depart for Sitka this afternoon. Also reaching Juneau today is Ray Renzhaw, the Alaska Game Commission wildlife agent, who will operate from Juneau for the rest of the summer.
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Ernest Gruening
J. R. Tate
Juneau
U. S. Navy
Naval Air Station
Sitka
Tate
E. C. Renfro
C. J. Bell
Ray Renzhaw
Alaska Game Commission
Air Base of Nazis Smashed in Major RAF Raid
London reports the Royal Air Force struck Emden docks and Osnabruck rail junction in a night raid described as the heaviest on Germany in two weeks. About 250 to 300 planes took part with nine planes lost. A renewed sweep of the occupied coast followed at dawn with around one hundred fighters.
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London
Royal Air Force
Emden
Osnabruck
Germany
Purge Follows Nazi Threats Across Vienna and Austria
June 20 a purge of antisocial elements began in Vienna and the lower Danube Province of Austria, announced by the German news agency DNB. The campaign, it said, will spread to the entire German Reich, targeting individuals deemed criminally antistate or continually in conflict with penal law and police.
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London
Vienna
Lower Danube
Austia
DNB
Assault Looms as Libya Pressures Egypt
London reports Churchill seeking U.S. help as German and Italian forces encircle Tobruk and press toward the Suez. British and Empire commands deny a decisive collapse, while Rommel seeks to drive garrisons from desert outposts amid a hard Tunisian and Libyan front.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
Washington
United States
Ubis
Suez
Egypt
Berlin
Tobruk
Libya Desert Front
Tobrule
Aunchinneck
Epp
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Sebastopol Near Fall as Reds Admit German Pressure Escalates
A BBC broadcast quoted a Moscow correspondent that Germans have reached the high road into Sebastopol and danger is great. Hitler's HQ says Sebastopol destruction continues while Russian dispatches acknowledge rising German pressure and report a large town recaptured north of Smolensk.
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Associated Press
British Broadcasting Corporation
Moscow
Sebastopol
Hitler
Red Arnie
Smolensk
Kalinin
Tomorrow Is First Day Of Summer In Juneau
The text notes the first day of summer and the longest day of the year in Juneau, stating sunrise at about 3 51 a m and sunset near 10 08 p m. It emphasizes the date June 21 as summer's start and references almanac-style certainty.
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Juneau
Ways and Means votes against consumption tax options
Washington June 20 The House Ways and Means Committee voted not to consider the pending tax bill on any form of consumption or excise tax. Chairman Robert L. Doughton announced the committee will adopt Treasury Department plan to collect individual income taxes through payroll deductions starting January 1 and expects the bill to raise about 6.04 billion dollars versus the Treasury’s 8.7 billion request.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Robert L. Doughton
Doughton
Treasury Departments
Treasury
Hitler to Speak in Berlin Anniversary Rumor
A stockholm despatch reports strong Berlin rumors that Adolf Hitler will address the public in Berlin on the anniversary of the German invasion of Russia. The note notes speculation whether the talk will occur Sunday or Monday.
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Hitler
Berlin
New York
New York Times
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Cuba and United States sign military cooperation treaty
Havana June 20 United States and Cuba sign a treaty for military cooperation to establish near Havana an air base for training United States and British fliers and for operations against enemy submarines amid ongoing war tensions.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Havant
Captain John Livingston Passes Away in Juneau
Captain John Jock Livingston 67 longtime Alaska Steamship Company navigator and later master of the Dolphin and Jefferson has died in Juneau with Seattle advices. He served 45 years with the line, known for his bridge presence and leadership on the Southeast Alaska run, and previously steered Northwestern and English steamers before moving to the United States shipping scene. His death leaves a noted Northland mariner.
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John
Jock) Livingston
Alaska Steamship Company
Juneau
Seattle
Livingston
Alaska
Delphin
Uie Dolphin
Jefferson
Northwestern
United States
Northland
Air Force Chief Vows Readiness for Alaska War
Spokane, Wash. Maj. Gen. Robert Olds, Second Air Force Commander, told the Northwest Aviation Planning Council that the United States is ready to meet anything the Japanese can throw at Alaska. He cited airmen from Alaska with top planes and said the U.S. would fly even greater quantities of men and supplies to Alaska's theatre of war than now being sent.
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Spokane
Wash
Robert Olds
Second Air Force
United States
Alaska
Northwest Aviation Planning Council
Olds
Allied air raid on Rabaul hits Japanese fleet
Allied fliers struck Dayanexe forces and installations at Rabaul, destroying an undetermined number of Japanese bombers fighters and ships. The raid also scored three direct hits on a 10,000 ton transport. Other Japanese vessels were damaged. Allied losses were reported as none.
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Australia
Rabaul
Submarines of British Sink Ships in Strait of Malacca
British submarines have sunk three large Japanese ships in the Strait of Malacca according to the Admiralty. One submarine torpedoed and sunk a very large vessel in convoy of three ships. another submarine sank two large supply ships in the straits separating Malaya and Sumatra, overrun by Japan earlier this year.
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London
Strait of Malacca
Admiralty
Malaya
Sumatra
Wright Wins Feather Tilt From Jaffra
In Baltimore on June 20 Chalky Wright of Los Angeles defended the world featherweight title by a technical knockout in the tenth round over challenger Harry Jaffra. Wright weighed 124 pounds, Jaffra 124% pounds.
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Baltimore
Chalky Wright
Los Angeles
Milly
Harry Jaffra
Wright
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