Running Battle Fought as Convoy Reaches Arctic Port
A large United Nations convoy carrying American and British war supplies to Russia reached a north Russian port after five days of running battle with German U-boats and more than 100 Nazi aircraft. The Admiralty said only six or seven Allied ships were sunk despite the heavy air and underwater attacks, dismissing German claims of heavy losses as exaggerated.
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London
United Nations
Russia
Admiralty
Duke of Windsor cuts US visit for urgent Bahamas business
The Duke of Windsor ended his United States visit less than a day after arriving to return to the Bahamas on urgent business. The British press service announced the decision with no details. A member of his party mentioned a possible labor disturbance in Nassau, but said the situation was not serious.
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Washington
Duke of Windsor
United States
Bahamas
Nassau
Rainfall Helps Crops as May Finishes Warm
Weather observer J A Miller reports a 0.41 inch rainfall last night with a shower today aiding crops. Keedysville May rainfall reached 5.09 inches, above the 3.19 inch normal, and May averaged 66 degrees, warmer than the 63.1 degree norm. The warmest day was May 1 with 96 degrees.
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J. A. Miller
Weedysville
Mr. Miller
May
Keedysville
Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on three Axis partners
President Roosevelt urged Congress to declare war on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania, saying they declared war on the United States as Hitler’s instruments and are militarily active against the United Nations. The Senate was not in session to receive the message, and war with Japan Germany and Italy already exists.
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Congress
Balkan
Stooges
Nazi Germany
Washington
Roosevelt
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
House of Representatives
United States
Hitler
United Nations
Senate
Japan
Germany
Italy
Troops Expected at Camp Ritchie Preparations Under Way
Camp Ritchie is preparing to receive a contingent of Army troops in the coming days with Major Barrick and staff coordinating the effort. The National Guard cantonment nearby has been earmarked for training use, and a top rifle range and small arms facilities funded by the WPA are in place. Plans for a large new reservoir above the camp are already prepared for future development.
Justice Black Fined For Wrong Way Ride On Park Parkway
Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black was fined five dollars for driving the wrong way on Rock Creek parkway, one way into Washington in the morning and toward Maryland in the afternoon. Park Patrolman J W Macon flagged the error and issued the ticket after the jurist missed the hour’s one way signs.
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Washington
Rock Creek Parkway
Maryland
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
J. W. Macon
Four Jap Zeros Downed by Bomber Four in Pacific Flight
Lieutenant John C. O'Donnell, 22, from Oakland Maryland, led a bomber mission over Lae New Guinea. Despite engine trouble and heavy anti aircraft fire, the aircraft fought a 35 minute air battle and landed safely with one engine and a flat left tire. Gunners Henderson and Berg were credited with downing four Zeros.
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Australia
John C. O'Donnell
Oakland
Lae
New Guinea
O.k
O’donnell
O'Donnell
Ivan W. Henderson
South Bend
Wash
Harry Berg
Cedarville
N. J
Lieut
Louis McCord
Montgomery
Ala
R. L. Callaway
Seguin
Texas
Henderson
Rommel Regroups For Another Test In Libya
Cairo June 7 A shift in tactics by desert wise Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel indicates a gamble to keep his Libyan offensive alive though risking a heavy blow to his forces. He halted the flight of two armored divisions and began regrouping them after being cut off southwest of Tobruk since May 30 as British tanks guns and planes pressed. The British, wary of Rommels elusive defense, see the maneuver as a time gaining device to buy respite.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommel
North African Front
Rommel
Tobruk
Axis repair unit captured by British in Libya clash
Cairo June 2. German mobile tank repair unit intended to keep mechanized forces running was captured by British forces after their attack in Libya last week. The seizure leaves German armored maintenance capabilities uncertain in the field.
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Axis
Cairo
Libya
Patrol Plane Crashes Near San Francisco
June 2 report from the Twelfth Naval District says a naval patrol plane crashed about 25 miles south of the city during a patrol flight. One of seven aboard escaped. a man walked into Half Moon Bay badly burned and later collapsed en route to a hospital.
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San Francisco
Twelfth Naval District
Here
Navy
Half Moon
War-Called Son Dr E Thrall Campbell Promoted Major
Dr E Thrall Campbell son of Dr and Mrs W D Campbell of West Washington street has been promoted to Major. He was called to active duty by the Army a year ago and is now on foreign duty with the Army Medical Corps.
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E. Thrall Campbell
W. D. Campbell
West Washington Street
Army
Army Medical Corps
Churchill cites foreseen Rommel drive in Libya
In a Commons statement Prime Minister Churchill said captured documents show Rommel aimed to defeat British armored forces and seize Tobruk. He praised the battle’s course and said Britain is ready for further developments with earnest attention.
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London
Churchill
Libya
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Tobruk
Boy Held for Brutal Crime in Marquette
In Marquette Michigan on June 2 a 16 year old boy held in Marquette county jail is named the alleged killer of two month old Gloria Jean Nault. Ross Heath a former Chicago boy confessed to the killing after being arrested at his Swanzey mining location. The infant was found nude bruised and dead in a truck cab near Gwinn south of Marquette. The distraught parents had reported the baby missing from their car while in a tavern.
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Marquette
Mich
Marquette County
Gloria Jean Nault
Charles W. Engle
Marquette State Police Post
Gloria
Ross Heath
Chicago
Swanzey
Here
Engle
Gloria Jean
Wilfred Nault
Palmer
Gwinn
Krueger Named National Chairman of Socialists
Milwaukee June 2 The Socialist party named Dr Maynard C Krueger University of Chicago economics professor as its national chairman to succeed Norman Thomas and declared the party does not give its blessings to this war or any war.
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Krueger
Millwaukee
Socialist Party
Maynard C. Krueger
University of Chicago
Norman Thomas
Anderson on Stand Today in Rape Trial
James A. Anderson, 17, took the stand in his defense claiming he cannot remember committing rape. He acknowledged other riotous actions from February 21 but denied the charged crime and challenged officers’ signed statement as a police fabrication. The defense rested, with closing arguments expected after a noon recess and jury delivery anticipated by evening. Lieutenant Voliten testified that Anderson voluntary made statements to police.
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James A. Anderson
Anderson
20 000 Killed in Cologne Raid
New York report cites RAF raid on Cologne killing about 20 000 and wounding 54 000 with 20 per cent critical. Mass evacuation underway from Rhineland to Munich area. Cities including Aachen and Duesseldorf also see large migrations. five sevenths of Cologne’s chemical and machine tool industries reportedly wrecked.
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New York
Cologne
Rhineland
New York Times
Munich
Berlin
Chemical
Lancaster Bituminous prepares airport runway paving
The Lancaster Bituminous Corp sets up equipment at Hagerstown airport to blacktop two old runways and new ends. About 7 600 tons of asphalt will be used this month, weather favorable, enabling the runways to handle the largest military planes.
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Lancaster Bituminous Corp
Hagerstown
British vessel torpedoed in Atlantic survivors landned
A medium sized British merchant ship was torpedoed in the Atlantic. The Navy said survivors were landed at an east coast port after the attack, with details not yet fully disclosed.
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Washington
Atlantic
Ration Board Expands to Meet Sugar Rush
The local Ration Board will expand its offices and set up deputy boards in Hancock and Boonsboro within 24 hours to handle a surge in sugar applicants. An OPA regional director announced a volunteer recruitment drive as hundreds waited in line this morning, with crowds growing daily.
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Ration Board
Hancock and Boonsboro
O.P.A
Rationing setup hardships noted by local farmer
Hancock orchardist R. Samuel Dillon Jr. argues for decentralizing rationing offices to save citizens time and fuel. In a letter to the local Ration Board he cites a worker's half day trip of 26 miles to Hagerstown for five pounds of sugar, acknowledging the board’s heavy burden.
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Washington County
R. Samuel Dillon, Jr
Hancock
Dillon
Hagerstown
Churchill Promises Greater German War Toll With US Air Force
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill announcing a second night of massive raids on Germany using 1,036 RAF planes near Essen and Cologne with 35 bombers missing. He pledged tougher attacks once U S air forces join, and warned future raids may vary in scale. The Cologne strike involved about 1,000 bombers. Essen endured vast incendiary and high explosives. Canadian crews again piloted several heavy four engined bombers.
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London
RAF
Germany
Essen
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Krupp
United States
Cologne
House of Commons
Air Ministry
France
Low Countries
Ruhr
Campas
Ground Crews Load Bombers For Raid On Essen
Ground crews at a RAF Bomber Command base sing as they load incendiaries and high explosive bombs into four engine bombers. Stirlings Halifaxes and Lancasters stand ready for last night's Essen raid while crews chatter about football and weather. Leonard Johnson of Corpus Christi Texas plans to fly one of the aircraft.
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R.A.F. Bomber Command
Essen
Bobby Jones
Leonard Johnson
Corpus Christi
Texas
Texas University
Johnson
Allied Air Forces Night Raids Hit Japanese Bases
Allied airmen conducted three night raids on Japanese bases with no losses and damaged or destroyed nine of 30 aircraft, announcing the action at Allied Headquarters Australia on June 2. The MacArthur report also stated two of three Japanese midget submarines wrecked in Sydney harbor were located and recovered.
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Australia
Port Moresby
Douglas MacArthur
Sydney Harbor
Frederick parking meters lose revenue amid gas rationing
Frederick Maryland June 2 The city collector Elgin Hemp reports gasoline rationing and tire shortages cut meter receipts by about 500 dollars in the first five months of the fiscal year. He fears the 26000 dollar meter revenue estimate for the year may not be reached.
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Frederick
Elgin Hemp
Hagerstown youths head to Baltimore for induction
A large number of Hagerstown youths departed today for Baltimore to be inducted into the military service, signaling a substantial local contribution to national service efforts.
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Hagerstown
Baltimore
Killer Freed From Asylum Ends In Murder Charge
In Boston on June 2 a Somerville dishwasher Harry J. Adams, 28, faced arraignment on a murder charge for stabbing Fidella Briand, 18, of Woburn on the Charles River Esplanade. The case prompted an investigation by Dr. Clifton T. Perkins, Massachusetts mental health commissioner, into Adams after his earlier release from a mental institution. Adams was captured by three Boston University students after the attack. He allegedly told a patrolman he wanted a woman and to "get the chair."
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Boston
Harry J. Adams
Somerville
Fidella Briand
Woburn
Clifton T. Perkins
Massachusetts
Adams
Miss Briand
Charles River Esplanade
Boston University
James Leonard
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T. Balavenskaya
Tuchkovo
Order of the Red Star
Ruza
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Edr
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Justice Black
Cecil E. Riddle
Ashland
A. J. Capello
Rochester
N. Y
Wiley Rommel
Arthur Travers Harris
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