RAF Improves Air Offensive With Ruhr Night Attacks
London report says the RAF, marking a week of historic air offensives, conducted a third night raid on the Ruhr and led a daylight sweep along the occupied coast. Observers note large formations, including new Whirlwinds with four cannons, and suggest ties to Commadore raids near Boulogne. More than 1,000 planes may have been involved in the day campaign, while defenses remained strong.
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London
RAF
Ruhr
Boulogne
Cologne
Essen
Krupp
Destruction in Cologne From 1009 Bomber Raids
British air raids devastated Cologne and its suburbs, destroying about 5,000 acres of the 60,000-acre metropolitan area. The Air Ministry cited major targets including Vulcan works, Reinfeltz plant, and K. G. Mauser, with vast industrial districts leveled and thousands of workers displaced. The old town was said to be largely finished as fiery ruins spread across the city.
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London
Cologne
Ruhr
Rhineland
Air Ministry
Nippes
Bern
Vulcan Works
Reinfeltz
K. G. Mauser
Ehrenfields
Hindenburg Bridge
Hauserstown Area Sees Skilled Labor Shortage Next Six Months
A labor market survey for Hagerstown and Washington county finds no immediate labor or housing crisis but warns of a skilled worker shortage within six months. The 30 industries surveyed project 2,309 more workers needed by year end, including 386 skilled and 1,250 semi skilled. Aircraft work drives demand with 1,500 needed. overall hires may slow to about 100 weekly.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Water Tanks Dismantled at Byron Shoe Company Plant
The Byron Shoe Company on West Antietam Street dismantled its 40 ton water tank using cold chisels as it is being sold to be reassembled elsewhere. The tank served about 15 years and the plant now relies on city water pressure. A second tank, 37 tons and unused for years, was dismantled at the old Hagerstown Furniture Company plant and sold for scrap.
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Byron Shoe Company
West Antietam Street
Byron
Hagerstown Furniture Company
Firemen to Stand By for Blackout Test Tomorrow
At the mayor's request Civilian Defense director ten firemen will be stationed at each firehall during the blackout test tomorrow night so they can ride the trucks if alarms ring. Drivers have orders to respond to fires during the blackout at 15 miles an hour.
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Richard H. Sweeney
Navy reports sinking of UN merchant ships in Caribbean
The Navy announced that three United Nations merchant vessels were sunk by enemy submarines in the Caribbean. Survivors have been landed at Gulf coast ports. The ships were a medium US vessel, a small British ship, and a small Norwegian merchantman.
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Washington
United Nations
Caribbean
Navy
Gulf Coast
United States
Maryland Gets Social Security Aid Totals 492808
Washington reports on June 6 that Maryland receives 492,808 for aid to the aged 23057 for aid to the blind and 302590 for aid to dependent children for the period June 1 to September 3.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Maryland
One-Lunger Passes Inspection Okay
DENVER June 6. I B Howell’s 1905 roadster with one cylinder passed inspection after Patrolman George Fritsinger checked kerosene headlights brass trim and right hand drive and demanded brake and light certificates. Howell produced the papers and explained the car was stored awaiting gas rationing.
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Denver
I. B. Howell
George Fritsinger
Howell
Left Purchases In Wrong Car
Mr and Mrs J G Franklin parked on West Washington street and shopped downtown. They found a stack of packages in their Dodge when they returned home but the goods did not belong to them. Police were notified and the owners of the packages may claim them at 1210 West Washington street.
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Mrs. J. G. Franklin
Washington Street
Franklin Home
West
Draftee Detained for Missing Induction in Baltimore
A local draftee who failed to report for induction was arrested by city police this morning at the request of draft authorities. Police say the man will likely be escorted to Baltimore by an officer for processing and transport to the induction site.
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Baltimore
Turkey Hen Lays 101 Eggs Since December in Florence
In Florence South Carolina a turkey hen defied typical peacetime restraint by laying 101 eggs since December 1 and using rest periods for setting. The feat exceeds the usual production of about two dozen eggs for a turkey hen in a season.
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Florence, S. C., Inc
Fairchild Workers Win Praise Of Aircorps Chief For Fine Bomber
Telegram from Lieutenant General Arnold praises Fairchild workers for producing Martin bombers. He cites reports from the southwest Pacific showing the B-26’s speed and firepower, stating large numbers are essential for air superiority and urging workers to maintain output. Arnold emphasizes that workers’ effort enables fliers to own the air and aid the war effort against Japan.
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Fairchild
Aircorps
United Nations
Arnold
U. S. Air Corps
Martin
Hagerstown
Fairchild Company
Army
Southwest Pacific
Pacific
U S Charters Dutch Ships In War Time Transfer
The Netherlands government in exile requisitioned all Dutch flag ships for the war. Aneta reported US government chartered them. W Averell Harriman signed the agreement with British and Dutch officials. Kerstens signed the decree transferring ships to the Netherlands. About 1.25 million tons were already taken over by Britain for the US, with up to 2.75 million tons available before Java fell.
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London
Netherlands
Aneta
United States
W. Averell Harriman
Pieter A. Kerstens
Commerce and Industry
Auda
British War Transport Ministry
Java
Czech deaths mount after Heydrich shooting
London reports Nazi retaliation totals 203 Czech deaths by today linked to the assault on Reinhard Heydrich. As Heydrich lies in state at Prague Castle, courts martial led by Heydrich impose 26 more death sentences in a one day counter terror drive.
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London
Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Czecho-Slovakia
Prague
Heydrich
R A F Raids Naples and Littoria Province
Italian broadcast summary says the R A F raided Naples and surrounding areas last night setting fires and dropped flares on the Littoria province as per the Italian high command communiqué.
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Rome
R.A.F
Naples
Littoria
High Command
Flying Tigers claim over 200 Japanese killed in China battles
In southwestern China along the Salween river and the Burma Road the Flying Tigers an American volunteer group in China reported killing more than 200 Japanese soldiers yesterday. The announcement was issued officially today detailing bombing and strafing actions in Yunnan province.
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Chungking
China
Flying Tigers
Salween River
Yunnan Province
Burma Road
Great Hail Storm Recall On 29th Anniversary
June 6 1917 brought a ferocious hail storm to Hagerstown described by the Daily Mail as warlike. Wind rain and especially hail battered the city, leaving memories that linger decades later as residents recall the event and its wartime context.
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Hagerstown
Daily Mail
United States
U. S. Forces Press Home Attacks in War Review
Washington reports six months into the war show Axis striking power blunted yet grand offensives remain. Experts note prelude efforts like war economy, massive army, and global supply lines as groundwork for decisive battles ahead. Prospects of a turning point this fall noted, with signs Japanese and German initiative waning in Pacific, Europe, and Africa.
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Axis
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Pacific
Europe
Africa
Chiang declares China passed critical wartime stage
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek told a National Food Administration conference four days ago that China has passed the most critical period of its war with Japan. He warned the Japanese have failed to conquer China in five years and will have even less chance in the future. He said deeper enemy advances will deepen their grave.
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Chungking
China
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
National Food Administration
Bus Driver Not Guilty In Fatal Airport Bus Case
Magistrate Harry E Snyder found Edwin C Smith not guilty of manslaughter by auto in a fatal airport accident on March 5. The ruling cited lack of gross negligence, noting no such evidence. Edgar A Young of Hagerstown Hosiery Co. died when his car struck the bus while it turned left.
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Harry E.snyder
Edwin C. Smith
Pikesville
U. S. Air Corps Ferry Command
Smith
Snyder
Edgar A. Young
Hagerstown
Mr. Young
Suspects In Bold Hold-Up Arrested
Two suspects in the Ira Caldwell hold-up were arrested last night and questioned today by officers. Caldwell of Woodsboro says he was robbed of $78 by three men in an alley between North and Charles streets about 7:30 Wednesday night.
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Ira Caldwell
Caldwell
Woodsboro
North
Charles Streets
Roosevelt Meets Farley Amid NY Political Uncertainty
President Roosevelt had a noon lunch with James A. Farley former postmaster general and now Democratic state chairman for New York. It was their first meeting in months and White House officials would not confirm discussions of the New York political situation following Governor Herbert Lehman’s decision not to seek another term in Albany.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
New York
White House
Herbert Lehman
Albany
British and Axis clash near Kings Bridge in Libya
British tanks and infantry attacked Axis positions west of Kings Bridge and drove the advance through yesterday. Kings Bridge lies about 15 miles southwest of Tobruk and roughly 20 miles east of earlier fighting in the Libyan theater where Rommel reportedly lost 340 tanks. Air forces cooperated with the ground offensive.
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Cairo
Kings Bridge
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
More Objectors Face Call Since CCC Killed
Washington June 6 The House voted to liquidate the Depression era Civilian Conservation Corps raising the likelihood the Army will employ conscientious objectors and paid labor for its work battalions at cantonments. Congress may be asked soon for a large Forestry Service funding increase to guard Northwest forests against fire sabotage and incendiary bombs.
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Washington
House
Civilian Conservation Corps
Congress
Forestry Service
Phi Delta Kappa Ends White-Only Membership Rule
New York June 6 Phi Delta Kappa the national professional educational fraternity amended its constitution to open membership beyond whites The action announced by Dr George D Weeks chairman of a Teachers College committee for the elimination of racial discrimination passed 67 to 20 in favor of repeal The issue arose in 1940 when an Ohio State University chapter admitted a negro and a Chinese and was suspended by the national council The Teachers College chapter began a national campaign for repeal last February
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New York
Phi Delta Kappa
George D. Weeks
Teachers College
Ohio State University
National Council
Midway Battle: Japan Retreats Under Heavy US Counter
U S Navy chief Admiral Nimitz reports heavy Japanese losses across aircraft carriers battleships cruisers and transports as Tokyo boasts naval dominance. He notes the enemy appears to be withdrawing while US forces press the fight in the Midway area. American fliers faced brutal anti air actions as paratroopers and seaborne units endured.
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Midway Island
U. S
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
C.P
America
United States
Midway
Nimitz
Tokyo
Indian Oceans
U. S. Pacific
Army
Navy
Alien Control Over Hump Is Over Hump
Attorney General Francis Biddle announced the internment of 1700 enemy aliens with bad records and said in a Tennessee Bar Association address that alien control has moved beyond the hump. He cited actions against sedition and said vicious Hitlerist stooges are losing their last line of defense.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Francis Biddie
Biddle
Tennessee Bar Association
Berlin
New Yorker Arrested For Not Registering In April
A 55-year-old New Yorker was picked up Thursday night by city policemen and handed to FBI agents after lacking a registration card. He admitted he failed to register in April but planned to do so upon arriving in New York. He said he had spent months in the South and was en route home.
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F.B.I
New York
Steel workers end Cumberland strike after federal request
In Cumberland Maryland on June 6 a striking Cumberland Steel Company employee resumed work Monday after J E Poulton Washington representative of the International Association of Machinists said the walkout would end at the request of Dr John R Steelman U S Conciliation Service director.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Steel Company
J. E. Poulton
Washington
International Association of Machinists
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
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