Britain Loses Seven Warships in Libya Sea Battles
In the House of Commons Britain is blamed for a sharp Libyan defeat. Attlee reports seven ships and 30 planes lost, including a light cruiser and destroyers, while Eighth Army receives reinforcements and more are on the way. Cripps says Libya debate weeks will follow.
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House of Commons
Libya
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Clement Attlee
Dominions
Churchill
United States
Eighth Army
John Wardlang Milne
Attlee
Commons
Axis
Boetat Cater
Stafford Cripps
Libya Defeat and the Cost of War Patience
In a column by De Witt MacKenzie readers ask why Britain suffers reverses and whether the Libyan setback endangers control of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. He argues Britain and allies are fighting against a foe built over years, starting from scratch while facing a vast military machine.
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John Bull
Libya
Britain
Mediterranean
Middle East
Russia
Mills
Navy starts convoys as toll hits 294
The Navy announced 294 allied and neutral ships sunk since Pearl Harbor. Navy convoys merchant shipping along the east coast from Maine to Florida amid intensified U boat activity ordered by Hitler. Survivors reported mines and torpedoes near Virginia, Belem Brazil and off the New England coast with several ships sunk and crews rescued along the east coast.
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Ireland
Europe
Virginia
Irving G. Leetz
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New England
U S Seizes Patents in Broad Enemy Ownership Sweep
Alien property custodian Leo T Crowley announced the seizure of 750 additional enemy owned patents. The action covers patent holdings of Japanese German Italian and Hungarian corporations and individuals.
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Washington
Leo. T. Crowley
Daily Baseball Scores From National League Action
Cincinnati shore up offense with two runs in the fifth and sixth as New York trails 5 2 after innings. Chicago edges Philadelphia 4 0 while Pittsburgh visits Brooklyn at twilight and Washington plays at Chicago. Detroit beats Boston 6 1 and New York loses at St Louis 2 0 with late runs by Judd Conroy Trout Tebbetts.
Better Weather by W E M See
Weather editor notes women will replace weather men in many bureaus. Springfield bureau chief C C Williford says warmer weather is coming. Monday high 82, low 48, mean 65. Sunrise 5 52, sunset 9 13. Forecast warmer.
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Springfield
Bill Enters House To Provide 42 Billion War Purchase
The appropriations committee sent a $42,820,003,606 army supply bill to the House to fund a 4,500,000 strong army by July 1 1943 and to ship materiel to Allied nations. The measure would push total defense spending in three years to about $205.14 billion and finance war material and lend lease aid, including $11.32 billion for 23,550 aircraft. Lt Gen J T McNarney called the situation the most critical ever and the bill aims to meet Roosevelt production goals of 60 000 planes in 1942 and 125 000 in 1943.
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Appropriations Committee
United Nations
J. T. McNarney
Army
War Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Britain
B. B. Somervell
French Fight For Nazis In New Order
Vichy authorities announced transforming the anti Soviet French expeditionary forces into a tricolor legion for service everywhere under Laval. The move ties the legion to government links and allows units to be sent where French interests are involved. Laval urged French workers to take jobs in Germany and expressed hope for German victory to avert Bolshevism. He spoke after a collaboration Mass and urged peace between France and Germany, saying youth of both nations will be grateful if they succeed.
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Vichy Prench
Legion
Pierre Laval
Germany
Tricolor Legion
Legion of Volunteers
Laval
France
Boise Draft Calls 132 1-B Men for Limited Service
Idaho state officials announce 132 men classified 1-B will be inducted for limited service in August. The move targets the largest monthly quota since selective service began with 1-Bs serving in signal medical quartermaster and office corps. About 1,300 Idaho men are in 1-B.
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Boise
Signal
Banock County 4-H Sees Enrollment Rise, July 1 Deadline
Claude Johnson, county 4-H club leader, says enrollment shows present indications of an increase over last year as notices go out for final enrollments. He announces July 1 as the deadline for clubs to be formed.
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Bannock County
Claude Johnson
Johnson
Open Investigation On Utah Hotel Rates
Salt Lake City authorities ordered an investigation into rental prices for hotel rooms in Salt Lake City Ogden and Provo. Lawrence A Johnson of the state housing authority said army officers report wholesale eviction or rent increases and the probe aims to check price schedules in the Utah defense area and seek federal rental guidance if prices are beyond reason.
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Salt Lake City
Ogden
Provo
Lawrence A. Johnson
State Housing Authority
Army
Johnson
Utah Defense Area
Critics Shift to Women Weather Officials in Springfield
Springfield bureau chief C C Williford says women will replace weather men in many bureaus nationwide as men depart for army and navy duty. Janet Richardson, an airway observer from Pocatello, has been in town about a year.
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Springfield
C .C. Williford
Pocatello
Weather Bureau
Janet Richardson
Nazi Losses Ten Millions On Red Front
Moscow claimed Germany suffered 10 million casualties in the year long war while Soviet losses reached 4.5 million. The review cited German dead at not less than 3.5 million and noted Red Army superiority in destroying enemy guns tanks and planes. Berlin put German losses at 1.5 million with 10 million Russians allegedly lost by Nov 21.
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Soviet
Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
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United States
Soviet Information Bureau
Berlin
Red Army
Army and Navy Appropriations Near Two Hundred Billion
Summary of a congressional table showing defense and war appropriations growing toward 200 billion dollars for 1941 to 1943. Figures include Army Navy Lend-Lease and new navy programs with totals for 1941 1942 and 1943. Data released by Rep Snyder covers spending since 1789 and annual wartime rates through mid June 1943.
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Snyder
Pennsylvania
Appropriations
Axis attacks threaten Britain and Egypt as Tobruk falls
One year after his attack on Russia Hitler’s forces press eastward striking in North Africa and threatening Tobruk. Sevastopol’s fall looms as the Axis eyes the Caucasus, oil and Middle East resources, while London and Washington plan military responses amid Libyan setbacks.
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Cairo
Court Opens Becker Murder Trial in American Falls
Gust Becker, 41, goes on trial in Fifth district court for first degree murder in the April 18 American Falls tavern shooting that killed Loren McNurlen, 20, and left Becker’s wife Neva Becker wounded. A 12-man jury from 30 veniremen is to be selected, with Judge Jay L. Downing presiding.
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Fifth District
American Falls
Jay L. Downing
Pocatello
Becker
Loren McNurlen
McNurlen
Neva Becker
Desert Yields Rubber Salvage Finds Near Joshua Trees
Robert Masser made a one day desert trip to collect discarded tires found under Joshua trees mesquite and juniper. He gathered 3755 pounds of tires left by motorists and added them to Tujunga's salvage pile.
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Tujunga
Calif
Robert Masser
Yankees Join Chinese In Aerial Fights
Giant four motored U S army bombers bolstered Chiang Kai Shek's armies in China amid a still critical outlook. Chinese spokesman says troops are penetrating enemy flank and rear and Japanese invasion columns are halted along key routes. Dispatches from New Delhi report American bombers fighters and freighters moving from India to China despite monsoon and Japa nese air opposition delivering supplies and striking power to the Chinese forces.
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China
East
Kwangtung
Kiangsi
Chekiang - Kiangsi
Pukien
New Delhi
India
Burma
China Calls for Help Met by United States Support
A Reuters Chungking dispatch notes American submarines off the East China coast reportedly sank four Japanese vessels. The Chinese communique claims recapture efforts in Chekiang at Yuwi and in Kiangsi near Linchwan, with a Chinese division reportedly suffering severe wounds.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Reuters
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