Germans Admit Penetration By Russ Near Leningrad
Russian forces broke through southeast of Leningrad and pressed toward the Kerch area as heavy fighting continued. German relief reserves halted Russian advances at Kharkov, while Moscow said Allied shipments from the United States Britain Canada and Argentina had begun arriving for the Red Army.
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Kerch
Associated Press
Germany
Kharkov
Eresong
Istanbul
Turkey
Moscow
Investia
Red Army
United States
Britain
Canada
Argentina
Hitler
Red Star
London
Lake Ilmen
Lake Iimen
Rome claims sinking of US battleship off Brazilian coast
Italy reports via special communique that the submarine Barbarigo sank a Maryland class battleship about 100 miles west of Fernando Noronha at 2:50 a m. No independent confirmation or U S Navy acknowledgment has been found. Brazilian and U S sources say they have no knowledge of such an engagement.
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Rome
Barbarigo
United States
Comunique
Fernando Noronha
Brazil
Maryland
Colorado
West Virginia
United United States
Hoboes Seek Work as War Demands Movement Across Nation
Ben Benson of the Hobo Fellowship of America leads a war era drive urging hoboes to unite and seek mobile work during World War II. He proposes sending a wire to Donald Nelson asking for jobs that allow travel, stressing the need to preserve the freedom of the road while fighting for the four freedoms. The group votes unanimously.
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New York
America
Ben Benson
Hobo Fellowship of America
Knights of the Road
Ben
Park Avenue
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria
Fellas
Donald Nelson
Straw Hats Arrive By W E M So Saturday Is Straw Haw Day
Weather notes predict light showers with thunder tonight and Saturday. A sunny high of 79 recorded Thursday with a 47 low and mean 63, the warmest yet this year. Sunrise at 5 59 and sunset at 6 54.
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Ho Bum
Committee Finds No Sabotage In Normandie Fire
The Senate naval committee's tentative report faults confusion of command and lax supervision in the Normandie fire and capsizing. It upholds no sabotage, urges an inspector general’s office, notes precautions lacking, and says salvage on the vessel Lafayette conversion has begun with a year to raise.
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Normandie
Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Inspector General
Navy
Lafayette
Roosevelts Warning on Optimism and War News
President Roosevelt cautioned against both optimism and pessimism amid wartime reporting. He urged restraint in public statements, supported relying on official army and navy updates, and said censorship should occur only if it does not hinder military operations. He noted overstatement by the press fuels fluctuations in war perception.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Registration set for young men June 30 nationwide
President Roosevelt issued June 30 as the registration day for men aged 18 to 20 and for those who reach 20 after December 31, 1941, and before June 30 of next year. The move completes current manpower registration for war duties with about 40 million men already registered in earlier drafts. Idaho expects about 10 000 youths to register with Ada county leading at 900.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bonner
Casaia
Shoshone
Soviet Front Report Says Russian Advance Continues
AP dispatches from Moscow cite Kharkov front radio claiming continued Soviet pressure and a German counterattack halted in the Izium Barvenkova area. The Navy reports two ships sunk by torpedo in Atlantic and Gulf waters, with survivors landed at respective coasts.
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Moscow
Kharkov Front
Izyum-Barvenkova
Utah to push 35 million naval depot plan in state
Governor Maw and A. S. Brown, head of the Utah publicity and industrial development commission, met to map a campaign to land a proposed 35 million naval supply depot for Utah. Brown warned that if the depot goes elsewhere, the Ogden chamber of commerce is to blame for Utah’s loss, citing telegrams about local jealousies and politics and potential substitute sites.
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Salt Lake City
Maw
A. S. Brown
Utah Publicity and Industrial Development Commission
Utah
Brown
Ogden Chamber of Commerce
Ogden
Eden camp job wages set for Japanese evacuee housing project
Officials from Morrison Knudsen announce union only hiring for the Eden camp project to house 10 006 Japanese evacuees. Representative scales include apprentice carpenters 55 cents, jack hammer operators 85 cents, plumbers 1 50, skilled electricians 1 50, and spray gun painters 1 62 per hour.
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Jerome
Eden
Moerrison-Knudsen Company
Navy Begins Raising Of Normandie
The navy started its largest salvage operation to raise the burned Normandie, renamed Lafayette, from the New York harbor slip where it capsized after a February 9 fire. A committee urged delaying any decision on reconditioning until war shipping needs are clearer, while expediting salvage. The operation could take a year and cost millions of dollars.
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Washington
Navy
New York Harbor
Normandie
Yards Launch 27 Ships Across Nation in Maritime Day Drive
The United States marks national maritime day with 27 ship launches as shipyards across coasts and the Great Lakes prepare ceremonies. First vessel to enter water shortly after midnight, last within 24 hours. Yard distribution includes three ships at one yard, two each at six yards, and one each at 12 yards. The program targets 23,080,000 deadweight tons of shipping by end of 1943, with 8,000,000 tons this year and 15,000,000 planned for next year, possibly rising to 20,000,000 tons.
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Washington
United States
Maritime Commission
Great Lakes
Boise Girl Marries In Hospital Room
Miss Barbara Qualls and Lt. Roy C. Davidson, both of Boise Idaho, wed Thursday in a hospital room where the bride recovers from a fractured leg after an automobile accident. The ceremony followed Davidson’s graduation from Lakefield Army Air Corps base. The bride wore her planned wedding gown and was attended by Mrs Fred Lilige of Salt Lake City.
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Phoenix
Ari’.P
Barbara Qualls
Roy C.davidson
Bose, Idaho
Davidson
Lakefield
Army Air Corps Advanced Training Base
Fred Lilige
Salt Lake City
J. C. Qualls
Boise
Roy C. Davidson
Japs Occupy Points on North Borneo and Pacific Losses
Berlin radio reported Japanese marines landed at Pala Wan in the western North Borneo area and freed 102 internees while Allied submarines claimed the sinking of a Kako class cruiser and two merchant ships totaling 15 000 tons. Allied air forces also hit New Guinea and Timor bases, but the timing and locations of the sunk vessels were not disclosed.
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Berlin
Pala Wan
Philippine Islands
North Borneo
Southwest Pacific
United Nations
New Guinea
Timor
Douglas MacArthur
WPB Eases Lumber Freeze for Defense Housing Projects
The War Production Board announced a modification to the wartime lumber freeze. Deliveries will be allowed to defense housing projects deemed vitally needed, with each project evaluated by WPB and housing agencies. Lumber may be sent to mills only with specific WPB authorization under the revised terms.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
James S. Knowlson
WPB Industry
Special Boards to Adjust Rail Labor Disputes
President enacts emergency fact finding boards to settle railway labor conflicts without a strike vote. Unions and the Association of American Rail Roads support the move as a wartime arrangement replacing prior strike-first rules.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Plant Wages May Stand
President Roosevelt said the government would prevent unwarranted private plant wage increases. He outlined six possible steps but did not specify them, emphasizing wage stabilization policies to avoid disparities as a California aircraft company considered raises.
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Washington
Roosevelt
California
Christmas Car Crash Ends in Foot Race and Fall
Los Angeles report describes Leonard Christmas approaching the driver who rammed his car into a street sign. The other man grew combative and a foot race ensued with Christmas leading until he toppled into a ditch injuring himself. Police investigated a blurred description of the pursuer as a very large fellow.
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Los Angeles
Leonard Christmas
Christmas
Spies Landing On Coast In Northeast
Augusta Maine state director of civilian defense Francis H Farnum said accurate information shows foreign agents have recently landed on the Maine coast Others have entered via the Canadian border or from other parts of the United States Civilians and volunteer defense corps were urged to watch for enemy and fifth column activity along the New England coast Farnum warned parachutists or airborne troops may land in Maine and urged instant action on suspicions
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Augusta
Maine
Francis H. Farnum
Canadian
United States
Farnum
Volunteer Defense Corps
Boston
New England
Ship Carries 16 to Death in Gulf Torpedo Sinking
A U S cargo ship was hit by two torpedoes and sank in the Gulf of Mexico on May 16, with at least 21 crew and gun crew lost. Nineteen survivors spent about 30 hours aboard liferafts before rescue, while Captain A Henry Rowe directed rescue efforts before steering toward shore. A makeshift underwear flag signaled a sighting leading to landing at a Texas port.
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New Orleans
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
A. Henry Rowe
Texas
Associated Press
Mexico
Mexico City
Key West
National League games at New York and Boston at Philadelphia
Brooklyn vs New York at New York with Head and Owen among players. Berres and Melton in lineup. Boston plays Philadelphia in a night game. American League features Detroit at Chicago in a night game. St Louis at Cleveland postponed due to weather.
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New York
Brooklyn
Head
Casey
Owen
Melton
Berres
Boston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Actress Rita Hayworth Divorces Edward Judson in Out-of-Court Settlement
Rita Hayworth, a rising screen star, ends five year marriage to Edward Judson in Los Angeles. She testified that Judson subjected her to constant nagging and interference with her work. Terms of the property settlement were not reported. This was her first marriage.
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Los Angeles
Rita Hayworth
Edward Charles Judson
Miss Hayworth
Judson
Mexico debates war as axis sinks another tanker
Mexico teeters toward war after Berlin rejects Mexico's protest over the sinking of the tanker Potrero Del Llano. Officials report two more Mexican ships torpedoed while President Avila Camacho weighs declaring war and mobilizing forces with Lazaro Cardenas expected to be directed to the capital.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Berlin
Florida
Manuel Avila Camacho
Congress
Lazaro Cardenas
Foreign Office
Germany
Benin’uy
Avila Camacho
Japan
Italy
Pearl Harbor
Ration Order Impacts Army Vehicles at Fort Lewis
Gasoline rationing reaches Fort Lewis Washington with a daily allotment of one gallon for most army vehicles including motorcycles trucks and even artillery mules. Military messengers may switch to bicycles as the Quartermasters Corps prepares. No major summer maneuvers are planned but units will plan gasoline use and may store quotas ahead.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
War Department
Quartermasters Corps
Unions Agree to Stabilize Wages for War Build
Washington report says Secretary Perkins announced that AFL building trade unions voluntarily agreed to stabilize wages on federal construction for the duration of the war. The pact aims to prevent wage fluctuations while wartime production continues.
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Washington
Perkins
AFL
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