RAF Wide Night and Day Bombing Raids on Western Germany
RAF bombers roared over the channel in two daylight strikes and a renewed night assault, targeting Boulogne Calais and Ruhr industrial centers. Giants like Stirling Halifax and Manchester bombers contributed heavy tonnage, with official notes on increased bomber strength and German fighter losses.
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Germany
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Calais
Stirling
Halifax
Manchester
Ruhr
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Kiel
Air Ministry
Britain
Liverpool
Deficiency Appropriation Includes Funds for the Navy and Other Agencies
The House Appropriations Committee recommended an $897,088,825 deficiency measure for the fiscal year ending June 30. It funds the Navy with 2,236 new aircraft and 19 auxiliary ships, plus $742,465,145 for the Navy including $467,046,600 for planes. Other agencies receive grants such as $36,500,000 for Emergency Management, $28,800,765 for the Post Office, and $51,031,439 for the Coast Guard. The bill covers shore facilities, blimp bases, and defense-related payrolls, with total defense-linked spending about 97 percent of the package.
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House
Appropriations Committee
Office For Emergency Management
Post Office Department
Coast Guard
Great Britain
Greenland
Ordor
Elizabeth City
N. C
Weymouth
Mass
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Defense
Lookouts Face Waycross Tonight in Georgia
Baseball calendar lists Lookouts against Waycross at Waycross tonight. Tomorrow the Legion Juniors travel to Tallahassee to play at the stadium amid a busy regional schedule.
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Lookouts
Waycross
Legion Juniors
Tallahassee
Nazis Claim Gains Baffling The Imagination Front
Soviets exchange heavy aerial blows with Germany as Warsaw Danzig and Warsaw are cited in flames. Red air force claims 381 German planes destroyed against 374 lost, while ground forces clash along the Prut and Baltic fronts with substantial casualties.
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Constanta
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Prut
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Cernauti
Bessarabia
Rumania
Germany
RAF
Finns suffer heavy air attacks across southern Finland
Helsinki reports multiple bombings as Soviet air assaults strike Helsinki and other cities. Four alarms occur before noon, eight raiders shot down near Utti, while Finland protests Moscow over unprovoked attack. German sources claim Finland has declared war, Finnish parliament to convene a secret session tonight.
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Finland
Russia
Utti
Kot«ka
Lappeenranta
Karelian
New York
Helsinki
Adolf Hitler
Weather Forecast for Southeast States
South Carolina shows cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight and Thursday, with some thundershowers in the mountains. Georgia forecasts considerable cloudiness with interior showers tonight, partly cloudy Thursday, and southern thundershowers. Florida expects partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with widely scattered thundershowers, light to moderate coastal winds.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Indications Of Hard Resistance By Reds Mechanized Forces
A daily feature notes hard resistance and counter-attack by Red army mechanized units on the German Russian front. The piece discusses tactics to save Soviet forces, the blitzkrieg aim to encircle through deep spearheads, and the potential for prolonged defense and large counter-offensives as Western fronts bear pressure.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Red Army
Belgium
France
Russia
Germany
Germans hail swift drive into Russia continues
Berlin reports three days of German gains in the invasion of the Soviet Union with air supremacy and successful panzer offensives despite Soviet resistance. German sources claim heavy tank and armored vehicle losses for the Soviets and widespread bombing of rail lines and troop concentrations as operations extend across the front.
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Stauliai
Kaunas
Reich
Germany
Finland
Soviet Union
Helsinki
Ukraine
Baltic
Fuehrer
DNB
Koenigsberg
Memel
Estonia
Hango
Leningrad
Poland
Greece
Berlin
Bucharest
Manta
Constanta
Sulvia
Agreement seen for coal mine labor contract
CIO strategists express confidence southern Appalachian soft coal producers will accept a two year labor contract before the July 7 deadline. John L. Lewis says 12 of 13 operator associations agreed, with Harlan County coal operators delaying. Lewis warns they may face influence from banks and railroads before July 7.
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CIO
UMW
John L. Lewis
Southern Producers Wage Conference
Harlan County
Lewis
Harlan
Finns Declare War on Reds Amid Soviet Assault
Finland reportedly declared war on Soviet Russia as the Soviet air fleet launched a broad offensive in southern Finland in response to German raids that left Leningrad in flames. Berlin said Finland joined the war and Helsinki prepared emergency measures as bombardments damaged the capital and civilians were killed.
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Kanetitenta
Finland
Russia
Leningrad
Berlin
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