British Renew Hammering Attacks On Nazi War Plants
The Royal Air Force pressed heavy raids on German war industries and the European coast. More than 200 British Spitfires escorted Hurricanes in sweeps over Abbeville Cape Gris-Nez and Le Treport while Cologne and Essen faced monster raids aiming to boost nightly bomber numbers.
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Edward W. Beattie
London
U.P
Royal Air Force
Abbeville
Cape Gris-Nez
le Treport
Dieppe
Cologne
Essen
Bomber
RAF
Ruhr
British Take Offensive In Libya Battle
British desert forces report a 30 mile advance behind Rommel’s lines and capture Rotunda Segnali a key supply base. A sandstorm masked Rommel’s nine mile gap maneuver linking supply lanes. The front remains furious with Axis and Allied forces exchanging heavy combat as the second week of fighting continues.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Ain el Gazala
Bir Hacheim
Tobruk
Rotunda Segnali
Libya
Knightbridge
Knightsbridge
North Africa
WPB to Control All of Imports
The War Production Board announced a plan to take control of all imports in American and foreign vessels effective July 2. It will assign shipping priorities to strategic war materials and restrict cargo to U.S. ports until approved, with limited exceptions for land or air shipments from Canada and Mexico.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Canada
Mexico
Hitler's Hangman Held Near Death
Reinhard Heydrich, second in command of Hitler's Gestapo, lies critically wounded from a roadside attack near Prague. Reports say the Gestapo executed 21 more hostages in reprisal, bringing total Czech deaths to 182. Dagbladet Berlin correspondent notes cautious optimism due to his strong physique.
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London
U.P
Reinhard Heydrich
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Prague
Stockhold
Dagbladet
Berlin
Heydrich
Materials Shortage Forces Cut in U S Steel Expansion
Washington officials announced a 30 to 35 percent reduction in the ten million ton steel expansion plan due to shortages of steel copper and other war materials. WPB leaders William L. Batt and A I Henderson warned of idle shipways and slowed ammunition as civilian supplies dwindle.
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Washington
William L. Batt
Batt
WPB
A. I. Henderson
Tucson civil service head resigns post
Prof. R. M. Howard resigns as chairman and member of the Tucson civil service commission to accept a price control post under W. H. Waggoner. Mayor Jaastad will seek a successor, with filling unlikely before council action. Howard also leaves his University of Arizona professorship and plans a Phoenix temporary home. He helped amend the city charter to place employes under civil service and to create a personnel department.
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R. M. Howard
Civil Service Commission
Henry 0. Jaastad
W. H. Waggoner
OPA
Jaastad
William F. Curtayne
Charles E. Finney
Janstad
Howard
Curtayne
Finney
Federal Civil Service
University of Arizona
Phoenix
State Office of Price Administration
Prof. Howard
Civil Service
B. A. Pilcher
J. Forrest Ingle
War Speed Limit Not Mandatory
Phoenix report states the state highway commission will not set a blanket war speed limit until motorists’ response to new warning signs reading War Speed 40 is observed. State Engineer W R Hutchins notes traffic appears to slow naturally and argues a strict limit would be impractical for buses and trucks delivering war supplies.
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Phoenix
State Highway Commission
W. R. Hutchins
Hutchins
House To Vote On Assistance For Families
Washington June 3 The house votes on a bill to provide financial aid to dependents of the lowest grade men in the armed services. Enactment would allow draft boards to induct men with dependents. The bill, by the military affairs committee, aims to protect established families and avoid uprooting them.
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Washington
House
House Military Affairs Committee
War moves to add Romania Bulgaria and Hungary to US list
The house, in a unanimous stance, prepared three separate war resolutions to add Romania Bulgaria and Hungary to the United States at war list. President Roosevelt recommended the actions, with roll-call votes likely. Representative Jeanette Rankin remained noncommittal while no opposition was found to the measures.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Roosevelt
McCormack
D-Mass
Sam
Balkan
Jeanette Rankin
Rmont
Japan
Italy
Ger
U S Airmen See Victory By Plane
Enthusiastic American airmen hail Britain’s bombing of Germany as proof of air power’s potential to defeat the Nazi war machine without a second front. They foresee relief to Russia and destruction of Essen and Cologne industry, with debate among generals over sole reliance on air power versus combined arms.
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Washington
Britain
Germany
Cologne
Essen
Russia
Chinese Score Victory Over Japs In North
Chinese dispatches say Chiang Kai Shek forces cut a triangular flank from Japanese lines in Chekiang and recaptured Yangki 45 miles northwest of Kinhwa while rains hinder invasion of China’s east coast. Japanese columns push toward the Chekiang Kiangsi railway, taking Chienhsien 25 miles south as a new elite drive advances from both ends of the rail line.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Chekiang
Yangki
Kinhwa
China
Chuhsien
Tokyo
Kiangsi
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Chienhsien
Pacific
Nazis Ready For Main Drive
Allied observers await the main German push in Russia believed imminent. A US Army analysis sees a thrust from Rostov east to Astrakhan then down the Caspian shore toward Baku to seize Caucasus oil. Germany’s need for oil and Russia’s past Caucasus supply emphasize the region’s importance. Marshal S. Timoshenko’s Kharkov counter was aimed at delaying the drive, possibly forcing German resource use.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Russia
Rostov
Astrakhan
Caspian Sea
Caspian
Baku
Caucasus
Germany
Reich
Urals
Semyon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Kerch
Timoshenko
Bill to Double Navy Fleet Authorized by Vinson
Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Committee drafted an $8.3 billion measure to authorize about 500 fighting ships, nearly doubling the fleet. The plan emphasizes carriers and escort vessels, with 346 ships in service or building last October and no battleships included.
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Washington
United States
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Naval Committee
Navy
Naval Committee
Congress
Elimination of CCC Approved by House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 1.058 billion dollar bill for labor and social security agencies, eliminating 75.8 million dollars for the Civilian Conservation Corps. The vote was 15 to 12 to end CCC funding, with supporters saying the corps is no longer needed.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Labor Department
Social Security Board
Civilian Conservation Corps
Cannon
D-Mo
Rep
Engel
Rmich
Rep. Hare
D-Sc
CCC
Raid on Dutch Harbor by Japanese Bombers and Fighters
Four Japanese bombers and about 15 fighters attacked Dutch Harbor Alaska, hitting a U S naval station for about 15 minutes at 10 a m local time. The Navy released few details and said information was limited to military communiques.
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Washington
U.P
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
U. S
Navy
Navy Department
North Pacific
Unalaska
Aleutian Islands
San Francisco
Tokyo
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
U.S
North America
Santa Barbara
Calif
Aleutians
Seven Allied Vessels Sunk Near India In World War II
The Navy reports seven United Nations merchant ships were shelled and sunk in the Bay of Bengal off India on April 6, 1942, including one United States vessel. Seven survivors from the U S merchant ship were landed at Norfolk Virginia, the only U S ship involved in the action while six other UN vessels were sunk by Japanese warships.
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Washington
Navy
United Nations
United States
Bay of Bengal
India
Norfolk
Commandos’ head arrives in U S
Washington June 3 Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in the United States to visit and consult with American fighting services. As chief of combined operations he also heads the British commandos.
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Washington
Louis Mountbatten
Combined Operations
British Information Service
Mountbatten
United States Fighting Services
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Axis Force
Escape Avenue
By Edward Kennedy
Hitler
U. S. Steel
Tucson Civil Service
By John M. Hightower
Associated Press
J. J. McEntee
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