Dutch Harbor Raid Promptes Warning Of More Attacks
Retired Admiral Yates Stirling says the two Dutch Harbor raids indicate a broader Japanese push to strike Alaskan bases and threaten Siberia. He notes airborne battles likely occurred between 6 pm Tuesday and 6 am Wednesday, with planes possibly from an escort carrier and strong Japanese carrier forces. He expects further news within 48 hours from Alaska and the Soviet Far East.
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United Press
New York
Alaskan
Vladivostok
Kamchatka
Soviet Far East
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Japan
RAF Attacks To Cut Down U-Boat Menace In Europe
RAF increased bombardment of the continent especially French channel ports to disrupt Axis U-boat bases. Bomber raids on industrial Reich cities and attacks on submarines entering bases aim to reduce submarine operations and manning. Midway island was attacked by Japanese aircraft. Dutch Harbor reports a third raid with no details.
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Royal Air Force
French Channel
Reich
United States
Navy
Midway Island
Pacific
Hawaii
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Japanese raid at Dutch Harbor prompts new warnings
Washington reports Japanese raiders bombed Dutch Harbor in Alaska testing defenses. Navy says casualties and damage were light and the area remains quiet. Secretary Stimson warns further reprisals may come, possibly along the west coast or Alaska.
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U.P
North America
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Navy
Henry L. Stimson
RAF Swings Massive Daylight Blow At Invasion Coast
London reports the Royal Air Force mounted what appeared to be the largest daylight assault of its second front offensive, with over 1,000 planes attacking northern France and the Nazi-held coast in staged relays after a major nighttime raid on Bremen.
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London
Royal Air Force
France
Brnen
RAF Attacks Germany and Commando Raid Across Channel
British air forces bomb Bremen and attack Cologne after a night Bremen raid, while Commandos strike the French coast opposite Boulogne and Le Touquet. About 6,000 planes used in recent offensives. 300 plus in the Bremen raid. French towns warned of RAF bombs.
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English Channel
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Boulogne
le Touquet
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Calais
France
Germany
Europe
Cologne
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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Etaples
Neufchatel
Camiera
Samer
Lambres
Longrosse
Dannes
Sangatte
Two Japanese Navy Officers Shot by British Patrol
British army patrols in Madagascar shot two Japanese naval officers who fired on them as they were surrounded in a northern village. The officers reportedly landed from a submarine and were killed after refusing to surrender.
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London
Madagascar
Powder Makers Are Indicted For Conspiracy
Federal grand jury indicts E I du Pont and nine other explosive manufacturers and officials for conspiring to fix prices in violation of the Sherman act. Named are Hercules Powder Atlas Powder Austin Powder and others. Indictment says they controlled 75 percent of national explosives output and set collusive prices nationwide.
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours, and Company
Hercules Powder Company
Atlas Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
Austin Powder Company
Cleveland
Illlinois Powder Manufacturing Company
St. Louis
King Powder Co
Cincinnati
Tax Deduction Is Requested Next January
Secretary Morgenthau stated the treasury plans to start income tax deduction at the source on January 1 to avoid double taxation. A 10 percent levy on taxable income is under congressional review as part of this plan. He described the lower income bracket as $5,000 and noted further changes could occur with evolving prices and conditions.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Treasury Department
Congress
Morgenthau
Allied Sub Sinks Japanese Armored Transport In SW Pacific
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced Allied submarines sank a 6,000 ton armored transport with probable 12,000 Japanese dead in the southwest Pacific. Four Japanese midget submarines were sunk off Sydney harbor. two supply ships sunk and a third damaged. Japanese subs attacked Allied cargo ships off Australia’s east coast. China’s front opened anew in Kiangsi and Chekiang as Japan presses three provinces.
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Sydney Harbor
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China
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Chekiang
Kwangtung
Kiangsi
Chuhsien
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Far Pacific
Chungking
Pacific
American Legion to Hold 1942 Convention in Kansas City
Indianapolis Ind June 4 The American Legion announced its posts that the streamlined 1942 convention will be in Kansas City Missouri September 19 through 21 The executive committee chose Kansas City on its third ballot from eight midwestern bid cities Chicago Detroit St Louis Cincinnati Indianapolis Omaha and Des Moines The plan aims to conserve transportation and posts were urged to limit attendance to elected delegates
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Ind
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The
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Legion
Chicago
Detroit
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Cincinnati
Omaha
Neb
Des Moines
Iowa
Three Nations Voted Enemies By Congress
Congress formally voted war against Bulgaria Hungary and Rumania. Senate approval followed house resolutions with unanimous votes of 67 to 0 on Bulgaria 71 to 0 on Hungary and 73 to 0 on Rumania. Roosevelt notified of their anti UN actions.
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Congress
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Senate
House
Germany
Japan
Italy
United States
Roosevelt
United Nations
Frightful Surprises Predicted For Axis
The 1942 air power yearbook predicts Axis powers will face “frightful surprises” from American aircraft production. It notes that Hitler’s forces and Japan can expect shocks as U.S. output rapidly increases. The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America publishes the 24th annual edition.
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New York
U.P
Hitler
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
British Free French Hold Bir Hacheim Against Rommel Threat
British imperial and Free French forces repelled a German push toward Bir Hacheim in Libya as Rommel sought to widen a breach. The defense, led by General Pierre Koenig, included a key stand at Tamar near Tobruk with tanks and Stuka attacks repelled and Axis losses estimated at multiple tanks.
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Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Bir Hacheim
Middle East
Tamar
Tobruk
Knightsbridge
Ain el Gazala
French Foreign Legion
RAF
Rotunda Segnali
Pierre Koenig
Foreign Legion
Narvik
Brittany
France
de Gaulle
Rommel
Jap Raid Seen as Feint Against Dutch Harbor
LOUIS F. KEEMLE of the United Press War Desk notes the first raid on Dutch Harbor consisted of four bombers and 15 fighters. He suggests it may be a feint to test defenses or a prelude to a larger attack on Alaska or the U.S. mainland, with Japanese plans focusing on carrier based planes and Pacific operations.
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Dutch Harbor
Unalaska Island
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
U. S
Japan
Pacific
Panama Canal
Navy
Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Alaskan
Naval Air
Aleutians
Russia
Kamchatka
Stimson
United States
Army fire at Stockton kills ten and injures others
Ten people died in an explosion and fire at an Army station near Stockton, nine soldiers and a civilian fireman. Ten others were hospitalized with five in critical and four in serious condition. Lieut Col Floyd H. Tull said the blast occurred around 11:30 p.m. A board of inquiry will determine the cause. civilian fireman Tom Sousa of Stockton was killed.
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Stockton
Calif
Here
Floyd H. Tull
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