Invasion Fleet Badly Battered By Air Forces
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports eight to possibly twenty Japanese ships damaged in a Pacific battle off Midway as Admiral Nimitz confirms heavy losses across carrier battleship cruiser and transport classes. US naval air power continues the assault with multiple enemy vessels hit.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
U.P
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Midway Island
Nimitz
U. S
United States Navy
Midway
United States
United States War
Union
United States-Canadian
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Tokyo
Man loses paycheck in poker game and steals copper
Harry Blakely a Mountain States Telephone employee at 427 East Fifth Street confessed to losing his $78.17 paycheck to professional gamblers at the Old Capitol Laundry South Tucson. After the loss he stole copper wire from the telephone company yard to raise funds and was caught by police.
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Harry Blakeley
East Fifth Street
Mountain States Telephone Company
Old Capitol
South Sixth Avenue
Paul J. Cella
Blakely
Tucson
Arizona
Harry Blakely
East 5Th Street
South
J. C. Penney Company
West 4Th Street
West Franklin
British Open Tank Drive In Libyan Desert
British tanks and infantry attacked Axis positions west of Knightsbridge near Tobruk and pushed the drive through yesterday. Air forces supported land operations as RAF sorties damaged Axis aircraft and pressed attacks on Derna and Tobruk airfields. Allied forces reinforced Bir Hacheim as Rommel’s armored balance neared the decisive moment in the Libyan battle.
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Cairo
Knightsbridge
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
Martaba
Derna
Syracuse
Sicily
Bir Hacheim
Ain el Gazala
Rommel
British claim armored superiority in Libyan sector
London reports a military commentator says British forces now hold armored superiority and are driving Rommel's battered spearhead back toward a gap in the lines. Lieut. Gen. Neil M. Ritchie maintains initiative after expelling Germans from Tamar east of Knightsbridge. the June 4 night attack appears to have become a three sided assault.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Neil M. Ritchie
Tamar
Knightsbridge
Libya
Russia Hails Big RAF Air Attacks
The Moscow News asserts the Ruhr and Rhineland raids mark the start of a major Anglo American offensive on Germany. It says the attacks will lead to large scale battles with Allied initiative likely holding. Portal and Harris of the RAF sent thanks in reply to Russian congratulations.
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RAF
A. T. Harris
RAF Command
Axis Power Stricter Fronts Narrow Germany's Grip
In a Washington briefing the Office of Facts and Figures says Hitler may move toward occupation and terror in France to defend against a second front while Goering counseled restraint. Laval's hold on Vichy could weaken as anti-Nazi activity rises. Military experts view Axis striking power as blunted since December, with a turning point possible this fall. Germans struggle to destroy Russia, while Africa campaigns stall under British bombardment. The Japanese pace in East Asia remains uncertain. See POWER on Page 7.
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Washington
Office of Facts and Figures
Hitler
France
OFF
Gestapo
Reichmarshal Goering
Germany
Goering
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Axis
United States
Pacific
Europe
Africa
Russia
East Asia
RAF Tops Off Week In Final Bombing Raid
The RAF capped a week of air attacks on Germany with a third night raid on the Ruhr and a major daylight sweep against the occupied coast. More than 1,000 fighter and fighter bomber planes took part, with Essen as a key target and 13 British planes reported lost amid strong anti aircraft and searchlight defenses.
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London
RAF
Ruhr
Cologne
Essen
Krupp
Germany
Air Ministry
Plane Crash Near Tucson Injures Gilpin Pilot
Gilpin Airlines student pilot Thomas N. Melin was injured when his plane clipped a cactus and crashed in the Bear Canyon area near the Tanque Verde mountains around 9:30 am Saturday. He suffered a deep head cut and shock but reached a nearby home before help arrived and was not seriously hurt after transport to St. Mary's.
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Thomas N. Melin
Gilpin Airlines
Bear Canyon
Tanque Verde Mountains
C. C. Robertson
Paul Jones
Sheriff's Office
Servicemen to Get Pay Boost Across Services
Washington reports that June pay for Army buck privates and Navy apprentice seamen will rise to at least 46 dollars with strong signals it could reach 50 dollars under a disputed salary bill. Senator LaFollette urged returning the measure to conference for a $50 outcome, while Rep. Rankin predicted the House will resist lowering the figure. The original bill had raised base pay to 42 dollars, equalizing pay across Army Navy Marine and coast guard.
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Washington
Army
Navy
LaFollette
Senate
House
Rankin
D-Miss
War model bike to sell for 34.50 under price ceiling
The war model bicycle, the only type the War Production Board allows, will cost 34.50 in Arizona under an immediate price ceiling order. Government permission is required to buy one.
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Washington
War Production Board
Arizona
Bomber raid devastates Cologne in first Ruhr attack week
British air ministry reports the first of the 1 000 bomber raids struck Cologne, hitting rail workshops in Nippes and vast industrial targets including Vulcan works, Rheinfelt, and Mauser. Destruction centers on Ehrenfields and areas west of the cathedral, though the cathedral itself appears undamaged.
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Air Ministry
Vulcan Works
Rheinfelt
K. G. Mauser
Ehrenfields
Hindenburg
Rhine
Cologne
Cologne Exhibition Hall
Old Town
Propaganda Front Reorganizing as War News Warms
The piece notes an overdue reorganization of propaganda and information services to be announced by the President. It cites Axis propaganda attacking Allied news about Kharkov and accuses American traitors led by Best, Kaltenbach, and Douglas Chandler of broadcasting to the United States.
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William L. Shirer
Rome
Berlin
Tokio
Goebbels
Kharkov
Best
Kaltenbach
Paul Revere
United States
Douglas Chandler
Churchill
Roosevelt
Sales Tax Is Inevitable In Experts View
The House Ways and Means Committee warned the Administration that its $8.7 billion tax goal requires a sales tax. Chairman Doughton and others told Secretary Morgenthau they cannot craft such a bill without backing some form of consumption tax. Morgenthau plans a written statement soon as the panel weighs proposed measures.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Morgenthau
Treasury
Senate
Jap Sub Sinks Second Vessel Off Australia
A Japanese submarine torpedoed an Australian merchantman off the New South Wales coast. The ship sank in 30 seconds with many aboard trapped. An Allied reconnaissance plane reportedly sunk the sub after dropping bombs near survivors.
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Melbourne
U.P
New South Wales
Pacific
United States
Australia
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China
New Caledonia
Alaska
Eed Kodiak
Canada
Equator
Dutch Harbor
Alaskan
Panama
United Nations
Marshall Islands
U.s.-Australia
By Frank Tremaine
Libyan
AIR Force Active
By John M. Hightower
Marine
Coast Guard
Rhineland
Nippes
Bern
the Propaganda Front
By Byron C. Taves
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