Churchill Sees Victory Looming As Lampedusa Raid Reported
Prime Minister Churchill declared Allied plans for large scale amphibious operations and a determined war aim to crush the Axis. Rome claimed a landing on Lampedusa was repulsed while a German note said Allied troops did land. Churchill stressed coordinated European offensives and warned against counting on a quick peace. He cited Atlantic progress and U silhouettes of future strikes as January advances.
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Rome
Lampedusa
Tunisia
Malta
Italy
Germany
North
Africa
North Africa
U. S
George C. Marshall
Alan Brooke
Britain
United States
Russia
Argentina’s New President Sets Liberal Neutral Agenda
Argentina’s day old government under President Pedro Ramirez pledged neutrality for the present and cooperation with the Americas while upholding autonomous state governance. The cabinet mixes eight military figures with one civilian Jorge Santa Marina and other named ministers.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Americas
Ramirez
Arturo Rawson
Ramon S. Castillo
Republic of
Congress
Rawson
Associated Press
Montevideo
Courier
Castillo
Segundo Storni
Jorge Santa Marina
Bank of Nation
Justice and Public Instruction
Elbio Anaya
Edelmiro Farrell
Benito Sueyro
Diego
FDR Warns Axis Not To Use Gas In War
President Roosevelt warned the Axis powers at a press conference that Allied gas attacks would be used only if gas is first used by the enemy. He said acts of gas warfare against any United Nations would be treated as against the United States.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Asia
American pilots down 19 Japanese zeros near Russell Islands
American fighter pilots intercepted a force of 40 to 30 Japanese zeros and torpedo bombers near the Russell Islands in the Solomons. They shot down 19 zeros and damaged six others, with seven American planes lost. Three pilots were rescued and the Japanese objective was not specified.
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Washington
Russell Islands
Solomons
Navy
The
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Guadalcanal
Prospects Of Settling Coal Strike Grow Gloomy
Washington June 8 U P reports gloomy prospects for a settlement in the coal strike as Appalachian operators and United Mine Workers reopen talks. Edward R Burke says the case may go back to the War Labor Board, while Charles O Neill declines to decide. The 15 day deadline set by the board nears with no agreement in sight.
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U.p.appalachian Coal
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Edward R. Burke
War Labor Board
Burke
Charles O'Neill
WLB
Lewis
Southern
Park Chiefs Direct Forest Fire Battle
Admiral Ernest J. King conferred on the West Coast with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz on war plans, tied to North Africa talks with Generals Marshall and Eisenhower. Secretary Knox said there was no shift in Allied strategy and noted ongoing Pacific fleet strengthening.
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Ernest J. King
Chester W. Nimitz
North Africa
George C. Marshall
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Marshall
King
United States
Roosevelt
Churchill
Knox
Nimitz
Eisenhower
Pacific
London
Mediterranean
Statewide fight against Rincon Peak forest fire
Officials from the state gather to direct efforts as a major forest blaze roars atop Rincon peak. Parachutes drop food and supplies to civilians and soldiers while troops, prisoners, and ranchers work to contain the fire that has raged for four days in rugged terrain near the summit.
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Rincon Peak
Rincon Mountains
National Forest
Charles A. Richey
South Western National Monuments
Davis-Monthan Field
Pantelleria Bombardment Marks Large Allied Strike
Allied north west African air forces pounded Pantelleria with planes from Flying Fortresses to Warhawks. Smoke rose 4,000 feet as 11 enemy planes fell and two Allied aircraft were lost. The blast cloud drifted toward Sicily while Rome claimed a raid on Lampedusa was repulsed. Page 5.
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Italy
Pantelleria
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Rome
Lampedusa
Tunisian
Eisenhower
Desperate Moves Forced On Japs By New Allied Power
Allied pressure across central China and western Aleutians threatens Tokyo with a race to shore up Asia this year. Keemle argues Japan must crush China before Allied forces push from India and Burma, or lose strategic initiative as monsoon ends.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
China
Aleutians
Tokyo
Asia
Japan
Northwest Pacific
United States
India
Burma
Yangtze
Italy Seeks Stronger Defenses Ahead of Invasion
British commandos landed on Lampedusa in a brief raid as Axis reports claimed a limited assault with few troops. Italian and German lines described the raid differently while Allied air forces attacked Pantelleria. Rome also disciplined 21 Fascists amid measures to harden the home front.
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Italy
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Radio
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Carlo Scorza
Istanbul
Daily Telegraph
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Lampedusa
Berlin
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Dieppe
High Command
Tunisia
Malta
Island of
Officials Say Building Firm Evading Laws
Amos O Betts chairman of the Arizona corporation commission accuses Tanner Construction of wasteful government spending at Coolidge airport and violations of motor vehicle laws. The firm allegedly overpaid for trucks and hired workers without formal contracts and lacked public liability insurance. A citation is to be issued.
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United States
Amos O. Betts
Arizona Corporation Commission
Betts
Tanner Construction Company
Coolidge
Commission
William Petersen
Tanner Company
Arizona
Petersen
Phoenix
Peter‘Ben
American Fliers Raid Burma Bases Near Wehsi
U S fliers attacked Japanese encampments at Wehsi 25 miles north of Myitkying in Burma. The 10th Air Force said two barracks were set ablaze and two motor vehicles destroyed while the aircraft dropped fragmentation bombs and strafed with machine guns. The raid reported without losses.
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New Delhi
Burma
Wehsi
Myitkying
10Th Airforce
Resigning Official Attacks OPA Methods
Cincinnati June 8 John K Westberg price executive of the office of price administration said he would resign effective July 3 in a speech to the Ohio Grain and Feed Dealers Association He said OPA forced actions that were not right and that top officials lacked the guts to cross a political bridge He left Washington July 3 for a fair and complete job fixing equitable ceiling prices Westberg blocked a reconsideration resolution and the association praised him saying the OPA needed more men like him
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Cincinnati
John K. Westberg
Office of Price Administration
Ohio Grain and Feed Dealers’ Association
Westberg
OPA
Washington
Association
Plane crash claims two aviation cadets at Garden City airfield
Charles W. Collier, 22, Tucson, Ariz., and Albert E. Butcher, 24, Lockport, N. Y., were killed in the crash of a training plane at Garden City Army airfield. Collier attended the University of Arizona and Tucson High, was in Phi Gamma Delta, and had been an aviation cadet since Oct 22 1942.
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Willis C. Collier
East Third Street
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Ariz
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Lockport
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Collier
University of Arizona
University
Liberal Arts
Phi Gamma Delta
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By Harrison Salisbury
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William B. Dickinson
Pamtelleria
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Tanner Co
U.S
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