Nazis Fight to Sevastopol Fortified Seashore Front
Allied dispatches report German troops supported by planes pressing toward Sevastopol in fierce combat on the sixth day of the Soviet front offensive. Soviet garrison and Red Star sources describe heavy casualties as German forces push over thousands of their own dead toward the Crimean naval base. Other fronts see continued brutal engagements across Bryansk Kalinin and Leningrad sectors with significant Soviet gains and German losses.
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Moscow
U.P
Sevastopol
Red Star
Crimean
London
Bryansk
Kharkov
Kalinin
Leningrad
Lake Ilmen
I. S. Konev
Cyril Meretskoy
Staraya Russa
Japan Admits Carrier Lost and Ship Damages in Midway Fight
Tokyo reports the loss of one aircraft carrier and damage to two other warships in the battles of Midway and Dutch Harbor. It says two United States aircraft carriers and a large transport were sunk, though the Navy had earlier confirmed only a destroyer sunk and an aircraft carrier damaged in Pacific fighting last week.
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Tokyo
Japan
Midway
Dutch Harbor
United States
U. S
Pacific
Navy dismisses Japanese Aleutian landings claim
Washington reports a Navy spokesman states no inhabited Aleutian areas or Alaskan soil show uninvited visitors. Observers doubt occupation would threaten mainland and note Dutch Harbor's limited docking value while Kodiak nearby reduces Dutch Harbor's usefulness as a base.
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Washington
Navy
Aleutian Islands
Alaskan
North American
North America
Asia
Dutch Harbor
Kodiak
U. S
Japanese claim Midway victory with carrier losses and sunk ships
Imperial headquarters stated U S aircraft carriers of the Enterprise and Hornet classes were sunk and 13 to 15 other vessels damaged including three battleships. They claimed 120 enemy planes shot down and noted naval and army forces destroying positions in the Aleutians after the Dutch Harbor action. Capt Hideo Hiraide announced Japanese forces had achieved success.
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Imperial Headquarters
U. S
Midway Island
Aleutian Islands
Dutch Harbor
Aleutians
Hideo Hiraide
Japan
King doubts need of Canadian draft
Ottawa June 10 Prime Minister Mackenzie King told parliament that Canada does not believe overseas conscription is necessary now and may never be. He spoke during debate on the conscription bill which would let the government conscript by proclamation for any theater of war and urged passage to preserve power if need arises.
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Ottawa
MacKenzie King
King
Thousands Of Japs Perished In Midway Battle
Admiral Nimitz announces incomplete enemy loss returns indicate heavy Japanese casualties in the Midway action off Midway Island. The Week-long battle started with a Japanese assault on the American base northwest of Hawaii and ended in a rout, with U S ships and planes pursuing remaining forces.
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Midway
Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Hawaii
British and Free French Repel German Attacks at Bir Hacheim
In a Cairo dispatch British armored and motorized units with Free French forces repelled the 11th large scale assault in two weeks against Bir Hacheim, 48 miles southwest of Tobruk. Rommel’s Axis forces press the defenses as Koenig leads the Allied counterattack near the Bir Hacheim line along the desert route to Tobruk and the Suez.
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Cairo
Bir Hacheim
Tobruk
Middle East
Erwin Rommel
Suez
Knightsbridge
Rommel
Dedication of Big Angostura Dam Set
Douglas June 10 Mexican Secretary of Agriculture Marte R. Gomez will represent President Avila Camacho at the dedication of Angostura Dam on the Bavispe river a $5,000,000 land and irrigation project. Gomez arrives with 25 officials as war times business limits attendance. Transportation affects Douglas’ representation with rail service to El Tajo and only five cars available for the 30 miles remaining.
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Douglas
Marte R. Gomez
Avila Camacho
Angostura
Mexico
Bavispe River
Here
E. Laveaga
Camacho
Gomez
Agriculture Department
Reclamation and Irrigation Commission
Nacozari
el Tajo
Mrs Clark Released From Arizona State Hospital
Mrs Laura Pearson Shepley Clark aged 57 of Tubac has been released from the Arizona state hospital for the insane on a writ of habeas corpus. She had been committed after a prior case in Pima county and a later reversal by the state supreme court. Shepley Clark then went to New York and was later returned to Arizona for hospitalization.
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Phoenix
Laura Pearson Shepley Clark
Tubac
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
Clark
Pima County Superior Court
State Supreme Court
New York
Pilgrims Hospital
Arizona
State Hospital
Santa Cruz County
J. C. Niles
E. P. Schuster
Niles
Petain Struggles to Guard France Amid Axis Pressure
Washington reports two years after Dunkirk that Marshal Petain believes Germany and its allies will be defeated though he faces German threats and Laval opposition. Observers see Petain as protecting France while Laval Darlan push collaboration. Readers are warned of possible reprisals against POWs and fears of revolution if occupation deepens.
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Washington
Dunkerque
Marshal Petain
Vichy
France
Petain
Germany
Pierre Laval
Laval
Europe
England
Soviet
Russia
Jean Darlan
Axis
Hitler
Rubber Novel Mystery Deepens Roosevelt Seeks Scrap Drive
President Roosevelt compared the gasoline rubber situation to a mystery novel and outlined a nationwide two week scrap drive to gauge available old rubber. He warned there is no gasoline rationing until the scrap survey ends and noted the effort will seek tires inner tubes hot water bottles and other rubber items.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Poinsettia
Norris
Justice Murphy Leaves Supreme Court for Army Post
Associate Justice Frank Murphy will temporarily leave the Supreme Court to become a lieutenant colonel in the Army. He will take the oath at the War Department, depart for Fort Benning Georgia for four months of field training, then attend infantry school, attached to General Marshall’s staff. He will not resign, returning after the duration. Murphy is 49 and previously served in World War I with the 85th Division and Army of Occupation Germany.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
High Court
War Department
Fort Benning
George C. Marshall
First Ship In Northwest Is Victim Of Sub
The first torpedoing of a U S merchant ship off the Pacific northwest was confirmed by Navy. Captain Lyle G. Havens said 60 aboard, one died from exposure. eight injured, two seriously. The ship sank about 30 minutes after the blast. The crew sighted a conning tower and fired parachute flares. The incident raises questions about submarine activity in the area.
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Leland Hannum
U. S
Pacific Northwest
Navy
Lyle G. Havens
San Carlos
Calif
Stephen Chance
Cook
Baker
Havens
E. W. Nystrom
Oakland
Washington State College
Nystrom
House Passes 50 Dollar Pay Bill For Soldiers
The house sent to the senate legislation setting a $50 monthly pay for privates and apprentice seamen with a 20 percent boost for sea and foreign service. It raises second and first class seamen and raises minimums from $30 to $50. The senate expected to approve after tomorrow’s session.
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Washington
House
Senate
Subs Forced To Operate At More Distance
The special senate committee said after a session with Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox that U boats have been driven away from the Atlantic coast and now operate about 50 miles offshore. Chairman Harley Kilgore noted no ships were sunk within 50 miles of the coast.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Navy
Atlantic
Harley M. Kilgore
Dwva
Britain reports two year war casualties
London June 10 Britain announces that during the first two years of war ending Sept 2 1941 the empire suffered 183550 total casualties including 144982 UK 23824 dominions 8581 India and Burma and 6153 colonies. Official Clement Attlee said 48773 killed 46383 wounded 54458 prisoners and 29156 missing with 145? officers among the toll.
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London
British Empire
Clement R. A.tlee
Dominion Affairs
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Dominions
India
Burma
Colonies
Nazis Deploy For New Drive
German forces plan a fresh offensive after seven months of siege at Sevastopol. If Sevastopol falls, a southern push toward Rostov could form the Caucasus front with oil at stake. A wider summer campaign across the Arctic to the Black Sea may unfold, including attacks on Leningrad, Moscow, and the Murmansk rail line.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Sevastopol
Strait of Kerch
Caucasus
Moscow
Ukraine
Rostov
Crimea
Arctic
Black Sea
Leningrad
Murmansk
Marshal Timoshenko
Russia
Finland
Onega Bay
White Sea
Archangel
Lazi Swedish Phone Service Reported Out
London reports that telephone and telegraph links between Germany and Sweden have been suspended, amid speculation of a German eastern front offensive. Ankara communications note German bombardment of Leningrad and Kronstadt, with reinforcements moving toward the Murmansk Leningrad line.
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London
Ankara
Germany
Sweden
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Kronstadt
Murmansk- Leningrad
Weather Hampers RAF Bomb Raids
London June 10 RAF long range bombers were grounded during the night and air activity subsided to its lowest ebb since the offensive began 11 days ago. Berlin radio went off air. a few German planes briefly appeared over the east coast and dropped bombs in one district.
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London
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Germany
Air and Home Security Ministries
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