Americans’ Air Forces at Midway Battle
American land based air forces led the first punch on June 3 as two Japanese fleets closed on Midway. Army heavy bombers attacked at 8 30 am hitting a carrier while Marine fliers and Navy dive bombers joined the assault. As Japanese planes attacked Midway ground defenses, 180 enemy planes took part. The critical period ended when the enemy withdrew and the fight shifted to defense.
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Midway
Navy
Land
Hale
Offensive Aims Narrowed to Soviet Fronts In War Dispatch
United Press reports German radio broadcasts saying Hitler plans a major German offensive on the Soviet front with preliminary battles around Kharkov and Sevastopol. Heavy fighting continues outside Sevastopol as Allied powers United States Russia and Britain coordinate a second front strategy.
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United Press
Adolf Hitler
Kharkov
Sevastopol
Moscow
U.P
Kalinin
Crimea
Izvestia
Red Army
Hitler
Ukraine
New Alaska Raids Expected By U S
London dispatch reports Japan’s losses in China through 1941 surpass two million killed and wounded. Chinese ministry official K C George Yeh says casualties cannot be disclosed but claims larger Chinese losses, while China mobilizes over one million Japanese troops and numbers ten million behind the lines.
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China
London
K.C. George Yeh
Chinese Ministry of Information
Yeh
Manchuria
Officials Doubt Japanese Aleutian Landing Claims
Washington sources scoff at Japanese reports of troops landing in the Aleutians while noting the area remained quiet for the moment. Experts say Japan may seek hit and run raids and use propaganda to cushion Midway losses, but U S naval spokesmen deny any inhabited Alaskan landings.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Alaskan
Dutch Harbor
Midway Island
Midway
Navy
U. S
Japan
United States
Aleutians
German Offensives Reported Across Multiple Fronts
Moscow dispatches say Nazi forces threaten a big Kharkov thrust while heavy fighting rages near Sevasto pol and Kalinin front. Reports describe thousands killed and German troops advancing toward Sevastopol with massive casualties.
Larger cigarette tax approved by Ways and Means
Washington June 11 The house ways and means committee approved raising the federal cigarette tax from 6 to 7 cents a pack to raise about 65.5 million dollars. The panel also favored lifting the per thousand tax from 3.25 to 3.50 and rejected a 10 and 15 cent brand differential. Officials expect further Treasury requests for cigars and smoking tobacco taxes to add about 40 million dollars.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Treasury
Coughton
House Refuses To Halve WPA Funding
Washington June 11 The House voted 109 to 60 to oppose abolishing the WPA and by 123 to 119 to avoid halving the year’s direct WPA allotment from 280 million dollars The move followed Rep Taber’s argument that 56 million dollars remained unspent Republicans largely backed the cut with some Democrats voting yes House Majority Leader McCormack defended continuing the program noting Roosevelt trimmed requirements and urged not to cut funding further See WPA on Page 14.
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Washington
House
Tellers
WPA
Rep
Taber
McCormack
D-Mass
Roosevelt
RAF Fighters Drive On France Daylight Raid Renewed
RAF fighters crossed the channel coast en route to northern France in a daylight attack resume after dawn. Night raiders bombed power stations and railroad centers in northern France with no losses to their forces as long range bombers remained grounded by bad weather.
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London
Channel
France
Occupied
Holland
Belgium
Britain
War Chest Fund subscriptions pour in from Tucson workers
Thirty five workers at the Arizona Flour Mill sent Walter E. Lovejoy a $35 contribution to the War Chest Fund. Lovejoy urged 2,000 Tucsonans to donate $1 each as the drive nears closure. Total subscriptions reached $19,085.34 by Thursday noon, with a $21,300 quota still about $2,000 short.
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Arizona
Walter E. Lovejoy
War Chest Fund
Lovejoy
Furniture Salesman Sets Bond Sale Mark
Michael Brener a 32 year old furniture salesman left his job after a record day. He will be inducted into the Army on Saturday and spent his last day selling only war bonds. His total for the day was eighteen thousand five hundred dollars.
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New Orleans
Michael Brener
Brener
Bir Hacheim Claimed Taken From British
Cairo reports that on General Ritchie orders the Bir Hacheim garrison was withdrawn during the night of June 10 11 The British command announced the withdrawal while London military circles acknowledge the German claim to the desert fort may be true If confirmed the fall would ease Rommel s supply difficulties on the British left flank
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Cairo
Ritchie
Bir Hacheim
Libya
London
Erwin Rommel
Pay Bill Now Awaiting Only FDR Signature
The Senate approved a military wage adjustment bill raising the Army private minimum to 50 dollars a month, effective June 1 1942, with increases for Navy and Marine ranks through second lieutenants. The bill, costing about 500 million annually, now goes to President Roosevelt for signature after House approval.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Faddig
D-Pa
20 Year Pact Signed Between Reds and London
Great Britain and the Soviet Union signed a 20 year mutual aid treaty on June 11, joining with the United States to press for a second European front in 1942. The pact commits Britain and Russia to avoid territorial gains and aligns with the Atlantic Charter. Prime Minister Churchill and Stalin exchanged telegrams affirming unity and victory.
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Viacheslav M. Molotov
Britain
United States
Europe
London
U.P
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Russia
United Nations
Winston Churchill
Josef V. Stalin
Axis
George VI
Mikhail Kalinin
Stalin
Churchill
British American alliance to speed up war production
United Press reports a joint British American effort to integrate production, doubling British output and accelerating U S industry. The plan aims to standardize equipment, reduce duplication, and ensure plentiful spare parts for air and tank warfare as the two democracies unite to outpace the Axis. Capt Oliver Lyttleton notes British production rising sharply, with American output soon scaling up.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
United States
Oliver Lyttelton
Washington
Powerful U S Naval Forces Join British Fleet in Atlantic Blockade
London reports United States naval units have joined Britain's home fleet to blockade German forces and safeguard Allied shipping. The task force may deter the Tirpitz and Admiral Hipper as they threaten Arctic supply routes. King George VI witnessed U S ships and commended their crews.
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London
United States
Adolf Hitler
Tirpitz
Admiral Hipper
Russia
Arctic
Atlantic
Erich Raeder
Trondheim
George VI
United State
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
King George
Robert Giffen
Molotov and Roosevelt Agree on Second Front in 1942
The White House announced a full understanding between President Roosevelt and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov on creating a second European front in 1942. They also agreed on speeding supplies of planes tanks and war matériel and on cooperative postwar peace security aims. Molotov's Washington visit followed a London pact with Britain and involved Gen. Marshall and Admiral King in talks.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Roosevelt
Foreign Affairs
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Europe
Molotov
United States
London
Britain
Josef Stalin
United Nations
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
United States Navy
Petain Endorses Laval in Public Statement
Marshal Petain affirmed total confidence in Pierre Laval at a luncheon in Vichy. The 86 year old head of state said a complete entente exists between them, potentially reacting to reports that he would resist full capitulation to Germany through Laval.
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Vichy
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Laval
Petain
Washington
Germany
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