Battles of Midway and Coral Sea Cripple Japanese Offensive
U P dispatch notes Japan lost at least 19 or 20 ships and up to five aircraft carriers in the Midway and Coral Sea actions. US suffered one carrier sunk and two destroyers sunk with other losses. Two Japanese fleets were shattered, one a striking force and the other an occupation fleet.
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Midway
Coral Sea
Midway Island
Solomon Islands
Tulagi Harbor
Solomons
Australia
Midway Zone
Japan
United States
Navy
Marines
Army
Small Japanese Landings Signal New Aleutian Threat
Allied airmen comb the Attu and Kiska areas searching for small Japanese invasion units amid harsh weather. Navy reports say attackers retreated from populated areas, with ongoing operations to expel them.
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Washington
Aleutian
Attu
Kiska
Rat Island
Aleutian Archipelago
U S Bombers Land in Turkey After Romanian Oil Attacks
American Liberator bombers reportedly forced down in Turkey while en route back to base after targeting Romanian oil fields near Ploiest i and Bucharest. At least 28 crewmen injured as planes reportedly carried out Operation to disrupt Axis oil supplies.
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Dana Adams Schmidt
Ankara
Turkey
U.P
United States
Black Sea
Ploesti
Bucharest
Rumania
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Nazis claim 40 Allied ships sunk in week
Berlin reports German U-boat attacks have sunk 40 Allied merchant ships totaling 212,200 tons and one destroyer in the last six days. The losses occurred in convoy lanes across the north Atlantic and adjacent waters, including off the American east coast and in the Caribbean and Mediterranean theaters.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
North Atlantic
United States Navy
Atlantic
America
Caribbean Sea
Mediterranean
Three Men Near Death After Garage Explosion
Three men, Jefferson Ball Gilbert Telles and Louis Burton, remained in critical condition at St. Marys Hospital after an explosion at the Associated Garage on North Stone Avenue Friday afternoon. Telles died today from burn injuries. Mrs. Jesse H Bryant witnessed the blast from across the street as Marine recruiting offices nearby were affected by the incident.
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Gilbert Telles
West Council Street
St. Mary's Hospital
Jefferson Ball
Louis Burton
St. Mary’s Hospital
North Stone Avenue
Jesse H. Bryant
Bryant
RAF Raids Piraeus Cause Heavy Damage
Italian broadcasts report a Royal Air Force raid on Piraeus the port of Athens causing extensive destruction. Communique notes many houses damaged and 36 killed 28 injured among Greek residents with few additional details provided.
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Rome
RAF
Piraeus
Athens
Germans Drive Toward Acroma After Repulse
CAIRO June 13 German General Rommel drove a full armored division toward Acroma ten miles west of Tobruk after repulsing British defense at El Adem fifteen miles south of Tobruk The British said all positions remained intact The RAF said it struck German columns and their transport with heavy blows and reported thirteen Axis planes shot down nine Allied planes lost Free French forces conducted a counteraction as the withdrawal continued
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Cairo
el Adem
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
Acroma
RAF
Rommel
Libya
Conway Seeks Four Year Terms for State Officials
Atty. Gen. Joe Conway announced three constitutional amendments to place state and county officials on four year terms with petitions to follow. If voters approve, officials elected this fall would serve until January 1 1947 and congressional elections would be biennial. Conway financed the initial campaign costs.
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Phoenix
Joe Conway
Conway
Simul
Two Big Fights Cost Japan Half Of Best Carriers
Washington reports naval sources estimate the Midway and Coral Sea battles cost Japan about half of her best aircraft carriers. The losses weaken the fleet's air striking power and reduce chances of a major offensive on the American side of the Pacific.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
Japan
Midway Island
Coral Sea
America
United States
Pacific
Aleutians
Asia
Washington
Midway
Germany Sends Fresh Troops Against Crimea
Moscow reports on June 13 say Axis forces send infantry tanks and aircraft to Sevastopol as fighting nears the fortress city. Red Star dispatches note Russians hold most sectors despite German claims of gains and 3 600 prisoners taken, with heavy combat on terrain favorable to defenders.
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Moscow
U.P
Crimean
Sevastopol
Red Star
Berlin
More American Troops Reach North Ireland
Thousands more United States soldiers arrive in Northern Ireland including tank destroyer units and armored troops. Warships escort transports crossing the Atlantic. Troops hail from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Georgia, Illinois, Virginia, Kentucky, California, and Indiana. Tanks are unloaded. a festive port scene accompanies the arrival with marching and exchanges of coins for British pennies. Front-line units led by First Sergeant Wallace Jennings and Lieutenant Robert Gibson ready to move ashore.
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United States
Northern Ireland
Atlantic
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Georgia
Illinois
Virginia
Kentucky
California
Indiana
Ulster
Elmer
Texas
Wrens
ATS
WAAFS
Britain
Wallace Jennings
St. Louis
Robert Gibson
Charleston
W. Va
Propaganda Front Discusses Wartime Messaging Strategy
The piece argues Allied and British propaganda shaped by military events, notably the RAFs raids on the Reich and Midway, while outlining efforts to separate German people from Nazi leaders. It notes post war aims and broadcasts signaling responsibility and policy toward Germany, with Berlin reacting to these messaging efforts.
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William L. Shirer
Europe
Asia
South America
Reich
Midway
United Nations
Action
Berlin
Rome
United Na
Germany
Britain
Hitler
BBC
Indi
London
Cologne
Arlington
Sumner Welles
Czech President vows harsh Nazi punishment after war
President Eduard Benes declared from London that Czech military law including the death penalty will be applied to Nazis responsible for destruction in Bohemia and Moravia. He said personal responsibility would be pursued against exponents of the Nazi party and Reich government on Czech soil starting with Baron von Neurath and Gestapo and SS leaders.
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London
Eduard Benes
Nazi
Reich
Baron von Neurath
Gestapo
Bohemia and
Moravia
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Helsinki
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Petsamo
By Frank Tremaine
Oklahoma City
Will Rogers Army Air Base
Leonard Bruhn
Nippon
Aleutian Islands
Alaskan
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska Island
Dimond
Alaska
Yokohama
Puget Sound
Ko«ciak
U.S
Arisiye
Syria
Romania
Tucson
Crimea
North Ireland
the Propaganda Front
Czech
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