Chinese Admit Shangjao Loss At High Cost
A Chinese communique reports the loss of Shangjao after savage street fighting as 150000 Japanese troops close a pincers on the Hangchow Nanchang railroad. Chinese gains near Linchwan and Tsungten are noted along with Hupeh recapture of Hosueh and new southern thrusts.
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Chungking
U.P
Shangjao
Hangchow - Nanchang
Yingtan
Kiangsi
China
Tsungten
Zhuang
Changshan
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Linchwan
Poyang City
Poyang
Sin River
Tengchipan
Hupeh
Hosueh
41 Seamen Die in U-Boat Attacks on Caribbean Run
Survivors report 41 American seamen killed when two merchant ships, Panamanian and Honduran registries, were sunk by Axis submarines off the Caribbean. Seventeen from the first ship lost below decks. 19 survivors drifted 12 days. From the second ship, 24 perished with six days on rafts. 35 rescued. Coast guard cutter and Navy patrol plane located both raft groups and brought them to port.
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Caribbean
Cuba
Coast Guard
Douglas Airfield Contract Awarded
A contract under 3 million dollars was let to Arizona Constructors of Phoenix for airfield facilities at Douglas New Mexico. The district Army engineer's office announced the award on June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N.M
Arizona Constructors
Phoenix
Ariz
Douglas
District Army Engineer
Damaged British Warships Arrive at Gibraltar to Remove Casualties
Spanish sources report the British aircraft carriers Eagle and Argus and the battleship Malaya among ships arriving at Gibraltar with dead and wounded from the Mediterranean four day battle. Also arriving were a cruiser listing heavily with escorts and several destroyers and corvettes. two cruisers, three destroyers, and four corvettes did not return to base.
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LA Nilea
Spain
Eagle
Argus
Malaya
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
British Beat Off Two Axis Tobruk Drives
British guns and tanks repelled two Axis attacks at Sidi Rezegh and Acroma as Rommel aimed to storm Tobruk before Allied supplies landed under cover of British and American air power. The defense around Tobruk remained substantially unchanged with older tanks replacing Grant models as Rommel pressed the line.
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Edward Kennedy
Cairo
Sidi Rezegh
Acroma
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Rommel
Ain el Gazala
el Adem
Berlin
Ain Gazala
Japs Fail To Score Damage In Darwin Raid
Allied headquarters in Australia report Japanese bombers failed to damage Darwin for the fourth straight day. Despite waves of 27 bombers on three days, the attacks yielded slight or negligible damage with 13 Japanese losses versus six Allied planes.
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Darwin
Allied
Australia
MacArthur
United Nations
Britain Hails American Air and Naval Success
British and American aviation experts praised United States Army Air Corps participation in the four day Mediterranean battle. They called it a limited success with heavy Italian fleet losses and noted convoy losses en route to Malta and Tobruk.
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London
U.S
United States Army Air Cort
Mediterranean
Malta
Tobruk
Axis
Europe
Russia
RAF
Near East
Black Sea
Benito Mussolini
United States Army
Royal Air Force
Mussolini
Taranto
Midway Island
Aleutian
Bombers Cripple Italian Battle Ships in Med Operation
U S Army Liberator bombers with RAF support scored 35 direct hits on two Italian battleships in the central Mediterranean. Maj. Alfred F Kalberer said bombs hit 20 on one and 15 on the other, with cruises and a destroyer set afire. Americans returned safely and praised by Kalberer for a smooth mission as observers noted further damage in a Cairo RAF communique.
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Libyan
United States Army
Kalberer
Lafayette
Ind
Cairo
RAF
Desert
Yugoslavs Capture 1500 Axis Troops
American servicemen won a historic pay rise as President Roosevelt signed a general increase in military pay effective June 1. The bill boosts monthly salaries across all ranks from private and apprentice seaman to second lieutenants and ensigns, with private pay rising to 50 dollars and officer pay up by 300 dollars a year, aiming to improve recruiting and retention for Army and Navy.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Guerillas Increase Action Across Regions Amid Unrest
Reports from the Yugoslav refugee government say Mihailovic led guerillas captured 1500 Axis troops and one enemy battery in Bosnia Herzegovina and Montenegro, as Axis forces launched a heavy offensive with high casualties on both sides. The fight shifts toward Bosnia with 17 Italian divisions engaged, while Czech executions over Heydrich continue and Lidice appears on walls.
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London
Draja Mihakovitch
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Montenegro
Mihailovitch
Serbia
Reinhard
Heydrich
Bohemia-Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Lidice
Norway
Oslo
Rostock
Luebeck
Cologne
Yugoslavia
Japanese Defense Tightens After Aleutian Raids
The Japanese, following losses at Coral Sea and Midway, appear defensive in the Pacific. Raids on Port Darwin in northern Australia aim to cripple the naval air base, while Allied air forces push toward Timor New Guinea and New Britain. The fleet is likely concentrated in the north Pacific with no invasion fleet near Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Coral Sea
Midway
Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Australia
Port Darwin
North Pacific
Timor
New Guinea
New Britain
Indies
Philippines
Hill Defends Social Security in Defense Board Staffing Dispute
Arizona social security commissioner Harry W. Hill denied Sen Dan Angius charges that the welfare board funded two civilian defense office workers. Hill said the two staffers remain employed under merit system rules and are temporarily assigned to the civilian defense board. The dispute centers on funding from luxury tax and prior obligations of the defense council.
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Dan Angius
Cochise County
State Board of Social Security and Welfare
State Civilian Defense Board
Phoenix
Harry W. Hill
Angius
Arizona Civilian Defense Council
McDowell
Hill
Social Security Department
Civilian Defense Board
Home Defense Division
United States
Jap Threat To Aleutians Now Held Doubtful
Well informed quarters express confidence that the Japanese threat to the Aleutians will fade with better weather and that the crippled fleet may yet blunder again. Post Midway optimism centers on blasting Attu and Kiska and luring Japan into a new trap. Reports note six Japanese warships hit and a cruiser sunk with an aircraft carrier struck, while fog and poor conditions hinder further operations.
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Frank Tremaine
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Aleutian Islands
Midway Island
Aleutian
Midway
United States
Tokyo
Attu
Kiska
Navy
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Pacific
Alaska
Soviet drive eases Kharkov siege as Sevastopol fights on
Soviet officials said a German siege at Sevastopol failed after a 22 hour assault and a counterattack near Kharkov slowed Nazi momentum. Red Star reported heavy German casualties and a bayonet counterattack that drove attackers from Russian trenches while Izvestia noted civilian evacuations and steadfast defense.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
U.P
Sevastopol
Kharkov
Crimean
Red Star
Semyon Timoshenko
Kharkov-Donets
Izves
Wiprud Case Dismissed In Federal Court
Grant W. Wiprud 26 faced espionage charges in March. A U S district judge Albert M Sames dismissed the case Wednesday on a U S attorney general directive. Wiprud was arrested for removing military information from Davis-Monthan Field to his home. He is Harvard 1941 graduate and son of Theodore Wiprud.
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Grant W. Wiprud
U. S. District Court
Albert M. Sames
U. S
K. Berry Peterson
Peterson
U.S
Wiprud
Davis-Morthan Field
Col
C. M. Ollivetti
J. L. DeWitt
Western Defense Command
C. Wayne Clampitt
James
E. T. Cusick
U. S. Attorney
U. S. Marshal
Theodore Wiprud
Selective Service National Advisory Board
District of Columbia Medical Society
Harvard University
German Romanian siege gains near Sevastopol reported
German and Romanian siege forces have widened breaches in the Russian defenses around Sevastopol while facing tough terrain and resistance. Fort Siberia reportedly fell early today with other key heights on the flanks captured in heavy fighting as German air support aided infantry assaults. Soviet counterattacks were reported along the Volkhov and south of Lake Simen.
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Red Star
Siberia
Sevastopol
Stalin
Berlin
Volkhov
Lake Simen
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Libya
Britain
Derna
Ain EL Gaiala
Hatheim
Mediterranean Sea
Bir EL Gosb
Bardia
Egypt
Gulf of
Army
Congress
John A. Parris
Defense Board
Izvestia
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