Six U. S. Craft Lost In Solomon Fight
Thirteen members of the French National Liberation committee met in plenary under Gen. Giraud to agree on procedure and collective responsibility. Rene Massigli reported communications from other governments on recognition of the committee as provisional government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
French National Liberation Committee
Henri Giraud
Rene Massigli
Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
British Bombers Strike Cologne In Sixth Consecutive Night
British four engined bombers attack Cologne and other Rhineland targets for the sixth straight night. RAF and USAAF raids estimated at thousands of tons of explosives with fourteen bombers lost on Cologne missions. Fighters and antiaircraft fire engage over England and the continent as offensive patrols continue.
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Walter Cronkite
London
U.P
Germany
Cologne
Rhineland
Reich
Sicilian
Middle-Eastern Command
Aegean Sea
Ruhr
Arolf Hitler
England
France
RAF
Dusseldorf
Munster
Wilhelmshaven
Cuxhaven
Bremen
Bochum
Kiel
Oberhausen
Holland
Belgium
Douai
Bethune
Thames
Algiers Radio Reports Turkey Breaks With Vichy
Algiers radio and Reuters record claim Turkey ended diplomatic relations with Vichy France and recalled its ambassador. No confirmation from Ankara or Vichy. London officials doubt the report and other dispatches indicate Germany asked recall of a Turkish consul in Mytilene.
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Associated Press
Turkey
France
Algiers
Ankara
Vichy
London
Reuters
Germany
Mytilene
Aegean Sea
Athens
Salonika
OPA Plans to Roll Back Prices Faces Congressional Pushback
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown pressed subsidies to reduce meat butter and coffee prices despite Sen. Taft's challenge to legal authority. CCC moved to release 10 million bushels of corn and seize more to break the corn market freeze while farmers hold 950 million bushels for hog feed. President Roosevelt refuses to appoint a food administrator, prompting legislative maneuvers.
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Washington
U.P
Prentiss M. Brown
Robert A. Taft
Defense Supplies Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
FDR
Roosevelt
J. B. Hutson
Hutson
CCC
Brown
Capitol
Taft
US Aviators Bomb Japs in Hupet Area Near Owchihkow
United States planes supporting Chinese forces bombed the town of Owchihkow in Hupet province causing fires and extensive damage. The war bulletin reports that American aircraft attacked the warehouse area at Lotus pond inlet and claims six Japanese planes were destroyed with probable three more. The Americans suffered no loss. Chinese forces reached Owchihkow’s outskirts earlier in the week as Japanese troops advanced from Yanglowsu on the Canton-Hankow railway.
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Chungking
United States
Hupet Province
Owchihkow
Joseph W. Stilwell
Yangtze River
Shasi
Lotus Pond Inlet
Soil Districts Pool Funds For Equipment Repairs
Soil conservation districts in Arizona will pool funds to cover maintenance of equipment borrowed from the federal government. State land commissioner Co. C. Williams said many districts struggle to finance major repairs. Arizona has 13 districts.
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Phoenix
Soil Conservation
Co. C. Williams
Italy Jittery As Invasion Feared Looms In Mediterranean
From London and Washington reports Allied forces ready for a major push into Europe. Invasion barges reportedly move from Africa toward Pantelleria. 5,000 Allied planes and over 1,000,000 troops mass on the southern Mediterranean rim.
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Dougald Werner
London
U.P. Radio
Rome
Africa
Pantelleria
Sicily
Mediterranean
Europe
Berne
Italy
North Africa
Sicilian
Gibraltar
Panteleria
Lamnedusa
la Linea
Atlantic
Formidable
Virginio Gayda
Turkey
Romania
Bucharest
Ankara
Tucson Doctor Heads Border Health Group
Dr. L H Howard of Tucson was elected president of the U S Mexico Border Health association at the border Pan American conference closing session. Dr F Ortiz of Mexico named president elect, with J H Tillman El Paso and Dr James Velarde Thome Juarez as vice presidents. The group adopted anti prostitution and venereal disease resolutions and outlined joint tuberculosis control. About 100 delegates attended the first border Pan American conference.
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EL Paso
Tex
L. H. Howard
City County
Tucson
Juarez
Mexico
Emilio Dorente
Pan- American Sanitary Bureau
United States
Waves Of Nazi Troops Engage Reds At Orel
German forces push in waves with tanks and planes to retake four towns northeast of Orel as the battle enters its fourth day. Soviets hold key positions near Mtsensk while counterattacks and long range bombing target rail junctions to disrupt Axis supply lines.
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Moscow
U.P
Orel
Mtsensk
Red Army
Zhizdra
Bryansk-Orel-Smolensk
Poslavl
Unecha
Vladislavovka
Novozybkov
Saratov
Volga
Stalingrad
Kursk
Donets
WRA Attorney Tries To See Probe Report At Arizona Hearing
At a three day hearing before the Arizona Corporation Commission John H. Terry war relocation authority attorney demanded to examine his remarks before a transcript. Commission officials rejected the request calling it unethical and warned of possible libel actions. Terry threatened appeal to the U S Supreme Court to maintain the Rivers camp cooperative serving 13000 evacuees while witnesses disputed his hand picked charge. Tucson editor William H Johnson apologized to the commission and sought a complete transcript.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Corporation Commission
John H. Terry
War Relocation Authority
Louis L. Billar
Terry
New York City
Rivers, Ariz
WRA
Billar
Amos A. Betts
William Petersen
Arizona
Rivers
Wallace Clark
Associated Construction Truckers
United States Supreme Court
the Rivers Camp
U. S
John M. Jacobs
Betts
Tucson
William H. Johnson
Tucson Daily Citizen
Johnson
Commission
Japs Rebuild Persistently In South Seas
Allied observers report Japanese repair work continuing in South Seas airbases despite heavy bombing. Photos from reconnaissance show Lakunai and Wewak in New Guinea and Bougainville in the Solomons with fires and rebuilding activity after raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Seas
Solomons
Allied
Australia
Britain
New Guinea
Rabaul
Lakunai Field
Lakunal
Wewak
Port Moresby
Ex-State Game Warden Prochaska Found Dead at Home
Joe V. Prochaska a Miami pioneer and former state game warden under Gov. Hunt and 1916 secretary of state candidate was found dead in his Phoenix home. Died of natural causes per medical examiner. body in pajamas, death about 48 hours. He left a son and daughter in California.
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Phoenix
Joe V. Prochaska
Miami
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
Nebraska
Prochaska
O. C. West
California
Hitler May Not Launch Eastern Offensive This Summer
The article argues Hitler may delay or abort a summer attack on the Soviet Union. It notes the Red Army is stronger, with air power comparable to Germany, and Allied pressure in the west limits time for gains. A decisive German victory in the east seems unlikely. fate may hinge on Russia campaign outcome.
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Hitler
Russians
Russia
Europe
Leningrad
Moscow
Don
Red Army
Luftwaffe
Second Front
Germany
Beaumont Riot Toll Rises as Martial Law Quells Uproar
Col Sidney C Mason in charge of state troops enforcing martial law reports the Negro section of Beaumont is "literally stomped into the ground" amid rioting linked to two rape cases. 2,400 peace officers maintained order as one white man and one Negro were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Sidney C. Mason
Meuse-Argonne
Mason
Texas
Texas Rangers
Guadalcanal Air Battle Sets Heavy Japanese Losses
In a major Pacific air clash over Guadalcanal on June 16, American planes downed 32 Japanese bombers and 45 Zero fighters with six U S planes missing. The 77 to 6 tally marks one of the war’s most lopsided air battles, suggesting Japanese aims to disrupt the base ahead of a likely American offensive.
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Washington
Stimson
Wilhelmshaven
Cuxhaven
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Mediterranean
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Navy
South Pacific
United States
Solomons
Russell Islands
Navy Dauntless
Wildcat
New Georgia Island
Navy Avenger
Dauntless
Choiseul Island
North Pacific
Evatt predicts quick end to Japan after Hitler defeat
London dispatch reports Australian Foreign Minister H V Evatt stating Japan couldcollapse soon after Germany falls. He argues Allied resources and economical use could shorten the interval between Hitler's defeat and Japan's capitulation.
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London
Japan
Germany
Pacific
H. V. Evatt
Evatt
Hitler
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OPA
Hupet
Border Health Group
New Medical Society
Henry Shapiro
Arizona Commission
Bougainville Island
Higinio Morinigo
Paraguay
Chrysler Tank Arsenal
Detroit
Morinigo
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Beaumont, Tex. Negro Section
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