Peril in Tobruk Deepens as Key Anchors Fall
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said reports on Japanese landings in the Aleutians show small invading forces. He noted uncertainty over whether reinforcements reached Attu or Kiska harbor. He added that Pacific victories lessen the threat of Japanese attacks on the U.S. west coast despite fog hampering confirmation.
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Washington
U.P
Henry L. Stimson
Aleutians
Attu
Aleutian
Kiska Harbor
Stimson
Alaska
Romanian Oil Fields Target Of U S Ships
U S bombing planes landed in Turkey after a raid on the Ploesti oil fields, the first direct American strike on the European continent. The mission involved 15 four engine B 24 planes from Egypt. 10 returned, several damaged, crews mostly from New York Kentucky and Texas.
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Turkey
Ankara
Nu.p
United States Army
America
Ploesti
Bucharest
Balkans
Black Sea
Syria
Egypt
United States
Mediterranean
Aegean
Bulgaria
New York
Kentucky
Texas
France Backs Nazi War Effort Through Laval Government
Paris reports that Pierre Laval’s government agreed to aid Germany in its planned push on the Russian front after Adolf Hitler demanded an enormous effort from French labor. Rudolf Rahn delivered the request to Fernand de Brinon, who cited Laval’s hope for quick Soviet defeat and stated that France must help Germany win.
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Vichy
Pierre Laval
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Germany
Red Army
Paris
Rudolf Rahn
Fernand de Brinon
de Brinon
Laval
France
Bill for Greatest Navy Is Approved
Washington July 18. A vast 50 550 000 000 ship construction measure was passed by the house after naval committee reports that completion would give the United States unquestioned supremacy at sea. The plan envisions the greatest ship building program in history with more than 500 combatant vessels and 1 000 smaller craft including 800 torpedo boats and subchasers. It calls for 500 000 tons of plane carriers 500 000 tons of cruisers and 900 000 tons of destroyers and escort vessels.
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Washington
House
Naval Committee
United States
Housewives May Get Year’s Sugar Supply At Once
The Office of Price Administration considers allowing housewives to buy a full year’s sugar allotment in advance to store on shelves. Under current rules a weekly one half pound per person remains, but a four member family could obtain 104 pounds for the year. OPA also raises sugar purchasable with ration book stamp No 5 starting June 28.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ratio Of Jap Air Losses Is Held 10 To 1
Pearl Harbor reports Admiral Nimitz stating American air power exacted a ten to one toll in losses for Japan across Coral Sea and Midway. He urged veterans to hold the line until reinforcements arrive and announced plans to rotate carrier groups. The Navy leader praised Army Navy and Marine teamwork and noted air power led both battles.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Coral Sea
Midway Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Nimitz
Midway
Army
Navy
Marines
Knox
Battle of
Carl Molling Rushed To Hospital After Gas Incident
Carl E Molling head of the Mexican Tourist Bureau in Tucson was found in his office late today apparently suffering from gas effects. An office neighbor heard him gasping for breath and summoned help. He was rushed to a hospital for treatment.
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Carl E. Molling
Dollar a Year Men Scored In Report
The senate committee faulted Philip D. Reed of General Electric for slow conversion of industry to war production after Pearl Harbor. It cited delays by Reed and James S. Knowlson and noted that some 1-a-year officials remained tied to their home industries. The panel said mass curtailment orders arrived only after Pearl Harbor and that conversion is now underway.
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Washington
Senate
Philip D. Reed
General Electric
WPB
Bureau of Industry
Reed
James S. Knowlson
Division
Ece
de Pa
Pearl Harbor
Nelson
Donald M. Nelson
Robert R. Guthrie
House
Charles. I. Faddis
Dollar
Eight United Nations Ships Sunk By Subs
The navy disclosed eight UN ships were sunk by Axis submarines in the Atlantic and Caribbean. The loss of 41 to 48 seamen followed torpedoing of two Central American vessels in the Caribbean on May 31 and June 6. Survivors were landed at an east coast port and an eastern Canadian port.
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United Press
United Nations
Atlantic
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Havana
Pais
Cuban
Sales Tax Not To Be Passed by Belief Now
Washington report notes a sales tax has only an outside chance of approval as the House Ways and Means Committee nears finishing a tax bill. The plan aims for about 6.65 billion dollars in new revenue with votes forthcoming on the sales tax, a corporate credit, and tax withholding.
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Donald A. Young
Washington
House Ways and Means
Treasury
Russians Halt Savage Drives On Sevastopol
Moscow reports by Henry C. Cassidy that Red Army and navy forces repelled German assaults on Sevastopol Crimea, with heavy losses and stubborn defense. Pravda notes continued fighting from north and south despite 1,500 killed in a single day.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Navy
Sevastopol
Pravda
Communist Party
Crimean
Stockholm
London
Red Air Force
Turkey
Sweden
Berlin
Jap Attack On Siberia Waits China Victory
Chungking June 18 While sources here believe Japan may attack Russian Siberia before summer’s end the enemy concentrates on reinforcing air strength in China and Burma. Army intelligence reports show 500 planes in Burma and 300 in China with fresh influxes at Canton and Hankow. The aerial buildup suggests Japan will tighten the cordon around free areas of southern China and choke Chungking.
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William H. McGaffin
Chungking
Russian
Siberia
China
Burma
Canton
Hankow
Air Power Wins War Advantage for Allies
Air power shifts the balance of WWII, with Britain and the United States outproducing Germany Japan and Italy. Admiral Nimitz cites air supremacy in the Pacific as decisive, and the latest Mediterranean battle shows air forces defeating the Italian fleet and delivering essential supplies to Tobruk and Malta.
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Germany
Japan
Italy
Britain
United States
Pacific
Mediterranean
Europe
Chester W. Nimitz
Tobruk
Malta
Czechs Seek Postwar Right to Execute Nazi Leaders
The Czech government in exile asked after the war for permission to execute Adolf Hitler Heinrich Himmler Hermann Goering and other Nazi leaders for mass killings in reprisal for Reinhard Heydrich. Eduard Bene s led the session approving the resolution to pursue this power. The request was echoed in the British House of Commons as executions loomed.
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John A. Parris
London
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Reinhard
Heydrich
Eduuard Benes
Foreign Affairs
National Defense
Interior and Justice
House of Commons
Thomas Moore
Winston Churchill
Cannonading Off Colombian Coast Reported In War News
Newspapers in Bogota said cannon fire was heard last night off the Colombian coast and US destroyers may be engaging Axis submarines. Advices from Riohacha report shell fire about 40 miles offshore around 8 p.m. local time yesterday.
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Bogota
Colombia
United States
Riohacha
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Special Masses Allowed for Troops by Vatican Decree
New York June 18 Arch bishop Francis J Spellman says afternoon and evening masses will be allowed for U S armed services members who cannot attend morning mass. The decree from the Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments imposes strict safeguards against laxity and irreverence. Chaplains will inform service members about the rescript and ensure it is followed.
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New York
Francis J. Spellman
United States
U. S
Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments
Vatican
Rommel Seizes Libyan East Posts Threatening Tobruk
Axis forces under Rommel capture El Adem and Sidi Rezegh around Tobruk widening the encirclement. British withdrawal toward Egypt follows, with 50 miles to Egypt and calls for a new defense arc as the siege of Tobruk tightens.
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London
U.P
Tobruk
Cairo
Erwin Rommel
el Adem
Sidi Rezegh
Libya
Neil M. Ritchie
Rommel
el Adem-Sidi Rezegh
Egypt
Airacobras lauded for big success
Gen H H Arnold praises Bell Aircraft for Airacobras P 39 in Aleutians combat. He notes the squadron of 14 Japanese planes destroyed four and dispersed the rest, with storm and poor ceilings overcome and zero losses. He commends the men and women of Bell Aircraft to Lawrence Bell.
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Buffalo
N. Y
H. H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Force
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Bell Airacobras
Aleutian Islands
Lawrence Bell
Arnold
Airacobras
Mine Assessment Bill Is Passed
Washington reports the House voted to suspend annual assessment work requirements on patented mining claims held by the government for wartime use. The measure, HIRG295 by Representative Scrugham of Nevada, would extend the suspension, with mines on lands such as bombing ranges affected by the war effort. The current suspension runs through 1943.
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Washington
House
Senate
Scrugham
War Department
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Axis
Carl Molling
Senate Committee
Crimea
Kharkov
Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Harold D. Smith
Smith
Kingsley Wood
Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Prague
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