Darwin Raid Disastrous To Jap Air Force
Allied headquarters report the largest Spitfire force in Australia destroyed or damaged 22 of 48 Japanese planes during the Darwin raid. Six bombers and three fighters crashed, ten bombers and three fighters damaged. only two Spitfires lost. Heavy Allied air power followed night raids on Rabaul area with Liberators dropping 31 tons of bombs.
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Allied
Australia
Darwin
Pacific
Cape Gambier
Rabaul
New Britain
Vunakanau
Rapopo
Kerawat
New Guinea
Benabena
Wau
Lae
New Zea
Salamaua
Camels Carry 250-Pound Loads Across Sahara Route
A travel note reports camels bearing 250 pound loads over a 600 mile stretch from Tunis to Tripoli in four days, illustrating endurance and desert travel.
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Tunis
Tripoli
Italians Call For End To War As Bombing Rages
Stockholm dispatch reports Italian civilians seek relief from Allied bombing and food shortages. Many fear Mussolini’s regime, hope for a separate peace, while Pope Pius XII is viewed as a stabilizing figure. Rome crowds evacuate amid scarce lodging and food.
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Stockholm
Italy
Mussolini
North Africa
Pius XII
Vatican City
Rome
Post War Planning Suggested by Arizona Governor
Phoenix June 21 Governor Osborn urged county boards to form planning boards and create postwar development funds. He cited a new law allowing counties to establish funds, saying the reserves would fund worthwhile projects provide relief after the war and act as an anti inflationary measure aiding the federal government’s inflation fight.
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Phoenix
Osborn
County Boards of Supervisors
Osborn Denies Fred O Wilson Ran Campaigns
Phoenix, June 21. Gov Osborn submits affidavit denying Fred O Wilson acted as campaign manager in 1940 or 1942. He names Dan C McKinney and Joe Morgan as managers and asserts Wilson did not manage for any party. Hatch Act charges challenged as unconstitutional by Wilson's attorney.
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Phoenix
Dan C. McKinney
Tucson
Joe Morgan
Prescott
Wilson
Hatch
Osborn
Employment Security Commission
Dan E. Garvey
Commission
Charles Bernstein
United States
Yankee Fliers Dent Jap Air Power In Solomons
American fliers claim 163 Japanese planes down this month and reduced enemy opposition 20 to 25 percent around the Guadalcanal area. They attacked Kahili on Bougainville, with Liberators starting fires and explosions, and reported no American losses.
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William F. Tyree
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Kahili
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Navy
Sangigai
Choiseul Island
Rule for Easter date adopted by church council
The Council of Christian Churches adopted the 325 A D rule to determine Easter. Easter is the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon on or near March 21.
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Council of Christian Churches
North Carolina Factory Starts Production of Cigarette Paper
The United States, once reliant on France for cigarette paper, now has a North Carolina plant producing this product successfully.
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United States
France
North Carolina
Doctors To Discuss New Compensation Act
Phoenix June 21 The operation of the new occupational disease compensation act becomes effective July 1. The Arizona industrial commission and a special medical advisory committee will discuss it at a conference June 27. Committee members include Dr. C. W. Mills Dr. Louis B. Baldwin and Dr. C. P. Austin.
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Phoenix
Arizona Industrial Commission
C. W. Mills
Tucson
Louis B. Baldwin
C. P. Austin
Morenci
Negro Soldier Dies In Jeep Overturn Near Prescott
An Army jeep overturned three and a half miles north of Prescott killing Pvt. Samuel Hill a 23 year old Black soldier who was driving. Pvt Julius McDade aged 27 and Pvt Tinnie Shelby aged 26 were injured in the same crash reported by the Arizona highway patrol.
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Prescott
Here
Samuel Hill
Arizona Highway Patrol
Julius McDade
Tinnie Shelby
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Elmer E. Present
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Ballele
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Salon
Country Club
el Encanto
Coloola Solana
San “Lemente
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Britain
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Chrysler Corporation
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DE Soto
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