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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1942
Page
1
United Press correspondent William Tyree, aboard an American warship, reports the first 24 hours of the Midway battle. Planes launch from carriers, encounter enemy fighters, and torpedo bombers attack Japanese carriers as anti-aircraft fire fills the sky.
William Tyree describes U S forces in a dawn Midway engagement as they sink or cripple a wide array of enemy ships. A Midway scout spots a Japanese carrier at 7 55 a m and the fleet accelerates to 25 knots as planes are launched.
Cairo reports Allied forces including RAF squadrons and American built bombers attacking Rommel's Axis units across the Libyan desert and near the Egyptian frontier. British mobile columns clash with enemy tanks as a new line defends Egypt and the Suez Canal.
Japanese invasion forces establish a second Aleutian foothold on Kiska island about 200 miles from Attu. American bombers strike ships and sinking a transport while weather limits fleet action. Navy notes nine to ten Japanese vessels sunk or damaged by air power in the Aleutians with attacks concentrating on Attu and Kiska.
Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton chief of the US Army Air Force in India and several aides narrowly escaped during a monsoon flight from Calcutta to Kunming. A 950 mile non stop route over dangerous terrain forced a landing in suspected Chinese or Japanese territory. They returned to India with only 40 gallons of fuel after 10 minutes of daylight.
In Honolulu on June 21 Lieutenant General Delos C. Emmons urged non-essential civilians to evacuate Hawaii warning that the Midway victory does not guarantee safety. He directed women and dependents not in essential war work to make immediate plans to move, saying the enemy could return with full force and weaponry.
Russian tank troops forced German forces from key strongholds on the Kharkov and Bryansk fronts as Sevastopol endures a prolonged siege. Timoshenko mounted counter attacks to reclaim four fortified villages, with heavy German losses reported. Moscow says diversions aim to disrupt German massing around the Sea of Azov.
Pierre Laval announced in a radio address that Hitler will release French prisoners only as French workers are sent to Germany. He urged French labor to go to the Reich, arguing it is for France’s sake and to counter Bolshevik threats.
The United Nations reports 25 merchant ships sunk in the Atlantic last week as Hitler orders intensified U boat activity. A small Norwegian vessel added to the toll, bringing total Atlantic losses to 290 since Pearl Harbor. Senator Hill urged building giant cargo submarines and three U S warships were launched on the East Coast.
By Wendell Webb with the Pacific Fleet June 22. An unofficial tabulation shows the Japanese armada after Midway aimed at an invasion of the U S west coast. The force included four battleships five aircraft carriers eight cruisers and many destroyers transports and support vessels. The U S counterattack by June 4 turned the defense into a rapid drive to destroy the enemy as it fled toward home.
British dispatch from London reports heat haze on the channel as distant artillery from France and closer sea gunfire mark clashes at sea. A large RAF formation is seen over the Channel heading toward Dunkerque, signaling a daylight resumption.
Washington June 22 The senate approved legislation permitting merger of Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies. Senator McFarland D Ariz said the voluntary consolidation is in the public interest and would aid the war effort as Postal Telegraph loses about 300000 monthly while Western Union incurs significant losses.
London readers report a demand for an immediate government inquiry into Britain's humiliating defeat in Libya. The motion singles out the RAF's role amid public anger, as Prime Minister Churchill, meeting with President Roosevelt in the United States, faces sharp criticism and calls for concrete action.
London expects a direct statement from Prime Minister Churchill on the Libyan disaster described as grave and humiliating. Parliament and public call for a full briefing, with Attlee or Cripps expected to address the Commons before Churchill speaks.
British mobile units, advancing from Libya frontier, contacted an enemy column at Sidi Azeiz twelve miles northwest of Fort Capuzzo. The Middle Eastern command said only that Tobruk likely fell and that no news from Tobruk exists.
President Roosevelt nominated Rear Admiral Charles S. Freeman to be a vice admiral. Freeman, 63, has led the 13th Naval District at Seattle since July 1940 and the Northwest Frontier since its start earlier this year. The frontier includes waters near Washington and Oregon where an unidentified craft shelled near Astoria, Ore. last night. Freeman, a native of Erie, Pennsylvania, is a Naval Academy graduate and served in the Spanish American War and World War I.
Nine five inch explosive shells land near Fort Stevens Reservation at the mouth of the Columbia River. Fort Stevens commander says the submarine, likely Japanese, aimed at the fort but misfired. No damage or casualties reported as shells land on beaches and swamps nearby.
Unidentified offshore craft shelled Estevan Point on Vancouver Island and fired on the Oregon coast from Seaside to Astoria, with 6 to 9 shells landing north of Seaside. No casualties or damage reported, witnesses but no hits. Army said firing lasted 15 minutes and may have struck barren sand dunes.
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