Rommel Poised For Immediate Drive On Egypt
Axis forces push toward Egypt as Rommel readies a swift border assault from Libya. Britain debates whether to strike edge frontier or retreat to Matruh while Sidi Azeiz falls and airfields fall under Axis control. General Blamey downplays the crisis while Crete surveillance grows.
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Rommel
Egypt
London
Nile
Suez
Britain
Libya
Matruh
Erwin Rommel
Crete
Thomas Blamey
Australia
MacArthur
Pacific
Reuters
Melbourne
United States and RAF Raid Axis Bases in Africa
The United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Air Force conducted heavy raids on Axis supply hubs in Libya and near Benghazi aided by Col. H A Halverson. American B 24 Liberators attacked the Benghazi base while RAF torpedo planes hit an escort convoy. Rommel massed forces near Egypt as Tobruk fell to a German parachutist corps.
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Cairo
U.P
United States Army Air Corps
Royal Air Force
RAF
Col
H. A. Halverson
Iowa
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Libya
Mediterranean
Taranto
Tobruk
Black Sea
Turkey
Middle East
Suez
Rommel
Lon
Pack Of Three Subs Attacks U S Vessel
Survivors report three Axis submarines fired two torpedoes at a freight and passenger ship 75 miles off the New England coast on June 15. The ship sank, with a probable 88 lives lost. 81 crew and passengers say many were trapped below decks. Rescue craft recovered survivors three hours after the attack.
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United Press
New England
Arthur E. Buck
New York City
Argentina
Atlantic
S. S
Locke Buys Old Robles Ranch in Three Points
R. C. Locke, an official of the Southern Arizona Horsemen's Association, has purchased the Robles ranch on the Ajo road near Three Points. The 38,400 acre, 60 section property dates to 1880 and is partly leased from state and federal lands. The deal exceeds $20,000 and restoration including windmills and fencing will start soon. Locke plans stocking 200 Mexican cattle and Brahma bulls and may use the tract with his Moltacqua ranch and Sabine Canyon race track.
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Robles
Ajo Road
R. C. Locke
Southern Arizona Horsemen's Association
Drachman-Grant, Realtors
Bernabe Robles
Florence
Locke
Moltacqua
Sabine Canyon Road
Blazing Auto Abandoned On Tracks Halts Train
Deputies Perrca and Clark faced a burning car left across Southern Pacific tracks on North Main street while answering a fire call. They attempted to move the flame swept vehicle but the weight proved too much. A train was signaled to stop in time and others arrived to clear the track. No owner claimed the wreck by Tuesday, per the sheriff's office.
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Southern Pacific
North Main Street
John Perrca, Jr
William E. Clark
Sheriff's Office
Truman says dollar a year men control steel policy
Sen. Harry S. Truman charges that dollar a year men from large steel firms control WPB steel policy. He noted a Senate inquiry into sponge iron processes and said hearings would open in two weeks. He cited dismantling sponge iron plants and shifting them to Mexico.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
War Production Board
Truman
Senate
Senate Agriculture
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
O'Mahoney
WPB
Mexico
Steel On Page
U S Submarines Sink Four Japanese Ships
United States submarines sunk four Japanese ships on the Hong Kong to Shanghai route, per a CBS recorded broadcast via the British radio listening post. The report says American subs gained successes off the Chinese coast and on the shipping lane four of seven Japanese ships were sunk.
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New York
United States
Hong Kong
Shanghai
CBS Listening Post
Allies Convene High Level Shipping Conference at White House
Roosevelt and Churchill summon top Anglo American shipping experts for a major conference on shipbuilding and use to bolster supply lines and prepare for a second European front. Soong joins in a separate daylong session to discuss China in a military sense.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
White House
Atlantic
United Nations
Harry L. Hopkins
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
S. M. Robinson
U. S. Navy Office
Emory S. Land
Howard L. Vickery
U. S. Maritime Commission
Lewis W. Douglas
Arthur Salter
Ministry of Shipping
Charles Little
Combined Chiefs of Staffs
J. W. Dorling
Soong
China
U. S. Bombers and Fighters Keep Flying Despite Monsoon
U S Army bombers fighters and freight are being ferried from India to China to aid Chiang Kai-shek. The flying freighters haul engines gasoline and spare parts through a 500 mile route over Burma despite monsoon danger and Japanese air patrols. The operation aims to sustain Chinese armies and Burma reconquest efforts with Britain and the United States backing.
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New Delhi
India
United States Ferry Command
U. S. Army
Chiang Kai-Shek
Burma
China
Ferry Command
United States
Yunnan
Planes To Be Built In 1942 43 Under Army Contracts
Washington June 23 The Army air force chief Lieut Gen Henry H Arnold said aircraft factories under Army contract will produce at least 148 000 planes in 1942 and 1943 as part of President Roosevelt 185 000 plane goal for those years He testified before a House subcommittee on the 1943 Army appropriation and stated It is our judgment that it will be realized We must realize it We cannot fail.
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Washington
WA P
U. S. Army
Army
Roosevelt
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Force
House
Arnold
United Nations
Appropriations Committee
United States
Army, Navy and Maritime Commission
Congress
War Department
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Brehon B. Somervell
Sevastopol Holds Against German Breakthrough
Moscow reports the Sevastopol garrison stopped a German wedge into the fort defenses. Soviets say Germans used tanks and fresh troops but failed to reach the base's depth. A Soviet summary claims German casualties at 10,000,000 with Red losses around 4,500,000 and predicts no broad German offensive.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Tucson Seeks All Insurance Fees In Pima
The city of Tucson filed a claim to all fire insurance fees paid in Pima county. The Arizona state corporation commission said it would seek an opinion from the attorney general on the claim’s sufficiency. The 1941 act redirected two percent of premiums to legally organized departments.
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Phoenix
Tucson
Pima County
State Corporation Commission
Joe Conway
War funds balloon as army seeks 42 billion budget
Washington reports reveal a sordid picture of wartime contracts with excessive commissions and fees. The House Appropriations Committee supports a 42.82 billion Army supply bill for fiscal 1943, prioritizing aviation and signaling large future defense spending and inquiries into waste.
Britain Bombed Emden Naval Base in Major Night Raid
British bomber force of 250 to 300 aircraft attacked Emden in the third raid in four nights on the North Sea port. The operation lasted under an hour with strong weather aid from flares and clear skies. Additional strikes hit air fields in Holland Belgium and targets in northern occupied France. Losses reported total six planes last night.
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London
Britain
Germany
Emden
North Sea
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Holland
Belgium
France
Hitler's Home Crisis Deepens Under Labor Shortage
War dispatch analyzes Hitler facing a growing domestic crisis as Germany relies on forced labor from occupied territories. Pierre Laval urges French workers to Germany with a vague promise of releasing some prisoners after years in camps. Estimates place millions drafted from Poland Italy France and other nations amid ongoing Russian front losses.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Germany
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Sevastopol
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Europe
Pierre Laval
Laval
Office of Facts and
Washington
France
Strabolgi Assails Unity of Command Over Allied Leadership
Lord Strabolgi in the House of Lords charged there is divided control between Churchill and Roosevelt. He urged prompt action to open a second front and criticized the lack of real unity as leaders cross the Atlantic amid Churchill’s current U.S. visit.
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London
Lord Strabolgi
House of Lords
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Admiralty
United States
Churchill
Atlantic
Military Committee Sees Sordid Picture
Washington June 23. After a year of investigation the Military Committee reported a sordid picture of excessive commissions by brokers profits by vendors exorbitant salaries bonuses and huge fees for management and related services in many war department contracts Andrew J May recommended curbs on cost plus fixed fee contracts.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
Air Corps
D.-Ky
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Seacoast
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Giarabub
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Sidi Barrani
Fuka
Sidi Azeiz
Salam
Eighth Army
Trigh Capuzzo
U.S
Old Robles Ranch
U. S
Hopkirts
By Preston Grover
Russia
Crimean
By Henry C. Cassidy
Rex Chaney
House Appropriations Committee
Naval
Sidney J. Williams
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