Faces and Leaders Eye Second Front as War Turmoil Grows
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill vowed to divert German strength from Russia in forthcoming operations while reinforcing Pacific battles and submarine warfare responses. Churchill returns to London to face Libyan reverses and a Commons vote countdown amid Axis propaganda and domestic pressure.
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U.P
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Russia
Churchill
London
United Nations
Soviet Marines Halt German Push At Sevastopol
Soviet front line dispatches report a daring marine counterattack that blocked a German thrust into Sevastopol defenses. Heavy fighting continues on Sevastopol and Kharkov fronts with fierce, hand to hand combat and numerous air battles reported.
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U.P
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Kharkov
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Ukraine
Izvestia
Enlisted Man Awarded Medal of Honor for Pearl Harbor Heroism
Aviation Chief Ordnanceman John W. Finn, 32, of San Diego, received the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism during the Pearl Harbor raid. He fired his machine gun despite multiple wounds and heavy enemy strafing on December 7. Navy Cross went to Radioman 2nd Class Robert J. Peterson, 24, of Trinidad, Colorado, for manning a machine gun in a exposed position during the attack.
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Pearl Harbor
John W. Finn
Palmetto Way
San Diego
Calif
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Robert J. Peterson
Stonewell Street
Trinidad
Colo
Coumon
Birth Certificate Rush Prompts Arizona Request to Refrain
Phoenix June 27 The state health department urged Arizonans to avoid applying for birth certificates unless needed for war purposes as 14 504 certificates were issued in the first five months and 2 500 requests remained unfilled at month end under Dr G F Manning.
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Phoenix
State Health Department
G. F. Manning
Manning
Axis Forces Now Within 15 Miles Of British Line
Buenos Aires June 27 sources close to the foreign office said Germany must give full satisfaction in a protest over the torpedoing of the Argentine merchantman Rio Tercero. The sinking has set off public indignation as Axis submarines attack and sink two more Argentine ships. The conservative senate urged strong measures in response. Colombia also protested to Germany through Switzerland over the Colombian schooner Resolute.
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Buenos Aires
Foreign Office
Germany
Senate
Ramono S. Castillo
Colombia
Argentina
Senate Approves Massive Military Supply Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a 42.82 billion wartime supply bill funding 23 550 warplanes and an army of 4.5 million. The measure, already passed by the House 352 0, awaits Senate action Monday and includes 12.7 billion for lend lease materials, raising total aid to the United Nations to 62.94 billion.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Congress
United Nations
Thomas
D-Okla
Allied planes victors over Japanese attackers
In a fierce New Guinea air battle, Allied planes damaged or likely destroyed six to ten Japanese aircraft while losing four planes and two pilots. MacArthur said the raid near Port Moresby disrupted a Japanese bomber force and that reconnaissance showed heavy damage from a raid on Sala-maula in the Huon Gulf.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Port Moresby
South New Guinea
Buna
MacArthur
Salamaua
Huon Gulf
Australia
Axis forces near Matruh press toward Egyptian coast
Allied and Axis forces clash as German Rommel pushes west and south of Matruh. The main Axis column reaches 15 miles west of Matruh with 125 miles inside Egypt while British cover troops report contact with forward elements. Paratroop attacks are anticipated as Rommel seeks a breakthrough toward Suez.
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Two Arizona fliers decorated for Tokyo raid
Twenty three Army fliers including James H. Macia Jr. of Tombstone and Eldred W. Scott of Phoenix received the Distinguished Flying Crosses at Boling Field for the April 18 raid on Tokyo and four other cities. They reported Norden bombsights were left behind to avoid capture. Major Charles R. Greening piloted a plane that downed two pursuers.
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Arizona
Japan
Bolling Field
Norden
Charles R. Greening
Tacoma
Wash
War Department
Tokyo
Arms Production Near Tripling Prewar Output
War production board officials said American arms output has reached about two and a half times pre war levels with May figures showing nearly 4 000 planes and 100 000 machine guns. Roosevelt outlined goals of 60 000 planes and 45 000 tanks for the year as production ramps up.
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U.R
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Pearl Harbor
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William H. Harrison
WPB
Druggists Appointed To Sell War Stamps
Phoenix June 27 four percent of total sales volume is the goal set by Arizona retail druggists for July war stamp sales. Druggists in each community were appointed to push the stamp sale announced by Alfred J. Duncan secretary of the Arizona Pharmaceutical Association.
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Arizona
Alfred J. Duncan
Arizona Pharmaceutical Association
Last Tokyo Raid Will Seem Like Tea Party
At Asbury Park New Jersey on June 27 a Navy officer told the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual encampment that the Army plans a major air raid on Tokyo soon. Ensign Richard McShane Kelly said an aide to Brigadier General James H. Doolittle spoke of bigger bombs and more planes. He warned that losing China and Russia could make invasion of America and the British Isles probable.
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Tokyo
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
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James H. Doolittle
Kelly
United Nations
China
Russia
America
British Isles
Germans Say More Forts Are Captured
German broadcasts report continued Soviet positions captured on the Sevastopol front by German and Romanian troops. Russian attempts to land on Kerch peninsula coast were repulsed. A central front pocket was wiped out with 4 000 killed and 9 000 taken prisoner. 16 tanks 220 guns and 783 mortars were cited as war booty. A destroyer and a submarine were sunk off Sevastopol. An attempted night landing on Kerch was defeated by coastal defenses.
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Sevastopol
Kerch
The Propaganda Front by William L Shirer
Public affairs column recounts Nazi propaganda used to mislead about the Soviet army during the 1941 invasion. It notes how Berlin fed optimistic reports to sway Western press and may warn again as the war shifts.
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William L. Shirer
Hitler
Russia
Red Army
Matthew Gordon
Berlin
Europe
Last Base For Bombing Japan Is Captured
CHUNGKING June 27. Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault will remain in control of air operations in the China theater. Chinese forces withdrew from Lishui, the last Chekiang air base. Heavy fighting continued near Kiangsi around Kwangfeng and in the Samshui and Kongmoon sectors as Japanese advances were repelled.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
Southeast Asia
Claire L. Chennault
China
U.P
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Tokyo
Kiangsi
Kwangfeng
Samshui
Kongmoon
Kwangtung
Taiheng
Conway Asks Memo On Insurance Tax
Atty. Gen. Joe Conway asked City Attorney John Lyons of Tucson to submit a memo on the law about allocating 2 percent of fire insurance premiums to fire departments. The move follows a letter from the state corporation commission seeking a ruling on whether unincorporated towns may share in allocations for firemen relief and pension funds. Tucson contends a 1941 statute excludes unincorporated towns from participation.
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Joe Conway
John Lyons
Tucson
State Corporation Commission
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