Evacuation of Matruh as Rommel Drives Toward Nile
Cairo reports British forces abandon Matruh 175 miles west of Alexandria after a three day tank battle with Rommel. The eighth army uses the withdrawal to regroup for future engagement near the Nile valley and Suez Canal. Washington says U S bombers attacked Wake Island on June 27 damaging air field and shore installations and all planes returned safely.
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Cairo
Egypt
Matruh
Alexandria
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Nile Valley
Suez Canal
Rommel
Washington
Navy
United States
Wake Island
Pacific
Central Pacific
U. S
Warning on rationing bill for 19 war agencies
Washington June 29 U P Americans were warned in a house report on a 1 830 487 615 appropriation for 19 war agencies to prepare for 15 additional rationing programs within the next year The bill approved by the house appropriations committee moves to the house for immediate consideration It is the first supplemental defense appropriation bill for 1943 OPA funds were cut from 161 000 000 to 95 000 000 the agency barred from new emergency fund money Leon Henderson said 15 new rationing programs are foreseen plus ongoing sugar gasoline autos tires and typewriters The WSA plans over 1 1 billion to finance merchant marine needs and will acquire more than 109 vessels The hearing projections include army growth to 6 000 000 to 7 000 000 men in 1943 and 2 200 to 2 600 merchant ships in service The text notes grim consumer outlook and civilian impact while detailing assembly centers for about 100 000 Japanese and new FBI headcount and clerical needs.
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Richard A. Blackburn
Washington
U.P
House
House Appropriations Committee
Office of Price Administration
OPO
OPA
Leon Henderson
War Shipping Administration
WSA
George C. Marshall
War Department
Brehon Somervell
United States
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Office of Civilian Defense
James M. Landis
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Germans Open New Offensive Against Reds
German forces launched a fourth spring offensive from Kursk toward Voronezh aimed at severing the Moscow southern rail line. In Sevastopol the Red defenders repelled heavy Axis assaults for a 25th day as Kharkov area counter attacks recaptured ground. Simferopol hospitals were opened to treat Sevastopol casualties.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Kursk
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Kharkov
Simferopol
Crimea
Voronezh
Rostov
Caucasus
Orel
Kupyansk
Strong Earthquake Shakes Santiago
A strong earthquake struck Santiago and nearby areas for about 30 seconds early today causing a blackout of about 30 minutes. One elderly woman died of a heart attack during the panic. several people were slightly hurt, and property damage was minor. El Salto observatory logged the tremor at 1 26 a m with the epicenter between Santiago and Benyal Chi
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Santiago
Chile
el Salto Observatory
Benyal Chi
Allied Planes Strike At Jap Island Bases
Allied air units conducted a third major raid in three days on Japanese bases in the Lae Salamaua area on the north New Guinea coast. MacArthur said the raids targeted troop dispositions, barracks, and anti aircraft targets, with night attacks also hitting Tulagi and Lagi Island installations.
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Melbourne
Lae- Salamaua
North New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Lae and
Salamaua
MacArthur
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
St of Lae
Lae
Lagi Island
Arrest Of Nazi Saboteurs Will Lead To More Captures
FBI announced seizures of several contacts and associates tied to the eight Nazi spy saboteurs landed by U boats on the east coast. The roundup raised pay-off money to 170000 dollars and linked arrests to Long Island and Amagansett groups. Names given include Dasch Purger Heinck Quirin Kerling Haupt Thiel Neubauer with plans to blow up rail centers bridges and war plants.
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New York
FBI
Long Island
Florida
Earl J. Connelley
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Chicago
Amagansett
George John Dasch
Ernest Peter Purger
Michigan National Guard
Heinrich Harm Heinck
Robert Quirin
Ponte Vedra Beach
Jacksonville
Fla
Edward John Kerling
Herbert Haupt
Werner Thiel
Herman Neubauer
Japs Fail To Gain Deposits Of Tungsten
Chinese officials report Japanese failure to secure tungsten fields in Kiangsi as Chinese pilots under American volunteers sink two Japanese warships on the Yangtze and inflict heavy losses on advancing ground forces in eastern Kiangsi.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
East China
Kiangsi
Yangtze
Japan
General Yocopicio Treated at St Marys Hospital
Brig. Gen. Romano Yocopicio a former Sonora governor and now on President Avila Camacho's staff is undergoing medical treatment at St. Marys hospital. After discharge he will convalesce at Carl Mollings home, brother in law and head of the Mexican Tourist and Relations bureau. Señora Yocopicio is in Tucson.
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Romano Yocopicio
Sonora
Avila Camacho
St. Mary’s Hospital
Gen Yocopicio
Carl Molling
Mexican Tourist and Relations Bureau
Senora Yocopicio
Tucson
Anselmo Macias
Supporters Turn to Roosevelt as CCC Survival Hangs
President Roosevelt sought aid to save the Civilian Conservation Corps as Congress races to finish fiscal year bills. A $42.8 billion military supply bill is nearly assured, while CCC funding of $76.5 million faces last minute haggling and a $680 million farm measure lingers unresolved.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Congress
Senate
CCC
Congress Plans to Reopen Major Income Tax Fights
House Ways and Means members say four big battles loom as the tax bill nears final form. Debates could reopen sales tax plans postwar credits corporate excess profits rates and withholding payroll deductions while postal rate hikes face potential post office pushback.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
Ways and Means Committee
Post Office Department
House Post Office Committee
Rubber Drive Extended Due to Poor Rubber Returns
President Roosevelt extended the scrap rubber collection drive for ten days to July 10 after a disappointing total of 219000 tons through Saturday. Secr etary Ickes and William R Boyd Jr. ordered the extension, citing urgent rubber needs and possible hoarding in some areas. Early said the totals exclude recent shipments and dealer stock, comparing unfavorably with 100438 tons in the first six days.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
William R. Boyd, Jr
Petroleum Industry War Council
Stephen Early
Early
Interior Department
Senate
Fall of Matruh Imperils Suez and Middle East
German forces gain control of Matruh, posing a threat to Alexandria and the Suez Canal. British defenses shift to a defense in depth as Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck plans withdrawals. Rommel strengthens coastal threat while divisions move toward Tobruk. supply lines and water become critical.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Matruh
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Middle East
London
Claude Auchinleck
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Ankara
Greece
Tobruk
Libya
Egypt
Germany
Europe
St Nazaire Bombed In British Night Raid
British bomber raids targeted the German submarine base at St Nazaire on the invasion coast. Fighter planes hit air fields rail lines and shipping in the English Channel. One bomber failed to return. German fighters attacked southwest England with fires started. two enemy planes were shot down. Long range bombers were grounded by weather after a Bremen raid. About 300 planes took part in the second raid, leaving large fires.
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London
U.P
St. Nazaire
France
English Channel
England
Bremen
Air Ministry
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Reds
Jap Island
Midway
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Midway Island
Akagi
Kaga
Soryu
Kiryu
Mogami
Mikuma
East China Drive
New Deal Agency
Chance
Wallace
Labor Department
Social Security Administration
McCarran
D-Ney
de Rep. Oodrum
D-Va
DeCarran
FDR
8Th Army
Charing Cross
Tower
Mediterranean
Garawla
Sidi Barani
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