Midway Victory Ends Japan's Pacific Offensive
Washington reports a year of war since Midway as the Japanese major push failed. Attu recaptured and Kiska under American control end Japan's northern thrust while U S forces seal the Aleutians. Midway battle cost Japan four carriers and 4 800 killed or drowned. Yorktown Hammann and others lost by the United States.
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Midway Turning Point in Pacific War
The text notes the U S shift to the South Pacific after August landings in the Solomons. Guadalcanal secured a crucial air base, with six months of costly fighting. It mentions Japanese losses, shifting American initiative, and the widening ring around Japan without direct damage to the home islands.
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Kiska
Attu
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South Pacific
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Solomon Islands
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Australia
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North Pacific
Midway
Japan
A Suitable Reward For Heroism
Fred Akers rescued an 18‑month‑old child who fell from a second story roof porch in Pennington Gap. Akers caught the child ensuring safety, and the grateful grandfather offered him a pair of pants as thanks at the John Gibson store.
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Gap
Phew
Fred_ Akers
Akers
John Gibson
Milkman Undaunted Delivers During Lorain Fire
A Lorain milkman braved a blaze to deliver milk during the fire. While firefighters battled the flames, he entered the smoke filled area with two wire containers holding bottles of milk to keep deliveries moving.
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Lorain
Nonce Tly
Opossum Ruse Keeps Little Wanderer Safe
In Knoxville in June, three year old Carolyn Parks loved roaming near her home. Her father Floyd Parks staged an imaginary hunt to lure her back when she peeked into an old stump. A mother opossum with her brood appeared, and Carolyn stayed home thereafter.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Carolyn Parks
Floyd Parks
Carolyn
Ultra Rapid Camera Catches Action of Mr. Toads Tongue
New York report describes Dr. O R Barclays Cambridge University ultra rapid camera capturing a common toads tongue shooting out in one twentieth of a second to catch a wood louse. The toad tongue hinges near the front lower jaw and inverts like a stab, aiding prey capture.
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Mr. Toad
New York
O. R. Barclay
Cambridge University
Britain
Science News
OPA seeks new liquor price controls to curb soaring costs
Washington June 3 The Office of Price Administration unveiled a plan to tighten liquor price controls with a July 9 filing deadline for all distilled spirits brands. Agencies may set a new maximum schedule at the producer level, letting wholesale and retail markups determine final prices.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
New Spelling Style Bans Capitalizing Certain Dictator Names
Delaware June 8. G W Young director of Ohio Wesleyan University journalism classes instructed his students not to capitalize the names of Hitler Mussolini or Tojo in news stories. The move signals a shift in journalistic style and capitalization rules.
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Delaware
G.W. Young
Ohio Wesleyan University
Hitler
Solini
Tojo
Couple seeks second marriage ceremony for corrected 1930 papers
In Carlsbad New Mexico on June 3 a couple after 13 years of marriage asked Probate Judge J T Hardin to perform a new ceremony as their 1930 marriage papers were found to be incorrect.
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Carlsbad
N. M
J. T. Hardin
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