Japanese Sub Shelling Crops Australian Towns
Allied headquarters reported Japanese submarines shelled Sydney and Newcastle in the first mainland sea attack of the war. Casualties were minimal with one man injured and minor damage. Blackouts were ordered as residents sought air raid shelters.
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Allied
Australia
Sydney
Newcastle
Edward Hirsch
Germany
New South Wales
MacArthur
Timor
Ermera
Atamboca
Afternoon News Lays Out Global Broadcast Times
The Afternoon News schedules late edition timing, noting press time in The Star at 9 PM London, 10 PM Berlin and Rome, and 11 PM in the Balkans as the world clocks align for the program.
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London
Berlin
Rome
Balkans
Back Creek Council of Religious Education Convenes Wednesday
The 20th annual Back Creek Council of Religious Education will meet at Bethel Church on Wednesday June 10. The program includes devotions, addresses, readings, recitations, talks on Christian service, committee appointments, and a luncheon with a worship service and round table on better observance of the Lord's Day.
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Back Creek Council of Religious Education
The
Bethel Church
H. R
Gilbert Russell
Harry Richard
Mt. Olive
E. B. Smith
Gore Quartnett
Gorett
Rev
Ragland
Mt. View Methodist
Frederick County
L. O. Shirley
Bethel Methodist
C. H. Anderson
Mt. Pleasant
Enlistment Surge Strengthens U S Naval Forces
More than 12 000 young Americans enlisted across the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard in a nationwide, coordinated ceremony timed to 2 25 p m EWT. Secretary Knox framed the event as a pledge to restore peace by punishing aggression after Pearl Harbor.
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Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Frank Knox
Army
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Gas attack alert set by city warden service
San Francisco announces a city wide warning signal using pans and tubs as the alert for a gas attack. Civilian Defense director Jack Helms says 20,000 air raid wardens will run the alert while children are excluded from the signal.
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San Francisco
Little Johnnie
Jack Helms
Great Naval Battle Box Score at Midway
Pearl Harbor June 8 report lists Japan losing 16 ships or more in the Midway attempt. American losses include one destroyer and one aircraft carrier. The box score details sunk and damaged ships across carriers battleships cruisers and destroyers with totals varying by report.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Midway Island
Pacific
Lochner To Tell Of Nazi Life on Air
Louis P. Lochner, AP bureau chief in Berlin since 1928, will discuss life inside Nazi Germany on NBC radio Tuesday at 6 30 p m. He recently returned from Berlin after internment and won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished foreign correspondence.
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New York
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Nazi Germany
N. B.C
City to condemn water rights from Huntsberry estate
The City of Winchester plans condemnation to acquire a perpetual easement for 1,000,000 gallons daily from Fay's Spring and Red Bud Run through the C. E. Huntsberry Estate in Frederick County Virginia. Mayor Anderson directed filing in Frederick County Circuit Court after a $139.40 offer was rejected as part of urgent auxiliary water supply needs.
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Fay’s Spring
Red Bud
C. E. Huntsberry
Winchester
Virginia
Common Council
Water Committee
Fay
Frederick County
Llewllyn E
Nenah Jackson
Gilbert
Llewllyn Jackson
Gilbert Dove
Llewellyn Jackson
Red Bud Run
Charles R. Anderson
Llewellyn Jaackson
Dow predicts lasting shift to synthetic rubber thiokol substitute
Dr Willard H Dow notes synthetic rubber thiokol may replace natural rubber postwar as trials show tires retreadable up to 5 000 miles with cautious speeds not exceeding 40 mph. Dow Chemical President says production could start soon with ample domestic chemicals and cost comparable to camelback tires.
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Midland
Mich
Willard H. Dow
Dow
Dow Chemical Company
Dow Company
Thiokol Corporation
Trenton
Thioker
Schooling Draftees Falls Short in North Carolina
J E Miller director of the state adult education department said adult education classes for draftees rejected for illiteracy failed. He noted 23 North Carolina units had organized classes but draftees avoided literacy work hoping to dodge the draft and the programs were abandoned.
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Raleigh
N. C
J. E. Miller
State Adult Education Department
North Carolina
Miller
Atlantic Ocean Ship Losses Rise With Submarine Attacks
The Associated Press reports 252 Allied and neutral ships sunk in the western Atlantic as 25 more victims were added last week. Losses include 10 U.S., seven British, and several other nationalities with 880 survivors. Submarine activity spans from Canada to South America, with daily adds across East Coast, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific-influenced totals, including a Mexican vessel sunk and its attacker repelled.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Canada
South America
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Attenas
Latribuna
San Jose
Costa Rica
Penelope the Penetrable: Penelope Repairs for Seven Seas Voyage
Captain Nicholl reveals the 5,270 ton British cruiser Penelope, nicknamed Pepperpot and Porcupine, is being patched up for a return voyage. The ship endured Malta bombardment and Atlantic air and sea assaults since Nicholl took command in 1940, noting sea bombing hurts dignity less than a hit ashore.
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Seven Seas
Angus Nicholl
Penelope
Pepperpot
Gar
Nicholl
Old Liz Sputters Passes in Denver
In Denver on June 8 M J Howell's 1905 roadster caused a scene as Patrolman George Frit halted the noisy vehicle on a busy street. The driver showed a certificate and claimed the car was stored due to a shortage of gasoline, noting the single cylinder engine.
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Denver
M—J. Howell
George Frit
Howell
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