U S Air Strikes at Macasser and Kia Ridge Engagements
Reported air assault by U S forces on Macasser targets ships and a cruiser while Liberator bombers attacked shore facilities. Japanese interception failed. In New Guinea, Australian and Japanese ground combat near Kia Ridge left many Japanese casualties with heavier losses on their side.
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Macasser
Douglas White
Wilhelmina
Comunique
Kia Ridge
Mubo
Aua
New Guinea
Governors Aim to Strip Federal Bureaus of Powers
At the 35th Annual Governors Conference, Gov. Herbert D. Maw of Utah moved to draft legislation to strip federal aid agencies of administrative powers and to set up a state-led lobby. The plan seeks to delegate authority from national to state levels and urges reclaiming wartime powers after the war. The governors also condemned wartime strikes that threaten production of essential war materiel.
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George Kinezle Columbus
Washington
Herbert D. Maw
Utah
Executive Committee
Maw
Utah Democrat
Winchester Court Hears Estate Case Involving Reed Will
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on June 2 1943 M Lynch Executor of Gordia A Reed sue s Lee Baker Lula C French Mary J Minerly May VonWitt Montana Blanch Washington Nina Clowser Judy Blum Mt Hebron Cemetery Co Children s Home Society of Virginia Shenandoah Valley National Bank Trustee for Lee Baker as Defendants The suit seeks construction of the will and proper distribution of the estate The court orders non residents to appear within ten days and publication in Winchester Evening Star for four weeks with notice at the front door by June 21 1943 D A 6 3 10 17 24 41
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Corporation Court
Winchester
Virginia
M. Lynch
Gordia A
Lee Baker
May VonWitt Montana
Blanch Washington
D. A
Largest Prism Ever Made For Science School
A 26 inch diameter optical glass prism weighing 260 pounds is being cast at Bausch & Lomb in Rochester New York for the Burrell astronomical telescope at the Case School of Science. The prism will serve as a spectrographic wedge plate for a Schmidt telescope, aiding spectrum analysis of distant stars and their temperatures, motion, and densities.
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Rochester
N. Y
Bausch & Lomb Company
Burrell Astronomical
Cascle of Applied Science
Astronomical Observatory
Case School
Navy requires reserve pairs for service uniforms
In addition to two issued pairs of American every sal on entering the service, three pairs must be available in reserve.
Houghton To Hurl Final Park Game Before Navy Report
Bobby Houghton will start his swan song at Park Sunday as two 20 year old University of Richmond sophomores prepare to report for active duty with the Navy on July 1. Houghton and Ed Johnson both head to Duke and Richmond respectively for commissions after a college season where Houghton lost two games, both to Norfolk Naval Training base, as he foes into the Sailors’ challenge.
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Bobby Houghton
Middletown
Doughty University of Richmond
Bobby
Uncle Sam
Navy
Duke University
Ed Johnson
Arlington
University of Richmond
Richmond
Norfolk Naval Training Base
Warships On The Move From Gibraltar To Mediterranean
Dispatches from La Linea report the British battleship Howard and fourteener left Gibraltar for the Mediterranean. About 70 merchant ships and several warships including the battleship George V are at Gibraltar. The item notes straw hats as a Roman origin aside.
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Madrid
la Linea
Howard
Fourteener
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
George V
Italians Evacuate Castelrosso Post In Dodecanese
German overseas radio quoted Reuters reports that Italians evacuated Castelrosso the easternmost island of the Dodecanese. The Meis island lies near Turkey and Rhodes. British forces briefly landed there in 1941, with Italians later claiming they repelled the attack amid heavy losses.
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London
Reuters Today
Castelrosso
Megiste Isle
Kasteloryzo
Turkey
Rhodes
Publisher Howard Visits England
Roy W. Howard president and editor of the New York World Telegram arrives in London for a brief visit aboard the same plane as Lord Beaverbrook and W Averell Harriman the American lend lease expediter in England arrival announced yesterday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Roy W. Howard
New York World-Telegram
Lord Beaverbrook
W. Averell Harriman
England
Axis Forces Grow in South Europe Reporting 75 divisions
An Ankara transmitted report says Axis strength in the Aegean, Crete, Greece, and Yugoslavia totals 75 divisions. It notes 7 Italian divisions and 18 recently redeployed divisions from the Russian front to bolster operations against possible Allied actions.
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Ankara
Turkey
Balkan
American Strength Grows In Pacific
Australian PM notes U S land forces in the southwest Pacific equal Australian troops and U S air squadrons surpass the Royal Australian Air Force. He says the battle for Australia and Britain is won, but the Pacific fight continues and hints at a near call in New Guinea.
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Canberra
Australia
John
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Royal Australian Air Force
Britain
Pacific
New Guinea
De Valera Seems To Hold Majority In Dail Race
Dublin reports that Fianna Fáil under Prime Minister Eamon de Valera appears set to retain a slim majority after Tuesday's general election. Incomplete returns show Fianna Fáil with 47 seats, Fine Gael 17, Labour 11, Farmers 8, and Independents 5. de Valera and Cosgrave both win reelection in their constituencies.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Fianna Pail
Pine Gael
Labor
Thousands of Japanese Troops Drowned In Yangtze Naval Blunder
A News Agency dispatch reports that over 1,000 Japanese troops drowned on June 1 when a large enemy warship was sunk by a Chinese mine in the Yangtze near Tungliu Anhwei.
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Chungking
Yangtze River
Tungliu
Anhwei Province
Public Auction of Household Goods in Winchester Virginia
The Corporation Court of Winchester issues a levy sale for James P. Rear Don executor Minnie L Beemer deceased against J H Campbell deceased. On June 25 1943 at 2 pm at 234 Amherst Street Winchester Virginia sale of household items including wash stand beds mattress glassware 7 1 4 burner gas range chairs tables and more. Cash terms. G G Baker Acting Sergeant City of Winchester.
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Winchester
James P. Reardon
Minnie L. Beemer
J.H. Campbell
Amherst Street
Virginia
Baker
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