America at war! (1941– ) (Part 1)

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The Pittsburgh Press (June 4, 1942)

JAPS BOMB ALASKA AGAIN
Japs will strike against North America, U.S. warns

Raid on Dutch Harbor puts West Coast on vigorous alert

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Raid viewed as prelude to attack on Siberia

By Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr.

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Bases in Alaska constitute threat to Jap mainland

Dutch Harbor defenders knew enemy would strike early in Pacific War; fortifications sped at Aleutian Islands in past two years
By Julius C. Edelstein, United Press staff writer

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Jap troopship sunk with all believed lost

3 supply vessels also hit; enemy attacks route to Australia
By Brydon C. Taves, United Press staff writer

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Plan your mileage –
New gas cards will be issued

Average driver to get 3 or 4 gallons weekly

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Over 3 million youths will register June 30

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Keep 'em flying –
Heroes coming here for rally

Doolittle, Wagner to help spur bond sales

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Income tax checkoff may begin on Jan. 1

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Explosion kills 10 at aviation school

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Sell scrap metal, WPB tells dealers

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WAAC candidates swamp Army medical supplies

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Time for Russia to help –
Dutch Harbor raids prove U.S. needs bases in Siberia

By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor

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3819

25 more ships of Allies lost, Navy reveals

Heaviest loss is in Bay of Bengal; more torpedoed in Atlantic
By the United Press

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Pay fines or aid China? Japs decide on relief

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3821

Senator raps pay hike delay

‘Chiseling’ charge made, then withdrawn

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3822

Navy plans to fly liquid-cooled planes

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3823

Terrible jolts faced by Axis in air attacks

Secret aerial weapons have been developed by U.S. manufacturers

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3824

Six Army fliers die in crash of bomber

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U.S. indicts five as supply chiefs

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Allied ‘differences’ on Australia ended

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