OPA amends tire eligibility rules
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Congressional Medal of Honor presented to MacArthur
Melbourne (UP) –
The Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest award the United States bestows on its heroes, was today pinned on the uniform of Gen. Douglas MacArthur by U.S. Minister Nelson Johnson.
Only the members of Gen. MacArthur’s staff were present when Mr. Johnson presented the medal at a simple ceremony at Army Headquarters. The medal was awarded Gen. MacArthur some time ago by President Roosevelt in the name of Congress for his defense of the Philippines.
Workers take vacation, war production halts
Woonsocket, RI –
War production at 18 of Woonsocket’s 30 textile mills was halted today because 7,000 workers decided to take a week’s vacation instead of accepting an extra week’s pay.
The shutdown came after the workers voted for the actual vacation in accordance with an agreement between the Industrial Trades Union (I) and the Woonsocket Association of Manufacturers.
Army planes flying above are a boon to moviemakers
Director gets affects desired without going on expensive location trip – airplanes were previously a nuisance
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Court-martial indicated for German spies
Justice, War Department officials consult on status of eight
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Filipino city razed by Japs for sniping
Washington (UP) –
Jap occupation forces in the Philippines, furious over continued guerilla resistance, wiped out the City of Cebu with one gigantic bonfire, Lt. Col. Carlos P. Romulo said last night on arrival from Australia.
Col. Romulo, former Manila publisher and now aide-de-camp to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, said the Japs boasted of burning the city of 146,000 population in a broadcast beamed to the Philippines. They said it would teach the Filipinos a “lesson.”
Cebu was the second largest city in the islands. Col. Romulo said it was left a smoldering ruin because its inhabitants sniped at the Japs from the windows of huts and from housetops.
Japs rush aid to East China
Massing of foe in Formosa mystifies Chungking
By Robert P. Martin, United Press staff writer
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King to visit 2 cities
Washington –
King Peter II, Yugoslavia’s 18-year-old monarch, will visit Detroit and Buffalo tomorrow and Thursday. He will arrive in New York Friday. On July 8, he will entrain for Ottawa, Canada, en route to London.
Doolittle gets medal
Washington –
The Daniel Guggenheim Medal for notable achievement and the advancement of aeronautics was presented today to Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle.
Thousands of U.S. troops reach Egypt, British say
By William B. Dickinson, United Press staff writer
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President asks U.S. agencies to turn in rubber
Gasoline rationing to be widened unless extended drive succeeds
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U.S. War Department (July 1, 1942)
General MacArthur’s Headquarters No. 79
New Guinea.
Salamaua: In a night raid, Allied land forces successfully engaged the enemy garrison, inflicting losses estimated at 60 and capturing equipment.
Allied casualties were two wounded.
Thereafter, the enemy retaliated by bombing Mubo and Komiatum without damage.
U.S. Navy Department (July 1, 1942)
Navy Communiqué No. 93
European Area.
Reinforcements in the form of airplanes were recently carried through the Mediterranean to Malta to aid the British in their defense of the embattled island.
These trips were accomplished by the U.S. aircraft carrier Wasp and were completed without damage either to the escort or the Wasp.
During one of these ferry trips after British aircraft manned by RAF pilots, had been launched from the Wasp and were in flight over the Island of Malta the enemy attacked the island. Completely surprised by the increased number of defending fighters the enemy suffered considerable losses.
The planes which took off from the Wasp engaged the enemy over Malta before landing on the island. After landing and hasty refueling at the airdrome they were again in the air continuing to repel the enemy attack within 30 minutes after arrival.
The expertly timed arrival of reinforcement planes on the Wasp was most fortunate for the heroic defenders of the British stronghold and the cause of the United Nations.
The Pittsburgh Press (July 1, 1942)
LATE BULLETINS
Washington –
Germany has violated the exchange agreement under which American and Axis nationals were being repatriated by withdrawing safe conducts for the exchange vessel Drottningholm, it was announced today. The State Department said responsibility for stoppage of future exchanges was all Germany’s. Two round trips have already been made by the ship.
Kansas City, Mo. –
More than a score of ambulances rushed to the huge Army quartermaster’s depot in East Kansas City this afternoon when a wing under construction was reported to have collapsed with numerous casualties. The construction is a conversion operation from a business establishment.
Washington –
The Navy announced today that a medium-sized U.S. merchant vessel has been torpedoed off the north coast of South America. Survivors have been landed at an East Coast port of the United States. This was the second torpedoing announced today.