William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Flier Down on Sea – 2-3
Silence Shrouding Fleets in Pacific (Hurd) – 3
R.A.F. Centers Big Attacks on Germans’ Channel Front (MacDonald) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
British Guns Halt Nazi Push in Libya (Levy) – 5
Sevastopol Bars Foe for 4th Day; Nazi Losses High, Attack Goes On – 5-6
Soviet Anticipates Abundant Harvest (Parker) – 6
Japanese Fighter No ‘Wonder Plane’ (Darnton) – 6-7
Prisoners of War Go Hungry in Italy (Denny) – 8-9
Churchmen Who Defy Hitler-II: Bishop Berggrav of Norway (by Henry Smith Leiper) – 10
Midway ‘Surprise’ Failed (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 12
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/jun42/f09jun42.htm
Nazis massacre population of Lidice
Tuesday, June 9, 1942 www.onwar.com
Bodies Czech civilians killed in Lidice [photo at link]
In Occupied Czechoslovakia... In reprisal for the assassination of Heydrich (on May 27th), the German authorities level the village of Lidice and kill its population. More than 100 Czechs have already been executed in retribution for the assassination.
In the Mediterranean... The air bombardment of Malta continues. An additional 32 Spitfires are flown to Malta to replace losses.
From Washington... The British and Americans appoint Oliver Lyttleton and Donald Nelson as heads of the Combined Boards for Production and Food.
In terms production worker compensation, $50 per month in 1942 was worth about $1,600 per month today -- and that was all "spending money".
But in terms of the national effort needed to pay the troops $50 per month, it equates to about $4,700 per month today.