[Homer_J_Simpson]

House Ban Backed (by Samuel B. Bledsoe, first-time contributor) – 2
Vote in Senate to Halt Retail Food Subsidies – 2
Major Sports Results – 2
Sicily Lifeline Hit (Middleton) – 3
U.S.-RAF Raids over France Climax Big Week in Air War – 4
Bombs Fall Thick and Fast in U.S. Raid on French Plant (photo) – 5
Mutiny Reported in 6 U-Boat Crews – 6
French Peasants Flout Vichy Rule (Archambault) – 6
War News Summarized – 6
Stalin Haste Plea Sent to Roosevelt – 7
Chemical Warfare: A Practice Session for Invasion (photo) – 7
424 More of Army Are Held by Enemy – 7
Rationing at a Glance – 8
Families Alleged to Face Disaster – 8
Dewey, Willkie Still Lead Field (Gallup) * – 9
A New Link in Our Undersea Power (photo) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-11
German Slave Draft Sabotaged by Dutch; Nazis Complain 90% of Men Find Excuses – 11
Germany Defends Europe’s Art and Culture Against Barbarians of Air, Goebbels Says – 11

The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 12
Ten Focal Points in the War of the World (map) – 13
Trend Toward Victory is Visible in All Theatres of the Global War (Baldwin) – 14-15
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 15
The Greatest Air Assault in History (map) – 16

The New York Times Magazine
Mammoth Cave, Washington, D.C. (by Sidney Shalett) – 17-21

* But MacArthur is a strong third.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jun1943/f27jun43.htm

Americans advance on New Georgia
Sunday, June 27, 1943 www.onwar.com

Anti-aircraft position at Segi Point, New Georgia [photo at link]

In the Solomon Islands.. On New Georgia, the marines are ferried farther up the coast from Segi Point to begin an overland advance on Viru Harbor.

[henkster]

Random thoughts of the day:

“Butchers Shot by Thousand?” Man, this is a tough war, but those filthy butchers had it coming to them...oh, wait; “SHUT by Thousand.” Never mind.

What a huge construction project, the Pentagon. The guy who ran that job should get some time off. Can’t imagine him doing anything bigger than that in his career.

Anyone notice the legend on the map “Ten Focal Points in the War of the World?” It reads “Axis, Occupied territory, and Finland.” And Finland? Yes, there is a big difference. The Finns never considered themselves allies of the Germans, but instead “co-belligerents,” and we recognized that distinction in a very real and legal sense. The United States never declared war on Finland.

[colorado tanker]

I had always heard the Pentagon was intended as a hospital but converted into an office building. Looks like it was planned to be the other way round. Silly author didn’t understand that bureaucracies once expanded don’t contract.