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Off Channel Isles (Rec. 11.30) LONDON, June 8. The Berlin radio stated: “Enemy ships appeared on Monday night off the Channel Islands. The German Navy’s long-range batteries shelled the ships. “German coastguard vessels, _ in the Channel, made contact with light British naval forces. Hits were observed on British units, which broke off the engagement.” American Needs OVER 12 MILLION MEN. RUGBY, June 8. Colonel Lewis Saunders, Manpower expert on the United States selective service system, stated before the Senate Military; Affairs Committee, ■that the United States needed 12,300,000 men—a million and a-half more than at present planned for the Armed Services. He said that a 10,800.000 force was planned for the end of 1943. the maximum that could be supplied, equipped and transported at present.
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Grey River Argus, 10 June 1943, Page 5
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