FINLAND: The Finns decide to re-occupy the island of Morgonland and a lone lieutenant, Fred Luther, is landed for a two-day reconnaissance. (Cris Wetton)
While waiting for the main attack by Lt. Gen. Heinrichs's Karelian Army to begin, Col. Heiskanen's 11th Div. (VI Corps) attacks near Vartsile to gain better starting positions for the coming main attack.

GREENLAND: Transports USS Munargo (AP-20) and USAT Cheaeau Thierry arrive at Tungugdliarfik Fjord, Greenland, to begin construction of an air base at Narsarssuak; this was designated Bluie West One (BW-1). Bluie was the code name for Greenland and "W-1" indicated that this was the first base constructed on the west coast of Greenland; bases on the east coast were designated BE-numeric. Also debarking from the freighter SS Siboney were a small cadre of Army Airways Communications System (AACS) personnel. AACS had been tasked with supporting the Air Corps Ferrying Command's flights across the North Atlantic by providing communications services to disseminate weather information and navigational aids. AACS detachments had already established sites at Gander, Newfoundland, in March 1941 and Goose Bay, Labrador; BW-1 went on the air on 21 August. By November 1941, AACS had established stations as far east as Reykjavik, Iceland.

U.S.A.: The New York Yankees baseball team plays a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics before 60,948 fans in Yankee Stadium in New York City. Before the game, a plaque of Lou Gehrig, who died on 2 June, is added to Monument Park in center field. In the first game, Yankee center fielder Joe DiMaggio goes 4-for-5 against A's pitchers Johnny Babich and Bump Hadley. In the second game, DiMaggio goes 2-for-4 against Jack Knott. DiMaggio's hitting streak now stands at 48 consecutive games.

From TIME magazine:

LETTERS

The Modock and the Oozlefinch

Sirs:

When discussing Brigadier General James H. Doolittle [TIME, June 1], you state: "He was an early member of the Quiet Birdmen, the group of flyers who set themselves apart from the kiwi, an almost extinct flightless bird, and from the 'Modock,' legendary aviation term for a 'bird that flies backwards to keep the dust out of its eyes.'"

We believe TIME has erred. On Feb. 20, 1942, long before TIME mentioned "backward" birds, The Range Finder, Camp Callan publication, presented the "Oozlefinch," mascot of the Coast Artillery, which for years has flown backwards to keep the dust out of its eyes; and also because the bird is not interested in where it is going -- it wants to know where in h-- it came from.

Furthermore, we members of the command would challenge any airmen to produce an authentic copy of a "Modock" and would then compare it with the authentic Oozlefinch to prove the erroneous statement of TIME....

Enclosed, please find a copy of Artist John Zane's version of the sacred property of the Coast Artillery, the "Oozlefinch."

CAPTAIN EARL W. PORTER
Camp Callan, Calif.

TIME's response:
Ornithologists insist that the Modock and the Oozlefinch derive from a common ancestor. The Modock's first migration to the U.S. was noted early in the 1920s, when the Quiet Birdmen insisted that they were no relation to
either the Kiwi or the Modock. The Kiwi's natural habitat is New Zealand. --
ED.

(William Rinaman)
 

CANADA: Corvette HMCS Camrose arrived Halifax from builder Sorel, Province of Quebec.
Destroyer HMCS Hamilton (ex HMS Hamilton ex HMS Kalk ex USS Kalk) commissioned.