Maxon quits as OPA official criticizes red tape
Lou R. Maxon deputy administrator in charge of information at the Office of Price Administration resigns, denouncing red tape and confusion. He calls for drastic OPA reorganization, strong leadership, and a policy overhaul to restore morale and avoid overreach amid wartime needs.
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Maxon
OPA
Associated Press
Washington
Lou R. Maxon
Office of Price Administration
Information
Houdini
Price
Prentiss Brown
Hite
Liquor Rationing Set for August Proposed in Michigan
H H Flynn of the state liquor control commission said at least 500000 people have applied for liquor ration cards as rationing in Michigan is expected to start around August 2, about two weeks later than planned. Processing will continue through the end of the week and cards will be distributed starting next week. About 1500000 cards are now being processed, compared with 3200000 applications previously expected.
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Lansing
Feliz
H. H. Flynn
State Liquor Control Commission
Michigan
Flynn
Benn
Pacific Supply Problems Solved Says Nimitz
Pearl Harbor July 15 Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said supply and reinforcement problems in the Pacific have been overcome largely. He spoke aboard a submarine during ceremonies honoring submarine and air personnel for valor and achievement. He emphasized new ships planes and trained troops are entering the Pacific in numbers to keep the initiative in American hands.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
America
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Thousands Processed Gas Ration Cards As Deadline Approaches
The ration board reports over 12000 basic gas card applications processed by staff and volunteers as old books near expiration. A volunteer drive was issued and new A coupons are mailed. Cards must stay with the vehicle owner, with coupons void if detached and bulk transfers disallowed.
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Ration Board
Guy E. Nemire
German Transport System Attacked by RAF Fighters
RAF fighter planes pressed aerial operations over western Europe last night targeting Germany’s rail network. A Mosquito reportedly flew over 300 miles from its base to damage a locomotive south of Strasbourg, another strafed two locomotives, and a third damaged three locomotives. No large scale bombing was indicated, while Britain enjoyed a raid-free night.
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London
RAF
Europe
Germany
Air Ministry
Strasbourg
Britain
Allied air power strikes Messina from new Sicily bases
Allied planes based in recently captured Sicily bases pummeled Messina and the Straights of Messina with medium and heavy bombers. Allied fighters kept a tight screen as bombardments damaged port facilities and rail lines. Liberators from the Middle East joined, hitting ferry terminals and freight yards, while Enna and San Giovanni saw double-barreled raids. Nine enemy aircraft were shot down, with three Allied planes lost.
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North
Africa
Messina
Sicily
Italy
Allied _airen
Tyrrhenian Sea
Middle East
San Giovanni
Ceiling prices set for fresh berries and other fruits
Washington July 15 The Office of Price Administration set ceiling prices for fresh berries and planned ceilings for fresh peaches and pears. The rule covers country shipping points effective July 13 and wholesale receiving points effective July 19, with reductions in consumer prices due to fixed markups. Final berry prices list red raspberries 18 cents, black raspberries 16, strawberries 15, boysenberries loganberries and blackberries 15, others 11 cent per pound plus transport costs. CFA noted Apricots would later fall under price control.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ping Point
CFA
War Production Board aims to curb excess buying for textiles
Washington July 15 wartime code of selling practices urged textile dealers to discourage excess buying and avoid scarcity promotions. The voluntary rules limit price comparisons, ban fear appeals, and require bona fide clearance sales only, with ads redirected to regular pricing, conservation, and war effort messaging.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Arthur D. Whiteside
WPB
Office of
Whiteside
Centrol
War Production Board
Bombers Pound Messina In Daylight Attacks
United States Liberator bombers struck Messina Sicily in daylight raids, targeting the ferry terminal and marshalling areas to cut reinforcements and supplies to Axis forces in Sicily. Direct hits and explosions were reported, as Liberators also attacked San Giovanni across Red Strait on the Italian mainland.
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Cairo
U—United States
Messina
Sicily
Middle East
Air Command
Italy
Germany
San Giovanni
Red Strait
Russians Halt Germans on Belgorod Front in Major Counterattacks
Soviet dispatches report Red armies stalled German advances along the Belgorod sector and pushed them from several positions with local counterattacks gaining momentum daily. They claim 30 German tanks were knocked out and overall German losses include thousands of troops, planes, and tanks since the summer campaign. The Orel Kursk front saw no new German attacks while Red air forces resumed night missions on the Orel railway junction.
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Moscow
Stalin
Red
Belgorod
Kursk
Orel
Pyavda
Pravda
Orel- Kursk-Belgorod
Sovviet
Orel-Kursk
London
Belgarad
Red Army
Wasi
Atrocities in Krasnodar trials begin in Moscow
Tass reports hearings opened in a military trial charging 11 individuals with high treason over alleged World War II atrocities in Krasnodar during German occupation. Investigations claim Russian prisoners were burned alive and suffocated in motorized cars, with 60 to 80 victims per truck.
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Moscow
Tass
Krasnodar
Caucasus
Kasnodar
Ruof
Gestapo
Berezan Hospital
Yablosnoye
American warship shells Kiska in fourth attack
Bulletin reports on July 15 that an American light warship bombarded Japanese defense positions on Kiska island. The bombardment is described as the fourth surface attack on the enemy base in an eight day period.
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Washington
Pe the Nevy
Kiska Island
Allies close in on Japs in Mubo area
Allied Headquarters report a new Allied offensive in the New Guinea theater aimed at clearing the Mubo zone and pinning Japanese forces to lines near Salaamua. Green Hill fell to Allied pressure, and a medium-sized enemy force was cut off at Mubo. Air and ground actions targeted Munda and surrounding areas, with significant bombings on Buake, Kahili, and Basile.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Munda
Mubo
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
Green Hill
Mus Bo
Muvo
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Mubs
Guadalcanal
Bunai
Blackett Strait
Vella Lavella Island
Mitchells
Bnat
More Beef Promised By Brown
Washington July 15 price administrator Prentiss Brown predicted beef supplies would rise as livestock moves to market and the Northeast pleasure driving ban for A card holders would be lifted as soon as possible. He also discussed corn prices hog prices and the oil outlook while denying plans to nationalize manufacturing or distribution and asserting OPA policy to follow the stabilization act with agency renewal due 1944.
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Washington
Prentiss Brown
Senate
OPA
Marvin Jones
Brown
Willbe
Avawers Maxon
Lou R. Maxon
Detroit
Exerative
Maxon
Sicilian campaign faces sharp fighting and heavy casualties
Washington reports the Sicilian advance is ahead of schedule but emphasizes sharp fighting and heavier casualties as Axis forces oppose beachheads and inland pushes. Patterson warns against viewing Sicily as a second front and says it is the first step toward liberating Europe. In the Pacific, efforts against Munda and Salamaua continue with heavy resistance and air raids, while Allied naval and air superiority grows in the Solomons.
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Washingson
Patterson
Sicily
Europe
Berlin
Tokyo
Pacific
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomons
New Guinea
MacArthur
Salamaua
Rai
U.S
Martinique Name Change as Liberation Shifts High Commissioner
Henri Hoppenot is replaced as Martinique high commissioner by Georges Robert, following the French National Committee of Liberation leadership shifts. The move marks a transition from Vichy control to Allied oversight in Martinique. Robert, long opposed to collaboration, takes the post amid ongoing efforts to free France.
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Henri Hoppenot
Martinique
French National Committee of Liberation
Martin ‘Vichy
ASE
Miral Georges Robert
France
Allied drive in eastern Sicily and Ragusa-Vizzini gains
Allied forces push through eastern Sicily as British Eighth Army advances on Brucoli and Augusta and the American Seventh Army under Patton drives inland toward Ragusa and Vizzini. German Hermann Goering division aids counterattack while Italian units resist. codenamed shifts aim to block the east coast advance.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Sicily
Eighth Army
Seventh Army
Patton
Ragusa-Vizzini
Vizzini
Augusta
Gala
Eighth
Ger
Montgomery
Brucoli
Eisenhower
Meuiltt
Hermann Goering
Goering
Axis Iommanders
Baljie
Catania
NEC
Leninti
Carlentini
Eagles Offer Help To Nearby Farmers
Members of the Adrian lodge of Eagles volunteer to assist farmers near Adrian for harvest duties. About 15 to 20 men available, working three to four hours daily. Flave Vescelius, lodge farm work chairman, announced the plan. Many lodge workers, released from Adrian factories at 3 PM, will devote remaining afternoon hours to farm tasks. Arrangements coordinated through the county agricultural office to assign workers. Farmers needing extra help may call Mrs. Ruth Barradaile at the agricultural office, 92-J, who will notify lodge officials.
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Adrian Lodge of Agres
Adrian
Flave Vescelius
County Agricultural Office
Ruth Barradaile
Agricultural Office
Lodge
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