Lowered Navy Standards Delay Drafting Of Fathers
Washington June 19 The Navy has lowered its standards delaying inductions of fathers. Selective Service Director Hershey and War Manpower Commissioner McNutt testified that the move could keep fathers out of uniform for months though not guaranteeing a three or four month postponement. They said by year end the armed services plan 9.2 million personnel and induction rates may drop after December. Far from universal, many non-farming and otherwise eligible fathers would still be drawn, with farm fathers deferred on occupational grounds. Officials noted August as a likely point when nonfathers' pool is exhausted and policies may shift to maintain planned strength.
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Washington
Armed Services
House
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
War Manpower Commission
Navy
Hershey
Paul v. McNutt
McNutt
Tha
Ute
Tecumseh Man Fatally Injured In Pittsburgh Bus Crash
In Pittsburgh East Liberty a Philadelphia bound bus collided with a streetcar, killing Harry J. Miller 34 of Delmont and injuring about 70, some seriously. Residents aided the injured as four hospitals treated them and 46 were released after care. The bus struck the trolley front on, tearing away its front and throwing it off tracks.
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Pittsburgh
East Liberty
Harry J. Miller
Delmont
MD M. Allen
Tecumseh
Colors Massed For United Flag Day
Banner and flag displays mark Flag Day as the United Nations are honored alongside the U S flag President Roosevelt proclaims June 14 a united tribute to the emblems of 32 nations The four freedoms flag is flown to symbolize speech religion freedom from want and fear across towns and cities nationwide No formal local ceremonies planned but flags express the public sentiment amidst wartime turmoil
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Associated Press
United Nations
Roosevelt
United
United States
Washington
Four Freedoms
Atantic Cadrte
Adrian
Nation's coal wage dispute eases as miners return
Washington report notes 2200 miners from Pennsylvania and Alabama resume work after brief walkouts in protest of Slasiny fines imposed by Interior Secretary Ickes, who then allows refunds. John L. Lewis calls for United Mine Workers policy committee meeting to address a likely War Labor Board decision.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Ini i
Ickes
Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
War Labor Board
WLB
Stamp No 17 Triggers Rush for Shoes Amid Shortages
Buyers scramble as Stamp No 17 limits purchases to one pair of shoes, forcing shoppers to accept limited stocks styles and colors. Both men and women switch styles quickly and wait for restocks while dealers note rising conservatism and a rush to use the stamp before it expires.
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Jamar
Milady
Bombardier Title Decided After Five Hour Target Review
In Roswell New Mexico on June 14 five thousand spectators watched as 24 bombardier cadets from eight airfields across three states attacked a pickle barrel target. Cadet James F. Rice of Seattle won the All America Bombardier title after judges studied target photographs for five hours before declaring the winner.
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Roswell
N. M
James F. Rice
Seattle
Wash
Pope Warns Of Propaganda Sowing Capital-Labor Discord
Pope Pius XII urged calm and discipline among workers warning against false prophets of social prosperity who promise salvation through revolution. He called for just wages and solidarity across classes, denouncing anti religious war propaganda and stressing peace and truth will expose those smearing the papacy for wartime actions.
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Treassolin
Pius XII
Vatican
Drownings at Wampers Lake Claim Ida Man’s Life
Harold Simons, 20, of Ida, Michigan, drowned near the Walter J. Hayes State Park beach at Wampers Lake while wading toward a diving dock. With friend Redford O Prochnow of Monroe, he shouted he could not swim, sank, and was recovered after 10 to 15 minutes. Coroner ruled accidental. body sent to Ida for burial.
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Harold Simons
Ida
Harold
Simon
Ida, Mich
Walter J
Raymond Rumsey
Route 1
Onsted
Wilbur Richards
Edward Fowler
Ypsilanti
Lake Bone
Michigan State Police
Clinton Post
Clinton Fire Department
Adrian At War Delays Basket Work Amid Wet Spring
Western Michigan fruit crop expected to be large but growers fear shortages as Adrian area industry slows. Clark Manufacturing in Adrian reports logs blocked by rain and fields too wet for hauling. veneer mill and shipments of fruit baskets, plant bands, bushel baskets, and government packing materials stalled. Eight workers currently employed. company prioritizes wood products but can expand only when logs arrive. If weather permits, output will surge including baskets, veneer goods, propagation materials, and supplies for growers.
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Western Michigan
Lioyd H. Clark
Clark Manufacturing Co
Adrian
Clark
Mr. Clark
Benton Harbor
East Michigan Street
Brown Fence & Wire Co
Non-Stop Attacks Continue on Europe Lose 26 Fortresses
Allied air forces conducted a heavy raid across the Rhineland and other German targets, laying mines and inflicting damage. One British aircraft was lost, while U.S. bombers faced strong German defenses. German raids hit coastal areas in retaliation, with several enemy planes shot down.
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Europe
London
Rhineland
Germany
Air Ministry
Channel
United States
Bochum
Ruhr
Budget Bureau Wrath Hits House Panel Over Funding
The House appropriations committee attacked the Budget Bureau and the Social Security Board over a 1.127 billion dollar labor department package for the new fiscal year. It faulted the bureau for withholding last year’s printing funds and criticized the board for overreaching into state unemployment programs, drafting a ban on withholding federal aid while states maintain merit systems for staff under the federal state program.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Social Security Board
House Appropriations Committee
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
War Manpower Commission
Office of Education
Congress
Liquidation Order For NYA By January Deadline
Washington June 1 The House Appropriations Committee refused further funds for the National Youth Administration and ordered its liquidation by January 1 1944. The panel struck $35 000 000 from the Labor Federal Security War Manpower bill and voted to provide $3 000 000 to wind up the agency.
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NYA
Washington
House Appropriations
National Youth Administration
Cannon D.-Mo
Fascist Regimentation urged in Italy as invasion looms
London dispatch reports the Fascist party directorate urged stricter regulation of Italy’s already controlled citizens. It called for unified discipline in agriculture, tightened supply controls, and harsher penalties for subversive or price gouging behavior. Foreigners without justification should be expelled.
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London
Fascist Party
Rome
Associated Press
Mussolini
Italy
25 Jap Fighters Shot Down By Bombers
U S forces report new Japanese defense tactic in the South Pacific as 40 to 50 Japanese light aircraft clashed with Navy Marine and Army fighters over the Russell Islands. About half the Japanese flight, possibly 23 planes, were shot down while six American planes went down and two pilots were saved. The action followed continued Allied bombing runs from Guadalcanal and other bases toward Japanese positions in the Solomons.
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Washington
South Pacific
Russell Islands
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Navy
Marine
Army
U.S
Nazi agents aided Japan in Pearl Harbor plot, report says
Washington June 34 The Office of War Information reports Nazi espionage agents helped Japan prepare the Pearl Harbor attack. Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn, tried in Honolulu, was sentenced to death but commuted to 50 years at hard labor on October 26, 1942. Sentence reason not stated.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
Pearl Harbor
Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn
Honolulu
United States
United Nations Day Observed by Allies in Cairo Parade
In Cairo on United Nations Day a jubilant display of allied unity contrasted with Middle East gloom. Mass mechanized units led by U S built General Sherman tanks paraded, with flags from New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, Poland and Britain. Spitfires provided an aerial umbrella as a British sergeant carried Russia's Red flag in the absence of Russian forces. Observances also took place in Iraq and across the region.
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Cairo
Middle East
Mersa Matruh
el Alamein
Henry Maitland Wilson
U. S
Sherman
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Greece
Poland
Britain
Russia
Itrea
Iraq
Gas for Mid-West Will be Debated By Congressmen
Washington reports Congress will debate gasoline rationing for the Midwest with Midwestern lawmakers and Petroleum Administrator Ickes. The meeting follows a midwestern protest against east demands for expanded rationing and notes that even full cuts in the middle west would barely affect the eastern supply.
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Mid-West
Washington
Middle West
Congress
Ickes
Prime
Administration
Defense Transportation
Vandenberg
R-Mich
la Follette
Prog-Wis
Lucas
D-Ilj
House
California
Clarence Brown
Re Jhio
Brown
Midwest
Allied bombers shell Sicily airfields in eastern raids
In North Africa June 14 Allied heavy bombers from the Middle East raided Catania and Gerbini on eastern Sicily, dropping about 250000 pounds of explosives. Malta based Spitfires escorted the mission as Axis planes clashed in air duels. Damage hit hangars and aircraft. Palermo and other targets were mentioned as part of ongoing operations toward invasion.
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North Africa
Middle East
Arr Command
Sicily
Catania
Gerbini
Mediterranean
Italy
U. S
Malta
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Linosa
Cairo
Middle East Air Command
Italiane Communiqué
Panteteria
Farmers Join Hands to Finish Planting
Lenawee county farmers battled wet weather to press planting efforts. Across fields from dawn to dusk they toiled with tractors, sharing labor to seed corn and prepare land, aiming to boost food production despite heavy May rainfall and late season challenges. Community cooperation featured four-tractor plowing of a one-acre plot and rapid field prep across farms as crews moved between properties. If rain continues, some planting may still lag, but the local plan aims to maximize crops this year.
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Lenawee
OPA
Lenawee County
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Kiel
Frederick L. Anderson
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Mediterranean Sea
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