Dwindling Japanese Sea Power Is Whittled by 20 More Ships
Allied and Japanese actions dominate early June reporting. MacArthur announces sinking of a destroyer and freighter, with additional waterborne losses and submarine blows in the Pacific. German DNB notes Allied airborne landings between the Seine and Orne and coastal fighting near Caen, Isigny, and Barfleur as Allied forces push ashore near the Normandy coast.
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DNB
Seine
Orne
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Halmahera
New Guinea
MacArthur
Navy
Pacific
Truk
Changsha
Hankow- Canton
China
Hunar
Hunan
Hsueh Yueh
Southwest Pacific
Biak
Schouten
Dutch New Guinea
Mokmer
DNB Today
Seine Bay
Normandy
Isigny
Caen
Barfleur
Caen Jis
le Havre
St. Vaast la Hougue
Vire
Atlantic Wall
Bay of St. Malo
Calais
British Isles
Allied Offensive Presses In Burma Around Myitkyina Base
Allied troops push their offensive inside and outside the Myitkyina base in Burma as operations continue. The campaign centers on the town and surrounding approaches with ongoing military actions reported.
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Burma
Myitkyina
Avery Charges Conspiracy Over Ward Plant Seizure
Sewell Avery claims the NLRB and War Labor Board conspired to seize Montgomery Ward's Chicago plant to enforce illegal orders. He tells a House committee Roosevelt exceeded authority, and describes coerced union contracts and forced representation amid a strike. He alleges official agencies backed the CIO in Chicago.
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Washington
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward and Co
National Labor Relations Board
War Labor Board
Chicago
Avery
House
Ward
Roosevelt
WLB
Wards
Post Office
Department of Justice
NLRB
CIO Union
Eisenhower Sets Up Post Near Allied Invasion Bases
Allied post in thick wood near invasion bases under Eisenhower directs D Day operations. Highly secret camp with tents and trailers, four reporters briefed on plans long before H Hour. Desertion charge filed against Woodrow Watkins by Potter County grand jury.
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Allied
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Supreme Headquarters
European
France
Eisenhower
Woodrow Watkins
Potter County
War Workers Hear Invasion News and Keep On Working
In Houston workers at two shipyards learned of the invasion news just before 3 am. At Todd Houston Yard an ear splitting cheer rose as crews kept their heavy work, while Brown Shipyard continued producing landing craft. Loudspeakers relayed major developments and Brown officials urged men to honor the day by surpassing May records.
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Brown
Planes Drop Instructions From Allied Propaganda Network
A June invasion report details a massive Allied propaganda effort in Europe. Pamphlets dropped by cargo planes and radio broadcasts from multiple nations carried instructions and encouragement to occupied peoples and troops. General Eisenhower's Office of Psychological Warfare directed the operation with Flying Newsboys distributing German language papers to German forces.
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FE. D. Ball
London
Europe
England
United States
North Africa
Italy
Russia
United Nations
Eisenhower
Robert A. McClure
Psychological Warfare Organization
Hitler
Westwall
Remarkable Gallbladder Remedy Promises Real Relief
Sufferers report relief from gallbladder and bile troubles after using GALLUSIN. The medicine allegedly stimulates a sluggish liver and increases healthy bile flow with strong results. Priced at $2 per dose with a money back guarantee from CRETNEY DRUG STORES in Amarillo Pampa Borger Tucumcari.
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Cretney Drug Stores
Amarillo
Pampa
Borger, Tucumcari
War drives telephone firm through wartime year
The company reports war dominates its work, with 80,000 unfilled orders and thousands of wartime staff. Revenue rose about 50 percent from 1939 while operating costs and taxes grew 65 percent, lowering net income and reducing return on invested capital to 4.43 percent. The tone stresses duty, training, and confidence for future challenges.
Help Wanted Tales From the Agricultural Insectide and Fungi cide Office
In the June bulletin a box item about office help troubles at AIF highlights misfit applicants. Ed Leithauser, former Globe News linotype operator, spends furlough at Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells.
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The
Agricultural Insectide and Fungicide Association
Ed Leithauser
Globe News
Camp Wolters
Mineral Wells
Permanent Party
Workers Idle In Cincinnati
Production of finished airplane engines at the Wright Aero nautical Corp. plant in Lockland halted as 12,000 of 35,000 workers were idle after transferring seven Black workers to the center shop. CIO UAW officials condemn the protest as leadershipless and have supplied 25 names to the Army for possible action. In Canton, Ohio, nearly 1,000 United Steelworkers walked out at Timken Roller Bearing Co. over a seniority dispute in the grinding department starting with a machine removal.
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Cincinnati
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Lockland
United Automobile Workers
CIO
F. L. Innis
Uaw-Cio
Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
United Steelworkers
Roosevelt Composes Prayer for Victory
President Roosevelt spent the early morning hours in the White House composing a victory prayer for Allied forces. He planned to address the nation at 10:00 p.m. EWT, urging citizens to join in prayer as invasion reports reached him from the Pentagon. Secretary Stephen Early described detailed briefings and the blackout conditions surrounding the President as he prepared the message.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Rome
White House
France
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Globe-News
Anne Baxter
Thomas Mitchell
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Attorney General
FE. W. Roberts
Ameri
Pampans
Alec Templeton
Raymond Harrah
the Telephone Company’s Annual Report
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Illinois
AIF
Leithauser
First National Bank
Crowe-Gulde Cement CO
Tyler Street
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Early
Khoury Bros
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