Allied Air Blitz Expands To Sardinia Greece And Ruhr Target
Allied air forces attack Sardinia and Salonika as Liberator bombers strike Germany's Ruhr Wuppertal area and Eastern Sicily targets. RAF hits Catania rail yards while coastal raids from Holland to Cherbourg continue. 33 British bombers lost in Wuppertal raid amid 11 000 tons dropped on Ruhr since May.
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United Press
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Europe
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Germany
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Wuppertal
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Salonika
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Royal Air Force
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Cherbourg
France
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Mussolini’s OVRA arrests spike as Axis mobilizes in Europe
Italian secret police reportedly seized 11,150 people in one week to stamp out a Fifth Column ahead of Allied invasion. Of those, 7,900 were identified as communists and 3,250 as anti-fascists. some separatists from Dalmatia and Southern Tyrol included. Mussolini’s regime warns of food ration penalties for dissenters. News notes include German divisions in Italy and Allied naval concentrations near Gibraltar, plus Axis defense inspections in Bulgaria and Thrace.
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Strikers Revolt Grows as Roosevelt Rejects Deadline
Coal miners' protest spreads across the nation with over half of 530000 idle as workers refuse to return. Government plans to operate the mines continue while officials debate work or fight policy and UMW leaders warn of near normal operations by Monday.
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Arold L. Ickes
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Fayette County
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Shenandoah
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Adolph Pacifico
District 6
Soldier falls for staged meeting in Barry paternity case
Pvt. Fred Steinhauser, who traveled from Camp Hulen to claim fatherhood of Joan Barry's unborn child, was detained by military police after a staged meeting with a female investigator posing as Barry. Barry rests in a sanitarium awaiting the baby while Chaplin denied paternity.
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Los Angeles
Fred Steinhauser
Hulen
Tex
Joan Barry
Steinhauser
Charlie Chaplin
Miss Barry
Jack Irwin
Joan
Irwin
Chaplin
Iss Oona O'Neill
Roosevelt Rejects Food Czar Plan Amid Inflation Fear
President Roosevelt reiterated opposition to a all-powerful food czar and warned Congress would bear full responsibility if inflationary policies rise. He argued a czar could not deliver food at current costs and urged focus on inflation control rather than extending price controls.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
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Anacalan
UC Veivuyp
Angel Gabriel
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Chester C. Davis
Davis
Office of Price Administration
Massie Building on Polk Street Sold to Local Investors
Purchase of the Massie Building at Polk Street and Fourth Avenue is announced with new owners Ted Lokey Erwin Ochsner Dr R Swindell and Arthur Truitt. The property was bought from J L Massie via Hugo Loewenstern with no disclosed consideration. The 75 by 140 foot building formerly housed second floor offices that may become apartments under HOLC conversion plan approval.
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Massie
Polk Street
Fourth Avenue
Ted Lokey
Erwin Ochsner
Dr. R. Swindell
Arthur Truitt
J. L. Massie
Hugo Loewenstern
HOLC
German-Born Awaits Sentence For False Representation
Paul Franz Frederick, a 42 year old German born machinist, was found guilty of obtaining a poll tax receipt by falsely claiming American citizenship. He awaits sentencing by Federal District Judge T M Kennerly. The maximum penalty is five years' imprisonment or a $5,000 fine or both. Frederick was acquitted on voting in the July 25 1942 Democratic primary due to a technical error in the charges.
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Houston
Paul Franz Frederick
T. M. Kennerly
Kennerly
Frederick
Weather Man Seeks Cool Spot As Heat Persists
Weatherman H C Winburn takes a brief vacation to Ellwood Park seeking shade and evaporation to lower daytime temperature. He expects to return in four or five days with cooler weather likely. No change in overall conditions. heat remains hot and dry with mid 70s to high 90s seen in shade readings.
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H. C. Winburn
Weather Bureau
Victory Gardens
Tokyo fears Allied Pacific offensive drives Japanese bases
Allied fliers blasted Kahili Buka and Munda in the South Pacific as Tokyo fears a major American push in the Solomons. Liberators dive bombers and torpedo planes hit the three targets while reports say Japanese air strength fell by about a quarter. In New Guinea coast actions, Allied planes struck Mubo Salamaua with 204 enemy casualties and Beaufighters destroyed two bombers on Selaru Island.
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South Pacific
Solomons
Tokyo
Pacific
Kahili
Buka
Munda
Guadalcanal
North Solomons
Washington
Mubo-Salamaua
New Guinea
Selaru Island
Tanimbar
Committee Debates OWI Compromise Tampa
Senate appropriations committee weighs a plan to keep the OWI news room intact while stripping it of domestic and foreign propaganda roles. The move aims to preserve wartime information functions without propaganda duties.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
Senate Appropriations Committee
Guard Italy Move of German Divisions to Italy Reported
An unofficial source with continental ties says ten German army divisions totaling about 150000 troops are being moved into Northern Italy to guard Brenner Pass against an Allied invasion from the south. Half have already deployed with rest arriving to form a mobile reserve. rumor notes possible shifts toward the Riviera or the Balkans if needed. A German radio commentator claims the Eighth Army has been sent from North Africa to Syria to lead an Allied attack, though not confirmed by Allied sources.
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London
Italy
Brenner Pass
Germany
Riviera
Balkans
Reuters
Eighth Army
North Africa
Syria
Strike Vetoed Bill Hinders Wartime Strike Prevention
President Roosevelt vetoed the Smith Connally anti strike bill arguing its current form may make it harder to prevent strikes during wartime and could prove less effective.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
CIO Chief Warns July 15 Subsidy Rollback Needed
CIO President Philip Murray told a congressional committee that unless an effective subsidy program and wage roll back are in place by July 15 organized labor will demand scrapping the hold-the-line order against inflation and the little steel wage formula.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Congressional
Stamps Urged as War Tax Deadline Near
Post office warns it cannot issue all car use stamps in one day as a $5 war tax due July 1 requires windshield stamps by then. Few stamps bought so far means long lines at last minute. Postmaster DeGrassi asks public cooperation and urges buying stamps during other errands.
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W. D. DeGrassi
Japs Turn to Wooden Ships to Stem Losses
CHUNGKING June 25 A Chinese army spokesman said Japan is building many wooden ships to move coastal trade in occupied territories to offset heavy shipping losses. He noted a rising need for manpower and reported Japan orders civilians aged 18 to 40 in China to undergo military training. Minor fighting was reported near Shasi in Hupeh and around Canton and Swatow in Kwantung as Chinese troops push to clear foothills and resist plunder.
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Chungking
China
Yangtze River
Shasi
Hupeh
Canton
Swatow
Kwantung Province
Amarillo Faces Water Shortage After Pumping Delays
The Amarillo area endures continued warmth with fresh winds as officials report a water shortage following a stalled 24 inch valve delivery. Mayor Joe Jenkins urges conservation and asks sprinkling after sundown to cut evaporation losses.
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John Maynard Shr. Co
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