Food Subsidy Fees May Back Down
Senators signal plan to curb an outright ban on Roosevelt era food subsidies and allow a limited program. They expect a presidential veto on a bill that bars government subsidies to processors to offset retail cuts while awaiting White House action to extend the Commodity Credit Corporation’s life.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Aiken
Taft
Ohio
CDC
Decisive War Bill Signed by President Roosevelt
The $71,500,000,000 war bill was signed by President Roosevelt, tripling War Department funding for the next year. It funds army aviation with 99,740 planes and blocks price rollbacks, while Congress debates costs and potential inflation. Officials and lawmakers discuss oversight and possible tactics to avoid waste and protect taxpayers.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
War Department
Steel Mills Pledge Increased Production
Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board closed a Pittsburgh visit with pledges from labor and management to raise steel output by 2,000,000 tons in six months. The WPB and officials launched a nation wide Steel For Victory drive urging a renewed production effort beyond prior achievements.
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Pittsburgh
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
WPB
Victory Valley
Nelson
Steel
Victory
Beff Ration Costs Rise As OPA Values Increase
The Office of Price Administration raised beef ration values by one to two points per pound effective July 4 due to dwindling civilian supplies. Popular beef cuts now cost 9 to 13 points, with veal lamb and mutton cuts rising one to two points. Pork values stay the same while canned fish jump to 12 points and oysters to five points. Margarine and lard drop, process butter appears at four points, and regular butter remains eight points. (Continued on Page 2).
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ask FD To Grant Raises For Nonoperating Railroad Workers
President Roosevelt is urged to overturn economic adviser’s decision and grant wage increases for about one million railroad employees who do not work on trains. George Harrison, head of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, protests Vinson’s rejection of eight cents per hour. The panel’s 20 cent request is said to violate the Little Steel formula.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Little Steel
Urge Chicago Publisher To Run for President
A Republican Nationalist Revival Committee meeting in Chicago urged Col. Robert R. McCormick publisher of The Chicago Tribune to run for President in the Illinois primary next April against Wendell Willkie. The rally group aims to keep the Republican Party aligned with nationalist aims in American politics.
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Chicago
Republican Nationalist Revival Committee
William Grace
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Illinois
Wendell Willkie
Republican Party
Eastern Miners Get 85 Cent Daily Pay Rise
East ern Ohio coal operators voted to day to increase wages of miners on picking tables from 5.15 to 6 a day. James Hyslop, chairman of the coal association, announced.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
James Hyslop
The
Coal Association
Chinese say Japs set for attack on Siberia
Ta Kung Pao reports Japanese rushing forces to Manchuria and preparing to strike Siberia. Three Army commanders have been reassigned to the area from the Pacific, and a Japanese military conference in Korea is linked to the Manchuria situation.
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Siberia
Chungking
Ta Kung Pao
Manchuria
Pacific
Korea
Higher Meat Ration for Civilians Held Unlikely
The Agriculture Department said pros pects for meat production this year look better but civilian rations will stay small due to heavy military and lend-lease demand. Hog slaughter may rise, beef cattle marketings up, poultry supplies to civilians increase until fall peak, egg supplies likely equal to last year but demand will outpace ceiling prices. Fresh vegetables indoor season 15 percent below 1942, though growers plan larger acreage for 1943 processing crops.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Lincoln workers strike at Ford plant over shift change
About 1,500 Lincoln Ford Motor Company employees walked out in Detroit to protest a 4 pm start time, instead of 3:30 pm, with day and midnight shifts continuing. Charles Silverston of the CIO United Automobile Workers said the action was unauthorized and cited transportation issues after midnight and closed restaurants as concerns.
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Detroit
Lincoln
Ford Motor Company
Charles Silverston
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Ohio Agency Will Aid In Hiring Farm Help
The United States Employment Service will continue farm labor recruiting in Ohio with Ohio Agricultural Extension Service funds, pending Washington approval. H. C. Ramsower said 17035 dollars would support USES cooperative work, with more possible later. Final plan approval rests with the Federal Extension Service and the War Manpower Commission in Washington.
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Columbus
United States Employment Service
Ohio
HighPriced whiskey held in Columbus overcharges probed
A Columbus liquor department official said 3200 cases of out of state whiskey would be held until permit holders proved a buying pool refunded amounts that doubled list prices. Data from import clearances show prices from 20.90 to 21.75 dollars per case.
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Columbus
Liquor Department
Tom Craig
Don Fisher
Grade Labeling Killed In House And Senate
The House and Senate opposed compulsory grade labeling. The Senate kept in the war agencies appropriation bill a prohibition blocking OPA funds from promoting or enforcing grade labeling or standardization of food products apparel or other commodities.
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Washington
House
Senate
Office of Price Administration
OPA
New Concord Dean Appointed to Succeed Acting Dean
Charles R. Layton of Muskingum College faculty is named dean to succeed acting Dean William M. French who has left Hastings, Nebraska. The transition affects administrative leadership at the campus.
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NEW Concord
Charles R. Layton
Muskingum College
William M. French
Hastings
Neb. 4 College
Civil War Shot Reborn as Tank Ammunition
Lt. Louis reports 4 inch canister shot, used to wipe out machine gun nests in the Civil War, has been modernized as tank ammunition. The can contains 122 balls three-eighths inch in diameter, expelled by centrifugal force to burst at 200 to 400 yards.
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Louis
T. C. Gerber
St. Louis
Slaughterers Charged With OPA Violations
Cleveland district OPA ordered 22 slaughterers to hearings in Youngstown for meat regulation violations. Investigator stats show 338 visited, 71 fully compliant, 123 failed to register, 112 wholesale cuts lacked quota stamps, many operated without government inspection and insanitary conditions were common.
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Cleveland
Cleveland District Office of Price Administration
Youngstown
A. R. Fiorette
OPA
Fiorette
Miners Resume Work as Steel Plants Reopen
The W. U. S. Steel Corp. says six more blast furnaces are back in operation amid rising coal supplies. About 100,000 of 521,000 miners remained idle on the 12th day of a prolonged strike. In the Pittsburgh area 32 furnaces are now active, with five still idle.
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Pittsburgh
S. Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Petrillo Refuses Peace With Record Makers
In New York James C Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians declares no settlement with transcription firms. After a 15 minute meeting called by Labor Conciliator James W Fitzpatrick the AFM vows to end the 11 month ban and halt commercial recordings permanently.
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New York
American Federation of Musicians
James C. Petrillo
AFM
Petrillo
James W. Fitzpatrick
Three-Week Furlough Ordered for Army Men in Ohio
Newly inducted Army men will receive three-week furloughs in Ohio starting July 15, per Lt. Col. E. L. Nelson at Fort Hayes, Fifth Service Command. Navy Marine and Coast Guard enlistees retain one-week furloughs.
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Columbus
Army
Ohio
E. L. Nelson
Fort Hayes
Fifth Service Command
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Allied Planes Pound Axis Ships in Mediterranean
Allied airmen shot down four German fighters and attacked Axis shipping in the Mediterranean following a fire attack on Sardinia's barracks and railways. Cagliari Palermo Catania were among targets. Malta RAF strikes hit Biscari Airdrome. Northwest Africa and Middle East commands reported successful operations with no losses.
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Cagliari
Sardinia
Palermo
Catania
Sicily
DNB
Berlin
United States
Athens
Biscari
Valletta
Middle East
Levkas Channel
Greece
Cairo
Northwest African Command
Northwest Africa
Malta
France
Low Countries
Air Ministry
Children Drown as Father Watches Game
Springfield reports a tragic drowning as six year old Lawrence Bunyan and his younger sister Nancy perished in Buck Creek while their father watched a nearby baseball game unaware of the tragedy. Authorities say the two children were found by bystanders after the game ended.
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Springfield
Lawrence Bunyan
Nancy
Traitor spared by Roosevelt reprieve in Michigan case
Max Stephan a German born ex sergeant faced execution for aiding an escaped prisoner of war. President Roosevelt commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment citing lesser treason qualities. Detroit Federal Judge Tuttle offered no comment on the presidential rationale.
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Milan
Mich
Max Stephan
Roosevelt
Stephan
Detroit
Arthur J. Tuttle
White House
Washington
House Group Pressing Fight for Food Czar
The House Agriculture Committee urged quick action on a bill to centralize all food problems under a single administrator by transferring pricing and rationing powers from the Office of Price Administration to the war food administration. The measure would grant the food czar control over the bread basket and total authority in food policy. In Lima, Mrs. Ruth May Truesdale, 48, died after a gasoline stove exploded. her husband Kenneth is an Army Hospital patient in Washington, DC.
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Congress
America
House
Senate
Engel
R-Mich
Byrd
D-Va
Lator George
D-Ga
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Food Administration
Lima
Ruth May Truesdale
Kenneth
Washington, DC
German Armament Downturn Under Allied Bombardment
London reports warn that after nearly four years of total war Germany’s industry shows a clear production decline. Steel output, oil reserves, and rail equipment handling weaken Nazi war capability while aircraft and tank output drop. Submarine production rises slightly but overall armament trends favor Allied pressure.
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London
Germany
Norway
Holland
North Sea
Mopping Up Under Way At Rendova
Allied forces complete the Rendova Island conquest after wiping out the garrison. U S shore batteries bombarded Munda air base on New Georgia and naval forces pressed operations in the Solomons and New Guinea as heavy air losses were reported by both sides.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
Nassau Bay
New Guinea
Trobriand
Woodlark Islands
Solomons
Rendova
U. S
Munda
New Georgia Island
William F. Halsey
New Georgia Islands
Australia
Bougainville Island
MacArthur
Vila
Kolombangara
Solomon
Faisi
Shorteland Islands
Bougainville Strait
Buin
Imperial Tokyo
Rendova Island
Tokyo
Navy
New Georgia
Mubo
Salamaua
Large Convoys of U S Troops Reach England
A reliable source reports large reinforcements of American and Canadian troops have landed in Britain over two months with no losses. Exact numbers were not disclosed, but unofficial British officials say the force exceeded the highest hopes.
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London
Britain
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Milne Bay
Coral Sea
Louisiade Archipelago
U.S
Steel Mills Pledge
Mediterranean
Associated Press
Oslo
Italy
Russia
Kerch Strait
Moscow
Caucasus
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China
Yangtze River
Burma
Akyah
Cheerefus
Re ‘Prieve
Czar
RAF
England
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