FDR Price Program Faces Halt Amid Congressional Fight
Washington AP reports President Roosevelts price roll back program stalled as House and Senate clash over extending the Commodity Credit Corporation CCC subsidies and crop insurance. Senate and House votes signal likely veto again as lawmakers seek final form in conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ommodity Credit Corporation
Senate
Congress
CCC
House-Senate Conference Committee
Danaher
R-Conn
Danher
Tydings
D-Md
Survey May Set Personnel Ceilings in AAF
A survey aimed at the most efficient use of personnel in the Army Air Forces material commands is underway at Wright Field and Patterson Field near Dayton. Col. Walter R. Jeffrey, engineer, heads the survey and hopes the War Department manpower board will recommend fixed personnel ceilings for the department.
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Dayton
Army Air Forces
Wright and Patterson Fields
Walter R. Jeffrey
Corps of Engineers
War Department Manpower Board
War Department
Chiang Kai shek calls for immediate strike on Japan
Chiang Kai shek in Chungking urged the United Nations to strike at once describing now as the opportune moment to reap great results. He said Japan is at its weakest as its resources near exhaustion on the sixth anniversary of China being attacked.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
United Nations
Japan
China
Solon Proposes West Point of Diplomacy Academy
Rep Curtis Nebraska advocates a U S diplomacy academy patterned on West Point and Annapolis to train men and women for foreign posts to promote peace understanding and goodwill worldwide.
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Washington
West Point of Diplomacy
Curtis
Neb
Germans Pay Heavy Toll in 1943 Front Fight
The Red Army reports two towns near Belgorod fallen amid two days of fierce fighting on the Orel Kursk Belgorod front. Soviet artillery claims 1 271 German tanks destroyed and 314 planes shot down with over 10 000 German deaths. Russians say Germany pours armor waves with air support but makes little progress.
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Moscow
Orel-Kursk-Belgorod
Belgorod
Red Army
Europe
Chute Jump Safety Record Is Registered
Camp Gillespie reports a remarkable safety record with 20 000 parachute jumps completed without a fatality Lieut Col C E Shepard confirms the figure Pvt Robert F Stayton age 18 of Salem Ohio made the 20 000th jump with a group of para Marines from a transport plane Efrem Zimbalist and Mary Louise Curtis Bok wed at Lyndonwood Maine yesterday in a quiet ceremony Zimbalist 54 Bok 66 confirm the marriage at the groom’s camp home page
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San Diego
Calif
Camp Gillespie
Marine Parachute Training Center
C. E. Shepard
Robert F. Stayton
Salem
Rockport
Efrem Zimbalist
Mary Louise Curtis Bok
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Lyndonwood
Zimbalist
Giraud to Meet Roosevelt in Washington Today
General Henri Giraud, French commander in North Africa and CNL co chair, will arrive in Washington and meet President Roosevelt at 4 30 p m with tea to follow at the White House Blair House will host Giraud and staff during the Washington visit officials say the trip focuses on war conduct with the Axis and consultations with Allied chiefs of staff.
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Washington
Henri Giraud
North Africa
French Committee For National Liberation
White House
Roosevelt
Giraud
William D. Leahy
Roosevelt Hails Chinese On Invasion Anniversary
President Roosevelt sent a short wave radio greeting to the people of China on the sixth anniversary of their resistance to Japanese aggression. The message was read in San Francisco to Chungking and followed by excerpts from Roosevelt’s former addresses in his own voice.
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Washington
Roosevelt
China
San Francisco
Chungking
Excess Profit Tax May Be Applied to Persons
Congressional and treasury experts draft a tax formula to apply excess profits principles to individuals whose incomes rose due to the war. The House Ways and Means Committee ordered study and planned non partisan review of a new general tax measure with higher levies. No retroactive levies will begin before January 1, 1944, and the aim is to secure revenue without overburdening taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sional
Treasury
House Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Great Damage Reported from Yank Air Raids
Allied air forces pounded Gerbini Airdrome in Sicily and its four satellite fields for the 36th hour. Flying Fortresses from North Africa and Liberators from the Middle East Command dropped hundreds of tons of high explosive and fragmentation bombs in a major strike to neutralize the enemy base.
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Allied
North Africa
Middle East
Gerbini
Sicily
Nazis Reinforce Italian Islands in Balkans Theater
Algiers radio said German troops were sent to the Dodecanese Islands, seen as stepping stones to Balkans invasion. Berlin claimed Yugoslav and Greek guerrillas were being wiped out, but London governments called the claim fantastic and noted heavier Axis opposition.
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London
Algiers
Dodecanese
Balkans
Berlin
Allied air assault battering Sicily reports heavy losses to Axis
Terrific damage to administration buildings hangars parked aircraft and landing strips from relentless poundings. Northwest African Command Flying Fortresses destroyed 41 enemy fighters Monday and at least one more yesterday. Liberators dropped over 285000 pounds of bombs on Gerbini fields with one enemy fighter destroyed and two damaged.
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Gerbini
Northwest African Command
Middle East
Biscari
Milo
Middle East Command
Catania
Sicilian
Sicily
Lake Erie Dike Breaks Floods Farm Land and Homes
Hundreds of families were left homeless after a Lake Erie dike breached near Reno Beach. Waves swept farm land and two resort areas as police and coast guardsmen evacuated scores by boat after 300 homes were surrounded by fast-rushing floodwaters yesterday evening.
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Toledo
Lake Erie
Reno Beach
Here
Infant Dies After Fall Into Washing Fluid
Funeral services were held today for David Lee Digman 10 month old son of Mr and Mrs Willard P Digman of Wellsville who died from poisoning after he fell into a tub of water containing washing fluid in East Liverpool Ohio area.
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East Liverpool
David Lee Digman
Willard P. Digman
Wellsville
Wives of Two Soldiers Help Harvest Kansas Wheat Crop
Pretty Prairie Kansas reports two war wives aiding a 720 acre wheat harvest to ease labor shortages. Mrs Venore Voran and Mrs Dottie Watson, wives of Lieut Bruce Voran and Lieut L A Watson, drive tractors load wheat and work 12 hours daily under the hot sun while their husbands serve in North Africa.
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Kansas
Pretty Prairie
Kas
University
New York
West
Venore Voran
Dottie Watson
Downsville
North Africa
Homer
L. A. French
Maas Pushes Fight Against News Control
Rep. Maas of Minnesota announces plans for restrictive legislation to curb WPB newsprint decisions. He alleges censorship and favoritism, and proposes monthly public disclosures on paper allocations and case handling to protect a free press.
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Washington
Maas
R-Minn
War Production Board
House
WPB
Star Chamber
Bombs Drop In Oklahoma Town By Mistake
Five bombs fell on Boise City Oklahoma during a July 4 celebration misdirected by a Dalhart Texas air base group. The pilot veered off course and targeted the town mistaking it for a practice range. No injuries occurred and damage was minor.
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Boise City
Okla
Oklahoma Panhandle
City Light
Dalhart, Tex
Army Air Base
Dalhart
British Pay For World War Costs Outlined in Commons
Sir Kingsley Wood told the Commons that the average Briton last year paid about one third of his income for the war. He suggested a pay as you go plan. Budget expenditure this year will be eight times 1933 34. Taxes last year took 40 percent of private income. Taxes are paid by 12 5 million Britons, of whom 10 million are small taxpayers.
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London
Kingsley Wood
Commons
Britain
Germans Keep Arms Moving
London reports a ministry of economic warfare spokesman said German production in the first half of 1943 was reduced by Allied bombing and material shortages but war goods output remained fairly well maintained. Defense weapons like fighter planes, anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns continued via reserves and focus on few weapon types, while consumer goods were sacrificed. The Nazi armament industry faced heavy strain replacing losses at Stalingrad and in North Africa and likely lags in locomotives.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Stalingrad
North Africa
220000 Workers To Be Needed In Ohio
Ohio will require 220000 additional workers in the six months ending in October according to Wade Hammond state director of the United States employment service. He noted registrations have fallen from 188000 in July 1942 to 67000 in May.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wade Hammond
United States Employment Service
Hammond
Train crash injures six on Ohio rail line
Six section crewmen were injured slightly yesterday when a small railroad motorcar leaped from the vehicle seconds before a fast Norfolk and Western freight train overtook it near Ironton. At Bombay eighteen people were killed and 44 injured in a separate Bezwada to Guntakal Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway derailment.
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Ironton
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Bombay
Bezwada
Guntakal
Madras and Southern Mahratta
Funds Slashed OWT Asks Aid Of Publishers
The Office of War Information reduced budget and seeks help from publishers to plan low cost home front news coverage. Palmer Hoyt selects nine editors to advise as OWI will no longer print material directly to the public and will rely on established media channels.
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Washington —T
Office of War Information
Congress
Palmer Hoyt
OWL
Hoyt
Advise Care in Mailing Blanks for Gas Ration Books
Cleveland officials warn motorists who misaddress renewal applications for the A gasoline ration book may lose auto use for days. OPA says several thousand forms sent to district and national offices, not local boards, may delay until the current book expires July 21. Schreiber notes missing inspection records and back cover also slow processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Regional Office of Price Administration
OPA
Charles H. Schreiber
Knox Scheduled to Talk Before Mining Congress
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox will be principal speaker at the American Mining Congress meeting in Cincinnati on July 19 20. He will address the closing dinner on July 20.
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Cincinnati
Frank Knox
American Mining Congress
Knox
May production hits new highs but total output unchanged
The War Production Board reports May gains in planes and naval vessels while overall munitions output stays level from April. Nelson notes declines in ground ordnance and merchant ships, citing shipyard value as the source, with four‑engine bombers anticipated as heavier aircraft dominate production trends.
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War Production Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
American naval victory in the Solomons at Kula Gulf
U S naval forces won a crushing Round 1 victory in the Solomon Islands battle of Kula Gulf. They reportedly sank six Japanese wave ships and damaged four, costing one American cruiser. Admiral Halsey said U S forces hold the initiative on land air and sea as the 700 mile Solomons archipelago sees renewed activity.
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Central Solomons
Kula Gulf
New Georgia
Solomon Islands
Navy
Frank Knox
Bremerton, Wash
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
New Georgia Island
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Solomons
United States
Kolombangara Islands
Rendova Island
Munda
Bairoko Anchorage
Strong
Rendova
U.S
Southwest Pacific
Bendoya Island
Imperial Tokyo
Samebera Harbor
MacArthur
Coup de Grace
Rendova Iseland
Australia
New Guinea
Darwin
Yankees in England Make Good Impression
The Daily Express editorial praised the American armed forces in Britain for their splendid bearing and good manners while respecting British proprietorial rights. Officers and troops alike earned deep respect and affection from the British public.
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London
UPI
The
Daily Express
Wife barred from using family car in Cincinnati divorce case
In Cincinnati Judge Charles W Hoffman granted an injunction requested by William Beckett restraining his wife from operating the family auto, noting that further driving would cause undue tire wear in the ongoing divorce action.
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Cincinnati
William Beckett
Charles W., Hoffman
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SAVO
Guadalcanal
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Fort
Hague
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Frank Hague
Jersey City
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