Administration Wins Subsidy Fight as Congress Recess
The 78th Congress adjourns for a wartime recess after a six month session marked by unity on war production and domestic policy fights. The administration won the key subsidy battle avoiding a ban on price rollback programs and saved the CCC extension bill for at least six months. Congress will reconvene September 14 to tackle revenue, postwar planning, and foreign policy amid large appropriations and policy shifts.
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Washington
78Th Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Congress
Manpower Commission
House
National Youth Administration
NYA
National Resources Planning Board
NRPB
Office of War Information
OWI
M Arthiurs Forces Close In On Munda Base
Allied forces under Gen Douglas MacArthur squeezed Munda on New Georgia Island to three miles from the air base. U S vanguards fought Japanese at Elelo while Rendova faced a brief Japanese landing attempt. Allied air raids pounded Vila Bougainville Keahili and Salamaua as Japanese losses mount.
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Munda
New Georgia Island
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Elelo
New Georgia
Munda Point
Vila
Kolome Kangara Island
Keahili Airedrome
Bougainville Island
Salamaua
New Guinea
Marines Use Japanese Tactics in New Georgia
United States Marines operating with American invasion forces in New Georgia adopt tactics inspired by Japanese forces at Singapore to seize Viru Harbor. After four days of jungle advance they launch a rear attack driving enemy troops from positions and forcing others from a 130 foot cliff into the sea.
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New Georgia
United States
Singapore
Viru Harbor
Servicemen Receive Adequate Beef Supply
The War Meat Board reports the armed forces received enough beef last week, the first adequate supply since the shortage began last January. Chairman Harry E. Reed says recommendations will follow to move cattle from ranges and farms into markets to boost overall beef availability.
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Chicago
War Meat Board
Harry E. Reed
Tax receipts show decline from 1942 to 1943 in Columbus
State treasurer Don H. Ebright reported prepaid sales tax receipts for the week ended June 26 at 1,236,120 dollars, down from 2,108,160 dollars in the corresponding 1942 week.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Glider Crossing of Atlantic Surprises Critics
Squadron Leader Richard G. Seys recalls the first glider Atlantic crossing and how skeptics betting 5 to 1 against success were proven wrong. The crew flew from Montreal through three thunderstorm belts with snow and ice, reaching an East Coast field for a smooth landing about 20 minutes late.
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Richard G. Seys
NEA
London
Atlantic
Montreal
AAA Demands Ickes Ouster As Fuel Chief
The American Automobile Association urged Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes be relieved of petroleum coordinating duties and urged appointment of a separate administrator to handle wartime oil shortages. AAA said Ickes favors predicting shortages over solving them and warned against federal control of gasoline and car mobilization.
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AAA
Ickes
Cleveland
American Automobile Association Today
Harold L. Ickes
John L. Young
Autoists at Buckeye Indian Lakes Face Gas Ration Action
The district Office of Price Administration reported 110 out of state motorists who spent the July 4 weekend at Indian or Buckeye Lakes faced suspension or revocation of their gasoline ration books. It said 90 Ohioans from counties 100 miles or more away would have names certified to district OPA offices for possible disciplinary action.
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Columbus
District Office of Price Administration
Buckeye Lakes
OPA
Toledoan Charged With Attempt to Kill Women
Richard Palm age 24 was held in Lucas County Jail on $2,500 bond after a grand jury indicted him for assault with intent to kill Virginia Wylie 22 and Treva Corbett 30 by driving his car into a parked vehicle. Both women hospitalized. Court attaches said it was the first such case in county history.
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Toledo
Richard Palm
Lucas County
Virginia Wylie
Treva Corbett
Probe Blocked By Roosevelt
Washington reports that under President Roosevelt the War and Navy Departments refused cooperation with a special House committee led by Rep Cox to investigate the FCC. They would not allow officers to testify or supply documents, amid charges of interference with armed services intelligence. Clifford J. Durr urged Cox's replacement, noting Cox had received 2500 dollars for legal services to a Georgia radio station, which Cox said went to charity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War and Navy Departments
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
House
Rep
Cox
D-Ga
Armed Services
Clifford J. Durr
Commission
Georgia
May Refuse Gas to Cars Without Stamps
Federal agents directed about 6500 motorists in Columbus and Youngstown to buy the $5 use tax stamp. Ration boards in Cleveland Toledo and Cincinnati were asked to order gasoline stations to refuse service to cars without the yellow stickers.
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Columbus
Youngstown
Cleveland
Toledo
Cincinnati
Light-on-Dark Tags For Ohio Automobiles
Ohio’s 1944 license plates will show light numerals on a dark background with colors yet to be chosen. State registrar C. W. Wallace announced the change. The single tags will be displayed on the rear of vehicles.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. W. Wallace
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Roosevelt signals no new contract urge to Lewis
President Roosevelt said he will not press John L. Lewis to sign a new pact with coal operators. He questioned the value of sending a signed note and stated there is no law forcing a signature. He noted sanctions at Montgomery Ward exist only as a takeover threat, not for a union like United Mine Workers. He urged reading the first eight sections of the new anti strike law for further guidance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Lewis
WLBE
Montgomery Ward and Company
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
Mine Owners Ask U S Aid in Pennsylvania Strike
Pittsburgh dispatch reports violence in the Southwestern Pennsylvania captive mine area as roving pickets begin a 24 hour vigil to enforce no contract no work in Uniontown region. U S Attorney Charles F Uhl says a complete report is being prepared at the request of Attorney General Francis Biddle amid possible Justice Department action. Brackins Hurts dies after drowning at U S Lock No 10 in the Ohio River following a fall and entanglement.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
United States
Charles F. Uhl
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Department of Justice
Connally- Smith
Et. Uhl
U. S. Subs Set Ship-a-Day Pace in Pacific Waters
U S submarines patrolling the Pacific report sinking or damaging 33 Japanese ships since June 1 including transports tankers and destroyers Two more vessels are believed sunk with nine more damaged Latest tally shows 283 ships sunk or damaged in the Pacific since Pearl Harbor with 200 sunk 29 probably sunk and 54 damaged
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Washington
U. S
Pacific
Japan
Navy
Knox
Pearl Harbor
Poultry Field Black Market Stamps OPA
The nation faces a widespread poultry black market as the Office of Price Administration notes extensive activity across 20 states. With six million farmers and numerous trade outlets, enforcement has begun 339 criminal and civil actions in four months, targeting farmers to neighborhood stores.
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Tion
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Boy Dies and Brother Hurt in Chemical Explosion
Ten-year-old William Perkins was killed and his brother Jewell, 16, lost a hand in a basement chemical explosion. Their parents Mr. and Mrs. Jewell H. Perkins said they were experimenting with chemicals in their Findlay home.
War budget soars as six month session tops record outlays
The 78th Congress approved about 114 billion dollars in new wartime funding in six months, with direct War Department appropriations at 59.03 billion and Navy at 31.47 billion. Experts project 90 billion for armed services with total six month outlays near 107 billion. Airplane spending eyed at 25 billion plus overhead.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Navy
Army
War and Navy Departments
Cannon
D-Mo
Armed Services
Plane Program Under Attack
A Truman War Investigating Committee report condemns continued production of obsolete planes. D C Speaker says the document criticizes military officials for failing to cut numbers of fighters transports and trainers, and accuses a major contractor of spreading management too thin causing inefficient production.
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Washington
Truman War Investigating Committee
Former Pen Inmate Wounded by Patrolmen in Ohio Chase
State highway patrolmen wounded and captured Harold H. Rollison 23 of Uhrichsville after a short chase near Herron east of Columbus. Rollison had served 17 months in prison for auto theft at Zanesville. He was hit in the right hip and arm.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Herron
Here
Harold H. Rollison
Uhrichsville
Zanesville
New York Copy Editor Indicted as Jap Agent
Frederick Heizer Wright a 40 year old New York Daily News copy editor is indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of acting as a paid agent of the Japanese imperial government for a decade ending with the Pearl Harbor attack.
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New York
Frederick Heizer Wright
New York Daily News
State Department
Allies push toward Munda in heavy Pacific action
The briefing describes Marine and Army landings above Munda and east of it on New Georgia as Allied forces press to consolidate positions. American bombers and carrier aircraft strike Vila depot at Kolombangara and targets near Salamaua, while air battles near Koepang Timor claim several enemy aircraft.
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Munda
New Georgia
Solomons Island
U. S
Kula Gulf
Vila
Bairoko
Monda
Neavest
Elelo
Rice Anchorage
Zanana
Kolombangara
Dauntless
New Guinea
Salamaua
Penfoel
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Reds Report Huge Nazi Losses On Russian Front
German renewed assault along a 165 mile sector from Orel to Belgorod failed to break Soviet lines as Red Army counterattacks regained ground. Soviet losses and German casualties were detailed as the offensive continued with aerial battles and Allied air operations hitting targets in Cologne Catania and Sicily.
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Orel
Belgorod
Red Army
New Grocery Price Method Is Announced
The Office of Price Administration issued fixed mark up regulations to simplify food pricing. Effective August 5, wholesalers will price most dry groceries under one rule and retailers for almost all dry groceries and perishables, excluding beer liquors candy bread milk ice cream fresh fish and tobacco. The system relies on fixed mark ups to set ceiling prices and keeps them aligned with April 8 price levels.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Roosevelt
Wrecking Crews Clear Nickel Plate Line at West Leipsic
Bellevue and Fort Wayne crews worked to clear 16 derailed coal cars from the Nickel Plate Railroad main line at West Leipsic today.
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Findlay
Bellevue
Fort Wayne
Ind
Nickel Plate Railroad
West Leipsic
Ohio lawmaker questions Ickes wealth figure
Rep Robert Jones of Ohio critiques Interior Secretary Ickes claim that every American is worth 89 000 dollars. He notes Ickes total national wealth, disputes per capita math, and jokes about government cars and rationing cards while challenging the New Deal figures.
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Reno
Robert Jones
Ohio
Ickes
United States
Jones
Ohioan
Icnes
Mr. Ickes
Interior Department
Maryland
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