RAF Bombers Hit Ruhr and Allies Strike in Europe
Waves of RAF bombers, possibly around 450, struck Germany's Ruhr industrial valley and targets in France and Holland. Eighteen bombers missing. Soviet and German forces clash around Sevastopol as Red Star reports high German casualties. British and Free French troops repel Axis assaults near Bir Hacheim while Italy reports a new air raid on Taranto.
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Germany
Ruhr
France
Holland
Belgian
Pyrenees
Russia
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Crimea
Red Star
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Red Army
Crimean
North African
Ritchie
Bir Hacheim
Tobruk
Britain
Italy
Taranto
Cleveland Housewives Help Tin Can Salvage Drive
Cleveland housewives were praised for saving aluminum and waste paper and were asked to cooperate with the government in a nationwide tin can salvage drive. Cuyahoga and parts of Lake County were surveyed by Leslie C. Merrell deputy chief of the tin salvage section of the War Production Board.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Lake County
Leslie C. Merrell
Tin Savage
War Production Board
Royal Canadian squadron joins North Africa air war
London AP reports a Royal Canadian Air Force fighter squadron arrived in North Africa to support British imperial and Free French airmen against the Axis in the desert skies.
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London
Royal Canadian Air Force
North Africa
Woman sells dining suite for cash in two days
A resident on East State Street in Athens sold an old dining room suite for 50 dollars cash after deciding storage would hurt its value. The ad brought quick results, spending 81 cents to advertise.
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East State St
Athens
Rationing Predicted for Coffee Tea Cocoa in War Economy
Washington official forecast by Joseph L. Weiner of the War Production Board Division of Supply says coffee tea and cocoa likely to be rationed, clothing may face rationing later, with bananas scarce and fish limited. Wool use may be restricted, more cotton worn, shoes scarce, but stocks remain high. travel curbed due to power and oil shortages.
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Washington
America
Joseph L. Weiner
War Production Board Division of Supply
WPB
Vision of Massive U S Germany Bomber Raids
Air Chief Marshal A T Harris forecast 10 000 bombers a night over Germany with many flying from America for heavy raids. He said current raids were warmups for ter rific punishment of Japan and expected three to four times Cologne scale once U S air forces join.
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London
A. T. Harris
Germany
America
Bomber Command
Japan
Cologne
Essen
Harris
Leubeck
Rostock
United States Army Air Corps
Federation Silent on CIO Unity Proposal
Washington report notes AFL officials rejected a joint refrain from any comment that might impair existing wartime unity. Informed sources say AFL silent on CIO counter proposal to achieve organic labor unity, but silence does not equal consent.
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Washington
CIO
AFL
Jehovah's Witnesses Lose in Court Battle
The Supreme Court ruled that a municipal license requirement for peddlers may constitutionally apply to a Jehovah's Witness distributing literature for which contributions were solicited. The challenge claimed violations of freedom of press and freedom to worship Almighty God.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jehovah's Witnesses
Methodists Pledge Aid in War Effort
Ohio Methodists resolve to serve the nation in every way that does not violate loyalty to God. The Ohio Conference closed after a year of decisions that church agencies shall not be used in wage or propaganda efforts.
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Springfield
Ohio
Hitler Honors Dead Henker at State Funeral
Adolf Hitler called Reinhard Heydrich one of our martyrs at a state funeral. Heinrich Himmler vowed to avenge the protector of Bohemia and Moravia as Hitler, returning from the Russian front, conferred the highest German Order on the slain Gestapo chief. Heydrich died last week after an ambush that killed him and injured others.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Secret Police
Bohemia and
Moravia
Hitler
Heydrich
Perpisal
Work Resumed After Army Ultimatum Ends Strike
Work on air craft precision tools resumed at the Federal Engineering Company in Detroit after a week long strike ended. The Army had ordered workers to return to finish the job within days, threatening to move the project elsewhere.
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Detroit
Federal Engineering Company
Army
Walnut Sands rally invites black residents to pledge liquidation of rationed goods
Walt Sands, a Chicago block captain, invites locals to a meeting to cry about rationing and then view demonstration items a tire sugar cubes coffee and a gasoline can before reciting a pledge to use less or go without these goods for the duration.
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Chicago
Walt Sands
Jap Advance In Chekiang Strikes Snag
China reports a Japanese foothold at Chuhsien retaken by Chinese forces in Chekiang while Japanese fleet limps home after Midway battles. Chiang Kai-shek’s troops reverse a Japanese advance. Tokyo radio silent on Midway losses.
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Chekiang
Midway
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chungking
Chuhsien
China
Japan
Tokyo
Women Stage Sitdown Strike At Goodyear Akron
Three hundred women war workers at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co joined a sit-down strike in protest of a shift from day work to piece work pay. Twelve sewing machine workers began the action, with others on two shifts stopping in sympathy under an agreement with the CIO United Rubber Workers providing a 60 day window to decide on the schedule.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Nationwide Gas Rationing Delayed Awaiting Rubber Survey
Congressional quarters predict postponement of nationwide gasoline rationing until a comprehensive survey of available scrap rubber is completed. Senate Democratic Leader Barkley said such a survey is contemplated and other legislators expect President Roosevelt will wait for results before deciding on private automobile fuel rations.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Roosevelt
Dependents to Receive Extended Army Navy Pay Under Bill
Washington AP Congress assures dependents of Army and Navy personnel financial support with a $50 base pay for June 1. House and Senate approve similar pay scale. joint committee to reconcile details. Class A wives and children get a $28 federal and $22 deduction. two children add $10 per extra child. Class B dependents optional with smaller federal additions. Eligible service members up to sergeant and third class petty officer.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
House
Senate
Joint Conference
Army
Navy
Drastic WPA Cutback Warned as Jobs Slashed
Washington report from the appropriations committee outlines a $28 million WPA bill to fund 400000 jobs monthly starting July 1, warning of a sharp retrenchment. The measure would cut about 575000 from this year's average, risking a precipitous drop or a slow decline as civilian production drops and older workers struggle to find war jobs.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
National Grocers Demand Mandatory National Price Policy
The National Retail Grocers Association called for a mandatory national price policy with retail ceilings paired with controls on major costs including wages and farm commodities. The Chicago based group urged government action to stabilize prices across all essential goods.
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Chicago
National Retail Grocers Association
Navy plans 51 submarines in FY year and 76 next year
Hearings on a 2.807 billion wartime supplemental bill disclose Navy plans to build 51 submarines in the current fiscal year starting July 1 and 76 more scheduled for the next year.
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Washington
Navy
Texan recalls Pearl Harbor Midway sea battle from surface view
Ensign George H. Gay of Houston Texas describes surviving 24 hours afloat after being shot down on June 4 during the Midway battle. He hid under a seat cushion and used a life-raft bag to stay afloat as American torpedo planes struck Japanese carriers and ships burned. He was rescued the next day.
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China
United States
Great Britain
Midway
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Tokyo
Berlin Radio Today
Japan
Midway Sea
Midway Island
George H. Gay
Navy
Houston
Tex
Gay
Assae
Fear 12 Dead In Crash Of Navy Blimps
Navy training blimps G-1 and L-2 collided over the Atlantic off New Jersey. Three bodies recovered from the L-2 gondola, one survivor known, nine others missing from 13 occupants. Lt Cmdr Clinton H. Rounds of Toms River among the dead.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Coast Guards
Atlantic Ocean
Naval Air Station
Manasquan
Lewis Menninger
Ocean County
Point Pleasant Beach
Cmdr
Clinton 8S
Toms River
California
War and business end town crier’s final season
Provincetown officials announce the town crier loses his job due to wartime business conditions. The long time bellman, famed for belt and buckled shoes, breeches, hose, and cloak, has walked the streets every summer for fifty years.
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Provincetown
Maas
Town Criers Association
Nelson To Be Guest Graduation Speaker
Columbia Missouri United States The war productions board chief Donald M Nelson will deliver the graduation address at the University of Missouri He will be honored as an initiate of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and is described as the kid from the other side of the tracks who learned life the hard way.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Alumanus
Donald M. Nelson
War Productions Board
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
Hocking Reformatory Inmate Paroled in Ohio Release
Ohio parole board granted release to six eight Mansfield inmates including Walter Culbertson from Hocking Reformatory. Some inmates obtained conditional release orders as part of the day’s action.
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Hocking Reformatory
Columbus
State Reformatory
Mansfield
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Hocking
Walter Culbertson
Inter-City Bus Routes Frozen By War-Time Order
Washington reports wartime control of all inter-city bus operations includes freezing current routes pooling competitive services and discontinuing express lines effective July 1. Officials estimate rubber reclamation from scrap could range from 700 thousand to 10 million tons with 1942 projections around 300 thousand tons.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Barkley
War Production Board
Leon Henderson
Senate
Henderson
Scientists Explore Substitutes For Rubber Crisis
Detroit reports a government backed effort to find an interim tire solution to the rubber shortage. A Zeder led committee is studying re treaded tires using linseed oil asphalt oils glues casein soybeans and other materials with the aim to keep most cars in operation while a rubber substitute program develops.
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Detroit
America
James G. Zeder
Chrysler Corporation
Thiokol
Dow Chemical Company
Zeder
Hitler’s Anti Church Campaign Condemned by Hull
Washington AP Secretary of State Hull condemned Hitler’s anti church campaign in Germany. He noted the Catholic bishops’ pastoral letter of protest read in every Catholic Church, warning Hitler would blot out Christianity if his plans succeed.
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Washington
Hull
Hitler
Germany
Third Ship Sunk This Week by U Boats
The Western Atlantic toll from submarine warfare rose to 254 Allied and neutral ships sunk since Pearl Harbor. The Navy confirms the sinking of a V U 8 vessel and a Brazilian ship off South America, tallying three sinkings this week.
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Washington
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
South America
Tractor overturns kill 21 year old Keith Perkins near Sharonville
Cincinnati based AP reports Keith Henry Perkins aged 21 died when a tractor overturned in a field near Sharonville. Investigators described a fatal agricultural accident as authorities worked to determine cause and whether safety measures were followed.
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Cincinnati
Keith Henry Perkins
Sharonville
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