Pantelleria Bombarded After Surrender Demand
Allied air and naval forces bombard Pantelleria after Italy ignores unconditional surrender demand. American Flying Fortresses and British ships strike the 232 square mile fortress island as densely shelled bombardment continues. Rome radio notes overwhelming air and naval siege with no Allied casualties reported.
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Allied
North Africa
Pantelleria
Pia
Casablanca
Sicily
Rome
Reuters
Carl A. Spaaty
Chinese forces storm key Yenlin line near Hwajung
Chinese dispatches report Chiang Kai-shek forces breaking the Japanese defense southeast of Hwajung, north of Lake Tungting in northern Hunan. Japanese casualties exceed 200 with troops swimming a river. equipment captured as Chinese advance along the upper Yangtze front. Allied air raids on Hongay and Yangtze valley towns cited.
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Chungking
Hwajung
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lake Tungting
Hunan
Yangtze
Hongay
Haipong
Indo China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Yangtez Valley
Shihlipu
Ichang
Hankew Road
Itu
Sungtze
Shas
Taihong
Shansi
Yingchen
Hankow
Substantial Debate Erupts Over Farm Subsidy Payments
WashingtonJune congressional clash over farm subsidy payments grows on the Senate floor. Senator Byrd warns subsidies could cost 5 billion dollars annually and lead to farmer and processor regimentation. Senator Taft proposes new limits restricting subsidies to essential government purchases and transport costs amid wartime needs.
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Washington
Senate
Byrd
Tafe R
Ohio
McKellar
Tenn
Butte
Smith
D. C
Senate Agriculture
Invasion Echoes as Pantelleria Rumors Rise
London reports speculate that Ike's forces may have landed on Pantelleria and Lampedusa as the war moves into the Mediterranean. Reuters and other agencies note unconfirmed claims while Allied HQ cautions only ongoing bombardment and blockade.
Conferrees approve new anti strike bill to bar walkouts
Senate and House conferees aprobar a draft that would outlaw strikes in war plants and mines. The bill would seize strike bound facilities and impose a 30 day cooling off period with penalties including civil suits imprisonment and fines. The measure strengthens the War Labor Board to settle disputes and compel witness attendance.
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Washington
T.e
War Labor Board
Bombers Hit Munitions Warehouses in Dutch New Guinea
Allied sources report a four engine bomber raid on Nabire in Dutch New Guinea destroying two large munitions warehouses with 500 pound bombs. A terrific explosion and fires were seen from 12 000 feet. Additional strikes hit Manokwari and Unea island amid poor weather elsewhere in the Southwest Pacific.
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Australia
Nabire
Dutch New Guinea
High Command
Southwest Pacific
Manokwari
Unea Island
New Britain
Zoot Suit Riots Prompt City and State Action
Los Angeles reports five days of clashes between 700t-suited youths and service members injuring more than 150 and leading to 500 jailed. Governor Warren calls for calm as Kenny and a citizens committee launch an immediate investigation. City council considers an ordinance making zoot suit attire a jail offense. Police Officer C D Medley among latest injured.
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Los Angeles
Sacramento
Bar] Warren
Robert W. Kenny
Citizens Committee
Five
Kenny
Cg Ray Hays
Norris Nelson
Nelson
Police Commission
C. D. Medley
World Today Briefs From Mediterranean to Asia
The AP reports prolonged bombing of Pantelleria with Allied leader Eisenhower warning continued air assaults until the garrison surrenders. Russian airmen claim 150 to 160 German aircraft destroyed in raids on six air ports with 24 planes lost. In China a clash sout of Ichang sees a Chinese push supported by U S air action against Japanese forces.
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Pantelleria
Eisenhower
Garrison
China
Ichanz
Byrnes Named Tax Policy Coordinator in War Effort
Washington announces War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes will coordinate tax policy in addition to his duties. He plans a conference with Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and other fiscal officials, denies vice presidency ambitions, and says Bernard Baruch will assist unpaid.
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Washington
James F Byrnes
Addiiion
Brynes
Roosevelt
Treasury
Byrnes
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Fred M. Vinson
Harold D. Smith
Capitol
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
Bolden Confesses murder of husband and hired girl
In Tazewell county, Lula Freeman Bolden admits killing her husband D. J. Seiden and 12 year old Juanita Davis. She details finding them together, using an axe on both, then seizing a shotgun during a struggle and firing. Confession followed hours of questioning.
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Tazewell
Lula Freeman Bolden
Kent's Ridge
Richlands
Juanita Davis
Davis
Bolden
Commonwealth
J. H. Gillespie
West Virginians Wounded In Action
The War Department released 308 U S soldiers listed as wounded, including 13 from West Virginia. Names and home counties cited include Spencer L Bennett Bens Run Paul H Brown Wiley Pord Frank Dillon Chauncey James F Dulaney Zelna Dulaney Corn Stalk Harold H Fairburn Milburn Ralph W French Lick Creek James Gyorkos Prosperity Hugo M Hanson Alum Creek Homer A May Wallback John W Mobley Big Creek Roy H Shaffer Richwood Boyd M Walker Egeria Robert K Whitacre Paw Paw.
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Spencer L. Bennett
Sarah B. Bennett
Bens Run
Paul H. Brown
Virginia Brown
Wiley Pord
Frank Dillon
Josie Dillon
Chauncey
James F. Dulaney
Zelna Dulaney
Harold H. Fairburn
Frank Fairburn
Milburn
Ralph W. French
Laura D. French
Lick Creek
James Gyorkos
Russians Raid Nazi Airports In Massive Luftoffensive
London reports Russian airmen destroyed between 150 and 160 German aircraft in raids on six enemy airfields Tuesday night, with two Russian planes lost. Moscow said 24 German planes were down in counterfire near the Volkhov front southeast of Leningrad, as both sides wage long range air activity ahead of summer land battles.
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Russia
Moscow
Lenin
London
Volkhovo
Leningrad
Kuban
Caucasus
Berlin
Associated Press
Sea of Azov
Taman Peninsula
Barents Sea
Baltic
Aner
Red Army
Sevsk
Kursk
U S Troops Reach British Port In Steady Arrival
A sizable U S troop contingent arrived at a British port after a fast uneventful voyage. The group includes more airmen for the expanding Eighth U S Air Force and engineering units.
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U.S
British Port
London
United States
U. S. Airforce and
Barefoot prowler eludes Bluefield police amid home raids
Bluefield police intensify overtime effort to capture a silent barefoot thief who has broken into eight homes in two weeks. Chief W B Owen urges residents to lock doors and windows, noting only money and a silver spoon and watch were stolen in isolated cases. Suspects are stopped and witnesses questioned as the thief slips in and out unseen.
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Bluefield
South Bluefield
W. B. Owen
Ardel
Owen
Union Mine Wage Split Reported In Washington
John L. Lewis reportedly agreed to a portal-to-portal pay settlement of about $1.30 a day with Pennsylvania operators covering 65 000 miners. The deal would raise overall miners’ pay by roughly $1.50 daily if approved, pending government price and agency approvals including the War Labor Board.
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House
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Connally
Tex
Washington
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
Lewis
Southern group eyes pact terms in wage talks
Southern West Virginia coal operators said they would accept any terms approved by the War Labor Board in the long coal wage negotiations but opposed the reported $1.30 portal to portal settlement as inflationary. Management spokesmen noted a split in ranks and warned the Southern association may reject a settlement, placing the burden on the WLB and OPA to raise coal price ceilings if a wage increase occurs. President D Holmes Morton of Winifrede collieries argued such an increase would be inflationary under the Little Steel formula, while Mertin of Wyatt Coal predicted readiness to bargain with the UMW on Pennsylvania settlements.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
War Labor Board
Pennsylvania
Central Pennsylvania Producers Association
WLB
United Mine Workers
OPA
D. Holmes Morton
Winifrede Colleries
Oom de Mertin
Wyatt Coal Soman
UMW
Peaneyiventa
West Virginia Exceeds May War Bond Quota
Charleston reports that West Virginia surpasses its May war bond quota. State official E. R. Mowbray announced the state bought 66 108 bonds, marking a strong showing in national defense efforts.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
E. R. Mowbray
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