Treasury proposes war era super-levies on high incomes
The Treasury urged super-levies for individuals with more than 25 000 after regular taxes and for married couples over 50 000. The plan, first floated by President, aims to curb luxuries during wartime, allowing a 15 percent debt deduction and extending it to debt-free earners if funds are used for other financial commitments.
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Washington
Treasury
Peenene
Pup
Paul
LEND LEASE AID NEAR A BILLION
The United Nations reports lend-lease aid has reached about 4.5 billion dollars by mid June. Distribution of wartime costs is set to equalize across nations, with no country becoming rich from allies’ efforts. The United States aims to avoid debt mistakes of the past while planning future lend-lease support.
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United Nations
Cor Press
Producto Hans
United States
Vanished Miraflores Vessel Hides War Time Mystery
New Orleans reports a wartime mystery at sea as the 2158 ton freighter Miraflores, 270 feet long, left Haiti February 14 bound for New York. The navy announced the missing ship after she was sighted off Haiti the next day and has not been heard from since amid Axis submarine activity off Haitian waters.
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New Orleans
Haiti
Miraflores
New York
Russians Smash 180 Nazi Tanks On Kharkov Front
Soviet communique reports a major battle on the Kharkov front with defenders destroying 180 German tanks and halting enemy assaults. Sevastopol defenses in Crimea gain from Black Sea fleet support as heavy fighting continues with no major changes noted elsewhere.
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Kharkov
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Moscow
Savastopol
Cremea
Battle update from Berlin broadcasts on eastern front
Berlin radio report cites military quarters announcing 25 000 Russians captured or killed east of a river as remnants of the beaten enemy are said destroyed. Informants claim the battle to smash the Russians northern pincer has ended and forces advance east of the Kharkov area.
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Berlin
Transocean
Kharkov
Soviet Press Highlights Kharkov Battle Stalemate
Unofficial reports say the fleet includes an old battleship and a Soviet carrier near Kharkov. The siege near Kharkov drains forces with 2,850 men reported killed or wounded in two days. Marshal Semeon and Nazi Field Marshal von Bock clash as Ukraine forces falter, with nine tanks and eleven lines reported destroyed overnight.
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Saastonov
Red Army
Kharkov
Semeon
Odern von Bock
Ukraine
Area Youths Begin 19 Week AAF Aircraft Mechanics Course
Four youths from Bluefield West Virginia enrolled at Keesler Field Mississippi in a 19 week air corps technical school course to train as airplane mechanics for active duty with the Army Air Forces. Enrolled are Privates John Wesley Magann Vernon Hugh Main James Woodrow Meadows and Jesse Clinton LaRue from Princeton.
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Keesler Field
Miss
Bluefield
W. Va
Air Corps Technical School
Army Air Forces
John Wesley Magann
J. W. Magann
Pranklin Street
Vernon Hugh Main
J. W. Main
Roosevelt Street
James Woodrow Meadows
James E. Meadows
Willowton
Jesse Clinton LaRue
Mack Charlie LaRue
Princeton
Darwin Bombed by Japanese Planes Third Day
Allied report says Japanese planes bombed Darwin for the third day in three days causing casualties and minor damage. A large force of 27 bombers with fighters hit the naval fueling port, with four raiders shot down and one felled on Saturday.
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Allied
Australia
Darwin
Timor
Dar
Senate Speed Measures Aid Dependents in Draft Policy
Washington June 15 The senate approved a measure to speed aid for dependents of soldiers through pay allowances and government grants as it clears the way for drafting husbands and fathers who are breadwinners if needed. The act would authorize draft boards to consider a man's dependents in deciding deferments and amends the selective service act. The bill, sponsored by Johnson Colorado, aims to ensure single men are available while men with wives and children are not drafted unnecessarily.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Navy
Johnson
Colo
Allied Second-front Action Seen Shaping In East West
Allied plans for a second front appear under consideration in both theaters as long range bombers operate in the Mediterranean and Italian reports claim British convoy damage. American planes forced to land in Turkey hint at broader operations while twin Italian flotillas move east through the Sardinia Sicily Tunisia triangle, signaling possible coordinated action against the Axis.
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Turkey
Rome
Sardinia
Sicily
Tunisia
Miners Face Vacation Threat Over Fine Refund Condition
Percy Tetlow, provisional president of UMW District 17, said southern West Virginia miners will take a 10 day vacation starting June 27 unless operators refund fines from last fall's captive mine walkout. He demanded contract modification to extend the vacation period and postponed fines totaling about 400000 dollars be redirected to charity as agreed.
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Last Fall
Charleston
W. Va
Percy Tetlow
West Virginia
Tetlow
United Mine Workers District 17
van A. Bittner
Union
Raiding Submarines Sink Two More Ships
An East Coast port reports a merchantman foundered June 7 after a heavy torpedo strike off Cuba, with six crew deaths and 26 survivors rescued by navy craft. A Gulf Coast port notes a Panamanian cargo vessel sunk by Axis submarines June 11, with one death and fifty-eight rescued. this marks the first inner Gulf loss since May 27.
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United States
Cuba
Roosevelt Davis
Philadelphia
Gulufa Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
3000 Unionists Shift To Murray Leadership
New Orleans reports 3000 unionists shift to Murray leadership. Fred C. Pieper, general director, announced unions oppose anti Roosevelt and dictatorial policies of John L. Lewis. The move signals a major realignment within national labor groups.
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Murray
New Orleans
Fred C. Pieper
John L. Lewis
Italian Claims Big Mediterranean Convoy Hit
Italian broadcasts claim a major British convoy was attacked in the Mediterranean over two days. they say two cruisers a destroyer and four other ships were sunk with a battleship an aircraft carrier and more damaged. the report cites tl giornale d Italia with initial claims of a large force proceeding to malta.
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Mediterranean
Italan
High Command
Atlantic
London
Tl Giornale D'Italia
Britian
Alevan
Ae Malta
1¢E High Command
Ll Giornale d'Italia
Sardinia
Cape Teulada
Philippeville
Cape Bon
Tunisian
Sicily
Giornale
Canees
War Chest campaign kicks off in Bluefield city
One hundred ten team captains and campaign workers from Bluefield area attend a noon luncheon at the Appalachian auditorium to launch the Bluefield War Chest drive through June 20 with a $15 goal. Chairman Herbert Markie praises support and notes morale for armed forces.
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Bluefield
Appalachian Auditorium
Herbert Markie
Markle
Additional $750 000 Granted For Highways
Charleston West Virginia June 15 UP The road commission was granted an additional 750000 from contingent funds for its operations at a meeting of the Board of Public Works today. The board allocated 250000 for primary highways and 50000 for secondary roads. A similar allocation was made in January from a new contingent appropriation of 000 for routes.
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Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Board of Public Works
Nazis Pincers Thrust Shaping In Middle East
Allied and Axis forces wage synchronized offensives 1500 miles apart as Rommel drives toward Tobruk and Iraq while German troops under Von Bock attack Soviet lines. The action aims to seal a land bridge between the Caucasus and Suez and threaten Middle East oil supplies.
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Middle East
London
Adolf Hitler
North Africa
Russia
Ukraine
Caucasus
Suez
Nazifuehrer
Nine WV towns to hold trial blackouts in June schedule
Nine West Virginia communities will experience trial blackouts between tonight and June 26 as civilian defense tests unfold. Montgomery in Fayette County had a blackout tonight and Dunbar in Kanawha County will be on tomorrow night’s slate with Wellsburg New Martinsville Grafton Welch Mullens and ee on later dates.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Montgomery
Fayette County
Dunbar
Kanawha County
Wellsburg
New Martinsville
Grafton
Welch
Mullens
Will Rogers Jr Enters Race for California Seat
Will Rogers Jr son of the late cow boy comedian announces his entry into the 16th California congressional district race on the Democratic ticket. He faces incumbent Leland M Ford in the contest.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers, Jr
California
Leland M. Ford
British Forces Striking Back In Desert War
Cairo reports the British Eighth Army fights a fluid melee to save desert units from Axis tanks near Tobruk. Italian and German communiques claim Axis advances with 652 British tanks destroyed or captured. The battle centers on Ain El Gazala and Acroma as Tobruk presides over the defense.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Tobruk
Acroma
Ain el Gazala
Bir Hacheim
Axia
Via Balbo
Walkout Slows Boat Building At Point Pleasant Plant
At Point Pleasant West Virginia June 15 a walkout slowed production at the Marietta Manufacturing company builder of Army and Navy boats. Union leaders claim about 100 of some 2000 workers remain at night while company spokesmen say about half the normal rate continues and many workers plan to return tomorrow.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Army
Navy
Jason Weisssenberger
C. O. Weissenberger
Woman Life-Termer Confesses Murder in Missouri Case
Warden Kaiser said a female inmate at a federal reformatory confessed the murder for which Kenneth David Conway, 24, awaits a death sentence in Missouri. Donald Stephens, 25, is serving a life term for the same shooting that killed Cecil Curd, a filling station attendant, on August 25, 1939. The woman, Mrs. Ramona Still, is jailed at Alderson, West Virginia.
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Kaiser
Kenneth David Conway
Missouri
Donald Stephens
Cecil Curd
Come. Mo
Ramona Still
Alderson
W. Va
Two Japs Columns Advancing In Chekiang, Kiangsi Areas
report from Chungking says two Japanese columns push into Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces with heavy fighting along the Chekiang Kiangsi border. one column of about 50 000 men advances toward the Nanchang Hangchow railway junction, while a second column moves southeast from Nanchang toward Tengpu and Geetd cue.
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Chungking
Chekiang
Kiangsi
Nanchang-Hangchow
Shanghai
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Kiangshan
Yushan
Kwangfeng
Nanchang
Japan
Tengpu
Kwangtseng
Aleutian Sea Air Victories Reported As Weather Halts Hard Fighting
Washington reports heavy U S air strikes against Japanese forces in the Aleutians. One cruiser sunk and seven vessels damaged including an aircraft carrier amid continued combat despite rain and fog. Indications point to more American successes against Attu and other targets as weather hampers both sides.
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Aleutians
Washinon
Hemisphere
Pacific
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Midway Island
mid-Pacific
Japan
Aleutian Chain
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Chief
Aleutian
Navy
Attu Island
Dutch Harbor
Conviction of A M A for Anti-Trust Upheld by Appellate Court
Washington reports that the American Medical Association faced a District of Columbia court of appeals ruling upholding a against antitrust charges. The three-judge panel unanimously affirmed in April that the AA and the District of Columbia Society interfered in illegal restraint of trade affecting group health associations. The decision moves toward a possible Supreme Court review.
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Washington
American Medical Association
District of Col Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Society of the District of Columbia
Group Health Association
Chicago
Thes E Ae Creas Soemearen
Italian Aliens Firearms Seized In Seven Ohio Cities
Federal agents arrested 22 Italian aliens and seized firearms and ammunition across Cleveland Youngstown Canton East Canton Akron Lorain and Alliance. The operation yielded rifles revolver dum-dum rounds shotgun shells a short wave radio and a flag plaque associated with Mussolini.
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Ohio
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ents
Youngstown
Canton
East Canton
Akron
Lorain
Alliance
Mussolini
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