Tojo Declares War Turning Point With Air Raids Forecast
Tokyo broadcasts quote Prime Minister Hideki Tojo telling the Diet the war has reached a decisive stage as Japan grows stronger. He says enemy mobilization increases the risk of air raids on the mainland and that Japanese production has risen, needing stricter controls to secure food. Navy Minister Shimada adds tallying Allied losses on paper.
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Navy
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo
Associated Press
Tojo
Diet
Shigetaro Shimada
Taft and Brown clash over subsidies for price rollback
Washington shows a sharp exchange as Senator Taft accuses the OPA rollback of demoralizing markets and refusing subsidies. Brown defends a proposed 450 million subsidy to offset price declines in butter meats and coffee, warning costs could rise to 1.5 billion.
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Washington
Prentiss Brown
Senate Committee
Taft
Ohio
Senate Banking Committee
Brown
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Congress
Martial law in Beaumont after white Negro rioting aftermath
A racial riot in Beaumont Texas led to one death and at least 11 injuries. Martial law was declared by Acting Governor A M Aikin as Rangers state guards and police patrolled the city. A white carpenter, Ellis Cleveland Brown, died from a fractured skull after a beating.
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Tex
Psi
Beauont
Texas Rangers
Austin
A. M. Aikin
Coke Stevenson
Washington, D. C
Palestine
W. W. Richardson
Beaumont Courtouse
Ellis
Cleveland Brown
Brown
WLB Defers Coal Decision in Wage Dispute
Washington June 16 The war labor board defers a ruling on portal to portal pay in the soft coal wage dispute as the United Mine Workers policy committee holds extended talks. Officials report no conclusive action. the committee reconvenes at 4 p.m. tomorrow to review wage negotiations and disbandment reports.
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Washington
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
WLB
UMW
John L. Lewis
Central
Pennsyvania
Illinois
Mexican Citizens Not Involved In Zoot Suit War
The State Department said no Mexican citizens were found involved in Los Angeles fights with servicemen and zoot suit youths. After Mexican Ambassador Najera met Secretary Hull, officials pledged rapid handling of any such cases if discovered and noted ongoing federal and local investigations.
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Washington
State Department
Los Angeles
Hull
Francisco Castillo Najera
Department of State
Federal judge sentences on liquor tax and draft cases
About 40 people appeared before Judge Ben Moore in the Southern District of West Virginia for the June term. Six were sentenced and 17 ordered back on October 7. others await trial dates. Cases centered on liquor tax violations and the 1940 Selective Service Act.
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United States Court For
Southern District of West Virginia
Mercer County
Princeton
Paul Mason Foley
Barnett Virgil Cole
Mountain View
Raleigh
Cole
Foley
United States Army
Atlanta
Earl Waldron
Hemphill
James Albert Mathena
Mathena
Ed Blankenship
Landgraff
Two New Peace Feelers Reported From Axis Sources
Allied war of nerves continues as Berlin proclaims Balkan security while Ankara signals possible withdrawal. Rumors of German Russian talks surface in Stockholm. Mrs Kollontay denies discussions. observers doubt Nazi reliability in peace overtures.
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Balkan
Turkey
London
Mediterranea
Ankara
Romania
Sweden
Germany
Russia
Middle East
Mediterranean
United Nations
Balkans
Europe
Berliner Boersenzeitung
Associated Press
Allehanda
Stockholm
Ukraine
Baltic Countries
Poland
Alexandra Kollontay
Matoaka Soldier Reported Killed in War Dispatch
Washington confirms 179 U S soldiers killed in action including four West Virginians Lieut John K Allen of Matoaka and Capt Thomas A Green of Ellamore both in the Middle East Pvt Bellward R Workman of Eatons Route 2 died in North Africa Tech Sgt Homer L Bartlet of Spencer listed as killed in the Southwest Pacific.
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Washington
War Department
United States
West Virginia
John K. Allen
Opal F. Allen
Matoaka
Middle East
Thomas A. Green
Joan M. Green
Ellamore
Bellward R. Workman
Carolyn E. Workman
Route
Eatons
Tech
Homer L. Bartlet
Brooke McKowan
Spencer
Southwest Pacific
World Today flash features major WWII fronts and high level moves
Allied offensives tear Sicily defenses and rapid raids unfold as King George visits North Africa. Turkey and Romania may side with Allies or Nazis in Europe. China nears reclaim of more river territory and Yangtze port Towhut as Chiang Kai shek declares push into the upper river. Tojo tells Diet war has reached a decisive stage as China aides, American bases and raids figure in. Soviet fronts largely static with heavy action around Orel between Moscow and Kharkov.
Allied Bombers Raid Kendari and New Guinea Actions
Allied communique reports heavy Allied air activity in the Pacific. A Kendari raid from Australia’s reach dropped 16 tons on the Kendari airdrome causing fires and damage to administration installations and an anti aircraft battery. Additional strikes hit Cape Gloucester and a power boat near Hanisc harbor amid operations in New Guinea.
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Kendari
Celebes
High Command
Uip
Buka Passage
Solomons
King
Lae
New Guinea
Buna
Koepang
Kendarl
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Hanisc Harbor
Huon Peninsula
Markham Valley
Mercer County Surpasses War Bond Quota
Mercer county exceeded its May series E bond quota by 22 743 dollars with sales totaling 241 743 dollars, up from the 219 009 dollar target. Co chairmen Keil Alderson and Hugh Ike Shott praised the county for its record despite lacking war plants or military bases, and warned June figures may dip after the June 15 tax payment date.
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Mercer County
Keil D. Alderson
County War Savings
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Alderson
Hugh Ike Shott
Chaplin Weds Eugene O Neill’s Daughter In Quiet Ceremony
Charles Chaplin, 54, marries 18 year old Oona ONeill in Santa Barbara. The ceremony at a county office was performed by Justice Linton P Moore with Harry Crocker as best man and Catherine Hunter as matron of honor.
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Cauf
Charles Chaplin
Oona O'Neill
New York
Eugene O'Neill
Justice of the Peace
Linton P. Moore
Harry Crocker
Chaplin
Miss O'Neill
Border Guards Close Turko Syrian Border to Halt Axis Intel
Turkish border with Syria is closed at 6 am to block Axis agents from reporting to Berlin and Rome. Taurus express crossing allowed. Latakia area included as authorities unsure how long the closure will last. British embassy source says allies may be preparing regional military moves or a nerve war in Near East.
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Ankara
Turkey
Berlin
Rome
Syria
Latakia
Antioche
Near East
Crete
Greece
Dodecennese Islands
Balkan
Federal funds waste charged by Byrd committee
The Byrd economy committee urged immediate dismissal of 300,000 federal employees in a report accusing waste of funds and manpower. It cites wage increases, inflation risks, and a large payroll rise from 91 7,760 in 1918 to 3,008,519 in April, with war boards flagged as outstanding for wasteful practices.
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Byrd Economy Committee
Joint Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Byrd
D-Va
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Maritime Commission
Budget Bureau
War Production Board
WPB
Board of Economic Warfare
BEW
Civil Service Classification Act
Civil Service Commission
The
Budget Bureau Act
Elimin
King George VI Tours Allied North Africa Front
King George VI visits the north African front, meeting British and American troops, inspecting units, and awarding General Dwight D. Eisenhower the Knight Grand Cross. He tours convalescent camps, attends a beach gathering, and honors American soldiers at Oran. The flight is piloted by Capt. Edward Hedley Fielden with aid from Sir Archibald Sinclair and Sir James Grigg.
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North Africa
England
George VI
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisia
Order of the Sath
Douglas MacArthur
King George
Fifth Army
Mark W W. Clark
Oran
Ralph Howard
NBC
Edward Hedley Fielden
Archibald Sinclair
Air
James Grigg
War
Death sentence for Wysong in Gauley river murder
Webster Springs W Va June 16 W. S Wysong 21 of Mill Run was sentenced to die on September 17 for luring 58 year old locomotive engineer James Dorsey to death by drowning. Jury found first degree murder and no mercy requested. Dorsey’s body found in Gauley river after a hat appeared near Belair March 9.
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W. Va
Wysong
Mill Run
Webster County
Jake Fisher
James Dorsey
Dorsey
Gauley River
Belair
E. L. Cutlip
Allies Step Up Offensive Tempo and Air Raids
Allied air forces intensified attacks over Sicily tearing down defenses as raids spread across the Mediterranean. Rumors in Turkey claim Romania may seek terms if it deserts Hitler, while a Swedish pro Nazi story about German Russian peace talks lacks credibility. Border closures along the French Syrian frontier prompt speculation of troop movements.
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Associated Press
Sicily
Mediterranean
Balkan
Turkey
Romania
Germany
Hitler
Sweden
Allied air strikes hit six Axis bases in Sicily
Allied war planes from North Africa Malta and the Middle East carried out powerful attacks on six Axis air bases across Sicily while long range fighters swept the Aegean against enemy shipping in a strike announced today. The campaign began Monday night.
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North Africa
Malta
Italian
Sicily
Middle East
Aegean
Allies Stew Up See Page 2 NAZI BLOWS FAIL IN OREL SECTOR
Allied forces press on as the Orel sector sees renewed German sieges with heavy losses claimed by Moscow. Russian long range bombers hit German depots while a Soviet monitor reports German battalions driven back near Mtsensk and Orel.
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Orel
Moscow
Monitor
Mtsensk
Red Army
Paris
Ore
Kursk
Orew
Unecha
Novozybkov
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