Barefoot Prowler Suspect Captured in Bluefield
A suspected barefoot prowler tied to a string of recent Bluefield home robberies was captured by Jake Claugherty and George Lambert after a sighting on Orchard Way. The man, identified as Mosley, a former Moundsville inmate, wore a prison shirt and faced armed police at the Harrell residence before arrest. Police linked Mosley to multiple break ins in the South Bluefield area and the ongoing vigil for the prowler’s capture.
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Eugene Mosley
Moundsville
Baief
Bluefield
Corepeden
Lambert
McClaugherty
Mosley
South Bluefield
Roanoke Jehovah Witness Denied Habeas Petition
Reginald A. Bible of Roanoke Virginia a Witness of Jehovah serving three year federal prison sentence at Mill Point West Virginia for a selective service violation had a habeas corpus petition denied by Judge Ben Moore. Moore dismissed the petition finding no facts showing deprivation of rights and held that the draft board governs classification not the courts.
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Reginald A. Bible
Roanoke
The
Witnesses of Jehovah
Mill Point
W. Va
Moore
Bible Brothers
Bible
Draft Board
Courts of Law
Food Chief Davis Warns Government Food Program Near Collapse
War Food Administrator Chester C. Davis told White House advisers that the current government food program is unsatisfactory and at risk of collapse. He cited tangled authority among WFA, OPA, WM C, OES, and OWM, plus battles over subsidies and delays in farm price orders as key problems.
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Washington
Chester C. Davis
White House
Davis
United Mine Workers
War Food Administration
WFA
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Office of Economic Stabilization
OES
Office of War Mobilizations
OWM
Roosevelt
Escanaba Explodes and Sinks on North Atlantic Voyage
Coast Guard reports the destroyer Escanaba exploded and sank during convoy duty in the North Atlantic. All but two aboard were lost, including Captain Carl Une Peterson. Survivors Melvin Baldwin and Raymond F. O Malley Jr. were rescued by the cutter Raritan.
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North Atlantic
Washington
Coast Guard
Escanaba
Navy
Carl Une Peterson
Newtonville
Mass
Raritan
Melvin Baldwin
Arthur J. Baldwin
East Frand Forks
Minn
Raymond F. O'Malley
Senators Plan Round the World Inspection Trip
Senators Chandler and Lodge prepared for a worldwide tour of American armed forces. Chairman Reynolds named them a special committee after Gen. George C. Marshall offered to fund air travel. The trip would start in the southwest Pacific then proceed to North Africa and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chandler
D. Ky
Lodge
Mass
Reynolds
N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
George C. Marshall
Army
Southwest Pacific
North Africa
England
WLB Statement on Coal Decision Faces Travel Time Pay
The War Labor Board remarks by chairman William H. Davis outline coal wage policy. It notes miners are paid by hours worked at the mine, ignoring travel time, a practice accepted since 1940 and 1941 in Appalachian agreements. A portal to portal basis would disrupt production and require long bargaining. The United Mine Workers seek only a general wage increase, not a change in the face to face method. The May 25 directive denied a broad raise, citing Little Steel and six day weeks.
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Washington
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Portal
United Mine Workers
Sam Smith
John Jones
Wavell Named Viceroy of India as Auchinleck Succeeds
Britain appoints Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell as Viceroy of India and Earl Auchinleck to replace him as commander in India. A separate East Asia command is planned to lead operations against Japan as part of wartime strategy.
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London
Britain
Archibald P. Wavell
India
East Asia
Japan
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Wavell
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States
East Asia Command
Southwest Pacific
North Africa
Downing Street
Auchinleck
Vengeance Divebombers Raid Japanese Bases Near Australia
Allied reports say six Vengeance divebombers from Australia conducted their first southwest Pacific strike, hitting two Japanese held villages on Selaru island with Beaufighters supporting offshore strafing. One Japanese plane dropped bombs near Horn Island but caused no damage.
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Allied
Australia
Vultee Venegeance
Paci
Selaru Island
Tanimbar
Douglas MacArthur
Horn Island
Cape York
House votes ban on domestic OWI operations led by Elmer Davis
The House approved 218 to 114 to abolish the Office of War Information domestic operations headed by Elmer Davis. The move trims OWI funds, with most savings slated for abroad propaganda. The measure moves to the Senate amid further cut proposals affecting OPA and price controls.
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HOUSE
Elmer Davis
Washington
Office of War Information
Rep. Starnes
Ala
America
Goebbels
Starnes
War Agencies
Senate
Goebbles
Virgina Gayda
OWI
OPA
Price Agency
OWL
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Rep. Dirsken
Liberator raids struck Sicily and Naples in new Allied blow
Allied bombers dropped 125 tons on Comiso and Biscari airfields in Sicily while a night attack by British Wellingtons hit Naples docks. About 50 Liberators escorted by RAF Spitfires conducted the raid, with hangars and dispersal areas destroyed. Two enemy planes were shot down. An axis vessel in the Aegean was damaged. France reported sinking a 5,000-ton axis cargo ship and said it received Spitfire support from Britain.
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North Africa
Middle East
Italian
Sicily
Comiso
Biscari
Naples
Cairo
Matta
Aegean Sea
RAF
French High Command
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Soviet Alarm Over U S Coal Strike Report
Moscow reports a Soviet labor magazine condemns U S coal strike calls as aiding enemies and warns lack of unity among American workers. It cites John L. Lewis Matthew Woll and an unidentified Hutchinson and notes Roosevelt’s push for unity while criticizing leadership splits between AFL and CIO.
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Moscow
United States
Expressaim
America
Berlin
Struggle For Unity
Lewis
Woll
Hutchinson
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Dispatch
AFL
CIO
Roosevelt
BRT Head Warns Railroads Forming Monopoly Threat
A. F. Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen testifies before the emergency board accusing the railroad industry of building a vast transportation monopoly. He cites wartime policy groups and DOJ files, claiming indictments were blocked by war and defense departments to aid carriers. He notes inflation controls under OPA and questions impacts on workers.
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New York
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Sers
Emergency Board of the National Railway
Justice Department
War and Navy Departments
Office of Defense Transportation
Whitney
Association of American Railroads
Department of Justice
Thurman Arnold
Chicago
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Border reopened as tension rises across fronts in war
Reports from London indicate the Turkish Syrian frontier reopened at 6 am after a 48 hour news blackout with Allied troop concentrations in Syria flagged. Rome notes British forces sealing a 62 mile stretch in northern Syria and Lebanon while Axis fears of an invasion grow. Italian provinces are declared operational as Mussolini readies for further action.
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London
Syria
Balkans
Reuters
Sicily
Tolmino
Italy
Mussolini
Rome Radio
Lebanon
Rome
Ankara
George VI
North Africa
Stockholm
Serwee
Balkan
Work stoppages spread after WLB rejects underground travel pay
Washington June 18 AP work stoppages began at government mines after the War Labor Board refused to order payment for underground travel. About 2,200 Alabama miners and thousands more in Johnstown pa faced shifts not reporting as unions warned of possible closures and a no strike pledge as talks continue.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
Alabama
Johnstown
New York Central Railroad
Berwind-White Company
Somerset County
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Wny
An & To
Lewis
Shutdown jitters grip West Virginia coal region after WLB ruling
West Virginia miners face new shutdown jitters as the war labor board rejects portal-to-portal pay for underground travel. Unions and operators wait for the UMW policy committee meeting in Washington to chart the next move while the truce nears expiration at midnight Sunday.
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Charleston
W. Va
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
West Virginia
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Washington
WLB
Logan Field
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Orel
Russia
Inital Orel
Misensk
Eugene Moseley
Roosevelt Administration
Congress
Eaplogion
Senators
UMW
Wavell I
Omar
Port of
Enemies of America
BRT Head
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