Allies Hit Salerno Rails and Italian Axis Hubs
RAF Wellington raids with Mosquito bombers pound Salerno and surrounding rail yards. targets include Sibari Licata and Trebisace as Allied air forces from North Africa strike Italian and Sicilian rail and port facilities. Allied planes all return safely. A London commentator warns Rome could be unsafe if declared an open city.
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RAF
London
Rome
North Africa
Mussolini
Salerno
Malta
Italy
Sicily
Naples
Sibari
Licata
Trebisacre
Middle East
Cairo
Sardinia
Canot
Vatican
Northwest African Airforce Command
OPA Probes Hike West Virginia Beer Price Violations
The Office of Price Administration expands its beer price ceiling enforcement in Charleston area West Virginia. Six inspectors investigate wholesalers and retailers accused of over charging and tied sales. Violators face license suspension up to a year, fines up to 5000 dollars and potential imprisonment up to ten years.
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Charleston
W. Va
OPA
West Virginia
Cherieston
Ari
Establishmenta
Prac
Mediterranean RAF busters smash Salerno rail yards
World Today reports RAF bombers attack Salerno rail yards as part of a broad raid against Italian and Sicilian rail links. Other fronts see large RAF and German bomber activity against Ruhr and invasion coasts, with air raids shaping the European theater.
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Salermo
Italy
Sicily
Accused Slasher Hunted Then Apprehended in Gardner
After a midnight search, Columbus Brown, 34, of Gardner was arrested at his home and jailed in Princeton on a charge of maliciously wounding his brother in law, Clarence Davis, 25, also of Gardner. Davis, with the U S Army engineer corps in Wet Trace Tennessee, was gravely wounded in the attack near Princeton. Brown admitted cutting Davis in a self defense claim as a preliminary hearing was set for today or tomorrow.
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Columbus Brown
Gardner
Princeton
Clarence Davis
Brown
Davis
United States Army Engineer Corps
Wet Trace
Tenn
Kit
Corp. J. FE
OWI Support Faces House Funding Fight Over War Office
The American War Guild and CIO aligned with OWI against Rep. Taber who called it lawless. Murray urged senators and House leaders to restore OWI funding and pressured for domestic operations amid a $5.5 million OWI budget cut. Milton Murray asked McKellar to restore the fund to the war agencies bill.
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Washington
Wer Guild
Philip Array
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Newspaper
Workers’ Union
Office of War Information
OWI
Rep. Taber
R-N. Y
House
Murray
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations
Vinson Rejects Eight-Cent Pay Hike for Railroad Workers
Washington reports stabilization director Fred M. Vinson turned down an eight cent an hour wage increase for more than 1 million non-operating railroad workers. A time and a half plan for hours over 40 weekly was suggested as an alternative. Roosevelt had shown support for overtime pay but worker reaction remained uncertain. Union leaders expressed disappointment at the emergency board recommendation issued May 26.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Roosevelt
Bombers Make 2 000 Mile Raid On Jap Shipping
Allied Liberator bombers based in Australia flew 2000 miles to Macassar strait to strike a Japanese cruiser and cargo vessel. The raid dropped 38 tons of incendiaries and high explosives on docks and wharves, with heavy anti-aircraft fire and one bomber missing.
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Australia
Macassar Strait
High Command
Macassan
Dutch Celebes
Borneo
Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
Lababia Ridge
Macassar
Juliana
Wilhelmina
Pny
Russians Take Nazi Prisoner
Russian reconnaissance units broke through German lines on two fronts near Moscow and elsewhere taking prisoners and killing many. A patrol penetrated trenches west of Moscow, with over 100 Germans killed or captured. on the northwest front Russians attacked German lines and ambushed a detachment, taking prisoners. The Leningrad sector faced increased air activity as Soviet bombers struck the Pskov railway junction and German air bases. A clash west of Belgorod cost Germans over 200 dead. Soviet reports also note two German self propelled barges sunk in the Black Sea and guerrilla actions in Minsk district resisting a German fire expedition.
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London
Soviet Information Bureau
Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
Pskov
Baltic
Belgorod
Kharkuyv
Black Sea
Minsk
Poland
OS and
Emaires
Farm trainees arrive to fill short-handed farms in two counties
Martinsburg W V June 23 18 teen age boys newly trained at the NYA agricultural camp near Parsons will work on farms in Berkeley and Jefferson counties to relieve short handed conditions Roger Copeland supervisor of the emergency farm program announced today
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Martinsburg
W. Va
NYA
Parsons
Berkeley
Jefferson Counties
Roger Copeland
Guilty Sought In Detroit Rioting
Detroit reports show federal troops withdrawn from Ford Rouge plant after disturbances as authorities pledge to prosecute inciters. Governor Kelly and Mayor Jeffries announce investigations while 3,800 U S army troops maintain order and minor disturbances shrink.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
William G Guthner
Ann Lcoops Provent
Guthney
Harry F. Kelly
Edward J. Jeffries
John P. Scallen
Recorder’s Court
Scallen
U. S
RAF Bombers Hit Muelheim In Ruhr Steel City Raid
Hundreds of RAF four engine bombers struck Muelheim in the Ruhr, setting fires across about two square miles as German resistance caused British losses. British bombers also attacked Meaulte St Omer and Maupertus in France, while coastal Folkestone residents cheered returning Flying Fortresses.
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London
RAF
Ruhr
Maelheim
Folkestone
Maelham
Meaulte
St. Omer
Maupertus
France
Muelheim
German Ruhr
Geran
Rul
Iro Krefeld
Yanks Destroy Japanese Submarine in Pacific
The U S Navy announced a submarine torpedo attack that sank a Japanese sub during war patrols. Lt Commander Marvin G. Kennedy of Henrietta Missouri received the Silver Star for the action as weather and rain squalls limited visibility. Kennedy reportedly sighted the submarine on the surface from close range and destroyed it, one of few such submarine vs submarine engagements.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Marvin G. Kennedy
Henrietta
Kennedy
Bazooka Shows New Military Uses Across U.S.
Akron June 23 Major General C M Barnes told scientists at Goodyear's lab that industry has 1 000 research contracts for new weapons and more than 1 700 principal weapons in production with 52 billion dollars in allied orders. He noted the bazooka can defeat heavy tanks at 200 yards and described 244 pound shells and a 3 1 2 foot long tube. He cited many secret weapons and anti aircraft innovations now in development.
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Akron
Ordnance Department
Tode
C. M. Barnes
Washington
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
America
T.N.T
Barnes
Early return to mines predicted after talks in West Virginia
Officials say United Mine Workers expect a quick resumption of full coal production with some miners reluctant to work at full pace without a solid contract. Reports indicate Island Creek crews in Logan county and Hutchinson at Dabny declined to return, while 10 000 to 25 000 of West Virginia's 180 000 miners relaunched duties amid sixth work stoppage this year.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
George J. Titler
United Mine Workers District 29
Beckley
United Mine Workers Union
Island Creek Coal Company
Logan County
Hutchinson Coal Company
Dabny
Monongalia County
Moonshine Case Proceeds As Court Adjourns Early
Federal court in West Virginia adjourned about 5 30 p m after defense testimony continued in the Hugh Chandis Lilly moonshine case the third jury trial of the term Also pending were charges against Charles Bailey for selective service act violations and Leroy Washington who pleaded guilty to alcohol tax violations Judgments in Washington case postponed to October 7 Officers testified about staking out the still site and the Lilly brothers in a potato patch prior to their arrest at the scene with the Lilly case to resume on a later date.
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Hugh Chandis Lilly
Mercer County
United States Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
Charles Bailey
Leroy Washington
Woodrow Wilson Lilly
Hugh Lilly
Lester Groves
Alcohol Tax Unit
Corp
J. E. Childress
Princeton
C. Cc. Christian
Groves
Lilly Brothers
Childress
Christian
Weather Balks Attacks On Kiska
The weather has halted operations against Kiska, with heavy Aleutian fog and poor flying conditions delaying attacks. While Attu is under assault, June and July bring little prospect of usable weather, and only May September and October offer any real chance for the year.
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Alaska Defense Command
Kiska
Attu
Aleuti
Thousands vote to remain in back to work strike unit
Pittsburgh June 23 The back to work movement by 521,000 striking miners moved slowly as locals voted against resuming operations without a union contract. Early results from Johnstown Altoona district locals Windber St Michael Barnesboro Central City 3500 members vote against work while St Michael 550 members shows mixed results. Connellsville coke region faced confusion as Colonial Local 4 with 1 members voted against work while Colonial 3 with 800 members voted to work prompting plans to picket.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Johnstown
Altoona
Windber
St. Michael
Barnesboro
Central City
Uniontown
Connellsville
Colonial 4
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Colonial 3
Colonial 4 Troup
Coal Strike Drags On With 20 Million Tons Lost
Washington officials estimate seven week coal strikes reduced production by over 20 million tons affecting war output and wages. WPB cites losses of 755000 to 100000 tons of steel, with coal labor costs around 1.39 dollars per ton for bi tuminous coal and 2 million tons of anthracite lost. United Mine Workers challenge the figures saying they misstate yearly output.
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Washington
Fuel Administrator's Office
War Production Board
WPB
National Coal Association
United Mine Workers
K. C. Adams
United Mine Workers’ Journal
Ration Points For Period Announced
Washington announces overlap for ration stamps N P Q for July 1 to August 7 and June stamps K L M valid through July 7. OPA notes carry over for upcoming months to ease shopping and urges spread out purchases to avoid rushes as red stamps J K L M N approach July usage.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Roosevelt to seek draft power to curb coal strikes
President Roosevelt described UMW leadership as intolerable and said he will ask Congress for authority to draft miners up to age 65 for non combat service if strikes continue. The move follows a back to work order by John L. Lewis and the union policy committee. Congress may veto the anti strike bill and impose penalties for strike instigators in government run war facilities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers Leadership
Congress
Organized Labor
John L. Lewis
Armed Services
Small group of Pocahontas miners back at work
Only a very small number of miners worked the night shift in the Pocahontas district with 2 035 of 26 202 workers on site yesterday. Largely maintenance crews, full crews were not expected until Monday as word travels to locals. The cause of the Washington talks involving John L Lewis remains unclear and officials declined comment.
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Pocahontas
United States Coal Company
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Ickes
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World Today
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Russia
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Giraud and Degaulle
North Pacific
Aleutians
OS Helown
Vinson
Joe Larkin
Kimball
Larkin
A. C
Welch Bank
Auhr Steel City
Los Rap
Holland
By Howard. W. Blakes Lee
Associated Press Science
FDR
LOGAN
Pennsylvania
UMW
Rep. Smith
D., Va
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