Allied Air Blitz Pounds Atlantic Wall From Britain
Allied air forces pounded Hitler's Atlantic wall with 490 to 500 bombers and fighters in a daylight assault from the Netherlands to Cherbourg, then launched night flights to keep up the round the clock pressure. The operation included P 47 Thunderbolts Spitfires Typhoons Venturas Bostons and Lancasters. La Spezia was bombed by Lancaster squadrons after strikes on Friedrichshafen.
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London
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Europe
Wen
Netherlands
Cherbourg
France
la Spezia
Wazi
U. S
RAF
Brest
Weriais Ray Ort
Friedrichshafen
Suthern
Germany
North Africa
Britain
Flushing
Holland
St. Omer
Fort Rouge
Abbeville
Maupertus
Cher
Thunderbolts
Two convicts escape from mobile road unit in Oakvale
Two white convicts, Forest Cassiford 27 and Jack Ellis 19, fled the Oakvale mobile prison unit during the night. Authorities issued an alert with a $25 reward for information or arrests. Additional escapes reported from Reader camp No 80 in Wetzel county include Charlie Cantrell 29, Lewis Russell Jackson 25, and John Brinkley 31, with their crimes listed.
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Oakvale
Forest Cassiford
Jack Ellis
Eee
Cassiford
Rudy
Berkeley County
Ellis
Princeton
State Police
Nine Japanese subs sunk off California and Oregon report
The Los Angeles Times reports that at least nine Japanese submarines were sunk off California and Oregon by navy and coast guard forces since Pearl Harbor. Most losses occurred in the war’s opening weeks after freighters were attacked offshore, with claims of subs sunk by Hermes and Perseus patrol vessels and by air and surface units.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
California
Oregon
Navy
Coast Guard
Pearl Harbor
Times
Los Angeles Coast Guard Patrol
Hermes
German Offensives Delayed as Axis Shifts Forces in Europe
Secretary of War Stimson said Allied bombings may have crippled a planned summer offensive in Russia. He noted Germany pulled 10 to 12 divisions to France and sent more to Italy, bolstering defenses to avert Sicily and Sardinia landings while preserving strength for the home front.
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Washington
Russia
Stimson
Germany
Axis
Red Army
France
Italy
North
Africa
Sicily
Sardinia
Europe
Detroit Eases Curfew as Rioting Recedes
Detroit Governor Harry F. Kelly lifts most emergency limits while Wayne county curfew extends to midnight. Liquor sales resume by glass 7 am to 10 pm. City sees returning normalcy amid federal troops and police protection with no evidence of premeditated riot plans, officials say.
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Detroit
Harry F. Kelly
Macomb
Oakland
Wayne County
Edward J. Jeffries, Jr
John H. Withe
Jeffries
Paradise Valley” Negro
William E. Guthner
Sixth Service Command
Guthner
Washington
William E. Dowping
Cotton Bale Breaks Elevator Shaft Fall
Mor ris Mitnick was removing an 800 pound bale of cotton from an elevator when it toppled, sending him four floors down the shaft. He landed among bales and escaped with a trace and possible internal injuries.
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Chicago
Morris Mitnick
Mitnick
Diplomats Mixed in Mann Act Case
Washington court hears Mrs. Carmen Beach Martin claim that a call house served Latin American ambassadors and a Chinese embassy staff member as social acquaintances. She denies the Mann Act charge of sending a young woman to keep dates with men in fashionable hotels.
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Washington
Federal District Court
Carmen Beach Martin
Bernard Margolius
United States
Martin
Anmbassador
Washington Hotels
Smitely
Senate Rejects Conference Report on Deficiency Bill
The Senate voted 52 to 17 to reject a house approved conference report on a 143 million deficiency appropriations bill. The dispute centered on a provision cutting salaries of three government employees accused of membership in subversive organizations. The bill returns to the joint committee to resolve differences.
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Washington
Senate
Sharp
House Committee
House
Robert Morss Lovett
Virgin Islands
Goodwin B. Watson
William E. Dodd, Jr
Communications Commission
Kerr
House Appropriations Committee
Reds and Nazis Battle in North Near Velikie Luki
Dispatches report Soviet forces smashing into Axis lines south of Velikie Luki about 80 miles from the Latvian border. German counterattacks sealed the breach as Soviet scouts and artillery claimed 12 aircraft and eight machineguns on the western front.
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London
Red Army
Velikie Lui
Moscow
Veluki
Velikie Luki
Tad
Paris
Associated
Axis
Leningrad
Lishchansk
Kharkov
War Labor Board Presses Coal Order Compliance
Washington reports the War Labor Board centering on coal order enforcement with Ickes and owners to ensure obedience. Senator Robertson says Roosevelt may veto the Smith Connally bill and criticizes the draft age proposal as a form of slave labor that would alter wartime labor controls.
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Washington
Robertson R-Wyo
Roosevelt
Congress
Robertson
Food czar bill moves forward in wartime measures
Washington reports the House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to create a wartime food czar by transferring all rationing and price powers from the OPA to the war food administrator Chester C. Davis. The president could replace him if needed, and the measure passed 18 to 8 with Republican support. Palmer hopes for action before the recess.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
D-Sc
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Chester C
United States
Palmer
Congress
Boy Runaway Plans Washington Trip Says Boy
Fifteen year old Mickey Patellis told City Detective Wayne Sellman that he would go to Washington because others were heading there. Gullman found the boy had run away from home and contacted his father in Clairton Pennsylvania who paid money for his return by bus.
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Hagerstown
Washington
Mickey Patellis
Wayne Sellman
Gullman
Clairton
Flaming Plane Crash Triggers Train Derailment in Massachusetts
In Southville on June 24 a deliberate collision of two army planes caused one to crash into a passenger train engine derailing five coaches. One pilot died, the other parachuted to safety. Engineer injured, about 150 passengers unharmed as flames spread to cars. Civilian defense spotters alerted firefighters and police as two other planes circled the area.
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Southville
Mass
Postenim
Albany
Worces
Boston
West Virginia coal miners vote to return to work amid unrest
In Charleston on June 24 union miners turnout reached about 75 percent as leaders claim government favors to coal operators harmed workers. Idle miners range from 25 to 35 thousand statewide with scattered incidents of noncompliance and a Logan field force removal at Whitman No. 14.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Solid Fuels
Ickes
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
William Blizzard
District 17
Abe
War Labor Board
Logan
C. R. Dawson
Whitman No. 14
Island Creek Coal Company
Pursgrove No. 2
Christopher No. 2
Monongalia County
Louise and Bunker
Coffee Ration Increased Starting July 1
The office of price administration announced a new national coffee ration increasing to one pound every three weeks. Stamp No 24 expires June 30. stamps 21 and 22 cover periods July 1 to July 21 and July 22 to August 11 respectively. Authorities say imports and stocks are sufficient and roaster purchases of green coffee are no longer limited.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Miners Seek $50 Vacation Pay Before Work Resumes
About 1,350 Pocahontas Fuel employees at Amonate Virginia did not return to work, insisting on $50 vacation pay before resuming, part of a broader strike wave involving 521,000 miners. In Buchanan County most mines were idle or short staffed, with only partial crews on duty and loading near two thirds of normal. locals at Amonate voted to demand the pay prior to returning, while other mines reported limited activity and cautious expectations of gradual return.
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No. 31
No. 32
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Amonate
Buchanan County
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Pocahontas
Tue River
Jury Frees Hugh Lilly in West Virginia Distilling Case
Jury verdict finds Hugh Chandis Lilly not guilty on all four charges of illegal distilling and related offenses in the Southern District of West Virginia. Woodrow Lilly earlier received a continuance. Robert Baughman of Princeton faced impersonation charges with a plea entered.
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Hugh Chandis Lilly
United States Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
Woodrow Wilson Lilly
Mercer County
Ben Moore
Robert BE
Baughman
Princeton
Lilly
Hugh Lilly
Joe Harvey
Sete Oan
Yesterdy
Ous
Pulpwood Production Urged by News Publishers
New York June 24 The American Newspaper Publishers Association urged newspapers to promote farm pulpwood production to avert shortages that threaten newsprint. A letter from the ANPA said increased stockpiles are needed as pulpwood is diverted to war needs. the plan cites a quote from Donald M. Nelson on mobilizing farmers to add three extra days of cutting in 1943 could avert a 2,500,000 cord shortage.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association Today
ANPA
Awe Ulpwood
M. Dear
Jersey City
N. J
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
War Labor Board demands full UMW compliance on coal dispute
Washington reports the War Labor Board insists on full compliance with its coal wage dispute order by the United Mine Workers. Ickes summons 29 mine owners for a conference as the board finalizes its determination and seeks swift enforcement amid tension with John L. Lewis.
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Washington
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Ickes
WLB
John L
UMW
General Forrest Missing After Kiel Air Battle
Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest great grandson and namesake of the Confederate general was listed missing after his bomber was shot down in the Kiel Bremen air raid. The 38 year old observer led the assault as part of the Second Air Force staff and early reports say he may have survived.
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London
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Kiel
Germany
Forrest
America
Europe
Bremen
Robert Olds
Second Air Force
United States
England
Egy
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