Bombing Blitz Hits Ruhr and French Airfields in Week of Aerial Offense
Allied daylight raids by American heavy bombers struck airfields and industry in France as part of a weeklong campaign that devastated the Ruhr valley and pressed into Hitler's coastal defenses. The joint communique confirmed enemy fighter losses and unescorted bombers shot down, with Royal Air Force participation in the operations.
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London
France
Ruhr
Hitler
U. S
Air Ministry
Continent
RAF
Dominion
Russians Pound Nazi Airfields and Rail Installations
Soviet air forces bombed Bryansk rear airfields and rail hubs on Friday night and fought new clashes along the front. Five German planes were claimed down in Belgorod area air combat, with Soviet losses two planes. Ground fighting showed limited activity west of Moscow, though scouts breached barbed wire into German trenches and prisoners were taken. Snipers and artillery supported the Leningrad front as Red Star warned vigilance across the frontline.
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London
Bryansk
Red Army
Moscow
Orel
Gulf of Finland
Belgorod
Leningrad
Red Star
Chang
Bombs Batter Messina City in Major Allied Air Raid
Allied Flying Fortresses bombed Messina in the biggest Mediterranean raid yet, targeting docks, freight yards, and railway facilities. Smoke and dust hindered damage assessment as anti air defenses battled waves of fighters over the earthquake shattered port.
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Mediterranean
North Africa
Messina
Sicily
Mussolini
Olbia
Italy
Congress revolt seen asRoosevelt weakness in domestic policy
Washington June 26 Congress uprising against administration home front policies was described by Republican leader as showing President Roosevelt’s growing weakness. Democratic whip argued it won’t affect his 1944 bid, noting foreign policy and wartime conduct will decide his fate. The anti strike bill showdown and salaries issue fueled the mood as Congress criticizes home front policy.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
Senate
House
Spangler
Georgia
Hill
Clark
A. W. Cox Jr Killed in West Virginia Plane Crash
In Charleston West Virginia A W Cox Jr son of a prominent department store owner and pilot of a small training plane was killed in a crash near Soon Dunbar Eyewitnesses said the plane stalled during a turn after takeoff Commander Hubert Stark of the civil air patrol identified the pilot as Arch Clemens 30 of Montgomery a former theater actor and commercial flight license holder Cox father operates a chain of Diamond Department Stores in Charleston and other West Virginia cities.
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Charleston
W. Va
A. W. Cox, Jr
Soon Dunbar
Hubert Stark
Civil Air Patrol
Arch Clemens
Montgomery
Stark
Municipal
Cox
West Virginia
Diamond Department Store
Clemens
Senate votes to curb food subsidy program
The Senate and House moved to end the OPA food subsidy rollback by a 46 to 29 vote. The measure transfers subsidy authority to the War Food Administration under Chester C. Davis, signaling a major administration setback amid inflation concerns.
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Senate
Washington
House
OPA
Office of Price Administration
War Food
Chester C. Davis
Congress
I ‘Hen
Sealor O'Mahoney
Wyo
Acm
Brown
Allied Raiders Hit Rabaul and New Guinea in Heavy Bombing
Allied air forces reported major raids against Rabaul New Britain targeting airfields docks and harbor facilities with about twenty tons of bombs dropping in seven raids since June 10 reconnaissance noted a carrier in the harbor and heavy anti aircraft fire accompanied the Lae Huon Gulf strike while higheraltitude raids hit Timor targets near Penfoci and Dili injuries and losses were not detailed in the communique.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
High Command
New Guinea
Michell
Laeon
Huon Gulf
Vunakanau
Orthwest
Penfoci
Dili
Timor
Iae
German submarine crews mutiny reported in Norway
Stockholm reports six German submarine crews in Norway have mutinied and refused to embark, with officers and men sent to Oslo’s Akerhus prison. Norwegian circles cite unreliable sources and recall 1918 mutinies as morale wanes among German forces in Norway amid convoy operations toward Soviet Russia.
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Stockholm
Norway
Oslo
Norwey
Akerhus
Trondheim
Dheim
Russia
Ott Ciliax
Northway
English Channel
Eee
Escaped Convict Faces Charge Of Attempted Rape
Ernest Matthews an escaped prisoner from the Oakvale unit is held for grand jury on an attempted rape charge after allegedly injuring Mrs. Jessie Patterson near Monte Vista Park. He was captured on Wilson Street by Princeton officers including Chief Owen and Inspector Weddle with a .22 rifle found on him.
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Ernest Matthews
Oakvale
Jessie Patterson
Bluefield-Princeton
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
C. C. Elmore
Princeton
Matthews
Wilson Street
W. B. Owen
C. C. Weddle
R. L. Lively
Patterson
Princeton Pilot Wins Flying Cross
Two Marine Corps pilots returned from overseas received decorations for aerial actions in the Solomons. Captain Joe H. McGlothlin Jr. of Princeton West Virginia was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Captain Roy T. Spurlock of Washington DC received the Air Medal.
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San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps
Solomons
Joe H. McGlothlin Jr
Princeton
W. Va
Roy T. Spurlock
Washington, D. C
Raleigh Miners Lag on Return as Rallies Urged
West Virginia coal fields show near normal output except Raleigh county where about 5,000 miners are idle and six mines shut. Winding Gulf area reports crews missing at five more but state production still near 90 percent. Union leaders call mass rallies to end erratic closures as predictions of full normalcy by Monday circulate.
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Charleston
W. Va
Winding Gulf
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Winding Gulf Operators Association
Beckley
Raleigh
Winding Gulf Association
C. H. Mead Coal Company
East Gulf
Panhandle
Fairmont
Emalier
William Blizzard
UMW District 17
Congress
Coal Association Cancels Convention Details
The West Virginia Coal Association annual convention scheduled for June 29 30 in Cleveland Ohio has been canceled. Executive Secretary John D Battle of the National Association said the deferment lets officials focus on war fuel production.
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Yyesee
Ivan
West Virginia Coal Association
Cleveland
John D. Battle
The
National Association
Labor Lambrgts Congress Action Brews Labor Rift
The war labor disputes bill with President Roosevelt's veto overridden sparks mixed reactions from APL and CIO leaders. The act prompts uncertainty as agencies plan new administration steps and raises questions about WLB members' participation in cases involving their interests. The coal controversy looms as a possible test of the act's reach.
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Washington
Roosevelt
APL
CIO
War Labor Board
Rice
Bar
Ration Board Letter Says Sugar Meat Tires Obsolete
A Barron county ration board letter from Rice Lake Wisconsin dated June 26 quotes a man declaring he has 600 pounds of sugar meat beef and tires and all the gas he wants and that ration sugar is unnecessary he ends with a blunt to heck with you.
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Rice Lake
Wis
Barron County Ration Board
Allied air power dominates week as invasion pressure grows
The article notes a high tempo in Allied air operations against Axis targets during a week of heavy bombing. It cites major raids on Ruhr targets including Krupp, Le Creusot, and La Spezia, with massive civilian evacuations and mounting damage to German war production.
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Mediterranean
Ruhr
Italy
RAF
Krefeld
Maelheim
Wuppertal
Huls
Bochum
Gelsenkirchen
Schneider
le Creusot
France
Rader
Priedrishafen
la Spezia
Bewtene
Germany
Goebbels
Ie van Sues
Miners Return Pressure Rises Amid Vacation Pay Walkout
Coal fields report growing back to work momentum as thousands return in West Virginia and Kentucky while Pennsylvania and other states show uncertain returns. In Kentucky 4500 UMW District 23 members take a 10 day vacation over $30 shortfall in vacation pay. production remains below normal as unions and operators gauge the pace of resumed mining.
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Kentucky
UMW
Ed Morgan
Morgan
Pennsylvania
Policy Committee of the
United Mine Workers
Pocahontas Fuel crews return after vacation pay
About one third of Jog crews at Pocahontas Fuel Nos 31 and 32 in Amonate Virginia went back to work at 3 pm after receiving $50 vacation pay they demanded. With two operations back, all mines in Pocahontas district reported working. Loading reached 2744 cars despite absences, while Buchanan field output ran at roughly 66 percent of normal.
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Logan Field
Pond Creek Pocahontas
Big Bartley No
McDowell
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Amonate
Pocahontas
Tipple
Block
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