Mine Holiday Ends With Miners Returning To Work
President Roosevelt and Interior Secretary Ickes secure a modified July 3 to 5 vacation for 75,000 miners in West Virginia and Kentucky. The Southern Coal Producers Association agrees to pay 200,000 in fines to be distributed to charity, ending weeks of deadlock over the captive mine strike.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
West Virginia
Kentucky
Southern Coal Producers Association
Roosevelt
Interior
Ickes
Lewis
Edward R. Burke
Producers’ Association
United Mine Workers
Burke
Producers Association
Committee Cuts Henderson Fund in Defense Bill
Washington June 29 Congressional critics of Leon Henderson scored a major victory as the House Appropriations Committee sent to the floor a 1 810 487 615 supplemental defense bill carrying only 75 000 000 for the Office of Price Administration. The cut would wreck rent control plans crucial to saving tenants 500 000 000 to 1 000 000 000 annually and leaves 87 million people in 367 areas affected. Porter said staff limits threaten OPA operations across the nation.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
House Appropriations Committee
Office of Price Administration
Henderson
OPA
Paul A. Porter
Porter
Neils
Senate Slams OPA Gas Price Increase Amid Rationing Debate
Washington reports Senators condemn the OPA 2.12 cent gasoline price rise as unfair to small operators while benefiting large producers. Price Administrator Henderson says subsidy would offset costs. senators White and Smith urge reconsideration. OPA relaxes card use windows July 15 22 and expands tire eligibility to include teachers and religious workers with limits for professional use.
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Washington
OPA
Senate
Smith D
Congress
George
White
Leon Henderson
Seaboard
Civic Leaders Launch War Bond Payroll Drive in Bluefield
About 60 Bluefield civic leaders mobilized a payroll deduction plan to enlist local businesses for war stamps and bonds. Volunteers will explain the program to employers while Rotary Kiwanis and Lions clubs name initial participants and promote deductions from employees’ paychecks to fund bonds.
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Bluefield
West Virginian
Rotary, Kiwanis
Lions Clubs of
Nation reads 43 million men aged 18 to 65 for draft
Three million plus youths age 18 to 20 register for selective service marking the fifth national draft. The roster covers about 43 million males from 18 to 65. Registrants born 1922 to 1924 must answer nine questions and provide local draft information. Oldest birthdates are classified first under the new procedure with no lottery.
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United States
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Coal miners return to work after UMWA pact
About 10 000 to 15 000 MacDowell county coal miners resumed duties following an agreement between the United Mine Workers of America and coal operators to refund fines levied for sympathy strikes during the U S Coal and Coke dispute. Some operations including Carter Coal Kingston Pocahontas and others remained active.
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Mac-Dowell County
United Mine Workers of America
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Carter Coal Company
Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company
WLO Rules On Uttle Steel Wage and Union Security
A war labor board panel supports a wage increase and union security for Little Steel companies. It favors a maintenance of membership clause and union dues check-off, while not fixing the exact increase. The ruling involves about 157,000 workers across four firms including Youngstown Sheet and Tube.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Little Steel
CIO
United Steel Workers
Pane
Justi
Caeelena
Oe Steel Anies
Younistown
Tantinas
Cyne S
E . G. Y.ringemp
Richard T
United Auto Workers
Military Court Expected Try Nazi Saboteurs
Washington reports indicate a military court may try the eight men accused of landing from German submarines to sabotage the American war effort. Officials say final decisions are pending with no speculation on the penalty, as Attorney General Biddle and War Department leaders coordinate on prosecution steps.
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Washington
Biddle
War Department
FBI
Reds Hit Back in Kursk Area
The Red army repelled many German tank attacks in the Kursk sector north of Kharkov but yielded some ground to reinforced forces in the Sevastopol battle. The high command warned of intensified German offensives with reserves flown in to Crimea.
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Sevastopol
Moscow
Red Army
Kursk
Kharkov
Crimean
London
Don River
Stalingrad
Donest
Sugar Stamp Plan Details For Mercer Rationing
Stamp No 5 now accepted on sugar rationing cards entitles buyers to two pounds of sugar from June 28 to July 25. Mercer rationing board chair man Z L Kirk said the sixth stamp may be used between July 26 and August 22 for the same amount of sugar.
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Z. L. Kirk
Mercer Rationing Board
Churchill Faces No Confidence Debate as Egypt Crisis Grows
London June 29 Churchill readies to defend his government and his roles as prime minister and defense minister amid an Egypt Libyan defeat and stalled front prospects. The Commons debate aims to test support after Matruh fell and a Western front option gains urgency.
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London
Winston Churchill
Matruh
Egypt
John Wardlaw- Milne
Churchill
Libya
Russia
Roosevelt
Africa
Leslie Kore-Belisha
Roger Keyes
Edgar Granville
Oliver Lyttelton
Wake Island raid by U S bombers cripples surface works
The U S Army bombers raided Wake Island under moonlight last Saturday night, leveling all surface structures. No American casualties occurred. one plane sustained minor damage from a shell fragment. The raid was led under Adm Chester W Nimitz and praised by Col Art W Meehan, a former West Point quarterback.
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Hawaiian Air Force
T. H
U. S. Army
Wake Island
Japan
Pacific
Navy Department
Col
Art W. Meehan
Meehan
West Point
Losses in Battle of the Atlantic Reach 324 Ships
The unofficial AP tally shows 324 ships of the United and neutral nations sunk since Pearl Harbor. The latest loss is a large American sea-going tug with 14 lives, amid an underwater explosion of unknown origin. Four of 18 crew rescued. other listed vessels include a Norwegian merchantman, Yugoslav freighter, and U S freighter. Survivors recount a U boat attack, rescue, and follow-on torpedoing of a Yugoslav ship before more lifeboats made States landfall.
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Associated Press
Navy
U. S
Atlantic
Eac Ge
Fellorn
Vivors
States
Siitine Coneneae
Snether Portano
United Srates
Fen
Sa Oak
RAF Attacks Rail Hub as St Nazaire Raids Continue
London reports RAF strikes target Hazebrouck northern France rail junction after night bombings of St Nazaire workshop and submarine base. Five RAF planes lost, three German aircraft shot down. St Nazaire siege followed by Bremen raids as Luftwaffe hits Weston-super-Mare casualties recorded.
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London
RAF
Germany
Hazebrouck
France
St. Nazaire
Hazebropek
Bremen
Andersea
Rel Kuttelwascher
Weston- Super-Mare
Society Woman Dips Too Deep at Royal Courtesy
In Washington on June 29 society figures obsess over curtsies to royalty as two kings and Queen Wilhelmina visit. An NY socialite’s rug slip at King Peter’s reception sparks debate on how deeply to bow. Experts urge practice, noting etiquette varies by venue and sovereign home courtesy.
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Washington
Wilhelmina
Holland
New York
Peter
Cour
Constantin Fotitch
Kaoe
George
Greece
State Department
British desert army battles Rommel near Matruh with Allied air support
In Cairo, June 29, Allied forces led by Britain’s desert army fight a funnel shaped clash east of Matruh after evacuation from the town. U S planes and New Zealand troops reinforce as Rommel’s mechanized divisions advance, with fuel shortages and fires igniting along the front.
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Cairo
Great Britain
Desert Army
United States
New Zealand
Matruh
Alexandria
Erwin Rommel
Mediterranean
Desert
Eighth Army
Axis Juggernaut Rolls Step Closer To Alexandria
Britain pressures in Egypt as Churchill returns to London amid reports of a German push from Kursk toward Kharkov. Observers fear a major Hitler offensive aims to split Soviet forces and threaten a southward thrust toward Rostov.
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Alexandria
Britain
Egypt
Churchill
London
Beas
Alex
Inussia
Timoshenko
Kursk
Washington
Russia
Kharkov
Ros
Roosevelt Extends Rubber Scrap Drive Ten Days
President Roosevelt extended the scrap rubber collection drive by 10 days after Interior Secretary Ickes and campaign head William R. Boyd reported a total of 218000 tons gathered. Ickes urged hoarding may occur in public buildings and noted mats were once controlled by officials but later allowed for disposal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
William R. Boyd, Jr
Jo Wine Ickes
Boyd
White House
Rollet
Japanese raze Cebu in reprisal for guerrilla activity
Washington reports Colonel Carlos P. Romulo on arrival describes Cebu as leveled May 22 after guerrilla attacks. He notes a Japanese broadcast calling the action a warning and mentions Romulo on a secret MacArthur mission and his Pulitzer prize. Local officials were briefed on the development.
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Washington
Cebu
Philippines
Carlos P. Romulo
Douglas MacArthur
Romulus
Romulo
MacArthur
Philippineer
Quezon
Philippine Herald
Luzon
Lis
Pacific
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WLO
WLB
REDS
Axis
Raf Blasts Rail Center
Rommel
Tobruk
Charved
United Nation
American Air Corps
Africa Corps
Claude Auchinneck
BY Kirkel, Simpson
Axis Juggernaut
Philippine
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