War tax report praises agencies while urging patience
The House appropriations committee defends wartime agencies amid admitted mistakes urging constructive criticism with caution. It notes the public must understand the burdens on agency heads and progress toward a war footing, while condemning wasteful shortcuts and demagogy. OPA refunds total about 2,600 from six months of overcharges in hotels, with 962 returned to guests and the rest to the treasury.
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House Appropriations Committee
United States
War Administration
Omaha
Council Bluffs
OPA
Federal Treasury
Treasury
Philadelphia
RAF Pounds Cologne in Night Raid 14 Bombers Missing
British RAF bombers hit Cologne and other Rhineland targets. 14 aircraft said missing on return. Fighter squadrons pursued across the Channel toward France after the raid, with one fighter lost and nine locomotives damaged in northern France. Cologne, a major inland port, has faced repeated Allied strikes.
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London
INS
Rhineland
Cologne
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
R.A.F
France
Germany
Rhine
Holland
Belgium
Fighter Command
Typhoon
Dourn
Bethune
OPA Aims To Fix Profits in War Price Controls
Washington (UP) Harold L. Allen charged that secret files from David Ginsburg show OPA used price fixing to control and redistribute profits. A Galbraith memo linked prices to prewar profit levels, arguing reductions served bureaucratic control, not inflation relief.
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Washington
Harold L. Allen
House Committee
David Ginsburg
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ginsburg
West Virginia
Allen Sai Allen
J. K. Galbraith
Allen
Officials Call Elk Hills Oil Deal Illegal and Invalid
A Justice Department official testified at a House hearing that the Navy Standard Oil Elk Hills contract violates the 1938 petroleum conservation act and should be canceled. Rep. Elliott urged an on site study, while Byrnes would forward findings for presidential decision.
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Washington
Navy
Standard Oil Company of California
Elk Hills
Justice Department
Norman M. Littell
House Public Lands Committee
Rep
Elliott
Dcalif
Teapot Dome
California
Peterson
D-Fla
Littell
James D. Byrnes
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Standard Oil
Navy Department
Rep. Voorhis
D-Calif
Cedar Rapids Weather Quiet Morning Ends With Clouds
Cedar Rapids woke to clear skies and 60 degree temperatures. By noon clouds gathered and humidity rose to 75 percent. The government meteorologist forecast warmer weather by Friday noon with no mention of storms. Maximum Wednesday 78, 5 to 6 p.m. 74 by 2:30 p.m. Thursday. humidity 60.
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Cedar Rapids
Decorah Soldier Sergt Henry Symonds Reported Dead in Pacific
Sergt Henry Hugo Symonds, 29, of Decorah, brother of Mrs Reginald Figge, died June 11 while reportedly a Japanese prisoner of war. He went missing in 1942 after the Philippines fell and was later confirmed as a prisoner by Red Cross and war department cables. His last communication came February 1942. he had served in Manila and at Nichols Field.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry Hugo Symonds
Decorah
Reginald Figge
Grande Avenue SE
War Department
Pacific
Sergt
Symonds
Philippines
International Red Cross
H. J. Symonds
Sergt. Symonds
Manila
Nichols Field
Army
McChordfield
Wash
Holabird Specialists
Baltimore
Robert Symonds
Drewfield
Tampa
Fla
Donald
Yugoslav Exile Premier Resigns. New Government Formed
London United Press reports Premier Slobodan Yovanovitch of the Yugoslav exile government has resigned. King Peter plans to form a new government, stated by the youthful refugee monarch.
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London
Slobodan Yovanovitch
Peter
United Press
Solons Seek 300000 Federal Payroll Cut
Washington report shows 3,008,519 civilians on the federal payroll just under one to every 2144 soldiers. Senators Byrd demand immediate 300,000 discharge and a manpower overhaul to curb waste and mismanagement. The probe indicts war boards and agencies for unwarranted pay hikes and bloated staffing.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Committee On
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Roosevelt
Congress
Labor Groups to Take Charge of Payroll Savings
Labor groups will manage payroll savings programs, directing participating workers through organized payroll deductions. The plan assigns oversight to union and worker committees, aiming to expand access to savings and financial security across industries.
Cedar Rapids Labor Groups Organize Payroll Savings Drive
Groups of organized labor in Cedar Rapids announce a plan to form payroll savings committees at workplaces to promote wage deductions for war bond purchases. A Monday meeting at the Chamber of Commerce will elect representatives to a Cedar Rapids Payroll Savings Executive Committee to sustain the program during the war.
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Cedar Rapids
Beahl T. Perrine
Linn County
Chamber of Commerce
CIO
AF of L
Perrine
Treasury Department
George Hearn
French Group Reaches Procedure Accord
Thirteen members of the French National Liberation committee with Gen. Henri Giraud presiding reached an agreement on procedure and collective responsibility after an eighty minute meeting Thursday.
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Algiers
French National Liberation Committee
Henri Giraud
Steps Taken To Get Corn Into Trade
The War Food Administration called in loans on 47 million bushels of 1942 corn effective July 15 and pledged to requisition storage corn if needed to sustain war production. CCC sold government corn to Keokuk and Pekin plants, but closures threatened as supplies ran short.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Food Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Keokuk
Pekin
WFA
Pekm
Chicago
J B. Hutson
Len Gillette
D-Tia
Hutson
Congress
Turks Recall Emissary to Vichy France
Turks recall Ambassador Behir Erkin from Vichy France amid Gestapo restrictions on the Ankara embassy. Allied pressure is cited to push Vichy to recall Gaston Bergery, while Premier Sukru Saracoğlu’s speech signals Turkish tilt toward the Allies and goodwill toward Russia.
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Bern
Switzerland
Behir Erkin
Turkey
Ankara
Vichy
France
Gaston Bergery
Bergery
Axis
von Papen
Sukru Saracoglu
Congress of the
Republican People’s Party
Saracoglu
Russia
Big Toll of Axis Planes Disclosed
Secretary of War Stimson disclosed that 65 to possibly 105 German fighter planes were destroyed by American and British flyers in raids on Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven. Eight Flying Fortresses were lost. Pantelleria and Lampedusa incursions cost about 40 airmen and a few planes with large prisoner yields.
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Washington
Stimson
Wilhelmshaven
Cuxhaven
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Mediterranean
Rationing Office Seeks Volunteers Tonight in Linn County
Volunteers are urged to report to the Linn county war price and rationing office in the American building this evening. Remaining sugar applications will be processed, and renewals for B and C gasoline ration books handled. Volunteers may come at any time and stay as long as they wish, say ration board workers.
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Office of Price Administration
Civil Service Commission
War Production Board
Board of Economic Warfare
Linn County
Satellite Bloc Veers Away from Axis in Southeastern Europe
Information reaching Cairo reports increasing resistance within Axis satellite nations in southeastern Europe. Romanian and Bulgarian undergrounds grow vocal, with Bulgaria tied to Soviet sentiment, while Romania explores terms with the Allies via neutral intermediaries. Hungary reportedly plans to abandon the New Order if needed.
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Europe
Cairo
Rumania
Bulgaria
Russia
Romania
Baron Manfred von Killinger
Bucharest
Turkey
Ankara
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Moscow
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Eerliner Boersenzeitung
Balkans
Mediterranean
Hungary
Hitler
Yanks Win Big Victory Over Guadal
Washington AP reports a major Pacific air battle near Guadalcanal with 77 Japanese aircraft downed and six American planes missing. The June 16 action yielded 32 Japanese bombers and 45 Zero fighters shot down, totaling 77 to 6 in American losses.
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Washington
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Navy
South Pacific
United States
Eight More Czechs Executed in Prague
London AP reports the Czechoslovak government in exile says eight Czechs including a woman were executed in Prague for harming the nation and sabotage during blackouts. This follows seven earlier executions and brings May totals to 29 and year to 312.
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London
Prague
Allies Take Brief Break in Mediterranean Air War
Allied air forces in the Northwest African theater paused major operations on Wednesday with patrols and reconnaissance only. Five more enemy aircraft were claimed down, joining 16 shot down over Sicily Monday night and Tuesday. RAF fighters from Middle East bases attacked shipping in the Aegean, and a Cairo statement said three ships were sunk in island harbor.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Northwest African
Sicily
Middle East
Aegean Sea
Cairo
Sland Harbor
Viceroy for India Chosen Amid Broad Press Report
A reliable report states a new Viceroy for India has been chosen and the identity will be announced soon. The London dispatch indicates the decision has come after months of deliberation and political liaison with key imperial authorities.
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London
India
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