Allied Air Forces Strike Sicily and Sardinia in Major Raid
Allied air units attacked Sicily and Sardinia in a large raid, downing 39 enemy planes the day after Pantelleria surrender. The assault involved heavy bombers and fighters across Messina, Olbia, Siracusa, and Milo airfield with ships damaged and warehouses, rail yards, and docks targeted.
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Allied
North Africa
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
James G. Doolittle
James G. Doolittle's Strategic Airforce
Sardinia
Aranci
Messina
Sicily
Milo
Sicilian
Trapani
Rong
Olbia
Italians Send Peace Envoys Rumors Surface in Algiers
A Reuters report from Algiers notes rumors of Italian peace emissaries, possibly Prince Umberto or Marshal Badoglio, though unconfirmed. Observers doubt Italy can fully aid Germany, as Hitler reassesses defense and Mussolini expands martial law across southern provinces.
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London
Reuters
Algiers
Umberto
Pietro Badoglio
Germany
Hitler
Brenner Pass
Italy
Radio
Rome
Mussolini
Naples
Sardinia
Sicily
North Africa
Axis
Tyrrhenian
Ionian
Adriatic
Bern
Messina
Foggia
Bari
Brindisi
Lecce
Taranto
Cosenza
Catanzaro
Matera
Reggio Calabria
Coal Tieups Again Spread
The United Mine Workers and soft coal operators planned to resume talks Saturday to avert a possible mine tieup. Wildcat strikes spread as John L. Lewis delayed a policy committee meeting to gauge miners’ support for a third wartime strike. Over 45,000 miners quit in multiple states after War Labor Board rejected travel pay demands.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
War -Labor Board
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
UMW
Roosevelt
WLB
World trip for Senators Chandler and Lodge planned
Washington AP Sen Chandler of Kentucky and Sen Lodge of Massachusetts nearly packed for an around the world war inspection trip. Chairman Reynolds of the senate military affairs committee named them a special committee after Gen Marshall offered air transportation for two senators. The trip would cover the Southwest Pacific North Africa and England.
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Washington
Chandler
D-Ky
Lodge
Rmass
Reynolds
D-N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
George C. Marshall
Army
Southwest Pacific
North Africa
England
Amana Man Confesses Fire Started Amana Society Blaze
August Salzbrenner of Amana admitted planning and starting the Amana Society electrical department fire on March 19, 1941, with $25,000 loss. He was arraigned on arson charges, held on $5,000 bond, and confession followed prior fires involving Louis Roenig Jr. in June and a refrigeration plant blaze.
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Marengo
Charles Cornell
Salzbrenner
Amana
Amana Society
James Gaffney
Iowa
Harold Swift
Iowa County
Cornell
Louis Roeniig, Jr
Milford Engelbert
Leonard Keeler
R. C. Steinmetz
Mill Mutual Fire Prevention Bureau
Chicago
Nazis Use Record Sub Force in May
In May Germany deployed its largest submarine fleet yet in an all-out sea offensive against allied shipping near Margate England. Sir Harold Balfour said Britain’s May losses were lower than in any month since the United States entered the war despite the heavy submarine activity.
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Margate
England
Germany
Harold Balfour
Churchill
Britain
United States
Heiress Annie L Dodge Weds Army Captain in Lafayette
Annie Laurine McDonald Dodge aged 26, heiress to a 2.5 million dollar estate from her first husband, married Capt. John W. van Natta Jr an army ordnance officer in Lafayette on Friday.
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Lafayette
Ind
Annie Laurine McDonald Dodge
John W. van Natta, Jr
Army Ordnance
Dusseldorf in Ruins After RAF Bombing Surge
The British air ministry reports Dusseldorf largely destroyed after a night raid by heavy RAF bombers on June 11. Initial estimates place damage at over 1,000 acres, potentially 1,500, with Muenster and Ruhr towns also hit. The strike devastates postwar reconstruction and marks a major defeat to German war capacity.
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London
Air Ministry
Dusseldorff
R.A.F
Ministry
Muenster
Ruhr
Rhineland
Dusseldorf
Germany
RFC to Underwrite Packer Financing
Secretary of Commerce orders the Reconstruction Finance Corp to underwrite immediately any financing meat packers need. If local banks cannot fund, RFC will lend directly to prevent the shutdown of small slaughterers awaiting federal subsidy payments. The move reassures that RFC will carry out the subsidy program at least until Congress ends it.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of Commerce
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Congress
Quaker Plant Receives E Award Amid Cedar Rapids Cheer
Navy E pennant and commemorative pins were presented at the Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids plant by Brig. Gen Joseph E. Barzynski to President R Douglas Stuart and workers. Barzynski praised leadership and sacrifice, recalling honors earned by service members.
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Gazette-Hamblin
Army
Navy
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
Armed Services
Joseph E. Barzynski
Chicago
Wes Kopecky
R. Douglas Stuart
Fred Tamisien
Wack
Eunice Barzynski
Arthur
Cedar River
Second Street
Wavell Named Viceroy of India Amid Japan Drive
London named Field Marshal Archibald P. Wavell viceroy of India and set up a separate East Asia military command to wage an offensive against Japan. Gen. Auchinleck will succeed Wavell in India. The move follows Washington Churchill talks and signals a concerted war effort against Japan with allied forces.
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London
Britain
Archibald P. Wavell
India
East Asia
Japan
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Wavell
Washington
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
United States
East Asia Command
Southwest Pacific
North Africa
Downing Street
Auchinleck
Joseph W. Stilwell
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Bernard Montgomery
East Asiatic
Angry House Cuts OPA and OW Funds in Defense Budget Fight
The House voted to abolish the domestic functions of the Office of War Information and reduce the Office of Price Administration funds as part of a $2.9 billion war agencies appropriation. Elmer Davis threatened to quit if the OWI domestic branch is abolished. Senate action is expected next week as amendments challenge Roosevelts home-front leadership.
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Washington (Ap
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
House
Washington
Senate
Congress
OWE
Patman
Texas
OPA
Dirksen
Harry Santloff
Germans Bolster Danish Defenses
Allies contemplate a potential invasion of Denmark as German defenses strengthen in Jutland and along the Danish rail network. Berlin increases Danish garrison to about 200000 while camouflaged towns enable rapid deployment from the north coast. The German leadership fixed for June 22 as a purported invasion day.
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Associated Press
Denmark
Pateway
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Jutland
London
Litle
North Sea
England
Norway
Berlin
Stockholm
Rome
Gazette Sets Ceiling Prices On Food in Sunday Edition
The Gazette will print maximum prices for more than 400 food items starting Tuesday in Cedar Rapids and Marion. The OPA ruling will affect future food purchases and is highlighted in Sunday's edition.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
the Gazette
OPA
May Army production miss may cost overseas troops
Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson said May production fell 31 percent to 1.494 billion dollars, delaying critical equipment for training and overseas troops. He blamed overconfidence, civilian nonessentials, floods, and strikes, while noting a 40 percent rise in aircraft output.
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Washington
Robert Patterson
N Mas
Patterson
Mas
America
Dhe
Pateterson
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