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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1943
Page
1
The piece notes Detroit unrest has interrupted war production and warns similar outbreaks loom. It criticizes Washington liberals for undermining national resolve by proposing a utopian defense not aligned with the United States’ current aims.
The court rules a naturalized citizen cannot have citizenship canceled solely for party membership or rhetoric. The decision suggests a requirement to demonstrate real subversive acts before suspicions invalidate citizenship, a standard questioned as unfair to outsiders seeking entry.
Federal troops in armored regalia restored order in Detroit after a night of terror that left 23 dead and hundreds injured. About 1,300 were arrested, roughly 85 percent of whom were Black, as President Roosevelt and War Secretary Stimson ordered troops to quell rioting by Black and white mobsters amid widespread destruction.
London AP says Aneta reports the last Jews in Amsterdam were deported to Poland, completing the removal of Holland's Jewish population. About 180,000 Jews in the Netherlands faced three regional stages beginning April 10 and ending May 14 in Amsterdam with mass deportations by rail.
Allied air forces hit Naples harbor and Cancello in a major strike as British and American bombers from the Middle East command attacked Reggio Calabria and San Giovanni. Liberators dropped 275000 pounds of explosives on targets. 23 enemy planes were downed with 2 Allied losses.
Washington report says the War Labor Board seeks White House intervention to enforce its two year no strike contract in coal and mines dispute. John L Lewis and Ickes meet as steel and coke production falters and government contemplates operation of mines. An order freezes 3 million tons of railroad coal to direct supply where needed most.
AP reports Edgar Hoover announced seven people arrested in Rochester New York on charges of sabotaging incendiary bombs and grenades for the United States and allies at Antonelli Fireworks Inc. The suspects include Amerigo Antonelli Bennie Piteo John Deritis Joseph Deritis Dominick Barbello Angelo Costanza and Frank Bianchi. The army chemical warfare service took over the plant on June 12 to protect government property.
Allied daylight raids on the Ruhr targeted the Huls synthetic rubber plant at Recklinghausen and the former General Motors plant at Antwerp. Twenty bombers were lost, but Allied forces claimed downing a considerable number of enemy planes. The day raids followed a heavy RAF night strike on Krefeld, with the Ruhr missions described as among the deepest penetrations of Germany by American bombers to date.
The speaker argues reformers need simple politics training in plain terms. He urges finishing the war swiftly to preserve national gains and use the war effort to address race, labor, and farm issues later, maintaining the freedom achieved in 15 years as a base for future progress.
In Algiers the French Committee of National Liberation kept Generals Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle in command of their forces while proposing an eight member subcommittee to merge the two armies. The move aligned with U S and British terms that Giraud remain the supreme authority over the French military in North Africa. Eisenhower praised Giraud for fielding a substantial French force in Tunisia. De Gaulle and Giraud reportedly shook hands after the agreement.
Reports from Norway say four hundred German soldiers drowned when the 3000 ton Birka sank off the Norwegian coast near Trondheim on June 10. Another four hundred were saved. The cause of the sinking and the ship’s cargo were not disclosed.
Assistant Attorney General Norman Littell told the House Public Lands Committee the Standard Oil California navy joint operation contract for Elk Hills California went beyond Teapot Dome era agreements. He described a government owned company pooling resources, creating a monopoly for five years and exceeding congressional oil conservation intents. Navy legal adviser Keith Kane defended the contract as in the public interest while noting Justice Department concerns and ongoing study.
Moscow radio quotes the Soviet information bureau urging the Allies to open a second front in Europe this year to hasten victory. It notes Allied and Soviet losses and argues absence of a second front prolonged the war and increased casualties.
Washington reports three naval air strikes against Japanese bases in the Solomons. The raids targeted Kieta and Kahili on Bougainville and Munda on New Georgia, with the destruction of an enemy bomber noted.
King George VI left Malta after a brief inspection tour of airfields and bomb sites. He arrived aboard the cruiser Aurora, escorted by four destroyers, and the visit recalled Pantelleria shelling views used by Eisenhower and Cunningham. Malta, first British territory awarded the George Cross, received a tribute to its heroic resistance.
John Steinbeck arrives in England from a major American transport to report the soldier’s view. He writes of writers close to common people and promises rapid dispatches. The piece notes his books The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men as a contrast to tactics and generals.
London AP Reuters reports the earthquake in Anatolia has killed 304 people. Rescue teams search damaged buildings as aid efforts begin.
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