Presidents draft threat fuels mine strike rhetoric
The President condemns United Mine Workers leaders as intolerable while miners return to work. He hints at vetoing the anti strike bill and seeks draft machinery for future production stoppages. Iowa laundry firms aim to declare essential labor, stabilizing manpower amid wartime needs. The Supreme Court allowed relocation of Japanese Americans, prompting questions about camp conditions. Community leaders stress juvenile delinquency prevention through active youth programs and parental involvement.
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Supreme Court
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Noody
United Mine Workers Strike Widening As Roosevelts Plan Faces Veto
In Washington thousands of miners defy union policy and stay away from work amid President Roosevelt's push to bar tieups and to draft strikers. Ickes warns coal stockpiles run low and government may need to manage mines. amid debate over raising draft age to 65, lawmakers split on the plan and Connally Smith bill.
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Alabama
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D-Miss
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Birmingham
Ala
J. L. Lewis
Connally
Texas
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WLB
Fortress Gunner Fluegel Missing In European Area
Sergt Theodore M Fluegel 20 formerly of Franklin high school has been missing in action since June 13. He served as an aerial gunner on a Flying Fortress after training in Texas New Mexico Arizona and Colorado. His parents Frederick and
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Sergi
Theodore M. Fluegel
Franklin High School
Frederick E. Fluegel
Blake Boulevard
Sergt. Fluegel
Cedar Rapids
United States
England
Bremen
Keil
Sheppard Field
Tex
Las Vegas
N. M
Tucson
Ariz
Pueblo
Colo
Frederick, Jr
Coast Guard
New York
William L. Fluegel
Lubbock
David
Winston Lowe Reported Captured by German Forces
Staff Sergeant Winston E. Lowe, an Army Air Forces aerial gunner and bombardier, is a prisoner of war in Germany. Word reached his mother via Red Cross channels that he had been missing since May 29 during raids on submarine bases in France. He is a University of Iowa graduate and Franklin High School alumnus, with family ties to Cedar Rapids and Grand Island.
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Cedar Rapids News
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Irma Lowe
Eighteenth Street
Washington
Army Air Forces
Lowe
Germany
France
Red Cross
University of Iowa
Franklin High School
Cedar Rapids
Ed Lowe
Grand Island
Neb
Army Casualty Totals Reach 63 958 in War
Secretary of War Stimson announced that U S Army casualties since the war began total 63 958. The broader tally shows Navy Marine and Coast Guard deaths wounded and missing at 23 346, bringing the grand total to 87 304.
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Stimson
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OPA Boosts Coffee Ration to One Pound Weekly Basis
The Office of Price Administration raised the next two coffee rations to one pound every three weeks, citing ample green coffee stocks and steady imports. Stamp 21 becomes valid July 1 to July 21, Stamp 22 July 22 to Aug 11, with Stamp 24 expiring end of June. Roasters may buy green coffee without inventory limits.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Tailor's son Basilone earns Medal of Honor for 72 hour stand
Navy reports John Basilone from Raritan New Jersey held a machine gun post for three days and nights against a Japanese regiment in the South Pacific. He reportedly killed 38 enemy soldiers and helped repulse repeated Nipponese assaults with his pistol, contributing to the regiment's annihilation.
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South Pacific
New Jersey
Navy Department
John Basilone
Raritan
N. J
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Basilone
Secret U S Weapons Boom With Bazooka Aims
Major General C M Barnes cites over 1 000 contracts as U S industry rapidly develops secret arms. He notes the bazooka shell has strong armor penetrating power and wide combat use while dozens of other weapons, including a 4 7 inch anti aircraft gun, are under production in a program totaling 52 billion dollars.
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Ohio
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C.M. Barnes
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
America
Germany
British U Boats Sink 13 Vessels
London AP reports British submarines in the Mediterranean sank an armed Axis merchant ship of 7 000 tons and destroyed two auxiliary vessels, two medium supply ships and eight small supply ships, as announced by the admiralty on Thursday.
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Mediterranean
Admiralty
Miss McCollough Resigns As Coe's Dean of Women
Miss Lola B McCollough dean of women at Coe college resigns effective Aug 31. She has already left Cedar Rapids after one year at Coe since September. No successor named. she previously served as dean at Stetson University and Hillsdale College.
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Lola B McCollough
Coe College
Charles A. Anderson
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Coe
Mary S. Bell
WAAC
Dean McCollough
Arthur Poe
Stetson University
Florida
Hillsdale College
Mich
1000 Japanese Troops Die in Mine Sinking
A Central News Agency dispatch reports more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers drowned June 1 when a large enemy warship was sunk by a Chinese mine off Chungking.
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Chungking
Central
Jeffers Stays On Job for Present
Washington rubber director William Jeffers and core aides will stay at their posts until there is no doubt the rubber problem is solved. He announced the decision Thursday amid ongoing efforts to address the nationwide shortage and related policy questions.
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William Jeffers
Thanks Henry McLemore on Steinbeck War Reporting
Henry McLemore writes from England about a rival war correspondent. He praises Steinbeck as a writer who prefers beer with GI Joe to champagne with officers. The Gazette presents both writers for readers with Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath authoring daily war reports.
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Henry McLemore
England
Gazette
Hank
John Steinbeck
McLemore
Steinbeck
Plan Would Strip OPA's Food Power
The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to create a food czar with control over wartime food production distribution pricing and rationing. The measure shifts rationing and pricing powers from the Office of Price Administration to War Food Administrator Chester C. Davis. The bill passed 18 to 8 with Republican support and some Democratic backing amid broader fights over government subsidies and food policy.
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Office of Price Administration
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Fulmer
D-S. C
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Senate
War Food Administrator
Farm Security Administration
House
Pleune Seeks Volunteers Tonight for War Price Office
A. T. Pleune, secretary, says Linn county war price and rationing office in Cedar Rapids needs volunteers Thursday evening. The office will be open from 6 p.m. onward for helper sign‑ups due to work pileups.
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Yankees Raid Celebes by 2000 Mile Liberator Flight
Allied reports describe American Liberators from Australia flying 2000 miles round trip to Macassar on Celebes striking a Japanese cruiser and docks with heavy bombs. The raid caused fires and damage to ships and the air base, with one Liberator lost after a collision with an enemy fighter.
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New Guinea
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Friedrichshafen
North Africa
England
Spezia
British
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RAF
Middle East
Italian Evacuate Castelrosso in Dodecanese Amid Near East Tensions
London dispatch reports Italian forces evacuated Castelrosso, the eastern Dodecanese island, under pressure from Allied forces in the Near East. Berlin radio and Reuter notes mention invasion preparations in North Africa as air photos show signs of port activity. Castelrosso lies 65 miles east of Rhodes off Turkey.
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INS
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Castelrosso
Reuter’s
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Berlin
Reuter S
Aegean Sea
Turkey
Rhodes
Japs Attack U. S. Ships in Solomons
Washington reports two unsuccessful Japanese air attacks on small American warships near Guadalcanal. A June 20 strike hit no ships off Savo Island and a June 22 strafing of two patrol craft occurred near the Russell Islands.
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INS
Guadalcanal
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United States
Savo Island
Russell Islands
Evacuation of 3,000,000 From Ruhr Area Reported
Berlin dispatches cite German orders to evacuate 3 million civilians from the bomb shattered Ruhr region as Allied air raids intensify. Reports say 60 percent of Germanys fighter force is moved west, with claims of massive anti aircraft and searchlight deployments along the western border.
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Germany
Ruhr
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Berlin
Royal Air Force
Krefeld
Rhineland
Allied Air Raids Extend Across Europe During Bombing Run
United States fighters shot down one Focke Wulf 190 over Belgium and the Netherlands as RAF bombers mounted a long range shuttle raid from Friedrichshafen to Spezia and back to England. The operation hit Spezia and other Italian targets, with fires and dock damage reported.
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