House Clique Denounces Gas and Rubber Rations at White House
At a boisterous Capitol Hill session 100 congressmen opposed gasoline rationing unless evidence of necessity is shown. The meeting urged war sacrifice and called for hearings on price controls and alleged rubber program manipulation by big four companies. Rep. Johnson proposed Office of Price Administration proof before any ration extension.
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Roosevelt
Case
White House
Archibald MacLeish
Office of Facts and Figures
Henderson
Leon Henderson
Rankin
D.-Miss
Gossett
D.-Tex
Kleberg
Somers
D. N
House Coin Committee
Johnson
Okla
Office of Price Administration
House
Senate
$46 Service Pay Set for Privates and Apprentices
A Senate-House conference panel agreed on a $46 monthly base pay for back privates and apprentice seamen, aiming to bridge gaps between the Senate’s $42 and the House’s $50. First class privates would receive $52 under the compromise, with the plan now headed to the Senate for a Monday vote amid optimism from Sen. Johnson while Sen. La Follette signals ongoing dispute.
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Senate-House
Senate
House
Sen
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D-Colo
Sen. LaFollette
Wis
Roosevelt Warns Japan on Poison Gas Threat
President Roosevelt accused Japan of using poisonous gas in China and warned of immediate retaliation by the United States. He said the U S would enforce complete retribution if Japan continued such warfare, reading an official State Department statement to underscore the government position. The plan frames retaliation as a response to aggression against any United Nations.
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Roosevelt
Japan
America
China
State Department
United Nations
United States
Winston Churchill
England
Germany
West Virginia April wages hit record 207.2 percent of normal
Wages paid by West Virginia employers under the workers compensation fund topped 50 million in April, with the coal mining industry leading at 20.32 million. The April total edged above March as overtime and war‑driven pace boosted pay envelopes for steel, chemical, and other manufacturers.
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West Virginia
C. DL. Heaberlin
Heaberlin
Army Long Prepared For Gas Retaliation
Washington June 5 The army chemical warfare service has trained for years to respond to any poison gas use by Japan or other enemies. Maj Gen William N Porter, head of the service, said gas warfare could burst into full intensity at any moment and that immediate retaliation along with gas masks and protective clothing is the best insurance. Porter cited Italy's use of gas against Ethiopia as an example of potential attack.
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Army
Roosevelt
Japan
China
William N. Porter
Europe
Asia
Porter
Mussolini
Britons Repulse German Attacks At Sir Hacheim Desert Stand
Cairo report says British forces halted repeated German tank dive bomber efforts to erase the Sir Hacheim desert hold as the 11 day battle eases. British torpedo carriers sank an enemy merchant ship in the eastern Mediterranean while raids hit German transport bases and Catania Sicily.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sir Hacheim
Mediterranean
Catania
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United States Declares War on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania
Washington announced that the United States has entered World War II by declaring war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. President Roosevelt signed the congressional resolution after urging war against the three nations for military actions against the United Nations and plans to extend those actions.
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Rumania
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House vote ends CCC funding as war measures loom
Washington June 5 The House rejected a proposed 75.8 million CCC allotment within a 1.058 billion supply bill by 158 to 121 after a tense fight amid wartime funding needs for labor and social security. The vote, seen as a test of politics in war measures, followed near solid GOP opposition.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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CCC
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Senate
Taber
CCC Fund
McCormack D-Mass
Expanding U S Army Using 550 CCC Camps
The War Department said about 650 Civilian Conservation Corps camps with equipment and buildings valued at 30 million have been transferred to the army for expansion. Most camps will serve as troop housing by joining existing posts or creating new posts and cantonments.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Service of Supply
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CCC
Deadly blast at Elwood ordnance plant kills 22
Elwood reports 22 bodies recovered after a violent explosion at the ordnance plant. Thirty-three munitions workers are missing and 41 injured, 17 identified, as crews search wreckage. Cause unknown. no sabotage suspected per army. A War Department inquiry board to investigate.
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Elwood, II
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Elwood Ordnance Plant
Army
David P. Tunstall
Army Press
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War Department
Washington
No. 10
CIO Seeks Unity With AFL In National Labor Council
The CIO executive board moved to realign with the AFL, calling a forthwith meeting of CIO and AFL councils to form a united national labor council. President Murray said harmony exists and urged steps toward unity to aid the war effort, while the CIO declared UMW delinquent on $120,000 in per capita taxes.
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INS
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
CIO
AFL
United National Labor Council
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
UMW
Mine Workers’ Union
Lewis
Thirty Czech Executions Raise Total After Heydrich Attack
London reports thirty more Czechs executed today, raising the total to 207 since the Heydrich assassination. Eighteen were killed in Prague, eight in Brno, and four elsewhere. Names include a Prague Chamber of Commerce secretary and his wife, a leading banker, two professors, and a renowned Catholic dean.
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Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
Brno
Prague Chamber of Commerce
New York
CHS
UMW District 17 Leader Resigns in WV Row
An Associated Press report from Washington states United Mine Workers officials accepted the resignation of Van A. Bittner as president of District 17 in West Virginia. Bittner, at a CIO meeting, said he sent a letter to the UMW board that did not state resigning, while a UMW spokesman noted the letter sought consideration but that the resignation still stood.
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United Mine Workers Headquarters
van A. Bittner
District 17
West Virginia
Bittner
CIO
UMW
RAF Onslaught Over 400 Miles Of German Coast
RAF fighters swept nearly 400 miles of the German held continental coast in one of the war's largest simultaneous offensives. Four sorties attacked Ostend Le Havre Morlaix and Lannion with bombers and Spitfires. Lannion and Morlaix targets were hit anew as Whirlwinds joined the low level strike.
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RAF
Air Ministry
French Channel
Belgium
Britann
Calais
Dunkergque
Ostend
le Havve
Mor
Lannion
Morlai
le Harve
Finland Will Keep Independence Goal
Finland plans to maintain an independent course after Adolf Hitler’s visit. A government spokesman cited Prime Minister Jukka Rangel and Field Marshal Gustav Mannerheim’s birthday remarks stressing sovereign Finnish independence. The talk highlighted Mannerheim’s 1919 stance against domination while noting Finland’s need to defend against Soviet threats and preserve ties with the United States.
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Finland
Adolf Hitler
Jukka Rangel
Gustav Mannerheim
Mannerhei
Mannerheim
Hitler
Wilhelm Keitel
U. S
Allies Destroy 6 Jap U Boats Off Australia
Allied air and naval forces report six to possibly seven Japanese submarines destroyed in five days off Australia. Dutch pilot recounts sinking one submarine after spotting it on the surface as Allied squadrons, including a Netherlands unit, and U S forces strike across widely separated waters. The announcements note two submarines sunk that day and another probably destroyed, alongside larger Japanese supply ships and a troop transport reportedly sunk by a single U S submarine.
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Australia
Ins
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Red Fliers Hit German Bases in Far North and Southwest
Soviet air forces destroyed 80 enemy planes in a report from the Russo German front. At least 47 German aircraft were credited by unconfirmed sources, with 43 destroyed in the southwest. Heavy aerial action coincided with increased reconnaissance and local fighting on the Karelian isthmus.
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INS
United Nations
Karelian
American Admiral Reports His Force Continues Attack
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced from Honolulu that Japanese forces at Midway had been decisively repulsed and that American forces were pressing the assault. He described heavy Japanese losses across all warship classes and said U S forces remain in firm control of the Midway area.
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Convoy Bolsters India Amid War Forces Arrival
New Delhi dispatch reports the United Nations reinforced India with the largest convoy of modern equipment and fighting men to reach the subcontinent. The force, unloaded at multiple East Indian ports, includes U S Kittyhawk crews and troops trained in Britain with combat experience in France and Libya. Jagpan troops push toward the Indo-Burman border within 45 miles as officials note no ships were lost en route.
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India
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Jagpan
Burma
East India
Great Britain
France
Libya
U. S
Britain
War Board Takes Control Of U S Food Supplies
Washington June 5 government assumes wartime control over food supplies via a nine member food requirements committee chaired by Claude R Wickard The War Production Board arms the committee with power to decide what foods to produce import or export and to allocate supplies among civilians armed forces and allies The panel includes Agriculture State War Navy lend lease EPA and WPB representatives Shortages may arise in items like sugar canned goods coffee and tropical fruits but total food supply this year is expected to exceed total needs including those for Britain and Russia under lend lease
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War Production Board
Sec. of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Agriculture Department
State, War and Navy Departments
Lend-Lease Administration
Board of Economic Warfare
WPB
Great Britain
Russia
Japanese Assault on Chuhsien 100,000 Troops Hit City Defenses
Chinese high command reports Japan have hurled 100,000 troops in fierce onslaughts against the walled defenses of Chuhsien in Chekiang. Despite two days of intensive fighting on three sides, the western rail town is said to hold as a barrier to a broader Japanese drive toward overland links with French Indo China, Thailand, and Burma. Japanese casualties are listed at 10,000 in two days, highlighting the importance of the defense.
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Burma
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