Scrap Rubber Drive Ordered By President
President Roosevelt announced a nationwide scrap rubber drive to start soon and finish within two weeks of inauguration. He noted Eastern gasoline rationing may not expand until results are known, urged a volunteer but potentially compulsory campaign, and warned quantity estimates vary greatly affecting military needs. The plan aims to divert scrap rubber to essential uses as supply concerns loom.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Eastern Seaboard
Pacific Northwest
Inter City Bus Rules Freeze Nonessential Services
Washington June 9 Transporation officials ordered a freeze on inter city bus routes aimed at conserving travel facilities for the war program. All routes are to be frozen with pooled service, abolishing express runs and restricting service to amusements such as golf courses theaters beaches and race tracks. Only one round trip may operate under the new order starting July 1.
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Washington
Batne
Ce of Defense
ODT
Russians Hold To Sevastopol
Soviet dispatch from Moscow reports Sevastopol defenders repelling German onslaughts in heavy hand to hand fighting. German losses exceed 50 000 killed since last fall as 24 tanks were knocked out and 6 planes shot down while Soviet troops countered with fierce counterattacks. Civilians retreat to city catacombs for shelter.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Nazi Taft
Izvestia
Free French Hold Bir Hacheim Against Axis Assault
In Libya Free French defenders at Bir Hacheim repelled the strongest Axis assault in two weeks on the Gazala line. A dawn attack by 25 German dive bombers followed by heavy artillery met a solid defense under Gen. Pierre Koenig who reported no alarm as supplies continued and three battalions, largely Italian, led the initial push.
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Libya
Bir Hacheim
Gazala
Pierre Koenig
Foreign Legion
Army Will Give Nation Preview of Its Might
Baltimore hosts an army war show as part of a three month tour to raise relief funds. 1200 troops demonstrate combat life with mock battles, ski troops, tank killers, aircraft, and a staged enemy. Notables include Mrs. Roosevelt and Vice President Wallace.
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Baltimore
New Orleans
War Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
United Nations
Writing on the Wall For Nazis Says RAF Chief
London reports RAF Bomber Command marshaling vast air power for raids on Germany’s Rudy and Rhine industries. The Cologne and Dieppe targets feature in the latest medium raids with several hundred aircraft. Eighteen bombers were lost, but losses are viewed as below profitability levels. Air Chief Marshal A T Harris says Anglo American attacks will soon eclipse current raids.
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London
RAF Bomber Command
Germany
Rudy
Rhinesand
A. T. Harris
Cologne
RAF
Essen
France
Holland
Dieppe
Netherlands
Harris
Bomber Command
Strike Ends at Libbey Owens Ford Kanawha City Plant
Workers resume operations after CIO and AFL unions settle a jurisdictional dispute without company involvement. State Labor Commissioner Sattler says issues will be referred to CIO President Murray and AFL Building Trades chief Coyne for a settlement plan. The CIO federation had struck Monday over hiring of unemployed members for furnace stack construction, affecting several hundred workers.
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Kanawha City
Libbey- Owens-Ford Glass Company
CIO
AFL
Charles J. ¥. Sattler
Philip Murray
John P. Coyne
CIO Federation of Glass
jGerarite
Burt W. Phares
Two Navy Blimps Crash Into Atlantic Dead and Missing
Lakehurst N J June naval blimps G 1 and L 2 collided and plunged into the Atlantic during a secret experiment. One survivor, Ensign Howard S Fahey Jr of Scarsdale NY, escaped from the L 2 cabin window. Four bodies recovered or identified include civilians and navy personnel among the 139 aboard. A naval board of inquiry will determine cause as rescue crews search for the remaining missing.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Atlantic
Naval Board of Inquiry
Naval Air Station
Navy
Aévancauts
Howard S. Fahey, Jr
Scarsdale
Convlnt
Coast Guards
Clinton S. Reinds
Toms River
Fousine Vensons
Alb
Wese
San Diego
Cal A. Poleet
Langdon
Kas
Israel H. Tilles
Cal
Sur
Frank A. Trater
Clarence C. Ross
Jacksonville
Fla
CIO Union Breaks Away to Join UMW
The United Construction Workers Organizing committee cuts direct ties with the CIO to join UCW district 50 under John L. Lewis. A. D. Lewis to direct activities in the miner group as CIO remains an indirect affiliate via UMW. The UMW is delinquent on per capita tax but not expelled. Financial aid totaling about $315,000 is noted.
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Washington
iFi
CIO
United Mine Workers of America
United Construction Workers Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis
UCW
Lewis
A. D. Lewis
Roosevelt says youth draft not planned soon
President Roosevelt told reporters there will be no immediate move to draft youths aged 14 to 19. He said any step would not come for several months and would require new legislation to remove exemptions. He added no decision had been reached and urged waiting a few months for further word.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japs Readied For Bad News
New York reports that Japan prepares to announce heavy reverses in the Midway naval battle as Tokyo residents face guarded news. An Asshikai article by an unidentified admiral suggests the idea that Japan cannot win always, while German broadcasts note Tokyo silence on the alleged naval battle.
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New York
Tokyo
Midway
Assh
Radio Berlin
Radio Tokyo
LA. S
Midway Island
Asahi
Fighting Rages Around City of Chuhsien Now Held by China
In Chungking on June 9, dispatches report savage fighting around the Chekiang city of Chuhsien where Japanese losses reached about 7,000 in two days. American and British air units have arrived in China, bolstering China's struggle as Flying Tigers provide limited aid and air support resumes on multiple fronts. Chubsien reportedly remains in Chinese hands despite heavy combat.
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Chuhsien
Chungking
China
Chekiang Province
Flying Tigers
Chubsien
Mee
3000 Doctors Needed Monthly by Armed Forces
Atlantic City June 9. Paul V. McNutt told the American Medical Association delegates that the nation must organize to meet emergency military and civilian medical needs. He said more than 3,400 physicians are needed each month through 1943 and 5,000 must enter service before July 1. He warned of a lack of volunteer interest and predicted drastic changes in medical practice postwar with government support for hospital facilities and equipment in defense towns. Dr. Fred W. Rankin of Lexington said medicine will be war’s principal business.
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Atlantic City
America
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
Army
Navy
McNutt
Imedis
Cal
Fred W. Rankin
Lexington
Association
Joint U S UK boards pool wartime production and food
Washington and London announce two joint boards to fuse US and UK production and food efforts for the war. The combined production and resources board led by Nelson and Lyttelton will align programs with military needs and shipping limits. The combined food board chaired by Wickard will study supply, distribution, and allocation of foods and agricultural materials across the two nations.
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Washington
United States
United Kingdom
Roosevelt
Churchill
London
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Quver Lyttelton
Production and Resources Board
Agriculture Wickard
R. H
Staf
Nelson
The
Food Board
Wickard
French With Us Declares Leahy Support for France
Washington reports Ambassador William D. Leahy said the French people are overwhelmingly pro American and hopeful for the defeat of the Axis. He recalled Marshal Petain is under heavy invader pressure and that France is militarily defeated and unorganized, hindering any effective relief or policy influence by the government.
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Washington
France
William D. Pate
Admiral Leahy
Vichy
Roosevelt
Henri Pestein
Submarine Sinks U.S. Merchant Ship Off Neah Bay
Senator Bone announced that a freighter was sunk by a submarine Sunday night off Neah Bay at the northern tip of Washington. It marked the first enemy submarine activity reported off the Pacific coast in months. The navy issued an official notice identifying the vessel as a U.S. merchant ship.
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Washington
Sen. Bone
D.wash
Neah Bay
of Washington
Pacific Post
Bone
Navy
U. S
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