German Unit Crushed Under Russian Blows in Med
Allied reports claim heavy Axis losses in the central and eastern Mediterranean as German and Italian ships faced decisive attacks. U.S. air forces joined RAF and Royal Navy planes, bombers and torpedo aircraft, in crippling Italian battleships and cruisers near the Italian coast and aiding convoy operations to Malta and Tobruk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterraneas
U.S
Mediterranean
RAF Command
Cairo
Admiralty
Air Ministry
London
Malta
Tobru
Admiralty Air Ministry
Tobruk
African Desert
Charleston
RAF
United States Army Air Corps
U. S Air Force
Middle East
British Fleet Air Arm
Jnly
North Atlantic
War Fund Drive opens with $2112 gift from Kanawha firm
Beni Kedem Manufacturing Co workers pledge 2112 to the Kanawha War Fund drive as the effort kicks off ahead of a formal start. The fund aims for 112200 to meet county quotas, with 250 workers employed by the company. A 112 percent participation cash gift was presented at a campaign meeting led by the welfare association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beni Kedem, Manufacturing Co
United Appeal of Kanawha County War Fund, Inc
Beni Kedem
Mystic Shrine
Robert S. Spilman
Charles
Joseph Lolo
G. E. Griffin
Temple Recorder
Kanawha Manufaturing Company
Welfare Association
Lind
Ben L. White
Association
Kanawha County
War Fund, Inc
Percy Tetlow
District 17
United Mine Workers
Allies Retain Tobruk Itself
Allied forces held Tobruk area as British line buckled around Acroma and El Adem with heavy fighting continuing. Ritchie’s command withdrew after a fierce battle while mobile columns attacked Axis flanks, shaping a 50 mile front from Ain el Gazala to Bir Hacheim as reinforcements rushed up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acroma
Ritchie
el Adem
Ain Er Gazala
Mediterranean
Bir Hacheim
Boat Firm Rejects Strike Talk Offer
The attorney cited one possible reason for the walkout tied to an NLRB examiner's report urging the company to stop discouraging union activities and re hire 17 discharged workers with back pay. About 500 of 1,800 employees worked today, below prior expectations. The plant's leadership denied advocating an immediate bargaining election, and responded to AFL editor claims the strike was a patriotic duty aimed at clearing production obstacles. The remarks referenced broader wartime orders and the president's stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NLRB
Phillips
Cincinnati
Weissenberger
L. J. Callinan
Charleston
AFL Weekly
Callinan
Army, Navy and War Production Board
Callinan Questions Strikes Defied by Company
The United States, in agreement with labor and industry, directed no strikes for the duration. We question whether Callinan views this as one of the orders the company allegedly defied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Callinan
Gas Dealers Deliveries Halted Amid Ration Cards Policy
The Office of Price Administration says 2000 checkers and 175 operators faced hearings after motorists used rationing cards to obtain three gallons of gas. The current rationing cards expire at midnight July 14, with a new carbon rationing system starting July 15 amid warnings of misuse and extended vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Henderson
Washington
Two U Boat Attacks Reported In Mid Atlantic
Engineer A W Brown of Philadelphia said their armed ship had no chance to fire as the submarine stayed submerged during the first attack. Captain Martin Johansen of Drexel Park Pa and two crewmen searched for missing Redwine after a lifeboat check. En route to shore they witnessed another merchant ship torpedoed with limited damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Kharkov
Donets
Esterday
A. W. Brown
Philadelphia
Navy
Martin Johansen
Drexel Park
Redwine
Brown
Rother
Sugar Board Sets Up For Industrial Users
Industrial and institutional sugar users will be served by a sub-board at Charleston High School. County board member Guy W. VanHorn said the board will meet daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 20 to July. He explained industrial users are facilities receiving sugar for production, while institutional users obtain sugar for service or preparation of food and beverages. Restaurants hotels caterers drug stores school lunchrooms soda fountains hospitals prisons and sanitoria fall under institutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston High School
Guy W. VanHorn
VanHorn
VanRorn
Scrap Rubber Surges in State Aid to War Effort
King reports mounting scrap rubber piles in the state served by a spur line. RFC plans ship railcars of salvaged rubber to designated rubber reserves. Estimated 50 tons, with tonnage influencing gas rationing. Oil firms bear no profit aim, moving material to depots for free shipment to war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Rubber Reserve Corporation
RFC
Charleston
Planes and Carriers Shape Future Navy Plans
The navy moves to cancel the 60,000 ton shuttle carriers while pushing forward with carriers nearing completion. Navy officials say the shift marks a turning point in naval strategy with renewed emphasis on air and sea power. Secretary Knox also expanding Great Lakes training to about 668,000 recruits, alongside new crews at Port Deposit Lake Pend Oreille and Lake Mead, signaling a massive boost in pilot and sailor production for imminent combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster
Vinson
Ellender
Knox
Great Lakes
Axis
Army
Navy
Rubber Agencies Scrutiny on Synthetic Rubber Funds
An Iowan protested that the first 650 million dollars in government synthetic rubber funds funded no plants using farm products. He said only after Senate inquiry into agricultural commodities did some funds redeploy to utilize farm products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowan
Senate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trento
Gazette Photot
Elle Robert Blomquist
Severn
Blomquist
Africa
Belle Sharmeer
Nylons
Nemo
Atl Wines
Helena Rubinstein
Pomeuss
Craft
USI
Iit
Baker
A&p Food
America
Rubber Supplies Agency Demanded
Argentina
Virginie
Natn Urea
Gore Werdie
Lydia E. Pinkham
Amiling
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Shulton
U. S.pat. of
Shulton, Inc
Rockefeller Center
Fifth Ave
New York
N.Y
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!