Tax on Freight and Wager Tax Boosted in Impost Bill
The house ways and means committee raised the tentative tax bill beyond 6.89 billion dollars by taxing parimutuel wagering freight express transportation and coin operated amusements. They also proposed higher postage rates for newspapers and periodicals to yield extra revenue, with further adjustments under debate.
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Donald M. Nelson
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Cooper
Cooling Off Before Peace Talks Urged
Former under secretary Sumner Welles urged delay of final peace terms until after the Axis defeat and during the transition period. He stressed cooperation remains essential and highlighted lend-lease ties with Britain, China, Russia, and Belgium as laying groundwork for postwar trade.
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Sumner Welles
Ap Ethr
United” Nations
Welles
United Nations
Great Britain
China
Russia
Belgium
House Passes Pipeline Bill Across Florida and Georgia
The House approved a 93 million dollar measure authorizing a Florida barge canal and a Mississippi to Georgia oil pipeline, with Gulf intracoastal expansion to the Mexican border. The bill, pushed by Harold Ickes, now goes to the Senate amid votes on barge canal eliminations and a Savannah Charleston route amendment.
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House
Florida
Mississippi
Georgia
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Tagey
Goer
Senate
Harold Ickes
Gulf of Mexico
Jacksonville
Ickes
Roosevelt
Tinsley
Miss
Savannah-Charleston
S. C
Rayburn D
Tex
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Don Pitase
Scouts Collect Rubber to Aid War Effort Tomorrow
Nearly 1,000 Boy Scouts will canvass 18,000 homes to collect scrap rubber as part of a drive urged by Scout Executive M. H. F. Kinsey. They will deposit loads at Mire stations for shipment to the Standard Oil bulk plant for freight car loading, with hopes of easing gasoline rationing and boosting reclaimed rubber.
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Standard Oil
Gouthalde
Dawson
Admiral Nimitz Says Japanese Losses Ten Times U S
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced aboard a fighting ship at Pearl Harbor that Japanese personnel losses in Coral Sea and Midway were at least ten times those of the United States and that enemy aircraft losses matched that ratio. He urged veterans to hold the line until reinforcements arrive while noting increased fleet strength and ongoing carrier expansion. The message from Secretary Knox hailed Midway as a mighty American victory.
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Knox
Michigan man charged with treason over Nazi flier escape
Detroit June 17 federal grand jury indicted Max Stephan a Detroit restaurant proprietor on treason for aiding Flight Lt Peter Krug of the Luftwaffe in escaping from a Canadian concentration camp. Conviction could yield death. minimum five years. Stephan held since April may be arraigned Friday.
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U.S
Peter Krug
Bowmanville
Ont
Chicago
San Antonio
Tex
Krug
FDR Foresees Good News From Fronts
President Roosevelt told the Pacific war council that U N shipping strength has improved and real good news may come soon. He reviewed Allied successes against Japan in the Coral Sea Midway and Aleutians and discussed plans for future offensives.
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Lord Halifax
Aleutian
Coral Sea
Midway
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Board of Strategy
New Zealand
Walter Nash
America
Nash
Banger
Pacific Council
Manuel Quezon
Stimson
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Army
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
HH. Arnold
Ultimatum Served In Boat Walkout
A three day strike at Marietta Manufacturing ends in an ultimatum demanding a bargaining election before workers return. Spokesman Jason T. Weissenberger said the company cannot respond until the National Labor Relations Board acts. State mediator Charles J. F. Sattler and others attended the two hour talks in Point Pleasant.
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Marietta Manufacturing Company
Jason T. Weissenberger
C. O. Weissenberger
Charles J. F. Sattler
Weissenberger
Marietta
National Labor Relations Board
Charleston
Sattler
S. R R. Joyner
Charleston Buildling Trades Council
Martin Bowles
FDR Signs Pay Bill Boosts Military Wages
President Roosevelt signed pay legislation raising minimum military pay to 50 dollars a month retroactive to June 1. The increase affects privates and apprentice seamen and raises pay for ranks up to second lieutenant and naval ensign, with many men gaining at least twenty dollars a month.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Rumble of Unrest Against Hitler Overlords Mounts
Soviet dispatches report fierce Kharkov counter offensives driving Germans back as Sevastopol resists heavy Nazi assaults three weeks into the siege. Timoshenko’s Kharkov forces push forward with heavy losses to the German Fourth Army while Sevastopol defends its fortifications against renewed Luftwaffe and ground assaults.
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Moscow
Semyon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Sevastopol
Mars ‘Edor von Bork
von Holt
Acress
Chinese lose key Shangjo station in Kiangsi fighting
Chinese high command reports heavy combat as Shangjao station on the Chekiang Kiangsi line falls to Japanese forces after an all day battle. Japanese columns advance into Kiangsi while a separate push sweeps toward Changshan from Nan Chang.
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Shangjai
Nanchang
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Nanzhang
Rweiki
Domei
Changshan
Lest We Forget War Survival Plan Proposed by Damon Runyon
Damon Runyon outlines a postwar plan in his Brighter Side column on The State Newspaper editorial page. He argues a period of bitterness among veterans could be avoided if a survival framework were adopted as the war ends.
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Damon Runyon
Mr. Runyon
Yanks Score 35 Bullseyes On 2 of Duce's Battleships
London dispatch reports newly graduated U S airmen led by a Hoosier veteran scored 35 hits on two Italian battleships in the Mediterranean raid aiding convoys to Tobruk and Malta. RAF and US air forces sank a 10 000 ton Italian cruiser and two destroyers and damaged others as German Italian defenses fought back. the bombardment would put the battleships out of action for months.
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Alfred F. Kalberer
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Kharkov
Yugoslavia
Secret
Slovenia
Draja Mihailovic
Greece
Moscow
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Vatican
L'Osservator Romana
Norway
Wall of Fire Sent Up to Guard Ships
British RAF pilots fight through an intense antiaircraft barrage over the Mediterranean to score direct hits on an Italian battleship cruiser and destroyer. Only two planes returned undamaged as U S bombers struck earlier. pilots describe the onslaught as a wall of fire from five miles out until near sea level.
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Tarry Allen
Libyan
U. S
Mediterranean
RAF Resumes Raids Over Ruhr and Rhineland
British bombers, idle due to weather, targeted Ruhr and Rhineland last night. About 23 300 aircraft reportedly took part, with eight missing and nine shot down as Berlin acknowledged RAF activity over western and southwestern Germany.
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INS
Ruhr
Rhineland
Berlin
DNB
RAF
Germany
Axis Drive At Tobruk Thwarted By British Clash
Cairo dispatch reports Axis desert forces pushing toward Tobruk to cut supply lines, but British 7th Army with RAF support halted the assault. RAF fighter-bombers destroyed ten of thirty German tanks near Sidi Rezegh as heavy fighting raged between El Adem and Sidi Rezegh. British armor, including General Grant tanks, remained a key bulwark around Tobruk perimeter.
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Tobruk
7Th Army
Sidi Rezegh
6Th Army
Acroma
el Adem
Ana
U. S
War Loan Drive Urges Australia to Support Libya and Russia
Prime Minister John Curtin warned Australians that Libya news is not good and Russia poses dangers to the Allied cause. He warned that Australia’s fall would invite a Japanese attack on Hawaii and the North American coast, urging a daily nine million dollar appeal for the final war loan drive as Rommel advances with costly gains.
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Australia
Fame
John Curtin
Libya
Russia
Hawaii
North American
Rommel
Exiled Czechs Vow to Avenge Nazi Atrocities
London reports a widening terror wave as Nazi rule tightens in occupied Europe. Polish authorities say more than 1,000 arrested in Warsaw mass raids, with thousands already seized for slave labor. Czech government vows vengeance for Nazi crimes including the Lidice massacre.
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Mechosiovaoslovakia
Wae Bénes
Naziig
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
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Lidice
Reinhard Heydrich
Anger Grows as Petain Appeals for Patience in France
In a June 27 address marking the armistice's second anniversary, Marshal Petain acknowledged rising discontent and anger in France. He said the state faced real deficiencies, urged patience, and promised measures to ease unrest while avoiding commentary on international affairs or politics.
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Marshal Fetain
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Germany
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