Labor chiefs denounce anti strike bill as fascist
Three top labor leaders AFL president William Green CIO head Philip Murray and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen chief David B Robertson condemn the proposed labor disputes bill as anti labor. They say it would cripple the War Labor Board force unions apart and threaten free speech and collective bargaining.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
WLB
AFL
CIO
William Green
C10
Philip Murray
David B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Walon
Congress
WLB Pushes Toward Coal Pay Settlement Amid Delays
Washington June 17 The War Labor Board adjourned without a decision on underground travel pay in the soft coal wage dispute as four public members confer overnight to resume deliberations at 10 A M tomorrow. John L Lewis reportedly demanded 1.30 a day as the minimum for underground travel time. A Jamestown Pennsylvania local union urged using the WLB and the Office of Price Administration to secure a medium wage and back rollbacks, opposing strikes as they would aid Hitler and harm the country.
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Washington
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
John L .Lewis
UMW
WLB
Office of Price Administrion
Unnion
Jamestown
UMWA
OPA
Hitler
Havery
Treasury Cuts Tax Goals Sees 12 Billion Next
Washington reports the Treasury abandons a 16 billion tax goal for the next fiscal year and targets 12 billion in new taxes. Secretary Morgenthau says Congress cannot enact a higher figure and notes plans to finance about half war costs through increased revenue. He describes a campaign to direct roughly 25 percent of total earnings into war bonds in the second half of the year, with adjustments for workers and dependents.
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Treasury
Washington
Morgenthau
Congress
Winn
House
Ways and Means
Mountbatten Talks Up Amphibious War Plan For Europe
Lord Louis Mountbatten, chief of combined Commandos, told the British Naval Officers Club in London that Britain is forging a great amphibious weapon for the future. He insisted the war can end only if Allied troops can land in Europe and engage the enemy on his ground, noting the fall of Pantelleria as a key point for commandos who had anticipated storming targets on the island.
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Pantelleria
London
Lord Lows Mountbatten
Combined Commando
Opeiptiats
Britain
British Naval Officers Club
Mountbatten
Europe
Sehleh
Manitelleria
Soviet Drive Defeats German Orel Assaults In Russia
London reports the Red Army repelled repeated German efforts to retake Orel sector for the fourth day. Fresh German troops entered action as Moscow cited heavy manpower losses northwest of Misensk and ongoing Soviet advances. Berlin warned of a major offensive in the Orel area while Allied broadcasts hinted at German plans and continued Red air strikes on German bases.
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Red Army
Teerwin
Orel
Enemees
Ting Secar
Russia
Moscow
Lelin
Misensk
Bregan
Oret
Dave Age
Geo Fedor von Rack
Berlin
Sarin
Gereman
Ted Army
1 100 000 Service Men Released by End of 43
NEW YORK June w it A total of 1,100,000 men will have been discharged from the army services between May and the end of 1949 for all uses, says Col. Lewis Santers, chief of the reemployment service of the selective service system of New York. Of this number 500,000 were also charged up to the end of Wette cited figures showing that of a representative group of 4734 men, 19.77 percent were set out for payahonous to six the biggest single cause.
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New York
Msi
Alliuses
Cel
Lewis Santers
Selective Service System of
Wette
Conflicting Views On State Meat Program
In Clarksburg Harrison county Retail Grocers Association members heard debate over the wartime meat program. OPA Director Corlay Frasure supported rationing as ensuring civilian meat share while Agriculture Commissioner J. B. McLaughlin argued the WV program is unfair and ineffective for the state. Frasure defended subsidies to stabilize prices and supply, while McLaughlin warned of limited 1943 production and urged stronger government steps to curb inflation.
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Clarksburg
Harrison County
Assoc
West Virginia
OPA
Corlay
Frasure
Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Navy to Cancel Elk Hills Oil Contract Says Knox
Washington June 17 Knox announced prompt steps to terminate the navy contract with Standard Oil Co for operation of the Elk Hills naval oil reserve and to make necessary adjustments. The decision followed the Justice Department ruling the arrangement exceeded authority and was not properly negotiated by nonproprietary parties. The Navy released statement called the ruling unwarranted and false. The contract would have allowed conveyance of Standard Oil lands to the government and limited production for five years to meet Navy needs.
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Department of Justice
Washington
Knox
Navy
Standard Oi Co
California
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Ite
Justice Department Ofacial
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Ie May
Know
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Reyes
Tan Y Sivies
Standard
Taba
Jays Cement
Standard Oil Co
Stannarde
Owelle Wottel
Rev Adm
Staats
Naval Petileum Reservon
Aed
See Knox
American Airmen Aid Yangtze Drive
American airmen supported operations along the Yangtze riverfront, with medium bombers scoring direct hits and driving Japanese forces from key positions near Nanchang and Changten. The communique praised Chinese allied efforts as American crews faced heavy flak and inflicted damage while all airmen returned safely.
Toll of Forty Day Battle Exceeds 40,000 Japanese Casualties
CHUNGKING June 1. An alarman said today approx 40,000 Japanese were killed or wounded in the 40 day battle for the upper Wangie river. Less than two thirds of the Japanese force escaped the Chinese trap. The Japanese had threatened China's vital supply line but Chinese forces, aided by American and Chinese airmen, have recovered the area and mounted a strong counter attack.
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Chungking
Wangie River
Guadalcanal Air Battle Yields Heavy Japanese Losses
Allied forces shattered a major Japanese air assault over Guadalcanal, destroying 77 enemy planes while suffering six U.S. aircraft losses. Navy officials released the figures noting the battle on June 16, with 32 bombers and 45 Zero fighters shot down.
Axis Invasion Fears Heightened By Fleet Assembly
London reports war operations in the Mediterranean and Balkan tensions rising as Germany and Turkey drift apart. Allied ships concentrate in Gibra and Algiers radio notes large British forces near Turkey with moves across Syria and the Aegean. Rome broadcast claims Britain massing along Turkey’s southern frontier while Italian troop redeployments suggest regrouping.
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Waleon
London
Mediterranean
Balkans
Germany
Soath
Turkey
Gibra
la Linea
Span
United States
Algiers
Atles
Berne
Vichy
Neve Agence
Turkieh Adr
Dha
Rehie Bikie
Miehs
Rome
tFriday
Reuter
Omenaxie
Sykrn Savacoghy
Russia
Syria
The
Turk
RAF Bombers Hit Cologne in Night Raid Again
London reports a week long air campaign against Cologne culminated in a heavy RAF strike. The raid destroyed and damaged several industrial targets in the Rhineland with large bomb loads noted and reconstruction efforts underway.
Conferees Approve 27 Billion Navy Bill in Historic Move
Washington reports conferees agreed to a 27.7 billion Navy bill the largest ever for expanding the fleet. Senate and House parts were harmonized to include medical and pay funds for naval personnel and training. Final totals show 9.11 billion for surface vessels and 45?00 for air lines, with some provisions removed at base delegation request. The measure now goes to the President for approval.
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Navy Washington
Dodd Naval
Tans
House
Senate
Germans Say Calling Off Summer Drive in Russia
London reports that Allied air attrition has strained German supply lines and led to cancelling a planned Russian offensive. Rome radio notes ships gathering from African coasts toward Pantelleria as Turkish diplomacy shifts while Romania opens its borders to negotiation.
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Russia
Rupert E. Bunnese
London
Rome
Pantellecia
Refugees Report Italian Evacuation of Castelnayso Island
Refugees arriving in Turkey from Castelnayso island report that Italians plan to evacuate the island. Recon planes searched the area but dropped no bombs. A famine prevails on Castelnayso as the Dodecanese group awaits word on evacuation.
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Ankara
Turkey
Salian
Castelnayso
Asiet
Rode Y Casteltoee
Italian Isles Get Brief Air Respite
Allied air units in the North African theater reported a brief pause in Mediterranean combat as bad weather grounded American and British bombers for a day. Northwest African fighters patrolled while long range planes from the Middle East attacked Axis ships in a Aegean harbor. A Cairo communique said a Junkers bomber was shot down off Tripoli and additional enemy planes were downed Tuesday, totaling one destroyed airman. Eisenhower’s HQ noted limited raids on Campania, Calabria, and Pantelleria with German planes striking the harbor at Panetteveria. The lull allowed release of past week’s actions, including a Marauder returning to base with one engine out after fending off an attack near Pantelleria.
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Anekara
Moscow Radio
CBS
Sicily
Sardinia
Calabria
Nalian
Italy
Algiers
House of Savoy
Moscow
FCC
Stockholm
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Maly
Himmler
North Africa
Mediterranean
Middle East
Cairo
Tripoli
Dwight Sreenhower
Talian
Campania
St Mary
PaneteVeria
Eisenhower
Pantelera
Fileca
Kenneth G. Rose
Huntington
Ind
Edward J. Baker
Murphysbera
James R. Williams
Milwaukee
Wis
John R. Moberley
Frederick
Mia
French Committee Refuses To Play Puppet Roles
In Algiers on June 1 to 4 the French National Committee of Liberation debated power and veto rules. Members, led by de Gaulle and Giraud as co presidents, voted to vest collective prerogatives in the body and to convene regular meetings despite resignations. A plan for a consultative assembly was approved, signaling a shift in executive dynamics and a move toward democratic lines.
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Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Georges Catruus
Howe Massight
Armament Vn
Dean Monnet
Aray
Cos
de Gaulle
Giraud
Consultative Assembly
Civilian Food Cut Near Says Davis at Dairymen’s Meet
New York June 17 Civilian food cuts loom as war food administrator Chester C Davis said supplies will be large enough for health and strength but not waste Readjustments will raise rations for lend lease and armed forces while cutting civilian allocations The Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association heard his address and passed a resolution opposing government subsidies as a substitute for fair prices They urged immediate induction and discharge of draft age farm workers placing the rest in patriotic status with service members
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New York
Chester C. Davis
Jendlease
Davis
Dairymen’s Jeague Cooperative Assoc
League
Iue
Cigarettes For Yanks Sent By The Gazette
The Gazette of Charleston West Virginia mails thousands of five cent packs of cigarettes to armed forces overseas in bulk. Readers contribute fifty cents for a carton or any amount, enclosing cash money orders or checks. Enclosed six for packs go to "A Nicke3 a Park Til the Yanks Come Back."
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the Gazette
Charleston
W. Va
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