Price Control Bill Revised To Suit FDR
President Roosevelt ready to sign a rewritten price control extension bill after a conference committee draft. Plan calls for quick passage this week and a five week congressional recess through August 1. Conferees, administration officials, and key senators will expunge provisions like the Bankhead cotton textile amendment and Dirksen court review proposal.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Congress
James E. Murray
D.-Mont
Walter F. George
D.-Ga
Walter
George Murray
White House
Tornadoes Ravage Two States Killing Ten
An eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota tornado killed ten and injured about 100 as the disaster spread from Wilmot and Florence to Graceville. Hospitals in Wilmot Watertown Milbank and Graceville treated the seriously hurt while relief agencies mobilized hundreds of workers. Property losses in Minnesota reached tens of thousands of dollars.
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Associated Press
Army
National Guard
Red Cross
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wilmot
Florence
S. Dak
Beardsley- Graceville
Watertown
Milbank
S Dak
Gracevile
Minn
Strong Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles Downtown
A strong earthquake struck the Los Angeles metropolitan area at 5 03 pm injuring no major property, rattling windows in thousands of homes and knocking stock from shelves. Pedestrians in downtown Los Angeles Long Beach and Inglewood were knocked off balance as the shaking lasted about five seconds.
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Los Angeles
Long Beath
Inglewood
Los Angles
Long Beach
Willie Willis Stinker Outwits Grown Folks Tale
A fragment describes Willie Willis known as Stinker who parries adult scorn by clever tricks. The voices imply distrust of authority and a boyish pride in outsmarting adults who trust his mother.
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Stinker
Centers to Train Disabled Veterans Nationwide
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines announced that rehabilitation centers will be established at colleges and universities to retrain and reemploy disabled soldiers. The first center opens at the College of the City of New York with Mayor LaGuardia and Dr. Harry N. Wright. Additional centers will follow in other states as eligible veterans apply for vocational rehabilitation.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
Trams
Hines
Office of War Mobilization
College of the City of New York
New York
Fiorelio H. LaGuardia
Harry N. Wright
Heat Wave Paralyzes City with 98 Degree Readings
The city endured a 99 degree heat wave with 98 degree readings on the United Fuel Gas thermometer. Thousands sought relief in the Kanawha river and pools while families picnicked in parks and beaches after a suffocating week. West Virginia towns reported high temps with 102 in Cincinnati and 95 in Wheeling.
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United Faet Cas Co
Ravenswood
Cincinnati
Auntington
Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Kunlington
West Virginia
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Mercer Counly
Von Rundstedt Hid Beneath Chapel, Describes French HQ
Stockholm report details Field Marshal von Rundstedt’s staff complex buried in France under a small chapel used by local civilians. The Berlin correspondent Christe C. Saederlund relayed that Rundstedt resides in a nearby castle and guards his identity with a scarlet uniform badge.
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Stockholm
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
France
Berlin
Stockholm Tidningen
Christe C. Saederlund
Rusdsted
Usifonn
Keynoter Warren Americans Seal Off Cherbourg Port
Gov Earl Warren said he is still tearing up drafts of his keynote speech at the Republican national convention. Allied forces under Nimitz report repulsing a Japanese counterattack on Saipan with 13 barges destroyed and about 260 to 1,300 Japanese casualties. American troops drive toward Cherbourg cutting off 25,000 to 20,000 Germans and crushing the 11th division, securing a corridor to the port.
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Cherbourg
Peninsula
Saipan
Nimitz
U.S
Fresno
Cal
Earl Warren
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimity
Garapan
St. Lo
Montebourg
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Barnewile-Sur-Mer
France
Sea St Ragid
Sth
D-day
Grea Est
Tih
Biriequebec
2St Army Group
Finland’s Prolonged Stand Near Viipuri As War Presses
Premier Edwin Linkomies urged Finns to resist as Red Army neared the Old Mannerheim line and Viipuri. Reports said Viipuri city evacuation and possible Finnish surrender loomed while London and Stockholm noted the situation growing dire.
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London
Edwin Likomies
Finland
Mannerheim
Linkemies
Viipuri
Linkomies
Stockholm
Helsinki
Russiasan
Russians Smash Mannerheim Line Near Viipuri
Moscow announced that the Leningrad army under Marshal Goverov has smashed the Mannerheim Line and closed within 17 miles of Viipuri. Washington asked Finland’s minister to leave the United States, reducing the chance of Allied intervention. The Finnish government led by Linkomies faced potential collapse as Soviet advances loom.
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Mannerheim
London
Russia
Leningrad
Leonid A. Goveroy
Finland
Viipuri
Karelian
Moscow
Washington
Hialmar J Procope
United States
Washingtons
Linkomies
Red Army
Fintona
Germany
Stalif
Norway
Eduard Diecut
Aberdeen Strikers Watch Soldiers Work
Aberdeen dock workers and coal merchants clash over work gangs as 350 steelers quit. Strikers demand coal loading gangs rise from four to six, while merchants warn higher prices under government price caps. June 18 London report.
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Aberdeen
London
5 More Jap Ships Sunk Near Sorong
Allied headquarters report Mitchell medium bombers sank five Japanese merchant ships near Sorong in Dutch New Guinea. In the raid over Sorong airfield, more than 50 Mitchells with Lightning escorts destroyed over 30 enemy planes on the ground and in air. A second strike sank two small freighters and damaged two 1,500 ton vessels. six coastal vessels were wrecked. In Biak island sector, Americans closed in on Japanese forces atop a ridge north of Mokmer airdrome. Also counted were 122 additional Japanese dead. Liberators dropped bombs at Truk and Ayduul airfields.
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New Guinea
Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
Biak Island
Mokmer Airdrome
Prin
Truk
Aybuul
Weird Comet Bombs Buzz Like Saw Over England
A witness describes German comet bombs buzzing over southern England at 200 miles per hour, dropping toward London with bright tails and winged forms. He notes anti aircraft fire and distant shell bursts as the bombs dive and explode, likening them to meteors and small fighters.
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James M. Long
England
Germany
Berlin
London
Britain
Nich
Crculic
Americans Reach Sea After Historic Cherbourg Pinch Point
American forces press toward Cherbourg from the Cherbourg peninsula as the 9th Division seals the last escape corridor and cuts the western coastline at Barneville and St. BobYourville. A fierce clash near St. Jacques and St. Nehou marks one of the invasion’s bloodiest encounters while Allied troops push to clear remaining German resistance and reach the port.
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Cherbourg
Perin Sula
Penin
Cules West
Matume
Timak
Barneville
St. BobYourville
St. Daeque de Nehou
St.daeques de Nehou
St. Loeldourville
St. Jacques the Gere
Injured in Normandy Flown Back to U S
British dispatch reports U S Army personnel injured in Normandy are returning home faster and in better condition than anticipated. Medical officers note clean wounds low infection and no gas gangrene as patients begin arriving in the United States.
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London
Anne
Normandy
United Alps
Colt
Selle
U.S. Army
Athe Bucapesin
Medigal
U. S
Germans Report Allied Fleet Off Normandy Coast
German war correspondent broadcasting from Normandy via Berlin radio said large Allied shipping formations were cruising off the French coast and the high command believed the Allies were about to start the second phase of the invasion.
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London
Normandy
Berlin
French
Envoys Tito and Yugoslav Leaders Agree on Liberation Path
A wartime accord with Tito and Dr. Ivan Subasic outlines forming a new cabinet under royal exile to speed Yugoslavia’s liberation. Talks in June 4 to 17 in Yugoslavia and London produced a communique via New Yuroslav announcing the agreement and plans to unite resistance movements under Tito’s liberation committee.
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London
Subusic
Tite
Italy
Yagoslavia
Draja Minkovic
Peter
Tito
Mihailovic
Brozhidar Pari
U. S. Heavies Hit Hamburg and Pas-de-Calais Areas
American air forces strike Hamburg oil targets and northwest Germany while 240 bombers pound Pas-de-Calais in the sixth Allied assault on the German rocket bases. RAF raids follow as German losses near 37 planes. fighters and ground troops support operations in France.
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Surremn Neapquartars
Hamburg
Germany
Pas-de-Calais
France
Hamb
North Sea
England
RAF
Allies Break German Hold in Elba and Push Toward Perugia
Allied forces storm Elba and advance toward Perugia as the Sth Army enters the outskirts of Perugia. French troops lead with British and American naval and air support clearing the way. Reports say ships carry wounded to Bastia and prisoners are taken while a bridgehead forms at Marina di Campo.
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Lynn
Rome
Ine
AQF
Elba
Ulan
Sth
Perugia
Florence
Maly
Barren Isle
Napoleon I
Ashone
Navalnirs
Wih
Trym
Mantlos
Associated Press
Joseph Dynan
Bastia
Corsica
Navy
Sinlt
Ellis
Marina di Campo
West Virginia War Loan E Series sales lag in campaign
West Virginia faces slow progress in the third War Loan drive as E and FE bond sales lag. State War Finance Chairman A C Spurr warns that E bond sales are only 16 percent of the quota with a $47 million target for individual investors and pledges a concentrated week of sales efforts to reach the goal.
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West Virginia
Volunteer Army of War
A. C.spurr
Fairmont
Marshall Praises Yank Doughboys in Normandy
U S Chief of Staff General George Marshall hailed untried American divisions as probably the most reassuring aspect of the Normandy invasion. He praised leadership and said the western front operation was perfectly coordinated after his visit to the battlefront.
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London
U. S
George Marshall Torlay
Normandy
Army
Stars and Stripes
Marshell
Battlefront
Western Front
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Jatter
I Wis
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Americassaul
Japan
Mariana Chain
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Ashto
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Iderville
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Carenta
Lessay
Bartlerr
Vaass
Ntebours
Granville J
Balle
Mont
Seine Bay
Aubin
Thury- Harcourt
Falaisel
Aoe
Arrine
Sevior
U. S. Mh
Norman Peninsula
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Mannerheim Line
Nard Jones
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