House Hastens Army Measure Of 42 Billions
Washington June 23 The House swiftly endorsed a war budget of 42820003606 to fund and equip an Army of 4 000 000 by July 1 1943. The 352 to 0 vote followed five hours of debate with both Democrats and Republicans pledging total effort against the Axis. Rep Dirksen warned of dark days ahead while Rep Case and Rep Mahon stressed national resolve and sacrifice to win the war.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
House
Senate
Congress
United Nations
Rep
Dirksen
Ilinois
Tobruk
Sevastopol
America
Rep. Case
Rep. Mahon
Tex
United States
Alaska
Appropriations
Starnes
Alan
War time price ceiling set on consumer services
Washington June 23 1942 consumer services a five billion dollar industry in a million establishments nationwide were placed under a war time price ceiling with top prices pegged at March levels. The ceiling takes effect July 2 and covers laundries undertakers garages and most retail services on goods with exemptions for services for the poor and certain professional services.
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Washington
U-Boat Attacks Argentina Deepening Diplomatic Strain
Argentina reports a German submarine torpedoed the freighter Rio Tercero with five dead. Undersecretary Roberts Gache says proof points to Germany and promises action, while Buenos Aires tightens guards at the German embassy. Naval aid to survivors acknowledged. political calls for harsher moves grow as neutrality policy is stressed.
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OS Aires
Argentina
Luis P. Scalese
Scalese
Latin America
U. S
Buenos Aires
Wress
Nicholas Repetto
Enrique Ruiz
Guiiua
1936 Relief Law Upheld by Court in Webster County
The court ruled public assistance is a state duty with funds to meet relief needs. Webster County must provide 8,100 for relief, though the county claimed 7,982 in assets. Ray Kenny sought orders to redirect 5,046 of Preston County funds and questioned county farm produce credits aiding relief clients.
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Webster County
Supreme Court
Wereems
E Public
Raymond Kenny
Fred L. Fox
Kenny
Preston County Court
Webster
Preston Commissioners Ke
Violent German Offensive Bends Kharkov Line Fronts
Moscow reports a powerful German push on the Kharkov front forcing Marshal Malinovskyi’s forces to fall back to new positions. Sevastopol defenses hold after breaches torn in fortifications, with ongoing heavy fighting and signals of a possible new grand assault toward the Caucasus oil region.
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Kharkov
Minoshenko
Sevastopol
Mond
Capensus
Sesvantonal
Tystum-Barrenhead
Kharkey
Restov
Caucasus
Hitler
Rostov
Linns
Tursday
Crimean
Council to View Concrete Markers for Charleston Streets
Charleston council, planning board members and Mayor Dawson discussed numbering thanglns for Charleston streets. A Friday delegation to Huntington may review marker naming approaches, with a preference for north south markers and optional naming. If feasible, markers could be installed on principal routes, to be raised again in the June council session. Only a small portion of residents have weighed in, many silent on marker naming.
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Charleston
Planning Board
Dawson
Huntington
Council
Bullitt sworn in as special assistant to Navy secretary
Willam C. Bullitt, former ambassador to Russia and France, and recent personal representative of the President, was sworn in today as a special assistant to Secretary of the Navy Knox. The navy says the duties are for such special assignments as the secretary may make.
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Knox
Washington
Willam C. Bullitt
Hussia
France
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
U S Bombers Strike Bengasi and Near Cairo Front
An Associated Press dispatch from Cairo reports U S bomber and RAF raids disrupting Axis positions near the Egyptian frontier. Rommel’s forces reportedly move toward British border posts as air attacks ignite fires 300 miles west of Benghazi and patrols intensify in the desert southwest of Port Said.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tiricos
Harry Crockett
U.S
RAF
Romnal
Port Capuyza
Cheher
Sidi Azela
Capital Taxi Strike Set in Washington
The United Taxicab drivers of Washington voted to strike at midnight rather than accept the new rates ordered by the public utilities commission. Union spokesman Edwin A. Gisnn said about 5400 cabs in the city will be off the streets, with drivers planning to take a few days off until a satisfactory arrangement is reached with the PUC.
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Washington
TNS
United Taxicab Drivers of
Public Utilities Commission
Edwin A. Gisnn
Avartion
Glean
PUC
Dies Report Cites U S Red Peril
Washington June 2 The Dies committee issued a special report accusing the Union for Democratic Action of being a Communist front that seeks to obliterate Congress. The panel warned of a movement to discredit the legislative branch and questioned whether Congress will remain the real seat of American democracy.
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Washington
Diex Committee
Union For Democratic Action
Congress of the
United States
Coromi
P Mindz
Hep. Starnes
DVA
America
Congress of
Union For Democratic Desc
OTN
Allied leaders press shipping plan with China in mind
President Roosevelt and Churchill, with advisers, tackled the shipping problem seen as a key Allied issue. They discussed China in a military sense with Dr. Soong, and noted Axis submarines have sunk nearly 300 vessels. A coastwise convoy system was established a month ago as shipyards push out ships at top speed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
White House
T. V. Soong
Stephen Early
China
Allied ships sunk in 12 days in Caribbean area
The navy reports 13 merchant vessels were sunk in a 12 day period from June 22 in the Caribbean. Dead total 23 with 103 missing and 354 rescued. British, Dutch, Norwegian, Honduran, and U.S. ships involved. some survivors provided details.
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Washington
Navy
Caribbean
Janes
Thy
U. S
Associated Press
Ivars
Axis
U.S
RAF Raids Bengal Port
New Delhi June 23 RAF bombing sweeps against Japanese centers in Burma were announced. Two attacks hit Akyab port and harbor installations near the jetty, the city was bombed in the second raid. RAF bombers also struck the Magwe airfield despite anti aircraft fire.
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New Delhi
UNS
Burma
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Akayab Harbor
Magwe
House Committee Attacks Reckless War Spending
The House Military Committee voices strong criticism of wartime spending and bureaucratic waste. It cites millions lost to cost-plus contracts and broad waste across the War Department, Air Corps, and Maritime Commission, while commending the synthetic rubber program and urging immediate curbs on cost-plus contracts.
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Washington
House Military Committee Today
War Department
May
D.-Ky
Air Corps
Meritime Commission
Sec. of Commerce
Jones
Navy reports 2087 casualties in latest list No 5
United States Navy announces casualty list No 5 detailing 98 dead 8 wounded and 2161 missing for the period May 11 to June 6. The total war dead wounded and missing exceed 10000. Many missing were in Manila Bay area likely prisoners of war. Next of kin to be notified. full details on Page 8 Col 4.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Next of Kin
Manila Bay
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Japs Railhead Drive Stalled in China Campaign
Chinese counterattacks succeed at several points near Linchwan as Japanese efforts to open an all-rail Shanghai to Singapore route stall on the Chekiang-Kiangsi front. Reinforcements reach the front while Chinese demand more allied weapons to press the fight.
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Chungking
Lune
Shanghai
Singapore
Cheklang-Kinagsi
Hangchow
Nanchang
Linchwan
Fuchow
Klangsi
California City Sets Rubber Collection Pace
Coreman California has yielded the highest per capita collection in the national scrap rubber drive, with 290 pounds per person. The petroleum industry council noted this compares with metropolitan city averages of a few ounces. Hartford led eastern cities with 2.9 pounds per person as rural areas widen their lead over cities.
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Washington
Coreman
Calif
Hartford
Conn
William R. Boyd, Jr
Middle
South
Far West
Prime Minister Faces Charges Amid Tory revolt in Commons
A group of Conservative MPs led by Sir John Wardlaw Milne moves to table a non confidence motion against Winston Churchill amid criticism of war leadership. The attack cites over optimistic planning and hindrance of generals as Egypt and Tobruk battles unfold, while Churchill travels from the United States.
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London
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Egypt
John Wardlaw-Milne
Leslie Hore
Belisha
David Lloyd George
Bark Winterton
Arthur Greenwood
United States
Churchill
Clement R. Atte Jee
Wardlaw-Milne
Chamberlain
Commons
Daily Telegraph
Morning Post
Singapore
London Times
Tobruk
Auchinleck
Attlee
RAF Hammers Emden in Major Night Raid
London reports a heavy RAF assault on Emden, a key German U boat base and shipyard, with hundreds of bombers and incendiaries in a raid lasting under an hour. The base, likened to Cologne Rostock and Lübeck, faced devastation as several nights of raids aimed to erase the city’s port and industrial capacity.
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Naz
Emden
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Air Ministry
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Cologne
Rostock
Luebeck
Dunkerque
Boston
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Bengal
Akayab
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