Miners to Get Fines Refund and Short Vacation End
In Washington on June 29 1940 John L Lewis ordered 75000 miners in West Virginia and Kentucky to return to work after the Southern Coal Producers Association at President Roosevelt's request agreed to refund 200000 in fines levied for last November's captive mine strike. The vacation ends July 3 with only one extra day off, as operations resume tonight on a modified plan and fines are repaid to permit immediate coal production for wartime needs.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
West Virginia
Kentucky
Southern Coal Producers Association
Roosevelt
Interior Sec. Ickes
Lewis
Edward R. Burke
Producers’ Association
produc#5 association
Sec Dckes
Operatora
Plegne
Eage 9
Wage hike for Little Steel workers upheld by panel
A War Labor Board fact finding panel backed a one dollar per day wage increase for 157,000 Little Steel employees and rejected high profits taxes as a reason to block labor costs. The panel also reaffirmed union maintenance of membership and dues checkoff for 100,000 CIO United Steel Workers. The panel’s findings limit companies Republic, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Inland, and Beth. A full board decision will follow a July 1 public hearing.
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Washington
INS
War Labor Board
Little Steel
Republic
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland
Beth
Labor Board
CIO
United Steel Work@rs
Churchill Defends Roles in Key British Debate
London reports Winston Churchill prepared to defend his government and his dual role as prime minister and defense minister amid a two day Commons debate. Axis victories in Matruh and Libya shape the scene as critics press for answers on equipment shortages and strategy.
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London
Winston Churchill
Matruh
Egypt
John Wardlaw- Milne
Churchill
Libya
Russia
Roosevelt
Africa
Caucasus
Over
Leslie Hore-Betisha
Roger Keyes
Edgar Granville
Oliver Lytterton
Wavell
Defense
U.S. Airmen Smash Wake Island In Moonlit Raid
U S army bombers with the Hawaiian Air Force carried out a long water bombing mission against Wake Island. They hit air drome facilities and destroyed installations and many enemy planes, with no U S planes lost and only one damaged. The raid occurred under bright moonlight with most Jap aircraft destroyed on the ground.
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Hawaiian Air Force
INS
Wake Island
Washington
Navy
Army
Naval Command
Gneisenau Crippled in Polish Port After Bombardment
The 26 000 ton German battleship Gneisenau is out of action for some time after aerial photographs show it severely damaged in Gdynia. Most turrets have been dismantled and removed, according to the air ministry.
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London
INS
Germany
Air Ministry
Gdynia
Blind Husband Sees His Wife After 36 Years
In Pueblo Colorado, June 23, 36 years into marriage C O Clark who owns a music store and conducts an orchestra regained sight after a recent operation. He married Anna Louise Norris of Kansas City six years after losing his sight and declared it a marvelous new world and that he can see his wife clearly.
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Fueblo
Colo
C. O. Clark
Clark
Anna Louise Norris
Kansas City
Scrap Rubber Drive Prolonged After Weak Results
President Roosevelt extended the nationwide scrap rubber collection to July 10 due to disappointing totals since June 15. Interior Secretary Ickes and William R. Boyd Jr reported 219,000 tons collected through last Saturday, excluding about 20,000 junk dealers hoarding rubber. New York showed the poorest per capita results. Nevada and Montana led.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Sec. of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
William R. Boyd, Jr
Petroleum Industry War Council
Stephen T. Early
New York State
Empire State
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Alabama
District of Columbia
Nevada
Montana
Congress Attacks Henderson OPA Policy in Showdown
Congressional disapproval of Price Administrator Leon Henderson's policies erupts in the Senate and House. The House Appropriations Committee balks at a 225 million request for the Office of Price Administration and considers a 75 million cap. Senators Smith Maybank and George condemn the rationing program and a 24 cent gasoline price rise as harming consumers.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Senate
House
House Appropriations Committee
Price
Sen
George
D.-Ga
Sens
Smith
Maybank
South Carolina
Henderson
Congress
War-Minded U S Slashes Traffic Toll 25 Percent
The National Safety Council reported a 25 percent drop in May traffic deaths, the largest monthly decline in U.S. history, though 2,290 lives were still lost. First five months 1942 totaled 12,450, down 1 percent from a year earlier, with conservation and careful driving credited. New Hampshire led states with 46 percent reductions, followed by Wyoming, while California and Connecticut posted smaller drops. Toledo and Cleveland show varying city-level declines.
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Chicago
INS
America
National Safety Council
Cauton
Seaboard
New Hampshire
Wyoming
Connecticut
California
Toledo
Cleveland
Nazi Reserves Grind Forward At Sevastopol
Moscow dispatch reports Red Army repulsed waves of German tank assaults around Sevastopol while German forces threw in more tanks and aircraft. The high command said attacks were increasingly violent with some enemy gains described as "somewhat" successful. In the Kursk sector south of Moscow, numerous German tank waves were repulsed with heavy losses as the offensive continued.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kursk
Kharkov
Sevastopol
Crimean
Egaslin
Four More U N Ships Sunk As Mines Kill Twenty One
International News Service reports four more United Nations ships sent to the bottom by enemy action. A large American seagoing tug sank last Wednesday with 14 of 18 crew lost. four survivors say the explosion was external and likely a mine. Three American merchant ships fell to torpedoes, with 33 survivors. Norske ship's crew saw two torpedoings in two days. page continues with fuller details.
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United Nations
Atlantic
U. S
Conrad Nilsen
Ickes Sneaks Out With White House Mat
At the White House on June 29 Ickes joked about rubber for scrap and rolled up a heavy entry mat. With onlookers helping, he bundled the mat into an official limousine. Secretary Stephen Early said no one would reclaim it.
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Washington
Ickes
White House
Stephen Early
FDR May Decide Fate of Nazi Saboteurs
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt may intervene in choosing the fate of eight Nazi saboteurs held by the FBI. Attorneys general and army officials confer on whether they face a military court or civil trial. Under the 2d Article of War spies may be tried by court martial and sentenced to death if convicted.
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Washington
INS
War Department
Roosevelt
le FBI
Biddle
Army
Department of Justice
636 Americans Leave Far East on Conte Verde
The Conte Verde carried 636 North and South American citizens from Shanghai to Lourenco Marques, Portuguese East Africa, marking the first war repatriation from the Far East. Among 459 U.S. citizens were Frank Lockhart former consul general at Shanghai and diplomats Eduardo Prieto H P De Olivier and Charles Dargah. The voyage to East Africa is planned to take about three weeks.
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Kobe
Charles Dargah
Manila
East Africa
Rents Cut 10 Percent in 54 War Areas
Price Administrator Leon Henderson ordered rent reductions averaging at least 10 percent in 54 war production areas including major cities. Effective July 1, local directors will set up offices and landlords must register. Henderson called it the largest move to relieve inflated rents but said further action would continue.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Ient
Saboteurs Target C and O Railway Points
The Sunday Times reports that the C&O Railway was fifth on a Nazi saboteurs target list aboard submarines. J Edgar Hoover notes the line and references the Kanawha Valley as a noted region in advertising literature and recent magazines.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
J. Edgar Hoover
FOI
New York Times. Co. & O
Lst
Kanawta Valley
U. S
Bunds in Chicago Face Stern Federal Scrutiny
Chicago June 29 a federal grand jury probe is opened into German American Bund activities after two of eight seized saboteurs were found to belong to the group. Subpoenas for about six persons were issued, with at least three named.
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Chicago
JINS
Bund
Grand Jury
River Floods Homes Along Missouri River Tolling Deaths
Harried residents of St Louis and St Charles counties brace for more Missouri river rise after days of flooding. Three people are dead, hundreds homeless, and thousands of acres of farmland inundated. Property damage runs into millions.
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ST. Louis
St. Charles
Bridge Champ Had Saboteur As His Butler
NY FBI agents report John Kerling once served as butler for Ely Culbertson in 1932 at Hicks ville NY. Culbertson recounts Kerling hid in the attic during an alleged intruder event and alerted by his secretary, linking the saboteur to a Nazi spy ring.
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New York
John Kerling
Ely Culbertson
FBI
Kerling
Culbertson
Hicksville
S. A
Marie Brady
Miss Brady
Moscow Radio Says Paris Talks To Decide Navy Fate
Moscow radio reports Paris discussions with German officials may decide the French navy transfer to Germany. Pierre Laval and Admiral Darlan are summoned to Paris with von Ribbentrop expected, per Geneva reports heard in San Francisco via CBS.
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San Francisco
INS
Pierre Laval
Darlan
Paris
Moscow
Teport
Geneva
Germany
von Ribbentrop
CBS
Three Million Young Men Register Today
Three million or more youths aged 18 to 20 register for selective service today completing the nation’s manpower roster. The fifth nationwide draft registration pools about 43 million males 18 to 65. Registrants must provide personal data and nine details to local boards as 20 year olds may be called soon.
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Associated Press
United States
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Rommel’s Axis Advances Reach 175 Miles From Alexandria
In Egypt near Alexandria the Ma truh defense fell after days of fighting as Axis forces push toward the coast. U S air reinforcements arrive to bolster the British 8th Army while American and RAF bombers strike enemy tanks and supply lines. New Zealand troops reinforce as Rommel seeks fuel and fuel shortages threaten his advance.
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Egypt
Matruh
8Th Army
Alexandria
Britain
Mediterranean
United Nations
American
Air Corps
RAF
HAF
Tobruk
Libya
U. S
U. S. Army
Africa Corps
Salum
Harry Crockett
Associated Press
Western Desert
Quitara
Crockett
Sth
Matron
Mot- Tuh
Erwin Rommel
New Zealand
Rommel
RAF Raids Strike Rail Yards at Hazebrouck France
Powerful RAF squadrons crossed the English Channel to attack railroad yards at Hazebrouck in northern France. Bombers escorted by fighters. Three enemy fighters destroyed while five RAF fighters missing after the raid.
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London
INS
English Channel
Hazebrouck
France
Boste Bomberg
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