Wickard group given control of food supply
Washington June 5 The War Production Board seizes wartime power over food by creating a nine member Food Requirements Committee chaired by Claude Wickard to allocate supplies among civilians armed forces and allies The panel includes leaders from WPB War Department Navy and lend lease among others It signals potential but not assured shortages and outlines plans for import export production and possible rationing if needs rise
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Washington, D. C
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War Production Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Wickard
L. S. Stinebower
State Department
Carl 4. Hardigg
War Department
W. B. Young
Navy
W. B. Parker
Board of Economic Warfare
John Orchard
Office of
Lend-Lease Administration
Roland S. Valle
WPB
Douglas © .Townson
T. L. Daniels
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
Russia
Britain
Flan Joint Board
British American Food Board
Office of Price Administration
Wickard Committee
Congressmen Denounce Gas Rationing in Broadside
About 100 congressmen gathered to denounce the proposed nationwide gasoline rationing as bureaucratic and dictatorial. They formed a five member committee to untangle conflicting admin statements on rubber and gas policy, pledging to reveal facts and demand clarity from the White House.
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Educare Tribune Peon Service
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
White House
Archibald MacLeish
John E. Renkist
Miss
Jed Johnson
Okla
Henderson
Forest A. Harness
Ind
Nelson
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Harold D. Smith
Joel Dean
OPA
Arthur Newhall
WPB
Mr. Roosevelt
Weather forecast and readings for Chicago area 1942
Occasional thunder storms today and tonight possible with no daytime temperature change. Stations report temperatures from 61 to 84 degrees with a high near 84 and low around 61. Mean temperature 73. Precipitation none. Relative humidity 60 to 78 percent. Public weather data for Saturday June 6, 1942.
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Somcial Weather
Adopt Service to Speed Mail from Soldiers
Photostatic copies of letters from Americans serving abroad may reach households soon. A new fast mail service uses microfilm to transmit military letters to the United States, then prints copies for delivery. Initially one way between England Northern Ireland and the U S, with plans to expand. The process involves censored letters photographed on microfilm and flown home, reducing cargo space and speeding delivery. If extended, Americans at home could correspond with troops abroad in the same way. The service is not domestic mail.
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Marcia Winn
Chicaro Tribune Press Service
Washington, D. C
America
United States
War Department
England
Northern Ireland
May
War
Navy
Post Office
Puerto Rico Considers Air Import to Ease Shortage
Puerto Rico officials weigh using airplanes to import food after U boat raids caused shipping shortages. Harry A. Kenning of the American Red Cross said he just returned from Puerto Rico where civilian defense first aid classes were set up. The shortage has made fresh meats and potatoes scarce due to submarine activity and shipping diversion to war needs.
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Puerto Rico
Miami
Fla
Harry A. Kenning
American Red Cross
Kenning
Five New York Boroughs Hold Blackout Test
New York on June 5 saw a city wide blackout affecting Queens Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan and Staten Island for 20 minutes. Over 2,000,000 homes darkened and 294 subway and elevated trains halted while 853 trolley and bus lines stopped in Brooklyn. Police about 19,000 officers and 173,000 air raid wardens called to duty.
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New York
Queens
Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Staten Island
Board of Transportation
Navy Denies Pearl Harbor Raid Rumors
Washington D C June 5 A Navy spokesman flatly denied rumors that Pearl Harbor had been attacked again. He said direct communication with Honolulu confirms no raids and that conditions there remain quiet. The denial followed claims by Rep John W McCormack that lawmakers heard radio reports of a second assault. Foreign observers linked rumors to garbled German broadcasts of the Midway strike.
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Washington, D. C
PA Navy
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Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Pear Harbor
Navy
John W. McCormack
New York
Midway
Albanian Plot Arrests Tied to Premier Moriike Attempt
Albanian sources report Italian authorities arrested 200 persons in Tirana in connection with an attempted assassination of Mustafa Moriike, the Italian dominated prime minister.
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Albania
Jerusalem
Tirana
Eine
Mustafa Moriike
War bike price set at 32 50 in Chicagoland
Washington June 5 Special The war model bicycle will cost 32 50, set by Price Administrator Leon Henderson. The war model is the only type allowed by the War Production Board, with about 75 000 prewar luxury bikes in dealers hands. An order to ration bicycles is expected, prioritizing war workers who use bikes to commute. Prices vary by region, 32 50 east and most midwest, 33 50 southern states and plains, 34 50 far west.
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Washington, D.C
Chicagoland
Leon Henderson
War Producction Board
WPB
OPA
Henderson
East
Midwest
Winois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Outhern
Plateau
Surveys new route for rail line to Alaska
Victoria B C June 5 The United States government is investigating the sense railway from Tr le Alaska, provincial day, but no decision or construction plans have been announced Officials and to has yet been Ineter of public.
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Victoria
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T. W. Bruhn
Rivne
British Columbis mm
Prince George
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Pay scale row heats up over military wages
Washington DC June 5 senators base conference committee reached a compromise on a $46 a month basic pay for men in the armed services retroactive to June 1. The deal keeps lively fights for higher rates, with Senate support for $42 and House backing $50. Debate to continue in the Senate Monday as leaders and key figures spar over the best path to relief for service members.
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D.C
Senate
House
Follette
Ren
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Sendy
Hut
Robert M. la Follette
Arat
Alan
Warren R. Austin
Johnson
Chan Gurney
R. Ewing Thomason
Tex
D. W. Harter
D. C
Charles
Andrewa LR
N. C
Leano C. Arends
Robert FR. Reynolds
Lister Fil
Ala
Andrew J, May
Special Train for Churchill Carries Office
London June 5 A special train for Prime Minister Churchill runs to and from engagements with a lounge car and office. A railway official said coaches are drawn from ordinary stock with dining cars sleepers and a lounge included if the journey is long and big railways contribute toward its formation. The lounge car is equipped with typewriters for the prime minister's craft.
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Ara
Woman's foul ball disruption at Cubs Dodgers game
A Cubs Dodgers game at Wrigley Field drew attention when a foul ball hit by a woman flew into the upper deck and then struck a fan in the lower deck. Announcer Pat Fleper urged fans to return fouls to the field, praising the gesture as part of Ladies' day.
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Wrigley Field
Pat Fleper
Ceater Jay
War at a Glance Main Action Summary
Chinese hold Chihsien while Japanese claim control of the city. American bombers attack Rangoon, Burma, with planes shot down. Nimitz reports major success repelling attacks on Mindanao Island in the Pacific and enemy damage appears heavy across carrier, battleship, cruiser, and transport ships. British bombers strike German industrial districts. 13 British planes lost. Red Army shells German air bases in the Arctic. Bir Hacheim under Libyan desert defense sees reported British repulses.
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Railyoas
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Tokio
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Rangoon
Burma
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Minday Island
Pacific
Germany
London
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Arctic
Bir Hacheim
Libyan
Cologne Is Lost Forever, Paper Tells Germans
Berne June 5 reports Cologne’s monster RAF raid left the Rhineland city in ruins. Koelnische Zeitung says the city is “still smoking” and largely destroyed. gothic cathedral may have been hit. most monuments damaged beyond repair. thousands evacuated. St Martin and St Maria im Capitol ruins smolder nearby. Nazi governor quotes blamed widespread impact on residents.
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Switzerland
Cologne
Rhineland
Koelnische Zeitung
LA Garman
Btockholm
Dagens Nyhoter
Poraone
St. Martin
St. Maria Im Capitol
Berlin
Zurich
Noeue Zurcher Zeitung
Cologna
Midway Clash Leaves Japanese Fleet Heavily Damaged
Honolulu dispatch says Admiral Nimitz reports heavy damage to Japanese carriers battleships cruisers and transports as Midway defenses hold firm. Japanese attack appears repelled with ships damaged in multiple classes, including a carrier hit by a submarine. Further reports promise continued battle with no confirmed sinkings yet.
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