Federal Troops Bring Calm To Riot Torn Detroit Areas
Detroit officials rely on federal troops under presidential order to restore order after racially charged violence that left 23 dead and 700 injured. Soldiers patrol in jeeps and armored cars while authorities seek to resume normal life and postpone the Detroit Cleveland game. About 1,300 arrested. leaders blame a national fifth column conspiracy.
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Detroit
Woodward Avenue
Harry Kelly
Michigan
Wayne
Oakland
Macomb
Cleveland
Kelly
Belle Isle Bridge
John 8. Bugas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Axis
Edward J. Jeffries Jr
House Still Asks Probe
Washington reports the House Public Lands Committee refused to consent to deferring its investigation of the Elk Hills California petroleum reserve contract. Justice Department had declared the contract illegal and invalid, and Navy Secretary Knox canceled it.
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Washington
House Public Lands Committee
Attorney General
Navy Department
Elk Hills
Calif
Justice Department
Navy
Knox
Lemke
Byrnes
Kane
Details of fight in Macon county prison case
In Opelika Alabama on June 22 the trial of Sheriff E. E. Evans and Chief Deputy Franklin Faucett heard testimony about a beating of a white man and claims that a Black man Walter Johnson died from a gunshot. Deputy Faucett allegedly struck Readie Huguley and Lily May Hindon testified to being beaten to confess.
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Opelika
Ala
E. E. Evans
Franklin Faucett
Macon County
Readie Glenn Huguley
Faucett
Tuskegee
Jake Walker
C. B. Kennamer
Huguley
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Lily May Hindon
Jacob A. Walker
Alabama Bar Association
Gunn
Evans
J. H. Wallace Dies in Fairview at 76
J. H. Wallace, 76, died this morning at his daughter’s home in Fairview. He leaves four sons W. R. Wallace Decatur Frank Wallace Cold Springs Richard Wallace Shoal Creek Leonard Wallace Hartselle and two daughters Mrs J A Steegle Shoal Creek and Mrs.
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J. H. Wallace
Clyde Marshall
Fairview
W. R. Wallace
Decatur
Frank Wallace
Cold Springs
Richard Wallace
Shoal Creek
Leonard Wallace
Hartselle
J. A. Steegle
Shoal
TVA Reaches 10000th Worker Enlisted in Armed Service
William V. Cooksey 31 of Sheffield Alabama the 10000th TVA employee to enter the armed services was inducted at Fort McPherson Georgia. A relief kiln operator at Wilson Dam phosphorus plant his duties included preparing phosphate rock for furnaces and producing elemental phosphorus for smoke screens tracer bullets and incendiary bombs. He joined TVA after Pearl Harbor seeking a part in the production battle.
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Knoxville
TVA
Pearl Harbor
Water main funds boosted for Morgan County tuberculosis hospital
An Alabama Legislature追加ed appropriation adds 5080 to a 20348 grant for a water main to the Morgan County tuberculosis hospital. Pearce-Hutchens Co. of Huntsville began construction and North Alabama Engineering Co. of Decatur handles design. The extra money covers bids higher than the initial allotment.
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Alabama
Morgan County
Flint
Pearce-Hutchens Co
Huntsville
North Alabama Engineering Co
Decatur
Associated Press
Montgomery
W. H. Stewart
Hartselle
Seven Charged With Sabotage Ties to Incendiary Weapons
Washington reports J Edgar Hoover announced seven Rochester N Y individuals were arrested on sabotage charges linked to faulty loading of powder in incendiary bombs and grenades for US armed forces. Named are Aerigo Antonelli Bennie Piteo John Deritis Joseph Deritis Dominick Barbello Angelo Costanza and Frank Bianchi.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Rochester
N. Y
United Sta
Antonelli Fire Works Company Inc
Spencerport
Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Aerigo Antonelli
Italy
Bennie Piteo
John Deritis
Joseph Deritis
Lattimer Mines
Dominick Barbello
Saratoga
Angelo Costanza
Frank Bianchi
Lawson bills for Magnolia Grove restoration at Greensboro
Senator L J Lawson of Greensboro introduced a bill to appropriate 7000 dollars for rehabilitation and 3000 dollars annually for maintenance of Magnolia Grove, birthplace of Richmond Pearson Hobson, the Spanish American naval hero, located in Greensboro.
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Montgomery
Ala
L. J. Lawson
Greensborow
Magnolia Grove
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Greensboro
War Today: Home Front Division Hinders Allied Morale
In this column Max Hill argues domestic discord weakens home morale during wartime. He contrasts American disunity with Japan’s total-state mindset and notes Tokyo explored air raid shelters but halted plans, highlighting how internal divisions aid Axis propaganda.
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Max Hill
Axis
Japan
Tokyo
Russia
Great Britain
United States
White House Likely To End Strike Amid Mediation Efforts
John L Lewis and Ickes conferred again on the coal dispute as the War Labor Board urged White House action. The UMW leaders met Interior officials, while the WLB prepared a letter to the president backing a two year no strike contract, minus wage provisions. Roosevelt was believed ready to act to resume miners’ work despite no firm plan revealed.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Ickes
War Labor Board
WLB
White House
United Mine Workers
Interior Department
Lewis
Secretary of Interior
Cleary
John Owens
Tetlow
Secretary of the Interior
William H. Davis
John O’leary
Percy Tetlow
Roosevelt
Alabama
Pennsylvania
P-38s Down 14 Zeros In New Guinea Air Battle
American P-38 fighters shot down 14 enemy Zeros in 45 minutes near Lae New Guinea. Allied headquarters reported 23 more enemy planes destroyed or damaged in a separate attack on a 36-plane formation. The unit earlier had a similar result a month ago with six confirmed kills and five probables.
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New Guinea
Lae
Postal worker bound over in larceny case
Stroup 56 was placed under 500 dollar bond and bound over to federal court in Huntsville on a larceny charge. Preliminary hearing by U S Commissioner Robert W Milner of Huntsville found probable cause after he was accused of taking articles from the mail in Decatur and was arrested by federal authorities.
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Tilden
Stroup
Huntsville
U S
Robert W. Milner
Decatur
Knox says invasion plans for Europe moving ahead
Navy Secretary Knox told reporters that Allied preparations for invading Europe are progressing "right along" while avoiding the term second front. He declined to discuss specifics and noted no Japanese interference with supply lines to Russia across the Pacific.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Europe
United States
Russia
Pacific
Axis Shocked by Reverses
Moscow radio said Germany faced a military and political crisis two years after the Soviet invasion. The Soviet information bureau blamed halted German advances and urged a second front this year. It cited German losses of 42 400 tanks 56 500 guns and 43 000 planes and Russian losses of 30 000 tanks 36 000 guns and 23 000 planes.
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London
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Soviet Union
Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
North
Africa
Senate approves reallocating ABC profits to fund cities counties
By a 26 to 5 vote the senate passed a bill to reallocate Alcoholic Beverage Control profits to boost city and county revenues. House sponsors McCurdy Escambia and Rains Etowah. senators Kilborn Mobile and Simpson Jefferson endorsed. Critics Brad ford Clarke Walton Chambers Newton called it unfair to small counties and accused lawmakers of agreement with the governor. The plan would use 10 percent liquor tax revenues.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
McCurdy
Escambia
Rains
Etowah
Kilborn
Mobile
Simpson
Jefferson
Walton
RAF Attacks Krefeld in Heavy Daylight Raids
Allied air forces launch a major daylight raid on Krefeld and Belgian targets supported by United States, RAF, Dominion and Allied fighters. The raid, described as very heavy, damaged the Ruhr area and marked the first 1943 strike on Krefeld after 22 prior attacks in the war.
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London
United Tes
Ger- Ruhr
Krefeld
U. S
United States
RAF
Dominion
Ruhr
Kréfeld
Air Ministry
New France
United States Air Force
Bremen
Cologne
Germany
Duesseldorf
Muenster
Netherlands
Fires Are Left In Naples After Raid
Allied air forces blasted Naples and Cancello with about twenty five fires burning across a mile area after dawn raids. British and American bombers hit Reggio Calabria and San Giovanni, while Doolittle’s units targeted Salerno and Battipaglia rail yards. Wellington bombers joined the Naples assault as a massive naval and air attack continued.
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Harold W. Boyle
North Africa
Naples
Cancello
Middle East Command
Reggio Calabria
San Giovanni
Mussolini
James H. Doolittle
Battipaglia
Italy
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