Congress Avoids FDRs Challenge Mn Subsidy Plan
Congress faces criticism at a Senate hearing as Senator Taft accuses Price Administrator Brown of depleting meat supplies for civilians while Brown defends subsidy payments to keep prices down. He notes Army Navy demand consumes about 45 percent of meat, arguing authority exists for subsidies.
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Brown
Taft
Ohte
Ohloan
Office of Price Administrator
OPA
Gaa
Unclear Entry on Underground Passes Funding
Fragmented note references a decision weighing a sum for underground passes and a review meeting for a Daniel Ming Workers' poll. It mentions a possible amount around 1.309 dollars and a page reference, but the details are garbled and uncertain.
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Aenaton
Warpeed
WSE
Wisare
Pol Wometherst
Daniel Ming
Cas
EWT
Sweet Gang Member Wounded in Escape Attempt
Details describe a Sweet Gang member wounded during an escape attempt near a city street in Dothan. W. Williamson, a prisoner, fired at a guard after failing to halt, striking another member, R. L. Robbing, as witnesses say the escape unfolded about 60 yards from the guard. Williamson was hospitalised in serious condition with internal injuries.
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M. Tatum
Sutom
W. Williamson
R. L. Robbing
Atlanta
Eld Robbins
Parrish
Williamson
Wil
Recorder's Court
World War II tensions mount across Africa and Europe
Fragmented report notes Allied troops in Africa and Axis fears of invasion and raids against Sicily. RAF night offensives attack airfields in France while American and Allied forces press operations in Europe, with MacArthur's raiders targeting a Japanese base as war pictures tighten.
Masked Group Slays Accused Necro Taken From Marianna Jail
Four masked men removed Celios Harrison from the Jackson County jail in Marianna and beat him to death. A coroner's jury attributed death to head injuries from blunt or sharp instruments. The body was found five miles south of town as a highway patrol team assisted local officers after the jail incident.
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Marianne
Callos Harrison
Jackson County
Sie
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Cellos Harrison
A. J. McMullen
Harrison
McMullen
Tom Belser
ODT Urges Limited Vacation Travel During War Time
The Office of Defense Transportation designates vacation travel as unessential yet will permit trips to a single destination, urging travelers to avoid roaming. It warns of crowding, delays, and hardship from troop movements, recommending weekday travel and carrying lunch if travel is necessary.
Tojo Warns War Situation in Japan Becomes Tense
Japanese Premier Tojo told the Diet the war situation was increasingly tense as Allied offensives press the Yangtze front and new Allied raids devastate Japanese invasion forces. He warned battles grow grim and cited mounting signs of a large scale Allied push.
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Preas
Japan
Hide
Tojo
Yangtze Rivar
Tura
Boswell Defeated in Move To Abolish State Merit System
MONTGOMERY Ala AP Efforts of Rep C Boswell of Geneva to repeal the State merit system law civil service were defeated today as the House Ways and Means Committee placed this bill on the adverse calendar Later the House adopted administration amendments giving the State personnel department authority to make temporary appointments during the war emergency and defeated two Boswell amendments which would have authorized appointments during any emergency Boswell s original bill adversed by the Ways and Means group Would have repealed the merit system outright and authorized department heads to hire all of their workers with the Governor s approval Rep C D Norman explaining the administration amendment proved today said it would permit the personnel department to revise standards for employment so as to cope with the manpower shortage Such temporary appointments would expire six months after the war end While Boswell sought to exclude the wet emergency feature Norman contended that such a provision would allow any Governor to tear up the merit ayatem The floor leader also paid bills already had been passed to protect the jobs of State employes absent for military duty and that a provision for unlimited appointments would result in there being two em ployas for the same job after the war The Senate passed a bill by a real O B Hill of Lauderdale to raise the salaries of Supreme Court Just Heen from 6000 to 7000 annually and Court of Appeats judges from 5500 to 8000 Rep J A Carnlay of Coffee introduced two new liquier bills One would confine sales of all alcoholic tare ie Ne on Page )
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Geneva
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Ways and Means
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Rep. C. D. Norman
Norman
Senate
O. B Hill
Lauderdale
Supreme Court Jus Heen
Rape Case Triggers Riot at Beaumont Shipyards
After a night of rioting that injured about ten, workers at Pennsylvania shipyards walked out, demanding calm. A young white mother of three reported rape by a Black man, prompting a large posse and searches with a Texas Ranger captain. Cafes closed, laundries ran skeletal crews, and the National Guard mobilised but not deployed.
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Beaumont
Tex
Pennsylvania
Purvis
George Gary
Texas, Defense Guard
Allied air forces hit Sicily bases in sweeping raid
Allied bases in North Africa launched a long air offensive against Sicily targets. Bombers from RAF and US heavy air groups destroyed five airfields near Palermo Bocca D Falco Castelvetrano Horio Milo and other sites. Enemy losses included 16 planes shot down with 11 more in dogfights and 12 damaged on the ground.
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Joseph Morton
North Africa
Mediterranean
Sicily
Bagun
RAF
Coastal Command
South Carolina Democrats Deny National Campaign Funds
A split report emerged as SC Democratic leaders disputed a claim they refused funds for the 1944 national Democratic campaign. Winc hester Smith and J. M. Smith denied letters or formal meetings, while Spartanburg Herald cited unanimous refusal by the state executive committee, noting tensions with national policy.
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Carolina
Democrats
Columbia
Winchester Smith
Barnwell County
Democratic Executives Committee
South Carolina
National Executive Committee
Smith
J. M. Smith
Executive Committee
National Committee
Raids Strike Denmark and France. Berlin Alert Brief
British RAF bombers struck targets across Denmark and France as the Allied air offensive continued its fifth night. Reports say Berlin had a half hour alert with no major damage, while raids targeted airfields, railways, and water transport. Beaufighters, Typhoons, and Mosquitoes engaged across the region. Nantes and Dunkerque were hit, and German fighter interceptors were damaged.
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Denmark
France
Berlin
Germany
Dunkerque
Bruges Ghent
Lys Canal
North Sea
Aalborg
Nantes
Brittany
England
Last Minute BULLETINS From Alamogordo Airbases Crash
AP reports 19 officers and enlisted men were killed when two Army bombers crashed Tuesday between Ruidoso and Capitan New Mexico one man parachuted to safety A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm says a pro German paper Allehands published a story from a reliable source claiming peace talks occurred between Germany and Russia in Stockholm The Turkish report says Bumanis an Azin satellite extended peace feelers on withdrawal reactions
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Tureday
Ruldoso
Capitan
N. M
London
Reuters
Stockholm
Allehands Publishe
Germany
Rosle
Stockholms
Ankara
Turkey
Eaid
Bumanis
Amphibious Force Training In England for Zero Hour
English coast recruits from Yorkshire farms and London yards train for the zero hour invasion. They form crews for shallow draft landing craft to assault shores and fight alongside assault forces when invasion begins, part of the new amphibious war effort born after Dunkirk.
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England
James M. Long
Drake
Nelson
Yorkshire
London
Dieppe
North Africa
Bessa
Meat Board Delivers Beef Need for Armed Forces
CHICAGO AP The War Meat Board declares beef for the armed forces a critical need and outlines measures to enforce a War Food Administration order that will reduce civilian beef supply. The regional WFA chief reports a major bust of a Chicago black market ring, halting permits for 10 Wisconsin buyers who had turned to slaughtering calves monthly for illicit sale.
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Chicago
Maya the
War Meat Board
War Food Administration
WFA
Bo Crritical
Wisconsin
Extension Of Common Pleas Duties Sought
In Montgomery Alabama two bills seek to extend Common Pleas Court duties in Dothan. One bill would authorize the clerk to issue affidavits warrants of arrest commitments and collect the same fees as the judge. The other would allow Houston County sheriff to serve processes and collect fees for their arrival.
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Court of Common Pleas of
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Senate
Sen M W
Espy
Henry
Houston
Houston County
Axis Losing Six Planes For Each American Bomber
War report from Washington quotes the War Department on intensified U S air operations over Europe. Since May 14 American forces conducted 18 heavy bombardment missions against German targets, with 98 English based LAC sorties using four engined bombers. Losses stood at 106 U S planes in the campaign, while German losses reached 571 aircraft shot down and 167 probably destroyed, plus 231 damaged. The milestones are tied to Major General Ira C. Baker and the Eighth Air Force effort.
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U. 8 Air Forco
England
Department
War Department
United States
U 5
Geremany
New Lac
US Air Command
Ira C. Baker
Germany
Hita
War Labor Board commits to wage formula limits
Washington AP report says the War Labor Board will adhere to the Little Steel formula limiting wage increases to 15 percent above January 1941 levels through thick and thin, despite anticipated pressure from workers for boosts as 20 percent payroll deductions for the come taxes begin July 1. De George W. Taylor, vice chairman, stated the decision.
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Washington
War Tabor Board
WLB
Little Steel
George W Taylor
Allies Massing Vast Land Army in Europe War News
Buckingham Palace announced King George VI has arrived in North Africa for a personal inspection of Allied forces preparing for an invasion of the European mainland. The king, accompanied by senior officials, visited the First and Eighth Armies and African contingents, while a heavy security veil surrounded the trip and related plans.
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Buckingham Palace
George VI
North Africa
United Kingdom
Archibald Sinclair
Air
James Grigg
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