U S Bombers Hit Jap Held Base In 2000 Mile Raid
American bombers flying a 2000 mile round trip hit a cruiser base at Macassar in daylight dropping 38 tons of bombs. One bomber was lost when a Japanese fighter collided with its wing. In the Solomons Dauntless and Avenger bombers targeted Rekata Bay and Gannonga Island outpost. Australian forces repulsed a third Japanese attempt near Salamaua. Tokyo predicted an Allied Burma offensive after the monsoon.
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Associated Press
Macassar
Dutch Celebes
Australia
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
U. S. Dauntless
Avenger
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Bur Village
Gannonga Island
Mudo
Salamaua
New Crimea
Tokyo
Alles
Burma
Japan
Ammunition For Hunters Promised This Year
Washington officials said ammunition would be provided to civilian sportsmen who can prove need this year though distribution controls were not disclosed. Each hunter’s current supply may fix their allotment as production remains large but largely diverted to military use.
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Washington
WPE
Defense Plant
WPB
Band Concert at Huron Municipal Band
Huron Municipal Band directed by Hans Christensen performs selections under J. W. Campbell Park on Thursday June 24 at 8 P M A program includes Star Spangled Banner Crusaders of Liberty Waltz June Twilight Military Escort in Five Ways Premier There's Something About A Soldier Glow Worm Hello March Chimes of Normandy Sing Something Simple Vogue The Dazzler and other marches and overtures.
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Huron Municipal Band
Hans Christensen
J. W. Campbell
Luse
Holmes
King
Fillmore
Olivadoll
Gay
Dyl
Guinche
Yoder
Normandy Farr
Laurendeau
Hupfeld
March—The Dazzler
Heed
Miners Vote To Extend Coal Walkout Across Regions
Thousands of United Mine Workers continue the coal walkout as Pennsylvania units vote against returning to work and West Virginia miners resume digging under the four months truce. Officials note anger over a perceived raw deal, with some miners idle and picketing quieting in others while government action escalates.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Luzerne-Lackawanna County
W. Virginia
West Virginia
UMW
John P. Busarello
Uniontown
Colonial Number 4
Frick Company
John Kramrich
John L. Lewis
House Committee Approves Food Czar Bill To Shift Ration Control
The House agriculture committee approved a bill to create a food czar with full power over wartime production, distribution, pricing, and rationing, shifting OPA duties to the War Food Administration. The measure passed 18 to 8 with Republican support and some Democratic backing, signaling a push for centralized food control amid 1943 pressures.
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House
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Wee Production Board Rubber and Oil
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Chester C. Davis
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Senate
FSA
War Food Administrator
Farm Security Administration
OPA
Lee Washington
World Events At A Glance From The War Fronts
European RAF bombers hit Friedrichshafen and La Spezia while Mediterranean air forces target Latakia and Sicily. In Britain German night raiders strike Hull as Allied activity grows in the Aegean and Dodecanese. On the Eastern Front Red Army advances near Belgorod as Axis defenses wobble. In the Pacific U S Liberators hit Macassar and New Guinea combats intensify as Japan foresees an October offensive.
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Friedrichshafen
North Africa
England
la Spezia
Rome
Latakia
Syria
Middle East
Hull
Castelrosso
Dodeccanese
Ankara
Dodecanese
Balkan
Aegean Isles
Crete
Greece
Yugoslavia
Aged Zoot Suiter Finds Garb Useful
A 78 year old man named David Hauser appeared in a police lineup in New York wearing a zoot suit and was charged with grand larceny after allegedly shuffling four silver fox furs into his bags as he posed as a fur-store client. The man claimed his dream was utilitarian, not stylish.
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New Yorke
David Hauser
Hauser
Edward Dillon
Detroit Eases Curfew After Race Riots In Michigan
Detroit and neighboring Oakland and Macomb Counties lift curfews and related limits following city race riots. Wayne County relaxes hours for amusements while alcohol sale by the glass resumes with restrictions, and state liquor sales remain limited. The death toll rises to 31 with 700 injured. 3,800 soldiers patrol the city as authorities pursue rioters and restore order. Gov. Harry F. Kelly pledges accountability and future prevention.
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Detroit
Harry F. Kelly
Oakland
Macomb
Wayne County
Northeastern High School
Michigan
Planes From England Fly To North Africa and Return
RAF Lancasters completed a shuttle round trip from Britain to North Africa bombing Friedrichshafen and La Spezia without losses. The operation covered about 1250 miles each way, with attacks on the Zeppelin works, Maybach motor plant, and the La Spezia docks. Official sources offered no pattern for future use.
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London
RAF Lanceaster
Britain
Africa
Air Ministry
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
la Spezia
Shea
Germany
Folkestone
France
Belgium
Europe
Lancaster
Maybach Werke
Italy
Hig
Bombers Pummel Ruhr With 15000 Tons In A Month
British bomber tally shows more than 15000 tons of bombs dropped on Germany from May 22 to June 22, with two thirds on Ruhr industrial centers Dortmund Essen Wuppertal Bochum Oberhausen Krefeld and Mönchengladbach. RAF and American four engined bombers targeted synthetic rubber plants and other factories as German production slumped. Berlin admits incredible devastation and large refugee displacement.
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London
Vpi
Germany
Ruhr
Seven Arms Center
Dortmund
Essen
Wuppertal
Bochum
Oberhausen
Grefeld
Maelheim
RAF
Hull
Europe
Reich
Berlin
Lord Selborne
Krefeld
Bern
Corn Processors Face Shortages in U S
Washington reports indicate possible War Food Administration orders to requisition elevator stocks of corn to aid emergency needs of corn processing plants. The War Food Administration has not finalized a decision, but action to relieve the processor shortage is likely.
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Washington
War Food Administrator
WEA
War Today predicts a likely second front in Europe
The column by Max Hill argues crushing Allied air strikes may herald a second front against Germany this summer. Observers in Switzerland cite The Cited Press noting Germany as the true front. Foreseeable collapse of Axis is unlikely. Allied production surpasses 1942, Britain reports 40 percent higher munitions output in early 1943, while Axis output should decline.
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Germany
Stockholm
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Reich
Ira C. Esker
U.S. Ai
Eaker
DeWitt Mackenzie
Max Hill
Associated Press
Tokyo
Italy
Europe
Switzerland
Thomas F. Hawkins
Lando
Great Britain
Axia
Maqeemzie Daun Secen
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Far East
Tokyo Radio
Tomokazu Hori
Japanese Information Board
China
Aleutians
Hart
Ickes
War Labor Board
Guadalcanal
Attu
South Pacific
The
Russia
Belgorod
Kharkov
Moscow
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Pasos
Zoot Suiter
Mediterranean
Red Cross
Lynn Heinzerling
James F. King
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