Congress Fees Object To Food Price Rollback
Senate critics urge prohibiting subsidy payments by any agency without congressional approval as part of a broader act to extend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation borrowing power. Senators Smith Bushfield and Aiken back an anti subsidy provision while the Senate Banking Committee questions OPA officials about the plan including meat coffee and butter price rollbacks.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
8. C
Bushfield
Aiken
R.- Vt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ramire forms Gov pledge to neutrality and autonomy
Argentina's day old military government led by President Pedro Ramiro Ramire pledges neutrality for the present and loyal cooperation with American nations. It affirms autonomy of states resisting foreign influence and upholds constitutional representative government amid upheaval.
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Eufnos Atres
Argentina
Pedro Ramiro
Americas
Ramire
Arturo Rawson
Ramson S. Castillo
Ramiere
War meat boards fix programs in the United States
Chicago shows the War Food Administration forming a new meat board to monitor slaughter totals weekly. Chairman Harry Reed says data will steer fair distribution among civilian, military, and government needs and help address supply and demand issues.
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Chicago
War Meat Board
War Food Administration
Harry Reed
Reed
Food Distribution Administration
Grafton Sentinel Invitation for Star Spangled Rhythm
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Hayward of 621 West Boyd Street to attend tonight's presentation of Star Spangled Rhythm featuring 45 of Hollywood's top ranking stars at the Reveille with Beverly.
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Grafton Sentinel
War Today From Campo de Mayo and Buenos Aires
Allied troops seized Buenos Aires and formed a new government as deposed President Castillo fled aboard a gunboat to Colonia. The Chinese counterattack along the Yangtze, aided by American and Chinese air power, shows strength but danger remains for Chiang Kai Shek. Churchill emphasizes air power as vital, warning Germany and Japan face relentless bombing.
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Campo DE Mayo
Buenos Aires
Ramon S. Castillo
Colonia
Rio de la Plata
Uruguay
Dewitt MacKenzie
Ichang
Yangtze River
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiane
Chennault
Burma
Chiang
India
United Nations
Cha J
Churchill
House of Commons
First Witness Called In Juvenile Rape Case
In Pittsburgh on June 8 the coroner's physician testified as the first witness in 17 year old Earl Perry's trial for the rape slaying of Theresa Williams, four, neighbor's daughter. The commonwealth seeks the death penalty. the girl's body was found early on.
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Pittsburgh
Earl Perry
Commonwealth
Theresa Williams
George F. P. Langfitt
J.W. McMeans
Diet alert as 1943 food outlook hints at future changes
Washington reports the agriculture department fears dietary shifts if Unrationed foods stay scarce. A bureau of economics review notes current rationed foods cover present needs through 1943, but egg fruit and vegetable supplies may drop in fall. Early freezes hit apricots cherries peaches plums and prunes. Livestock could be affected unless grain yields rise.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Economics
Young Man Hangs Self In Matewan Jail Cell
William son of Kimball Edward Peck Evans Jr 25 found hanging by belt from Matewan jail cell window bars in joint death action verdict. Authorities confirm the incident occurred in Williamson district with Evans identified as the deceased. The report notes the victim’s residence and age, and references a court verdict related to his death.
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Matewan
Airlines Will Seek Morgantown Stopover Permission
Washington dispatch reports Rep Randolph of West Virginia says Transcontinental and Western Air will ask the civil aeronautics board to permit a Morgantown stop on the Dayton Ohio to Washington route. Charleston dispatch notes OPA reports investigations into merchants honoring ration stamp No 18 for footwear before June 16 and warns retailers guilty face suspension.
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Washington
Randolph
D.-W. Va
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Civil Aeronautics Board
Morgantown
Rudolph
TWA
Dayton
Charleston
Arthur C. Annis
OPA
Arms Production Surges 7 Percent in April Over March
Washington reports April arms production up seven percent from March with gains across major categories. Total aircraft output reached 1.649 billion dollars in the month, part of a record-breaking total. The April score shows aircraft up eight percent and ground ordnance also rising, though the exact aircraft total beyond 7,000 units was not disclosed.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Publisher William L. Brice Dies After Stroke
Wheeling 68 year old William L. Brice, longtime figure at the Wheeling Register, died in a Wheeling hospital after a stroke suffered yesterday. Brice began as a reporter at 19 under his uncle James B. Taney and Charles Henry Taney, rising to assistant general manager in 1912 and general manager in 1915 after Taney’s death.
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Wheeling
William L. Brice
Old
Wheeling Register
Brice
James B. Taney
Ireland
Charles Henry Taney
The
Register
Taney
Milk Drivers End Pittsburgh Delivery Strike
Pittsburgh milk delivery resumes after an eight week interruption. A truce will allow home deliveries to more than one million residents starting Wednesday, ending a stoppage by drivers in the city.
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Pittsburgh
Opposition to strikes in war industries praised
Senators opposed to legalizing strikes in government operated war industries argued against a secret ballot and 30 day cooling off period. Conferees sharpened penalties for interrupting production and authorized seizure of plants or mines when labor disputes arise. Page 4.
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Washington
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Allies Try to Make Landing on Lampedusa
Allied commu niques broadcast from Rome and Berlin report the first landing attempt on Lampedusa repulsed last night. German news agency claims five British commando units trained to take the island in a serious assault. Lampedusa sits off Tunisia near Sicily with about 3,500 residents, many convicts, and has been a southern defense position.
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Associated Press
London
Rome
Berlin
Italy
Lampedusa
Axis
Vichy
DNB
Sousse
Tunisian
Sicily
Mediterranean
Soft coal talks stall as miners seek pay raise
Washington June B. The war labor board faces stalled wage talks between soft coal operators and miners. Edward R. Burke of Southern Appalachian operators and Charles ONeill of Northern Appalachia report no path to an agreement unless miners concede. John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers demands a $2 a day increase for 500,000 miners for 90 minutes of underground time.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board
Edward R. Burke
WLB
Burke
Charles O'Neill
O'Neill
Lewis
John L. Lewis
U Mlw
U.S
Nebraska
Churchill outlines future war plans with no near future forecasts
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill telling the House of Commons that Britain and the United States have agreed on forward steps in the Allied war effort but warned he could not predict near term outcomes. He noted impending complex amphibious operations and stressed readiness to win through hard fighting.
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Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
United States
Washington
North Africa
Churchill
Tunisia
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