Allies Focus Attention On Sicily
Washington reports that draft inductions will drop about 60 percent after December as the war manpower commission and selective service director indicate most 1944 inductees will be teens. Inductions of that class start in August and run to year end, with total armed forces reaching 10.9 million. See FATHERS FIND Page 3.
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Washington
House
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Lewis B. Hersey
Selective Service
Durin
WMC
McNutt
Japs Try New Aerial Tactic Plan No Good
Japanese plans to halt American bombing in the South Pacific by dispatching large waves of fighter planes backfired. A night raid of 40 to 50 fighters over the Russell Islands in the Solomons left an estimated 33 shot down. Navy, Marine and Army aircraft fought the Japanese fleet. six American planes went down, with two pilots lost and the rest rescued.
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Hamilton A. Faron
Washington
South Pacific
Russell Islands
Solomons
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Guadalcanal
Solomonns
Marine
Army
U.S
Theatre invites Willard Donley to three showings tonight
The Graton Sentinel invites Willard Donley of 211 McGraw Avenue to attend tonight’s presentations at Strand and Dixie theatres. The Strand shows Flight For Freedom with Rosa Lind Russell and Fred MacMurray, plus The Meanest Man in the World with Jack Benny and Priscilla Lane, while We Are the Marines screens at the Dixie.
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the Graton Sentinel
Willard Donley
McGraw Avenue
Rosalind Russell
Fred MacMurray
Strand
Man
Jack Benny
Priscilla Lane
Dixie Theatre
Allied Bombers Pound Jap Airdrome and Charleston Atomic Plant
Allied bombers pounded the Vunakanau airdrome at Rabaul dropping nearly 30 tons of bombs amid large fires in a continued four day assault on the Japanese base. In Charleston, explosions at two war plants in Kanawha Valley killed two workers Overt B Coleman 29 and Lloyd Lester 20 and injured others. officials said no sabotage and production continued at Carbide and Carbon’s Blaine island operations.
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Vunakanau
Rabaul
Ible
New Britain Island
Charleston
Kanawha Valley
Carbide and
Carbon Chemicals
Blaine Island
South Charleston
B. Coleman
Alloy
Lloyd Lester
Page
Carbon
W. W. Jennings
Alloy Plan
E. D. Martin
C. F. Woolwine
Mortis Williams
Samuel Buckley
RAF Bombers Active In Night Attack Across Rhineland
London reports RAF bombers struck objectives in the Rhineland and other German areas last night and laid mines in enemy waters as the ongoing offensive continues. One British plane was lost. Beaufighters torpedoed two supply ships and damaged four escort vessels off the Dutch coast. Germans launched raids in retaliation, causing an early morning alert in London and damage in a northeast town.
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London
RAF
Rhineland
Germany
Air Ministry
Channel
United States
Bremen
Kiel
Berlin
U.S. Air Sea Raf
Drillers And Tool Men Scheduled Back To Work
Charleston June 13 Drillers and tool dressers on strike since last Thursday were set to return to work today after a conference with a union representative John L Coulter AFL international union of operating engineers said the government urged the return
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Charleston
John L. Coulter
AFL International Union of Operating Engineers
German Spy Helped Japanese In Pearl Harbor Plot
OWI reported that Nazi agent Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn aided the Japanese in planning the Pearl Harbor attack. Kuehn was tried in Honolulu in 1942, convicted of betraying the fleet, and sentenced to death, later commuted to 40 years hard labor.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
Pearl Harbor
Bernard Julius Otto Kuehn
Honolulu
United States
OWT
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kuehn
United Nations Flags Unite For Flag Day Ceremony
The article reports a joint Flag Day observance where banners of 32 nations joined the American flag. President Roosevelt issued the proclamation calling for united tribute to the emblems of free nations and urged display of Allied flags alongside the Stars and Stripes as part of a gathering offensive to liberate the world.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Roosevelt
United
United States
Buckhannon College Plans Air Show on June 26
Buckhannon WV June 14 West Virginia Wesleyan College training detachment will give public demonstrations of bombing navigation and piloting here June 26. Road Commissioner Ernest L Bailey will speak.
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Buckhannon
Trent John
Shorlar
West Virginia
J Wesleyan College Training and Crew
Ernest L. “Bailey
Rationing Roundup Signals Stamp Validities and Limits
Meat and cheese are covered by Red Book stamps J to M valid for the month. N becomes valid June 20. Blue Book through July 7 covers processed fruits and vegetables with stamps K to M. Shoes use Book 1 Stamp 17 expiring tomorrow with stamp 18 valid June 16 to Oct 31. Sugar Book 1 stamps 13 and 15 16 cover five pounds each through August 16 for home canning. Coffee Book 1 stamp 24 good for one pound through June 30. Gasoline coupons No 5 and No 6 A valid through July 21, with B and C coupons for larger amounts. Rationing cuts 40 percent on pleasure driving in the east. Last year’s Fuel Oil coupons period ends Sept 30. applications for next year by mail. Stoves rationing expected late this month.
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East
Music World to Observe Grieg Birth Centenary Tomorrow
The music world marks the birth centennial of Norwegian composer Edward Grieg. Though dead 36 years, his vast catalog remains influential via radio, concerts, and Victor Red Seal Records. Over 50 Grieg works appear in Victor's list, spanning Peer Gynt Suite rhythms to Ich Liebe Dich, with the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor highlighted.
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Edward Grieg
Victor Red Seal Records
Grieg
Victor
America
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Pope Pius XII warns against false prophets of social prosperity
Pope Pius XII warned 20 000 Italian workers at the Vatican against prophets of social prosperity who promise salvation from revolution. He urged social justice through fair wage shares and warned workers not to push claims noisily during hard times, stressing responsibility for the common good.
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Associated Press
Pius XII
Vatican
Pope Pius XII
Recapture Five Of Eight Escaped Prisoners
MOUNDSVILLE June 14 Deputy Warden H H Cottle of the state penitentiary announced five of eight escaped prisoners recaptured from the Point Mountain prison camp in Webster county Cecil Cox 22 Mercer county was wounded in a Buckmannon hospital after being shot while attempting to free officers Gay Osborne Clay county Herman Sponagal Lincoln county George Robinett and Eugene Wolfe Hartison county were identified as the others
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Moundsville
H. H. Cottle
State Pententiary
Point Mountain
Webster County
Cottle
Cecil Cox
Mercer County
Buckmannon
Gay Osborne
Clay County
Herman Sponagal
Lincoln County
George Robinett
Eugene Wolfe
Hartison County
The War Today preview of Japan's emergency diet session
Max Hill analyzes Japan's upcoming three day diet session and Tokyo radio coverage. He suggests propaganda will shape public perception to gain approval from Tojo and allies, noting the diet often rubber stamps actions and may mask democratic weakness. He highlights historical parallels with the 1941 Pearl Harbor prelude.
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Max Hill
Japan
Tokyo
United Nations
Hideki Tojo
Diet
Pearl Harbor
New Price Panel Members To Meet In Kanawha and Parkersburg
OPA director Carl M. Frasure said new price panel members in Charleston and Parkersburg will receive instructions at special meetings this week. Charleston area members convene in Kanawha county courthouse tomorrow night. Parkersburg region members meet there Thursday night.
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Charleston
Parkersburg
OPA
Carl M. Frasure
Charleston Area
Kanawha County
Allied air strikes hit Catania and Gerbini in Sicily raid
In the Mediterranean offensive, U S heavy bombers of the Middle East air command attacked eastern Sicily targets at Catania and Gerbini, destroying planes on the ground and causing hangar damage. Other island stepping stones Pantelleria Lampedusa Linosa are held, with Sicily eyed for the next invasion phase.
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North Africa
U.S
Middle East Air Command
Sicily
Catania
Gerbini
Mediterranean
Italy
Patrois
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Linvia
Cairo
Uneasy Truce Over Coal Strife Reaches Key Week
At midweek, about 2,200 miners in Pennsylvania and Alabama returned to work after a brief walkout protesting $1 daily fines imposed by Interior Secretary Ickes for joining the June 15 strike. Ickes later allowed refunds. Congress moved an anti strike bill toward Roosevelt for final action, aiming to bar strikes in government operated industries and curb private plant walkouts with penalties.
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Pennsylvania
Alabama
Interor
Ickes
Congress
Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Wallace
White House
Senate
Tors
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