Vast omnibus bill funds 18 war agencies in Congress
The $2.93 billion appropriations measure consolidates fiscal needs for 18 wartime agencies including OPA WPB OWI and WSA. It presents the annual report budget plan and explanations from top officials on the home front economic effort, spanning over 2100 pages of testimony.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
America
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Production Board
WPB
Office of War Information
OWI
War Shipping Administration
WSA
Labor Board Expected to Give Decision Today
War Labor Board anticipated to award a definite sum of money to soft coal miners for underground travel time. Board members reportedly lean toward a monetary award rather than resolving the portal-to-portal issue, while the UMW Policy committee meets at 2:30 p.m. to review the situation.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
EWT
UMW
John L. Lewis
WLB
Labor Board
Key Japanese base bombed in Axis drive
Allied air forces hammered Lakunai airfield at Lakunai on New Britain with 23 tons of bombs, part of a six day sequence that raised total weight to 135 tons on Rabaul area. Liberators faced heavy anti aircraft fire and seven enemy fighters as 19 planes joined the strike, with reconnaissance indicating extensive damage.
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Ased
Australia
Lakuai
Rabaul
New Britain
Truk
Charles H. McMurtry
Associated Press
Honolulu
Southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Lakunai
al- Ved
Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch at Strand Theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites Maxine McConkey of West Frances Street to attend tonight's presentation of Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch featuring Fay Bainter Hugo Herbert Carolyn Lee and Vera Vague at the Strand Theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
Maxine McConkey
West Frances Street
Wiggs
The
Cabbage Patch
Fay Bainter
Hugo Herbert
Carolyn Lee
Vera Vague
Strand
Benny Ace
Priscilla Lane
Sieroa Anas
Critical Need for Beef for Army Told in Chicago
The War Meat Board reports a crucial need for beef to support the armed forces. At its second meeting since organization, the board discussed meat supply plans and the agency aims to ensure adequate military rations.
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Chicago
War Meat Board
The
War Food Administration
You Can Have Vacation If You Don't Run Around
Washington reports the Office of Defense Transportation says vacation travel is unessential yet condoned if travelers stay at one point until returning home. Gadding about will be unpatriotic and hard to manage amid troop movements and heavy military traffic. Fall and winter trips are urged as a relief measure, with weekday starts and ends preferred to ease summer congestion on rail and bus lines.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transpotion
ODT
DDT
Grasshopper ambulance planes could move wounded quickly
Army grasshopper planes at Fort Sill in a field artillery school experiment may serve as compact ambulances able to land on any open spot or wagon track to rapidly evacuate wounded from rough terrain. Major Victor E. Frazier and Capt. Thomas F. Piper lead tests highlighting a potential role behind front lines.
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Schuyler Allman
Fort Sill
Okla
Army
Victor E. Frazier
Kansas
Frazier
Major. Frazier
South Pacific
Gona
Buna
Thomas F. Piper
Lock- Haven
Elmer Davis Faces Fresh Charges Over OWI Conduct
Washington sparks congressional criticism as Elmer Davis head of the Office of War Information faces accusations of trying to act as a propaganda minister. Senator Bridges accuses him of silencing the press while praising Washington reporters for their work. Davis told the American Newspaper Guild that capital coverage misses the big war story of production and rationing. Bridges denied the claim and said the OWI has restricted industry from telling the full story.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
OWI
Davis
Boston
Bridges
R.-N.h
Senate
American
Capital
OPA
Stamp 18 Opens Shoe Rush Across West Virginia
CHARLESTON June 16 Ration stamp No 18 became good for a pair of shoes today but the rush of West Virginians to trade in their No 17 coupons before the midnight deadline last night continued to closing hours in nearly every shoe store in the state. Stores reported crushing business with some Wheeling managers selling out and others claiming their best day in 50 years.
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Charleston
West
Tojo Warns Diet War Situation Grows Tense
Prime Minister Hide Tojo told an extraordinary session of the Japanese diet that the war situation is increasingly tense and that there are signs of a large scale Allied offensive. He assured the diet that Japan is developing new blows in response, according to Tokyo radio.
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Associated Press
Hide Tojo
Tokyo Radio
Diet
Japan
OPA Aims to Clean Up Ration Issue Under Brown
Price Administrator Prentsis M. Brown vows to clear up the OPA image by tackling personnel and food price problems. He plans to decide on staffing within a week while delaying concrete actions on subsidies margins and competition. After a Michigan vacation he returns to Washington and discusses plans with James F. Byrnes, with Lou R. Maxon under scrutiny.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Prentsis M. Brown
OPA
Michigan
Brown
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Byrnes
Lou R. Maxon
Detroit
If You Think You Have Worries Try Listening To The Bus Drivers
Charleston June 16 194? A wartime bus trip in the mountain state proves rough as riders jostle for seats and drivers keep nerves steady. A passenger complains of heat and swaying, another asks for a window, while a rider is told to locate smelling salts as the bus negotiates bends and long miles amid strained patience.
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Harry W. Ball
Charleston
French committee stance amid Gaulle Giraud clash
The newly formed French committee of national liberation seeks unity for France with Henri Bonnet urging objective aims. Friction between Generals De Gaulle and Giraud continues after a canceled luncheon, while Bonnet heads to Algiers to gauge impact. The financial split between the generals complicates the impasse, with British quarters weighing in. The Yorkshire Post and London Daily Express comment on the stalemate as readers are directed to The War Today Page 4.
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Max Hill
French Committee of National Liberation
United
France
de Gaulles
Giraud
Giraudist
Henri
de Gaulle
King George VI Tours Allied Front in North Africa
King George VI arrived in North Africa for an inspection tour of Allied forces, visiting British and American military sites, ships, convalescent camps, and a beach where over 3,000 troops swam. The secret visit, kept until today, followed his walk through key bases and a beachside villa.
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Belman Morin
United States Press
North Africa
King George VI of
England
Elective government set aside in Argentina provinces
June 16 Buenos Aires report says nine of Argentina's 14 provinces have had elected governments set aside under the new purification program. President Pedro Ramirez promises intervention in all 14 before restoring republican forms. He says elections will be held after a campaign to purify the government and that foreign policy favors closer Pan American ties and practical deeds over rhetoric.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Ramirez
Campilo
Ramires
Begundo Stomat
Ramires Sai
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Ruhr
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VFW
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