Roosevelt vetoes inflation bill extending CCC and price subsidies
President Roosevelt declares the bill an inflation measure that would extend the Commodity Credit Corporation and block food price stabilization. He warns the bill would hamstring CCC funds, raise living costs, curb meat and butter reductions, and harm the war effort and economy.
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U S Warships Shell Jap Strongholds In Solomons
Allied naval power dominates the Solomons as U S warships shell fortified positions while Rendova Island falls. 123 Japanese planes were shot down with 25 U S planes and 15 pilots lost. MacArthur says fronts advancing with heavy bombardment of Munda and Vila as operations proceed.
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Roger Greene
Associated Press
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William F. Halsey
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Douglas MacArthur
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Tle
Imperial Tokyo
Tokyo
Higher Beef Cut Ration Values In Effect July 4
The Office of Price Administration raises beef cut ration values by one point per pound and up to two points for some cuts, effective July 4 and valid until August 1. Veal lamb and mutton cuts see red coupon increases, pork cuts unchanged, canned fish up, fats oils and dairy reduced, butter values adjusted.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
South
War Today: Answering Why Hitler Clings to Defeat
In this analysis by DeWitt MacKenzie, the speaker argues Hitler and the German high command know they face defeat but cling on due to any slim chance. The piece contrasts Axis morale with Allied industrial setbacks, noting how German propaganda and domestic strife bolster Nazi resolve amid coal and steel shortages.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Hitler
London
Dortmund
Birmingham
Alabama
United Nations
FDR Signs War Bill Into Law
President Roosevelt signed a 71.5 billion dollar war bill authorizing tripled war department spending for the coming year. The measure allocates over 50 billion for army aviation and 99,740 planes. Senate actions closed Wednesday night with praise and warnings from Sen. Byrd about preventing waste.
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Roosevelt
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Joseph T McNarney
United Nations
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D-Va
Byrd Group to Probe War Spending and Unexpended Balances
The Byrd committee pledges the first exhaustive look at how war funds are spent. Chairman Byrd says he will review $330 billion in army and navy appropriations to curb further appropriations, noting $203 billion in unexpended balances and questioning the need for blank checks.
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Byrd Committee
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Allies Slash Axis Supply Lines In Mediterranean
Allied air forces pounded railways and ports across France Italy and Sardinia in a new push to disrupt Axis supply routes. RAF and U S forces claimed gains in northern France Sicily Sardinia and the DNB reports note barracks and railway facilities hit at Cagliari and Palermo with defender losses and bombings gem.
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Sardinia
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Malta
North Carolina Tops Nation In Navy Enlistments
Statistics from Charlotte show North Carolina led the nation in Navy enlistments in June with 1,103 men. Charlotte ranked first with 247 enlistments, followed by Raleigh 188, Salisbury 129, Asheville 125, Wilmington 112, Greensboro 111, Winston-Salem 79, Elizabeth City 59, and New Bern 54.
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Congressional Probe Of FCC Off With Bang
Washington July 2 A congressional investigation into the FCC began with tension as Chairman Cox threatened to summon police to seat FCC counsel Charles Denny sought to interrupt committee counsel Eugene Garey during charges read. Denny later said Leigh could not attend next Friday’s resumed hearings due to an official engagement in London.
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Charles Denny
Eugene L. Garey
Garey
Commission
Denny
Robert Leigh
FCC Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Leigh
London
German Industry Struggles to Sustain War Production
London sources report Germany has passed its wartime peak and is on a downward trend in steel and oil output. Declines in locomotives, aircraft, and tanks limit war capacity while submarine production rises. overall, Allied air power and four years of total war strain German industry.
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Dive Bombers Hit Japanese Bases Near Munda in Solomons
U S Navy dispatch reports American Dauntless and Avenger aircraft attacked Japanese defenses at Lambeti Plantation near Munda and at Vila on Kolombangara Island in the Central Solomons. The operations followed earlier offensives with several pilots rescued as more enemy aircraft were claimed destroyed.
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Navy
Munda
Solomons
New Guinea
Dauntless
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Lambeti Plantation
New Georgia Island
Avenger
Grumman
Vila
Kolombangara
Stephan Shouts For Joy Over Death Reprieve
MILAN Michigan July 2 4 German born Max Stephan Step han was spared from execution by President Roosevelt who commuted his death sentence to life. Defense attorney Nicholas Salowich and Warden C J Shuttleworth delivered the news at 3 55 pm and Stephan shouted for joy and collapsed in relief after hours on the gallows shadow. James E McCabe said clemency likely ends during wartime but peace might bring more appeals.
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Mich
Max Stephan
Roosevelt
Stephan
James E. McCabe
C. J. Shuttleworth
Federal Correctional Institution
Nicholas Salowich
Saloiwich
French Uneasy On Limitation Of Sovereignty
In Algiers on July 2 the Echo d Alger published a joint resolution by 10 French political groups expressing unease over any limitation of national sovereignty. The piece touches on reorganization of the French army and opposes threats to equality among allies as Churchill notes U.S. and Britain seeking assurances from Giraud and De Gaulle amid potential shifts in leadership. Giraud may travel to Washington soon as Eisenhower has met with both generals.
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Echo D’ Alger
Henri Giraud
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Churchill
Commons
United States
Great Britain
Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Washington
de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Steel Furnaces In Operation
U S Steel announces six more blast furnaces restored as coal production rises and miners return to work. About 100000 of 521000 miners idle amid a prolonged strike. in Alabama 4500 of 24000 union miners working with four furnaces closed. Picketing in southwestern Pennsylvania blocks 1800 more miners at three mines including H C Frick Coke and Republic Steel pits.
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Pennsylvania
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Republic Steel Corporation
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