Miners Return To Work Break Deep Coal Strike
Pittsburgh July 5 Thousands of miners in Pennsylvania Alabama Virginia and Tennessee poured back into pits on Independence Day signaling an end to the wartime coal strike. Local votes backed by Ickes and John L Lewis boosted morale as central Pennsylvania districts shifted toward full restart with Nanty Glo a noted holdout. Most eastern hard coal fields reported near full operation with few mines idling.
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Pennsylvania
Alabama
Virginia
Tennessee
United Mine Workers
Ickes
John L. Lewis
UMW
Nanty Glo
Heisley
Imperial Cardiff
Springfield
John Kramrich
UMWA
Uniontown
Kramrich
World Today At A Glance Mediterraneans Air War Update
U S planes hit five Sicily landing fields amid heavy opposition, shooting down 43 Axis fighters, with 13 U S losses. A big seaplane base southwest of Rome is struck. In the Pacific MacArthur advances as U S troops seize Vura Village on Vangunu Island, killing 300 Japanese. Japs lose 11 planes on Rendova. Aleutians see nine more air raids on Kiska. Sikorski dies in a Gibraltar takeoff crash, shocking Poles. Fourth of July raids hit France’s factory and submarine plants as RAF targets Ruhr cities. China opens a new supply route via Iran and Turkey for soon shipments.
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Mediterranean
Sicily
U. S
Rome
Pacific
MacArthur
Vura
Vangunu Island
New Georgia
U.S
Rendova Island
Munda
Europe
Sikorski
London
Gibraltar
France
Cologne
Yamburg
Rhur
Wickham Anchorage
Rendova
Kiska
Washington
Navy
Kiska Island
North Pacific
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Viru
Guadalcanal
Nassau Bay
Salamaua
Nassau
Reds Crush New German Attack Move
London July 5 The Russian midday communique from Moscow reported heavy Soviet artillery and mortar fire smashed preparations for a German attack in the Belgorod area near Kharkov with heavy Nazi losses. It said several dozen troops were killed in a night trench raid and a recon detachment was dispersed.
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London
Belgorod
Kharkov
Moscow
Chuguevy
Leningrad
Berlin
Velikie Luki
Cox panel accused of wrecking FCC by Fly charge
Washington July 5 The Cox committee investigating the Federal Communications Commission was charged by FCC chairman James L Fly with having joined forces with radio monopoly and Wall Street interests on one side and the military on the other to wreck the commission.
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Washington
Cox Committee
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
James L. Fly
Wall Street
Military
Polish Premier Killed In Plane Crash At Gibraltar
General Wladislaw Sikorski premier of the Polish government in exile and commander of its armed forces died when the Libertaor plane crashed after takeoff from Gibraltar. Six passengers and most crew perished including Sikorski's daughter Sophia Lesniowska. Only the pilot survived seriously injured. Acting premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk named successor.
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Sikorski
Sophia Lesniewska
London
Polish Auxiliary Territorial Service
Women's Forces
Middle East
ATS
Germany
Gibraltar
Klimecki
Americans Take Trobriand With Ease
Greenclad American troops occupy Kiriwina Island in the Trobriand group with no resistance. The landing is rapid and supplies are unloaded. two reporters accompany the operation as General MacArthur’s Sixth Army conducts the occupation. The island is described as flat, jungle covered, with numerous villages linked by tree-lined trails.
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Vern Haugland
Kiriwina Island
Trobriand Group
Trobriand Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Kiriwina
Walter Kreuger
Sixth Army
New Guinea
Allied Airslaught Over Sicily Suppresses Axis Defenses
Allied squadrons raided five major Sicilian landing fields and major ports on Saturday night, claiming 43 Axis fighters shot down while most Allied planes returned. British bombers struck Lido Di Roma seaplane base, Trapani, and Catania areas. Ostia was also reported bombed. The Axis rebuttal claimed heavy losses for the Allies.
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Lido di Roma
Rome
Trapani
Catania
Sicilian
Staliart High Command
Associated Press
Sicily
Gerbini
Sciacca
Comiso
Milo
Aetna
Ostia
Tiber
Congress, FDR At Greatest Odds In New Deal History
Washington July 5 Congress faces a summer recess with greater hostility toward President Roosevelt on domestic issues than at any time since the New Deal began ten years ago. The clash is evident in vetoes and policy defeats, with NYA and NRPB shelved, FSA threatened, and tax plans largely ignored amid stalled appointments and debates on pay limits and revenue. Senator Van Nuys cites a rising independence in Congress while Pepper says voters will demand alternatives from lawmakers who oppose the President.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
New Deal
National Youth Administration
NYA
National Resources Planning Board
NRPB
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
James V. Allred
Texas
Circuit Court of Appeals
van Nuys
Indiana
Legislative Branch
White House
Pepper
D-Fla
Polish Prime Minister Dies in Gibraltar Plane Crash
General Wladyslaw Sikorski, 62, longtime Polish PM and armed forces commander, was killed when the Liberator aircraft he rode in crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Gibraltar on Sunday night.
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Sikorski
Middle East
Cairo
Poland
Air Ministry
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Gibraltar
Holiday Death Toll For State Rises To Seven
Charlotte July 5 At least seven persons died by violence in North Carolina during the holiday weekend. Donald Lee Tilley 23 of Durham was killed by a train near the city. Paul Barrier 9 of Concord was struck and killed by an automobile near his home. Jack Talbert 29 of Stoneville was found dead on the Mayodan Stoneville highway with bruised and cut body and head. J H Jackson state trooper investigates whether death was from automobile or slugging. Mrs J A Perry 30 of Hertford burned to death in a department store blaze trapped on the second floor. S R High 58 of Durham drowned when two boats capsized near Wilmington. An unidentified Negro drowned at a Negro beach resort. Anna Crawford Dees about 50 died in a grade crossing collision in Gastonia.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Donald Lee Tilley
Durham
Paul Barrier
Concord
Jack Talbert
Stoneville
J. H. Jackson
Talbert
J. A. Perry
Hertford
S. R. High
Cape Fear
Wilmington
Anna Crawford Dees
Gastonia
Knox Foresees U S Fleet Entering Tokyo Harbor
Seattle July 5. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox asserted the United States fleet will sail into Tokyo Harbor and defeat tyrants of the Tojo type. Speaking at the Morrison destroyer launch in Seattle Tacoma yard he cited Solomons and New Guinea victories as proof Roosevelt and Churchill were right to claim initiative had shifted from the enemy. He warned Japanese air raids on the west coast would be futile and of little military value.
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Seattle
United States
Tokyo Harbor
Frank Knox
Morrison
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Navy
Solomons
New Guinea
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Allies Hit Munda Base and Vangunu Village Assault
Allied forces led by General Douglas MacArthur pressed operations in the Central Solomons seizing Vura Village on Vangunu Island and capturing a strategic target on Rendova. About 300 Japanese were killed as the garrison dispersed and Allied losses were described as relatively light.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
Vangunu Island
Rendova
MacArthur
Vura
Big Fourth of July daylight raid on German targets
Allied air forces hit Le Mans engine works and Nantes and La Pallice in a daylight raid marking the first American anniversary of aerial action against Europe. RAF attacks on Cologne Hamburg and Ruhr targets followed, with losses and strong enemy fighter action reported. In the Pacific, MacArthur’s forces bombed Rendova Munda and Viru areas while Kiska raids continued with carrier-based strikes. Nassau Bay remained quiet as recon flights observed a Japanese ship burning.
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London
France
le Mans
Nantes
la Pallice
Europe
RAF
U. S
Cologne
Rhine
Hamburg
Ruhr
Lgium
Holland
Eighth Airforce
New Deal NYA Ends as Congress Trims Funding
Washington July 5 The National Youth Administration a New Deal agency is terminated as Congress reduces its appropriation to 3 million dollars halting work in about 500 communities. Director Aubrey Williams calls the move unfortunate noting the agency trained nearly a thousand daily for war work and warned of heavy losses to war production.
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Washington
National Youth Administration
NYA
New Deal
Congress
Aubrey Williams
Williams
Elk River pilot fights zeros with propeller blade fury
Lieut. Jack Bade of Elk River Minnesota revived after a head wound to his P 40 and used his spinning propeller as a buzz saw to attack six Japanese zeros saving two navy dive bombers and their crew. He landed with a non serious head wound and wondered why he was deemed a poor shot.
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Washington
Jack Bade
Elk River
Minn
War Department
Bade
Bougainville Island
Southwest Pacific
Ballale
Zero
Mussolini says Italy must hold out against invasion
London dispatch reports Mussolini told fascist officials on June 24 that Italy must hold out as a matter of honor. He praised Italian resolve against German claims and noted strikes in March, dismissing them as economic and not political. The broadcast contrasted Allied rhetoric with the line that the Atlantic Charter is a scrap of paper.
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Italy
Fascist Party Council
Associated Press
Detroit
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