Truman Seizes Goodyear Plants in Akron for Government Operation
President Truman ordered government seizure of the Goodyear tire and rubber plants in Akron Ohio, directing the navy to move in as 16 000 workers strike over contract negotiations enter the 19th day. The seizure lasts up to 60 days or until productivity and prior normal operations are restored.
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Washington
Truman
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Akron
Ohio
Navy
Goodyear
Ihs
Secretary of the Navy
World War II Outlook Mentioned With Bomb Attacks and Resistance
The report notes U S bombing has destroyed over 117 square miles of territory and Japan claims underground factories to defend against raids. It warns that even if Nippon capitulates, Japanese forces on the continent may remain armed with 2,000,000 troops and substantial war resources.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nippon
WLB Settles 1700 Newspaper Deliverers Strike Bid
The WLB moved to settle the 1700 newspaper deliverymen strike after a Saturday night work halt disrupting 14 New York papers. A hearing with the newspaper and mail deliverers union and publishers led to findings to be sent to the union council and members for a vote to return to work. Chairman George W. Taylor voiced confidence a settlement would come, as other labor conflicts remained largely unchanged in New Jersey Pennsylvania Alabama and Texas with thousands more workers affected.
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WLB
New York City
George W. Taylor
Mack Manufacturing Corporation
New Brunswick
Plainfield
N. J
Allentown
Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation
Mobile
Ala
R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company
Chicago
Tve Lumber Companies
Detroit
Texas 6Il Company
Port Arthur
Tex
Spaatz cites B 29s shrinking Japan’s urban targets
General Spaatz said giant B 29s have wiped out much of Japan’s industrial value in six major cities and will turn to secondary cities, at least 40, as primary targets. Ten of them were hit in the past week. Lt Gen Barney Giles named deputy to Spaatz. This marks his fourth strategic bombing assignment.
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Japan
7Th Air Forces
7Th Airorce
Okinawa
Patterson
Barney I. Giles
U S Air Routes Authorized Across North Atlantic
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized three U S carriers to operate trans Atlantic routes Pan American World Airways American Airlines and Transcontinental and Western Airlines. The board also approved the association of American Export Airlines with American Airlines. In a separate note a historical Black Death toll is stated as 25 000 people or a fourth of the population in 14th century Europe.
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Uthorize Air
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Death toll by state from 4th safety council survey
An Associated Press survey shows Ohio leading violent deaths with 16. States report varied totals for traffic, drowning, and miscellaneous causes. California tallies 9 4 1. Illinois 2 1 0. New York 2 2 1. Ohio 7 7 2. District of Columbia 0 1 0.
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Safety Council
Ohio
New York
Illinois
Associated Press
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
POW S Sgt. Jack N. Kimble Visits Home on Leave
S Sgt. Jack N. Kimble arrived in High Point on June 26 for a 60 day leave before reporting to a redistribution station in Miami Florida. He had been a German prison of war since May 1944 and was liberated recently. He joined the service in January 1943 as a turret gunner on a B 24. His wife Miss Erline Smith and infant daughter Brenda Gayle live with her parents at 810 Vail street.
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Jack N. Kimble
High Point
Miami
Fla
Erline Smith
Brenda Gayle
Vail Street
Corn Borer Pest Advice Cited By Extension Entomologist
J Myron Maxwell of State College Extension Entomology urges farmers to cut ditch lines and burn infected material to control the European corn borer pest seen as a major threat on crops this season.
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J. Myron Maxwell
State College
Permanent occupation moves of US Army divisions listed
A wartime dispatch outlines occupation duties for multiple divisions in Europe. Units in Germany Austria and Czechoslovakia are assigned to SHAEF and SHAEP with some moving to ITOUSA for redeployment to the Pacific, others remaining in occupation posts or en route home.
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Winterburg
Czechoslovakia
SHAEP
Kaiserlautern
Germany
Movig
Bremen
U. S
Pacific
Mayen
Ulm
Seventh Army
Kitzbuehel
Austria
Britain
Wuerzburg
SHAEF
Linz
Marseille
France
Etonsa
Leipzig
Limburg
SHALP
Tis
Augsburg
Brousa
Gera
Bad Wildungen
Ager
Mannheim
United States
Erouse
Weiden
SHALF
Starkunitz
Shalpf
Hogie
Kitaingen
Erstetten
Lu.uu
Gotha
I.ord
Innsbruck
Home
Lib
Etousa ‘O Praslbie Reueploynint
101St
Berchtesgalen
JnAn
Waesenourg
Shhawf
Usen
Rowenheim
SAARP
Aihey
Soth
Owen Téth
Armored
Thuringia
Kalte-Mersepurg
Saxony
Trade shifts under Hawley Smoot tariff proposal
The president would gain power to raise tariffs to 75 percent under Hawley Smoot, with the state department stating reductions would be selective to boost world trade while protecting American industries that require tariff protection.
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State Department
Bride Found Slain Near Railroad Car In Seattle
Police identify the victim as Wilma Ross a 19 year old bride of four months. Charlies Ray Ross a Bremerton yard worker from Knoxville is detained for questioning after telling a story of four navy sailors attacking them in downtown Seattle. The body lay beneath a boxcar near the waterfront with torn dress and evidence suggesting the car wheels could have shifted over her.
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Ross
Wilma
Knoxville
Bremerton
Wash
Navy
Australian Forces Press Last Japanese Positions At Balikpapan
Australian infantry attacked Balikpapan Borneo, aiming to clear the city’s last Japanese footholds as Sea operations proceed. Tokyo radio claimed heavy losses for the Allies, while U S engineers celebrated the Fourth of July by sailing LCMs into Balikpapan Bay despite mine dangers.
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Balikpapan
Borneo
Radio Tokyo
Balikpapan Bay
North Pacific
Tokyo
U. S
Karafuto Island
Asiatic
North State tax receipts rise in 1943 44 fiscal totals
Gill reported general fund revenues reach 9.9 million dollars after refunds and local shares are deducted. The release compares 1943 44 figures with 1941 42 and enumerates tax categories including inheritance privilege gift and intangible taxes and highway revenues.
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Gill
Giant Pan American airliner eyed for postwar routes
A 320000 pound land based clipper by Consolidated Vultee for Pan American Airways dwarfs current jets. It seats 204 with possible 236 in emergency, cruises at 540 mph, range 4200 miles, and operates at 30000 feet. New York London and San Francisco Honolulu routes planned with tours to Europe and South America.
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Diego
Cal
Pan- American World Airways
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Baltimore
Boston
Los Angeles
Sam Francisco
Tween
London
San Francisco
Honolulu
Latin America
Europe
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Beo
Ind
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Tel & Tei
Stewart Warner
Beth
Studebaker
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West Ei
Cornwith & Son
Wilson
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World Today
Del
Ant
Abu Aaa
Kimble Home
AP News
Guilford County, North Carolina
Health Funda
Old Age Assistance Fund
Greater Greensboro
High Point Special
John T. Harrington
General Fund
Bessemer Sanitary District
Philippines
Goliath
Henry C. Nicholas
Central Press Correspondent
Goliath of the Air
South America
Paris
Bermuda
Hawaii
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AIR Goliath
Clipper
Mexico City
Mexico
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Berlin
Rio de Janiero
Argentina
Moscow
Russia
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China
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