Aleutians Raid Marks First Paramushiro Strike by Alaska Pilots
Alaska based 11th Air Force bombers attacked Paramushiro, Japan's northern base, in a nine hour mission. The raid reports light anti aircraft fire, no planes lost, and bombs dropped near ships in the harbor. Capt. James L. Huderson led the crew. co pilot Lieut. Cecil D. May is listed with a New Bern, North Carolina address.
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Alaska Defense Command
Alaska
Kiska
Tokyo
Paramushiro
Japan
Attu
Army
11Th Air Force
Aleutian
Aleutians
Kuriles
James L. Huderson, Benton, II
Lieut
Ecil D. May
Broad St
New Bern
N. C
Lewis Must Stick With Coal If Merger Is Made
Washington reports a proposed AFL merger deal would let United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis control the coal belt while abandoning efforts to organize workers in other fields.
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Lewis
Washington
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
AFW
UMW
John L. Lewis
District 50
AFL
Daniel A. Tobin
AFL Executive Council
Chicago
United Mine Workers of America
Wartime Talk and Labor Merger Plans Amid Global Strife
The piece notes a Hitler Mussolini meeting hinting at Sicily invasion and Soviet onslaughts, with Mussolini seeking aid and Hitler revealing eastern front strains. It also covers UMW AFL conference talks where Lewis seeks to preserve miners union strength while offering to rejoin AFL, signaling possible unification of labor interests.
FCC Chairman Fly Accused of Domination of Commission
Washington July 21 T A M Craven FCC member told the Cox committee Fly largely dominates commission affairs and usurps powers that should rest with the seven member body. He noted London and North Africa posts and urged Congress to clarify the chairman duties under the 1934 act.
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Washington
T. A. M. Craven
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Cox
James L. Fly
FE. L. Garey
Fly
Craven
Commission
Garey
London
North Africa
Congress
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Army
Islands Resistance and Axis Dilemmas in Sicily War
Allied reports describe Mussolini asking Hitler to reinforce Italy with German divisions as Enna falls and Sicily fragments. Allied advances split the island, cutting lines from Enna to Catania and threatening Messina while Axis retreat and German–Italian shortages widen.
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Washington
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
Rome
Sicily
Brenner Pass
Alps
Germany
Jugoslavia
Balkan
Arrow
Tunisia
London
Reggio Calabria
Kiska Shelled Again By U S Warships
Navy reports two small American warships bombarded Japanese defenses on Kiska island in the Aleutians. Japanese attackers conducted light raids on Funafuti in the Ellice Islands with no damage or injuries reported.
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Washington
Navy
Kiska Island
Aleutians
South Pacific
Funafuti
Ellice Islands
Australia
Ellie Islands
Pacific
U. S
Gertrude Cove
Kiska
Officials See Why War Production Lag Tailed
Washington officials blame over-optimism and design changes for May and June lag in war output. WPB scholars cite manpower, components, and secondary producers as key factors, with aircraft and heavy trucks most affected.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Charles E. Wilson
Navy
Knox
Wilson
Reds On Move Over Wide Front As Fight Spreads
Moscow dispatch reports fighting across a broad front from Orel to Voroshilovgrad with Red Army recapturing towns including Mtsensk and Voroshilov, crossing the Mius river and advancing four to six miles amid heavy German counterattacks and high losses.
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William McGaffin
Moscow
Donets and
Mius River
Red Army
Orel
Voroshilovgard
Mius
Mtsensk
Voroshilov
Malo Arkhangelsk
Central Front
Kursk
Belgorod
Minus River
Donets
Eisenhower Confident Of Allied Victory In Sicily
General Dwight D. Eisenhower stated in North Africa he was confident of a complete Allied victory in Sicily. He noted British and Canadian forces face bitter fighting with slow advances, while American Seventh Army advances rapidly through weaker enemy resistance. He cited Mount Etna as a German strong point and mentioned retaining Gen. Henri Giraud as French North African commander.
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North Africa
Enna
Sicily
Catania
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Siciliy
Eighth Army
Seventh Army
Mount Etna
Henri Giraud
Tar Heel Survivors from Helena Recounted
A list of U S Helena survivors rescued from a Japanese held island includes Andrew Gaddy of Charlotte North Carolina B C Kelly of Durham North Carolina R J Dorsey of Woodside North Carolina and F L Potter of Southport North Carolina.
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Guadalcanal
U. S. Helena
Andrew Gaddy
Charlotte
N. C
B. C. Kelly
Durham
R. J. Dorsey
Woodside
F.L. Potter
Southport
Clark backs paid government ads to aid war effort
Washington July 21 Senator Clark D Mo argues for government paid newspaper advertising to support the stabilization program and war effort. He says it is not a subsidy or press control and cites Bankhead backing. The Missourian notes papers already help the war by free releases but small papers struggle without big ad revenue.
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Washington
Clark
D-Mo
Bankhead
D-Ala
Clari
The
Missourian
Getti
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la Grange
A. C. Lynn
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Fla
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Oxnard
Calif
H. L. Carlson
Chardon, O
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Fuehrer
Arctic
Black Sea
Adolf
Musso
Poland
Umw-Afl
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Richard G. Massock
Associated Press
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Bordeaux
Axis
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Messina
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Castania
Eighth
Palermo
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Callus
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Oristanod
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Turitse
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