Bombing Strike Hits French Coast With 2250 Planes
Allied air forces mounted a massive assault as up to 1,500 American bombers and fighters targeted the French invasion coast supported by a 500 to 750 plane Italian armada striking Hungary and Transylvania. Major targets included rail yards near Szolnok and Szeged while Mediterranean raids hit Szolnok, Pas de Calais, and Crete.
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Saumur
Paris
Denmark
Middle East
Mile Channel
New Controls Over Manpower Shaped By War Commission
The War Manpower Commission ordered sweeping new controls to channel male labor to high priority war production jobs. By July 1 every job-seeking man must apply to the USES for assignment to the needed plant, with employers restricted to hiring only those men referred by USES. The plan allows local variations and adds employment ceilings and manpower priority committees in many areas to direct workers to foundries, shipyards, coal mining, textiles, and other critical industries.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
America
United States Employment Service
Paul V. McNutt
WMC
McNutt
Soviet Red Army repulses Nazi attacks in Romania and Finland
Moscow reports heavy Soviet losses inflicted on German forces as they launch multiple counterattacks near Iasi and along the Baltic front. The Soviet communique claims 800 Nazi deaths and 17 tanks knocked out north of Iasi, with additional clashes reported near the Finnish isthmus and in White Russia amid ongoing battles in occupied territories.
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Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Malian
Berlin
Finland
Relian
Ingrad
Onega
Stanisla
Old Poland
Obsk
White Russia
Britain Faces Spain Question As War Drives Invasion Plans
The War Today notes British Prime Minister Churchill’s praise for Spain causes puzzlement at home while pro Nazi Spain aids Hitler’s war. Attitudes diverge among neutrals and allies as the United States braces for major amphibious operations.
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Churchill
Spain
Hitler
Garden is Worked By Blind Citizen Of Pasquotank
Dousie Hawkins of Pasquotank County tends a 30 by 40 foot garden without help. John Harris, extension horticultural specialist at State College, notes the rows are straight and weeds are absent. Last winter Hawkins moved honeysuckle to the site and this spring planted 12 vegetables.
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Raleigh
Dousie Hawkins
Pasquotank County
John Harris
State College
Harris
Hawkins
280000 Japs Face Chinese in New Drive
The Chungking military spokesman said 280000 Japanese troops concentrate to seize the Hankow Canton railroad and clear the way for new blows in China. He warned Japan will press China as Allies push Japan, with a three day air offensive reaching the Kuriles Wake Guam and Caroline islands.
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Hankow-Canton
China
Chungking
Japan
Northcentral
Co. C. Tseng
Central Pacific
U. S
Kuriles
Wake
Guam
Caroline Islands
Ponape
Truk
Changsha
Tseng
Hankow
Canton
Pope Pius XII warns total victory may prolong war
In a June address to the College of Cardinals in London the pope urged victors to show mercy to the vanquished and warned that demands for total victory could prolong the conflict. He warned that those seeking full victory or total destruction foster desperation and could delay peace.
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London
Pope Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Rome
Pope Pius
Convention Hears Rayburn and Unpledged Delegates
At a Maryland convention Democratic leaders pressed to name an 18 vote unpledged delegation to aid in selecting a vice presidential nominee. Rayburn spoke on harmony amid fears of anti Roosevelt sentiment as factions debated delegate binds and influence at the Chicago convention. In Indiana Republicans finalized a slate of 29 delegates with contesting governor and senator bids while the National Socialist party opened its Reading convention. Washington observers noted a hush in presidential campaigning with calls for openness from Dewey Bricker and Byrd amid party maneuvering.
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Maryland
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Roosevelt
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B. Quinn
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Nebraska
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New York
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Ohio
John A. Barr
New Orleans
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
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Byrd
Texas
South Carolina
Minority of Senate Opposes Hull Peace Plan
Senator LaFollette revealed a minority in the Senate opposes any move to bind the United States to an international security organization before peace terms are written. He supports informal talks with Britain Russia China and others but warns ratification will require Just peace terms and could block a two thirds vote.
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United States
LaFollette
Senate Liaison Committee of Eight
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Russia
China
United Nations
Army to ask 562 million for Europe relief needs
The Army seeks 562 million dollars for July to December to feed clothe and maintain liberated civilians in Europe. Maj. Gen. Lucius D. Clay testified before the House Appropriations Committee on United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration funds. Chairman Cannon noted widespread vitamin concern amid wartime shortages.
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Europe
House Appropriations Committee
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Lucius D. Clay
Army Service Forces
Cannon
D-Mo
Russia
Papers Worry Over French View of U.S.
London reports a US stance of non participation in talks between General de Gaulle and the British government. The Daily Mail calls for a clear U S position on the French Committee of National Liberation and its role in France's liberation. The News Chronicle warns that lack of an Anglo French agreement could lead to confusion in liberated areas and force Eisenhower to make political decisions.
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London
United States
Charles de Gaulle
London Daily Mail
Washington
Committee of National Liberation
The
Daily Mail
de Gaulle
National Committee
France
News-Chronicle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nvasion
Allied tank units advance near Rome through Velletri and Valmontone
Allied forces push along the Via Casilina about 20 miles from Rome seizing Velletri and Valmontone as Fifth and Eighth Army units close in on Nazi positions. U S infantry and armor sever escape routes, with Ferentino and Artemisio reports of heavy fighting near the Italian front.
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Mans
Rome
Velletri
Valmontone
Eternal City
Via Casilina
Valmon
Alban Hills
Via Casili
U. S
Eighth Army
Via
Casilina
Ferentine
Veroli
Frosinone
Via Casi
Fifth Army
Son
Ban Heights
Catilina
Vaimontone
Ferentino
Algiers
Artemisio
War Labor Board Orders Declared Not Reviewable
Washington June 2 The United States court of appeals for the District of California ruled that War Labor Board orders are reviewable by the courts. The decision was made by three judges Miller Edge and Arnold who held unanimously that the statute authorizes review of War Labor Board orders.
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Washington
United States Court Ofpeals For
District of Cal
Orders of War Labor Board
Vote to End Strike Ends Transit Tieup in St. Louis
Striking street car and bus workers of the St. Louis Public Service Company voted by secret ballot 630 to 399 to return to work and end a transport tieup affecting an estimated 200,000 persons.
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Ice Company
Cret
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