Allied air swarms hit targets across Italy and Sicily
U S Liberators dropped significant bombs near Bria and Grottaglie in southeastern Italy as operations from northwest Africa crossed Pantelleria and Sicily. Catanzaro and Syracuse faced incendiary raids. U S communique said enemy fighters engaged but losses were claimed.
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William B. King
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Talgic
Bria
Italy
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Catanzaro
Syracuse
Miners Hedge Way Back To Mine Shafts
The United Mine Workers authorized a return to work from June 7 through June 20 while seeking to settle contract demands. Leaders stressed no intent to hinder the war effort and claimed ample coal on hand to support wartime production.
Argentina Revolt Prompts Pan American Solidarity Debate
The piece argues the Argentine revolutionary movement may shift toward leftist, anti‑vested-interest policies while maintaining wary ties to the United States and Allied postwar plans. It notes Argentina’s isolationist stance, potential exclusion from lend‑lease aid, and Axis spy concerns embedded in wartime politics.
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Ramon S. Cas
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United Nations
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Castillo
Entina
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Soldiers Respond To Coal Strike In North Africa Survey
The Stars and Stripes reports among U S troops in North Africa that about 90 percent want government action against strike leaders and strikers, 70 percent favor inducting strikers into the Army, and many say home civilians do not grasp wartime realities. A minority criticizes labor leaders for delaying war supplies and profit. Soldiers express willingness to swap places with strikers.
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Stars and Stripes
Poe
John Luis
Churchill Returns to London After North Africa Talks
Churchill flies home from the Washington war council where Allied agreement on an invasion of Europe was reached. He lands at dawn, then heads to London for cabinet and service chiefs meetings with Eden and Brooke and awaits fuller shaping of the plan.
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Edward D. Ball
London
Winston Churchill
North Africa
Washington War Council
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North
Africa
Churchill
House of Commons
Bay of Bixcay
Anthony Eden
Italians Wary as Greek Patriot Opposition Grows
Reports from London say Greek guerrillas threaten Italian corps HQ and drive a garrison from a town while Greece expands its advance toward Metsovon. Albania allied lines, British Eighth Army reinforcements eyed for Balkans invasion.
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Associated Press
Italy
London
Metsovon
Greece
Kalabaka
Narond Otbrana
Ankara
Eighth Army
Near East
Balkans
Crete
Army
Ashes Of Jap Admiral Buried Near Tokyo
The ashes of Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto are buried at Tama village cemetery near Tokyo after a state ceremony led by Emperor Hirohito with Prime Minister Tojo kneeling before the altar in Hibiya park. The funeral, broadcast by Tokyo radio, marked Yamamoto as a national hero who planned Pearl Harbor.
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Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Hibiya Park
Imperial Palace
Naval Club
Associated Press
Yamamoto
Pacific
Navy
Japan
Admiral Pogo
Toay
Grand Jury Indicts Former Sheriff in Burke County
Morganton June 5 The Burke County grand jury indicted former Sheriff Paul M. Dale on charges of misfeasance malfeasance and nonfeasance and receiving gratuities from a service ration operator for protection in liquor dealings and illegal slot machine operations. The grand jury indicted Dale previously in February for conspiracy to violate slot machine and liquor laws.
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Morganton
Burke Country
Paul M. Dale
Dale
New Chief Orders Country Back To Work
Buenos Aires June 5 a one day revolution cost lives of about 50 soldiers as the new military junta led by Gen Arturo Rawson banned celebrations of Castillos overthrow and ordered the country back to work. The revolt left heavy casualties and Castillos government fled to a warship.
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Associated Press
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Arturo Rawson
Ramon Castillo
Naval Engineering
Rawson
Castillo
Drummond
la Plata
Rio de la Plata
Bustamente
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Uruguay
Salto
Plaza de Mayo
Government House
Manuel Fresco
Argentina
Ocratic
Conference of American Actos
Rio de Janeiro
Steel Makers Hail End To Weeklong Mine Strike
Pittsburgh June 5 United States Steel Corp hailed the order to end a weeklong coal mine shutdown as it would halt a planned 25 percent cut in steel output. Union officials predicted rapid back to work after the policy committee's unanimous vote. A coal production loss of ten to twelve million tons was disclosed. one Republic Steel blast furnace had closed in Birmingham and another faced shutdown. Telegraphs carried the Washington notice to locals.
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Republic Steel Corporation
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West Virginia
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Washington
Coal Settlement Cools Order For Stern Labor Law
The House passed a hard line anti strike bill aimed at union leaders involved in the coal mine strike. Senate conferees were to meet to temper provisions including penalties for directing or financing a walkout and restrictions on strikes in government rated industries and war plants. The measure would require unions to file financial records, bar political campaign contributions, and empower the War Labor Board to subpoena and enforce a status quo for up to 60 days.
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House
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National Labor Relations Board
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President Roosevelt to Address UN Food Conference
President Roosevelt will address delegates to the United Nations Food Conference at 5 15 pm EWT Monday. The White House said the conference has concluded its sessions at Hot Springs Virginia. The address will be broadcast on all networks and run about ten minutes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
E.W.T
Reds Throw Back Sharp Nazi Attacks
London dispatch reports two major German assaults on the Russian front were repelled with heavy losses. Soviet communique notes fierce air war as 520 Russian bombers struck the Orel base, setting depots and fuel dumps ablaze and causing German casualties.
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London
Donets
Sevsk
Orel
Moscow
Velizh
Smolensk
Velikie Luki
Balakleya
Spanish government proposes four point plan to humanize bombing
Madrid reports the Spanish government outlined a four point plan to humanize aerial bombing and rejected abroad charges that Spain serves another nation. A note said Generalissimo Franco sent a message to the United States via Myron Taylor during his Madrid visit last year. The communique stated Spain favors neither side and that both have received unfavorable responses to prior proposals on air bombing.
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Madrid
Spain
Generalissimo Franco
United States
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
United Nations hail Argentine revolt as bad news for Axis
News from Buenos Aires that an Argentine army group toppled President Ramon Castillo and seized control drew swift reaction from international observers who called the move a setback for fascist powers. London and Washington offered no official comment, while press across Europe and the Americas reflected cautious optimism and broad coverage.
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United Nations
Axis
Ramon Castillo
London
Washington
United States
Argentina
Castillo
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Federal Communicatorns Commission
Gigantic Air Drive Against Japs Indicated
Washington reports a growing plan for a continuing series of bombing raids on Japan as Navy and Army focus on expanding air bases. Artemus Gates notes airpower will increase in the Pacific, with new airfields studied from Attu to the Aleutians as War Secretary Knox and War Secretary Stimson affirm progress.
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Navy
Army
Artemus Gates
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Pacific
Knox
Gates
Attu
Stimson
Army Air
Aleutians
South
Southwest
Pacific Area
Ball Calls for World Issues United Nations Move
Sen Ball urged quick leadership to form a formal United Nations to handle political economic and military questions before the war ends and to ensure postwar territorial decisions. Reynolds, once isolationist, endorsed the plan to define Axis winner territory with Britain and Russia, co sponsored by Hill Hatch and Burton.
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R-Minn
United Nations
Reynolds
D-Nc
Military Affairs Committee
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Europe
Asia
Britain
Russia
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Alabama
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