Chinese Victory Up Yangtze Expands in Ichang Breakthrough
Chungking reports Chiang Kai-shek forces infiltrated Ichang, creating widespread chaos. They captured Meitseya and Kungan, cleared the Yangtze west bank, and routed Japanese garrisons in a sweeping advance that threatened base lines and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Angtze
Tong
Chang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ichang
Kungan
Asi
Yangtze
Jichang
Tsingsh
Hunan
Tungting
Kang
Meitseya
Hupeh
Suihsien
Hankow
Itu
Chanksha
China
Canton-Hankow
Upper
Szechwan
Tokyo
FDR backs strike law amid coal conflict reports
Washington June 5 John L Lewis says miners return to work order lasts two weeks as White House hints at anti str ke legislation. Byrnes urges speedier passage of Connally Smith bill imposing fines and prison terms for those aiding or instigating strikes in war facilities and giving the war labor board authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
White House
UMW
Lewis
Wake County farmer alleges record pig litter of 21 sows
Wake County farmer Carl Johnson reports his sow named Hitter farrowed 21 piglets in a single litter and all survived. State Agriculture officials concur the animal could set a state or national record for litter size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, Jung
Carl Johnson
Wake County
Johnson
State Department of Agriculture
Rawson Takes Office Formally In Argentina
Buenos Aires June 5 General Arturo Rawson became the new president of Argentina succeeding Ramon Castillo who resigned after a brief defiance aboard a war ship. Rawson names a 10 member cabinet with two civilians and nine military leaders. Castillo was freed after resigning. two ministers were imprisoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arturo Rawson
Pedro Ramirez
Buenos Aires
Ramirez
Argentina
Rawson
Ramon Castillo
Castillo
Axis
Sabo Sueyro
Segundo Storni
Diego Mason
Domingo Martinez
Domingo Pistarini
Jose Maria Rosa
Benito Sueyro
Horace Galderon
Rosa
Calderon
Cuban Merchantman Sunk by Submarine in Caribbean
The Navy reports a small Cuban merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Caribbean early in May. Survivors were landed at Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Caribbean
Miami
Angry U S Sailors Clash With Zoot Suiters in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on June 5, bands of U S sailors roamed the east side attacking zoot-suited youths blamed for recent rowdyism. Lt Ambrose Stewart said nine sailors were picked up, about 20 carloads involved, one sailor knifed a man named Joe Coleman, four youths treated for minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U. S
East Side
Sheriff's Office
Ambrose Stewart
Joe Coleman
Churchill unveils war cabinet session on invasion plans
Prime Minister Churchill summoned his war cabinet for a secret session after returning from war conferences in Washington and Africa. Observers link the meeting to anticipated major operations and a push toward unconditional surrender, with service chiefs noting unusual activity. Churchill may outline conference details with President Roosevelt and pledge full United Nations victory, as he travels back to London under air escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Washington
Africa
Roosevelt
Commons
United Nations
England
Bay of Biscay
Reds Smash German Train Concentration
London report says long range Russian aircraft struck a concentration of German trains at Bryansk and Karachev after a previous assault on Orel. The Soviet bulletin noted fires and explosions from direct hits and said German trains were moved closer to the Orel area, while Red forces pressed on northeast and east of Orel. The German raid on Gorki targeted the Russian automobile works in a multi hour attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bryansk
Karachev
Orel
Moscow Radio
Red Army
Sevsk
Gorki
Four Killed In Army Plane Crash Near Orlando
Four people died and two were injured when an Army plane failed to take off and crashed through a fence into a residence in Orlando Florida. Victims included William Smothers and Lizzie Smothers in the house, Betty Lou Giddens 14 in a garage apartment, Reuben Foreman of Winter Garden struck by fence debris, and Carol Marge Giddens 12 burned lightly. The pilot survived with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Maxie Bennett
William Fred Smothers
Lizzie Smothers
Betty Lou Giddens
Reuben Daniel Foreman
Winter Garden
Flo
Carol Marge Giddens
Army Air Base
OPA Orders Meat Price Slash Effective June 21
The Office of Price Administration ordered a national meat price reduction averaging about three cents per pound, effective June 21 in retail stores for all cuts except cured and processed pork, with pork reductions effective July 5. The move aims to roll back living costs via subsidies, amid Congressional and industry reactions and regional price variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corp
American Meat Institute
War Meat Board
Prentiss M. Brown
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Boston
Charles K. Elkinton
Work Fight Order Remains In Force In Alabama
Gen Chauncey Sparks announced the work or fight order remains in force and will be permanent for the duration. War workers recalled from military service who stay away after 3 p m will be reclassified, with governors requiring return by 3 p m yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Hickory Man Confesses In Shooting Case
Roy W. Jarman aged 31 of Hickory hosiery mill admitted to Chief E. W. Lentz that he shot his brother in law Walter Stewart on the western edge of Iredell County Friday night. Stewart was wounded in the head and treated. Jarman surrendered at the station and was held at Statesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
E. W. Lentz
Roy W. Jarman
Hickory Hosiery Mill Employe
Walter Stewart
Iredell County
Lentz
Jarman
Statesville
W. D. Morrison
Lredell County
Stewart
Bombers Hit Three Littorio Battleships at Spezia
American Flying Fortresses blasted the Italian Littorio class ships at Spezia in daylight. The raid damaged the Vittorio Veneto Roma and Littorio, plus a heavy cruiser and a merchant ship, with fires in oil depots and harbor facilities. Captain David Pett led the raid's aftermath reporting no loss of aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold V. Boyle
North Africa
Mussolini
Spezia
Littorio
Vittorio Veneto
Roma
RAF
la Maddalena
Sardinia
Navy Yard
David Pett
Hawthorne St
Royal Oak
Mich
Pett
Coal Strike Closes Steel Mill Furnaces
The coal strike halts eleven Carnegie Illinois blast furnaces in Pennsylvania due to beehive coke shortages, raising concerns over steel production. One Shenango furnace shut at Sharpsville, and a Birmingham Alabama unit also idled. Managers push to restore furnaces as coke supplies resume, noting no hearths affected and warning of potential employment impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Vital Steel
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Republic Steel Corporation
Birmingham
Ala
Shenango Furnace Company
Sharpsville
Carnegie-Illinois
Carnegie-Ilinois
Connellsville
Pennsylvania
Carnegie Illnois
Monongahela Valley
H. M. Wilson
Shenango
Wilson
United Mine Workers
Byrnes Pushes Conferees Toward Quick Anti-Strike Bill Passage
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes urged congressional conferees to speed approval of the Connally-Smith anti strike bill. The measure would grant the War Labor Board power to resolve coal wage disputes and bar inducing strikes that halt government run mines or plants with penalties up to 5000 dollars and one year in prison. Senate and House leaders signaled swift action and urged reinsertion of a clause allowing the President to seize struck mines and war plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
James F. Byrnes
Connally-Smith
War Labor Board
Byrnes
Lewis
Jack Bell Washigton
House
Senate
Connally
Pace
See
Crashed Army Bomber Sighted In Nevada Mountains
Sheriff Hammond says a civilian air patrol pilot reported a four engined bomber crashed in the eastern Nevada mountains with four fires in a straight line. One body was seen in the snow as rescuers plan to reach the 8000 foot site.
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Austin
George Hammond
Lander County
Civilian Air Patrol
Here
Hammond
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