Knox Says Time For Striking Is Now Ours
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told about 760 naval academy midshipmen that the initiative to strike now belongs to the United States. He cited eight active fronts including the Western and Eastern Mediterranean and the Pacific theaters and said a new fleet and a mighty army are assembled. The remarks, delivered off script during a graduation address, emphasized forward action and naval strength in the ongoing war.
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Toyo
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Knox
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China
Far East
Britain
Tokyo
Atlantic Theater of War
Japan
Owever
United States
Pantelleria Bombardment Escalates With Allied Fleet
Reuters report from Allied Headquarters in North Africa states a large British cruiser and destroyer force shelled Pantelleria from short range as its defenses endured a Flying Fortress attack. The action followed a prior bombardment while the island’s garrison faced dust and smoke.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Pantelleria
Ramirez Plans Harmony With American Republics
Argentine President Pedro Ramirez vows closer cooperation with the American republics through acts and words. The government lifts martial law after ousting President Castillo and signals neutrality while preparing possible elections. Montevideo reports hint at a break with the Axis and Ramirez as a potential candidate, with Rawson resigning after one day to favor Ramirez.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Ramirez
Ramon S. Castillo
Montevideo
Axis
Ramirez
Montevi
Deo
Castillo
Congress
Arturo Rawson
Rawson
Churchill Declares U-Boat War Will Not Stop Victory
Prime Minister Churchill in the House of Commons says Allied forces gain momentum as U-boat campaign sinks fewer munitions than Allied losses, with May and the first week of June cited as strong months in the anti submarine war.
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House of Commons
Yestern
United Nations
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Colle
Churchill
Heroic Acts Of Red Army Pilots Shown
Moscow dispatches report dramatic acts of heroism by army pilots aloft the white night above Gorki to defend the munitions center from raids. Seven enemy bombers said shot down as dwellings were damaged, while Soviet long-range bombers struck enemy airfields northwest of Bryansk. Ground fighting featured artillery blows as both sides prepared for upcoming offensives.
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Gorki
Bryansk
Lower
Kuban
80 Per Cent Med Graduates To Go To War
Chicago June 9. Dr James E Paulin president of the American Medical Association outlined wartime plans for medical care. He estimated 20 percent of new civilian physicians yearly and 600 relieved from military service. A doctor for 1500 people is urged to meet regional shortages amid rapid industry expansion and voluntary relocation.
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House of Delegates
American Medical Association
James E. Paulin
Atlanta
Paulin
United States
Paullin
Draft classification 1 A for communist author Jan Valtin
New York June 9 1944 Jan Valtin author of Out Of The Night has been classified 1 A for the draft and ordered to report for a physical examination says his attorney Hugo Pollock.
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New York
Jan Valtin
Hugo Pollock
Full Retaliation Is Promised If Axis Uses Poison Gas
President Roosevelt warned of likely retaliation if Axis forces deploy gas weapons. He cited rising reports of gas preparations and pledged swift, global回应 against munitions and military targets. Maj. Gen. Porter noted US stand-by gas production and advanced protections for troops.
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Europe
Chemical Warfare Service
Roosevelt
Axis
Asia
United Nations
United States
Germany
Japan
Germans Say Surrender Is Rejected
Axis broadcasts quote Rome and Italian officials saying Pantelleria garrison rejected surrender demands amid heavy Allied air and naval bombardment. Reports note no direct invasion threat confirmed, with ongoing aerial attacks and defenses, plus raids on Sicily and Sardinia.
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Pantelleria
Cap Bon
Sicily
Sardinia
Carbonia
Calasetta
Cagliari
Plan Blow At State Liquor Black Market Plan Blow At State
RALEIGH June 9 The state watches reports of rising black market liquor activity but offers no attack plan. ABC Chairman Williamson says the board will use all means, noting dry counties supply most reports while 25 wet counties face tight liquor allotments ending in bootlegging opportunities. Bootleggers pay wholesalers extra to obtain whiskey not limited by ABC store prices. The state buys whiskey directly from distilleries, not jobbers, and Williamson says distilleries will not take under the table money.
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Raleigh
ABC
Carl Williamson
State Bureau of Investigation
Williamson
Interned Japs Refuse Loyalty To America
Ralph M. Gelvin testifies before a Dies committee that about 450 American-born Japanese at the Poston Arizona relocation center refused to repudiate loyalty to Japan or swear allegiance to the United States. An additional 180 gave evasive answers, while about 11 000 Nisei reside there. only 24 women gave negative responses.
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Los Angeles
Ralph M. Gelvin
Poston, Ariz
Japan
United States
Dies
Congressional
Gelvin
Colorado River
Fuchen
Morinigo Sets Course for White House Visit
Paraguay President Higinio Morinigo left Miami by plane for Washington to meet President Roosevelt. He will be hosted at a White House dinner as Secretary Hull and other officials greet the Paraguayan leader returning from his state visit. Morinigo, famed as a Gran Chaco War figure, said his first night in the United States is all that is beautiful and nice.
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Miami
Fla
Higinio Morinigo
Paraguay
Washington
Roosevelt
South American
Pooner
Capital
Hull
White House
Morinigo
Nero
United States
General Decrease In Prices Of Most Foods Is Forecast
Congressional critics foresee a broad price drop for foods with continued subsidies to offset lower returns. Senate hearings revealed the Office of Price Administration plans to apply the rollback to vegetables plus butter meat and coffee. Critics warn subsidies may grow and taxes plus admin costs erase consumer savings. CIO witnesses praise the move as OPA flexing its muscles.
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Senate
Office of Price Administration
Maloney
D-Conn
OPA
Taft
Ohio
Congress of Industrial Organizations
George Claims Congress Ready For New Tax Bill
Washington July 9, Chairman George of the Senate Finance Committee said Congress is prepared to work on a new tax bill once the president’s plan for additional levies is considered. The pay as you go system remains in effect with a 20 percent withholding starting July 1, and higher excise taxes on cigarettes tobacco and whiskey are possible to close the inflationary gap.
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George
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Danone Ae Sarita Etteres
England
Roosevelt
Treasury
Byrnes Denies Any Ambition For Vice President
Washington June 94 James F Byrnes War Mobilization director said he had no ambition to be vice president and would not seek nomination. He spoke at his first press conference since becoming overall director of home front activities and said Baruch will advise without pay on policy studies.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Truman War Investigating Committee
Senate
House
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Baruch
Discord in coal talks stalls wage feud toward WLB
Washington June 9 The War Labor Board schedules a public hearing on the soft coal wage dispute after coal operators and miners’ leaders call talks farcical. John L. Lewis and mine owners remain deadlocked with a long travel time dispute. a 48 minute underground travel standard is debated amid calls for a new study.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Washlington
John L. Lewis
Edward R. Burke
Lewis
Burke
U.M.W
WLB
Coal Leaders Threaten Strike On Summer Solstice
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, urged 500000 miners to keep working until June 21 as talks continued over a proposed $2 daily wage raise. He emerged from the parley calling the proceedings farcical and the operators sullen and morose, an insult to the industry.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Allies Likely Move Target Pantelleria Island in Mediter ranean
A British military writer suggested a landing may have occurred on Pantelleria Island, but London officials offered no support for the claim. Reuters reports the offensive appears to have begun in the Mediterranean with Pantelleria and Lampedusa as initial Allied objectives.
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London
British Press Association
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Reuters
Lampedusa
Allied Coastal Reconnaissance Of Lampedusa Reported
A Malta communiqué says light naval units reconnoitered Lampedusa on Sunday night with no casualties or damage except two landing party members lost. Axis forces described the action as a failed five company commando assault.
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Lampedusa
Pantelleria
Axis
Sardania
la Spezia
Italy
Reggio Calabria
Naples
Northwest African Air Force
Sardinia
RAF
Desert Force
Chinese forces smash Japanese defenses near Hwajung
Chinese dispatches report Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's troops broke the Japanese line southeast of Hwajung near Lake Tungtung in Northern Hunan. The assault left over 200 Japanese casualties and many equipment captures, while 200 Japanese attempting to swim across a river were drowned.
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Chiang Kai- Shek
Hwajung
Lake Tungtung
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Shihliou
Ichang
Hankow
Yangtze
Itu
Sungtze
Anothe Yangtze
Shasi
Yingshan
Linyang
Taiheng Mountains
Shansi
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