Navy reports rising submarine wins deepen Pacific effort
The Associated Press reports Secretary Knox confirming eight American subs lost have been replaced many times over as navy announcements claim 12 more Japanese ships sunk. He notes a steady fleet growth, learning on the job, and a long road ahead before a sizeable movement ends the war.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
United States
Pacific
America
Atlantic
Allied Fleets Mass In Sicilian Straits Invasion Readiness
Allied headquarters report RAF bombers pounded Messina while a Rome radio commentator urged Italians to brace for invasion. He claimed Allied forces, planes, and sailors stand ready for the decisive phase toward victory.
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Rome
Sicilian
London
RAF Bombers Raid Oberhausen in Fourth Night Assault
London June 15. F front-line heavy bombers again attacked German targets last night focusing on the steel and coal city Oberhausen near Essen. Allied fighters chased bands over Pas de Calais after a breakfast sweep. Berlin said Oberhausen sustained heavy damage with civilian unrest and about twenty eight bombers reported down.
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Essen
Bakfast
Formaof
Pas de Calasis
Oberhausen
RAF
Rhincerne
Duisburg
Dorland
Hamm
Berlin
Associated Press
Rman
Eity
Leaders in Try For an Enabling Tax Measure
Washington June 15 congressional tax leaders after meeting with Secretary Morgenthau said every reasonable effort will be made to enact a tax bill to meet President Roosevelt's request for an additional 16 million dollars in revenues. House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton said hearings may start about two weeks before Congress reconvenes. The conference included Senators George Dillon, Morgen J. Byrd, Cooper Disney and others with Treasury officials and the Economic Stabilization Director.
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Treasury Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Uest
Doughton
D-Nc
House Ways and Means Comitee
Adu
George
D- Illon
Morgen J
Senate Free Committee
Byrd
D- A
Cooper
D-Tenn
Disney
D-Okla
House
Ways and Means
Fred Vinson
Treasury
Daniel W., J. and
Randolph Paul
Treasury 1
Tax Authority
Airborne General Lee Injured in Glider Crash in Tennessee
Major General William C. Lee commander of an airborne infantry division was injured in a morning glider crash near Lafayette Tennessee during a maneuver. Ten other officers and enlisted men were aboard when the craft failed to drop its wheels and was demolished on impact.
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Mnessee
William C. Lee
Laayette
Tenn
Lee
The War Today Air power and Atlantic patrols shape war outlook
The column argues Axis pressures rise as Allied air power grows. It notes Italian island surrenders yet questions bombing efficacy on Germany and Italy, cites losses of Fortresses, and praises improved mid Atlantic patrols with no western merchant ship sinkings last week since 1943.
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Atlantic
Mid Atlantic
AFL Transit Strikes Snarl Traveling In Pennsylvania
Strikes by AFL transportation workers in Johnstown McKeesport and Pittsburgh areas disrupt 25,000 to 30,000 war workers. Johnstown strike enters third day over 72 cent minimum wage. buses and streetcars halted. Disputes affect Bethlehem Steel Johnstown plant and Ohio River district routes with crew terminations for non returners.
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AFL
Pennsylvania
Ine
Johnstown
Raven Vuary
International Union
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
War Labor Board
Bethlehem Steel Company
AFL Amalgamated
McKeesport
Penn Transit Bus Company
Ohio River Motor Coach Company
Phillies Top Braves in Swing Shift Opener
The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Boston Braves 6 to 4 in the first swing shift doubleheader opener. Ron Northey and Coaker Triplett homered, with Triplett adding a three run triple. About 6,500 attended.
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Braves
Philadelphia
Boston Braves
Ron Northey
Coaker
Brown Seeks Payment Of Subsidies
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown told a Washington conference that subsidies are essential for price control programs to function. He noted three statutory principles guiding parity, stabilization at Sept. 15, 1942 levels, and fair margins for processors and middlemen, and insisted subsidies are authorized from appropriations or reconstruction finance funds.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Michigan
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chicago Produce Prices Hold Steady On Butter And Eggs
Chicago market notes show butter receipts at 999 645 and eggs at 24 348, with prices steady and unchanged per Chicago price current. The June 15 report reflects no movement in wholesale dairy and egg pricing.
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Chicago
House Group Seeks a Single Food Czar From FDR
Seven members of the House Agriculture Committee pressed President Roosevelt for a centralized food administration with comprehensive powers. They delivered a bill and discussed the idea with James Byrnes and Fred Vinson, but left with uncertainty on executive action. Representatives Fulmer and Hope spoke on likely timelines and actions.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
White House
Fulmer
D-Sc
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Byrnes
Representative Hope
R-Kas
FDR's Grandson Exonerated In Playmate Slaying
NORRISTOWN PA June 15 William Donner Roosevelt 10 son of Col Elliot Roosevelt and grandson of the president was exonerated by a Montgomery County coroner's jury today in the fatal shooting June 6 of his playmate Lewis Hutchinson Jr 11 of Ardmore The rifle used fired a .22 caliber round from the Roosevelt boy's gun during the incident.
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Norristown
William Donner Roosevelt
Col
Elliot Roosevelt
Montgomery County
Lewis Hutchinson, Jr
Ardmore
Young Hutchinson
Evacuation Drives Grow as German Cities Face Bombing
German newspapers report mass evacuations in western Germany after 180 Allied raids and 600 air alarms. Hitler’s papers urge rural hosts to shelter refugees while Berlin warns of heavy losses and the need for emergency housing in Essen and other cities.
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Switzerland
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URGE
Hitler
Voelkischer Bonebachter
Duesseldorff
Berlin
Das Reich
Hitlers
Hermann Goering
Essenger National Zeitung
Essen
Krupp
Allies mass in Mediterranean as Pantelleria gains control
Allied Headquarters reported ongoing reconnaissance and patrols after preliminary attacks on Tyrrhenian Sea approaches to Italy. Rome and Berlin broadcasts described massing forces, while Pantelleria, Lampedusa, and Linosa were already under Allied control amid uncertain, contested reports on further maneuvers.
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Italy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pantelleria
London
Rome
Sicilian
London Express
Bizerte
Associated Press
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Bone
Mediterranean
Portugal
Lampione
Lampedusa
Sicily
Linosa
Reds Crush Tank Led Nazi Attack
London reports German infantry backed by tanks and planes made several counterattacks to retake four settlements north east of Mtsensk in the Orel sector. Soviet communique says heavy losses for Germany, about 200 officers and men killed in one sector, and three planes shot down. Reds captured the settlements Saturday night amid ongoing clashes around Belgorod and Rostov front areas.
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Mtsensk
Orel
Belgorod
Moscow
Volkhov
Rostov
Guadalcanal Bombers Struck. No Losses Reported
The Navy reports Japanese bombers dropped a small number of bombs on Guadalcanal Sunday night with no casualties to personnel or material. Navy communique No. 412 notes earlier June 13 air actions in the South Pacific including damage to a Japanese reconnaissance bomber.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
South Pacific
Stilwell Sees Hard Job in Crushing Japs
Gen Joseph W Stilwell returned from Washington and warned of a hell of a hard job ahead to defeat Japan. He said the United Nations are determined to act soon and that China was thoroughly considered with needs discussed at length. He noted coordinated Allied action and praised support from the 14th US Air Force to Chinese Yangtze forces.
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Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
Washington
Japan
United Nations
Stilwell
China
Southwest Pacific
Orient
Mediterranean
Yangtze Front
14Th
United States Air Force
Syrian Border Closure Shocks Turkish Officials
Allied authorities will shut the Syrian border with Turkey at 6 pm, though officials say they do not know why or how long it will last. Admiral Sir John Cunningham, new British commander in the Levant, met with President Ismet Inonu and top Turkish leaders during a Cairo visit. He is scheduled to depart today.
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Turkey
Syria
John Cunningham
Levant
Cairo
Ismet Inonu
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