War Department spending bill advances in House debate
The House completed debate on a 71.5 billion dollar War Department appropriation, with passage expected by unanimous vote on Monday. Delegates urged rapid, decisive spending to defeat the Axis, while some warned of privations and fiscal limits as total defense outlays rise past 340 billion dollars since 1940.
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War Department
Washington
Appropriations
Rep
Starnes
Snyder
D-Pa
O'Hara
R-Minn
Robison
R-Ky
Great Britain
Mahon
D-Tex
Senate
Army Man Praises Navy Hospital In South Pacific
An Army public relations staffer in the South Pacific lauds a naval hospital for topflight doctors and corpsmen called walking blood banks. He notes thousands of Guadalcanal wounded passed through, with 0.44 percent mortality and rapid repatriation to the front.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Naval Hospital
South Pacific
South Park
Guadalcanal
Jap Navy Patrol Captures Soviet Flag Merchant Ships
Washington Evening Star reports Japan's North Pacific patrol seized several Soviet-flag merchant ships on the US Siberian route. The move strains Tokyo Moscow ties, with no government comment. Observers cited possible German pressure to curb lend lease shipments to Russia.
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Washington
Constantine Brown
Washington Evening Star
North Pacific
United States
Siberian
Tokyo
Moscow
Japan
Russia
Soviet Union
Merchants to Attend Shoe Rationing Meeting
Shoe merchants in High Point and vicinity are invited to a Charlotte meeting Friday June 25 to hear Melvin A Blach of Atlanta regional OPA commodity rationing officer discuss rationing problems.
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Charlotte
High Point
Melvin A. Blach
Atlanta
OPA
Texans hail new cruiser Houston on launch day
Newport News shipyard launches the cruiser Houston with Texans cheering as banners fly and Anchors Aweigh plays. The ship honors the prior Houston’s memory and the state’s $72 million support, while officials including Governor Stevenson and Jesse Jones observe the ceremony.
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Newport News
Houston
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Navy
Java Sea
Texas
Washington
Coke R. Stevenson
Commerce
Jesse H. Jones
Police Hunt For Escaped Prisoners
Two escaped federal prisoners described as armed and dangerous were hunted after overpowering guards on a Savannah to Atlanta transfer. Deputy Marshal C G Ball and Savannah officer L T Williams were holding them when the men grabbed a gun, a crash followed near Stockbridge on highway 42. Williams was wounded but reportedly lightly. Prisoners Myron Gerald Hinds and James Ginn were in custody or to testify in a caso.
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Atlanta
Savannah
Federal Penitentiary
U. S
C. G. Ball
L. T. Williams
Williams
Myron Gerald Hinds
James Ginn
Waycross
Ball
Stockbridge
Duke Announces Opening Schedule
Duke University outlines the term opening starting July 1 for Navy V-12 and civilian students. Separate July 1 assemblies occur for Navy and civilian groups, with subsequent freshman tests and registrations on July 2. Freshmen register July 45 and classes begin July 6.
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Durham
Duke University
Navy
Navy Group
Solons Battle Over Federal Bill in Stormy Conference
A heated Senate House conference on treasury post office department appropriation ended amid shouted exchanges between Sen McKellar of Tennessee and Rep Keefe of Wisconsin over free mailing privileges. Keefe said he told McKellar to go to hell and McKellar replied in kind, with talks resuming next week.
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Washington
Senate
House
Treasury Post Office Department
Appropriations
McKellar
D-Tenn
Rep
Keefe
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Bailey
Vatican Radio condemns Japanese treatment of missionaries
Vatican Radio in a New York broadcast to Germany denounced Japanese held missionaries in occupied China and Hong Kong. It cited hunger starvation and cannibalism reports among Chinese internees and warned neutrality often not respected. The report noted Americans and French missionaries under pressure and a lack of parish priests in Rome due to wartime conditions.
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Vatican Radio
Germany
U. S
China
Hong Kong
America
Hng Kong
Rome
Legion Holds Grand Parade In Charlotte
The Grand Voiture of North Carolina Forty and Eight held a grand promenade in Charlotte as a prelude to the North Carolina Legion convention. Elbert H. Burns spoke on war aims and postwar duties. Registration for the convention opens tomorrow with hotel reports showing 2500 to 3000 Legionnaires expected.
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Charlotte
Grand Voiture of
North Carolina
America
Escalator debut at Paris exhibition by Otis in 1900
The escalator first appeared in 1900. Made by the Otis Elevator Co and shown at the Paris exhibition. Benjamin Franklin is credited with inventing the rocking chair. Confederate coinage in 1861 included four silver half-dollars minted in New Orleans. Jeannette Rankin was the first U.S. congresswoman. The carpet sweeper dates to 1876, invented by Melville R. Bissell.
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Otis Elevator Co
Benjamin Franklin
New Orleans
Melville R. Bissell
CPA dinner on war contracts in Raleigh meeting
War contract negotiations will be the focus of a one day Raleigh meeting of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. Representatives from war production firms and CPA leaders will discuss. Carman G. Blough of the War Production Board will speak. R. L. Bradley of Lenoir will preside during officer elections.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
Carman G. Blough
War Production Board
State Association
R. L. Bradley
Lenoir
Auto Head Seeks End to Brown Ban on Pleasure Driving
Thomas P. Henry president of the American Automobile Association urged Price Administrator Prentiss Brown to permanently end the ban on pleasure driving saying it has no place in the rationing system and enforcement leads to snooping. He noted agitation to extend the ban beyond the eastern shortage area and estimated the order saves about 1.5 percent of daily petroleum deliveries. Henry argued for a continuing adjustment between coupons and supplies and tighter anti counterfeiting rather than restricting private car use.
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Washington
Thomas P. Henry
American Automobile Association
Price
Prentiss Brown
Brown
Henry
British yards build 900 ships since war started
Lord Winster said British shipyards had built 900 warships since the war began and had replaced all naval losses by last September. He claimed 3,000,000 soldiers landed overseas with 1,348 losses and that 5,000,000 tons of Axis shipping had been sunk with 3,000,000 tons damaged to March 1943. He noted enemy battleships and destroyers sunk while Italians failed to sink any British warships. Kansas City grain mills grind 80 to 90 million bushels of Kansas wheat annually.
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Hayes
England
Lord Winster
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Britannia
France
Medical Body Sets Postwar Goals
Atlanta June 19 Dr James E Paullin of Atlanta new president of the American Medical Association said the postwar goals include government supported medical centers and relocation of physicians to guarantee care for every individual in the nation In an Atlanta Journal interview Paullin predicted broad support for the associations socialized medical care program He is the second Georgian to hold the role.
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Atlanta
American Medical Association
James E. Paullin
Atlanta Journal
Paullin
Association
Hampden Hampdens Attack Axis Shipping Off Norway
Australian-manned Hampdens with Coastal Command attacked enemy shipping along the Norwegian coast. They torpedoed one supply ship and likely hit two more as anti-aircraft fire raked their patrol. The action was reported today.
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London
Coastal Command
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