Salerno bombing drive and rail hubs hit by RAF
Allied air forces pound Salerno with two ton bomber strikes, smashing freight yards and rail approaches to disrupt Mussolini's supply system. Wellingtons suffer light AA fire and return safely. RAF also targets Sicily, Sardinia, and Aegean Sea shipping with extensive sorties.
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Nyland Norgaard
North Africa
RAF
Salerno
Mussolini
Italy
Naples
Allied
Sardinia
T. H. Whiskey Better Than Hair Tonic
In Honolulu a clerk touts a new imitation bourbon made from cane products and 90 proof. Retailers, under wartime constraints, push substitutes to meet demand and ration card limits, with locals noting any liquor is better than none after Pearl Harbor restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T. H
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Invasion Watch and Razored Warnings From Europe
The day the Axis claimed an invasion of Europe passed with no Allied activity yet BBC in France urged readiness. Secretary Knox said attacks on Europe progress but withheld timing or location amid Russian calls for a second front. The piece questions Kremlin motives and future wartime actions.
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Europe
British Broadcasting Company
France
BBC
Washington
Frank Knox
Moscow
Race Rioting Toll Rises in Detroit Bloodshed Surges to 29
Detroit turmoil pushed the death toll to 29 as riot activity continued in the Negro districts. Troops enforced curfews while authorities urged workers to return to plants to offset wartime production losses. Police and state troops clashed with snipers injuring several. a white woman died from gunfire.
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Detroit
Julian Witherspoon
Witherell Street
Adams Avenue
Ted Anders
Anders
Witherspoon
Harry F. Kelly
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Receiving Hospital
State Officials Injured In CAR TRUCK Collision
RALEIGH June 23 H L Meacham and F F E Miller officials of the NC State College extension service division were hospitalized with serious injuries after their car collided head on with a truck near Wendell. Miller suffered a fractured skull and a semi conscious state while Meacham endured severe head lacerations. Deputy Massey said one truck occupant was seriously injured.
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Raleigh
H. L. Meacham
F. F E. Miller
N. C
Virginia
South Carolina
G. C. Massey
Zebulon
Miller
Meacham
Southern governors back Democratic ticket despite dissent
Governor Broughton of North Carolina says the South will support the Democratic nationwide ticket next year despite dissatisfactions with New Deal policies. Governors press for concessions on freight rates, poll tax repeal, race, and patronage as bargaining points at the 1944 convention.
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D. Harold Oliver
Roosevelt
South
Gov
Broughton
North Carolina
Reali
Blockbusters Hit Muelheim In Allied Raid
London reports RAF bombers struck Muelheim in the Ruhr amid a round the clock offensive. Fires raged at Krefeld with Hull attacked by U S bombers. RAF fighters patrolled over Holland and France and downed two enemy planes. Forty four bombers were lost in the Monday night raid.
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London
Maelheim
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Krefeld
Rhineland
Hull
U. S. Flying Fortress
American Fortresses Rumble Over Dover After Muetheim Raid
London dispatches describe formations of American four engine bombers crossing the coast at Dover and Folkestone as they return from daylight raids on Muetheim after a heavy RAF assault on the German steel and communications center following last night’s operations.
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London
Dover
Folkestone
Europe
Muetheim
Ruhr region rail hub Muelheim Oberhausen bombed in raid
A wartime report describes Muelheim an der Ruhr as a major rail and steel center near Duisburg with 136,000 residents. Oberhausen, close by, was also attacked by RAF bombers on June 14, with 24 raiders destroyed and heavy damage reported. The Canadian bomber force participated in the night assault.
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Ruhr
Duisburg
Rhine
Germany
Muelheim
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Oberhausen
RAF
Europe
Year Makes Difference on Guadalcanal
A wartime correspondent recalls a drastic shift on Guadalcanal from six months of mud and danger to modernized, peaceful life. Roads, tents, food, and post exchanges replace scarcity, with Henderson Field and air power stabilizing the island and ships freely unloading cargo.
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Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Henderson Field
Soviet's Big Guns Batter German Forts
Soviet bomber raids hit Nazi airdromes behind lines as ground activity was limited to scouting and artillery. About 20 German planes were destroyed on the ground on the Leningrad front and three enemy aircraft fell in air combat near Rostov. German claims of Soviet losses and the detailed fortification strikes are noted alongside Russian reports of battles near Lisichansk and Sevsk.
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London
Leningrad
Rostov
Associated Press
Moscow
Berlin
Volkhov
Smolensk
Sevsk
Queen Wilhelmina Visits Hyde Park With Roosevelts
The White House says President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted Queen Wilhelmina at Hyde Park New York last Sunday with Dutch Foreign Minister Eelco Van Kleffens and Secretary George Van Tets in attendance. The meeting, described as social, followed earlier talks between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.
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Washington
White House
Netherlands
Ottawa
Eelco van Kleffens
George van Tets
Hyde Park
Wilhelmina
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
England
Atlantic
Juliana
Government Seizes Mines To October Thirty First
Pennsylvania and West Virginia coal miners return to work under government operation ending general wartime strike. United Mine Workers President John J. Lewis directs a staged resumption with production set to resume fully tomorrow under government control.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
UMW
John J. Lewis
War Labor Board
WLB
Mr. Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United States
William H. Davis
Lewis
Hallowe'en
Rickenbacker Visits Moscow on War Mission
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker arrived in Moscow on a mission for Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and may meet Premier Stalin. The trip accompanies a Kremlin ceremony where American awards were given to Russian servicemen.
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Rickenbacker
Moscow
Eddie Rickenbacker
Henry L. Stimson
Kremlin
United States
Willam H. Standley
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Alexander Dahl
War Department
William Nichols
A. B. Sherry
W. F. Richmond
H. H. Cargle
W. B. Hicks
Ambassador Standley
Joseph A. Michela
Nazis Purge Poland Widens as Blacklist Executions Reported
London reports from the Polish government in exile describe renewed Nazi terror in Poland. More than 500 on the blacklist were shot in recent weeks and 2,000 others were arrested or vanished. A War saw roundup targeted 1,800 intelligentsia in house to house raids. May 29 executions occurred in Warsaw, with mass killings across Lwow Pomorze Kartuzy and other areas.
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London
Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw Hetto
Ice
Tursk
Rzeszow
Lezaysk
Lwow
Pomorze
Kartuzy
Germans Penalize Invasion Guessing Forcing Italy Landing
Berlin radio predicts Italy as the likely Allied invasion target while hinting Mussolini’s forces must bear the main defense. Reports say troops and planes may move to Calabria but lack confirmation. A Berlin broadcast states Italy will defend its homeland with all armed forces.
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London
Berlin
Italy
Ministry of Information
Mussolini
Europe
Erich Schneyder
Transocean
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Balkans
Kurt Jeserich
Guild Demands OWI Domestic Funds Restored
The American Newspaper Guild urged restoration of OWI domestic operations funding as hearings on the $2.8 billion war agencies bill proceed. Guild President Milton Murray appealed to Sen McKellar, arguing OWI is essential for informing the public and that adequate domestic funding is vital for press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Newspaper
Guild
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
OWL
Senate Appropriations
House
Milton Murray
Subcommittee
Mek Kellar
Jdtenn
OWI
House Committee
Office of Price Administration
Murray
McKellar
Office of War
Washington Newspaper Guild
DWI
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Sicily
Sibari
Licata
Trebiscacce
Middle East
Cairo
Nto Island
Aegean Sea
Wellingtons
Son
Carolina
Charleston Navy Yard
James Clayton Thompson
Assembly Street
Columbia
S. C
Marvin Burgin
East Marion
Edward G. Swan
Darlington
U.S. Navy
Dewitt MacKenrire
Max Hill
Tokyo
By Max Hill
Upper East Side
Ernest Lilly
Madison Avenue
Lilly
State
Krefield
Queen
Roosevelts
By Joseph A. Loftus
Steel Company
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