Allied bombers hit Sardinia and Sicily targets at Comiso and Olbia
Allied headquarters report British heavy bombers from the Eastern Mediterranean hit the Comiso airfield in Sicily and Olbia docks in Sardinia. Two large explosions and multiple fires followed. Northwest African forces claim a tanker sunk by coastal patrols. some aircraft reported missing from operations.
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Olbia
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Sicly
Rome
Cominique
Algerian
Bers
Fuka
War Today preview shows Axis under pressure in Germany
Max Hill notes Axis fear of Allied strikes as air raids pound Germany The Ruhr remains heavily bombed and civilian morale erodes while production shifts in response Britain's output rises 40 percent in early 1943 and observers see Germany strained under relentless Allied assault
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Italy
Europe
Switzerland
Thomas F. Hawkins
Iated Press
London
Great Tain
Ruhr
Stockholm
Hitler
House Agriculture Group Approves Bill For Food Czar
The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to create a food czar with total wartime control over food production distribution pricing and rationing. The measure would transfer OPA powers to a war food administrator Ches ter C Davis and faces Republican opposition. A broader debate on war spending and farm programs followed amid weather and crop condition notes.
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House Agriculture Committee
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D-Sc
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War Production Board
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester C. Davis
Republican
Congressional Food Study Committee
United States
Senate
War Food Administrator
Farm Security Administration
FSA
House
Reed Attacks Subsidy Plan During Senate Debate
Senator Reed of Kansas charged the administration with misrepresentation as he attacked subsidy plans to lower food prices. He argued wages rose faster than urban living costs from 1939 to 1943, claiming subsidies would boost inflation and purchasing power. Taft supporters urged tighter curbs or removal of agency subsidies, with Congress to decide on each program.
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Reed R-Kans
Senate
Kansan
Federal
Reed
Taft
Ohio
White House
Unsuccessful Japanese Air Attacks Reported Near Solomon Islands
The navy announced that Japanese planes attacked small American warships in the Southeastern Solomon Islands on two occasions recently but were unsuccessful.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Japs In America Exploring Relocation Camps
The Enterprise will run four articles starting tomorrow on relocation camps under official investigation. The piece notes over 100000 Japanese Americans in the U S, many citizens, and reports mismanagement charges. A Dies subcommittee probes the camps as some states bar Japanese entry.
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Dies
NEA
Roosevelt coal plan seen as weak alternative to anti strike bill
Washington June B Roosevelt proposes using draft-age miners in the armed forces and raising induction age to 64 for non combat service. Reactions in Congress are cool though Appalachian operators back the stand and want mines returned to owners. John L Lewis press for higher wages even as workers stay in government mines. Back to work slow with locals split on resuming without a contract.
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Yestern
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William H. Davis
War Labor Board
WLB
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Senate
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Axis Withdraw From Outposts
London reports unofficial sources indicate Axis troops are pulling back from Mediterranean outposts from Sardinia to the Dodecanese to bolster a new line against an anticipated Allied invasion. The same source says Castelrosso near the Dodecanese has been evacuated and German forces in mainland Italy may number about 60,000.
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Dodecanese
Berlin
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Sicily
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Italy
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Taranto
Brenner Pass
Balkans
U S Casualty Totals In War Reach New Highs
Washington reports 87 specified 87 504 total announced casualties across all theaters with 15 132 dead or dying. Army losses 63 958 while Navy Marine Coast Guard losses total 23 556 with 7 604 dead and 4 732 wounded. many missing. Secretary Stimson warns future operations may bring heavier tolls.
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Philippine Scouts
Philippines Constabulary
Commonwealth Army
Bataan
Corregidor
Ickes Moves To Assume Active Charge Of Mines
Secretary Ickes announced he will take active charge of coal mine management and expects to operate them for a considerable period. He summoned 29 mine owners to discuss government control amid a wage dispute and possible rationing to maintain production toward wartime goals.
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Washington
War Labor Labor Board
Number Mines Still Idle In Pennsylvania
Thousands of UMW miners refused to return to work amid the back-to-the-mines push. In Pennsylvania most mines were idle with under 50 percent operating. Alabama and West Virginia showed large stoppages too. Some locals voted to continue the walkout while others began partial returns under the war labor board dispute.
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Pennsylvania
Westernsylvania Coal Operators’ Association
Alabama
West Virginia
Ohio
UMW
Virginia
Kentucky
Ilinois
War Labor Board
Glen Alden
Cone Tract
Fors
Union
Washton
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Russian Units Strike German Defense Lines West of Belgorod
Moscow reports a Soviet reconnaissance unit struck German lines west of Belgorod, with over 200 German deaths described. Belgorod sits near Kharkov, both already held by Germany, while air raids against enemy airfields continued.
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Moscow
Belgorod
Kharkov
Red Air Force
London
Cards Defeat Reds In Morning Game
In Cincinnati on June 24 Harry Gumbert held the Reds to seven hits as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Cincinnati 5 to 1. Whitey Kurowski homered in the sixth, and the Cardinals pounded Bucky Walters and two relievers for ten hits in a swing shift crowd of 5,892.
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Cincinnati
Harry Gumbert
Reds
St. Louis Cardinal
Bucky Walters
Whitey Kurowski
Raids On Ruhr Expected To Increase
Washington reports high authority expects intensified round the clock Anglo American raids on the Ruhr and Nazi war zones to continue through favorable cross channel conditions. General Marshall says air power will not end the war alone but will divert German forces from Russia and the Mediterranean as weather and Russian offensives shape the year.
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Stim
Ruhr
George C. Marshall
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Columbus
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Joint Staff
Russian
Mediterranean
Russia
Hitler
Jap Seaplane Base Blasted
Advanced South Pacific base bombed with 20 tons of bombs on Rekata Bay at Santa Isabel Island. Bombing hits and a fire reported as fighters escorted the force conducted a separate strike on Bur village on Gannon ga Island. one Mitchell bomber did not return.
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Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Solomons
South Pacific Force
U. S
Bur
Gannonga Island
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