NYA projects face large cuts as 1943 budget set
Washington June 27 The National Youth Administration will abolish about 40 000 jobs on NYA projects when the new fiscal year begins July 3 as funds are sharply reduced Only projects tied to training youths or war production will stay open Williams NYA administrator said aides estimate 60 000 to 80 000 war production trainees will be active after July 5 with four turnover cycles and about 350 000 youths aged 17 to 24 to receive essential trades training Hospital aide and cook courses will close while some wood working programs may continue to aid army centers Other layoffs include clerical work for draft boards and army camps The pending appropriations bill would provide about 60 million dollars for 1943 compared with 130 million in the current year In China naval action Chinese pilots reportedly sank two Japanese warships on the Yangtze River near Sinti Hupeh province
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Associated Press
Washington
National Youth Administration
Aubrey Williams
NYA
Williams
Virginia
Maryland
Iie
German saboteurs landed on U S coast captured by FBI
Eight German saboteurs, landed by submarines on Long Island and Ponte Vedra Beach, hid TNT fuses and timing devices after washing ashore. Former U.S. residents and German Americans among the group, including a Michigan National Guard veteran. Hoover announced captures, with two Florida men and four New York men identified.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
U. S
United States
Michigan National Guard
Berlin
Long Island
New York City
Ponte Vedra Beach
Jacksonville
Fla
Hoover
Amagansett Bay
Florida
FBI
Speculation Rises Over Second Front In Allied Plan
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill promise a blow at Germany to divert forces from Russia. They note rising ship production, plan new anti submarine steps, and say coming operations discussed in Washington will divert German strength from the Soviet front, though no second front specifics are given.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Germany
London
United Nations
Atlantic
Russia
British Isles
House Senate feud nears open clash in cloakroom fights
In the last months the House and Senate have grown unusually hostile. Reports say near physical confrontations occurred during conferences as lawmakers clash over major measures. Some members propose a joint committee to oversee and resolve intraparl iamentary disputes to save the Congress from public discredit.
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Ray Tucker
House-Senate
Civilian Control Over Military Purchase Power Urged
Washington June 27 two Senate Defense Investigating Committee members urged full civilian control over Army and Navy buying with Nelson retaining final military contract decisions. They noted Nelson’s aides being moved to WPB work under Army Navy and Maritime Commission officers and discussed possible shifts toward uniform purchasing accountability.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Truman
D-Mo
Mead
D-Ny
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
War and Navy Departments
Armed Services
WPB
Senate
Army, Navy and Maritime Commission
WPRB
White House
W. H. Harrison
Service of Supply
Brehon Somervell
Reds Repulse Huge Attacks At Sevastopol
Soviet dispatches report Sevastopol defenses repelled repeated German assaults as the siege entered its 24th day. On the Kharkov front Marshal Timoshenko’s forces halted the eight day German push with tank counter attacks. Soviet airmen claimed devastating blows injuring Germans, with numerous planes tanks and trucks destroyed. Western broadcasts noted heavy aerial combat and uncertain air superiority.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimean
Kharkov
Marshall Timoshenko
Ixharkov
BBC
New York
CBS
OPA Approves Gas Price Scale Jump
Washington report states the OPA raised prices for gasoline and domestic fuel oil along the eastern seaboard. Gasoline up 2 1/3 cents a gallon and fuel oil up 2 cents a gallon, plus kerosene. New prices took effect Monday as transport costs into the rationing area were cited and subsidies lacking.
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Washington
OPA
Seaboard
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Japanese recapture Kweiki to narrow Chekiang Kiangsi gap
Chinese high command said Japan recaptured Kweiki 80 miles southeast of Nanchang to shorten the Chekiang Kiangsi offensive gap to about 50 miles. Lishui airbase fell after street battles with heavy losses on both sides, as Chinese forces held Shangjao and Xinjiang areas and fought to stem three Kiangsi thrusts toward Fukiai.
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Chungking
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Kweiki
Lishui
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Chekiang
South Seas
Shangjao
Fukiai Province
Kwangfeng
Linchwar
Fuchow
Cantal
Linchwan
Atutskirts
Nancheng
Henan- Shansi
Taiheng
Linhsien
Lingchwan
Honan
Samshui
Kongmoon
Canton
Kwangiung
Loss Of Two Allied Vessels Disclosed
The Navy disclosed the loss of two allied merchant ships to Axis submarines in the Atlantic and survivors reached an Australian port after two other UN cargo ships were sunk in the Pacific. The Atlantic losses included a US cargo carrier and a Yugoslav vessel, bringing total Allied and neutral ship losses since the U.S. entered the war to 315. The American ship was torpedoed and shelled on May 28. 41 crew members and five navy gunners survived. In the Pacific, the Yugoslav ship was sunk June 24 after three torpedoes. all 27 crew were rescued six hours later. Survivors described lifeboat drills and better lifesaving equipment reducing loss of life.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
United Nations
Pacific
United States
Caribbean
Maritime Commission
Sabotage Suspected in Needles Train Wreck
Two witnesses told a coroner's jury saboteurs caused a crash that killed two crewmen near Parker on a fire weakened bridge. Civilians were seriously hurt. deputy sheriff and a Santa Fe agent testified fire appeared deliberate and the bridge was burned away, though the verdict said unknown origin. The Army and FRE joined investigations.
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Needles
Calif
Parker
Aziz
Hal Gxhevad
Vidal
RAF claims seven enemy fighters down in 24 hours
In Valletta Malta the RAF fighter patrol reports shooting down seven enemy fighters in the last 24 hours without losses. The same night a bombing raid on the harbor area and the air drome vicinity caused deaths and injuries.
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Valletpa
Malta
RAF
Washington Awaits Visit Queen Wilhelmina With Great Interest
Washington prepares for the first visit by an European queen born to a throne as Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands arrives in Ottawa with her daughter Crown Princess Juliana and granddaughters Beatrix and Irene. The capital anticipates royal guests from The Netherlands and notes her long reign since 1890.
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Washington
Wilhelmina
United Nations
Netherlands
Britain
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Ottawa
Crown Princess
Juliana
Beatrix
Irene
OrtiMa
Roosevelt
Holland
Martha
Norway
George II
Greece
Charlotte
Luxembourg
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Roy
Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Belgium
Marie
Roumania
William II
Henry Vladimir
Mecklenburg - Schwerin
Axis Drive Aims At Alexandria Near Matruh
Cairo June 27 The British Eighth Army faces a powerful Axis force with three mechanized divisions moving toward Alexandria 153 miles away and the Suez Canal beyond. Allied defenders hold a line 11 1/2 miles inside Egypt as Rommel presses from Matruh with air and ground units, while RAF and Allied air forces hammer the advancing enemy and prepare for a possible assault in the western desert.
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Edward Kennedy
Cairo
Eighth Army
Matruh
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Desert Army
Egypt
Egyp
Nile Valley
Libya
Erwin Rommel
Nile
Mediterranean
Qat
Tara
Rommel
FLERS
Alled
United Stat Army
AXIS
RAF
Guiée
Eighth
Arca
Enem
Mat
Bir Abu Meschens
Svest
African Leader Asks For Recruits
Capetown June 27. Field Marshal Jan Smuts urged 35 000 recruits under 35 in a national broadcast to replace South African losses in Libya. He defended troops, blamed no one for the setback at Tobruk, and noted brigade and artillery units were in garrison with losses totaling 140 killed and 1945 missing.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Jan Kiean Smuts
Libya
Teb
Tobruk
Smuts
Peer
Onze
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Columbia
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Winston Churchill
Great Britain
William C. Lee
VAP Warsiips
China
Central News
Hews Agency
Yangtze River
Sinti
Hupeh
Second Front
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