Weather update for the Carolinas and Georgia showers
North and South Carolina expect scattered showers and thunderstorms with little temperature change this afternoon and tonight in the west portions. Charlotte records show high near 90 and overnight near 72 with rainfall reported. Continuous moist conditions remain in effect across the region with varied coverage in southern areas.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Northwest
Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Fall
Asheville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Chicago
Columbia
Jacksonville
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Richmond
Savannah
Tampa
Washington
Wilmington
San Antonio
Wartime Dependent Allowances Under Consideration
Secretary Stimson argues for selective increases in living costs for dependents if large scale induction of married men with children begins. He warns Lodge proposal would raise government contributions by 15 percent for all dependents. Current pattern: a married man at lower ranks receives $50 monthly with $28 government aid and $22 personal, plus $12 for one child and $10 for each additional child.
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Selective Service
Stimson
Lodge
Army
Navy
Navy air raids hit Vila and Kiska runs and camps
In the North Pacific actions on Vila Kolombangara Island and Kiska two air fleets attacked. Dauntless and Avenger aircraft hit Vila runway and camp. on June 26 Libera heavy bombers aided by B 25 and Vega B 34 mediums struck Kiska seven times with Lightning and P 40 fighters escort.
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Navy
Vila
Kolombangara
North Pacific
Kiska
RAF misses target for first time in seven nights
Bombers and supporting ships pressed actions as two rail yards were struck and locomotives raked by machine-gun fire. R-boats off Cherbourg were bombed and one vessel vented smoke after taking damage. No British air patrols were seen over Germany.
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Air Ministry
Cherbourg
Germany
Ruhr
RAF
Allied air strikes on Messina and Sicilian water shortage report
Dispatches from Madrid say Sicily faces acute water shortages as Allied air raids intensify. About 4 million residents may be placed on rationing while a daylight attack by 100 Flying Fortresses targets Messina, with fires and rail hubs hit and Axis fighters claimed destroyed. A Fortress incident near North Africa reports seven planes down, and Lieut. Frank Hunter of Salt Lake City credited. Also reported is a Civil Air Patrol crash near the North Carolina coast killing Capt. Leonard Lundquist and Sgt. David Williams.
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Sicily
London Daily Mail
Madrid
Messina
Mediterranean
Middle East
RAF Wellington
Lieut
Frank Hunter
Salt Lake City
Italy
Charlotte
Civil Air Patrol
Leonard Lundquist
Gastonia
David Stephen Williams
North Carolina
New York Stocks Report June 28 at 2 P.M.
New York stocks listed including Penn Dix Penn Rr Pepsi Cola Phillips Penn Pub Soc NJ Pullman Pure and others showing varied quotes. Market activity noted at 2 p.m. with several prices cited in fractional percentages.
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New York
Penn Dix
Penn Rr
Pepsi Cola Phillips Pet Pitt
Scr & B Pub Soc NJ Pullman Pure O1
Miller Says Eighth Air Force Ready For More Planes
Maj. Gen. Henry F. Miller head of the Eighth Air Force service command announced readiness for a new flow of aircraft to the theater for an intensified offensive against Germany. He noted ample bombs including 4 000 pounders and spoke after presenting valor awards to four officers and one enlisted man.
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Ausaaf
Britain
Henry F. Miller
U. S. Army
Eighth Air Force Service Command
Germany
Miler
Air Force
Week End State Death Toll Placed At Three
Charlotte report shows at least three people killed by violence in North Carolina that week. Ray M. Gilland, 27, of Mooresville, struck by car on the Mooresville Kannapolis highway. Pvt. Raymond Sarama of Brooklyn, stationed at Camp Butner, drowned in a Wake County lake. Haskell Lee Livingstone, three, a Negro, struck by a car and died hours later in a hospital.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Ray M. Gilland
Mooresville
Kannapolis
Raymond Sarama
Brooklyn
N.Y
Camp Butner
Wake County
Haskell Lee Livingstone
Greek Raid Targets Sedes Airdrome at Salonika
Greek air raid hits the Sedes airdrome at Salonika as a prelude to potential ground offensive. The attack follows a large bombing mission and signals intensified Greek operations near the second Greek port.
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Can Basin
Sedes
Salonika
Chicago dairy and egg market roundup hits varied receipts
Chicago market notes June 28 report butter receipts total 1 223347. creamery grades 93 AA 41s down to 88 cooking 39. Centralized carrots 40% and eggs receipts 17645 with fresh graded extra firsts 40 local 40 and current receipts 38. Dirties 35 percent. checks 35s.
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Chicago
Conspiracy Charges Face Chemical Firms
The Justice Department announced a federal indictment accusing three American chemical firms and four officers of forming a world wide cartel in titanium compounds for war materials. Named defendants include National Lead Company, DuPont, Titan Company, and Krebs Pigment Division. Co-conspirators cited include I. G. Farben Industrie, Imperial Chemical Industries, Montecatini, and Kokusan Kogyo Kai.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Tom Clark
Justice Department
Clark
New York City
National Lead Company
Fletcher W. Rockwell
Claude F. Garesche
E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
Carl H. Rupprecht
Krebs
Titan Company, Inc
Susidiary
Gustav Jebsen
I. G. Farben Industrie
Germany
Imperial Chemical Industries
Great Britain
Montecatini
Italy
Kokusan Kogyo Kaibushiki
Japan
Seven Airmen Killed In Midnight Bomber Crash In Georgia
Seven airmen died yesterday when a medium bomber from Columbia army air base crashed about 25 miles north of Augusta Georgia. An eighth death occurred early today when an army driver from Daniel Field was killed in a highway crash while en route to investigate the incident.
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Columbia
S. C
Augusta
Columbia Army Air Base
Usher Winslett
Daniel Air Field
Winslett
Detroit Lifts Restrictions After Race Riots
Detroit easing emergency orders as Governor Kelly and authorities lift most curfews and liquor bans. Army troops stay on riot duty as precaution. Civilians may bear arms only with restraint and public assemblies that could incite trouble remain barred. No violence reported since troops arrived last Monday.
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Detroit
Harry F. Kelly
United States Army
Tar Heel Soldier Dies In Car Wreck
Private Kermit Alexander of Monroe North Carolina on furlough died in a crash on the highway between Suffolk and Holland six miles from Suffolk. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. His brother W E Alexander escaped with minor injuries as did another passenger named Farrell of Zebulon North Carolina.
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Kermit Alexander
Monroe
N. C
Camp Cushing
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Suffolk
Holland
Alexander
W. E. Alexander
Farrell
Zebulon
U S Battleships Reported Joining British Fleet
A Reuters Stockholm dispatch says United States battleships reached the Mediterranean and joined the British fleet. The report cites the Scandinavian telegram bureau and notes Italian fleet movements as unconfirmed and possibly seeking refuge from Allied bombing.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
United States
Mediterranean
Algiers
Arriba
Roosevelt Signs Historic Naval Bill for 33 Billion
President Roosevelt signed the largest naval appropriation in U.S. history totaling about 33 billion dollars for the year starting July 1. The measure includes 27.6 billion in direct appropriations and about 6 billion in contractual authority, with roughly 5 billion to add 27 000 naval planes.
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PDR
Bill Washington
Roosevelt
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