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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1943
Page
3
A half million coal miners strike, breaking the wartime union truce and challenging President Roosevelt. UMWA leader John Lewis provoked the walkout by demanding wage increases, arguing the government takeover risks labor solidarity and the future of free enterprise. Critics warn government operation could erase unions and alter labor rights.
Moscow dispatches report German attempts to relieve sieged forces northeast of Novorossiysk failed as Red Army infantry with heavy artillery repelled renewed offensives. Front remained quiet elsewhere, with both sides preparing for a new major campaign. German claims of attacks near Kuban and Velizh were challenged by Soviet reports of successful defense and fortification work.
Stockholm dispatches report German general staff and Nazi circles scrambling to learn Allied invasion timing and location. Berlin says no summer offensive planned. some analysts foresee a fall combined Soviet, British and American push from east and west. Censorship limits speculation while Axis conduct “fish out” inquiries into Allied plans amid bombings and losses in Russia and North Africa.
Washington reports 85 percent of women stockings will be rayon this year with no rationing planned. Quality over sheer wear, five colors per style, prices capped, reinforced toe, and mandatory quality marks as stock varies. The report notes shorter lengths due to rayon stretch and a new sheer rayon stock not encouraged. First umbrella imported to the U S in 1772.
North Bay Ontario June 2 Dr Alla Roy Dafoe 60 former physician to the Dionne quintuplets Tess died in hospital. He attended the birth and gained international fame nine years ago. Cause pneumonia. He resigned from the quintuplets through Premier Mitchell Hepburn in 1942 saying the children could not speak English. He said his usefulness had come to an end.
War dispatch reports on Attu Island reveal extensive Japanese tunnel networks and cave complexes. Soldiers found snipers nests, ammo and food storage rooms, and underground command posts buried in tundra with above ground openings. The article details trenches, airfield underworks, and a sand bar installation with a slitted trench and stove.
Research chemists report a phenothiazine-based drug can kill cockroaches by penetrating their shells. The chemical moves through the insect body and converts into an active compound that destroys the pests, with the outside treated area focusing the effect.
Washington reports indicate over 1,500 Japanese killed and four captured in the first twenty days of Attu fighting with mop up continuing. Navy notes about May 11 to May 30 put total enemy losses at roughly 1,500 killed and four captured, with possible higher totals unmeasured due to shellburied casualties.
Fort Orford Oregon reports a lone Japanese airplane conducted a futile incendiary raid over the west coast more than eight months ago. The aircraft, launched from a Japanese submarine, drifted through dense fog to ignite forest fires near Port Orford and fellow sites, with bombs failing to cause lasting damage as foreground actions conserved the forests.
Washington reports that rationing of evaporated and condensed milk began at 12 01 today under the Office of Price Administration. Sixteen points weekly cover meats and fats, with canned milk costing one red point per pound. Infant formulas may require about seven points weekly. extra rations possible with doctor verification.
London June 2 A spokesman for British Overseas Airways said a passenger airliner disappeared en route to England from Lisbon. Actor Leslie Howard was among 13 passengers, last heard as an enemy plane attacked. The plane reportedly crashed in the Bay of Biscay with weather and enemy action suspected.
Five state yard units totaling about 270 men were released from duty today by Lt. Col. Hendrix Lackey. Units from Pine Bluff El Dorado Hot Springs Camden and Forrest City were freed as evacuees in East Little Rock begin returning home. About 450 guardsmen served at peak. Fort Smith Rogers and Russellville units had been released earlier. First locomotive versus horse drawn race recalled from Baltimore in 1930.
Japanese forces acknowledge reverses west of Tungting lake as Chinese troops press the Yangtze front near Ichang. Chinese reports claim Japanese collapse in several sectors, with high Chinese casualties and ongoing operations to encircle and retake key points. In the Pacific, MacArthur reports bombings on Lae and Wewak, while a lone American Flying Fortress fends off 16 Japanese Zeros.
On Attu Island the fate of Aleut women and other natives remains unsettled as U S officers search for evidence of Japanese plans and captives. Reports note no Japanese women or soldiers found, with only possible dolls and powder puffs among effects, suggesting any women may be in uncaptured areas or nonexistent.
In Jonesboro on June 2 the defense presented testimony supporting a self defense and temporary insanity plea for Fred Mathes 61 ex-compress manager charged with the March 29 shooting of James E Parr compress president. Witnesses described Mathes as troubled and nervous after the incident while officials said he was unsettled and felt mistreated. Joe Finch who was present testified he heard three shots and did not see a gun.
In Gallitzin Pennsylvania and across Pennsylvania and West Virginia the United Mine Workers refuse to contract and declare they are 100 percent American. The government urges a return to work with mine whistles signaling available shifts while union officials and operators seek an agreement. Coal production grinds to a halt as the nation faces wartime shortages.
In Pauls Valley Oklahoma the Ohio Oil Company reported the No 1 Burns 3 Widest wild gas well had blown 60 million cubic feet daily for two months. A directional drill diverted flow through a new hole and the well was killed after operators used 10 000 sacks of mud and 2 600 sacks of cement. The well lies in SE NE SW of 17 S N 2 E.
Washington June 2 The War Labor Board declared the coal mine walkout an unlawful breach of the no strike pledge and ordered negotiations cease until workers return to work. It warned any agreement during the strike would not be approved and referred the case to the president for action. John L Lewis and operators' representatives had just begun new talks.
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spencer sank a German submarine in the Atlantic after detecting it in convoy lanes, with depth charges and guns, capturing 40 crew members. The pursuit involved Soundman Harold Y. Anderson and Commander Harold Berdine, aided by the cutter Duane before a fourth attack was prepared.
A native house boy charged with killing his wife near Lagos has been charged with complicity by British soldiers he works for. Soldiers recalled joking that men in England would cut their threats in a minute if wives are unfaithful, prompting questioning.
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