Byrd committee flags federal bureaus overstaffed wartime
The Byrd Economy Committee reports that federal civil bureaus are overstaffed while war and civilian industry need workers. It claims only about 45 percent of civilian federal employees directly support war production, and notes rising civilian pay despite actions to curb inflation. The panel urges vigorous internal reforms as public support for wartime sacrifices grows.
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Byrd
Soint Committee On
Congress
War and Navy
Byrd Committee
Germans Delay Major Push Against Russia
London reports German High Command delayed a planned June 16 summer offensive against the Soviet Union due to front line supply shortages. Inside sources say a limited attack around the Orel salient was proposed, but internal disagreements and dwindling resources led to postponement while both sides anticipate a possible Soviet counteroffensive.
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Robert Bunnelle
London
Sittery
Germany
Orel
Moscow
Ficki
Feder von Bock
Russia
Eberhard Warlmmondt
Franz Walder
Hitler
Warlimondt
Red Army
von Bock
Paris
Berlin
Reds Germans Clash in Smolensk Front Action
London reports clashes between red and German forces in the Smolensk area as the front shows signs of potential major offensive. Berlin sources predict a Soviet summer push from the central front while Orel massing continues with limited agreed frontline fighting noted.
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Smolensk
London
Seaviel Hoon Com Munique
Orel
Ho Maris
Associated Press
Berlin
Arkansas oil operators invited to June 21 committee meeting
The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission invited oil operators to a June 21 meeting of the House Gas Affairs Subcommittee in Dorado. The panel seeks information on oil industry problems and petroleum reserves.
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Dorado
Arkansas OW and Gas Commission
Arkansas
House
Gar Affairs
Ration Book Details for Coffee Sugar and Gasoline Stamps
The notice lists ration book numbers and stamp numbers with expirations for coffee sugar and canning needs through June to August. It also covers red and blue stamps for vegetables fruits and gasoline, detailing validity dates and quantities for each stamp category.
Allied ships massed at Gibraltar harbor report
A dispatch from La Velinea says seven Allied ships were concentrated in Gibraltar harbor including a battleship two aircraft carriers and ten destroyers. The report notes 40 freighters have arrived from the United States today.
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Madrid
la Velinea
Gilbride
United States
U S Airmen Help Chinese Push Near Hupelr Town
U S air forces backed Chinese operations around Owshikow near the Yangtze river in Hubei province. Reports say American planes attacked a warehouse area at Lotus Pond inlet while few losses were reported on their side. Chinese high command said Japanese troops moving east with artillery were intercepted, and rail traffic on the Hankow line was disrupted by harassing attacks.
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Chungking
United States
Hupelr
Owehibkow
Levil
Joseph W. Stilwell
Forday
Yangtae River
Shasi
Lotus Pond Inlet
Nanchang
Yanplowsu
Canton-Hankow
Yochow- Hankow
French Group Reaches Agreement on Procedure in Paris Assembly
Thirteen members of the French National Liberation Committee with General Giraud presiding met for 80 minutes to agree on procedure and collective responsibility. Rene Massigli announced that foreign governments had sent communications recognizing the committee as provisional government of the French empire. The group began steps toward a consultative assembly while discussing unity with de Gaulle and Giraud. British and American recognition were noted as possible if leaders reconcile. The accord aims to resolve power disputes and accelerate agency creation amid postwar restructuring.
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Algiers
Liberation
Camrailtes
Honr
Giraud
Rene Massigli
Guan Phige
Chaud
Charles de Gaulle
Dio Hug
France
Massighi
de Gyde
de Gaulle
Graduates Asked to Report to School
All members of the 1943 Hope High School graduating class are asked to report to the school some fine during the day. It is important that every graduate come by the school. Members of the Yergernesta graduating class are also asked to report to Yerger school on the same day, June 18.
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Hope High School
Wricey
Dane
Yergernesta
Alsu
Yerger School
Solons Challenge Navy Oil Deal With Standard Oil
Washington lawmakers condemned the Navy Standard Oil Co of California agreement to develop Elk Hills reserves as illegal. Norman Littell said the 1930 petroleum conservation act is violated, while Rep Voorhees pressed for a full probe as the Navy would pay 1.748 million dollars for land and equipment to yield up to 27.375 million barrels over five years, triggering concerns of a risky, off-reserve transfer.
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Washington
Navy
Standard OU Company of
California
Justice Department
Norman Littell
Public Wands
Whinn
M-Calif
California Reserve
Littell
Secretary of Navy
Naval
Elliott
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Elk Hills
Peterson
Litter
James I. Byrnes
Standard Oil Company
Shillosw
Navy Department
Rep. Voorhees D
Voorhees
Hempstead County Wildcat Well Reaches 1375 Feet Depth
Barnsdall Ol Company's Brooks Shults No. 1 wildcat well in Hempstead county has reached 1375 feet. The spudding occurred early this week, with the site located NES NIE af of section 34-13-26, three miles southeast of Fulton and 10 miles west of Hope.
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Barnsdall Ol Company
Brooks Shults
Hempstead
Fulton
Hope
Dedication Set for South Arkansas Plant Tour Dates
El Dorado June 17 plans announced for a two day dedication of Arkansas Power and Light Company’s new steam generating plant near Stamps. The South Arkansas Industrial Development Association, formed by Stamps Magnolia and Camden reps, set July 15 16 for ceremonies including a banquet breakfast tours luncheons and services. T. M. Barton of El Dorado was elected chairman with W. C. Brewster of Magnolia as vice chairman and Mike H. Cater of Stamps as secretary.
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Bor
South Arkansas
Stamps
Uie
McKairie
McKinnie
Carter of Company
Arkansas Pager & Light Co
el Dorado
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Magnolia
Camden
South Arkansas Industrial Development Association
Power Company
A.P. L
Harvey C. Couch
Col. T. M. Barton
W. C. Brewster
Mike H. Cater
D. O. Talbot
B. T. Laney
Negro Section of Beaumont Is Stomped, Mason Says
Col. Sidney C. Mason said Beaumont's Negro section has been literally stomped into the ground amid race disturbances tied to two recent rape cases. He noted the destruction equals major war damage as about 4400 peace enforcement personnel patrol the city of over 100000 residents after two days of rioting.
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Beaumont
Tex
Sidney C. Mason
Texas
Americans Bay 77 Jap Planes in Single Battle
In a major Pacific air engagement over Guadalcanal, American forces downed 77 Japanese aircraft while losing six American planes. The raid marked an unprecedented level of enemy air activity in the area, with prior losses noted in April.
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Washington
Dune
Pacific
Cuadalcanal
Navy
Guiadalcanal
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
United States
Tate
Sily
Russell Islands
Lossie
German Fighter Planes Hit Hard Colgne Blasted
Allied air actions across Wilhelmshaven Cuxhaven Kiel and Bremen damaged German war production and air defenses. Secretary Stimson reported 85 to 105 German fighters destroyed, 8 Fortresses lost, and heavy Axis losses in raids, with Pantelleria Lampedusa captured at light airmen cost. RAF strikes over Cologne and Rhineland continued with several ships damaged but Allied fighters suffered minimal losses.
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Washington
Stimson
Wilhelmshaven
Cuxhaven
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Mediterranean
Kie
Bremen
Siimson
London
Cologne
Rhineland
Germany
Air Ministry
RAF
Holland
Belgium
Folkestone
Strait of Dover
France
Calais
Netherlands
Oberhausen
Essen
Denmark
The
Pouai
Bethune
Beatjg
Jhllor
Barkley Guests With Lloyd Spencer During Visit
Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, Democratic majority leader, stayed with former Senator Lloyd Spencer yesterday and last night. He arrived from Portland, had a medical checkup, then left for San Antonio to visit a major at Randolph Field. Barkley also toured Grassy Lake, fished and hunted, and expressed a wish to return for another week. More steel wire and bolts are manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Llayed Spencer
Dlot Sys
San Antonio
Randolph Field
Barkley
Grassy Lake
Hiter
Cleveland
Ohio
Distribution of Oil Inspection Fees Soon
Little Rock announces the first quarterly distribution of oil inspection fees under the 1943 Williams Act. Treasurer Earl Page says about 30,000 will be divided equally among 75 counties on July 5, as fees shift from the old food and cotton stamp program. A second Hale Act distribution to counties and 415 cities and towns is planned for October 1.
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Little Rock
Earl Page
Page
Bombers Grounded by Bad Weather Over Sicily Campaign
Allied air operations paused as fierce weather grounded heavy and medium bombers for the first time in over two months. Mosquitoes hit railway lines and huts in Sicily and southern Italy, while RAF fighters targeted shipping in the Aegean and a Junkers was destroyed near Tripoli. No Allied planes were lost.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Valletta
Termini - Imerese
Middle East
Aegean Sea
Cairo
Junkers
Tripoli
Associated Press
Rome
Pantelleria
Calabria
Stelly
Nazis Hunt Weakness in Big U S Tanks
Stockholm reports German tests on captured General Sherman tanks to discover a weakness before the Allied invasion of Europe. Nazi experts admire the Sherman while Heine Guderian studies a mixed regiment with captured Shermans and General Lees near the German coast for anti tank defense.
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Stockholm
Africa
Heine Guderian
Europe
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Sherman
Guderian
Lees
Turkish recalls and Vichy tensions spark signals of rift
Algiers radio reported Turkey broke diplomatic ties with Vichy France and recalled its ambassador from Paris, while a Salonika consul was said recalled. Bern report said Turkey recalled Ambassador Erkin from Vichy amid Gestapo pressure, with motives tied to Allied expectations. Iran? No, but reports noted strained relations and orders for Mediterranean consulates to move inland.
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London
Algiers
Associated Press
Turkey
France
Ankara
Vichy
Reuters
Germany
Mylene
Mytilene
Aegean Sea
Athens
Salonika
Bern
Switzerland
Behir Erkin
Gaston Bergery
Bergery
Axis
von Papen
Mirkinayisa
Gestapo
Marshal Petain
Sevdat
Ginette de Lausanne
Roosevelt to Name War Problems Panel for Sports
Washington report says President Roosevelt plans a committee of one civilian and one representative from the Army and Navy to address wartime sport issues. The panel would study ways to keep athletics viable and advise on measures to support war efforts. A broader federally sponsored drive to improve physical fitness and youth readiness also emerged.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Congress
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Gibraltar
U. S
Solons Attack
Sen. Barkley
Lloyd Spencer
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