RAF Develops New Bombing Tactics In Europe Africa Raid
A shuttle bombing technique demonstrated by RAF wings completed a Britain to Africa trip with a German target strikes on Friedrichshafen and La Spezia. Lancasters flew 1250 miles out and 1070 miles home, returning without losses, while new raids hit Olbia Sicily and Catania.
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Lynn Heinzerling Tandon
RAP Limensters
Britain
Africa
Porto
Air Ministry
Friedrichshafen
la Spezia
la Spesia
Italy
Guardian
Wellington
Olbia
Dwight D. Eigenhower
Middle East
Comis Sicily
Cair
Italian High Command
Rome
Associated Press
Porto Empedorle
Ctania
Catania
Lancasters
le Speala
Friedviehshafen
Europe
James
Doolittle
Tokyo
U. S
China
U.S
U.S. Air Ures
Possite
Weiss
Zeppelin
Vedtichshafen
Maybach Werke
Platen
Veluen
Pevia
Jaly
President Roosevelts call for limited civilian service powers
Our Daily Bread defends targeted wartime mobilization while opposing unlimited executive authority. The piece urges Congress to enact a specific statute restricting forced labor to vital war industries and to strike protections, warning of potential power grabs and erosion of free speech and enterprise.
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United Mine Workers Coal
Roosevelt
Congress
Executive Department of
Our Republic
Executive Department
America
New Deal Executive Department
New Deal
Nazi Air Raid Shatters Hull City
German raiders bombed Hull England home to 250000 residents last night. incendiaries set fires among a museum and shopping center with residential damage. Rescue squads pace the wreckage as bodies are pulled from collapsed homes and many flee to air raid shelters after a long attack in wartime Hull.
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Hull
England
Ration Calendar Summary From Book No 1 and 2
Ration details include Butter and sugar stamps with numbers and expiration dates. Goods listed include coffee, goat meat, sugar, pur canning items, shoes, and gasoline stamps. Expirations range from June 30 to August 15 with measures in pounds and gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Solons Expect Roosevelt Veto Of Anti Strike Bill
Congressional leaders view President Roosevelt's draft substitution as inadequate to the anti strike bill. They anticipate a veto and note steps to create draft inspection machinery for armed forces. Union leader John L. Lewis pushes for a $20 daily wage and mine operations under government control until October.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rossevall
Congress
William H. Davis
The
War Labor Board
WLB
House
Senate
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Tenth Air Force Praised by Commander for Transport of Daredevil Bomber Crew
Major Gooner Clayton L. Bissell, commander of the Tenth Air Force, lauds the heavy bomber group for superb performance in Burma and Thailand. The unit earned a president’s citation for duties from March 7, 1942, through the Philippines and Netherlands Indies campaigns, despite harsh weather and personnel shortages. May operations included 1,400,400 pounds of bombs on over 40 targets in the first 12 days of May, with a single day dropping over 100 tons.
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U. S
India
Gooner
Clayton L. Bissell
Tenth Air Force
Burma
Thailand
Tarring St. Mihiel
Meuse-Ar- Homie
United States
Bine
Philippines
Netherland Indies
Java
de Volita
Milet Li
Ottis Bury Way
Ark
Uun Hers
T-Sat
Minor Green
Sheridan
P-Set
Charles Bower
Osernla
Arkel
Joseph Willis
August
Doyle Goffett
Little Rock
I-Ser
Max Issues
Manilla
Roy Bullington
Fort Smith
Ark, Con
Validity of Beer Act Upheld by Court
Judge Bart Witt in Hot Springs upheld the Kidd Act allowing beer and wine sales. Frank Barber was fined $50 for selling a case of beer on Sunday, while denying the sale was a dinner violation. The defense argued the act lacked proper legislative passage due to an unfinished emergency change.
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Bart Witt Tonday
Supreme Court
Hare
Witt
Frank Barber
Hot Springs Simewieh
Barber
Elange Wis
Losses Won’t Halt Mounting Bomber Raids
Washington dispatch reports mounting bomber losses but says Allied day and night raids on the Ruhr and other Nazi war industries will continue. General Marshall cautions against overreliance on air power and emphasizes joint aims: diverting German forces to the Soviet front and preparing for future offensives as weather and over‑water links tighten.
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Kirkel. Simpson
Washington
Angin
Ruhr
George C. Marshall
Army
Columbus
London
Marshall
Germany
Pantelleria
Atlantic
Joint Staff
Navi
Mediterranean
Lordon
Russia
Hitler
Permit Granted to Operate Oil Well in Calumet County
The Curter Oil Company may operate Phillips No. 2 oil well in Calumet County as a 90 day water disposal test. The Public Service Commission approved the permit with a daily limit of 2,000 barrels. Navarra Oil Company petitions for an privatization project in Haynesville, and Lian Oil Refining Company seeks a similar move in Dorchent Macedon fields. Americans hold $4,439,000,000 invested in Canadian enterprises.
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Curter Ol Campuamny
Calumlats
Navarra Oil Company
Haynesville
Column
Lian
Dorchent - Macedonia
Allied bombers hit Comisa and Olbia in Mediterranean raid
Allied heavy bombers from the Middle East struck the Comisa airfield on Sicily while Wellington bombers from Northwest Africa attacked Olbia in Sardinia setting fires and causing explosions. Maia based planes also hit railway sidings at Pozzallo Sicily. A Spitfire unit claimed a Messerchmitt 109 downed.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Middle East Command
Meditteranean
Comisa
Sicily
Olbia
Sardinia
Middle East
High Command
Itelian
Algerian
Fuka
Levant
Latakia
Crypuh
U. S
Reds Near Belgorod Stir Moscow War Briefing
Soviet midnight communique claims Russian units struck west of Belgorod near Kharkov, prompting speculation whether Belgorod remains in German hands or has been recently captured. The report notes over 200 Germans killed in a reconnaissance attack. Land front largely quiet. Red Air Force hit enemy airdromes.
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Maoweon
Belgorod
Mosgayw
Kharkov
Metanus
Rushins
Red Air Force
Ridin
London
Moscow
Kuban
Lake
Ladoga
Coffee Ration Liberalized For Next Period
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration raises the next two coffee rations to one pound for three weeks, the most liberal since rationing began, with current stock and imports supporting the increase. Stamps No. 21 and No. 22 become valid for one pound at set dates, while No. 24 expires at month end.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OVA
Hellah
Drive
Brown
Legion Election Meeting Set For Friday Night
A special American Legion call meeting will be held Friday night June 28 at Levin hall Second and Walnut streets. Commander M Olsen announced the gathering of Leslie Huddleston Post No 12 to elect officers for the coming year and to transact other business.
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American Legion
Orlock Vriday
Levin Hall
Second
Walnut Streets
1M. Olsen
Leslie Huddleston
Drilling Reaches 3400 Feet at Barnsdals Wildeal Well
The Brooks Shults No. 1 well located on the bulk of Red Lake near lation has reached a depth of 3400 feet. Reports indicate progress as of today with advancement toward deeper targets in the field.
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Barnsdals
Red Lake
Lation
Miners Slow Return Across Regions Faces Picketing
A North American mining slowdown persists as a large share of the half million United Mine Workers return gradually. In Pennsylvania about 24 600 bituminous miners voted against resuming work, while thousands of anthracite workers in eastern districts refused to go back. Field reports show at least 25 000 miners idle in the nation’s coal fields, with Luzerne Lackawanna districts hardest hit. Pittsburg areas report limited reopens and continued picketing, amid ongoing contract and wage disputes and a war labor board stance. Major producers like Glen Alden Coal and Jones and Laughlin remain largely idle.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Glen Alden Coal
West Virginia
UMW
Mincees
Washington
Mit
Distriet
Jones and Laughlin Sweet Corporation
U S Army Navy Casualty Totals Across Theaters
Washington June 24 United States armed forces report 87 804 announced casualties to date across all theaters. Army 63 958. Navy Marine Coast Guard losses 23 346 with 7 604 dead 4 732 wounded 11 010 missing. Philippine totals 1 273 killed 1 746 wounded 17 939 missing 10 652 prisoners. European 2 890 total. Asia Pacific 741. North Africa 18 738. South Pacific 2 023. Middle East 462.
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Washington
uPi
United States
Army
Aar
Slimson
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Stimson
Philippines
Philippine Scouts
Philippines Constabulary
Commonwealth Army
FAS
Bataan
Central Pacific
Pearl Warror
Middle East
Ninth Air Fares
Africa
Mediterranean
Italy
North Africa
Alaska-Aleutians
Greenland
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Java
YFGEP
Foremen Return to Jobs in Ford Plant
Detroit reports about 1,500 foremen in four units of the Ford plant returning to work after walking out yesterday. A Ford spokesman confirmed the immediate return while the union chief cited reinstatement issues for some strikers as the reason for the earlier walkout.
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Ford
Detroit
Ford Moor Company
Nylon Hose Drive to Close July 1
Mrs. CO. Thomas, chairman of the Hempstead County scrap drive, announced today that new discarded nylon hose will be collected after duty by women. Those having old hose were urged to turn them over to designated stores in the collection of fats and metals will continue.
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CO. Thomas
Hempstead County
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RAF
Alex. H. Washburn
Solons
FDR
Pacific
Tenth Airforce
Reds
NEA
Carmen Beach Martin
Legion
Commodore Perry
Japan
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