U S Bombers To Carry Full Share of Fight
London reports Major General Eaker says American heavy bombers will play a major daylight role this summer. The US bomber force, now larger, conducted 1600+ raids, dropped 2800 tons on 12 targets, losing 62 heavy bombers and 359 enemy aircraft. P-47 fighters prove effective. medium bombers arrive to support invasion plans. training emphasized before land battle.
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London
England
Germany
Tra C. Baker
Baker
Europe
Eer
Ecker
Fortress
United States
Eaker
Great Britain
United States Army Air Force
Sunflower Cement Inspector Once A Butcher Revealed
Kansas City dispatch reports two days of hearings by the Truman Senatorial Committee on waste and inefficiency at the Sunflower Ordnance plant near Desoto Kansas. Former inspectors and foremen testified about lumber shortages buried steel and poor cement finishing amid accusations of sabotage.
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Kansas City
Sunflower Ordnance
Desoto
Kan
Truman Senatorial Committee
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Yale
Opa
Army
Ryan
Oscar D. Dolbow
Dolbow
Delbow
Draft Outlook: Fathers Likely Exempt in 1943 Call
Charles Molony reports selective service figures show fathers have low chances of being drafted in 1943. Most inductees come from childless married men and nonfarm workers, with about 1.5 million expected from Aug 1 to Jan 1, 1944. The outlook for 1944 remains uncertain as replacements depend on monthly drafts and occupational deferments, with WAACs SPARS and broader female service counted toward strength.
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Charles Molony
Armed
Manpower Commission
Selective Service
Armed Services
Sould
Labour committee clashed over huge construction cost
The text records a dispute where 40 percent of man hours were wasted and charges shown inefficiency. Perrin D McElroy, secretary of the Building Trades Council, was to recite union permit fees and dues, prompting Truman to declare the committee’s findings not creditable. Estimates of net construction costs ranged around 1 million dollars and iron dollars.
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Perrin D. McElroy
Building Trades Council
McElroy
Truman
Milk May Be Next Commodity Rationed
In Sacramento California officials indicate milk could be rationed as supplies are forecast to decline. T G Stitts of the War Food Administration says federal agencies study curbing civilian consumption or reducing butter and cheese production. He spoke to the California Dairy Council. June 1.
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Sacramento
Cali
War Food Administrati
WEA
Office of Price Ministration
T. G. Stitts
WFA
Stitts
California Dairy Council
Evaporated and Dried Milk Shortage Cited in Britain
The report notes evaporated and dried milk scarce while other substitutes fail to meet military or civilian needs. About 200 inspectors in England are assigned to curb black marketeers.
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Becay
England
Vigorous Air Battles In All Parts of Russia
June 10 AP report describes intensified air combat across the Soviet front with German forces mounting heavy raids. Soviet anti aircraft and fighter defense claimed successes as bombardment and artillery duels erupted near Yaroslavl and along the Donets.
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Russia
William McGaffin Rioscow
Todiay
Diane
Don
Volkhovses
Yaroslavl
Aloscow
Vozres
Aisd
Rensk
Lishchansk
Donets
le Eer
Finn
For Sheer Guts Chinese Are Hard to Beat
Three wounded Chinese survivors report their escape from a Japanese attack in Burma. They say seven others were left to die, and the hospital was burned as the Japanese returned. They credit American, British, and Chinese officers for their rescue and treatment at the base hospital.
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Thoburn H. Weant
India
West Fifth Army
Skhingbwiyang
Burma
Ping Wu
Ettire
Pierc
Wing Lin
Wei Hei Fen
Impora
Japan
Didn't Regard Mrs. Dempsey As Married
In White Plains on June 10 AP report Benny Woodall testified in Jack Dempsey's divorce case that he saw Mrs Dempsey as a friend not a wife. He denied allegations of an affair and said he spoke to her at the Dempsey apartment 2-3 times weekly and valued both Mr and Mrs Dempsey as friends.
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White Plains
XN. Y
First Carpet Sweeper Invented by Melville R. Bissell
A report notes the first practical carpet sweeper was invented in 1876 by Melville R. Bissell of Grand Rapids Michigan. The device marked a milestone in domestic cleaning and shifted household chores.
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Melville R. Bissell
Grand Rapids, Mich
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