Naval units a big help in invasion efforts
In Trondom June 8 UPI reports the first round of a major invasion saw a combined fleet of American and British ships dominate invasion routes across the channel. British Admiral Ramsay said forces were 100 percent successful with low losses, while Read Admiral Kirk and Rear Admiral Devos directed actions from U S cruisers. Allied ships pounded German fortifications as 600 vessels and many landing craft carried troops and equipment to shore, with naval casualties described as very light.
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Warspite
Glasgow
Enterprise
Orion
Sioux
Janquin
Britain
Atlantic
Cool Dry Weather May Help Kansas Wheat Crop
Kansas City June 8. Wheat stands reach shoulder high in central Kansas fields. Herman A. Pranger of Claflin, former state wheat champion, says cool dry weather until harvest could yield a bumper crop. He notes favorable conditions could boost yields statewide.
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Colorado
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Claflin
Kan
Debt limit hike clears path for Fifth War Loan
Washington reports final approval by Congress to raise the debt ceiling from 210 billion to 260 billion and cut the cabaret tax from 30 to 20 percent while exempting service members was erased. The measure, approved 172 to 54, moves to the White House as the Fifth War Loan opens June 12 and the nation’s debt climbs toward 188 billion. In New York 15 of 49 wounded soldiers aboard the Gripsholm bought over 4000 in war bonds within four hours after repatriation.
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Labor disorder threatens 15000 at Wright Aeronautical plant
Production at Wright Aeronautical in Lockland Ohio remained below normal as a labor dispute stretched for a third day. Plant manager William D Kennedy warned that about 15000 idle workers would be discharged if they did not return to work by tomorrow. The stoppage followed the transfer of seven black workers to a department formerly staffed by white workers. Across nine industries, about 6000 more workers were idle, with two additional disputes settled affecting 2750 workers. New trouble also hit Obear Nester Glass in Fast Louis and York Pa.
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Cour
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York
Obear-Nester Glass
Industrial unrest disrupts York naval ordnance plant
In York a naval officer suspended 53 workers at the navy operated ordnance plant of the York afe and Lock company amid demands for wage increases and new working conditions. The action follows a stoppage by workers described as a strike.
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York
York Afe and Lock Company
Induction Oath Refusal Sparks Removal Proceedings
Fra Durward Dawson faced removal to Topeka after pleading not to take the induction oath at Fort Valenco. He appeared before Commissioner Charles H. Thompson and declined to explain his oath refusal, as others sought housing and classified ads listed four-room options.
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Ft. Falvenco
Topeday
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Masonic Leader Charles E. Haw Retires in Kansas
Kansas City Kansas reports Charles E. Haw, a prominent Masonic leader with over 55 years of service in eastern Kansas, has retired. He has devoted his life to the order and his work, leaving a long legacy and plans to live in El Paso.
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Kansas
Charles E. Haw
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