Grain Men Foresee Bread Price Hike
Chicago reports grain traders expect possible subsidy to millers or a one cent rise in bread price after a government loan raises 1943 wheat crop rates to about $1.22 a bushel nationally. Millers face squeeze between loan supported wheat prices and flour ceilings, with traders watching weeks ahead for profitability and potential price action. Oats and rye hit seasonal highs as wheat lagged. July corn steady. oats up 2 to 4 cents. rye up 2 to 4 cents.
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Chicago
Washington
New Walkout Threats Largely Disappear
Washington June 12 The threat of a new coal strike largely disappeared after Secretary Ickes announced fines for the June 15 work stoppage might be waived by mutual agreement with operators. Alabama miners who struck returned to work and other groups indicated they would follow. A UMW spokesman said the matter was likely ended. Central Pennsylvania coal producers said refunds of deducted fines and rescission of further deductions would occur if Ickes raised no objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Alabama
United Mine Workers
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
UMW
War-time labor bill seeks to curb strikes and shape production
A wartime labor bill tightens controls on strikes by freezing conditions in government-taken plants, requires 30 day notice for strikes in non intervention cases, and imposes civil and criminal penalties for instigators. It bans union political contributions and faces mixed Senate debate over cooling-off provisions and broad war plant definitions.
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WLB
Hatch
DNM
Thomas
Dutah
Senate Labor Committee
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Danaher
R-Conn
la Follette
Chavez
D-Nm
West Texas hospital births and local health updates
Staff Sgt. Edwin Tucker and Mrs. Tucker of 1732 Seventeenth street welcomed a son born Friday at 2:30 PM in a West Texas hospital. The infant weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces. Lt. H A Bozeman Jr of Fort Belvoir Va visits Ida lou parents this afternoon. Smith Shaw, 68, Idalou resident, improved from serious condition caused by spinal meningitis at Lubbock General. Tammie Nom, Chinese proprietor of the Silver Grill, remains in critical condition at 1:15 AM after admission at 10:00 AM Saturday.
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Edwin Tucker
Tucker
Seventeenth Street
West Texas Hospital
H. A. Bozeman, Jr
Fort Belvoir, Va
H. A. Faveman
Idalou
Smith Shaw
Lubbock General Hospital
Tammie Nom
Silver Grill
Nom
War Production and Civilian Shortages Forecast for 1943
The report warns lean civilian goods and services in late 1943 will be 20 percent below 1942 levels with distribution inequalities burdening consumers. It cites weak 1942 production against optimistic targets, but optimistic 1943 prospects expect higher quality and quantity, while outlining a five point civilian allocation policy and rationing shifts.
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Nelson
Roosevelt
WPB
Arthur D. Whiteside
Office of
Civilian Requirements
Whiteside
One Dies Two Hurt In Premature Blast At Camp Maxey
At Camp Maxey Texas a premature dynamite blast during a tactical exercise killed Sergeant Robert H. Coleman 30 of Chicago. Lt Leo B LeRoy 27 commanding officer of the 483rd engineering maintenance company lost a hand and Pvt Edward J Gorman 28 of Richmond Virginia was injured.
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Camp Maxey
Tex
Robert H. Coleman
Ida Coleman
Chicago
Leo B. LeRoy
483Rd Engineering Maintenance Company
Edward J. Gorman
Richmond
British Planes Hit Reggio Calabria Airfield Before Pantelleria Surrender
RAF heavy bombers blasted the Reggio Calabria airfield, the southernmost Italian mainland base, a few hours before Pantelleria's surrender. Malta fighters attacked a factory at Pozzallo and intruder aircraft hit Milazzo railway sidings in Sicily.
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Cairo
Reggio Calabria
Strait of Messina
Sicily
Pantelleria
Middle East Air Command
Malta
Navy Withdraws Money Request in Elk Hills Lease Case
Navy withdraws a request for 1 748 408 dollars tied to an air lease deal with Standard Oil of California for Elk Hills naval oil reserve development. President Roosevelt ordered study of legality. Biddle says recommendations will follow after analysis. Senators Call the lease a give away while Navy officials defend the national interest and production controls.
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Washington
Biddle
Navy
Standard Oil
Roosevelt
Standard Oil of
California
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Langer
R-Nd
Senate
Standard of California
Standard
Duesseldorf Raid Devastates Ruhr as RAF Jets Fail
Allied bombers, led by RAF crews, struck Duesseldorf in a heavy raid with superb moonlit visibility. The air ministry reported 43 RAF bombers lost amid intense Allied bombardment, while several German targets, including Munster and Ruhr facilities, suffered heavy damage. Canadian Spitfires claimed several enemy aircraft, and one RAF bomber failed to return.
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Air Ministry
RAF
Muenster
Duesseldorf
Ems River
Ruhr
Rhineland
Dortmund
Holland
Essen
Dueseldorf
Arthur T. Harris
RAF Bomber Command
Associated Press
Heavy fines in wire and cable fraud case
Judge Thomas W. Slick fined Anaconda Wire and Cable $10 000 plus costs for manufacturing defective wire and cable linked to a $5 000 000 war contract fraud claim. Five individuals were fined. three received prison terms, suspended on payment within 10 days after pleas of nolo contendere.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Thomas W. Slick
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Slick
British admiral arrives in Ankara for Levant command talks
In Ankara on June 12 Admiral Sir John Cunningham arrives from Cairo to meet with the Turkish high command as the new commander in chief of the British forces in the Levant.
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Ankara
Turkey
John Cunningham
The
Levant
Cairo
SPAAF Glider Pilot Training Details Rigidity and Scope
Ground school at South Plains Army Airfield trains glider pilots to master maps and navigation glider maintenance camouflage and concealment radio communications and officer duties. Instructors are veteran college instructors and the program includes self-published tests training films and synthetic devices.
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Army Air Forces
South Plains Army Airfield
SPAAF
Elis
Meyer Clay
Geound Scioes
Walter Winchell
Joney
Secret Weapon Reduction Powers New Naval Fuel System
American engineers developed high pressure high temperature fuel principles to boost warship range by 25 to 35 percent enabling longer station time and simpler supply. Gibbs and Cox assisted 1983 expansion of Neve fitting this equipment into marine design. Navy tested 400 pound steam at 600 degrees Fahrenheit with radical machinery including new reduction gears and feed water systems to remove oxygen.
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F'Yng
Gibbs and
Cox
Navy
Mahan
Plainview Plant Conversion Aims for Expanded Cannery
The Southwest Power and Cooperative loaned $200,000 for plant conversion at the Plainview site, enabling immediate start of work. The plant, previously a cannery with seven workers, will expand to 165 employees, mainly women, and output will be secured by the U S Department of Agriculture through the Food Distribution administration.
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SWPC
Mixon
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Food Distribution Administration
Small Stores Exempt On Stock Inventory
Washington June 12 Several thousand small retailers and wholesalers were exempted from the War Production board stock limits effective June 10. Dealers with total inventory at cost under 35000 are exempt, up from 20000. About 20000 distributors remain under the control, WPB said the exemption does not undermine equitable distribution of supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Wichita Falls Strike Ends as City Raises Wage Offer
Striking city workers return to duty after the council agreed to consider a wage increase. The resumed collection service was reported as fully operational with drivers and helpers back on the job following the walkout.
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Wichita Falls
Warnings on Lower Sabine River Flood Threat
The Associated Press reports fast Texas oil wells flooded by the Sabine River as Lake Charles weather bureau issues warnings for livestock and property protection in Panola County. The Logansport area is expected to rise to about 32 feet over six days. Grand Saline Mineola Gladewater region to rise slowly over two to three days. Bon Wier Newton County foresees a two week rise. Trinity River crest expected near 37 feet by Trinidad Saturday night. river at 34.6 feet Saturday.
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Associated Press
Texas
Sabine River
Weather Bureau
Lake Charles
Panola County
Logansport
Sabine
Grand Saline- Mineola
Gladewater
Bon Wier
Tex
Newton County
A. M. Hamrick
Dallas Weather Bureau
Trinity
Trinidad
Two U S Submarines Fill Pacific War Totals
The Navy reports 169 enemy ships sunk in the Pacific by American submarines with 27 more probables and 44 damaged. Amberjack and Grampus, fleet-type submarines, differ in class and measurements though share propulsion and armament. Amberjack, a March launch 142 their 1 525 ton vessel 207 feet long, armed with one 5 inch gun two 0 50 caliber machine guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes. Grampus commissioned in 1941 is 1 474 tons 299 feet long carrying the same weapons and propulsion with 21 knot speed.
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Pacific
New Meat Order Reallocates Beef for War Needs
The Food Administration issued a new beef order as rationing began in March. Civilians receive 65 percent of the beef their slaughterers distributed in 1941, military forces taking the remaining supply. The move covers about three quarters of beef production. non federally inspected slaughterers remain unaffected.
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Food Administration
Vichy Official Reported Arrested by German Authorities
A Reuters broadcast cited by the Allied news agency stating Admiral Rene Platon, secretary of state in the Vichy government, was arrested by German authorities in London amid World War II reporting.
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London
Apiers
Reuters
Rene Platon
Sikorsky Helicopters to Be Mass Produced for Army Air Forces
Kelvinator corporation announced a deal with the United States Army Air Forces to begin quantity production of Sikorsky helicopters. Detroit, June 12. The arrangement follows ongoing collaboration between the firms and aims to supply helicopters for military use.
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Detroit
Nash- Kelvinator Corporation
United States Army Air Forces
Sikorsky Helicopters
Eleven-year-old struck and killed by lightning in Colorado
Eleven-year-old Miney Rodriguez died after being struck by lightning while retrieving his coat in a Fort Morgan farm field. The accident occurred on a June day as he leaned over the ground to pick up the coat.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Miney Rodriguez
Former Governor Phil lips switches to Republican party
Weleetka Oklahoma June 24 former Governor Leon C Phil lips after ten years as a Democrat announces he is changing his party to Republican due to opposition to the New Deal.
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Weleetka
Oklo
Leon C. Phillips
Rostock Church Bell Rings Centuries Until Fall
A famed Rostock church bell rang for about 499 years before breaking on its 500th toll, marking a historic, symbolic end for the aging instrument.
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Rostock
Germany
Caurch
W C Powell Dies After Heart Attack
W C Powell aged 50 of 1520 Fourteenth Street died Saturday at home from a heart attack. He had been connected with B H Kinard in Hen's Cafe operations at 913 Thirteenth Street. Funeral plans were not set by Rix Funeral Home. Survived by wife, son W C Jr, two brothers, two sisters, and his mother.
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W. C. Powell
Fourteenth Street
B. H. Kinard
Hen
Zana Powell
Beaumont
Mary Richardson
Versie Freeman
Silsbee, Tex
Alice, Tex
Third Phase Of Drive In Aleutians Starts
Washington reports the third phase of the Aleutians campaign began with heavy air attacks on Kiska island. On Thursday Army medium and heavy bombers with fighters hit runways and gun emplacements while fighters strafed coastal barges. The assault indicates preparations for a possible invasion of Kiska.
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Aleutians
Washington
Japan
Kiska Island
Navy
Kiska
Attu Island
Rush on Shoes Hits Stores Nationwide
Shoe purchases in Lubbock and across the country show a sharp surge as rationing begins. Merchants report crowded shoe departments, some roped off to manage crowds, and salesmen saying shoes are being handed out freely.
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Lubbock
Seven Hurt in Phillips Refinery Explosion
Seven men were seriously injured in an explosion at the Phillips Petroleum refinery in Kansas City Missouri. The plant manufactures high octane aviation gasoline and the cause of the blast was not immediately known.
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Kansas City
Kas
Phillips Petroleum Co
Highway Group Maps Program To Promote US 87 Route
A Saturday meeting in Big Spring organized a proposed U S 87 association to back federal designation as a linking route from the Alcan highway at the Canadian border to the All American highway at Laredo. A B Davis of Lubbock chaired the organizing committee with delegates from Plainview Abernathy Tahoka Lamesa San Angelo Brady and Big Spring.
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Big Spring
Laredo
A. B. Davis
Lubbock
Chamber of Commerce
Dalhart
Amarillo
G. M. Witte
Plainview
A. B. Reed
Abernathy
W. T. Haines
Tahoka
Alf Carpenter
Thamesa
Joe Pickle
Gordon Kenley
San Angelo
E. J. Adkins
Brady
M. J. Benefield
Brady Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Green
Nazi Broadcasts Stress Allied Attacks and Imminent Invasion
London reports German radio commentators amplifying the severity of renewed Allied air raids and the planned invasion. A veteran listener recounts disruptions to home leave, observing burned districts and ongoing labor as Britain endures the nightly bombardment.
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London
Britain
Germany
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