Japanese peace push reported as a Nazi plot
Stockholm sources say Japan, via ambassador Naotaka Sato, pressed for a Germany Russia peace to relieve pressure in the Far East and gain access to Siberian bases. Observers warn against propagandist rumors and Nazi planted schemes to sow Allied distrust amid looming European Axis defeat.
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Hubert Uxkull
United Press
Stockholm
Japan
Germany
Russia
Europe
Kuibyshev
Naotaka Sato
Sato
Siberian
Tokyo
Britain
United States
Josef V. Stalin
Yanks Strike Ruhr as RAF Bombs Weaken Nazi Defenses
Allied forces renewed heavy raids on the Ruhr valley driving deep into German coal and steel centers. Observers estimate about 30 000 tons of explosives have battered the region over 3 1/2 months as 100 Nazi fighters fall to American Fortresses and RAF planes.
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Bochum
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
RAF
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbel
Essen
Duesseldorf
Portmund
Great Arsenal
Germany
Chicago
San Francisco
Coal and air war influence miners and fliers in wartime shifts
In Pennsylvania and West Virginia the UMW strikes and returns shape labor momentum as about 7 600 eastern miners revolted and 2 000 idle mines in West Virginia show improvement while Ohio reports a local return. Allied aerial war reports say U S fliers faced fierce fighter opposition with heavy losses, yet bomber raids claimed near 100 enemy fighters down in two raids on the Reich.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
UMW
West Virginia
UMWA
Charleston
W.va
Ohio
Adolph Pacifico
Pickens Welcome Daughter In West Texas Hospital
Mr and Mrs J W Pickens of Sour Star route welcomed a daughter weighing 7 pounds 13 1 2 ounces at 4 17 Saturday morning in a West Texas hospital Pickens is a farmer born into a farming family and the new arrival adds to the household.
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J. W. Pickens
West Texas Hospital
Pickens
Status of City Officials Asked
AUSTIN June 26 The attorney general's office announced a new effort before the Supreme Court to determine the status of civil officers in certain armed forces branches. Atty Gen Gerald C Mann declined to give an opinion on Gean B Turner district attorney at Cleburne should he enter the naval reserve while awaiting the Martineau quo warranto case. Mann filed a motion to reinstate the ouster suit and reopen, asserting Allen Wood’s naval reserve appointment vacated the office on Feb 28 and required gubernatorial appointment. the court has not acted yet.
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Austin
Supreme Court
Gerald C. Mann
Gean B. Turner
Cleburne
Naval Reserve
High Court
Paul A. Martineau
Paul A. Martineau As Special Judge of 94Th District Court
Nueces County
J. P. Todd, Jr
Nueces
Kleberg
Kenedy
Willacy
Cameron
Martineau
Mann
94Th Court
Allen Wood
John H. Sharp
Pacific Air War Updates at Kiska Raids
The Navy reports continued operations against Japanese positions in the Aleutians. Poor visibility hindered Thursday raids on Kiska, while Liberator bombers and Mitchell and Ventura fighters pressed air action aided by weather conditions. On Attu Island, Army patrols killed 15 more Japanese soldiers, raising known dead to about 1,800 with few prisoners.
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Kiska
Navy
Aleutians
Knox
Attu Island
Attu
Memorial for Petty Officer Comer in Norman
Dub Comer of Norman Oklahoma, husband of a local resident, was killed while serving in the Navy Air Corps after enlisting September 18 1942 and training as an aerial gunner. He had been stationed in Fort Lauderdale and was a former Lubbock High School student and First Baptist church member. The Avalanche Journal will fly its flag at half staff Tuesday for his memorial service.
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Norman
Okla
Comer
Naval Air Corps
Fort Lauderdale
Lubbock High School
First Baptist Church
Avalanche-Journal
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Avalanche Journal
Former Tech Student Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Capt. Robert M. Livingston 24 of Dallas, former Texas Tech student and West Texas hospital employee, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on a national radio program from San Diego. He and another pilot are credited with sinking a Japanese destroyer off Guadalcanal on November 7. Livingston, nicknamed Doc in Lubbock, visited Lubbock and Ralls with Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Snow about two weeks ago.
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Robert M. Livingston
Dallas
Texas Technological College
West Texas Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Livingston
Lubbock
Doc
Guadalcanal
Ralls
W. C. Snow
Capt. Livingston
Tech
Anti-Administration Revolt Moves Through Congress
The revolt over salaries and the anti-strike bill surged in both chambers as Republicans and Democrats echoed public discontent. Leaders say the actions reflect home-front sentiment but may not foretell the 1944 campaign or the president’s wartime leadership.
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Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
Senate
House
Rep. Ramspeck
Georgia
Education leaders map war program roles in schools
The state department of education outlines work units across educational levels as educators meet for two days planning. Dr. R L Sutherland of the Hogg Foundation urges that education is being challenged to train for group living during the war program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
R. L. Sutherland
The
Hogg Foundation
Farm officials map production outlook for the year
New Farm Plans officials have a clearer line on this year’s prospects. Goals for cotton tobacco and sugar crops may be cut. The program aims to align livestock with limited feed, stressing animals that deliver the most food nutrients for feed and labor input.
British Ambassador Harrassed By Nazis in Spain
Sir Samuel Hoare the British ambassador to Spain said in a letter to Chelsia constituents that Germans in Madrid tried to force him out with gunman methods. He claimed Nazi propaganda falsely quoted Count Alvaro De Romanones about an Allied victory sparking a Spanish communist uprising.
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London
Samuel Hoare
Spain
Chelsia
Madrid
Alvaro de Romanones
Goebbels
Das Reich
Officers Installed By Lorenzo Masons
Lorenzo Lodge No. 1144 installed officers for the ensuing Masonic year at a called meeting. Installing officer was H. B. Bryan of Yellowhouse Lodge Lubbock. M. T. Darden, past master, served as Marshall.
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O. B. Landman
H. B. Bryan
Yellowhouse Lodge
Lubbock
M. T. Darden
Lorenzo Lodge
Marshall
Chinese commander outlines Yangtze campaign tactics
Chen admits weakened forces cannot recapture Ichang and warns Japanese hold on the Langtze river gorge, with 40,000 Japanese casualties cited. He says Chinese troops aim to trap the enemy in mountainous terrain while vowing not to surrender as they fight poverty and pursue final victory.
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Yangtze
Ichang
Langtze
Hankow
Chungking
China
Chen
Russian Front troops press on with demolitions and guard warning
In the last five days Russian forces demolished five dugouts silenced two enemy artillery batteries and two machinegun nests. Red Star warned of possible changes at any hour and urged vigilance. Soviet communique reported winning a trench penetration in Karelia and wiping out about a company of Finnish troops. Two German thrusts were repelled with heavy losses near Sevsk Balakleya and the Donets river.
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Red Star
Karelia
Sevsk
Orel
Donets River
Balakleya
Oil men urge price rise to spur new wells in Pittsburgh
Railroad Commissioner Ernest Thompson said a price increase, not the OPA subsidy, was needed to drill new oil wells. Secretary Frank Knox testified in Washington that the U S faces a crude oil shortage likely to grow serious late this year or early next year, echoing Dallas oil men.
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Crude Oil Association
Pittsburgh
Ernest ©. Thompson
OPA
House Naval Affairs Committee
Washington
Navy
Frank Knox
Dallas
U. S
Production Of 7300 Buses Approved By WPB
The War Production Board authorized production of 7300 buses and 11000 bus bodies in 1944 to prevent breakdowns in crowded local and inter city service. Lesser quantities of street cars trailer buses and passenger car conversions were approved. Transit firms with actual equipment shortages may apply to the Office of Defense Transportation, giving full reasons for need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Washington
War Production Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Wichita flyer downed three German fighters in Africa
First Lt. Edwin R. Crane of Wichita Kansas says one Nazi plane was easy to shoot down because it flew right in front of him. He spoke while in Pampa to pin the wings on his brother Larry at the Army Airfield graduation exercises.
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Pampa
Edwin R. Crane
Wichita
Kans
North Africa
Larry
Pampa Army Airfield
WLB to Review Wages of One Million Shipyard Workers
The War Labor Board scheduled a hearing for July 7 to review wages of about 1,000,000 workers in U S shipyards nationwide. The decision sets the stage for a nationwide wage reassessment during wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
War Labor Board
WLB
De Gaulle Arrives in Tunis Greeted by Enthusiastic Crowd
The Algiers radio reports General Charles De Gaulle arrived in Tunis at 5 p.m. He leads the French committee of national liberation and was greeted with enthusiasm by locals, according to the Associated Press broadcast.
Heavy concentration of planes reported at Rabaul
Allied reconnaissance fliers report increasing Japanese airfields around Rabaul New Britain with ships including a converted aircraft carrier in the harbor. MacArthur bombers have dropped 176 tons on Lakuani Rapopo and Vunakanau airfields in six raids. Rabaul lies 700 miles from Guadalcanal and 500 miles northeast of Salamaua.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Guadalcanals
Solomons
Salamaua
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Lakuani
Rapopo
Vunakanau
Steelworkers End Five-Hour Walk-Out at Buffalo Forge
About 500 workers at Buffalo Forge, a war industry plant, halted work for five hours in protest after Congress passed the anti-strike bill. They began returning at noon following an earnest request from CIO United Steelworkers district director Joseph T. McNichols. The case was referred to the War Labor Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Forge Company
Congress
Joseph T. McNichols
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
War Labor Board
Oil Probe Moves To Louisiana
Members of a House naval affairs subcommittee traveled to Louisiana to continue hearings on the nations oil shortage threat. Independent oil operators urged higher prices to fund wildcatting and new fields, blaming Washington bureacracy for red tape. The Texas Railroad Commission endorsed price increases in a formal statement.
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Dallas
U.P
House
Naval Affairs
Louisiana
New Orleans
Washington
M. T. Flanagan
Longview
Texas Railroad Commission
Beauford Jester
Paxton Funeral Set For Abernathy Resident
Funeral services for E B Paxton 59 of Abernathy will be Sunday at 3 PM at Nazarene church. Burial will follow in Abernathy cemetery under Rix Funeral home of Lubbock. Paxton died Friday and is survived by his wife six sons three daughters and seven sisters.
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Paxton
Abernathy Abernathy
E.B. Paxton
Abernathy
Nazarine Church
Rix Funeral Home
Lubbock
Invasion Anxiety Reaches Norway as Allies Expected
Reports from Trondheim say a German admiral warned Nazi marines that Allies would invade Norway soon. In Italy speculation centers on 10 divisions 150000 troops guarding the Brenner pass amid fears of Italian collapse. Popolo Di Roma calls the Italian front the most important and logical war front.
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Norway
Tronheim
Italy
London
Brenner Pass
Popolo di Roma
Rome
Europe
Rivers Heads Committee on Oil Policy Increase
The suggestion calls for a 35 cent per barrel rise in oil prices. The Congressional committee is chaired by L Mendel Rivers a Democrat from South Carolina.
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Congressional Committee
L. Mendel Rivers
South Carolina
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NYA Liquidation
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J. M. Ayers
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Mr. Ayers
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