Russians Raid Kerch and Senaya Ports on Crimea Front
Soviet long range bombers attacked Kerch and Senaya on the Crimea shore opposite the Navi bridgehead. Observers see strategic significance in these raids as bases for supplying German forces on the Taman peninsula and Kaban area.
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Moscow
Kerch
Senaya
Crimea
Navi
Taman
Red Air Force
Kerch Strait
Port Taman
Fee
Kaban
Baby Bathinette Gratia Ford War Veteran's Trophies
Rochester’s Lt Arthur W Carter who sought German war trophies for a baby bathinette will receive one gratis from Baby Bathinette Corp president D M Kennedy. The firm says it makes 4 to 5 bathinettes daily despite material and labor shortages. Local oddities include a fireman wearing his wife’s slacks and a Tulsa fish fry for county officials.
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Rochester
N. Y
Arthur W. Carter
Carter
Los Angeles
D. M. Kennedy
Baby Bathinette Corporation of
Kennedy
Stephan Saved From Gallows Amid War Commutation
Stephan, once condemned as a traitor in Germany, was spared the death penalty by President Roosevelt after a commutation. Attorneys and family celebrated as Stephan, an ex German Army sergeant, thanked the President and awaited future mercy possibilities. Federal Judge Futile noted the death sentence was too severe and Desertion was insufficient for treason.
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Milan Mick
Beck
Bors
Max Stephan Kimed
Jude
Roosevelt
Stephan
James E. McCabe
Stephen
Detroit
Arthur J. Futile
Stephane
Yetterdsey
C. Jorth
Louisianians Prisoners of Japs Reported
The department announced three Louisianians and two others held as prisoners of war by Japan. Names listed include First Class Irving J. Pitre and Josephine Pitre, and Bert E. Stracener, with Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs. Waters as guardians. Invasion date speculation noted by London press, with Churchill quote on timing.
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Hington
Japan
Irvy J. Pitreosephine Pitre
Har- Thibodaux
Carroll C. Sherman
Waters Sherman
Jemun Street
Haynesville
Bert E. Stracener
Hie Jenkins
Ville
Allied bombardment hits Senaya and Kerch port targets
London dispatch reports heavy attacks on the German bridgehead at the Taman peninsula. Air strikes pounded the town of Senaya and aimed at port facilities in Kerch on the eastern side of the Kerch Strait.
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London
Taman
Senaya
Kerch
Kerth
Ration values of beef increased by one point a pound
Washington July 2 The Office of Price Administration raised beef ration values by one point per pound and in some cases seven points. The new point values, effective July 4, set the ration coat for popular cuts at 9 to 13 points and may change before August if supply improves or worsens. Reductions mostly affected fats oils and dairy products with margarine lard and process butter adjusted.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Japanese Fantastical Reports Claim Pacific Wins
A London tied Tokyo radio broadcast boasted Japan had sunk 382 Allied ships since operations began in the south Pacific. It also claimed 1 cruisers and 86 destroyers were sunk or damaged by air attack, and that 2,517 Allied aircraft were destroyed in the last year.
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London
Tokyo Radio
South Pacific
Associated Pass
Nelson Urges Steel Boost in Victory Drive
Pittsburgh July 2 United States Steel Corp announced six more blast furnaces restored as miners return to work after a strike. WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson closed a Pittsburgh visit urging a nationwide steel for victory drive to raise production by 2 million tons in six months. Benjamin Fairless U S Steel president said labor and management support the new quota while Philip Murray Steelworkers president pledged backing for the push.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
Donald M. Neon
The
War Production Board
Victory Valley
Nelson
WPB
Victory
Benjamin F. Fairless
Philip Murray
CLO
United Steel Workers of America
Jones Invited to Capitol Hill in 1940s Metals Debate
Secretary Jesse Jones testified that an inquiry into United States aid for the Shipshaw Power and Aluminum project in Canada would rebut a portion of charges. The House Rules Committee summoned him to testify amid a Wallace Jones feud, with calls for investigations into BEW, RFC, and war materials purchases.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
United States
Shipshaw Power and Aluminum
Capitol Hill
Wallace
House Rules Committee
Commerce
Representative Coffee
Shipshaw
Canada
Cox
Georgia
Jones
RFC
BEW
AIM 50 CHARGES AT HEAD OF FCC
A House investigation into the Federal Communications Commission opened with Chairman Cox threatening to summon police to seat FCC counsel. Charges numbering over 30 accuse the FCC of incompetence and endangering national security, with documents citing tensions between FCC Chairman James Fly and military authorities.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Cox
Georgia
FCC
Charles Denny
Eugene L. Garey
Garey
Commission
Denny
Gow
House
Robert Leigh
FCC Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Leigh
London
Cox Committee
Geeral
Eugene Cox
Democrat
Secretaries of War and Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
James L. Fly
Army
Navy
Fly
Juror Deliberations Started in Nicosia Slaying Case
In St Bernard parish deputy sheriff Joseph Nicosia faced a four day trial over the April 3 barroom shooting of Fernando Alfonso. Nicosia testified self defense while Henry Perez testified that Nicosia struck Alfonso with a club and then fired while Alfonso leaned against a pinball machine.
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ST. Bernard
Joseph Nicosia
St. Bernard Parish
Fernando Alfonso
Nicosia
Alfonso
Henry Perez
State
Engel Reports Huge Profits From War Contracts
Representative Engel, Republican Michigan, releases second public report to the house asserting corporate profits on war contracts rose as high as 53.88 percent after taxes in 1942. He faults administration for wages in factories and says government taxes are absorbed into production costs, then recycled into the treasury as taxes. He cites 48 firms and notes profits skew toward stockholders with minimal capital, pointing to Jack and Heintz Inc as illustration of the pattern.
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Washington
Engel
Michigan
House
Appropriations Committee
Jack and Heintz, Inc
Germany's War Production on Decline Amid Oil Shortage
Allied sources report Germany has likely passed its production peak as steel output falls from 25 million tons in 1942 to 90s percent of that level in 1944. Oil reserves are about 3 million tons with daily needs in the millions, constraining rail, tank and aircraft production as war pressure persists.
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London
Germany
R. A. Fs
Moehne
Eder
Reich
OPA Tire Case Probe Under Way in Monroe
JR. Earldowns from the Shreveport district office arrived in Monroe to investigate tire thefts. Sheriff Milton Coverdale said information will be gathered and the CPA case against involved parties will be clarified by early next week.
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JR. Earldowns
OPA
Shreveport
Monroe
Milton Coverdale
CPA
Allied air action slashes axis shipping and raids Italy
Allied airmen shot down four German fighters and attacked Axis shipping after a Cagliari raid. Palermo and Catania in Sicily were damaged in raids. a Berlin report claimed a daylight bombing near Athens with dozens killed and wounded. Spitfire pilots downed one Me 109 and three Fw 190s off North Africa.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Cagliari
Sardinia
Palermo
Catania
Sicily
DNB
Berlin
United States
Athens
Spitfire
North African
Plans to feed Italians if Allies occupy Italy
Washington drafts outlines for relief and rehabilitation to feed Italians after possible Allied occupation. Officials debate food needs and shipping, with arguments over grain, fats, olive oil, and how long relief would last as military decisions dictate deployment.
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Italy
United Nations
Dwight Eisenhower
Mary
Germany
Washington
Germans Given New Wartime Rules
From Berlin the German health office issued a wartime brochure urging civilians to call on reserve strength during raids to avoid panic. Dr Schenk described these reserves as unbending hardness fanaticism and glowing hate as American and British bombing wears down civilian resolve.
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Stockholm
Nazi Health Office
Berlin
Schenk
Health Office
Roosevelt vetoes anti subsidary inflation bill in sharp warning
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill to extend the commodity corporation and curb food prices, calling it an inflation and high cost of living measure. He argued it would hamstring the CCC, raise consumer costs, hinder stabilizing efforts, and cripple the food program, warning Congress of economic and war effort consequences.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Commodity Erect Corporation
Congress
CCC
Underweight Sailor Survives Torpedoed Ships and War Ordeal
Camp Stewart Ga July 2 Private Andrew J Caparigos reported to a new commanding officer who found him underweight but not delicate. Caparigos has weathered three torpedoed ships, adrift in the Atlantic, time in an open boat with three deaths, 15 months in North Africa, air raids in England and at Dakar, and shrapnel wounds. Born in the United States, raised in Greece, he rose from 165 pounds to 135 after a perilous four years. The officer kept him in service and Caparigos vowed to return to Europe to "get even" with those who brought trouble.
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Camp Stewart
Andrew J. Casparigos
C. O
Orde Caparigos
Caparivos
Atlantic
North Africa
England
Dakar
United States
Pensacola
Fla
Greece
Caparisos
Europe
American Air Forces Hit Solomon Islands In Offensive
Navy communique reports Dauntless dive bombers striking Lambeti plantation Munda New Georgia and Vila Kolombangara. Avenger torpedo bombers join attacks as 123 Japanese planes are shot down and 29 American planes lost over two Solomons days.
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Washington
Navy
Munda
Solomons
Solomens
New Guinea
South Pacific
Dauntless
Douglas
Lambeti Plantation
New Georgia Island
Avenger
Grumman 76
Vila
Kolombangara Island
United States
William F. Halsey
Lambeti
Muneda
Kolombangara
Harters
New Georgia Islands
Central
Jesses
Army
Guadalcanal
McCawley
Rendova
Courageous airmen stories color Pacific war reports
Allied dispatch from Australia June 2 describes airmen heroism including Major Ben Cullar’s destruction of a Japanese destroyer and Flying Fortress crews shadowing convoys in the Bismarck Sea. General Kemsey awards air medals and oak leaf clusters to more than two dozen airmen for daring actions over Rabaul harbor. Moscow radio Red Star claims Soviet guerillas killed over 31,000 Germans in five months and derailed trains, wrecked locomotives, and bomb cars.
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Allied
Australia
Ben Cullar
Flying Fortress
Bismarck Sea
George C. Kemsey
Allied Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
London
Moscow
Red Star Today
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Central Front
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Anderson
Collinsville
Okla
Earl
Tulsa
Lous Edward Mooreoogrn
Bighih
Pkon
Salowich
Max
Herious
Pitth Paar
Eso Gam C. Johnson
Ella Won
Route 1
Mageerate
Robert Odom
Or L. Odom
Pettit
Churchill
Ted Press
Miles
Malolo
Bsalamaua
Moresby
Pacific Ocean
New Britain
Trobriand Islands
Woodlake
Intrecasteaux
Rabaul
Smilne Bay
New
Gainea
Nea Telemap
Labor and Management
AIM
Copiina
Axis Mediterranean Shipping
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Maly
U. S
Naval Transport
McCowley
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