Westbrook Pegler Warns of Communists Use in War Industry
Pegler discusses a hypothetical postwar strike plan by Communist elements tied to Roosevelt's allies. He cites a Canton Ohio Timken plant protest by 9 000 to 10 000 workers, led by the Steel Workers union under Phillip Murray, warning of widespread disruption to steel, fuel, and military production.
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Ritten
Chicago
Dewey
Roosevelt
Spaatz
Canton
Ohio
William Umstattd
Timken
Steel Workers’ Union
Phillip Murray
House Kills Profits Bill In Louisiana Legislature
The Louisiana House rejected by 33 to 29 a bill to raise the state share of excess profits taxes from 0.2 percent to 4 percent, shifting most of the tax burden to the federal government. Debate cited revenue concerns and the bill’s clarity, with opposition from Rep. Bonnie Baker and Rep. W. M. Rainach. The measure targeted corporations, not individuals, and was described as revenue raising.
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Baton Rouge
House
Louisiana
Kenneth Barranger
Orleans
Ott
W. M. Rainach
Claiborne
Bonnie Baker
East Baton Rouge
A. M. Smith
Five Jap Ships 88 Planes Destroyed In Pacific Raid
Allied forces report heavy strikes across the Pacific with Adm Spruance’s Fifth Fleet targeting the Bonin Volcano islands. Carrier planes claim five ships and 88 planes destroyed while paratroops brace Noemfoor and Saipan operations advance. Iwo Jima warehous es hit. bombardment continues as ships shell Two Jima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Japan
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio Today
Adm
Raymond Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Noemfoor Island
MacArthur
Saipan
Burma
China
Chester Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Jima
West Monroe rally nets over two million in war bonds
Ouachita parish war finance committee reports noon totals of 2 646 181 in Fifth War Loan sales with West Monroe show not yet tabulated. Auction prizes boosted receipts with about 100 000 in bonds. E series sales totaling 349 868 will rise by nearly 100 000 later. Parish totals include 202 150 in series F and G and 2 094 500 in miscellaneous bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Rogers
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Rogers
Selman Field
Texas Democrats split over convention voting rights
Secretary Jesse Jones attacked the Texas Democratic convention for not binding electors to national nominees. He urged Democrats to vote for the candidate of their choice in November and urged unity amid the party rift.
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Houston
Tex
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Houston Chronicle
Texas
Jones
Reds Advance Upon Baltics Across Baltic Fronts
Soviet armies pressed toward Latvia and Lithuania with two major offensives aimed at Daugavpils Wilno and Kaunas as Berlin claimed evac of Kowel and Narva bay landings. Front reports note Finnish islands contested near Narva and ongoing heavy fighting at Melansaari Lammasaari.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Latvia
Lithuania
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Wilno
Kaunas
Kowel
Poland
Berlin
Narva Bay
Estonia
Finland
Narva
DNB
Melansaari
Lammasaari
Teikassari
Mississippi July Fourth primary yields likely runoff for justice seat
Unofficial returns from 360 to 609 precincts show Justice W D Anderson with 7757 votes while Chancellor L A Smith leads with 13613 in the third district state supreme court contest. Rankin and Whitten secure nomination style in the first and second districts respectively.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Mississippi Supreme Court
W. D. Anderson
Anderson
L. A. Smith
Holly Springs
W. W. Venable
Clarksdale
John E. Rankin
First
Jamie L. Whitten
Gerald Chatham
Hernando
Thomas G. Abernethy
Dr George Truett Ill After Prolonged Illness
Dr George W Pruett, longtime First Baptist Church pastor in Dallas, is critically ill with heart trouble and complications. Illness has kept him from the pulpit since July 1943. His daughter Mrs Robert Milliken of Dallas announced the condition and noted church members declined his resignation last month.
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Dallas
George W. Pruett
First Baptist Church
Robert Milliken
Williken
Truett
Dr. Truett
Dixie Ordnance Award Set For Friday Ceremony
Details are nearly complete for the E award presentation to the Dixie Ordnance Works. The award honors plants producing war materials and includes a flag and a wear‑pin for outstanding war effort contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Ordnance Works
War
Navy Department
Army-Navy
Washington
Cognizant Board
Eisenhower ends five day Normandy troop visit
General Eisenhower wraps a five day Normandy tour with conferences with Montgomery Bradley and other officers. He travels by road and air behind enemy lines to study the front and praise American British and Canadian units. He crosses bridges under fire and decorates 26 men of the First Division.
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Merrill Mueller
NBC
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
England
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Elwood Quesada
Ninth Air Force
France
Ike
Navy Secretary Forrestal Says 17 Japanese Vessels Sunk
Forrestal announced in Washington that American submarines sank 17 Japanese ships including a light cruiser and a destroyer. He praised submarines for crippling Japan and noted merchant shipping losses rising toward year end 1944 while warning battles ahead will be costly.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Japan
Train Deaths Down 10 Four Flagstaff Wreck
In Flagstaff Arizona the Santa Fe Chief wreck killed fireman John J Edwards and three passengers including Mrs Ann Bradys and H H Helper and injured 30 others. The 14 car all Pullman train carried 158 passengers bound for the west coast. Officials credited newer all steel equipment with reducing fatalities.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Santa Fe
Here
New York City
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios
Hollywood
John J. Edwards
Winslow
Ann Bradys
Hammond
Ind
H. H. Helper
Los Angeles
Calif
Ouachita Parish Food Store Violations Reported in Check
A Ouachita parish survey of 191 grocery stores finds only 51 in full compliance with war price ceilings. Monthly checks since March show persistent overcharges on meats groceries fruits vegetables and soaps, risking civil treble damages or $30 minimum per violation.
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Ouachita Parish
C. S. Moore
Moore
Rail Depot Fight In Streets Near La Haye du Puits
Allied forces pressed a hard fight across Normandy with the 1st day assault and a railway station seizure near La Haye du Puits. Omar Bradley’s troops advanced along the front as Rommel attacked Caen area. Canadians held Carpiquet while Americans moved 0.5 to 2.5 miles through swamp and canal terrain amid fierce German resistance.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
la Haye du Puits
France
Normandy Battlefront
Supreme Headquarters
Omar N. Bradley
Caen
Erwin Rommel
Carpiquet
la Haye
Cherbourg
St. Jores
Carentan
Allied advances near Arezzo and Livorno in Italy drive toward Florence
Allied forces push from southwest and south to within five miles of Arezzo on the Florence road while American units reach outskirts of Rosignano near Livorno. German resistance slows progress as heavy artillery targets advancing troops and tanks.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Arezzo
Florence
Italy
Rosignano
Livorno
Fifth Army
Rimini
Pisa- Livorno
Siena
Castelnuova Berardegna
Palazzuola
Monte Sansavino
Sienna-Arezzo
Hitler urges nerve and sacrifice in wartime address
Adolf Hitler, addressing war production chiefs at his headquarters, urged enormous courage and nerve to endure the current strain. He said the war cannot be judged by daily events and that a historic struggle requires steadiness beyond immediate successes. The speech followed a conference with Albert Speer and was carried by Berlin radio.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Berlin
Reich
Associated Press
Hitler
Albert Speer
Looney Pushes Louisiana Electors as Free Agents
Frank Looney of Shreveport, past state Democratic chair, says he will submit a resolution to the Louisiana Democratic committee to declare presidential electors free agents, likely by mid September. The group also approves a measure to certify electors and fix ballot forms, and sets July 24 as Senate primary filing deadline. Rep. Henry C. Sevier named Louisiana Democratic national committeeman.
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Baton Rouge
Frank Looney
Shreveport
State
Democratic Central Committee
Louisiana
George Lester
West Feliciana
Looney
Joe Palooka
Sam Jones
Wayles Brown
Senate
National Committee
Icemen
E. A. Stephens
Democratic National
Rep
Henry C
Happy) Sevier
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George Truett
Gordon Hirabayashi
Esther Schmoe
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