Sicily Now Target in Air Offensive
RAF bombers targeted Rhine and other German zones in a renewed night raid, mines laid in enemy waters, one British plane lost. Berlin radio claimed no bombs dropped over parts of Germany. German night raids met with early morning alerts and damage in a northeast coast town. RAF announced reformation of heavy bomber force and tactical air support with ground forces, supporting preparations for invasion of Europe.
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Rhineland
Germany
Air Ministry
Channel
United States
Bremen
Kiel
Berlin
West
Frederick Lo Anderson
Exsen
Dueseldorf
Ruhr
RAF
Duesseldorf-Muenster
BR. A. F
United States Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
Cuxhaven
Eighth Air Force
Europe
Britain
Wall
Tactical
Tunisia
France
Helland
Eighth
Colorado unions challenge new labor peace act in court
Westbrook Pegler reports the AFL CIO has attacked a state labor peace law as unconstitutional and asked the state district court to bar enforcement by the state industrial commission. The piece discusses legal challenges, historical parallels, and concerns about privacy and union rights amid broader US labor regulation debates.
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Fame
Supreme
Colorado
Deal Party
Cole
Kansas
Car Party
Budget Bureau Under Fire Over Labor, War and Social Security
Washington June 14 The budget bureau faced sharp attack from the House operations committee over a 362499 bill for labor welfare and related independent offices. The panel accused the bureau of unwarranted authority and withholding funds from the Education Office while the Social Security Board drew criticism for exercising control over unemployment compensation administration beyond its mandate.
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House
Edu
Congress
Social Security Board
Merchant ships sunk in western Atlantic prompt WAR losses
Associated Press reports no ships announced sunk this week in the western Atlantic marking the first zero since 17 weeks. The year begins with neutral merchant vessels affected as losses average a week, far below 1942 levels when submarines sank about ten ships weekly. Total Allied and neutral losses in those waters reach 668 as details include the James W. Ver 7191-ton Liberty ship with crew missing and the Angelus 338-ton wooden vessel with eight missing.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Bvo
Pearl Harbor
James W. Ver
Flag Day Observed by United Nations Emblems
Associated Press notes a joint Flag Day display as United States and allied flags are flown together. Roosevelt proclaims June 14 for tribute to emblems of all nations. A new four freedoms flag represents Atlantic Charter principles and is flown alongside UN banners.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Roosevelt
United
United States
Washington
United Nations Club
Chinese score new successes in northern Kiangsi and beyond
News from Chungking reports heavy American air raids on Nan chang and a bold Chinese strike in northern Hunan with food and ammunition dumps set ablaze. Chinese forces recaptured Sangtze and advanced near Ichang, while operations northwest of Hankow yielded multiple enemy casualties. Chiang Kai-shek sent a message of confidence to Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin on United Nations Day.
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Ailen Forsyth
Minneapolis
Front Fine
Yocho Warea
Hunan
Sangtze
Yangtze River
Ichang
Hankow
Hupeh
Commumunique
Kinwa
Chekiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
United Nations
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Disintegration Predicted For German People
Major William G Barrett a Boston psychiatrist stationed at Moses Lake air base Washington predicts German people face mental disintegration due to fear of retaliation for Nazi crimes In an interview published in the base newspaper he cites atrocities by Allied powers and soldier suicides as signs of national panic Barrett formerly served at Massachusetts General Hospital
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Moses Lake Air Base
Wash
William G. Barrett
Boston
Exis
Barrett
Massachusetts General Hospital
Court rules flag salute not required for religious scruples
The U S Supreme Court overruled its 1940 decision and held that school children cannot be forced to salute the flag if they have religious scruples, in a case brought by Jehovah’s Witnesses against West Virginia education officials. Justice Jackson wrote the ruling with dissents from Roberts and Reed.
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Supreme Court
Jackson
Jehovah's Witnesses
West Virginia Board of Education
Roberts
Reed
Minersville
Pennsylvania
Stone
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Frankfurter
Rutledge
May Postpone Father Draft
Washington reports that many of the over 2.8 million men rejected for physical disqualifications may be reclaimed under lower standards, delaying father inductions by three to four months. Hershey and McNutt told a House committee that while a great majority of fit fathers will eventually be in uniform, early data suggests a brighter outlook for family heads as quotas shift and reclaimables are utilized.
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Washington
Armed Services
House
Selective Service
Lewis B Hershey
War Manpower Commission
Navy
Hershey
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Coal dispute looms over wage talks and fines eased
On June 14 1941 the coal wage crisis nears a climactic week as 2200 miners in Pennsylvania and Alabama return to work after protests against $1 daily fines imposed by Interior Secretary Ickes. Ickes eases fines refunding orders. Congress passes an anti strike bill for government operated industries, heading to Roosevelt for signature with penalties including fines and prison terms.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Ickes
Congress
Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Wallace
White House
Senate
Reds Shoot Down More Nazi Planes
Moscow reports the Red Army Air Force has entered its seventh week of intense air battles killing 1,250 German planes in June and tallying 3,319 German aircraft losses overall. Soviet patrols say they gained in the Ovel hinge sector south of Moscow and four settlements were captured. Nearby, Mtsensk saw three German planes down with heavy German casualties as Nazis counterattacked to reclaim captured settlements.
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Moscow
Red Army
Mtsensk
Orel
Sevsk
Hunt Germans in Central Oklahoma
Two German POW escapees from Camp Hood Tex were found near Pauls Valley Oklahoma. One spoke English, the other did not. Both wore blue denim trousers and shirts. Five other escapees have been retaken. FBI special agent W. G. Banier reported the discovery and asked directions to Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Camp Hood
Tex
Oklahoma
W. G. Banier
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pauls Valley
Ludwig Jung
Harald Stallebsen
War board: civilian goods unlikely before late next year
A high War Production Board official said it would be hardly possible to restore cut-off civilian goods to production until late next year. He warned that further deep cuts could prolong the war by six months and that military allocations must stay tight. The WPB has already pared military needs to bedrock levels, even as agencies seek extra steel for July to September.
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Washington
High War Production Board
Armed Services
Army
Navy and Maritime Commission
WPB
Rubber
Petroleum
Lend
Louisiana tax collections up in Baton Rouge
State Revenue Collector Rufus W. Fontenot notes that while gasoline tax receipts fall, other taxes excluding the new sales tax are within about a million dollars of last year’s revenues. For eight months, total state tax receipts reach 70.7 million, four million above a year ago, with May showing a dip in gasoline and severance taxes but strong sales tax performance.
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Baton Rouge
Rufus W. Fontenot
Fontenot
Allied bombers pound Japanese airfield at Rabaul
Allied headquarters report heavy air strikes against Vunskanau airdrome near Rabaul. Flying Fortresses and Liberator bombers dropped about 3% tons of bombs. Numerous large fires were observed from 50 miles away, following reconnaissance photos showing nine percent planes the day prior.
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Australia
Vunskanau
Rabaul
New Japanese Air Tactics Fail to Halt Solomons Bombing
Washington reports a new Japanese tactic sending large flights of fighters to engage American planes in the South Pacific. Despite heavy losses to U S fighters and bombers, the raids continue on Solomons bases with several Japanese bombers shot down and many Allied aircraft rescued or returned.
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Washington
South Pacific
Russell Islands
Solomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
Marine
Army
United States
Buka
Bougainville Island
Pacific
Aleutians
Flying Fortress
Want Petain's Aides Ousted Amid French Power Rift
Algiers June 14 General Charles De Gaulle won support from 26 French Communist deputies calling for a purge of pro Vichy leaders. The deputies liberated from prison urged a quick settlement of the dispute with General Henri Giraud on the French national liberation committee and warned the armed forces still face leadership by those who backed the fall of Britain and America. Their statement emphasizes removing pro Vichy elements behind British American bayonets as the conflict continues.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
French National Liberation Committee
Giraud
de Gaulle
Communist Party
France
Deporta
Kaiser to Open New York Office in Rockefeller Center
Ship builder Henry J. Kaiser will run his many enterprises from a dedicated New York office after leasing space in the British Empire building at Rockefeller Center. He cited access to skilled manpower and postwar developments as key reasons for the move, noting the area’s market advantage and ability to decentralize manufacturing.
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Kaiser
New York
Henry J. Kaiser
Oakland Calif
British Empire
Rockefeller Center
Allies Seize Third Island In Mediterranean Drive
Allied air forces struck again at eastern Sicily targets Catania and Gerbini dropping about 250000 pounds of explosives. Malta based Spitfires escorted Liberators from the Middle East route as fighters claimed eight Axis planes destroyed at Gerbini. Other invasion stepping stones Pantelleria Linosa and Lampedusa already held by the Allies.
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North Africa
United States
Middle East Air Command
Sicily
Catania
Gerbini
Mediterranean
Italy
Gerebini
United States Air Force
Middle East
Malta
Pantellieria
Lame Pedusa
Linosa
Cairo
Perez Denied Place in Suit in Plaquemines Parish
Baton Rouge June 14 District Judge C Caldwell overruled an attempt by Leander H Perez to enter the suit of Valer J Blaize, newly appointed Plaquemines sheriff by Governor Sam Jones. Perez sought to intervene with deputy tax collector Wilson L Dauterive to preserve records. Hearing on Blaize against Supervisor of Public Funds Jerome A Hayes and Collector Rufus W Fontenot was postponed, reassigned for Friday.
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Baton Rouge, la
C. Caldwell
Leander H. Perez
Plaquemines Parish
Valer J. Blaize
Sam Jones
Plaquemines
Perez
Supreme Court
Herget
Blaize
Jerome A. Hayes
Rufus W. Fontenot
Fontenot
Hayes
Wilson L. Dauterive
L. D. Dauterive
Fontenot Perez
Dauterive
Coast Guard Auxiliary Reorganized in Eighth District
Pi Lieut Commander William Cons ley Jr auxiliary director announces reorganization of the coast guard auxiliary in the Eighth district to allow members to join the coast guard temporary reserve and man vessels. The aim is to streamline the auxiliary and boost wartime duties with training for active duty. All patrols have been ordered stopped during the reorganization.
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New Orleans
William Consley, Jr
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Eighth Naval District
Coast Guard
Conley
Washington
El Salvador Recognizes Pedro Ramirez Government in Argentina
San Salvador reports El Salvador has recognized General Pedro Ramirez government in Argentina as of June 14, marking a shift in regional diplomacy. Ramírez’s leadership cited, with brief notes on international stance and potential implications for ties.
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Ramirez
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