Bombers Rain On Five Sicilian Air Fields And German Bases
British announced R A F bombers ranged across the continent from Denmark to France last night, with raids near Berlin noted by German reports. The Berlin radio claimed isolated bombs caused damage, but British sources offered no confirmation of major events.
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London
Denmark
France
Berlin
DNB
Associated Press
Reich
RA. F
Germany
Whirlwindia
Dunkerque
Bruges-Ghent
Lys Canes
Focke-Wulf
MI6
Aalborg
Boston
Nantes
Brittany
Ostend
Oddities in the News: Nonsubsidy Office Cat and Odd Reports
The Associated Press item notes an old Conn office cat with kittens linked to odd forms and a father listed as Black Mar. A fire incident in Idaho injures Ray Smith while tackling a gasoline pump, a man lights a cig while bandages burn, and a police bulletin in Washington warns elevator signals won’t be activated by button rings. In California, illegal whisky made from herbs and lizards is admitted at trial as a bottle price of five dollars. Rex Penton plans a Sierra visit after painting skyscrapers. Fire crews in Pe Ell cheer a cooperative firefighting unit as they respond to incidents.
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Associated Press
OPA
Ation
Ttive
Food subsidy debate stirs Capitol Hill
In Washington on June 16 the administration faced questions on food price controls as Taft pressed for a detailed subsidy plan and funding. Roosevelt signaled no plan to split OPA or install a food czar, urging lawmakers to propose a better method. Costs discussed ranged from 108000 to 2000000, figures drawn from newspapers. officials warned against undermining war efforts while critics urged legislative action.
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Ington
Tin M. Brows
Afd
Banking Committee
Taft
Republican
Ohio
Hay
Roosevelt
F. Roosevelt
OPA
Congress
White House
229 Soldiers Killed in Africa Reported
The department announced Lieutenant William E. Stedghill of Irbyville La among 229 United States soldiers killed in action in Africa. Several families are named in notices including J. BE. Stedg of Rayville La and Leona Ennis of Plaquemine as well as others tied to Plaquemine Shreveport and New Orleans.
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Lela C. W. Nettles
Adams
New Orleans
Richard Spradley
Willana Mullen
Muly Street
Plaquemine
Emmit
Dezzie Thomas
Oward Street
Shreveport
Issippians
Rperal James F. Gardner
Sedeley Gardner
Walls
Walls. i. Monroe T. Letchworth, Or Mrs. Bama Letchworth
Iate Reedy C. McBride
Iola, McBride
Sallis
Vate Grover L. Ryan
Nettie A. Ryan
Setartia
Mine labor decision expected soon in coal travel time
Washington June 16. A war labor board decision on travel time for soft coal miners is anticipated late today or tomorrow. The issue is whether travel time counts as working time and how pay fits within the 35 hour and 40 hour work weeks and existing rates. The United Mine Workers policy committee met in Washington to review the situation as negotiations over a possible payout continue.
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Washington
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
US M. W
John L. Lawin
WLB
Centre! Pennsyvania
United Mine Workers
Southern Baptists Reelect Bristow Hospital Superintendent
In New Orleans on June 16 Dr Louis J. Bristow was reelected super intendent of the Southern Baptist hospital for a 20th straight term by the board of directors at their annual session. Officers named were Richard N. Owens president R K Longino vice president and Dr Bristow secretary treasurer. Bristow said the hospital conducted as much business as capacity allowed with last year’s receipts totaling over a million dollars.
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New Orleans
Louis J. Bristow
Southern Baptist Hospital
Bristows
Richard N. Owens
Clarksville
Tenn
R. K. Longino
Bristow
Knox Advocates Forceful Peace As World Moves On
Secretary of the Navy Knox, at Northwestern University commencement, argues peace must be preserved by force if needed. He says new order requires power to deter aggression, with cooperation but readiness to act independently. He envisions a world where united nations require strength and moral resolve.
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Evanston
Tfi
Knox
Northwestern University
United Nations
Argentina purges nine provinces in new regime
Buenos Aires June 16 nine of Argentina's fourteen provinces have had elected governments set aside in the new national administration's purification program. President Pedro Ramirez said the purge will extend to all provinces, with elections after a campaign to purify and reconstruct the government. Ramirez pledged to pursue Pan American ties and a just foreign policy while restoring republican rule.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Ramirez
Castillo
Segundo Storni
King George VI Arrives in North Africa for War Inspection
King George VI arrived in North Africa for a personal inspection of Allied forces following the North African victory. The royal itinerary included visits to British and American bases, warships, camps, and even a beach full of cheering troops where records were broken in a spontaneous swim.
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Allied
North Africa
King George VI of England
London
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Brown Plans OPA Clean Up
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown announced plans to clean up what he called a mess at the Office of Price Administration. He cited personnel and food price issues, aiming to resolve staffing within a week and weighing subsidies margins and competition factors. He met with James Byrnes to discuss actions and left open specifics while signaling decisive moves.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Michigan
Office of Price Administration
Brown
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Byrnes
Lou R. Maxon
Detroit
Proposes bonus at time of discharge at Fort Benning
New York Representative Joseph C. Baldwin advocates paying WWI veterans a cash bonus at discharge rather than later. He says if the war ends next year every service member including the merchant marine would get 300 to 400 dollars, with a government cost about a billion dollars less than the previous war bonus.
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Fort Benning
New York
Joseph C. Baldwin
Congress Receives Omnibus War Appropriations Bill
Washington reports a 2.939 billion omnibus appropriations bill covering 18 war agencies. The document includes the annual report and budget for agencies from the Office of Price Administration to the War Shipping Administration, with praise and criticism from the House Appropriations Committee on 1944 allocations and planned improvements.
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Washington
Congress
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
Censorship
Office of War
Algiers Crisis Deepens French Unity Split
June 16 dispatches describe a deadlock between Generals Giraud and de Gaulle over army reorganization and wartime governance. North Africa is blamed for worsening factionalism as observers warn of a nondemocratic, nonpro allied mood in Algiers that threatens unity.
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de Gaulle
Algiers
North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Speedy Rhoades and four others held in tire racket
Orrin Speedy Rhoades, Monroe preacher politician, sought a U S House nomination last September. He and four other men were arrested for running a three month stolen tire racket. Rhoades was seized in Dallas with 3303 cash. McClain confessed, implicating others who bought tires. Tires with stolen serial numbers tied to Rhoades were recovered as cars were outfitted with them. Authorities said more arrests could follow and notified the OPA.
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Orrin
Speedy” Rhoades
Monroe
United States
Milton Coverdale
Rhoades
Dallas
Tex
Coverdale
J. T. McClain
Central Service Station No. 1
Harvey Ramsey
Pargood Street
Jd. W. Cheshire
Highway 80
West Monroe
Sylvester Cooper
South Grand Street
McClain
Ramsey
Cheshire
Cooper
South Third Street
OPA
In Congress Row Over Elmer Davis Criticism
Washington June 16 Two congressmen attacked Elmer Davis head of the OWI accusing him of seeking to be a propaganda minister and call for an investigation They cite a Boston speech in which Davis said Washington news coverage was inadequate Bridges Republican New Hampshire says Davis is trying to silence the press to cover New Deal missteps in the war effort He praises Washington reporters for their work and notes they have uncovered news outside the capital.
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Washington
Congress
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Davis
OWI
Boston
Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate
New Deal
American Newspaper Guild
Capital
Rumanians supposed peace feelers seek terms in 1943 war exit
Delayed semi diplomatic briefings from Ankara claim Rumania an Axis satellite floated peace terms to Allies via a neutral envoy. The overture reportedly offered withdrawal from the war with retention of parts of Bessarabia Bukovina and possibly Transylvania if Hungarians do not advance, and implied co operation at Soviet campaign start. No Allied confirmation yet.
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Ankara
Turkey
Rumania
Soviet Russia
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Russia
Transylvania
London
Washington
Moscow
Tojo Says War Tension Grows In Japan Diet Address
Premier Hideki Tojo told an extraordinary session of the Japanese diet that the war situation is increasingly tense with signs of a large scale Allied offensive. He said Japan is meeting counteroffensives where they arise and developing new methods to defeat them while reporting grand scale operations in China, Burma India, and the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Hideki Tojo
Japanese Diet
Tokyo Radio
Diet
Japan
Dome
United States
Tojo
Attu Island
Aleutians
China
Office of War Information
Pacific
East Asia
India
Philippines
Indepens
Beaumont Rioting Erupts After Attack on Woman
In Beaumont Texas a night of rioting left about ten hospitalized as mobs formed near the city jail. A white woman who had been attacked by a Black man dispersed the crowd prompting a large security mobilization. Authorities deployed state police Rangers and defense guards while officers continued a citywide search for the assailant and restrained further violence.
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Beaumont. Tex
Beaumont
Tex
Texas
George Gary
Texas Defense Guard
Allies Press for Knockout in North Africa Air Offense
Joseph Morton reports the Allies launched a around the clock bombing campaign from a northern African base, striking five Sicilian airfields Sciacca Milo Bocca Di Falco Castelvetrano Borizzo Milo and two radio stations near Marsala. The raid, supported by RAF Wellington Fortresses Marauders and P 38s and Beaufighters, destroyed enemy aircraft and ground facilities, with 11 fighters shot down and 12 damaged.
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R. A. Flo
Coastal Command
Sciacco
Milo
Bocca di Falco
Castelvetrano
Thomas C. Griffin
Chicago
Tokyo
Sciacca
Allied bombs set blaze at Rabaul air fields
Allied forces report heavy air raids against Lakunai airdrome at Rabaul, New Britain, with 23 tons rising to 135 tons of bombs across four raids in six days. Seventy Liberators faced strong anti aircraft fire and limited enemy night opposition while ensuring they returned safely. Rabaul, a key enemy air and sea base, is considered a major strategic objective in the southwest Pacific.
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Allied
Australia
Lakunai
Rabaul
New Britain
Truk
Charles H. McMurtry
Associated Press
Honolulu
Southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Democratic leader denies SC campaign funding refusal
Winchester Smith of Barnwell county, chairman of South Carolina’s Democratic executive committee, refutes a report that the state refused to fund the national Democratic campaign. He says no letter requesting funds was written and the committee did not hold a formal meeting. A letter to the national committee may be drafted this week.
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Columbia
S. C
Winchester Smith
Barnwell County
Democratic Executive Committee
South Carolina
National Executive Committee
Smith
J. M.smith
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Who Falls
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Ray Smith
Seville County
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Calif
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Francisco
Rex Penton
Sierras
Rttle
Wash
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Sevelt
Hex
S. Names
Africa
Southern Baptists
King George
H. W. Dean
Tampa Shipbuilding Company
Tampa
Fla
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Afother
Dean
Secretary of Navy
Eisenhower
Britain
Liberation Movement
Giraud
Committee of National Liberaion
Florida
Marianna
Cellos Harrison
Jackson County
Harrison
A. J. McMullen
Tom Belser
Beiser
Johnnie Mayo
Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Speedy’ Rhoades
Quintet
Ica
Ued
Allies
Joseph Morton
Mediterranean
Sicily
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