Bombers Raid Sicilian Bases and Biggest Defense Bill Passed
The House Appropriations Committee sent to the floor a 71.5 billion dollar war department supply bill to outfit 7.5 million troops and a global air war. It would fund 213 bomber groups, 3 million ground troops, 10 bombers, 38 thousand fighters, and 12 thousand munitions, with Marshell urging urgent totals to hasten enemy destruction.
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House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Joseph T. McNarney
Air Corps
George C. Marshell
Oddities and odd tales cross paths in quirky news
A Georgia judge refuses to eat a roast cut from a heifer, wife unable to digest the beef tale. In Vermont a 14 foot motorboat sits in a cellar after a ban on gasoline. New Jersey libraries consider horse drawn deliveries, while a refrigerator tour arrives with potatoes and ice. A local garbage crew notes residents eat more, defying double talk.
Senator George calls for war spending cuts and waste elimination
Washington June 18 Senator George Democrat of Georgia on the Senate finance committee urged trimming unneeded army and navy spending. He backed authorizing off budget scrutiny to weed out nonessential costs and overstaffing, noting wasteful hotel purchases and other facilities. A House report on a 71.51 billion war department request is awaited.
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Washington
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PLAN CHARGES IN RACE RIOT PLAN CHARGES IN RACE RIOT BEAUMONT
Beaumont reports plan charges from a race riot investigation where two people died and property damaged. Colonel Sidney C. Mason said a court of inquiry could file arson and assault charges against about a dozen suspects as four inquiry courts work to identify ringleaders. Three men were fined for loitering, and a shotgun arrest may go to federal authorities. The city returned to near normal, with shipyards resuming operation.
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Mason
Pennsyvania
Further Newsprint Cut Recommended by Advisory Committee
Washington reports the newspaper industry advisory committee asked the War Production Board for a further five percent cut in U S newsprint consumption, to take effect July 1. The panel also urged reducing paper inventories from 75 to 30 days, with exceptions for small papers. Canadian mills pledged 210,000 tons monthly, while U S demand neared 240,000 tons.
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Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee
War Production Board
H. M. Bitner
WPB
Outline Army Plan for Spending 71 Billion Appropriation
Washington June 18 The army proposed to spend the 12 month appropriation of 71 510 438 873 recommended by the House appropriations committee. The plan shows allocations for expediting production field exercises quartermaster corps medical engineers ordnance chemical warfare and special service schools among others totaling 59 037 599 673 with large sums directed to finance and transportation and various departments to support wartime and peacetime operations.
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House Appropriations Committee
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RAF raids across channel clash with London bombs
British RAF attacked axis targets in northern France and the coast while German raids hit London and a south coast town. Mosquito intruders reported hitting an ammunition train near Poix Amiens and engaging ships and trains. London post office destroyed by a surprise raid with casualties, as citizens helped rescue trapped victims. Berlin acknowledged raids over Reich territory but offered no specifics.
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OPA investigators fail to locate Chaplin on elopement trip
Los Angeles dated June 18 reports OPA investigators cannot locate Charlie Chaplin honeymooning with his 18 year old bride Oona O Neil to Santa Barbara county. Samuel Leask Jr says they will subpoena Chaplin if not found to determine gasoline sources for the elopement and to verify reports of two cars and a 33 mile speed limit violation.
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Santa Barbara
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Joan
Mr. Chaplin
Labor Board expected to rule on coal wage dispute near Washington
A wartime labor board decision on soft coal wages is anticipated, likely passing on portal to portal travel time and leaving the issue open to court challenges by miners. An 8 to 4 vote is expected with labor members dissenting, shaping how travel time may be compensated under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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United Mine Workers Policy Committee
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Giveun
Axis Continues Invasion Talk Across Mediterranean Front
Axis broadcasters claimed large Allied concentrations in the Mediterranean and boasted of repelling landings. Goebbels urged critics to stay silent amid growing war doubts. Reports noted British activity on Turkey's border and a tightened zone near Syria and Lebanon. The Axis media styled an imminent decisive hour as confidence rose in a continental victory.
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Rome
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Lebanon
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Associated Press
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Rome Radio
Ministry of Information
Das Reich
Axis
Killed 132 Japs Hero At Guadal Canal
Private First Class Jack Sugarman returns home on furlough as Guadalcanal hero after Navy Cross citation notes he saved nine officers and killed 132 Japanese. The town courts him as No 1 war hero as locals greet him with praise and questions about shoes.
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Allies Count On Polish Army For Assistance In Invasion
Allied high command counts on the eastern Polish army in Middle East, a 75,000-strong force led by General Wladyslaw Anders. The unit, trained with British and American weaponry, includes veterans from the 1939 Polish campaign, survivors of the Carpathian division, and escapees from camps in Hungary and Romania. The force can act as separate units within the Persia Iran theater while remaining part of the allied effort under General Sir Henry Pownall.
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Syria
Report of 40000 Japs Killed Or Wounded In Pacific
Washington reports 120 Japanese planes attacked Guadalcanal causing 76 American casualties. Japanese losses cited as 77 fighters. 25 killed 29 injured 22 missing aboard. One US merchant ship and a landing barge hit. Liberator bombers attacked Ballale and Shortland. one bomber missing.
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Owchinkow Japanese Stronghold Surrounded Says Chinese Line
Associated Press reports General Chiang Kai-shek's forces killed or wounded about 40,000 of 100,000 Japanese troops in a 40 day Yangtze front battle and claimed the Japanese stronghold at Owchihkow is encircled. Chinese spokesman said most of the Japanese were unable to escape the trap.
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British Planes Attack Naples In Allied Air Assault
Allied forces report daylight bombings from Middle East bases on Comiso and Biscari airfields near Naples and Sicily. RAF long-range fighters damaged an Axis vessel in the Aegean as Wellington bombers hit Naples waterfront docks and railway yards before dawn. Ankara reopenings and troop movements in Syria are noted amid continued Italian pressure.
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Bodies Searched After Tug Corpus Sinks In Atchafalaya
Morgan City La June 18 search continued for three men who drowned when the tug Corpus capsized in cross currents and sank in 85 feet of water near the intercoastal canal. The dead are Captain W G Howell Lee Hunter and Levi S Davis all of Louisiana. Survivors include Walter Daniel Joe Devois Theo Kane Orar Hansen and Gaspar Salvador. The Corpus towed four oil barges from Baytown Texas to Baton Rouge when the accident occurred and salvage efforts were being arranged.
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Walter Danie
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Baton Rouge
Dante Said
Denice
Joe Devois
Theo Kane
Orar Hansen
Gaspar Salvador
Cook
Coast Guard
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Ways and Means Committee Considers Virginia Retreat
Representative Robertson of Virginia proposed the house ways and means committee meet at a lodge in the Alleghenies near Hot Springs to draft a larger wartime tax bill. He suggested inviting ranking senate finance and government tax members and even the press, paying own expenses and enjoying nearby fishing waters. No decision was reached after the executive session.
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Ways and Means
Virginia
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Hot Springs
Senate Finance Committee
Allegheny Mountains
Purple Heart Awards at Vancouver Barracks
Twelve officers and enlisted men received Purple Heart decorations at Barnes hospital in Vancouver Washington yesterday for wounds suffered in action in the Aleutians. Among the honorees was Private First Class Moule A Gathright of Bastrop Louisiana.
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Aleutians
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Bastioo
May Abandon Father Draft Likely Extended Indefinitely
Washington dispatch says drafts for fathers may be delayed past October and perhaps indefinitely. An unofficial but well informed source cites three reasons: sons and younger brothers can fight, quotas near full with 8 year olds to replace, and a shift to sharpening air power reducing overall demand. The result would lessen military need, affecting even older men who are fathers, dependent on casualties and replacement issues.
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District of Columbia
Mrs Roosevelt May Tour South America
Washington June 18 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt is reported planning to tour South America this summer. No official itinerary has been set though the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs is preparing plans for her appearances in Latin America.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Roosevelt
Latin America
White House
Great Fire in Rome Central Market Reported by Vichy Radio
Vichy radio quoted by a ministry of information dispatch says a great fire is raging in the central market of Rome with damage not yet known. The cause of the blaze was not provided.
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