Accusation and apology over New Deal era Teamsters figures
The writer confesses prior misrepresentations about Dan Tobin and George Browne, admitting errors in depicting union leaders as purely virtuous. He accuses Tobin of old style politics and Browne's power within the Chicago underworld, noting his own failure to challenge them and signaling a broader critique of wartime plutocracy in the labor movement.
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New Deal
Gues
The
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Jess
Dan Tobin
Teamsters’ Union
Teamstere
Tobin
Felix Curter
Georgene
Chicago
Mr. 4
Han
American Federation
Brother
Ters
Browne
Detroit riot escalates as troops mobilized after 6 killed
Detroit erupts in race riots as Governor Kelly orders state troops to quell violence following clashes near Belle Isle bridge. Six people die and about 200 are injured. police report 326 arrests for felonies and disturbance, with stores looted and windows shattered along Hastings Street.
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Michigan
Donald $. Leonard
Harry Kelly
Belle Inne Bridge
Leonard
Upper Peninsula
Kelly
Devott Fran Columsus
Coturmins
Hastings Street
Peredise Valley
Roosevelt May Seek Subsidies to Stabilize Food Prices
June 4 report says President Roosevelt may approve a plan to authorize subsidies to lower food costs. Congress faces a push to fund relief measures while labor leaders and coal miners clash over wage controls and potential labor protections. The stalemate could shift toward subsidizing prices as the Commodity Credit Corporation borrows to finance the program.
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Roosevelt
Congress
L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
More Japanese planes shot down in Darwin raid
Allied airmen in Darwin Australia claimed to have shot down at least 17 Japanese planes in a four minute Spitfire battle. Eight bombers and six fighters fled damaged while three fighters and two bombers were seen in flames or crashing into the sea. American aviators also reported dropping 31 tons of bombs on three airfields in the New Britain area, with Vunakanau airdrome and other fields heavily damaged.
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Rond
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New Britain
Vunakanau
French group fails to agree on authority split in Algiers
In Algiers the French committee on national liberation reportedly could not reach a consensus on military power division between Generals de Gaulle and Giraud. The debate fueled speculation that de Gaulle might quit proposals for reorganizing French military affairs, with possible talks of leaving for Beirut or Brazaville if his plans were rejected. The outcome suggested a looming showdown between the two leaders as Catroux and Monnet urged restraint to avoid harming efforts toward a united government. In Detroit, FAA strikers at Ford plants returned to work after two days, with the union stating the case would be expedited by the War Labor Board.
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French Committee of National Liberacrn
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Beirut
Brazzaville
Georges Catroux
Jean Monnet
Giraud
Detroit
Independent Foreman’s Association of America
Ford Motor Company
W. Allen Nelson
Ford
FAA
U-Boat Packs Beaten Off In Five Day Atlantic Battle
London report details a five day clash with German U boat packs last month. Allied losses estimated at three percent of convoys. Two U boats destroyed, three probably sunk, others damaged. Escort carrier planes and Flying Fortresses aided warships, preserving ninety seven percent of ships reaching harbor unmolested. HM Biter, the pocket carrier, led actions with destroyers Broadway and Hesitate.
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Atlantic
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Biter
Broadway
U. S. 3. Hunt
Hes
Quiet land fighting on Soviet front amid looming summer offensive
Moscow June 21 local warfare in Russia reduced to scouting and sporadic artillery. The Red Army awaited a summer push, while Luftwaffe losses rose to 3,595 in seven weeks. A German transport was sunk and two transports plus a tanker were set afire in Barents Sea. Orel area actions shifted toward Sumy after 50 German counterattacks near Misepsk were repulsed.
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Germany
Rusa
Red Army
Hitler
Russia
Barents Sea
Orel
Misensk
Sumy
Kharkov
Misepsk
Lightning Strikes Beach Mar Hotel in Baton Rouge
Lightning struck the Beach-Mar hotel in Baton Rouge on Sunday, injuring Private Walter Shegda of Harding Field M. P. He was hit on the head and hand and taken to the air base hospital where his condition was reported not serious. The strike also hit a residence and felled a large tree.
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U% -Nature
Beach-Mar
Walter Shegda
Harding Field M. P
Air Base Hospital
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Perez Intervenes in Plaquemines Sheriff Appointment
New Orleans June 21 Walter J. Blaize sworn in as Plaquemines parish sheriff opponent to writs of review on his appointment. James I. Smith says Perez’s stance untenable as Perez himself had been appointed district judge under similar circumstances. Perez contends Plaquemines matters hinge on what he seeks regarding coroner and sheriff roles.
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Walter J. Blaze
Plaquemines Parish
Supreme Court
Baton Rouge
James I. Smith
Sam Jones
Leander H. Perez
Plaquemnes
Smith
Perez
Orleans Soldier Missing in Action in England
Relatives of Staff Sergeant Robert B. Todd of the US Army Air Corps report he has been missing in action since June. Todd, a Louisiana State University law graduate and former reporter, practiced law in the area and was a noted yachtsman. He is nephew of Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles A. O’Neill and a relation to Justice Robert Too, with family in New Orleans and Fairfax County.
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Robert B. Todd
United States Army Air Corps
Todd
England
Louisiana State University College of Law
Baton Rouge State Times
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Charles A. O’niell
Louisiana Supreme Court
Robert
Anastasia Todd
C. E. Schrenk
Fairfax County
Italians Seek Peace as War Pressure Grows
Stockholm dispatch reports Italians want to exit World War II and seek a separate peace to end Allied bombardment and food shortages. Amid air raids and fascist disillusion, many hope Pope Pius XII can mediate, while Rome endures evacuation and fear of renewed bombing.
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Mussolini
Anatolia Quake Damages Heavy In Adapazar City
A Berlin radio report cites a violent earthquake in northwest Anatolia Turkey with unconfirmed tolls. Adapazar city allegedly faced up to 15 000 deaths, about half its population, plus widespread destruction and severe damage to homes amid a thunderstorm and subterranean rumbling.
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Berlin Radio
Anatolia
Turkey
Adapazar
Transocean
Dardanelles
Martial law ends in Beaumont after unrest in Texas
About 1,600 Texas state guards were sent home as martial law, imposed Wednesday after racial trouble in Beaumont, was lifted. Roughly 60 highway patrolmen and a dozen Texas Rangers will stay on duty for several days to maintain order.
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Texas Rangers
Bombs Loased On Messina And Other Targets In Sicily
The House passes the largest war department appropriation in history totaling 71.58 billion dollars to fund army expansion for an air offensive against Axis targets in Japan Germany and Italy. The measure allocates 59.04 billion in direct funds and 12.47 billion in reappropriations to recruit equip and supply up to 7.5 million troops and about 100000 aircraft.
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Sicily
Washington
House
Senate
War Department
Japan
Germany
Italy
House Appropriations Committee
Joseph T McNarney
Africa
Appropriations Committee
Davis warned to have answers before Senate on OWI cuts
Washington June 21 Davis head of the Office of War Information faces Senate questions as funds for the OWI domestic branch face elimination by the House. Senator Bridges plans to press Davis for answers to critical questions about news reporting and OWI operations amid a $5.5 million House cut and impending leadership changes led by Palmer Hoyt as the new OWI domestic chief.
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Fimer Davis
Office of War Information
House
Davis
Senate Appropriations Committee
OWI
Bridges
New Hampshire
Washington News
Palmer Hoyt
The
Portland Oregonian
Senate
Hoyt
Gardner Cowles, Jr
Des Moines
Register and Tribune
Capitol Hill
Bombers Strike Deep Into Southern Germany
London reports Lancaster bombers penetrated southern Germany to attack the Lufuchtbau radio factory at Friedrichshafer, damaging all main buildings. Three bombers were lost. The factory produced radio location equipment and was among the largest of its kind in Germany. Swiss reports noted bomb reverberations shaking houses by Lake Constance.
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Germany
Lufuchiffbau
Friedrichshafer
Air Ministry
Lake Constance
Reich
Ferry Terminus and Barracks Hit in Sicily Raid
North Africa based Wellington bombers struck the Mesina ferry terminus in Sicily with a cargo of bombs on Saturday night. American medium bombers with P 38 escorts attacked air fields at Casteldentro, Bo rizzo, Milo, with 16 enemy aircraft shot down and five Allied planes missing. The Italian communique claimed 26 Allied planes down and listed Naples, Foggia, Spinazzola, Reggio Calabria, San Giovanni in Italian tco, and Sicilian localities as targets. The Rome broadcast said Axis submarines sank one steamer and hit another in a convoy in the western Mediterranean.
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Sicily
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Milo
Naples
Foggia
Spinazzola
Bari
Reggio Calabria
San Giovanni
Tco
Rome
Associated Press
Mediterranean
States Rights Theme Of Meet Governors Conference
The 33rd annual governors conference opens in Columbus with keynotes stressing state sovereignty and limited central power. Maryland's Conor urges fullest state powers, California's Warren calls for federal,state, local cooperation, while Dewey of New York urges states to handle farm labor issues locally.
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Herbert R. Conor
Maryland
Earl Warren
California
Washington
Washington, D. C
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
No Allied Vessel Sinkings Reported Last Week
By Associated Press none of the western Atlantic Allied or neutral merchant ships were announced sunk last week marking the first two week stretch without losses since Pearl Harbor. Through May only four merchant losses in these waters were disclosed this month and yearly totals show fluctuating figures of 111 ships in June and 162 in May prior year.
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Associated Press
Western Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Bombing Raids Hit Tarawa Air Field in Gilberts
Washington reports heavy bombing raids scoring a number of hits on the Japanese air field at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. The Navy provided the update today, detailing the strikes and evaluating their impact on enemy air capabilities.
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Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Navy
Coal miners walkout halts U S coal production in two states
Pittsburgh June 21 coal digging in Pennsylvania and West Virginia virtually halted as 330,000 miners refused to work without a contract. United Mine Workers leaders condemn the War Labor Board pact while Interior Secretary Ickes contemplates federal action to resume output for war needs.
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Uawn
Vania
West Virginia
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
United States Steel
United Mine Workers
John Komolo
District 4
Fredericktown
Pas Saha
War Labor Board
Washington
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Federal
Le Creusot Bomb Raid Ravages French Armament Center
London reports a night air raid by RAF heavy bombers struck Le Creusot, France, devastating the Schneier Armament works and a Montchanin power station. About 164 people killed and half of the town’s 15,000 population left homeless amid wrecked munitions facilities deemed the “Krupp of France.”
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le Creusot
France
Paris
Germany
R. A. By
Schneier
Montchanin
Krupp
Ruhr
Rhineland
Hodges Is Critically Ill In Shreveport
W H Hodges 64 former Louisiana conservation commissioner and notable political figure lies in critical condition at Highland Sanitarium Shreveport. A planter from Elm Grove, he leads the Red River Valley Improvement Association and is brother to Major General Campbell B Hodges president of Louisiana State University.
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W. H. Hodges
Louisiana
Highland Sanitarium
Hodges
Elm Grove
Red River Valley Improvement Association
Campbell B. Hodges
Louisiana State University
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