RAF Bombard Wuppertal in Major Ruhr Raid
The RAF carried a heavy attack on Wuppertal and other Ruhr targets, focusing on Elberfeld and chemical and textile industries. Fifty three bombers failed to return, with reports of great damage and intense anti aircraft defense around the Wupper region, marking the fifth straight night of raids across Germany and Italy.
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London
FR. A. F
Ruhr
Wuppertal
Ifty
Eberfeld
Air Ministry
Wupper River
Elberfeld
Barmen
G. Forbenindustrie Chemical Works
Jeeger
Sehhnecier Muunitions
le Creuset
Paris
United States
Oddities in the News features and captions
A collage of satirical clippings from the Associated Press style column. Items note wartime irony and oddities from towns such as Westville New Jersey Washington Connecticut Paradise Lost and Ponca Oklahoma with brief scenes of battle cries scarce meat and a jail term spanning 1888 to 190 days.
Pirates Worry Axis as Balkans Guerrillas Strike
June 25 report from Holm says Greek guerrillas in the Balkans disrupt axis shipping using small patrol boats and sea raids against merchant vessels. Nazi papers describe armed operations, village reprisals, and patrols with recon boats and shelling of vessels in a widening conflict front.
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Holm
Balkans
Hitler
Voelkiseher Bee
Ovhe
Exis
Ogee
Wes
Arges Shipyard Criticized For Poor Management
Henry J. Kaiser shipyard in Richmond is accused by Alonzo Bryan of mismanagement. He says no ship has been delivered since May 14 1942, inventories are untracked, materials hawked between yards, and 7000 tons of steel moved in 48 hours while construction proceeds at a halted pace.
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N Francisco
Henry J. Kaisery Shipyard
Alonzo Bryan
United States Commission
Kaiser Company
Richmond
Maritime Mission
Bryan
Bfyvan
Kaiser
Mighty Hammering Of Italy Predicted By John F. Chester
Bolton, June 25. Edward Kennedy, AP foreign correspondent, predicts a dramatic air hammering of Italy by American and British forces. Kennedy cites perfect weather, precise bombsights, short distances, light resistance, and few Allied casualties as factors for a historically destructive air campaign. He claims the African campaign was not a second front and notes his long coverage of events from 1940 to Tunis and Bizerte.
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John F. Chester Bolton
Italy
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Kennedy
Tunis
Bizerte
United States
Proposes oil lease seizure by government action
Washington reports that Navy Secretary Knox endorses a full House Naval Committee inquiry into naval oil policy and the Elk Hills contract. The Justice Department urged condemnation of Standard Oil of California’s 146 million dollar Elk Hills stake, after ruling the contract illegal and invalid and Knox abrogated it.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
House Naval Committee
Deparment
Elk Hills
Justice Department
Standard Oil Company of California
Calif
Chiefs mum on drafting dads after congressional pressure
Washington sources say officials will not disclose draft plans for fathers before Pearl Harbor. A DC observer predicts major military upset will postpone or indefinitely delay the general drafting of fathers, despite House military committee pressure.
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Washington
D. C
Capital
House Military Committee
District of Columbia
King George VI Returns From North Africa Tour
King George VI lands at a British air base after a 5800 mile overland and sea voyage from North Africa. Air Chief Marshal Portal and Prime Minister Churchill greet the king as he rests, chats with Churchill, and praises the trip as very good.
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Britain
George VI
R. A. F. Guard of Honor
Charles Portal
British Air Staff
George
R. A. F. Mess
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Scholarships for 25 000 Ready for Military Students
Washington reports 25 000 military scholarships to cover tuition food housing and medical service for male high school graduates who passed pre induction tests last April. Qualified youths aged 17 to 18 will receive scholarships this summer with no basic training or uniforms during the scholarship period.
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Washington
Army
War Department
President Roosevelts Coal Deadline Rapped
President Roosevelt rejected the October 31 coal production deadline as unrecognized, stressing the need to mine coal during wartime. The War Labor Board asked James Byrnes to compel United Mine Workers to fully comply or impose penalties, with proposed two year contract terms and wage clause revisions amid ongoing labor dispute.
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War Labor Board
War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
United Mine Workers
Byrnes
United States Steel
General Motors
WLB
U. M. W. Treasury
President Roosevelts Opposition to Food Czar Plan
President Roosevelt denounces a centralized food czar, framing the issue as inflation versus price containment. He argues Congress could pursue inflation, placing full blame on lawmakers, and dismisses a single authority as a red herring while stressing the need to lower prices and increase food production in 1944. He cautions that a hypothetical angel Gabriel could not widen supply at current costs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Angel Gabriel
Five-Point Farm Program Offered in New Orleans
Southern agriculture commissioners and directors today proposed a five point plan to boost agricultural and poultry output in the south. The resolutions call for directing production and price relations to the War Food Administration, maximizing farm output, increasing 1944 crop yields, supplying feeds for poultry and livestock, and distributing manpower to achieve full production. Copies will go to President Roosevelt, War Food Administrator Chester Davis, Clifford Townsend, and southern congressmen.
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New Orleans
Southern Agricultue Commissioners
South
Roosevelt
Chester Davis
Clifford Townsend
Davis
Congress
Mead Attacks Auto Use Tax in Congress Debate
Senator Mead of New York branded the $5 automobile use tax a pay as you don t go plan for eastern motorists and said he would seek treasury withholding until Congress decides on repeal. He criticized the windshield sticker rollout as rationing to spur sales, noting eastern drivers face strict gasoline limits and reduced ration values.
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Washington
Mead
New York
Treasury
Congress
Seaboard
Virginia
Lock pulled from stomach by magnet
A Brooklyn five year old swallowed an inch long metal lock and, in what doctors call a first of its kind, a magnet was used to retrieve the object from the stomach. Dr Samuel Silber guided an electro magnet down a stomach tube after GE supplied a strong piece of compressed metal. Dr Carl Kaplan then removed the lock’s hasp from the esophagus at Jewish Hospital Brooklyn.
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New York
Brooklyn
Donald Brecon
Samuel Silbér
Armature
I. L. Beyer
International Postal Supply Company
General Electric Company
Roy C. Muir
Schenectady
General Electric
Beyer
Silber
Jewish Hospital of
Carl Kaplan
Calcasieu Bridge Measure Signed by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed a bill granting Congress consent for Louisiana to build and operate a free highway bridge over the Calcasieu River near Lake Charles. The measure, pushed by Democrat Rep. Larence of Louisiana and steered by Democrat Sen. Overton, clears federal navigable-water control requirements.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Louisiana
Calcasieu River
Lake Charles
Larence
Senate
Overton
Forrest Parachutes Seen After Kiel Air Battle
London June 2 Eight parachutes were seen from the bomber carrying Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest as it was shot down in an air battle over Kiel Germany on June 13 United States Eighth Air Force headquarters announced The great grandson of the Confederate leader was in the lead bomber and crew members believed some may have parachuted to earth The plane was listed as missing and witnesses said the general’s craft was attacked by German fighters and shelled heavily by a German cannon
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London
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Kiel
Germany
United States
Eighth Air Force
Lick
Earth
Robert C. Cozens
Encinitas
Calif
Forrest
Cozens
Goebbels Predicts Invasion Attempt By Axis
The German Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels says in Das Reich that an Allied invasion of Europe is possible and could occur under certain conditions. He claims the Axis has reserves to meet an invasion anywhere and dismisses Allied nerve warfare as ineffective against Germany.
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Associated Press
Axis
Europe
Joseph Goebbels
Das Reich
Berlin
Goebbels
North Africa
Pantelleria
Roosevelt silent on labor draft bill action
President Roosevelt gave no definite clue at a press conference on what he would do about the Connally Smith Harness anti strike bill. He said a decision would come before midnight when he must sign veto or let it become law without his signature. Senate and house leaders doubt early consideration of a draft age raise proposal and expect Roosevelt may veto the measure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Chandler
Kentucky
Senate Military Affairs Committee
House Military Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Red Army shoots down attacking planes near Lishchansk
Five German bombers and two reconnaissance planes were destroyed in Soviet anti aircraft and fighter action near Lishchansk on the Donets river bend. The Soviet communique said most attacking Hitlerites were wiped out and the remainder dispersed. German forces were repelled in ground action near Russian lines.
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London
Lishchansk
Donets River
Karkov
Western Front
Leningrad
Saxi
Velikie Luki
Latvian
Red Army
Salonika Bombed by Liberators in New Balkan Strike
Allied air forces struck Salonika from Middle East bases for the first time, with more than 530 Liberators and other aircraft delivering heavy blows on Sedes airdrome and surrounding facilities. The operation involved a Mediterranean round trip of over 1,000 miles and targeted Sardinia’s docks, air fields, and railway junctions. enemy losses included at least three aircraft on the ground, while Allied planes suffered nine losses.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
United States
Ninth Air Force Liberators
Salonika
Middle East
Northwest African Command
Sardinia
Cairo
Sedes
Mediterranean
Carl A. Spaatz
Catania
Sicily
Malta
Valletta
Pozzallo
Auegusta
Golfo Aranci
Vinafiorita
Chilivani
Capoterra Oar
la Maddelena
Cagliari
Labor Ultimatum Presses Rollback and Subsidy Plan
President Murray warned a congressional committee that without an effective price rollback and subsidies by July 15 organized labor would push to scrap the halting wage restraints and the Little Steel formula. Mayor La Guardia warned of chaos unless Congress acts on food and price relief. Senate opposition to subsidies threatens the rollback plan.
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Washington
M—C. O
Philip Murray
Murray
Congress
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
Senate
Democrat
Missouri
General Williams to Visit Orleans on Tour
Major General L. H. Williams of the British army, aboard a nation-wide tour of U.S. army facilities, is scheduled to arrive in New Orleans today. He will be hosted by Brigadier General George B. Hunter during the visit.
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New Orleans
L. H. Williams
United States Army
George B. Hunter
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