Westbrook Pegler on Curran and Michener allegations
Article recounts Westbrook Pegler claiming Joseph Curran, Lewis Merrill, and Lewis H. Michener were targets of accusations by pro Axis groups. It alleges Michener led sabotage efforts against U S industry in Wisconsin and Los Angeles, tying up production and provoking government action, framed as treason by a Communist conspiracy and federal denouncements.
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Joseph Curran
Communist Front Maritime
Lewis Merrill
Unist Front
Lewis H. Michener
Pacific Coast Region of Aircraft Workers
The
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Wisconsin
American Aviation
Angeles
Axis
Ichener
Roosevelt
Far Army
Britain
Russia
Congress debates subsidy rollback in food price controls
Washington June 30 Congress launches anew a bill to bar administration subsidy rollback and curb price supports. The plan would extend the Commodity Credit Corporation with up to 750 million dollars and two more years of lending power while shifting subsidy oversight to a war food administrator.
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Congress
House
War Labor Board
Senate
Office of Price Administration
WPA Turns Back Sum to Treasury
The Works Progress Administration closes its books in Washington after returning 190 million dollars to the treasury. A small liquidation staff remains to wind down, with WPA having spent about 10.5 billion dollars and employed 8.5 million people since 1935. Unexpended funds amount to 105.09 million and 25 million in supplies.
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Works Project Administration
WPA
The
Treasury
Reds Capture Kalinin Hill
Soviet and allied dispatches report Soviet forces captured Kalinin Hill and attacked German positions along the front. Russian aviation targeted German rail hubs and depots while ground fighting yielded gains and casualties on various sectors, with guerrilla actions derailing trains and taking prisoners.
Star State Farmer to Go to College
Baton Rouge June 4 Bobby Smith 18 of Natchitoches named star state farmer of Louisiana plans two year agricultural study at Louisiana State Normal then LSU to complete degree. He received a 56 war bond at the Future Farmers of America banquet joining four area state farmers each with a 25 war bond. Governor Jones and officials attended as Superintendent Coxe urged wartime education for capable youths.
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Baton Rouge
Bobby Smith
Natchitoches
Wale Aubrey Gibson
Rebeline
Rudolph Myers
Sikes
Emmet Vallot
Youngsville
Landis Pierce
Sun
John E. Coxe
Jones
Answers to Tax Questions from Washington Helpful FAQs
Washington reports clarify the new pay as you go income tax system effective tomorrow. The Q and A cover withholding, exemptions for single married and dependents, how to split exemptions, treatment of quarterly payments, changes in exemption status, wage bracket tables, and notes on large parts of last year’s tax being cancelled depending on amounts.
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Washington
Last day to apply for army release to essential work
Washington reports the final deadline for soldiers to seek discharge into agriculture or essential industry jobs is June 30. Applicants must provide written employment evidence, with overseas troops given another month. Those released before March 3 were discharged. since then they are in inactive reserve and may be recalled if civilian jobs end.
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Washington
Deadline Today for Car Stamps on Motor Vehicles
The article warns that today is the deadline to purchase motor vehicle use tax stamps for windshield display. Stamps are sold at post office stamp windows, and driving without one will be illegal. After July 1, cars will be inspected and owners without stamps face a $25 fine, though stamps will still be sold after that date.
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Internal Revenue
Promises of Mighty Arm Of Purpose Unknown To Britain And U S
London reporting in the June 30 dispatch notes Churchill pledging heavy fighting in the Mediterranean and elsewhere before autumn. He said air forces will extend reach to destroy German war industry and cities, while Allied sea forces claim over 40 submarines destroyed in May as U-boat attacks fail.
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Henry B. Jameson
London
Churchill
Mediterranean
United States
Germany
Reich
Britain
Anthony Eden
Mussolini
Italy
Bloody riots erupt in Athens and Greek cities
A Greek source reports widespread and bloody riots against Axis occupation in Athens and other cities as Allied air raids boost tension. hundreds reportedly arrested and many shot or condemned to firing squad while Axis countermeasures intensify. Reports place rioting in Athens Salonika Volos and Larise amid war news from Ankara and Rome.
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Sardinia
France
Erwin Rommel
Rhoneval
Major George Aubert Dies in North Pacific Accident
Mrs. Cornelia Aubert of West Monroe received a war department message late Tuesday reporting that her son Major George J. Aubert, a West Monroe native and pilot, was killed in an accident in the north Pacific on June 22. He had early Army Air Corps training in Kelly and Randolph fields and was quickly advanced in rank. He was married, with a Florida-based wife. His brother Lieutenant William Bendel Aubert, also in the Air Corps, died in a plane crash at Greenville, South Carolina two months earlier. A military funeral for the brothers was held at the First Methodist Church in West Monroe. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Julia Looney of California.
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Bancroft Boulevard
West Monroe
War Department
George J. Aubert
North Pacific Area
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Ouachita Parish
Northeast Junior College
Army
Air Corps
Kelly
Randolph Field
Florida
William Bendel Aubert
Greenville
S. C
First Methodist Church
Major George Aubert
Julia Looney
California
Orleans Egg Ceiling Lifted in Staged Increases
Orleans district wholesale egg ceilings rise weekly from 45 cents to 46 on July 5, 47 on July 12, 48 on July 19 with gradual hikes toward a 59 cent peak in November for grade A eggs. Grade B climbs from 42 to 44 cents by July 19, then slowly increases to a peak later and declines in December.
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New Orleans
OPA
L. E. Frazar
Orleans
Jefferson
Plaquemines
East Baton Rouge
Frazar
Devem
Eden Urges Mussolini to Accept Unconditional Surrender
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged Mussolini to accept unconditional surrender and stated Britain will not seek bombing Rome through negotiation. He said humanity benefits if Mussolini realigns, while recent raids dropped surrender leaflets on Italian cities and Casa Blanca terms define the Axis peace.
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London
Anthony Eden
Mussolini
Britain
Italy
Rome
Commons
Eden
Signor
Casablanca
Cheering House
Ellen Wilkinson
Home Office
Senators Split Over Wallace Jones Row Sparks Inquiry Debate
Washington June 30 Democratic senators took a hands off stance on the public clash between Vice President Wallace and Secretary of Commerce Jones, while Republicans urged a congressional probe into the background of the heated exchange. President Roosevelt blamed the press and radio for stirring intramural squabbles as Senators Danaher Ferguson urged investigation and Chairman Truman deferred to other committees.
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Commerce Jones
Roosevelt
Danaher
Connecticut
Jones
Michigan
Ferguson
Truman
Missouri
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
Democrat
New York
War Food Administration
Louisiana Blackout Declared Satisfactory Nationwide Test
Civil defense officials say Louisiana's first statewide blackout was exceptionally satisfactory and police report no accidents. The test used steady siren blasts for enemy planes and wavering tones for overhead planes with street lights giving an all clear. Officials anticipate fixes before the July 1 to 10 blackout schedule.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
U S Bombers Raid Le Mans for First Time
American heavy bombers of the U S Eighth Air Force attacked Le Mans France last evening in a first raid on the city. Fighters escorted the Fortresses and at least two enemy planes were claimed shot down. Weather hindered observation and no raid results were confirmed. Le Mans lies 130 miles southwest of Paris and hosts chemical industries vital to the German war effort.
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Allied Bombers Hit Sicily Ferry Terminals
British and American air forces reported a double attack on Sicily’s ferry links, striking Reggio Calabria and Messina to sever rail ferry connections to the Italian mainland. A Mediterranean air umbrella was announced, promising faster and safer shipping from North Africa to the Middle East and Europe, as long range fighters covered eastern targets the next day.
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Mediterranean
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Suez
Alexandria
England
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No Nazi Planes Over Britain In Five Days
London June 29 Not a single German plane has been seen over Britain for five days There was an alert in London Sunday but it was a mistake The last nuisance raid of any size was on June 6 when 14 German planes attacked four coast towns and one was shot down Observers suggested Germany was mustering every available plane for defense against the mounting allied air offensive.
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London
Britain
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Propaganda claims Cologne cathedral hit in RAF raid
German broadcasts touted a terroristic attack and heavy cathedral damage after RAF bombing of Cologne, but Allied sources offered no confirmation that the cathedral was struck. Berlin and New York reports emphasized destruction while omitting nearby railway and industrial targets.
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Associated Press
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Cologne
High Command
Berlin
Transocean
New York
Office of War Information
DNB
Sunset boy heads future Farmers of America
Nelson Stelly of Sunset was elected president of the Louisiana Association of Future Farmers of America at the 16th annual convention in Baton Rouge. New officers include R A Ford Sikes first vice president Louis Faquier Covington second vice president James Shirley Kentwood secretary Ludovic Meche Sunset treasurer C T Singletary Lafayette reporter Chester Broussard Abbeville parliamentarian A E Robinson state education exec secretary S M Jackson state advisor A Larrieviere M M Parry W J Parent Harold Montgomery E Kirlin area advisors. Delegates aim for 8 000 active members by next convention and plan wartime service such as scrap drives war bonds air raid wardens and conservation efforts.
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Bobby Smith
Natchitoches
C. T. Singletary
Lafayette
Chester Broussard
Abbeville
A. E. Robinson
State Department of Education
S. M. Jackson
A. Larrieviere
M. M. Parry
W. J. Parent
Harold Montgomery
E. Kirlin
Fiscal year deadline nears with Senate fight looms
Washington reports a last minute scramble as Congress tackles increases for OPA and OWI in a strained fiscal year end. The $71.5 billion war department bill nears approval despite waste concerns, while a subcommittee trims OPA subsidies and tightens OWL operations amid looming stopgap measures for July.
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Senate
House
Office of Price Administration
Office of War Information
Congress
War Department
Byrd
Virginia
Joint Economy Committee
Maloney
Connecticut
Senate Appropriations Committee
OPA
War Agencies
Wilson deprecates Davis resignation in New Orleans meeting
Baton Rouge June 30 Chester C Davis resigned as war food administrator. A. Harry D Wilson president of the Southern Association of Commissioners of Agriculture expressed regret calling Davis one of the wit standing authorities on food and feed. Southern Commissioners in New Orleans adopted a resolution urging production and distribution of food and feed be placed under a single agency during the crisis.
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Baton Rouge
Harry D. Wilson
Southern Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
Chester C. Davis
Louisiana
New Orleans
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