Roosevelt rebukes reporters as war rhetoric widens
Shun Wallace notes Mr. Roosevelt criticizes reporters for airing official quarrels and cites a memo on WAACs. Representative McGranery calls for an investigation into the contraceptives story. Wallace accuses Jones of obstructing material imports while Danaher urges clear agency duties to speed war goods.
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Danaher
Congress
State Department
Eden Defends Britain's Air Defense Cuts Amid German Threats
Foreign Secretary Eden criticizes calls to strip Britain’s air raid defense as alarms show vast improvements. He cites 5,000,000 fire guards and 30,000 instructors, with enhanced warning systems and new firefighting gear. He notes RAF bomb outputs rising and cites a German report on Ruhr defenses, while rejecting blame on Mussolini for any potential open-city policy.
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Harold H. Balfour
Air
Germany
Ministry of Information
Ruhr
Wien
Mussolini
Eden
Signor
France
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Rome
Associated Prey
Signor Mussolini
Episcopal Dignitary Edward Whatley Eliot Dies
The Rev Edward Francis Whatley Eliot 79 longtime Episcopal archdeacon in Italy and the Riviera and Canon of Gibraltar died yesterday at Bath England His passing closes a career marked by church leadership in international communities and a long tenure with the Anglican communion.
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London
Edward Francis Whatley Eliot
Italy
The
Riviera
Gibraltar
Bath
Churchill vows unconditional surrender and total war plan
Churchill in London pledges unconditional surrender from Nazis Fascists and Japanese rulers. He notes heavy Allied air raids on Germany describes US Canada ship output and Mediterranean actions. He urges relentless force against axis powers while stressing US Britain unity and the need to break will to resist.
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Churchill
Hitler
Russia
London
Pacific
Lord Mayor's Mansion House
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Guild Hall
United States
Canada
North Atlantic
Mediterranean
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Italy mobilizes Sicily amid Allied invasion fears
Tass reports Italy orders mobilization of every able bodied resident of Sicily and suspends communications with the mainland amid perceived invasion threats. unrest in Turin factories protests release of Fiat workers. Rommel allegedly assumes defense duties in France and flamboyant Mussolini era measures noted.
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Tribune de Geneve
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France
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Rhone
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Rome
Associated Press
Teachers Salary Issue Discussed In Louisiana Board Meeting
Baton Rouge June 30 The state board of education debated a resolution on how teachers salaries are fixed and reviewed the annual budget. Teachers from New Orleans and elsewhere attended amid ongoing salary controversy. Since 1938 pay scales depended on education and experience. the proposal would authorize but not require boards to add merit and adjust qualifications for principals and supervisors. The shorthand system note is oddly appended tracing to 63 B.C.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Education
New Orleans
Allied Bombers Strike Le Mans As Britain Sees Quiet Night
U S bombers hit Le Mans with at least 40 reported dead in the raid. Paris radio said nearby villages suffered civilian casualties. British observers on the east coast saw waves of Flying Fortresses heading east at about 9 pm. Britain had a raid-free night and Germany was absent from British skies for five days. RAF bombing of Germany rose to about three times the 1942 rate, with 37,500 tons dropped in the three months to June 26. The Le Mans attack marked the fourth American raid in five days and the seventh of the month.
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United States
le Mans
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London
Harold H. Balfour
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House of Commons
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Balfour
Eighth Air Force
Nazi Propaganda Claims Britain’s Costs in Bomb Attacks
Nazi broadcasters say Britain must pay dearly for terror raids and that Allied aims collapse. Berlin says German war potential remains intact as factories and ovens run. OWI reports a “reprisal air fleet” progress while Nazi propagandists frame the war as a broader struggle with the United States.
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Britain
Germany
Berlin
Portugal
OWI
Transocean Agency
Kurt Dittmar
United States
Michener Draft Deferment Noted by California Officials
A Cleveland plant worker, Michener, faced induction on May 21 but was deferred after his file was sent to California state selection headquarters. Backed by various Americans and a patriotic union official, his case drew high authority attention in Washington amid shifting wartime narratives and Communist arguments from the C I C in Los Angeles.
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Denver
Curran
Merrill
States
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California
Selection Service
Los Angeles
New York
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Hitler
Russia
Answers on 1942 1943 taxes and withholding
This Q and A explains tax withholding for 1942 and 1943, showing payment in March 1944 and March 1945, that withheld funds stay in trust for the United States, and that annual final returns are still required. It notes refunds or credits if excess withholding occurs and lists exemptions for armed forces, farm labor, domestic workers, and ministers.
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United States
Treasury
McGee Held on Larceny Charge
Local police arrested C. A. McGee on a warrant charging larceny of 270 dollars from Ross S. King. King says McGee stole the money from his pocket while he slept and he has witnesses. McGee will be sent to parish jail for district court trial.
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C. A. McGee
Ross S. King
McGee
King
Negro Seriously Wounded in Street Fight on Ninth Street
Tuesday night Curtis Reese, 17, a Negro, was badly cut in the abdomen in a fight at Ninth and Oak streets. He was taken to Charity hospital with a condition reported as satisfactory. Reese gave 164 Green alley as his address. Police began an investigation into the affray.
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Charity Hospital
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Oak Streets
Reese
Green Alley
Sicily Air War Report Battles and Raids Across Regions
Allied and Axis air actions described with patrols and bombing claims. The Italian communique cites raids on Messina Porto Empedocle and Bone by German planes. Ten Allied planes reportedly shot down by Axis fighters and anti air fire. two Fortresses claimed as lost over Leghorn, per conflicting reports.
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Mediterranean
Greece
Pantelleria
Messina
Porto Empedocle
Sicily
Rome
Bone
United States
Leghorn
Berlin broadcast details heavy fighting on the Russian front
An Associated Press report cites Berlin saying Nazi forces repelled strong Red Army assaults on the northwestern front around Staraya Russa and Veliki, with German infantry halting attempts to reform lines. It also notes Russian landings in the German rear halted and a 250 ton transport was sunk off Novorossisk by artillery.
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Karachev
Berlin
Associated Press
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Red
Sau Staraya Russa
Veluki
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