Today's War Moves by Louis F Keemle United Press War Analyst
America's submarine campaigns against Japanese shipping intensify war attrition with cumulative effects on Japan's communications and Western Pacific operations. The Allied air offensives in China Burma and the Southwest Pacific strain Japan's air resources while American strength rises. A dent in the Japanese navy since Pearl Harbor narrows their options and may prevent a major engagement.
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America
Japan
China
Burma
Pafk
Pearlbor
Hawaii
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Bay Bengal
Truman cites causes of lag in U S airplane production
Oklahoma City, at a Democrats victory dinner, Harry S. Truman said that American air production although not yet at peak could not be increased without accepting feasibility for smaller aircraft. He blamed three factors: frequent changes in army and navy specs, material shortages at needed times, and lack of trained foremen and skilled workers.
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Iklahoma
Harry S. Truman
America
Iruman
Oklaha Democrats
Army
Navy
World War A Year Ago Today Invasions and Losses
Reports cite three Japanese ships damaged near the Aleutians by American ships and air forces. British losses include nine ships damaged in the Central Mediterranean, with aircraft carrier and bat t ship hit. 20 planes lost and 15 logs recorded. Battle of Khar ends with 25,000 Russians captured and 180 German tanks said destroyed or damaged. Port Darwin sees 27 Japanese bombers, while Polish witnesses report 60 Jews executed by German control. German decrees on bonds set to Reichsbank handling in exchange for Reichsush bonds.
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Javy
Vicin
Aleutian Islands
Jaly
Mediterrain
Erlin
Battle of
Khar
Moscow
Wenty
Port Darwin
Olish
Rman
Erman
Germany
Reichak
Reich Asurg
Eushy
Reichsbank
Grim U S Food Outlook Foreshadows Shortages
Washington expects the most pessimistic national food outlook yet as floods in the midwest and northeast and drought in the plains cut meat, dairy, and crop prospects. Officials warn price controls and subsidies stir debate while Congress presses for policy changes. Roosevelt faces calls to shift control to the War Food Administration.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Middle West
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Food Administration
Hampton Fulmer
House Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Fulmer
Office of Price Administration
Ins
House
Fond
James F. Byrnes
Office of War Management
WFA
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Senate
Congressional
Farm Organization
Government approves Waterloo airport project plan
Waterloo city officials were informed by Congressman John W. Gwynne yesterday that a 3,700,000 federal grant has been approved in 1944 for the development of a class IV airport. The city intends to buy land for the port, though exact site remains to be decided.
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Waterloo
John W. Gwynne
Flag Day Observance Draws Capacity Crowd At Elks Lodge
A capacity crowd filled the Elks lodge for a Flag Day observance using a Grand Lodge ritual. Lloyd Butler stood in as Exalted Ruler, with John Jopson presenting the flag history aided by nine Boy Scouts and several locals who coordinated the flag display. WAVES and SPARS recruitment notes urged women to see the Navy Recruiting Cruiser arriving soon, with Anne Dorsey and Lieut. John B. McLaughlin emphasized national service and wartime manpower needs. The event lasted about 40 minutes and featured music by E. L. Morse.
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Elks Lodge
Grand Lodge
Lloyd Butler
M. G Siebbins
John Jopson
C. M . Howell
Charles Rathgaber
Fred Cook
America
Home Guard
T. E. Stevens
American Legion
Russell Brant
E. L. Morse
Analesia
Elka
Craig Foster
Don Witt
Charles McQueen
Harold Zeigler
Lew Warren
Navy
Tomorow
West Union
Oelwein
Anne Dorsey
Ensign
USNR
Register Reporer
Army
Truman Jones
Commdn
D-V (S
Acta
Jaws
Gelwert
John B. McLaughlin
West Umon
Oclwein
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Two Des Moines Children Drown
In Des Moines two one year old children drowned yesterday. Shirley Burch reportedly slipped into deep water from a buoy line at Birdland pool and was recovered minutes later. Michael Cronk plunged over a concrete shutment into the Des Moines River while running to the water, with his body recovered about an hour and a half later.
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Des Moines
Shirley Burch
John Burch
Birdland Pool
Michael Cronk
C. C. Cronk
Il Duce Busy On Home Front in Italy
A Rome dispatch reports Italy's Fascist party plans drastic steps to stop morale decline. Carlo Scorza, party secretary, sent Mussolini a message urging strong measures to prevent weakening of Italian morale. Scorza warned of imminent cleansing on the home front and the need for broader decrees to secure results.
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London
Italy
Carlo Seroza
Benito Mussolini
Grand Council
Rome
Stockholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Scorza
Transocean
Berlin Radio
Mussolini
Tass
Submarines Sink 12 More Japanese Ships in Pacific Action
Secretary Knox hailed a new Navy report showing American submarines sank or damaged 12 Japanese vessels in recent operations, pushing total sinkings since Pearl Harbor to 181 and underscoring steady growth in undersea warfare. He noted production and crew proficiency rise as subs target far eastern sea lines.
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Washington
Aary Frank Knox
Tolay
Knox
U. S
United States
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Far
Pacific
Fire School to Stress War Needs at Iowa State College
The 19th Iowa Fire School will open at Iowa State College in Ames on June 21 for five days. More than twenty fire leaders will explain how the fire service supports vital war needs. Director Lindon J. Murphy says fires in industry can delay the war. The program is run by the Iowa Fire School committee with Iowa State College, the Iowa Industrial and Defense Commission, the Iowa state fire marshal, and Iowa firemen's associations. Attendance counts toward training certificates. Sessions cover combatting war gases and incendiary bombs.
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Ames
Iowa Fire School
Iowa State College
Lindon J. Murphy
Iowa Fire School Committee
Towa Industrial and Defense Comemission
Iowa State Fire Marshal
Firemen's Associations of
Iowa
Woolfries Talks To Rotary Club
Andy Woolfries of Station WMT spoke at the Oelwein Rotary meeting sharing four months in Britain on a British government mission. He described impressions of England and London with emphasis on dining scenes, entertaining the club and guests, including the surprise attendance of the Ladies of Rotary.
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Oelwein Rotary Club
Lares
Rotary
Andy Woolfnes
WMT
England
Ray Falksburg
Bairman
Andy Woolfries
Iowa
London
British Isles
Great Britain
WLB May Hedge On Travel Pay In UMW Wage Case
Washington report says the War Labor Board may leave underground travel pay unsettled in the United Mine Workers dispute. Chairman Davis views portal-to-portal pay as a potential out of court settlement attempt while Union leader Lewis signals readiness to settle only on terms aligned with board views. The dispute centers on travel time within the 35 hour week vs 40 hour wage hour requirements.
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Washington
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Walliam H. Davis
UMW
John J. Lewis
Elkader Men Jailed for Theft
Elkader farm hands Lorenz Handke and James Noack, aged 22 and 21, are jailed on theft charges after $3,500 vanished from Clarence Kann’s home. A confession links Handke to stealing the safe containing $2,000 in cash and $1,500 in bonds. the money was recovered from Handke’s car upholstery and the bonds from a creek five miles away. Sheriff E W Carlsen arrested them in Guttenberg.
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Elkader
Lorenz Handke
James Noack
Clarence Kann
Bombing Raids Hit Ruhr and Sicily Targets
A large British air assault struck Oberhausen and other Ruhr targets last night, with eighteen planes lost. Roguing fighters over northern France engaged German Focke Wulf 190s, while Oberhausen, Duisburg and Mulheim were named key targets. Allied forces also attacked Messina, Sicily, with two-ton bombs battering rail yards and port areas as the invasion front looms.
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London
Oberhausen
Otter
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Germany
Adolf Hitler
European
Fecamp
France
Duisburg
Mulheim
Essen
Belgium
Holland
Seine
Rouen
Dixmude
Roubaix
Abbeville
Poux
Andiatcrath
England
East Anglia
Noth Africa
Stalin
Messina
Tralian
Syria Turkey frontier closed seals invasion fears
London reports British authorities sealed the Syria Turkey frontier to guard invasion plans. Journal notes joint action against the axis and German orders evacuating civilians from Greek and Norwegian inland areas amid allied air offensive. Axis fears of a major assault were intensified by Berlin and Rome radio broadcasts.
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London
Syria
Turkey
Rhineland
Berlin
Rome
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Woolfries
Rotary Club
WLB
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