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United Press analysis outlines Japan's weakening defensive position in the southwest Pacific. A Burma invasion via China is viewed as central to future strategy, with the US fleet growing stronger and Japanese forces largely tied to defense. A multi-pronged Burma drive and a northern assault from India are contemplated to strike toward Yunnan and Chiang Kai-shek’s forces.
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U.S. Pat
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Burma
China
Pacific
United States
Carolinas
Truk
India
Bay of Bengal
Tokyo
Far East
Mediterranean
Lam
Poet
Redavon
Andaman Islands
Gulf of Martaban
Ran- Roon
Burme
Assam
Thawaddy
Chindwin
Yunnan
Chiang Kai-Shek
New Liberty Ships Carry Helicopters
The United States plans to fit new Liberty ships with helicopter decks to defend against submarines. Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery, vice chairman of the Maritime Commission, announced an experimental 40 by 40 foot flight deck to be added to a Baltimore ship under construction.
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Los Angeles
Howard L Vickery
U. S. Maritime Commission
Baltimore
Vickery
World War a Year Ago Today United Press Report
Unconfirmed reports claim Russian Marines landed on the Southern Crimean coast to ease pressure on Sevastopol. China announces recapture of Kwetki on the Hankchow Nanchang railway. Argentina protests Germany over the sinking of the Argentine freighter Rio Tercero. In London, General de Gaulle states the Free French goals aligned with the Atlantic Charter.
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United Press
Crimean
Sevas Topol
High Command
Kwetki
Hankchow-Nanchang
South America
Argentina
London
Charles de Gaulle
RAFs New African Route Bombs Spezia Italy Raid
British four engine bombers based in North Africa launched the first shuttle assault to Italy, striking Spezia and Friedrichshafen with no losses. The operation, supported by raids on Sardinia and Sicily, signals a risky two way strike from Africa and Britain. Royal Air Force and Allied forces extended daylight Mediterranean footholds and aimed for Rome as a strategic target.
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Walter Cronkite
United Press
London
Italy
Spezia
England
Rad
Britain
Friedrichehafen
Germany
Mrica
Africa
Sicily
Sardinia
Royal Air Force
Rome
Friedrichswafen
Lake Constance
Switzerland
Olvia
Comisco
Topedo
France
Friedrichshafen
Spazia
Radio
Mediterranean
Germans Mass Planes In West Germany
Berlin reports to Swiss papers claim evacuation of non essential Ruhr civilians by end of week as Allied raids intensify. RAF notes over 15 000 tons dropped in 11 raids this month while Germany stocks fighters searchlights and anti aircraft guns to defend a belt across western Europe.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
Europe
Europan
Berlin
Damnase
Royal Air Force
Krefeld
Rhineland
RAF
Yesterdday
Dearmarve
North Sea
Russia
Refuses More Oil Power to Ickes
Washington report states War Production Board Chairman Don ald M. Nelson rejected Harold Ickes request for rationing power over fuel oil and gasoline but plans a new inter governmental group with broad supervisory powers. The body would include Ickes, Price Administration, and Office of Defense Transportation. Ickes may chair, but Nelson retains final rationing authority.
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Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Harold JL Ickes
Ickes
Office of Price Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
Nelson
Roosevelt
Week's Overlay On Blue Stamps
Washington UP reports the Office of Price Administration announces blue point stamps N P and Q valid for processed foods from July 1 to August 7. June stamps K and M may be used through July 7, leaving six stamps valid for July 1 through July 7. Red stamps 3 K L M N for meats fats oils and cheese expire next Wednesday with July validity dates to be announced.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Coffee Ration Raised to One Pound for Three Weeks
The Price Administration boosted the coffee ration to one pound for a three week period starting July 1, the largest allowance since rationing began last November. Stamp No 21 becomes valid July 1 to July 21, Stamp No 22 from July 22 to Aug 11, and Stamp 24 expires at month end.
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Washington
Alrive of Price Administration
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Kiwanis Elects Chicago Leader As President
Kiwanis International elected Donald B. River of Oakland California as president designate to succeed Fred G. MacAllister of London Ontario. The war council also elected Philip E. Auer of Gation Ohio and Jeanl R. Breeken of Calgary Alberta as vice presidents and Ben Dean of Grand Rapids Michigan as treasurer.
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Cihncago
Kiwanis International
Donald B. Rive
Oakland
Cal
Duduy
Fred G. MacAllister
London
Ont
Organizations
War Council
Kiwanis
Philip E. Auer
Gation
Jeanl R. Breeken
Calgary
Alberta
Ben Dean
Grand Rapids
Mich
War Bulletins and Far East Skirmishes Reported
Washington reports Japanese planes made night attacks on three small U S ships in the Solomon Islands near Guadalcanal but caused no damage. One light surface unit was struck near Savo Island Sunday night and two patrol craft were strafed near the Russell Islands. In the Yangtze region a Japanese warship sank after hitting a mine, with over 1 000 sailors dead. Soviet forces claim gains against German positions across multiple fronts with artillery strikes and the destruction of a battalion headquarters near Sevsk.
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Washington
U.S
Solomon Islands
Nave
Savo Island
Guadalcanal
Nort
U. S
Russell Islands
Moscow
Orel
Smolensk
Belgorod
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Sevsk
Kursk
Senate argues subsidy bill in inflation fight
In Washington Senator Clyde Reed opens opposition to price control subsidies arguing higher consumer prices may be affordable as paychecks rise faster than living costs. Senate vote expected late today on extending CCC price rollback subsidies. House action looming with an amendment to outlaw price-fixing subsidies on agricultural goods.
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Washington
Clyde M. Reed
Kan
Senate
Reed
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
George D. Aiken
R. Vi. Aiken
Guy Me Gillette
Sponseig
Aiken
Watimonal Grange
National Counel of Farm Cooperatives
Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Farm Bureau
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D. Wyo
Nation Faces Record Debt As 1944 Plans Loom
A North American economic briefing notes the national debt surpassing 140 billion dollars as the new fiscal year nears. Treasury aims for two thirds tax funding of war costs, but Morgenthau lowers the objective to 50 percent with hopes for voluntary savings. Congress debates tax and revenue plans to raise about 12 billion more in the next year, with changes effective after January 1, 1944.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Congress Morgenthau
GOP Committee To Fill 3 Posts on Des Moines
The Republican state central committee must fill at least three posts after the resignation of Mrs Vera Moss of Centerville who was vice chairman. Moss served nine years on the committee and as vice chair since 1937 and will remain as fourth district committeewoman. The chairmanship and the third district committeeman post also require filling, with Fred Gilbert of State Center vacating to become a state highway commissioner on July 1.
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Vera Moss
Centerville
Moss
State Central Committee
Fred Gilbert
State Center
Gilbert
Park Board Eviction Case Delayed in Oelwein
Settlement talks in the long running eviction suit between City Park Commissioners and cottage owners in Oelwein were postponed as Judge Goheen considered a demurrer. Attorney Peterson, for defendants, argued the park board cannot order removals given years of cottage occupancy and compensation used for park purposes. No defendants appeared for court today.
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Oelwein
City Park Commissioners
T. H. Goheen
E B. Shaw
A. C. Peterson
E. A. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Park Commissioners
Peterson
Park Board
R. C. Intersoll
Hazel M. Dowse
Earl Rhine
R. C. Ingersoll
H. D. Klammer
Italy Pleads for Axis Help in War Effort
Count Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini's son in law and former foreign minister, left for Germany to plead for urgently needed aid to repel air assaults and possible invasion. The two day mission follows renewed Allied air raids on Italy as RAF and Anglo American bombers strike from Africa and Europe. Germany has already sent reinforcements of troops, aircraft, and guns as Mussolini's defense meetings are cited.
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London
Daily Sketch
Galeazzo Ciana
Mussolini
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Ciano
Africa
GNIS
Thaly
Europe
Crane
Foreign Ministry
Italian Am
Ration Book Mailing Expands With New Supervisors
Des Moines district OPA announces adding supervisors at Ft Madison Anamosa and Eldora to aid mailing of war ration books No 3 to Town consumers Two local supervisors will operate under Des Moines heads while two more are sent from the Des Moines office Harold Teachout and Charlie Cownmie depart for a tour of three institutions to plan mailing next Wednesday About 1 050 000 books will arrive over the weekend and another 600 000 have already been mailed from Chicago leaving about 1 900 000 to be processed with possible help from Iowa residents for neighboring states
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Des Moines
Ft Madison
Anamosa
Eldova
R. FE. Walters
OPA
Harold Teachout
Charlie Cownmie
Chicago
Aleady
Iowan
FDR Draft Threat Delivers New Blow to Miners
Thousands of coal workers defied the United Mine Workers order in central and western Pennsylvania, with only 20,000 of 125,000 miners reporting to work. The revolt hit steel mills hard as blast furnaces shut and stockpiles dwindled. Harold Ickes warned rationing may be needed next winter, while union leaders urged a return to work to avoid further government action.
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John L. Lewis
Central
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers’ Union
Steel Mills
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Ilinois Corporation
Shenango Furnace Company
Sharps Ville
Soldis
Harold L. Ickes
Washington
United Mine Workers
Lewis
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
John P. Busarello
Lewis’ Order
Central Pennsyl
Meat Shortage Hits California as Packers Close
In Northern California fresh meat supplies dwindled as packing companies shut down to avoid losses under price ceilings and rollbacks. Butchers closed or cut slaughter to a few lambs and hogs, with Milton Maxwell of the Butchers Union noting seven packers already closed or closing soon.
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San Francisco
California
Milton Maxwell
Butchers’ Union
Sid
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